Chapter 359 To Ili

"Cannonball!"

Hao Cannon hissed hard. I don't know whether he was stimulated by the rumble of cannons, or because of the hot gun smoke, his whole face turned red.

With his movements, the scorching shell casing withdrew from the gun barrel. The loader, who had already been on standby, immediately stuffed a new shell into the gun barrel. Before he could pull the bolt, the second loader was already carrying the shell on standby.

Every gun position is like an assembly line. The soldiers of the artillery squad sweated like rain and forgot the time. Only the statistical deputy gunners still remember how many shells were fired. The others just fired mechanically, loading bullets and firing again.

Four shells in a minute, almost the fastest speed of the 105mm Army Cannon. After the four loaded shell boxes were pried open, they were shot out in an instant. The ammunition boxes that were piled up like mountains just now were empty in the blink of an eye.

This is modern warfare. The mode is very different from the era of cold weapons. With the distribution of a large amount of heavy firepower to divisions or even battalions, the scale and consumption of army operations are much larger than before.

Correspondingly, the city of Urumqi, which is not far away, has risen with countless mushroom clouds, flying rubble and dust covering the whole east gate.

A shell accurately landed in front of several fleeing rebels. The first cavalry was immediately lifted into the air by the air waves, and the rest of them flew backwards from the horse as if they had been hit by a heavy hammer. When the smoke dissipated, there was only a wounded sobbing horse kneeling on the ground.

There was also a shell that penetrated the thick layer of soil and hit the temporary bunker. The flame suddenly boiled out of the bunker. More than a dozen rebels were directly torn up, and more of them were buried in the collapsed soil layer with flames. Only one big hand was exposed outside the rubble and held tightly. It seemed that they didn't understand until death. Why does the other party have such a strong firepower?

Chekov was holding a revolver, and behind him were dozens of gray-faced Russian soldiers. Although the distance was a little far away and the shells could not be hit here, they didn't expect it at all. How many years has it been? The Far East, a country that could once be bullied by them, has developed war technology to such a level. It can gather dozens of heavy cannons on the distant land and bring enough cannons to bombs for a few days and nights!

The smoke, fire and explosion have made it impossible for him to control his troops. He could only watch the shells roar over his head over and over again, crushing them like a plow. Countless soldiers did not even see the enemy's face. They were torn to pieces by the shells, blew through their internal organs, and slowly lost blood in the wailing. Go.

This is not a war at all!

Those nobles who enjoy women and vodka in St. Petersburg may not understand the situation of their opponents at all, otherwise they would not even give a cannon!

Boom!

A shell landed in the distance, and the rising smoke completely blocked Chekov's sight. At this moment, the familiar roar of bullets finally came from his ear.

The enemy's infantry is coming up!

"Kill!"

The same hissing sounded everywhere like thunder. A double-headed eagle flag drilled out gunpowder smoke almost at the same time, and the bullet shuttled in the ear with the shouting, and the offensive and defensive battle entered the most difficult stage almost in an instant.

When the thick smoke slowly dissipated, Chekov only saw the full-eyed New Chinese soldiers, bowing his head, bent down, and launched a strange charge.

They were proficient in movements and kept rushing to the city with trees, big stones and remnants as bunkers. What made him even cold was that the soldiers shot very fast. He even saw with his own eyes that a team of friendly troops hiding in the dead corner just showed their heads, they were suppressed by the flying bullets.

The good luck of these suppressed unlucky guys did not last long. They were touched by several Xinhua soldiers and stuffed into the stone house with grenades. Thick smoke and fire came out of it, and they knew what would happen without looking at it.

Seeing this scene, Chekov's scalp was even more numb. He didn't expect these people to be so fast, and everyone was equipped with grenades. You know, when this weapon began to be imitated by various countries after the use of the Xinhua Army, the Russian army has not been equipped with ordinary infantry so far, but specially formed a grenadier unit, but that is, Even if it's a grenadier, it's just that each person is given three pieces.

"Guncter!"

Seeing that the other party was getting closer and closer, Chekov finally took out the courage of the Slavs, waved his hands and shouted. With his voice, nearly a hundred soldiers immediately rushed out behind him. They raised their grenades, quickly lined up, and then suddenly threw out the already prepared imitation grenades.

"Boom."

A series of explosions rose from dozens of meters away, and immediately killed several Xinhua soldiers rushing to the front. However, what made Chekov's eyes bulge was that the other party obviously knew how to protect more than his side. After seeing the grenade throwing out the grenade, he actually fell to the ground and avoid the sweeping shrapnel.

The dead people are just unlucky people who have no time to avoid.

I thought that these 100 grenadiers were the killers in his hands to block the enemy, but I didn't expect that it was so much worse than expected. Chekov and everyone were a little discouraged, but before they threw the second round, there was a sudden sound not far away. More than a dozen black spots in the sight rose from the distance, and everyone was stunned. Looking at these black spots, he quickly fell from the head and hit the middle of the grenadiers.

A series of explosions exploded from the grenadiers, and the neat grenadiers were immediately blown to pieces, and Chekov's eyes were straight. What was that?

A cannonball that can turn around?!——

"Report General, the south gate has also been broken! The North Gate is also in an emergency, and the general asked the general to send troops to support immediately!"

In the battalion in the city, Ma Guoliang's face suddenly turned pale when he heard the report. As the gate to and leave Ili, Urumqi's important surname is self-evident. Once it is lost, there will be no danger to enter and leave Ili. Therefore, the eldest brother Ma Anliang led troops into Xinjiang. After receiving the promise of the Russians, he immediately ordered him to lead 10,000 elite cavalry. He stayed here with 20,000 soldiers, and invited Russians to help, but only a few days?

"Where's the Russian?"

"Report, he led the troops to guard the East Gate, but now I'm afraid it is." At this point, the deputy general's voice was also much lower. The East Gate was originally the main direction of the enemy's attack. As long as he saw that kind of dense shell rain, I'm afraid no one could resist, so I'm afraid it was already bad luck.

The words of the deputy general made him suddenly excited. There is no suspense about the loss of the two gates in the north and south. Now the plan is not to stick to it, but how to save the last 5,000 elite cavalry and nearly ten thousand life soldiers.

But where do you want to break through?

There are dozens of cannons outside the East Gate. Although the West Gate and the North Gate have fewer cannons, there is an infantry regiment and a cavalry regiment in Xinhua respectively. The other side has the advantage of firearms and can't get through.

The only thing that is stable at present is the west gate, but the question is is that the west gate really so safe?

According to the sentry, the Xinhua Northwest Army brought all four cavalry divisions to Xinjiang this time. You should know that the 30,000 Mongolian cavalry they just joined is not simple. Although Mongolia has weakened over the years, after all, they are a nation that grew up on horseback. They are naturally good at riding and shooting, which is not inferior to the northwest knights in their hands.

If it hadn't been for their action, who would have had the ability to kill the thousands of elite riders they sent out, and even didn't report the return journey, which eventually led to the siege of Urumqi without warning!

Although Ximen seems to be the weakest, who knows if the 30,000 Mongolian cavalry are waiting outside? What's more, there is a bigger problem here, that is, the opponent's second step has not been able to get any information so far!

Xingxia and Jiayuguan are all under the control of the Xinhua Army. According to their establishment, it is enough to send a regiment to guard the two places separately. Why do we need to leave one division and four regiments? Is it possible that the remaining two are at the west gate?

The conscience of the State of Malaysia is getting more and more chaotic. Everyone is not a fool. Who doesn't understand the truth of the three-one? The Northwest Xinhua Army now has the advantage of number and equipment, so how can it deliberately release such a big defect as the West Gate?

"Or the 10,000 people of the two regiments that have not appeared so far are waiting to drill their pockets outside the west gate?" Thinking of this, Ma Guoliang couldn't help shivering. If he was really guessed by himself, not to mention the remaining 15,000 people, I'm afraid it will be doubled again, and I don't want to retreat from the well-equipped Xinhua army!

If you don't go to the west gate, where should you go?

"General, the offensive outside the west gate is the weakest. We might as well break through from there. As long as we return to Yili, there is still hope of a comeback!" The deputy general saw through Ma Guoliang's thoughts and immediately suggested.

After listening to this, Ma Guoliang shook his hand and turned his head to look north--

"Runion leader, what are we doing? Why don't you rush in? Do you have to pretend to be a weak bear?

After the battalion commander performed a siege battle and retreated according to the scheduled plan, the anger in his heart was finally a little uncontrollable, especially when the two doors in the southeast were opened, he was extremely puzzled. If he was ready to fight back the defeated army, why not directly learn from Ximen?

"Why do you spend so much time? You muttered, I'll take your camp as a backup!" The regimental commander was also unhappy. He stared at the battalion commander and was about to scold a few more words. The instructor quickly pulled them away and persuaded them with a smile, "Lao Chen, this performance is also true or false. Ximen is a fake play, which can be seen through at a glance, and we are real dramas here, so that people can't extricate themselves from the play before they can sing!"

"Instructor, I understand what the commander and the division commander mean, and the problem is that we are dangerous every time. Will those rebels think it is difficult to walk here and finally walk through the west gate? Then it's really difficult for us to chase it again!"

"It's also possible, but the headquarters must have taken into account all kinds of situations, so we might as well wait patiently."

After listening to the instructor's words, Chen Jun had to nod patiently, but when he was about to get out of the bunker and return to the camp, the telegraph machine behind him suddenly rang.

"Report, the headquarters ordered us to immediately erect a barbed wire to prepare, and the enemy came this way!"

Before the correspondent's words were finished, Chen Jun suddenly jumped up without even asking. He rushed back to the camp and began to command everyone to pull away the barbed wire.

When the barbed wire was just laid, I only heard a deafening sound of horses' hoofs in the north gate. In the blink of an eye, thousands and cavalry rushed out of the gate like a flood, and tens of thousands of infantry followed behind them.

There was almost no unified command. More than a dozen Maxim machine guns hidden in the trenches for half a day sounded at the same time, and more mortars in the distance began to roar at the same time. The rain of bullets suddenly rushed at the unprepared enemy.

On the horse's back, Ma Guoliang's eyes were about to crack. He didn't expect that he had been tricked! The killing moves turned out to be in a north gate that maintained weakness, especially the big net arranged in front of the cavalry, which was almost everyone's nightmare. The tall war horses could not cross the past at all, and the cavalry' machete was not cut off at once, and they often needed to wave the knife continuously. At that time, there was already A large number of bullets passed through your body.

Mortar shells fell into the rebels who broke through after cutting a huge parabola overhead overhead. The Markin machine gun roared like an autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves. At the same time, hot air also came out of the cooling tank.

Under this crazy fire, the rebel cavalry kept falling off the horse, not to mention the pawns behind. It was simply a massacre!

When Ma Guoliang finally returned to the city with thousands of soldiers, a large number of Xinhua soldiers had already appeared behind him.

The gate of Yili has finally been opened!

(to be continued)