Chapter 150: The Battle of the Blackwater River

Two river ships have been sunk, and three have been heavily damaged, which is equivalent to five river ships being scrapped.

The gunboats were even worse, five were sunk, four were heavily damaged, which is equivalent to nine scrapped, that is, the gunboats have lost more than half, in fact, this is also no way, the gunboats are the main attack firepower of the Tsarist fleet, so they will definitely be taken care of by the Black Dragon Army, and the gunboats are also small in tonnage and are relatively easy to sink.

As for tugboats and freighters, especially freighters, they are almost targets, the speed is slow, the volume is large, and it is difficult not to be sunk, in fact, Yue Weihua originally wanted to tell everyone not to bombard the cargo ship as much as possible, after all, these may be their own trophies, but then I thought about it, this may outweigh the losses, maybe Lao Maozi ran away? After all, this is the first time to bombard the fleet, and to be honest, Yue Weihua is not completely sure.

Moreover, it is estimated that more than 2,000 soldiers have been killed, probably mainly due to the abundance of mortars.

After hearing this message, Grodekov almost went crazy, it was only half an hour, and of course, he also fell into deep thought, thinking about what to do next?

Grodekov's silence made Chief of Staff Paparos jump to his feet in a hurry, and the two major generals and brigade commanders were like ants on a hot pot, after all, they were army infantry brigade commanders, and the eight or nine thousand soldiers of the two brigades were pinned on the fleet, and they could only watch and wait for the verdict of others, and anyone would choose to evacuate, or force landing, so they joined the ranks of persuasion.

"Commander-in-chief, give the order to evacuate, when the time comes, we will advance by land and water, and it will not be too late to compete with each other."

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief, not really. Let's force our landing. ”

"I can't afford to delay, every minute we stay, our losses will be even greater."

……

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Yue Weihua sat on the high ground not far from the artillery position at point C, and from the beginning of the war, he kept sniping with a sniper gun, and the first choice was, of course, hoping to ambush him at Heihetun Wharf and Four Seasons Fishing Village. It can quickly snipe the cockpit of the opponent's ship and snipe the opponent's captain, but although the range of the sniper gun is more than 1,000 meters, it is obviously not enough to see on this battlefield.

"Almost."

In this small half an hour, Yue Weihua sniped the cockpits of at least a dozen ships, which is also one of the important reasons why the Black Dragon Army was able to quickly achieve such results in the initial period of time. After all, once the ship loses power, then the ship will become a live target, and there is basically no possibility of escape.

Now the ships within the range have been basically destroyed, or the sniper cannons can't get much effect, so Yue Weihua put away the sniper cannon, took out the high-powered telescope, and began to look at the overall situation.

"I have to say. The captains of Tsarist Russia are very level, especially the river ships. So far, less than 20% of the losses have been made, and it's all due to them. Yue Weihua said with emotion, this is the essence of a great country, just come to a fleet, those captains are all experienced captains, and the Black Dragon Army. This is not yet the case.

"Commander-in-chief, if Lao Maozi hears this, I'm afraid he will have to vomit three liters of blood." Shen Yin replied with a smile on the side.

It was only half an hour after the start of the war, and in terms of the number of ships alone, almost half of the opponent had been killed. This result, Yue Weihua actually praised other people's boats for driving well, this is not scolding, what is it?

"Hehe, I can't control if I vomit blood or not, but Lao Maozi has a tendency to land on the shore and forcibly land." Yue Weihua said suddenly, because he found that several river ships were heading towards the shore on both sides of the river, obviously looking for a suitable landing site.

"Lao Maozi is right to choose to forcibly land, if they choose to evacuate the battlefield, then even if a few ships escape, it is estimated that there will not be a few left, and the infantry on the ship may suffer more heavy losses, and if we force the landing, if we do not arrange a rear hand, then they may still come to copy our artillery position." Shen Yin analyzed.

Just as Shen Yin analyzed, Grodevkov also thinks so, just half an hour after the start of the war, the other side sank nearly half of their own ships, although it is said that the destroyed cargo ships are the mainstay, the river ships only lost less than two percent, but the gunboats lost more than half, and the ships that have not been sunk at present have also suffered some trauma, and in the next time, I am afraid that the losses are getting faster and faster, if they know, the Black Dragon Army actually hides nearly one-third of the firepower, I am afraid that the idea of evacuating has long been extinct.

"Telegraph all parties, don't hide your firepower, fire with all your might."

Since Lao Maozi wants to forcibly land, naturally there is no need to hide it anymore, at the beginning of hiding firepower, mainly for fear of scaring Lao Maozi away, if the other party chooses to evacuate directly without a fight, then I am afraid that Lao Maozi has already left the battlefield, and its losses will not even be as big as now.

And the battle is in the current situation, Lao Maozi obviously can't evacuate the battlefield with a large army, that may only accelerate the demise, in this case, there is no way to escape, only a forced landing is left.

Although this section of the river is not too suitable for landing, it does not mean that there is no place to land, but the conditions are poor, and the soldiers may have to jump ship and swim over the river bank more than ten meters, or even dozens of meters, before they can land.

Thundered!

Thundered!

Thundered!

Less than three minutes after Yue Weihua's telegram was sent, the artillery of the entire Black Dragon Army ceased to suppress and began to open fire in an all-round way, and the shells of the major field artillery and howitzer heavy artillery positions smashed into the river ships and gunboats in the center of the river, instantly soaring by 30% of the firepower, causing the Tsarist fleet to suffer serious wounds again.

"Bastard, quick, command the fleet with flags, look for the opponent's firepower, land with all your might, and force the landing."

In fact, before Grozhkov gave the order, the captains of the ships had been paying attention to these things, looking for dead corners of firepower, which is probably a bit difficult, but it is still possible to choose to avoid the shelling on one side, as for the forced landing point, this difficulty is there, but the river section is so long, there are always some places that can be used as landing points.

No, as soon as Grodekov's order was issued, most of the river ships began to quickly land towards their predetermined goals, after all, the width of the Heishui River was only a few hundred meters, and it was only three or four hundred meters from the center of the river to the shore on one side, and this distance only took a few minutes for the river ships.

"Forced landing?" Yue Weihua sneered and said, "It seems that Lao Maozi fell into it after all and couldn't pull it out." ”

"Isn't this moving towards our script?" Shen Yin also sneered.

In fact, in Yue Weihua's view, the best way for Tsarist Russia to deal with it is not to think about returning fire when it has just been attacked by artillery, but to directly turn the bow of the ship and quickly withdraw from the battlefield, so that it may be able to keep about half of the river ships and more gunboats.

Secondly, if Grodekov still chooses to evacuate just now, then Tsarist Russia will be able to evacuate at least two or three percent of the river ships safely.

Unfortunately, Grodyokov was not willing to be defeated like this, but chose to gamble that his side would not have many infantry ambushes except artillery.

Of course, Grodevkov is not wrong to think so, after all, they know more or less about the details of the Black Dragon Army, and it is estimated that there are only a few thousand people, but last night Grodevkov also received a telegram that a lot of Black Dragon Army was found on all three sides of Bei'an in the south, Fu Fu in the west, and the town of Aledrovsk in the north, with at least one or two thousand in each direction.

Then here, there shouldn't be many infantry, at most one or two thousand people are remarkable, and on their Tsarist side, the entire fleet has two infantry brigades, an artillery regiment, and a cavalry battalion, and more than 2,000 crew members, even if 3,000 people have been lost, there are still about 10,000 left, even if only half of these 10,000 people can land smoothly, it is enough to annihilate the other party, or even turn defeat into victory.

"Well, telegraphed to the 101st Regiment and the new barracks, telling them that they must wait for the other party's river ships to stop, and even after the Russian soldiers have jumped ship, they will attack again." Yue Weihua commanded.

There were not many places for Tsarist Russia to forcibly land, at least in the three-kilometer interval from position B to position D, there were only seven or eight places, and in these places, sufficient troops were arranged to set up ambushes, and there were many mortars distributed around them.

Thundered!

Thundered!

Thundered!

The bombardment continued, and the artillery fire became more intense, even if the Tsarist fleet chose to land somewhere and forcibly landed, it would still be subjected to ferocious shelling, howitzers, heavy artillery, field artillery, mortars, almost as if they didn't want money, constantly pouring down on these ships.

"Quick, jump down, only twenty or thirty meters away, swim over, and win."

Poof!

Poof!

Under the cover of a gunboat, three river boats took the lead in arriving at their scheduled landing site, just downstream of point B, and the opposite bank still belongs to the territory of Tsarist Russia, of course, there are still twenty or thirty meters away from the shore, and the river ship can no longer drive over, because in the past, it is about to run aground, so the Russian soldiers on the river boat began to jump off the boat one by one like dumplings, after all, this ship is also very unsafe, and the other party's shells are simply shadowy.

The key is that for the infantry, on the ship, it is equivalent to handing over their lives to others, and once they successfully land, their own lives can be decided by themselves, and the other side is still their own territory, so there is no need for any agitation, everyone is rushing to jump down.

In just a few minutes, more than 1,000 Russian soldiers on the two river boats all went down the river, and just as the two river boats were about to stick to the river bank and go down the river, suddenly, on the bank not far away, there was a burst of gunfire.

Thundered!

Thundered!

Da-da-da-da!

Da-da-da-da!

Bang bang bang!

Bang bang bang!

The grenadiers and mortars fired at the same time, and their main targets were the two river ships, while the light and heavy machine guns, submachine guns, and so on all swept towards the Russian soldiers who were swimming towards the shore.

"Enemy attack."

"Damn it."

"Cunning clear dog."

…… (To be continued.) )

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