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Piaotian Literature of the Fourth Empire of China www.piaotia.com Chapter 461 Irkutsk is not easy to fight!

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    "Click, click, click!" The heavy machine gun roared, firing hot bullets one after another, leaving rows of bullet holes in the Russian trenches.  A Russian soldier who had just emerged was unlucky and was shot directly in the head.  Heavy machine gun bullets are extremely powerful and can easily penetrate the head, leaving a hole as big as a fist.  Red and white stuff spilled all over the floor, causing some of the new recruits to vomit.

    During the attack at this point, the First Army of the Chinese Communist Army deployed one division, the Third Army and the Fourth Army each deployed two divisions, for a total of five divisions, to launch a fierce attack on the Russian army's peripheral positions.  attack.  However, the Russian army's defense is also very strong.  On the outer positions of Irkutsk, the Russian army deployed twenty infantry divisions, which was almost half of the infantry of the Irkutsk defenders.  Grand Duke Nicholas has obviously learned his lesson and knows that even in street fighting, the Russian army may not be able to take advantage, but will have a huge impact on morale.  Therefore, he wanted to do his best to keep the Russian army out of Irkutsk.  On the peripheral positions of Irkutsk, the Russian army built a large number of bunkers, bunkers and permanent firepower points. These fortifications supported the Russian army's peripheral defense system.

    Although, before the attack, the artillery of the Chinese Army launched a fierce bombardment on the Russian positions, and many positions were blown to pieces.  However, a large number of fortifications survived.  These fortifications caused great trouble to the Chinese team's attack.

    "Da da da!" A bunker half hidden underground kept pouring bullets, suppressing the squadron of a company attacking on the opposite side, unable to move.

    "Machine gun cover, mortars, kill the enemy's bunker!" A captain and company commander said with red eyes. During the attack, more than ten soldiers in his company died under the gunfire of this bunker.

    Several machine gunners set up their machine guns and fired a burst of fire at the Russian bunker.  Perhaps the bullet passed through the shooting hole of the bunker and killed the Russian machine gunner inside, causing the Russian bunker to stop firing.

    "Okay! Charge and blow up that bunker for me!" the captain and company commander said happily.

    Several soldiers jumped up from the ground and rushed towards the bunker.  However, before they could even take a few steps forward, the heavy machine gun from the bunker started firing again.  Several soldiers who were charging were the first to be hit by bullets and fell to the ground.

    "Oh!" The captain punched the ground with his fist, very disappointed.

    "Boom!" A mortar shell accurately hit the Russian bunker.  However, after the smoke cleared, the Russian bunker was safe and still pouring out firepower crazily, which made the attacking Chinese soldiers very frustrated.

    On almost all fronts, progress is very slow.  In the sharp attack of the Chinese army, the Russian army suffered heavy casualties.  But at the same time, the attacking Chinese troops suffered heavy casualties.  Grand Duke Nicholas's strict order forced all Russian generals to reconsider. Even Lieutenant General Augusta was dismissed without hesitation after the defeat.  Therefore, they were really afraid that after the defense line was breached, Arch Nicholas would shoot them directly.  Therefore, the generals on the front line also asked the officers and soldiers to fight to the death without retreating.  Some troops even specifically stopped the supervising team. Anyone who retreated without receiving orders will be severely punished.  I have to admit that although such an order is cruel, it is indeed very effective at this time.

    The day's battle ended like this.  The attacking Chinese troops suffered thousands of casualties, but they failed to break through the Russian defense line. Instead, they felt like they had suffered a bloody blow.  This caused the originally high morale of the Chinese ** team to be seriously affected.

    Army Minister Cai Yun, who had already moved his headquarters to a place less than ten kilometers away from Irkutsk, discovered this sign and convened an emergency military meeting that night.

    "Today's battle was very unsatisfactory. We seriously underestimated the defense of Irkutsk. The Russians' will to resist is very strong. Although the intelligence we have received, this is because Grand Duke Nicholas  The reason for the death order. Although, under this high-pressure order, although the Russian army's fighting spirit will be very high in the initial period, it will become worse and worse as time goes by. However,  This is not a good thing for us. Everyone, tell us, what should we do in tomorrow's battle?" Army Minister Cai Yun asked seriously.  Originally, he had already expected that Irkutsk might not be that easy to fight.  But now it seems that Irkutsk is more difficult to fight than he thought!

    "Sir, the Russians are very well prepared for a charge. They have built a large number of bunkers, bunkers and permanent firepower points on the outer positions of Irkutsk. Even after heavy shelling, many fortifications have survived.  .This gives our offense aVery big trouble.  Now it seems that it is very difficult to break through the Russian army's defensive positions.  We may have to prepare for a lot of casualties!  " said Lieutenant General Yang Guoxing, commander of the First Group Army.

    "Yes! Sir! It is so difficult to attack just the outer positions of Irkutsk. It can be seen that the Russian army has turned the entire Irkutsk into a fortress. Unless we use artillery to attack the entire Irkutsk,  Irkutsk was blown into ruins. Otherwise, if we want to capture Irkutsk, we may have tens of thousands of casualties!" Lieutenant General Chen Anguo, commander of the Third Army, also said with some worry.

    "Sir, the Russians have also prepared a large number of heavy artillery in Irkutsk. Our artillery was unable to gain an overwhelming advantage in the artillery battle. It seems that when we were preparing for the battle, Grand Duke Nicholas also  He is not idle! He is obviously ready and wants to fight us to the end in Irkutsk!" Lieutenant General Chen Wenjun, commander of the Fourth Group Army, also said.

    Cai Yun nodded. Now it seems that it is indeed very troublesome to capture Irkutsk and annihilate the more than 500,000 Russian troops.  If you want to blow Irkutsk into rubble, the number of artillery shells required is completely astronomical.  Irkutsk, the seat of the Governor-General of Eastern Siberia, is more than twice the size of Ulan-Ude.  In addition, the logistics supply line of the Chinese ** team is too far and the logistics pressure is too great. It will be very difficult to destroy Irkutsk with artillery bombardment.

    "Although the Russian army's defense is very strong, we cannot give up because of difficulties. The battle will continue tomorrow. I will ask the artillery to hide the time of the bombardment and focus the artillery bombardment on the Russian army's defensive positions. Try our best to  The infantry destroys the Russian defenses!" Cai Yun said, there is no other way now. If he doesn't want to waste his life, he can only increase the intensity of the artillery attack.

    "Sir, if this is the case, the artillery shells we prepared may not last long. Our various supplies are mainly hit in Baikalsk, detouring from Baikalsk to Meget, and then sent to Irkutsk, which is enough  One hundred kilometers. This puts a lot of pressure on our logistics!" Lieutenant General Chen Wenjun, commander of the Fourth Group Army, reminded.

    "This problem is not difficult to solve! There are many ports on the Angara River east of Irkutsk. From now on, our transport ships will directly enter the Angara River from Lake Baikal and transfer logistics  Materials are transported directly to the front line. In this way, our supply lines can be effectively shortened. The 4th Army is responsible for establishing and protecting this logistics base. Whether we can successfully capture Irkutsk, this logistics base is very important!  "Cai Yun said.

    "Yes, sir, the Fourth Group Army promises to complete its mission!" Lieutenant General Chen Wenjun, commander of the Fourth Group Army, assured.

    On the first day, the attack of the Chinese army was repelled, which made Grand Duke Nicholas very happy.  He ordered to reward several outstanding troops on the front line, and specially sent a large amount of meat and vodka, which made the Russian soldiers on the front line very satisfied.  Those soldiers who did not receive rewards and could only eat black bread were also very envious.  Many people are also thinking about whether they can get rewards if they perform well in tomorrow's battle.  This is really what Grand Duke Nicholas wanted to see.  Through these means, the morale of the Russian soldiers was successfully stimulated.  This can greatly strengthen the Russian army's will to resist.

    On June 11, after a night of rest, the Chinese Army once again launched a fierce attack on Irkutsk.  Moreover, this time the artillery fire was more intense, and the preparation for the artillery attack took longer.  It was as if the Chinese ** team was preparing to plow the Russian defense positions several times with artillery fire.  The Russian army's frontline positions were almost completely shrouded in smoke.  At the same time, a division of the Fourth Army selected a river bay with better hydrological conditions eight kilometers east of Irkutsk and began to build a simple port to be used as a logistics base.

    From the tactics of the Chinese Army, Grand Duke Nicholas clearly felt the purpose of the Chinese Army.  He knew that no matter how strong the Russian army's frontline positions were, no matter how strong the soldiers' will to resist was.  But amidst this endless and violent bombardment, there will still be moments of collapse.  By then, the Chinese army will be able to easily break through the Russian defense.  Even though such tactics will consume a large amount of artillery shells, it will put huge pressure on the fragile logistics supply line of the Chinese Army.  But Grand Duke Nicholas did not dare to put his hope in the collapse of the Chinese Army's logistics supply line. In order to resist the Chinese Army's tactics, he could only order the Russian artillery to counterattack the Chinese artillery as much as possible.  A fierce artillery battle with Chinese artillery!  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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