Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 363 Battle of Yaksa ([-])
At 7 o'clock in the morning, the Russian troops stationed in Emur Karen received a report from the forward patrol.

A small group of troops from the "Qing Kingdom", less than 50 people in size, was discovered by the patrol team in time and blocked at the foot of the mountain [-] miles away.The two sides are currently engaged in fierce fighting, the enemy's firepower is fierce, and reinforcements are urgently needed.

The location of Emul Karen is important because the terrain here is condescending to the ancient city island.In fact, the terrain in this area of ​​Yaksa rises layer by layer from north to south.Once the Russian army occupies Emul Karen, they can suppress the fleet attacking from the south of the ancient city island through the cannons erected here.Once Emul Karen falls, the Russian army can also retreat to the ancient city island through the pontoon bridge built on the river.

The local garrison consisted of two battalions of hunters, a battalion of cavalry and five artillery pieces. The chief of the garrison was Lieutenant Colonel Listnitsky.

After receiving the request from the front patrol team, Listnitsky speculated that this must be the reconnaissance force of the "Qing people". After a brief consideration, he decided to send three companies to completely wipe out the "Qing army" in order to improve The morale of the troops.Of course, it would be even better if a few prisoners could be brought back.

The lieutenant colonel issued an order, and the Cossacks who had just woken up and hadn't had breakfast began to assemble under the sergeant major's loud voice.

"Everyone bring dry food! Remember to take more bombs!"

"What's the matter, sir?"

"The Qing people are here, let's go and beat it."

"Okay." The young Cossack who was standing at attention touched his chest habitually, and shouted, "I forgot my rune and cross. I have to go back to the tent to get them."

"Damn boy, when will you be able to have a better memory, you will lose everything every time."

The so-called runes are the amulets carried by the Cossacks when they set off on expeditions. This thing has been around since the cold weapon era, such as the spell to avoid guns, the spell to avoid battle, and the spell to charge into battle; you can copy whichever you like, it all depends on personal preference.

However, ever since the Russian troops started fighting with the Northern Navy north of the city of Guigudar, the Cossacks' favorite copy now is the "Shot Avoidance Curse".They all hid the copied mantras in their close-fitting shirts.Tie it on a cross chain, put it on a holy relic given by a loved one to bless the safety, or tie it on a small bag wrapped in the soil of the hometown.Although the god of death will not spare those with spells, it is better to have this kind of thing than nothing.

"Saint Michaela, the Merciful Saint, make us invincible"

It was a muggy morning in August when the sky was overcast, blocking the sun.Two companies of mounted infantry set out first, while the cavalry were already about to set off along the open ground along the river bank.

The Cossacks rode on horses and marched through the forest in a column. The drummer in front of the queue beat dull drums to guide the troops' actions.

"Tap la~ ta la ~ ta la dong da la dong~"

Half an hour after Emur's Russian army set off, a Russian colonel who received the news entered a room in Yaksa Castle after knocking on the door.In the house, apart from an aide-de-camp, there was only one gray-haired old man who was almost sixty years old.Seeing the colonel coming in, the old man asked in an easy-going tone: "Dear Vasilyevich, what's the rush for you to knock on the door so hastily?"

This is a slightly hunchbacked, slightly lame, short old man. His face is wrinkled, his nose is not straight enough, and a pair of blue eyes are blinking under his high eyebrows; It became a small braid and tied with a silver-gray ribbon.Unlike other high ranking European generals of the era, he did not paint.

The gorgeous black military uniform worn by the old man fits perfectly and is ironed evenly.Whether it's the St. Alexander Nevsky gem star on his chest, or the imperial gem-encrusted long sword on his waist, or the "St. Andre Pervoz" slung across his shoulders, Wannei" high-level ribbon, all of which show that this person is the army commander of Tsarist Russia's eastern conquest of the Qing Dynasty, General Suvorov.

This is a pure and self-disciplined soldier. Compared to the embarrassing situation of going to Crimea as a nominal general and not even commanding a squad, Suvorov would rather let Potemkin show off against the Turks. Come to the East to direct the offensive against the Qing Dynasty.

"Admiral, our troops patrolling fifteen versts south of the Emur camp have spotted the enemy's reconnaissance team! Because the enemy's firepower is too strong, Lieutenant Colonel Listnitsky has ordered two companies to support it."

"Hmm." Suvorov signaled the colonel to mark on the map the location of the patrol's exchange of fire. He stared at the map for a while and said with a smile, "The enemy's firepower is fierce, and only a quick attack can have any hope of success. A larger number of our troops would overwhelm them, confuse the defense, and waste ammunition. Listnitsky's decision was correct."

In fact, the reason why Suvorov ordered the Jaeger troops to attack in small groups after he noticed that the North Navy was going north was to understand his enemy through continuous contact and exchange of fire.

Later Clausewitz said that war is an act of human communication.Rather than saying that war is like some kind of technological competition, it is better to say that it is more like some kind of trade behavior.

It is through these dozens of days of continuous "communication" that Suvorov has a certain degree of understanding of this unusual opponent of the Northern Navy.

The so-called strategy is actually based on our own situation, the enemy's situation and the people's situation.If you don't know your opponent and yourself, you can't talk about formulating a strategy to defeat your opponent.Suvorov has never been a person who is willing to defend passively. He discovers the opponent's strengths and weaknesses through battle after battle, so as to seize the opponent's weakness in defense and achieve a quick counterattack.

In his opinion, the "Qing army" on the opposite side is a force with extremely powerful firepower. The soldiers are brave in combat, can handle weapons proficiently, and are very disciplined.

Their commanders act resolutely and resolutely, and do not spare ammunition at all. Even if it is a small group of enemies, the enemy soldiers will use an almost wasteful method, and the dense bullet rain will make their own side unable to lift their heads, and then they will be outflanked by the flanks to achieve victory. .

Combining the information obtained before, Suvorov speculated that this army must have been prepared by the Qing emperor to deal with the rebel forces entrenched in the Ussuri River. This can also explain why Alexandrov and the others just arrived in Aigun , Qing reinforcements can arrive quickly.

This made him a little envious, no wonder the empress had been hesitant to go to war with Qing before.It can maintain a force of thousands of people for long-distance combat of thousands of versts, and can also provide a steady stream of ammunition supplies. Except for a huge and wealthy country like the Qing Dynasty, even Tsarist Russia is beyond its capabilities.

However, it was precisely because Zhao Xin and Liu Sheng used the fleet accompanying supplies in the later stage, and the attacking troops took turns to advance the fierce tactics that Suvorov also discovered the weakness of the Northern Navy.

First of all, he felt that the "General of the Qing Dynasty" he had fought with before must be a guy with a violent personality, and this was precisely the taboo of senior generals.A man who is easily excitable and violent is not suitable to be a commander in chief of an army.

The biggest advantage of this kind of person is that he has drive, but this drive often does not last for a long time.Only junior officers need emotionally sensitive people, because a violent charge takes only a few minutes; a fierce battle takes a whole day, and a battle takes a whole year or even years.

Secondly, in terms of firepower, this is an unparalleled advantage and also a weakness. With such a large ammunition consumption, once the logistics cannot keep up, it will soon be in trouble.

It has to be said that Suvorov saw Liu Sheng very clearly, pointing out his weakness of character.Not counting the lucky Zhao Xin, the three leaders of Beihai Navy all have their own personality flaws, otherwise they wouldn't be so unsatisfactory in another time and space.From the perspective of the darkness of human nature, Zhao Xin also saw the flaws in these people's personalities, and was able to control the Beihai Navy with ease.

Of course, Suvorov never calculated that there would be a "monster" like Zhao Xin in the world, otherwise he would definitely organize the entire army to retreat immediately.

Two hours after the firefight started in the morning, when the reconnaissance team began to show up with wounded people, Seldan felt that he was a bit overbearing at this time. He should not be greedy to catch the lieutenant, but should have retreated from the beginning.Now the reconnaissance team has been glued by the Russian army, so he had to send a request for help to the rear through the accompanying radio.

Relying on the cover of the jungle terrain, the Russian patrol team continued to shorten the distance between the two sides for the exchange of fire, and finally entered within 100 meters.Although one of the hand-held mortars was too late to explode, relying on the only remaining one, the Russian army threw two grenades into the reconnaissance team's position, wounding two people on the spot.

In fact, after participating in the Beihai Navy for so long, Serdan's biggest problem is that he can resolutely carry out the tasks assigned to him by Zhao Xin, but his overall strategic vision is insufficient.In particular, the Beihai Navy has defeated different opponents many times over the years, and there is a general mentality of blind arrogance inside, and the same is true for Seldan.

The original cautious and steady hunter who could escape from the encirclement with a bow and three iron arrows had long since disappeared, replaced by the North Navy scout captain who ignored his opponents.

Many soldiers think that they can sweep the world with the weapons in their hands. The problem is that an army trained with modern weapons and tactics consumes an astonishing amount of ammunition.

Although Beihai Town has its own bullet manufacturing equipment, the scrap rate is still very high.It is very simple to make a bullet that can be fired, such as a shotgun bullet, the threshold is very low.But it is too difficult to manufacture thousands of rounds of bullets with the same ballistic performance!
The threshold for military bullets is very high. It does not mean that a few 7.62 bullets can be accurately imitated in large quantities.The level of metallurgical technology, processing accuracy, and mature gunpowder production lines are all the thresholds that restrict the production of bullets.The most critical of these is the composition ratio of the bullet propellant.In later generations, the ratio of the composition of the gunpowder is a state secret.

It is easy to make a new gun, but it is very difficult to make a bullet suitable for the new gun, such as the famous 95, because the bullet has not been qualified in the early days.In addition, a large number of experimental tests are required to obtain the best ballistic data, ammunition muzzle velocity, etc., and then continue to improve.These are inseparable from a large number of mathematical calculations.

From this point of view, Zhao Liang's military-industrial steel complex is still just a "military-industrial steel joint workshop".

(Some people say that the Peshawar of Batie can make everything, and the equipment is not very advanced. The problem is that they have inherited their father’s business for more than 100 years, and the technology is too familiar. Even so, it really makes a handicraft workshop years old. Produce millions of rounds of bullets with the same performance, even if he is killed.)
The cavalry of the Russian army finally arrived at the attack position after a wide range of detours, and two soldiers of the reconnaissance team also discovered the enemy on the side and rear.

"Captain, the enemy cavalry is coming!"

"Take this!" Seldan handed his assault rifle to the soldier behind him, replaced the other's semi-automatic, and ordered: "Shoot! Aim and shoot!"

The Russian cavalry lined up.Because of the mosquito bites, the horses shook their heads and the bits rattled.The warrant officer leading the cavalry drew his saber from its sheath, and a dim blue light shone on the blade.

The cavalry lieutenant, mounted on a well-proportioned, leaping horse, ran to the head of the procession.He held the reins tightly, and the tassel of his saber was wrapped around one hand.

"Everyone!" The warrant officer pointed to the right, then to the left, and then forward with his saber, stopping above the raised horse's ears. "Scattering line, advance!" "

As the sound of horseshoes began to sound in the silence, fifty cavalrymen of the Russian army formed a formation more than 300 meters wide 200 meters away.This made the more than a dozen scouts in charge of blocking immediately not know which one to aim at, but time was running out, so they had to take the lead in firing.

"Da da da~ da da da~"

"Bang! Bang!"

The Russian cavalry marched forward at a constant speed against the hail of bullets, and the pace of the horses continued to accelerate. When they approached less than 100 meters from the reconnaissance team, the warrant officer yelled and led the remaining 30 people to speed up.

"Pick up the spear, put away the saber, and charge!"

The ground moaned dully under the trampling of dozens of horseshoes, the Cossacks put their spears flat, and the horses under their crotches began to gallop at full speed.The figure of the cavalry warrant officer rose and fell in the woodland, and the man on horseback shouted.

The war horse first curled up its four legs, and then stretched them out. It leaped seven or eight meters away.Amidst the screams, the crackling gunfire became more intense.The two assault rifles of the reconnaissance team fired non-stop, and the bullets spewed out sharp whistles, spreading out in the forest like a fan.

At the same time, the Russian infantry in the west also began to attack the reconnaissance team.They ignited and threw out the few remaining grenades. A large puff of white smoke rose in front of the reconnaissance team's position, disrupting the reconnaissance team's shooting sight. The Russian infantry immediately formed a scattered formation with ten men in a row. He rushed towards the reconnaissance team.

Seldan had run out of bullets in his rifle at this time, and before he had time to reload, he grabbed the bow and drew several arrows from his back, and shot several arrows in a row at the front warrant officer just by feeling, and then continued to aim at the next one, In a blink of an eye, seven or eight arrows were shot.

"Grenade!" With a shout, more than a dozen North Navy grenades with wooden handles flew out from the reconnaissance team's position. The bang explosion shook the sky and the earth, and the Russian infantry was killed and injured immediately.The surviving Russian army lost their weapons and ran for their lives in a hurry. The two hours of suffering had exhausted all the courage of the patrol team.

The few remaining Russian cavalry behind the reconnaissance team had also fled southward, and they didn't dare to rescue those comrades who had been shot and fell off their horses.

Seldan ordered everyone to retreat while counting the number of people. At this time, there were less than 20 uninjured members of the reconnaissance team; the most seriously injured was a guy who stood up and shot, he was changing the magazine At that time, he was pierced through the thigh by a cavalry spear, and he lost a lot of blood, and it seemed that he would not survive.

Taking advantage of the retreat of the Russian army, Seldan and the others made a simple bandage for the wounded, helped the dead and wounded soldiers to the horses, and then began to retreat to the southeast.

As soon as the group walked out for more than a mile, the scouts in charge of covering found another wave of Russian cavalry surrounding them from the east. This made Seldan turn pale with fright. He didn't expect Raksha's counterattack to come. so fast.

At this moment, figures in the woods to the southeast swayed, and with the question and answer of loud passwords, more than [-] soldiers of the Beihai Navy emerged from behind the trees, and the troops from the Duojin City camp finally arrived.Seldan couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and he couldn't help but slumped on the ground, exhausted physically and mentally.

After a while, as the gunshots from the east began to sound one after another, more and more Beihai soldiers ran past the reconnaissance team. Seldan was a little surprised. He grabbed a platoon leader and asked: "You are here?" how many people?"

"Two battalions!"

　In the Tsarist Russian army in the [-]th century, the battle infantry fired three rounds of live ammunition a year, and the hunters fired five rounds.Later, when Kutuzov became a marshal, he changed the annual live ammunition training of the hunters to eight rounds.Due to the high cost of gunpowder, no European country in this era would allow soldiers to conduct live ammunition shooting training countless times. This is why the armies of various countries are more willing to recruit hunters. After all, hunters’ marksmanship does not require excessive training with waste of gunpowder.

　　
　
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