Struggle in Russia

According to the liaison personnel, Dmitry will soon go south to recover Pilyatin, but the news brought back by Kornilov's scouts is that neither Pilyatin nor Zogtonosha has Russian troops. traces of the army.

Even according to gossip, Dmitry's attacking troops were frustrated at Priyatin and had already retreated.

This is not good news for Kornilov. After all, his purpose of going north was to join Dmitry, but Dmitry couldn't get down. The existing forces simply cannot go north.

And this means that he will be completely passive in the future. Once the rebels in the direction of Kiev and even the rebels in the surrounding area of ​​​​Cherkasy see through his fiction, Kornilov will be very clear about what will greet him .

It's just that he couldn't give up on Cherkasy and run away like this. After all, it took a lot of effort to recover the city. He couldn't just watch the hundreds of thousands of people in the city fall into the hands of thieves again, right?

For a moment Kornilov felt at a loss, and was a little hesitant.

At the same time, Dmitry and Li Xiao led the troops to Konotop, and their first target was Bachmachi.

This small city is located on the west side of Konotop. Going west can lead to Ichnia and Nezhin, which can be regarded as the gateway to the west of Konotop.

As long as Konotop is taken here, the door will be opened.

Of course, the most critical reason why Dmitry wants to regain here is to join the 17th Russian Infantry Brigade and the 12th Cavalry Division in the direction of Mena.

As a containment force, these two forces have been feigning near Mena, and they dared to go south boldly after taking down Bachmachi.

Why are these two troops so timid? The main reason is that they were scared by the rebels. Before that, they were stationed in Konotop and once went out of the city to wipe out the rebels.

As a result, he was beaten to the point of being unable to take care of himself in the vast sea of ​​rebels, so he had to flee north in a hurry.

At this time, the combat power of these two troops was seriously insufficient, and the shortage of personnel was serious. The actual strength is only 6,000 people, which can barely be regarded as a brigade.

Not only is there a shortage of personnel, but more importantly, there is a serious shortage of weapons and ammunition. They lost all the equipment they could lose when they fled Konotop. They didn't take out any artillery, and even lost all their rifles. , the only thing that was taken away was the horse.

Anyway, apart from being able to run, their combat effectiveness may not be as good as a regiment of the Black Sea Fleet's naval infantry.

It is impossible to expect them to take the initiative to go south to take down Bachmach, and Dmitry can only help them clear the obstacles first, and then try to replenish their equipment after the confluence.

Yes, Dmitry really does not lack equipment. After the battle damage and capture along the way, he has confiscated a large amount of weapons and ammunition. After equipping those surrendering troops with light rifles, there are still more than 30,000 left, which is only 6,000. Multiplayer is totally drizzle.

The only problem is that these rifles are not very good, most of them are the standard muzzle-loading flintlocks of the Russian army before the Crimean War.

This rifle has proved to be seriously backward in the Crimean War and is about to be eliminated. It's just that Russia's post-war finances were extremely tight, and the elimination speed was not fast, and the Ministry of War was transforming it into a hinged breech-loading rifle based on the principle of waste utilization.

Anyway, both Dmitri and Li Xiao disliked this thing, and basically threw it in the warehouse if they were seized from the rebels. If they hadn't heard that the two troops above were short of weapons and ammunition, they wouldn't have planned to take it out at all.

When Li Xiao and Dmitry rushed to Bahmachi with the main force, the 17th Infantry Brigade and the 12th Cavalry Division were still lingering in the north and heading south. There were still 20 to 30 kilometers away from Bahmachi. It's no different than a turtle crawling.

Also, because they don't really want to go south. After all, there are tens of thousands of rebels in Bahmachi and Konotop. They don't think that Dmitry's troops can regain this important transportation hub.

According to their ideas, it can be delayed for a day. It is best to delay until Dmitri is defeated by the rebels, so naturally there is no need to go south to take risks.

It's just that they didn't wait for the news of Dmitri's failure, but waited for Dmitri's stern reprimand.

Dmitry ordered them to arrive at Bahmachi within one day, otherwise they would be charged with delaying the military plane.

Under Dmitri's strict order, the division commander and brigade commander could only reluctantly go on their way while greeting Dmitri's eighth-generation ancestors in their hearts.

Dmitry would not be indifferent to them. In fact, the reason why he forced the two to go south was to make an example to others. Among the Russian generals who were feared by the rebels in the north of Konotop, none of them were obedient, and they had a strong fear of war, and they often violated the orders of his commander-in-chief.

They beat them up in the meeting before, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com But obviously they didn't take it seriously, so Dmitry had to kill two chickens to let others know that he was not joking, if he was disobedient Just slap him to death, he doesn't have the energy to talk slowly!

A few days later, Dmitri stood directly on the road outside Bahmachi and waited. According to his order, the 17th Infantry Brigade and the 12th Cavalry Division must be in place before ten o'clock this morning, but they are already in place now. It was half past eight, and according to the scout cavalry, there was no sign of these two troops.

Obviously those two guys still didn't take his order seriously, but he wasn't angry at all. If these two guys arrived on time honestly, he would feel embarrassed instead.

After all, his fundamental purpose is to clean up people. As for their little people, to be honest, he doesn't pay attention at all. He does not lack these 6,000 people. What he lacks is the order and prohibition.

Dmitry stood by the road and waited, not to mention ten o'clock in the morning, and did not see the shadow of the 17th Infantry Brigade and the 12th Cavalry Division until twelve o'clock at noon.

It wasn't until 3:30 in the afternoon that the scouting cavalry reported that they had appeared, but they were still nearly ten kilometers away from Bahmachi.

In one day and one night, the total distance was only more than 30 kilometers. After walking for so long, there is still one third of the distance left, which is a little faster than climbing.

It was not until 6 o'clock in the afternoon that these two units arrived late. When Letnin, the commander of the 17th Infantry Brigade, and Hobich, the commander of the 12th Cavalry Division, found Dmitri waiting on the side of the road, they had not yet arrived. Realize the seriousness of the problem.

They walked slowly to Demeter and saluted, and explained nonchalantly: "Your Excellency, I'm sorry we are late, but the road is rough and the traffic is inconvenient, and there are always rebel attacks. Please forgive me..."