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Chapter 13 Asymmetric Warfare

 "Aziz stayed in the mountains with Alagir for a month. As the defender of the nearby Azov Fortress, he is also a famous general. If he cannot discover this, his reputation will be in vain."

"Perhaps Rumyantsev deliberately let Aziz in and then killed them all? Is Aziz the only general in the Ottoman Empire who is preparing for a war with Russia, or is he a member of the Yenicheri officer corps?

, if this person is eliminated, the Ottomans will definitely focus on appeasement from now on."

"In that case, Russia will have the energy to deal with the Persians, Kazakhs and the Qing Dynasty"

"If my guess is correct, Rumyantsev secretly landed on the Taman Peninsula early in the morning, then annihilated the defenders there, then defeated the Ottomans who took advantage of the situation in the Kuban area, and then quietly sneaked into Alan City. If it weren't for me,

If it exists, Aziz will definitely lose."

"However, the Torgut Khanate is currently under the control of the Russians, both openly and actually. If I offend them because of my appearance, it is very likely to bring disaster to the tribe."

"But if you want to rise in Europe, this is a rare opportunity. If you miss it, there will be only one end, and that is to follow the example of Wobaxi and retreat to the border of the Qing Dynasty with his tribe."

"With my presence, it is possible to defeat Xiaoyuzi, Zhongyuzi, and obtain most of the territory of the Kazakh Khanate. The end will definitely be much better than that of the Turghut people who were scattered around by Emperor Qianlong after arriving in the Qing Dynasty."

"However, as we are also descendants of Oirat, if the Qing Dynasty destroyed the Junggar Khanate, can't we destroy the Torgut Khanate again?"

Kitard was looking through the telescope and thinking nervously.

After a while, he finally made up his mind.

"Finding wealth through danger"

He was able to make up his mind because he discovered Rumyantsev!

Three years ago, when he was lingering in Astrakhan as a proton, he met Rumyantsev, who was still the commander of the Astrakhan Corps (brigade-level establishment) at that time.

My husband is only eighteen years old and has a fair, chubby face, which attracts a lot of attention in Astrakhan.

Rumyantsev in the camera is still fair and fat, with a white instant noodle wig that was not seen in Astrakhan exposed under his boat-shaped hat, a long black woolen tuxedo, and a knife with a shining golden handle on his waist.

Command knife.

He was riding a white Don horse in a circle around the hill. He probably also noticed that if he wanted to successfully attack Aziz's camp, he must first control this commanding height.

As a person from later generations who has traveled through time, served in the military, and studied engineering in college, Chitard is naturally one step ahead of his time in civil engineering work.

One of the main reasons why he deployed defenses here was to attract Rumyantsev. If he did not come and instead sent his men to take command, the position here would become a hard nut to crack.

Of course, for the ambitious Kitard, with 5,000 Ottomans, 10,000 Chechen troops, plus his own army, it is no problem to defeat the Tsarist Russian regular army, which only has more than half a brigade, although he also knows that Rumian Tsefu definitely has more than this.

At this time, the number of Cossacks under the command of the Great Hetman of the Tsarist Russian Empire was the largest in Eastern Ukraine east of the Don River. They were all under the command of Rumyantsev during the war. There was originally a regiment of Cossacks in the Kuban area, and now most of them are Continue to guard there.

And it is necessary to leave a certain number of troops to guard the Taman Peninsula. Therefore, the regular troops that drove to Alan City were only about 4,000 regular troops, but there must still be ambushes or Cossacks making detours on the periphery!

Rumyantsev's ability has obviously detected the strength of the Chechens. Therefore, the number of Cossacks who carried out the roundabout operation was at least 3,000!

Of course, since the Chechen camp is located just southwest of Alan City, if the Cossacks want to make a successful roundabout, the Chechens will be the first to bear the brunt.

It seems that it was a fluke that he asked Shen Muhua to set up a position on the hill early in the morning.

In Kitard's mind, the primary target must be Rumyantsev. This is why he chose to build a position on the mountain. But if Rumyantsev did not come, in addition to relying on the position to inflict a large number of casualties on the Russian army, he would also hide his own Whereabouts are also one of the reasons.

Also, the fortifications he built on the mountain were so looming that ordinary generals would either not be able to discover them or not care about them, but Rumyantsev would definitely notice this.

Therefore, he will get closer to check it out in person, and then he will have the opportunity.

If Tsarist Russia pursues the case in the future, they can just blame it on the Ottomans.

What's more, at this time, he was still under the guise of the "Truchin Army".

Kitard watched for a short while and then put down the telescope.

Beside him was lying quietly a long musket, which was a flint-haired Rumi gun modeled after the Rumi gun style.

The barrel of the gun is also rifled.

It is about two meters long and weighs about twenty kilograms.

Even so, there is nothing surprising. Nowadays, guns specially used for sniping like the Rumi gun are widely used in general.

The Russian army already has officers who are specially equipped to snipe and kill enemies. Of course, they must not have rifling.

The most peculiar thing about this long gun is that there is a telescope screwed up by a thread above the end of the barrel!

There are a total of ten such spears in the Truchen Army, which means that ten people can use it skillfully. At present, there are five people, including Kitard, standing together!

"Did you see that? The one who is short, white, fat, without a beard, and riding a big white horse is Rumyantsev. Listen to my command. Rumyantsev is still about a mile away from us. He is the general who pays most attention to terrain and fortifications in the entire Russian army. He will definitely take a closer look later."

"According to the firing range of flintlock guns and ordinary matchlock guns at this time, we can definitely ensure safety from 300 meters away. When he gets close to this distance, look at my gestures and shoot him together!"

After saying this, Rumyantsev, surrounded by more than ten riders, began to approach the hill!

Kitard continued: "It is said that Rumyantsev is very prestigious in the Eastern Ukrainian Army. In the last battle against the Swedes, he only led a company to block the attacks of a Swedish regiment for ten consecutive days. In the end, He also defeated him, and his official position has grown by leaps and bounds since then."

"The officers of the Eastern Ukrainian Army are all from the Tsar's Guards, and they are all children of nobles. Rumyantsev is also from a noble family. These people admire him extremely. Once we shoot him, these people will not retreat. , and they will attack us like crazy"

"Thus, it will create opportunities for the Ottomans, who are currently in passive defense, and then allow their Cossack cavalry to return without success."

"However," Shen Muhua looked worried. He also saw the horse-drawn artillery being pushed in the distance, "What if the Ottomans just sit back and watch, we only have one day's worth of water stored here, especially It’s water. Once surrounded by the Russians, it’s a real place of death.”

Kitard's expression was stern, but it only flashed past.

"Don't be afraid. There are people from Chu Hu'er near the battlefield. They will definitely notify him if something is wrong. We will firmly attract the Russians and Chu Hu'er will rush in when the fierce battle is in full swing."

"But what if the Chechens, like the Ottomans, stood aside and ignored the detouring Cossacks, but instead watched the Cossacks deal with Chuhuer?"

"No, the last time the Russians captured the land on the south and west coast of the Caspian Sea, they burned, killed, raped and looted the Chechen tribes. The two sides have long had a deep hatred. The Chechens are unruly. Unlike the Ottomans, who are already subjects of the old empire, absolutely I won’t sit back and watch the Cossacks leave... get ready!”

Rumyantsev was indeed bold, he actually approached within two hundred meters!

Five long Rumyantsev were clamped on the edge of the trench with brackets, and they were all aimed at Rumyantsev, who was pointing at his horse!

Rumyantsev also had a telescope in his hand, and seemed to have discovered the movements of Kitard and the others. Although the mountain was not full of trees, the long barrel could not hide it.

Rumyantsev was obviously aware of the danger. He turned his horse's head and was about to leave!

"Bang..."

The five-rod Rumi gun with a telescope embedded in it and a range of more than 300 meters fired almost at the same time!

After the fight, a cloud of smoke shrouded the front, and the smoke did not dissipate for a long time. The palm of Kitard's hand still holding the spear was sweating. Although there were exclamations and curses in the distance, it was still unclear whether he had hit the target or not. He is still not sure.

After a while, the smoke finally dissipated.

Through the telescope, all that was left of the returning Russian cavalry were their backs, and Kitard watched nervously.

"When we came, there were ten people. Besides Rumyantsev, there were nine others. They were all wearing tuxedos and tight white pants. The only difference was that Rumyantsev had two golden flowers on his shoulders. Now there are only nine people.

There was an extra horse, and I didn’t see anyone with golden flower epaulettes..."

"I saw it. Although they all had their backs to us, there was a person lying in front of a cavalryman. It was probably Rumyantsev!"

However, even though it was a Lumi gun, with rifling, and the blessing of a telescope, it still required luck to hit one person accurately. Among these five people, only Chitard, who had the experience of later generations, was more confident.

He can well understand the relationship between initial velocity, parabola and sight distance, and can constantly adjust the height of the muzzle and the timing of pulling the trigger based on his experience in multiple shootings.

In any case, Kitard finally revealed his official debut.

Asymmetric war!

If you want to gain a foothold in Europe at this time, if you cannot quickly light up yellow powder, modern rifles, machine guns and other black technologies, you will have to take unusual measures.

The eighteenth century was the golden age of the Russian Empire. It was because of the emergence of three accomplished tsarists: Peter I, Elizabeth, and Catherine the Great. The former laid the foundation of the empire, and Elizabeth consolidated its military system and political system.

It reached its peak in the era of Catherine.

For Kitard, if there was a way not to let Catherine succeed to the throne, but to keep her much less capable husband Peter III on the stage, he would have a much greater chance of rising in Europe.

But it is undoubtedly more difficult to achieve this than to reach the sky.

Therefore, we can only settle for the next best thing.

A great emperor will definitely have equally great generals to complement each other. Rumyantsev is one of them. Removing him can also achieve good results. As for Suvorov, he is still a corporal of the Moscow Guards.

, there are still at least five years before it can threaten Chitard.
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