Chapter 477: The Battle of Shanhaiguan (6)
"Ulla—Ulla—"
In the dense gunfire, it can still be heard very clearly, and at this time, on the position, the Russian army is like a tide, charging towards the two small hills where the People's Army is stationed. Bayi Middle School ≈≤.
Although Qiu Yahui is a soldier, Qiu Yahui has only seen such a war scene of crowd tactics in film and television works before, but this time he finally saw the real situation. However, in the face of the KPA's position, this method of attack is basically no different from sending people to death. Although the shooting of the Laquan rifles of this era could not be compared with the automatic weapons of the Traverser, it was still very impressive, not to mention that the KPA also had two reinforced companies of firepower, with a total of 12 Makqin machine guns and 6 47mm Haqikes guns.
Each firing point has two Makqin machine guns or a 47 mm cannon of Haqikais, and a squad of soldiers is arranged around to cover, and even a small earthen platform will be built with sandbags and wooden stakes in the rear to form a three-dimensional firepower, and the machine gun fire points and artillery fire points are staggered arrangement, and the two machine gun fire points form cross fire, and cooperate with the artillery fire points to interweave a dense fire network.
The long tongue of fire accompanied by a high warhead, constantly gushing out from the muzzle of the machine gun, a Russian soldier has not run far or is ready to raise the gun to aim, so that the bullets become a part of the body, although the bullet of the Maxim machine gun is only 7.62 mm, but even if it does not hit the fatal part of the body, the huge kinetic energy is far beyond the bearing capacity of the human body, even if it is a fighting nation, it is impossible to bear such pain, basically lose the ability to fight, and some people will even faint in pain.
Although the shooting of the 47mm Habekes artillery is far from being comparable with the machine gun, it is also a cannon after all, it is an explosive weapon, and the surface lethality is naturally much greater than the point lethality, so even if it is a cannon, its power cannot be the same as the gun, and with the eyes of the traverser, the Russian army's attack is to use the most typical dense formation, which can make the lethality of the shell explosion to the extreme, and the dense shrapnel produced after the explosion of the shell is far more effective than a single bullet to kill the enemy who swarms like locusts.
Although under the heavy fire of the People's Army, the attacking Russian soldiers fell one after another, and the screams and wails of pain could not be suppressed in the roar of guns, and there were countless Russian troops who were not killed by bullets, but they could not lie on the ground all the time, because if they fell to the ground, they would often be trampled to death by their comrades who rushed up from behind. But the Russian army is still fearless, in the shout of "Ula-Ula-", firmly attacked the position of the People's Army, and when attacking, they continued to shoot, and some Russian soldiers found a place on the position that could be covered, they immediately hidden, set up their rifles, and launched a confrontation with the People's Army.
Although the Russian army's counterattack is far less powerful than the KPA, after all, it can also form a certain threat to the KPA's position and provide some fire support for its own attacking companions, so the Russian army is still gradually advancing at the cost of casualties.
However, when the Russian offensive advanced to about 15o meters from the KPA position, it encountered another trouble. The square horses and iron nets arranged by the People's Army are basically within the range of 5o-15o meters, although some were destroyed by the artillery fire of the Russian army, but there are still many remaining, blocking the attack of the Russian army, and even if some of the horses are blown down, it will still cause a lot of trouble to the Russian army's attack. And at such a close distance, as long as there is a slight hesitation, even if it is only a slowdown, the result is likely to be death.
But on the position of the People's Army, the atmosphere is not relaxed, after all, the Russian army has approached within 15o meters of the position, which can almost be said to be close at hand, and the Russian army's return fire has also caused some casualties to the People's Army, so that the People's Army knows that it is not absolutely safe to hide in the trenches and shoot. Some of the soldiers, completely careless, or in the heat of battle, escaped from the protection of the trench bunkers, and ended up hitting the muzzles of the Russian soldiers. Sometimes, the companion who had just spoken again suddenly lost his voice, or he was right in front of his eyes, and his head was crooked, and he fell to the ground and never got up again.
Of course, this is also related to the lack of experience of the soldiers of the People's Army, although the Second Regiment has been regarded as one of the trump cards of the current People's Army, but after all, it has been less than half a year since it was formed, and almost all the soldiers still only held a hoe half a year ago. The shovel-wielding peasants not only lacked sufficient military training, but also did not carry out systematic study, so they could only train and study while fighting, and then conduct targeted training when the battle was in question; although learning to fight in battle was the fastest way to achieve success, it was impossible to become an excellent army in half a year.
At this time, the intensive firepower of 12 Maxim machine guns became the most reliable weapon for the People's Army to block the Russian army, at this time the People's Army did not care about any crossfire, each machine gun fire point and 2 Maxim machine guns were strafing left and right, and the Russian army broke through in that direction, so they shot in that direction, and the yellow and clear bullet shells continued to fly out on the side of the machine gun, and it was like rain, falling all over the ground of the machine guns, and the barrels of some machine guns were too long to shoot, and they were beaten red and red, and the skin was burned when touched.
"Reload the chain!
"Water, water, quick, quick!"
Such hysterical roars continued to sound at the various firing points of the KPA positions, and often after a chain of bullets had been exhausted, the machine gun deputies immediately ignored the hot body of the gun and replaced the machine gun with a new chain of bullets, and some soldiers poured water on the barrel, with a burst of "zi-zi-" The sound of white smoke rose into the air, and the red returned to jet black, and then the machine gun began to roar again, shooting the bullets at the Russian army like worthless, shooting frantically, and beating the rows of Russian soldiers into minced meat,
Of course, as the battle progresses, there are constantly machine gun failures, jams, broken bullet chains, duds, etc., and at this time, it is also the most nervous time for machine gunners, on the one hand, they must troubleshoot as soon as possible and repair the machine gun, but on the other hand, they are not up to the desire, the more they want to troubleshoot quickly, the more likely it is to make mistakes in the busy, so they are also anxious to sweat.
The battle lasted for more than half an hour, and although the Russian army's attack was very brave, and on several occasions it almost broke through the KPA defense line, but in the end it was still difficult to shake the KPA's bullets and artillery shells' killing net, and they could only drop a large number of corpses and then retreat pathetically.
Looking at the Russian troops who returned from the defeat on the battlefield, most of them were wounded, and the corpses of Russian soldiers scattered all over the battlefield in the distance, Obumochaev's division commander only felt a burst of dizziness in his mind, but his initial expectation was completely different, before the war, Obumochaev expected that under the advanced war concept of advancing the offensive with his own strength, he could easily smash the defense line of the overseas Chinese with the tactics of advancing with infantry and artillery, and defeating the overseas Chinese was as easy as cutting butter with a hot knife, but the cruelty of reality told Obumochaev that this battle had been completely defeated。
Since it is a fighting nation, it naturally admires combat heroes, defeating Napoleon's Kutuzov, winning the naval battle of Fidonisi, and Ushamov on the expedition to the Mediterranean, etc., are all heroes admired by Russia for generations, and defeated generals will not get any honor in Russia, so the defeat in this battle also means that their reputation, future, and prestige will be damaged, and their ideals will no longer be realized.
At this time, Obumochaev had only one thought in his mind, that is, this battle must not be lost, and today it is necessary to break through the defense line of the People's Army, even if it is at any cost. Therefore, Obumochaev immediately ordered another regiment to immediately attack the defense line of the overseas Chinese again, and must take the position.
And at this moment, the commander Lieutenant General Apalikov finally spoke: "Division Commander Obumochaev, I think today's battle will end here, if we continue to attack, it will only increase the casualties of our army and make the Russian warriors make senseless sacrifices." ”
Obumochaev opened a pair of red eyes, looked at Apalikov, and said: "No, Your Excellency Commander, in the attack just now, we have been infinitely close to victory, and the enemy's resistance has reached the limit, as long as we hold on a little longer, then the victory will be ours, so at this time, we must not retreat, but must persist in the attack, at all costs, until the final victory is achieved." ”
Apalikov said sharply: "Enough, Commander Obumochaev, an excellent soldier, not only to know when to insist on attacking, but also to know when to retreat, if you can't soberly judge the situation on the battlefield, but blindly only know how to attack, but let personal selfishness affect your judgment, let the tsar's loyal soldiers die in vain on the battlefield, then he is by no means a qualified Russian soldier." “
This passage of eloquent words finally calmed down Obumochaev's head, after all, this is not his subordinate, but his top boss, but Obumochaev is still a little unwilling, and he wants to make a few more sly judgments. At this time, the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Sokolov, also said: "Division Commander Obumochaev, our current enemy is not the incompetent Qing State, but the defeat of the Eight-Nation Alliance. Defeated the overseas Chinese of the German Far East Fleet, no soldier should despise such an opponent, and now the situation on the battlefield is very obvious, your artillery has been destroyed by the enemy, and the attack has also been strongly blocked by the enemy, it is not infinitely close to victory at all, without the support of heavy artillery, continuing to fight, will only increase our casualties needlessly, a good officer, at this time should choose to retreat rationally, rather than attacking. ”