Chapter 137: Contrast Between Before and After
Yilie Mountain.
Yilie Mountain is located about 30 kilometers away from the west of Boketu Town, it is a lonely mountain on the grassland, the mountain is not high about 100 meters, and it covers an area of only a few miles, but the Binzhou Railway built by Lao Maozi is passed through from the foot of Yilie Mountain, and the official road from Boketu to Yakeshi also passes through here.
The remnants of the cavalry brigade of the Northwest Route Army of Tsarist Russia were defeated, and after more than two hours of continuous escape, they finally came to Yilie Mountain at more than two o'clock in the morning.
In the makeshift tent, the atmosphere was very oppressive.
The commander of the cavalry brigade, Major General and Brigade Commander Gudre, looked around and found that there were more than half of the officers above the battalion level, and even the Chief of Staff of the Major General, Rolgen, was no longer in the camp.
"How about reporting on the situation of each regiment and battalion?"
Goodred had to break the oppressive atmosphere, although he suffered a defeat, but the days must go on, the summary should be summarized, and the report should be reported.
"Your Excellency Brigade Commander, our 305th Cavalry Regiment, the chief of staff died, one battalion commander died, two battalion commanders do not know their whereabouts, less than one-third of the company-platoon-level officers are currently left, and there are still 583 people in the entire 305th Regiment." Colonel of the 305th Cavalry Regiment Saltinger lowered his head and reported back.
The 305th Cavalry Regiment was full of nearly 2,000 people, and Goodred had already been mentally prepared, but when Sandinger said that there were less than 600 people left, Goodred still hated it so much that his teeth itched, and the losses were too heavy, more than two-thirds.
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, our 306th Cavalry Regiment. One battalion commander was killed in battle, and the company platoon officers lost a third. At present, there are still 306 people in the 1034 cavalry regiment. The commander of the 306th Cavalry Regiment, Ibolsky, said.
Hearing what Ibolsky said, Goodred felt a little better. Of course, Goodred also knew that the reason why the commander of the 305th Cavalry Regiment sacrificed so much more than the 306th Regiment was mainly because the 305th Regiment was stationed south of the small town of Boketu, and in order to attract enemy firepower, the 305th Regiment had assigned a lot of death squads, and the 306th Regiment suffered a lot less losses because the garrison was close to the west.
The next few units directly under the brigade also reported their own battle losses. Most of the losses were more than half, and in the end, according to the secretary's statistics, the entire cavalry brigade gathered less than 1,900 soldiers in Yilie Mountain, among which there were nearly 100 seriously wounded who had lost their combat effectiveness.
"What do you think about the attack?"
"Mysterious."
"The firepower is strong."
Mysterious? Powerful firepower?
That's what it's called, but Goodred really can't argue with it. Because the other party is indeed very mysterious, not to mention the people here, even the more than 1,000 soldiers outside the camp tent don't seem to have heard who has seen who the enemy is?
As for the firepower, it is powerful. This is also a fact, although the caliber of the artillery fire is not large, but the amount is large. At least more than one artillery battalion artillery piece, not to mention the Maxim heavy machine gun. At first glance, they estimated that there were no less than twenty.
What is the concept of twenty Makqin heavy machine guns, not to mention the Qing army. Even in Tsarist Russia, if a regular infantry brigade can be equipped with ten, I am afraid that the brigade commander will wake up with a smile in his dreams, and Goodred even knows that the total number of Makqin of all the armies of Tsarist Russia is only more than 1,000.
More than one artillery battalion of powerful artillery power, more than two infantry brigades equipped with Makqin heavy machine guns, but the other side is not too many, if the number is large, Goodred thinks that it is absolutely difficult for his men to escape.
The atmosphere in the camp was extremely depressing, and the faces of all the officers were ugly, and more than half of them were killed and wounded in a battle, and they didn't even know who the enemy was, and they didn't even see the shadow of the enemy.
"Your Excellency Brigade Commander, could the person who attacked us come from Aihui, could it be the mysterious Chinese force that attacked the Hailan Pao Headquarters?" The commander of the 305th Cavalry Regiment, Shadinger, suddenly spoke.
As soon as Sandingale said this, including Goodre, their eyes lit up, yes, it is said that the mysterious army is known for its advanced and powerful weapons, and it has always been a small victory over the few, and nearly 20,000 people of the army on the North Road of Hailan Pao were all folded in the hands of this army.
Of course, the most important thing is that it is rumored that almost all the Russian troops that encounter this mysterious force have been completely annihilated, so until now, it can be said that most of Tsarist Russia's understanding of this mysterious army is still on speculation.
"Ahem, I think what Colonel Sandingale said is very reasonable, our cavalry brigade was attacked by a mysterious team in China, and it should be considered good that nearly half of the soldiers can be withdrawn, well, at least it is much stronger than the Northern Route Army." The expression on Goodre's face was very exciting, a little complicated, a little contradictory, and seemed to be a little proud, if Yue Weihua knew about this scene, I am afraid he would be extremely happy.
"Your Excellency Brigade Commander, I think we can send a telegram to the ******** Command, let's just say that we have encountered an attack by the Huaxia mysterious troops, and the Huaxia mysterious troops are suspected of fighting for the Northern Route Army, I think the headquarters should not blame us too much." The 306th Cavalry Regiment Ibolsky echoed.
"Colonel Ibolsky said very much, and ordered the signal corps to send a telegram to the headquarters......
Thundered!
Thundered!
"Damn, it seems that Sardingale was unfortunately said by you, it seems that it is not easy to meet the mysterious army of Huaxia and want to leave alive."
Under the roaring cannon, Goodrei still has a heart, and he doesn't know whether to say that he has a big heart, or that his heart is like ashes, could it be that the Black Dragon Army has reached this level of fame and frustration in Tsarist Russia, well, try to get closer to this aspect.
"Everyone, prepare to fight to the death, since you are targeted by the mysterious troops of Huaxia, if you want to retreat, I'm afraid it's not very likely, for the sake of the great Slavic nation, for His Majesty the Tsar, I think we should fight until the last moment, at least let us take a look clearly, see if the other party has three heads and six arms, whether they are invulnerable,......。"
"Fight."
"Kill."
……
No one thought that the remnants of the defeated army, who had lost the will to fight, actually regained a strong will to fight after guessing that the attacker might be the mysterious Huaxia army from Aihui.
Come on!
Kill!
When these Tsarist Russian officers returned to their respective ranks, they did not choose to linger under the artillery fire, but rushed down the mountain one by one, towards the artillery position of the Black Dragon Army.
"Damn, these old hairy people can't drink chicken blood?"
On the artillery position more than 1,000 meters away, Yue Weihua was obviously a little confused, because here Yue Weihua also set up a strategy of encircling three and missing one, preparing to block through artillery bombardment and machine guns on both sides, in the case of zero casualties, further kill and injure about half of Lao Maozi, and then wait until dawn to carry out another attack, which can almost achieve the goal of total annihilation.
But now the situation is obviously wrong, Lao Maozi actually did not choose to withdraw from the west, nor did he choose to break through from the north and south, but chose to rush towards the artillery position, this is not reasonable?
"Commander-in-chief, it seems that these old hairy men are looking for death." Fryer laughed.
"Hehe, that's right, they are looking for death, do we still have to be merciful." Yue Weihua also sneered.
If Tsarist Russia had the courage to charge towards the north and their artillery positions just now, maybe Yue Weihua would have been forced to evacuate, but now, Lao Maozi is looking for death.
Because the steppe men of Boketu, after hearing that Yue Weihua and others were going to pursue Lao Maozi, they volunteered to send a strong team to help in the battle, but if they didn't agree, they didn't even have to be friends, so Yue Weihua had to "compromise", so Boketu formed a team of nearly 300 people and joined the anti-Russian sequence of the Black Dragon Army.
Three hundred grassland men, if they are placed in other places, I am afraid that the combat effectiveness will not be improved too much, but if they are placed in the special combat team led by Yue Weihua himself, it is naturally different, because the special combat team members are all artillerymen, all of them are machine gunners, as long as the assistants are enough, then the firepower can be several times more ferocious.
Moreover, through the attack of Boketu just now, Yue Weihua gained nearly 10,000 merit points, and he wanted to exchange them for mortars and Makqin, which was not a piece of cake.
So the mortars on the artillery position nearly doubled, and the proficiency directly rose to 100, in fact, Yue Weihua still wanted to exchange a little more, but there were only a hundred people who were really from the Black Dragon Army and could use mortars, including Vlaar and others, in fact, the level was not very good.
originally thought that a hundred mortars would kill him, and Lao Maozi would definitely have to die again, but he didn't expect that Lao Maozi was not only responsive, but also very intense, not only fierce, but also very strong, and more than 1,000 people all charged towards Yue Weihua's artillery position.
Yue Weihua immediately no longer hesitated, and with a move in his mind, he directly exchanged 50 Makqin in the Meritorious Tower, and then asked half of the special combat team members to give up the mortars in their hands and prepare to control the Makqin heavy machine gun instead.
Thundered!
There are still 50 mortars bombarding continuously, but Lao Maozi is a lot of people after all, and they are scattered from the mountain straight down, the speed is also very fast, in just four or five minutes, Lao Maozi who rushed to kill in front, came to 500 meters away.
Da-da-da-da!
Da-da-da-da!
Da-da-da-da!
50 Makqin finally fired one after another, one by one the fire dragons spat out, swept towards the old Maozi 500 meters away, on the dozens of meters wide charging position, 50 meters of Makqin compiled the firepower network, that is absolutely impermeable, not to mention people and horses, even a bird does not want to fly over.
The cannon continues!
The Maxim heavy machine gun is still roaring!
This battle is destined to be tragic, but dying on the way to the charge, perhaps, is also worthy of respect.
…… (To be continued.) )
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