Chapter 70: The showdown between elite teachers

As night fell, the Chinese artillery positions suddenly appeared scarlet. The defensive positions of the 1st Division of the Russian Second Corps, known as the No. 2 Mountain, were suddenly flying sand and stones, like fireworks, blooming bullets that were scattered above the Russians' heads, dazzling and shocking. They looked beautiful from afar, but every small fireworks and Mars fell, they could harvest lives.

Killing sounds are everywhere, and the night is always the best cover to break through the defensive position.

The Russian Command, the emperor's brother Mikhail Nikolanavic, was restless and in extreme contradictions. He wanted to order the entire army to retreat, but he wanted to stand firm and wait for reinforcements to arrive. Retreat means that the troops surrounded by the Chinese could not escape the destruction. If the reinforcements were not reversed, the entire war zone in which the war in the entire *** war zone was defeated in just a few days. When it was passed back to the country, the blow to the people would be fatal and would even seriously affect the progress of the Western Front.

Suddenly, there was a loud "coaxing" outside, and the earth trembled a few times.

Mikhail Nikolanavic was stunned, and there were loud "boom boom boom" one after another, "Enemy attack! Enemy attack!" There were chaotic shouts outside.

The guards ran in anxiously, shouting: "Duke, the Chinese artillery has discovered us!" While he had already set up Nikolanavich without saying anything, the Chief of Staff and several Staff officers ran outwards.

The shells of the guards' camps hundreds of steps away in the dense forest fell from time to time, and occasionally fell four times in the command. The guards following Nikolanavich were scratched by shells and covered their legs and cried to the ground.

The guards were so scared that their faces turned pale. They set up Nikolanavich and rushed north desperately. Although Nikolanavich was frightened, they couldn't help but wonder that the Chinese artillery fire could not have such a long range. It was at least 10 miles away from the Chinese artillery position.

Nikolanavic turned his head and looked south, and gradually saw the clues. On a steep hill in the south, light occasionally shone.

Nikolanavich felt even more incredible. He had discovered this mountain on the spot. The mountain was extremely steep. How could the artillery go up?

At this time, on the small mountain where Nikolanavic turned around, there were more than a dozen cannons lying in a relatively flat area, firing bangs at the targets in the dense forest.

Although it is difficult to climb the mountain, there is an open area on the peak, which is enough to fit the 80mm mountain cannons made in China.

The commander of the artillery company Wu Changqing stood on a huge rock, looking at the fires rising from the dense forest in the distance. Although there was no figure, the scouts had long discovered ambush in the dense forest, but the front line had not been pushed to the vicinity.

Wu Changqing was from Anhui. His father Wu Tingxiang organized a regiment training to fight against the Boxer Regiment twenty years ago, but died in Lujiang. Wu Changqing was awarded the position of Yunqiwei. Later, he joined the Pingyuan Army. He fought bravely and had a skill in command. He had a reluctant preference for artillery. When the empire's 80mm mountain cannon was installed in various mountain camps, he was extremely interested in this magical detachable artillery and was willing to give up the opportunity to be promoted to deputy regiment commander and chose to enter the mountain camp to serve as the company commander of the artillery company.

Of course, the Xiangshan Group Army's mountain battalions directly under the division headquarters, and in terms of treatment, his company commander was the same as the infantry battalion commander, but after all, his military rank was a little worse, so he didn't care at all.

The 80mm mountain cannons equipped by the Empire into various mountain camps can be disassembled into gun barrels, wheels and other gun holders. Without horsepower or horses cannot be carried, they can be carried by infantry on their backs.

The total weight of the artillery and the extension section is 300 kilograms and the range is nearly 4,000 meters. Of course, maintaining a distance of about two or three thousand meters can make its accuracy higher, with a rate of fire of 3-4 rounds per minute, but its initial speed is relatively low.

The birth of the detachable light mountain cannon further promoted the development of the imperial mountain troops. What made Ye Zhao pleased was that the prototype of the artillery was created by several junior officers, which was also a microcosm of the invention and creation of the entire empire.

Wu Changqing didn't know that the Russians within his range were actually the personal soldiers of the Russian commander, and the Russian commander was close to each other. Otherwise, with his bold temperament, how many Russian soldiers would have to guard? He would have rolled up his sleeves and brought the "little ones" to capture the Russian marshal.

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In the northern city of Kizil, the sound of killing shocked the sky, and the First Division of the Seventh Army launched a final charge against the remnants of Dragomirov.

Amid the sound of machine guns, teams of Chinese soldiers advanced forward.

The bearded company commander's fire squad was set up on the roof of a small courtyard, desperately suppressing the firepower point of the windows of the small building opposite. Looking at the bodies of gray military soldiers in the streets and alleys, the bearded company commander's eyes were red.

The Russian soldiers in this small building were extremely fierce firepower, and the person in charge of the main attack was the Second Infantry Battalion to which he belonged. The attack of the Third Company just now suffered heavy losses and had to withdraw from the battle. The wide area without broken walls for dozens of meters was almost a death zone for the attacking side. The attack of the second platoon under the command of the big bearded company was also repelled by the Russians, and more than a dozen soldiers fell in a pool of blood.

Carrying a steel knife, in a broken courtyard wall, the bearded company commander had red eyes and shouted loudly: "Don't rob, I'll pick it!"

He was organizing a charge suicide squad. Almost all the soldiers in the yard raised their hands. The bearded company commander walked past them one by one. The first one to punch in the chest was Chaganbari, which means that he was selected as one of the suicide squads.

Then the bearded company commander selected more than a dozen soldiers, all of whom were strong and strong, and they were slightly short and thin.

Chaganbari picked up a light machine gun that was left for support when he retreated. He was a famous strongman in the clan. The machine gun of about 40 pounds was as light as a rifle when he entered his hand.

The bearded company commander gave a thumbs up and sincerely praised: "Good!"

Chaganbari smiled honestly and said, "It's just a piece of strength."

The bearded company commander smiled and said, "When this battle is over, we will all survive. Our brothers must kowtow and become sworn brothers. Don't say I'm going to be high." The bearded company commander already knew that Chaganbari was the battalion commander and his military rank was higher than him, but Chaganbari repeatedly asked him not to be polite. When he arrived at his company, he was a soldier, and the bearded company commander took it as a soldier for the time being. On the battlefield, he was already decisive and did not have so many polite tricks. There was even an example, because the division commander expressed concern for his subordinates on the phone. The communications soldiers of the division headquarters knew that it was not easy to connect the telephone line and might be cut off every minute, so he asked the division commander to "don't talk nonsense, hurry up and talk about the topic." He was not punished.

The bearded company commander was the suicide squad leader. Seeing that Aruna had to act with the suicide squad when she picked up her rifle, the bearded man said nothing this time, and kept saying, "No, no, no! Absolutely no!"

Aruna said: "I have a good marksmanship and can help! Besides, even if I die, I will die with Brother Chaganbari!"

The bearded company commander stared at the eyes and said, "That's your business. Even if our brother meets the King of Hell, you commit suicide and die for the feud, then no one will stop you! But you can't die under my eyes!"

Seeing Chaganbari shook her head repeatedly, Aruna knew that time was precious, sighed and stepped aside.

The machine gun squad went to the roof near the roof and fired at the new fire point. At this time, all the windows on the second floor were shattered, and the barrels of the gun appeared from time to time and shot a bang.

Behind a broken wall in front of the open land of the small building, the bearded company commander made a gesture, dozens of steps ahead from the small building, and there were flower walls on both sides, which made it difficult to launch a large-scale charge. The narrow corridor was built by the crossfire of the Russians to charge to death, and the mortar platoons of the battalion were helpless.

"Dududu!Dudududu!" When the high-pitched charge sounded, gunfire everywhere, and Chinese soldiers shot fiercely at the small building on bunkers and even on tree branches.

The bearded man made gestures to prevent everyone from moving. Although, this extremely exciting charge horn made people excited, impacting the bone marrow of every imperial warrior. The unstoppable charge in the charge, and the victory for the empire and the emperor were the most noble creed of all emperors.

"Bang bang bang" The Russian soldiers in various windows poked out their heads to shoot, but then they found that there was no one in the corridor. Instead, several soldiers were shot and fell to the ground under the fierce shooting of the Chinese, moaning ***.

The bearded man waved his hand violently, and the suicide squad members who had been unable to control themselves rushed into the corridor one by one like tigers.

When the Russians were shocked, the second round of volleys fell down, although several suicide squad members rushed behind, Bearded Man and Chaganbari rushed to the closed wooden door. A soldier kicked the door open, and then threw seven or eight grenades in, and Bearded Man and others quickly stuck to the back of the wall.

"Boom boom boom", the room immediately screamed in pain. Chaganbari appeared at the door with a machine gun, and shot inside with a bang bang bang bang. His divine power was amazing, and he could actually suppress the barrel and jump around. A box of bullets was almost flat.

The suicide squad quickly rushed in, and the "bang bang" six-thunder cannon fired at close range, and the chaos of Tsarist Russian soldiers fell to the ground one after another.

The Russian soldiers who rushed out of the window room on the first floor and the stairs on the second floor were shot dead without exception. The charge sounded again. Amid the sound of killing, Chinese soldiers rushed in, and the bearded man, Chaganbari and others had already rushed to the second floor.

Seeing that the Russian officer who was shot dead had a higher rank, the bearded man was full of excitement and smiled: "Damn, the big figure of the Rakshasa ghost."

When the bearded man, Chaganbari and others rushed into a room on the south side that looked like a study room without windows, they saw several guards and officers slowly raising their hands. Behind the desk, a Russian official with deep brown eyes was writing something with a quill pen. His thick eyebrows showed his tough personality.

Chaganbari suddenly felt sore in his nose and said, "This is Uncle Suhe's house." He even came in this study. Uncle Suhe died under the sabre of the Russians, but his house was spared from the Russian artillery fire.

The bearded man walked over quickly and pulled the letter written by the Russian official in one hand. He naturally couldn't recognize the crooked letters.

The Russian official looked at him coldly and did not speak.

The bearded man scratched his head and cursed: "Damn it, why are you all killed?"

Seeing the bearded man pulling the bolt, a Russian staff officer showed horror on his face and stuttered: "He, yes, Dragomirov, general..."

I tried to spit out every word, but it was a Chinese word that I knew the most important.

The bearded man was stunned and laughed: "There are also Rakshasa ghosts who can't speak birds, it's strange! General?" The bearded man was stunned, looked at the cold-faced Russian official and nodded: "It looks so pretty!"

The captured one was Mikhail Ivanovic Dragomirov, the commander of the Third Division of the Second Legion, and the bayonet supremacist.

He didn't understand Chinese, but when he heard the staff officer talking about his name, he knew that the staff officer was begging for mercy and turned around and scolded him angrily.

The bearded man asked the staff officer a few more words. The staff officer obviously didn't understand very much and looked confused.

At this time, behind the door, Aruna walked in and looked at the breathing Russians curiously.

The bearded man smiled and said, "My brother and sister, this is a Russian general. Take a look, baby!" He turned around and shouted, "Come on, tie them up for me! Send them to the division headquarters! Capture a general of the Rakshasa ghost, and the military may all give me a reward order!"

Several Chinese soldiers rushed up like wolves and tigers. Dragomirov wanted to resist, but he was overturned to the ground and tied up tightly.

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The emperor's brother Mikhail Nikolanavich and dozens of cavalry guards ran wildly. Although he issued orders to retreat to each unit and deployed troops to cover the retreat, he really didn't know whether these orders could be effectively conveyed to the commanders of each corps.

But the reality is that if he does not retreat as soon as possible, he will likely become a prisoner of the Chinese.

Nikolanavic was extremely irritated because this battle was so cowardly that he couldn't even react and was defeated by the dazzling performance of the Chinese. The Chinese were like magic tricks. Now thinking about it, there were traces to follow.

Although the remaining border defense forces were not sure whether they were in the Chinese plan, they undoubtedly played a nail, making their troops deployed always take into account the threats in the heart of their own corps.

The large-scale interspersed and forced occupation of positions shows that the Chinese are extremely familiar with the terrain of this area, and the reconnaissance balloons are even more densely spread on the battlefield.

The command and coordination of the Chinese are even more shocking. According to the report of the frontline soldiers, they had cut off no less than three telegraph wires, but Nikolanavich believed that this kind of wire was connected to the "phone" that was invented and manufactured by the Chinese.

On the other hand, even the suggestion of setting up telegram soldiers has been repeatedly rejected by military conservatives.

When the Chinese steel monsters caused a fatal psychological shadow on the Cossacks, and their elite corps took the opportunity to break through their infantry defense and seize their artillery positions, their defeat was already destined, but they were unwilling to admit it.

When the Chinese were so powerful, the Chinese were fired in a salvo and their densely packed infantry and seas launched a general attack, they should have known that they were defeated extremely miserably.

Rather than saying that the Chinese are using magic, it is better to say that the Chinese are several times more skillful than their own, which also opens their eyes.

Although the price is extremely high, at least he already knows how to deal with the Chinese, return to Abakan as soon as possible, reorganize the army and fight the Chinese again. He believes that the Chinese will definitely not be so lucky next time.

On the way to Kizil, the engineers had already opened up a simple road. Of course, they were just plain weeds or cut down trees, and they set up floating bridges on several streams and marked the location of the swamp.

Now Nikolanavich, Deputy Chief of Staff Joseph and several staff officers are running among the weeds half a man tall, but this crazy-growing grass slope has been cut out by engineers.

The dozens of cavalry following Nikolanavich were the royal guards, and the guard cavalry regiment were the breastplate cavalry defending His Majesty the Tsar, the gorgeous feather helmet, black enamel lacquered breastplate, dark green single-breasted cloaks with black slings, silver buttons and erectile trousers; each guard cavalry is tall, strong, handsome and elegant, with extraordinary temperament.

But in Nikolanavich's eyes, the royal guards were silver-like wax gun tips, which were not useful, and were far from the French guards' cavalry.

These cavalry, composed entirely of noble children, are not even as powerful as the Cossacks, let alone the elite Russian cavalry hussacre regiments.

It is really a great irony to look at their gorgeous clothes while running away.

In front, it was the Sayan Ridge Pass, and behind the Sayan Ridge was the vast Siberia.

Before invading the ***, Nikolanavich investigated from multiple sides and chose the western foot of the Sayan Mountains as the entry point. The Yenisei River went north from this, and the dense forest became sparse when it reached the pass. A road had been paved under the cutting of the engineers.

Although he was about to escape from China's territory, Nikolanavich felt a little uneasy, because during the two days of escape, he could not see the messenger from the rear and any of his own troops. The Chief of Staff of the General Staff, Thuruc, who was commanding the rear army, was a very cautious person. It was impossible for him to receive his urgent message one after another without any message coming.

The closer you are to the Yamaguchi, the more uneasy this feeling of anxiety permeates Nikolanavic's heart.

Suddenly, dense gunfire sounded in front of him, and Nikolanavich was immediately cold. The infantry battalion he stayed at the mountain pass was probably surrounded by the Chinese. Moreover, the Chinese came very quickly, which means that the war had not begun. They had already developed a comprehensive strategy. After a moment of pondering, they said, "Come with me." They rode their horses westward, and they were going to escape back to the Russian territory through the dense forests and barren mountains. Joseph and the guards hurriedly rode their horses to follow.

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In fact, the situation at the foot of the Sayan Mountains develops far beyond Nikolanavich's imagination.

Between the rolling mountains, hills and woods, the Russian 17th Division was surrounded by two infantry divisions of the First Army of the Royal Chinese Army, and the battle had just begun.

Most of the Russian infantry battalions stationed in the valley were annihilated two days ago, a small part was captured and the entire army was wiped out. On this day, all messengers from both sides were intercepted by the Chinese infantry, including an urgent letter from Nikolanavic to Chief of Staff Thuruci to inform the military situation.
To be continued...