Beiyang 1917

The fourth army, which has been strengthened with troops and artillery fire, launched an attack unexpectedly smoothly under the command of the army commander Rzhevski. Under the fierce bombardment of 120 cannons, the White Guards in the first position of the southeast defense line in Ufa were the same as yesterday afternoon , ran back to his second-line position like a jerk. &&

After wasting hundreds of precious shells in vain, each of the three main divisions of the Fourth Army sent out a regiment of infantry to start a tentative attack, followed by fire support from four horse-drawn machine gun battalions, followed by six follow-ups. The mountain artillery company is also drawn by horses.

When the skirmish line of the Soviet Red Army attacking with cats on their waists advanced to a distance of about 1000 meters in front of the front line, the long-lost artillery sound from the opponent's highland finally rang out. The position of 3 kilometers was condescending, and Sergey's six Two White Guard artillery companies started shooting at the same time. The shooting target of the three field artillery companies on the high ground was not the infantry rushing in front, but the six artillery companies of the Red Army who were advancing forward with horses behind.

Shooting from five kilometers away is completely nonsense to say that it can hit at a fixed point. The direct shooting distance of modern tanks does not exceed 2500 meters. There are a little more than the Red Army, so the ability to intercept and correct the trajectory of the shot is also a bit stronger, not to mention that the 200-meter high ground is condescending and easy to observe, and the shooting range is 300 meters farther.

So after the first test shot by the three field artillery companies, the second simultaneous shot accurately hit the six artillery companies of the advancing Red Army, and then it was like a nightmare, piles of fire ignited in the open field It was the wagon full of shells that exploded and burned after being hit.

Of course, Lezhevsky was not a vegetarian. The remaining 14 artillery companies hiding in the woods opened fire again. The target was not the front line of the White Guards, but the high ground two kilometers behind. It couldn't reach it at all, but the field artillery could reach a certain point. Many shells fell on the hillside and near the top of the hill, but obviously it was hard to say how much damage the White Guard's artillery could cause. At least the two sides shot at each other for 15 minutes. The three attacking infantry regiments had already rushed to the edge of the barbed wire fence, and the cannons of the White Guards on the opposite highland were still ringing tenaciously.

As for the six artillery companies that the horse was pushing forward, more than half of them have been lost, and the rest are scattered to avoid the opponent's wild artillery salvo. It is really powerful to say that one shell explodes repeatedly in an area each time. It is also quite possible.

"Comrade Commander, the opponent's highland artillery has only six artillery companies. You see, our infantry is almost approaching the opponent's first trench. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the opponent's artillery battle with us, all three main divisions are engaged in the attack. After entering the first trench, at least you can avoid the bombardment of the opponent's cannon, maybe the opponent will collapse!"

Ma Xin, Chief of Staff of the Southern Group and Commander of the Second Army, was thinking quickly. It was obviously impossible for the three infantry regiments to defeat the defenses of the three White Guard divisions on the opposite side, but the three Red Army infantry divisions were all suppressed, taking advantage of the enemy's artillery fire. When the time comes, rush to occupy the frontline positions, today's battle is not in vain!

If you toss for a long time before withdrawing, the casualties paid are not worth it!At this moment, the heavy machine guns of the White Guards' second position had already opened fire, but at a distance of more than 1200 meters, it was clear that the threat to the attacking skirmish line was far less than the 400-meter shooting of the northwest group defense line yesterday afternoon. The threat is great. Although the infantry of the Soviet Red Army has been hit and fell to the ground by bullets, the level of casualties is obviously acceptable.

If you retreat with the whistle at this time, you will be swept away by the opponent's machine gun fire like a duck.

Rzhevski only hesitated for a few seconds, and waved his hand fiercely. The political commissar Hevshin next to him roared with one hand, and the trumpeter's charge sounded behind him. Among the three infantry divisions attacking from the starting position ahead, The remaining six regiments of infantry jumped out of the shallow trench of their own position with a whoosh, and rushed all over the mountains and plains shouting "Ula!"

Lezhevsky turned his head and shouted at the combat staff officer: "Order all the artillery to fire with all their strength, and the field artillery of the whole army to suppress the artillery positions on the opponent's high ground with all their strength. If you can't hit it, push the artillery forward another 500 meters! Mountain artillery The group pushes all of them to shoot directly at the machine gun fire point of the second line of the White Guards! Be quick! Absolutely don't hesitate!"

The three earliest infantry regiments who were crawling forward on the front line heard the charge horn coming from behind, all stood up with a bang, and went straight to the trench of the first line of the White Guards 200 meters behind the barbed wire. In the second-line position of the White Guards meters away, nearly a hundred Maxim heavy machine guns blew up a dense rain of bullets on the 1000-kilometer front.

In just 200 meters, many soldiers of the Soviet Red Army fell down. Many people were killed and even more were injured. However, more people finally broke through the blockade of machine gun fire, rushed over and jumped into the trench. The first line of defense in the southeast of Ufa fell into the hands of the attacking Fourth Army in a blink of an eye, and shouts of "Ulla" sounded from the position!

Some of the Soviet Red Army companies that rushed to the forefront rose up and continued to attack along the long traffic trench. As a result, the heavy machine guns set up on the top of the traffic trench by the White Guards shot blood and flesh like candied haws. The guy had no choice but to retreat back into the first trench honestly, and the two sides began to shoot each other across the open space between the two lines of defense.

The Red Army's horse-drawn machine guns were still behind and were attacked by the White Guards' highland mountain artillery. When the 4 battalions set off and rushed to the first trench of the White Guards, one-third of the casualties had been lost. The remaining Red Army machine gunners were rolling and crawling. I dragged the wheeled Maxim machine gun from the carriage and dragged it into the trench to set up my own machine gun firepower. At this time, I discovered that the first trench built by the White Guards was an open trench with a height of more than one person in the southwest and only half a person in the northeast.

In other words, this kind of trench only defends the front, and the effect of defending the back is much worse. The Red Army soldiers who have already jumped into the trench have to brave the opponent's machine gun fire, desperately looking for anything that can be found around them to raise the height of the trench in the northeast. Some soldiers directly piled the corpses of their fallen soldiers on the edge of the ditch in front of them as temporary shelters.

Sergey saw all this clearly through the binoculars. Facing the enemy attacking with a superior force, his current artillery numbers are not dominant. The team, at the moment, has one-third fewer cannons than the opponent.

"Order the field artillery to focus on attacking the opponent's follow-up artillery units, and the mountain artillery to destroy the opponent's horse-drawn machine gun with all its strength!" Sergey, his heart beating fast, shouted at the ordering staff officer, panting heavily!

The first line of the Soviet Red Army's offensive was three infantry regiments rushing forward with three arrows, behind them were four heavy machine gun battalions, and behind the heavy machine gun battalions were six mountain artillery companies that moved a little slower. The six mountain artillery companies on the move were slammed by the three field artillery companies that fired first on the opponent's high ground. When they rushed within range of the opponent's artillery fire and started an artillery battle with the opponent, the six mountain artillery companies had already suffered more than half of their casualties.

Previously, because the highland Sergey's field artillery company was arranged far behind and was not within the field of vision, the 190204 type 76mm mountain artillery with a low ballistic extension of the Soviet Russian Red Army could not hit the opponent's field artillery group at all, so they had to fight the opponent's highland artillery position on the front line The three mountain artillery companies faced each other, but the position was at a disadvantage and the terrain was unfavorable. Soon the remaining three mountain artillery companies were killed by the joint attack of the highland mountain artillery and the field artillery.

Sergey's field artillery on the high ground was almost unscathed, but the front-line mountain artillery company lost a company of cannons.

When Rzhevski's three infantry divisions launched a full-line attack, the artillery positions of the Red Army were in a hurry to put away their artillery and move forward. For a while, the artillery fire of the offensive side was not strengthened, but a vacuum period appeared.

Fortunately, the overwhelming infantry charge of nearly 1000 people was still quite shocking, and since the first three regiments had already occupied the first line of defense of the White Guards after suffering more than one-third of casualties, this made the follow-up charge The six regiments screamed and rushed forward without fear of death. Since the second position of the White Guards was nearly 1000 meters away from the first trench, the strength of the subsequent six regiments suffered from heavy machine gun fire. intercepted, but still approached the front tenaciously.

Sergey was about to order the 36 field cannons of the Field Artillery Regiment to fire at the same time, when the phone rang at the headquarters, "Chief of Staff, the Commander-in-Chief of the Campaign is looking for you!"

Sergey, the former enemy commander of the southeast cluster defensive position, hurried over to grab the phone, and shouted out of breath, "Commander, the enemy has three divisions coming, let the field artillery unit fire!"

"Calm down, Sergey, the enemy is sending food to your door. How can you scare them back? The Field Artillery Regiment should not open fire easily. Wait for the three divisions of the opponent to jump into the front-line trenches! You The focus should be on the opponent's artillery. The main goal of the field artillery regiment is to destroy the enemy's artillery! Your terrain is high and your range is superior. I just saw that the first batch of mountain artillery companies dragged by the opponent were all taken by you. Has the artillery fire been wiped out! Calmness is the key! Put the enemy in the trench, and it will be difficult for him to climb out and retreat!" Wang Geng's voice was very clear!

"Understood! Commander-in-Chief, please ask me, Commander, if you can let him take the cavalry division to rush out from the flank to take a shot at the opponent's back. The threat of machine guns! We can get a lot of money if we fight out!" Sergey said respectfully, holding the microphone in his hand.

"Tell your master to calm down, it's not too late yet, and then he will have a chance to wield his saber!" Wang Geng's clear voice came from the receiver.