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Chapter 478 The Battle of Shanhaiguan (7)

After all, Obmochaev received a formal military education and had many years of military career. As long as he calmed down, he could make a correct judgment. He knew that Sokolov was correct in the current situation. Without the cover of heavy artillery, forcing an attack was basically equivalent to dying. Moreover, Sokolov was also one of his superiors and was not easy to oppose it in a deceptive way. Therefore, he was a little unwilling, but he had to bow his head and say nothing.

Seeing that Obmochayev was already a little surrendered, Apalikov was also very satisfied, but he was unwilling to break the relationship with Obmochayev. Although Obmochayev was his subordinate, there was a huge force behind him. Of course, Apalikov was not a person without a background. If he had no relationship background on the Russian side, it would be difficult to be promoted to the position of lieutenant general. However, Apalikov and Obmochayev still had the ability to match his position, which was different from those who only rely on background relationships. Therefore, Apalikov also had some appreciation for Obmochayev and was unwilling to break the relationship with him. The other side had no need to confront the forces behind Obmochayev.

So Apalikov said: "The Chief of Staff has a very correct opinion. If you want to break through the positions of overseas Chinese, you must have fire support from heavy artillery. In another two or three days, our heavy artillery troops will arrive at the front line. At that time, it is time for us to attack overseas Chinese again and let overseas Chinese repay us for our strength." He paused and said: "Teachev, Commander Obmochaev, and you cannot be idle these days. I hope you will summarize your experience in this battle well. After the heavy artillery troops arrive, the task of attacking this position will still be handed over to your division. In addition to your division's howitzer regiment, another heavy howitzer regiment will also be handed over to your command. I hope you will not let me down again this time."

When Obmochaev heard this, he couldn't help but feel excited. He also knew that the main reason for the defeat in this battle was not that the overseas Chinese positions were solid and indestructible, nor that the opponent's guns could be shot accurately, but that he lacked heavy howitzers. Due to the insufficient power of field guns and the range was not far, it was not enough to cause a heavy blow to the overseas Chinese positions, support the attack of infantry, and easily become the target of the opponent's howitzers used their range advantage. If he had heavy howitzers, he could attack the opponent's positions outside the range of the opponent. In this way, it would be useless to attack the overseas Chinese positions, but the range was not enough. In this way, it would not be difficult to capture the overseas Chinese positions. Moreover, if his own division still captured the overseas Chinese positions, he could also save the defeat in this battle and preserve his face and fame.

Of course, Obmochaev also understood that the commander's arrangement was to find a way for him. He had to know at least that he had to insist on attacking, so he hurriedly stood at attention and said, "Commander, I will definitely not let you down again this time."

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Seeing the Russian army withdrew, Qiu Yahui also breathed a sigh of relief. Although the Russian army's attack just now basically did not pose any threat to the People's Army's positions, the People's Army was facing a very embarrassing situation, that is, the consumption of bullets was too fast. This is not to say that the People's Army lacked ammunition, but to have too little ammunition on the front-line positions.

The ammunition equipment formulated by the People's Army is generally based on the standards of this era. Generally, the base number of rifle bullets is 12o, machine guns are 6oo, small-mouth guns are 1oo, and medium-caliber guns are 5o. On the front line positions, there are generally three base number of ammunition.

As a result, in the battle just now, the solitude bombs consumed by the rifle were generally within a reasonable range. Only a few soldiers had finished a base, which was generally within a base range. However, both machine guns and cannons had completed two bases. Some machine guns and cannons had also completed more than half of the ammunition of the third base. If the Russian army's attack persisted for about 10 minutes, what about 5 minutes, some machine guns or cannons would be lost because they had no ammunition.

The Russian army's attack lasted less than an hour. If the Russian army continued to attack, all the machine guns and cannons of the People's Army might be silent. Although Qiu Yahui also urgently ordered the transport of ammunition to the position in the back, it would take a certain amount of time. It is hard to say whether it was too late. After all, it was impossible to defend the position by relying solely on rifles. Therefore, Qiu Yahui also wiped a cold sweat after the Russian army retreated.

In fact, the reason for insufficient ammunition on the position is not only the insufficient ammunition on the front line, but also related to the lack of experience of the People's Army. It was the first time that it experienced such a comprehensive defense battle. Facing the enemy attacking overwhelmingly, it was also a huge pressure for the defending soldiers. Therefore, once they fought, they were prone to being furious. Because they were soldiers who used fire weapons, they shot randomly and did not know how to control themselves, and consumed some of the ammunition in vain.

However, Qiu Yahui estimated that even if there was no ammunition consumed in vain, the ammunition equipped with firearms could last for more than an hour at most. Although trench defense is effective, the cost is a large amount of ammunition consumption. In the old time and space, whether it was the Russo-Japanese War or the First World War, the ammunition consumption was far beyond the pre-war expectations. Therefore, Qiu Yahui also decided to increase the ammunition of machine guns and cannons in front-line positions to 6 bases.

Of course, Qiu Yahui also had a clear mind. If the ammunition was insufficient, the warships anchored in the Shanhaiguan waters would never sit idly by. They would definitely provide firepower support to the position. There is no problem in defending the position. However, in this way, the navy may attract the attention of the Russian army, thus causing some trouble for the next People's Army's Arrival 6 combat plan. Now that the Russian army retreated, Qiu Yahui naturally breathed a sigh of relief. In this way, the entire battle situation was still carried out according to the People's Army's plan.

After the Russian army withdrew its position, it counted the losses in this battle, with a total of 527 people killed and 639 injured, of which 261 were seriously injured, with nearly 80 people missing in combat, nearly 1/4 of the entire regiment. Among the soldiers killed, 389 were killed in the positions that attacked the People's Army, and the rest were killed in the field artillery positions.

Although the combat reduction of less than 80 people is not a major loss compared to the Russian army's total strength of 32,000 troops, the battle lasted less than an hour, so the casualties were quite shocked. Therefore, several Russian officers were also quite shocked when they saw this statistical result. Although it was expected that it would not be as easy as attacking Northeast China before the war, they still underestimated the difficulty of this battle.

Lieutenant General Apalikov immediately ordered the subsequent baggage troops to arrive at the front line as soon as possible, and at the same time, only one regiment of troops was left to garrison on the front positions, and the rest of the Russian army retreated to Gaoling Town. He also sent people back to Jinzhou and reported to the Russian headquarters that more howitzers and shells were needed.

Three days later, the Russian army's subsequent baggage troops finally arrived at the front line. Lieutenant General Apalikov ordered the other food and food resources to be kept in Qianwei Town, and the three howitzer regiments carried two base shells and directly entered Gaoling Town.

With these three howitzer regiments, the confidence of the Russian army suddenly increased, so Apalikov immediately ordered Obmochaev to fight tomorrow and attack the overseas Chinese positions again. Obmochaev led another regiment to the front line position overnight, formulated a combat plan for another attack, and arranged the location of the artillery positions.

However, the movements of the Russian army are completely under the control of the People's Army. Therefore, just the day before the Russian army's subsequent baggage troops arrived at the front line, a fleet consisting of the Kunming ship, Changbaishan ship, and the Akashi protective cruiser arrived at the Shanhaiguan waters, and merged with the Yueyang ship, Brandenburg battleship, the USS Saxony ironclad ship and two torpedo boat destroyers stationed here to form a mixed fleet. It was determined that the Kunming ship should be the flagship, and the captain Shang Jinfeng also served as the supreme commander of the mixed fleet, and was responsible for the full command of the operation of the 6th.

During this period, the Yueyang ship had arranged and reconnaissance of several positions of the Russian army through the infiltration of drones and special forces, and roughly determined several suitable locations for boarding 6. The sea areas of these locations for boarding 6 were scanned and charted to facilitate boarding 6. In fact, the boarding 6 tools used by the People's Army, whether they are car mattresses or amphibious tanks, have very low requirements for boarding 6, and can boarding 6 on more than 90% of the beaches.

After the fleet gathered, Shang Jinfeng quickly determined the site of the 6th, and also sent some special forces to land in advance, implement alerts at the site of the 6th, and guide the 6th troops to land on the 6th when the 6th.

The People's Army's landing 6 is about 10 kilometers away from Gaoling Town, so the Russian General Command of Gaoling Town is naturally the first target of the attack of the 6th unit. According to the combat plan formulated by the People's Army, while the People's Army is landing on the 6th, helicopters lead special forces and airborne them in the west of Gaoling Town. In this way, the Russian army can be harassed from the West. When necessary, helicopters can also assist the special forces in combat, and form a pincer attack with the People's Army that landed 6th unit on the Russian General Command of Gaoling Town.

After capturing Gaoling Town, the People's Army that had landed on the 6th would be divided into two groups, with two battalions attacking the Russian army's vanguard town to the north. Because this was the Russian army's logistics base, the Russian army prepared a large amount of various materials for this southward battle. For the People's Army, these materials were naturally needed, so we must try our best to seize them, the more the better.
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