There was a 15-minute break in the middle of the meeting. The next arrangement was for the chief officers of each group to talk about the difficulties, and if they could be solved, they would be arranged to solve them on the spot.
At this moment, the air and people's emotions in the conference room were like waves on Lake Baikal, rising and falling one after another. While they were talking and laughing, a person knocked on the door and walked in. Everyone suddenly fell silent again.
He focused his attention on a young female soldier who came in.
There are very few female soldiers in the Northern Navy. Currently, except for the field hospital, all others are in the telecommunications room. Liu Sheng's wife Wu Xiha is no exception. She is only twenty-two years old this year. Although she has been married to Liu Sheng for several years, she
It was still the most lively and active time. After the kidnapping incident the year before last, Liu Sheng was afraid that something would happen to his little wife again, so he discussed with Zhao Xin and let Wu Xiha become a confidential officer.
When the officers were serious and nervous before the battle, they suddenly saw a female soldier, and they were really surprised and happy. What's more, Ushiha looked more and more handsome, with two jet-black lips moving on her white and reddish round face.
Big eyes, shoulder-length short hair, and a dark green military uniform, not only do not detract from her beauty, but they become a beautiful decoration.
As soon as she entered the house, she immediately frowned due to the smoky atmosphere in the house, coughed a few times, and then felt the powerful threat in front of everyone.
So Wu Xiha lowered her head and walked nimbly through the gap between the crowd and walked in front of Liu Sheng. The more shy she showed, the more the officers who had never seen her looked at her intently; her heroic appearance
The sassy female soldiers seem to have a strong magical power that seduces the eyes of men.
She took out a handwritten telegram from the folder in her hand and handed it to Zhao Xin. Then everyone turned their eyes and attention to the faces of Liu Sheng and Zhao Xin, as well as the telegram that they were looking at intently.
Although no one knows the content of the telegram, the chief officers of each regiment are still trying to observe the changes in the expressions of the two immediate superiors, guessing what the telegram will bring to the battle; some even carefully observed Ushiha's face, trying to
Find the basis for judging the content from her.
After reading it, Zhao Xin signed the telegram with no expression on his face; Liu Sheng took it and looked at it with a sneer on his lips. Then he handed the telegram to Sheng Haizhou and Li Rui. The officers present
Their eyebrows, expressions, and movements all changed following the expressions and movements of these people.
The break was extended for another ten minutes. As a result, the intensity of these ten minutes was even greater than when Zhao Xin's speech was heard at the beginning of the previous meeting.
Jiuzang patted Pan Xiucheng, gestured to Zhao Xin with his chin, and whispered: "The situation seems to be wrong, look at your expression!"
Pan Xiucheng threw the cigarette butt on the ground, crushed it with his foot, and said to himself: "Is there something strange happening in the Manchu and Qing Dynasties in the south?"
At this time, Chen Jishan, who was standing next to him, clenched his fists and said firmly: "It doesn't matter whether they are Manchus or Russians, just fight them!"
Huji took a cigarette from Mishiro, lit it and said, "I wonder if our mission will change?"
Mi Shilang interrupted: "It's nothing more than three directions: north, west, and south..."
"Don't talk! It's a meeting!" Sheng Haizhou suddenly reminded the officers in the room loudly, and everyone suddenly became quiet.
Wu Xiha, who was waiting to retrieve the original text of the telegram, was told by Zhao Xin to leave the telegram here temporarily. She walked along the wall to the back of the crowd, stood at the door and glanced at Liu Sheng, then turned around and left.
Got out.
Liu Sheng, holding a telegraph newspaper in his hand, looked like a soldier holding a grenade and preparing to throw it out, with a majestic look on his face. He cleared his throat, glanced around the crowd, and raised the corners of his mouth.
"This is a telegram from our people in Nizhniyutinsk. Marshal Rumyantsev of the Russian army has left Krasnoyarsk and is heading towards Nizhniyutinsk. Accompanying him is a detachment of 10,000 people.
Troops." He spoke every word clearly and pronounced it forcefully, with a hint of excitement in his tone.
The person stationed by the Northern Navy in Nizhny Uginsk was Igor, the groom who first surrendered. He was also the uncle of Fan Tong’s fiancée Polya. Last summer, after some training, Igor and two men dressed as Mongolians
The Northern Navy went to Nizhniutinsk and opened a grocery store as a cover.
After Liu Sheng finished speaking, there was probably a few seconds of silence, and suddenly there was a burst of warm applause in the room. What was coming finally came. After showing weakness to the enemy for so long, the enemies on the Western Front finally came out!
Zhao Xin was satisfied with the applause, as if he had received a shot of stimulant before the battle. He took a puff of his cigarette, blew out a puff of smoke, and drove away a few annoying mosquitoes in front of him, and then spoke in a brisk and determined tone.
announced:
"The original plan remains unchanged! When you return to the station, immediately carry out emergency mobilization. For specific task arrangements, go to Sheng Haizhou after the meeting to receive a written notice."
Liu Sheng and Zhao Xin have been working together since before Beihai Town was established. They work together well and complement each other.
Liu Sheng is decisive in his actions and straightforward in his words. In his eyes, there is never an enemy that cannot be defeated.
Zhao Xin is meticulous and always has a strong inflammatory tone in his words. However, he never underestimates any enemy and always makes preparations. If he doesn’t preset the battlefield before the war begins,
After figuring out everything, I felt that I had trouble sleeping and eating. However, it was precisely because of this that after being asked by him one by one, the officers below felt a lot more at ease.
On August 17, Pan Xiucheng's fourth regiment, led by a small group of scouts, followed the Belaya River to the west, bypassed the village of Bielsk in the upper reaches from the south, and then passed through the vast dense forest. Their goal was to reach the distance
Zima Village, 160 kilometers northwest of Usolye, is an important node on the Siberian Post Road.
The order of the staff was to let them lurk in the forest west of the Oka River, wait for the large Russian army to pass through, quickly capture the village of Zima, and then build a blocking position based on the Oka River to the east of the town to cut off the Russian army's northward escape.
channel.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! On the same day, Jiuzang's Second Regiment, Aoba Camp, and Hagi Camp entered the plain between the north of the Belaya River and the Angara River through a pontoon bridge built in advance.
Build a position in the zone.
This is an alluvial plain that is 11 kilometers long from north to south and 22 kilometers long from east to west. Due to the abundant water flow, lush vegetation and high organic matter content of the soil. Since the establishment of Ussolye in 1669, exiles and settlers have fished here.
Salt was boiled, and rye, oats, and barley were grown on the eastern side of the plain near the river; vegetables included peas, cabbage, radishes, onions, and garlic.
Contrary to what many people imagine, Siberia at the end of the 18th century was not free to open up wasteland for farming. Due to the prosperity of the fur trade, many mountains and jungles were officially designated as "sable hunting grounds", and the settlers who came here only had five acres of land.
The land can be cultivated, which is an area of three football fields, equivalent to 30 acres in later generations. Historically, after the 19th century, with the reduction of the fur trade, large areas of land were released for farming. By the way, Tsarist Russia
Those who settle down to farm will be exempted from tax for ten years.
According to the mission statement issued by the staff, the main position of the Northern Navy is located in the southeast of this plain, just on both sides of the road from Nizhny Uginsk to Usolye. The main position flows into the Angara River from west to east.
The Belaya River dug out a large pocket shape to the south here, forming an oblique strip 2.9 kilometers wide from east to west and 4 kilometers long from north to south.
When it comes to building fortifications on the battlefield, we must prioritize them based on manpower, material resources, time and the use of the fortifications. The resistance levels of fortifications at different locations must be different. The kind of fortifications that do not prioritize and pursue high resistance are fundamental.
It makes no sense; the stronger the resistance, the more manpower and materials will be invested.
Generally speaking, the resistance strength of battlefield fortifications is divided into five levels. Command post fortifications are more resistant than personnel and personnel, while personnel and personnel are more resistant than concealed fortifications of materials and equipment.
Specific to personnel and personnel, soil work standards need to be determined based on different weapons. For example, a trench used for individual shooting is one meter wide at the top, 0.5 meters wide at the bottom, and generally 1.1 meters deep. But if it is a fortification used for rocket launcher shooting
, the fill in the parapet and firing range must be 10 to 20 centimeters lower than the mouth of the barrel, and the height of the back wall cannot exceed the tail of the barrel. No people or materials can be placed 10 meters behind the bunker; otherwise, once the fire is fired, it will be a fire.
A disaster.
As for machine gun fortification, it must be determined based on the type of machine gun, the size of the shooting area, the shooting posture and the personnel. It is generally a circular area with a diameter of 1.8 meters, and the top is covered with logs, soil and leaves; the perforation should be based on the direction.
, determined by the high and low angle of incidence and the thickness of the front wall of the fortification, namely three types: outer splay, inner splay and inner and outer splay.
As for the artillery position of the North Navy, it is located in a dense forest five kilometers away from the main position. It is located on the south side of the Belaya River and is garrisoned by Chen Jishan's fifth regiment. If necessary, the river can be crossed through a pontoon to attack the Jiuzang headquarters.
Provide support.
Liu Sheng started preparing this artillery fortification almost half a year ago. Neither local residents nor new immigrants used it. It was completely built by soldiers of the Northern Navy. In order not to be discovered, all the artillery beds were semi-underground.
The fortifications are also covered with camouflage. Each gun emplacement is composed of three parts, the firing room in the middle, the ammunition bunkering room on the left, and the personnel bunkering room on the right.
Because there is no village or shop here, no one usually comes here. In addition, Liu Sheng has also set up many secret posts on the outside, so the Russian army's spies can't go deep into it to find out what's going on.
In order to allow the Russian cavalry to enter the intersection of anti-aircraft guns and machine guns, the Northern Navy deployed layers of obstacles around the main positions and artillery positions. Trench and barbed wire became the inevitable choice.
The laying of barbed wire cannot be as simple as building a livestock fence, otherwise it can be climbed over with a straw curtain. The erection of this thing is very technical, so the staff department sent people to provide special guidance.
The barbed wire of the Beihai Navy is hot-dip galvanized razor wire purchased by Zhao Xin from another time and space. When used, it can be laid directly. Each set of barbed wire is divided into two lines, high piles and low piles. There are two groups in total.
The two hundred meters and one hundred meters in front of the trenches were laid respectively, and a two-meter-deep trench was dug in front of the barbed wire fence.
High piles are driven into two rows of wooden piles on the ground. The ground exposure height is 1.2 meters, and the distance between piles and rows is 3 meters. They are arranged in a staggered manner. Five horizontal barbed wires must be pulled out between every two wooden piles.
Low piles should be laid out in grassland and shoals. The height of wooden piles should be 30 to 40 centimeters above the ground. The distance between piles and rows should be two meters, and the depth should be 4 to 6 meters. When setting up the barbed wire, first horizontally and then diagonally.
, then fix the two claw nails of the iron wire on the top of the pile; finally, loosely lay the slip-knot barbed wire between the horizontal lines, leaving no space for the enemy to step in and cross.
Because the periphery of the artillery position is woodland, a deer village made of trees was set up in front of the barbed wire fence. The Beihai Navy's method was to cut down the trees in staggered ways, but the trunks could not be separated from the stumps; then cut off the twigs, and then cut off the twigs.
Secure the tree trunk to the ground with wire.
Of course, tying some empty cans to the barbed wire, tripping grenades, etc. are all things that should be done.
On August 19, the Russian army's leading force of 2,000 people arrived north of the Belaya River along the Siberian Post Road. After some reconnaissance, they soon discovered the main position of the Northern Navy. After Jiuzang discovered this situation
, and then sent the Aoba Battalion and the Hagi Battalion forward to prevent the Russian advance troops from exploring the Northern Navy's position layout.
Although the height of the islanders is really not that good, the Aoba battalion, which has had many combat experiences, is not afraid of the Russians. They are holding "90-type front-loading rifles" and are 200 meters away from the enemy cavalry.
Position, stood in three rows and concentrated fire. The saturation rate of fire was four rounds per minute, which knocked down a Russian cavalry squadron.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In contrast, the performance of the Hagi Battalion, which had never participated in actual combat, was not satisfactory. The soldiers were extremely nervous when reloading and made frequent mistakes.
, many people opened fire without even pulling out their sticks.
Since the Russian war horses were much taller than the southern horses that the islanders usually rode, some soldiers in the Hagi camp turned around and ran away in fear when they saw the Russian troops charging toward them with sabers waving. If these people were not peasants rather than feudal lords,
The leader of the Hagi camp, Oshima Yishun, had to order the supervising team to kill people.
After that, the defeated Russian army retreated and camped five kilometers away from the North Navy.
On August 21, a large force of 60,000 Russian troops finally arrived. They set up their camp near a hill 15 kilometers northwest of the North Navy's main position, and the position was set up 4 kilometers away from the North Navy's main position.
On the gentle slope; on the right side is a large area of gentle hills and bushes, on the left side is the alluvial plain between the Angara River and the Belaya River, and the Siberian Post Road runs through the middle.
On the second day after arriving, the Russian army sent a large number of accompanying soldiers and civilians, escorted by two regiments of hunters, into a position two kilometers away from the Northern Navy, and built forts and high platforms for observing the enemy's situation. The entire battlefield suddenly changed.
It became a big construction site.
On the same day, Rumyantsev led his army to Nizhny Uginsk on the Uda River. He only stayed here for one day and then moved towards Brat Fort on the Oka River. The old marshal received the battle report from the front.
Finally, I thought that the Russian army's position selection was pretty good, but I was puzzled by the arrangement of the North Navy's main position. It faced rivers on three sides. Was this a plan to fight to the bitter end or was there another conspiracy?
The Russian army's combat plan is to attack the right wing of the Northern Navy to attract enemy artillery fire, and then use a large number of cavalry and infantry to launch a powerful assault from the center and left wing to find and destroy the artillery while cutting off the connection between the Northern Navy and Irkutsk.
With the connection between them, they were surrounded on all sides and pressed towards the Belaya River to be annihilated.
In the early morning of August 24, a group of 8,000 Russian troops quietly crossed the river from the Uzkilug settlement on the north bank of the Belaya River and arrived at the village of Sosnovka, five kilometers west of the Northern Naval Artillery Camp.
There was a fierce exchange of fire with a battalion of the 5th North Marine Regiment stationed here.
Under heavy fire from a large number of light infantry (chassers) and mortars, the Russian army launched three consecutive attacks on the small village, and tried to use two cavalry squadrons to flank the village.
In order to attract the enemy to this battlefield, the artillery in the rear did not fire, but relied on rifles and mortars for defense. The battalion of the fifth regiment endured the bombing of Russian howitzers and mortars, and fought
After blocking the attack for a day, they withdrew from the village of Sosnovka under darkness and returned to the outer defensive position of the artillery position.