Chapter 31: The Great War part 3
(The Battle for Eastern Siberia)
(Belligerents: China, Russia, and Japan.)
(Date October, 29 1906)
A year has passed and the western front has stagnated in trench warfare with neither side gaining any major ground, Germany now occupying up to Paris in France is hoping to push into their, but has held off to allow their allies to occupy the southern half. In North America, the Grand Republic has been staving off in an amazing display of strength a two front war, displaying great generalship and well trained soilders despite being out manned and out numbered. In Asia Japan has occupied a good deal of Eastern Siberia and Manchuria, but now a combined Russo-Chines Front has been formed to push back the enemies.
Ivan and a huge army of men ready to fight in the city of Blagoveshchensk, the last foothold of Russian power in eastern Siberia, The Japanese forces however highly out number and out-qualify the Russian troops, Ivan must survive long enough for Yao to reinforce his army.
Ivan looked out on the snowing landscape, at least he had one advantage, general winter. For all that it was worth General Winter was watching over the land an Icy hand out stretched creating a blizzard on the battlefield. Ivan turned to his men none of them were cold as they were well adept to the cold weather his country had to offer.
Over on the horizon Ivan could see Kiku and his Japanese army marching, but only an outline. Ivan raised his bayoneted rifle up in the air and yelled, "Men today we stand and fight like all brave Russian have and will! Today we hold this ground and today we will push the Japanese out of the motherland and make them one with us! Now fire men fire upon the outline of any man you see that is not one of your own!" The Russians cheered and let out volleys of bullets from their bolt-action rifles. The outlines of the Japanese soilders could be seen falling down, but now they were moving swifter towards the city.
KiKu had been grazed by a bullet and had ordered a charge on the Russian troops, He cursed this damned weather as it terribly obscured vision. He had pulled out his katana that had served him faithfully through out the Sengoku period and to now and ran at the Russian troops who were huddled up in different buildings and defending key choke points. Another advantage the Russians had was that they were some of the best Urban fighters there were.
Yao was just crossing over from Mongolia into an area at least 20 miles away from Ivan, he would reach Blagoveshchensk by night fall if his army went double speed. Yao sincerely hoped his ally could hold out long enough for him to arrive.
Ivan stood out in an open street holding his Moisen-Nagant Bolt action Rifle aiming at the closest target, which he assumed was Kiku, he took a deep breath, and looked down his sights, and waited the outline became clearer, and he fired cocking the bolt back releasing the cartridge from the gun. From several side buildings and ally-ways gunfire could be heard and many of the charging Japanese fell to the ground.
Kiku could see the outline of a tall Russian with a scarf, and charged at the figure faster, he saw the man raise his rifle and aim at him but he only moved faster, then a sickening crack could be heard as the bullet lodged itself in his ribcage, blood seeping down his chest as he clutched the area his breathing now seriously impaired. He kneeled down and took the bandages he had brought with him to battle and did a patchwork job and took his rifle and a kneeing position and began to fire back at the Russian troops.
Several Japanese troops were in the town roads by now, but the gunfire had gone silent as they reached the area. Then several men started to disappear, and their squads went looking for them. As they walked down one ally way they found the mutilated body of their comrade, but when they turned around the were met with a 5'9'' monster holding a bayoneted rifle in his hands, "Welcome to the motherland." Ivan whispered as he stabbed the Japanese soilders through the heads and bodies before they could draw their swords.
Kiku had stopped hearing the sounds of gunfire, and with this blizzard it made seeing people very difficult and multiple men were running around it would be almost impossible to pinpoint where their enemy was. Ivan had been planning this the whole time to lead the Japanese into the town and then use the heavy blizzard to cover his and his troops attacks without giving away their position.
Ivan had been moving between allies grabbing random Japanese troops that strayed to far away, but when the bulk of them learned their lesson he ordered the troops in the buildings to recommence firing, the bullets flew from the houses into the block of Japanese soliders, who were forced to fall back out of range, but their numbers still higher than the Russian. The Japanese troops set up camp just outside of the city. The next attack wouldn't be until the storm died down… the next day.