Beginning in 1784, Zhao Xin fought for six years with the island countries, the Manchus, and Tsarist Russia. Although each time he relied on excellent training and advanced equipment to win with less, he had never faced a single battle.
So many enemies.
There are more than 60,000 Russian troops on the plain north of the Belaya River. There are more than 20,000 Russian troops around the "Zaimka Fortress", which is more than 30 kilometers away in a straight line. There are still 10,000 Russian troops in Cheremhovo.
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As the old saying goes, if there are tens of thousands of people, it is boundless; if there are hundreds of thousands of people, it reaches the sky and the earth. In the entire Eastern Siberia, the total number of the Northern Navy is only more than 17,000. To say that Zhao Xin is not nervous at all
, that is absolutely nonsense.
For this battle, he carefully planned for nearly two years. He prepared more than 100 D30-122s alone and 100,000 rounds of artillery shells. Beihai Town also accumulated more than 100 self-produced 75mm guns.
There are more than 10,000 rounds of artillery shells; as for other types of ammunition and artillery shells, he has also stocked up a lot. For example, he has more than 10 million rounds of rifle bullets, 100,000 rounds of mortar shells, and countless other types of military supplies.
.Compared to these, those 152-caliber cannons are nothing.
In order to prevent Russian spies from discovering the transportation of weapons and equipment of the Northern Navy, Zhao Xin quietly transported many of the equipment to the secret warehouse in Irkutsk like ants moving.
It looks like it is well prepared, but in fact it is not much at all. The more advanced the weapon, the faster the rate of fire, and the higher the firepower density, the more bullets consumed in a battle will become astronomical. AK is quite enjoyable to use, right?
?When new recruits are nervous on the battlefield, they often fire more than a dozen bullets in one shot, and miss nothing. Even with a semi-automatic rifle, it takes only a blink of an eye to fire off ten bullets by pulling the trigger ten times. At present, the North
In the Navy, only some veterans with squad leader qualifications will be equipped with AKs to supplement the firepower of infantry squads.
On the Western Front battlefield in the early morning, as the Russian right-wing infantry column advanced at double pace, the artillery was quickly left behind. When the forward observation post discovered this situation and obtained Zhao Xin's consent,
They immediately notified the twenty-four 82mm mortars attached to the rear of the main position to open fire and bombard the Russian artillery.
The first one to fire was the benchmark gun. The first rapid whistling sound passed through the air. With a bang, the shell exploded ten meters away from the north of a Unicorn gun. The flying shrapnel killed three Russian gunners on the spot.
, injuring five people.
Whether it is a howitzer or a cannon, since the projectile lands diagonally when it lands, and the shell is spindle-shaped, more fragments are generated on the sides of the projectile and less on the front and rear, so the fragmentation damage range is roughly
A rectangle that is wide horizontally and narrow vertically. For example, the wound boundary of a 122 grenade is a radial range of 60 meters wide and 20 meters deep.
The trajectory of the mortar shell is a high parabola, and the projectile lands almost vertically, so its fragmentation killing zone is approximately a circle, and the shrapnel is evenly spread around. The killing zone of the 82mm mortar high-explosive shell is a diameter.
With a circular shape of 36 meters, its killing area is only over 100 square meters less than that of the 122 grenade.
Boom! Gray-black soil fell like raindrops on the heads of the Russian artillerymen. But before they could check the loss of personnel, the smoke of the first explosion had not dissipated. The second roar came again, and this time the artillery shells fell on the heads of the Russian artillerymen.
It hit the front of the unicorn cannon five meters away, killing and injuring more than a dozen people on the spot. A unicorn cannon weighing more than 800 kilograms was overturned to the ground.
The face of the Russian artillery captain in charge suddenly turned pale. He hurriedly shouted to his subordinates: "Guys! Retreat immediately!"
At this time, a gunner who had just gotten up from the ground shouted: "Captain, the drivers are gone! We can't fire the gun!"
The captain ignored him and shouted: "No more! Retreat quickly!"
Historically, European armies had a serious problem that hindered artillery battlefield mobility until the early 19th century. Due to the existence of the "regiment commander's agent" system, artillery draft horses were always provided by private contractors who were responsible for driving the horses.
Their drivers were not soldiers. Some armies would not even sign a horse supply agreement and hire drivers until just before the war began. So once the battle began, contractors would try their best to bring the draft horses to the rear to protect them from enemy fire.
Kill and cause irreparable losses, and the drivers will try their best to stay away from the front line.
As a result, the artillerymen had no choice, either to drag the artillery themselves if necessary, or to abandon the artillery and flee, leaving them to the enemy.
However, it was already too late for the Russian army to retreat. When the North Korean navy's forward observation post quickly reported back the shelling situation, the other twenty-three mortars immediately opened fire. The artillery position on the Russian left front was immediately plunged into blood and blood.
Hell of fire.
In just two rounds of shooting, more than forty high-explosive shells ravaged the Russian artillery positions with gunpowder power far beyond this era. Only two of more than a hundred Russian artillerymen survived. However, this is just a battlefield.
An inconspicuous wave in the boundless sea of people above, stirred for a moment, and then disappeared.
The light cavalry who were on guard around the artillery position hurriedly returned to the rear and reported the situation. General Borkons, who commanded the left-wing army, was a little surprised after hearing the news. He finally understood the terror of the enemy's artillery described by Suvorov.
Should messengers be sent to tell the infantry and cavalry to retreat?
However, this idea only flashed through his mind, and then he ordered his officers to go to the headquarters and request for more artillery.
"Tell the Commander-in-Chief that I need at least forty Unicorn Cannons."
At this time, the infantry of the Russian left-wing group, facing the sparse rain of bullets fired from the opposite side, had quickly rushed to more than 400 meters outside the North Navy position. However, both officers and soldiers saw a shining line of light stretching across the distance.
, the endless barbed wire fence, all took a breath of cold air.
The light cavalry responsible for reconnaissance in the front came back and reported that the height of this barbed wire fence was 1.5 versts (an rst is 0.71 meters), the depth was more than 4 versts, and it stretched from east to west for almost three versts, with both ends reaching Belaya.
By the river. This news shocked several team leaders. It was so wide that even if the war horses accelerated, they couldn't jump across it.
"The Tatars are crazy! They make these things out of fine steel!"
In the 18th century, iron was one of the main export commodities of Tsarist Russia. As of 1790, the annual steel production of the Tsarist Empire exceeded 160,000 tons, and the export volume also exceeded 65,000 tons, ranking first among European countries. However, in
In this era, the greatest use of steel is to make weapons. No one has yet made precious steel into barbed wire to block enemies on the battlefield.
Although there are many passages on the North Korean navy's barbed wire fortifications, for tens of thousands of Russian troops in a tight formation, if they pass through the gaps that only allow two or three people to pass, it will inevitably disrupt the column formation of five people.
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What to do? The Russian regiment commander had no time to hesitate. Behind his regiment were three regiments of light cavalry. Once they hesitated, the rhythm of the entire left-wing offensive would be completely disrupted.
At this time, the not-so-dense bullets fired from the North Navy position were still killing soldiers bit by bit, and people in the front row were shot and fell to the ground from time to time. Although some injured Russian soldiers wailed, but those from behind
The soldiers who lined up as substitutes just stood there silently, no one would bend down to rescue them.
This was the case in the era of line battles. When someone fell in the queue, there was no timely battlefield rescue. In order to maintain the order of the formation, the injured could only wait for the team to pass and be taken care of by the civilians who followed behind.
"Destroy these barbed wire fences! Send people to the back to find some wooden boards!"
It is better to have an order than no order, even a bad order. Following the order from the regiment commander, the battalion commanders of each column immediately sent out their tall grenadiers and ordered them to use grenades to destroy the barbed wire fence.
The headgear of the grenadiers is different from that of ordinary musketeers. They all wear a somewhat funny, brass-fronted bevel hat shaped like a bishop's hat, which is easy to distinguish in the queue. Dozens of grenadiers first wear it from the shoulder straps.
He took out a "slow match" similar to a fire stick from the brass tube, blew it hard a few times, waited for the flame to light up, then took out a pomegranate-sized grenade from the crossbody bag behind him, and lit it with a hairy mountain on it.
A fuse made of beech mixed with black powder.
Boom! Boom...
Smoke filled the air, and dozens of iron ball grenades exploded near the first barbed wire fence. The empty cans and glass bottles hanging on it made a jingling noise. However, when the smoke cleared, the Russian army discovered that their grenades were targeting
Barbed wire is useless.
The officers were helpless, so they issued a second order to the soldiers: "dig out all those wooden piles!"
The problem is that no infantryman on the battlefield in these years still carries tools. The Russian soldiers had to take off their daggers or bayonets from their waists and start digging holes under the wooden piles.
At this moment, the atmosphere on the battlefield became a little weird. The sporadic shooting from the North Navy on the opposite side suddenly stopped, leaving the Russian army a little confused. The soldiers in the front row of the Russian column were struggling with the barbed wire, and they finally managed to kill the wood.
After digging out the soil and rocks under the piles and pulling them out with force, they found that just pulling out the first pile was useless; because the second pile was staggered with the first, just like the branches of a thorn vine.
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The hands of many Russian soldiers were cut with blood by the butterfly-shaped blades on the barbed wire fence. However, they had no choice but to pull out one blade after another.
As time passed, tens of thousands of horses and horses from six regiments were already lined up in front of the first barbed wire fortification. The infantry were anxiously waiting for orders, while the horses under the cavalry were also circling uneasily.
Fortunately, there are more people and more strength. After more than half an hour, this piece of high barbed wire fence with a length of 100 meters was finally cleared. The uniforms of the Russian soldiers responsible for the cleanup were scratched to pieces, and their faces and hands were covered with blood.
.The barbed wire fences piled together are like a huge monster covered with spikes, densely tangled in one place.
"These Tatars are really ruining a good thing! Using such strong iron wire to make a horse."
"Who says it's not the case! But there are tens of thousands of us, and they want to stop us based on this? Just dream!"
"Ula! Forward!"
However, the joy only lasted for a moment. The Russian chasseurs had just advanced a few meters, and then they discovered with grief and indignation that there was actually a low barbed wire fence in front of them that was two feet high and as deep as seven feet.
The iron wires of the blade are densely distributed vertically and horizontally.
The Russian army was suddenly filled with overwhelming anger. Can the vicious "Tatars" still fight happily?!
A battalion commander angrily ordered his chasseurs to stand in three rows and fire random shots at the Northern Navy position 200 meters away.
Different from what many modern people imagine, the firing method of line infantry in the fusiliary era was not from the first column, but from the third column first, and after a period of time, the second column, and then the first column...
....The purpose of this is to keep the rifles of the first row of soldiers loaded as much as possible so that they can deal with the enemy's cavalry at any time, or save them for use at the most critical moment.
At the end of the 18th century, although there were certain differences in the rifles of European armies in terms of caliber, barrel length, barrel installation method, butt shape, flintlock bolt design and purge, in terms of rate of fire and effective range,
The difference is not big.
A soldier who goes to the battlefield usually carries 50 to 60 rounds of bullets. The so-called bullet is a cylindrical paper roll. Inside the paper roll is a spherical lead bullet and the gunpowder required to fire the lead bullet. At the same time, the shooting speed of soldiers is also different.
It is considered very fast. A well-trained soldier can fire 5 rounds of live ammunition per minute in a short period of time, but under normal circumstances such a rate of fire cannot be achieved at all. The Russian Army did not stipulate in the infantry doctrine until 1811 that soldiers practice loading.
To achieve the level of shooting three times per minute, it was entirely up to the regiment and battalion commander himself.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! However, for various reasons, the rate of fire in actual combat is lower than the rate of fire stipulated in the doctrine, and will continue to decrease during the battle. At the beginning of the battle, Flint
It is brand new, the ignition hole is also clean, and misfires rarely occur; but as the battle progresses, the misfire rate will become higher and higher. Another reason for the reduced rate of fire is that the gunpowder cannot be completely burned, and the residue will gradually
The accumulation of lead bullets on the inner wall of the gun barrel makes it very difficult to load lead bullets. The gun chamber must be completely cleaned after dozens of shots. In addition, if the gun barrel is shot dozens of times continuously at a high speed, the gun chamber will be too hot to be fired.
Touch. Finally, over time, soldiers will also show signs of fatigue.
By the way, in a battle in Europe at the end of the 18th century, infantry required an average of 200 to 500 rounds of ammunition to kill an enemy.
The reason why the North Navy stopped shooting at the enemy infantry was certainly not to allow the Russian army enough time to pass through the barbed wire fence. Zhao Xin's original plan was to let the Russian left wing troops pass the first barbed wire fence before taking action, 100 meters in front of the formation.
The depth is the Shura field he has laid for the left-wing Russian army.
However, the Russian left wing did not intend to remain idle. While waiting for planks to be delivered from the rear, the commanders of each regiment ordered the 4-pounder and 6-pounder groups located between the infantry and cavalry to attack the North Navy from their positions on both wings of the formation.
The position launched an artillery bombardment.
"Du~~dudu!"
"Everyone, please take cover!" On the Beihai Navy's position, except for the soldiers hiding in hidden bunkers, everyone else in the trenches shrank into the anti-gun holes under the fortifications.
Four hundred meters away, the two wings of the Russian army roared and smoke billowed. More than a dozen solid shells landed on the front and rear of the North Navy's fortifications. However, due to the obstruction of a large number of sandbags deployed in front and rear of the fortifications, the shells did not hit the ground after they landed.
Instead of bouncing, it keeps spinning and rolling around.
Some people may think that solid bullets in the smoothbore cannon era will be fine as long as they are not rubbed? To tell you the truth, you are totally wrong. You have forgotten the shell shock wave!
According to true historical records, during the Russo-French War in 1812, a Russian artillery officer was cleaning the barrel of a cannon when an enemy solid bullet flew over his head and behind him. The officer fell unconscious on the spot.
, his head, neck and back all turned black and swollen. Although he woke up later, the power of the solid bullet shock wave was evident.
The time has come to 7:30 in the morning. In the North Navy headquarters, Sheng Haizhou reported to Liu Sheng that the drone found that the Russian center and right-wing groups had been dispatched, and the leading troops were still one kilometer away from our main position.
The Beihai navy had been holding back for so long, just waiting for this moment. Liu Sheng shouted into the walkie-talkie with excitement on his face: "Zhao Xin, the enemies are out! It's time to start!"
At the Northern Navy artillery position located on the south bank of the Belaya River, more than two hundred artillery pieces of various types have lost their camouflage, and the muzzles of more than a hundred D30s protruded from their bunkers, pointing diagonally at the sky.
At this time, the heavy fog in the northern wilderness had been blown away by the wind, and the sun had completely jumped out of the horizon, and then disappeared into a dark cloud above it. After a while, the sunlight tore through the edge of the dark cloud, and the sun on the forest clearing
More than two hundred cannons were dyed with a layer of gold, and their outlines were bright and shiny.
As Zhao Xin issued the "start shooting" order, 36 benchmark guns in each artillery regiment took the lead in firing.
Like the infantry, the artillery of the Northern Navy also adopts the "three-three system" organization; a battalion has 18 guns, and a regiment has 54 guns. The benchmark guns are tested in units of companies, which is
Said that Zhao Xin placed four regiments of artillery on the south bank of the Belaya River!
A squad of 122 howitzers requires 8 people, and a squad of 75mm guns requires 3 people. The more than 2,000 people present already account for two-thirds of the North Korean Navy's artillery. Fortunately, with Zhao Xin, the artillery positions are not
Too many men and horses were needed for transportation, so the manpower of each artillery regiment was reduced by more than half.
Artillery Squad Leader Li Yansheng has been working hard for this day for more than a year. Since the day he joined the North Korean Navy Artillery, in addition to daily military training, he has been studying mathematics in both black and white. Whether it is cryptic formulas, trigonometric functions, or even various
The mastery of various calculation tools and observation equipment made this former artillery assistant leader of the Qing army suffer a lot after only attending private school for a few years.
In more than a year, Li Yansheng wanted to give up countless times. If it were not for the encouragement of his comrades and instructors, he would have given up long ago. Just three months ago, he passed the mathematics test that stumped countless people.
After the exam, 32-year-old Li Yansheng couldn't help but burst into tears.
With the sound of artillery booming on the position, after the thirty-six benchmark guns completed two test firings, the company commanders of each company who received the forward observation posts and drone reconnaissance data immediately issued firing orders.
"Fire from the whole company! Target No. 106, enemy infantry group, grenade instant fuse, No. 3 charge. Scale 6-00, direction 30-00. 4 salvos!"
After receiving the order, Li Yansheng immediately found out the correction amount of the concentrated fire direction from the "correction amount calculation table" based on the charge number, sight gauge, and the distance between the gun and the reference gun, and corrected it in the direction of the reference gun, etc.
The sight hand quickly adjusted according to the correction amount, and Li Yansheng shouted: "Fire!"
When the artillery of the Northern Navy on the south bank of the Belaya River launched an overwhelming artillery bombardment at various Russian military units, bursts of artillery fire roared across the Irkutsk-Cheremkhovskaya plain.
, artillery shells ejected from the terrifying barrel, streaking through the humid air and clear sky, accompanied by a shuddering icy whistling sound, and continued to fiercely attack the Russian troops in the three directions of left, center and right.
Smash it over.
The North Navy's counterattack has officially begun!