"Presumptuous!" As soon as Vyazelsky rebuked angrily, a staff officer had already interrupted: "Your Excellency, as your staff officer, I regret that I did not play my due role, but can I be blamed for this?" No, the responsibility is all on you, it's you who are too arbitrary.

You never accept dissenting opinions, and the superiority of our army is lost in a single day, and Major General Hadenov is right when he says that we can no longer think about the rescue of Vilneburg, but whether we can survive or not, and we have to consider the possibility of defeat.

If our army is defeated, our soldiers will scatter and flee, now the snow has stopped, but the wind is gradually increasing, there will definitely be a cold wave tonight, do you think that we will survive the cold night without food, without the necessary cold facilities?

And it was you, Mr. Vyazelsky, who destroyed our army with your recklessness and arbitrariness. ”

"Your Excellency, it was your wrong order that killed our soldiers, and when we are wiped out by the Chinese, from Narne Fort to Kopal Fort to the Uzar Migrant Village, the Chinese will fall, our men will be slaughtered, our women will be looted and turned into playthings, and the achievements of Russia's decades of pioneering in Central Asia will be destroyed, and you should bear the main responsibility."

"It was your stubbornness that led to the defeat of the war, and you have betrayed the trust of His Majesty the Tsar and His Excellency Kaufman, and you should appeal to the military tribunal and the Russian people."

In fact, when Vyazelsky gave the order to attack the NLD forces, no one objected, but someone must always be responsible for the defeat, and as a commander, who is more suitable than him? Now that someone has taken the lead, others have also been released, and all kinds of basins have gone one after another.

Faced with a flood of accusations all around. Vyazelsky was trembling all over, how could he not guess the thoughts of his subordinates? His eyes couldn't help but flash fiercely, and he wanted to shoot these hateful guys, but everyone was against him, I was afraid that as long as he pulled out the gun, someone would dare to shoot him first. He didn't want to be shot indiscriminately yet.

In particular, the current war situation is very unfavorable, and if a melee breaks out between high-ranking commanders, it will directly lead to the defeat of the whole army, and his sins will be unforgivable.

The fingers stretched and bent, bent and stretched, but Vyazevsky still failed to pull out the gun, and sighed dejectedly: "I will take responsibility for the defeat, and when I return home, I will ask His Majesty the Tsar for guilt." Now I'm not fit to be a commander anymore.

Major General Hadenov, I hand over the command to you, and I hope that you will be able to lead the whole army out of the predicament and take the sword! ”

Vyazelsky unsheathed his sword, held it in both hands, and handed it over.

If before the war, Vyazelsky handed over power to himself, Khadenov would certainly be more than happy. But at this time, the whole army was in crisis. Taking over command means wiping Vyazelsky's ass.

Vyazelsky exonerated himself by handing over power, and then losing the battle, even if the whole army was defeated, had nothing to do with him, and the responsibility would be borne by the one who took over. And the whole army is already on the verge of collapse, and the blame for the defeat will be far greater than that of Vyazelsky, and no one is sure to lead the whole army out of the predicament.

'Old fox, let me eat the I pulled for you?' Think beautifully! Hadenov scolded in his heart, but on the surface he waved his hand in fear: "No, no, no." Your Excellency, you are the commander appointed by the Governor-General, and only the Governor is entitled to remove your command, and I have no authority to take it from you personally.

If you feel guilty, you can explain the reason to the Governor, who will order your dismissal, but until the order is given, you should continue to exercise your command and lead the whole army out of the crisis, which may reduce your culpability, or even make a meritorious deed. ”

"Yes, yes, we just pointed out your mistakes, and we didn't mean to compete with you for command."

"Don't worry, we will do our best to assist you, now we need unity the most, only unity can tide over the difficulties."

The rest of them also instantly understood what Hardanov meant, no one would want to be a substitute for Vyazelsky, and he stabbed such a big man, so he should bear it himself.

Vyazevsky was furious because his wishful thinking had failed, and he did not know how to lead the whole army out of trouble, but Hadenov's excuse was reasonable, and it was true that only Kaufman could remove him from his post as commander, and no one else had the right to take it without permission, unless he died in battle or committed suicide.

Could he have committed suicide?

Vyazelsky could only forcibly suppress his anger, withdrew his sword and said: "Okay, since everyone unanimously asked, then I will temporarily take the position of commander, and now listen to my orders and retire!" ”

"Dudu Dudu~~" The trumpeter blew the brass trumpet!

In fact, since the moment the snow stopped, the Russian army has lost its fighting spirit, but the style of the Russian army is very tenacious, and the concept of respect and inferiority in the army is also very strong.

When he heard the trumpet, he did not rush to run back, but according to the subordinate relationship of the various units, the junior soldiers covered the senior officers to retreat first, except for some Central Asians who were scurrying around, and the whole retreat process appeared to be orderly.

In the Democratic Alliance Army, a staff officer asked: "Commander Li, do you want to pursue?" ”

Li Erhu's face was very solemn, and he was a little hesitant, and then he said coldly: "It's getting dark, the pursuit is not good for us, and you see that the Russian army is retreating without chaos, and it is in good order, if it is another army, I am afraid that so many people have been scattered and fled, the commander-in-chief once boasted that the Russian army has a tenacious role, and it is true."

The number of Russian troops is still more than ours, the dark night can create a chance for him to counterattack, we can't rush forward, now the initiative is in our hands, wait a few more days, I think there will be a cold wave tonight at the latest, I don't believe that in the cold, he can still fly? When Commander Li Xiucheng sends troops to come, it is not too late to launch a general attack. ”

"Yes!" As the Russian army retreated and the weather improved, the military order was conveyed smoothly again, and one artillery cannon spat out tongues of fire, pouring shells mercilessly until the Russian army withdrew from the firing range.

The wind was getting stronger, the temperature was getting colder, and the night was falling, in addition to sending patrols to monitor the Russian army, the soldiers packed up their equipment and the bodies of their own fallen soldiers, and slowly retreated to the camp near Vilneburg.

Before dinner, the casualties were counted, and the whole army lost 2,830 casualties, nearly 600 were seriously wounded, and more than 3,000 were lightly wounded.

After a brief memorial service, the bodies of the fallen soldiers are incinerated with kerosene, and the remains are engulfed in flames, and their ashes are sent back to the Nanjing Martyrs' Cemetery for burial, and the shrine will be enshrined forever for future generations.

According to the report of the patrol post, the Russian army retreated to 25 kilometers away, almost the origin of the attack during the day, and that night, the north wind was howling, and the temperature dropped to minus 22 degrees.

On this night, many people slept soundly, but it was not clear from the Russian army.

The next day, the sun that had been absent for a long time finally appeared on the snowfield, the sky was blue, the line of sight was wide, and when you raised the telescope, you could clearly see the Russian army camp twenty-five kilometers east, the ground reflected a dazzling strong light, and the snowy surface soaked in blood emitted a brilliant light like a ruby, which was strange and gorgeous.

Blood feeds the earth, and when spring begins, the grass grows wildly.

Many soldiers in the army, it was the first time to encounter such an extremely cold weather, took a breath, crystal clear, through the cold, the heat brought by breakfast, quickly returned to heaven and earth.

Li Erhu swept left and right, and found that some soldiers were shrinking their hands and feet, and immediately called: "It's cold, isn't it?" Then let me tell you, some of our comrades in the Marine Corps are stationed near the Arctic Circle at 60 degrees north latitude, where it is even colder, the climate is even harsher, the average temperature in winter is more than minus 20 degrees, and they only have a few hundred people, and they need to constantly fight against all kinds of people, and they face greater danger.

What do we have here compared to that? What's more, the commander-in-chief is in Hami, where the wind and sand are bigger and the temperature is lower!

The conquest of the steppes is not only to destroy the Russians and Central Asians, but also to conquer the bitter cold, now listen to my orders, you, you, and you, take some people to clean up the battlefield, and the others will move with Lao Tzu. ”

"Yes!" Thunder!

The soldiers put on goggles one after another, some followed Li Erhu to fight boxing drills and move their bodies, and some Qingyun set up the battlefield, a hot and boiling appearance.

After a night of freezing, the horse meat could no longer be divided, so the whole horse had to be put on the cart and dragged back in one cart.

The corpses of the Russian army are also frozen and hard, stacked on top of each other on the previous hill of corpses, and according to rough statistics, together with the nearly 50,000 cavalry annihilated in the first round yesterday, the total number of corpses exceeds 90,000.

Twenty-five kilometers away, the Russian military top brass are using binoculars to observe the camp of the Democratic Alliance, the vigorous vitality makes them frightened, although the whole army is active, it seems that the formation is scattered, but no one proposed to take advantage of the situation to sneak attack, this is no way, the visibility is too high, as long as there is a slight movement, the Chinese army can respond in advance.

Gradually, the binoculars moved to the hill made of corpses, and everyone's faces were ugly as they watched their soldiers being piled up higher and higher by the Chinese soldiers like throwing goods.

But this can't be blamed on them, it's not that they didn't think about picking up the corpses of their own side, but the place of engagement was too close to the Chinese position, within the range of the Chinese artillery, and there was no engagement convention at that time, and no one dared to risk carrying the corpses.

Maybe there is also the psychology of escape, so many people have died, and everyone has intentionally or unintentionally not faced it. (To be continued.) )