Chapter 222 The Battle of Urumqi
"Captain, the Russian's artillery is too fierce. This won't work. Think of a solution, Commander." A division commander under Sheng Shicai shouted on the phone in the front line of Urumqi.
His division suffered a considerable loss under the artillery fire of the Tsarist Russian Xinjiang Expeditionary Force. The artillery fire of the four divisions of the country alone was obviously not enough to suppress the artillery fire of the three divisions of the other side. Thinking about it, Sheng Shicai's four artillery regiments seemed to have about three artillery regiments in the eyes of the Tsarist Russian Army, while these three Tsarist Russian Army divisions had the firepower of six artillery regiments.
The amount is twice as different. The artillery of Shengshicai's unit is just as accurate. This time, the Xinjiang Expeditionary Force sent by Tsarist Russia from Moscow was not the parallel-cargo troops that were crippled last time. Instead, it is a top-notch elite force in the Tsarist Russian army. Shengshicai's troops were only expanded last year, and it would be strange if they think it's easy to fight.
Sheng Shicai shouted pale and weakly on the phone: "Hold on me, hold on."
What else could Sheng Shicai have? After establishing the King of Xinjiang, Sheng Shicai offended all aspects. Although Nanjing ignored his telegram for help, Moscow did not believe him this time, neither side took Sheng Shicai's telegram seriously.
Sheng Shicai was anxious and hurriedly sent a telegram to several Ma family troops living in Gansu and western Ningxia and Sun Dianying, Qinghai, explaining the truth that the lips and teeth were cold. He hoped that the Ma family army, Sun Dianying and others would give up their past grudges and immediately sent troops to rescue him Sheng Shicai and rescue him Urumqi.
However, it was not the prosperous times that grew up in the warlords' melee that the warlords had a good habit, that is, the friendly forces remained as if they were in trouble. The whole text is to retreat and move forward as if they were as if they were in trouble, and the ancestors were to lose all their faces.
When a few people from the Ma family army and Sun Dianying looked at the map, the first impression was that Urumqi was too far away, more than 1,000 kilometers. The Russians' railway had to be built at least two or three hundred kilometers on the ancient Silk Road in Gansu to extend to pose a threat to them.
But, the railway of the Russians in front of me was built to Alashan Pass, it was still early. There are still thousands of kilometers of distances here, and half of it is difficult to build the railway desert terrain at this time - the Xinjiang desert area belongs to the active desert. If you build a railway road today, and if you have a sandstorm tomorrow, the railway road will be gone.
Therefore, although the Ma family army and Sun Dianying were worried that the Russians would come to attack them after they captured Xinjiang, they were even more worried that they would offend the Russians before, so the Russians would come to attack him first. After all, whether the Russians would build the railway to Gansu or Qinghai, it is up to be determined.
So the reply letters from both sides and Sheng Shicai were hesitant, emphasizing their own difficulties while praising the combat effectiveness of the Russians very low. Since the Central Army can defeat the seven Russians with three divisions in Suiyuan, how could your four divisions of Sheng Shicai not defeat the three divisions of the Russians?
In short, it is necessary for the prosperous times to resist desperately and consume the Russians' troops more. Maybe they will not dare to come by then.
Sheng Shicai thought it was true that last year, the reorganized 17th Army on the Guisui front line did defeat the seven Tsarist Russian divisions with three divisions. My Sheng Shicai's troops are not worse than others, so why can't they fight the three Tsarist Russian divisions? As soon as they fought, they complained, which made Sheng Shicai very angry.
Here we can only say that Sheng Shicai and others just read the newspaper to report that the Central Army reorganized the 17th Army was victorious, defeating the seventeenth divisions of Tsarist Russia. I didn’t see what the organization was and the various situations at that time. Is it better to reorganize the 17th Army? At that time, most of the heavy artillery of the Tsarist Russian Army was damaged in the artillery battle with the 29th Army, and the Japanese and Russian coalition did not have the advantage in the air. In the end, the reorganized the 17th Army relied on armored forces to quickly break through and divide the position of the Tsarist Russian Army. The Japanese, as an ally, defeated the Tsarist Russian Army.
With so many favorable conditions, if Xu Tingyao and others can't win, it would be a hell.
But now, there are more than 40,000 troops in the Tsarist Russian Xinjiang Expeditionary Force, and only more than 30,000 troops in the four divisions of Shengshicai Division. In terms of artillery, the Tsarist Russian Xinjiang Expeditionary Force said that it is twice that of Shengshicai Division. The Tsarist Russian Xinjiang Expeditionary Force has nearly 100 tank and armored vehicles, while the Tsarist Russian Xinjiang Expeditionary Force has only 30 tank and armored vehicles seized from Tsarist Russia.
In the air, Russia has more than 100 fighter jets in the Tsarist Russia's air brigade. The main tasks are reconnaissance, escort of the supply line and covering the Tsarist Russian army. The Shengshicai Department once established a Xinjiang aviation brigade with the help of Tsarist Russia, but only had more than 30 fighter jets. As for combat effectiveness, at least these few air battles did not take advantage.
Sheng Shicai was in a situation where there were no favorable conditions but had to replicate the so-called Suiyuan Victory. If this could be really won, Sheng Shicai would probably have to give himself the title of War God again.
People in heaven are strong, but people on the ground are still strong. Although the weather is not as good as the place, and the place is not as good as the people. However, these days when Qianshicai ruled Xinjiang with high pressure, they killed people every day and bleeded every day. The cruel suppression made the people of Xinjiang dissatisfied with the rule of Qianshicai, but Qianshicai has the power of military power, and people have no choice over Qianshicai. This man and Shicai have long been no longer on Qianshicai's side.
Although the people in Xinjiang have no good impression of the Russians, they are still willing to see Shengshicai and the Russians bite their dogs. It doesn’t matter who loses and who wins. What everyone thinks is that no matter whether Shengshicai is overthrown or Shengshicai won a miserable victory, can he still have a worse rule than when Shengshicai was strong? The Battle of Urumqi broke out under this situation.
After the artillery battle, Sheng Shicai's subordinates entered the positions one after another. The officers shouted in the face of the Russians' vodka charge: "Bare me hard. We have a mortal enemy with the Russians. Don't expect the Russians to treat the prisoners preferentially. Only by defeating the Russians can we survive."
The two sides were sucking fire and life-spouting fire and life, and it was funny to say that the Tsarist Russian aided Shengshicai and Shengshicai had obtained standard equipment from the Tsarist Russian mine guards. The 7.62mm machine rifle bullets were not produced or imported in China. Now, the Ministry of Shengshicai used to resist the invasion of the Tsarist Russian Xinjiang Expeditionary Force were all bullets and shells provided to Shengshicai by the Tsarist Russian government for free. The ones that paid for these bullets were naturally taxed by the Tsarist Russian people. The taxes they paid themselves became bullets that killed their relatives and their children. I wonder what they would think.
Under the influence of alcohol, the soldiers of the Tsarist Russian Xinjiang Expeditionary Army rushed to the position of Shengshicai's troops for the first time. However, at this time, the Tsarist Russian soldiers who were red-eyed did not know that most of their numbers fell down on the way to charge. Not only did the personnel not dominate, but they were also scattered. The Japanese once taught the Russians a lesson with the classic three-person bayonet formation, but how could the soldiers who drank vodka still remember so much?
According to the teachings of Russian officers in Tsarist times, Shengshicai's troops threw out grenades and installed bayonets on the water. The soldiers from both sides quickly crossed a distance of more than ten meters to kill each other.
The Russians were tall and drunk and their eyes were red when they killed each other. They still had certain advantages in fighting for thorns. However, this time, more than a hundred people who rushed to the position often used bayonets to overturn one or two soldiers from Shengshicai troops, and were overturned from the side by the soldiers from Shengshicai troops.
The highest commander of this position is Ma Chao, a regiment commander of Shengshicai Division. Now it is difficult for Ma Chao to believe his eyes. The troops under his command actually defeated the attack of the Tsarist Russians and wiped out the Tsarist Russian troops who rushed to the position. For a moment, Ma Chao was a little excited and forgot what to say. The soldiers below were excitedly shouting "Wansheng" on the battlefield. Some of them were more sober and had already started to clean the battlefield to see if there was anything useful or to supplement some ammunition.
It was not until the sound of shells breaking through the air that Ma Chao shouted at the reminder of the adjutant: "Anti-cannon!"
Without his shouting, the soldiers also began to look for cover or lie down directly.
The Russian commander on the opposite side put down his telescope and said, "It's just a fire reconnaissance, don't be so excited. Let the Second Regiment prepare for the attack."
That's right, the first attack just now was just the fire reconnaissance of the Tsarist Russians, and the troops sent were only one battalion of infantry. Even the commander of Tsarist Russians could not believe that this little force had rushed to the opponent's front line. In fact, according to the order, they were enough to rush to a distance of one or two hundred meters, so that the artillery behind them could knock out the opponent's heavy firepower.
However, drinking was a mistake. These two men drank too much and the first round of charge soldiers rushed to the position under the stimulation of vodka. Tsarist Russian troops followed the European tradition and were somewhat humane, that is, they would never fire at their own people. If the Japanese saw that the hand-to-hand combat troops could not take the position, they would immediately use a round of artillery shells to flood the position and cause greater damage to the defenders.
Although the Russian artillery of Tsarist Russian artillery still shelled the front line after the charge troops were annihilated, the lethality brought was much smaller. Many of Ma Chao's regiment survived. After the Tsarist Russian artillery was over, Ma Chao asked the following to check. The regiment, which originally had more than 1,600 people, now only less than 900 were left in the minor wounded people who had combat effectiveness.
Upon hearing this news, Ma Chao immediately shook the telephone from the regiment headquarters, picked up the headphones and microphone and said, "Teacher Commander, is it the division commander? I am Ma Chao. My regiment has just won a battle and killed thousands of enemies. But now our regiment has suffered heavy losses, with more than half of the casualties, and urgently needed support and urgently needed support."
The division commander is not very trustworthy of Ma Chao's annihilation of thousands of enemies, but it is still possible to annihilate hundreds of enemies. Exaggeration on the battlefield is also an art. When leaders need to understand this artistic behavior and make detailed and accurate judgments - this kind of thing is most likely to cause dizziness among novices.
It was also good news. The division commander said on the phone: "I will send you a battalion, and the artillery will also face you. You must hold the position."
Ma Chao shouted on the phone: "What our team needs is to take down and rest."
"I can't retreat now, I dare say that the Tsarist Russians on your side have already attacked."
The Russians seemed to prove the words of the division commander, and soon a group observer informed Ma Chao: "Captain, the Russians are coming up again."
Chapter completed!