Chapter 53: Armageddon (Part II)
Looking at the attack of more than 400,000 Chinese troops, there are not so many, only about 300,000 people attack, the remaining 100,000 troops were divided into two parts to attack on both sides of the base camp of the Tsarist Russian army, to put it bluntly, they were preparing to go around the back to raid.
The Tsarist army obviously did not expect the Huaxia army to do this, and it was difficult to see the real number of attackers on the battlefield, and the airship troops did not dare to send out rashly, let alone reconnoiter the Huaxia army, the Huaxia airships were waiting for them.
The Chinese airship troops have been hovering over the Tsarist Russian army all the time, occasionally throwing a few bombs to scare the enemy below, they are waiting for the Tsarist airships, and the sky is their battlefield.
The airship troops of Tsarist Russia did not dare to take to the air, and these "air forces" had long wanted to teach the arrogant Chinese airships a lesson, so that the enemy could know the power of the empire, but Grand Duke Nikolai just did not allow them to attack now, which also made them very angry.
Although the soldiers of the "air force" of Tsarist Russia saw those huge Chinese airships, they thought that the Chinese airships were useless, they were all embroidered pillows, and they were not their opponents at all.
No matter how they shouted to kill the airships of the Chinese army, Grand Duke Nicholas just didn't allow it, and they didn't dare to go to war without an order, the Grand Duke's killing order was not a joke, just now a few soldiers retreated because they were afraid of the battle and were bulleted, they didn't dare to joke with their lives.
The first line of trenches was occupied, although it was within the expectations of Grand Duke Nikolai, but the speed was beyond his expectations, and what he thought could withstand for several days was breached in less than half a day.
The Russian army, which had retreated to the second line of trenches, began to frantically block the enemy in China, especially the passage where they retreated, because it would be the main passage of the Chinese army.
There was also a minefield in front of the second trench, but it was not a dead minefield like the front trench, and there were still a few passages for the soldiers to retreat, but the length and width of these minefields were much larger than the previous ones.
Seeing that the Chinese army with passages did not need to waste shells to open the way, they had already noticed those passages when the Russian army retreated, and there were special people to record the length and width of these passages, and soon the attacking soldiers got these numbers.
More and more Chinese soldiers entered the first line of trenches, which became the forward positions of the Chinese army's attack, and some of the trenches were filled in, filling in several passages through which tanks and cavalry could pass through guò.
The war continued, the sound of guns and cannons was endless, the screams and moans were terrifying, the battlefield was littered with stumps and discarded guns, blood was moistening the earth, and the green grass had turned red.
The Chinese army launched an attack on the second line of trenches in waves, and the Russian soldiers were struggling to block it, and the offensive of the Chinese army was so fierce that they were a little overwhelmed.
Without wasting shells to open the way, the Chinese artillery began to shell the second trench, ploughing the Russian trenches over and over again, especially those places directly opposite the passages became the focus of the shelling.
I saw one shell after another falling into the second trench, and then there was an explosion, the Russian soldiers in the trench were hit one after another, and some of the timid machine gunners were pressed and did not dare to raise their heads, so they could only hide in the trench and cling to the trench to avoid the shells. In order to stop the advance of the tanks, the Russian army dug the trenches very wide, which also made the hit rate of the Chinese artillery much higher, and a large number of shells fell directly into the trenches, and the losses were very severe.
A lot of ammunition and medical supplies have been blown up, after all, the soldiers have to use it when they block it, and they can't always be kept in the small caves in the trenches to avoid the bombardment of airships, so the second trench also shows signs that it can't hold out.
"Report to the Grand Duke, the second line of trenches is a little unbearable, a large number of war materials have been blown up by shells fired into the trenches, and even the machine gunners are so pressed that they can't raise their heads, and they have asked for logistical support from the artillery, hoping to send more warriors to the second line of trenches." An officer covered in blood ran over, having retreated from the first line of trenches to the second one, and was now very tired and gasping for air.
Grand Duke Nikolai knew that he still underestimated the strength of the Chinese army, he didn't know that the large-scale attack of hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops was so sharp, and he was able to find his own shortcomings to attack so quickly, careless!
"Let the soldiers who retreated from the first trench go to the back to rest, I will send more soldiers to the second trench, if the army wants to break through, it will have to pay a big price." Grand Duke Nikolai looked at the tired officer and said, and then instructed his entourage officer, "You go and let people quietly transport the mines that arrive at the back to the front line, and the minefields behind must be quickly raised, and other ammunition and materials should also be given priority to the troops fighting on the front line." ”
The number of Russian soldiers in the second trench suddenly increased, and as the soldiers had more guns, ammunition, grenades, etc., the Russian soldiers in the second trench were greatly relieved.
Several tanks rushed into those passages in front, only to see that the tanks were bombarded by the Tsarist artillery before they reached the middle of the passages, and one shell after another flew towards the tanks, and the tanks that could not dodge were blown up with black smoke or blown over, or even torn apart. The tank that dodged in time also deviated from the straight line and pressed the mine because it was unprepared, and the tank that pressed the mine with a few bangs did not move with black smoke.
The Chinese infantry in the back hurried to save people after seeing that the tank was not hit, and the soldiers who could not save people hid behind the tank to avoid the shooting of the Russian soldiers.
After the Russian artillery found that they could not reach the Chinese artillery, they fiercely protected the passage according to the order, and they were shrewd enough to divide into several groups to shell, so as not to be wiped out by the Chinese artillery. After the separation, the Tsarist artillery did achieve the purpose of chaotic vision, and the Chinese artillery wanted to adjust the direction to return fire when they saw the shelling of Tsarist Russia in many places, and those tanks were completely scrapped, but fortunately there were only a few, otherwise the Chinese army did not know how much heartache it would be.
After the blow, the Russian artillery immediately began to drag the heavy artillery to move the position away from the position just now, and sure enough, just after going out a short distance there, they were hit by Huaxia's return fire, and some ammunition that was too late to move was hit and burst out with a shocking explosion, and even some of the artillery that was so far away was also hit, because Huaxia's tanks also began to avenge their companions.
"Dada...... Dadada......"
"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”
The soldiers on both sides were shooting frantically, and the Huaxia army, which was very difficult to fight for those passages, soon began to bombard their own safe passages like the first trench, and Jiang Fangzhen did not want to consume tanks and soldiers in the enemy's passages.
Seeing that the Chinese army was ready to blast out of its own passage, the Tsarist army hurriedly sent more soldiers to the second trench to defend the passage that was being shelled, at this time, the small second trench of the Tsarist Russian soldiers accumulated more and more, no less than 150,000 people before and after resisting the fierce attack of the Chinese army, and the rest of the army was also preparing in the back trench.
"Are all the Chinese troops dispatched? Is the information true? Grand Duke Nikolai asked the intelligence officer in front of him with great uncertainty.
"Your Excellency, according to the information of our intelligence personnel in Germany who watched the battle this time, the Chinese army has been fully dispatched, and it is their entire strength that is attacking now."
Nikolai nodded and let the intelligence officers go down, and Admiral Irry also heard this conversation next to him, and then proposed to say: "Your Excellency, we will take advantage of the time when the whole army of the Chinese army is dispatched to send people to attack their back gardens on both sides, so that we can defeat the Chinese army in one fell swoop, and the Chinese army without logistics is not the opponent of the imperial army at all." ”
"No, since the whole Huaxia army is dispatched, it naturally has a backhand, the commander of the Huaxia army is not an idiot, this is a trap, you must not go, if you act without permission, don't blame my subordinates for being ruthless." Grand Duke Nikolai has to admit that the Chinese army will be stupid enough to leave the base camp for himself to attack, there will definitely be a backhand, who will cut off his own back road?
General Airry didn't speak out anymore when he heard this, how could he not know if the Huaxia army had a backhand, otherwise he would not be so idiotic, but he didn't know what traps the Huaxia army would leave behind if the whole army was dispatched, unless they still had a surplus army.
A few of Airray's people next to him wanted to say something, but Airry shook his head and signaled them not to be impulsive, and Archduke Nikolai also took the opportunity to arrange combat operations and left.
"Your Excellency, General, why should we listen to him, he knows that he is blindly defending, and now that the first trench has been captured, he didn't even take advantage of the emptiness in the rear of the Huaxia army to attack the Huaxia base camp, it's really ......" Airrey's henchman was interrupted by Airry before he could finish speaking.
"Enough, don't say it, I have my own opinions, do you think this information is only known to us, wait, Your Majesty's order will arrive soon." Knowing the Tsar's character, Ari waited for orders, and sent a telegram to Rasproyan to be on the safe side.
The purpose of Airray's trip to the Far East was to bring down Archduke Nicholas, and he had never found a chance before, and even deliberately expressed that he was eager to win battle merits to confuse Archduke Nicholas, and now he has a chance.
If he could successfully obtain the order to sneak attack the rear of Huaxia, he would not mind taking the army around and then going back to the sneak attack, but he was afraid that by then Grand Duke Nicholas had already withdrawn to the territory of the empire, and he would find an excuse to go back with the army.
The war for the second line of trenches in China had entered a fever pitch, and the trenches had almost been attacked several times, but they were all blocked by the Russian army without danger, and the back and forth battle lasted all afternoon, and in the evening the attack of the Chinese army decreased a lot.
The Chinese airship has never been able to lure the Russian airship troops, no matter how the Huaxia airship provokes, it will not come out, which makes the soldiers of the Huaxia airship unit very depressed, and they are impatient to destroy the minefield before nightfall, and they also swaggered to bomb the base camp of Tsarist Russia.
ps: Polar Bear's airship force Satan is not very clear when it was established, the needs of the plot have brought them out, and even the airship troops in Britain and France and other countries may be carried out on a large scale in advance, please don't be surprised.