Chapter 239: Border Storm (1)
Frontier of the Russian Empire
This was originally a county town on the border, but now the residents of the county have been evacuated, and the artillery fire has left this place in ruins, and the Russian army was also requested by the county magistrate here to deliberately cross the border and come here to cover the local residents' retreat to Russian territory.
The number of residents in the county is not too much, the years of war have made most of the young people in the county die, leave, most of the people living in the county are old and weak, women and children, but the number of more than 20,000 can be retreated to a safe place in just one day, but the time of this day is not so easy to fight.
Pinch Karasov is the main person in charge here, at this time he is no longer the son of the farmer he was back then, and the soldiers of the Russian Army like to call him "Division Commander" and "Your Excellency Major General". That's right, he was the commander of the 2nd Royal Army Division of the Russian Empire, Major General Karasov.
His main area of responsibility is on the border, less than 70 kilometers away from Haining County in the northeast region, where Karasov is now located. In fact, even if he pinched Karasov, he didn't expect that the county magistrate of Haining County would ask for help from him, after all, he pinched Karasov and was not a soldier of the Beiyang government.
Karasov did not want to get involved in this, even if the warlords of the Russian Empire and the Beiyang government were now allies, and they both had a common enemy - Japan. He did refuse to get involved in this, but when the guy who was said to be the head of the county took out a letter, Karasov understood that he could not sit idly by.
The content of the letter was simple, he had a treasure of China in his hand, if he could pinch Karasov to ensure the safety of all the residents of their county and arrange a place for them to live. Then they are willing to give this treasure to Knekarasov. A little hint. This treasure is related to the national fortune and imperial power of the whole of China.
When the master said this little hint, he thought that the other party was joking, and laughed and sarcastically mocked the other party, but when he asked a few local Chinese and saw the history books that the master took out, Karasov's face gradually became serious. However, what Karasov didn't know was that the Chinese he asked were all 60 or 70-year-old antiques, and the story of the history secretary that the master took out was too old.
The treasure is undoubtedly the most representative heirloom jade seal in China, of course, it can also be called He's bi. The story that Karasov saw was the story of Qin and Zhao exchanging it for 15 cities during the Spring and Autumn Period, and although it did not succeed in the end, it undoubtedly represented its value.
Naturally, Karasov did not dare to ask for such a treasure, and he would only send people to the Czech Duchy to give it to their de facto emperor Ernst. Franz, not to mention that they themselves are in a state of opposition to Japan, and there is nothing to go to war, and they have gained more than 20,000 people for nothing, no matter how it is worth it.
It was in such a thought that the pinch Karasov did not even ask the Prime Minister of the city of Siberia Stenis. The Gross report directly chose to send troops to Haining County, except for the two regiments to ensure border security, and the remaining three regiments were all sent to Stennis County. Gross took it to Henin County. Prepare to fight hard with Japan.
In fact, one of the reasons why Karasov did not doubt this was that the Japanese attacked Haining County for this reason, and he did not understand these things, but Japan, as a country in East Asia, naturally understood it. He dared to rob himself directly, why did he hesitate?
More than 6,000 elite Russian troops came to Haining County and arranged for the residents of Haining County to retreat while they had taken over the defense of Haining County, but they did not expect the Japanese attack to be so ferocious......
Japan arrived with 5 divisions, but only 1 was a real Japanese division, and the rest were 1 Korean division and 3 locally formed divisions. At the beginning, Karasov was still curious, could it be that the soldiers of the other side were so rich that a small county town was worth sending 5 divisions? But soon he knew that he had been fooled, and that he had fallen for the county magistrate.
It is true that the inhabitants want to flee to the territory of the Russian Empire, and it is also true that Zhibao and Shibi are true, but Japan knows this, and they did not come for Heshibi but for their own 6,000 elite army.
This is a bureau of Yanjing, they want to wholeheartedly control the other party's south, but Japan is like a fish in the throat for them to ignore, and wanting the Russian Empire to help them contain Japan is basically a dream. There is no way for them to use conspiracy to provoke the two countries to fight, and the chain plan is a total of 4 rings, but those are useless, because the first ring has achieved their goal.
Japan did get a report that Haining County was very likely to have a Heshi Bi, but in fact it was just a rumor, but who would have thought that the Northeast authorities would actually use this incident to bury a hole for the Russian Empire, and then directly told the Japanese the news that the Russian Empire was about to go to Haining County, and then it was the current situation.
Five divisions attacked the 6,000 Russian Army, which was a serious disadvantage in terms of numbers, but the Russian Empire was on the defensive, which may have been an advantage, but at the same time they were also trapped in Haining County.
It was just a round of artillery of the Japanese division, and due to time reasons, the Karasov division did not carry heavy weapons, otherwise they would not have been beaten and could not raise their heads, you must know that whether it is the Czech Principality or the Russian Empire, they have always used heavy weapons on the battlefield to fight the other side without the power to resist, this is the first time in such a situation.
After the artillery, it was naturally the charge of the soldiers, and the Japanese were naturally reluctant to do such a thing with Japanese divisions, and everything was attacked by locally formed divisions. They are not soft on killing their own people, and now they are naturally even more polite when dealing with Russians, even if many of them are Chinese.
With hideous faces, those East Asian faces rushed to the city gate with rifles, the walls had been collapsed by artillery, but those collapsed bricks also needed them to climb to be able to rush through, and this was the main force of the Russian army's defense.
The Russian Army, lying among the masonry, shot at the charging soldiers with their automatic rifles, and several machine gunners also opened fire fiercely, but in a few moments they needed to change places, because the artillery of the Japanese division could be bombarded there at any moment.
Outside the city there was a blur of flesh and blood, mainly caused by heavy machine guns, but as long as the Japanese artillery remained, then the heavy machine guns could not play a real role.
Holding the glasses, Karasov was not in a hurry, he believed that he would not be besieged here forever, because the Russian Empire had an advanced and large air force, and things here would be able to reach the Far Eastern Command in a maximum of 3 hours, that is, their reinforcements would arrive in a maximum of 3 and a half hours.
"Your Excellency General, we will suffer heavy losses if this continues, and the command will not allow ......"
"They're just the people of China, what is the most in this land? Even if there are countless people, if we die and rearm ourselves, it is also good for us to consume more of their youth. ”
It was the division commander of the Japanese division who spoke, but his worries were not seen by the lieutenant general from the army headquarters, who only had the 6,000 Russian Imperial Army. There are not many Japanese, but there are also not many people in the Russian Empire, not to mention that now they are using Chinese soldiers to consume the soldiers of the Russian Empire.
Although the Japanese lieutenant general did not agree with his words too much, the division commander could only nod his head and keep silent, because he could not refute it, after all, it is indeed a good thing for them to Japan that there are fewer Chinese in the northeast region.
Except for the dead on the way to attack were the screaming wounded, but they were not Japanese soldiers, and no one paid attention to their howls, and the Chinese soldiers passed by them and ignored them. It's not the first time this has happened, but it's slowly becoming a habit to have an attitude that doesn't matter to you.
It has been more than half an hour, but there has been no progress on the Japanese side at all, and this is mainly related to the quality of the army and weapons. Although the Chinese soldiers charged bravely, they had no training after all, and fear occupied most of their psychology, and they could not hit anyone at all after a few shots. At the same time, their weapons are basically loaded one bullet at a time, instead of pulling the trigger and firing in bursts like the Russian Army.
The training of the Imperial Russian Army was simply harsh, but it also gave them accurate shooting ability, even with automatic rifles, ten bullets could always kill and wound at least 2 Chinese soldiers, which of course had a lot to do with their crowded charge.
3 Chinese Army Divisions, after this half-hour charge, they at least lay down more than 2,000 people, none of the four walls are now attacked, not only that, but now the attackers have begun to be a little timid, if it were not for the Japanese behind the battle is estimated to have begun to flee in a large area.
Several Chinese division commanders were very anxious when they saw this situation, although they were Japanese lackeys, but they were not the kind of loyal lackeys. Who doesn't know that military power is everything in this era? If the soldiers in this hand die completely, then what kind of results will they encounter can be imagined, now the casualties are so heavy that they have red eyes, but the other party actually has the slightest intention of letting them retreat, who is not angry?
"It is necessary to retreat, and if necessary, we can ......"
The ruthlessness in his eyes flashed, his strength had been accumulated by the Japanese, and it was no longer worth relying on Japan to be infamous like this, after all, they were not really loyal.
Treachery? This is naturally persecuted, after all, they know very well what will happen to them once they have no military power, although they will not die, but the life of an ordinary rich man is what they want? After all, paying such a big price, isn't it because one day you may be able to live in the Central Plains or become a feudal official? (To be continued.) )