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Chapter 308 Chapter [-] Multi-point Penetration and Concentrated Breakthrough;

The 300 Highland is actually a low hill. Two infantry companies with about [-] people are already a little bloated to defend this place. Usually, deploying one company is enough.

The rapid bombardment in the night made the Tsarist Russian soldiers dizzy here, and the tricky Ming army came up from the narrow road flanking the highland, and the two sides exchanged fire at extremely close range in an instant.

"There's a machine gun right in front, do it!"

"You guys, go!"

"Tat-tat-tat-boom!"

A DP light machine gun just fired a string of bullets, and was misfired by a grenade in a blink of an eye.

The panicked Tsarist Russian soldiers were still looking around, hoping to catch the figure of the Ming army from the vast night, but in the next second they suddenly discovered that the opponent had rushed to a distance of only a dozen meters.

"Bang! Bang!"

The subconscious shooting of the Russian army indiscriminately was tantamount to suicide. The officers and soldiers of the Ming army who broke into the enemy's line either kept firing, or directly launched a bayonet charge!

At such a short distance, it really came in the blink of an eye. The enemy soldiers holding the Mosin Nagant rifles did not even have time to pull the bolt to reload, and the Ming army had already rushed in front of them.

A tall recruit took the lead and jumped straight into the foxhole with a rifle in hand. The eyes of the enemy soldiers inside were terrified, and the eyes of the two men met in this situation.

The slender and sharp [-]-style sword-shaped bayonet easily pierced the enemy soldier. Due to the momentum, the bayonet mount came out from his back.

Amidst the howling, the two collided, and half of the bayonet pierced into the soil layer of the foxhole wall.The recruit pulled out the bayonet forcefully, only to be stunned to pull out a section of intestines.

Enemy soldiers in a dozen foxholes were either stabbed to death on the spot or blasted to pieces by grenades that fell into them.

In just a few minutes, a corner of the [-] Highland was easily shaken.

However, there is no chance to breathe. In this case, you should seize the time to rush and strike while the opponent has not recovered.

As the security position on the edge of the high ground was cut off like a knife splitting bamboo, the heavy machine gun positions arranged by the Russian army on the flanks of the position were immediately attacked by this elite Ming army.

The Russian heavy machine gun team thought that the exchange of fire on the left was not a big deal, maybe it was just a reconnaissance unit of the Ming army who came to harass.

As a result, it never expected that these Ming troops not only came to harass, but also broke through the security position in a few minutes?

They hastily lifted up the bulky Maxim water-cooled heavy machine gun, turned it around, and then fired indiscriminately in the general direction.

"Da da da da-"

A lighting pop-up fired by an 82mm mortar appeared over the [-] Heights, and it was belatedly illuminating the entire position.

With the light brought by the signal flare, the Tsarist Russian soldiers saw a group of figures no more than tens of meters apart.

Blocked by the firepower of heavy machine guns and launched into the air by flares, the officers and soldiers of the Ming army, who were about to get angry, immediately lay down, crawled and rolled to find a shelter for concealment.

Even in the daytime, the extremely bright flares will dazzle people, but at night, it is absolutely impossible to see it-this is more dazzling than the flames of electric welding.

"Gun-grenade-bomb--"

"Tianniang, hurry up and do it!"

"Don't be silly! Hurry up!!!"

The scattered officers and soldiers of the Ming army were shouting loudly. Some were lying in low-lying places, some were lying in foxholes, and some were lying on their sides in bomb craters.

The saying "new recruits are afraid of cannons and veterans are afraid of machine guns" is by no means a joke. Light machine guns and heavy machine guns have their own horrors. The former is highly accurate and can shoot continuously. The fire continued, and the bullets were dense like raindrops.

Bullets roared past, the sharp piercing sound was terrifying, and the instinctive fear made people feel a little uncontrollable in their hands and feet.

The two soldiers in charge of using the grenade were aiming at a crater, but several 7.62×54mm machine gun bullets hit the ground directly in front of them. Due to the small angle of incidence, one of the bullets bounced and hit the ground directly. The main shooter with a rifle.

The bullet penetrated his nose and exited the back of his head, bringing out a mass of red and white matter and cracked skull fragments, and finally smashed into the back of the helmet.

The rifle dropped from his hand, and his body collapsed on the ground.

The deputy shooter was stunned by this scene for two seconds, then lay down in the crater panting heavily, feeling as if his heart was going to pop out.

It took a long time before he was relieved by the shouts of the rest of the people one after another.

Pick up that rifle with the grenade loaded, pull the safety pin, aim, fire!

The blank shell was fired, and the gunpowder gas gushing out from it sent the Type [-] grenade installed in the muzzle launcher flying out.

It drew a parabola in the air, fell to the ground and rolled a few meters, and stopped impartially at the right rear of the Russian heavy machine gun position.

"boom!"

Shrapnel scattered and splashed, and the three or four enemy soldiers in the group were instantly shrouded in smoke and dust, and the heavy machine guns that had been showing off for a moment stopped all of a sudden.

Dozens of soldiers stood up and jumped forward, sweeping the entire heavy machine gun position in an instant!

Several enemy soldiers who resisted in the corner were shot to death randomly, and three or four people who fled in panic were also knocked down by the chasing bullets one after another. In fact, it was only a few dozen seconds late death.

The wounded and surviving enemy soldiers were still struggling or calling for help, but they were executed one after another with additional shots.

"It looks like he's messing around."

"Yes! Move the heavy machine gun over here! Quick, signal!"

"Boom—whoosh—"

A sergeant pulled out a flare gun and pulled the trigger, a red flare shot into the sky.

Later, another yellow signal flare.

Due to the delay when it was just suppressed, one of the companies defending the [-] Highland had already responded.

At this moment, more than a dozen Russian soldiers rushed forward obliquely, apparently to reinforce this corner of the position.

A soldier with a Type [-] or [-] submachine gun had sharp eyesight and quick hands. He turned his gun and fired two shots in that direction, then fell to the side.

The inertia caused several enemy soldiers who were shot to stagger and fall to the ground, and one of them even rolled a few times before stopping.

Another big-bodied pacesetter took off the blasting tube slung across his back, pulled the fuze, and threw the ten-jin blasting tube over like a javelin.

"boom!!!"

The sound of the explosion shook the sky, and the broken limbs and arms of the enemy soldiers were spinning and flying in mid-air.

Since the enemy in front of them had already reacted, more than 40 officers and soldiers of this elite team immediately turned to stick to the spot, thus becoming a thorn in the nose of these Russian troops.

Has the left wing of the position been captured?The frightened Russian captain immediately ordered his subordinates to launch a counter-charge without even thinking about it.

The flares that were slowly descending with parachutes were about to burn out, and the light faded rapidly. The dense figures were quite shocked by the sudden explosion flames.

However, this hastily launched countercharge was meaningless, and the Maxim heavy machine gun was now turned to attack its original owner.

Rifles, automatic guns, submachine guns, heavy machine guns, etc. were intertwined into a fire net, and the dense bullets were like ice cubes splashed on the crowd.

When the first looming scream came from the front, the 82mm flare was completely extinguished, and darkness enveloped the entire position again.

"Damn! These guys are really hitting the guns!"

Ten seconds later, the second flare was launched into the sky, and the light returned again.

The officers and soldiers of the Ming army could clearly see the situation ahead—the Tsarist Russian soldiers were shooting and crawling alternately, and more than a dozen corpses were lying dead on the ground.

At this moment, [-] Heights is facing the front.

The [-]rd Battalion of the [-]th Regiment had already prepared the main attack team, and more than [-] people from the two teams had quietly arrived at the starting position for the attack an hour ago.

The dense gunfire from above the hills indicated that the exchange of fire was fierce, and then two signal flares, one red and one yellow, were launched into the air, which meant that the top team's infiltration assault was relatively successful and suitable for launching a frontal attack.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

When our own 64mm and 80mm mortars began to launch a rapid fire attack, the officers and soldiers of the first team immediately formed a sparse formation before approaching the enemy, and more than 100 people in the second team remained in place.

If the first team's attack is frustrated, then the second team will immediately take over the attack.

The three rows and nine squads of the first team are connected one by one, launching an attack in a left trapezoidal shape, forming a "/" shape.

"Be bold! Try to win it all at once!"

"Beep beep beep-"

The sound of sharp whistles resounded across the field, and the Ming army rushed up the relatively gentle hills, and then fought with the Russian soldiers who were in a dilemma...

Among the seven commanding heights held by the Russian army, the encounter at [-] Heights is just one of them.

Some of the other places went smoothly, and some made poor progress. A top team that assaulted the [-]th Heights from the southwest was suppressed by heavy machine gun fire due to exposure to flares, and suffered a lot of casualties.

The main attacking team on standby had to give up the attack and rescue it.

The fierce battle lasted until the dawn of the next day, and three of the seven commanding heights were captured by the Ming army. The 66th Infantry Brigade lost as many as 1000 people overnight.

Perhaps the remaining 5000 people seem to be quite a lot, but it must be known that the larger the army unit is, the smaller its ability to withstand casualties, because the proportion of the main combat unit will be lower.

For example, infantry platoons are all infantry, but infantry regiments are not. From the battalion level, more and more service units will be incorporated, so a regiment actually has only nine companies that can be used in front-line operations.The casualties are also 40%, and the platoon can continue to fight, but for the regiment, the infantry is almost dead and unable to fight again, unless the service personnel are also added to the front line at any cost.

At 6:21 in the morning, the 66th Brigade, which suffered heavy casualties, was compressed into a small area of ​​only three square kilometers, and there was not much ammunition left.

The officers and soldiers all looked at a loss, some had dull eyes, some still had a look of fear on their faces, and the wailing and moaning of the wounded made people feel restless.

Colonel Vadim seemed to have aged ten years overnight, his right hand was shaking uncontrollably, and he was still yelling, but his voice was already very low.

"Go to hell! Aren't they coming at night? He must be court-martialed... must be!" (Ебтвоюмать)

"Commander, let's try to break out! We didn't..."

"What nonsense are you talking about! Can you hold on for a little longer and break through? That is equivalent to suicide!"

"Is it meaningful to wait here to die? We should disband the troops and break out separately."

"Disband? Breakout? This is an escape, this is a cowardly act!"

"At least it's better than being wiped out here and on Russian soil! Do you want the 66th Brigade to be permanently delisted?"

Several officers in the field command post quarreled, and no one would let the other go.

After a long time, the familiar sound of engines came again from the sky—it was dawn, and the fleet of the Ming Army arrived as scheduled.

A major staff officer eagerly shouted to Vadim: "Commander, there is no time to hesitate! We failed because of the stupidity of politicians. It is not our fault. Even if there is only one company breakout, the 66th Brigade Still there!"

At the same time, 4㎞ to the northwest.

Colonel Vadim's longing for reinforcements-the 40th Infantry Division is here, but they are blocked by obstacles.

Since aerial reconnaissance discovered the Tsarist Russian troops who came later, the 40th Regiment of the No. [-] Seventh Division separated two battalions to detour deep into Tsarist Russia, directly cutting off one of the main roads.

This muddy road in summer is the best traffic artery here, but the four commanding heights along it are all occupied by the Ming army.

In the air strikes in the first two days, the 40th Division lost most of its heavy weapons on the road, and the weak air defense unit only shot down two Ming fighters.

The dejected Russian army opened fire on the parachute, which then led to a more violent and indiscriminate retaliation.After several Oerlikon 20mm anti-aircraft guns and a dozen 7.62mm Maxim heavy machine guns were destroyed, there was no longer any firepower that could threaten the Ming Army Air Force.

As a result, the 40th Division, which lacked artillery support, could only gnaw on the high ground along the way with difficulty. After each air strike, it took a lot of time to regroup the team, with slow progress and great losses.

The acting division commander, Colonel Kuzma, is now a little bit confused-not only the headquarters is urging, but even St. Petersburg far away in the sky is also urging.

And what could he do now?In this situation, there was nothing he could do. He had no choice but to order his subordinates to launch inefficient attacks.

At 12:03 noon, the weather turned cloudy.

The dense gunfire in the battle area gradually stopped, and then there were only sparse and sporadic gunfire.

Now, everything is a fait accompli.

About an hour later, the capital Yingtianfu, the Forbidden City.

In Zhaoren Hall, mid-autumn afternoon sunlight slanted into the room through the large glass windows. Zhu Lingjing, who was a little lazy, leaned on a chair and read a book, and the mandarin duck-eyed lion cat named Ta Mo lay at her feet.

At this time, there was a sound of quick footsteps coming from outside, getting closer. It was obviously the sound of boots touching the floor.

With such a unique pace, you can tell it belongs to a certain guy as soon as you hear it.

Finally, there was a "da da" knock on the door.

"Enter."

Enthusiastic Zhou Changfeng pushed the door in, walked forward quickly, and smiled while presenting the victory report: "The battle report from the front line! The brigade that the Russian army crossed the border was mostly destroyed. They tried to break through, but only a few people They broke up into pieces and scattered and fled."

"The ability to escape is not as good as that of the British." Zhu Lingjing closed the book and took the good news with her hand.

(End of this chapter)