Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 311 Target: St. Petersburg (3)
After Li Fengshan was shot, the Russians present were also shocked, and then some people in the crowd began to whisper, and their impression of Chinese soldiers immediately changed 180 degrees.Zhang Zuolin wiped away his tears and said to the Russian people: "The commander of the regiment just now has been punished for violating military regulations. I, Zhang Zuolin, guarantee with my personality that if such things happen again in the future, I will deal with them seriously and will never tolerate them. You have prepared bread and water, in order to avoid the artillery fire hurting you, you should leave the city quickly."

There was another commotion in the crowd, and most people were tempted, and some Russians with children even moved their feet.

But at this moment, something unexpected happened. "Bang, bang" several bullets were fired out of nowhere, two of which knocked down a Russian woman and a teenage child respectively, and the crowd suddenly became chaotic.

"Damn it, who fired it this time!" Zhang Zuolin turned around and stared angrily at his subordinates. The soldiers all looked at each other, obviously not understanding what was going on.

At this moment, the sound of gunfire was already loud, and the bullets did not seem to be deliberately aimed in any direction. In just a few seconds, more than 50 Russian civilians and a dozen Chinese soldiers were shot and fell to the ground.The gunfire became more and more rapid and dense! With a "squeak", a bullet pierced into the flesh of Zhang Zuolin's left leg with a rapid sound, and blood gushed out immediately.

"Protective Marshal" Tang Yulin and Chang Yinhuai led their guards and rushed up as quickly as possible to protect Zhang Zuolin and evacuate outside.

Zhang Zuolin shouted as he retreated: "Order the soldiers to evacuate the Russian people out of the city as soon as possible."

Thousands of Russian people panicked amidst the rain of bullets and rushed out of the city like a tide. After 5 minutes, most of the Russians fled the city, but thousands of people fell in a pool of blood, and the streets of the Neva River were full of corpses and blood.

Looking at the people rushing out of the city, Zhang Zuolin breathed a sigh of relief.He immediately ordered Tang Yulin, Liao Zhong, and Liao Kai to rush into the city with their troops, followed by Zhang Yu's Mongolian cavalry.We divided into several small combat units and began to look for lurking Russian soldiers in the city.

Just when Tang Yulin's troops had just advanced 200 meters along the Neva Avenue, dense gunshots suddenly sounded from the grocery stores, taverns and other buildings on both sides of the street.At the same time, gunshots erupted on the east and west sides of the city for a while. Obviously, Liao Zhong, Liao Kai and Mongolian cavalry were also attacked by the enemy.

"Get down quickly! Find your own combat position first." Tang Yulin bent over, bullets kept flying over his head.The eyes are searching for the enemy's firepower.

Fortunately, this Russian attack was very low-key, and there was no artillery support except for a few mortar shells.However, a large number of assault troops poured into the defense zone established by the Russian army like a tide. With a shout in Russian and a burst of submachine guns firing, a brutal street battle officially kicked off!
"Shotguns! Shotguns! Find the target" Tang Yulin rushed into a building that looked like a grocery store with his guns in hand, and shouted loudly at his subordinates.And the flying bullets whizzed past his left shoulder, and hit the door of that building with a puffing sound.Through the rising dust, Tang Yulin quickly saw a black figure moving slightly inside, and he immediately fell to the ground based on his experience.

"Boom", a loud sound came from behind Tang Yulin, almost deafening his ears.Half of the wall of the room inside was blown down in an instant, and there were several screams that seemed human but not human from the ruins.After the sound disappeared completely, Tang Yulin stood up. He patted the dust on his body, and when he looked back, a guard was carrying a grenadier, and white smoke was still coming out of the black barrel.Tang Yulin slapped the soldier on the back of the head: "Your grandma's xiaoliangzi, you didn't even tell me about it beforehand, you almost scared me out of my mind."

Xiao Liangzi touched the back of his head and nodded numbly.

Although the Russian army ambushed in the dark, it caused considerable trouble to the Chinese army, making this street fight, to the Chinese, who are superior in numbers and firepower, like a boxer with a strong body facing a ball of plasticine Same, I can't use my strength.Every room, every window, every aisle, and even every sewer has become a battlefield for killing.Well-concealed Russians popped up like rats from places where an ambush seemed impossible.Often when an inexplicable gun battle ends, the Chinese soldiers have not yet found the Russian firepower.In addition, landmines and all kinds of well-concealed explosives can be seen everywhere, so that soldiers are often caught if they are not careful.Russian snipers may be ambushing in the dark houses. Although professional sniper rifles have not been invented at this time, these sharpshooters can hit moving targets at a long distance with only the three-wire rifle in their hands. Target.

Chinese soldiers struggled on the narrow and rubble-filled streets, where long rifles and clumsy machine guns lost their due effect, and the engagement between the two sides relied more on grenades, pistols and daggers.The light machine gun used by the Russians fully demonstrated its value in this battle. The dense firepower and relatively short gun body made it a star in this street battle.

The battle continued like this, and both sides paid a heavy price, but for Tang Yulin, the situation was getting worse and worse.Since one's own troops are fighting in an unfamiliar environment, it is difficult to effectively replenish ammunition.Once the ammunition is exhausted, in such a cruel street battle, once there is no bullet in hand, you will be hunted and killed by the enemy mercilessly.

At this time, Liao Zhong led the brothers of the 25th Division through the two lines of defense of the Russian army and came to an important area of ​​St. Petersburg, the area around the Trinity Cathedral.This time, Liao Zhong learned the lesson just now and decided to use artillery to carry out a carpet bombing of the enemy's street fortifications.Affiliated to the 25th Division are the Eighth Howitzer Battalion, the 81st Mountain Artillery Battalion, and the 51st Field Artillery Battalion. Such firepower equipment is even comparable to the equipment level of a Russian army.As the second wave of attack force, the 95th Infantry Division of the Russian Army waited quietly in its own line of defense.

The powerful shelling lasted for a full 15 minutes. While shelling the enemy troops at the Trinity Cathedral, he diverted more than 30 artillery pieces to shell the Augusta Iron Bridge and its surrounding areas controlled by the Russian army.His purpose of doing so is very clear.It is to block the enemy's reinforcement channel.

"Stop attacking!" At this moment, Liao Zhong finally found that the opposite Russian military fortification had disappeared, and he couldn't help frowning.

"Teacher, something seems wrong," the combat staff officer reminded Liao Zhong.

"Send a team over there to investigate."

After a while, the members of the squad came back. It turned out that more than 200 corpses were left in the Russian military fortification, and the rest of them were all gone.Liao Zhong gritted his teeth and cursed. Looking at the dense streets and buildings around Trinity Cathedral, he guessed that the Russians must have been unable to withstand the artillery fire and had sneaked into the residential area.This time, the 25th Division once again fell into an embarrassing situation that could be attacked at any time.But to eliminate these Russian armed forces, you have to maintain fire contact with them.

"Go ahead!" Liao Zhong gritted his molars and gave the order.The Chinese soldiers bit the bullet and ran towards the dark streets.

This time Liao Zhong had fully absorbed the lessons of the street fighting just now, and instead of throwing a large number of troops into these dark streets and buildings, he adopted the tactics of using squads as the core of the battle and multiple simultaneous small-scale infiltrations.In this way, the trinity defense system adopted by the Russian army, including landmines, machine guns and snipers, is very difficult to defend under the attack of Liao Zhong's tactics.Facing the Chinese army rushing from all directions, the Russians, who have always advocated cavalry combat, appeared to be even weaker in defense.Coupled with the lack of effective support firepower, the Russian army was immediately in a less favorable situation.Several key building defense points were successively breached by the opponent.In less than half an hour, the Russian army's street defense system was in danger of being fully breached by the opponent.

"Execute the No. 95 combat plan!" Seeing that his defense system was broken, the soldiers fell into a passive state. The commander of the 95th Division, Yu Xijin, who was observing through a telescope on the front line, issued a new combat plan at a critical moment.After losing the fortifications of St. Petersburg, the Tsar continued to maintain a high degree of trust in him (because at this time the Tsar had not many available generals), and asked him to lead the [-]th Division to be responsible for the defense of the Trinity Cathedral.You Xijin, who was originally full of ambitions for revenge, did not expect that the Chinese army would quickly change its tactics and destroy its carefully constructed defense system.

After Yu Xijin's order was issued, a signal soldier beside him took out a flare gun and pulled the trigger towards the sky. A sharp sound flashed across the sky, and then a white signal exploded at a height of 100 meters away. There was a brilliant spark.

"What are these Russians doing?" Liao Zhong stared at the white flare trajectory in the sky, his face a little dazed.

"It may be the remedial measures taken by the enemy after they discovered that we have been able to break through their defenses. They have shrunk their defenses to strengthen their defenses and prevent them from being infiltrated by us!" The staff officer expressed his opinion.Then he pointed to the map and continued: "I guess the purpose of the enemy's contraction is to move the center of defense to the depths of the street, so I suggest that before they have time to make a new deployment, let our people start immediately." Attack, take advantage of the enemy's unsteady footing, and deal a fatal blow to the opponent."

"Well." Liao Zhong nodded slightly, and then said: "Give me an order. The 8th and 9th Brigades will continue to maintain an attacking state, constantly putting pressure on each other, and the 14th Brigade will be interspersed on the two wings as a supplementary force for the frontal attack."

(End of this chapter)