Volume 3 Miracles of the Ages Chapter 490 The Battle of Magern
Infantry charging alone is a way to pay heavy casualties if there is not enough artillery support to attack the position, and although the Japanese attribute this kind of decisive charge to bushido to maximize mental strength, the Japanese also attach great importance to artillery cover, and they will never carry out a decisive charge outside the range of artillery fire. The Japanese are not fools, and the Russians are not fools, they paid an extremely heavy price to reach 300 meters from the Chinese position, and they were about to take the position, but the last step could not be achieved. This made them unwilling to stop and withdraw their troops, but they had to pay a very heavy price to go further.
More than 30 Russian soldiers lay on the ground more than ten meters away from the Chinese position, calling each other, Zang Hao saw that the situation was not good, and shouted: "Grenades! Volume 3000 Ancient Miracle 490 Battle of Magern Grenade! ”
More than a dozen grenades were immediately thrown over, smashed into the Russian soldiers and exploded, the screams of the Soviet soldiers sounded, and the two soldiers were just blown up to the legs and howled, their screams frightened the few soldiers who had just rushed up behind, and one of the Soviet Russian soldiers who was blown in two but did not die rolled and crawled backwards, afraid of a few convulsions and died.
"**, pick up the gun for me, counter-charge!" The brigade commander Xi Zhong, who was watching from the rear, shouted loudly, and suddenly, some elite soldiers of the 42nd Brigade of the 15th Division, led by a young officer, rushed towards the Soviet Russian army with submachine guns.
The Soviet army was stunned by the sudden counterattack of the Chinese, and was somewhat overwhelmed, and soon, the squadron ** set off a counterattack**, and hundreds of Soviet soldiers chose to surrender one after another, and the Chinese soldiers with bayonets behind ran up and kicked over and escorted back.
The first day of fighting actually lasted from 8 a.m. to just over 1 a.m., and the Soviets were finally forced to retreat because they were hungry and exhausted.
Long Ergou replaced the hot barrel, shook his head, and said, "Boss, if they fight again, the machine gun will be scrapped." ”
Zang Hao looked at the Soviet troops who fled like a low tide, and then looked at the watch in his hand, the pointer was only at twelve o'clock in the battle of Magern in Chapter 490 of the Three Thousand Ancient Miracles, and suddenly felt hungry and tired all over, and sighed and said, "They shouldn't come." ”
"How can you guess?"
"They ran all night last night, and today they fought for a day during the day, and now they are fighting, and even the iron man has to be tired, don't you see that they can't run in the end? Or did the Warlords force them to rush up with machine guns in the back? Zang Hao said, turned back to the brothers and said, "Leave a group of guards on duty, and the rest of the people will sleep, and the dew will be heavy at night, so pay attention, go into the cave and sleep, and put more dead grass on the ground." ”
"Okay." The soldiers shouted one after another, and at this time, several baggage soldiers in the rear ran over with two baskets of steamed buns and an iron bucket and torches, and another part of the army hired men also quietly crossed the position, holding white flags to the front line to pick up the weapons and ammunition of the Soviet Russian army, but did not do anything to the wounded Soviet troops on the ground. They are hired laborers, civilians who accompany the army, not combatants, and do not undertake the task of killing people in battle.
The squadron had been waiting for the Soviet Russians to send their men to raise the white flag to the position to carry away the corpses of their comrades, but after waiting for a night, the Russians did not come to carry the prisoners of war, allowing some seriously wounded Soviet Russian soldiers to scream and finally die. It is a common practice of war in this era to raise the white flag and carry the corpses of comrades, generally the winning side first goes to pick up weapons and ammunition, and then the defeated side comes to carry the corpses with bare hands, so as to avoid being used by people with intentions to charge. But China did as usual, but the Russians did not, which surprised the Chinese at their ruthlessness towards their own people.
The attack on May 2 did not have much effect, and Tukhachevsky, frowning, ordered the army to retreat two kilometers away to build Soviet positions, and then open up the area, preparing to encircle the squadron. Tukhachevsky underestimated his opponent, he thought that the squadron did not dare to fight back after a day, but the squadron was indeed ready for a night attack, so during the day, Wang Maoru told Guo Buluo Longqing to carefully observe the junction of the two armies of Soviet Russia, which is often a place where it is officially easy to break through. GUO Buluo. After careful observation, Long Qing and staff officer Yong Xingbao decided to break through in a small stream nine kilometers south of Magern Town, for which they also drew elite soldiers and strong generals, Guo Buluo Longqing wanted to personally lead this regiment, staff officer Yong Xingbao hurriedly stopped him and said You can't do this, you are the division commander, how can you personally sneak attack.
Long Qing shouted: "In ancient times, there was a hundred iron cavalry of Gan Ning, the general of Eastern Wu, who attacked Cao Ying at night, and now I lead two thousand strange soldiers to kill them. Long Qing dedicated himself to the country, and would rather than be shrouded in horse leather. ”
Yongxing Baoxin said that you want to be shrouded in horse leather, and I can't let you go, and said: "Ancient and modern are different, how can there be bullets in ancient times?" Besides, you are the commander of an army, not the general of an army. ”
Long Qing said: "If you don't persuade me, I'm going to go today." ”
Yongxingbao said: "I can't let you go today." ”
was arguing, I saw Wang Maoru's adjutant Ma Liang walk into the headquarters of the 11th Cavalry Division with a few guards, and said: "Xiushuai said that tonight's night attack, Division Commander Guo Buluo is not allowed to lead the team. ”
Yongxingbao said: "Look, Xiushuai still understands you." ”
Long Qing shouted: "Yes, I won't go, who is that, Brigade Commander Harzilang, you lead the team." ”
"Yes." The commander of the 30th Cavalry Brigade, Harzilang, said excitedly, "A good battle will be fought in a humble position." ”
That night, Wang Mao ordered the 11th Cavalry Division to make a sneak attack, which really caught the Red Army by surprise, and this small counterattack was that although there was only one regiment of cavalry, the damage caused by the 2,000 men led by Kharzilang was not small, and Tukhachevsky suffered greatly, because his two grain stations were burned. Harzilang only taught the Red Army a lesson, in the dark of battle, killing the enemy is not the most important thing, creating chaos is the first priority. It began with the cavalry setting fire everywhere, using machine guns and submachine guns to strafe the sleeping Soviet troops, making them realize that this opponent is not only not weak in combat, but also determined to defeat the opponent.
It was only during the night sneak attack that it was inevitable that some soldiers were captured, and about thirty Chinese cavalry were wounded and captured in the dark.
Early the next day (May 3), Wang Maoru immediately sent someone to explain to Tukhachevsky that before the battle, he first exchanged prisoners, and used the first team in the first battle yesterday to capture about 200 wounded Red Army soldiers in front of the position and return his prisoners of war.
The exchange of 200 for 30 was a big advantage for Soviet Russia, but Tukhachevsky's huge losses yesterday made Tukhachevsky angry, and he rejected Wang Maoru's proposal and ordered his soldiers to shoot 30 Chinese prisoners directly in front of the position as a demonstration of deterrence from the enemy.
Tukhachevsky's move angered the Chinese, and the soldiers of the intervention army were excited, and they wrote letters to ask for battle, Wang Maoru also suppressed the anger in his heart, ordered to be strictly prepared, not to take the initiative to attack, he waited for the enemy cavalry to fall into the ambush circle, and only after the enemy was completely surrounded did he dare to enter a major counteroffensive.
The killing of Chinese prisoners of war by the Russian troops succeeded in provoking the opponents to attack again, but they could not even get a hundred meters in front of the Chinese positions. In particular, the veterans of the 10th Division, under the leadership of young officers, fought fiercely and tenaciously against the Soviet and Russian troops, and frequently used surprise counter-charges to disrupt the enemy's offensive steps. What made the Soviets depressed was that it was as if the Chinese machine guns were pouring like rain, and the combination of submachine guns and light machine guns caused the decisive charge of Tukhachevsky's men, who had always been known for their bravery, to hit the steel plate and knock off their front teeth.
The artillery of the Soviet Russian army desperately supported the infantry despite the heavy artillery retaliation of the squadron, and did not hesitate to be exposed to the enemy's artillery fire. The Chinese artillery took the opportunity to bomb the Russian artillery, which really distressed the Russian artillery, who were accustomed to fighting under the tall 200 to 300 mm caliber cannons of the ironclad train. But where Wang Maoru retreated, not to mention that the railway and even the highway were also destroyed.
Soon, the few artillery that could fire shells on the Russian artillery positions were blown up by the Chinese artillery, and the 122 mm caliber howitzer, the range and power far exceeded that of the Russian artillery.
Without the cover of artillery fire, the Red Army soldiers could only rely on courage and will to attack, and the Red Army charged desperately as if it had fallen into an evil spirit, which caused certain difficulties for the Chinese. In fact, the most common deaths of Chinese soldiers were not enemy artillery fire and bullets, but deserters who were killed. Especially on the first day, when the Russians were desperately charged, some of the recruits were terrified, and then they threw down their guns and fled, and were all caught by the gendarmes in the second trench and executed. Deserters are not allowed on the battlefield, and the only way to deal with deserters is to kill, which is never the same punishment in peacetime. On the first day, more than 600 deserters were executed, and only about 400 soldiers were killed.
During the second day's battle, under the resolute counterattack of the Chinese, the Russian attack collapsed again, and they reluctantly withdrew to their own camp. Wang Maoru then ordered the 1st and 15th Divisions to retire and reorganize, and the front line was replaced by the 7th and 10th Divisions. The replacement of the defensive soldiers of the squadron did not arouse the idea of the Soviet Russian army, because the Soviet Russian army was beaten by the night attack of the Chinese that night.
In the afternoon, too, there seemed to be some problems on the part of the Russians, and some Russian soldiers who refused to fight were shot dead in front of the positions by the representatives of the Bolshevik Party, and the number of them was no less than two hundred. The phenomenon of desertion occurred on both sides, but it was only the first time that the Chinese fought, and the phenomenon of desertion was particularly severe, which alarmed Wang Maoru. Baidu search book * house, book * book house hand type, book $ book $ house provides this book txt download.
Wang Mao went down to the troops and shouted to the soldiers: "We are the best people, we represent the image of China, you are the power of China, you are steel, you are bayonets, you are bombs, you can't be cowards." It is better to die standing than to live on your knees! Do you touch the inside of your crotch? Or is it not a gentleman? If it's a master, I'll hold it up, if it's not a master, he will stab himself to death with a bayonet! When you come to the battlefield, either you kill the enemy or you die, what do you want to do, think for yourself. Most of his speeches were addressed to the recruits in the various armies, and the veterans were very familiar with the rules of the Northeast Frontier Army, and they would never tolerate deserters, and even the younger brother of a major general and brigade commander was killed because he was a deserter.
Wang Maoru's speech and the execution of more than 400 deserters calmed the intervention army, and in the ensuing battle, not a single deserter appeared!!