Chapter four hundred and seventy-eight into desperation
The effect of this is that more than 100 heavy artillery shells whistling in have a hit rate of more than 40%.
More than 60 heavy artillery shells exploded, and their power was absolutely amazing.
In the blink of an eye, almost twenty heavy artillery pieces of the two Russian field artillery regiments were covered by gunpowder, and one or two hundred artillery soldiers were also covered together.
Although I don’t know whether these heavy artillery were destroyed, after the shells exploded, the artillery did not shoot a single shell, which proved that the first round of artillery fire coverage of the Liaodong Army’s heavy artillery division was very effective.
The positions of the heavy artillery division of the Liaodong Army and the Russian prisoners who served as the main gunners knew that when the opponent's artillery counterattacked, at least the more shells they shot out, the greater the possibility of winning and the smaller the losses they lost.
Therefore, as soon as the shells in the gun barrel were shot out, the Russian gunners quickly commanded their subordinates to reload the artillery.
In less than ten seconds, a new shell was pushed into the cannon chamber.
"Fire the cannon! Boom!" As soon as the gunner pulled the cannon rope, the roar of the cannon sounded in the cannon chamber.
After the huge shell flew out of the barrel with a roar, it hit the Russian artillery position in just three seconds and exploded.
Compared with field cannons, the firing speed of heavy cannons is obviously much slower.
Therefore, when the heavy artillery division fired the third round of shells, the artillery that had not yet been destroyed on the Russian heavy artillery position was ready for artillery shooting.
"Fire the artillery!" The battalion commander on the Russian heavy artillery position decisively issued a counterattack order.
The remaining more than 20 heavy artillery pieces of the two heavy artillery regiments will be fired immediately. After that, regardless of whether they hit the target or not, they will immediately seize the time to replace the artillery shells.
But the Liaodong Army did not give them this opportunity.
The Russian heavy artillery regiment had just finished firing the first round of counterattack shells, and the fourth round of shells fired by the Liaodong army had already come to their heads.
Accompanied by the violent sound of artillery fire, the remaining twenty heavy artillery pieces of the two heavy artillery regiments were immediately blown away.
The four heavy artillery regiments of the Liaodong Army did not know that the Russian heavy artillery troops had been completely destroyed at this moment, and they continued to fire shells at them. They stopped until the other party did not shoot another shell.
Soon, the Special Forces Detachment sent the news of the destruction of the Russian Heavy Artillery Division to Yang Xingguo.
"Team Commander Zhong and Chief of Staff Zhang, they fought well. It was unexpected to kill the Russian heavy artillery division so quickly!" Yang Xingguo sighed with satisfaction.
Zhong Hu replied very self-awarely: "Commander, you have been too rewarded. It is because the Russian army is too arrogant and underestimated our strength. Otherwise, we would not have defeated them so easily!"
"Now the Russian heavy artillery division has been defeated, and the Russian army has no heavy weapons that can threaten us. What tasks will be given to the heavy artillery division next? Please give me a commander!"
After thinking about it, Yang Xingguo replied: "Not only your heavy artillery division, but next, all the troops here will be busy!"
"The Russian army became a lamb waiting to be slaughtered without heavy artillery. Next, our task is how to eat this lamb one by one!"
Seeing a few people focusing their attention on themselves, Yang Xingguo continued: "When I arrived yesterday, I ordered the guard division Li Xiaohu to lead the troops to block the Russian army's retreat. Now more than twenty hours have passed, and the two regiments of the guard division must have been in place."
"Since the Russian army's retreat has been cut off, then we will only eat meat."
Wang Hu, who was so angry that he wanted to kill all the Russian troops on the battlefield, quickly shot out two rays of light from his eyes, and asked Yang Xingguo subconsciously: "I like to eat meat, commander, how to eat it, you give orders, my brothers and I have prepared a long time ago, and we will definitely eat them all!"
"Commander, give the order, brothers are all ready!" Zhou Qiangsheng asked for the battle.
Yang Xingguo replied with a serious face: "One hour, I will give you an hour to prepare time. As soon as the time comes, the artillery immediately fired artillery at the Russian army, covering the three regiments of the Second Division launching an attack on the Russian army from the front, and compressing their living space."
"Wang Hu, your first division, as a reserve team, is ready to participate in the battle at any time!"
Compared with the lively atmosphere of the Liaodong Army Command, the Russian army's front-line command was shrouded in a depressing atmosphere.
The commander of the artillery division, who was still confident and arrogant a few dozen minutes ago, was already gloomy at this time, and his head was lowered, and he couldn't say a word for a long time.
As for the others, they also lowered their heads and said nothing. The only difference is that the expressions on their faces are not heavy, solemn, or worried about their future.
After the chief of staff clenched his fists and smashed hard on the bullet box beside him, he shouted and scolded: "The heavy artillery division has been destroyed. As the division commander, shouldn't you give me an explanation? And you, if you lose the support of the artillery, how to fight the next battle, shouldn't you come up with a charter for me?"
"Everyone lowered his head and said nothing, what do I want you to do? If you have something to say, speak immediately!"
The artillery division commander raised his head and replied in a heavy tone: "Please calm down the anger of the Chief of Staff. It was all the low-level positions that underestimated the enemy's strength, and then led to the destruction of the artillery division. "You are willing to take full responsibility!" "Take responsibility, you say lightly, how do you bear it? "The chief of staff questioned with dissatisfaction." Without artillery to provide artillery support to the infantry, how do soldiers fight under the attack of artillery fire in the Liaodong Army? Have you ever thought about it? Just because of your carelessness, it not only led to the destruction of the artillery division, but also may bring all the tens of thousands of elite troops here into a desperate situation!"
Seeing the chief of staff speaking more and more angry, an infantry division commander in front of him said quickly. "The chief of staff calmed down. In the artillery battle just now, the Liaodong Army exposed the artillery strength of at least one division."
"In front of such a powerful artillery, we are only infantry left. We will continue to attack, which is no different from dying. I suggest that the troops stop attacking immediately, retreat, or ask for new artillery support from the main force."
These division commanders all know the great lethality of heavy artillery to infantry, so this idea was approved by several other division commanders as soon as it was proposed.
The Chief of Staff agreed with this proposal from the bottom of his heart, but he was unwilling to accept that he had failed to return without success while losing his troops.
So, the Chief of Staff then showed a painful expression on his face, and fell into deep thought, and he didn't say a word for a long time.
At this moment, a lieutenant colonel staff officer suddenly rushed in.
Before the Chief of Staff could speak, he reported with a terror: "Your Chief of Staff, something happened! A large number of Liaodong troops appeared on our back, with at least two regiments of total strength. They were building positions behind us and blocking our back!"
The Chief of Staff was stunned and asked loudly: "You said that the two regiments of the Liaodong Army blocked our retreat. Aren't their main forces in front of us to stop our attack? Why did they run behind us? What do they want to do? Could it be that they eat us, but do they have this appetite?"
Several division commanders were shocked by the news.
But when they calm down, they have to admit a fact.
Chapter completed!