Chapter 150: The Battle for Fort Mao (4)
Kong Youde, who was a little dumbfounded, felt a little incredible, didn't these people know that those people were dead? Without understanding, Kong Youde did not hesitate to order the soldiers to no longer shoot freely, but to shoot at the fastest and closest enemy to him in an organized manner, lest they really run to the position and fight hard. Then these farmers knew the strength of the Ming army, the closer they got to the Ming army, the more people died, and finally after the Ming army fired twelve rounds, these farmers finally retreated, throwing down nearly a thousand corpses.
The next second round of attacks, so that Kong Youde had a feeling of fear, only to see nearly 10,000 farmers shouting loudly, like a swarm of bees rushed up, the front row of soldiers gun barrels are almost red, these farmers still desperately rushed forward, only a dozen zhang away from the position, Kong Youde had to order the cavalry behind to go out, block this group of brutal peasant soldiers, cover the musketeers to retreat back, and then open the distance, let the cavalry break the back, this is to get rid of the situation that almost formed a melee.
Two attacks broke through Kong Youde's first line of defense, which made Kong Youde very depressed, of course, it also made him more careful, in the process of fighting and retreating, Kong Youde divided the team into three sections, and then began to block in sections, no longer defend in fixed positions, try to avoid direct contact with the enemy, as long as it can slow down their advance. However, this is obviously the wishful thinking of Kong Youde, these Russians saw that the Ming army was unwilling to get close to the battle, so they simply ran faster and attacked more fiercely, and Yuri Kochagin and Tchaikolov in the back tried their best to push these farmers forward.
Kong Youde, who was a little embarrassed by the blocking, had to retreat quickly for a distance before holding the position again, but the terrain in this area was relatively better, and he had entered the depths of the mountain path and swampy area, and the sniper surface was relatively narrow. In order to increase the effectiveness of the shooting, Kong Youde ordered the soldiers to line up in a six-layer firing line, two layers and two layers of shooting, and secondly, to pick out some soldiers with better marksmanship and snipe specifically against the opponent's squad leader and the like, which slowly stabilized the form and suppressed the enemy's attack.
As the losses of the peasant soldiers grew, when the casualties reached more than four thousand, they were finally a little exhausted. Even Yuri Kochagin felt that if his bandits did not rush forward, these peasant soldiers would probably strike. So Yuri Kochakin's bandits began to act as the vanguard, and after two rounds of wave-breaking attacks, finally when they lost nearly 2,000 people, Kong Youde began to retreat, this time Kong Youde retreated more neatly, because Mao Wenlong told him later that the preset position was ready, so Kong Youde could breathe a sigh of relief.
Seeing the withdrawn Kong Youde, Yuri Kochakin commanded the army to advance quickly with some high spirits, and Brigade Commander Tchaikolov, who was the main force, was also extremely excited, if the Ming army was like this not only fighting, but also did not dare to engage in close combat, then once they grabbed their positions, it would be easy to achieve victory. Inspired by the chanting of slogans, these mixed Russian troops rushed towards the mountain pass area like a stream of muddy sewage.
Looking at the open terrain in front of them, the Russians, who had broken through the mountain pass, began to rush forward desperately. They thought that the Ming army could no longer stop their attack, and they were excited to fight one by one.
The tragedy began with getting carried away, when Yuri Kochakin's bandits rushed past the group of peasants and were about to assault in the direction of Fort Mau, when a cannon was heard, and machine guns, mortars, and new infantry guns on the fan-shaped preset ambush positions opened fire at the same time, and a powerful, ferocious, and dense network of fire covered the area in an instant.
Although Yuri Kochakin's bandit combat ability is better than those peasant soldiers, but in the face of extremely bad battlefield situations, their will to fight is much worse, because they are the most like to see others unlucky, the most afraid of their own bad luck of a group of people, bandits face a bad situation is, the first thought is not resistance, but how to save their lives, they also want to enjoy the gold and silver treasures hidden at home, unlike those poor and dispossessed peasant soldiers, these people are poor and only have a worthless life, You have to rely on your life to win the right to survive.
Mao Wenlong had already received the information from Kong Youde and learned that these Russians were fierce, cruel, and not afraid of death, even if they were destined for their lives. So the order was given to solve the problem with artillery fire to the greatest extent. As for the efficiency of the strike, it was also very good, and in the field of view of the telescope, as long as there is a dense crowd, it is the key place to bombard. In the face of absolute superiority in firepower, any brave person will lose the will to fight, Yuri Kochagin has long been turned into meat under artillery bombardment, this is because his guards are too loyal to him, and the crowd around him is dense, which has become the focus of artillery bombardment.
When Yuri Kochagin was killed, Mao Wenlong finally saw signs in the telescope that the Russians were about to rout, and as the artillery fire extended, the 3,000 cavalry of the Ming army began to attack, and the cavalry, who had been waiting impatiently, rushed forward quickly at the first time when Mao Wenlong gave the order to attack. Now the Russians, who have no formation at all, have become a scattered sand, and the soldiers who were defeated in front quickly rushed the ranks behind.
Tchaikolov, who was pressed in the rear, wanted to stabilize the situation, but the mixed team of more than 10,000 bandits and peasant soldiers who were not killed by the bombing was not something he could control at all, and even the horses of his subordinates were later stolen by the fleeing bandits. Helpless, Tchaikolov had no choice but to take his men, and the rear team became the front team, and fled the way he came.
The escape route was even more dangerous, the narrow path could not accommodate such a crowded crowd at all, not to mention the fact that there were more than 1,000 people and horses on the side of the hillside who were constantly strafing with hand-cranked machine guns, and small mortars were constantly bombarding. Many of the panicked Russians forgot about the swamp on the side of the road, and when countless soldiers wailed and sank into the muddy swamp, these routs knew that they had fallen into a desperate situation.
When the lucky brigade commander Tchaikolov finally ran out of the end of the mountain path with the remnants of the army, he was finally completely desperate, in front of them was two thousand Ming troops on standby, dozens of hand-cranked machine guns had blocked the narrow path, no matter how strong the combat ability was, no matter how fierce the death was, these Russians were finally wiped out here, Brigadier Tchaikolov was killed by Geng Zhongming with a mortar on the way to the assault, and the murderous Mao Wenlong's subordinates did not take in any prisoners.
After annihilating the largest group of Russians, it was basically clear about the nearby Russian forces, and Mao Wenlong's troops took advantage of the situation to advance all the way to a small town on a tributary of the Ob River, which was the later Achinsk, of course, there must not be this name yet, but it was just a relatively large town in the vicinity. After surrounding this town, only a few Russian Cossack bandits and their families were all beheaded, leaving behind are local residents, but only more than 2,000 people, this is about 300 miles away from Fort Mao, Mao Wenlong took this place as an outpost, let Geng Zhongming send a team of 100 people to station here, and told them to always pay attention to the movements of the Russians, if there is a large number of troops attacking, do not hold on, to report to Fort Mao as soon as possible.
A few individual fish who slipped through the net don't know whether they escaped on the swamp by luck, or got into a small ravine to escape the search of the Ming army, or they regained Tomsko in embarrassment, and passed the news of this fiasco to the tsar's envoy who was still enjoying the beauty, as well as that Chernenko. Mihanovic, whose eyes were red from alcohol, was enjoying himself, and was stunned by this sudden news, this is a third of the men and horses he is preparing to attack? It was all wiped out in one day, and it would have required a very strong army to do this, and it looked like more troops would have to be added to achieve victory.
Mikhanovich turned around, looked at Chernenko, who was also on the verge of dementia, slapped him hard, and ordered him to report to his family immediately, and he must gather 30,000 mercenaries in the shortest possible time to obey the dispatch, otherwise he will be replaced to occupy the land, and his family will roll wherever they want.