Fadeyev was not convinced. He admitted defeat but was never convinced, let alone accepted Xiao Letian's humiliation.
"You know how we made it all the way from Central Asia, thousands of kilometers away? It was more than three months of hard march, and we came here on ice and snow..."
"We eat on horseback, sleep on horseback, drink snow water when we are thirsty, and eat dried meat when we are hungry. Once the war horse dies, it will immediately become our military rations. We came here eating raw meat..."
"There are no field artillery, not much gunpowder, no infantry coordination, and medicines are very scarce... But no matter how difficult it was, we still completed this strategic detour!"
"If it weren't for the damn internal strife among the Qing people, if Hunchun hadn't launched that mutiny, as long as we got supplies in Aihui City, do you think you could defeat me?"
"Hahaha, did Gogol and Furmanov create countless troubles for you before? How are they? I think no matter what the gains, they have taught you an unforgettable lesson! I believe that my men strength, because I have fought with them, I firmly believe..."
Xiao Letian listened silently to Fadeev's vent. He was not angry and there was no need to be serious about a seriously injured prisoner. If he lost, he would lose.
Fadeev chattered for ten minutes, talking about how brave the Cossacks were, how rich their combat experience was, and how many average methods there were to break through Jiangxin Island as long as there were sufficient supplies.
To be honest, Xiao Letian still admires Fadeev's strength. In just ten minutes, Fadeev came up with three feasible formation-breaking tactics. Of course, the prerequisite is that the soldiers and horses are well fed. This is The most basic requirement.
Fadeyev is not mediocre, but he still failed. All the rhetorical arguments were just to save himself some face.
"Are you done?" Xiao Letian looked at him and said, "Make the Major General a cup of hot sugar water to replenish your energy!"
"Okay, I admit that what you said is right. Remember, this is not irony but I really think what you said is right... If the two sides are fighting openly and the material gap between you and me is not very big, We really can’t beat you!”
"I am also a leader. I can see the eliteness of the Cossacks. You are good at hard fighting and hand-to-hand combat. Your Don horses are powerful and explosive. It is easy to break through the formations of infantry or Mongolian horses!"
"Furthermore, the skills of changing formations in battle are also very powerful. The soldiers' individual horse control skills far exceed ours... After analyzing various factors, against a group of elites like you, let alone the Far East Volunteer Army, even if I pull the Chinese regular army from Ryukyu Island, Come up here, I have to break a few front teeth if I want to defeat you..."
Xiao Letian took the sugar water from the hand of the medical soldier and put it into Fadeev's hand and said with a smile, "But I don't believe in the word war!"
"You keep complaining that your soldiers are exhausted after marching thousands of miles, complaining about the lack of food and grass, insufficient supplies, and complaining about the damn weather in the Far East..."
"You are even complaining about the mutiny launched by Hunchun. The closed Heilongjiang blocked your way, so you are unhappy, so you can only be forced to fight me..."
"After all, it's just these clichés, right? But have you ever thought about why this is the case?"
Fadeev was stunned as he held a glass of sugar water. "Why is this happening? Why...it's not because you are despicable and treacherous..."
"Hahaha... If despicability and treachery can bring victory, then I can consider this a compliment! It seems that you Fadeev can only be a legion commander in this life, even without this failure , your official fortune can only stop here!"
"Why?" Fadeyev shook his hand and spilled half the cup of sugar water.
"Why? Because you only know how to nag and complain about the shortcomings, but never carefully study why this predicament occurs!"
"At best, you are just a commander who is familiar with tactics. You have no talent for strategy! Real commanders play chess outside the battlefield. Do you think war is just the flash of swords and swords in front of you?"
"You are wrong, absolutely wrong! Let me tell you how I deduced this war... Why I chose this juncture to launch the war? That's because I have deduced the possible reactions of all the forces in Asia and Europe. Read it again..."
"You should know that a war is brewing in Europe right now. Prussia and France have already been at odds with each other. Now the whole of Europe is paying attention to how these two army powers compete. The war is about to break out..."
"I can analyze these countries that have influence in Asia for you one by one! Britain has always been on guard against Tsarist Russia, and being able to curb your expansion is a very satisfying thing for them. So the UK will only provide diplomatic mediation but not actual intervention..."
"Look at the United States. Now that the American Civil War is over, the country is desperately trying to expand space to the west. Isolationism is prevalent. All they want is to get rich. Who cares about this barren land in the Far East?"
"To put it bluntly, they don't even have time to develop the Alaska you sold, so they still care about the life and death of the Far East?"
"Look at France again. I admit that the French Emperor Napoleon III has a grudge against me. Of course he wants me dead, but now Prussia has clinging to him, and he has eaten secrets at my hands several times. Damn, do you think he will act rashly again?"
"Don't be stupid. The European powers that can influence East Asia are just Britain, France, the United States and you, Tsarist Russia. There are more than one of these four. Now there are already three that you can't borrow. Are my chances of winning higher? a lot?"
"Let's talk about you Tsarist Russia. You know your own affairs. You have such little military power in the Far East. If the Tsar is defeated, it will be too late to add more. How many months will it take you to travel from Western Europe to the Far East? How will the supplies be transported?"
"Not only that, how many troops and money are you holding back in Xinjiang? Give up the situation in Xinjiang and come to me with all the troops? Hahaha, even if the tsar has the courage, do you still have the financial resources?"
"Since the beginning of the war, I have fully planned all changes, even the changes within your Tsarist Russia... Let me tell you clearly, after this failure, your Tsarist Russia no longer has the ability to send any division-level troops here. , because your empire’s financial resources are almost exhausted!”
"Negotiation, negotiation is the only way, but do you think I will suffer at the negotiating table?"
Xiao Letian thought to himself, this little guy still dares to shout at me, I specialize in treating all kinds of dissatisfaction!
