On December 31, Xiao Jie led the 3rd Army, the 5th Army, the 88th Army and the Cavalry Army. Nearly 100,000 people set off from Warsaw to the northeast front, preparing to drive the Russian army out of Poland. Since the situation in Poland has basically stabilized now, although the newly formed legions in Poland are not of much use, it is still possible to rely on them to stabilize the place.

Due to the cold weather, the roads are full of snow, which brings great inconvenience to the marching of the troops. The impact on the cavalry and infantry is not very great, but the impact on the artillery is very large. The cannons of the French army are all big guys weighing hundreds of kilograms or tons, and they are marching on snow, so the resistance is naturally very high. The 75mm field gun that could be pulled by one horse in the past can no longer be pulled by two horses, let alone the heavier 105mm howitzer. This resulted in a severe shortage of horses to haul cannons. Fortunately, there were only eight 105mm howitzers, otherwise Xiao Jie really didn't know what to do. But these cannons are Xiao Jie's greatest reliance, so he had to find a way to solve this problem.

The artillery of the French army lacked a large number of horses and had to ask the Polish army to provide them. Fortunately, it's winter and it's not very busy, so the Polish government easily recruited 2,000 horses. Knowing the plight of the French army, the Polish people tried their best to lend a helping hand. In their view, these brave French soldiers were busy chasing the Russians, so of course they gave a lot of help. Even so, the speed of the march was still not fast enough. He only walked 50 kilometers in one day. As a last resort, Xiao Jie had to order the three infantry regiments of the 3rd Army, the 5th Army, the Cavalry Army, and the 88th Army to set off first. The regiment marched at the current speed and rushed to the front line as early as possible. In this way, although artillery support is not available for the time being, the 88th Army still has a large number of mortars. Although the power is not as powerful as the artillery of the Artillery Regiment, it is almost as powerful as the artillery of other countries. The important thing is that the mortar is very light, can be disassembled into two parts, and only needs two people to move it. For the current traffic conditions, this is undoubtedly the most useful.

Without the drag of artillery, the speed of the French army's march really increased. At noon on January 2, it reached the Narew River and confronted the Russian army stationed in Cape across the river. As the soldiers had just gone through a long march, the soldiers were exhausted physically, so Xiao Jie did not order the army to start the attack that day, but set up camp and let the soldiers rest for a day, and then start the attack after recovering their physical strength the next day. What is very strange is that the Russian army did not attack them when the French army was very tired now. Could it be that they were really frightened? Xiao Jie thought secretly. Fearing that the Russian army would launch a surprise attack, Xiao Jie sent the cavalry corps to the Nare River to closely monitor the actions of the Russian army on the other side when camping. After setting up the camp and building a simple defensive position, Xiao Jie was completely relieved.

In order to allow the soldiers to maintain a strong fighting capacity in the ice and snow, Xiao Jie slapped the Polish army hard this time. Not only were they required to provide a large amount of high-calorie food such as beef, they were also required to provide a large amount of spirits to the French army. The spirits in Warsaw were wiped out, and the alcoholics in Warsaw didn't drink for several days, so they complained for a long time.

In order for the soldiers to recover their physical strength as soon as possible, Xiao Jie asked the logistics department to directly prepare a sumptuous meal, all of which were high-calorie foods, except for the wine, except that the sentinel could share a small bottle of spirits to make himself feel better in the cold. Keep your body from freezing while on sentry duty outdoors. From this point of view, after a night's rest, the soldiers will be in a very full state tomorrow, and at that time, it will undoubtedly be the best time to attack. The only regret is that the artillery will not be able to arrive until the 5th, and they will not be able to provide support before that.

At night, Xiao Jie dispatched a company of secret sentries to ambush from the front of the barracks to the Narew River. It is always right to be careful. Although most people thought that the Russians were scared out of their wits, and it would be nice to be able to defend their tortoise shells, how dare they take the initiative to attack, let alone use the night to sneak attack, but Xiao Jie insisted on this arrangement, It was hard for them to say anything, they only thought that Xiao Jie was making a fuss out of a molehill.

Andrew is an ordinary soldier in the 2nd Company of the Guard Battalion of the 88th Army. He only joined the 88th Army when the 88th Army was expanded. He was elected to the guard camp as he wished. The Guard Battalion is the most elite unit of the 88th Legion, because they are directly responsible for the safety of His Highness the Crown Prince. Without strong military skills and determination to be loyal to His Royal Highness, it is absolutely impossible to enter this force.

In order to make this unit a powerful combat force, Xiao Jie has been training them by referring to the methods of training special forces that later generations saw on TV. The usual training volume is more than twice that of other units. Although Xiao Jie is not very good at this aspect, it has indeed improved the combat effectiveness of this unit a lot. Just taking fighting as an example, one member of the guard battalion can basically deal with three or four of other troops. Xiao Jie also continued to brainwash this army, and established in their hearts the belief that they are only in themselves, which also achieved very good results. Except for Xiao Jie's order, they would not listen to anyone's order, even if Napoleon came.

At the same time, the guard battalion also played the role of the teaching team. After the soldiers of the guard battalion mastered a lot of military skills, they would always be dropped into low-level positions such as squad leader or platoon leader and deputy platoon leader in other troops, so as to achieve gradual improvement. Control the purpose of the entire legion. The battalion commander of the guard battalion has always been Xiao Jie's adjutant.

The guard battalion is called the unit closest to His Royal Highness (nonsense, they are responsible for Xiao Jie’s daily safety), if the 88th Army is the guard of His Royal Highness, then the guard battalion is the center of the guard. of the Guards. Most of the people in the 88th Legion admire Xiao Jie very much. Since the defeat of the Russian army in Svubicai, this kind of worship has been greatly deepened. It can be said that in the 88th Legion, Xiao Jie’s words It is definitely more useful than Napoleon's words.

Although the training of the guard battalion is much more difficult than that of other troops, the soldiers of the 88th Legion still tried their best to get in. As a last resort, Xiao Jie only ordered a selection within the legion every quarter to replace a batch of guard battalions. soldiers, and those soldiers went directly to the grassroots to serve as squad leaders or deputy squad leaders.

Andrew was lying on his stomach in a foxhole, covered with a blanket, but now covered with snow. I feel like my feet are going to freeze. Carefully picked up the small wine bottle beside him, took a sip, and suddenly a ball of fire went down from his mouth to his whole body. Lying in the snow with spirits is definitely a feeling of ice and fire. Turning his head, Andrew refocused on the Narew River ahead. Since the river is now frozen, it is very easy for the French and Russian troops to cross the river.

I looked at my pocket watch, it was already two o'clock in the morning, but there was still no movement on the other side, the Russians probably wouldn't come for a surprise attack, Andrew thought in his heart. Suddenly, something caught his attention. It was a mass of white things. It was very difficult to find such things in the dark, especially in a field of silvery white snow. Fortunately, Andrew's eyesight was very good. Looking at the faint light, he still noticed that white thing was moving slowly, but the speed of the movement was very slow, and if it was not important, he would not be able to find it at all.

Andrew looked back and found that there were quite a lot of vague white things. Could it be Russians? He was not sure, and shouted: "Who is in front? Stop immediately."

But maybe due to the language barrier or the Russians' excessive belief in their disguise, no one answered Andrew. Andrew immediately raised his gun and aimed at the white mass, but now he hesitated, because if he fired, he would definitely alarm the barracks. You have to go to the law office, and it is very serious to report falsely to the military.

But in the end Andrew still believed in his intuition. With a "bang", the gun rang out, and the bullets shot towards the target at high speed. With a bang, a bewitching red mass appeared on the white mass. Andrew was immediately excited, he knew he was right, and immediately started shooting at other targets.

In the quiet night, a sudden gunshot rang out. The sleeping French soldiers were immediately awakened~lightnovelpub.net~ Xiao Jie also got up at the same time, put on a piece of clothing and rushed out. As soon as he went out, he met Six who also just woke up. "What's going on?" Xiao Jie asked.

"I don't know too well. It is estimated that the sentry in front spotted the Russian army." Sikes replied.

At this moment, gunshots rang out again, and this time the fool knew that it was the Russians who had come. Xiao Jie and Six also immediately ran to the place where the soldiers assembled.

Due to the emergency assembly at night in the 88th Army almost every month, the 88th Army assembled in less than five minutes this time. Then quickly drove into the defensive position. A series of mortars were also quickly set up, and began to adjust and shoot at Zhu Yuan. Compared with the 3rd Army, 5th Army, and Cavalry Army, their movements were much slower. When the 88th Army entered the position, many of them were still running around with their pants up. This made Lance, Lana, and Murat very ashamed, and they were determined to carry out similar training in the future, even if they were not as good as the 88th Army, they could not be much worse.

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