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Chapter 256 The Battle of Hailanpao (3)
The biggest pass of the Hailanpao outpost has been uprooted by the Chinese, and now there are only two positions in the middle zone occupied by the Far Eastern Army. The offensive and defensive sides face each other, and the situation is extremely dangerous.Compared with China's heavy weapons, the Far Eastern Army's heavy artillery is insufficient, and most of the artillery it possesses seems to be of light firepower, which can just resist the strong offensive fighting spirit of the Chinese.

Since the Pass War, what Babkov feared most was the night battle of the Chinese. However, Zhang Zuolin did not give the enemy a chance to breathe. On this night, the Chinese started a shameless night battle again.

Zhang Zuolin handed over the task of tonight's night attack to Zhang Zongchang, commander of the 28rd Regiment under Feng Linge, commander of the 63th Division.Zhang Zuolin's order was to send Zhang Zongchang to lead his brothers to conduct a careful reconnaissance of the two Russian positions in front of Hailanpao, and then choose one of them to attack quietly.

After careful investigation, Zhang Zongchang planned to choose the position in the east to strike. This position is relatively high, and the enemy's heavy artillery is relatively forward. As long as the impact is fast, he can immediately rush through the fire control range of the heavy artillery.

Within the achieved combat time, Zhang Zuolin's artillery will carry out powerful firepower suppression, and the sneak attack troops must achieve the greatest suddenness to deal unexpected blows to the enemy.Under the hazy moonlight, this sneak attack team first detoured from the left side and crawled over within an appropriate distance.Zhang Zongchang touched the designated location against the map, and the follow-up troops slowly concentrated under the enemy's nose.At this time, the distance from the Russian position was only a few hundred meters away, and the password of the enemy sentinel could even be heard.Zhang Zongchang took out the binoculars to check the situation, and felt half relieved.

The time pointed to 3 o'clock in the morning, and the British army who had been on alert for most of the night had already fallen asleep in a dream. Only the highly nervous Babkov kept looking outside the camp, although he did not believe that the Chinese would have just won the victory that night. Launch a sneak attack, but with many years of combat experience, he still prefers to believe that this possibility still exists.

At this time, the earth-shattering artillery sounded loudly, and the 93mm diameter high-explosive shells fired from the Chinese position shook the Hailanpao area as if it was about to collapse. Zou Zuohua, the most proud commander of Zhang Zuolin's artillery regiment Graduated from the Imperial Artillery Department, he has rich experience in artillery battles. The cannons he commands seem to have eyes, with the accuracy of a scalpel.Zou Zuohua ordered to concentrate the artillery fire on the frontmost high ground of the eastern position.The artillery shells that were quickly abolished plowed a two-meter-wide deep ditch in front of the eastern position.

As soon as the cannon rang, all the Russian soldiers on the eastern position got into the anti-gun holes like rabbits. The open-air trenches lost the function of cover at all in the face of the grenades falling at a large angle, and they could not save the lives of the soldiers. The army verified it with casualty figures in yesterday's battle.There seemed to be a strong wind blowing on the position, and all the steel cannons and heavy machine guns were rolled down.

"Okay, good fight! Blow up these bastards!" Zhang Zuolin was walking on a chair not far from the side of the cannon, with bare feet, smoking a dry cigarette, scratching his ears and cheeks excitedly when the cannon sounded. Beard's true nature is unmistakable.

Zou Zuohua has a total of 25 light and heavy mortars, 8 cannons, and 12 howitzers. In order not to arouse the suspicion of the enemy, he deliberately aimed the artillery fire at the east and west positions, and a salvo can almost cover the opponent's position. again.As soon as the first row of artillery was fired, the enemy soldiers who were not killed had just jumped up when the second row of artillery fell down again.

Zhang Zongchang chuckled, and said, "Old Zou is still good at it. It's fun to use this guy to fight foreign devils. Brothers, get ready for a surprise attack."

The soldiers behind them checked their armed belts one after another and loaded the bullets into the chambers of their guns.

After 15 minutes of fierce bombardment, the artillery fire continued to extend forward. Under the leadership of Zhang Zongchang, the [-] commandos who were ambushing under the formation jumped up and rushed towards the enemy formation.

Facing the enemy's powerful artillery offensive, Babkov could only order the troops to counterattack with the support of a limited number of heavy artillery, but in this asymmetrical war, the Russians were already doomed to be at a disadvantage.The Chinese artillery is not only powerful and accurate, but also has a very stable impact point, which makes the Russians retreat to the rear of the position little by little.At this juncture, Zhang Zongchang led two thousand brothers to kill quickly. The bomber frantically threw grenades at the enemy behind him. The enemy could only retreat a little bit under the attack of artillery fire and the threat of grenades.The assault troops took advantage of the situation to seize the trench, and at the same time carried out a frantic massacre of the remaining Russian troops in the anti-battery hole.

Not long after, the Russian army's eastern position was already in the hands of the Chinese, and even the heavy gunners at the front of the position could not escape the fate of being shot.

Babkov shouted and ordered the soldiers to retake the lost position.However, the Chinese are firmly established in their positions, constantly using trenches and terrain to kill and injure the limited forces in the hands of the Russians. Even if they regain their positions, they will suffer heavy casualties and the losses outweigh the gains.Babkov can only pray that reinforcements arrive soon.

Now the closest to me should be the 21st Division. Since the Chinese took the lead in blocking the diagonally inserted traffic line in this area, Hailanpao has not received any news from the outside world for several days. Now I can only hope that the one who performed in the Balkans The extraordinary "Army Nova" can perform well.

The No.20 First Division of the Russian Army cleared out domestic opposition forces for Alexander II during the 1861 reform. It was called the "Defender of the King's Power". Most of the officers and soldiers of the entire division came from St. Petersburg, Russia, including them Commander Lieutenant General Primakov.

"Quick. Speed ​​up. Cheer me up, you hungry bastards. If I see someone slacking off, I don't mind giving him a ride with my shoe upper." Fierce Primakov brandished his whip, cursing.

Colonel Hawthorne, the deputy commander of the No.20 First Division next to him, smiled and said: "The old Babkov is getting worse and worse. He was beaten by the troops of the four Chinese divisions and called for reinforcements three times in a row."

Primakov took a look at the military map in the hands of the staff officer, and said, "I hope the Chinese will fight more, otherwise I would rather go to Serbia and have a quick fight with the Hungarians."

Hawthorne said: "According to intelligence, the Chinese have about 5 troops, and their designations are the 27th Division, 28th Division, 31st Division, and 34th Division of the Northeast Army of China. In the initial battle. Although they Equipped with some German guns, but the combat effectiveness can only be described as low, and the most ridiculous thing is that their commander Zhang Zuolin turned out to be a bandit. Haha, it’s really sad, our most elite Far East Army in Tsarist Russia can’t beat China’s Bandit soldiers."

Primakov stared at the map at this time and said: "Tell the troops to speed up. I can't wait to see those Chinese."

Hawthorne was slightly taken aback when he heard this, and said: "It's the fastest speed now. The 15th and 17th divisions are still in Swickley and Antekan. Not worn out, and unable to go into battle."

(End of this chapter)