Daming Military Empire

Chapter 547 What Are the Ming Army Doing?

The spring breeze is blowing, the warmth is melting, the ice and snow are melting, and everything is recovering. At this time in previous years, the city of Novosibirsk is already very lively. Tsarist Russian traders from all over the continent will choose this time to come to Siberia to buy leather goods and sell food. Because after half a year of ice Even now, every household’s food reserves will be exhausted. Siberian herdsmen are eager to exchange fur goods for food.

However, in the late spring of the 15th year of Chongzheng of the Ming Empire, the city of Novosibirsk was extremely deserted. Except for the sparse patrolling soldiers, there were hardly any traces of vendors on the street, because everyone knew that the Ming Empire was about to attack. Doing business at this time is basically looking for death!
The Governor's Mansion of Siberia was also deserted, and the little nobles and explorers who had come to make connections in the past were nowhere to be seen at this time. Even the soldiers standing guard looked stern and serious.

In the meeting room of the Governor's Mansion, Golovin, Franzbekov, and Kopelov sat around the front of the meeting table, staring at the map on the table, frowning, without saying a word.

The Ming army was too cautious. The ice and snow had completely melted, but there was no sign of an attack at all. They just sent scouts to scout around, which was very annoying.

They have already found several excellent ambush points, and even ambushes are already in place, just want to take advantage of the Ming army's siege of the bastion to give them a hard time.

Like Pan Feng's group of scouts from the Ming army encountered their ambush soldiers. In fact, there were not only two thousand cavalry hidden behind the mound, but an army of one hundred thousand!

The two thousand cavalrymen were only hidden in the dense forest behind the mound, and were dedicated to suppressing the Ming army's reconnaissance cavalry. There were also [-] Tsarist Russian troops hidden in the hills and ravines behind the dense forest.

Based on the number of dense bastions on the two southeast lines, even if the Ming army only attacked the outer bastions, at most tens of thousands of people could be arranged to attack each bastion. If the Ming army ran into the distant bastions, they would watch Quasi-opportunity, surprise, and sneak attack from behind.

With 10 horses, plus the defenders in the bastion, it is not a problem to deal with tens of thousands of Ming troops. As long as such ambushes are carried out several times, no matter how many Ming troops there are, they will slowly consume them. Lose.

This tactic is not bad. If the Ming army follows the normal routine, it is indeed possible to be attacked by them. The problem is that the Ming army is not moving at all. Golovin, who is sitting in the main seat, looked at the map and couldn't help saying annoyed. : "You explain what this means?"

Franzbekov still frowned when he heard the words, but Kopelov said cautiously: "They won't be frightened by the number of our bastions, so they dare not attack? Lord Rozov is wise, One move with bastions all over the place frightened the Ming army!"

A flatterer, this guy is only as good as his mouth. When it comes to war, he is not even a fart. Golovin rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Will the Ming army be scared? You don't know how many people they have?" Fierce, such a small bastion can't scare them, they are definitely preparing or plotting something."

What he said was indeed reasonable, the Ming army could not be intimidated by such a small fortress, the reason why Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting did not mobilize was mainly because they were waiting for the emperor's order.

Fighting must be fought, but not indiscriminately. The so-called knowing yourself and the enemy is invincible. Zhu Cijiong's first order was to order Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng to do their best to investigate the intelligence of the Russian garrison in Siberia, especially the number and specific location of the bastions.

After receiving the order, Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting immediately stepped up their investigation efforts. The scouts sent by Sun Chuanting covered almost the entire southern Siberian Plain, while Lu Xiangsheng, with the cooperation of the North Sea Fleet and the East China Sea Fleet, passed through the Yeni River and the Ob River, Carry out a close reconnaissance of northern Siberia.

Now Golovin, Franzbekov, and Kopelov are all busy. The whole of Siberia is almost full of Ming army reconnaissance cavalry, and the Ming navy has also begun to attack the Yeni River Basin and the Ob River Basin. The Tsarist Russian ships launched a sweep.

In the early days of Tsarist Russia’s colonization, land expansion was the main focus. The navy was still in its infancy at this time. Their main warships are still gunboats similar to Fuchuan battleships, and the number is not large, only a few dozen ships, and the others are similar. There are quite a few sailing boats owned by Yu Xiaohua, probably not thousands of them.

These gunboats and sailboats are more than enough to bully and bully nomadic tribes, but they are scumbags in front of the super battleships of the Ming Navy. Even Zheng Ming and Shi Daxuan, who are behind the Beihai Fleet and the East China Sea Fleet, can use the Fuchuan battleship They were beaten so hard that they couldn't find the north.

For a time, super battleships chasing big ships and big ships chasing small boats were staged everywhere in the waterways of the Yeni River Basin and the Ob River Basin. The super battleships of the Ming Navy and the Fuchuan battleships of the Royal Shipping Company of the Ming Dynasty were overwhelming. The chasing Tsarist Russian navy had nowhere to hide, and the entire Siberian waterway became the Ming army's world.

As the Ming army continued to deepen, a detailed map of Siberia slowly appeared in front of Zhu Cijiong, and the positions of each bastion were accurately marked, and the number soon exceeded one hundred.

Facing so many bastions, even Zhu Cijiong had a headache. It took time to defeat each of them. For a bastion, it took at least half a month from the siege of the army to the preparation of the siege equipment to the artillery attack and then to the siege operation. It takes fifty months to build a hundred bastions. Even if Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting attack in two directions at the same time, it will take twenty-five months. Siberia is really suitable for combat for less than six months a year, that is to say, it will take at least five months. Years to win the whole of Siberia!

Five years, Zhu Cijiong really can't afford to wait, because the big powers such as Britain, France and the Netherlands are developing rapidly. If they are allowed to develop without restraint for five years, the combat power will grow to a terrifying level. Will Da Ming be able to do it by then? But I don't know yet.

Next year at the latest, the fighting in Siberia must be ended. Zhu Cijiong knows that there is no longer any delay. If the delay continues, it will cause trouble for Britain, France and the Netherlands.

He also has a secret weapon, which is the most primitive tank or armored vehicle, but Sun Yuanhua, the project leader, has been busy raising food and supplies for the frontline soldiers during this period, and has no time to develop tanks. The model is not done yet.

If this continues, it will definitely not work. Zhu Cijiong became ruthless and directly ordered Bi Maokang, Wang Zheng, and Song Yingxing to stop all research and development projects in their hands, and fully assist Sun Yuanhua in the research and development of tanks, and mass production must be achieved before the end of the year.

As long as there are tanks, no matter how primitive the tank is, conquering the bastion will become extremely fast. As long as each legion is equipped with a hundred tanks, it will not be too easy to attack the bastion. Go up and bombard the city wall, and the infantry behind will definitely rush up in one wave!

(End of this chapter)