Ten Dragons Take the Inheritance

Chapter 412 Between Winning and Losing ([-])

It is true that ants kill elephants more often.Although the artillery power and rate of fire of the Qing army are much stronger than those of Lao Maozi, the gap between the artillery of the two sides is not so large that the numbers cannot be made up. Four artillery pieces of the Qing army are used to deal with ten artillery pieces of the Russian army. Obviously it was a bit strenuous.After a fierce artillery battle, when the Russian soldiers launched an attack, although the Qing army destroyed two more Russian artillery pieces, one of them was also destroyed, and the gunners of the remaining three artillery pieces were also injured. With a lot of losses, they could only barely gather the manpower of two cannons. Although they were still fighting back tenaciously, it was an indisputable fact that they were already at a disadvantage.

The Russian artillery, which had gained an overwhelming advantage, began to turn around and bombard the positions held by the Qing infantry. Despite the cover of the trenches, under the bombardment of the Russian artillery, the Qing infantry inevitably suffered casualties. Fortunately, Chen Miao Holding the ground, the Qing army was not defeated.When the Russian army launched an attack, Chen Miao poked his head out of the trench, shook his head, shook off the dust on his head, glanced at the Russian army's array line, and shouted: "The old man is coming up, Ready to fight!"

The Russian army rushed quickly, but they did not lose their caution. When they rushed to a place 90 meters away from the Qing army's position, the Russian army stopped abruptly following the order of Lieutenant Colonel Xudovsky. Raising the gun to aim, shoot, and bayonet in one go, taking advantage of the dense rain of bullets that oppressed the Qing army, the Russian army launched a wild charge again, but rushed to the original minefield again after a while. He also ignored the wreckage of his own soldiers all over the ground, trampled past them without mercy, and rushed towards the Qing army's position roaring.

"Shoot from the front row! Prepare to drop bombs!" Chen Miao ordered loudly, seeing the critical situation.In an instant, more than a hundred officers and soldiers of the Qing army in the first row of trenches immediately pulled the trigger, more than a hundred rifles fired at the same time, and then took out grenades and prepared to drop bombs.Although this row of guns knocked down twenty or thirty Russian troops, it had little effect on the Russian troops who had already charged, and the Russian troops were still charging wildly.

"The second row shoots, the first row drops bombs!" Chen Miao unhurriedly issued the second order, and the bullets and grenades flew out almost at the same time, and a violent explosion exploded at the front of the position, approaching The Russian army 30 meters away from the front of the position killed a large area. The result was not small, but they still couldn't stop the Russian army's charge. Seeing the Russian army charging closer and closer, Chen Miao became anxious. He suddenly stood up and shouted Said: "Bayonet on, ready to attack!" The officers and soldiers of the Qing army quickly installed the bayonets, ready to jump out of the trench at any time and have a hand-to-hand fight with the old man.

At this critical moment, the cannons of the Qing army on the No. [-] and No. [-] hills opened fire. Nearly sixty artillery pieces fired in salvo, and the shells rained down. There was a lot of noise, and the Russian army caught off guard was wailing and howling, with heavy casualties, and the whole team was in chaos.

"Attack from the Vanguard Battalion!" Seeing that the Russian army was in a mess, Chen Miao shouted, holding a revolver in one hand, and a ghost-headed sword in the other, jumped out of the trench first, and launched a counterattack against the Russian army. Three hundred soldiers of the Qing army stood up. The gun rose, shouting and killing the Russian army.

For troops in the age of firearms, hand-to-hand combat is one of the important criteria for testing whether a unit's fighting style is excellent. However, for the Qing army that has just transitioned from the cold weapon era, all soldiers have long been accustomed to hand-to-hand combat. There was no trace of fear, and the spear in his hand played smoothly.Although the Russian army is in chaos, it is a strong army after all. Even though it was dizzy by the shelling just now, it did not turn around and fled. Amidst the wild shouts of Lieutenant Colonel Xudovsky, it was also shouting. Immediately rushing forward, the two teams collided with each other in an instant, and a tragic hand-to-hand battle kicked off.

"Report to the general, the artillery position of the Qing army has been marked, and the shooting has been calculated. Please give instructions to the general." Colonel Pugachev, the head of the Russian artillery regiment, trotted all the way to Major General Bukhruski's horse. Voice reports.

"Good job! Colonel, order your artillery to move forward. First, destroy the artillery position of the yellow-skinned monkey on the high ground on the right hand side, and provide cover for our army's assault. By the way, after destroying the artillery position of the yellow-skinned monkey, let you The cannons were aimed at the front of the yellow-skinned monkey's position between 50 meters and 70 meters and blasted for a while, go!" Major General Buchruski nodded his head in satisfaction.

"Yes, General!" Colonel Pugachev rushed into the barracks quickly, commanding his artillerymen to move forward with more than [-] cannons, busy preparing for the battle formation.

"Lieutenant Colonel, it's time for your men to play. Remember, it was the great sacrifice of the second regiment that won you the opportunity. Go up and take that high ground resolutely. The survival of our army depends entirely on you!" Buhe said. Major General Rusky summoned Lieutenant Colonel Konevsky to his side and exhorted him with a serious face.

"Yes, General, our regiment swears to the death to take the high ground! Everything is for the empire!" Lieutenant Colonel Konevsky puffed up his chest and saluted.

"Very good! May the Holy Mother be with you! Go get ready." Major General Buchruski saluted and crossed himself on his chest at the same time.Lieutenant Colonel Konevsky said no more, and rushed to the phalanx where the Russian First Regiment was located, and started the pre-war mobilization.

Grandma, the old Maozi is really good at fighting bayonets. He can still organize in such a chaotic situation. Damn, what a loss! Yinzuo watched the fierce hand-to-hand combat in front of the No. [-] position, and both sides suffered heavy casualties , I couldn't help feeling distressed, my face was so gloomy that it was about to freeze, and I was about to order the forward battalion in the second position closest to the first position to go for reinforcements, when I suddenly heard Wang Changtai behind me exclaim: "The emperor! , You see, all the old Maozi's artillery have been deployed."

Um?what happened?Xu Zuo hurriedly adjusted the direction of the binoculars, looked into the depths of the Russian army's line, and immediately found that the old Maozi's artillery was busy adjusting the artillery position, his heart skipped a beat, and he calculated the Qing army's position carefully. The location of the artillery positions, found that among the artillery positions on the three hills of the Qing army, only the two cannons on the first hill and the 23 cannons on the second hill could shoot at the artillery positions of Lao Maozi. Although it can be barely attacked, if the solid bullet is used, the power is not enough, and the range of the sub-bullet is not enough, the sweat on Xu Zuo's forehead suddenly came out-the old Maozi's move was not to attack the third position at all, but to attack the third position. He planned to break through the No. [-] position with all his strength. If the No. [-] position was lost, it would be equivalent to opening a gap in the waist and abdomen of the Qing army, and the initiative of the war would inevitably fall into the hands of the Russian army.

Damn it, Lao Maozi is planning to risk his life!Yin Zuo changed his mind, and ordered loudly: "Gong Rong, pass on my will: the artillery in the second position opened fire and attacked the artillery position on the left side of the Russian army with all its strength, and the third position was ready to suppress the Russian infantry's surprise attack at any time. 500 people are going to support the No. [-] position, be sure to beat down the old men in the No. [-] position, hurry up!"

"Cha!" Wang Changtai replied loudly, ran to the messenger, and quickly conveyed Yinzuo's various orders. The horns in the Qing army's camp suddenly sounded mournfully, and the messenger standing on the tower The soldiers quickly waved the two small flags in their hands, conveying Yin Zuo's order to all the hills.The sound of the horn was an order, and the Qing army, which had been on standby for a long time, started to move immediately—Sun Sihao, the commander of the middle camp on the third position, had been impatient for a long time. He watched the front battalion on the first position fight fiercely, and his heart was itching uncomfortably. At this time, when he received the attack order, he was so happy from ear to ear, and issued the attack order loudly. A guerrilla general led five hundred officers and soldiers jumped out of the trench, rushed down the hill, and followed the traffic trench at the foot of the hill towards No. [-] The position rushed over; the artillery on the No. [-] position directed their muzzles towards the main artillery position of the Russian army, and nervously adjusted their shooting, preparing for shelling.

"Fire!" Colonel Pugachev gave the order to shell without hesitation once the artillery was adjusted in place. At the same time, the artillery on the Qing army's No. [-] position also opened fire at the same time. The cannons opened fire almost at the same time, the roaring cannons resounded through the sky, and the shells flying towards each other crossed in the air, roaring towards their destinations.A series of explosions exploded in the positions of the Qing army and the Russian army, and the earth trembled endlessly.

This was the first time that the large-scale artillery groups of the two sides fought against each other. It was only because the position of the artillery positions of the Qing army was first calculated by the Russian army, and the number of artillery was slightly smaller than that of the opponent. The Qing army suffered a lot, although it destroyed the Russian army. There were two artillery pieces, but four of them were lost. The number of artillery pieces on both sides became 28:[-] in this area, and the Qing army was at a disadvantage in terms of numbers.

"Damn it, fire the cannon!" Liang Dong, the guerrilla general of the Artillery Battalion who had suffered a great loss, roared angrily with red eyes. At this time, we can see the advantage of the Qing army's artillery in loading—the Qing army's shells have already hit the Russian army's position, and the Russian army has not yet completed the loading work.

A burst of strong explosions rang out on the artillery positions of the Russian army. After the smoke cleared, Lao Maozi was killed by two more cannons. Following Colonel Pugachev's command of "Fire!", the artillery of the Qing army was also baptized by shells. The artillery groups on both sides fought back and forth very lively, and no one could suppress the other side for a while.

The battle between the main battery groups could not be decided within a short period of time, but the only two remaining artillery pieces on the No. [-] position could no longer cope with the remaining eight artillery pieces of the Russian army. Hit, the battle has reached this point, no matter how capable Li Di is, he can't hold on anymore. He can barely rely on a cannon to counterattack from time to time, and he is completely powerless to confront the opponent.

"Send the order, the guns on the left turn their muzzles, aim at the height between 50 meters and 70 meters in front of the right side, and shoot with covering fire!" Major General Buchruski saw that his main artillery group could not suppress the Qing army for a while. The artillery on the No. [-] position immediately ordered the eight artillery that were bombarding the No. [-] position to clear the area where there might be mines in front of the Qing army's position.

"Kill!" The five hundred Qing troops rushing down from No. [-] position rushed to No. [-] position, and rushed towards the crowd in the melee without stopping. They were unstoppable with knives and spears. The Russian army, which had a slight advantage, was immediately suppressed and retreated steadily.

"Captain, lead your people to rush up, in any case, the second regiment cannot be defeated now!" As soon as he saw the reinforcements of the Qing army rushing out from behind the No. [-] position, Major General Bukhruski immediately stood opposite Captain Sean Hofsky, the commander of the reconnaissance company directly under the division headquarters not far away, ordered.

"Yes, General!" Captain Seanhovsky responded without hesitation, and waved his hand: "Reconnaissance company, follow me!" More than 150 Russian officers and soldiers followed closely behind Captain Seanhovsky. Behind him rushed towards the No. 400 position, but in a short while, he rushed over a distance of more than [-] meters and joined the hand-to-hand combat group. The Qing army was biting together, and the two sides became a mess, and it was difficult to tell the winner for a while.

At this time, the eight cannons on the left side of the Russian army had been adjusted to shoot at various elements. The eight cannons were fired at the same time. Several rounds of shelling blasted the front of the Qing army's position from 50 meters to 70 meters in a mess. Many landmines were also detonated by this shelling, and the front of the entire position was in a mess.

"Order, the first regiment to attack!" Major General Buchruski saw that many landmines in front of the Qing army's position had been destroyed by shelling; he immediately issued an attack order.

"The guards attack! Run forward!" Lieutenant Colonel Koniewski immediately roared loudly as soon as he received the order to attack.

The first regiment of the Guards was the main force of the Russian army. It originally consisted of more than 600 people, but after several battles, not only the original regiment leader was killed, but also a lot of soldiers were killed. There were less than [-] people left, but after being supplemented by two and a half companies of the brigade directly under the division headquarters, there were barely more than [-] people, and there were more than [-] people in the Qing army's second position facing them. The garrison did not have an advantage in terms of strength, but the Russian army in the desperate battle at this time did not show the slightest fear. They chanted slogans and began to launch a crazy attack on the second position with the beat of drums...

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