Chapter 324: The Battle of the Fortress of Gozów III

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Zheng Zhipeng's immunity to the power of the empire's new science and technology is now almost there, so that the kind of plane that the Führer said can carry hundreds of people in the air and can reach Europe in one day is not shocking, just take the latest ballistic calculator and rangefinder optical sight equipped by the imperial navy, there is no country in the whole of Europe that has tried to develop it, Zheng Zhipeng is an army general, he doesn't quite understand the specific impact of ballistic calculators and rangefinder optical sights on the combat distance and hit rate of naval warfare!

But the feeling of the navy also made him excited, if the imperial navy can defeat the British Royal Navy, then the imperial navy in the whole world will be able to dominate the four seas, although for the empire to spend most of the resources on the navy, but the achievements of the navy are also obvious to all, which also makes Zheng Zhipeng and other army generals ashamed, so this time in the fortress of Gozów, Zheng Zhipeng held a mouthful, it is precisely because of the menacing Russian army, Zheng Zhipeng was determined to make this battle the most glorious record of the Chinese Empire's expeditionary force in the world's military history, as the supreme commander of the Chinese Empire's first labor expedition to Europe, Zheng Zhipeng has been excited. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Xu Yaoting, commander of the Third Division of the Expeditionary Force in the reserve command post of the No. 2 fortress group, stood at the observation port with his waist straight, and did not even move at all when his face was scratched by the wanton shrapnel.

The deputy division commander, chief of staff and a staff officer standing behind Xu Yaoting were all frightened, but no one dared to persuade him, because Xu Yaoting liked this kind of challenge in the face of death, as a soldier, Xu Yaoting didn't think that he would die so easily and obscurely, if he chose to let him die at home, he would rather spill the blood of the horse leather shroud, in Xu Yaoting's opinion, a man should spend his blood to become famous, especially a soldier, whenever he faces death, He's all going to feel excited!

Although the Russian artillery fire is still fierce, the Russians don't seem to have learned the lessons of the previous attack? That is, their artillery was of no use to the permanent fortifications of the fortress of Gozów, and it seemed that there was no threat or interference other than to shock and tinnitus the defenders of the Chinese Empire in the fortifications.

Xu Yaoting patted the dust on his shoulder, didn't care about the blood on his face, and said with a slight smile: "The phone is a good thing, but the heralds who contact the various fortifications should also be ready at all times, after all, this phone is a new thing, and the reliable surname still needs to pass the test of actual combat. ”

After the Russian artillery fire gradually began to turn from dense to thin, the straggler line of the Russian infantry began to slowly march forward with neat steps and drum beats accompanied by the military band, looking at the dense and long attack sequence of the Russian army, Xu Yaoting's smile on the corner of his mouth became even stronger, but this time the Russian army's attack was not only aimed at his No. 2 fortress group, the Russian army was surrounded and pressed at 180 degrees from the east and south, that is to say, from the No. 1 fortress group to the No. 4 fortress group will be attacked indiscriminately by the Russian army. The bigger the Russians' fortifications, the more excited Xu Yaoting became.

However, the last ten minutes of the previous Russian artillery bombardment were aimed at the No. 2 fortress group, Xu Yaoting looked at the dense and long Russian army straggler line, before the Russian army's attack was launched, it can only be said that the No. 2 fortress group may become the target of the Russian army's initiative, does the Russian army want to attack the four fortress groups at the same time? In the face of machine guns at all angles in the fortress complex with a circular angular configuration, the Russian infantry has no hope of being able to get close to the main body of the fortress group, even if the Russian soldiers are close to the fortress group, facing a dark fortress shield with a thickness of 1.5 meters to 2 meters or even 3 meters, what is the Russian army going to use to knock open these turtle shells?

In particular, at the beginning of the design of the Gozów Fortress, a lot of reference was drawn on the experience of the national defense permanent surname fortification group of the Jiangnan defense line of the Chinese Empire, and all the firing ports were in the shape of inverted bells, that is, whether it was a grenade or an explosive package of the Russian army, it could not be stuffed into the fortifications from any of the firing ports, and there were also firepower clearance points between the forts and the fortifications, between the bunkers and the bunkers, between the forts and the main forts, and between the main forts and the main fortifications, all of which could cooperate with each other to clear the enemy troops lurking in its dead ends.

As the Russian infantry entered the range of 200 meters, the few machine guns of the Chinese Imperial defenders began to shoot one after another, although the sparse fire was not fierce, but the large-caliber heavy machine gun bullets were extremely accurate, and those who were shot were often equivalent to being smashed on the spot!

As a Russian officer was hit by the waist, a blood mist suddenly rose into the air, minced meat, bone residue, internal organs flew everywhere, the whole person seemed to explode, and the two soldiers behind him were also cut off and blown up a small half of their chests, several Russian soldiers on the side were suddenly terrified when they saw this scene, one of the Russian soldiers wiped the blood on his face and screamed, as if he had a mental breakdown, threw away his weapon and fled miserably, especially when he shouted and ran, which brought great side effects to his attacking companions, So a Russian major raised his hand and shot the soldier on the spot.

When the Russian skirmish line approached the first line of defense line of the dark bunker at a distance of about 100 meters, the first and second line positions from the No. 1 fortress group to the No. 4 fortress group suddenly erupted with blazing flames, tracer bullets whipped like whips on the dense offensive queue of the Russian army, and the Russian soldiers fell down in rows on the way to attack.

Since the Russian army launched a large-scale all-out offensive, Xu Yaoting excitedly connected the phone call of Zheng Zhipeng, the commander of the main fortress group, and agreed to provide the necessary fire support for the five 75-mm artillery groups to cut off the Russian army's offensive wave and block the Russian army's retreat.

The various types of mortars belonging to the No. 1 to No. 4 fortress groups formed a fire blockade line from 100 meters to 300 meters from the front line, although the mortar fire was not fierce, but the infantry group of the Russian attack still had to pay a very heavy price to pass, the Russian attack wave was like a wave hitting the shore, it looked like a raging momentum, but the defenders of the Chinese Empire were like a reef at the hands of the waves.

A dense rain of bullets was fired from the cross-firing bunker, killing and injuring a large number of the Russian army's living forces, Duravievsky, as the nominal commander of the Russian army, looked at the troops who were constantly surging and were suppressed by the firepower with a large number of casualties, and was just about to suggest something to Nicholas I, Prince Enfiglo on the side coughed lightly.

Duravievsky glanced at Prince Enfiglo with a blank face, and then at Nicholas I, who was eager and excited, and Nicholas I gave Duravievsky the impression that the tsar did not seem to be going through a war? It's the next game of chess, but this Tsar's Majesty's pawn is flying flesh and blood at the moment, if Duravievsky's previous large-scale tentative attacks have resulted in the death of more than 20,000 Russian officers and soldiers! Then today Nicholas I is organizing a mass suicide.

Duravievsky knew that the heavy artillery and even the 75-millimeter artillery group on the Chinese Imperial side had not yet been fired, and once multiple effective fire blockades were formed, I am afraid that the more than 40,000 Russian troops would not be able to withdraw!

Although the Russian army has 1.6 million soldiers, the more than 70,000 troops participating in the offensive are the elite of the Russian army, Duravievsky is the specific person in charge of the reorganization of the troops, in the nearly 2 million army 400,000 are extremely lacking military training of the baggage troops, in the more than 1.6 million combat troops, seven Cossack cavalry divisions are the most elite and brave, followed by 20 infantry divisions that have been trained for a full year and a half, compared with the follow-up assault formation of less than six months, or even less than three months of troops, Duravievsky could only be described as speechless, because such troops were not troops at all, they were just a group of peasants in military uniforms, sloppy queues and chaotic offensive formations, and Duravievsky doubted what would happen to the newly formed army when they saw this bloody sight. Straight rout?

Duravievsky was calculating that if the tactical arrangement of Nicholas I was followed, it was estimated that not only would the offensive be defeated today, the elite troops would suffer heavy losses, but even the overall morale would be greatly affected.

Just when Nicholas I was about to put all the five divisions in reserve into the offensive to strengthen the offensive, the Supreme Chief of Staff of the Russian Army, that is, the main drafter of the offensive plan, Milodelov, suddenly said to Nicholas I: "Your Majesty, I don't think it is appropriate to invest too many troops, and now that we have achieved the purpose of testing the attack, I suggest that you withdraw the troops in batches!" ”

Milodelov's words made the elated Nicholas I feel like he had suffered a slap in the face, Nicholas I himself was tantamount to a military and tactical idiot, in terms of strategy he was barely able to understand it, at least with the help of his staff did not appear to act recklessly, in this regard, Nicholas I's advantage was that he was very willing to follow the advice of the Supreme Chief of Staff Milodelov and other staff, in the opinion of Nicholas I, this would make him appear more intelligent.

However, it was Milodelov who persuaded himself to stop the offensive and withdraw his troops in batches, if it were someone else, Nicholas I would definitely scoff at it, but Milodelov was different, so Nicholas I straightened up and said: "Then please give me a good reason to do so, my dear Supreme Chief!" ”

(To be continued)