Chapter 128 The Countermeasures of the Cossack Empire
A muffled thunder came from behind the defense army's positions. Many Cossack soldiers holding rice bowls were looking up curiously and looked at the place where the sound was happening in the distance. They were still wondering why such a clear sky suddenly appeared.
thunder.
Soon, dense large-caliber shells landed accurately in the Cossack army camp, and a large number of Cossack soldiers who were queuing for breakfast were blown away, and the soldiers' internal organs were even on the head of Admiral Romanov, and the entire military camp
Stumbled into chaos.
General Romanov, who had always underestimated the enemy, realized that the defense army also had large-caliber artillery, so he hurriedly ordered the troops to retreat five kilometers and re-camp.
After these days of battle, plus the soldiers killed by the "consumption tactics" of the Sixth Division of the Defense Army in the early stage, the number of casualties in the Cossack Army has exceeded 70,000, and it is okay to say that the casualties and the minor wounded are. The key is
Among these 70,000 people, there were more than 30,000 seriously injured, and these people needed a large number of personnel to take care of, which really gave General Romanov a headache.
Throughout the morning, the Cossacks were busy relocating camps, taking care of the wounded, and not attacking the defense forces positions. By noon, all the troops of the defense forces and the Iron Blood Army had arrived, except for the Sixth Division who operated on the outside and special operations.
The division was stationed outside Tongjiang Prefecture, where all the Chinese leaders had gathered, with a total of more than 100,000 people.
With so many troops, Su Zhizhen felt that the time for a decisive battle was ripe, so he immediately ordered all artillery soldiers to arrange artillery positions, reserve enough ammunition base, and prepare to start a counterattack.
General Romanov had the same idea as Su Zhizhen. He believed that the defense army was gradually increasing its troops. If they were allowed to assemble, they might not be able to win. Therefore, he decided to mobilize all troops to conduct a full-army assault.
As long as they break through the defense line of the Chinese defensive army, they can occupy Chita City. With this strategic node, they can advance, attack, retreat, and defend and be invincible. Therefore, both sides began to mobilize a large number of troops to prepare for the attack.
It's right.
After all, the Cossacks had few heavy weapons and were in an offensive position. The preparation time was much shorter than that of the Chinese Defense Army, which had been defending. The Cossacks, who had completed the dispatch, took the lead in launching the attack.
With the roar of Cossack field artillery, the black Cossack soldiers rushed towards the defense positions all over the mountains, and the defense army, who were preparing to attack, immediately turned into the defense.
All artillery began to shoot rapidly, trying to create barrage to intercept the Cossacks' attack. Mortars and heavy machine guns were suppressing fire. Everyone began to shoot desperately, and the heavy artillery of the artillery division began to hit the opponent's artillery.
The position launched a counterattack.
General Romanov issued a death order, requiring the entire army to attack to the death, and after victory, he could rob the city of Chita for three days.
With the double encouragement of strict orders and material stimulation, these Cossack soldiers' eyes turned red, and the ones in front were knocked down and rushed up again. Although the firepower of the defense army was very dense, the number of people was still at a disadvantage. Su Zhizhen decisively ordered
The front line of positions was abandoned and the entire army moved into the second line of defense to stick to it.
Deputy Commander Zhang Zhonglin gritted his teeth in the military headquarters and looked at the situation chart on the front line, while Su Zhizhen was smoking cigarettes one by one, walking around the house. Now the Cossacks have begun to attack the entire line, and the pressure on the front line is very high.
big.
Zhang Zhonglin punched his fist on the table and said, "No matter what, we must attack. It is not possible to be beaten so passively. Now the Cossacks are in full swing. If we cannot suppress this momentum, we will also defend the second line of defense.
Don't stay."
Su Zhizhen threw the cigarette butt on the ground and said, "Since that's the case, we will attack and break up their attack formation." At this time, a voice sounded from the door: "Let our Iron Blood Army First Division be the vanguard."
The two of them turned around and looked, but they were the commander of the Iron Blood Army's First Division. Su Zhizhen smiled and said, "I will never forget you when I charge. Your Iron Blood Army is the trump card in the hands of the young master. This time the young master is willing to let you go.
I came out just to fight a tough battle." Zhang Zhonglin also smiled and said, "Old Peng, let's first study how to attack."
The proud and satisfied General Romanov stood on the first line of defense of the just occupied defense army. He felt a little better. He had been starting from Kuli for almost a month. He stood on the upper hand for the first time and promoted the defense army.
After suppressing it, all he had to do is to take advantage of the victory to completely defeat the defense army.
"The whole army is ready to continue the assault." Romanov waved his hand and said to his officers.
Romanov, who issued the order, did not realize that after such a fierce battle, the Cossack soldiers were exhausted at this time. What supported them was the inertia of charging forward. When the officers ordered the charge again, the soldiers were slow.
He began to rush towards the second line of defense of the defense army, and the charge speed was no longer as good as before.
At this moment, the defense cannons that prepared the shells and calculated in advance to shoot the Yuan Dynasty again sounded, and the dense shells suddenly formed a barrage between the first and second lines of defense, bombing the Cossacks.
Man and horses are overturned.
Seeing that his side suffered a loss, Romanov immediately ordered the artillery to fight back. Unfortunately, the Cossacks' artillery range was too short, and most of them were destroyed by the opponent's heavy artillery in the artillery battle just now. Now, not only can the number of opponent's artillery not reach, but also there are not many.
The helpless Cossack artillery could only launch a non-violent artillery bombardment on the infantry positions of the defense army. As a result, the Cossack artillery, which exposed its position, was named by the defense army artillery, and the losses were even heavier. In the end, the remaining Cossack artillery was no longer dared.
Fire again.
After ten minutes of artillery bombardment, the artillery fire of the Defense Army began to advance into the Cossack Army in depth, and at the same time, the loud military horns unique to the Chinese territory sounded. Attack with attack, this was a decision made by the senior management of the Defense Army, since the opponent wanted to fight.
Just compete with them for whose attack was more sharp. The first division of the Iron Blood Army led all the Chinese troops to attack.
The Chinese artillery barrage Xu Jin's tactics rage over the heads of the Cossacks, turning their bombs over. Before they could recover, dense mortar shells and machine gun bullets swept over again, and the iron-blooded soldiers who took the lead were one after another.
He pulled out his pistol and shot the approaching Cossack soldiers one by one.
The soldiers of the defense army followed closely behind with a bayonet rifle holding a bayonet. The bright bayonet glowed the eyes of the Cossack soldiers. Before the other party could react, the cold bayonet had already stabbed.