Chapter 615 The Battle of Manchuria (8)
When they returned to the battlefield, the battle had come to an end, and the People's Army had already won the victory on the battlefield. All that was left was to pursue the defeated remaining troops and clean up the battlefield. However, there were corpses of people and horses everywhere, and many war horses had not yet died and made a sad neigh. It was only when the soldiers of the People's Army walked over and shot the war horses on the forehead, and they were killed directly.
Although Yang Yongjun has experienced many battles and has seen a larger-scale war than this, this is the largest cavalry battle since the People's Army was formed. The dead horses are estimated to be 3-4,000 after the death of horses. Yang Yongjun is a horse lover, so he is somewhat depressed. Of course, only the victorious party is qualified to play with this sentimental emotion.
The battle was over, and it was almost dusk. During this battle, the People's Army had annihilated 3,857 Russian troops and captured 1,426 people, including 68 officers, including 4 division-level officers, including the division commander Zelensky and 7 brigade-level officers. In addition, 2,165 war horses, 3,491 cavalry rifles, 5,267 sabers, 7 military flags, and more than 5,000 cavalry sets were captured. It also severely damaged the Russian cavalry, greatly reducing the dangers faced by the People's Army's railway line, and fully achieving the goals and tasks set by the Tactical People's Army.
After receiving the news of the victory of the 1st Brigade of the Cavalry, the highest commander of the People's Army's war zone also decided to launch an attack on Hulunbuir immediately and defeat the Russian army in one fell swoop.
At this time, the People's Army had gathered 6 divisions and four reserve regiments in Yakeshi, with a total of about 120,000 people, and a total of more than 400 artillery pieces. In addition to two armored trains, the two self-propelled artillery had a total of 6 large-caliber artillery pieces, so it was possible to attack the Russian army's positions.
*** also rushed to Yakeshi from Harbin to command the battle. And those who arrived at Yakeshi by train were also members of the military observation teams of Germany and the United States.
At this time, the military observation teams between Germany and the United States had been in China for nearly 5 months. However, when the observation team arrived in Shandong, the war in the Northeast region was coming to an end. Therefore, the observation team basically did not catch up with any major wars. They just watched the training of the People's Army, learned about the previous war, and went to the battlefield for investigation, and few went to the battlefield to observe.
In contrast, the members of the Army's observation team were even better. They experienced at least one battle to attack the Korean Peninsula. In this battle, the tunnel defense arranged by the People's Army on the Yalu River left a deep impression on the military observation teams of the two countries. After the battlefield ended, they carefully studied the tunnel design and military distribution, and drew a large number of sketches.
However, the People's Army landed in Zhennanpu and defeated the Japanese army with this tactic. The military observation groups of the two countries only realized after the battle, and naturally they could not participate in the landing operation in person. Of course, such a confidential military operation could not be notified to the military observation groups before the war.
Later, the People's Army launched another Vishe operation to shell the coast of Japan, and finally brought members of the Navy's observation team, which was also considered to be a real battle, but this kind of battle was not of great value.
The three parties then held the Puttsmouth negotiations, and there was basically no war. Germany and the United States were quite confident in the Puttsmouth negotiations, so they withdrew most of the members of the observation team. The United States was too optimistic about the Puttsmouth negotiations and withdrew most of the members of the observation team, leaving only more than 20 people, while Germany was better, and there were more than 30 people. Several of its main members, Prince Heinrich, Major General Ludendolf of the Army, and Major General Scher of the Navy, were still in China.
But the Puttsmouth negotiations eventually broke down, and Britain and France also walked from behind to the front and prepared to participate in the war directly. Therefore, the remaining members of the observation team of the two countries also stopped returning to their country and stayed to observe the war later.
With the resurgence of the Far East, the members of the military observation group also began to become busy. The People's Army launched the Shenyang Battle and the Shanghai Battle one after another. However, the military component of these two wars was not very large. The Shenyang Battle mainly fought psychological warfare, while the Shanghai Battle was a typical political war, and it was not very military value, so it could only be considered as a better than nothing. Only this time, the People's Army launched the Manzhouli Battle, which was a real offensive and defensive battle, and naturally became the focus of the military observation group's observation. Therefore, all the army observers of the two military observation groups rushed to Harbin to observe the battle.
Since this is a very rare opportunity for the military observation group to observe actual combat on the Far East battlefield, the observation group also asked the People's Army that it hopes that the People's Army can arrange a joint construction location for the observation group to observe the war.
This time, the People's Army's requirements for the Observation Group were also very well assigned. Before the war started, the Observation Group was arranged to observe the battle on a small hill about 13 kilometers away from the battlefield. This was also the position of the People's Army's armored trains. It was outside the range of Russian artillery, and using a telescope could still see the situation on the battlefield. The Observation Group was also very satisfied with this arrangement, because it could observe the giant cannon shooting of the armored train at close range.
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"Is it about to start? Then this time I will take a good look at how strong the East China government's army is." Ludendolf put down the telescope in front of him and murmured to himself, turning to the army colonel beside him, and consultant Shuster said: "What is the result of your discussion?"
Shuster said: "The People's Army will definitely win, and it will directly capture Manzhouli within 5-7 days, and the Russian army will retreat to Chita."
Ludendolf smiled and said, "It seems that you have great confidence in the People's Army."
Shuster said: "It's not that we have confidence in the People's Army, but because the Russian army is in the current situation, we really don't see any chance of victory. Their troops are fewer than the People's Army, and they have only half of the number of artillery artillery, and they lack large-caliber artillery. Of course, if it's just these disadvantages, but the tactics are properly implemented, the soldiers' brave and fearless combat will not be completely without chance. It's just that we can't see these two conditions in the Russian army."
Rudendolf nodded and said, "So according to your statement, there is no suspense in this battle, it is just a routine action, and there is no value for observation?"
Shuster said: "That's not the case. At least we can see the People's Army's organizational combat capabilities, the army's tactical qualities, artillery and step coordination, etc., from which the power of these weapons in actual combat is the."
As he said that, Shuster looked at about 2 kilometers behind, where the 240-mm cannons of the People's Army's two armored trains were parked. At this time, they had completely deployed and were in combat. About 1 kilometer ahead of them, the eight 155-mm cannons and eight 130-mm cannons of the two armored trains were also arranged, while the other cannons were not arranged due to insufficient range and were parked behind the position.
According to the introduction of the People's Army to the Observation Group, armored trains played a huge role in the battles of the People's Army, and during this period, members of the Observation Group also visited armored trains in detail. Because they were members of the German military observation group, they were interested in armored trains. In fact, armored trains were not surprising in terms of technology. The main reason is that this idea is to use the load capacity of the train and the accessibility of the railway line to move large-caliber naval naval guns on the sea to land. Once you understand this principle, most European countries can make armored trains on their own.
Germany was originally a mainland country and always attached great importance to the construction of the army. Moreover, due to the existence of the French-Russian alliance, Germany is in a situation where it is attacked on both sides. It can be said that armored trains are simply weapons tailor-made for Germany. Because Germany has developed industries and domestic railway lines are well-connected. If Germany has armored trains, it can take advantage of Germany's convenient railway advantages during wartime, and quickly mobilize armored trains according to different battlefield conditions to form firepower advantages on local battlefields.
However, these are now theoretical. After all, the Germans have not seen the actual combat performance of armored trains on the battlefield. Moreover, Germany is a rigorous and conservative nation. Without full confidence, it will not easily test new affairs. Since it is in the military aspect, it is now a great opportunity to observe the actual combat performance of armored trains.
In comparison, Americans are not so interested in armored trains. Although the United States has a vast territory, and has very developed industry and railways, it is located in the American continent and is a standard maritime country. There are basically no strong opponents on land that can threaten its national security. Therefore, no matter how powerful the armored train is, it is not in use in the United States. However, they will not miss it if they can observe the actual combat effectiveness of armored trains on site.
However, the United States is extremely interested in another new weapon of the People's Army, which is the fixed-wing aircraft.
The United States is the first country to officially test-fly powered aircraft, so various information and technologies about fixed-wing aircraft are spread more widely in the United States. At this time, the Wright brothers, who were the world's first test-flying powered aircraft, applied for a patent for their aircraft and are actively recommending aircraft to the US Army, hoping to obtain orders from the US Army. The US Army is evaluating this project, but no one expected that the People's Army would be the first to use aircraft for actual combat. Therefore, the United States also requires the Observatory Mission to focus on the People's Army's fixed-wing aircraft as an important reference for the Army to evaluate the value of the introduced aircraft project.
Chapter completed!