Chapter 485: Airborne Bridge Capture
On 22 June, in the face of the attack of the aircraft, artillery, and tanks of the Dingbei Army, the troops of the Eight-Nation Alliance in the eastern part of Krasnoyarsk City became more and more difficult to resist, and the area of the urban area under control became smaller and smaller, and by about 12 noon, less than one-fifth of the Dongcheng City was still in the hands of the Eight-Nation Alliance troops, and this part of the urban area was the part close to the railway bridge.
Even the troops of the Eight-Nation Alliance continued to use the tunnels to launch counterattacks, and because the Dingbei Army threw heavy troops on the back road, there was no effect at all that was the same as yesterday's beginning, and the officers and men of the Eight-Nation Alliance had not yet reached the ground from the entrance of the tunnel, and they would basically be discovered by the Dingbei Army, and then besieged with superior forces, and then even the entrance to the tunnel was blown up.
The command headquarters of the commanders of the five countries of the Eight-Nation Alliance has been moved to an anti-artillery hole near the railway bridge, and the commander of the entire coalition army is also the commander of the French Army, Joyles reluctantly said to the commanders of the other four countries: "The mode of war has changed, the Dingbei Army uses their air superiority, so that we can't even form fire support with artillery, relying on the flesh and blood of the infantry alone, we can't resist this three-dimensional attack at all, I think we must retreat." ”
The commander of the British Army, Collenhardt, sighed and said: "I really didn't expect that our hundreds of thousands of troops were originally going to fight a long-term street battle with the Dingbei Army here, but we couldn't hold out in less than 2 days." But if we don't retreat from the current situation, our remaining troops won't be able to hold out for long, and the area of the city we control is getting smaller and smaller, so I agree to retreat. ”
The commander of the Austro-Hungarian Army, Gloria, and the commander of the Italian Army, Hannaverd, also nodded and agreed to abandon the eastern part of Krasnoyarsk. The Tongguò railway bridge was withdrawn to the other half of the city west of the Yenisei River.
Only the commander of the Russian army, Nikanorovich, did not speak for a long time and withdrew to the west of the city. The railway bridge had to be blown up, so that Russia could not launch a counterattack east of the Yenisei River. However, Nikanorovich also knew that the Dingbei Army could not be allowed to seize the railway bridge, otherwise the situation in Russia would be even worse.
Joyls said helplessly to Nika Norrovich: "I don't want to blow up the railway bridge, but we have paid an unimaginable price, and we still can't hold the east city of Krasnoyarsk City, General Nikanorrovich, I hope you can understand, it's really not that we don't work hard, it's really that the Dingbei Army is too strong." ”
Nikanorovich let out a long sigh and said, "Then retreat." Alas, we have a total of more than 800,000 troops, and we can't even hold it for three days, and I really don't know how to explain to His Majesty the Tsar, before the 12th Army arrives here, we have lost the eastern part of Krasnoyarsk. ”
At this time, the officials still had superiority, and after several commanders had just made the decision to retreat, the command headquarters took the first step to withdraw to the west of the railway bridge, and the Russian army in Xicheng was the 4th Army of the Russian Army, and the command of the Eight-Nation Alliance was directly withdrawn to the headquarters of the 4th Army. Only then did the troops in Dongcheng be given the order to retreat.
But the retreat can't be retreated together, then it may form a big rout, plus there is only one railway bridge that can allow the troops of the Eight-Nation Alliance in the east city to withdraw to the west city, if the retreat is chaotic all of a sudden. That's too bad, the Dingbei Army will definitely not let go of this opportunity, so the commander of the entire coalition army, Joyles, gave the troops in Dongcheng. A plan was drawn up to evacuate in batches.
Soon after, the troops of the Eight-Nation Alliance, who were still preparing to find an opportunity to counterattack in the tunnels. The order was received to withdraw to the west of the Yenisei River, which made the officers and soldiers of the various countries in the tunnel breathe a sigh of relief. The conditions in the tunnel are very poor, the rainy days ago made the tunnel everywhere become a puddle, in the tunnel, the feet will be soaked in the water all the time, very uncomfortable, walking in it is also very difficult, and through the guò tunnel to the Dingbei Army's control area to fight, basically there is no life or death, so the officers and soldiers of the various countries in the tunnel rushed to leave this hellish place, and even a few stampedes.
When the chaotic officers and soldiers of the Eight-Nation Alliance retreated to Xicheng through the Guò railway bridge, the fighters in the sky immediately discovered this situation, on the one hand, they reported to the headquarters of the five field armies of the Dingbei Army, and on the other hand, they carried out air strikes on the fleeing officers and soldiers of the Eight-Nation Alliance, of course, all the fighters must try to avoid the railway bridge if they drop bombs, if any fighter plane blows up the railway bridge, it will be sad, only in the sky more flexible Yellow Bird fighters will dive and strafe the railway bridge, bullets for a railway bridge, but there is no threat.
These fighters of the Northeast Air Force mainly focused their strikes on the officers and men of the Eight-Nation Alliance who had fled to Xicheng at both ends of the railway bridge, and even in Xicheng, there were fighters bombing and strafing the officers and men of the Eight-Nation Alliance who had escaped from the railway bridge, and this made the retreat of the officers and men of the Eight-Nation Alliance almost a road of death, and the officers and men of the Eight-Nation Alliance, who had nothing to do about the fighters raging in the sky, fell one by one on the road of retreat.
As soon as the command headquarters of the five field armies of the Dingbei Army received the information from the air force, they immediately ordered the troops to take action immediately.
According to the plan of Duan Qirui, commander of the Sixth Field Army, 15 airships produced by the Shenyang Arsenal immediately took off with a regiment of Dingbei officers and men on board after receiving the order from the headquarters, first flew to the Yenisei River, and then went directly to the railway bridge along the Yenisei River.
The head of this regiment, Yang Dawa, is the elder brother of Yang Erwa, the captain of the special forces brigade, in the indigenous riots in Laoag City, Luzon Province, Yang Dawa was the company commander of the 15th Division stationed in Laoag City, in the riots, the appearance is remarkable, protecting the lives of most of the Chinese, and has been praised by Lin Daxin in person, and has become a regiment commander of a field army over the years, and Yang Dawa's current wife is the rich lady named Li Hui who he rescued in Laoag City.
When the 15 airships were about to arrive at the railway bridge, the Northeast Air Force suddenly concentrated a large number of fighters and carried out intensive bombing at both ends of the railway bridge, and some Yellow Bird fighters even strafed back and forth at the officers and men of the Eight-Nation Alliance who were fleeing on the railway bridge.
Yes, according to Duan Qirui's plan, it is to use an airship to carry the officers and soldiers of Yang Dawa's regiment, arrive at the railway bridge, and then carry out the airborne.
After the arrival of the 15 airships, because of the collective force of the air force fighters, a vacuum zone was almost formed at both ends of the railway bridge and on the top of the railway bridge, and then the 15 airships flew to these vacuum areas and did not fall directly on the ground, after all, it is not so easy for the airship to land.
The 15 airships stopped at a distance of about 10 meters from the ground, and then a lot of ropes went down from the airships to the ground, and then the officers and men of the Dingbei Army on the airships slid down from the airships, and some officers and men of the Eight-Nation Alliance who had evaded the attacks of the planes were immediately wiped out by the officers and men of the Dingbei Army who came down from the airships.
"Quick! Fast! Hurry up and build fortifications at both ends of the railway bridge! Yang Dawa also fell to the ground along the rope, and then immediately shouted for the soldiers to set up positions at both ends of the railway bridge, ready to resist the attack of the Eight-Nation Alliance troops, Yang Dawa knew that he suddenly occupied the railway bridge with people, and the troops of the Eight-Nation Alliance would definitely not be reconciled.
The army commanders of the countries of the Eight-Nation Alliance have been paying attention to the retreat of the troops in Dongcheng, and the retreating troops of various countries were attacked by the planes of the Dingbei Army, which made the faces of these commanders very ugly, these planes were so mixed up, 10,000 troops could retreat to Xicheng, 5,000 people were many, and half of them had to die on the way of retreat.
When the airship of the Dingbei Army came to the railway bridge and let the officers and soldiers of Dingbei above carry out the airborne, it suddenly made the faces of several army commanders of the Eight-Nation Alliance even more ugly, this is to seize the bridge!
Joyles, the commander of the entire coalition army, suddenly shouted in panic: "Quick! Order the demolition team at the west end of the railway bridge to immediately detonate the explosives and blow up the railway bridge! ”
The Russian commander Nika Noorrovich exclaimed: "General Joyles, there are at least 200,000 troops of various countries in the eastern city, and they ...... when the railway bridge is blown up."
According to Joyles's order, a large number of explosives were placed on the railway bridge, and the detonator was connected, and as long as the detonator was pressed, the entire railway bridge would be blown into several pieces.
Joyls said firmly: "There is no time for them, if the Dingbei Army controls the railway bridge, they still can't withdraw!" ”
You must know that the Russian army accounts for a very large proportion of the current troops in Dongcheng, and Nikanorovich insisted: "There are not many Dingbei troops coming down from the airship, and we have at least 200,000 troops on the east side of the railway bridge, which can completely take back the railway bridge, and we can also send troops to attack the Dingbei army on the railway bridge to the west of the railway bridge." ”
Joyls said with a wry smile: "Although there are not many Dingbei troops coming down from the airship, but with these planes in the sky, do we still have any hope of recapturing the railway bridge?" ”
It turned out that the Northeast Air Force had blown up the wire of the detonator during the bombing just now, and the location of the explosion had now been established by the airborne Dingbei Army to establish a defensive position, and the demolition team arranged by Joyls could not connect the wires of the detonator.
The troops of the Dingbei Army, which were attacking in Dongcheng, also received orders from the headquarters and began to speed up their advance towards the railway bridge, and after the failure of the railway bridge blasting, the troops of the Eight-Nation Alliance on the east and west sides of the railway bridge immediately launched an attack on the railway bridge at any cost...... (To be continued......)
PS:Thank you for the people of Wangyun Mountain、Little Tiger in the Demon World、ㄚ-Chendu's reward.,Originally, this chapter should have been uploaded in the middle of the night.,But the sad thing is that it's too sleepy.,Didn't stick to the end of the code.,Hehe,I'm very embarrassed...... I don't dare to ask for tickets