Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Bombardment of the City of Trading (Part II)
The bombardment continued, and the Huaxia airship troops did not hover over the city for a while until their own bombs were all dropped and flew away, leaving only the desolate city trembling.
After the Chinese airship troops flew away, Major General Yuris and others cautiously walked out, they had never tried the power of airships, and now they finally knew why the British would fail so quickly in Tibet, and if this kind of bombing had not been mentally prepared beforehand, they would have been too frightened to come out.
When they walked out of the air defense cellar, they couldn't bear to look at the situation directly, it was really miserable, there were burning houses and shops everywhere, some were directly razed to the ground, some were bombed to the point that only a black mud wall remained, and all the larger buildings were basically bombed.
The originally flat street was blown out of huge craters, and there were a large number of mutilated corpses lying next to them, judging by their outfits, it was clear that they were Russian soldiers, and there was something burning there, presumably when they were moving supplies.
"You bastard, if you hadn't dealt with those Huaxia merchants, we wouldn't have been bombed so much, this is the revenge of the Huaxia Empire, otherwise you think they would even blow up those merchants' shops." Major General Yuris grabbed Lieutenant Colonel Quisla by the collar and said fiercely.
Major General Yuris was so angry because he had received a telegram from Grand Duke Nicholas, it turned out that these airships were following the large forces of the Chinese Empire to the Wulianghai region, but he didn't expect that after the news of the trading city spread, all those airships turned around and came towards the trading city, which must be the revenge of the Chinese Empire.
"Ahem, I was wrong General! I didn't expect the Huaxia Empire to care about those civilians, I would have known that I would not kill them first, just imprison them. Lieutenant Colonel Quisla did not resist, and let the Major General grasp his collar.
The officers present did not speak, and they all bowed their heads guiltily, now they have an unshirkable responsibility for this situation, if the Huaxia Empire still has more troops here, they are not sure to hold this place at all.
Major General Yuris angrily put down Lieutenant Colonel Quisla's collar, he looked at the people present and said, "Hurry up and treat the wounded for me, and get all the materials that have not been blown up in the cellar and hide them, damn the Chinese!" β
Hearing the words of Major General Yuris, many of the officers who were bowing their heads and not daring to speak left as quickly as if they had heard the gospel, and they shouted to the soldiers to clean up the mess.
Yuris now very suspicious that the Huaxia airship troops would continue to bombard the city, otherwise the Huaxia army outside would not let go of such a good opportunity not to attack them, so he thought it was necessary to collect all the supplies.
"Help me! I can't move my legs! "A Outer Mongolian, who had been hit by a stone in the foot, sat down on the ground, and shouted loudly when he saw a group of Russian soldiers passing by, but the soldiers simply ignored him and walked away.
When the Outer Mongolians saw that the Russian soldiers ignored him, they could only find their own way, and it was not uncommon for them to ask for others rather than for themselves, and in the case of their own comrades-in-arms and outsiders, they would choose the former without any doubt.
Just as they were rescuing the wounded and continuing to carry supplies, the Huaxia airship unit had already returned to Xu Shuzheng's troop logistics office, where they were going to replenish ammunition and then go to bomb the trading city again, and their task was to bomb the trading city three times.
Two hours later, the Huaxia Airship Force reappeared in the sky above the Buying and Selling City, and the soldiers of the Airship Force began to drop bombs without saying a word, and the targets that had not been bombed in the first place continued.
The Russian soldiers below saw that the airship of the Chinese Empire was coming again, dropped their things and ran to the cellar, they didn't want to be blown up, the bombing a few hours ago was still lingering in their minds, and this had become a huge shadow in their hearts.
"Boom~~~"
"Boom~~~"
The sound of bomb explosions sounded intensively in the city again, this time not only bombing in the city, but also bombing the positions of the Russian army outside the city, and a large number of defensive facilities on the positions were blown to pieces.
It is strange that the army that bombed the Huaxia Empire did not attack this time, which made Major General Yuris unable to figure out what the Huaxia army was fighting in his head.
After more than an hour, the Chinese airship troops finally threw the bombs and left, and the soldiers of Tsarist Russia also slowly walked out, and then went to put out the fire, this time there were not many injured people, after all, they also learned well after the first lesson.
After this bombing, more buildings were blown up, and even many houses were damaged, and the Russian soldiers who came out looked at the burning city everywhere and their bodies trembled, which was simply purgatory on earth.
Those people didn't dare to come out at all now, because they were afraid that the airship troops of the Chinese Empire would come again and the bombing would happen again.
Just after looking at it, the Russian soldiers went to the commander's reprimand to build a military defense facility that was blown up on the position, and if they didn't get it right, the Chinese Empire's army would attack them, and it would be over.
Just as they were building those defenses, the Chinese Empire's airship troops came again, and these soldiers immediately abandoned their tools to avoid the bombing.
This time, the Huaxia airship troops did not immediately rush to the city, but repeatedly bombed their defenses on the Russian military positions on the outskirts, and when they were almost blown up, they flew slowly towards the city.
Suddenly, the troops of the Chinese Empire began to move, they quickly rushed towards the positions of the Russian army, the soldiers carrying military motorcycles were the first to reach the Russian trenches, they jumped out of the car and shot at the Russian troops who were dodging, and the Russian troops in the trenches were eliminated without even reacting.
Only a small number of Russian soldiers found out about the arrival of the Chinese army, but they were killed as soon as they fired, and soon the Russian positions of the first line of defense were occupied by the Chinese army. The Chinese soldiers who occupied the trenches quickly worked hard to fill in the trenches, but the trenches were too wide for tanks to cross, so they had to fill in a road that could accommodate the tanks.
"Report to the general, the Huaxia army has launched an attack on us, the first line of defense has been breached, and they are preparing to attack the second line of defense." A soldier suddenly rushed into the cellar where Yuris and the others were, and then shouted loudly.
"What? Quick, quick, let all the soldiers go out to resist the attack of the Huaxia army, or we will be finished! When Major General Yuris heard this, he stood up in shock and shouted.
A cadre of officers quickly ran out, and the Russian soldiers hiding in the cellar were also called out by the officers to resist the attack of the Chinese army.
Groups of Russian soldiers quickly rushed into their posts, and the soldiers of the third line of defense were ready in a short time, and as for the second line of defense, there were already some soldiers stationed there, and their resistance bought enough time for the Russian soldiers behind.
When the Russian soldiers of the second line of defense were also ready, the Chinese tank units had already crossed the first line of trenches, and they began to launch a fierce attack on the second line of defense of the Russian army.
Due to the bombing of the Huaxia airship, many of the original military facilities of the Russian army position were blown up, so the Russian army was very passive and could only risk exposure to block the Huaxia soldiers.
"Boom~~~"
The artillery of the Chinese Empire was mighty, and one after another shells crossed the sky, smashing at the Russian army with a screaming sound. When the shell landed on the position of the Russian army, the shell exploded, shrapnel shot everywhere, and many Russian troops were killed on the spot.
After a while, the Russian artillery also began to fire back, and soon they found that their artillery could not reach the artillery of the Chinese Empire, so they decisively aimed at those tanks and the attacking Chinese soldiers.
However, soon the artillery of Tsarist Russia found that the Chinese tanks had been advancing irregularly, and they could not attack them at all, and even if they did, they would not be able to defeat the Chinese tanks.
"Boom~~~"
A series of shells fell on the camp of the Russian artillery, and a shocking explosion sounded continuously, and then the camp of the artillery was seen burning, and screams were heard from time to time.
The artillery firepower of Tsarist Russia suddenly dropped a lot, and the pressure of the Chinese soldiers who were attacking the second line of defense plummeted, while the pressure of the Russian army continued to rise.
"Dada~~~"
The machine gunners in the Russian position finally came, and they set up heavy machine guns and fired frantically at the Chinese soldiers, and hundreds of heavy machine guns spewed out tongues of fire, and the offensive of the Chinese soldiers suddenly became much weaker.
"Let the artillery adjust the direction and knock out the Russian heavy machine guns on the second front, and let the airship troops help bombard the line behind them." Xu Shuzheng held a telescope and calmly gave orders while observing the situation on the battlefield.
"Boom~~~" "Boom~~~"
The Chinese artillery launched an artillery attack on the Russian machine gunners, and the heavy machine gun units of the Tsarist Russia were attacked by shells one after another, and soon they were not overwhelmed by the artillery.
Without the suppression of the Russian heavy machine guns, the Chinese tanks quickly broke through the second line of defense, and they drove down the trenches along the edge of the trenches, and the machine gunners on them tortured the Russian soldiers mercilessly.
Half an hour after the second line of defense was completely broken, the soldiers of Tsarist Russia shrank in the last line of defense with all their might, because Major General Yuris and others did not know whether Huaxia would come to attack the city of Trading, so they only made three lines of defense, no matter how much they did not have so many troops to deploy.
"General, let's retreat, the buying and selling city can no longer be defended, we retreat to Kyakhta of the empire, I believe that the Huaxia Empire will not dare to step into the ...... of the empire"
"Boom~~~"
A bomb exploded near the main camp, directly interrupting Lieutenant Colonel Quisla's Tiyì, and then a bomb exploded at the entrance of their main camp, knocking over the entire cover of the main camp.
The panicked Tsarist officers soon saw several airships bombarding the shrunken third line of defense, and bombs were falling on the third line of defense.
"Boom! Bang! Bang! β
The explosion of the bomb blew up a large number of Russian soldiers, and the panicked Russian soldiers kept dodging bombs everywhere, and some Russian soldiers dutifully blocked the attack of the Chinese soldiers.
"Don't be afraid, hurry back to your post, you must not let the Huaxia army rush up, hold on, just a few hours!" Major General Yuris shouted hysterically, and the soldiers near him soon returned to their posts to fight, and some of those who were scurrying around were also driven back by the officers.
"Immediately organize the troops in the city to pack up the supplies, and we will withdraw from the trading city in two hours, hoping that the troops of the Huaxia Empire will not set foot on the borders of the empire, otherwise we will be finished." Major General Yuris shouted to several officers beside him.
Now in this situation, not to mention holding on, it is difficult to save their lives, so retreat is the best choice, otherwise they will really be wiped out.