Just when the Beiyang Army and the main forces of Russia were fighting desperately. The other Russian army died down and slowly crawled towards the Beiyang position unconsciously. And the commander of this unit was none other than the Russian battalion commander Masadov. At the first time of the war, in the face of Beiyang's firepower suppression, he chose to temporarily avoid. Although the other units were progressing fairly well in the early stages, as a veteran Cossack veteran who had been fighting for the Tsar in Japan for two years, he did not believe that the firepower of the Beiyang Army would be suppressed by the Russian light artillery from afar, and his years of war perception made him feel in crisis. So he didn't attack with all his might, but mainly feints.

Compared with the main battlefield where the two sides are fighting to the death, this place seems to be very peaceful...... But beneath this tranquility lurked danger, and Masadov was a very good learner, unlike his rude and fierce kindred, who had once been among the Cossack nobles who had combined his knowledge and experience to the fullest. In the process of feints, he quickly discovered some doorways!

First of all, the first point is that the defensive firepower of the Beiyang Army on the opposite side will be weakened again! It is easy to figure out that in the case of a tight frontal battlefield, the defense of non-important areas will definitely be weakened. In particular, the weakening of the artillery force. In fact, information from other positions suggests that the use of light artillery to attack the enemy's bunkers seems reasonable, but once attacked by heavy mortars, these exposed 3-pounder and 6-pounder guns are simply food deliveries. The Russian army did not have time to build artillery bunkers, which caused these so-called fire support to be unreliable at all. How long your artillery can exist depends entirely on when the other party pays attention to you!

If it had been destroyed at the beginning, it would have been lucky. If you wait until the attack is all started and the troops are all up, the supporting artillery is suddenly gone. The troops that went up were all destroyed! The Russians understand this halfway! Since the 3-pounder and 6-pounder guns could not provide stable and effective support, Masadov had to choose another reliable method of support. Mortars and machine guns became his last choice!

Needless to say, although this thing has a short range, it is light and can be carried separately, and it is powerful enough. And the smaller the target will not be taken care of. And the machine gun is also a good thing, blocking the opponent's fire to suppress the infantry machine gun is really better than artillery, but the complex Maxine machine gun is not suitable for accompanying infantry support, but this is difficult for the veteran Masadov. He decisively ordered to throw away the water jacket behind the machine gun. At the same time, the tripod was abandoned in favor of a temporary two-corner frame. Ammunition boxes were also abandoned. Each machine gun only carried a chain of 300 canvas rounds with the synchronizers.

Overall, Masadov's troops moved much faster, but their ability to attack the fortifications was severely weakened, the range of the mortar guns was insufficient, and the machine guns could only fire at points and could not be sustained. In order to compensate for this problem, the Russian commander came up with a way to make up for it, which was to carry a large number of sappers with explosives to accompany the army. Using explosives packs or other things to blast can seem like a very inefficient and dangerous way to play. But in fact, it is the most suitable for the Russian army at this time, although a single demolition group is very offset, but it can't stand up to many people. And the Russians are the least afraid of the dead! However, Masadov did not ask for more advanced fire support before leaving. It was only after receiving a reply that he officially attacked.

And more importantly, Masadov intensively used smoke grenades! When the attack was launched, a cloud of smoke was first shot out with mortars and two attached light guns, and then, under the cover of smoke, the artillery infantry and sappers rushed towards the Beiyang position in several echelons. Faced with this situation, the soldiers of a company in charge of defense blindly used machine guns to suppress the enemy looming in the smoke screen. However, without strong artillery support, this suppression not only did not delay the opponent's attack, but on the contrary, it also exposed its own position!

"Mortar squad, attack those machine guns. Yes, there it is. Smash him for me! Masadov said, pointing to the bunker clinging to the ground in the distance. There, there's another machine gun there, suppress it for me, and the demolition team follows!. The commander of a company next to him also ordered. Also as an old fritter who had fought in the war, the cooperation between Masadov and the reinforced battalion under his command was really good, and in a very short time the hidden fire points in the Beiyang were determined. And use the machine guns and mortars brought with them to quickly clear or suppress them. Coupled with the absolute superiority of forces, the progress of the Russians can be called superb.

With the muffled roar of mortars, a second later, a machine-gun bunker at the back of the line was shattered by a 7-kilogram shell. The line of defense blocking Masadov's troops was finally torn apart, and the ecstatic Cossacks quickly got up. Rifle in hand, knife in hand, rushed towards the trench. A battalion fights a company, and even the most elite troops will be absolutely unable to stop the attack of an absolutely superior enemy in such a narrow range.

"Puff puff" With the sound of bullets entering the flesh, the first Russian soldiers to jump into the trench disappeared without a trace after a burst of wails and sounds. This was clearly a quick slaughter by some rapid-fire weapon. Masadov knew that Beiyang was armed with a pistol with a high rate of fire. "Sweep with a grenade before jumping and then charge, put away your rifle and draw your pistol and short knife, rifles are of little use in the trenches." The commander commanded.

A string of offensive grenades was thrown into the bunker, accompanied by an explosion. The entire front line fell silent. "Lads. Let's go down. Satisfied, Masadov was the first to jump into the trench. Under the blows of the Russian troops, the defenders of a company, lacking support, suddenly suffered heavy losses. When the overwhelming enemy enters the trenches, there is a large killing weapon such as a submachine gun in time. Still unable to stop the offensive of the Russian Army. But fortunately, the battle on the frontal battlefield is nearing the end, and Beiyang can already free up his hands to deal with this lone army that has infiltrated the position!

The defenders, who had suffered heavy losses, began to retreat in depth under the cover of submachine guns and grenades, and they covered each other to block layer by layer, gradually abandoning the front-line positions. Eventually, they relied on the terrain to build a defense in the communication trenches between the first and second lines, where grenades could not be thrown into corners and if they were to charge hard, they would have to face defenders with a great advantage in melee firepower. More importantly, the attack surface was very narrow, and Russia had the advantage of forces in the air and could not deploy it. Such an embarrassing situation made the Russians very angry. But that's just the beginning. The whole trench system is a trap. When the Russians broke through head-on and were blocked, Guo Bin, the cavalry battalion commander, also outflanked him from the flank and rear with his subordinates.

The cavalry commander made the most of his speed and agility as a cavalryman. Well, although they are now infantry. However, in terms of reaction speed and execution, these elite generals who have experienced the First Sino-Japanese War and selected from the Northeast Armed Guards are still much stronger than the Zhili defenders who are also part of the Beiyang system! After finishing the counterattack on the main force of the Russian army, after seeing the distress flares on the flank auxiliary positions, Guo Bin immediately transferred a reinforced company of troops from his command to support.

Because the enemy situation is unknown. In order to avoid falling into chaos, Guo Bin chose to enter the forefront of the first line of defense from the flank, where he could copy the opponent's back road, and retreat could close the gap to block the opponent's reinforcements, and after the situation became clear, he could formulate the next step, and at the same time avoid being scattered in the labyrinthine trenches. Guo Bin specifically limited the speed and at the same time used a very effective means of communication - whistle! Get in touch. In this way, at the same time that Masadov was blocked, the back road was also cut off!!

When gunshots rang out behind him, Masadov finally realized his situation. More than 300 people from one of his own battalions were finally blocked in the opponent's position. Just when Masadov was thinking about whether to continue the defense, wait for reinforcements, or retreat. Masadov's follow-up support force was also blocked out of the trenches! The freed Beiyang artillery used a variety of artillery, including 120 heavy mortars, to suppress the follow-up reinforcements of the Russians. The dense rain of bullets soon completely disrupted the charging formation of the Russian troops. The 3-pounder and 6-pounder guns, which were easy to push, were also taken care of. The last straw that crushed the Russian follow-up troops was the 1-pounder cannon. These rapid-fire artillery pieces were placed on the flanks of the breakthrough by Beiyang, and then suppressed the Russian army with curved artillery in the form of direct and oblique fire. A network of firepower was formed in which curved and direct fire were coordinated with each other.

"It's not the mortar that's really scary for veterans, it's huge, but it's slow, and veterans still have a chance to survive. Machine guns are a little more terrible than mortars. They shoot fast, their bullets are fast, and they make a constant fire king, and you can only keep your body as low as possible in the face of these things, and then pray that you don't get hit. What was really scary were those rapid-fire guns. Despite the fact that the shell weighs only a pound, it combines the high rate of fire of a machine gun with the power of a gun, and a weapon that makes a whirrel sound when firing in the Empty Inferno can cover a large area in a matter of seconds. There was no way to dodge, and it was fired without warning. Just a few seconds are enough to turn a platoon of soldiers into a pile of minced meat. After the war, a Russian veteran commented.

Backed up and unable to break through to the front, Masadov's troops soon became a lone army, and it was a lone army that had never had much ammunition! The drawbacks of throwing away a lot of ammunition for the sake of quick maneuvering are finally manifesting themselves at this moment! Soon, fierce fighting left the lone army out of ammunition. At this time, in the face of trench warfare with high casualties, Beiyang also chose to besiege and persuade to surrender. The outcome of the war has been decided, and as long as the opponent's IQ is normal, he should be able to make a satisfactory result! So the Beiyang Army is only a siege.

Faced with this mortal situation, Masadov finally chose to give up, the Cossacks were the mercenaries of the tsar, cannon fodder, they had no homeland, and everything they did was just forced to live. Although it is better than other enslaved peoples, it is still a slave, and this cannot be changed. In an unfavorable situation, they did not realize that the Tsar would die. Before the last rays of sunlight at the end of the setting sun were swallowed up by darkness, Masadov finally chose to surrender. At this point, the Russian offensive was declared a complete failure, and the trend of prolonging the war was inevitable!

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