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At eleven o'clock, Shi Dakai was already lying down on the camp bed with Yi in his military headquarters. The two days of positional warfare made him a little depressed. The Russians didn't show up, the Eight Banners soldiers didn't work hard, and they were just doing foreign work.

On the first day, the two divisions suffered only 11 casualties, all of which were killed or wounded by artillery shells or enemy snipers. This kind of low-intensity confrontation

It really made him unable to cheer up, so this morning he ordered to reduce the front-line troops to one division, withdrew He Jindian's second division, and placed his first division as the division commander on the front line.

The deputy division commander Shi Zhenji, who had made outstanding achievements in the previous attack, was in command. In fact, the report for promoting Shi Zhenji to the division commander had already been made, and it was just waiting to be handed over after joining the main force with General Han.

Just when Shi Dakai was about to fall asleep, suddenly his battlefield-experienced soldier's intuition made him vaguely hear a rumbling sound in this quiet night, as if countless pairs of leather boots were stamping on him.

It was like the ground. He suddenly jumped up from the cot, and the oil lamp in the room was shaken by him: "The enemy's

Footsteps! They are about to raid!" Saigo Takanaga, who was writing a letter to his family under an oil lamp and asking about opening a ranch to raise sheep in Patagonia, was startled by him and looked at him like a monster. At night

Raid? Not all troops can do this. Those Eight Banners soldiers have to hang out in broad daylight. If they attack at night, they may have to sleep on the front line.

But the explosion sounded immediately, sweeping away all the doubts in Saigo's mind. The whole ground trembled. Obviously, this was not the sound of solid bullets. The Russians used explosive bombs!

Now Saigo Takayaga also jumped up: "The enemy is going to attack! It's a night attack! Hurry up and get the second division and artillery group into action..."

The dim night sky on the north bank of Zhaisangbo has been illuminated by bursts of artillery fire and explosions. The fireballs of exploding bombs tore through the entire night sky, as if a sea of ​​fire fell from the sky. The roar of the artillery shells spread to the distance, as if

Waves of thunder swept across the grassland. Under the destructive scenery created by this explosive, tens of thousands of soldiers from the Ming Dynasty, the Western Qing Dynasty and Russia were about to engage in a fierce battle that risked their lives.

For tonight's raid, the Russians and the Western Qing invested a total of 12 artillery batteries (6 batteries each), and 48 12-pound, 9-pound and 6-pound cannons were arrayed in front of the Russian starting position in the main attack direction. In addition,

The Russians also took out all the explosive shells they had - nearly 2,000 shells filled with A explosive.

!These artillery shells were concentrated and fired at a short section of the Ming army's position. It immediately turned into a sea of ​​​​fire. The Russian officers and soldiers who had been waiting in the trenches behind their own artillery positions were all shocked when they saw such a shelling momentum.

He took a breath of air: If such firepower fell on his head, I really don’t know if he would be blown to pieces!

With the sound of Russian passwords that seemed to tear their throats out, all the Russian troops in the trenches stood up with a roar, holding the rifles in their hands tightly. The officer waving the command knife was the first to jump out of the trench, followed by the entire battalion.

Battalion of Russian infantry! Since the Ming army's battle line was quite long and the number of Russian troops was small, it was unable to launch a fierce attack across the entire front. Therefore

Major General Cherkasky concentrated all his forces on the central section of the Ming army's front, trying to rush them away with the maximum density of troops! He knew that China had breech-loading guns with extremely fast firing rates, but the breech-loading guns

No matter how powerful it is, it can't stop such a large density of troops! Moreover, the power of 2,000 rounds of A-oil explosive bombs is not something that can be easily withstood.

When he thought that the explosives invented by Zhu Jishi had become a weapon to defeat the Ming Empire Army, Major General Cherkassky couldn't help but feel proud.

"Russian warriors, move forward!" the major general loudly issued the order to attack.

A total of 9,000 infantrymen were divided into 12 battalion-level square formations. They marched in neat steps, like twelve moving city walls, and quickly pressed towards the Ming army's position!

The battalion of the Samurai Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division of the Steppe Army, Toshimichi Okubo, raised his head from the trench that seemed to be submerged in a sea of ​​fire. The sound of the Russian army's slogan "Ula! Ula!" had passed through the shells.

The sound of the explosion reached him. His battalion was the spearhead of the Russian attack! The Russians concentrated an unprecedented concentration of troops in order to swamp them with a sea of ​​​​people and achieve a breakthrough!

Okubo Toshimichi looked around, and it seemed that the situation was not too bad. The Russian artillery was very loud, but not many shells fell in the trenches. Those shells that exploded outside the trenches were very difficult for those who squatted in the trenches to avoid them.

The soldiers who fired the bullets really didn't have much lethality.

"Rifle ready! Free fire!" he shouted the order.

In fact, without his order, rifles with bayonets were set up one after another, and the black muzzles were all pointed at the approaching Russian army.

"Too many Russians!"

The Russian bombardment finally stopped. A night wind blowing from Saisangpo Lake dispersed the smoke. Through the moonlight, Okubo Toshimichi and his men finally saw the formation on the opposite side clearly. Everyone gasped.

Cool air.

Russian soldiers wearing big-brimmed hats were densely packed, almost covering the entire battlefield! Rows of rifles with bayonets were undulating forward, and every Russian soldier seemed to be shouting slogans. "Ula! Ula!"

The roar echoed across the battlefield.

Okubo stared at everything in front of him with his mouth open: "Baga, are the Lucians going to drown us in a sea of ​​people?"

"I can never go back to Japan!"

"You really shouldn't have come!"

"Die like a samurai!"

"Is it really worth dying like this?"

Various thoughts arose in the minds of these Japanese warriors who fought for the Ming Dynasty. There were hesitations, hesitations, fears, and regrets. They were samurai, but they did not fight for the Japanese emperor later, and were washed away by militarism.

Brain warriors. Although they are all excellent soldiers, they are not crazy enough.

Intensive gunfire rang out! The breech-loading striker guns in the hands of these Japanese samurai opened fire! Almost 500 striker guns fired with the momentum of at least 2,500 muzzle-loading guns. Although the Russian soldiers were still 200 steps away, no one could

Dare to put them closer. Now everyone is thinking of blocking these crazy enemies further away.

Huge casualties soon appeared. The Russian formation was so dense that it almost became a human wall. When the bullets flew past without missing, blood spattered and screams continued among the crowd.

The sky hit the ground. However, except for a small number of Russian skirmishers who were responsible for covering the infantry phalanx, they fired back with rifles. All the Russian soldiers in the phalanx charged with their heads covered, and no one stopped to shoot.

All kinds of gunshots, shouts, and screams were mixed together, like a roaring mountain and a tsunami. But the Russian army was still advancing! The people in front fell, and the people behind continued to surge up, and soon they rushed through

The trench used to defend the cavalry was less than 30 steps away from the Ming army's trench.

"Throw a grenade!"

The orders in Russian and Japanese sounded almost at the same time. Since the emergence of the A-oil grenade, the armies of European countries quickly realized its value. For armies that still use muskets, grenades are as important weapons as bayonets.

Dropping bombs when the enemy is close is the same as shooting at close range. It is a magic weapon to defeat the enemy!

Thousands of Jason grenades flew out immediately. On the Ming army side, except for a small number of skirmishers or snipers (there were a small number of snipers using Bessemer rifles in the Ming army) who were still firing, everyone else was dropping bombs.

The sound of explosions immediately resounded in the trenches and in front of the trenches. The Russian charge formation was hit hard, the officers and soldiers fell down screaming, and almost all the soldiers at the front were bombed.

Fall! The Japanese samurai in the trenches were not much better. They were also blown to pieces. Screams could be heard in the trenches. Then, the second and third rounds of grenade battles began again. I really don’t know.
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