Chapter 153: The Battle for Fort Mao (7)

The battle lasted for a whole day, and the south side of the city wall was blown open four or five large and small openings, but in the end, not a single living soldier entered the city except for the corpses brought down by the Russians, and those gaps became a death trap for the Russian soldiers. It was getting late, and the Russians who had been attacking for a day finally retreated, and the soldiers defending the city of the Ming army were also a little relieved, and they had never seen such a deadly attack, which made the Ming army completely understand how difficult Kong Youde's blocking was to fight, and Mao Wenlong also really knew how fierce the Russians were.

After a day of fighting, not only Mao Wenlong was surprised, but Ivanov was even more frightened, not only lost most of the artillery, but even more than 20,000 soldiers died, this is only a day of fighting! If the fight continues like this, it will not take three days to wipe out the entire army.

After dinner, Ivanov discussed with Chernenko and Yermak Jr. that it was necessary to take advantage of the fact that the Ming army was also in a state of fatigue, and gather all the soldiers and mercenaries tonight to fight to the death, and if they win, they would completely occupy Fort Mao, and if they were defeated, they would simply withdraw their troops tomorrow and wait for the next revenge. So the Russians, after having eaten a full meal today, began to take advantage of the cover of night to assemble under the city of Maubao.

Mao Wenlong is not a stunned young man who has just debuted, he is also an old general with soldiers, after the Russians retreated, they also sent people to reconnoitre, although they could not enter the barracks, but it was still possible to observe with a telescope when they got close, and after discovering the abnormal actions of the Russians, the scouts quickly reported to Mao Wenlong. So, Mao Wenlong was also ready for a night battle, let the soldiers guarding the south gate go back to the back to rest, all replaced with rested soldiers, and prepared all the *, in case of emergency, did not use this big killing weapon during the day, because there was a hand-cranked machine gun to block the attack of the Russians, and at night the vision was not good, so you could only use this large-area covering weapon.

The bonfire at the head of the city was bright and dark, and the soldiers of the Ming army vigilantly left the campfire a little farther away, trying to observe the movement outside the city. At this time, only a fool will stand in front of the bonfire, and the pure crush is the target, and if you hit the bonfire, you will be burned if you don't die, which is the knowledge taught in the textbook.

The dense crowd of Russian soldiers gradually approached the city wall, and the gap that had been blown up during the daytime battle had been re-blocked with stones, and the Russian soldiers began to build ladders to climb the city. A gunshot rang out, the soldiers in the bunker of the city wall began to shoot at the blurred figure, and the Russians kept screaming and falling, but more people began to use it, and the soldiers in a group of five people stood up and observed hard, and saw that the dense enemy gradually concentrated in front of the city wall, so as soon as the switch was pulled, a long fire belt rushed towards the crowd, and all the soldiers who were covered were ignited by the fire, and then ran back crying, killing and wounding dozens of people at once.

The spray of dozens of fire dragons caused heavy deaths among the Russian soldiers, and the grassroots officers who took the lead became the group of people with the greatest casualties, and the Russian soldiers, who had never seen such a weapon, were immediately frightened by this mass killing weapon and desperately fled from the area covered by the fire. Anyone has a fear of the unknown, and fierce Russians are no exception.

Ivanov, who was observing from a distance, was also frightened by this kind of mass murder, and straightened up the soldiers who fled back, thinking about ways to crack it. In the end, he found out that this weapon has a fatal weakness, that is, he will only fire when the soldiers are close, so this guy attacked again, and transferred the few remaining artillery, as long as he found * Spitfire, immediately let the artillery quickly cover that area, and immediately many * soldiers were killed, and the momentum of the Russian soldiers was encouraged again.

Mao Wenlong, who also noticed the change in the enemy's tactics, immediately let the * soldier enter the bunker below, and breathed fire from the preset shooting space, this time not seeking a large number of burns, as long as covering the area under the city wall and attacking. As the fire burned under the walls, the positions of the Russian soldiers were brighter and clearer, and then the fire from the platoon guns and machine guns began.

The Russians used artillery to deal with *, and the Ming army covered the place where they fired their artillery, especially the mortars, which were flexible and convenient to use, so that the slow-moving Russian artillery suffered heavy losses, and could only rely on the cover of the night, and quickly moved after firing a shot, and the * of the Ming army gradually became easier to use, and the Russian soldiers began to dodge the frightening flames again. The fierce field battle was fought until dawn, and the hand-cranked machine guns of the Ming army began to power again, and Ivanov, who had no choice but to order a retreat.

Ivanov, who returned to the camp, looked at the helpless Maobao and worried, and after a night of hard fighting, he lost more than 20,000 soldiers, and looked at the tents that began to be a little empty, Ivanov finally lost the confidence to continue fighting. But withdrawal is also a skill, and once it loses restraint, it can quickly become a rout. Taking advantage of the fact that the Ming army was still resting on the city wall, and their own men and horses still had an absolute numerical advantage, the Russians who had just returned to the barracks immediately had a meal, and quickly withdrew from the barracks before the Ming army's reaction became clear, broke away from contact with the Ming army, let the mercenaries take the lead, and covered the army with their own troops, and the Russians quietly withdrew on the way they came.

Mao Wenlong didn't find out that the Russians retreated, but he really didn't have a good way to stop it, after all, the number of enemies is still much more than his own, once he blindly attacks and lets the Russians fight a counter-assault, the result will be very tragic, and if he doesn't get it right, it will become a big defeat, but Mao Wenlong, who was unwilling, still sent Shang Kexi with 5,000 cavalry to follow the retreating Russians, and he only asked him to maintain a certain amount of pressure, don't let the Russians counter-encircle.

Mao Wenlong's caution really worked, Ivanov really broke off himself, slowly retreated to the path between the hill and the swamp, and when he entered the vicinity of the area where the last ambush was laid, he let himself go first, and then ordered little Yermak to lay an ambush at the edge of the swamp. However, this time he was discovered by Zheng Sanpao, Zheng Sanpao was very lucky in this battle, but this also has something to do with the fact that he has followed his father to hunt all year round, and he is very sensitive to danger. After discovering the ambush circle, he immediately contacted Shang Kexi, and Shang Kexi decided to make a plan, enter the ambush circle to lure the enemy into pursuit, and then let Zheng Sanpao take action.

After detecting Ivanov's ambush range, Shang Kexi deliberately stretched the team a little, and then cautiously tried to advance towards the encirclement, about the time when the troops entering the ambush circle were general, Shang Kexi ordered the troops to stop, giving Ivanov a false impression that he wanted to camp and rest, so that Ivanov felt embarrassed, in fact, he was preparing a small mortar, this small cavalry gun is similar to a small two kicking gun, a person can dismount and fire, but it is limited to three shells, After the fight, you have to immediately ride a horse and assault.

Seeing that the prey entered his mouth and did not advance, Ivanov endured very hard, and had no choice but to act in advance, more than 30,000 Russian soldiers began to counterattack, and the mercenaries on both sides desperately detoured backwards, trying to eat this cavalry team. Shang Kexi according to the predetermined tactics, the front team hit all the mortars at the rushing Ivanov department, the rear mortars bombarded both sides, after three rounds, taking advantage of the smoke of gunpowder in the sky, the rear team turned into the front team, quickly retreated backwards, and on both sides also tried to use swords, bows and crossbows and other close weapons to constantly broaden the road of retreat.

Ivanov, who thought he had caught the prey, but was bitten by the prey, was angry at this time, and suddenly lost his mind completely, and he still wanted to catch up with the Shang Kexi cavalry with a group of infantry, which was impossible for anyone. But Ivanov still has mercenaries charging towards the encirclement, so he still wants to eat this team as best he can.

Shang Kexi was on the edge of the encirclement, looking at the Russians chasing him, secretly happy in his heart, while directing the troops outside the encirclement to counterattack the mercenaries on both sides, while retreating unhurriedly, so that Ivanov always had a state of being able to surround it with more strength, but he couldn't always encircle it, pulling these tens of thousands of Russian soldiers to run in the direction of Fort Mao.

At this time, Zheng Sanpao, who was ambushed at the back of the hill, was no longer a squad of 100 people, Shang Kexi sent him an additional 500 men and horses, these more than 600 people and horses watched the Russians pursuing Shang Kexi go farther and farther away with binoculars on the hill, and gradually disappeared, more than 600 people roared, and rushed to the more than 1,000 people in Chernenko who were guarding food supplies, these more than 1,000 people are all mercenaries, and their combat ability is still good, but they are all infantry after all, and compared with the cavalry, it is much worse. First, a fierce mortar bombardment broke up the formation of these people, and when they got closer, they fired crossbows again, and no matter how fierce the team was, they couldn't help such a ferocious blow! By the time Zheng Sancang's team began to use sabers, the remaining mercenaries did not even have three hundred.

The battle ended very quickly, and Chernenko could not change the fate of defeat even if he had the ability to reach the sky, and the only way out was to escape. Looking at the few mercenaries who fled, Zheng Sancang did not chase after him, and immediately ordered the soldiers to set fire, and the supplies of these tens of thousands of people were quickly turned into ashes under the ravages of *, and the Russians finally lost their last food supplies, and what awaited them would be brutal hunger.