At 7 o'clock in the morning, the Russian troops stationed in Emulkaron received a report from the forward patrol.
A small "Qing" army was discovered, with less than fifty people. It was discovered in time by the patrol and blocked at the foot of the mountain twenty miles away. The two sides are currently engaged in a fierce battle, and the enemy's firepower is very fierce. They are in urgent need of
reinforce.
The location of Emulkalun is important because the terrain here is condescending to the ancient city island. In fact, the terrain of Yaksa increases layer by layer from north to south. The Russian army occupied Emulkalun.
, the cannons set up here can be used to control the fleet attacking from the south of the ancient city island. Once Emulkaron is lost, the Russian army can also retreat to the ancient city island through the pontoon bridge built on the river.
The local garrison consisted of two chasseur battalions, a cavalry battalion and five artillery pieces. The garrison commander was named Lieutenant Colonel Listnitsky.
After receiving a request for help from the patrol in front, Listnitsky speculated that this must be a "Qing" reconnaissance force. After a brief consideration, he decided to send three companies to completely eliminate the "Qing army" in order to improve his level.
The morale of the troops. Of course, it would be better if we could capture a few prisoners.
The lieutenant colonel issued the order, and the Cossacks who had just woken up and had not eaten breakfast began to assemble under the loud voice of the sergeant major.
"Everyone bring dry food! Remember to get a few more bombs!"
"What happened, sir?"
"The Qing people are here, let's go and fight them."
"Okay." The young Cossack who was already standing at attention touched his chest habitually and shouted, "I forgot my runes and cross. I have to go back to the tent to get them."
"Damn boy, when will you be able to remember something better? You have to forget everything every time."
The so-called runes are the amulets carried by the Cossacks when they go to war. These things have been around since the cold weapon era, such as gun-avoiding spells, battle-avoiding spells, and charging spells. You can copy whichever one you like. It all depends on personal preference.
However, since the Russian army began to engage in constant battles with the Northern Navy north of the city of Guigudar, what the Cossacks like to copy most now is the "gun avoidance spell". They always hide the copied spell in their shirts and tie it to their shirts.
Put it on a cross chain, put it on a sacred object given by a relative to bless you with peace, or tie it to a small bag wrapped in the soil of your hometown. Although the God of Death will not spare those who carry spells, this kind of thing is better than
Not strong.
"The most merciful Saint Mikola, bless us with invincibility..."
The morning in August was a bit sultry, and the sky was overcast at this time, blocking the sun. Two companies of mounted infantry set off first, and the cavalry had already set off in the open area along the river bank.
The Cossacks rode on horseback and marched in column formation through the forest. The drummers at the front of the column beat dull drums to guide the troops' movements.
"Ta la~ta la~ta la dong da la dong~"
Half an hour after Emur's Russian army set off, a Russian colonel who received the news knocked on the door and walked into a room in Yaksa Castle. In addition to an attendant adjutant, there was only one gray-haired man in the room.
The old man, who was almost sixty years old. When he saw the colonel coming in, the old man asked in an easy-going tone: "Dear Vasilyevich, you are knocking on the door in such a hurry. Is there anything urgent?"
This is a short old man with a slight stoop, a slight lameness in his legs, his face is full of wrinkles, and his nose is not straight enough. A pair of blue eyes blink under the high eyebrows; the sparse hair on the back of his head is combed
His hair was made into a small braid and tied with a silver-gray ribbon. Unlike other high-ranking European generals of this era, he did not wear any makeup.
The black ornate military uniform worn by the old man fit perfectly and was ironed smoothly. Whether it was the St. Alexander Nevsky gemstone star on his chest, or the royal sword inlaid with gems on his waist, or
The high-level ribbon of "Saint Andrei Pervozvanne" slung across his shoulders clearly indicated that this person was General Suvorov, the army commander of Tsarist Russia's Eastern Conquest of the Qing Dynasty.
This is a pure and self-disciplined soldier. Compared to the embarrassing situation of being a nominal general in Crimea and unable to even command a squad, Suvorov would rather let Potemkin take the limelight to deal with the Turks.
He came to the east to direct the offensive against the Qing Dynasty.
"General, our troops patrolling fifteen miles south of the Emur camp discovered the enemy's reconnaissance team! Because the enemy's firepower was too strong, Lieutenant Colonel Listnitsky has ordered two companies to support it."
"Hmm." Suvorov gestured to the colonel to mark the location where the patrols exchanged fire on the map. He stared at the map for a while and said with a smile: "The enemy's firepower is fierce, and only a quick attack can have any hope of success.
The larger the number of our troops will make them overwhelmed, the defense will be chaotic, and ammunition will be wasted. Listnitsky's decision is correct."
In fact, the reason why Suvorov, after noticing that the Northern Navy was heading north, ordered the Chasseurs to attack in small groups was to get to know his enemy through constant contact and exchanges of fire.
Later Clausewitz said that war is an act of human interaction. Rather than being like some kind of technological competition, war is more like some kind of trade behavior.
It was through these dozens of days of constant "interactions" that Suvorov gained a certain degree of understanding of this unusual opponent of the Northern Navy.
The so-called strategy is actually based on our situation, the enemy's situation and the people's situation. If you don't understand your opponent and don't know yourself, you can't talk about formulating a strategy to defeat your opponent. Suvorov has never been willing to be passively defensive.
He discovers the opponent's strengths and weaknesses through battle after battle, thereby seizing the opponent's weaknesses in defense and achieving rapid counterattacks.
In his view, the "Qing Army" opposite was a force with extremely powerful firepower. The soldiers fought bravely, were proficient in operating weapons, and had strong discipline.
Their commanders acted decisively and resolutely, and did not skimp on ammunition at all. Even for a small group of enemies, the enemy soldiers would use a nearly wasteful method to suppress their own troops with dense rain of bullets, and then outflank them to achieve victory.
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Combining the previously obtained intelligence, Suvorov speculated that this force must have been prepared by the Qing emperor to deal with the rebel forces entrenched in the Ussuri River. This could also explain why Alexandrov and the others had just arrived in Aihun.
, Qing reinforcements can arrive quickly.
This made him really envious. No wonder the Queen had been hesitant to go to war with the Qing Dynasty before. She could maintain a force of thousands of people for long-distance operations of thousands of versts, and could also provide a steady supply of ammunition. Except for the Qing Dynasty,
Even Tsarist Russia was unable to cope with such a huge and wealthy country.
However, it was precisely because Zhao Xin and Liu Sheng used the fleet's accompanying supplies in the later stage and the fierce tactics of attacking troops to advance layer by layer that Suvorov also discovered the weaknesses of the North Navy.
First of all, he felt that the "Qing general" he fought against must be a guy with a violent personality, which was exactly the taboo of senior generals. A person who is easily excited and irritable is not suitable to be the commander of an army.
The biggest advantage of this kind of person is his drive, but this drive often does not last for a long time. Only junior officers need people who are easily excited, because a fierce charge only lasts a few minutes;
A battle takes a whole day, but a battle takes a whole year or even several years.
Secondly, in terms of firepower, this is an unmatched advantage and weakness. With such a large ammunition consumption, once the logistics cannot keep up, they will soon be in trouble.
It has to be said that Suvorov saw through Liu Sheng and pointed out his character weaknesses. Not counting the unlucky Zhao Xin, the three leaders of the North Navy all have their own character flaws, otherwise they would
He would not have been so unsatisfied in another time and space. From the perspective of the darkness of human nature, it was precisely because Zhao Xin saw the flaws in the character of these people that he was able to control the Beihai Navy with ease.
Of course, Suvorov never calculated that there would be a "monster" like Zhao Xin in the world, otherwise he would immediately organize the entire army to retreat.
Two hours after the firefight began in the morning, when the reconnaissance team began to appear wounded, Serdan felt that he was being overestimated. He should not have been trying to catch the lieutenant, but should have retreated from the beginning. Now the reconnaissance team has already
He was stuck by the Russian army, so he had to send a request for help to the rear through the accompanying radio.
Relying on the cover of the jungle terrain, the Russian patrol continued to close the distance between the two sides, and finally entered within 100 meters. Although one handheld mortar failed to fire and exploded, relying on the only remaining one, the Russian army still
Two grenades were thrown into the reconnaissance team's position, injuring two people on the spot.
In fact, Serdan's biggest problem after joining the Northern Navy for so long is that he can resolutely carry out the tasks assigned to him by Zhao Xin, but his overall strategic vision is insufficient. Especially since the Northern Navy has defeated different opponents many times in recent years, there is a common internal situation.
Serdan also has the same mentality of blind arrogance.
The original cautious and steady hunter who could escape from a heavy siege with a bow and three iron arrows is long gone, replaced by the Northern Navy reconnaissance captain who ignores his opponents.
Many soldiers feel that they can conquer the world with the weapons in their hands. The problem is that for an army trained to use modern weapons and tactics, its ammunition consumption is also very alarming.
Although Beihai Town has its own bullet manufacturing equipment, the scrap rate is still very high. It is very simple to make a bullet that can be fired, such as shotgun bullets. The threshold is very low. But it takes thousands of bullets to be made.
, and the bullets with exactly the same ballistic properties are too difficult!
The threshold for military bullets is very high. It does not mean that you can accurately imitate large quantities of bullets with a few 7.62 bullets. The level of metallurgical technology, processing accuracy, and mature gunpowder production lines are all the thresholds that restrict the production of bullets. The most critical one is
The composition and proportion of gunpowder used in bullets. In later generations, the composition and proportion of gunpowder were classified as state secrets.
It is easy to make a new gun, but it is difficult to make bullets suitable for the new gun. For example, the famous 95 was because the bullets were not qualified in the early days. In addition, a lot of experimental tests are needed to find the best
The ballistic data, muzzle velocity of ammunition, etc. are continuously improved. These are inseparable from a large number of mathematical calculations.
From this point of view, Zhao Liang's military-industrial steel complex is currently just a "military-industrial steel joint workshop."
(Some people say that everything can be made in Peshawar in Pakistan, and the equipment is not very advanced. The problem is that they have inherited their father's business for more than a hundred years, and their skills are too familiar. Even so, it is really difficult for a craftsman to
The workshop produces millions of rounds of bullets with the same performance every year, even if you kill him you can't do it.)
The Russian cavalry finally reached the attack position after extensive detours, and two soldiers from the reconnaissance team also discovered the enemy on the side and rear.
"Captain, the enemy cavalry is coming!"
"Take this!" Serdan handed his assault rifle to the soldier behind him, replaced it with the other's semi-automatic, and ordered: "Burst fire! Aim and then shoot!"
The Russian cavalry formed a formation. Because of the mosquito bites, the horses shook their heads and their bits clattered loudly. The warrant officer leading the cavalry took out his saber from its scabbard, with a dim blue light shining on the blade.
The cavalry lieutenant rode on a well-proportioned horse and ran to the front of the team. He held the reins tightly and had a saber tassel wrapped around one hand.
"Everyone!" "The warrant officer pointed his saber to the right, then to the left, and then pointed forward, stopping above the raised horse's ears. "Form a skirmish line and move forward!"
As the sound of horse hooves began to sound in the silence, fifty Russian cavalry formed a formation more than 200 meters wide 300 meters away. This made the dozen or so reconnaissance team members responsible for blocking suddenly not knowing which one to target.
But time was running out, so they had to take the lead in firing.
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"Bang! Bang!"
The Russian cavalry advanced at a constant speed despite the hail of bullets, and the pace of the horses continued to accelerate. When they approached less than a hundred meters away from the reconnaissance team, the warrant officer gave a fierce shout and accelerated with the remaining thirty people.
"Pick up your spear, put away your saber, and charge!"
The ground groaned dullly under the trampling of dozens of horse hooves. The Cossacks flattened their spears and the horses began to gallop at full speed. The figure of the cavalry warrant officer rose and fell in the forest, and the people on the horses shouted.
The war horse first curled up its legs, then stretched them out, leaping seven or eight meters away. Amidst the screams, the crackling gunfire became more intense. The two assault rifles of the reconnaissance team kept firing, spraying out
The bullets made a sharp whistle and spread out like fans in the forest.
At the same time, the Russian infantry in the west also began to attack the reconnaissance team. They lit all the remaining grenades and threw them out. Large plumes of white smoke rose in front of the reconnaissance team's position, disrupting the reconnaissance team's shooting sight.
The Russian infantry immediately formed a scattered formation of ten people in a row and rushed towards the reconnaissance team.
Serdan ran out of bullets for his rifle at this time. He had no time to reload, so he grabbed the bow, pulled out several arrows from his back, and shot several arrows at the front warrant officer just by feeling, and then continued to aim at the next one.
In the blink of an eye, seven or eight arrows were shot.
"Grenade!" With a shout, more than a dozen North Navy wooden-handled grenades flew out from the reconnaissance team's position. They rolled through the air. When they reached the top of the Russian infantry queue, they exploded.
The explosion shook the earth, and the Russian infantry was instantly killed and injured. The surviving Russian troops even threw away their weapons and fled in a hurry. The two hours of suffering had exhausted all the courage of the patrol.
The few remaining Russian cavalry at the rear of the reconnaissance team had also fled south, and they did not dare to rescue their fallen comrades who had been shot.
Serdan ordered everyone to retreat while counting the number of people. At this time, there were only less than twenty uninjured people in the reconnaissance team; the most seriously injured was a guy who stood up and started shooting. He was changing ammunition.
The cavalry's spear pierced his thigh while he was in the box. He lost so much blood that he was about to die.
Taking advantage of the fact that the Russian army had retreated, Serdan and the others simply bandaged the wounded. They also helped the dead and injured soldiers to their horses, and then began to retreat to the southeast.
The group had just walked out for more than a mile when the scout team responsible for covering discovered more Russian cavalry approaching from the east. This shocked Serdan. He did not expect Rakshasa's counterattack.
so fast.
At this moment, silhouettes of people were shaking in the woods to the southeast. Following the loud command of questions and answers, more than twenty soldiers of the Northern Navy emerged from behind the trees. The troops coming from the Duojin City camp finally arrived. Serdan couldn't help but
He let out a long breath, exhausted mentally and physically, and couldn't help but slumped down on the ground.
After a while, as the gunshots from the east began to ring out one after another, more and more Northern Navy soldiers ran past the reconnaissance team. Serdan was a little surprised. He grabbed a platoon leader and asked: "You are here.