Chapter 132 Public Enemy of the Army
Brushinov, born in 1853, is 31 years old this year.
George born in 1872——
Forget it, George doesn’t like others to discuss his age.
The year George was born, Brusinov graduated from the Noble Military Academy and then entered the Caucasus Military District to serve.
In the Tenth Russo-Turkish War, Brusinov emerged with bravery and bold tactics and was considered a rising star of the Russian military.
It is said that the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, but no one could have imagined that the waves behind Russia would come so quickly.
The estimated time for the drill between the Oak Group and the Third Infantry Division is half a month.
After just five days, the Third Infantry Division was defeated by the Oak Regiment. The whole process was worthy of repeated review by the governor and generals.
"George, if you lead the infantry, how can you defeat the Oak Regiment?" Milyutin Debrusinov asked the question he was most concerned about.
This is also the main concern of all governors and generals.
"It is unfair for infantry to face cavalry. If it were me, I would not take the initiative to attack." George is a tortoise, and everyone has seen the defensive positions built by the Oak Regiment.
Facing cavalry, if the infantry follows the opponent's rhythm, the only outcome will be to be dragged to death by the cavalry.
So Brusinov should honestly build defensive positions when entering the battlefield, forcing the Rubber Regiment and the 3rd Infantry Division to engage in offensive and defensive battles. Then Brusinov can at least get a draw. .
This is what happens when you fight George.
"What should I do?" George's suggestion had no effect on Nicholas Jr., who also led the cavalry.
"You have already seen how George defeated Alexei. Do you still need George to teach you how to do it?" Old Nicholas hates iron but not steel. They are also members of the royal family. What is the difference? It’s so big!
The gap between people is sometimes bigger than that between people and dogs.
"George's troops are equipped with the latest magazine-type rifles, which have a longer range than Bodin rifles. There are also a large number of precision shooters in his troops. If I fight like George, the consequences will be worse than Alexei is even worse. "Little Nikolay started to make excuses now.
But this is indeed a problem. If there is no limit on the range, any unit that confronts the rubber group will be kited by the rubber group.
"George, from now on, your unit's firing range is the same as other units, only 300 meters, no, 200 meters." Ya San checked and filled in the gaps.
The rifles of the precision shooters of the Oak Group have scopes.
If no restrictions are imposed, other troops will also be kited by the rubber group.
Don’t underestimate this mere 100 meters. On the battlefield, it is an insurmountable chasm of life and death.
"Okay-" George agreed. He had demonstrated the power of the new weapon, hoping to increase the attention of the Czar and the Russian generals.
"Hahahaha, George, this time it's over -" Little Nicholas was very happy, as if he had won the confrontation.
After weakening the advantages brought by weapons and equipment, the Oak Regiment seemed to have become incapable of fighting. It did not launch any attack like the First Cavalry Division for two days.
Little Nicholas was very proud. He had an absolute advantage in terms of military strength, four against one, and he couldn't think of how George should defeat him.
Although George did not attack, he did not do nothing. He had prepared a cemetery for Little Nicholas, waiting for Little Nicholas to jump in on his own initiative.
Although Nicholas Jr.'s military literacy was not very good, he had an experienced chief of staff - Obruchev, a former professor at the General Staff College.
Obruchev is an old friend of Milyutin. Together with Milyutin, he founded the magazine "Military Collected Works" and personally served as the editor-in-chief of this magazine. During the Tenth Russo-Turkish War, he participated in the formulation of the Russian army plan. He is Milyutin's most important assistant.
After Milyutin retired, Obruchev served as the chief of staff of the General Headquarters and chairman of the Military Academic Committee, presiding over the formulation of strategic plans for the war against Germany and Austria.
Brushinov’s fiasco frightened little Nicholas and shocked the Russian generals.
In order to improve the combat effectiveness of the 1st Cavalry Division, the Tsar temporarily appointed Obruchev as the Chief of Staff of the 1st Cavalry Division, hoping that the 1st Cavalry Division could last longer under George.
George didn't know that his opponent had changed. He found that little Nicholas suddenly became smarter and gave George no chance. The only flaw looked more like a trap. George did not Be fooled.
The First Cavalry Division, like the Oak Group, also has one man and two horses.
This means that the mobility of the 1st Cavalry Division is no less than that of the Rubber Regiment. If the Rubber Regiment misses a hit, it will be tightly entangled by the 1st Cavalry Division. At that time, the 1st Cavalry Division can rely on its superior strength , consuming the rubber group alive.
"The logistics transportation line of the 1st Cavalry Division has been extended to 40 kilometers. We can harass the transportation line of the 1st Cavalry Division -" Vasily suggested at the tactical meeting. He has now followed George's example. In order to win, do anything you can.
What an upright young man Vasily was once. He never would or would not bother to use such intrigues.
"We might as well poison the water and poison them to death!" Demeter was vicious, but this could not completely defeat the First Cavalry Division, it could only disgust them.
"I will serve as bait to lure the 1st Cavalry Division into the encirclement." Yelohin led his troops to dig trenches on the banks of the Mliniv River for three days to build an ambush position.
"I'll do it. Little Nicholas will lose his mind only when he sees me." George took action. Little Nicholas was very happy. The 1st Cavalry Division had occupied the center of the training ground. As long as the Oak Group was found next, it would be the end of the Oak Group.
Obruchev was very cautious and did not look down on George because of his age.
Obruchev was born in 1830. After graduating from the General Staff College, he stayed at the school as a professor and director of the Military Geography Teaching and Research Section. Before serving as the chairman of the Military Academic Committee, Obruchev served as the Chairman of the Military Academic Committee of the General Headquarters. The committee member and office director has studied tactics all his life and is extremely experienced.
Obruchev is a member of the exercise observation team. He saw how Brusinov lost the exercise.
Although the 1st Cavalry Division had an absolute advantage in strength, Obruchev did not advance lightly. He would spread out his cavalry widely before confirming the march route, so as not to give the Oak Regiment a chance to ambush.
The 1st Cavalry Division was divided into two parts by Obruchev, about 10 kilometers apart. This ensures the search area and prevents them from being disconnected from each other. If either side is attacked by the Oak Group, the other side will All can be supported quickly.
On the fourth day, the attack of the Oak Regiment finally arrived. A cavalry detachment was ambushed by the Oak Regiment. About 40 people were killed and 20 were captured.
"This is not fair, the Cossacks never surrender, they will only fight to the end." Little Nicholas chattered, thinking that George was favored by the exercise headquarters.
"We have four times more troops than the Oak Regiment. Is this fair?" Obruchev hoped that the Russian generals would not just complain that fighting is not a duel and can never be fair.
The reason why Suvorov became a military god is that he is best at concentrating superior forces and forming a situation of using more to defeat fewer in a short period of time, quickly destroying the enemy and winning the war.
In previous exercises, the strength of the Rubber Regiment was much smaller than that of the 3rd Infantry Division. George did not even concentrate his forces and defeated the 3rd Infantry Division until it exited the exercise.
George's daily combat plans must be reported to the headquarters. Obruchev knew very well that George only used two cavalry battalions in the exercise against the 3rd Infantry Division, and there was still one cavalry battalion until In the end, they were not dispatched.
This conclusion is not correct, because the unused strength of the Oak Regiment is not one battalion, but two battalions.
The soldiers of the artillery battalion of the Oak Regiment are also composed of Cossacks, who can also be used as dragoons or even light cavalry.
"Damn George, when I find him, I will kick his ass hard." Little Nicholas was furious, he wanted to avenge Brusinov.
No, no, no, little Nicholas is not here to avenge Brusinov, he is here to prove his ability.
"Legion Commander, the General Regiment was attacked, and the other party used artillery to carry out intensive attacks on us." The adjutant hurriedly reported, and the Oak Regiment repeated its old tricks, launching harassment tactics while the 1st Cavalry Division was resting.
Although George did not have any military writings, Obruchev had already begun to study George's harassment tactics.
On the surface, George's harassment tactics seem to have no rules. In summary, they are just a few random attacks.
Obruchev is extremely sensitive to tactics and can discover things that others cannot.
After the Oak Regiment resumes its harassment tactics, it will launch a surprise attack on the 1st Cavalry Division at night.
The Russian army does not have the habit of fighting at night, nor does it have the ability to fight at night. After the first attack, Nicholas Jr. sent troops to counterattack, but was ambushed by the Oak Regiment and suffered losses. heavy.
After Nicholas the Younger sent more troops, the artillery of the Oak Regiment disappeared.
Little Nicholas questioned the maneuverability of the Oak Regiment's artillery, but Obruchev saw through it.
There are dense rivers around Rivne, and the artillery of the Oak Regiment used the rivers to move quickly. The 1st Cavalry Division, which lacked a way to cross the river, could not catch up.
So when he camps next, Little Nicholas will choose a place far away from the river to avoid being attacked by the Oak Regiment artillery as much as possible.
“Can’t we use this to teach George a lesson?” It’s a miracle that little Nicholas actually started to play tactics.
"How do you know that George is defenseless?" Obruchev was patient and carried out the turtle tactic to the end to see how many more tricks George had.
George has many tricks up his sleeve.
On the tenth day of the exercise, George finally appeared in front of little Nicholas across a river.
"Did you sleep well last night?" George was in high spirits, which was in sharp contrast to little Nicholas's lethargy.
The artillerymen of the Oak Regiment ran away after hitting them, but the officers and soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division could not just fall asleep. What if the artillerymen of the Oak Regiment left and came back?
The artillery of the Oak Regiment cannot really fire. The headquarters determined that every time the Oak Regiment successfully carried out an attack, the 1st Cavalry Division would be in a waiting state for four hours. During this period, the officers and soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division would He couldn't sleep, he couldn't move around, and even his war horse couldn't rest.
Last night, the Oak Regiment carried out a total of two attacks, once when the 1st Cavalry Division had just rested, and again at three o'clock in the morning.
The officers and soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division were extremely angry. They were called up by the military police just after taking a rest, and they sat under the gaze of the military police for four hours.
I finally fell asleep in the early hours of the morning when I was woken up by the military police. The whole night, the officers and soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division and the military policemen had their eyes turned into rabbits. As a result, George became the most hated person by the officers, soldiers and military police of the 1st Cavalry Division.
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