Chapter 1197: Howling Tiger Artillery
The next day came quickly.
As soon as the sky brightened, the artillery of the Tsarist Russian army remembered again, this time, the shells of the Russian artillery did not cover the entire position, but concentrated on the heavy machine gun positions at the forefront of the position, attack!
The four artillery regiments were put into attack at the same time, and more than 200 artillery pieces, shells flew one after another, with a huge roar, and landed on the positions one after another, and the huge explosions set off waves of air, and the flank positions of the two people's armies were destroyed beyond recognition by the shells, and the pungent smell of gunpowder was everywhere.
Valerian's goal is very clear that he is to attack with all his might, in the shortest possible time, to destroy the heavy machine gun positions of the Chinese People's Army as much as possible, and their heavy machine gun positions must be destroyed, even if all the shells are fired, this goal must be completed, as long as their heavy machine gun positions are destroyed, then the Russian army can take down Shuangchengzi only by relying on infantry assault!
The arrogant artillery bombardment to the extreme made the officers and men of the first division have to withdraw all the heavy machine guns into the tunnels, dodging the artillery fire in front, even so, the incomparably fierce artillery fire still caused a lot of damage to the heavy machine gun positions, just to three or four o'clock in the afternoon, there were no less than thirty or forty heavy machine guns on the two positions were blown up by shells, and the powerful firepower also made the trench fortifications and tunnels at the front line become fragmented, and no longer the previous solidity, the People's Army also began to suffer casualties.
Valerian watched quietly from behind, most of the day's bombing, this time the bombing was much more effective than yesterday's, yesterday's bombing was all aimless bombing, far less fierce than today's artillery, so clear, just looking at the fortifications on the opposite position, you can know that the opponent has also paid the price today!
"Pass the order, mobilize four cavalry divisions, and charge!"
Valerian shouted.
"General Valerian, the battlefield space is small, there is no need for us to send four cavalry regiments, two cavalry regiments to charge, it is enough, as long as we rush to the opposite position, the heavy machine gun fire will inevitably be completely destroyed by our cavalry!"
Jangovich on the side said urgently.
Valerian nodded, and finally changed his order: "Order, the 25th Cavalry Regiment and the 27th Corps, take the lead in the charge!" The two cavalry regiments in the back are ready to pick up at any time! ”
At the sound of an order, the two cavalry regiments rushed towards the opposite position, and the current heavy machine guns are really unrealistic to think about killing the entire cavalry regiment like yesterday, one is that most of their heavy machine guns have entered the tunnel, evading the bombardment of artillery, and the second is that the cavalry is scattered and charged, no longer as dense as yesterday, and the cavalry speed far exceeds the infantry, and if you want to annihilate the cavalry, it is overwhelming.
Whether it was Luo Cheng or Tian Zhenyu, the faces of the two of them began to become solemn, and the appearance of the cavalry was the real test faced by the first division!
"Order, immediately push out the heavy machine guns, defend with all your might, absolutely not let the cavalry rush into our position, order the infantry behind, start firing, provide fire support!"
Heavy machine gun fire and infantry began to fire at full load again, and the bullets were dense again, but just relying on the current heavy machine gun fire and infantry, the cavalry launched an assault under the cover of artillery, and it is really difficult to say whether the victory or defeat will be said.
Two Cossack cavalry regiments launched a surprise attack, and the cavalry rushed like lightning towards the two positions of the 1st Division with terrifying momentum.
The gunfire on the heavy machine gun position had just begun to sound, but what I didn't expect was that in the distance, the artillery of the 1st Division behind actually launched a ferocious artillery bombardment towards the forward position!
From the central position of the second division to the forward positions on the left and right flanks, the distance is more than six kilometers, even so, the artillery shells of the first division artillery regiment easily hit the front of the two flank positions, one shell after another accurately fell on the battlefield, a huge explosion, deafening, every moment of the artillery on the battlefield brought a huge deterrent to the cavalry!
Even Valery in the rear was stunned, this, this is still artillery? Is this still a shell? How can the power of the explosion be so great, just from the sound of the explosion, you can judge that the power of the explosion is more than twice as powerful as the Russian artillery shells! Moreover, this range, this range is too far!
From what ground? If you hadn't watched it with a telescope yourself, you wouldn't have seen it at all! In the telescope, these shells were fired from at least six or seven kilometers away, and it is really unbelievable that they can accurately land on the position at such a long distance!
Could it be that the Chinese People's Army has even pulled up the heavy coastal defense artillery on the coastal defense fortress? Impossible, absolutely impossible! A shore defense gun weighs no less than thirty or forty tons, and even if it is equipped with wheels, it requires at least ten or more horses to pull it!
If it's not a shore defense artillery, what shell can have such power? Such a long range?
Valerian and Jangovich were a little dumbfounded, they couldn't imagine that the opponent's artillery was so powerful, even more powerful than the most advanced rifled running of the Russian army!
Of course, with such advanced and powerful artillery, the entire Chinese People's Army was only equipped with one artillery regiment of the First Division, and all other divisions or regiments did not have time to equip it.
This is the Xiaotian Tiger artillery that has just been developed and produced by the Huaxia Military Industry Group! The latest rear-loading rifled running, and the artillery shells are the use of the latest research and development of safety explosives, the current Nobel under the guidance of Guo Ye, not only has determined the production ratio of safe nitrification * glycerin explosives, but also the formula of the explosives of the ladder * en * ladder has been made, and the Huaxia Military Industry Group soon used these new explosives on the new type of artillery shells.
Due to the short time, the artillery and ammunition produced by the military industrial complex can only supply the equipment of one division, and no matter how much, it will not be able to produce it; after all, if you want to expand production with a new type of technology, it is impossible to break through the scale of production without a period of running-in.
However, just equipped with an artillery regiment, the power of this new type of artillery has also frightened Valerian and Jangovich, not only frightened several of their senior generals, but also the cavalry on the battlefield was chaotic, the explosion of the distance brought by the air wave and the sound of the huge explosion, so that the cavalry and the horses encountered great fear, one by one the cavalry and the horses were blown into the sky, and the rhythm of the cavalry charge was completely disrupted by the sudden artillery fire!
By the time the cavalry restrained the formation and launched the attack again, the heavy machine-gun fire on the two flank positions had already roared again, and the bullets sprayed from the sky were roaring, and the cavalry no longer had the slightest chance! (To be continued.) )
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