In July, after nearly a month of trekking, south of Semey, the Xiongke Army Army finally met the Russian army and ended its previous state of rapid advancement. The Russian army facing us was the former Russian Grassland Governor's area, including a Cossack cavalry army, two Grassland Tatar cavalry divisions, and an infantry army with a total strength of more than 60,000.

In terms of force and system configuration, the Fifth Army and Xiong Ke Army had to organize defense on the spot, and urgently call the rear to pay attention to defending the supply line in the rear.

After receiving the news, the Eighth Army of Li Liejun's army urgently moved closer to the west, transforming from the attitude of advancing in the two sides to the tendency of joining forces.

The Russian army quickly responded urgently and divided two Tatar cavalry divisions to stop them. For a time, more than 100,000 people from both sides gathered on this land hundreds of kilometers south of Semey. The two sides mobilized their troops and generals around this land to launch a large-scale grassland war.

"The Tatars cannot stop the advancement of the National Defense Forces. If these two national defense forces have the strength of the Ulan-Ude National Defense Forces, these two Chinese troops will eventually be able to break through the Tatars' blockade and be together. In that case, the 27th Army in front of them will be in danger."

Nikolaevich talked about the battle situation of Semey. In Irkutsk, he made such a judgment after learning about Semey's battle situation.

In modern warfare, with machine guns and artillery, it is difficult for cavalry to be the main force on the front battlefield. Even on the grassland, although the cavalry of this Russian army has an absolute advantage, if it cannot harass the enemy's marches and cannot cut off the enemy's logistics, it will have no effect on the front battlefield. The real main force is the infantry among the Russian army, the former direct army of the Central Asian Governor's District.

Nikolaevich, who has a deep understanding of the combat effectiveness of the two Chinese Defense Forces, can definitely easily crush the position defense line of the 27th Army and break into Semey. Even if there is harassment from the cavalry army, if the two Chinese Defense Forces are determined to leap forward, the cavalry will not play a big role.

Kulo Patkin nodded in agreement next to him.

"But in this way, even if the Chinese use the air force to complete the supply, it will be enough to control the surrounding areas, thus forming a solid and prominent position in southern Siberia. This is even more terrifying than the 38th Army's leap forward."

What Kulopatkin said is the fact. The surrounding areas of Semey, cities such as Oskmen, Reed, and Zilianovsk are rare urban dense areas in the Central Asian grassland and an excellent strategic fulcrum area.

The Russians can use this to deter the southern Central Asian zone and China's Xinjiang. If China occupied this place, it can also threaten Russia's Siberia, namely the Ob River and Novosibirsk.

"The Chinese attacks are really wave after wave, and it's overwhelming!" Nikolaevich couldn't help but sigh. Although he had a trick, it's not a big deal to always tear down the east wall and repair the west wall in the face of such a intensive attack by the Chinese!

"Kupa! If you are asked to come, do you have the confidence to block them in the Semey area?" Nikolaevich suddenly turned to Kulopatkin,

"I will give you the allocation rights of the army in the Semey area. You only need to drag these two defense forces here!"

Kulopatkin was suddenly asked by Nikolaevich, and he felt a little excited. Is this going to let me go to the battlefield again?

"Nicolah! I, I don't know if I can do it!" Kulopatkin said hesitantly.

His heart was mixed. After all, the past defeat - the Russo-Japanese War! Everyone in the country was blaming him, his cowardice and indecision, which ruined hundreds of thousands of Russian troops in the Far East and made the international reputation of Greater Russia plummet. Some people even believed that Russia's decline in recent years was fundamentally caused by the defeat in this battle.

For this reason, Kulopatkin, who has been criticized by many people, has rolled his eyes and is almost unacceptable to the world. If it weren't for Nikolayevich's protection, he would have probably died many times now!

Now, Nicholas still has to surrender his mission to his shoulders. This kind of trust is simply unbelievable.

"I believe you, you can do it. Kupa! You are one of the best commanders of Russia. Everything in the past is just a war that happened. It will pass! And the real responsibility of that war does not lie with you. I just hope that this time, you can do your best to help me defeat the Chinese.

This war is already our last hope for Russia! If we don’t win and completely curb the rise of the Eastern Chinese, then Russia will be over. It’s really too late and there will be no chance again.”

Nikolaevich was excited and completely burst out the heavy sense of crisis in front of his old friend.

Kulopatkin looked at Nicholas and felt the heavy trust, and felt infinite emotion in his heart.

"Okay! Let's save Russia together!"

...

Grasslands, arid grasslands, I don’t know if it is the reason for the climate change of grasslands in this era. Everything here does not have the ultimate green beauty of the grasslands, but everything that catches your eyes is all the basic color of yellow. This is a grassland with a tendency to transform into the Gobi.

The vitality of the past grassland is fading step by step, and there is a feeling of life everywhere.

Yang Sen, a leader of Xiong Ke's army, was quite touched when he saw everything in front of him. A voice sounded in his ears.

"I'm Ge! I don't know when this Russian will come here. We have been waiting here for more than half an hour."

Without looking back, Yang Sen knew that it was his chief of staff Liu Xiang. As the chief of staff, this guy seemed more brave than him, the real chief. In the Fifth Army of the National Defense Forces, people called him Yang Sen a chief of staff, while Liu Xiang, who was known as Liu Mangzi, was like the leader of the 125th Regiment.

How could this make Yang Sen feel sad?

The organization of the National Defense Forces, all company commanders and above, have the position of staff, and the position of chief of staff is established at the first level and above, and they are usually responsible for various miscellaneous matters such as tactical training, ideological work, logistics supply, etc. The higher the level, the greater the role of the chief of staff. So when they reach the division level, the orders above are mostly signed by the head of the army and the chief of staff before they can be implemented.

Yang Sen and his chief of staff Liu Xiang were a little out of touch.

He replied angrily:

"Isn't that the information you received? The enemy cavalry is attacking here, and the news from the Air Force is what you received."

Liu Xiang looked back at Yang Sen, his face looked a little strange.

"What's the difference between what I've received? Didn't everyone fight this battle together?"

Yang Sen immediately felt abrupt and was so angry that this guy liked to pretend to be innocent, which made him look like Yang Sen not generous enough, and he was so angry that he hated him in his heart.

At this moment, suddenly, Liu Xiang's face changed and he stretched out his hand, "Don't move, listen carefully!" He bent down and tried to lie on the ground and learn the listening posture given to him by the grassland guide. He seemed to feel some unusual vibration on the ground, which made his knees feel trembling and itchy.

"Bad, what do you think? Don't you look at it yourself?" But at this time, Yang Sen was already cursing directly. He pulled out his pistol and shouted at him,

"Prepare for the battle, the Turtle Son is here!"

Behind him, the entire transport team led by the 125th Regiment of the Fifth Army, including thousands of grassland herders, hurriedly shrank into a circular simple position surrounded by cars and carriages, ready to deal with the enemy's charge.

In the distance, wherever you see, an enemy cavalry with a black strap like rushing over with a sabre, thousands of horse hooves stepped on the ground, causing bursts of thunder, like a tsunami and a mountain collapse, like a storm striking waves striking the shore.

"Oh my god, this Cossack cavalry charge is indeed necessary, much better than the bullshit Khanate of Bukhara." Liu Xiang hugged in the circle of the big cart and muttered to himself.

...

As the Cossack cavalry approached, the attack scene of the cavalry became more and more magnificent, as endless as the sea tide. In the charge formation spread out on the grassland, the Cossacks waved their sabers in their hands, and shone with snow and cold lights in the black background. They also made roars that seemed to be unexplained, and were connected with the tsunami-like vibrations of thousands of horse hooves, forming the only background of this scene, as if it indicates that a purgatory life and death massacre is about to begin!

Seeing the distance approaching, the National Defense Forces dared not be entrusted.

"Start the fight!" The regiment commander Yang Sen issued an order. He touched a sniper from somewhere, and started the prelude of the war with a bang.

In a blink of an eye, various guns in the 125th Regiment began to roar at the same time. The gunshots sounded in an instant overwhelmed the momentum brought by the charge of the Cossacks. The rain of bullets formed a dense intertwined fire net, covering the Cossacks.

The Cossacks who were charging with a sabre at a high speed fell down in an instant. It was like a vortex of death appeared in the tide of charge. Along the edge of the vortex, countless Cossacks were knocked down by the bodies falling in front and fell into a rolling gourd. At such a charge speed, falling down means death.

The Cossacks with superb riding skills, except for those who had no time to turn, all urgently adjusted their horse stance, trying to go around from the side, or simply jumped over their own bodies, but in such a short time, the heavy machine gun of the National Defense Force began to exert its power, sweeping across the front of the Russian army like a lawnmower, sweeping the Russian army's forefront layer after layer.

"Ula!Ula!"

A Russian officer at the front end shouted with a sabre, but soon, he was hit by countless bullets and could no longer find the body. Large-caliber bullets passed through the cavalry's charge, and the kinetic energy carried was enough to tear the human body to pieces.

Kill! Kill!
Chapter completed!