The reason why Zhao Xin sent out another drone was because news came from the observation post on the west mountain that more than a hundred cavalry dispatched by Tsarist Russia had retreated.
Ouch! Zhao Xin slapped his head and knew he had made a mistake.
Only then did he realize that he should wait for the majority of the Russian army to come out before carrying out the artillery bombardment. This would not only block the Russian army's retreat, but also allow the two companies on the left to quickly capture Karen Mountain.
It's fine now, the enemies have all retreated.
So Zhao Xin ordered the artillery to stop the shelling immediately, and at the same time notified all the ministries to stop advancing and wait and hide. This was done because the starting point of the Russian army was very close to the ravine to the west of Karen Mountain. If the shelling continued now, they would probably retreat to the end through the ravine.
Yahekou, and then escaped by boat. However, all the ships of the Northern Navy have turned around and returned after the troops landed. They will transfer from Heilongjiang to the Hulha River to meet Liu Sheng's troops in Ningguta heading north.
Although Zhao Xin has been fighting for several years, he has never studied military affairs and has no such background in his family, so he is still not good at making judgments on the battlefield.
When it comes to things like fighting, you either have to be very talented and become famous without success, like Chen Qingzhi in white robes; or you have to hone yourself through repeated failures and fight again and again, like Zeng Guofan.
But the problem is that Zhao Xin can win every time he takes command. In addition, he is attending an officer training class and has already been praised as "half a military strategist" among a group of time-travelers.
I really can't say.
Zhao Xin's current thoughts are actually quite contradictory. He wants the Qing army to fight Tsarist Russia to the death, but also feels a little guilty. To put it bluntly, he still wants to recruit these people; the outer Northeast is too big, but there are too few people.
If you are really disobedient, digging coal and gold is just labor, right?
After the bombardment, the soldiers in Tsarist Russia who were responsible for collecting the corpses thought that the Qing army was too vicious! They found many pieces of iron and copper shavings at the explosion site. The Tsarist Russian officers who surveyed the scene instinctively thought that the Qing army had taken these.
Things mixed with gunpowder to cause greater damage.
Tom! Tom!
Tsarist Russia's artillery troops used 4-pound cannons to shoot dozens of shells at the post road in front of their own and Qing army positions, smashing the already bumpy ground to pieces. As a result, there was no place where there was an explosion. Bogaevsky was there
After the shelling, skirmishers were sent out to search, but no other places where explosives were buried were found.
"Is it such a coincidence? They just buried these few, and in the end, my people met them all?" The colonel was now full of questions. He decided to find the military chaplain to pray for his men and read two more blessings.
, to get rid of bad luck.
The Qing army on the opposite side didn't know what Rakshasa was going crazy about, so they all huddled behind the bunker and watched the fun. When Rakshasa finished firing, the Qing army was even more confused.
"I asked, are we digging holes to make it harder for these dogs to walk faster?"
"yes."
"But what do you think they are doing? Using cannons to continue digging holes? Isn't this a trap for themselves?"
"I don't understand either. Why don't you ask Mr. Xie Ling?"
"I'm not going! Didn't you see just now that Mr. Xie Ling's face looked even more confused than the two of us!"
After hearing about the movement of Rakshasa in front, Eledmubu, who was sitting in Heilongjiang City, thought about it and couldn't figure out what medicine the other party was selling in the gourd. In fact, if he had one or two Qing generals who had been redeemed from Beihai Town before,
, when you see the explosion scene, you will know that it must be the North Navy’s fault. After all, you have experience in being bombed, right?
The problem is that he really doesn’t have any!
In this case, if you don't run now, when will you wait?
Of course, there is also knowledge in retreating. Deputy Governor Eledimbu’s plan is to retreat in an orderly manner through layer-by-layer blocking, rather than running like crazy, which would lead to being killed by Rakshasa’s cavalry within ten miles.
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First, the soldiers and civilians of Aihui Old City began to evacuate after dark. At the same time, the Qing troops north of Aihui Old City gave up their positions and moved south to the second line of defense in the north of Heilongjiang City. Behind this line of defense was the third line of defense.
The three lines of defense are the barracks and temples in the south of Heilongjiang City; both sides of the post road from the third line of defense to the southwest are swampy areas, which can also delay the Rakshasa's cavalry troops.
However, the Northern Navy was not idle that night. They carried out overnight construction on a hill one kilometer away from the river bank in the south of Heilongjiang City. They set up two anti-aircraft gun positions and covered them with camouflage nets and branches; at the same time, they set up two anti-aircraft gun positions.
There was also a company of defense troops ambushed around. After all this, Zhao Xin only had one guard company left in his mobile force.
At 6 o'clock in the morning the next day, the Cossack cavalry in charge of reconnaissance discovered that the Qing army had withdrawn from the first line of defense, and immediately reported the situation to the headquarters. This news greatly surprised the chief of staff, Colonel Fisher, who did not expect the Qing army to retreat.
Will abandon such an important military fortress, whether it is the old city of Aihui or the Heilongjiang City in the south, its fortifications are relatively strong, and the Qing army can carry out fierce resistance there.
Major General Alexandrov and Chief of Staff Fischer immediately held a military meeting attended by the heads of each regiment. After some discussions with everyone in the meeting, they decided to continue the plan that had failed yesterday. Everyone was eager to capture this place in the middle reaches of Heilongjiang.
Military town in order to open up the road to the lower reaches and Qiqihar; besides, Lieutenant General Suvorov will arrive in a few days, and they don't want to be scolded by Lieutenant General for being incompetent.
At 10 o'clock in the morning, the well-fed Cossack cavalry set off.
Today is a cloudy day, the deep sky is covered with dark clouds, and it seems that a dull thunder will sound next moment. The spring flood river is flowing slowly, but the peaceful and peaceful water surface in the past is made worse by the presence of dozens of Tsarist Russian warships.
Extremely dazzling.
At 10:15, the Tsarist Russian army continued to mobilize troops towards the old city of Aihun at intervals of 15 minutes as usual.
This time, the Tsarist Russian army formed a long column and marched on the road to the old city of Aihun. In order to ensure the safety of the left wing, Colonel Shverin led the second regiment to march close to the bank of the Heilongjiang River. They burned everything on the roadside along the way.
houses, and the Tsarist Russian fleet also sent ships to accompany them for protection.
This time, Bogaevsky thought he was lucky. The prayer he went to the priest last night worked. Until they crossed the first line of defense of the Qing army, they didn't even hear a single gunshot.
After the Tsarist Russian army entered the old city of Aihui, they immediately set fire to all the houses in the city. Thick plumes of smoke and soaring firelight illuminated the gloomy sky, and black smoke pillars floated over the entire old city.
At 12 noon, Bogaevsky's regiment arrived near the second line of defense of the Qing army, and the two artillery companies of the combat column also arrived at the same time. While they were busy setting up artillery positions, the Qing army ambush one hundred
Fifty bird gunners in the woods meters away launched a sneak attack. After firing two rounds of volleys, they began to retreat towards the second line of defense. Immediately afterwards, continuous shelling came from the second line of defense.
Since the artillerymen of the Qing army had made measurements in advance, these iron bullets ranging from four taels in weight to three kilograms in weight fell in front of the artillery company. However, because the Qing army's artillery was too slow to load, the Russian artillery only
Seven or eight people were killed and wounded in the first round of artillery. They then started firing with 4-pounders and 8-pounders, and the Qing army's artillery soon fell away.
Zhao Xin had been waiting since the morning, and his troops were also waiting. The observation posts on the mountains to the west and the drones in the sky were also keeping an eye on the movements of the Tsarist Russian army.
Six hundred people fought against more than 10,000 people. The patience and waiting before the war really made people panic.
Even though Zhao Xin saw from the drone footage that some residents of the old city of Aihui would rather die in the sea of fire than leave their homes, he gritted his teeth and endured it, although the footage made him feel uncomfortable for a long time afterwards.
It's hard to forget.
At 12:20 noon, after learning that the enemy's reserve troops had arrived outside the old city of Aihun, and that only a few hundred people from the supply troops were left at the foot of Karen Mountain, Zhao Xin felt that the time he had been waiting for had come, and he immediately ordered two artillery positions
Start attacking!
The first to fire was the anti-aircraft artillery position located in the southeast of Heilongjiang City. As the sound of "click-click" sounded like a giant typewriter, more than a dozen red tracer shells flew from the top of the hill, guarding Shverin.
One of the Tsarist Russian warships in the column suddenly burst into flames. Continuous explosions continued to ring around the warship, and the calm river suddenly boiled.
Monk Zhou, who was wearing a steel helmet, blew his whistle and opened fire with the assault rifle in his hand.
"Kill all these bastards! Leave no one behind!"
As Monk Zhou roared, the North Korean navy hidden in the fortifications at the foot of the mountain fired bullets at the enemy. Before Colonel Shverin, who was riding a horse, had time to react, he was hit like a sieve by the North Korean navy's machine gun and fell off his horse.
And died.
There is no way, who made him so conspicuous?
When the officers and soldiers of the 2nd Transbaikal Fusiliers saw the death of their regiment commander, they were immediately in chaos. The panicked company commanders led their respective teams and fired randomly in all directions. Behind them, the Tsarist Russian warships that were shot one after another were like a
A large torch illuminated the broad river surface in red.
A company commander saw streaks of red light shooting out from the top of the mountain opposite, like lightning, and exclaimed: "Oh my God! What is that?! Qing people's magic!"
One kilometer away to the west, Colonel Fisher, the Russian Chief of Staff, who was arranging tasks, heard the continuous explosions, and his face changed drastically. He was about to order his men to find out the cause, when a loud "bang" almost tore off his eardrums.
It cracked, and the air wave generated by the explosion knocked him to the ground. Before he could get up from the ground, more than ten seconds later, huge explosions continued to sound among the Tsarist Russian reserve forces.
"Fell into a trap!" This was Colonel Fisher's last thought before falling into darkness.
This time Zhao Xin's artillery fire order was not three rapid fire shots, but five rounds. The Beihai navy on the three gun positions was like a madman, constantly loading, shooting, and reloading... not even a minute.
When they arrived, they fired all fifteen rounds of high-explosive bombs.
Subsequently, the artillery commander received an order to correct the coordinate data and fire eight rounds rapidly, so the entire Russian reserve area fell into a hell of blood and fire. There were continuous explosions and the neighing of war horses. Countless people were blown away by the gas from the explosion.
The waves were carried into the air, and then the flying fragments were hit by flying fragments, and the flesh and blood flew everywhere.
In the distance, on the second line of defense of the Qing army, the Qing troops who were preparing to defend temples and houses were stunned by the huge explosion in the distance. They forgot that they were on the battlefield and lay on the windows and roofs to watch. Every day
When there was an explosion from the opposite side, these Qing troops cheered loudly.
The continuous explosions in the north confused the leading Russian troops. Bogaevsky, who was directing the troops to attack, was about to break through the second line of defense of the Qing army, but the huge explosions behind him made his expression suddenly change.
"Go and see what happened!"
The successive explosions covered up the gunfire of the Northern Navy's attacking troops in the direction of Karen Mountain. At this time, the two companies and the dozens of Hezhe hunters also began to attack the rear of the Cossack cavalry company. The commander of the cavalry company who discovered that the rear was under attack
Alarmed, they hurriedly organized their troops to counterattack; while the Northern Navy moved into the trenches previously dug by the Qing army and beat the Cossacks, who fell off their horses one after another.
Under the hail of bullets, the cavalry company commander ordered the surviving men to dismount and walk, trying to fire back, but they fought for a long time before they discovered that the enemy who shot at them was actually 300 meters away!
The soldiers who kept falling around him frightened the cavalry company commander out of his wits. He could not imagine that the "Qing army" actually had muskets that could fire more than 300 meters away and hit accurately.
The cavalry company commander shouted loudly to the surrounding soldiers: "We have fallen into the enemy's trap! These damn Qing people!"
"Major, what should we do?"
Based on the density of bullets on the opposite side, the cavalry company commander guessed that there were at least a thousand "Qing Army" musketeers, so he shouted: "Hide and wait for rescue from the rear!"
Just as they were looking for a place to hide, a group of guys dressed like beggars suddenly appeared from the woods dozens of meters away on the left, shooting at the Cossacks who were hiding behind rocks or trees.
The group of people shot a round of crossbow arrows and then disappeared into the bushes; not long after, they emerged from another place and continued shooting.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The Cossack cavalry were beaten so hard that they have no power to retaliate. Get up and shoot. The "Qing Army" in the north has extremely accurate marksmanship, and the dense rain of bullets will stand up.
The cavalrymen were knocked down one after another; if you stay still, you can only wait to be attacked by crossbow arrows.
The injured people screamed one after another, and a Cossack cavalry hid behind a stone, holding his head and trembling: "I don't want to die! I don't want to die!"
After a few minutes, the gunfire subsided, and the beggars who were shooting with crossbows disappeared. But to the Cossack cavalry, these few minutes were as long as a dark night.
And just when they poked their heads out from their hiding place and discovered that the "Qing army" ambushed in the north had disappeared, the real Qing army came from the south.
The Qing army came with a fifty-man cavalry team. They noticed this inexplicable battle from a mile away. The knight leading the team couldn't think of anyone who could overwhelm Rakshasa and fight.
They killed more than a hundred Rakshasa cavalry and suffered heavy casualties. Later, when the Qing soldiers who were responsible for approaching the reconnaissance heard the group of dressed-up guys talking to the beggars, they discovered that they were all Hezhe people.
Since he is one of his own, what are you waiting for! The Xiao Riding School had no time to think about how the Hezhe people suddenly became so powerful. He asked his men to lead the horse to the post road, and after getting on the horse, he yelled: "Kill!"
The Sauron soldiers on horseback shoot arrows very accurately, and each arrow can take away the life of a Cossack. These people are put on horses from the age of three or four, and by the age of seven or eight, they can ride on the horse without a saddle.
He would ride on his back, and by the time he was ten years old he would be able to ride across the country like flat ground; when he was older, he would start hunting on horseback, and if he missed his arrow, he would definitely be laughed at by his tribe.
This was the end of the Cossack cavalry company. The previous sneak attack by the Northern Navy made them unable to reload their muskets after firing, and the cavalry company commander ordered the soldiers to dismount, which caused them to lose their final ability to resist.
The long arrows whistling shrilly harvested the remaining Cossacks' lives. A Sauron soldier lost his temper, picked up the spear hanging on the saddle, and stabbed the Cossack captain's chest fiercely.
"It's so happy! It's so happy!" The Knight Riding School held back the reins, and the war horse under him was also circling excitedly. He looked around and loudly said: "Which hero is leading the team? Please come out to meet us! There must be important people in the army.
reward!"
A gust of mountain wind blew by, and there was no movement on the post road except the dying wails of the Cossack cavalry.