Chapter 936
Under the fierce bombardment of the Qing army's heavy artillery and war defense artillery, the Russian artillery finally could not hold on. He did not dare to set up the army in front of the army. The gunners dragged the cannons and retreated backwards. However, the Qing army's artillery regiments did not stop shooting. The six heavy artillery and many war defense artillery adjusted their secret positions and poured the artillery into the Russian frontier infantry formation without hesitation, which immediately caused a great chaos in the Russian army. It was fine if the war defense artillery was limited to the range and power, and could only attack the front of the Russian army's formation, and the power of the explosion was also
It is not too fierce, but the heavy artillery is amazingly powerful. Although the firing rate is not fast, it can basically take one shot in two minutes, but the effective range is 1,200 meters. Except for the command center deployed by the Russian army on the hillside of Geden Mountain, which cannot be attacked, all the Russian positions, together with the battalion, are within the range of the heavy artillery. With only one shell, one can shoot a death zone of ten feet in the Russian army array. After only three rounds of shooting, the Russian army that was densely arranged in the array had already killed and injured more than a thousand people. The situation is terrible.
"Haha, it seems that these miscellaneous people don't plan to attack again, prepare..."
It is impossible to win a battle by defending, and the same is true for artillery alone. Even if the artillery fire of the Qing army is fierce, it is impossible to annihilate all the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Three Kingdoms coalition. Hongqing knew very well. The reason why he did not rush to launch a counterattack was just to annihilate more of the Russian army's vitality in the defensive battle. Now, the Qing army's cannons are almost overheated, and they have not seen them.
The Russian army showed signs of attacking or withdrawing troops, and Hongqing naturally did not want to wait any longer, so she planned to order the planned combat signal. However, before she finished speaking, she suddenly saw a burst of intense fighting drums in the Russian army. Several infantry phalanxes on the right wings began to move forward. As soon as she saw this, a hint of suspicion flashed in Hongqing's eyes, and the order that had been said halfway through, it stopped abruptly.
What's going on? Is there still a fight?
Hong Qing's eyes have always been very good. Although it is a distance of one and a half miles, she can still clearly see the changes in the formation of the Three Kingdoms coalition forces. In this way, the right wings of the Russian army were moving together, and the Junggar army on the left was also mobilizing troops and was preparing to launch a general attack. She couldn't help but wonder. No matter how many troops the Three Kingdoms coalition forces dispatched, it would be difficult to get any benefits in front of the Qing army, which was waiting for the battle. After all, the difference in the firepower projection levels of the two sides was too large. If it was defending, it might cause a lot of trouble to the Qing army. The full attack was just a waste of death, and it was difficult to make any progress. This point could be seen from the previous two battles. There was no doubt that the attitude of the Three Kingdoms coalition forces preparing to attack was obviously unreasonable and strange.
"Order: Each unit blocks the thief's attack and launches a counterattack!"
Although Hongqing was extremely wise, she was not a god. She would not know that the unreasonable comprehensive attack by the Three Kingdoms coalition forces was actually just a desperate struggle made by Lieutenant General Torsky in order to protect his command and face. However, this did not hinder Hongqing's correct decision. After one order, all the Qing troops of the three routes entered a state of preparation for war. The artillery regiments that were originally bombarding the Russian positions at will temporarily stop attacking, and quickly followed the instructions of Zhang Miao and others, nervously re-adjusting the secret position of the shooting.
"Dong, dun dong..."
The Russian army in the middle was quite resolute. Amid the intense drumbeat, the first Russian Siberian border defense army deployed in a wide frontal manner. The three divisions were divided into three sequences, each sequence was one division, and four regiments were divided into four square arrays, with thirty meters apart to form a wave-like attack posture. Although the speed of the march is not fast, the momentum is extremely amazing. At the same time, the Russian army on the right wing also dispatched two divisions again, and they also deployed in a wide frontal manner to form two stairs. As for the left wing, the Junggar army was linked up with infantry and cavalry, and launched an attack with cavalry opening the way and infantry following up, but the number of troops invested was not large. The two cavalry armies combined only dispatched more than ten thousand people, and the speed of the march was very slow, far behind the two Russian troops. The attack was obviously not very strong.
"Command: Infantry cannon fire with all its strength, heavy cannons, and combat defense cannons standby!"
Seeing that the enemy troops in the middle had passed such a cordon line of 400 meters, Yue Zhongqi did not dare to go lightly. She raised her hand and issued a loud order.
"Order: The artillery will fight me hard!"
Just as Yue Zhongqi issued an order, Zhang Miao also issued a general order. The difference is that Zhang Miao did not make any stop, and both heavy artillery and light infantry artillery all roared.
"Come with me, attack!"
With the sound of the left-wing cannon of the Qing army, Hmernisky, who was still in the middle and right wing, immediately raised his saber, roared, and led his troops to start a wild charge, aiming directly at the left wing of the Qing army. The speed was extremely fast, and in an instant it had surpassed the troops of Watchaivsky, who were screaming with terror, and rushed towards the Qing army array like a craziest.
"Fire with all your might and block the Russian cavalry!"
The Qing army's cannons had just been fired for one round. Even the simplest light infantry cannons were loaded, but the Cossack cavalry's vanguard had already rushed to less than 300 meters away from the Qing army's array. At this moment, all the cannons had no time to launch the blocking shooting. As soon as they saw this, Zhang Miao couldn't hold on and quickly issued a general order.
"Da da da..., slap..."
When the command was ordered, the Qing army officers and soldiers who had been on standby for a long time immediately moved and pulled the trigger together. The machine gun swept wildly and the guns fired. In an instant, countless bullet links were covered with congestion towards the Cossack cavalrymen who were rushing towards them like a torrential rain. Even so, the Cossack cavalry vanguard was in chaos and countless casualties. However, even so, it was difficult to block the progress of the Cossack cavalry's attack. Not long after, the Cossack cavalry vanguard's madly had already reached a distance of only 150 meters from the Qing army array.
"Order: The first cavalry division attacks and blocks the enemy cavalry!"
The distance of 150 meters was just a matter of a moment for the horses running wildly. Even if the Qing infantrymen on the right wing had fired with all their might, it was obviously unlikely to block the Cossack cavalry's assault without the cooperation of artillery. At this moment, the two infantry divisions under Huachaevsky took advantage of the Qing army's firepower being attracted by their own cavalry and rushed forward quickly. The front-line formation had already arrived at a distance of less than 250 meters from the Qing army's array. If there was no accident, the right wing of the Qing army would be trapped in a tough battle. Although Zhang Miao had already predicted this, he had no choice but to be impatient. Fortunately, Yue Zhongqi in the middle lane keenly sensed the crisis on the right wing, and did not care much, and had already issued an order to support the right wing.
"Come with me, kill the thief, kill the thief, kill the thief!"
The First Cavalry Division deployed at the junction of the middle and right roads had only two brigades, with a total strength of only 6,000 cavalry, but the Cossack cavalry they had to face was about 20,000. The difference in strength between them was quite large. However, He Min did not hesitate at all. As soon as he received the order from the Central Military Office, he immediately pulled out the saber from his waist, roared, and led his troops to attack the Cossack cavalry formation like flying.
"The first and second divisions then rushed forward, the third division turned right, blocked the yellow monkey's cavalry, kill!"
As soon as the Qing cavalry first division came out, Hmernisky, who was leading his troops to press the formation behind him, immediately became alert and did not dare to sit idly by and watch his charge formation be disrupted. Then he shouted and led the 3rd Division of the Cossack Cavalry, who was following behind, to turn to the middle and faced the Qing cavalry first division and then killed him.
"Grenade, drop!"
The First Cavalry Division of the Qing army was a veteran of horse warfare, so there was no need to give any special instructions. All officers and soldiers held sabers in their right hands and secretly clasped a long-handled grenade in their left hands. With He Min's order, the Qing cavalrymen who were charging raised their hands almost at the same time, and thousands of grenades flew towards the Cossack Cavalry Brigade like heavy rain.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
The Cossack cavalry had suffered a heavy loss from the rain of grenades in the Qing army. At this moment, when they saw so many grenades hit overwhelmingly, they were in chaos. However, at this moment, the horse's speed had reached its peak. It was really difficult to make adjustments in time. They could only turn forward and try to rush through the explosion range of the grenade at the speed of the horse. Obviously, although this idea is good, it is just a luxury. Except for the first two hundred riders, it was achieved.
In addition to such a target, all the Cossack cavalry following behind were in trouble. With the violent explosion of grenades, countless shrapnel swept the middle of the Cossack cavalry charge formation into a mess. The smoke of gunpowder rolled up, the broken limbs and broken arms flew around, and more than 500 cavalry were blown away on the spot. The cavalry that followed did not end up well. They were beaten up by the flying shrapnel, and the entire charge formation was suddenly in chaos.
"Come with me and kill in!"
The explosion never stopped, and Hemin had already led his troops to come. With a roar, he led his troops to the more than 200 Cossack cavalry vanguards who had luckily avoided the grenade attack.
Chapter completed!