Napoleon II Reborn Chapter 120

On the morning of January 3, Xiao Jie finally appeared with two panda eyes. At first he was a little embarrassed, but after he found out that Lan Shi, Lana and others looked like this, he was immediately relieved. Thinking about it, they didn't sleep well last night. Just don't know what he was thinking? Was thinking about today's battle or something.

And the soldiers were almost all like this, and many of them were yawning. The Russians made such a fuss last night, causing many people to suffer from insomnia. "Damn Russians, they actually made me lose sleep. I must teach them a lesson today." Many people thought this way in their hearts.

After breakfast, all legions are starting to prepare for the battle, but which legion will attack has not yet been decided. Among them, Lanshi and Lana were the two who fought the most. The 88th Legion stole the limelight last night, so it was directly excluded from today's offensive sequence. Xiao Jie didn't care too much, and ordered everyone except the mortar gunners to provide artillery support for the attack, to rest as much as possible, trying to maintain the best fighting condition. Murat was also planning to participate in the attack, but was also strongly opposed by the angry Lance and Lana, and had no choice but to launch a fight. In the words of Lanshi and Lana: You have eaten the meat and gnawed the bones, so you must leave the soup to us.

The most intense competition was between Lanshi and Lana. They both wanted to get the appointment of today's attack, and no one would give in. In the end, Xiao Jie had no choice but to let the two draw lots to decide, and divided the time into the morning. and afternoon, one regiment for the morning and one regiment for the afternoon. The result of the last two people drawing lots was that Rana's 5th Army attacked in the morning, and Lance's 3rd Army attacked in the afternoon. If the enemy's cavalry appears, it will be handed over to Murat's cavalry regiment.

Almost everyone agrees with this result. Only Lanz, who is a little bit unlucky today, is a little dissatisfied. He really doubts whether the Russian army can withstand the attack of the 5th Army for a whole morning. If Vape is taken by the 5th Army If so, where will he save his face? It seems that they all think of the Russian army too simply, thinking that the current Russian army is already vulnerable, but is this the case?

The Narew River is a tributary of the Vistula River that flows from south to north. Vape is a small city in the middle reaches of the Narew River. When the Narew River flows through Vape, due to the topography, it forms an eastward turning, making Wapei surrounded by water on three sides. Such terrain is very suitable for defense, it can be said that it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Unfortunately, it's winter now, and the ice on the river is so thick that even main battle tanks can pass through. So in this era, if you want to go directly across the river, there is no obstacle.

Vape was originally just an ordinary small town in Poland. The people basically depend on fishing and farming on the Narew River. But because it is very close to Russia, it is on the main road from Bialystok to Warsaw, and with the development of trade with Russia, the residents of the small town can also provide board and lodging for businessmen or tourists to make a living, which also drives economic development of the town. Although they are also under the oppression of Russia, the life of the residents in the small town is still decent, and they basically have enough food and clothing, which is much better than that of people in other places.

But since the Russian army was defeated in the battle of Slubice, all this has changed. In the case of insufficient strength, Russia took the initiative to shrink the defense line and gave up the vast eastern and northern Polish plains. The limited forces were all concentrated in several places such as Bialystok and Vape. They are determined to keep these last few places as a bridgehead to counterattack Poland in the future. Under such circumstances, the life of the residents in the small town was also greatly affected. A large number of troops marched here, which greatly increased the burden on the residents. What's even more frightening is that the military discipline of the Russian army has always been the worst among all countries, so activities such as robbery, rape, murder, and arson continued to be staged in the city. Later, as an important gateway to defend Bialystok, the Russian army even built it as a fortress, so all the residents of the small town were forcibly taken away, and now only Russia remains in Vape Soldiers are gone.

Karbayev adopted the tactics of fighting step by step. From the Narew River to Vape, the Russian army built a total of two lines of defense. In the battle with the French army, they also learned to dig trenches to protect themselves and build defense lines. But probably because of plagiarism, their trench digging was extremely substandard. If the soldiers of the 88th Army dug such a trench, they would definitely be severely punished. At the same time, because of their weapons, they couldn't give full play to the biggest advantage of the line of defense. As for the barbed wire fence that should have appeared in front of the trench, it was directly omitted. According to Xiao Jie's estimate, probably because of the shortage of materials in Russia, steel and other materials must of course be used in weapon manufacturing or other important places. How can they be used to make barbed wire? Isn't this a waste of resources?

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the French offensive began with the sound of rumbling artillery. On the west bank of the Narew River, more than a hundred mortars of the French army were all set up here. In 10 minutes, the mortars of the French army dropped a thousand shells on the opposite side, but the effect was not satisfactory. satisfactory. Due to the colder weather, a hard permafrost layer was formed on the ground, and the mortar shells hit it and blasted ice chips flying across it, but the actual effect was not very good. Only the artillery shells directly smashed into the trenches of the Russian army can kill the enemy within a few meters. But the shells that can be smashed into the trenches are obviously very few.

Although it was a poor-quality trench, it still saved the lives of many Russian soldiers. After fully realizing the effectiveness of the trench, Russia spared no effort to implement this extremely convenient and simple defensive measure. It is unrealistic to compare firepower with other countries in terms of Russia's weak industrial base, so that it always suffers losses in this aspect in wars, but the appearance of trenches can greatly reduce this aspect. For the Russian army, this cannot be regarded as a boon.

Seeing that the shelling would not have much effect, Xiao Jie had no choice but to give up this act of wasting ammunition. All the ammunition supplies now have to be shipped from France. Up to now, he has only accumulated 6 base ammunition. From last night to now, except for the shells of the Artillery Regiment and the Heavy Artillery Battalion, all other ammunition have used a base number. And the war has just begun, so save as much as you can.

Since the artillery can't achieve greater results, it can only look at the infantry. In the first wave of attacks, Lana sent two regiments of 5,000 people. And the number of Russian troops deployed on the Narew River defense line is almost the same. On the two-kilometer-long attack interface, the French army formed four skirmish lines and launched an attack on the Russian army. This is the latest attack formation of the French army. Since the weapons of the French army are relatively more advanced, they can form powerful firepower without having to line up neatly. If you look down from a high altitude, you will find 4 black lines in the white snow constantly moving eastward.

But the problem of offense was immediately exposed. The surface of the Narew River is very slippery now, and all the military shoes of the French army are flat-soled, so it is inevitable that some people will continue to wrestle on the ice. As time went on, the situation became more and more obvious. When it reached the center of the Narew River, even the minimum skirmisher line could not be maintained. At this moment, the Russian artillery, which had been silent since the start of the war, also began to speak. After a rough calculation, there are more than 70 cannons, and more than 10 of them are old-fashioned large-caliber fort secondary cannons.

Although the power of the gunpowder used was small, it was enough to tear these exposed people to pieces. Due to the limited range of mortars, it is also impossible to suppress firepower against the Russian army. The combat effectiveness of the 5th Army Corps was clearly no less than that of the 88th Army Corps. Under such circumstances, the troops were thrown into chaos.

Seeing this situation, Lana's face turned livid. But now it is impossible to attack and win. In order to reduce casualties, Lana had to order a temporary retreat. What's more, Lance didn't laugh at Lana's failure. He was thinking, would it be like this if it were his own legion? The combat effectiveness of their two legions has always been indistinguishable, so the result is certain.

The soldiers who returned were very embarrassed. After counting the number of people, they found that in this short period of time, more than 400 people were killed and nearly 600 were injured. That is to say, in less than an hour, 1,000 people from the 5th Legion lost their combat effectiveness, which made Lana very embarrassed.

Seeing that Rana was going to get angry, Xiao Jie quickly persuaded: "Your Excellency Marshal, this is not the fault of the soldiers, it is our mistake. We did not expect that the slippery ice surface would have such a big impact on the troops." Listen After Xiao Jie said this, Lana's complexion recovered.

"Then how do we solve this problem?" The dead man also quickly changed the topic.

Xiao Jie thought for a while and said: "If we want to replace the soldiers' military shoes, we can't do it in a short time. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com can only do some modifications now." Xiao Jie thought of a way to make The soldiers pulled out the withered weeds and tied them to the soles of the shoes, so that they would not slip when walking on the ice.

Next, Lana's second wave of attacks began. This time he directly switched two regiments to start the attack. After solving the big problem of skidding, the French army's advantage was immediately revealed. Although the shelling by the Russian army caused some casualties to the French army, they were not serious. The French army quickly passed through the shelling zone of the Russian army. The young French soldier didn't pay attention, and was knocked to the ground in one fell swoop. But the French army immediately reacted, lying on the ground and launching a counterattack. One by one grenades were also thrown out, and the Russian army who had not had time to disperse was immediately blown up and down.

Next, the French army broke into the Russian position, and the two sides fought fiercely. The Russian soldiers are obviously stronger than the French army, so at the beginning, the French army was suppressed and almost driven out of the position. Fortunately, even though Lana sent two regiments of reinforcements, the Russian army was completely defeated and occupied the position.

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