Muravyov looked serious and solemn. He was nearly fifty years old. Although he was old, he was in very good spirits. His sharp eyes swept over the brigade commanders in the army and said in a deep voice: "This battle, You are all involved, what are your thoughts?"
"Mr. Governor, I think the firepower of the Qing army is too strong and suppresses our soldiers. This is the reason why we cannot charge forward. Our soldiers have strong bodies and sufficient combat effectiveness. As long as we can charge towards the Qing army, Position, we will definitely be able to deal with the opponent." The commander of the first brigade in charge of the frontline battle said.
"What else?" Muravyov asked.
The brigade commander replied: "Not for the time being."
Muravyov snorted and said: "It's superficial. You only see the enemy's powerful weapons. Haven't you noticed the enemy's arrangement? Li Zhen's army is arranged in an orderly manner. If you attack fiercely, others are also in an orderly manner. There is no chaos in the counterattack. Don't think that it is great that we defeated Yi and expanded the territory. There are people outside the people, and there are mountains outside the mountains. I hope you will face the enemy squarely and don't still have the idea of contempt."
Everyone in the camp nodded solemnly.
Immediately, Muravyov said again: "Compared with the weapons of Li Zhen's soldiers, our weapons are indeed one level behind. This must be admitted, but haven't you observed that such weapons are not too powerful?" Is that too much? You are all fools. Your brains are full of snow scum. Don’t you know where the main attack did not fire dense bullets? There are obviously places where you can focus the attack, but a swarm of people rush towards other people’s guns. You are all fools. Ah, why did I raise a bunch of trash like you?"
Muravyov's outburst made the people below tremble with fear, as if they were walking on thin ice.
Normally, Muravyov is a kind man, easy to talk to and can joke around, but when it comes to serious business, Muravyov immediately changes his appearance. No general dares to face Muravyov in front of him. contradict.
It was so quiet in the camp that you could hear a pin drop.
Muravyov continued: "I request that the mountain must be captured today, and some powerful weapons must be collected and sent back to the country as our trophies for research, so that domestic experts can create such weapons as soon as possible. This weapon, I I think it has a great impact on the development of the country and must be done. No matter how much it costs, even if a brigade of soldiers dies, I think it is valuable."
The brigade commanders in the camp had solemn expressions and did not dare to say a word.
After talking about the war, Muravyov asked again: "Commander of the First Brigade, how many soldiers were killed or injured this morning."
The first brigade commander thought for a while, and then said in a low tone: "Your Majesty Governor, the battle for several hours in the morning was brutal. I sent a total of four battalions of soldiers to participate in the battle, including all three battalions of the first regiment. The second regiment has a battalion with a total of 1,200 people. After the battle in the morning, nearly 800 people were killed and wounded, and there were still more than 400 soldiers left. Almost a regiment's strength was lost. If this rate of loss is maintained, there will still be more troops in the afternoon. Throw a regiment in, and after the battle tomorrow morning, the brigade will probably be finished."
Having said this, the brigade commander felt extremely sad.
Because the first to die were the soldiers under his first brigade, all of them became cannon fodder.
When the brigade commander said this, Muravyov became angry.
Muravyov stood up, pointed at the brigade commander, and yelled angrily: "Idiot, if I go by your calculation method, I will just pack up and go back to see His Majesty the Tsar and retire obediently. Come back home, when you encounter a problem, you should immediately consider solutions and find new ways. Don't always think about extrapolating according to the current model, because that is useless. I only want the results, and you can think about how to implement it yourself. "
After speaking, Muravyov waved his hand and all his men left.
All the military officers left, and Konisky walked in. Konisky said: "My Lord Governor, it may be difficult to capture the top of the mountain today. I think this arrangement is somewhat unrealistic."
Muravyov said: "You kid, you are interceding for the first brigade commander. Let me tell you, the order has been passed down. I will not change it. I only want the final result."
When Konisky heard this tone, he knew there was no chance, so he withdrew and told the first brigade commander the result.
At 2:10 in the afternoon, at the foot of the hillside, the brigade commander of the Russian First Brigade stood on the mountain. He looked at the Qing troops on the mountain with a helpless expression on his face. He didn't want to order an attack, but he had to. In a blink of an eye, the soldiers The first wave of attacks in the afternoon was launched. In this wave of attacks, a brigade commander specially asked the soldiers to determine the location of the machine guns. After determining the approximate location of the machine guns, he then ordered the soldiers in charge of firing to aim at the location and shoot.
Moreover, the charging soldiers changed their focus and avoided the area of intensive machine gun fire.
This change caused trouble for the people on the mountain.
Especially Lu Shaochuan, the machine gun in front of him did not dare to open fire blatantly due to the bombardment of the artillery.
Lu Shaochuan was also a thief. He immediately moved his position and continued to fire after changing positions.
At the same time, he looked at the soldiers beside him and ordered: "Quick, inform the prince immediately and let the soldiers of the Sharp Knife Battalion snipe the Russian artillery at the foot of the mountain, or pull out our cannons and shoot them against the old Russians. It's a shitty day." Yes, we cannot allow them to fire unscrupulously."
The soldiers went to convey the news. After Li Zhen learned about it, he ordered the artillerymen to pull out the cannon.
The cannons in Li Zhenjun were modified by Dai Yuanhua, making them more convenient and much lighter in weight.
Not only that, the power of the cannonballs also increases.
Li Zhen ordered the soldiers to place the fort, and then asked the firing soldiers to aim at the Russian soldiers' cannons and fire them. Comparing the weapons of the two sides, Li Zhen's weapons were obviously more advantageous because the cannons were more accurate and the shells were more precise. When it exploded, it was more lethal, and the shells had a longer range, which completely suppressed the Russian weapons. As a result, all the Russian shells misfired.
The Russian soldiers had no artillery support, and the machine guns of Long Ao, Lu Shaochuan and others became even more fierce.
In one afternoon, the soldiers under the command of a brigade commander lost two more battalions of soldiers. In one day, they were close to losing two regiments, but there was no recovery. He, the brigade commander, was close to the status of a bare commander, and he was still unable to Report to Muravyov.
Winter in the north gets dark very early, and at night Muravyov ordered a halt to the attack.
In the camp, Muraviov looked at everyone under his command. His expression was not too sad. One could even see a hint of joy in Muraviev's expression. Everyone was confused and couldn't figure out why Muraviov was so angry. Jove will be happy.
Are you still happy if you lose the war?
Muravyov said: "I have a good thing to tell you. General Tchaifkov is back."
ps: Third update, call it a day, brothers and sisters, take a rest early.