Chapter 409: Closing the Net (3)

War is war, it is by no means a drill, nor can it be child's play, a unit that has never seen blood is a paper tiger even if it is trained well in peacetime, only after the test of iron and fire, can it become a real army, this Yinzuo is very clear, he also understands that although there is no shortage of veterans who have participated in hand-to-hand combat in the era of cold weapons, but after all, they have not fought a modern war with all firearms, and most of their ways of thinking are still in the era of cold weapons, at least subconsciously it is still an army in the era of cold weapons, This cannot be completely reversed by training, and only a bloody battle with real swords and guns can completely change the overall consciousness of an army.

It's normal that the camp can't be defended, because Yinzuo didn't plan to defend it at all, except for the fact that there are some **, traps and other things buried in the camp to give Lao Maozi a surprise, and the most important thing is that Yinzuo intends to give Lao Maozi a glimmer of hope, and the front line can stick to the hope of waiting for help, while fishing for Seryov's big fish, by the way, disintegrate the courage of the Russian army to desperately break through, so in this regard, Qi Haoran is not undefeatable, in fact, Yinzuo originally arranged for Qi Haoran to be defeated, but he can't be defeated too badly, too ugly, In that case, the loss of personnel is a trivial matter, and the blow to one's morale will become a big problem, but now Yinzuo has no good way except to stand aside and watch.

Objectively speaking, the European race is generally stronger than the Asian race in terms of physical fitness, not to mention the tall figure, and the running is much faster, as the most elite unit of the Russian army, the quality of its soldiers is naturally good, and the old hairy people run like small tanks, and with the hideous face and the strange roar in the mouth, it looks terrifying. The short distance of more than 100 meters only sprinted to the front of the camp in more than ten seconds, and the Qing army was still in chaos at this time, seeing that he could already see the stubble on the face of the old Maozi, the guerrilla general Chen Miao waved his command knife violently and ordered loudly: "Fire!" In an instant, more than 200 Qing troops who had already been ready began the shooting show in accordance with the training regulations, only to see the barrage raining down on the Russian troops who were rushing wildly, and instantly sent dozens of Russian officers and soldiers who rushed to the front to hell. However, after all, the Russian army is an elite division that has been on the battlefield for a long time, and it did not panic because of this, and still rushed bravely, and the distance between the two sides has been shortened to 20 meters away.

Obviously, the shooting of more than 200 people under Chen Miao alone could not stop Lao Maozi's charge, and at this time, the part of the Qing army led by Qi Haoran was busy with bayonets, and when he saw that a hand-to-hand combat was inevitable, he didn't know which Qing soldier took the lead in throwing a long-handled grenade. A cloud of sparks exploded in Lao Maozi's dense charging queue, and the flying shrapnel instantly knocked down more than a dozen people.

"Bomb drop! Bombing! It wasn't until the explosion of the grenade sounded that Qi Haoran remembered that he still had such a secret weapon, and immediately shouted at the top of his voice, and the officers and soldiers of Ziqing hurriedly pulled out the grenade from their waists. Smashed into the charging Lao Maozi like rain, although many soldiers were so nervous that they forgot to pull the strings, the explosion power of more than 100 grenades was still amazing, especially since the Russian army had never seen this thing at all. I didn't know how to dodge, nor did I understand how powerful this thing was, in this rain of grenades, the charging Russian army suffered heavy losses, and the more than 200 people who rushed to the front all fell, and even if they didn't die, they fell in a pool of blood with broken arms and legs, howling.

There is no doubt that the strong army of the Russian military that dares to fight dares to launch a charge without fear in the face of a rain of bullets. But the Russian army is also a human being, and if it is a human being, it will be afraid of the unknown, in the face of the grenade attack and the heavy casualties caused by it, the psychology of the Russian army completely collapsed, and it could no longer care about the loud yo ho of the officials, turned around and fled back in the direction where the main force of his own army was, Lieutenant Colonel Konevsky killed two deserters in a row, but there was still no way to stop the decline of the army. He had to turn his horse's head and retreat in the midst of the defeat. In this short exchange of fire, the Russian army suffered more than 300 casualties. The Qing army ended up with 48 killed and 20 wounded. Although the Qing army did not play well, it was still a complete victory!

"*** Bear! Well played! Hahaha...... When Lao Maozi came up again, he beat them like this, telling them to see how powerful the brothers are, and do a good job! Haha......" Qi Haoran saw Lao Maozi defeated miserably, and suddenly laughed proudly, patted the shoulder of the soldier next to him who took the lead in throwing the grenade, and couldn't close his mouth with joy.

"General Qi, the Holy Lord has ordered, this battalion should give up the land, can the artillery be withdrawn first, so that it will not be too late to carry it?" Chen Miao saw that Qi Haoran was a little carried away, and hurriedly reminded him in a whisper.

"Ah, yes, why did you forget about that, hehe. Qi Haoran touched the back of his head, and then remembered Yinzuo's explanation before the battle - after withstanding a round of attacks, he pretended to be invincible and retreated, and smiled embarrassedly: "Okay, just do it, the artillery will be withdrawn first." A commander in charge of artillery immediately made a loud promise, gathered more than 30 of his men, pushed the gun cart and carried ammunition through the barracks, and withdrew through the back door.

"General, our regiment ......" Lieutenant Colonel Konevsky, who had retreated from defeat, told several battalion commanders under his command to reorganize the ranks, and rode himself to Major General Buchrusky, whose face was so cold that he was almost frozen, he saluted and said with some voices: "Our regiment failed to occupy the barracks, please give the general an order, our regiment swears to attack again, and it will definitely take ......."

"Enough. Major General Buchrusky interrupted Lieutenant Colonel Konevsky's words with a wave of his hand a little impatiently, looked up at the sky that was already slanting to the west, and said coldly: "Lieutenant Colonel, it's not early, if we wait until nightfall, how can our army block the cavalry assault in this wilderness?" Time is running out, I order, the second regiment from the right, the third regiment from the left to launch a decisive attack, lieutenant colonel, your first regiment is on standby. Although Lieutenant Colonel Konevsky was unwilling, he had no choice but to make a loud promise, and rushed back to his troops in a huff to find those subordinates.

"General, look, Lao Maozi is coming up again. Just as Qi Haoran gave full play to his advantages as a political worker, and was busy in the Qing military camp to comfort the wounded soldiers and boost the morale of the soldiers, the guerrilla general Chen Miao discovered the abnormal movement of the Russian army. Busy finding Qi Haoran, who was very busy.

"Aha, Lao Maozi is going to work hard, okay, brothers, take out the power for Lao Maozi to taste, leave after the fight, and prepare to fight. Qi Haoran looked at it carefully for a while and found that the Russian army was divided into left and right wings. There were three phalanxes on each side, each numbering more than 1,000 people, and they knew that this camp could not be defended, and they did not dare to fight again, so they gave the battle order to withdraw after a fight.

In the sound of drums, the Russian troops on both flanks stepped forward, holding up their bayonets and rifles, and slowly advanced towards the Qing army camp unhurriedly. Even when they arrived at the original Qing artillery attack position, there was no hesitation or pause, and everyone in the whole army had a calm face and the courage to look at death as if they were home, so they pushed forward with their chests held high. At 500 meters and 300 meters, the artillery of the Qing army did not sound. Two hundred meters, one hundred and fifty meters, one hundred and thirty meters, the rifles of the Qing army did not sound, and the Russian army did not stop. He didn't even charge, but he was still moving forward, and the sound of neat steps echoed across the field, and the earth trembled slightly. One hundred and ten meters, Qi Haoran roared: "Fire!" Suddenly, the Qing troops who were divided into two teams and guarded one side opened fire at the same time, and more than 400 rifles rang out at the same time. The smoke of gunpowder filled the ranks of the Qing army, and when the smoke dissipated, more than 100 people had fallen in the Russian army's phalanx, but the Russian troops on both flanks did not have the slightest panic, and they were still moving forward, and when they reached 90 meters away, the Russian commander gave an order and the military horn sounded. The drums beat up. More than 2,000 Russian troops roared like beasts and pounced wildly towards the Qing army camp.

“***。 Playing with life, Lao Tzu is no longer accompanied. Qi Haoran, who took advantage, saw that the time had almost dragged on, and he didn't want to fight with Lao Maozi with bayonets anymore, so he shouted: "Withdraw!" He led more than 400 people to turn around and slip away, and when he left, he didn't forget to light the ** wire buried in the barracks in advance.

Screaming wildly, the Russian army saw that the Qing army had "fled in embarrassment", and immediately the army's heart was greatly lifted, shouting Ula rushed into the Qing army's camp, some entered from the main gate of the barracks, and some climbed through the fence.

Seeing that the 2nd and 3rd regiments had already rushed into the Qing army camp, Major General Bukhrusky finally breathed a sigh of relief, and a smug smile appeared on his originally gloomy face, and ordered in a loud voice: "The whole army attack, enter the camp!" The remnants of the 1st Regiment, the Brigade directly under the division headquarters, and the Cossack cavalry who were originally left behind also happily shouted "Ula" at this time, and the remaining Russian troops happily ran in the direction of the camp, as if they had won the final victory, but at this moment, a huge fire suddenly appeared in the camp, and at the same time, the earthquake trembled, and a loud noise shook everyone's eardrums, and the Russian troops who had already rushed into the camp fled one after another. Major General Bukhrusky hurriedly reined in the frightened horse under his crotch, ordered the whole army to stop advancing, and sent messengers to the front to understand the situation.

"Report to the general, the yellow-skinned monkey buried gunpowder in the camp and dug traps, our army suffered heavy casualties, the commander of the second regiment Kosach was seriously wounded, the commander of the second battalion was killed, and the commander of the first battalion of the third regiment was killed......" After a while, the herald hurriedly rode back and brought a series of bad news one by one, and Major General Bukhrusky's face turned blue in an instant - up to now, the Cossack cavalry has lost more than 1,700 people, the infantry has lost more than 1,000 people, the three regiment commanders have died and one seriously wounded, and the battalion commanders have also died. Six infantry and more than 200 cavalry, even the enemy is sacred, and as for the enemy's strength, there is no way to talk about it, how can this battle be fought?

Major General Buchrusky's face was pale for a while, and he suddenly remembered the well-trained cavalry team in front of him, and shuddered violently, seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, and he didn't dare to stay in this plain place for longer, he drew his command knife and ordered in a loud voice: "The whole army is here, enter the barracks!" A dejected old Mao soldier pushed a gun cart, drove an ammunition cart, and escorted his baggage to the camp with thick smoke.

"Holy Lord, Lao Maozi has taken the bait. Seeing that all the Russian troops had entered the barracks, Wang Changtai, who was standing behind Yinzuo, secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said with some emotion.

"Hmm. Yinzuo replied noncommittally, but he was thinking about other things in his heart - although the overall plan has not had too many problems so far, but the small-scale battle just now has exposed that there are quite a few problems in the army's training and actual combat, although the current battle is basically won, but if it is not improved, in the future, Lao Maozi will raise troops again to retaliate, and the Qing army may not be able to occupy the right time, place and people like this time. At that time, if there is really a general battle, the current situation of the Qing army is really worrying.

"The order was sent down to convene a meeting of the generals of the whole army at and above the guerrilla level to properly examine the shortcomings of this battle. Yinzuo commanded lightly, didn't say anything more, went back to the tent by himself, stood still in front of the sand table, frowned and thought......

Night fell. The Russian camp was full of mourning, the howls of wounded soldiers and low sobs, and Major General Buchrusky was restlessly walking up and down his tent, waiting, waiting for the scouts sent out to bring back news of the battlefield, and a strong sense of uneasiness took hold of his body and mind, and he could not sit down anyway.

Report. Just when Major General Buchrusky was about to lose confidence in waiting, the voice of Captain Seanhofsky, commander of the reconnaissance company of the division headquarters sent out for reconnaissance mission, sounded at the mouth of the tent.

"Come in. Captain, what did you find? Although Major General Buchrusky's face was calm, his voice couldn't help but tremble a little.

"Report to the general, my men have confirmed that our army is surrounded. These yellow-skinned monkeys are the troops of the Great Qing Dynasty, and the leader is their emperor......" Before Captain Seanhofsky's words were finished, Major General Buchrusky interrupted him with a wave of his hand in surprise and said loudly: "Are you sure it is the emperor of the Great Qing Dynasty?" ”

"Oh. Yes, General. Captain Sean Hofsky shrugged his shoulders and said: "General, you know, I have a few businessmen under my command, they have been to the Qing Dynasty and understand the words of the Qing Dynasty, and my local people scratched their tongues and tortured the news. It shouldn't be fake. ”

"Oh, damn yellow-skinned monkeys. Major General Buchrusky angrily walked back and forth in the tent for a few steps, then turned sharply, stared viciously at Captain Seanhofsky and asked: "Find out how many of them there were, when they came, and what is the distribution of troops on the battlefield?" ”

"Oh, General. It's a pity. The tongue was only half confessed and died, and our landlings wanted to grab another tongue. It's a pity that it was discovered, and no one was caught, but a dozen brothers were lost, but the terrain of the battlefield was clearly understood. Captain Sean Hofsky said with a wry smile and shrugging his shoulders.

"Come on, what the hell is going on in this place?" Major General Buchrusky scolded indignantly and hurriedly asked.

"General, come and see. Captain Schoenhofsky bowed down and drew a sketch on the ground: "This is the gateway in and out, now sealed, the number of defenders is unknown, but it will definitely not be less than two thousand, the road is narrow, and it is impossible to rush out; This is a swamp, and when my men went to explore the way, two of them died, and the road was not open at all; There is a river here, and a big lake, although there is a road, but there is an army to guard it, well, but the garrison is not very strict, my people are the tongue caught here, and a small force can go out, but most of our army wants to pass through the ground, and it will only attract the enemy's front and rear attacks; Oh, here are a few small mountain bags, the guards here are the most tight, they can't penetrate at all, my people have tried several times, all failed, according to common sense, this should be the command center of the yellow-skinned monkey, it is estimated that the Qing Emperor is hiding there. ”

"Good, well done! Captain, you have done a great job, herald, and inform all officers above the battalion level to come here for a meeting. Major General Buchrusky shouted in high spirits. In a moment, the Russian officers who had received the order all rushed to the Chinese military tent, and each sat down in his position, and Major General Buchrusky stood in front of a freshly drawn sketch of the battlefield, glanced at the officers under him, and said in a loud voice: "I order!" All the Russian officers stood up at the same time and looked at Major General Bukhrusky without squinting.

"Good!" Major General Bukhrusky nodded and said: "I order Colonel Chulyusky to lead your Cossack cavalry to break through from here tonight, and be sure to rush to the Brento Haizi Fortress as soon as possible, inform General Seryov of the state of our army, ask for reinforcements, tell him that the Qing Emperor is here, let him attack inside and outside, and capture the Qing Emperor alive." ”

"Yes, Your Excellency. Colonel Chulyusky hurriedly puffed up his chest and said in a loud voice.

"Lieutenant Colonel Konevsky, your men will attack here early tomorrow morning, and they must fight to the death, and I will let the artillery battalion cooperate with your attack. ”

"Yes, General. Lieutenant Colonel Konevsky replied loudly.

Major General Buchrusky looked at a lieutenant colonel with a fierce look on his face and said: "Lieutenant Colonel Xudovsky, I appoint you to temporarily take over the commander of the second regiment, tomorrow your people will feint to attack this small hill, not to take it, but to fight fiercely, at all costs, to be sure to beat the yellow-skinned monkey to transfer reinforcements from elsewhere, do you understand?" ”

"Yes, my subordinates obey!" When Lieutenant Colonel Xudovsky heard that he wanted him to make a feint, he had to do whatever it takes, and his scalp was numb for a while, but in the face of Major General Buchrusky's strength, he did not dare not accept it.

"Good!" Major General Buchrusky nodded and said: "The third regiment and the brigade directly under the division headquarters are strategic reserves, ready to reinforce at any time. The Russian officers replied violently and dispersed to prepare for tomorrow's battle.

At the end of the night, in the dead of night, even the small insects in the grass are tired, the whole battlefield is quiet, there is not a trace of sound, the night is very dark, the sky is cloudy, not to mention the moon, even the stars can not be seen, at this time it is the deepest time for people to sleep, more than two hundred Cossack cavalry led the four hooves wrapped in rags, and got on the horse to chew the war horse, quietly slipped out of the camp, sneaked towards the lake on the right side of the battlefield.

Although the Cossack cavalry was already very cautious, but to the end still did not escape the eyes of the Qing army's secret whistle, after a "pong" gunshot, followed by the Qing army's secret whistle sounded the enemy's horn, the gunshot, the mournful horn suddenly woke up the Qing army on the entire front, although they did not see the enemy there, the gunfire rang out, and then dozens of fire oil bombs were thrown to the front of the position by the Qing army, lighting the firewood pile placed dozens of meters away from the battle line in advance, illuminating the open space in front of the entire front line.

"Oh, shit!" As soon as the Qing army sentry fired, Colonel Chulyusky knew that it was not good, and he didn't care about killing the Qing army outpost, turned over his horse, drew his command knife, and said loudly: "Get on the horse, rush out, Cossack advance!" More than 200 Cossack cavalry also followed with a shout, sabers and spears were raised, and they rushed to the battle line of the Qing army with their sabers and spears raised, although the cavalry was constantly shot off their horses along the way, but all the Cossack cavalry did not slow down and still rushed wildly.

A Qing army commander watched the Cossack cavalry rush closer and closer, and shouted angrily: "Fight me!" The revolver in his hand kept firing angry bullets, and the Qing soldiers who arrived at the news also kept shooting, but unfortunately the place where the Cossack cavalry launched the attack was too close, and the Qing army simply did not have time to form an effective fire blocking line, although the guns knocked down twenty or thirty Cossack cavalry, but unfortunately it was still unable to stop the breakthrough of the Cossack cavalry, but after a while, Colonel Chulyusky took the lead in rushing to the Qing line, and the saber in his hand slashed down, splitting a Qing soldier who tried to block it to the ground, Rushed along the path by the lake......

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