The Cossack cavalry's wishes are good, but the reality is quite cruel. Today's Chinese Defense Force's combat effectiveness has been greatly improved compared to when it faced the Japanese soldiers. The heavy machine guns that have been fully equipped have been put in place by the Defense Force commander.
On the two flanks.
When the Cossack cavalry rushed five hundred meters away from the frontal position, the heavy machine guns on both wings began to roar. Under the crossfire of machine gun fire, the Cossack cavalry fell down row by row, and their number began to decrease sharply.
Seeing that the heavy machine guns began to show their power, the mortars and the Type 91 rifles in the hands of the infantry who had been holding back began to speak. The dense rain of bullets killed a large number of Cossack cavalry and their horses. Within ten minutes, 60% of the cavalry fell.
After continuing, the casualties were so great that the Cossack cavalry had to retreat.
Seeing the massive casualties of the cavalry, Romanov was almost sweating. These were the elites of the empire. The reason why the Cossack Empire was so powerful and occupied such a vast territory, and its conquests in the east and west all depended on these Cossack cavalry. Now,
He actually made so much money in this small place. If the news spread back to China, he would not be able to reap the benefits.
When he found a problem, he had to make up for it. Seeing that the Chinese leading army was using a new type of weapon that could fire rapidly, Romanov immediately began to mobilize artillery and bombarded the position of the Chinese leading army indiscriminately.
Romanov's wishes are good, and his orders are definitely decisive. Unfortunately, he has never seen Shanxian Youpeng. If he had, Shanxian Youpeng would definitely tell him that the shelling would not have much impact on the position of the Chinese leading army.
Effective, especially when artillery is insufficient.
Although the Cossack Empire has been transporting supplies to the Eastern Front throughout the winter, due to the small capacity of the sleds, most of the transports were soldiers, light weapons, food and ammunition, and heavy artillery could not be transported. Therefore, although the Cossack Army had nearly ten armies,
There are less than 200 artillery pieces, and the largest artillery caliber is only 76 mm.
Even if these small-caliber artillery directly hit the anti-gun caves covered with thick wood and soil on the top, it would be difficult for them to penetrate the roof cabin and produce sufficient lethality. This operation was only to speed up the transportation of troops. The Chinese leader
All the artillery units of the defense force were left behind, and the range of the platoon's mortars was insufficient. This allowed the Cossacks to launch artillery attacks unscrupulously. If the heavy artillery units had come up, the Cossack artillery would have been defeated long ago.
Got off.
The not-so-dense shells fell on the defense position, shaking the roof of the anti-cannon hole and making the soil fall from the roof, turning the soldiers hiding inside into disgrace.
Most of the lookouts who stayed on the position to monitor the enemy's situation were veterans. They dodged back and forth on the position, jumping from one bomb crater to another, and flexibly avoided the Cossacks' shelling.
Veterans have rich experience in artillery defense. They can even hear the impact point of the roaring artillery shells. What's more, even if they don't avoid it, such a small-caliber artillery bombardment, as long as it doesn't hit people, it will have a tortuous impact on the defense forces.
The trench system wasn't of much use either.
After an hour of shelling, there was no sound on the Chinese Defense Force's position. General Romanov nodded with satisfaction and ordered the shelling to stop.
The Cossack Army did not bring many artillery shells, and he did not dare to waste it too much. Then the Cossack Army's most elite First Army and Fifth Army began to charge.
When the Cossack soldiers rushed to two thousand meters away from the defense position, a large number of artillery shells fired at high speed exploded in the crowd. The Cossack soldiers suddenly fell to the ground. This was when the mortars began to show their power.
Seeing this situation, Romanov immediately ordered the artillery to suppress it. However, the mortars were light and easy to move. By the time the Cossack army's artillery adjusted their muzzles and started firing, these mortars had already been moved.
The flexible maneuverability of the mortars left the Cossack Army artillery helpless. The Cossack Army infantry had no choice but to charge forward against the dense artillery shells. When they approached the defense position 800 meters away, the machine guns began roaring again, with dense bullets
The Cossacks fell to the ground one after another. Although some people continued to fall, the brave Cossack soldiers still rushed towards the defense position quickly.
Seeing the rampage of those machine guns, the angry General Romanov immediately ordered the artillery to target those machine guns and attack. The Chinese Defense Forces were well prepared for this. The machine guns were placed in strong machine gun fortresses, and the small-caliber artillery had no intention of doing so.
There is no way.
Although the machine guns kept roaring, the cooling water gradually boiling in the sleeves did not allow them to fire without limit, and the numerous Cossack soldiers were unable to fight.
Seeing the Cossack soldiers gradually approaching, Liu Qun, the deputy division commander who was directing the battle on the position, shouted: "Grenade." Pieces of grenades were thrown into the charging crowd of Cossack soldiers, causing an explosion and slightly delaying the opponent.
pace of attack.
Taking advantage of the opponent's attack slowing down, Liu Qun shouted: "Fix bayonets and drive them down." At the same time, the commanders on the entire front almost issued similar orders. The soldiers of the Defense Force stepped forward.
The Type 91 rifle with a bayonet rushed towards the Cossacks' charging troops.
The veterans all came from the regular army of the Lanfang Empire and were no strangers to hand-to-hand combat.
After encountering wolves and Ulan City's blockade in the wilderness continent, Fang Xiaoyu realized that pistols were not omnipotent in close combat, so he asked Xiaofeng to do some research and introduced the most scientific bayonet fighting method into the army.
The training has greatly improved the hand-to-hand combat skills of the Chinese Defense Forces.
Under the leadership of veterans, who had practiced their stabbing skills for a long time, even though the recruits were a little nervous, they still charged forward with bayonets in hand.
The Cossack soldiers were tall and powerful, but they relied on brute force to swing their bayonets indiscriminately. Although the soldiers of the Defense Force were shorter in stature, they had superb swordsmanship. Moreover, they cooperated with each other tacitly. They all acted in groups of two and coordinated with each other.
The dominant Cossack soldiers fought evenly.
There are more than three Cossack corpses around each dead SADF soldier. However, the SADF has a small number of people after all, and it will be a big loss if we continue to fight like this.
At this time, the officers came up. As long as the officers of the Defense Force were above the platoon leader, they could choose their own guns from Browning pistols and Beretta pistols. At this time, the officers holding the pistols were undoubtedly a powerful force in hand-to-hand combat.
Killer weapon.
Liu Qun, holding a Beretta automatic pistol in his hand, took a few steps forward and fired continuously from his pistol, knocking several Cossack soldiers to the ground and relieving the siege of two SADF soldiers.
At this moment, a series of gunshots rang out on the battlefield. The clear sound pierced the sky, and also broke General Romanov's dream of solving the opponent at once. The Cossack army, which suffered too many casualties, gradually became exhausted. Finally, they
The remnant army finally couldn't hold on anymore and was defeated.
Seeing the opponent's retreat, Liu Qun immediately called the soldiers to hide in the trenches. Sure enough, the Cossacks' retaliatory bombardment came soon, but the defense army was well prepared. Most of the soldiers had already returned to the anti-gun holes along the communication trenches.
This burst of shelling did very little damage to them.
Seeing that the artillery shells had been consumed a lot, but the opponent did not suffer much losses, and seeing that it was getting late, General Romanov had no choice but to order a temporary withdrawal, and the Cossack army retreated twenty miles to camp.
At dusk, the Fifth Division and the Artillery Division finally arrived, and the Artillery Unit of the Sixth Division, which was repairing in the rear, also arrived. They quickly entered the rear of the defense line and began to build artillery positions. After nightfall, the Second Division also arrived, and they arrived together.
There was also the headquarters of the Second Army. The commander of the Second Army, Su Zhizhen, was ordered to command this counterattack against the Cossack Empire.
At midnight, Romanov ordered the Cossacks to start a night attack. In Romanov's opinion, only fighting at night can limit the firepower of the defense forces to the greatest extent.
Romanov's decision was very correct. In the early stage of the night attack, the Cossacks did make some progress, but the defense forces suffered some losses. The machine gun fire could only aimlessly shoot forward, and the hit rate was greatly reduced. Some Cossacks even
Entered the first trench.
However, after the close attack, the gap in individual weapons between the two sides became apparent. The Type 91 rifle of the Defense Force could fire ten rounds of bullets before being reloaded, while the Cossack Army's rifle had to be reloaded after firing, not to mention the Defense Force's rifle.
There were also hand grenades, and the officers also had more convenient pistols. Under such a disparity in firepower density, the Cossacks at close range suffered heavy losses and finally had to retreat.
In fact, they should be thankful. If they had encountered not the defense forces, but the Iron Blood Army armed with pistols, their casualties would have been several times greater.
Romanov launched three night attacks overnight and achieved some results. It was not until Su Zhizhen finally had an idea and ordered the mortars to fire some picric acid incendiary bombs at the front of the position, making the entire front area as bright as day. The Cossacks finally
Night raids were stopped.
In this night's battle, the Cossacks suffered nearly 30,000 casualties, and the Chinese Defense Forces also suffered nearly 5,000 casualties. Fortunately, the Chinese Defense Forces had complete medical facilities and specialized surgeons at the rear.
It is quite difficult to train physicians who treat people in medicine, but surgeons who specialize in serving in the military and operating on traumatized patients are much easier to train, especially after Fang Xiaoyu invented alcohol disinfection and chloroform.
After the introduction of anesthesia, the success rate of surgical operations has skyrocketed. Now with the support of sulfa drugs, the survival rate of the wounded has greatly increased, so not many people have actually sacrificed.
The next morning, the Cossacks, who had worked hard all night, planned to attack after breakfast. However, just as these careless Cossack soldiers gathered in the camp and began to eat breakfast, the two artillery divisions under Xiao Jun's command were carried by train.
More than a hundred 155mm caliber heavy howitzers began to show off their power.