"Sergey. Colonel Leonidevich! ”

Semyon. Major General Kurkotkin ran angrily to the back of the mound and stood the commander of the Cossack cavalry division, Sergei. In front of Leonidevich, he said fiercely: "Why haven't your cavalry attacked yet, why?" The Chinese have no artillery, no cavalry, just some damned fortresses and infantry here! ”

"What about your cavalry troops? Why didn't you attack just now? "Kurcott is going crazy with gold. What a great opportunity just now. If the cavalry had struck at the right time, cutting off the Wehrmacht's outlying positions from the main positions, so that the Wehrmacht reinforcements could not arrive in time, he would have been able to stand the Russian tricolor on the opposite position.

"Coward! You're a coward! ......," Kurkotkin screamed fire-breathing. If it weren't for his lack of qualifications, he would very much like to take out his gun and kill the person in front of him.

Leonidevich glanced at Kurkotkin expressionlessly, turned his head and continued to stare at the battlefield on the front line, "General Kurkotkin, you should now go back and organize the troops and make a new battle plan." Instead of coming here to point fingers! ”

As a division commander of the Cossack cavalry, Leonidevich had his own pride. His judgment made him choose to stop his troops at that moment, so this is not something that an infantry major general can 'denigrate'. Kurcott's golden face darkened.

In the depths of the Russian offensive position, twelve artillery pieces were advancing forward. A large number of infantry moved in front of the artillery, and the cavalry of the two battalions on the left and right slowly advanced in a charging formation.

And in the line of fire of the infantry, six Maxim wheeled machine guns were also moving forward. With the filling of these six heavy machine guns, the firepower of the Russian offensive line will be heavier than last time.

The armies of the five roads converged in one place. The total strength of the Russian army exceeded 110,000. But in the ice and snow, 110,000 Russian troops. The 20,000 laborers who were conscripted by the Russian army were all exhausted. Ten percent of the troops' combat strength remains, and less than three percent remain.

Kurkotkin's men were a division of troops, attacking the outlying positions of the Chinese army, the defenders may have been only a brigade, but the troops of a division were almost in turns as regiments, and it was only after the reinforcements that they shook the Wehrmacht's position, and as a result, the reinforcements behind came up and quickly stabilized the defensive line. And that reinforcement is at best a reinforced squadron. It can be seen how drastically the combat effectiveness of the Russian army has declined.

Kurkotkin's combat preparations, Leonidevich could not say anything. Being able to be appointed by General Yazov's cavalry as the vanguard of the offensive force, Kurkotkin still has the ability. He is a commander who can be trusted. It's definitely not the kind of goods that rely on sycophants to win high positions.

"Colonel Leonidevich. I hope you don't get timid in this attack. The Cossack is a symbol of bravery. The stain it has received in your hands, and hope will be polished in your hands. Kurkotkin was not at all interested, Leonidevich found under the steps.

Leonidevich still had a straight face.

Watching Leonidevich hit his horse and run away, Kurkotkin spat on the ground, raised his binoculars, and ordered the staff officer beside him: "Start!" ”

-- This is the second wave of attacks launched by the Russian army on the positions ahead. The last wave of attacks was really a pity.

"Puffy!" Twelve 75-mm field guns emitted black smoke and fire, smashing shells in near-direct fire onto many of the Wehrmacht's fire points observed during the first attack. At the same time, artillery clusters in the rear again shelled the entire positions of the Wehrmacht.

In the flash of the shell explosion, there seemed to be a figure in a panic dodging the shelling, and it was indeed the figure of the Wehrmacht. They simply did not expect that the third offensive of the Russian army would come so quickly!

Kurkotkin pursed his thin, dry lips. Looking at the smoke in the distance, another order was given: "Infantry, move forward." Beware of Chinese shells. ”

Kurkotkin wanted to see fire from the opposite side, so that he would easily find the Wehrmacht's point of fire. He didn't think that the bombardment had wiped out all the Wehrmacht's firepower.

The gray crowd began to surge. This is the winter clothes of the Russians, and they have returned to the gray sequence. The Russian peasants, who were resolute and nervous, were brave in the face of blood. Perhaps some of them were new recruits, and the military training they received was not rigorous. It's not standard, but it doesn't prevent them from fighting bravely. Especially the attack just now. They already see hope of victory.

When Liu Xian brought defeat after defeat to the Russians, the position that could impress the Chinese was already a piece of news that greatly boosted the morale of the Russian soldiers.

Therefore, even though the Russian soldiers paid a lot of casualties in the previous offensive, these lives are just tools to win victory and honor in Kurkotkin's eyes, and they are stepping stones to step onto a higher throne. And it's clear that there's a great opportunity right in front of you! His Majesty the Emperor of China, the most high-profile military strategist in the world today, his war wisdom is indisputable. But without a strong army, Napoleon, who had swept across Europe, failed, and the current Chinese emperor had to bow his head as well. This victory, won under the Chinese emperor, would undoubtedly bring a definite guarantee of Kurkotkin's promotion. Kurkotkin never thought he would lose at the hands of the other side. Because from the information received and from the mouths of captured officers who took advantage of the chaos to escape, the Russian army already knew exactly the strength of the Chinese - about 30,000 people. Not even a third of the Russian army.

Although they had been parked in Taraganda for several days, they had regained some strength. The war at this time was a matter of leisure. Kurkotkin, on the other hand, trusted more than three times the superiority of forces.

The Russian infantry, under the cover of artillery fire, quickly approached the first line of defense of the Wehrmacht, and for a time I don't know how many Makqin beeped and clattered, and the Wehrmacht positions were whipped like chains of fire. In a sudden burst of 'Ula', the speed of the charge of the Russian infantry increased. At the same time, two battalions of cavalry were also launched!

Six or seven hundred cavalrymen spread out into a pair of fast-moving wings on the attack surface of each flank 300 meters wide, the ground trembled slightly with the sound of thunderous hooves, the snow bright Gorlov 1881 cavalry knife exuded a cold light, and the muzzle of the carbine always showed a sharp edge at the last moment.

Kurkotkin's face turned red with excitement, and the end of his rosacea nose was even more red. The joints of the general's fingers holding the telescope turned white, and his entire arm, no, his entire body trembled slightly.

The value of a soldier is on the battlefield, that is, in the attacks planned by himself again and again, especially this passionate scene in front of him is also related to his glory and wealth, how can he not be excited?!

The Wehrmacht's resistance was stubborn, and the gray crowd went up in waves, all like waves crashing on the reef, scattered to pieces. But the cavalry was progressing very well. They quickly occupied the left and right flanks of this outlying position, covering the infantry, and began to build their positions.

Artillery fire from these positions to the left and right was able to pose a great threat to the rear of the Wehrmacht positions.

Kurkotkin walked up the mound with the steps of a victor and once again watched his results through a telescope. At this time, Sergey . Leonidvich finally dispatched his Cossack cavalry, who wanted to cut off the Wehrmacht positions from the main positions in the rear. But there was a kind of palpitation always in Sergey. Leonidevich's mind wandered, so he used only two thousand horses.

He ordered a part of the Cossack cavalry entering the battlefield to dismount and fight, to build defensive lines and arrange firing points.

Twenty minutes later, the 2,000 Cossack cavalry had perfectly completed their battle deployment. Some of them had reluctantly dismounted their horses and picked up the sapper shovels in their hands.

Kurkotkin cried out in his heart: victory! Victory yourself!

The Chinese's position has been completely surrounded by itself, although this is only a small peripheral position, but the meaning is different. The impact on myself is unparalleled.

It's time to win!

At this time, in Kurkotkin's heart, the epaulettes of the lieutenant general and the general seem to have been carried on his shoulders, and honor and wealth are beckoning to him, ...... course, this also requires him to make persistent efforts!

As the commander of a division, it is not a good credit to take only a defensive position where a thousand Chinese are incomprehensible. He needs to play at least two more ...... like this

......Suddenly, a thunderous explosion rolled over like thunder, and reached the ears of Kurkotkin, who was full of beautiful reverie.

The Major General was shocked to see countless clouds of smoke and dust rising from the position where the two thousand Cossack cavalry were, and at the same time the flash of fire stirred up a tall column of black smoke, and the gray crowd and horses were torn to pieces in the fire and smoke!

"Impossible!" He roared, screaming wildly with a blushing face. All the longing in Kurkotkin's heart disappeared in this burst of artillery fire, and he couldn't accept it for a while.

I could only have red eyes, and my eyes roared like bull's eyes. Or his deputy quickly gave the order to the staff officer, "Earlier! Let the Cossack cavalry move forward! Can't go back—"

But before the staff officers around them could convey such an order, the sound of shells breaking through the air from far to near sounded in their ears.

Everyone instinctively fell to the ground, including Kurkotkin, who was still screaming just now. One threw himself on the ground, not caring at all about his status as a major general of the infantry.

A series ......of more than a dozen violent explosions drowned out everyone on the hill, and Kurkotkin and his deputies, as well as nearby staff officers and guards, were all torn apart on the spot by the shock wave, or were smashed into blood gourds by shrapnel. When the nearby Russian officers and soldiers rushed up the hill to look for the commander, they could only find some scorched pieces of meat in the general's uniform by the side of a certain crater.

"Well played! Give credit to the gunner! ”

In the main position of the Wehrmacht, Liu Xian held a telescope and looked at the small hill in the lens that was completely submerged by a series of more than ten shells, and smiled with satisfaction. (To be continued......)