Chapter 398: Strange Soldiers
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"Da Da Da!" At the peace talks on the east bank of the Peter the Great River, the sound of guns and cannons shook the sky. Although the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment successfully landed on the beach, in the absence of heavy firepower, they were stubbornly suppressed on the river beach and could not move. As time went on, the casualties grew.
The Chinese artillery on the west bank of the Peter the Great River was also in full swing to provide fire support to the landing infantry. It's just that the distance is too far, and I am afraid of hurting my own people, so some people shrink back.
In the afternoon, the 2nd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment successfully crossed the river, and this time, not only thousands of people joined, but also brought a lot of heavy machine guns and mortars to fire at the Russian army on the river beach. The fire of heavy machine guns suppressed the Russian army, and the mortars cleared the fire points of the Russian army one by one. Of course, there was no protection on the river beach, and the soldiers who landed also paid huge casualties. However, fortunately, more and more soldiers landed, and the situation began to develop in favor of the squadron.
Although the Russian army has tens of thousands of people defending the east bank of the Peter the Great River, it is still insufficient to deploy 10,000 people on a five-kilometer-long defensive line. In particular, the places where the squadron rushed to land on the beach were under great pressure.
"Dangdang!" A barrage of bullets hit the shield of the heavy machine gun, and the hit rang out. The heavy machine gunners had to bury their heads and temporarily stop designing. The attack of the squadron was very fierce, but the counterattack of the Russian army was also very sharp, and the two sides could be said to have fallen into a stalemate.
"Mortar! Knock out the Russian firepower point on the left! The commander of the 4th Company of the 2nd Regiment Battalion ordered. One of his two hundred men is now only half left. It can be seen how tragic this battle was.
"Yes, company commander!" The mortar operator immediately adjusted his preparations and aimed the 0-mm medium mortar at a Russian heavy machine gun fire point more than 100 meters away. Their company, under the suppression of the heavy machine-gun fire of the Russian army, suffered heavy losses!
"Da Da Da!" A volley of bullets hit, and the mortar gunner, who was preparing to open fire, immediately fell to the ground.
"Alas! Heavy machine gun cover, fire the gun! The company commander was lying on the river beach, very congregated.
The substitute gunner immediately opened fire, and a shell flew out. Hit exactly that point of fire.
"Boom!" The shells exploded, the Russian soldiers inside the fire point were killed, and the heavy machine guns were destroyed.
"Well done! Come on! "The company commander was overjoyed, jumped up from the river beach at once, and took the lead in rushing towards the positions of the Russian army. When it was only more than thirty meters from the position of the Russian army, everyone was immediately ordered to throw grenades.
Dozens of grenades fell into the positions of the Russian army, blowing the Russian army to the ground. The remaining soldiers of the 4th Company of the 4th Battalion of the 2nd Regiment also took the opportunity to attack the positions of the Russian army and fiercely compete with the Russian army.
"Kill!" On the position. The two sides engaged in a fierce white-knuckle battle. The Russian military is tall and big, and it is very suitable for white-knuckle warfare. The Chinese soldiers, though, are not as burly as the Russian army. But it has also undergone systematic training in white-knuckle warfare, and the two sides are inseparable.
"Bang bang bang!" A series of gunshots rang out, and the pistols equipped by the platoon leaders of each squad were powerful, and several Russian soldiers were knocked down lightly. At this time, more and more Chinese soldiers attacked the positions of the Russian army through this gap, and extended to both sides, and began to expand the results of the battle.
"Good! Order the 22nd Regiment to cross the river immediately and tear through the Russian defenses! Tang Anping, commander of the 21st Division, ordered. The 2nd regiment broke through the positions of the Russian troops. It made him very excited.
A large number of squadrons attacked the positions of the Russian army, so that the Russian army had to send more troops to suppress it, and if the defense line was broken, then they could only retreat to Shuangchengzi.
"Send electricity to General Agata , the Chinese's attack is too fierce, we will not be able to hold it!" The commander of the 7th Infantry Division of the Russian Army, which was responsible for defending the east bank of the Peter the Great River, said with a look of horror. Their line of defense, under the shelling of Chinese artillery. It has been almost destroyed, and the Chinese army's firepower and equipment are far more powerful than the Russian army, which makes their defense very difficult.
When the 22nd regiment successfully landed. The Russian defense line began to falter across the board. If they hadn't been able to hold on to some solid points of fire, they would have been routed long ago.
Shuangchengzi, in the command of the Russian army, the commander of the Russian army, Major General Agata, frowned completely, and in his hand, he was holding the telegram for help from the 7th Division.
"It's only been a little more than an hour, and the Chinese have broken through the position, how did they do it?" Major General Agata said angrily, but he had promised Governor Aleksayev that he could withstand the attack of the squadron. As a result, in more than an hour he was thrown into the line of defense along the river, then how could he explain to Governor Aleksayev.
"General, if we don't send reinforcements, the 7th Division will soon be defeated!" The commander of the 05th division, Yakov, reminded. Once the position along the river is lost, it will only be a decisive battle with the squadron in Shuangchengzi. Although the defense of Shuangchengzi is very strong, if you face the siege of more than 100,000 squadrons and want to hold it, it will be very difficult.
Agata hesitated for a moment, but finally said: "Yakov, you drop the 05th Division to reinforce the 7th Division!" In any case, hold on for more than two days! "Compare, Agata has already boasted to Aleksayev about the sea. Even if he can't hold on to the twin cities in the end, he must hold on long enough, otherwise, where will his face go.
"Yes, General!" Yakov commanded.
Soon, more than 10,000 people of the 05th Division were thrown into the battle, and the attack of the squadron was immediately contained. Both regiments of the 21st Division were once again suppressed. It was not until after the landing of the 2nd Regiment that the front was stabilized. Now it has become a battle between the armies of both sides on the east bank of the Peter the Great River. The Russian army wanted to drive the squadron down the river. The squadron wanted to defeat the Russian army and completely seize the position on the east bank of the Peter the Great River. Once again, the battle was deadlocked.
"Haha, that's good, the Russians have sent reinforcements. Now, there is only one division left in Shuangchengzi. Send a telegram to the Chief of Staff so that he can act! Major General Xie Dingkun, commander of the Second Group Army, said with great joy. The two divisions that the Russian army threw on the east bank of the Peter the Great River will undoubtedly become the turtle in the urn. Once the odd forces of the Second Army penetrated between Shuangchengzi and the east bank of the Peter the Great River, the 20,000 men could not escape.
When all the attention of the Russian army was focused on the landing operation on Shuangchengzi launched by the squadron, it was not discovered at all that less than ten kilometers away from Shuangchengzi was still hiding a large army of two divisions.
"The 4th Regiment, set off immediately, hide their tracks as much as possible, intersperse behind the positions of the Russian army along the Peter the Great River, and block their way back!" After receiving the telegram, Major General Zhang Shusen, chief of staff of the Second Group Army, immediately issued an order. More than 4,000 people of the 42nd Regiment immediately set off from the forest and marched quickly towards Shuangchengzi.
In order to hide their tracks, not too many troops could move together, and after the 4th Regiment was dispatched, the other two regiments of the 4th Division and the divisional units also set off, but they chose different paths. The 46th Division and three artillery battalions of the army's artillery brigade followed, including a battalion of 55mm heavy cannons, which was a sharp weapon against the Russian fortress in Shuangchengzi.
At 4:20 p.m., the 4th Regiment was the first to appear on the battlefield and attacked from the north of Shuangchengzi and between the Shuangchengzi and Peter the Great rivers, solving the Russian artillery positions in one fell swoop, and completing the cutting of the Russian troops in these two parts.
Subsequently, the rest of the 14th Division also arrived on the battlefield, completely severing the Russian army in Shuangchengzi and the two divisions on the defense line of the Peter the Great.
"General, no, a large number of squadrons have come out from the north, we have lost contact with the army outside the city, and the artillery positions have also been captured by them!" A staff officer, sweating profusely, stormed the office of Major General Agata .
"What? How so? Major General Agata was shocked. He was still dreaming of the Russian army subduing the defense line of the Peter the Great River and then blocking the squadron on the west bank of the Peter the Great River, but he didn't expect to wait for such a bad news.
"General, the Chinese, hiding a large number of troops in the forests north of Shuangchengzi, have evaded our attention while we are focusing our attention on the banks of the Peter the Great River. Now with a sudden attack, the two divisions we sent out are in danger! The staff officer said with a look of horror. There is no doubt that the main goal of the squadron is to eat the two divisions outside the city, so that the Russian army in Shuangchengzi will lose most of its troops, and then there will not be enough troops to defend Shuangchengzi and seize this strategic location in one fell swoop.
Agata had figured it out too, but it was too late. The 05th and 7th Divisions, which were outside the city, were clearly outnumbered.
"Order all batteries to open fire with all their strength and bombard the Chinese. Order the 05th and 7th Divisions to break through at once and abandon the positions along the Peter the Great River! Major General Agata ordered. Since we know that this is a trap set by the Chinese, there is naturally no need to stick there.
The 05th and 7th Divisions, which received the order, immediately abandoned their positions and began to break through, wanting to break out of the blockade and flee back to Shuangchengzi. However, how could the squadron that had finally surrounded them let them escape so lightly. Fierce battles ensued between the two sides. With strong firepower, the 14th Division firmly blocked the way for the Russian army to escape back to Shuangchengzi. However, the casualties of the 14th Division were also very heavy. Several fortified batteries and hundreds of heavy artillery pieces on the periphery of Shuangchengzi launched an indiscriminate bombardment of the 14th Division. The 14th Division did not even have a decent position, so it had to endure it bitterly. The situation did not change until the arrival of the heavy cannon battalion.
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