Chapter 439: Longtou Mountain Blocking Battle (2)
The Russian army in front was on the march, and was bombed by the artillery of the Qing army, and suddenly "disordered" the battalion, "disordered" everywhere, and began to look for a hidden location. -
But they forgot that they were in a minefield, in order to pass as soon as possible, the Russian army only opened up a place more than ten meters wide for marching, and they did not check the open space on both sides, and there were still a lot of mines in the open space. I don't know how many mines there are; Standing still? That is the live target of the Qing army's artillery, and only the life of being blown up is lost.
Kuropatkin, who was behind, felt a pain in his heart and shouted: "The forward troops will withdraw immediately!" Mobilize the artillery battalion and give me the enemy forces to storm the mountains! ”
Soon, the Russian forward with heavy casualties retreated, and in just a few hours, more than half of the troops of the regiment in front of them had been killed or wounded, either by mines or by artillery, it was so fucking unlucky to encounter such a cunning Qing army!
At this time, the two heavy artillery battalions of the Russian army had also reached the front of the position and began a fierce bombardment.
Cai Ye shouted: "All personnel immediately enter the pit to hide!" ”
It has been three days since they arrived here, and then the fortress here has been constructed intensively, and the trench fortifications and circular tunnels here have been built quite completely, they are all students of the Martial Arts Academy, and they know everything about the construction of the fortifications, for them, this is a piece of cake.
The men of the Independent Regiment hid in the circular tunnel, preserving the vitality to the greatest extent.
The Russian artillery fire continued for a full hour before it stopped.
Kuropatkin saw that the time was almost up, and with such a fierce heavy artillery attack, their fortifications would definitely be destroyed, so he ordered: "The first regiment, the third regiment immediately assault, capture the commanding heights of the hill ahead, and ambush the whole army of the Qing army!" ”
Two regiments of Russian troops, more than 3,000 people began to launch an offensive towards the position of Longtou Mountain, the Russian army howled and rushed to the opposite side, without waiting for the Russian army to rush to the foot of the mountain, the artillery fire of the independent regiment began to exert its might again, all kinds of artillery kept hitting the shells, blowing up the foot of the mountain into gunsmoke, the surrounding trees have been seriously destroyed, and even burned, at the same time the Makqin heavy machine gun of the independent regiment also began to roar, forming a tight fire network at the foot of the mountain, suppressing all the Russian troops at the foot of the mountain.
Kuropatkin woke up to the fact that this Qing army was too strong, and his one-hour attack did not inflict a devastating blow to the enemy's offensive and firepower, and their firepower was too fierce to rush through at all!
In desperation, Kuropatkin had to order the withdrawal of two infantry regiments first, and began to launch artillery bombardment on the Qing army, and at the same time, with the artillery bombardment, ordered the heavy machine gun formation to start to advance forward, the battle situation was favorable to the terrain, the fire counterattack was implemented, and the armies of both sides began a full-scale battle!
The firepower of the Russian army was too fierce, and the 'engagement' began at noon, and when it was close to evening, the powerful trench fortifications were now a little unbearable, and such a powerful artillery bombardment began to appear seriously damaged, and Cai Ye had to order the independent regiment to urgently build fortifications, but now the mountains are full of scorched earth, and the fortifications are difficult to build at all.
Cai Ye and the other three are also starting to get anxious now, although the three of them are smart enough, but after all, it is the first time to lead troops, and when they encounter an emergency, they can't help but be a little panicked; Moreover, the casualties of the independent regiment have also begun to rise, in this way, I want to hold on until tomorrow afternoon, but it is very difficult, after all, there are still fortifications to hide today, once all the fortifications are destroyed, the casualties of the independent regiment will definitely rise in a straight line!
Cai Yi said: "Order, order the brethren, reduce the area of defense, abandon the first line of defense, and retreat to the second line of defense. We resist every step and fight hard here, we can't afford to consume it, and once the casualties are too large, the three of us will kill the general. ”
The soldiers of the Independent Regiment took advantage of the darkness of night to begin to retreat to the second line of defense, leaving the first line of defense empty.
At the foot of the mountain, the anxious Kuropatkin roared: "Don't stop the attack, the second regiment, the fifth regiment immediately, replace the first regiment and the third regiment to attack, don't stop, in one go, you must take Longtou Mountain!" ”
Soon the Japanese army completed the 'handover', and the strength of two more regiments continued to be engaged in the attack.
Zhang Xiaohuai scolded angrily on the mountain: "Fuck! Tsarist Russia bullied us with few people, and if we continue to attack like this, our brothers will not be able to rest at all, and we will be tired and lie down! ”
Jiang Baili said: "Songpo, I think we have to change the posture of stubbornness, this is too passive." ”
Cai Yi nodded and said: "Well, I think so too, Baili, you lead a company of this machine gun battalion to go around the mountain from the side, and fiercely come to the flank of the Russian army, attract their attention to the past, pay attention to preserving strength as much as possible, every brother is our most valuable treasure, don't fall in love with war, just attract their attention to the past, and immediately retreat towards the mountain!" “
Jiang Baili nodded, turned around and went down to prepare.
After a short time, a small group of 'elite' soldiers, with submachine guns in their hands and grenades wrapped around their waists, rushed to the flank of the Russian army, and at a distance of forty or fifty meters from the Russian army, Jiang Baili listened to it and waved his hand, which means that he greeted them with grenades first!
In this way, more than a hundred grenades, drawing a beautiful arc, flew to the top of the Russian army, and the Russian army here was not aware of it, and did not notice the danger at all, and when the first grenade exploded, they didn't know what was going on, and it was already blown up.
Immediately after that, the second wave of grenades also flew over, and at this time, the Russian army began to shout: "Enemy attack!" Enemy attack ......"
The Russians moved quickly, but the first 'wave' grenade still caused them huge losses, and at this time, a group of Russian troops had begun to assemble, ready to attack in the direction of the flank and destroy this enemy force.
Jiang Baili looked at the enemy army in front of him and shouted: "Ready, they are rushing over, give them another 'wave' grenade!" ”
The brothers of the machine gun battalion instantly raised their arms, and dozens of grenades flew over, the Russian army had no experience with this kind of grenade, and they didn't know how to dodge, and they suffered heavy casualties for a while, and at least a third of the two hundred Russian troops who attacked fell, and the other more than 100 Russian troops suddenly lay on the ground in fright, dodging the enemy's bombs. At this time, the Russian army had already reached Kuropatkin's ears, and Kuropatkin frowned and looked at Matsumura Chimoto. Matsumura Chimoto said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency the Governor, these Qing troops are using their unique weapons - hand-thrown bombs, which run out after pulling the lead, and explode in an instant, which will bring great lethality to the enemy, but we have not yet mastered their manufacturing technology, except for Germany and Chinese tigers, no country can produce this kind of weapon!" ”