Chapter 385: Overwhelming
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On the 25th of the month, Ulan-Ude, early in the morning, the adjutant of Lieutenant General Vladimir rushed into the lieutenant general's room. At this moment, the hangover Lieutenant General Vladimir was sleeping with a big-breasted woman in his arms. The quilt was not tightly covered, and the woman's towering breasts and fair skin were exposed, which made people blush and heartbeat. However, the adjutant of Lieutenant General Vladimir did not have the heart to pay attention to these at the moment.
"Your Excellency, the commander, something is wrong, the Chinese have launched an attack on Kyakhta. Major General Turgenev telegraphed, the Chinese concentrated thousands of heavy artillery pieces and launched indiscriminate bombardment of Kyakhta, and our army suffered heavy casualties! The adjutant pulled Lieutenant General Vladimir up from the bed and said loudly.
Lieutenant General Vladimir opened his eyes in confusion, not knowing what was happening. It wasn't until the adjutant repeated it several times in quick succession that he came to his senses. "Thousands of heavy guns? How could the Chinese have so many heavy artillery? Sue sù Turgenev, you must hold Kyakhta, otherwise military law will be engaged! Lieutenant General Vladimir's face suddenly turned pale. If Kyakhta is breached, or even the Russian army on the front line suffers a crushing defeat, he may never want to return to Moscow, and what awaits him will be a military court.
"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander!" The adjutant nodded, and immediately turned to leave, ready to send a telegram to Kyakhta.
"Wait a minute, order the Cossack cavalry to set off and prepare to attack those yellow-skinned monkeys, and in any case, to repel their attacks. Also, send a telegram to His Excellency Grand Duke Nicholas. Request support! Lieutenant General Vladimir, having calmed down, immediately ordered. He's a bit of a jerk though. But it's not a straw bale. In this era, cavalry is still an extremely powerful type of troops, and the Russian Cossack cavalry is the king of cavalry. The strength of the Russian army, in a large way, was due to the Cossack cavalry. After the French dragoons had been reduced to ceremonial use, the Russian Cossack cavalry was still a formidable cavalry that terrified European countries. 20,000 Cossack cavalry, also the trump card in the hands of Lieutenant General Vladimir. In order to resist the attack of the army stationed in China. He had to play the trump card at the first time.
"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander!" The adjutant hurriedly went to send a telegram.
At the same time, on all fronts, the Chinese Army launched an attack. From the Far East to Central Asia, hundreds of thousands of squadrons launched an offensive against the Russian army. At one time, a large number of telegrams were sent to Moscow. The Chinese Army, when the Russian army was not ready. A fierce attack was launched on the Russian army. The largest land war in this war began.
At 7 o'clock in the morning, on the Kyakhta front, after an hour of artillery fire, the positions of the Russian army had become full of holes. Three divisions of the front. After an hour of indiscriminate bombardment, more than half of the more than 30,000 troops were lost, and countless people were blown to minced meat. The artillery of the Russian army also lost most of it in the fierce artillery battle between the two sides. In order to preserve strength, Major General Turgenev had to order the artillery to transfer positions. Avoid incurring bigger losses again.
"Order, the 4th and 42nd regiments begin the attack, and within an hour, be sure to tear through the Russian defenses!" At the command post of the 4th Division of the Chinese Army, south of Kyakhta, the commander of the 4th Division, Major General Wang Junchang, gave the order to attack.
After receiving the order, the soldiers of the two regiments, who had already been eager to try, jumped out of their positions and headed for the Russian positions north of Kyakhta. At this time, the positions of the Russian army, after large-scale shelling, were already in tatters.
The Kyakhta River is just a small river no more than 50 meters wide, and even if the ice and snow melt now, the river is very shallow, less than half a meter deep, and adults can easily cross the river. The bridge between Kyakhta and the city of Maimai was not blown up, but the Russian army was very well defended on the opposite bank, building several pillboxes at the bridgehead and deploying heavy machine guns to block the bridge. In the heavy shelling just now, in order to avoid blowing up the bridge, it did not become a key target for Chinese artillery.
"The Chinese came up, get up for me, open fire, resist the attack of the Chinese!" The surviving Russian soldiers, under the scolding of the officers, got up from the trenches and opened fire on the squadron that was crossing the river.
"Bang bang bang!" The sound of a rifle like fried beans rang out, but it was a little messy.
"Da Da Da!" The surviving heavy machine-gun firing points were also erected and began to fire at the river. The Chinese soldiers who were crossing the river were suddenly knocked down, and blood flowed out, staining the river crimson.
"Light and heavy machine gun cover, mortars, knock out the enemy's fire points!" The commander of the front commanded. Soon, a strong light and heavy machine gun was erected south of the Kyakhta River and fired at the Russian army. The squadron is equipped with much more heavy machine guns than the Russian army. Not to mention that each squad was also armed with light machine guns. The strong firepower immediately suppressed the Russian army. Many Russian troops, who were firing mechanically, were shot and died.
Mortars, set up along the river, launched precise strikes at the firing points of the Russian army on the other side of the river.
"Boom!" The shells fell, and the improvised firing point was instantly shattered. The Chinese soldiers, who were crossing the river, took the opportunity to attack the other side of the river.
In addition, soldiers of two companies of the 4th Regiment are forcibly seizing the Kyakhta bridge. If the bridge can be taken, it will be much smoother to cross the river. Two companies of 4 0-mm medium mortars and 6 60-mm light mortars have been erected to the south of the Kyakhta bridge. A few minutes later, an artillery bombardment was launched on the Russian pillbox north of the bridge. For a time, the Russian pillboxes were covered in artillery fire.
"Great, infantry charge!" The company commander immediately ordered.
A platoon of soldiers rushed onto the bridge and rushed to the other side of the bridge. The bridge, which is less than 60 meters long, can be crossed by elite soldiers in more than ten seconds.
"Da Da Da!" At this time, heavy machine guns in the Russian pillboxes on the bridgehead opened fire. The dense bullets swept over, and the charging Chinese soldiers were immediately knocked to the ground, and those who were lucky enough to survive were completely suppressed on the bridge deck and couldn't raise their heads.
"Company commander, the Russian pillboxes are too strong, and medium mortars can't help it!"
"Grandma's, go to the battalion headquarters and transfer the heavy mortars, I don't believe I can't clean up these shit!" The company commander scolded.
In just over ten minutes, two 20-mm heavy mortars were brought in. After a few minutes of preparation, the heavy mortar opened fire. The power of a 20-mm heavy mortar is much higher than that of a medium mortar. The bunker of the Russian army, which was firing frantically, was suddenly blown up into the sky. After several rounds of shelling, the Russian pillboxes were completely destroyed.
"Rush!" The Chinese soldiers, who had been pinned down on the bridge deck, immediately climbed up and rushed towards the other side of the bridge. With the support of the follow-up troops, they snatched the control of the bridge. After the bridge was taken, a large number of troops went directly to the Guò bridge and fought on the opposite bank.
The Russian army's defensive line, which was already riddled with holes, was torn open several times in less than half an hour after being fiercely attacked by the Fourth Division. A large number of troops, crossing the Kyakhta River, broke through the first line of defense of the Russian army. Immediately, without any rest, he attacked the second line of defense. And the Russian army's defense line in Kyakhta has only two in total. Behind it is the city of Kyakhta.
"The 4th Regiment immediately attacked and attacked the second line of defense of the Russian army with all its might!" Major General Wang Junchang, commander of the Fourth Division, ordered excitedly. The Russians did not seem to be as powerful as he thought, and after a fierce attack from powerful artillery fire, the light ones were broken through.
At the same time, Lieutenant General Chen Anguo, commander of the Third Army, immediately ordered the follow-up 50th and 58th Divisions to join the battle. In one fell swoop, break through the Russian defense line and attack Kyakhta. At the same time, the 3rd Cavalry Army has already set off, they will make a detour behind Kyakhta, surround the 100,000 Russian troops in Kyakhta, and then annihilate them in one fell swoop.
"Turgenev! The front line was broken through by the Chinese, our army suffered heavy losses and is retreating to the second line of defense, the Chinese are too fierce! Major General Mikhael, commander of the 75th Infantry Division of the Russian Army, said with a look of horror. His 75th Infantry Division, which was guarding Kyakhta's first line of defense, had suffered heavy losses in the assault on the city of Maimai two months earlier, but it was replenished later, but only with newly trained recruits. During the hour-long artillery bombardment of the Third Army, his division lost more than half of its division, and its morale was low, and it collapsed after less than half an hour of resistance under the heavy attack of the Fourth Division of the Chinese Army. No matter how much he tried to stop it, he couldn't stop it, and it was a shame that he ran fast, otherwise he would have to be caught.
"Bastard! Let the 7th and 79th divisions go up immediately, no matter what, we have to hold Kyakhta! Lieutenant General Vladimir has already given the order, let's hold Kyakhta, reinforcements have been sent and will be able to reach tomorrow! Turgenev said with a calm face. The three divisions on the front line, more than 30,000 people, were broken through lightly, which made him very angry. Although, in the shelling of the squadron, the three divisions on the front line suffered heavy losses, they should not have been broken through in such a short time!
In Kyakhta, the Russian army deployed ten divisions, all of which were infantry divisions, except for Turgenev's 6th Cossack Cavalry Division. Moreover, it was a group of farmers who had just put down their hoes, but they just learned how to shoot, and they were sent to the front, how could they withstand the attack of the squadron? The entire elite of Eastern Siberia, in Kurtsk and Ulan-Ude!
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