Volume VIII 1292 The Fallen Fortress

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Every 360 caliber shell is extremely heavy, not to mention the explosives that are filled with it, even if it is a solid iron lump, falling from such a high altitude will have to smash a big hole in the cover.

Although Xiao Letian's defense system was very advanced, it was not perfect, and he could not have built a fortress according to the standards of fortifications built during World War I and World War II.

Although there is no technical difficulty, but the cost is not worth it at all, the loser does not have that kind of defeat, you are a genius if you exceed others by half a step, and you are a madman if you exceed others by one step.

In the middle of the 19th century, in this era when rear-loading guns and fixed-loading bullets had just replaced front-loading guns and sub-loading ammunition, it was already a very unnatural military strategist to be able to come up with a set of effective theories of trench warfare.

In the eyes of people at that time, the fortress was already very dreamy.

The cement cover on the top of the fortress is not thick at all, and the strongest part is only more than 30 centimeters, which is actually designed to prevent the splashing damage of shell fragments, and theoretically does not consider the direct hit of the cannonball on the top.

Because this is a simple concept of physics, the trajectory of the rifled gun is very straight, and the firing from the hillside to the fortress is basically parallel to the earth.

This attitude of flight doomed the shell to hit the top of the fortress with difficulty, but only the front of the fortress. Therefore, the enemy side of the fortress is extremely thick, and even if it is directly shot, it is just a shallow pit.

No one could have imagined that the Russians would be so perverted that the old man would send a few mortar cannons to Asia, is this group of Russians going to attack the Great Wall of the Chinese? Mortar cannons are a little useful except for attacking castles, who will use this thing at other times, this is almost eliminated.

However, they underestimated the current level of Russia's military spending, and when the expeditionary force was formed, it was difficult for the logistics department to muster enough advanced weapons even if it held the allocation order issued by His Majesty the Tsar himself.

It was not that those officers dared to disobey the orders of the tsar, but that the financial crisis of Tsarist Russia at that time was indeed severe, and it was the time when the green and yellow were not replaced, and most of the troops had not been redressed for five consecutive years.

The expeditionary force had almost emptied the arsenals of three major cities to complete all kinds of new weapons, and only then did it barely scrape together a new army with pure breech-loading rifles, as well as some rifled guns with high accuracy.

The mortar was purely a helpless move by the logistics officers to make up the numbers, but this helpless move actually became a magic weapon to defeat the enemy in the hands of Ackerson, and the Xuanwu Fourth Battalion had a hard time now.

In the roaring explosion, the top cover of the concealed bunkers was lifted, and the shock wave of the explosion could kill a squad of soldiers at a time, and many wounded soldiers were smashed under the entire collapsed cement roof, and blood flowed out along the cracks in the stones.

The casualty rate began to skyrocket, Chu Zhao couldn't hold on any longer, and when Xiao Hexin's retreat order was issued, the entire trench soldiers began to support each other and retreat quickly.

"Let's go, let's go to the top of the hill and meet the chief of the general staff...... Our mission has been successfully accomplished, this is not a failure, remember that this is definitely not a failure, this is just a strategic shift......"

No matter what the name is, if the fortress is lost, it is lost, and countless soldiers covered their wounds and shouted tears and turned their heads to look at the fortress in disarray, and their back molars creaked one by one.

"Don't worry, let you be arrogant for a while, we will get it back!"

The battalion flag of the fourth battalion of Xuanwu finally moved, and the Russian troops hiding behind the rocks and giant trees suddenly broke out with excited screams, and the black-pressed soldiers rushed out like marching ants and quickly killed the fortress.

The red-haired Ackerson put down his binoculars and nodded, "Okay, I have opened the door to the treasure, let's go and help His Majesty the Tsar take stock now!"

Molière smiled on the side, "Let's let the soldiers clean up the battlefield first, in case these Chinese leave any traps?" And the gunfire on both wings of the opposite fortress is still continuous, I'm afraid there will be reinforcements to kill you......"

"No!" Exxon shook his head, "I have carefully examined the terrain, there are four ring fortresses on the mountainside, which can support each other and guard against each other, and this fortress we have taken can become our fortified position with a little repair, and these Chinese can not rely on mortars......"

Ignoring Molière's sycophants, the red-haired Ekson, with the guards and a group of officers, began to climb upwards and was surprised when they entered the fortress.

"It's so big! At least more than 3,000 soldiers can be hidden here, and the Chinese have really made this a concrete city!

As far as the eye can see, there are tunnels, and the logs are built out of shelves, filled with a large amount of concrete, and in the area damaged by the shells, you can clearly see the exposed steel bars.

The trench was more than two meters deep, and the soldiers had to step on the shell boxes and special racks to shoot, and there were inward depressions dug on the side of the enemy, which was very good against the fragmentation of shells, and the soldiers hid in the dead corners.

The open-air trenches have a covered fortification of more than 10 meters every 30 meters, and it is a small space, with marching pots boiling broth, scattered medical supplies, and piles of ammunition boxes.

A guard curiously scooped a sip of broth with a spoon and drank it, and Molière quickly scolded him, "What are you doing? Beware of poisonous ......."

As a result, the guard was about to cry out with excitement as soon as he ate the broth, "Damn, how can these Chinese eat so well? It's beef broth! There are potatoes and tomatoes in it, how can they eat such a good meal......

The fighting nation is so careless, who cares if it is poisonous or not, Molière's nonsense has long been thrown aside.

A group of soldiers gathered around the marching pot, you and I drank the rest of the broth in one gulp, and after it was sure that it was not poisonous, I gave a bowl to Ackerson.

"Well, this is processed beef, and it has a very special taste, it should be canned beef from the United States! I have eaten the rations of soldiers in most countries, and I am very familiar with this taste...... Let's look carefully, there should be canned food that hasn't been opened, these Chinese's dinners are cheap for us......"

Ackerson was in a heavy mood, and during the long journey of the expeditionary force, they ate stewed potatoes, onions, carrots, and dried meat, and the bread was also very coarse black bread, and only when they got close to the port could they purchase some fresh vegetables and fruits for the soldiers to improve their diet.

But looking at what these Chinese soldiers ate, it was just a simple pot of broth, from which Ackerson ate more than ten kinds of ingredients, as well as the taste of six or seven spices.

Looking at the brass bullets scattered on the ground and the unopened grenades, one can imagine how good the logistics support of the Chinese army is, how can such an army have bad morale?

"Damn it, why did God favor these heretics so much, why did he give them the warm land that could best create their wealth, I don't accept it!"