Four hundred and thirtieth eight chapters cut off the way back
"Da da da da da! Bang bang!" The roar of the light machine gun was mixed with the crisp sound of the horse rifle. The escaped Cossack cavalry kept falling off their horses, not knowing their life or death. The Russian army ran away desperately, with the horse whip in their hands fiercely, fiercely ruthless.
The horse whipped on the butt. In the pain, the war horse ran wildly. Slowly, it finally escaped the effective range of the cavalry of the Third Cavalry Army of the Chinese Army. The cavalrymen who were pursuing the pursuing Chinese Army's Third Cavalry Army's effective range.
The 3rd Cavalry Army of the Chinese Army was not fast in pursuit, and it was far from the speed of all Russian Cossacks escaping. This was to guard against the counterattack of the Russian Cossack cavalry. It was not necessary to use the cavalry and light machine guns in your hands to solve the battle.
Use a saber. Once a saber is used, it is likely that a saber will kill 1,000 enemies and damage 800 yourself. This is very unfavorable for the Third Cavalry Army.
Behind the three brigades in front are the artillery and heavy machine guns of the cavalry army and the 12th cavalry brigade that guards these artillery. This part of the troops is also advancing forward, but the speed is slower. However, this can
It is guaranteed that once the Russian Cossack cavalry uses the strategy of returning the cavalry, they can quickly provide fire support to the cavalry in front.
"Damn it, these Chinese people dare to pursue us! But can they catch up with us with such speed?" The commander of the 5th Cossack Legion cursed hatefully. In the previous battle, his 5th Cossack
The legion suffered heavy losses. The entire legion originally had more than 20,000 elite Cossack cavalry, but now there are less than 10,000 people left.
Major General Dimitri, the commander of the 2nd Cossack Legion, had a gloomy face as if he could drip out of water. Although his 2nd Cossack Legion suffered a smaller loss, he also lost at least five or six thousand people.
The heavy blow was never seen since the establishment of the 2nd Cossack Legion. And, most importantly, Grand Duke Nicholas asked them to defeat the Chinese cavalry and ensure the safety of the Selenge River channel, and the task of completely failing.
After they retreated north of the Selenge River, the Chinese would definitely deploy artillery along the Selenge River to block the entire waterway. In this way, the logistics supply line of Ulan-Ude will be completely cut off. Although,
You can pass through the Upper Baikal region. However, the roads in the Upper Baikal region are very bad. It is very difficult to transport the materials from Irkutsk around hundreds of kilometers to Ulan Ude. This will intensify Ulan Ude
The difficulty of supply.
Originally, Grand Duke Nicholas wanted to hold on to Ulan Ude for two or three months, but if the supply was completely cut off, it would probably not be so easy. Therefore, Major General Dimitri could believe that after the mission failed, he would be subject to
What kind of punishment?
"Although the Chinese are pursuing very slowly, their formation is very neat. If we counterattack, we will inevitably be hit by their fierce firepower again!" Major General Dimitri said. The third time in the Chinese Army was before
The dense firepower of the cavalry army has already made him taste the best, and he no longer dares to take risks. His 2nd Cossack Legion has suffered heavy losses. If he is severely injured, he may have fallen into the same way as the 9th Cossack Legion.
Situation. However, when the thought of the 9th Cossacks did not remind them, Dimitri was so angry that he hated him. Otherwise, the 2nd Cossacks and the 5th Cossacks would not have lost such a loss.
It was a heavy blow. Major General Dimitri had already thought about it. After returning to Ulan Ude, he could put the blame on Major General Anatoli of the 9th Cossacks, so that their responsibilities might be reduced.
At this time, a bridge spans the Selenge River more than 20 kilometers north, connecting the two banks of the river. After the bridge in Ulan-Ude was blown up, if you don’t want to take a detour, this place has become Selenge
The only bridge crossing the river in the lower reaches of the Ge River.
The 2nd Cossack Army sent a company of troops to garrison here to prevent the bridge from being occupied by the Central Team. The order given to them by Grand Duke Nicholas was that if the bridge could not be defended, the bridge would be blown up. In this way, it might be possible to
Keep the Russian army's retreat in Ulan-Ude.
While the 2nd Cossacks and the 5th Cossacks were fighting with the Third Cavalry of the Chinese Army, the two battalions of Chinese cavalry had a big circle and took the opportunity to detour towards the bridge. Their mission was to take down the road.
The bridge then blocks the Russian retreating road and ensures the safety of the bridge. In this way, the Third Cavalry Army will be able to cross the Selenge River in one fell swoop, break into the rear of Ulan-Ude, and completely cut off their backs.
It's right.
At 10 a.m., the forces of the two battalions of the Third Cavalry Army of the Chinese Army appeared two kilometers south of the bridge. The arrival of a large number of enemy troops was discovered by the Russian troops guarding the place. When more than two thousand were seen
When the cavalry came to the bridge, the Russian troops guarding the here were already scared. They only had one company, more than one hundred people, so how could they be the opponent of more than two thousand Chinese cavalry?
Many cavalry immediately turned over to their horses, but they were not preparing to fight, but preparing to escape. Although the Cossack cavalry was very brave, they were still very self-aware when facing twenty times the enemy.
The company commander who was responsible for guarding the place was a little hesitant. Logically, he should immediately order the bridge to explode. However, if the bridge was blown up, then the two Cossacks in the south of the Selenge River would be cut off and returned to Ulan-Ude.
The only way out was destroyed by the Chinese cavalry. It was this hesitation that made them lose the opportunity to blow up the bridge.
The distance between two kilometers is only four or five minutes for the cavalry charging at high speed. When the Russian company commander who was guarding the place made up his mind to blow up the bridge, the Chinese cavalry had already rushed to less than 500 meters away from the bridge.
It's a place. At the same time, the Chinese cavalry have opened fire.
"Da da da da da! Bang bang!" The light machine guns and cavalry rifles frantically poured firepower to the Russian army guarding the bridge. The dense bullets hit the bridge and made a sound of ping-pong. The Russian army on the bridge,
Many of them were killed in an instant. The remaining Russian troops immediately ran away without looking back.
"Damn it, blow up the bridge first!" The Russian company commander shouted. However, everyone was thinking about escaping, and no one obeyed the company commander's orders. A few seconds later, the company commander looked at Yue
The Chinese cavalry, who were getting closer and closer, also fled immediately. As for bombing the bridge, let’s save your life first!
The two battalions of the Third Cavalry Army of China successfully occupied the bridge. The bridge was six meters wide and supported by steel. It was very strong. After the Chinese cavalry occupied this place, they immediately began to build fortifications, at both ends of the bridge.
, fortifications were built, and simple heavy machine guns and mortar firepower points were deployed. At the same time, people were sent to remove the ** placed by the Russian army on the bridge, clearing out this safety hazard.
At 11 a.m., the Russian 2nd Cossack Legion and the 5th Cossack Legion who had failed to attack fled to the bridge. However, they found that the bridge had fallen into the hands of the Chinese cavalry, which shocked them.
There was interception in front and pursuers behind, which immediately put the two Cossack legions in an extremely critical situation.
"Damn it, how could the bridge be occupied by the Chinese?" The commander of the 5th Cossack Garnett roared.
"Start an attack immediately and regain the bridge! We must regain the bridge before the main Chinese troops arrive, and then blow up the bridge after crossing the bridge. Otherwise, Grand Duke Nicholas would not let us go!" The 2nd Cossack Army
Commander Major General Dimitri said viciously. If they were defeated before, the Russian army in Ulan Ude would lose the supply line, and now the bridge is taken away, it will directly cause Ulan Ude's army to be trampled on the back.
The crime will be directly shot by Grand Duke Nicholas.
The commander of the 5th Cossack Legion also understood, and a hint of horror flashed in his eyes.
"Come on, charge! Charge! Take back the bridge for me, otherwise we will die!" the commander of the 5th Cossacks yelled.
Soon, thousands of Cossack cavalry attacked the bridge. They screamed, like wild animals, and attacked the Chinese cavalry that occupied the bridge. The rear route was cut off. If they didn't want to die, they had to take the bridge back.
.This caused these Cossack cavalry to burst out with a will to survive like wild animals.
"Send a telegram to the army commander. We have occupied the bridge and the Russians are launching a fierce attack on us!" The deputy brigade commander of the 12th Cavalry Brigade of the Third Cavalry Army of the Chinese Army, who was responsible for commanding this time to seize the bridge, ordered.
Soon, the communications soldiers immediately reported the situation here to the Third Cavalry Army. At the same time, the fierce attack and defense battle of the bridge also began.
On the south of the bridge, the Chinese cavalry deployed twelve heavy machine guns and more than ten mortars of various types. Although such firepower is not strong, it is indeed enough to guard the bridge. The bridge is only a few meters long.
The Chinese cavalry only built a 30 to 40-meter-long arc defense line on the south side of the bridge. These light and heavy machine guns and mortars were enough to deploy this defense line as imperfect.
"Fight!" After the Russian army approached, the commander on the defense line fired violently.
"Dadada!" A thrust light and heavy machine gun fired a dense firepower and frantically shot at the attacking Russian army! The Cossack cavalry fell to the ground like harvesting wheat. Although their attack was very
Fierce, but it hit a dense firepower, and at the same time, their charge was limited because the front line was too narrow. Under the constraints of these factors, the charge of the Russian Cossack cavalry was more like a death sentence! (Unfinished
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