Chapter 744: Expected Heavy Losses

"Ula-Ula-" Countless Russian officers and soldiers rose from the forward positions of the five-nation coalition forces in the western part of the Ural Mountains, shouted slogans, and rushed straight to the defense line of the Chinese Empire opposite.

After the air force of the five-nation coalition was ravaged and disappeared into the sky, and the artillery of the five-nation coalition army was also suppressed by the artillery of the imperial Chinese army and the imperial air force of the Chinese empire, the infantry of the Russian army, still under the order of the commander of the Russian army, Sonokopsky, fearlessly launched a strong attack on the first line of defense built by the imperial Chinese army in the Ural Mountains.

The air forces of the five countries are not powerful, so that the alliance forces of the five countries have no other choice but to attack, and they must not give up the attack on the defense line of the Chinese Imperial Army in the Ural Mountains!

First of all, Russia did not agree, for the sake of this war, Russia can be said to have almost withdrawn its domestic army, and now the Russian army of 3.8 million troops has been gathered here, it is impossible to end it so hastily, in that case, this war does not need to continue.

As the commander of the Russian Army, Sonokopsky knew that under such circumstances, ordering the Russian Army to launch an offensive would bring huge losses to the Russian Army's troops, but Sonokopsky had to grit his teeth and still gave the order to attack immediately.

For the gifts sent to the door, the Royal Army and the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire, there is no reason to refuse, in the first line of defense of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire in the Ural Mountains, more than 3,000 75 mm mountain guns and field guns that have not been fired by the five main armies have begun to shell the dense Russian officers and soldiers, and some large-caliber guns with a caliber of more than 100 mm are arranged behind the first line of defense of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire. The target was also changed to the charging Russian officers and soldiers.

These large-caliber guns with a caliber of more than 100 mm in the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire refer to the 105 mm howitzers and 155 mm heavy howitzers equipped by the five main armies.

These howitzers of the Imperial Chinese Army were armed. In the confrontation with the large-caliber artillery of the 5-nation coalition forces, although the losses were not small. However, the losses brought to the other side were even greater, and the large-caliber artillery of the Imperial Chinese Army had already gained an advantage in the artillery battle.

The artillery of the 5-nation coalition army actually has more howitzers than the five main armies of the Imperial Chinese Army in terms of the number of large-caliber artillery, and the large-caliber artillery of these coalition forces has a caliber of more than 100 mm, and the specifications are also because of the difference in the large-caliber artillery owned by the artillery of the five countries, there are more than a dozen calibers, and the largest caliber artillery even reaches 240 mm.

However, in the confrontation of large-caliber artillery of the artillery of both sides, the rate of fire of 2 howitzers of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire. However, all the large-caliber artillery of the coalition army was completely exploded, such as the 155-mm artillery of the coalition artillery, which fired 1 shell, and the 155-mm heavy howitzer of the Royal Chinese Army could fire almost 2 shells, and the 240-mm gun, which had the largest caliber of the coalition artillery, fired 1 shell, which was enough for the 155-mm heavy howitzer of the Imperial Chinese Army to fire 5 or 6 shells.

The higher rate of fire, coupled with the help of the Royal Air Force of the Imperial Chinese Army, made the Royal Army of the Chinese Imperial Army a large-caliber howitzer. The large-caliber artillery of the allied artillery was quickly suppressed, so when the officers and soldiers of the Russian Army launched a charge, the artillery of the five main armies of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire still had the spare power to turn some 105mm howitzers and 155mm heavy howitzers around the muzzle. Artillery fire was launched directly at the charging Russian army officers and soldiers.

Hundreds of improved Blue Eagle bombers from the three bomber groups of the Royal Air Force, which were still bombing the artillery positions of the five-nation coalition forces, immediately changed the targets of the bombing and began to bomb the Russian officers and men charging on the ground.

It was the Royal Air Force's two destroyer groups that escorted these three bomber groups, and more than 200 improved Yellow Sparrow fighters. Attacks were also launched on Russian officers and soldiers on the ground, with light aerial bombs, machine guns and machine guns. All of them greeted the Russian officers and soldiers vigorously.

Every large-caliber artillery shell or a heavy aerial bomb that fell between the charging Russian officers and soldiers could inflict very heavy damage on the Russian officers and men. Basically, very few Russian officers and soldiers within more than 100 square meters survived, even if they were not directly killed by shrapnel from artillery shells or aerial bombs, they would also be shattered by the force of the explosion and die.

The Russian officers and men who charged fell to the ground one by one under the blow of such a joint ground and air force, and thousands of Russian officers and soldiers had already turned into corpses before they could get close to the defense line of the Imperial Chinese Army, and many of the Russian officers and soldiers who fell were all mutilated by the bombing, and not even a single corpse could be left.

However, the Russian soldiers deserved to be called gray cattle, under the blow of such firepower, as long as the Russian officers and soldiers did not fall, most of them simply ignored the surrounding bloody scene, still shouting Ulla, and continued to rush towards the defense line of the Imperial Chinese Army.

As the Russian assault forces approached, a large number of mortars guarding the five main forces of the Royal Army on the first line of defense also began to fire dense shells at the charging Russian officers and soldiers.

The 60 mm mortars and 88 mm mortars of the Royal Army of the Chinese Imperial Army add up to more than 2,000 guns, and there are 5 main forces in the first line of defense in the Ural Mountains.

Of course, not all Russian officers and soldiers are not afraid of death, some Russian soldiers who have just enlisted in the army and are stupid by the artillery fire that covers the sky and the sun, have a mental breakdown, but these collapsed Russian soldiers have just fled back, and they are shot by nearby Russian officers or officers and soldiers of the overseer, and even some Russian officers, if they dare to turn around and run back, will be directly enforced by other Russian officers or officers and soldiers of the overseer team.

This let all the charging Russian officers and soldiers know that they had no other way to choose except to overcome the defense line of the Chinese Imperial Army in front, otherwise there was only a dead end, the difference was that they were either killed by bullets or shrapnel of the Chinese Imperial Army. Either they were killed by the bullets of their own people.

The 4th, 7th, 11th, 12th and 19th armies of the Russian Army, after receiving the order to charge. Directly ordered the troops of the three divisions in the forward position to launch a group charge. It is a pity that under the fierce blows of the artillery and air force of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire, more than 60,000 people of the three Russian army divisions could get close to the very few within 200 meters of the front line of the Royal Army of the Chinese Imperial Army, and even the Russian officers and soldiers who entered the front of the defense line of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire were quickly beaten into a sieve by the dense bullets.

The five commanders of the Russian Army Group, in a hidden bunker close to the forward positions of the coalition forces, used binoculars to see the tragic situation of the stormtrooping troops, and after putting down the binoculars, they did not speak for a long time, which was too miserable. The troops who launched the charge were really no different from taking the initiative to send them to death, and even these 5 battle-hardened generals couldn't stand the bloody scene in front of them.

The commander of the 7th Army, Ivankaisky, first broke the calm and said with a pale face: "What to do? Such an attack, the losses are really too great, no different from sending them to death, and the effect is not good, our brave officers and soldiers of the Russian Empire. After such a fierce fire strike, paying an unusually heavy price, but it is still difficult to get close to the forward positions of the Chinese Imperial Army, is it not a suggestion to the commander General Sonokokopsky. It would be too miserable to stop such a futile charge for a while, and then think of other ways. How long has it been since we launched the offensive, and the 3 divisions we have invested are almost gone! ”

The commander of the 4th Army, Alenichev, shook his head and said: "There is no air supremacy. Our five-nation coalition has no other way than to attack hard. Otherwise, Admiral Sonokopsky would not have given the order to attack, and no matter how big the losses are, we must continue to attack! ”

Andrei Yeshchenko, commander of the 19th Group Army, said at this time: "Since air supremacy is no longer available, it is better for us to launch a strong attack after dark, so that we can avoid the bombing of the Chinese Imperial fighters and reduce the losses of our attacking troops. ”

The other four army commanders looked at each other and nodded in agreement, and then the five army commanders jointly sent a telegram to the command of the five-nation coalition forces, suggesting that the attack on the defense line of the Chinese Imperial Army should be stopped during the day, and that after dark, the Chinese Imperial fighters would not be able to rise into the air and then launch a strong attack again.

In the headquarters of the five-nation coalition forces in the city of Zwutoust in the west of the Ural Mountains, the commander of the Russian army, Sonokopsky, took the telegram sent by the commanders of the five army groups, shook his head helplessly, and then handed the telegram in his hand to the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, the German army general Hindenburg.

After reading the telegram, Hindenburg handed it to the other three commanders in the command, the commander of the Italian army, Hannaved, the commander of the Austro-Hungarian army, Gloria, and the commander of the Ottoman Turkish army, Bajirya.

Sonokopski sighed and said: "It seems that it is difficult to break through the defense line of the Chinese Imperial Army by conducting a strong attack during the day, since the attacking troops in front suggest waiting until the evening to continue the attack, I think I can agree, I don't know what General Hindenburg's opinion is?" ”

Hindenburg hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said: "Just like several Russian generals said, after dark, the fighters of the Chinese Empire will not be able to bomb our attacking troops, so that our attacking troops will reduce a lot of losses, and I agree to continue the attack after dark." ”

In fact, Hindenburg hoped that the troops of the five-nation coalition would attack the defense line of the Chinese Empire day and night, in order to exert the greatest pressure on the defense line of the Chinese Empire.

However, the air force of the Chinese Empire was too fierce, and the air force of the five-nation coalition was dumbed down by dividing it by two, and it inflicted very heavy losses on the ground attack force of the coalition army, so it had to avoid daylight and put the attack after dark.

Subsequently, the other three commanders in the command also spoke out in favor of continuing the offensive after dark, so an order to stop the offensive was quickly issued to the five armies that the Russian army was attacking.

The three Russian army divisions that were attacking the defense line of the Chinese Empire in the face of the artillery fire of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire and the aerial bombs of the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire immediately retreated to their forward positions like a tide, leaving tens of thousands of corpses densely packed in front of the 10-kilometer-long defense line of the Imperial Chinese Empire.

When the three divisions of the Russian Army retreated counted their losses, they couldn't help but tremble in the hearts of the five commanders of the Russian Army Group who were in charge of launching the attack.

In just about 20 minutes of attack, the remaining number of the last three divisions added up to less than 25,000, which means that in such a short period of time, these three divisions lost more than 35,000 people.

After the data on the losses of the three Russian army divisions was transmitted to the headquarters of the five-nation coalition army, the commander-in-chief of the coalition army, Hindenburg, said with a lonely face: "Such a big loss can only allow the troops to attack after dark, otherwise the total strength of our five-nation coalition army is more than 7 million, which is not enough to fill the defense line of the Chinese Empire." ”

Hannaverde, commander of the Italian Army, said with a sigh: "It's a pity that the air force of our five countries is still too weak compared to the air force of the Chinese Empire. ”

At this time, a German-Russian staff officer handed a telegram to the commander of the Russian Army, Sonokopsky, after reading it, his face became worse, and he said in a very lonely tone: "We don't have to count on the air force of several of our countries now, the bombers of the Chinese Empire have just bombed more than 20 airfields of our Russian Empire in the west of the Ural Mountains, not only paralyzing more than 20 airfields of our Russian Empire, but also more than 20 airfields. Almost all of the remaining hundreds of fighters of the air forces of our five countries have been blown up, and even the dozens of remaining fighters have been destroyed because of the destruction of the runways at the airport, and it is no longer possible to take to the air for combat in a short period of time. ”

After hearing this, the faces of the other four commanders became even more ugly, and the coalition forces spent a lot of effort to get such a huge air force, but as soon as the war started, almost all the troops were wiped out, which is really a very depressing thing.

Hindenburg sighed and said: "Forget it, let's not think about the air force anymore, anyway, we have decided that we will only launch an attack on the defense line of the Chinese Empire after dark, and it will be the same with or without the air force." (To be continued.) )

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