Volume 3, Chapter 497, Crazy General Krasnov
In the Volga Army Command, Wang Maoru looked at the red lines on the map intertwined, as if tens of thousands of people were strangled. He said to the officers: "Now we must fully support Berkrovsk and eliminate the 1st rebel army. Therefore, I order-"
All officers stood attentively, including Russian officials.
Wang Maoru said: "The Seventh Division, the 15th Division withdrew from the battle to encircle and annihilate the 49th Division of the Rebels, handed over to the Imperial Army, ignore the enemy, and immediately rushed to Berkrovsk to meet with the Third Division. After the meeting, the 3rd Division, the 7th Division, the 11th Cavalry Division, and the 15th Division formed the first combat cluster of our army. Ren Yuanxing temporarily served as the commander of the first cluster, and Jiang Deng elected as the deputy commander." He glanced at the Russian officer who was eager to try and said: "The Tsarist Russian Army (full name Tsarist Russia
The Royal Army cooperated with the Volga Army Combat Army, referred to as the Imperial Army) The first, second and third divisions immediately entered the battle to encircle and annihilate the 49th Division. Li Pinxian's unit of the First Division of the Chinese Interference Army cooperated with the Imperial Army. You will form the second combat cluster, with Krasnov, the commander of the Imperial Army as the commander of the group, and Li Pinxian as the deputy commander. Eat me the hard bone of the 49th Division within two days. After eating, your combat group immediately went south to support the encirclement and suppression of the rebels' 1st Army."
"Yes." Krasnov said excitedly.
"Order the 6th Division, the 1, 2 and 3rd Turkic Cavalry Divisions to form the third battle group, with Fei Chaogui as the group commander and Azarennu as the deputy commander. The third battle group in his headquarters must pursue and suppress all the two Turkish cavalry divisions of the rebels, and do not run away an enemy cavalry."
"Yes." Ma Liang said shorthand, and after writing a telegram with one hand, the telegrapher on the side received a military order.
"Okay, Maghn Town is not suitable for a command center. It is too far from the enemy headquarters. Maghn should be kept as a logistics base. My guard regiment stays here. The 10th Division and the headquarters move south to Berkrovsk together. Let's chase and suppress the 1st Rebel Army and order the aircraft to take off and bomb to block it." Wang Maoru finished speaking, thinking for a while and added: "Let the airships join the war too. This time the enemy's target is larger, and it should not be so easy to hurt our own people by chance." He also said to Zhao Qing, the acting commander of the 10th Division: "The 10th Division is temporarily resting, but you don't have to relax and be ready to attack at any time."
"Yes." Zhao Qing said, he was a little disappointed. After all, the 10th Division was adapted from the Yi Army and could not be reused. The 10th Division protected the commander headquarters. Zhao Qing suddenly asked, "Supervisor Xiu, what should I do with the prisoners?"
Wang Maoru thought for a while and said, "Let's talk about it later." After looking around for a week, he clapped his hands and shouted and said, "Everyone, this battle is related to the prestige of my Volga Army. If I win, my Volga Army will make great achievements. If I lose my absolute force, the 230,000 soldiers of our troops will become a joke in the world. I hope you will abandon your past grudges and work together. Next, the departments will organize, take action immediately, and disperse the meeting!"
"Yes!" the officers responded immediately.
After the generals walked out, Zhao Qing followed Wang Maoru. Wang Maoru washed his face and turned around and said, "Didn't you leave the prisoner to the Imperial Army?"
Zhao Qing shook his head and said, "Su Shuai, I'm worried that the Imperial Army will be in conflict with them. The Russians are not trustworthy." He made a cold gesture, "I've killed them all! How about it?"
Wang Maoru brushed his face and said, "How many prisoners are there?"
"It's about six thousand, and there are all parts." Zhao Qing said, "I heard that the Turkic Cavalry Division killed all the prisoners, but it was fine with the prisoners who fought in our ** team."
"Leave it to the Turks. Let them see the captives." Wang Maoru said lightly.
Zhao Qing stretched out his thumb and smiled, "Sui Shuai, Gao, is it your old man high. In this way, our army will not have to be famous for killing prisoners on its back, and it will also deal with the difficult troubles."
Wang Maoru smiled bitterly and said, "What's the use of keeping them with our army? Is it better for the prisoners of war to waste food? A joke!" He reminded carefully: "You have to take it slowly. Take it slowly, never make a statement."
"I understand." Zhao Qing said.
On May 6, the Volga Army quickly made adjustments. When the 49th Soviet Army dug trenches, their opponent had already been replaced by the Tsarist Russian Royal Army.
The commander of the Imperial Army, Krasnov, led 45,000 troops to attack Chalizin, whose troops were only 30,000 Soviet troops last time, but in the end, he defeated the enemy from 30,000 to 100,000, and was captured and became a famous defeated general. However, Stalin became famous through the Battle of Chalizin's defense. This time, Krasnov was able to honestly cooperate with Wang Maoru, a Chinese who he never looked down upon, and he also had a desire to avenge his previous shame in his heart.
Facing the 49th Soviet Division, which had been resting overnight in the trenches and fighting to the death, Krasnov ordered the 1st Division of the Chinese Interfering Army to retreat slightly, and he led three Imperial Army infantry divisions to become the main force of encirclement and annihilation. Li Pinxian was happy to retreat. It was not that the 1st Division could not defeat the 49th Soviet Division, but that he had to fight for so many days, and the Iron Man had to rest. They handed over all the offensive tasks to the Imperial Army and took a good rest in the distance. The Chinese team was concerned about efficiency,
Hope to achieve the maximum damage to the enemy while achieving the minimum casualties. Wang Maoru does not highly recommend the fighting method of killing one thousand enemies and destroying eight hundred by themselves among the soldiers. These soldiers are veterans, and they all know how to kill the enemy while saving themselves. After withdrawing the troops, the Chinese were shocked at the young imperial army's fighting method of underestimating the enemy and sending death. When they charged, they actually killed them proudly. Do they think they had lived too long?
Krasnov ordered a charge regardless of everything, ignoring a very important factor. His soldiers were all new recruits or farmers who were arrested.
At first, all the soldiers under the Kolchak army of the Royal Tsarist Russian Army were volunteer soldiers, and professional soldiers who took the initiative to join the war in order to defend the Tsarist Russia's lofty ideals of overthrowing the Bolshevik government. However, with the Chief of General Staff Berevelge's reign, in order to replenish the soldiers evenly, he chose to strengthen the service in the rear, which made the Tsarist Russian army rich. He believed that these peasants and workers were most likely to be pulled into the enemy camp by the Bolshevik propagandists. So Berevelge would rather send them to the front line to fight against the Soviet Union than to leave them in the rear to become time bombs.
Although this practice has led to an increase in the number of Kolchak's army but its combat effectiveness has decreased. However, the large number of troops has also prevented Kolchak from falling into a dilemma of using troops when commanding wars. He can fully utilize his military talents to fight against the huge number of Soviet Russian troops in Kazan.
After replacing the Chinese team with the 49th Division of the Soviet Army, Krasnov ordered the Russian Imperial Army to launch a death-taking charge against the 49th Division of the Soviet Union. The great Russian soldiers took up steel guns and set up cannons, and started war against the besieged Soviet soldiers!
The Chinese people watched the Russian soldiers rushing towards the enemy's position with bullets in a terrifying manner. Under the cover of artillery, the Russians were shooting while holding guns, and sang the Russian national anthem of the Tsar "God Bless the Tsar".
A Russian soldier fell down, and the latter filled his position and continued to advance along his body. Even the Chinese cannons were afraid to bomb because they were too close to the Soviet army. One shell could kill five Soviet troops, but it could kill five Russian troops at the same time. But when Krasnov saw the sound of cannons stop, he shouted with red eyes: "Li, let your artillery continue to fight! Why stop the artillery fire?"
The translator quickly said to Li Pinxian, and he replied helplessly, "Commander, your soldiers are too close to them. If our artillery attacks, it is very likely that the Imperial Army will be injured by accident."
Krasnov said coldly without blinking, "If he gave up the chance to win, he would die in vain. The destination of the soldier was to die in battle on the battlefield." He pulled out his sword and scratched his arm. Everyone was frightened. The guards quickly stopped him from bleeding. Krasnov pushed him away. He said coldly: "Soldiers must bleed. I, a general, are not afraid of bleeding. Are soldiers still afraid?"
Li Pinxian sighed in his heart. These crazy Russians not only did not take the lives of their enemies seriously, but also did not take their own lives seriously.
In order to force the soldiers to charge, Krasnov ordered the heavy machine gun to aim at the deserters. A row of bullets fired over, and more than a dozen deserters were interrupted by heavy machine gun bullets. The soldiers of the Tsarist Russian Army had to hold rifles and continue attacking with rifles. The Chinese were arranged to rest on the periphery and sat on the rammed earth in front of the trenches and watched the massacre of deserters with cold expressions. This was not surprising to the Chinese. In wartime deserters and deserters in peacetime cannot be treated equally. The Chinese were even more cruel to deserters than the Russians. Hundreds of people raided together, and then the soldiers did not have any pensions after their death, and they lost their lives in vain, and even their families were embarrassed.
The Chinese artillery fire provided timely support and bombarded the few enemy artillery. Mortars and infantry artillery investigated the opponent's heavy machine guns and exploded one by one. However, the one that destroyed the enemy's heavy machine guns the most was the Chinese individual rocket launcher. It was easy to carry during the attack process and could be regarded as a powerful tool to deal with heavy machine guns.
Chapter completed!