1637 Cossack Pioneer Battalion
These Cossacks who came from Central Asia from thousands of miles away unexpectedly set up such a maze array for them. The major of the Pioneer Camp looked at the straight black lines on the wide ice surface and shouted in surprise, "My God! What is this? Are the Chinese doing?"
"I heard that the Chinese are the most farming nation in the world. Are they going to plant crops on the ice? They look like farmland!"
"Idiot! Shut up!" The major whined his nose and shouted at the nonsense soldiers beside him, "Pioneering Camp controls the river embankment, disperse these Qing slaves, and fights for the advance position for the army!"
More than 500 cavalry began to spread, and all the remains of Jiangbei fled in fright. Soon the wide and flat river embankment on the north bank of Aihui Ferry was isolated, and more and more flags began to emerge behind these vanguard cavalry units.
On the highest soil slope on the south bank of Heilongjiang River, on a four-story wooden watchtower tower, Hunchun was observing the movements on the opposite bank. When he saw more and more black spots appearing on a white snow field in the north, and finally formed a tide to swallow everything white, he knew that the main force of Cossack had finally arrived.
It is a lie to be nervous. The number of war horses carried by the 30,000 Cossacks has reached 70,000. It can be said that this locust-like army has plundered all the northern Mongolians, which the Han people often say.
Such a large number of war horses cannot be provided by one or two tribes. This should be the wealth condensation of two or three rivers and hundreds of tribes on more than ten grasslands.
The little ghost in Wuxiong beside Hunchun was also worried. She was not a person who had never seen the world. From Japan to Ryukyu to Jiangnan, she had seen countless big scenes.
But she had never seen such a surging cavalry charge, and this was not an army, this was a wave, layered waves.
"Baga! In our Fusang, if there are more than a thousand cavalrymen fighting, they can be written into history books. Today I actually saw sixty or seventy thousand war horses galloping together! Amaterasu, the foundation of mainland civilization is really not something our island country can imagine!"
Hunchun clenched his fists and said fiercely, "Don't worry, we can withstand it! Fortunately, this is a pure cavalry unit. If the Rakshasa ghosts have been preparing for another half a year, and they will be in danger, we will be in great danger!"
That's right. If 50,000 Cossack cavalry, with 80,000 to 90,000 war horses, and then 50,000 infantry and artillery were equipped with 50,000 infantry and artillery, then such an army could be rampant in the Far East.
Even Xiao Letian's volunteer army must avoid its edge. Because there are infantry, there will be engineers, and there will be craftsmen. When there are engineers, there will be craftsmen. When you open roads and encounter water to fill bridges, the inexhaustible wood in the Far East can completely create enough ships and rafts for the army, and even build a pontoon bridge.
Fortunately, Tsarist Russia is eager to rescue, and fortunately there are only cavalry here, otherwise the tactics of river bombing defense would be of no use.
Not only that, Hunchun really wants to thank Lao Cangtou. If the old man had not had an idea and offered a trick to break the ice, otherwise the destruction of the entire riverbed would have been absolutely impossible to complete this evening.
"Look! The Rakshasa ghosts began to test the river, and their cavalry were on the ice..."
The Cossack Pioneer Battalion in Jiangbei sent three squads of troops to step onto the ice in three directions. There was no problem with being by the river. After just moving forward for more than 20 meters and entering the second grid, I heard strange sounds under the ice.
"No, the ice surface is about to collapse, retreat quickly..." The cavalrymen of three squads turned their heads and ran for even a second.
There was a commotion on the north bank, and then the three squads reduced their strength to nine cavalrymen. The three men and women began to walk carefully on the ice. This time they walked a little further and walked more than 150 meters, but the closer they got to the middle of the river, the more dangerous it became. The combined force of the war horses and cavalrymen put a huge pressure on the ice, and the sound of cracking underwater sounded again.
"Retreat... These despicable Chinese people actually came up with this trick! Damn, haven't they agreed to borrow it? What does this mean..."
"It must be a bribe! These Chinese people are the most greedy. If they don't give them enough gold, they will not let us cross the river! God punishes these pagans..."
Amid the scolding, the cavalry continued to test on the ice. Finally, they found that riding on the horse would definitely be a dead end. Only by dismounting and hiking on the ice, and the crowd had to disperse and not create too much pressure in some areas, so that they could safely walk to the middle of the river.
But when we arrived at the center of the river, the Qing army on the opposite south bank was quit. Countless translators shouted by the river, "Retreat! This is the territory of the Qing Dynasty, you are not allowed to move forward anymore! Retreat..."
"Damn, don't you understand, do you? You'll shoot an arrow if you go further..."
The arrogant Cossack didn't care about the threats of the Chinese, and he kept moving forward with a gun and a knife.
"Arrowman... Rockets are ready... Too high three fingers... Let's go!" With a command from Nanban, five hundred archers lit the arrows wrapped in oil cloth in the brazier, and only the sound of jumping around... A bowstring sounded, and five hundred meteors were immediately drawn in the sky.
High parabola, burning bows and arrows flew into the sky forty-five degrees, drawing a poignant arc of flames in the evening sky.
Papapapapapapapa... The rain of arrows like rain hit Cossacks, and a wall of fire stood on the ice. Although it did not kill an enemy, the threat was very obvious.
"Get back! Go ahead and we fired! Damn, the red-clothed cannons are specializing in blowing the ice surface and drowning you bastards!"
The Pathfinder on the ice did not expect that the Qing slaves would be so powerful. Their cognition was completely different before. Looking at the burning fire wall, they knew that the Qing people were not joking.
The vanguard troops had to retreat.
There were more and more cavalry gathering on the north bank, and the flags of various troops in the sky were roaring. At five o'clock, Fajeev's legion flag finally appeared, and the central army arrived at Aihui City.
As soon as Fajeev rushed up the river bank, he was stunned, "God! The Qing people destroyed the ice surface? Are they defending us? Is there something wrong with this period? Where is the Pioneer Officer? Let him come to see me!"
The major of the Pioneer Battalion ran over and reported everything that had just happened to Fajeev, "...Legislative Commander! These Chinese people chiseled grooves on the ice, destroying the safety of the ice layer, and filled with a lot of soil and charcoal to accelerate the melting!"
"Just as soon as our pathfinder reached the middle of the river, he was forced back by a rain of arrows. The other side even set up cannons! These slaves inviting the country betrayed us!"
Chapter completed!