Chapter 519: The Battle of the Muling River (15)

The Russian army attacking the north of the Muling River railway station also received the news of the defeat of the Russian army on the southern front at the same time as the Russian army in the west, and the commander of the 35th Division, Major General Toburkinsky, also decided to retreat overnight, but the Russian army in the north is on the east bank of the Muling River after all, although the river of the Muling River is not deep, but it is still unfavorable to cross the river in the middle of the night, so Toburkinsky decided to withdraw to Shichangling, and the 9th Division of the Russian Army on the northern front, as well as the 2nd Brigade to concomge, after all, the Russian army will have nearly 32,000 troops, and Toburkinsky has also decided to do a lot more.

However, by the time the two sides converged, it was already more than 10 o'clock in the evening, and it was impossible to retreat overnight, so Lieutenant General Kyle Sheliman, commander of the 9th Division of the Russian army, decided to wait until early tomorrow morning to withdraw his troops.

Early in the morning of the second day, the 2nd Marine Division of the People's Army, which had been fighting against the Russian army, suddenly launched an attack on the Russian army, and the offensive was quite fierce.

Of course, Kyle Sheriman knew that the KPA was holding itself off, waiting for the army on the southern front to arrive and then encircling and annihilating him, so of course he could not be dragged by the KPA, so Kyle Sheriman ordered the 2nd Brigade to stay behind and block the KPA, and the rest of the army still retreated as planned.

After receiving the order, Major General Stepanov of the 2nd Brigade almost turned his face on the spot, because everyone knew that the army that stayed at this time was nine deaths, but after all, it was difficult to violate military discipline, so he could only accept the order without force.

After arranging the broken army, Kyle Sheriman immediately commanded the army to retreat westward, at about 9 o'clock in the morning, the Russian army retreated to the Muling River, although people and horses can wade across the river on foot, but now the Russian army has two divisions, artillery, baggage, etc. There are more than 200 vehicles, of course, these vehicles can not wade across the river, and must build bridges on the river. However, the Muling River is not wide, and the river is not deep, so it does not take much time to build a bridge, two hours is almost enough, so Kyle Sheriman ordered the Russian army to wade across the river in batches, and on the other hand, he ordered sappers to erect wooden bridges on the river to allow artillery, baggage and other vehicles to cross the river.

Although the Muling River is not deep, not all sections of the river can be crossed on foot, and some sections of the river are more than two meters deep, so it is necessary to send someone into the water to test and choose a section of the river that can be crossed.

In this way, about 1 hour later, the Russian army found 2 sections of the river, and crossed about 1 regiment of troops, and most of the bridge was built, and at this time, Kyle Sheriman received a report that the 2nd Brigade in charge of the broken was defeated by the KPA, and now it has retreated to the place where the Russian army crossed the river. Kyle Sheriman was not shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly climbed a small dirt slope on the bank of the river, and looked around, and sure enough, 2 or 3 kilometers away, countless Russian soldiers were marching towards the river, but there was no formation in formation, it was obviously a defeated army, and if he listened carefully, he could faintly hear the sound of gunfire.

It turned out that the 2nd Brigade of the Russian Army was reluctant to stay and break off, so the morale of the army was also extremely low, and when the Russian army retreated, most of the artillery was pulled away, which also weakened the combat effectiveness of the 2nd Brigade, and the People's Army also knew that the main force of the Russian army had fled, so it strengthened the offensive, trying to defeat the broken Russian army as much as possible and pursue the main force of the Russian army.

In addition, the People's Army and the Russian army here have been fighting against each other for several days, and there has been no large-scale battle, watching the People's Army in other battlefields win one after another, it is natural that they are eager to fight, and now they finally get the opportunity to fight, naturally everyone is brave and has a strong fighting spirit, as a result, the 2nd Brigade did not even hold for 1 hour, and was attacked by the People's Army. And the People's Army chased after the Russian army, all the way like the Muling River.

Kyle Sheriman walked down the dirt slope and gathered Tobulkinsky and his staff officers to discuss the plan to set up positions on the bank of the river and block the People's Army, but at this moment, only a few "booms" were heard, and a few shells fell into the river and exploded, stirring up a column of water several meters high.

Before the Russian army could react, the shells fell one after another, some fell into the river, some fell on the riverbank, and this time many shells fell into the crowd on the bank of the river, some Russian soldiers were killed and killed, and the Russian army suddenly panicked, and the Russian soldiers on the bank rushed into the river, regardless of whether it was a section of the river that could be crossed; and the Russian soldiers in the river accelerated the speed of crossing the river, just wanting to go ashore earlier; the sappers who built the bridge also stopped working, some were watching, and some simply jumped into the river and swam to the opposite bank; and many soldiers simply threw away their guns so that they could cross the river lightly, while Kyle Sheriman, Tobulkinsky and others also lost their command.

And at this moment, I saw countless war horses killed from the woods on the west bank of the Muling River, and the knights on horseback brandished their sabers and rushed towards the Russian troops on the bank. Along both sides of the Muling River, three strange-shaped vehicles appeared, without horses and donkeys to pull their own, and machine guns were obviously installed on the vehicles, not only shooting at the Russian troops on the west bank of the Muling River, but also across the Muling River, shooting at the Russian troops on the east bank and even the Russian troops still in the river.

It turned out that after learning the news of the retreat of the Russian army on the northern front, Luo Yue realized that the line of the Russian army's retreat must be blocked, so he ordered to send planes to reconnoiter the Russian army's marching route in the air, determine the location of the Russian army's crossing the river, and ordered the cavalry regiment and the warrior convoy at Beilin Station to attack and intercept the Russian army on the west bank of the Muling River, in addition, each armored car also brought a 100 mortar group, of course, the members were compressed to only 3 people, after all, the shells could be loaded on the warrior car. And it is required to arrive at the location of the Russian military crossing within an hour.

Beilin Station is almost more than 50 kilometers away from the location of the Russian army's crossing, for the warrior armored car, of course, there will not be much problem, although the warrior car has reduced its speed due to the increase in armor, but the speed of 5 or 60 kilometers per hour is more than enough. The cavalry regiment did not participate in the battle of encircling and annihilating the retreating Russian army last night, so the men and horses got a relatively full rest, and the People's Army also captured more than 3,000 war horses of the Russian army at Beilin Station, which can match the cavalry with two horses, so that the cavalry can also speed up the march.

Sure enough, after the cavalry corps and the warrior convoy attacked, they arrived at the Russian army's crossing site within an hour, and the Russian army had already begun to cross the river at this time, so the people's army also immediately began to arrange, first arranging mortar positions on the high ground 2-3 kilometers away from the river bank, and leaving 3 warrior vehicles to help them transport shells. Shifting positions, the other 6 warrior vehicles were divided into two groups and attacked along the riverbank, so that they could not only attack the Russian troops on the own bank, but also attack the Russian troops who were crossing the river or on the opposite bank, while the cavalry regiment hid in the jungle near the river bank and attacked the Russian army from the front.

After arranging, first of all, the mortar unit launched a long-range attack on the Russian army, disrupting the position of the Russian army, and then the cavalry and warrior vehicles came out, at this time the Russian army only crossed the river with the strength of one regiment, and did not expect that the People's Army would launch an attack on the river bank on this side, not only did not arrange a defensive position, but the soldiers who crossed the river did not re-line, but were busy making a fire and roasting clothes. It's the end of September, and although winter hasn't yet begun, the temperature is not high, and the Tohoku region is already colder than Kannai, so naturally you can't wear wet clothes for a long time.

As a result, in the face of the surprise attack of the cavalry of the People's Army, the Russian army was almost unstoppable, so in the blink of an eye, the cavalry of the People's Army rushed into the Russian army, slashing with a knife, once the cavalry rushed to the front of the infantry, it was naturally a nightmare for the infantry, as long as the cavalry used the momentum of the war horse, the knife could easily slash and kill the Russian soldiers, and some Russian soldiers were even directly rushed down by the cavalry of the People's Army, and the cavalry of the People's Army shot at the Russian soldiers with 96 pistols on the horse, and the Russian soldiers were killed countless times in an instant, and the corpses were all over the ground. Although there were also a small number of Russian soldiers who resisted vigorously, some raised their guns to shoot, and some struggled to fight with the cavalry of the People's Army on horseback, after all, the number was too small to change the overall situation.

At the beginning, the warrior car also shot at the Russian army on the shore, but then the cavalry of the People's Army and the Russian army were entangled and occupied a clear advantage, so the warrior car also turned its gun and mainly shot at the Russian army in the river and on the opposite bank, and the mortars also put the target on the other side of the river. At this time, the river was almost full of Russian soldiers, and a large number of Russian soldiers were crowded on the bank and were about to go down the river, which happened to become a live target of the People's Army.

The Russian soldiers who had not yet descended the river hurriedly retreated one after another, looking for a place to hide, but at this moment, the 2nd Marine Division had pursued to the bank of the river and launched an attack on the Russian army. At this time, the Russian army was already in chaos, and there was still the ability to resist the attack of the People's Army, so it could only scatter and flee for its life.

However, although the People's Army had the advantage, Bi Jing was smaller than the Russian army and could not form an encirclement of the Russian army, so many Russian troops took advantage of this opportunity to flee from the battlefield, including the two division commanders of the Russian army, Kyle Sheliman, Tobulkinsky, and a number of staff officers.

But it didn't take long for the 1st and 6th Divisions of the 1st Army of the People's Army who rushed from the northern front to the battlefield, quickly deployed their forces, formed an encirclement, surrounded the Russian army, and also dispatched troops to pursue the Russian soldiers who fled from the battlefield. This time, the People's Army also had an absolute advantage in strength, and the surrounded Russian soldiers could only raise their hands and surrender.

The battle continued until about 12 noon, when the rest were either killed or surrendered, except for a small number of Russian troops who fled, and the KPA was once again victorious and basically annihilated the Russian army on the northern front. So far, the Russian troops in the three battlefields have been annihilated by the People's Army, and the People's Army has already confirmed the victory in the battle of the Muling River.