Chapter 270: Western Siberia (7)

The Cossack dragoons, dismounted by a dense barrage of machine-gun and rifle bullets, quickly began to build positions and began to organize counterattacks on the spot, but was this okay? The Zheng San Artillery Cavalry Brigade in front of them had turned its horse's head again, but this time it did not charge, because after two charges, the horsepower had been almost used, but began to fire small shells in a circle, although it was only two rounds, but it covered almost all the enemy's positions.

At the same time, Mao Wenlong, who was lying in ambush behind the position, began to lead more than 10,000 cavalry to charge, this time it was really about to charge, and in the blink of an eye, the cavalry brigade rushed into the ranks of the Cossack dragoons, the cavalry against the infantry, and it was an almost dilapidated team that was beaten, basically there were no casualties, and the Cossack dragoon brigade-level unit was completely wiped out.

After eliminating this brigade-level unit, Mao Wenlong's troops almost did not do any formation, and rushed directly to Leonid's artillery position, where in addition to the artillery unit, there were more than 3,000 troops guarding there, Mao Wenlong wanted to eat up the entire Leonid army in one fell swoop and occupy the entire enemy's forward position.

After the artillery position of the Tsarist Russian army was destroyed by Zheng Sancang's cavalry, Kong Youde's 3,000 soldiers suddenly lost pressure, and immediately hit all the mortars and machine guns at the enemy in front of the position. The ground was littered with the heads of Cossack dragoons.

Holding a monocular, watching his subordinates being ravaged by the Ming army, Leonid's heart was almost broken, but this is the difference in combat effectiveness, but also the difference in the correct use of tactics, Leonid had a premonition that he had been defeated, when Zheng Sancang bombarded the artillery position, he felt that the war was not good, and when he saw the defeat of the two brigade-level troops, Leonid began to order the rest of the troops to retreat immediately, which really reflects his determination to break his wrist, and he can keep as many troops as he can, Resistance can only lead to a senseless death.

The main force of the Tsarist Russian army, five miles away, had already begun to advance here, and by the time Mao Wenlong's troops wiped out the remnants of Leonid, the main force of the Tsarist Russian army, more than 20,000 people, had already reached the front of the position. As the saying goes, once a person crosses ten thousand, there is no boundary, not to mention more than 20,000 cavalry troops, Mao Wenlong did not hesitate, did not even clean the battlefield, and directly ordered the troops to retreat, except for leaving a small number of troops to block a little, the rest of the troops quickly left the battlefield and retreated to the original starting point.

In front of the trench that just blocked the Russian army, a large number of corpses of the soldiers of the Tsarist army had not been cleaned up, along the reserved route, Mao Wenlong's troops withdrew to the back of the trench to rest, there were more than 3,000 soldiers in the trench, these more than 3,000 Ming troops did not participate in the pursuit just now, and then there were Zheng Sancang's 1,000 cavalry, they had replenished their ammunition again, and waited for Mao Wenlong's order here.

More than 20,000 Tsarist Russian troops closely pursued the broken troops of the Ming army, and these broken troops were not dismounted and fought to the death, they were all riding war horses upside down, setting up rifles on their horses and constantly shooting backwards, although the Cossack cavalry of the Tsarist Russian army continued to approach, they still came to the vicinity of the trench before the enemy caught up, and the Ming troops who were ambushed in the trench covered them to withdraw from the battle and block them here.

For such a blocking battle, the Ming army fought handily, more than a hundred machine guns, coupled with the mortar cover behind, the Cossack dragoons of the Tsarist Russian army who charged over could only drink hatred, after paying the death of more than a thousand soldiers, they finally understood the horror of the cavalry impact machine gun position, whether it was a war horse or a soldier, in the face of such a dense bullet, they were looking for their own death, and they could not break through at all.

In the later generations of the Eight-Nation Coalition Army when the soldiers invaded the city of Beijing, it was only a coalition army of several thousand people, and in the face of the 100,000 cavalry of Seng Lingqin, they were not nervous at all, and in front of the Makqin heavy machine gun, the 100,000 cavalry of Seng Lingqin were all annihilated, which was a battle with a profound lesson, so Zhu Youxiao had already taught Mao Wenlong that the cavalry was absolutely not allowed to attack the musket position with a position to block, and the cavalry should take surprise attack as the main method of operation.

Fortunately, these Cossack dragoons of the Tsarist army are not only proficient in cavalry warfare, but also excellent soldiers in foot combat, and the most important thing is that these soldiers are not afraid of death, in the face of the Ming army's resistance, they soon began to launch a positional counterattack, they went through the war with Sweden and Finland in Northern Europe, this army also became a very good fighting army, and quickly adapted to the tactics of the Ming army.

Wave after wave of charges poured towards the Ming position, the combat power of these Cossack dragoons was really good, and the Ming soldiers also admired their fighting spirit and will to fight. However, in the face of more advanced weapons, the so-called bravery and fearlessness of death are scum, at most they cause some mental pressure on the Ming army, and they are not a threat to the preset blocking position, but can only add combat exploits to the Ming army, and the number of soldiers who died is faster and more.

After each wave of attack, the Ming army entered the firing range, and the snipers began to clear the enemy's officers, and then shot the most ferocious soldiers in front of them, after killing these grassroots officers, it would cause strong psychological pressure on the soldiers, and lose the command of the most basic officers, their formation and attack would obviously stagnate, and they felt a little dazed, without the fierce soldiers to take the lead in the assault, the whole squad charge became hesitant and slow, so that the Ming army's shooting was more handy. When the troops behind rushed up and crowded together in front and rear, the machine guns and mortars of the Ming army opened fire together, causing great casualties in an instant, and in this way, several attacks of the Tsarist Russian army were repulsed in a row, and the soldiers suffered nearly 5,000 casualties.

After a certain period of time, even if the endurance is strong, the soldiers are not iron, the frequency of attacks is getting slower and slower, and the Ming army's blocking becomes easier. Seeing that the enemy's morale was declining, Mao Wenlong ordered Kong Youde, who had withdrawn to the town, to prepare to attack and cut off the enemy's retreat, while he concentrated all the mortars and machine guns, and Zheng Sancang's cavalry was also ready.

Bypassing the trench obstacles in front, Zheng Sanpao began to move from the northwest to the southeast with a team of replenished shells, and behind his team was the main force of more than 10,000 cavalry with more than 10,000 rested and recuperated, and his task was to create an opportunity for the main force to completely defeat the enemy.

The Cossack dragoons of the Tsarist army were preparing to charge again, and the remnants of the division commander Leonid had returned. Seeing the large corpses in front of the charging team, even the iron-blooded officer, who was known for his ferocity, couldn't help but feel frightened. He suggested to the corps commander that if this lonely attack could not be successful, it was better to retreat immediately, otherwise it would be possible to be completely defeated, and secondly, he was willing to protect the flanks in the rear to avoid a sudden counterattack by the Ming army. In fact, this guy feels that something is wrong, judging from the progress of the battle, this battle is very dangerous, and he wants to leave a way back for himself.

Looking at the Cossack dragoons who were charging within a radius of more than ten miles in front, Zheng Sanpao's eyes showed a cold look, this assault was the first practice of Mao Wenlong's new tactics, he could only succeed, not defeat, and he must complete this task with high quality and perfection. With a wave of his hand, his brothers began the operation, and Zheng Sanpao personally stood at the front of the line, intending to seize the best opportunity with his keen battlefield experience.

Zheng Sancang's line was not too long, he lined up the line in five columns, slowly approached along the flanks of the Cossack dragoons, and when he was about to approach the range of the light mortars, he suddenly increased his speed. If Leonid had seen this, he would have ordered his men to withdraw half a mile immediately, but now he had moved to the flank of the troops.