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Piaotian Literature of the Fourth Empire of China www.piaotia.com Chapter 439 The Fatal Blow

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    "Ta-ta-ta! Boom! Boom! Boom!" Fierce gunfire echoed across the sky. In order to recapture the bridge occupied by the Chinese cavalry, the Cossack cavalry launched an attack at the risk of their own lives.  One after another, the Cossack cavalry were shot and fell on the road of attack. The corpses of people and horses quickly piled up in a thick layer on the ground.  The dying Cossack cavalry and war horses groaned in pain, making the whole scene very tragic.  The thick pile of corpses on the ground has caused a lot of trouble for the Cossack cavalry to charge.  But even so, the Cossack cavalry still charged forward one after another.  They all know that taking back the bridge is their only hope of escape.

    "Damn it, hurry up! The Chinese are about to catch up! When the main force of the Chinese catch up, we will be dead if we haven't retaken the bridge!" The commander of the Russian 5th Cossack Regiment looked a little restless.  .  As time goes by, their situation will become more and more dangerous.

    "2nd Cossack Legion, attack! The bridge must be taken back at all costs!" Major General Dimitri, the commander of the Russian 2nd Cossack Legion, also gave the order with a cold face. The tens of thousands of cavalry of the 2nd Cossack Legion  , also joined the attack on the bridge.  However, this is not something that can be solved by investing more troops.  The bridge is only that wide, and the defense line established by the Chinese cavalry at the bridge head is only thirty or forty meters long. This makes the Cossack cavalry, no matter how many troops are invested, ultimately able to attack on a defense line of several tens of meters.  This line of defense has been blocked by the firepower of the Chinese cavalry's heavy machine guns and mortars.  The Cossack cavalry's offensive at all costs only resulted in increased casualties.

    "General Dimitri, what should we do? The bridge is too narrow and our strength advantage cannot be used at all!" the commander of the 5th Cossack Corps said with a sad face.  If they can't get the bridge back, then they will have to wait to die.

    "What else can we do? We have to fight to the death!" Major General Dimitri, commander of the 2nd Cossack Corps, said with a cold face.

    "General, the Chinese are catching up, and they are still ten kilometers away from us!" A Cossack cavalry came to Major General Dimitri and reported.

    "Asshole! Since we can't escape, let us fight the Chinese to the death in an upright manner!" Major General Dimitri said.

    "Warriors of the 2nd Cossack Regiment, now our retreat is cut off and we cannot return to the north bank of the Selenga River. Only by defeating the Chinese can we survive! Warriors, charge!" Major General Dimitri encouraged  road.

    "Ula! Ula!" The remaining more than 10,000 cavalrymen of the 2nd Cossack Corps immediately turned around the dock and rushed south, preparing for a decisive battle with the Chinese Army's Third Cavalry Corps.  The 5th Cossack Regiment continued to attack the bridge, hoping to take the opportunity to recapture the bridge.

    Soon, a direct battle between the Russian 2nd Cossack Corps and the Chinese Army's 3rd Cavalry Corps began again.  The Cossack cavalry waved their sabers and rushed towards the Third Cavalry Corps.  The soldiers of the Third Cavalry Army reined in their horses' heads and fought back with their machine guns and lances, shooting as many Cossack cavalry as possible.

    "Da da da! Bang bang bang!" The sound of the light machine gun was mixed with the sound of the lance and the sound like fried beans. The dense bullets enveloped the Cossack cavalry. One by one, the Cossack cavalry fell from the sky after being shot.  Fall down immediately.  In this situation, there is almost no possibility of survival.  Even if he is not shot, he will be trampled to pieces by the high-speed horses behind him.

    Even if the heavy machine guns and artillery of the Third Cavalry Army failed to arrive, the firepower network composed of light machine guns and lances should not be underestimated.  Most of the tens of thousands of cavalrymen of the Russian 2nd Cossack Regiment were shot dead during the charge.  After they rushed to less than a few dozen meters away from the queue of the Third Cavalry Corps, the cavalrymen of the Third Cavalry Corps also put down their lances, drew their sabers, and rushed towards the Cossack cavalry.  Although the Chinese Army's cavalry emphasizes using powerful firepower to destroy enemies, it does not mean that they cannot use sabers.  On the contrary, they are not inferior to the Cossack cavalry in using sabers.

    Tens of thousands of people from both sides were fighting together, but at this moment, the Russian 2nd Cossack Army had already suffered heavy losses. How could the remaining few thousand people be a match for the more than 20,000-strong Third Cavalry Army.  Even though the Russians are naturally tall, strong, and very brave, they are still powerless under such a disparity.

    "We lost this battle. The Chinese defense on the bridge was very tight and we couldn't attack it. The main force of the Chinese also came and we failed. General Dimitri, what should we do next?  ?" asked the commander of the 5th Cossack Regiment.  Now, their two legions combined have less than ten thousand people, while the Chinese Army's Third Cavalry Corps has suffered very slight losses. How can they continue to fight under such circumstances?  If you persist, it will be a dead end.

      "Swim! Whether you can escape depends on God's blessing!" said Major General Dimitri, the commander of the 2nd Cossack Cavalry of the Russian Army.  The current flow of the Selenge River is not fast. Although the water is not shallow, if you are lucky, you can still swim across it.

    Soon, the Russian soldiers rushed towards the Selenga River on horseback. Then, they dismounted and led the horses into the water, preparing to swim across.  During this process, the Chinese Army's Third Cavalry Corps had already arrived at the river.  They stood by the river and fired at the swimming Russian Cossack cavalry.  Many Cossack cavalry or war horses were shot, gradually dyeing the river red.

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" When the artillery of the Third Cavalry Corps arrived, they launched a fierce bombardment on the swimming Russian Cossack cavalry.  This makes the situation of the Russian army even more difficult.

    "Commander, the Russians are trying to run!" said Major General Li Zhuo, deputy commander of the Third Cavalry Corps.

    "Haha! Did they run away? Cross the bridge and stop these old fools. Don't let any of them go!" Major General Bashar, commander of the Third Cavalry Army, laughed.  Although the Selenge River is not wide, it would take less than twenty or thirty minutes to swim across it.  The bridge was already under the control of the Third Cavalry Corps. A large number of cavalry crossed the river from the bridge, blocked the north bank of the Selenge River, and continued to shoot at the swimming Cossack cavalry.  In this case, the Russian army was completely desperate.  Many people drowned directly in the river, and their bodies were washed into Lake Baikal.  The remaining Russian Cossack cavalry had to surrender in order to survive.

    By one o'clock in the afternoon, the fighting was all over.  The Russian 2nd Cossack Regiment and the 5th Cossack Regiment totaled more than 40,000 people. More than 4,000 people were captured, and hundreds of others managed to escape.  Most of the rest were shot, and a very small number drowned while swimming.  The Third Cavalry Army only paid a price of less than a thousand men.  There is no doubt that the Third Cavalry Corps once again achieved a great victory.

    After that, the 3rd Cavalry Army did not immediately launch an attack on the remnants of the Russian 9th Cossack Regiment north of the Selenga River. Instead, they built solid defenses at both ends of the bridge to ensure the safety of the bridge. At the same time, on the bridge  and deployed some heavy machine guns and mortars to block the Selenga River channel and cut off the logistics supply line of the Russian Ulan-Ude garrison.

    The main force of the Russian cavalry was wiped out, which was undoubtedly a fatal blow to the Russian army in Ulan-Ude.  Without the protection of cavalry, the Russian army in Ulan-Ude not only had their supply lines cut off, but their retreat was also blocked.  This will make the Russian army in Ulan-Ude truly fight alone, and the defense of Ulan-Ude will become a real defense.

    During the cavalry duel between the two sides, the street fighting in Ulan-Ude was also very fierce.  The First Army and the Third Army of the Chinese Army launched a more violent attack on Ulan-Ude.  A large number of Chinese soldiers advanced in the urban area of ????Ulan-Ude, competing with the Russian army for every street, every building, and even every ruin in Ulan-Ude.

    "Your Majesty the Grand Duke, something bad has happened! The 2nd Cossack Legion and the 5th Cossack Legion were defeated. More than 40,000 people were killed. Except for a few hundred who escaped, the rest were all killed. Major General Dimitri was also killed!"  The adjutant of Grand Duke Nicholas rushed into the underground headquarters in a hurry and reported the news to Grand Duke Nicholas.

    Grand Duke Nicholas suddenly stood up from his chair, his face full of disbelief.

    "How is this possible? How could the great Cossack cavalry be defeated by these yellow-skinned monkeys?" Grand Duke Nicholas couldn't believe this fact, or he was unwilling to admit it.  In his opinion, the Russian Cossack cavalry is definitely the most powerful unit and the pride of the Russian army. How could it be defeated?

    "General, I'm sorry, but that's the fact. According to reports from the Cossack cavalry who escaped, the Chinese firepower was very powerful. They did not start a cavalry battle with us, but deployed a strong position first. 2nd  The Cossack Legion and the 5th Cossack Legion suffered heavy losses during the charge against the Chinese solid positions. Afterwards, the Chinese cavalry took advantage of their advantage to crush our Cossack cavalry."  the adjutant said.

    "That idiot Dimitri! Since you can't defeat the Chinese, don't you know how to retreat? Forty thousand elite Cossack cavalry are just gone!" Grand Duke Nicholas was like a furious lion.

    ¡°Your Excellency, the Grand Duke, the Chinese occupied the bridge over the Selenga River and blocked the retreat of our Cossack cavalry. That¡¯s why they were almost completely wiped out!¡± said the adjutant.

    "What? Even the bridge was lost? Why didn't those idiots blow up the bridge?" Grand Duke Nicholas felt like the world was spinning and he almost fainted!  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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