Daming Military Empire

Chapter 610

The bastion No. 32 of Tsarist Russia is facing the direction of the Ming army. If the Ming army does not suddenly disguise itself, then the target must be this bastion.

The bastion guard is Colonel Ivanov of the Tsarist Russian Army. He is a leader from a family of ordinary officers. His father was only a major all his life, but he was promoted to colonel in his 30s.

To say that this Ivanov's military ability is still very good, the problem is that he has only more than 3000 people in total. When he heard that more than [-] Ming troops went straight to the bastion where he was stationed, his face was really frightened. .

It's not that he is greedy for life and afraid of death. He comes from a military family, and he values ​​glory more than life. However, the Ming army is notoriously tough, and its weapons and equipment are ridiculously good. Let alone more than a hundred thousand, even if He can't stand it for only ten or twenty thousand!

However, if you can't stand it, you have to stand it, because Marshal Peter Golovin conveyed Prime Minister Rozov's order last month. The Allied counterattack is imminent, and the Ming army is about to retreat. Escaping or surrendering without a fight is considered a crime of treason, and this crime of treason will affect the family.

This means that you are not allowed to flee, you must fight. As for what is surrender without a fight, and what is not surrender without a fight, there is no clear standard, and it is very vague. These defenders also did not dare to take chances and challenge the bottom line of treason.

Therefore, Ivanov did not dare to retreat even though he knew that he was invincible. He could only desperately ask his superiors for help, hoping to get enough support to withstand the attack of the Ming army and persist until the moment when the Allied forces counterattacked.

His request for help was of course futile, because Rozov had already issued a secret order to Golovin, no matter how the Ming army attacked, they must hold their ground and persist until the end of the year to win!
This clearly means exchanging space for time, and Golovin is too lazy to lead the main force to take risks. Anyway, the Ming army only captured eight bastions last year. So what if they capture sixteen fortresses this year? Victory, let his men persevere, and he will be able to win.

Therefore, although Golovin is actively preparing for the battle on the surface, he actually has no intention of leading the main force to fight against the Ming army. Use it, let it go, let the Ming army slowly gnaw at each bastion, and see how much they can gnaw. seat.

Ivanov was destined not to be able to wait for the reinforcements, but he waited for another piece of good news. The Ming army walked halfway, and suddenly divided into three groups, and rushed to two nearby bastions at the same time, coming towards him Only 5 people remained.

Well, although 5 to [-] people can't stand it, it's better than more than [-] people. It's better than nothing, he can only comfort himself like this.

Dividing the troops into three groups is a long-established tactic. It is too time-consuming to attack a bastion at a time. Anyway, there are armored tanks, and it does not require too many troops to attack the bastion. The only thing to be careful is the main force of Tsarist Russia. Sneak attack.

Now the Ming army is no longer afraid of the main force of Tsarist Russia’s sneak attack. With the hot air balloon warning and the armored tank wings, even if the 30-[-] Tsarist army sneaked all the way to the [-] Ming army, it would be difficult to take it down for a while. At that time, [-] cavalry plus the other two lines of support will definitely be able to repel the main force of Tsarist Russia, or even defeat it!

The assembly point chosen by the Ming army is not very far from the surrounding bastions, the farthest is no more than two hundred miles, and the bastion No. 32 of Tsarist Russia is less than 150 miles from the assembly point of the Ming army on the South Road. If you march quickly, it will take a day will be able to reach.

However, the speed of the armored chariot is already there, just a little faster than normal people walking. It is impossible to march quickly. In addition, hot air balloons will be deployed along the way to guard against it. Walk for two days, advance together on the first day, and divide into three groups on the second day to reach their respective goals.

When Cao Wenzhao led 32 infantry to the bastion No. [-], it was already three quarters in the afternoon of the next day. Seeing that the sky was getting dark, he hurriedly ordered people to set up camp and raise hot air balloons. , are arranged around the camp, so that even if the enemy comes to sneak attack, there is still a layer of steel barrier.

Golovin had already given up his sneak attack tactics, and the defenders of the bastion did not dare to go out to attack the city. Naturally, nothing happened that night, and there was nothing to say all night. The next morning, Cao Wenzhao set up his formation and prepared to attack the city.

The formation of the Ming army is very strange. There are one hundred Shenwei cannons in four rows in front, and then there are four rows of armored tanks, and then there is no more. Ivanov on the third floor of the bastion can only see these, those After the armored combat vehicle has been transformed, it is like a wall, and nothing can be seen behind it.

Facing such a grotesque steel monster, Ivanov felt trembling. He only received the news two days ago that the Ming army seemed to have a new kind of equipment. What it is for, I don't know yet!
Ivanov took a closer look at those steel monsters with a telescope, and couldn't help but secretly scolded those pig-headed intelligence officers. It was obvious that they were used to attack the city, and they didn't know what they were for. What a bunch of pigs!
Are Tsarist Russian intelligence officers a herd of pigs?Obviously not, they may have already guessed the role of the armored combat vehicle. As for why they didn't tell Ivanov, what's the point of telling him? What should he do if he finds out and abandons the city?
Perhaps, Ivanov is the pig in the eyes of intelligence personnel, the little white pig used to test the specific functions of the armored vehicles of the Ming army, but he was kept in the dark.

The siege tactics of armored vehicles have been practiced countless times at the army training base in the capital, and Cao Wenzhao is naturally very familiar with them. When the [-] troops were in formation, he ordered in a loud voice: "All the Shenwei cannons are fired with explosive bullets. round."

The flag was waved, and soon there was the roar of the artillery, "boom boom boom" a hundred flower bombs blasted into the No. 32 bastion, and thick smoke burst out from many places in the bastion.

Cao Wenzhao did not look at the bastion with a telescope, but looked at the flag bearer on the hot air balloon, and then ordered: "Increase the elevation angle by a little bit, and shoot another round when the bomb explodes."

The flag was waved, and soon the roar of artillery sounded again in front of the formation, "boom boom boom" a hundred flowering bombs blasted into the No. 32 bastion again, and now there was more smoke from the bastion.

Cao Wenzhao looked at the hot air balloon again with a telescope, and then ordered: "Keep the current angle, develop ten rounds of uninterrupted bombardment, drive the mountain car, and move forward with the artillery car!"

There was another wave of command flags, and soon the roar of artillery was heard again before the battle. Explosive shells continued to fly into the bastion, and the mountain carts and artillery vehicles also rushed towards the bastion in two rows.

It may be a bit inappropriate to use rushing here, because the speed of the mountain car and the artillery vehicle is also the speed of normal people walking at the moment, and it may be more appropriate to use approaching.

Behind each mountain cart and artillery cart, there are a hundred soldiers of the Ming army closely following in a dense square formation. Of course, these cannot be seen from the bastion, because the armored chariots have been improved and become more burly. Yes, the whole thing is a wall.

This is very different from the tanks or armored vehicles of later generations. The tanks and armored vehicles of later generations were made very low, probably to reduce the area under attack, while the improved armored vehicles of the Ming army were made higher and higher, just to Increase the area under attack, block the shells, and protect the soldiers behind. Anyway, the shells at this moment do no harm to the one-inch thick armor at all!
When Ivanov in the bastion saw the enemy coming up, he quickly ordered to fire the bombardment. However, the number of artillery in the bastion was not much after the clearing of the Shenwei cannons of the Ming army. While moving, few shells could hit the roller car and the artillery car. Even if it hit, it was just a loud bang, and then there was nothing else. The roller car and the artillery car were fine. Slowly moving forward.

How can I fight this? After Ivanov observed the armored combat vehicle that was shot through the binoculars, a look of despair appeared in his eyes. A shell hit the top without even making a crater, just a shallow pit. That's all, you can't see it unless you look carefully!

(End of this chapter)