Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 307 Attack and Defense (1)
Zhang Zuolin was wrapped in a cotton coat and staring at the map in a daze, when Feng Linge came in and said softly, "Marshal, what's wrong with you?"

Zhang Zuolin didn't look back, but still stared at the map: "According to the news from the spies, the main force of the Russian army is deployed on the second-line positions, and there are only a small number of Russian troops on the first-line positions such as Kashila. I really don't know what the hell they are doing."

Feng Linge scratched his head and said: "Just adopt the original tactics, deploy a night attack tonight, first use artillery to clear the obstacles on the enemy's position, and then let the cavalry and infantry press up, then we will know what's going on. "

Zhang Zuolin said anxiously: "No, no, it's a bit troublesome. Damn it! You see, the enemy didn't strengthen their defensive positions at all, and on the second line, the spies couldn't get in at all. So far, they still can't find out what's going on. , so fucking anxious!"

"But? It's not a solution to waste it like this." Feng Linge said worriedly.

Zhang Zuolin stood up, paced back and forth in the room, and suddenly slapped his forehead hard: "Mom, I have a scar! I used to be a bearded man in Zhaojiamiao and was not afraid of people and officers and soldiers. Now I hold the most elite The army is still afraid that Big Nose will fail. It’s settled like this, and we’ll have a big fight with Big Nose tonight!”

3 o'clock in the morning.The morning star had just risen, and the deep blue sky had just revealed a little white.There was deathly silence on Kaheira's position.The Russian Corps of Engineers arrived here quietly yesterday, and is now nervously entering the tunnel.The tunnels here are connected to the defensive positions around the city. The construction started a month ago, and now it is about to be finished.The Russians hope that through this design, the first and second lines of defense will be connected to each other, and they can reinforce each other at critical moments.This is why Zhang Zuolin heard that Kashira's troops suddenly decreased.

Suddenly, there was a huge roar and light from the central position, and a row of dense artillery shells spit out flames and screamed, across the night sky here, and exploded in the Kahila position!

"Call the headquarters! Call the headquarters! We have been shelled by the Chinese, and we have suffered heavy casualties, very serious, please support!" The voices of the communications soldiers were everywhere in the Kashira position.

In the thick gunpowder, Tang Yulin personally led a special team, behind the cavalry's charge team, slowly touched the enemy's position.This is a team of independent combat engineers. The so-called independent combat engineers do not look strange on the surface, and many people even simply regard them as engineers.But what they didn't know was that this was a new attempt by Zhang Zuolin and his generals for positional warfare.

Zhang Zuolin knew that with the continuous development of weapons, the scale and brutality of positional warfare became larger and larger.Therefore, he believed that relying solely on the cavalry and infantry to attack was not effective, so he initiated the establishment of an army dedicated to positional warfare, which was the independent combat engineer team.Although literally explained, this unit is nothing more than a team of soldiers who specialize in laying and digging mines.

But in fact, Zhang Zuolin equipped this army with more than just mines.Their organization is the same as that of ordinary infantry squads, but unlike ordinary equipment, this unit is equipped with hand grenades and cluster explosives in addition to the pistols, rifles, and machine guns that ordinary infantry squads have.It also includes an artillery company, and their artillery organization is also very distinctive. A mortar company equipped with 6 Livins cannons (the so-called mine thrower, which was designed in World War I, can launch grenades, concrete Explosive bombs, gas bombs and incendiary bombs, specially designed to deal with the strong fortifications of trenches), although they look a little ugly, they are still powerful.The 36-type concrete blasting bomb it is equipped with weighs 38 kilograms, and the blasting power can destroy a 4-inch-thick wall in one fell swoop.But the only problem is the weight. A cannon needs several people to serve it, so the tactical movement is very complicated.However, Zhang Zuolin had noticed this, so he specially developed a small wooden cart for transporting the cannon.In short, the reason why Zhang Zuolin dared to use this team in such a big battle was to test the results of his own preparation.After all, after training for such a long time, it is impossible not to experiment.

Tang Yulin, who has experienced many battles, is not at all relieved to lead such a special team for the first time.He is still resentful of yesterday's painful lesson.

This afternoon, an unsuccessful attack by a battalion of the 23th Regiment of the 147rd Division dealt him a heavy blow.At around 6 o'clock this afternoon, under the cover of the division's artillery, they launched a strong attack on Kashira's left position.The infantry attack went smoothly at first.They quickly broke through the outer defensive line of the position, but after breaking into the outer defensive wall of the position, they immediately encountered a lot of trouble.Because all the soybeans were sprinkled on the wide flat ground, after the soldiers rushed there, they lost their balance and slipped to the ground.At this time, the Russian rifles and light and heavy machine guns ambushing in the trenches began to fire.The chug chug machine gun bullets swept over like a torrential rain, and the Chinese soldiers fell in a pool of blood row by row.Because they cannot quickly break through the crossfire composed of light and heavy machine guns and rifles.

This situation made Tang Yulin very depressed.So he called Zhang Kai, Sun Lichen, and Yang Yuting, the chiefs of the combat department.These few people are all well-known advisors under Zhang Zuolin's command. After some research, the four decided to adopt an unprecedented tactic to attack.

6点45分，参与这次进攻的部队已经悄悄的来到了进攻的出发地，距离卡希拉阵地500米处的一块隐蔽空地。然后等待最后总攻的开始。7点整，三发红色信号弹腾空而起。23师的师属山炮和85毫米行营炮向俄军阵地猛烈轰击。顿时原本就被炮弹炸的残破不堪的阵地再次陷入了火海之中。

Ten minutes later, the artillery of the 10rd Brigade of the 27th Division also joined the artillery ensemble.Especially the Li Wensi cannon, with a short barrel and an unusually huge conical projectile stuck in the thick muzzle.The soldier ignited the fuze, and with a loud noise, the cone-shaped shell shot toward the target rapidly with a long tail flame, and then drew a beautiful arc, accurately inserted into the wall of a fortification, But the cannonball didn't explode immediately. After the flame at the tail was slowly extinguished, there was an earth-shattering explosion.Amid the black gunpowder smoke, this strong fortification collapsed, half of the dozen or so Russian soldiers inside were killed, and the rest were shot dead by Chinese cavalry rifles.

The 85mm infantry artillery produced by the Northwest Military Industry Bureau is even more powerful. In order to ensure the accuracy of the hit, the artillerymen pushed the heavy artillery to a place only 1000 meters away from the opponent's position, and then used close-range bombardment tactics to attack the Russians. The shooting holes in the walls were called one by one.Soon, the fortifications arranged on the outer line of Kashira's position were destroyed one by one.

In this way, the powerful fire support lasted for a whole hour.At 8 o'clock, the artillery of the 23rd Division and Zou Zuohua's artillery stopped bombarding.However, before the Russian army on the ground breathed a sigh of relief, there were waves of strange whistling sounds outside.Hearing these roars, the Russian soldiers who were just about to come out had to shrink back again, because they knew that those roars were from the mortars of the Chinese army.Soon, dozens of mortar shells fell to the center of the position.Accompanied by bursts of violent explosions, those fortifications that were not completely destroyed shook under the violent air waves.

"Brothers, go!" Taking advantage of this opportunity, Tang Yulin, who was in charge of the frontal attack, led the special engineering team to start the charge, but unlike before, everyone in this charge carried a thick cotton bag on their backs. quilt.Soon these soldiers rushed to the yard of the spinning mill, but instead of attacking directly, they threw the quilt on their backs on the ground.The thick quilt quickly covered the soybeans all over the ground, while the soldiers behind rushed inside on the path opened by the quilt.Soon, they rushed through the wall that had been bombarded by shells, and stepped into the defensive line of Kashira's position.The battle soon began on the edge of the trenches.However, because the Russian military first built two bunkers near the defense line and added shooting holes and machine gun shooting ports, the resistance was very tenacious.Tang Yulin's army has to pay a high price for every inch of land it seizes.

"Get down! His grandma's!" Tang Yulin stared at the opposite bunker with big eyes, gnashing his teeth in hatred.

Just when the two sides were at a stalemate, there was an earth-shattering loud noise suddenly approaching the east bunker, and the whole earth trembled.Tang Yulin froze for a moment.Soon, intense gunfire and mournful howling came from the bunker.Tang Yulin's spirit was lifted, he knew that his brother army had succeeded.At this time, the people in the opposite bunker did not seem to wake up from the nightmare, and the suppression of firepower was much reduced, so Tang Yulin jumped up, waved the large German mirror in his hand and shouted: "Brothers, our people have already shot from the side. We rushed in, we are not cowards, put on the bayonet, and fight with the little devil! Come with me!"

Inspired by their superiors, the courage and arrogance of those soldiers suddenly rose.They stood up one after another, held their bayonet-mounted rifles, shouted loudly, and rushed towards the enemy's position.Seeing this scene, the defensive Russians were stunned for a moment.At this moment, a soldier rushed to the right side of the bunker at lightning speed, stabbed two grenade fighters through the machine gun, and only heard a loud "boom", and the cement building collapsed in an instant Come down and smash that heroic Chinese soldier and the Russians inside into a pulp.

"Six!" Tang Yulin yelled a few times but got no answer, and there was a gray twilight beyond the dark castle.

The Chinese soldiers with high morale roared and rushed into the enemy's formation, and the hand-to-hand combat began!

(End of this chapter)