Chapter 300 The Battle of the Middle East Road (2)
There are more than 6,000 Russian soldiers in Harbin, half of whom are in the hands of Horvath, who are responsible for garrisoning the Middle East Road annex with the Governor's Palace and the train station as the core.
There are also tens of thousands of Russian expatriates living in the annex. Horvat organized these people, making the available armed forces close to 5,000 people. Coupled with their years of operation, they have built many fortifications, which can
It's a tough bone.
In order to successfully capture Harbin, Fengjun assembled a total of more than 12,000 troops. Among them, the main offensive task was the central brigade of the road protection army. In order to increase the strength, Zhang Tinglan removed an artillery regiment and an artillery regiment from Jilin.
The infantry regiment transferred a cavalry regiment from Heilongjiang, and also transferred some troops from the reserve group. Together with the sniper troops and the Chinese garrison in Harbin, they were unified and integrated to form a powerful attack force.
After careful calculation, Fengjun's strength advantage was not large, only about two to one. Especially since there were a large number of battles for cities during the battle, this advantage was even less obvious.
If the strength advantage is not obvious, it is likely to suffer the fate of defeat. In fact, Zhang Tinglan also wants to increase more troops, but Fengjun's strength is really limited, especially along the long railway line, which also greatly disperses Fengjun's strength.
The attacking force can guarantee this numerical advantage, which is already very good.
Unable to completely overwhelm the Russians in terms of military strength, Fengjun could only make up for it through other methods, such as doing detailed intelligence work and carefully looking for the Russians' weaknesses. After all, Fengjun was calculated mentally but not intentionally, and he was still fighting on the inside. His advantage was still
It is very obvious that as long as a suitable battle plan can be formulated, victory can be achieved.
Regarding this point, Sun Anhu and others were still confident. They formulated a set of easy-to-hard combat plans. After cutting off the Russian army's communications, Fengjun separated the Russians and attacked Horvat's main force.
Keep the pressure strong. But don't rush to attack.
The main force was deployed outside the city to break through the Russian military camp. There were nearly 3,000 troops here, and their combat effectiveness was extremely strong among the Russian army and should not be underestimated.
In order to capture them, Fengjun took out all the heavy artillery equipped with them. A total of twelve 150mm heavy artillery were aimed at the Russian battalion. At the first moment of the war, all Fengjun's heavy artillery
He got into a fighting position and started shooting wildly at the Russians.
Huge artillery shells hit the Russian military camp one after another. The violent explosions shook the military camp. The Russian army has always been arrogant and did not take the Chinese ** team seriously.
Vasily, the commander in charge of the military camp, told everyone he met that the Chinese Army was still in the Middle Ages, just a bunch of peasants armed with muskets and without any fighting ability.
Just when Horvath ordered them to prepare for battle, Vasily was still hesitant. Unless the Chinese took the wrong medicine, how could they be so crazy and dare to attack the Russians?
After the war broke out, the Fengjun's rapid actions completely shocked the Russians, especially the heavy artillery fire, which became a nightmare for the Russians. The Russian defenders only had 76mm artillery in their hands, and no larger-caliber artillery at all.
equipment, and now the Feng army used heavy artillery to bombard them. The Russians could only be beaten passively.
"Bastard!" Vasily flew into a rage and asked loudly: "How did those damn yellow-skinned monkeys get heavy artillery? How did they have such powerful artillery? Who sold the artillery to the damn Chinese? I want to
Tear them apart!”
The staff officer's face turned pale and he could only hesitantly say: "Major General, it seems that we, the Russian side, sold it to them. In fact, most of the weapons used by the Fengjun are Russian standard equipment, and..."
"And?" Vasily's eyes widened and he roared loudly: "What on earth do you want to say?"
"The quality of their weapons seems to be better than ours."
Upon hearing this, Vasily calmed down completely. This guy was not an idiot. During this time, the garrison on the Middle East Road had more or less benefited from the smuggling trade.
Especially officials like Vasily, whose pockets were even more bulging. When they took the money, they smiled happily. They never thought that there would be such a situation today. Fengjun used the weapons he got from them to beat them in turn.
They, are there such ridiculous things in this world?
Vasily was going crazy. Just as he was thinking about countermeasures, there was suddenly a violent explosion outside. The sound was like thunder. There was crackling dirt in the command room below. Vasily couldn't sit still at all.
"Russian warriors cannot be passively beaten like this. We must fight back and kill all those yellow-skinned monkeys!"
Vasily ordered the Russian soldiers to continue to hold on to the military camp, and then he gathered more than 500 cavalry troops. These cavalry were all famous Cossacks. On the European battlefield, the cavalry had begun to be eliminated, but Vasily still had a strong hold on these Cossacks.
Blind confidence sees them as the key to breaking the deadlock.
"Brave cavalry brothers, I order you to charge at those despicable Chinese and use your sabers to cut off their heads one by one. Especially their artillery positions must be eliminated as quickly as possible.
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Just when Vasily launched the mobilization, the Feng army's artillery bombardment intensified a lot, and Russian-made 122mm artillery also joined in. The dense shells were like plows plowing the land. According to this trend, as long as they come again
After a few rounds, even if the Russians are lucky enough to survive, they will suffer unbearable losses.
It was imperative for the cavalry to attack. Soon the Cossacks, riding tall horses, came around from behind the military camp and aimed at the direction of the Fengjun artillery bombardment. They urged the horses to move faster and faster.
Speeding up, there was a thunderous sound on the ground.
For thousands of years, the cavalry has been like this. With its strength and swiftness, it has become the dominant force on the battlefield. The powerful cavalry can travel thousands of miles and destroy countless countries. Losing the cavalry and the origin of the war horses will even cause the collapse of an empire.
To weaken is to perish.
Cossacks are the best among the cavalry, and their reputation is known to everyone in Europe. They are the sharpest saber in the hands of the tsar. They are invincible and invincible in all directions.
Although the Cossacks lost their prestige during the battle with Germany, they are still rampant in the Far East. It is their honor for the cowardly Chinese to die in the hands of the glorious Cossacks.
The tall Don horses, carrying the ferocious Cossack cavalry, rushed towards the Fengjun position. Their speed was astonishing, and the distance between the two sides quickly shortened.
Sun Anhu, who was in charge of commanding the battle, saw a sneer on his face when he saw the Russians dispatching cavalry. If it were other arms, Fengjun might still be afraid, but the threat of cavalry is too limited. Fengjun has been in large numbers since
After being equipped with machine guns, I no longer have to be afraid of cavalry. No matter who they are, as long as they are fighting on horseback, they are just a bunch of living targets.
The Cossacks were getting closer and closer, and the first thing that greeted them was Fengjun's 82mm mortars. Since being able to produce mortars, Zhang Tinglan has spared no effort to increase production. Sun Anhu's troops have been equipped with a large number of mortars.
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Mortars, which were relatively light, agile, and very powerful, played an unparalleled advantage in the battle. Once these Cossack cavalry entered within a thousand meters, they were taken care of by the mortars.
The shells shattered, and the scattered pieces were like flying knives. They were very fast and easily cut open the Cossacks' bodies, including their horses. The steel chopped into pieces, blood vessels were cut, and muscles and bones were torn apart.
Destroyed, surging blood flowed from their bodies, followed by all their strength.
More and more Cossacks fell to death on the way to charge. These guys came to China from Russia and regarded this rich land as their paradise. They acted wantonly and were even more wanton than at home. How many Chinese women were raped by them?
What a waste, how much wealth has been robbed by them. These people are unscrupulous beasts, and the Chinese people have long hated them.
By this time, it was time for them to pay for their crimes. Under the intensive bombardment of mortars, the Cossack cavalry had already sacrificed hundreds of people. However, these brave guys were still gambling. As long as they could get close to Feng
Army, they will be able to win with their own bravery.
The distance finally got closer and closer. At this time, they bumped into another butcher's knife. Fengjun's light and heavy machine guns all fired at the same time. The bullets poured in like a sudden rain. In an instant, the Cossacks who rushed to the front were reached.
Sieves, dirty corpses strewn all over the floor.
The originally dense charge team finally became sparse, and a large number of Cossacks fell to the ground. The sounds of wailing and shouting were so shrill that those who were alive felt the fear welling up from the bottom of their hearts.
At this time, these Cossacks understood the truth. In front of bullets, everyone is equal. As long as they are hit by one, they will die, and like all humble lives, there is nothing special.
The remaining Cossacks finally woke up. They turned their horses and tried to escape, but by this time it was completely too late. They fell into the firepower of the Feng army and had no chance of escaping. There were more than 500 Cossacks.
So he died under the city of Harbin.
The Russian commander, Major General Vasily, had pinned his hopes on these heroic Cossacks, but seeing that all these people were not wiped out, and corpses were piled on the charging road, his heart was completely cold. It was not that the Cossacks were not brave, but that they were not brave.
It's because Fengjun's firepower is too strong.
And what he couldn't accept the most was that all the firepower originally belonged to the Russians. This was called shooting oneself in the foot. Vasily's intestines were filled with regret at this time, but what was the use? After wiping out the cavalry,
The Fengjun soldiers finally rushed towards the Russians quickly under the cover of artillery fire. Vasily could only reluctantly command the remaining defeated soldiers to resist. (To be continued.)