Dominate the Country

Wang Xipeng wielded his saber and killed another Russian lieutenant. He had several wounds on his body, and his arm was bitten by the fragments of the rocket explosion. The two double-barreled pistols that were originally hanging on his waist were gone. The bullets had been used up long ago, and there was no time to reload! Why were they still hanging on his body? As a burden?

Hand-to-hand combat!

The sound of pistol and rifle shooting quickly faded from the battlefield, and absolute hand-to-hand combat began to appear on the battlefield. It was like two violent beasts colliding with each other, fighting desperately, and a winner must be determined, and a life or death must be determined.

Although he was wounded everywhere, Wang Xipeng did not feel any pain at all. Now all his attention was focused on fighting, and the tense situation did not allow him to think about pain.

The Russian army rushed to the position of the Third Battalion. The number of troops was not much more than that of the Third Battalion, but they were all fresh troops. They had been recuperating for most of the night and were very powerful, while the Third Battalion was tired after a long battle and was really about to collapse.

Zheng Guohong, who was at the second battalion position, hurriedly organized his troops, gathered a team of troops, and went to the third battalion position for support. Wang Xipeng was one of them. At the same time, he ordered rockets and rockets to cut off the follow-up Russian troops in front of the third battalion position. The Russians can't be allowed to snowball, otherwise they will be in trouble.

Of course, while commanding and issuing orders, Zheng Guohong also scolded the battalion officer of the third battalion in his heart.

A fully staffed field regiment has five field battalions. After a day and night of fierce fighting, it repelled the Russian army's four attacks. Except for the first and fifth battalions as reserves, the other three main battle battalions all suffered more than 20% losses. The third battalion, which was the most serious, has now suffered 200 casualties.

At this time, the rumbling sound of artillery sounded in Wang Xipeng's ears again. The landing point of the shells was still in the middle of the two army positions, which was to block the passage for the Russian army's follow-up troops to reinforce! And the reinforcements of the fifth battalion also came up.

So this hand-to-hand combat still ended with the Russians' active retreat.

The Russians probably didn't expect that they would rush to the Wehrmacht position in one breath, and their follow-up troops were a beat slower in action. Of course, Zheng Guohong didn't expect that the Third Battalion would be rushed to the position by the Russians so easily.

Speaking of fatigue, which of the Second Battalion and the Fourth Battalion was not tired? They didn't make any mistakes, but the Third Battalion lost the chain, which was a shame for the Third Battalion.

The Russian major who led the team led the remnants of the battle with great regret. Years of battlefield intuition told him that the Chinese in front of him had a sudden change, which gave him an opportunity to take advantage of, otherwise he would not have rushed into the Chinese trenches so easily. But no matter what, this wave of offensive has come to an end, and it's time to retreat with his men.

When fighting with the Chinese, you can't think of winning a great victory with a wave of charge-when you rush into their trenches. The Chinese are not Ottomans!

However, it was definitely a surprise to the major that this time the charge was able to successfully break into the enemy's trenches and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Chinese.

"Quick. Hide quickly, enter the anti-artillery cave!"

Wang Xipeng saw the Russian army retreating, and had no intention of pursuing them. Instead, he loudly ordered the troops to hide. Prepare for the next round of Russian artillery fire! This is the current positional warfare, with charges and artillery fire taking turns. Except that the shells are not high-explosive shells, there are no heavy machine guns, which is no different from the battle in the original time and space.

Both sides are constantly using shells, bullets and bayonets to consume the flesh and blood of both sides! Whoever bleeds first will lose the battle.

"Boom boom boom..."

The Russian artillery group opened fire again, accompanied by rockets flying all over the sky! Now the Russian artillery group is no longer the fifty or sixty guns at the beginning, but a full hundred. The second batch of Russian troops gathered in Turinsk.

There was a muffled sound in the sky, just like in a minefield.

Wang Xipeng was experiencing a sublimation of his life at this time. He was appointed by Zheng Guohong as the acting officer of the first team of the third battalion.

Why was the third battalion rushed to the position by the Russian army?

That was because the deputy battalion officers of the third battalion were all dead, and the battalion staff was also seriously injured. And their battalion commander was hit by a bullet during the third Russian attack and was lying in the hospital.

In the fierce battle, the two main commanders were suddenly killed and injured, and the time interval was so short that it would be strange if there was no chaos in the third battalion. The previous casualties caused the third battalion to fall down with a full 300 people, and more than half of its own troops were killed and injured. Few of the officers were healthy. Wang Xipeng, a student who had performed very well before, was promoted by Zheng Guohong at this critical moment.

Looking at the Wehrmacht positions flooded by hexagonal shells, Nikolai Nikolayevich Laevsky had no expression on his face. The scene in front of him was completely within his expectations. The gap in strength between the two sides was too great.

The Russian army has gathered two infantry divisions plus two artillery regiments and a cavalry regiment. With a total of 20,000 people and a powerful artillery group to support them, the Chinese army in front of them could not resist them at all. It can even be said that the Chinese on the opposite side were lucky to have escaped last time.

God knows how happy Laevsky felt after seeing the Russian troops rushing to the Chinese position. He felt that he was very likely to take Turinsk on the second day of the war and wipe out all the Chinese soldiers here. What he was even more happy about was that the combat effectiveness of the Chinese was somewhat different from what Bagration described. This was of course not that Bagration was lying, but that the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army had declined. This greatly strengthened Laevsky's confidence in winning the war.

However, the subsequent performance of the Chinese proved that their will to fight is still unshakable. The superior Russian army broke into the Chinese position, but failed to defeat the Chinese soldiers guarding it in one fell swoop. Instead, they were eventually driven out by the Chinese.

Raevsky knew that it was the fault of the commander of the 55th Division, Nevrovsky. His reserve team was out of touch with the frontline offensive troops. When Nevrovsky adjusted, the Chinese rockets and rockets The bomb has completely blocked the passage.

"Your Excellency, Major General Victor Chelkov of the 58th Division asked for instructions whether this division should organize the next attack. He believes that our army should continue to attack, but the casualties of the 55th Division are too great..."

"Tell Cherkov, don't stop, don't pause, attack, attack, always attack!"

Laevsky didn't seem to see the complicated expression on Nevrovsky's face. In the previous battles, the 55th Division had tried its best. More than 2,000 soldiers were killed or injured in the four attacks. It can be said that they were exhausted. The Chinese army on the opposite side also spent a lot of energy and energy in the fierce attack of the 55th Division. Now that the newly arrived 58th Division is ranked up, it seems fair and just, but it is not robbing the 55th Division of the credit.

"Father, your order will definitely make Major General Cherkov happy. The 58th Division will not let us down." Alexander was seventeen years old, already an adult. He looked at Nirvana with a complicated expression on his face. Wolowski said hesitantly: "But the 55th Division..."

Nevrovsky was his father's old subordinate.

During the fierce battle on the Borodino battlefield, Raevsky stayed with Nevrovsky's 27th Division almost all the time, holding on to the three fortresses, two large and one small, to resist Napoleon's attack.

It's a bit unreasonable for my father to do this...

"Neverovsky will understand." Raevsky said it very lightly. At this time, everything is focused on the overall situation. The interests of small private groups have to give way to Russia's national interests.

On the afternoon of the third day of the war, Zheng Guohong's regiment completely withdrew from the Turinsk position, leaving only about 1,1200 troops out of 3,000. Among them, there are two to three hundred people who are seriously injured and unable to move on their own.

That situation is so tragic!

Wang Xipeng's right ear was cut off in half by shrapnel from a grenade explosion. Fortunately, Chen Han's army did not pay much attention to official dignity. Zheng Guohong was also hit by a grenade. Half a pound of flesh was cut off from his thigh, and his head was like a gourd of blood.

The deputy regimental officer of Zheng Guohong's regiment also died in the battle. One of the five battalion officers died and a pair were injured. One of the five deputy battalion officers died and three were seriously injured. The teachings and training in the regiment were also gone. Eight, and the lower-level officers at the platoon level below suffered many casualties.

The casualty ratio of junior officers in the National Defense Force is always higher than that of soldiers.

Even the regiment's chief of staff was bitten by a bayonet. This was because he only picked up his rifle at the last moment and spent the rest of the time coordinating the troops. As for the squad leader and sergeant major, the casualty rate exceeded 70%. After the withdrawal, Zheng Guohong's regiment seemed to have lost the ability to continue fighting.

For this offensive and defensive battle, the Russian army deployed two divisions and two artillery regiments.

They themselves suffered heavy losses.

The 55th Division had a strength of seven to eight thousand men, but it was not effective at all. It was unable to fight even after one night. If Raevsky hadn't immediately replaced the 58th Division, it might not have been possible to capture Turinsk so quickly.

The Russian army suffered more than 5,000 casualties, of which no less than 3,000 were killed.

Such results gave both sides a clear understanding of their opponents' combat effectiveness. Chen Wei from Astrakhan is quite satisfied with this. Although he didn't know how many casualties the Russian army had suffered, after all, the Russian army had so much artillery advantage. It was already very rare that Zheng Guohong's regiment could last until the third day.

This also shows that the combat effectiveness of the Russian reinforcements has dropped significantly compared with the previous team.

Moreover, when Zheng Guohong's regiment suffered so many casualties, it was still able to maintain the most basic framework organization of the army. Zheng Guohong was also very good.

Before Astrakhan could see it, most of the division was gone, which caused great pain to Grand Duke Constantine, who had just arrived. Although the Russian army's progress is very fast. The capture of Turinsk took only three days. This proves that the Russian reinforcements, which are mainly new recruits, still have combat effectiveness.

"Zheng Guohong's regiment is ruined, but will Lao Maozi be able to live well? They are attacking in turns regardless of casualties, so the casualties between the enemy and ourselves are at least one to two. What can't be done with this deal? The purpose of Turinsk is not to let Lao Maozi go. "The purpose is to 'check' the combat effectiveness of the Russian army. Facts have proved that the Russian army's combat effectiveness has indeed dropped a lot compared to before, but their performance can still be considered heroic.

When thin ice had already appeared on the Volga River and the time was approaching the ninth month of the lunar calendar, on a plain thirty miles away from New Astrakhan, the Chinese and Russian armies finally faced a decisive battle. duel.

Tom James also came to the front at this time. Great Britain not only needed to clearly grasp the outcome of the Sino-Russian war, but also needed to constantly observe the changes in the combat effectiveness of the two armies.

The Russian reinforcements were a new army, while the Chinese army had experienced a hard battle. There is an old saying in China: a long battle makes the soldiers tired...