Zheng Hong thought with a bitter face: "Where are you going to put the reserves?" ”

"What? Want to hit my reserve team again? "Xu Soul is quite vigilant.

Zheng Hong tightened his face: "I also told you the truth, I suspect that the enemy will bypass from Lake Baikal and copy our back road." ”

"The eastern shore of Lake Baikal is my defense zone, you don't have to worry about this, if it really breaks out, I will be responsible." Xu Soul almost patted his chest to ensure it.

Zheng Hong sneered: "What if the enemies in the encirclement are killed at the same time? As I said earlier, two divisions encircling three divisions were originally maintained by bluffing, and I did not have a motor corps at hand, and all the mobile troops were just one cavalry brigade - this encirclement was like a soap bubble, which could be broken at the slightest poke. When the time comes, the enemy will kill you in the back, and you will not have a good time. ”

Xu Soul groaned slightly, took the map from the wooden pier, and put it in front of his lap: "What is Brother Mingde's opinion?" ”

Zheng Hong pointed to a small town on the map located about 40 kilometers north of Ulan-Ude and about 50 kilometers northeast of Selenginsk: "How about placing your reserve troops south of Tuluntavoye, in my defense area, first, to prevent the enemy from copying our rear route from the Baikal side, second, to support the Ulan-Ude side in time, and third, to support the Selenginsk side in time, how about it?" ”

Xu Soul shook his head: "It's too far away from Selenginsk." ”

"What? You're going to counterattack now? ”

Xu Soul wiped his reddened nose: "There is no counterattack, only attack, I am ready to attack at any time." ”

"It's not about finding out the other party's situation first......

"The weather is bad, the airplanes and airships can't be used, what do you rely on to find out? You can only touch while fighting. I have a large number of reserves, just to wait until I find out the weaknesses on the opponent's front, and then concentrate my forces to dig through one or two big holes in one go, and the mobile troops will penetrate into the enemy's heart and kill him upside down! ”

Zheng Hong knocked the wine glass on the lid of the kettle: "Before getting into the belly of the Iron Fan Princess, you must first make sure that you don't get into other monsters in your stomach!" Three days, I only need three days, and when the 2nd Army arrives, you can use your reserves at your disposal, and until then, keep at least three armored brigades for me. ”

Xu Soul carefully examined the map again, and still asked reluctantly, "Just three days?" ”

"Commander Zhao Minhe promised me that he would personally lead the 2nd Army to Ulan-Ude within three days."

Xu Soul gritted his teeth, patted his thighs and made up his mind: "In this case, I will first put the 2nd Armored Army in Tuluntavoye, and only stay for three days, not even an hour!" ”

Zheng Hong hurriedly put down the wine glass and thanked him.

Xu Soul raised his glass and smiled: "There's nothing to thank, this is also to ensure my back road, I don't want to be bitten by the black blind man." ”

At the same time, at the Selenginsk railway station, a group of black blind people, no, a group of "livestock" of the Great Russian Empire were huddled in front of a flatbed trailer full of goods, pointing and gossiping, making surprises, hunting, and proud......

"Oh my God, such a big iron house! Can't believe it's two stories tall! ”

"Straight to the point, it's more like a big iron coffin."

"Looking at the barrel in front of it, I'm sure the caliber won't be less than 4 inches."

"I think it's at least 5 inches."

"Can it really go?"

"Look at those iron wheels, and those iron straps, this is our new 'tank'."

"What is a 'tank'?"

"You're outdated, Slekivich—"

Suddenly, a group of officers on horseback rushed to the platform, and the bearded captain at the head waved his leather whip and threw it into the crowd, roaring like a bear: "Get out of here, get out of the way, stay away from your majesty's treasure." The commander of the armored forces, General Nakasidze, arrived, and he didn't get out of the way quickly! ”

In the eyes of the nobles and officers of the Great Russian Empire, these "serf-born mongreds" with scruffy beards, plastered faces, and dirty military uniforms were not fundamentally different from the cattle of the military envoys, and they were even inferior to the purebred war horses with shiny manes under the crotch of the barons and counts.

"Ivanov, stop!"

A cavalry lieutenant general with a white sheep's horn beard and a broad face shouted at the captain's atrocity, and the eyes of the soldiers immediately focused on him.

"I'm Lieutenant General Nakasidze, please forgive Captain Ivanov for his irritable behavior, he's afraid you'll eat this iron guy."

The crowd burst into laughter, and the captain's face turned white, and he put away his leather whip in shame, and rode his horse to hide behind the general.

"Who here has seen the enemy's 'tanks'?" The general stole the bridle with one hand and crossed his waist with the other, and glanced around.

"I've seen it!" In the front row, a small soldier who had not yet grown a beard raised his hand in the air.

The general nodded to him kindly: "My child, what's your name." ”

"Yurich Petrov, from the 30th Siberian Infantry Regiment."

"It turned out to be from the 8th Division - tell me how powerful the enemy's 'tanks' are."

The young man looked left and right, and touched his head embarrassedly: "I saw it from a distance, and I retreated before I could see the troops clearly." ”

There was another burst of laughter left and right, and a sergeant with a thick beard came over, knocked on his head and shouted: "You little devil who pees your pants, you are making trouble here again, get back to peeling potatoes for me." ”

The young man blocked the sergeant's fist and shouted unconvinced: "But I have heard that none of those companies who have not had time to retreat will come back alive!" ”

The crowd fell silent.

"I saw our cavalry charging at those things," he continued in song, "all of them the best of the good, riding beautiful Don hippos, and they rushed forward bravely, and before they could get close, they fell into the snow with their horses one by one—and in two or three minutes a company of cavalry disappeared from my eyes. I saw it, our machine guns shot box after box of bullets, the iron guys didn't react, they ran over our machine gun positions, they squashed the machine guns, they flattened people, the devil's iron heads spun around, spraying bullets and shells...... On the open snowy field, our people were knocked over like rabbits, yes, rabbits all over the ground, all over the ground, including my good brother Tegarev......"

At this, Eurich whimpered and kept wiping his eyes with his black sleeve.

The crowd gradually stirred, and people kept raising their hands to speak:

"Yuric is right, it's not a fight, it's a massacre, there's nothing we can do about it!"

"Our artillery used the method of fighting cavalry against those things, but it was useless! Shrapnel can easily slaughter cavalry, but hitting the 'tank' is like fart! ”

"Sabres do not work, spears do not work, bayonets do not work, we Cossacks do not lack courage, but courage is useless in front of those mobile fortresses!"

"They are ironclad knights with no weaknesses......"

Nakasidze raised his hand and paused in the air: "Please be quiet, I hear your accusations, you are all brave warriors, but you are struggling with the new weapons that cannot destroy the enemy. Now, please look back and look at the crystallization of the highest technology of the Russian Empire, the pride of our nation, the invincible land battleship, the great B. Mendeleev heavy tank - he proved his worth two days ago! ”