Chapter 828 If You Don’t Surrender, We Will Kill You All!

Rumyantsev and the officers behind him couldn't help but look at each other. After they had this realization, their first reaction was not to get angry and fight to the death with the National Defense Forces, but a tired expression appeared on their faces. Deeply tired, they looked at each other.

Since the rockets in the hands of the Russian army have been exhausted, the morale of the entire army has plummeted in the past two days. The faces of the soldiers and middle- and lower-level officers often showed expressions of despair, which made Rumyantsev feel unmotivated.

Rumyantsev is not an ordinary young man. He has rich war experience and military leadership experience. He does not need to say anything with his mouth, he only needs to see it with his eyes, and he will understand everything.

There are still Russian soldiers among the 20,000 Russian troops who are willing to die for Rumyantsev, but overall, their fighting spirit has dropped a lot compared to when they were first besieged.

All the Russian soldiers were desperate. Because they know very well how powerful the rockets are, and they know that if the Chinese attack them, they will have only a "dead end".

Without the support of rockets, they would not be able to withstand the bombardment of rockets + the Chinese attack.

"Do you want to surrender?" Rumyantsev asked himself with a wry smile. But he really didn't want to surrender. Rumyantsev, who came from a famous family, valued honor very much.

So, will today's night be the last night he sees in his life?

In the National Defense Forces Command.

At this time, Wei Xiuzhi asked someone to deliver an ultimatum to the besieged Russian army. The deadline for consideration is 8 o'clock tomorrow morning!

"Tell them that if they don't surrender, we will wipe them out cleanly and completely!"

"The Kama River is not Omsk. There is a waterway in Omsk. All roads here are land, purely land."

"Taking thousands of prisoners and wounded soldiers on the road is a big trouble. If they choose to fight to the end and fight again tomorrow, I will not show any mercy." That is to say, how many Russians can be killed people, how many Russians will be killed by then. You get two completely different treatments from voluntarily surrendering.

If you want to live or die, just think about it in this night.

After saying this, Wei Xiuzhi went back to his room to rest. His headquarters was not a bunker like Rumyantsev, but twenty or thirty wooden rooms connected together. Wei Xiuzhi fell asleep soon after lying in bed. Yes, under the covers. On a Siberian night in May, if you want to avoid being woken up by the cold or freezing, you must also cover yourself with a quilt.

I had a good sleep until it got light. I looked at my watch and it was already half past six. After Wei Xiuzhi stood up and touched his face with cold water from the basin, his energy was suddenly shaken. He did not hear the guard calling him, which meant that nothing special happened on the battlefield. Naturally, this also means that the Russians have not surrendered yet!

If the Russians did not surrender, fighting would certainly begin. It is not a problem to eat 20,000 Russian troops.

But Wei Xiuzhi hoped that the Russian army could surrender. Because the Russian army surrendered, the Wehrmacht not only saved more energy and effort, but also made it easier for him to perform. Let the troops pretend to be Russian troops and continue to look like they are surrounded, so as to lure the Russian cavalry floating outside to take the bait.

If the Russian army really surrenders, he will maintain the dignity that his opponent Rumyantsev and the Russian marshal deserve, and he will not use any unfair means to humiliate this veteran. He will arrange people as soon as possible to send Rumyantsev and other surrendered generals back to Zhaisangbo for resettlement. Then officers below generals are the second group, and finally ordinary Russian soldiers.

But the Russian army has not surrendered yet. Wei Xiuzhi had a serious expression on his face. He had not had much hope in persuading him to surrender before. There were at least 20,000 Russians. And unlike senior military officers in Spain and the Netherlands, Lao Maozi's senior generals are still very tough in character. As for Repnin, he is still hiding in the ravines.

Wei Xiuzhi also had to take care of the Russian cavalry outside. The infantry was already on the plate, and those cavalry couldn't go far.

But if you want to make a decent game, you have to spend money.

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The control range of the Chinese cavalry was shrinking, from thirty miles to fifty miles, and it retreated to the thirty mile limit overnight. Then one day they retreated to the twenty-mile limit. For the Russian cavalry, this was a good thing. But for the whole battle, this is very bad.

At the same time that the Chinese cavalry began to retract, faint roars, explosions and shouts of death were heard continuously from the direction of the battlefield.

It is obvious that the Wehrmacht is launching a fierce attack on the Russian army. However, all the police circles of the Chinese cavalry troops are naturally much denser in defense, and the Chinese also have hot air balloons in their hands.

It is really difficult for the Russian army to approach on a large scale without being discovered by the Wehrmacht.

"General Sergei Leonidovich!"

Colonel Krasnov angrily ran to the top of the mound, stood in front of the cavalry commander Sergei Leonidovich, and said fiercely: "Why don't you let the cavalry attack? Why?"

"The Russian soldiers there are suffering from the devastation launched by China. We must have no rockets, this weapon cursed by the devil. Their lives are being harvested wantonly by rockets launched by the Chinese. We cannot sit idly by and ignore them."

"Without my order, no team can attack without authorization. The Chinese have rockets in their hands, and you know how powerful those things are. They are the nemesis of the cavalry. Attacking the Chinese camp during the day is not a brave sacrifice. Instead, you will die foolishly," Leonidovich said coldly, waving his arms.

He didn't want to wait here until dark, but during the day, if they attacked the Chinese with such a small number of people, they would just be asking for death.

Did Krasnov think he didn't want the Russian tricolor flag to fly forever over Siberia?

"Coward! You are a coward!..." Krasnov didn't agree with Leonidovich's idea. He was a brave Cossack, and Leonidovich was a general from the regular cavalry of the Russian army. His eyes seemed to be spitting fire at Leonidovich. If he was not qualified, he would have wanted to take out his gun and shoot the man in front of him.

In Krasnov's eyes, cavalry was used to attack and sacrifice. Without sacrifice, it would not be cavalry.

So he never thought that sacrifice was a big deal.

His military thought was to attack, attack, and attack continuously. Whether it was cavalry or army, whether it was against undefended wilderness or fortified castles, they must attack resolutely. The essence of war is to attack the enemy directly from the most vital part of the enemy, rather than taking an indirect and roundabout way to approach the enemy. Only a brave attack can win!

It is not just Krasnov, many cavalry officers of Cossack origin, and orthodox Russian officers, hold this idea. But obviously, Leonidovich is not.

He is calmer and more cold-blooded.

He is not a genius commander. He has never won a war that he is going to lose. He is not able to win a brilliant victory like Rumyantsev, who suddenly launched a counterattack with 27,000 remnants of soldiers who lack medical care and medicine, and defeated the 150,000 Ottoman army in front of him, but he never loses the battles he can win.

A calm brain allows Leonidovich to objectively analyze the enemy situation and avoid avoidable heavy casualties even when he is most passionate.

In Leonidovich's eyes, the Chinese are very well-prepared. Without the protection of the night, it is difficult for them to pose a real threat to the Chinese, but they have revealed their tracks.

Leonidovich insisted on ambushing the whole army, waiting for the night to fall.

Although the possibility of their turning the tables in this battle was very small, at least some people had to be supported.

Leonidovich looked at Krasnov expressionlessly, turned his head and continued to stare at the battlefield in front, "Colonel Krasnov, you should go back and urge your subordinates to have a good rest. Instead of coming here to make decisions!"

As a regular Russian cavalry major general, Leonidovich has his own pride. His judgment made him choose to keep his troops in place at that moment, so this is not something that a Cossack colonel can "slander". Even if Krasnov did not represent himself, it is likely that the entire Cossack group.

A dragoon regiment, a hussar regiment, Leonidovich held more than a thousand regular Russian cavalry in his hands, but the main force of this 4,000-strong team was 3,000 Cossacks.

But so what? The command was in his hands.

Leonidovich waited silently.

Even if Krasnov was unwilling, he could only retreat silently.

The sound coming from afar was like a small brush brushing his heart. It made him look at Leonidovich with a very unfriendly look.

Sometimes, cracks can be created so easily.

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"Swish, swish, swish..."

A series of rockets fell on the Russian positions, which was a precursor to another attack by the Wehrmacht. Tilting the artillery fire in the direction of the attack, rockets slid down from the sky one by one, and "bang bang bang" exploded dense clouds of fire on the Russian positions.

The Russian resistance was very tenacious. Because this was a very important position for them, it was taken by the Wehrmacht. The Russian army in the northwest corner, which was pinned down by the Wehrmacht and could not retreat, was likely to be divided and surrounded by the Wehrmacht.

Rumyantsev would not shrink everyone together and wait for death, and the Wehrmacht would not launch a crazy attack from all four directions. The battle on the Russian position was very purposeful.

The Wehrmacht was like a knife, cutting the Russian army into small pieces, then encircling them, and then devouring them.

The current position was the key area between the Russian army in the northwest corner and the central position, where the Russian army deployed a whole regiment. The defenders' resistance was also extremely resolute and tenacious, but this resoluteness was only exchanged for more intense bombing by the Wehrmacht.

Rockets blew the breastworks and earth mounds on the position apart, and all the Russian soldiers hid at the bottom of the trenches, waiting for the moment of desperate fighting.

Rumyantsev distributed the strong liquor in his hand.

For Russian soldiers, drinking from the top was the same as the Chinese warriors having a good meal before going out, and it was the last meal of their lives.

There was no need to tell what it was like to be heartless.

They were suppressed by the powerful firepower of the Wehrmacht and could not raise their heads. The explosions of rockets and thunder cannons and shrapnel flew across.

In the trenches, including the colonel commander, everyone consciously squatted or lay on the ground. Let the bullets fly over your head.

War is ruthless and fair. It will not favor anyone for anything. Even the most powerful people may lose their lives because of an insignificant shrapnel.

The Russian army's counterattack was very fragile. They relied on the muskets and grenades in their hands. The accuracy of the flintlock rifle does not require much, and everyone knows the coverage of the grenade.

A bullet suddenly flew over Xiang Kexiang's head. Xiang Kexiang, who was crawling on the battlefield like others, felt dizzy.

"Bullet, this is a bullet that is enough to kill me."

Xiang Kexiang suddenly felt his body stiffen, and a feeling of suffocation came over him. His heart beat as fast as a drum, and his crotch was slightly wet.

As a budding new painter, he was really not suitable for the battlefield. Because the National Defense Army had the advantage, he also wanted to experience the feeling of the battlefield. He was looking for feelings/inspiration, but he almost lost his life just now.

Xiang Kexiang felt that he could not move his whole body. He felt unprecedented fear. He was afraid that a bullet would suddenly take his life in the next moment.

He regretted coming to experience the battlefield at this time. He was too ignorant and looked at the war too simply. He should go to the safe hot air balloon instead of the dangerous battlefield.

Xiang Kexiang wished he could return to the safe bunker in the back in the blink of an eye. He wanted to run away with his head in his hands, but he couldn't move.

Contrary to his real thoughts, Xiang Kexiang froze on the spot, lying on the ground motionless, and had lost control of his limbs. He was nervous and wanted to shout, but he found that he couldn't even call. Helplessly, he could only hug the ground tightly and tremble.

Like a timid little mouse.

Suddenly, a big hand grabbed his clothes, and Xiang Kexiang felt that he was being dragged back like a dead dog.

At some point, Xiang Kexiang felt that he had regained control of his body. He turned his head and saw that the person who grabbed him was actually the "bodyguard" assigned to him by the command center.

After seeing the person clearly, Xiang Kexiang felt his face burning, and he wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into. It was too embarrassing. Fortunately, he had always believed that he didn't need a "bodyguard" at all. The National Defense Forces had already taken full advantage, and he didn't need to charge at the front line. He just followed behind to "collect folk songs" and there was no danger at all. But he never expected that he was frightened and couldn't move just now.

In Xiang Kexiang's life of wealth and safety, this incident was the most dangerous and embarrassing thing for him.