After all, the main force of the regular army of the Far Eastern Army has weapons and equipment and tactical concepts that surpass this era, so the casualties in all previous battles are very small.

The greatest casualties in all previous battles were also the death troops, especially in the Indochina Peninsula Campaign, in which the Death Soldiers fought hard in the mountains and tropical jungles of the Indochina Peninsula for more than three months, and the total casualties and non-combat attrition reached several thousand.

That was only caused under special circumstances, but this time the blocking battle, with the strength of the Far Eastern Army, could definitely easily annihilate the Russian army. In order to confuse the Russian Maozi, it is purely to use the herdsmen of the nomadic detachment as bait.

However, the herdsmen of a large number of nomadic detachments of the Far Eastern Army still used cold weapons such as bows and arrows and scimitars without hesitation to fight against the Russian army equipped with arquebuses and artillery, and it is somewhat indescribable to cause such casualties.

This time, in order to make up for the nomadic detachments that participated in the war, the Far Eastern Army paid even more compensation to the herdsmen who were killed and wounded. In particular, the encouragement of materials greatly satisfied the wounded and martyrs of the nomadic detachment.

When the commendation of the Far Eastern Army was transmitted back to the grassland, all the nomadic detachments that participated in the blocking operation were all overjoyed, even the families of the military martyrs who sacrificed the herdsmen were very pleased, although the men in the family died, but the orphans and widows in the family not only received a large number of supplies, but also became the military martyrs of the Far Eastern Military Commission, and they no longer had to worry about their livelihood in this life.

If in the past, when the herdsmen on the grassland went out to fight for the Nayan people and died when they died, who would care about their orphans and widows and not occupy their wives and daughters, it would have been considered kind.

But for the sake of the Far East, injured herdsmen. will be well treated, and you will also receive a medal of bravery. This medal of bravery is not only about honor, but also about some benefits, although it is not very much, but it is also highly respected by the officers and men of the Far Eastern Army. If you are disabled by injury, you will be issued a disability certificate. This certificate will last a lifetime, and even family members will benefit.

The herdsmen who died in this campaign were posthumously recognized as martyrs, and their families became the families of military martyrs. This is even more awesome, the various treatments enjoyed by the families of military martyrs are also the highest in the Far Eastern Army.

In order to compensate the herdsmen who were killed or injured in the nomadic detachment participating in the war, the Far Eastern Company invested a lot of resources. But the results achieved are beyond everyone's imagination.

In particular, the vast number of herdsmen in the various nomadic detachments scattered in the outer northwest region were deeply encouraged. How can the men of the steppe be afraid of death, as long as they have no worries, they will dare to work for the Far East.

The Political Department of the Far Eastern Army also took advantage of this opportunity. The various nomadic detachments in the outer northwestern steppes hyped up the heroic deeds of this blockade campaign, as well as the Far Eastern Army's compensation for the casualties of the herdsmen, which had a much more propaganda effect than before.

The Siberian winter finally arrived as scheduled, the temperature gradually dropped to minus thirty or forty degrees, and occasionally the cold snap hit, and the temperature would even be as low as forty or fifty degrees.

Because the sputum spit out is in the process of falling to the ground. It was already frozen, and when it fell to the ground, it was already an ice lump. There are more hanging. It is said that if you pee in extreme cold areas, you have to take a stick and keep fiddling with it, or you will freeze immediately.

Whether it's true or not, you can imagine what it would be like to live in such an extremely cold environment.

Fortunately, the Far Eastern Company is against such extreme climates. Various countermeasures have been in place for a long time. First of all, the company has made a lot of preparations for the food, clothing, housing and transportation of the garrisons and grassroots squadrons in various regions of Siberia.

Although the houses of the garrisons and grassroots squadrons in various regions of Siberia are also woodcuts, they have added a lot of warm measures. For example, a large number of felts were hung on the inner wall of the woodcarved flute, and the structure of the fire kang was also improved.

The woodcarved flute floor has also been insulated and cold-proof, and even the curtain to protect against wind and snow has been replaced with thicker fabrics. In addition, the roof has a larger slope, so you don't have to worry about collapsing even in a heavy snowstorm.

The most indispensable thing in Siberia is coal, and in modern Russia, coal resources are also mainly distributed in the Siberian region of the Asian part, and the garrisons of various regions of Siberia organized exploration teams as early as summer to search for coal mines in various regions of Siberia according to modern data.

A large number of local natives were then requisitioned to dig and transport coal for the Far East, and coal washing and preparation were carried out using primitive soil methods, and large quantities of coal were stored along the banks of the main rivers of Siberia.

The newly formed Siberian river fleet has been busy all summer, sending large quantities of coal to the main docks, garrison camps and logistics bases of various rivers, and also sending wintering coal to various grassroots villages through convenient waterway transportation.

The officers and soldiers of the garrisons and the natives of the grassroots squadrons in various parts of Siberia also wear very different winter clothes from the past. First of all, the standard cold area military coat is heavier and warmer than the ordinary military coat issued by the Far Eastern Army.

The outer part of the cotton coat is made of hard-wearing and wind-blocking canvas fabric, lined with cotton, and the innermost layer is sheepskin with raw wool. It's a little heavy, but even at minus forty or fifty degrees, there's nothing wrong with wearing such a sheepskin coat.

In addition to sheepskin cotton coats, Siberian army officers and soldiers and natives also wore a set of cotton jackets and trousers, a set of autumn clothes and trousers, with raw wool sheepskin leg guards on their legs, thick wool socks on their feet, and a pair of long raw wool cowhide boots.

He put a woolen hood on his head, a sheepskin hat with shearling wool, a woolen scarf, and a thick pair of raw wool sheepskin hands on his hands. When the extremely cold weather comes, you can also put on the hood of the sheepskin cotton coat, bundle a wool scarf, and dare to spend the night outside in even cold weather.

The cloth distributed in Siberia is a raw sheepskin sleeping bag with a thick sheet of felt. With such a piece of equipment, even if you go to work outside in the coldest and coldest weather in Siberia, you will have no problem.

In the past, the indigenous people of Siberia generally did not go out in the cold winter, but now the officers and soldiers of the Far East stationed in various regions of Siberia, the natives of various squadrons, and other people specially organize the local natives to conduct winter training in such extremely cold weather.

The units of the Far Eastern Army have not been idle, and have always conducted training in cold areas in various places. Even the army organized a long-distance field training, and the veterans who experienced that training later wrote a biography about the harsh conditions at that time, which made people sigh how difficult the situation was at that time. (To be continued.) )

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