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Chapter 304 Chapter [-] A small battle; what does it matter to our air force that your army is bombed?

In view of the relative advantage of the Ming army in the home game, this head-to-head confrontation finally ended with the Ming army winning.

Although due to terrain and distance constraints, the Russian army was unable to invest in heavy troops, but at the insistence of Catherine II, they still carefully organized an expeditionary force of 9000 people.

Including more than [-] Cossack cavalry, two fusilier regiments, a grenadier battalion, a hunting battalion, and a large number of artillery and luggage-in fact, this scale is not small.

The news of the invasion of this expeditionary force was quickly known to the emperor and ministers of the Ming Dynasty, because it involved the face of the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty. This is a good opportunity to wait for work with ease, and strive to fight the First World War for a hundred years without incident.

Occupying a favorable location and harmonious people, there is no suspense in the victory of this "Battle of Hualin Valley", but there are inevitably certain ups and downs in the process.

In the mid-eighteenth century, the steady development of science and endless wars enabled Europeans to make rapid progress in military technology. This was also a critical period when the gap between Eastern and Western civilizations was widened.

Because of its geographical characteristics, Tsarist Russia can undoubtedly better absorb and learn from Western European civilization. In terms of military organization, system, equipment, and training, the famous Peter I initiated many reforms, and it became more reasonable to imitate the Russian army after the reform of the Western European army. .

At the same time, the many wars launched by Tsarist Russia in the eighteenth century have tempered the army very well. The Russian army fought against all kinds of opponents in very different environments-the Swedish army, the Prussian army, the Ottoman army, etc., with considerable combat power.

However, the huge cost of Laoshi's expedition basically offset these advantages, and the Russian generals mistakenly believed that the Ming army was no different from the Crimean Tatars, so they were completely annihilated.

In fact, the leading military system and organization and the fierceness of the Russian army also caused great trouble to the Ming army who participated in the war. They thought they could directly defeat them in a field battle, but the attack was fruitless, so they had to switch to other tactics. .

After the war, in order to maintain their face, the captured Tsarist Russian officers boasted that the Russian army was also a first-class powerful army capable of defeating Sweden, Prussia, and Ottoman in Europe; gossip from missionaries and European businessmen also confirmed this point.

It can be said that the victory of this battle greatly confused the judgment of the emperor and ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and did not pay too much attention to it.

They mistakenly believe that the European army is nothing more than this, even if it is a little more aggressive (advanced), but after all, it is unable to send a large army, and it can be dealt with by thousands or tens of thousands of people.

Although the European flintlock and smoothbore guns of this era have improved in manufacturing technology, their structure has not changed, and the roughness of Russian technology...so that the Ming people can laugh at one or two.

After that, the "strive for a hundred years of peace" envisioned by the first minister of the dynasty was almost achieved.

It was not until the late nineteenth century that Tsarist Russia resumed its organized invasion of the borderlands, and it basically focused on encroaching cautiously.

During the time when the Great Ming changed drastically, the two sides experienced countless open and secret games on the borders of the northwest and northeast, and the current situation was basically determined at that time.

The division of Beihai Lake is particularly unique. It is divided into two from the middle, the northwest half belongs to Russia, and the southeast half belongs to the center.However, the area of ​​[-] kilometers on each side of the center line belongs to the public fishing area.

The water surface is fine, but there are too many disputed points on land. There are more than forty disputed points on the [-]-kilometer border to the east of Beihai Lake.

The 47st Regiment of the [-]th Division of the Army moved the fastest. They traveled lightly and arrived near Ya'erling on October [-]th.

The 93 Border Defense Battalion here is already under a lot of pressure at the moment, because the two regiments of the Russian army on the opposite side of the border are watching. Although they have not crossed the border, they are camping directly less than two kilometers away from the border.

"There are nearly [-] people in the two regiments."

"Airplane reconnaissance said they had brought artillery, but visual inspection said at least thirty seven-fifth field artillery."

"It's a clear support, what's the matter? Are you directly calling for expulsion?"

Facing the concerns of the officers of the regiment headquarters, the regiment commander ordered calmly: "Let's not get tough first, we don't have any guns at hand, and heavy weapons are still behind us. If the guns misfire and start a fight, we will definitely suffer a big loss."

So the Ming army did not rush forward to expel them, but instead divided their troops to occupy several surrounding highlands and began to build field fortifications.

The two sides faced each other across the border, and Ya'erling and the nearly [-] Russian troops entrenched on it were caught in the middle.

In the next few days of waiting for the reinforcements of the Ming army, the two sides continued to send small groups of personnel to negotiate, but to no avail.

When the matter developed to the last day, it had actually turned into scolding when they met each other. The officers and soldiers no longer had the mind to reason with these Russians.

October [-]th, a refreshing and pleasant evening.

The No.40 Seventh Infantry Division arrived in full, and various heavy weapons were also transported successively that night.The only shortcoming is that they didn't bring enough ammunition. Except for the barrel suppression artillery, which has two bases, the rest of the light weapons only have one base.

The division commander, Dong Daizhou, just turned [-] this year. He is unremarkable among dozens of division commanders in the north and south of the country. His appearance and ability are mediocre. It can even be called extraordinary luck to be promoted to brigadier general back then.

At the same time, there is also the reason for his own "speculation" success. Like hundreds of colonels, he has been in this rank for many years, but Dong Daizhou is unwilling to waste time on this, so he does everything possible to manage relationships. Finally, he was transferred to the Anzai works.

During that period, he directly participated in one primary school, one primary school, one primary school, and two border conflicts, managed to accumulate enough practical combat experience, and finally succeeded in "surviving the robbery and ascending" with great luck.

It can be said that the military officers in peacetime are also very helpless. Many of them have been stuck in a certain rank for half their lives and cannot be promoted. However, going to northern Xinjiang, where conflicts often occur, has become their last hope. Although the conditions are difficult, it takes a lot of money. Only when the price has some relationship can we go.

"The governor's order is to expel them as soon as possible. If the other party does not cooperate, they will be expelled by force immediately."

"If the thousands of enemy troops on the opposite side want to join in, then they should be dealt with together, and they must be fast and ruthless."

"But we don't want to wipe them all out. Unless we are absolutely sure, we only need to wipe out one of them sharply."

In the big tent that had just been set up, the chief of staff repeated the requirements of the operation to the officers present at the meeting, and then began to announce the planned deployment.

A large-scale map of this area was laid flat on the aluminum alloy folding table. The chief of staff took two pencils, one blue and one red, from a staff officer, and while drawing circles on the map, he said:
"Tomorrow morning at 10:[-], the [-]st Regiment carried out fire reconnaissance on the front of the [-] Highland, and turned to cover the main body of the Highland after a quarter of an hour. At [-]:[-], two infantry teams were selected to advance and retake the Highland."

"The [-]th Regiment and the [-]th Regiment stand by and stand by. If most of the enemy forces on the opposite side move, they will detour from the southwest and due east respectively, allowing the enemy troops to advance first, and then attack after forming a double-team pocket formation.

"Eat one part first, depending on the situation. If the enemy in front of you is resisting fiercely, then eat half of its regiment first; otherwise, you can consider encircling and annihilating the entire regiment. You don't need to consider the border this time, you can cross the border at will."

Everyone nodded in thought, or whispered to each other. The head of the Shanpao Regiment asked with some concern: "The enemy may have planes to help out. What about our own air force? Have you discussed it?"

"The Air Force will be here at noon today. There are two teams of planes, dozens of them, so don't worry about that." Dong Daizhou waved his hand and ordered, "The tactical plan will be issued later. Let's go back and prepare."

The next morning.

The cool autumn wind blows past, making people who were still a little confused when they first woke up suddenly wake up.

On the left is the boundless Beihai Lake. The light blue lake is extremely clear, like a crystal clear crystal.The quiet lake surface has ripples under the autumn wind, and the soft sunlight of the morning light sprinkles on it, sparkling with sparkling waves.

Golden autumn and October is the most delicious season for whitefish. The fresh whitefish caught by the fishermen by the lake were sold out by the logistics unit of the 47th Division.

So the soldiers' breakfast became a unique biscuit with fish soup. Although the strong salty biscuit is not easy to swallow, but fortunately, the whitefish soup cooked is very delicious. The combination of the two can be called a good one. paused.

"Boom boom-"

At 7:00 in the morning, the 80mm mortars belonging to the [-]rd Battalion of the [-]th Infantry Regiment fired two rounds of salvo into the field in front of Yaerling very punctually. More than a dozen mortar shells exploded and set off clouds of smoke and dust.

The wind blows and the smoke disperses.

Lying down, squatting, sitting, and lying down, the officers and soldiers of the Ming army in the field fortifications were very comfortable, and they were chatting happily.

Some people bet that the Russian troops must have withdrawn wisely, and some people thought that the other party would not cry when they saw the coffin, so everyone started betting on the spot.

Ten minutes after the bombardment equivalent to the final warning, at 7:29 in the morning, the 128mm heavy mortars of the regiment and the 80mm mortars of the battalion began to directly bombard the main body of Yaerling.

The flash of the explosion flickered on and off, and then the sound of rumbling explosions came slowly. The sound was like the two kicks set off during the New Year's festival, and the rolled up dust almost covered the small mound.

"Second and third teams, pack up your things and get ready to go!" An officer called out loudly.

While the firepower was being prepared, more than [-] infantry from the two teams immediately left the second-line positions and arrived at the starting positions for the attack in the southwest and southeast of Yaerling respectively.

The officers and soldiers strictly followed the scheduled plan, and when the time came to 7:40, the leading officer immediately ordered to dispatch.

Mortars and heavy machine guns of the squadron were deployed on the left and right flanks of the attack starting position, directly covering the infantry; while the infantry of the three platoons spread out in half a cup of tea, more than 100 people were scattered in a radius of [-] In the vast wilderness of more than square meters.

On the nearly 400-meter frontal width of the attack, the infantry of the Ming army who launched the attack on foot moved extremely fast-as long as they were not blocked by enemy firepower, they had to close the distance as soon as possible.

"Bang! Bang!"

On the high ground, the dazzling muzzle flashes suddenly flickered, and the firing of rifles and machine guns rang out immediately. Obviously, some people lost their bet this time.

The infantry who were on the attack took advantage of the situation to lie down, then lay prone on the ground and fired back, and the two sides started shooting each other like this.

This kind of resistance is undoubtedly symbolic. Since the firepower of the regiment is not enough to make it surrender, what about the division?
The silent mountain artillery regiment finally got permission to fire - because the ammunition they carried was limited, the division headquarters did not want them to fire at first, so as to avoid the embarrassment of insufficient ammunition in subsequent battles.

"Boom, boom, boom-"

The deafening roar in unison seemed like the beating of war drums. The 54 112mm howitzers fired three bursts, followed by five bursts of constant fire.

More than 400 rounds of 112mm anti-explosive bombs were poured onto the small [-] highland. The feeling of the ground shaking made the infantry of the Ming army on the front line rejoice.

A blue signal flare was launched from one's own position, indicating that one's own artillery had stopped firing, so there was no need to worry about accidental injury, and the attack could continue.

The battle to capture Ya'erling was very short - most of the field fortifications built by the Russian soldiers were destroyed by fierce shelling, and they were attacked from two directions, and soon collapsed.

More than [-] corpses were scattered on the high ground in a haphazard manner, and more than a dozen people broke through in a panic under the leadership of a lieutenant, and the rest were taken prisoner.

The few shrubs and trees here have been almost destroyed by the previous shelling, and most of them are burning.

Thousands of Russian troops across the border have remained silent, as if watching the fire from the other side, as if the dozens of soldiers here are not their own.

The two sides continued to confront each other like this, and the progress of this conflict seemed to have exceeded everyone's expectations-do you fight back if you are beaten?Then the task ordered by the superior will be over, and the military exploits will also say goodbye.

The strange situation continued until that afternoon.

When the roar of the engine came from the distant sky, the Ming army roughly realized that something was wrong.

Eighteen SB-2 light bombers and eight I-16 fighter jets came slowly from the west, flew straight across the national border, and dropped 100kg aerial bombs on the Ming army positions.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"Boom, boom, boom-"

Fortunately, the division's anti-aircraft artillery battalion had been prepared...at least a little. The four Type [-] and [-] anti-aircraft guns on alert were not afraid of danger and immediately fired back.

A string of 20.8×112㎜ shells shot obliquely into the sky, and the trajectory of the tracer bullets was like a light spear thrown into the blue sky!

Countless metal fragments spewed out from the damaged bomber, and thick gray or black smoke spewed out, dragging a long tail of smoke in the sky.

At this time, the Russian army on the other side of the border also started to move, as if they did not pay attention to the entire division of the Ming army here.

Most of the more than 100 aerial bombs fell on the second-line positions. Thanks to the timely counterattack of the air defense battalion, otherwise the artillery positions would inevitably suffer disaster.

"Let's just say they're not going to let it go."

"Tsk, I thought these old men were humiliating themselves, but it seems that they really want to go to war."

"Jun Zuo, what are our planes doing? Didn't the Air Force gang take this as a joke?!"

The disgraced officers were blown out of anger, and so was Dong Daizhou.

He immediately asked people to send a query to the field airport, but the latter replied in a daze, saying that the aircraft formation had already taken off on time.

At the same time, 200㎞ west of the [-] highland, over Kiliansk.

Twelve twin-engine light bombers from the Seventh Light Bomber Detachment of the Air Force flew here under the escort of fighter jets. According to intelligence, the field airport of the Russian army is here.

"Boss, seeing that there is no fleet on the ground, they should all have taken off. The army is going to be in trouble."

army?Whatever they do!
(End of this chapter)