Chapter 861: Growing up in the flames of war
In order to eat the vanguard of the Russian army, the Wehrmacht really paid a lot of price.
The consequence of concentrating its forces on the vanguard brigade was that the Wehrmacht's blocking forces were also bullied by the Russian army during this night.
The lethality of artillery is very small, and in this current environment, even the explosive power of rockets has been greatly reduced by mud and stagnant water. But Lao Maozi also has warriors who brave muddy water and charge into battle.
Even if the Wehrmacht tried to fight bayonet battles, the small number of troops was a major weakness of the blocking force.
Wei Xiuzhi had sent troops to reinforce him, but that was only a small part. There are only two battalions!
Just when the main force of the Wehrmacht had completely encircled and annihilated the vanguard brigade of the Russian army, and then straightened out the defensive line, captured the prisoners, and gathered the troops in the dark night, and everything was almost busy, another battalion of troops was transferred to reinforce the blocking force. At this time, the offensive launched by the Russian army not only did not slow down due to the 'disappearance' of the vanguard position, but the offensive became more fierce.
In the headquarters of the Russian army, Rumyantsev held a glass wine glass in his hand, and the red liquor covered the bottom of the glass. Rumyantsev's eyes were fixed on the map in front of him, and the whole person seemed to be immobilized, and he did not move. Just sitting in front of the map, two hours have passed unconsciously.
The staff officers, officers, and soldiers of the Russian army inside and outside the command headquarters did not dare to speak loudly and shouted loudly. Because everyone knows that Rumyantsev is waiting for good news from the front.
When is the decisive battle on the banks of the Kama River?
This is a multiple-choice question.
The options focus on one question – whether the vanguard of the Russian army was eaten by the Chinese first, but not whether the Wehrmacht blocking force was broken by the Russian army first.
Behind the blocking forces of the Wehrmacht is their main force, and the reason why the Chinese only arranged such a small number of people to fight the blocking is to win more and better rest time for their main forces. Therefore, the key is still in the vanguard of the Russian army.
If this vanguard can hold out for five days, preferably a week, Rumyantsev will order a real decisive battle between the Russian army and the Wehrmacht.
But if the vanguard brigade is annihilated by the Chinese one step ahead, then on the day when the Chinese fight the war of annihilation, it will be the best opportunity for the Russian army.
Because this day is the time when the physical and mental consumption of Chinese is the greatest. Missed this day, this war, the Russian army lost by seven points.
With the elimination of the vanguard brigade, the morale of the Chinese will inevitably rise, while the morale of the Russian army will definitely be frustrated. At the same time, the strength of the Russian army will also be at a disadvantage, and the vanguard brigade will have six or seven thousand troops.
Even if the Chinese pay a certain price, it is impossible to fight one-to-one, and Poltavchenko does not have such great ability.
Therefore, Rumyantsev, after perceiving the sound of troops in the direction of the vanguard brigade, also played all the cards in his hand. Even the Cossacks, who were on standby near the headquarters, if necessary, would return these people from four to two legs, and then fill in the key points.
Blocking the command of the troops, Jiang Xiaoxian, chief of staff of the regiment, said to Chen Baoguang, the officer of the regimental guard: "Xiao Chen, don't be nervous, the Russians are far away from eating us." "Although the regiment that acts as the blocking force is not full, it also has 2,4500 men, and with the support of three battalions, the total strength is close to 4,000.
Jiang Xiaoxian didn't dare to guarantee that they would be able to withstand the Russian army all the time, but it was just tonight that Jiang Xiaoxian felt that it would definitely not be a problem.
As a descendant of martyrs, Jiang Xiaoxian did not have the ambition of becoming a marquis in his heart, his goal was only to be a general. His father is Jiang Tianfang, who died in Suzhou during the war in Jiangnan, and Jiang Dad was a battalion-level officer at that time, and it can be said that he was the first battalion officer first-class officer to die in the Fu Han Army since it became an army. If he hadn't died, his father would have been more than just a posthumously awarded the rank of general.
The general is not a problem, and the general can also look forward.
Jiang Xiao is not ambitious at first, his initial goal is to make the Jiang family's 'general' worthy of the name, and then to look for higher mountains.
As for Chen Baoguang, that is the son of the Chen family.
The Chen family seized the world, not to mention the ascension of chickens and dogs, but it was almost the same. This also made their descendants really raise a group of gentlemen and a batch of waste firewood, such as Chen Zifeng at the beginning.
But in the same way, there are also many children of the Chen family who can write and martial arts. It can be said that the growth and living environment of these second generations is already better than that of their parents and mothers when they were children. These people have the capital to learn literature and martial arts and regardless of the cost, as long as the parents are stricter and the children themselves can understand what is good or bad, then of course a group of people will eventually come out.
Chen Baoguang is one of them.
The rank of the officer of this regiment of guards is half a rank higher than that of ordinary officers, and although the rank is still sergeant, he enjoys the treatment of deputy battalion. He is only twenty-one years old, and he can definitely be regarded as a talent.
The regimental chief, regimental deputy and instructor in the regiment headquarters were all gone, and these three had already personally led the troops into battle, only Chief of Staff Jiang with gauze wrapped in his head remained. He had been on the front line before, and then he was bitten by a piece of iron that flew from a rocket.
The guard team led by Chen Baoguang was a large establishment of 200 people, but soon, he could no longer stay in the regimental headquarters.
"Baoguang, Chen Baoguang!" But it was the regimental instructor who ran back to the headquarters covered in blood, and he didn't have time to be polite to Jiang Xiaoxian, so he grabbed the tea jar in front of Chief of Staff Jiang and drank the whole jar in one go.
"Assemble the guards at once." Putting down the teapot, the instructor didn't wipe his mouth, and gave orders in a quick tone.
There's nothing to say, as soon as he saw this, Jiang Xiaoxian knew that there was a leak in the position.
Although the position is not so short of troops that only the guards remain, for the sake of long-term consideration, those battalions that have retired to rest and reorganized should be allowed to rest as much as possible.
Putting the new force of the guard on top, buying time for the retreating team, and allowing them to breathe, can be exchanged for greater benefits.
As soon as the words fell, Chen Baoguang hurriedly got up and rushed out of the command headquarters, and shouted murderously at the officers and soldiers of the guard team who were sitting and resting or lying down on the dirt steps of the trench outside: "Guards, urgently assemble!" ”
The practice of Chen Han's army, the system established in the early years of the army's great reorganization, eliminated the traditional 'pro-soldier' system, and changed it to a guard unit and guards.
Basically, the division has a guard regiment, the brigade has a guard battalion, the regiment has a guard team, the battalion has a guard platoon, and the team has a guard squad, and the formation of the guard unit is overstaffed, for example, the current guard team has a full 200 people, not to mention the number of people more than the ordinary team, the firepower is even more ferocious, and all the soldiers are equipped with cuirasses and short guns.
"All of them, to the right...... Keep up, stand upright, and take a break! ”
To the guard unit worthy of the regimental headquarters, the assembly speed is extremely fast. At this time, the regimental instructor had already rushed out of the headquarters, "Brothers, the position of the second battalion and the first team has been lost. All officers and men below the rank of officer were killed in battle. The Russians have opened a crack in our line. Although this crack is very narrow and small, if we don't plug it first, this crack will eventually swallow up the results of our entire regiment's struggle. ”
All the officers and men of the guard immediately stood up in unison.
The instructor's eyes were like knives, and he coldly swept over the faces of the 200 officers and soldiers of the team, and said in a cruel voice: "Let us retake the position, brothers, all follow me!" With that, the instructor and Chen Baoguang took the lead and turned away, and the officers and soldiers of the whole team responded with a bang, like a gust of wind.
In less than twenty minutes, the guards passed through the communication trench where the water did not reach the calf, and came to the main position of the second battalion, and the shadow of the Russian army had already appeared in front of the position. They rolled up the officers and men of the 2nd Battalion who were struggling to resist, and advanced little by little towards the core position of the 2nd Battalion.
As soon as they went up to the rear of the main position of the second battalion, they were greeted by endless wails and screams, as well as a thick bloody atmosphere, and the soldiers of the guard were calm. They are all veterans, what scene haven't they seen?
At the beginning of the siege of Omsk, which position was not full of light and serious wounded in the specially set up medical center? The entire trench can be stuffed to the brim.
When cleaning up the battlefield, some soldiers broke their legs, lost their arms, and rolled in pain in a pool of blood and wailed, and many veterans of the guard had covered the wounds of the wounded soldiers in an attempt to stop the bleeding, while turning their heads and shouting hoarsely: "Hygienist, where is the hygienist?" experience.
There are also many people who have seen their comrades-in-arms and brothers, who have not had time to be properly treated, bleeding alive and dying, and when they die, they are still lying quietly at the bottom of the trenches, staring at the sky filled with gunpowder with empty eyes.
There are even people who have personally 'relieved' their comrades-in-arms.
Yes, the wars of this era have too many wounds that are irreparable. Even the doctors and doctors in the field hospital know that there is an open unspoken rule in the military medical system - the real seriously wounded will not be treated. Unless there is a situation where there is no shortage of manpower and medicine. But that's not going to happen here.
For those wounded who are waiting to die, giving them a shot/knife is not ruthless, but really doing good deeds and relieving them of their pain as soon as possible.
When you encounter that kind of thing, the first time you will feel the hairs on your body stand up, and the musket that is as light as a straw on weekdays will be heavier than Mount Tai at that time.
But after two or three ......, when they bump into each other again and again, habit becomes natural, and a recruit truly grows into a veteran.
No one is born a Predator, and no matter how good a fighter is, he grows up from a new recruit. The boot camp will teach them all the skills to be a good soldier, but it is the real battlefield that makes them truly strong. Because the battlefield can give them a strong heart.
Chen Baoguang took out his saber, "Brothers, our regiment is the first in the entire Northwest Military Region in fighting bayonets, and our guard team is the first in our regiment in fighting bayonets. No one should be ashamed today. Listen to my orders, I count to three, and everyone rushes up together, shoots first, and then kills these dogs! ”
"these old hairy people!"
"Turtle sons, kill them!"
"the scum!"
The veterans of the guard from all over the world agreed with a bang, and they clenched the muskets in their hands and the muskets with bayonets loaded. Their eyes shone with a resolute gaze that was stronger than the mountains and bloodthirstier than the wolves.
There was a dead silence in the trenches, but on the ground, the gunfire and explosions were getting more and more intense, and the Russian roars were getting closer.
"One!"
"Two!"
"Three!"
As soon as the words fell, Chen Baoguang took the lead in turning over and jumping onto the trench, and the double-barreled handcuffs across his chest snapped two shots at the two tall Russian soldiers who rushed to the front. Because of the fear of accidental injury - the Russian army and the soldiers of the second battalion are all staggered, so grenades cannot be thrown, and platoon guns cannot be fired, but handcuffs can.
The soldiers of the Guard are all equipped with a double-barreled handcuff, which is the 'preferential treatment' of the Guard. And if you have money in your hands, you can also buy a second handcuff from the army, so at this time, three or four hundred handcuffs have already spewed fire fiercely to the front. Almost instantly, hundreds of fierce Russian soldiers fell to the ground.
In every battle, the soldier who rushes to the front is the bravest soldier in the entire unit. The fall of these hundreds of Russian soldiers cannot be regarded as ordinary hundreds of Russian soldiers.
On that rainy night, after paying heavy casualties, the Russian army once advanced the front to a distance of less than two hundred meters from the headquarters of the blocking force! But they did not grasp this opportunity in the end, and before dawn, Rumyantsev sighed and ordered the Russian army to switch from offensive to defensive. The opportunity in front of him has been missed, and he needs to think about the next battle.
It is no longer how to win this battle, but how to preserve the existing units of the Russian army and withdraw from the battle safely.
Both sides were so tired that a "tacit understanding" had been formed between them - the explosions and shouts of the night had died down before dawn!
In the wasteland full of mud and sand, soldiers on both sides began to desperately build defensive positions between battles! Cheap wood became the most valuable military supply at this moment.
"Your Excellency, just eat a little!" A Russian staff officer carefully holds a fragrant lunch box, compared to the phenomenon that ordinary Russian soldiers can't even eat a mouthful of hot rice, Rumyantsev's life is still so 'colorful'. Even though there is no neat dining table, snow-white tablecloths, clean porcelain plates and cutlery, and only a lunch box with the same food as a 'hodgepodge', it is not too much more abundant than ordinary Russian soldiers. "You haven't eaten a bite in almost a day!"
Since yesterday's breakfast, Rumyantsev has only drunk two glasses of wine, and now that it is already dark, it will not be a whole day. Rumyantsev did not eat and did not close his eyes and sleep for a minute.
Rumyantsev, dressed in a neat marshal's uniform, was silent for a moment, but still took the lunch box. Although he didn't have the heart to eat at all, he knew that he couldn't fall down at this time.
He had to muster up the strength to separate his troops from the Chinese, but he could not withdraw his troops immediately. In that case, it will be easy for the Russian army to let out its last breath, and if the Chinese pursue it again, it will be all over.
In this way, it is good that the two sides want to return to the stage of confrontation, and they are afraid that the Chinese will immediately start an explosive war [rockets].
Rumyantsev is also not afraid that the Chinese will immediately start a counteroffensive, and although the strength of the Russian army is weaker than that of the Chinese army, it is not a one-shot collapse. If the Chinese attack fiercely, they will be filled with blood, and then the balance of the war will be restored.
What Rumyantsev is most afraid of is that the Chinese, like a piece of kraft candy, are always stained with the Russian army, only fighting for consumption - rockets, and delaying the recovery of the morale of the Russian army.
But the first meal after dawn was still peaceful.
The rain finally stopped.
Black smoke billowed from the positions on both sides, a natural reaction to the burning of rain-soaked wood. This also shows that both sides are living and cooking.
When the rain stopped, the wind stopped, the air was fresh, and visibility returned to its original distance. Thanks to the 'blessing' of the telescope, people on both sides can clearly see the food of the other side's frontline positions.
The Wehrmacht raised the balloon, and the Russians rebuilt the watchtower.
From the pictures seen, the hierarchy within the Russian army is very strict, not only between officers and soldiers, but also between soldiers, and their food levels are also very different.
Elite soldiers and ordinary soldiers, ordinary soldiers and militia. The worst soldiers seemed to have potatoes and soybeans, and the better ones had a loaf or two of brown bread. The officers had side dishes, meatballs, pickled cucumbers, drinks, and white bread. Senior officers will also have drinks and smoked sausages, caviar, meat steaks, roast chicken, etc.
In the end, of course, this refers to the army in the state of stationing. In the middle of the war, it seems to be bread with potato broth and a glass of wine.
- The high-ranking officers all ate in the tents, and they couldn't be seen, but the plates of food that came out of the kitchen with the lid covered, although they were not very intimate, the contents of the food were certainly not bad.
Although there are good and bad, in general, most of the Russian soldiers eat badly. Not to mention that the nutrition is reasonable, it is good to be able to fill the stomach.
"The food of the Russian army is really bad......"