<h1>Chapter 258 Outpost War</h1> [258] Outpost War As early as a week ago, the Russian Far East Army had discovered the gathering of Chinese troops in the border area and notified Moscow. Under the instruction of the Ministry of War in Moscow , the Russian army mobilized its forces in a competitive manner, showing a fearless attitude. Just love surfing the Internet. . Thanks to the 600 radio transceivers imported from China at a cost of 3 million gold rubles in the past few years, the Russian army has now established a division-level radio contact system, with 20 corps across the country and more than 60 divisions under its jurisdiction. Got his own radio station. Russia also used radio stations to form a radio communication network connecting major cities across the country. But in China in 1881, radio had spread to the company-level organization of infantry, while the artillery achieved independent command of each basic unit, and implemented radio command to the most basic combat units to adapt to the artillery of the Republic, which was world-leading at this time. tactics. The Republic of China uses dispersed artillery positions that are different from other countries in the world. Unlike the single dense positions where artillery was deployed in a concentrated manner that was popular among European powers at this time, the Republic's artillery school textbook requires that artillery positions be set up relatively dispersedly. The artillery commander centrally directs the artillery through radio to prevent being attacked by the enemy. At the same time, it can cooperate with the frontline attack and flexibly deploy and change artillery positions. After the tragic victory in the Tenth Russo-Turkish War, the Russian army also carried out military reforms in the past two years. The most important change was the strengthening of the requirements for digging trenches. After learning from the experience of blindly launching large group bayonet charges that resulted in heavy casualties in the Russo-Turkish War, the Russian army began to emphasize that on the premise of basing on trench defense, it would exhaust the opponent's energy before launching a skirmish line attack. Only when the troops were greatly strengthened Only when faced with an opponent would a bayonet charge be used to seize the position. Because the Russian army was so tragically massacred by the Turks¡¯ Winchester 1866 repeating rifles in the Tenth Russo-Turkish War, the Russian army learned from the painful experience and decided to eliminate single-shot rifles. Relying on the high domestic taxes attached to the advanced industrial products imported from China, the Tsar earned a large amount of tax money, thus gradually phasing out the existing domestic Berdan rifles in the army that were imitations of the French Sharps single-shot rifles, and began a large-scale replacement . Due to the outstanding performance of China¡¯s Type 56 semi-automatic rifle in the Liberation War and subsequent battles, the whole world is extremely interested in this mysterious rifle. Russia originally hoped that China could export the prestigious Type 56 rifle so that it could have the opportunity to imitate it, but it was rejected. China has stated that in order to maintain world stability, it will not export weapons to any country for the time being. So the Russian War Ministry began to imitate the Winchester 1866 on a large scale, and at the same time made a request to the United Kingdom to import this type of rifle. Britain, which had no grudge against money and could not ban Russian imitation, agreed to Russia's import requirements and sold more than 5,000 Winchester 1866s to Russia. Coupled with Russia's own imitation, new and old rifles appeared in the Russian army. The mixed organization completed the equipment change for an infantry regiment under each division. Major Orich, the Russian commander of the Polanich Fortress on the east side of the Suifen River, was anxiously observing the Chinese troops rushing along the road with binoculars that had been copied and produced in Russia in the past two years. Factories are imitating the binoculars used by the Chinese army. Due to the convenience and practicality of binocular observation, they have won great support and praise from the army. "The Chinese left the road five kilometers away, spread out into a skirmish formation, and surrounded us along the nearby hills and forests." Staff Officer Barroso said. "The formation of the Chinese is sparse and they are still too far away from us now. Tell the artillerymen not to fire randomly and wait until the Chinese are within two kilometers of the distance before firing. Each infantry company sticks to the trenches and does not attack rashly. Use the firepower of the repeating rifles to strike hard. Teach the Chinaman a lesson!" Battalion Commander Oric ordered. At this moment, all the officers at the Russian army's observation post suddenly discovered that strange-looking vehicles rumbled out of the road. The appearance of these vehicles was completely different from the expensive Chinese jeeps or tractors on the European market. There are actually five wheels on the side, and two small wheels that don't touch the ground rotate in tandem. The wheels are also wrapped with a layer of tracks that look like they are made of steel. What's even more strange about the green cars is that there are no windows. There is a raised bulge on it, and a long stick extends forward from the bulge. This stick looks like a gun barrel, but it is such a slender gun. No matter what, it won't explode Before the Russian army could react, the 10th Division at the forefront of the 4th Group Army had already started shelling. The commander of the 10th Division, Han Shihai, ordered from a temporary command post hidden on the hilltop in the distance: "The First Tank Battalion has begun the assault, and ordered the 30th Infantry Regiment to follow! The 401st Artillery Battalion cooperated with the infantry and tank assault group to attack the enemy positions with 152mm howitzers. Launch a twenty-minute non-stop bombardment! The 31st and 32nd Infantry Regiments followed the predetermined one-point and two-sided tactical arrangement and tried their best to outflank and attack the enemy fortress group from both sides.The regiment's mortar company accompanied the infantry and entered the preset position. When the 152mm howitzer battalion bombardment was over, infantry and artillery coordination began immediately! ¡°¡¡¡¡¡¡¡± ¡°Attention, all artillery positions, follow my orders and fire in order according to the binding elements! "Teng Yifeng, commander of the 401 Artillery Battalion, ordered on the radio after receiving the order from the division commander. So the 401 Artillery Battalion under the 10th Division of the 4th Group Army started, and 12 152mm howitzers began to receive fire from a position ten kilometers away. The heavy artillery bombardment that lasted for 20 minutes shook the Polanic Fortress for a while. The roaring 152mm large-caliber artillery shells were like Thor's hammer, hitting the Russian army's positions one after another, and each simple concrete structure was destroyed. The bunkers were overturned, and the trenches were blown down. The Russian troops in the trenches died instantly, and their broken flesh and limbs mixed with soil were blown into the sky. "Large-caliber artillery!" The Chinese used large-caliber artillery! "Major Orici was horrified. "In the blue sky of the Far East, a Novice Six with red stars under its wings, numbered 1001, flew over the Polanic Fortress from a height of 400 meters like a light swallow. The pilot Chen Weipeng put his helmet on The headset simply sends back the parameters of the air fire calibration to the ground. ¡°This is 1001. According to visual inspection, the landing point is 25 east and 10 south. Repeat, 25 east and 10 south. " "This is the 4th set of empty indicators, East 25, South 10, received, 1001, continue to observe. " "1001 understand. "The 4th Group Army Air Force Liaison Command Center immediately notified the 401st Artillery Battalion. Battalion Commander Teng Yifeng continued the artillery bombardment after notifying the correction of the artillery binding parameters. The infantry of the 10th Division came from the hills, valleys, or forests, in all directions. Rushed towards the Polanic Fortress, but the speed was not as fast as that of the 1st Tank Battalion, which had already got off the road at this moment and rushed along both sides of the road at 20 kilometers per hour. Behind them was the 10th Division as the Central Assault Group. The 30th Infantry Regiment was conducting infantry and tank accompanying operations for the 1st Tank Battalion. 43 Type 62 light tanks of the 4th Group Army's 1st Tank Battalion advanced at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour, near the Polanic Fortress and the surrounding areas. When the Russian army entered the position, after a twenty-minute bombardment by 12 152mm howitzers, the Polanic Fortress had been blown apart, and the entire oval position three kilometers long and one kilometer wide was bombed. Like broken eggs, the yolks and whites dripped all over the ground. The surviving Russian troops were shivering in the ditch. At this moment, they saw the steel behemoths with blood-red flags rushing towards them at high speed. They were frightened out of their wits. They jumped out of the trench and began a mass escape. The entire Polanic Fortress defense line collapsed instantly. The 1st Tank Battalion and the 30th Infantry Regiment of the 10th Division in Episode 4 did not stop, roaring mercilessly from the Russian trench defense line. Running over, chasing the fleeing Russian army, the roar of the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle, Type 81 light machine gun and tank machine gun continued to harvest lives, and the regiment's recoilless gun company occasionally fired at the Russian position. High-explosive anti-personnel grenades were fired in depth. Not to be outdone, the regiment's mortar company fired shells at the fleeing Russian army. When the last Gatling machine gun position on the right side of the Russian army's position was rushed into by the 62 light tank. , this outpost battle was basically over, like a Gatling gun being crushed by tracks.