Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

The Angara River originates from Lake Baikal, first flows north, then turns west and flows into the Yenisey River. It is 1779 kilometers long. The basin area is 103 million square kilometers. It is one of the most important rivers in the Siberian region of the Rakshasa Empire.

It is precisely because of this river that a large number of cities have been formed along the Angara River, among which Irkutsk is among them.

After the White Wolf Army entered the Tonkinsky area, scouts reported that the main force of Cossack cavalry was discovered near the Angara River.

These Cossack cavalry did not play a big role on the Western Front battlefield, that is, in the European theater. After all, it was all about positional warfare. Therefore, after Nicholas II declared war in Daxia, he sent the main force of Cossacks to Siberia. , to guard against the Daxia people's attack.

Due to the rush of time, the personnel of both sides did not gather together, but at this time, the number of troops gathered in Irkutsk had reached [-] on both sides. In the military history of later generations, this battle was said to be the largest and last large-scale cavalry war in modern human history.

It is worth mentioning that in this battle, each side sent 16 troops, with a total strength of 4, all of which were cavalry divisions. The Daxia Empire had 5 cavalry divisions, while the Rakshasa Empire had [-].

However, although the cavalry division in Daxia is smaller in number, they are equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns and mortars.

On the Cossack side of the Rakshasa Empire, they only had carbines, scimitars, and a very small number of towed small-caliber artillery.

When the commanders of both sides detected each other, they were a little surprised. The commander of the Rakshasa Empire did not understand why they encountered Daxia's cavalry division in the hinterland of the empire.

The deputy commander of the White Wolf Army, Namu Dajie, thought his whereabouts had been noticed by the Rakshasa people.

But after a day of searching and news from the military headquarters, Namu Dajie realized that their encounter with the Cossacks was purely coincidental.

Since it is a coincidence that neither side has reinforcements, and the nearest reinforcements will take five days to arrive, there is nothing to say, so just do it.

Originally, there was a blood feud between these grassland tribes and the Cossacks of the Rakshasa Empire. What else is there to say about this? Let’s go straight to it.

Therefore, Nasudajie ordered the White Wolf Army on the left to continue advancing towards Irkutsk.

When they arrived at the banks of the Angara River, they discovered that the Cossacks' main force had already been deployed.

Since the Angara River only originates from Lake Baiga, it first flows north and then turns westward. Near Irkutsk, the river flows northwest.

The Cossack commander was very smart. He concentrated all his artillery on the north bank of the Angara River and sent a cavalry division to cover it. On the south bank, he concentrated four divisions with a total of 6.5 people. Prepare to stop the White Wolf Army.

Seeing the arrangement of the Cossacks, Namo Dajie did not dare to attack at will.

Although they brought a large number of mortars, which seemed to have more firepower than the Cossacks, the range of the mortars was too short. As long as they want to attack, they will inevitably need to set up mortar positions against the opponent's artillery.

In this way, their casualties will be huge.

Namu Dajie didn't want his people to die, so he could only think of a way to destroy the opponent's artillery position first.

If you want to destroy the opponent's artillery position at a very small cost, you must either wait for rear support to arrive. The infantry division behind has a large number of artillery with a range enough to cover the opponent's artillery position.

But in this case, he would have to wait in place for a long time, and reinforcements from the Rakshasa Empire might arrive.

At that time, the scale of the battle will become larger and the casualties will increase. Then it changed from mobile warfare to positional warfare.

Neither the Cossacks nor the White Wolf Army are good at positional warfare.

Therefore, in that scene, Dajie saw that he had only one choice now, which was to cross the river at night, sneak attack on the opponent's artillery position, and then launch a large-scale attack on the south bank to defeat the Cossacks in one fell swoop.

Now that he had made a decision, Mudajie was not a person who liked to delay. He directly divided the four divisions under his command into one division, and then after dark, they circled around Sherekhov. past, and to launch an attack at dawn on the Cossack artillery positions.

Schematic diagram of the White Wolf Army’s march route

Although the total distance required for the cavalry division to sneak attack the artillery position was a bit long, for the White Wolf Army with three interchangeable horses, this distance was nothing.

You must know that the predecessors of the White Wolf Army were the grassland nomads, and what their ancestors were best at was running.

And these White Wolf Army soldiers also grew up on horses.

Although this journey has been hard, it is still within their acceptable range.

The soldiers of the [-]th Division of the White Wolf Army, after receiving the order, did not delay, climbed on their horses, and began to move north. Prepare to cross the tributary of the Angara River and go around the north side of Sherekhov.

Namu Dajie continued to advance with the remaining three divisions of the White Wolf Army on the left until they stopped five kilometers south of Irkutsk.

Lieutenant General Androlykov, the commander of the Cossacks, saw Namu Dajie leading the main force approaching him, and quickly ordered to retreat and defend, focusing all his attention on Namu Dajie, without noticing that there was already a white wolf. Jun has already circled behind him.

In order to cover the surrounding White Wolf Army, Namu Dajie sent a small group of cavalry to wander in front of the Cossack position to attract the opponent's attention.

Lieutenant General Androlykov knew how powerful the Daxia people were. He had also participated in the previous battles in the three provinces outside the Pass. But at that time, he was only a lieutenant colonel.

At that time, he followed the Cossacks into the three provinces outside the Great Xia Pass. As a result, his parents were beaten by the Daxia people's artillery and no longer recognized him.

You know, at that time, more than ten years ago, the Daxia people had a large number of artillery in their army.

Now that so much time has passed, he doesn't believe that the Daxia people's firepower has not increased.

In addition, it was getting late now and the visibility outside was not very high.

So he looked at the White Wolf Army soldiers wandering around outside and did not attack rashly. Instead, the soldiers were allowed to stick to the barracks and everything was planned to wait until dawn.

But it was because of his decision that the Cossacks were defeated.

Seeing that Androlekov did not act and made the Cossacks cower, Nadajie had a smile on his face.

He was very satisfied with Androlekov's cooperation. In order to repay his cooperation, Namu Dajie decided that in this battle, he would turn the Cossacks into history.

At this time, in the area north of Sherekhov, a cavalry division of the White Wolf Army was attacking. They were the cavalry division that Mu Dajie sent out to encircle the rear.

The soldiers were all wrapped in thick cotton clothes, but the cold wind in Siberia was still biting. You know, this is Siberia in January.