Chapter 552: A Dangerous Detour
The artillery roared for three hours, the Russians' positions were plowed over, the carefully constructed fortifications were scattered and dilapidated, and the shelling caused a large number of casualties, and the Russians did not have time to rescue, and many people could only howl in pain.
Just as the artillery roared, the Fengjun air force returned again and dropped a large number of bombs on Borja again, and the violent explosion detonated the oil storage facility of a temporary warehouse, and the fuel flowed everywhere with a blazing flame, and wherever it went, it fell into a sea of fire.
The nearby houses were not spared, the fire quickly engulfed their dwellings, many old people and children were burned alive, young people ran out in a panic, and there was pungent smoke everywhere, and some people were poisoned and fell to the ground.
The Russians had no ability to rescue at all, so they could only isolate the fire from the military facilities as much as possible, leaving no one to take care of the residential parts anymore and allowing the fire to rage. It's not that the Russians are ruthless, it's that they have no other way, and the official attack of the Feng army has already begun.
Lined up in a skillful offensive formation, the soldiers of the Feng army quickly rushed over. Huang Xiansheng has been promoted to company commander, and his company happens to be in charge of the first batch of offensive tasks, rushing to the forefront of the whole army. From time to time, bullets flew over their heads, but the soldiers didn't seem to feel anything, still bowing their bodies and moving at full speed.
Less than a hundred meters in front is a barbed wire, in the past, it was a complete nightmare for the infantry, in the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese were blocked by barbed wire, they tried their best, cut with scissors, chop with axes, and even tear with hands and bite with teeth.
But these primitive methods did little damage to the barbed wire, and the Japanese soldiers died in patches at the hands of the Russians with machine guns. Although the little devil put gold on his face. called it a meat bullet charge, and honored the initiator Nogi Noshinori as the god of war, but the painful lesson is vivid.
The majority party did not have much experience in fighting the Feng army, and they only copied the mistakes of the Japanese in the middle of the Congress, suffered heavy casualties in front of the barbed wire, and let them slaughter! However, they have forgotten that the current Feng army is no longer what it used to be, and they will not waste their precious lives until they have to.
Two three-person demolition teams carried blasting canisters and quickly connected them to the barbed wire, and then stuffed the metal pipe under the barbed wire, making a loud noise. The barbed wire fence was blown up all over the sky, and there was a gap in the air that could pass three or five people one after another.
Huang Xiansheng had a satisfied smile on his face, and they passed through the barbed wire fence as fast as they could, and then crossed the trenches one after another, getting closer and closer to the Russian position.
At this time, heavy gunfire also sounded on the positions of the Russian army. Bullets swept in. In the fight against the White Army and foreign intervention forces, the majority party forces also became more experienced. They relied on the cover of the trenches. Constant shooting. The Feng army also began to suffer casualties.
"Not good!" When Huang Xiansheng was charging, he suddenly felt a tongue of fire appear diagonally opposite, and he hurriedly fell to the ground, the cold mud quickly soaked his clothes, and a chill enveloped him.
Huang Xiansheng was still relatively lucky, in the strafing just now. Five soldiers have already been hit and lost their lives. After the machine gun was added, the bullets suddenly became dense, and Huang Xiansheng lay in a crater. It's hard to move an inch.
"Mortars, knock out the firing point!"
Huang Xiansheng calmly gave the order, an 82-mm mortar has been aimed at the Russian position, the loader quickly loaded one shell after another, the shells crossed a graceful arc, the Russians rose up a cloud of gunsmoke, in the sound of explosions, the Russians were constantly blown apart, fragmented.
A dozen shells were smashed in a row, and finally one of the shells fell on the top of the fire, and with a loud bang, the fire point collapsed instantly. Huang Xiansheng hurriedly led people to the position of the Russian army, and the distance between the two sides was finally shortened to within a few tens of meters, and at this time both sides could clearly see each other's appearance.
"Ulla!"
The Russian commander jumped out of the trench and took the lead in rushing towards Huang Xiansheng, followed closely behind him by a large number of soldiers, their morale was like a rainbow, and they wanted to rush in front of Fengjun at once and stab all these damned guys to death.
Huang Xiansheng didn't expect the Russians to be so brave, obviously the majority of the party organizations are still very effective, as the ace elite of the Feng army, the first division is certainly not afraid to fight bayonets, all the soldiers crawled out of the pile of dead.
However, in addition to bayonets, the Feng army also had a more haode weapon, that is, pistols. The Feng army fought with the Russians and the Japanese, and it was clear that white-knuckle warfare was Zuihou's means, and the casualties caused were too great to be avoided, or to avoid it as much as possible.
In the 1st Division, pistols have been vigorously popularized, and there was a pistol in the original three-person stabbing team, and now it is possible to have two pistols.
The gunshots rang out like bursting beans, and the Russians who charged up fell to the ground one by one, and Huang Xiansheng's marksmanship was even more accurate, and he had already broken two skulls in a row, and the majority party member who led the charge was smashed in the head.
In an instant, more than a dozen Russians fell on the spot, and finally the two sides were getting closer and closer, and the moment came when the Fengjun and the Russians were bayonet. The bright bayonets came and went, and from time to time someone howled in pain, and the corpses were one after another, some of them were from the Feng army and some of the Russians, but in comparison, the Feng army had a greater advantage.
After a Russian soldier was stabbed in the chest, Huang Xiansheng led the soldiers into the Russian trenches. At this time, the Feng troops from other directions also broke through the first-line trenches one after another, and the remnants of the Russians could only flee in a hurry.
"Report to the brigade commander, the brethren have successfully cleared the outer positions of Borja!"
Zhang Henian heard the report of his subordinates, and nodded slightly, he was still quite satisfied with the progress of Fengjun.
"Continue to attack, and the next step must be to take the two fulcrums of 605 Heights and the railway station."
Borgia is located at the southern end of the Bolshovochchi Mountains, which was originally a mountain pass, and when the Russians were building a railway, Borja passed through it and gradually developed into a city.
Heights 605 is northeast of Borgia and is the highest point in the city. As long as you take here, you can look down on the whole city and easily guide the artillery to deliver a fatal blow to the Russians, and it can be said that the gains and losses of the 605 heights are related to the entire battle situation.
As for the railway station, it is related to the transportation of logistics materials, and the Feng army is also determined to win. Huang Xiansheng and they still had a rest, so they were ordered to attack the defense line of the railway station, and these soldiers rushed to the front without hesitation.
In the basement of Borgia, Sugorov is keeping a close eye on the situation, confident in the defense system he has built. Even boasted of being able to block ten times as many Chinese soldiers. But when it was time to fight, Sugorov felt the horror of the Chinese soldiers.
They are well-trained, well-equipped, and tenacious, and are definitely comparable to the armies of Europe. It's not the sick man of East Asia in my impression at all. Sukorov was also secretly glad that he had chosen to defend thanks to him. And did not rush to attack. Otherwise, he would have suffered a miserable defeat.
"Report to Comrade Division Commander, the Chinese army is storming the railway station and the front line of the 605 Heights, and our side has suffered heavy casualties, so we request support."
Sukorov's face was gloomy, and he said loudly: "No, let them hold on." Hold on to your liliang! ”
The beginning of the war was so tragic that Sugorov was well aware of the importance of reserves and would never dare to use them lightly. At this time, the bombers of the Feng army flew back to the heads of the Russians again, and more than a dozen bombers had already regarded the 605 heights as the most hode bombing targets.
Bombs fell on the Russians. The rocks on the high ground were blown to pieces, the trees were all turned into charcoal, and the Russian soldiers in charge of defense were also blown to pieces. But these defenders are still stubbornly holding on, and the Feng troops who are pouring up the mountain are also constantly hit by bullets and die on the way to charge, and the dense corpses show the cruelty and ruthlessness of the battle.
Borja 605 Heights is just a microcosm of this brutal contest, and on the other front, Jiang Dengxuan also commanded the 2nd and 4th Divisions of the Border Guards, storming Skovorodino.
The battlefield was no less tragic than Borja's, and Skovorodino's Russian defenders were even more frantic, and the battlefield was filled with earth-shattering Ulla, and the Russians seemed to never be able to kill them like a tide.
Zhang Tinglan left the main air liliang and armored forces in the direction of Borja, which was closer to Chita and more convenient transportation, but Jiang Deng's liliang was much less.
In the face of the ferocious Russians, he could only try to find a more ingenious way to defeat the enemy. Jiang Dengxuan stared at the map tightly, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly called Hou Lang, the commander of the cavalry, over.
"Captain Hou, I have a task to hand over to you." Jiang Dengxuan said and pointed to a section of the Ergun River in the upper reaches of the Heilongjiang River, and then said: "I have asked people to investigate, this section of the river is close to the north, the ice on the river has not melted, and the cavalry can pass through the river at the fastest speed, insert into the back of the Russians, and disrupt their back road, do you think this task can be completed?" ”
The upper reaches of the Heilongjiang River go from south to north, and the section near the Mohe River is the most northern, and the thaw of the river is also the latest.
"Please rest assured that the commander-in-chief will complete the mission!"
Jiang Dengxuan nodded, and then said: "You must be more careful when crossing the river, although the river surface still looks very thick, but whether you can support the army to cross the river is still unknown, you must be careful!" ”
After explaining clearly, Hou Lang hurriedly went to prepare, more than 2,000 cavalry were all assembled in Mohe, Hou Lang personally led his subordinates to rush to the river, the Taotao River has been frozen for half a year, at this time it is like a dormant dragon, it will roar at any time.
Hou Lang also knew that crossing the river at this time was quite dangerous, and he sent more than 20 scouts to find the most suitable area, not only to make the ice thick and solid, but also to avoid the attention of the Russians.
As night fell, the time had come to finally cross the river, and the soldiers had tightly carried their weapons and dry rations in order to reduce their weight, leaving everything else behind for the time being. As the head of the regiment, Hou Lang walked in the first, he did not ride on the horse majestically, but in order to reduce the pressure, he led the war horse, stepped on the river, and touched the opposite bank.
The rest of the soldiers followed closely, but their ranks were not too dense, otherwise the losses would be too great in the event of danger, and everyone scattered to form thirty routes across the river.
The snow on the river surface has shown a hint of melting, and if you step on it, maybe a big hole will appear, and then the whole person will fall into the river, Hou Lang tried to maintain his composure, carefully weighed every step, and gradually walked to the center of the river.
Click! There was a cracking sound under Hou Lang's feet, and the hairs on his body stood up in an instant, and he stopped for a second, the expected fracture did not happen, he hurriedly retreated two steps, avoided the danger zone, and then continued to move forward.
Finally, after a trembling test, he successfully crossed the river, and the follow-up soldiers were also crossing the river quickly, when about a thousand men and horses came, suddenly there was a heart-pounding clicking sound on the river, and the faces of all the soldiers who were still on the river changed their faces, and a cold sweat broke out on their bodies! (To be continued......)