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Piaotian Literature of the Fourth Empire of China www.piaotia.com Chapter 408: Heavy Casualties

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    The Sikhot Mountains are located 15 kilometers north of Vladivostok. The Russian army built a series of defense lines consisting of fortresses, forts and permanent firepower points along the mountains. A division of troops was stationed here, forming the first line of defense north of Vladivostok.  An extremely strong line of defense.  This line of defense is five kilometers long and consists of 6 forts, 13 fortresses and 55 permanent fire points. Most of them hit the area west of the Sikhot Mountains, strangling the coastal lowlands and blocking the road to Vladivostok.

    The person responsible for commanding the defense of this line of defense is Major General Andrei, commander of the 116th Russian Division.  He had already promised Governor Alekseyev that the Chinese would be beaten to a bloody head on the defense line of the Sikhote Mountains.

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The overwhelming artillery shells flew from the Chinese artillery artillery position five kilometers away towards the Russian defense line in the Sikhote Mountains. On the Russian position, the fire was shining, and the entire position was shrouded in artillery fire.  But in fact, the damage caused to the Russian army was very small, almost negligible.  The fortresses and fortresses on the Russian defense line in the Sikhote Mountains are all made of reinforced concrete with a thickness of about 400 mm, and steel plates with a thickness of about 200 mm are added in the middle.  Not to mention the Chinese artillery's 105mm caliber howitzer, even the 155mm caliber heavy cannon firing armor-piercing projectiles is difficult to penetrate.  Those permanent firepower points are hidden in blind spots and are difficult to detect if they don't fire.  In addition, most of these firepower points are located in blind spots and are difficult to destroy from down the mountain.

    The Russian army hollowed out the mountain and built many anti-gun caves.  When the Chinese artillery launched a fierce bombardment, these Russian troops basically hid in the solid anti-gun caves. The granite mountain was very solid. No matter how fierce the Chinese artillery fire was, it could not cause them any harm.

    The Chinese artillery bombardment lasted for a full hour before it ended. During this period, more than 400 cannons poured tens of thousands of artillery shells onto the Russian defense line.  When the smoke cleared, the Russian army's position was in a mess.  But those strong forts and fortresses were not damaged at all.  It just looks a little ugly.

    "General, the Chinese shelling has stopped!" A major officer entered a command post converted from a cave on the back of the mountain and reported to Major General Andre.

    "Oh? Has it stopped? I thought the Chinese had a lot of artillery shells! Have you calculated the location of the Chinese artillery positions?" Major General Andre had a disdainful smile on his face.

    "General, we have calculated it! There are a total of twelve Chinese artillery positions." the major replied.

    "Well, now it's time for us to show off our power! Order the forts and fortresses to let the Chinese see our power!" Major General Andre said excitedly.  When the Chinese artillery shelled, the Russian artillery remained silent. It was not that they did not dare to engage in a fierce artillery battle with the Chinese artillery. They were just calculating the detailed coordinates of the Chinese artillery.  The Russian army is very familiar with the area north of the Sikhote Mountains. During the period when the Chinese artillery fired, the coordinates of the Chinese artillery's artillery positions have been calculated and they can start counterattacks at any time.

    After receiving the order from Major General Andre, the 6 forts and 13 forts in the Sikhote Mountains opened the gun doors at the same time and pushed out the artillery one by one.  There are 6 forts with a total of 6 203mm fortress guns and 24 152mm fortress guns deployed.  Each of the 13 forts also has 10 105mm howitzers.  Although the number of artillery is far less than that of Chinese artillery, the power of six 203mm fortress guns is terrifying.

    "Boom!" As the No. 1 fort opened fire first, the Russian forts and fortresses on the defense line of the Sikhote Mountains opened fire one after another.  A large number of artillery shells made a sharp whistle in the air and flew fiercely towards the Chinese artillery position.

    "Concealed! Shelling!" At this moment, the artillery positions of the Chinese artillery had just ended the shelling. The artillerymen were replenishing ammunition, preparing to provide fire support to the infantry when the infantry began to attack.  Ammunition trucks carrying artillery shells appeared on the artillery position one after another.

    "Boom!" An artillery shell exploded on the No. 4 artillery position of the Chinese artillery. A battalion of 48 105mm howitzers were deployed on this position.  The location where the shell exploded was between the two cannons.  The violent explosion blew away two 105mm light howitzers, the barrels were blown into pieces, and a dozen surrounding artillery pieces were directly torn into pieces.

    Immediately afterwards, a large number of artillery shells fell, and the entire artillery position was engulfed in a sea of ??flames.  Cannons were continuously destroyed, artillerymen were killed, and the entire artillery position suffered heavy losses.  "Boom!" An earth-shattering explosion sounded, and an ammunition truck was hit. Dozens of shells on it exploded, killing all living things within a few hundred meters, leaving behind a  A deep pit hundreds of meters wide.

    The same thing happened inOn several positions, the artillery of the Second Army suffered heavy losses amid the fierce shelling by the Russian army.

    "Order the artillery to retreat immediately and evacuate to avoid the Russian bombardment!" Major General Xie Dingkun, commander of the Second Group Army, ordered through gritted teeth.  Seeing the heavy casualties suffered by the artillerymen of his unit, his teeth were almost broken.  The Chinese ** Corps has almost never suffered such heavy losses since it became an army.  This made Major General Xie Dingkun feel deeply ashamed.

    Soon, all the artillery positions of the Chinese artillery were evacuated, and the artillery and artillery were moved to safe places.  The Russian artillery fire also stopped after raging for half an hour.  However, within half an hour, it caused extremely serious losses to the Chinese Army's Second Group Army.  The main damage was to the artillery, which was the primary target of the Russian bombardment.

    Because of the sudden bombardment by Russian artillery, the Second Army's planned attack after the bombardment had to be cancelled.  The fact that the Russians were able to launch such a violent artillery bombardment proved that the Russian army had not suffered any losses at all and still had huge combat strength. If they launched an attack now, they would be completely destined to die.

    At 12 o'clock, the casualty statistics were summarized. When the results were handed over to the chief of staff, Major General Zhang Shusen, Zhang Shusen's face was so gloomy that it seemed like water could drip from his face.

    "Lao Zhang, how many troops were injured or killed?" Major General Xie Dingkun asked.

    "Commander, during the Russian shelling, we lost 103 artillery pieces, including 42 155mm heavy howitzers and 61 105mm light howitzers. 786 artillery soldiers were killed, 255 were seriously injured, and 1,232 were slightly injured." Zhang Shusen  Face replied angrily.

    "Damn you old man!" Xie Dingkun cursed bitterly.  In just this half-hour of artillery bombardment, the Second Army lost two and a half battalions of artillery, which was equivalent to the loss of half of the personnel and equipment of the Second Army's artillery brigade.  Fortunately, the heavy cannon battalion was not attacked.

    "Commander, it seems that the Russian defense line in the Sikhote Mountains is much stronger than we expected! We conducted an hour-long artillery bombardment, but it did not cause much damage to them at all. In this case, the infantry attack  It¡¯s impossible to proceed.¡± Zhang Shusen said with a dark face.

    "The Russian fortress here is much stronger than the fortress in Shuangchengzi. Their fortress in Shuangchengzi simply cannot withstand the bombardment of 155mm heavy cannons. But now, the fortresses and forts here have withstood so many  A cannonball seems to be fine. This battle seems to be more difficult to fight!" Major General Xie Dingkun said with a gloomy face.

    "Then what should we do now? We have to attack, right? The chief of staff's order requires us to capture Vladivostok before mid-April. If we are blocked here, there will be no way!" Zhang Shusen was a little confused.  Said worriedly.

    "Let's launch another attack in the afternoon! Deploy the artillery positions farther away. The heavy cannons are deployed 9 kilometers away, the heavy howitzers are deployed 7 kilometers away, and the light howitzers are deployed 5.5 kilometers away. They should be spread out as much as possible to avoid  Give the Russians a chance. During the artillery bombardment, the infantry began to attack, hoping it would work!" said Major General Xie Dingkun.  Now, we can only test it like this first, and if it still doesn't work, we can think of another way.

    The Russian 116th Infantry Division guarding the defense line in the Sikhote Mountains cheered after seeing the Chinese artillery positions shrouded in smoke.  The artillery positions of the Chinese artillery are not as solidly protected as their forts and fortresses.  Although I don¡¯t know the specific situation, I guess that the Chinese artillery must have suffered heavy casualties.

    At two o'clock in the afternoon, after having lunch and resting for an hour, the Chinese team began to attack.  The artillery was dispersed into more than thirty artillery positions, and each company was used as a unit to launch artillery attacks on the defense line of the Sikhote Mountains.  The Russian army did not sink this time, and immediately launched a counterattack, launching a fierce artillery battle with the Chinese artillery.

    It¡¯s just that this time, the Chinese artillery positions almost all extended back a lot of distance, and at the same time they were completely dispersed.  It was completely impossible for the Russian forts and fortress artillery to achieve heavy results.

    At the same time, the squadrons of the two regiments, the 142nd Regiment and the 211th Regiment, took advantage of the fierce exchange of artillery between the two sides to launch an attack on the Sikhote Mountains.  A total of more than 7,000 people chose 6 breakthrough points and launched the attack.

    Although the Sikhote Mountains are not high, the average altitude is only over 800 meters. On the Russian defense line, it is only six to seven hundred meters.  Most of the Russian army's defenses were built halfway up the mountain, condescending.  This caused a lot of trouble for the Chinese team's offense.  The troops of the two regiments launched an attack two kilometers away from the Russian defense line. The Russian artillery was fighting fiercely with the Chinese artillery. They temporarily ignored the attacking infantry, allowing them to reach the foot of the mountain without any danger.  However, it is also inAt this time, a tragic scene happened.

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