Chapter 1129: The Kazakh Campaign
The Far East Siberian Corps conquered Moscow, and after a brief rest, eight main cavalry divisions and a large number of reserve cavalry brigades went out again to carry out a large-scale sweep of the vast areas east and south of Moscow together with the various nomadic detachments advancing eastward from the Far East.
The Russians' understanding of the Tatars is still stuck in the traditional nomadic people, so the common people everywhere have taken refuge in nearby towns with their families.
The aristocrats and gentry in various towns and cities contributed funds one after another to arm the fleeing youths and strongmen in various places, organized local militia organizations, and mobilized a large number of civilians to strengthen the fortifications of the towns, in an attempt to use the strong city defenses to resist the attack of the Tatars.
If you are dealing with the nomads of the steppes, the Russians are indeed right in this strategy. It's a pity that they are facing the Far Eastern Army, which is armed to the teeth, and such an arrangement is also in the hands of the Siberian Corps.
The units of the Siberian Corps were reduced to pieces, and with the support of the airboat troops, they received the vigorous cooperation of many nomadic detachments scattered throughout Russia, and constantly knocked out one town after another in Russia.
In the face of the powerful firepower of the Far Eastern Army, the fortifications of the city that the Russian military and civilians had painstakingly built were useless. Once the town is breached, countless murderous Mongol reserve militias and herdsmen will roar into the town and carry out bloody slaughter.
In just over a month, hundreds of thousands of iron horsemen of the Far Eastern Army and Mongolian herdsmen of various nomadic detachments swept through various regions of Russia by taking advantage of their rapid mobility. The entire Volga and Don valleys, as well as the western part of the Urals, plunged into a bloody catastrophe.
Only a few Russian soldiers and civilians who hid in the forest escaped by chance. But when these people fled their homes, because they were in a hurry, they did not have time to carry food and warm clothing, even if they escaped the pursuit of the Far Eastern Army. It's also hard to survive the brutal winter.
The Russians who took refuge in the towns were either killed by the brutal Mongol militia and herders, or they were captured by the Far Eastern Army and imprisoned in concentration camps, where they became foreign laborers of the Far Eastern Company.
After the end of the war in Russia, the Siberian Corps left behind two newly created cavalry divisions and a number of reserve cavalry brigades and nomadic detachments. As well as part of the airship detachment, combat logistics support detachment, engineer detachment and other units stationed in the Russian region.
Four indigenous cavalry divisions and two newly built cavalry divisions, as well as a large number of Mongolian reserve militia brigades and Mongolian nomadic detachments, marched south toward the Kazakh steppes in the northwestern part of the Caspian Sea.
Just as Siberia swept through Russia, the Far East Advance Corps also launched an attack on the Kazakh Khanate. Six main Mongolian cavalry divisions and two newly built cavalry divisions, as well as a large number of Mongolian reserve militia brigades and hundreds of thousands of iron cavalry of various nomadic detachments, under the leadership of the airboat detachments of the Far Eastern Army, launched a fierce attack on the Kazakh Khanate.
Saal-Khammu of the Kazakh Khanate. Jangar Khan, strong against the Far Eastern Army. There is a very clear understanding. The Kazakh Khanate and the Dzungar Khanate in the east fought for many years, and they knew the combat effectiveness of the Mongol tribes in the western part of the country.
However, the mighty Dzungar Khanate, faced with the fierce attack of the Far Eastern Army, was wiped out in only a few months. With such a formidable opponent, the Kazakh Khanate, of course, will not fight a head-on battle with the Far Eastern Army, but wisely fight a protracted and mobile war with the Far Eastern Army in the vast Kazakh steppe.
It is possible to make full use of the advantages of the elite of the Kazakh Khanate to be familiar with the steppe environment, and the elite soldiers and horses of each department can be reduced to zero. In the Kazakh steppe, he fought with the Far Eastern Army and depleted the strength of the Far Eastern Army. Waiting for an opportunity to cut off the logistics and transportation lines of the Far Eastern Army, and finally concentrating troops and horses to counterattack, so as to achieve the strategic goal of defeating the Far Eastern Army.
Salhamu. Jangar Khan's wishful thinking played well, but it is a pity that he was born in this era, he has never seen an airship, let alone what a radio station is. A large number of elites of the various ministries of the Kazakh Khanate. thought that scattering all over the steppe would be able to fight a sports war with the Far Eastern Army.
As a result, the Kazakh Khanate was saddened, and the main forces of the Far Eastern Army's Western Advance Corps, the Mongolian Reserve Militia Brigade and the Nomadic Detachment also adopted targeted tactics.
Before the general offensive, the main assault forces, under the leadership of the air boat unit. It began to carry out large-scale and large-depth penetration in the Kazakh steppe, and carried out encirclement and suppression of the elite of the Kazakh Khanate scattered in the vast steppe area.
Especially Sal Hamu. The location of Jangar Khan's big tent thought that it was very hidden, and he did not want to be detected by the air boat troops of the Western Advance Corps of the Far Eastern Army long ago.
On the eve of the general offensive of the Kazakh campaign, a bombing detachment composed of more than a dozen airships attacked Sal Hamu. Jangar Khan's big tent carried out carpet bombing, dropping dozens of tons of explosive bombs and burning bombs. Salhamu. Jangar Khan himself, as well as thousands of his elite guards, were wiped out.
At the same time, the various assault units of the Western Advance Corps also rushed to the starting positions of the battlefield in advance with a large range of more than a dozen days and nights of interspersed with a large range of large depths before the general offensive, and after the general offensive began, they launched a fierce attack on the sultans of the various tribes of the Kazakh Khanate and the elites led by them.
The Sultans of the Kazakh Khanate, scattered throughout the steppe, were suddenly attacked by the Far Eastern Army, and they were all stunned. It doesn't make sense, the Kazakh steppe is vast, and it is very difficult to find a random number of people, even if they are familiar with the local environment.
But the Far East was not only able to find them, but also encircled them with superior forces.
Originally, the Kazakh Khanate fought a campaign and guerrilla war against the Far Eastern Army, but now the situation on the battlefield has been completely reversed, and the Far Eastern Army has launched a large-scale movement war in various parts of the steppe, using superior forces to eat the elite of the Kazakh Khanate scattered in the steppe one by one.
Shortly after the Kazakh campaign began, the Far Eastern Army gained the initiative on the battlefield and annihilated Sal Khammu in just a few days. The headquarters of Jangar Khan, as well as the elite main forces of various large tribes.
Even with such a smooth start to the campaign, the Kazakh campaign was destined to be a tough one. The main elite of the Kazakh Khanate, as well as a large number of young men mobilized by various tribes, were scattered over a vast area in the eastern part of the Kazakh steppe.
Even if the Far Eastern Army had the support of the airboat troops, it would not be possible to destroy all the enemies in a short time. After the battle began, the eight main divisions of the Westward Advance Corps and a large number of reserve militia brigades began to fall into a difficult and fierce battle.
In the face of the vast Kazakh steppe, the units of the Northwest Field Army's Westward Advance Corps often had just encircled an enemy tribe and had not had much rest, so they had to embark on the journey again and carry out a long interspersed and transfer.
Fighting over such a vast area, the fighter is often fleeting. In order to seize the fighter planes and destroy the enemy to the greatest extent, the officers and men of various units could only endure extreme fatigue, overcome numerous difficulties, and run around the vast Kazakh steppe every day. (To be continued.) )