Chapter 41: Bloody Battle at Serwes (Second Update)

  On July 25, Zhao Zeng's troops retreated to Seleucus, and the Russian Far Eastern First Army was also smoothly led to Seleucus.

  The Revival Army has assembled nearly 150,000 troops and is now beginning to encircle the rear of Russia's First Group Army.

  Zhao Zhen's troops also withdrew to the defensive line dug by friendly forces and stubbornly blocked the way of the Russian Far East First Army.

  Suddenly aware of the main force of the Revival Army, the Russian Far East First Group Army, it finally understood the true intention of the Revival Army. It was clear that the Revival Army wanted to annihilate them all in Seluysus.

  The Russian Far Eastern First Group Army did not panic, but made a quick judgment and choice. The 120,000-strong army launched a fierce attack on Zhao Zong's troops that day.

  It is clear that the First Russian Far Eastern Army intended to wipe out Zhao Rong's troops before the Revival Army formed an encirclement, and then turn around to wipe out the remaining Revival Army.

  His stomach is huge and scary.

  On the afternoon of that day at 3 o'clock, the battle broke out. The Russian Far East First Army surrounded Zhao Rong's 50,000-strong Mongolian army, and then launched a fierce attack on the front and left wing of the Mongolian army.

  However, the Russian army's true offensive main force was placed in the direction of the Mongolian army's right wing.

  The Russian army hoped to attack the front and left wing of the Xing'an Army, forcing them to withdraw troops from their right wing, in order to quickly break through the Xing'an Army's defenses.

  However, this time the tactics of conquering Mongolia were completely different from those used in the Battle of Kulun.

  Kulun's battle is not called a battle, but rather letting water go.

  This time the Mongolian army showed its true strength, and after a 10-minute artillery preparation, the Russian army's fierce attack on the front and left wing was repelled by the Mongolian soldiers with strong crossfire.

  The Russian troops who launched a charge on the Xing'an Army's position found it difficult to break through the defensive line constructed with barbed wire and machine guns, and the Xing'an Army also had a large number of mortars, which inflicted heavy casualties on their infantry and firepower.

  There were many snipers among the Mongolian army, and these snipers often managed to quickly kill Russian officers after the Russian army launched an attack, causing the attack to stall.

  The Xiang Army showed its true combat strength, giving the Russian army a fright. The Russians suddenly discovered that the Chinese troops they faced were not mud-made rubbish units, but a very troublesome regularized force.

  But the Russian army was already in a precarious situation and still launched a surprise attack on the right flank of the Qing-Mongolian army at dawn on the 26th.

  The Russian army did indeed launch a surprise attack on the Mongolian army, and Zhao Zong had not expected that the Russian army would put its main force on the right wing to launch an offensive. However, the reason why Zhao Zong could not think of it was naturally because he had not diverted his forces from the right wing. In his view, no matter which direction the Russian army attacked from, it was all the same. The Mongolian army treated the entire position as a whole for defense and did not neglect any direction.

  So the Russian army's plan is just in vain, and the result is still the same, it still depends on real skills.

  The Russian troops attacking the right flank of the Qing army launched a wave-like attack after a brief artillery preparation.

  Machine guns on the position formed a crossfire, rattling non-stop. A canvas belt of 333 bullets was quickly emptied under the gunner's fire, and one by one, Russian soldiers with handheld rifles fell on the charging road.

  But there were too many Russians, the machine gunner fired out strip after strip of canvas bullets, and finally the machine gun was shot to overheat, so he had to replace it with a spare one.

  But soon after, the spare machine gun also overheated, and the stability of the barrel was frighteningly high.

  There are too many Russians!

  Like a tide, endless and continuous!

  Every machine gunner was firing wildly at the charging Russians, and from time to time a machine gunner fell under the return fire of the Russians.

  However, the Russian light machine guns and light artillery that fired at the machine gunners were soon cleared out by mortars in the trenches, and the howitzers hidden in the trenches performed even better.

  Those large-caliber howitzers fired one shot and created a huge pit, even drowning dozens of Russian soldiers.

  But Russian artillery could not reach the mortars hidden in shelters using indirect fire.

  The front line was fought too fiercely, the Russians fell down one row and replenished one row, the Mongolian army's machine gunner fell down one by one, and a damaged machine gun was continuously withdrawn from the rear.

  Lin Xiaoan was a machine gunner on the front line, who was now lying on the ground, pulling the trigger and firing wildly at the charging Russian army.

  He didn't know how many Russian soldiers he had killed, nor did he know how many of the layers and layers of Russian corpses on the ground were his handiwork.

  He only knew that he had already destroyed three heavy machine guns because the rear machine gun was unable to replenish in time. At this moment, his ammunition feeder had fallen, and he operated the machine gun alone. The canvas bullet chain was pulled up to his cheek, cutting out a bloody mouth on his face, but he didn't feel it at all.

  A shell came crashing over, exploding on the machine gun bunker, Lin Xiaoan was covered in blood, his ears ringing, but there was no fear in his eyes, only a conviction to fight.

  He suddenly remembered that the general had said that if they retreated, their families would be bullied and killed by foreigners in the future, their homes would be trampled on by foreigners, and their wealth would also be taken away by foreigners.

  If one day they fell forever on the battlefield, then they would be heroes, the general would support their families, and comrades-in-arms would avenge them with the enemy's blood.

  Death is nothing to be afraid of! It's just closing your eyes forever.

  Lin Xiaoan continued to comfort himself, then struggled to get up, regardless of everything, and continued to pull the trigger. Bullets poured out again like a ladle, pouring onto the Russian soldiers who were charging forward...

  Tragic!

  Only these two words can interpret the cruelty of war.

  Compared to the miserable machine gunners of the Xing'an Army, the Russian army was even more miserable. Their crazy attack still failed to break through the Xing'an Army's defense line.

  Although the artillery destroyed a section of barbed wire, creating a gap.

  However, the machine guns of the Xiong Mengjun were too fierce. The Xiong Mengjun had prepared a large number of machine guns in advance and quickly withdrew machine guns and gunners from other positions to support the right wing after realizing that the Russian army was transferring its main force to the right wing.

  Although there were still many Russian troops who rushed to the front of the Xing'an Army's position, crossing that terrifying crossfire network, what they faced next was the accurate shooting of the Xing'an Army soldiers, as well as a large number of light machine guns and submachine guns.

  Although the positive shooting efficiency is not as good as the side wing crossfire, it needs to be aimed at and shot, but there are many more defensive soldiers in the front trench itself.

  The Russian troops who broke through the crossfire network were fundamentally insufficient in number to shake the front, which was equipped with a large number of light machine guns and submachine guns.

  As long as the crossfire network exists, the Russian army will not be able to break through the Jinmen Army's position.

  But the Russian army, from top to bottom, was extremely lacking in military equipment to deal with crossfire networks, and the rifles of the Russian infantry were not a threat to machine guns that had built fortifications.

  The only things that could pose a threat were light machine guns and infantry cannons.

  However, light machine guns and infantry guns were the main targets of the Mongolian army's mortars and snipers, and as soon as they were exposed, they would be subjected to ruthless attacks.

  There were also some mortars among the Russian troops, but they were not many in number and too cumbersome, unlike the mature and practical mortars in the hands of the Xiongnu army.

  The entire position had turned into a mad abattoir, a bottomless pit devouring lives.

  The bodies of Russian soldiers in front of the position were piled up layer by layer, and the rear Russian commander's heart was trembling, but they had no choice.

  War is like that, when you feel you are about to lose, perhaps your enemy thinks so too.

  The real loser is the one who can't hold on first.

  So the Russian military commanders persisted, hoping to gain success with a little more force in the next moment, but as time went on, more and more Russian soldiers fell.

  The commander of Russia's Far Eastern First Army was like a gambler who had lost his eyes, constantly throwing out his chips in the hope of turning the whole situation around.

  The battle lasted from dawn to dusk, and nearly 60,000 Russian troops fell on the battlefield, while the banner of the Mongolian army still stood upright on the battlefield, despite being battered by Russian artillery fire.

  The emotions of the Russian military commanders also changed from disappointment to despair, as the main force of the Revival Army had already surrounded them from all sides.

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