Chapter 398: The Battle of Baotou (3)

The staff officer next to him nodded, and instantly ignited the signal flare, and a bright signal was sent into the air, and now that the two sides are fighting a 'fierce' battle, where will the Russian army pay attention to a small signal flare in the air?

However, Guo Jia, who was hiding in the shadows, had been staring at the sky, waiting for Meng Qingyou's signal, and saw a gorgeous fireworks 'flower' suddenly lit up in the middle of the sky, Guo Jia knew that the time was up, and shouted: "Brothers, get on your horse and charge!" ”

Guo Jia led a hundred light cavalry to get down from the back of the Russian army, almost all of these people had a 'strong' submachine gun, and they also carried a carbine and a saber behind their backs, which was purchased from Mukden by the Jin merchant group with a lot of money, so many submachine guns can already be equipped with an ordinary main force regiment, Qiao Zhiyong is undoubtedly a bloody capital. --

A hundred light cavalry was not far from the Russian army, only three miles away, and now when the fighting on the battlefield was 'fierce', the sound of gunfire also drowned out all other sounds.

The three-mile distance was only a few minutes of cavalry assault time, and when they were only a few hundred meters closer to the Russian army, the Russian army behind discovered the anomaly, and someone shouted: "Attention, there are cavalry of the Qing army!" ”

But before the Russian army could react, the submachine guns of the Qing army began to exert their might, and a hundred tongues of fire sprayed by submachine guns covered the positions of the Russian army in unison, and the rear positions of the Russian army were immediately stunned, and the Russian army fell one after another, and the front did not know what was going on?

When Cheknov reflected, at least three or four hundred people had been knocked out of the horse, Cheknov was surprised, why, the Qing army still has such advanced weapons, how the fuck is this life, he fired two shots, and more than ten bullets from the other side have been sprayed over, the firepower is too fierce!

Cheknov shouted: "The whole army disperses, charges, meets the enemy!" ”

The formation of the Russian army was suddenly dispersed, and at this time, the power of the submachine guns of the Qing army's light cavalry suddenly weakened, and as soon as the personnel dispersed, how could the submachine guns 'shoot'?

Cheknov yelled: "Charge, charge, 'kill' them all, snatch all their weapons!" ”

The Russian army began to charge towards the Qing army, and at this time, the east 'gate' of Baotou City opened, Meng Qingyou led the three hundred cavalry and cavalry battalions of the Baotou City Security Regiment to rush out, and also attacked the back of the Russian army, Cheknov did not expect that the Qing army still had such a strong combat power!

After two pinching attacks, the formation was suddenly 'chaotic', and the Russian army could not withstand such a powerful firepower pincer, and in a small space, it was at a loss.

Cheknov roared: "Retreat, retreat!" ”

The cavalry of the Russian army immediately retreated frantically to the north, and the Qing army pursued for a distance, not daring to go deeper, after all, the troops were too small, and the total was only more than 700 cavalry, and the Russian army had at least more than 1,000 people.

Meng Qingyou gave an order, and the Qing cavalry quickly retreated, did not enter the eastern city, and made a detour to the northern city.

Cheknov withdrew more than ten miles in one breath, only then did he stop fleeing and began to straighten out the men, it was such a moment of war, the Russian army lost seven or eight hundred people, it was too sudden, the Qing army's attack came so quickly, it was completely unexpected!

Meng Qingyou led the cavalry to turn around and go straight to Beicheng, Beicheng is now the Russian army is also attacking frantically, the Qing army in Beicheng has killed and injured five or six hundred people, all of them are those inexperienced green battalion soldiers, the people of the security regiment are tightly guarding this key position, but it seems that it is difficult to last, after all, they only have two hundred people, even if there is a city wall as a cover, dozens of people have been sacrificed, and more than a dozen are seriously injured.

Just when it was very stalemate, Meng Qingyou's cavalry arrived, a hundred light cavalry in front of him opened the way with submachine guns, and the cavalry behind just followed, and a surprise attack reached the back of the Russian army, and in the blink of an eye, dozens of Russian troops were knocked out of their horses. Color', when did there be a deadly cavalry behind him, and hurriedly organized troops to defend, but, the Qing cavalry had already charged, and the Russian army was still moving in place, and the cavalry that charged up was definitely not something that the cavalry could resist standing still, plus the submachine lancer cavalry in front, the powerful impact force, directly impacted the position of the Russian army, and opened a bloody road, Krigin's eyes were already red, and he roared: "Fuck me rush up, you must surround them, charge!" ”

The Russian troops turned their horses' heads and began to charge, but at this time, the Qing army was standing in front of the city 'gate' and began a crazy 'shooting' attack, Fang Yihan on the city 'gate' also ordered artillery and heavy machine gunners to attack, and the two joined forces to see that the Russian army's round of charge was resisted, but it was such a charge, and the combat power of the Qing cavalry was already one-third less, Meng Qingyou shouted: "Get off the horse, pick up all the submachine guns, and withdraw to the city!" ”

Hundreds of cavalry quickly withdrew into Baotou City, if you fight hard, your own strength is definitely not the opponent of the Russian army, after all, Baotou only has more than a thousand 'elite' sharp, and now there are less than a thousand people left.

The Russian army that suffered a heavy blow also began to gather together, and after a day's fighting, the Russian army has lost nearly 2,000 troops, completely because of the unknown enemy situation, Cheknov looked at the battle report and thundered, such a big loss, how can he 'deliver' to the commander?

The army attacked Hohhot, but no thousand men were lost; He has already suffered two thousand casualties in his own attack on Baotou, and he has not even attacked yet, and if he continues, who knows how many troops will die under Baotou City! Such a loss is absolutely unacceptable, after all, they still have to attack Beijing City, only more than 30,000 troops, attacking Beijing City, the pressure is too great.

Čeknov took a deep breath and asked: "Everyone, what should we do now, we have encountered a big problem, if we continue like this, even if we finally capture Baotou City, we will be greatly injured, and we will no longer be able to support the main force, and the casualties are too heavy, Your Excellency the Commander will not let us go easily." ”

Krigin replied: "But, brigade commander, if we retreat like this, we will not be reconciled, we have lost so many troops, we have nothing to gain, even if the commander does not blame us, the ridicule of our colleagues will be unbearable." Cheknov gritted his teeth and shouted: "Temporary truce today, continue to attack with all your strength early tomorrow morning, if there is no progress before the afternoon, we will withdraw our troops on all fronts and rush to Zhangjiakou to join the main force!" Meng Qingyou in the city often breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he passed the first day, the fear of the Qing army was gone, and he would fight again tomorrow, at least he would not be so passive, but he should also be careful, Meng Qingyou ordered to strengthen patrols, and the main army retreated to rest, preparing to fight again tomorrow.