Chapter 422: There are jackals in front and tigers and leopards in the back
Dozens of grenades exploded in front of the first battalion, and dozens of black plumes of smoke rose into the air, immediately forming a smoke screen in front of the first battalion, blocking the figures of hundreds of soldiers of the first battalion. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Under the suppression of nearly 100 light and heavy machine guns of the Liaodong Army, the Russian army had very few opportunities to counterattack.
In addition, they suddenly lost their shooting target, and the Russian army, which was pressed to the ground and unable to move, could only shoot blindly in front of them.
As a result, the casualties of the first battalion were much less.
Seeing that the grenade was useful, the battalion commander's eyes lit up, and he immediately ordered his subordinates to continue throwing grenades while attacking forward.
"The battalion commander of this battalion is not bad, he even thought of covering his attack with the smoke from the explosion of a grenade." Wang Hu, who had been keeping an eye on the battle situation, couldn't help but say with a sigh of relief.
The chief of staff said with a look of agreement: "If there is no grenade cover, even if this battalion rushes to the front of the Russian position, it will be disabled, and it will lose the ability to continue the attack......
"Division commander, judging from the situation on the battlefield, the effect of grenade cover is good. At the current rate of loss of the first battalion, the first battalion can rush to the Russian positions with a maximum loss of two platoons and tear the Russian positions apart with grenades......"
"When we go back, we must cover the attack with grenades, and this tactic must be common to every battalion, even every company and platoon."
Wang Hu decisively decided: "This is okay, the supply of grenades in the headquarters is now sufficient, and it can be promoted......"
"Also, after the battle, ask the battalion to write a summary of the battle, and I want to know how they came up with the idea of using grenades to cover the attack."
As a battlefield veteran, Wang Hu still has the most basic battlefield inference ability.
After using more than a thousand grenades in a row, the 1st battalion finally attacked to a position less than fifty meters from the Japanese line.
And the losses of one battalion were only two platoons when they were full.
As the first battalion got closer and closer to the Russian army, the light machine gun held by the first battalion was condescending, and the Russian army lying on the ground was miserable. More and more Russian troops were shot in their hearts and lay on the ground that they could no longer die.
It's at this critical juncture. In addition to the machine gunners, the first battalion had more than 300 riflemen left, and at the same time threw a grenade at the Russian position.
Some grenades exploded when they landed, and some exploded directly in the air......
Wait for the loud explosion to pass. The Russian army was at the front, and a battalion was directly enveloped in gunsmoke, and it became motionless at all.
"Machine gun grenade cover, continue to attack......" ordered the battalion commander who had already killed the red eye.
The deputy battalion commander who followed him did not forget to add: "Rifleman, don't forget to mend the knife to Lao Maozi, it's okay not to attack." was injured by the cold gun of the old Maozi's wounded soldiers.
In the same way, the first battalion quickly occupied the second line of defense hastily laid out by the Russian troops, eating up one of their battalions again.
At this time, the only remaining battalion of the Russian army had lost a company under the suppression and strafing of all the light and heavy machine gun fire of the 1st Division.
Seeing that the two battalions in front of him were wiped out in the blink of an eye, not only the remaining ordinary soldiers, but even the Russian regiment commander and chief of staff also showed expressions of fear on their faces.
It is not known which soldier took the lead and fled for his life.
The remaining hundreds of men in the regiment fled for their lives as if they had been infected with the plague, and many of them were officers.
Face this situation. The head of the regiment was very unwilling.
However, in the absence of troops, the regiment commander was unable to stop the attack of the Liaodong Army. In the end, he could only flee for his life with the rout under the protection of the guards.
After seeing the battlefield situation in his eyes, Wang Hu did not have much joy on his face.
In the assault battle just now, the troops had already been delayed here for more than ten minutes.
Wang Hu is sure that now there must be Russian reinforcements rushing here frantically to destroy themselves.
Because no one wants to have an army hidden in their rear that could threaten their security at any time.
So. As soon as he received the news, Wang Hu ordered with a serious face: "Order the chief of staff, the second regiment will leave a battalion to clean up the battlefield for a maximum of twenty minutes." This battalion had to retreat...... The rest of the troops of the 2nd Regiment continued to advance forward ......"
"Three regiments, protect the prisoners and artillery, quickly get out of here......"
"If there is a captive who is disobedient, I agree with him to kill a few people...... In order for the brothers to return to Liaozhong smoothly, the critical moment. There are not so many rules! ”
After the reinforcements of a regiment of the Russian army hurried to the battlefield, except for the corpses of the Russian troops everywhere, they did not even see the shadow of the attacker.
Because it is still dozens of kilometers away from the territory of the Liaodong Army, the commander of the Russian army who led the team began to pursue without thinking about it.
At the same time, the regiment commander also sent a lot of cavalry to drive the front of the first division, and notified the defenders in front to stop the sneak attackers who rushed to the hinterland of the Russian army.
In the case that the Japanese army had superior artillery, the Russian army fought very aggrieved on the front line, and every officer participating in the battle was holding back a belly of anger.
Although the specific identity of the attacker is not yet known, through the bullet casings left on the battlefield by the attacker, the Russian army immediately thought of the Japanese army.
As a result, these Russian troops, who were holding back their anger on the front line, were eager to find and catch up with the first division disguised as the Japanese army, and vent all their anger on the attackers.
Wang Hu took the capture, and less than five kilometers away from the battlefield, a battalion behind the palace sent a herald.
"Report to the division commander, our battalion commander reported that a regiment of the Russian army followed us and caught up. In ten minutes at most, they will catch up with us, whether to fight or retreat, and ask the division commander to give an order. ”
Wang Hu's brows furrowed, and before he could speak, another herald rushed over and reported: "Division commander, chief of staff report that the cavalry company has found a main regiment of the Russian army two kilometers in front, and this regiment is building a blocking position......"
"A regiment in front is blocking the way, and a regiment in the back is pursuing, Lao Maozi will not give up if we don't take it!" Wang Hu frowned and said in a heavy tone.
Under the gaze of more than a dozen pairs of eyes, Wang Hu only thought for a minute before deciding: "If you want to go back, there is only one way: quickly break through the old Maozi in front of you to intercept." Then teach the pursuers a profound lesson, so that they don't dare to pursue us so closely......"
"Go back and tell your battalion commander, I will immediately order all the heavy machine gunners of the third regiment to bring their equipment and the heavy machine guns that they captured just now to report to him, and find a way to use these heavy machine guns to ambush the Russian pursuers, and teach them a hard lesson......"
"Inform the chief of staff that I will give him all the light machine guns of the two regiments, and draw another 2,000 grenades from the third regiment to him, and the cavalry company, guard battalion, and reconnaissance company directly under the division headquarters will all be under his command. At most twenty minutes, it is necessary to break through the Russian army to intercept ......"
Because Xiao Bing was still two kilometers away from the Russian army's blocking position, the battle of the first battalion behind the palace of the third regiment was the first to start.
Coupled with the heavy machine guns captured by the Russian army along the way, the number of heavy machine guns in the hands of the first battalion is almost forty.
In addition, there are slopes on both sides of the official road, which is very suitable for concealment and guerrilla fighting.
The battalion commander directly lined up the heavy machine guns and arranged them on the slope next to the official road at an interval of 20 meters, and hundreds of riflemen were also scattered among the heavy machine guns.
The reason why the battalion commander dared to arrange an ambush battle so casually was not because the battalion commander was arrogant, but because the pursuing Russian army was too arrogant.
A regiment of nearly 2,000 Russian troops, huddled together, carrying all kinds of light and heavy weapons, closely followed the Liaodong Army in pursuit, and did not even send the most basic scouts. (To be continued.) )