Struggle in Russia

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If Prince Mikhail asked this question one day earlier, Leonid would not have the confidence to answer, because the "earth method" that Li Xiao came up with is really unconventional, and it is hard to say whether it is really useful.

But this morning, the No. 1 Battalion proved that this trick worked with zero casualties. So Leonid replied confidently: "We will build two traffic trenches directly leading to the front-line positions of the first battalion. In this way, our follow-up troops can avoid the enemy's firepower and go straight to the front line through the traffic trenches!"

Prince Mikhail understands this truth. What he questioned was the necessity, because the first battalion has already demonstrated with practical actions that as long as the front lines are sparse, a large number of casualties can be avoided. What about digging a ditch?

But Leonid's reason was very good: "It is too time-consuming to advance in a skirmish line like that. We are going to attack the enemy's strong fortifications as soon as possible. We can't be exposed to the enemy slowly! So digging Traffic ditch is very necessary!"

But Duke Mikhail still questioned: "But how much time will it take? You have already wasted a whole morning, how much time will you need to dig the ditch next?"

Leonid replied solemnly: "Next, our remaining three battalions will take turns to work non-stop, at most until tomorrow morning, to complete the construction work!"

Well, Prince Mikhail is completely speechless. He, the commander-in-chief, has been watching the trench digging all morning. If anyone dares to behave like this to him, he will definitely beat the other party severely. But who told him that this was his own nephew, so he had to bear it!

So he snorted angrily: "Okay, then I'll come back to see your performance tomorrow morning, and I hope you can show me something decent tomorrow!"

After saying this, Duke Mikhail waved his hands and was about to leave, but at this moment, the enemy on the opposite side made a movement, and they finally couldn't help it after watching the white play all morning. They leaned out of the solid fortifications and gathered in formation. It seemed that they were preparing to use a counter-charge to destroy the battalion in front of the position!

Suddenly, Duke Mikhail stopped in his tracks. This situation was also in line with his cognition. Use a resolute counterattack to drive the enemy away, and now it depends on whether the first battalion can hold its position.

The determination of the Wallachians was very firm. For this reason, they assembled a counter-attack team of hundreds of people, lined up in a dense formation, and began to charge towards the first battalion under the cover of a small number of artillery fire.

"You look like a soldier!" Prince Mikhail muttered one after another, obviously he was very dissatisfied with Leonid's performance this morning.

But Leonid was completely indifferent. On the contrary, he was quite happy. He smiled and said to Vishniak: "I've been waiting for them all morning, and I thought they weren't coming. Tell the artillery to open fire violently, so that they can come back." They also taste the power of grape bombs!"

With an order, the artillery who was as unhappy as an old man peeing finally let go of his hands and feet and started to fight. The artillery who had been prepared for a long time stuffed piles of grape shells (shotgun) into the barrel and aimed at the charge. The Central Wallachian is a round of shooting!

Although grape bullets have a short range, they are not very effective against infantry charging intensively. Dozens of enemies were taken away in the first round of shooting, and then in the second and third rounds, three rounds of shelling in a short period of time almost knocked them down. With one-third of the enemy, the Wallachians' charge formation was in disarray.

And right here, the Wallachians rushed half way. Please note that this is only the beginning. As the Wallachians got closer, the first battalion in the trenches also went into battle. They squatted in the trenches. Here calmly aim and then shoot calmly, harvesting the life of the enemy with dense volleys of guns.

It has to be said that there is no harm without comparison. Wallachia suffered heavy losses from artillery fire when exposed on the battlefield, while the battalion that was also bombarded by Wallachia artillery was almost unscathed. Hiding in the trenches, it is difficult for them to be hit by solid bullets fired by the enemy.

Unless it is extremely bad luck.

In just ten minutes, the Wallachians' counter-charge broke up. They lost almost half of their troops, but they didn't even touch the edge of the first battalion. Leonid used actual combat to illustrate how successful his tactics were, leaving Duke Mikhail dumbfounded.

"not bad……"

Prince Mikhail laughed dryly. This praise seemed so insincere, because he couldn't understand why the effect was justified even though his nephew's tactics were so insignificant and he didn't have any manliness at all.

After thinking about it for a long time, Duke Mikhail couldn't come up with a reason, so he could only forcefully explain it to himself by saying that the Wallachians are too useless.

He said: "This is a fluke! If the Wallachians counterattacked more resolutely and bravely, and invested more troops, you may not be able to defend it!"

Leonid did not deny this, and he replied sincerely: "Yes, if Wallachia invests more troops and resolutely counterattacks, we really can't hold it!"

This kind of confession made Prince Mikhail very satisfied, so he said that Leonid was still an honest boy!

But what Prince Mikhail didn't expect was that Leonid only said half of what he said, and the second half of him was not so pleasant: "However, if Wallachia really resolutely counterattacked, wouldn't it be better?" ? They originally had a limited force, and they could only create trouble for our army by hiding in the fortifications, but now they have come out on their own initiative, aren't they using their own strengths to attack our strengths?"

There is nothing wrong with saying this, because Leonid is very right. The most troublesome thing for them is the Wallachia hiding in the tortoise shell, not the Wallachia who rushed out to fight them. .

As far as Buftea's defenders really rushed out, it would be easier to be wiped out in one day, not to mention a week.

But although Leonid's words were very reasonable, Duke Mikhail was very upset, because this nephew had proved with practical actions that he could indeed change the status quo and cause relatively large troubles for the Wallachians. If he really succeeded, where would he put his old uncle's face?

Now Duke Mikhail is praying that the Wallachians will be smarter, and they must hide in the tortoise shell honestly and don't charge indiscriminately. It is best to delay this week!

Of course, Duke Mikhail didn't know that Leonid didn't just know how to dig trenches. A certain very wretched grand duke had taught many wretched tactics. Next, he will test them one by one to understand!