Chapter 467: Attacking the Russian Army (4)
In fact, when the Russian army was stationed in Yehegou Village, the People's Army had already launched an operation, and it was the 4th Army of the People's Army that was responsible for cutting off the rear route of the Russian army, and when participating in the battle of the Yalu River, the 4th Army only dispatched 2 divisions and 2 regiments, and the 1 division stationed in the right flank position of Shilihe was also the original unit of the 4th Army, so after the convergence, the strength of 3 divisions and 2 regiments was concentrated, and at 5 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, the diagonal movement was carried out from the flank direction of the Russian army.
The reason why this time was chosen was that it was close to dark at this time, and after the KPA reached the predetermined place to be occupied, the sky would already be dark, and even if the Russian army wanted to counterattack, it would have to wait until after dawn tomorrow, after all, in this era, only the KPA has the conditions to conduct large-scale battles at night. So at about 7 o'clock in the evening, the 4th Army successively occupied Zhujiadian, Taizigou, Paoshan and other places.
In fact, after the Russian army occupied these places, it also left a small number of troops to guard, but the number was not much, generally a position is 1-2 companies, less than 1 battalion of troops, so it is not an opponent of the People's Army at all, and it has hardly caused any obstacles to the People's Army. And because it was getting late and the terrain was complicated, the Russian troops guarding did not report the situation to the command of the 1st Army in a timely manner. As a result, when Sttagriburg sent the 2nd Division of the 5th Siberian Army to Zhujiadian to garrison, it was already a step too late. And after the departure of the 5th Division, Stagliburg did not receive the news, but the 5th Division had already set off for nearly an hour, although he immediately sent a signal corps to inform the 5th Division of the news, but because it was dark, the news could not be delivered in time.
In fact, the People's Army has been paying close attention to the dynamics of the Russian army, not only a large number of scouts appeared, but also two planes also took turns to take the air to monitor the actions of the Russian army, when the 5th Division of the Russian army set off, it was almost around 6 o'clock in the evening, because it was June at this time, the days were long and the nights were short, so the sky was still high at this time, it was the last monitoring time of the aircraft, and in another hour, it would be changed to the UAV to be responsible for monitoring. As a result, the actions of the 5th Division were detected by aircraft, reported to the command, and nearby scouts were notified to keep the 5th Army under close surveillance. This is where the KPA's communication advantage lies, and once a situation is discovered, it can notify other units at the first time and immediately take action.
After receiving the report, the command immediately analyzed the actions of the Russian army, and finally believed that the purpose of the Russian army's action was to protect the flank, and the target location should be Zhujiadian, so it was necessary to annihilate the Russian army in order to ensure the completion of the encirclement of the Russian army, so the command immediately notified the headquarters of the 4th Army, so that they were ready to fight the Russian army, and released drones to monitor the Russian army in the air and grasp the dynamics of the Russian army. In addition, other ministries were also informed that the encirclement operation against the Russian army, which was originally planned to be launched at 5 a.m. the next day, would start at 12 p.m. in advance.
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The commander of the 5th Division of the Russian Army is Lieutenant General Alekseev, a veteran, because he is a civilian, he can become a division commander, and he has completely worked up with qualifications, otherwise with his rank of lieutenant general, he should at least be an official position at the level of army commander.
By the time the 5th Division arrived near Zhujiadian, it was already 7 o'clock in the night, and the sky was basically dark, and only the junction of heaven and earth in the west could see a little red glow. Due to the fact that they were marching in the mountains and forests on the outskirts, the roads were narrow, and the ranks of the Russian army were forced to stretch very long. Moreover, it was supposed to be a mission during the break, and he didn't even have time to eat dinner, which also made the soldiers and officers of the 5th Division complain.
Although Alekseev was not happy in his heart, but after all, he was the division commander, and of course he couldn't complain with the soldiers at this time, but fortunately, he was about to arrive at Zhujiadian at this time, and after arriving at Zhujiadian, the whole army could rest and cook, so Alekseev ordered the whole army to speed up the march and strive to reach Zhujiadian before it was dark.
And at this moment, only a few sharp sounds of breaking the air were heard in the air, and Alekseev's face couldn't help but change greatly, he had been in the army for decades, so he could naturally hear what kind of sound it was. But before Alekseev could react, "Boom, boom!" In the ranks of the Russian army, a continuous explosion sounded.
The Russian army was completely defenseless against this, the soldiers near the explosion point were killed and injured, and the other soldiers couldn't help but mess up, and the shells continued to fall from the air, and more and more, continuously exploding in the ranks of the Russian army, causing casualties.
Alekseev was also a little at a loss at this time, because he didn't know where the shells were fired from, but one thing was clear, that is, the Russian army was ambushed by the People's Army, so he also urgently thought about how to deal with it.
In fact, at this time, the Russian army has no good choice, it is nothing more than to advance or retreat, and to advance is to rush to Zhujiadian as soon as possible, where there are two companies of the Russian army stationed, which can be taken over, and can ensure that most of the army personnel, but the People's Army may have taken Zhujiadian a long time ago; and it will take a long time to retreat, and under the attack of the People's Army, and it is fighting in the dark night, I am afraid that it will be difficult to maintain the organization of the army, and those who can escape must be a few.
But now Alekseev is not allowed to think too much, because the shells are still falling in the air, and two shells are very close to Alekseev and others, and the scattered shrapnel even injured several people. Therefore, Alekseev decided to retreat back and bring out as many people as he could.
In fact, at this time, the Russian army was already in chaos, and the sky had already darkened, and Alekseev was able to command less than half of the team, and the rest had long since run there, so Alekseev led the army that could be commanded to hurriedly turn around and retreat to the rear.
However, the Russian army retreated less than 500 meters, only to hear the front of the dense gunfire, the front row of the Russian army immediately fell, and in the dark night, the Russian army did not know how many troops of the People's Army intercepted in front, some soldiers attacked forward, trying to break through the defense line of the People's Army in one fell swoop; some Russian soldiers simply lay on the ground to avoid bullets, and some ran backwards, and immediately rushed this part of the Russian army's ranks.
At this moment, on both sides of the Russian army, there were People's Armies who fought out and launched a white-knuckle battle with the Russian army.
It turned out that after receiving this news, the 4th Army immediately organized two divisions and prepared to attack the Russian army. Although the preparation of the 4th Army was very hasty, and it did not take even 1 hour before and after, because the Russian army's itinerary was completely under the supervision of the KPA, the 4th Army still successfully ambushed the Russian army.
First of all, the mortar unit used the data provided by the drone to carry out indirect targeting and artillery bombardment against the Russian army, which successfully disrupted the order of the Russian army. In fact, the position of the People's Army to intercept the Russian army was also hastily arranged, only more than 100 meters away from the Russian army, and the number of people was only two companies, only more than 300 people, but the 12 machine guns of the two companies were concentrated and fired together, forming a dense fire network, and the Russian army suffered heavy casualties under the urgency of defense.
If it is in the daytime, the Russian army can find that there are not many KPA interceptors, and they rely on a few machine guns to support the battle situation, and if the whole army works together and charges hard, there is still a great certainty that it can break through the interception of the KPA. However, because it was at night, the Russian army did not know how many people intercepted it, but felt that the firepower was strong, the barrage was dense, and the command and dispatch at night were very problematic, so it was impossible to attack in unison, but was disrupted by the People's Army. So the KPA ambushed on both sides came out, and the two sides began to engage in hand-to-hand combat.
In terms of the ability to fight in white-knuckle warfare, the soldiers of the Russian army are far above the soldiers of the People's Army, after all, the soldiers of the Russian army are tall and strong, and they naturally have a great advantage in white-knuckle warfare. In fact, when fighting with the Japanese army, the Russian army's white-knuckle combat ability is far superior to that of the Japanese army, and generally a Russian soldier can defeat 2-3 Japanese soldiers in a white-knuckle battle, not to mention that the people's army's white-knuckle combat ability is slightly inferior to Japan's.
However, the People's Army's hand-to-hand combat method is not just a simple bayonet, but a comprehensive use of *, Type 96 pistols and bayonets, and after several battles with the Japanese army, the People's Army has been handy with the use of these weapons for close combat, far from the rustiness when it first entered the war, in fact, in the battle of Liaoyang, the People's Army's melee combat ability has been stronger than the Japanese army.
After the two sides entered the white-knuckle battle, the Russian army found that it had never encountered such a melee mode, at a distance of 20 meters, the People's Army began to throw *, even if the explosion power of * was limited, but the shrapnel splashed out was still quite lethal, even if the Russian soldiers were not killed, but they were not lightly injured, and then at a distance of 10 meters with a Type 96 pistol for continuous shooting, many Russian soldiers were only 2 or 3 steps away, and they could rush to the front of the People's Army, but they were all shot and fell, and they could not get up again.
By the time the two sides really started bayonet to bayonet, the Russian soldiers had stopped 4 or 5 at 10, and even in the bayonet engagement, the KPA's Type 96 pistol could still play an important role.
In addition, now the order of the Russian army is chaotic, it is completely disorganized, and it can only fight on its own, and it is defeated by the People's Army in close combat, so the result is naturally that the People's Army has killed and injured countless people, and the corpses are all over the field.
The battle lasted for about 2 hours, and the Russian army was defeated and scattered and fled, but fortunately, it was fighting in the dark night, and the encirclement of the People's Army was not so tight, so most of the Russian soldiers still managed to escape from the battlefield. After the war, after checking the results, the People's Army killed more than 1,500 Russian soldiers, captured more than 800 people, and suffered only more than 300 casualties.