Chapter 1149: The Forced Capture of Bratsk (5)

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Bratsk Castle is a typical Western-style castle, facing the water in the east, relying on the mountain in the west, the whole castle is coiled up the mountain, the cliff is steep in the back mountain, it is difficult to have a foothold, its castle construction is very different from the style of the Sifang City in China, there is no urn city, but there are two arc-shaped city walls before and after, the front is short and the back is high, but even if it is the short one, it is enough to have seven zhang up and down, as for the high one, it is about ten zhang, all are made of large boulders, each has about three zhang wide, the city wall is equipped with a lot of semi-protruding circular bunkers, which can be the key pass of attack and defense, There is a moat about ten zhang wide in front of the city wall, the river water is introduced by the Angara River, it goes around most of the city, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is the most dangerous strategic fortress in Eastern Siberia, although the Qing army oppresses the city, but if you want to fight down, it is not an easy task

Surprise attack is obviously unlikely, eat a long and wise man, the Russian army has strengthened the vigilance everywhere in the castle, not only on the front city wall, but also on the back mountain and other difficult to climb places are no exception, there are teams of patrols patrolling back and forth all the time, even in the dead of night, there has never been the slightest slack, there is no doubt that there is only one way in front of the Qing army in Huashan - strong attack!

Renhe three years of the seventh day of the seventh day of the first month of the first month, the genius just dawned not long, the Qing army after three days of rest finally from the camp lined up, less than half an hour, it has been in the city not everywhere lined up formation, four infantry divisions in front of the line, the artillery division in the center, Ke Luntai self-led cavalry division and the fifth infantry division in the rear pressure formation, is a frontal attack posture.

"Report to the corps commander, the artillery division is ready, please instruct!"

At the end of the hour, the heavy artillery unit at the forefront had already completed all the preparations before the firing began, and Yuan Sheng'an, the commander of the artillery division who was in charge of commanding the operation, did not dare to delay much, and hurriedly sent a communications officer to the Chinese army to report to Ke Luntai.

"Let's get started."

Keluntai looked at the city head expressionlessly, and with a wave of his hand, he had already given the order.

"Yes!"

After the order was issued, the communications officer who came to report did not dare to delay a little, hurriedly and respectfully agreed to the promise, hurriedly rushed back to the front position, and conveyed the order to Yuan Sheng'an.

"All gun positions are available, target: the enemy's first city wall, eight rapid fire, fire!"

As a veteran who participated in the campaign of the Eastern Ying and the Western Expedition, Yuan Shengan has reached the age of transferring to the second line, this expedition, is his last chance to make contributions, a few days ago, although he has also participated in the war, but when it comes to the results, in fact, it is not much, basically in cooperation with the infantry to rush to cross, and now, Fang is the real stage of the artillery division, in this regard, Yuan Shengan has been looking forward to it for a long time, this order to be allowed to fire, even if the spirit is lifted, there is not much nonsense, But seeing that he suddenly waved the small red flag in his hand, he had already ordered in a high-pitched voice.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

With Yuan Sheng'an's order, the artillery division and the artillery regiment of each infantry division at the forefront of the whole army all moved, and the cannon sound rumbled in an instant, and the eight mortar guns were the largest, and each launch was a wave of shaking mountains, no other, the power of such super cannons was too huge - the mortar cannon used by the Qing army was the latest siege weapon developed by the Ministry of Industry, with a caliber of 480 millimeters, a short gun body, and the initial velocity of fire was not very fast, but each shell weighed 600 catties. The cone-shaped giant bullet is filled with high spirits ** and explosive shrapnel, and the lethality is amazing, even if the wall of the Bratsk Castle is made of huge stones, but in the face of such a huge bullet, it is not much stronger than the mud, as long as it is the place of hit, the city wall will inevitably collapse, dust and gunpowder smoke are everywhere, and the rocks are splashed, and the scene can be described as amazing.

The Qing army has always attached great importance to artillery construction, and the group army not only has artillery divisions directly under the army, but also has artillery regiments under the infantry divisions, and each brigade below also has the establishment of artillery battalions. Before the second round of artillery bombardment of the Qing army began, they all fled cleanly.

After the end of the eight rounds of shelling, the Qing army did not launch the artillery bombardment again, but quietly waited for the smoke to dissipate, after a stick of incense, the broken city robbery finally revealed its true face, and there were seven or eight complete collapses, as for the arc-shaped fortresses erected on the outer city wall, they were also basically broken, there was no living Russian soldier on the city wall, and even the Russian army on the second city wall had withdrawn early, leaving only a small part of the observation post still on the city head to observe the movements of the Qing army in fear.

"Mortar artillery and heavy artillery are available, target: the enemy's second city wall, ten rapid fire, fire!"

Seeing that there were not many enemy troops on the second city wall, Yuan Sheng'an did not want to waste more shells of medium anti-aircraft guns and light infantry guns, which mainly focused on killing and wounding soldiers, and only let the heavy artillery and mortar artillery be put into attack again.

The Qing army's heavy artillery and mortar artillery are not fast, but the power is equally amazing, just unhurriedly bombarded round by round, and soon, the second wall of the Bratsk Castle also collapsed, although the gap is much less than the seven or eight places of the first city wall, only three collapsed, but for the Qing army preparing to attack the city, the road to the inner city has been blasted open, and the seemingly impregnable Bratsk Castle is already like a young woman stripped naked. Just wait for the Qing infantry division to go to Linxing.

"Order: The second division will attack immediately, and all artillery divisions and regiments will cooperate in the operation!"

After the smoke cleared, there were gaps in the two walls of the front and rear of the enemy, and Ke Luntai did not intend to wait any longer, but with a wave of his hand, he had already issued the order to charge the city, and sent a whole infantry division of troops for the first attack, obviously preparing to enter the city in one go.

As soon as the Qing infantry rushed like this, even though the Russian observation post at the head of the city sent out a warning signal, immediately, groups of Russian officers and soldiers rushed to the ruined city head and the gap under the supervision of the officers, trying to give the Qing army rushing to the city a bloody baptism.

"All gun positions are there, hit a round of covered shooting, fire!"

The actions of the Russian army had long been expected by Yuan Sheng'an, but he did not rush to order the artillery to be fired, but waited for the vanguard of the second division to rush to a place less than 100 meters away from the city wall, and then waved the small red flag in his hand and gave the order for artillery bombardment again.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Yuan Sheng'an's order, the gunners of the Qing army who had been prepared for a long time pulled the bolt rope almost at the same time, more than 400 cannons roared at the same time, in the rumbling cannonballs, the dense cannonballs smashed the front and back two city walls like rain, and the huge explosions sounded one after another, and the poor Russian officers and soldiers who had just rushed to the head of the city were blown up on the spot. Only the Russian artillery in the city fired a volley, which brought some casualties to the Qing soldiers who stormed the city.

Accelerate, accelerate! The officers and men of the Second Division of the Qing Army had already had such relevant drills to advance with the artillery fire, even though the front was full of smoke and dust, and from time to time there were sporadic shells exploding, but the officers and soldiers did not care, carried a long ladder and rushed into the smoke of gunpowder, quickly built a small bridge between the moat and the gap between the city wall, and rushed through the broken first city wall, braving the sporadic gun attacks of the Russian army, and rushed towards the gap in the second city wall.

"Attention to the artillery, the first artillery brigade, the secret position: four turns and three, four turns and four ......, the second artillery brigade, the secret position is ......, and Lao Tzu will bombard the enemy's artillery position!"

Several artillery positions of the Russian army had just opened fire, and the Qing artillery observation posts had quickly calculated the location of the enemy's artillery positions, and one by one the secret positions were quickly reported to Yuan Sheng'an, in this regard, Yuan Sheng'an did not dare to be a little careless, after a series of orders were issued, the artillery positions of the Qing army quickly adjusted their muzzles according to the instructions, and bombed them wildly, and several rounds of shelling completely destroyed the Russian artillery positions, and effectively supported the siege of the second infantry division.

The Russian army is far inferior to the Qing army in terms of strength and weapons and equipment or training level, and if you want to hold the castle of Bratsk, you can only rely on the city fortifications, and now, with the breakthrough of the second division of the Qing army, the fate of the Russian army's defeat is no longer possible to reverse, but when the mountains and rivers are exhausted, the Russian army still has not appeared large-scale surrender, relying on the complex terrain in the city, and the Qing army that entered the city launched a bloody street battle, trying to rely on the advantages of the terrain to squeeze the Qing army out of the city, There is no doubt that this is just an extravagant hope, and the Qing army, which has two melee weapons such as grenades and revolvers, can not be resisted by the Russian army - it doesn't matter if the roads in the city are not familiar, ** package the road is to open the road, directly blast all kinds of obstacles, whether it is a house or a church, all the way open, and there is no chance for the Russian army to defend according to the danger at all.

With the surrender of the Governor General Barchovsky, the Governor of Eastern Siberia, the sound of guns in the Bratsk Castle gradually subsided, it was a battle, nearly 40,000 Russian troops defending the city were killed more than 13,000, more than 25,000 were captured, only a small number of officers and soldiers took advantage of the chaos to escape from the city, and a general battle related to the overall situation ended with the complete victory of the Qing army......

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