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Piaotian Literature of the Fourth Empire of China www.piaotia.com Chapter 345 The Battle of the Trading City

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    "What do you want to do? Do you really want to start a war with us? Attacking in this damn weather is just asking for death!" Dong Jiarong, commander of the 4th Battalion of the 9th Cavalry Brigade, wrapped in thick cotton clothes, climbed up  The city wall, looking at the large number of Russian soldiers stumbling forward one kilometer outside the city, cursed.  Only two days ago, he received a telegram from Cullen to be on guard against Russian attacks. At that time, he still laughed at it, thinking that in such cold weather, even an old man who had adapted to the harsh winter would not dare to launch an attack.  But I didn't expect that in just such a short time, Lao Maozi would actually come. There are so many people there since then.

    "Come here, set up all the light and heavy machine guns for me. Prepare mortars and infantry guns for me. Since these old fools are coming to die, grandpa will help them!" Dong Jiarong ordered loudly.

    "Yes, battalion commander!" All the officers and soldiers in the battalion took action.  Although, the city wall is too narrow and can only accommodate one company of troops.  But when all the light and heavy machine guns of the entire battalion are concentrated, they can still form terrifying firepower.  The 4th Cavalry Battalion has 36 light machine guns and 12 heavy machine guns. Half of the machine guns are deployed on the north wall, and the rest are scattered on the other three walls.  In terms of artillery, it has 12 60mm caliber mortars, 8 80mm caliber mortars, two 120mm heavy mortars and two infantry guns.  It can be said that the firepower is very powerful.  Ordinary cavalry units do not have such multiple weapons. In order to facilitate movement, heavy mortars and infantry artillery have been cancelled.  But the 4th Battalion is different. They are the garrison of Buying and Selling City. Naturally, they need to prepare more artillery to prevent enemy attacks!

    "Come here, warn those old guys, if they get close again, we will open fire!" Dong Jiarong ordered.

    Immediately there was a soldier who knew Russian, holding a tin trumpet, and shouted loudly to the Russian army.  This place, Buying City, has been doing business with Russians for many years, and many people can speak some Russian.  However, after the imperial soldiers issued a warning, the Russians ignored it.

    "Turgenev, what are those yellow-skinned monkeys shouting about again?" Major General Mikhail asked.

    "Who knows? We should stop moving forward! Don't worry about them, this damn weather, we can rest after taking the Buying City!" Turgenev gasped.  He was a great Cossack cavalry, but now he had to use his legs to walk and became an infantryman, which made him very annoyed.  He really wanted to rush to Irkutsk and beat up Lieutenant General Vladimir who gave the order to attack.

    "Order the first regiment to start attacking! Provide artillery cover!" Less than two kilometers away from the Buying City, Major General Mikhail ordered.  This time, he only brought a dozen small-caliber artillery pieces, which he still brought with great effort in the ice and snow.  However, he believed that attacking a small city like Buying City with only a thousand people garrisoned was completely enough.

    Because the weather was too cold, the gun bolts were frozen, and the Russian artillerymen spent a lot of effort to complete the preparations for firing.

    "Boom!" A shell exploded in the snow in front of the Trading City, stirring up clouds of ice and snow.  The power of shelling in the snow will be greatly reduced.  However, the Russians fired first, which shocked the Chinese team.  These Russians started the attack silently, which was so shameless.

    "Fight back! Fight back! Knock out those old Maozi's cannons for me!" Dong Jiarong ordered.

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The artillerymen who had been prepared for a long time immediately started firing.  The shells streaked across the sky, screaming and hitting the Russian army fiercely.  The shell exploded, sending shrapnel flying.  Because of the obstruction of ice and snow, the power of the bombardment was much smaller, but it still caused a lot of shock to the Russians.  In particular, the target of the artillery attack was the Russian artillery.  Several rounds were fired rapidly, and the Russian artillery was almost destroyed.

    "Damn, these cunning yellow-skinned monkeys, didn't they say that there is only one battalion in the trading city? Why are there so many cannons?" Major General Mikhail's eyes widened.  He was sure that this was definitely the power of an artillery group with more than 20 cannons. This was not much less than the artillery of one of his infantry divisions!  Could it be that the Chinese are so rich that they can afford to equip a battalion with dozens of artillery pieces?  Major General Mikhail couldn't believe it all.

    "Attack! Take the trading city, move the heavy machine guns forward to provide cover for the infantry!" Major General Mikhail ordered frantically.  At this time, it was obvious that the arrogant Cossack cavalry could not be allowed to take action. This weather was not suitable for the Cossack cavalry to fight, so his infantry could only attack.

    Nearly two thousand Russian soldiers began to run high and low on the snow, shouting ¡®Ula!  Ula!  ¡¯.  in ?Behind them were the Russian soldiers carrying heavy machine guns, who wanted to deploy the heavy machine guns forward to provide cover for the attacking infantry.

    "The artillery adjusts the design target and first shoots down the heavy machine gun behind the enemy!" Dong Jiarong calmly gave the order.  Although the wall of the Buying and Selling City is not high, it is more than two meters long. It is not that easy for soldiers without engineering equipment to break through.  On the contrary, those heavy machine guns pose a greater threat to the imperial soldiers.  After getting rid of the Russian heavy machine guns, the light and heavy machine guns of the Imperial Army deployed on the city wall can naturally easily harvest the lives of these old men.

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" A series of artillery shells fell behind the Russian army, knocking those who were bombed by the Russians off their backs.  Many heavy machine guns were destroyed.

    "Ta-ta-ta!" After the Russian soldiers entered the effective range, the light and heavy machine guns deployed on the walls of the Merchant City opened fire one after another.  There were streaks of crimson flames, and bullets hit the snow, making sizzling sounds.  Many charging Russian soldiers were immediately knocked to the ground.  Blood flowed from their bodies, but it was quickly frozen into ice.

    The surviving Russian soldiers lay down in the snow and did not dare to move forward.  They had never encountered such intense firepower.  Isn't this where a battalion is stationed?  How could there be so many machine guns?

    "Mikhail, it seems we are in trouble!" Major General Turgenev looked a little gloomy.  It is very difficult to conquer such a city with powerful machine guns and artillery firepower in the ice and snow.  The advantage in military strength is no longer too great at this moment.

    "What should we do? Are we going to retreat for the first time? That guy Vladimir will definitely send us to a military court!" Major General Mikhail said with some worry.  Although they were very dissatisfied with this order, they had no choice. After all, this was a military order, or an order issued by Tsar Nicholas II. They could only obey it.

    "Attack! Continue to attack!" Major General Mikhail shouted.  Although he didn't want these soldiers to die, he had no other choice.  We can only look at all this with cold eyes.  In the Russian army, there is a strict hierarchy, and these ordinary soldiers are not treated as human beings at all.  Russia can be said to be the country with the weakest industrial strength among the great powers, and its national literacy rate is very low. These Russian soldiers are generally uneducated serfs.  Their only advantage in the war is probably the cannon fodder used to consume the enemy's bullets.

    The Russian soldiers, under the strict orders of their superiors, had to bend their backs and brave the hail of bullets to attack.  However, running in the snow is too strenuous.  Even if they are Russians who have adapted to the severe cold, they will not be able to fight in such a cold winter.

    A regiment of Russian soldiers launched an attack, and within half an hour, a pile of corpses were left behind.  Except for a few of the more than two thousand people who retreated, the rest had become cold corpses, frozen into ice cubes.

    "Come here, tell the quartermaster to prepare one or two pot heads for everyone. This damn weather, don't freeze to death without being beaten to death by the Russians!" Dong Jiarong, commander of the 4th Battalion, took advantage of the break in the battle to order.  They have stored a lot of liquor here, which is used to warm the body.  Now, it comes in handy.

    "Wow!" The soldiers all shouted excitedly after hearing Dong Jiarong's order.  In this extremely cold weather, a sip of white wine will warm you from your mouth to your heart, not to mention how refreshing it is.

    ¡°Compared with Chinese soldiers, Russians do not receive such good treatment.  The first attack on the soldiers did not make Mikhail give up the attack.  Less than half an hour later, he organized a second wave of attacks. Not only did he attack the front, he also sent troops to attack several other directions in Buying City.

    However, the Chinese Army's defense was very tight, and its opponent was the Russian Army, which had no artillery left, and was fighting in the snow with limited mobility. This turned these Russian soldiers into living targets.  Their strength advantage was completely offset by the firepower advantage of the Chinese Army.

    The battle lasted until the evening. Seeing that he could not capture the city of buying and selling, Major General Mikhail had to give the order to withdraw.  After a day of fighting, one of his divisions lost several thousand people.

    When these Russian soldiers returned to Kyakhta, the Chinese soldiers cheered.  The cooking squads of each company have already prepared hot meals, which can keep the soldiers warm after fighting for a day.  After a day of fighting, the 4th Battalion did not suffer much losses. Only a dozen soldiers were killed, and more than 20 soldiers were injured.  Compared to the results they achieved, this was nothing.

    That night, the 4th Battalion remained vigilant.  However, after nightfall, a blizzard began.  This time, everyone felt completely at ease.

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