Chapter 118: The Battle of the Dragon and Bear 8
Although Shi Dakai was not on the battlefield, he could still guess that the Cossack's change of attack direction must have made Shi Chaoyun breathe a sigh of relief. The 33rd Infantry Division had already made the charge a mess, but the loss of the 33rd Infantry Division gave the rest of the troops time to respond.
Now in the direction of the advance of the Cossack cavalry, the 31 Infantry Division was already in full formation, and they were arranged in five large phalanxes in the unit.
Shi Dakai always felt that there was something wrong with this formation, what if there was a cannon shot in the city.
Shi Dakai can't wait to give himself a mouth, what is the matter? The artillery inside the Irkutsk fortress sounded again. And the Cossack cavalry did not rush to the 31 Infantry Division, they turned around and ran towards the Russian positions.
In Shi Dakai's footage, Russian artillery shells exploded near the dense phalanx of the 31st Infantry Division. One of the shells hit exactly one of the phalanxes, and it immediately became miserable. After a puff of smoke, a wounded soldier lay on the grass.
Shi Dakai gritted his teeth and ordered the herald: "Let the artillery division immediately suppress the Russian artillery for me." The brick said fiercely to Luo Zenan: "Commander Wei of the 31st Infantry Division, but he has written a good page for the military academy classics. A typical negative textbook. ”
Shi Dakai's words blamed Division Commander Wei a little, Luo Zenan felt that this Division Commander Wei was actually not bad, after the 33rd Infantry Division was attacked by cavalry because of dispersion, his reaction should be said to be very fast. Moreover, at that time, the cavalry of the Russian army was also charging on the battlefield, and no one expected that the Russian army would suddenly turn around. However, there are still lessons, at least they should not be lined up so densely, it should be said that they can be arranged in teams (companies) as units. That way, even if it was bombed, the losses would not be so heavy.
When Shi Dakai pointed the telescope at the front line again. At this time, the infantry on both sides were exchanging fire in front of the Russian positions. Explosions rang out from time to time in front of Shi Dakai's position, but there was no trace of firing. Soon he understood that it was the Russian army that had planted mines in front of the position. Fortunately, the commanders on the front line have learned their lesson, the ranks of the soldiers have been scattered apart, and the Russian army's mines are also less powerful, so the casualties are not large.
At this time, the field artillery of the infantry division was pushed to the front line with the advance of the battle line, and the black pressure was overwhelming and the heads of people were attacking the Russian positions all over the mountains. The smoke of the battlefield hung over the battlefield like a layer of smoke. It lasts for a long time, and the more it gathers, the more it gathers.
Shi Chaoyun was a little aggrieved by the Cossack cavalry just now, and at this moment in the attack, he personally went to the front line to command, and under his inspiration, the officers of the 33rd Infantry Division took the lead in the charge, so the attack of the 33rd Infantry Division was the most courageous.
The smoothbore guns on the Russian positions were constantly firing, and bullets rained down on the battlefield. From time to time, someone fell on the way to attack.
Shi Chaoyun's location is a bomb crater converted into a trench. It's only 400 meters from the front line. Occasionally, Russian artillery shells would fall nearby, rustling the anti-artillery pillars. Facing the fierce battlefield, Shi Chaoyun had no time to pay attention to others. He kept an eye on the front line and issued orders from the front line at any time to coordinate the offensive of all units of the 33rd Infantry Division.
The theoretical degree of the Type 1845 breech-loading rifled gun reached 12 per minute, but Shi Chaoyun had never felt this degree on the battlefield. No matter how fast the soldiers were, they pulled the leash, reloaded, and loaded. Hold the gun, aim, shoot. Even if the bullets are in the most convenient place, Shi Chaoyun estimates that it is 5 to 7 bullets per minute. Of course, the shooting instructors of the military department have reached this degree, but Shi Chaoyun has never recognized this degree, and it is the degree obtained by ignoring aiming in an environment where there is no battlefield pressure.
But even at the degree of 4 bullets per minute, the recruits of the 33 Infantry Division still can't reach it.
Shi Chaoyun picked up the binoculars and observed the front line, shrapnel flew on the battlefield, gunsmoke was filled, and soldiers in the attacking ground were constantly falling from their comrades. He could clearly feel the smell of gunsmoke and blood intertwined in the air, and even Shi Chaoyun could hear the thud of bullets shooting into the dirt.
All this stimulated the Chinese soldiers who were just starting to enter the battlefield, and the recruits were scrambling to reload their bullets in the chaotic battlefield. Some even dropped bullets on the ground in a panic.
Shi Chaoyun couldn't wait to rush to the front line and kick them. He yelled and cursed, "Fuck it." Panic! Two dogs, you give the order to go down and let everyone do as usual. Stabilize Lao Tzu's hands and feet. ”
Despite facing a group of new recruits, the experienced officers in the team made the Russian army more and more troublesome.
The Russian army also realized that the quality of the officers in the squadron was quite high, and those disrupted squadrons were able to reorganize the offensive in a very short time every time.
The commander of the Russian army gave an order to block the officer, and the Rifle sharpshooter in the Russian army immediately looked for the officer in the squadron, in their eyes, in the green sea of attack under the city wall, there is no difference between the general green uniforms, green military hats, and the style of the Chinese * people's uniforms, those subtle distinctions are in the epaulettes, collar badges and armbands, but this difference is indistinguishable from more than 50 meters. Even if you use the binoculars to find it, when you pick up the gun, the green army that appears in front of your crosshair will be densely packed like ants.
On the contrary, the military uniforms of the Russian army are very good to distinguish between their commanders and soldiers, Shi Chaoyun showed in the telescope that the position of the Russian army is not far from the front line, there is a brightly dressed officer surrounded by the crowd, their distance is so close to the battlefield, if the artillery bombardment is notified, it is likely to injure his own people by mistake.
Shi Chaoyun immediately arranged for a team of sharpshooters to go to the front line to stop the Russian officer.
Ten calm, terrifying warriors appeared on the battlefield for a long time, and they were scattered and stood behind the attacking infantry, their bodies motionless with their guns in their hands.
These men were completely different from the infantry who were bowing forward around them, ignoring the bullets around them and aiming at targets on the front line.
The bullets flying around the battlefield don't recognize people, and although they look cool and calm, there are still people who are aiming and fall in a pool of blood.
Death did not frighten these people, they appeared quickly, and the process of shooting was also very fast.
Three of them fell, and the rest of the people quickly withdrew from the battlefield after shooting the bullets in their hands