Chapter 481 of the New History of Jiawu Huaxia The siege begins
The night attack by the Russians did cause some trouble to Beiyang, as they destroyed some of the fortifications at the front and blew up some mortars that had already been transported, which pushed back the attack by a day. After readjusting the deployment and transporting more mortars and explosives to the starting position, the general offensive of the Beiyang Army officially began!
The first to start was the Northern Front Assault Group, in which the Russian fortifications located in the front of the assault surface were blown to pieces under the concentrated bombardment of 3 King-class armored cruisers and 10 11-inch mortars. Later, after the mortar artillery of the starting position fired a round of smoke bombs, the officers and soldiers of the pioneer battalion of the Beiyang Armed Guards launched an attack on the Russian position less than a few hundred meters away with their weapons and equipment. With the attack of the infantry, the long-range artillery began to extend, shelling the rear of the Russian army beyond the fortification system, while the mortar artillery on the front line finally combed through the Russian fortifications and trench system.
A few hundred meters is not far away, when the soldiers of the assault squad rushed over under the cover of machine guns and mortar mortars...... They suddenly found that there was no interception on the other side, which made Chen Ming, who served as the sharp knife company of the pioneer battalion, quite surprised. It wasn't until his troops rushed to the position and looked at the Russian GIs who had no scars on the surface, but who had studied abroad, that they knew that these Russians were either killed by the bombing or shocked to death! Although there were no waves during the attack, in the subsequent battle to consolidate and expand the breakthrough, Chen Ming and his subordinates experienced a real test! …。
Shortly after Chen Ming's knife company broke through the defensive line, it passed through a tunnel that had not been completely destroyed. A large number of Russian infantry, under the leadership of their commanders, began to close the gaps, in the tortuous and poorly lit tunnels and trenches. I don't know where to go, a group of Russian soldiers suddenly rushed over, and then the two sides were less than 20 meters away from a burst of ping-pong shooting, the Beiyang Army Pioneer Battalion certainly has a submachine gun as a melee weapon, but the opponent's pistols and grenades can also pose great damage to the Beiyang Army at this distance. More importantly, the Russians have troops, and the area controlled by Beiyang is still very narrow. The troops behind it went up and couldn't be deployed, so Chen Ming's troops were not only defensive, but more importantly, they continued to expand the breakthrough!
"The soldiers in steel armor went to the front and gave them both submachine guns and grenade launchers, and the sapper brothers were in the middle. Let's go. As he spoke, Chen Ming picked up a submachine gun and walked to the trench first. Wait a minute. There are footsteps. Chen Ming hadn't walked for a few minutes, and the slight vibration on the ground alerted Chen Ming and the others.
"Send a signal and see what it's like." As soon as Chen Ming finished speaking, a soldier next to him put a whistle in his mouth and simulated a few bird calls. But the ground shook faintly, and footsteps were getting closer. "Let's start with a few grenades. Then tear gas, and finally sweep the streets," Chen Ming ordered..........
"Bang, bang, bang." With a few inaudible muffled sounds. The Russian army, which was charging towards the breach, suddenly felt something flying over, but no one cared until it was accompanied by several violent explosions. The Russians only understood that this was already an enemy! In fact, these grenades should have been fired inaccurately due to the problem of light. In addition, the tall figure of the Russians directly blocked a large amount of shrapnel for the comrades in the back, so the subsequent infantry casualties were not large.
"Prepare for battle, get on the bayonet, go to the front with a pistol!" The Russians have finally learned to be obedient after being washed several times in close combat, and they have also come up with a more effective method, which is very simple, that is, the grenade pistol is swept away, and then go up to fight the bayonet, I have to say that the tall Russians still have a great advantage in close combat, and the grenades used by the Russians in the front row are still light grenades with reduced charges, and after being thrown directly, the thrower does not need to hide at all. If this set of tactics can be developed, it can form a certain threat to Beiyang in close combat, but in the face of Beiyang's new formation and equipment, the Russians don't even have a chance to play! …。
Followed by a few grenades, followed by several tear gas canisters, a high concentration of mustard and chili pepper extract quickly spread in a closed space under the action of a small amount of explosives, this thing is not shrapnel, there is a crack can be drilled, the Russian GIs who have never encountered before were defeated by this strong irritating gas at the first time, the mucous membranes of the respiratory tract, the mucous membranes of the oral cavity and the cornea were all contaminated with these white smoke, and in just a few seconds, the fairly neat attack formation became chaotic, and they couldn't open their eyes, Feeling the airways filled with a large amount of secretions, the burning stinging pain in the eyes made it impossible for the Russians to fight, and the violent coughing and slurred speech instantly filled the entire tunnel ..........
"The brothers cleaned up." After putting on the gas mask, Chen Ming made an offensive gesture, and then, eight soldiers armed with submachine guns and wearing steel armor rushed into the smoke, and a few seconds later, the smoke rushed into bursts of gunfire like beans, accompanied by several heart-rending screams...... From inside, there was another sound of urns, "The target has been cleared, everyone move on." "In less than 2 minutes, a platoon of about 30 Russian troops was cleaned up.
However, the war could not have been so smooth, on a ruin, the sharp knife company commanded by Chen Ming and the Russian army of two companies met, and a difficult encounter began in an instant! . Although the sharp knife company commanded by Chen Ming has a high quality of personnel and is well equipped, in order to maneuver quickly, they have almost no heavy equipment, and the most powerful firepower is 60 mortars and light machine guns, while the Russian troops in two companies have heavy machine guns and a certain number of mortars, and the opponent's firepower is obviously stronger. Not to mention the numerical advantage.
Bullets like flying locusts swept overhead against the ground. The whistling bullets pressed the brothers of the sharp knife company to death, and often the light machine guns on the Beiyang side were taken care of by the opponent's heavy machine guns as soon as they showed their heads, and a light machine gun team was looking for a good vision. And after the covered position, less than 100 rounds of ammunition were fired into the sky by a mortar shell, and three members of the machine gun crew were blown into fragments with a machine gun..........
"The personnel dispersed, the machine gun group and the sniper group detoured to the sides, and the 60 mortars retreated a little and held down the position." Chen Ming shouted loudly. The mortar artillery is huge, but the range is also short, although the 60 mortar cannot determine the direction of the opponent because of the observation problem, but it is also possible to pull it to the back and break away from the opponent's fire, and then suppress the Russian infantry charge. As for the annoying heavy machine guns and mortars of the Russians, they were left to the flanking troops.
Yang Cheng held the rifle with the scope in his hand and two comrades slowly crawling through the rubble and mud. The Russians learned wisely, they abandoned the previous linear formation, and instead used a circular formation to cover the two wings well. Under the cover of machine guns and mortars, the Russians slowly moved forward,
Yang Cheng slowly raised the strictly calibrated rifle in his hand with a telescope, and the cross of the scope firmly lassoed the Russian machine gunner who was operating the machine gun to strafe. Although it only has a simple effect of magnifying the target, this scope still allows a sharpshooter to reach about 400 meters! As the firing pin hit the primer, a bullet flew through the air for several seconds and then pierced the heavy's head, and in the scope, the bloody scene could be easily seen ..........
The sudden death of the Russian soldier did not arouse much alarm among the Russians, who thought that it was normal for them to be killed by stray bullets on the battlefield where bullets were raining. But less than 30 seconds after the sub-shooter came off the bench, a bullet passed through the battlefield and opened a big hole in the chest of the sub-shooter! Then another bullet knocked the shooter who was feeding the ammunition to the ground, and in less than a minute, a machine gun crew was completely disabled! …。
And it was only then that the Russians discovered that there was a crisis lurking on their flank! But it is obviously not easy to find small targets on the chaotic battlefield, but the Russian officers and soldiers, who have been driven by fear, still involuntarily blindly tilt their firepower to the places they think may hide the enemy. Once an army lacks command, no amount of powerful firepower can play its due role, and the originally dense fire network is scattered and becomes fragmented. And this gives Chen Ming a great opportunity!
Just when Yang Cheng was hiding in Tibet under intensive firepower, the grenadier group and grenade launcher group that slowly infiltrated from the other direction gradually approached a distance of 200 meters to 150 meters. A veteran slowly pulled out a grenade from his backpack and placed it in front of him...... Then a small medicine bag is placed into the grenadier, the assistant shooter determines the position and distance of the opponent, tells the main shooter, and the main shooter adjusts the angle of the grenadier and loads the grenade, and finally, with the pulled belt, a grenade arcs into the Russian mortar bunker ..........
"Bang!" First, there was a slight explosion. But then, a violent explosion sounded from not far away, huge columns of smoke and flames rose into the sky, half of the Russian positions were affected, and even the grenadier team that had just completed the attack and had not had time to transfer the position was not spared, and was hit by the flying rubble!
"This cannon has made a great achievement, eighty percent of it is to light the place where the opponent stores ammunition!" Chen Ming said with a little excitement. There is no way to verify that this cannon exploded to the ground, but one thing is certain. This cannon has solved the big problem, and his sharp knife company can move on again!
Chen Ming's company was just an index of the battles between the two sides on the entire battlefield, and on the northern front, where the general offensive was launched, tens of thousands of soldiers fought through the trenches and rubble. The giant cannon was roaring, the soldiers fought desperately with the rifles in their hands and the blood on their bodies, the Beiyang offensive was fierce, but the Russians were also desperately defending, and for a time although the northern front formed a breakthrough, it was difficult to continue to go deeper.
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