Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 954
On both sides of the Volga River, it is really a completely different scenery.

The west bank is still a grassland, no different from other places in Eastern Europe.

However, on the east bank, at a glance, there are many houses along the river bank, all of which are probably two-story houses, and there are even three-story or four-story houses in some cases. The scale is completely comparable to any big city in Europe.

The most important thing is, I don't know where the Ming people have the confidence to not build a city wall!As long as the coalition forces crossed the river, they would be able to take down the big city of Ming Kingdom, which was gathered with great difficulty.

Just looking at this city, whether it is the Ottomans, the Swedes, or the Tsarist Russians, all of them have green eyes.

Rows of houses, not to mention very neat, the streets are still very wide.Those streets should be paved with the legendary cement material, which is very smooth.

Others don't know, but Tsar Alexei of the Tsarist Russian Empire had an impulse when he saw it. After conquering this place, he took it as his own and set it as the capital of the Tsarist Russian Empire!

On the east bank of the Volga River, there are artificial canals that go to the city and flow to the other side of the city.

The commander of the coalition forces knows that on the other side of the city, there is a farmland with very complete water conservancy facilities, the kind that stretches as far as the eye can see.Just these farmlands, not counting livestock, can feed the entire population here.

I don't know if the Ming people really have the talent for farming, but they transformed this nomadic land into such a perfect human gathering place in just a few years!
But after this battle, this place does not belong to the Ming Kingdom anymore!

The army was resting, but the allied commanders were reluctant to rest, and immediately held a military meeting.

As for the current battle, when the Volga River is frozen, there is actually no suspense.What they discussed at the meeting was more to discuss the distribution of spoils after the war.

After all, the city in front of them really exceeded their imagination!

However, based on the geographical location of each country, in the end it was the Crimean Khanate, the Ottoman Empire, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the Tsarist Russian Empire that made occupation demands. Like Sweden, the occupying powers proposed to use money to compensate them.

After arguing for nearly a day, because no one would give in, it was finally decided that whoever occupies it will belong to him, each according to his own ability!
Originally, the definition of this battle was to crush the Ming army with its superiority in strength. Therefore, swarming up was in line with their first strategic vision.

The coalition army has 25 troops, and the Ming army probably has [-] cavalry.In addition, the Ming army has the advantage of firearms, but in this cold season, loading ammunition will inevitably be greatly affected, and the power of firearms cannot be brought out. As long as they charge close and fight hand-to-hand, the firearms of the Ming army are not as good as spears and swords!
The Ming army in front of them, looking at their formation deployment, relied on the Volga River and deployed a long line of defense along the east bank.

If the Volga River is not frozen, then this kind of deployment is indeed possible, and it will be difficult for the coalition forces to attack.However, now that the Volga River has frozen over, although it will be slippery, but it can pass people and horses, the blocking effect of the Volga River is very small.

Of course, some people felt that it was impossible for the Ming army not to know this, so why did they deploy like this?This is a bit strange!
However, they couldn't figure it out, even if the Ming army had any tricks, what kind of tricks could they have?

For the superiors, they don't care about a certain degree of casualties.

In the end, they felt that the army had almost rested, so they decided to launch an attack the next day.

In order to make it easier to cross the frozen Volga, they found a lot of things like straw that could be spread on the ice.

The shield soldiers were transferred to the front, and the cavalry was behind. The role of the shield soldiers was not to tear apart the Ming army's line, but to lay those non-slip things so that the cavalry could step on the Volga River and pass quickly.

Speed ​​is the best way to deal with Ming muskets.As long as it is fast enough, the muskets of the Ming Dynasty will not be able to fire a few shots.

As long as the cavalry rushed to the opposite bank, the firearms of the Ming army would not be of much use.

As for the artillery of the coalition forces, they didn't bring it at all.

The reason for this is that the transportation of overweight artillery is a hassle in ice and snow weather!

Of course, the most important thing is that the coalition army has self-knowledge, the muskets are not as good as the Ming army, and of course the artillery is definitely not as good as the Ming army.That being the case, why bother?
After arriving here on the Volga River, they had another reason: the artillery bombarded the other side, and the Ming army might not be able to kill a few, and the houses were smashed down, and the loss was themselves.

The bridge over the Volga River is so wide that at least four carriages can pass side by side.

The Tsarist Russian Empire has seized the right to attack the bridge.No matter how the ice surface is paved, it is impossible to run as fast as on the bridge!
Even if the Ming army would focus on defending the bridge deck, Tsarist Russia also believed that it was worth using cavalry to charge.

Perhaps it was due to the lack of rain, and the snow on the ground was not very thick.Especially on the bridge, it is likely that the Ming army cleared the snow before the Allied forces came, so there is not much snow left.

On this day, the weather was cloudy, the wind was howling, and it was bitingly cold, making people just want to stay in the tent and not come out.

With this kind of weather, all the Allied commanders are very happy.

The extreme cold is very inconvenient for loading ammunition.But holding a cold weapon does not affect the slashing and assassination.

Under the order of their commander in chief, the densely packed coalition soldiers began to gather on the west bank of the Volga River.

The 25 troops lined up along the Volga River stretched for an unknown number of miles, which was very spectacular.

Both people and horses were breathing white gas.Perhaps the weather was too cold, or perhaps it was for demonstration purposes. The 25 soldiers of the coalition army shouted again, made the sound of "ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

This kind of movement and the power formed made the commander of the coalition army very satisfied.

After all, such a scene is basically not seen on the European battlefield.Because no country can produce so many troops.

But now, because of the invasion of the Ming Empire, all European countries have united and assembled so many troops.

Spectacular!
But when they looked at the other side, they were a little puzzled.With such a big commotion, the Ming army on the east bank just hid in the bunker without any movement at all. Are they scared stupid?Or is it frozen?Or is it a big nerve, already numb?

In short, on both sides of the Volga River, there is a very sharp contrast between movement and stillness.

But no matter what, at this time, it is only time for the subordinates to see the real chapter.

At some point, the coalition soldiers on the west bank of the Volga River finally stopped.Maybe it's the activity!

Suddenly, there was another movement that broke the calm atmosphere here on the Volga River.

"Dong dong dong..."

"Woooooooo..."

"Oh oh oh……"

"Quack quack..."

Various countries, with different musical instruments, sounded at about the same time, signaling the attack.

The tide of people on the side of the coalition forces, like sea waves, began to flock to the Volga River and to the east bank of the Volga River.

Regardless of whether the shields could block the musket bullets, the soldiers at the forefront of the coalition army rushed into the Volga River with shields in one hand in front of them.

Behind them, there are soldiers holding hay and the like, rushing down the Volga River to lay hay on the ice.

From the upper reaches of the Volga River to the lower reaches of the Volga River, such a long distance, starting such an action at the same time, I have to say, it is really spectacular!
The surface of the Volga River in winter will obviously not be the widest time. Under the desperate laying of the coalition soldiers, the ice covered with dry grass spreads to the east bank at an extremely fast speed.

What made the coalition commander very strange was that the Ming army on the east bank did not move at all, just watching the movements on the west bank so quietly!
The Ming army wanted to bring out the power of the firearms enough, so they had to shoot them closer?

However, aren't they afraid that the cavalry will rush over and break through their lines?
Can't figure it out!
When they were thinking this way, the fastest coalition soldiers had already crossed the center line of the Volga River. At this time, the Ming army on the east bank finally responded.

"Blah blah blah..."

The sound of musket guns rang out, and almost at the same time, many soldiers of the coalition army on the ice were shot and fell to the ground immediately.Those shields obviously don't have much protective effect.

The war, this is the real start!
"Hey, the rate of fire of the Ming army's muskets seems to be much faster than expected!" This was the first thought that the coalition commander had after seeing the Ming army shooting.

However, that's about it.

Because although the shooting speed exceeded their expectations, they believed that once the cavalry began to charge, the speed of fire would not kill much, and they would be rushed to the other side by the cavalry.

The damage caused by the unexpected rate of fire before was psychologically expected.

For these high-ranking people, they don't care too much.

Group after group of coalition soldiers were driven down the river, using their lives to lay ice for the cavalry.

After a while, the ground was finally laid.

The coalition commander turned a blind eye to the corpses on the ice and immediately ordered an attack.

The ice surface with too many corpses is the infantry's strong attack, and the ice surface with few corpses is conducive to the cavalry's charge, and the cavalry begins to charge.

Group after group of coalition soldiers were driven down the river in dense numbers and rushed to the opposite side.

The calculation of the commander of the coalition forces is that no matter how fast your bullets are, they will not be able to stop their subordinates from rushing forward.

Suddenly, the entire Volga River was densely populated with people and horses.

But at this moment, unique voices sounded one after another from the east bank of the Volga River.

"Da da da……"

At this time, the heavy machine guns deployed on the east bank finally opened fire.

(End of this chapter)