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Chapter 671 (1) Suffering from the lack of artillery fire

On this side, Sergei Nikolayevich, Chief of Staff of the Eastern Cluster of the White Guards, put down his telescope, turned to Hastings, "Guillaume Nikolayevich, the Soviet Red Army on the opposite side seems to be a little unworthy of the reputation of the main force of the Southern Front. Should we put the 7th Infantry Division into battle and rush in from the right wing to turn the opponent upside down?"

In Dimilev's view, if the combat effectiveness of the Soviet Red Army in front of him was the same as the regiment guarding the position just now, even if there were 7 divisions of such a unit, it might not be the opponent of the four divisions of his East Cluster!

Hastings didn't say anything when he heard this, picked up the telescope and observed for a while, shook his head and said, "The other party was not seriously injured. I think he took the initiative to evacuate the front line. Look at the lively battle on the second line. Wait, at least wait until the second regiment of the 6th Division goes up!"

As he was talking, the cannons roared again on the artillery positions behind the Soviet Red Army. The difference was that the target of the opponent's bombardment was the position that had just been occupied by the Bai Guard Army. The shells fell like raindrops. The first wave of shells fell the most. The result was the greatest. The 21st Regiment of the Bai Guard Army, which showed off its power and did not pay attention to the hidden position. Many soldiers of the Bai Guard Army's infantry flew over and overwhelmed their horses and flew everywhere. The remaining Bai Guard soldiers hugged their heads and lay tightly in the trenches to avoid the shelling.

At this time, the Maxim heavy machine gun on the second position of the Soviet Red Army also roared again. Under the cover of heavy machine guns and bullets, the Soviet Red Army had a regiment of troops suddenly jumped out of the second trench and rushed towards the position occupied by the White Guards. Even at the location of the Hastings Command, a few kilometers away, it seemed that the shouts of "Ula" everywhere in the Soviet Red Army soldiers over there could be heard.

At this time, the 22nd Infantry Regiment, which was reinforced by the 6th Infantry Division of Kazan, was more than 800 meters away from the position occupied by the 21st Infantry Regiment, while the second trench of the Soviet Red Army was only 500 meters away from the first trench on its side. After using two consecutive waves of bullet rain to invade and rush the position occupied by the 21st Infantry Regiment of the Bai Guard Army, the artillery firepower of the Soviet Red Army quickly extended backwards and began to block and shoot the 22nd Infantry Regiment reinforced by the Bai Guard Army.

Hastings saw clearly in the telescope and couldn't help but turn his head and yell, "Where has the artillery company died? Why haven't the position been transferred yet, open fire on the entire line immediately. Don't worry about the opponent's counterattack infantry, and knock out the opponent's new artillery position first! The artillery fires on all sides!"

On this side, Dimilev, the chief of staff of the East Cluster, gasped, "It's bad, we're trapped by the other party. Chief of staff, if not, let's take it down first? Look at the other party has invested another regiment of troops. Hashk's 21st infantry regiment has suffered four companies of casualties. I'm afraid I can't resist the close-range assault of the two regiments of the other party. This Giddish is really good at fighting!"

"You can't retreat. Isn't it a waste of giving people a gift to you? You must suppress the opponent's artillery fire first. Pass my order. The 5th Infantry Division of Kazan will dispatch a regiment to launch a feint attack on the front enemy, reduce the pressure of the 21st Infantry Regiment of the 6th Division from the flanks, and give Hashik the death order. The 21st Infantry Regiment of the Infantry must be nailed to the occupied opponent's position and tell them that the 22nd Infantry Regiment of the Infantry will be able to reinforce immediately!"

Although Guillaume Nikolaevich Hastings was also angry, he showed the demeanor of a general in front of a group of troops. Damn, what if the opponent was going to fight back, even if the 22nd Infantry Regiment was reinforced, this battle would still have to be fought. Once the withdrawal is made, all the previous efforts will be wasted, and the casualties of the troops will only be greater!

Andrev Andreevich Vyodorov, commander of the 21st Regiment of the 11th Brigade of the 6th Infantry Division of the White Guards, was the commander of the main regiment of Hashik's top main brigade. He has always been brave. Although his 21st Infantry Regiment was exhausted at this time and suffered more than 4 casualties, this guy also knew that if he ordered a retreat, it would be like illuminating his back to the opponent's heavy machine guns and artillery fire. Therefore, even if the division headquarters ordered a retreat, this guy might not be able to agree.

At this moment, when the opponent's counterattacked from three sides, the regiment commander Fyodorov cursed and complained about why the artillery position in his rear had not opened fire to counterattack and suppressed the opponent's artillery fire and heavy machine guns. While ordering the contraction of the position, he gave up his wings and gathered the remaining 1,500 people of the 21st Infantry Regiment onto a position about 3 kilometers wide in the middle, and as much as possible, the remaining ten Maxim heavy machine guns in the heavy machine gun battalion were placed in a critical position.

Under the command of the platoon leaders, the soldiers of the Bai Guard Army used volley guns to counterattack the opponent's impact. Because the distance was too close, when the Soviet Red Army of the two regiments approached less than 100 meters in front of the position, the 22nd Infantry Regiment, which was reinforced from behind the 21st Infantry Regiment of the Bai Guard Army, was still 500 meters away due to the interception of the opponent's artillery fire. Fortunately, the Bai Guard Army's volley guns exerted enough power at a distance of 100-200 meters, while the Soviet Red Army was fighting on their own, which made the firepower density of the Soviet Red Army even more scattered.

Fortunately, the artillery of the White Guards finally roared again after adjusting the artillery positions. The 12 artillery companies lost only 6 artillery pieces in the artillery battle between the two sides, while the Soviet Red Army lost 12 artillery pieces. As one goes up and down, Hastings' artillery troops took the lead and had an overwhelming advantage in terms of quantity. The number of artillery on both sides at this moment was 66 to 36. Moreover, because the Soviet Red Army's artillery opened fire first after the position was transferred, exposed the target.

This made the artillery of the 11 artillery companies of the Bai Guard Army rush towards the Soviet Red Army's artillery position like eyes, and turned the opponent's position into a sea of ​​fire. Both sides set the main artillery position behind the middle road of the position, so as to flexibly and maneuverably take into account artillery support for the two wing positions. At this time, the border turned to the artillery position of both sides and fired and fought again. Of course, the Soviet Red Army suffered a loss because the number of artillery was only half of the opponent's.

Although the artillery units of the 10th Soviet Army were well-trained and brave in combat, the number difference was no less than the artillery company of the opposite Bai Guard Army's main force, and the artillery company, was no less than its artillery technology. The bloody and fire artillery battle between the two sides was decided in 2 minutes. The Soviet Red Army lost three more companies of artillery commands and had to start to transfer positions again.
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