The Eight-Nation Coalition arrived near its position in Hejiawan Village at about 3:30 p.m., more than three hours later than Otsu Yuki Osa's prediction. The reason for the coalition's focus was naturally that they were attacked on the way, in addition to the first attack in Komagawa Town, and in the subsequent march, they encountered a second attack in succession.

In these three attacks, the coalition forces did not find a single enemy, only two soldiers said that they seemed to see two figures, and the coalition forces had a total of 41 killed and 16 wounded, six of whom were seriously wounded, and could no longer participate in the subsequent battles, so Otsu Yuki had to send them back to Dagukou to recuperate, and also sent a carriage and five soldiers to escort them.

Before the battle had officially begun, more than 50 soldiers had already been lost, although it was not a wound, but it was not small, and it was also a big blow to the morale of the coalition army. Otsu Yuki also had the idea of retreating more than once in his heart, but in the end he dispelled it, after all, at this point, it was impossible to retreat.

However, Yuki Otsu also put away his contempt for this mysterious enemy army, whether this army was Qing or not, he could not underestimate the enemy, so the coalition forces stopped advancing when they reached a distance of about 4,000 meters in front of the landing force's position, and then Yuki Otsu burrowed into a nearby grove to observe the enemy's position. Fortunately, telescopes are not a rare thing in this era, and there is no inconvenience when they arrive.

With the help of the villagers of Hejiawan Village, the landing force also used this time to complete the construction of the fortifications of the defensive array, dug a total of three trenches, and the soldiers were also arranged in the trenches, so Qiu Yahui, the commander of the landing force, also breathed a sigh of relief, and now he is waiting for the attack of the coalition forces.

In fact, the position set up by the landing force is not wide, and the horizontal spread is only about 100 meters, according to common sense, the number of troops guarding this position should be about 100 people, plus the positions covered on both sides, and the reserve troops, the total is only more than 200 people and no more than 300, and there does not seem to be much artillery, although the layout of the position seems to be quite perfect, but with the strength of the coalition forces, it should not be too difficult to break through such a position.

But the attacks encountered along the way made Otsu Yuki instinctively have a bad premonition in his heart, because the other party's attack was indeed too elusive, so Otsu Yuki had to be cautious. Therefore, after inspecting the enemy's position, Yuki Otsu immediately gathered the commanders of various countries and suggested that instead of attacking the enemy's position for the time being, he would build his own position and start attacking the enemy's position tomorrow.

However, Yuki Otsu's proposal was opposed by the commander of the Russian army, Lieutenant Colonel Mozgov, it turned out that on the way to the army, the Russian army was the queen of the palace, although the coalition forces were attacked several times, but the Russian army was not damaged, and did not directly experience the horror of the snipers of the landing force, on the contrary, I felt that the armies of other countries were too incompetent, and if it was replaced, the Russian army would never be so passive.

Russia has always regarded itself as a fighting nation, and only the German army can make the Russians look down on the land forces of other countries; although Britain claims to be an empire on which the sun never sets, it is only a maritime power, and as for the army, even the British themselves are embarrassed to mention the tens of thousands of small "boers" in South Africa Although France is an ally of Russia, in the eyes of the Russians, it is a fool with a lot of money, and the French Army was also a beautiful man in the Napoleonic era, fighting all over Europe and being invincible, but in the end it was not planted on Russian soil, and the result was a complete defeat, and the huge empire also collapsed, and after Napoleon, the French Army was even less worth mentioning; not to mention the United States, the army was less than 100,000 mention, but it was lucky enough to occupy a piece of land that did not exist, and if it had a territorial border with Russia, it would have been destroyed by Russia long ago; while Italy and Austria-Hungary were directly ignored; as for Japan, in the eyes of the Russians, is nothing more than a group of walking yellow-skinned monkeys, not even human. As for the army of the Qing State, the Russians think that it cannot be regarded as an army at all, because Japan can fight the Qing State and fight all over the ground - it is not even as good as a monkey, how can it make the fighting nation look at it. Therefore, looking at the world, that is, Germany, which has only risen in recent decades, can make Russia look at it squarely.

On the other hand, yesterday's battle obviously caused the Russian army to suffer a big loss, killing more than 60 people, and not even fishing for the enemy's hair, although the commanders of other countries did not say anything when they gathered yesterday, but the Russians can also see that they are all a little gloating, and it is very similar to the original meaning that Russia also has today. Therefore, although the coalition forces were dispatched today to help the Russian army find a place to get back, Lieutenant Colonel Mozgov knew that the coalition army could not be counted on to fall from there and get up from there, and the Russian army still had to rely on its own actions to prove that the title of "fighting nation" was not called in vain.

In the Ninth Russo-Turkish War (also known as the Crimean War) that broke out in 1853-1855, in order to curb Russia's expansion into Europe, Britain, France, Italy, and Turkey united against Russia, resulting in a great defeat of the Russian army, which made Russia fall from the hegemony of the European continent, and was forced to sign the [Paris Peace Treaty] to return all the occupied Turkish lands to Turkey, and Tsar Nicholas I, who started this war, committed suicide by poisoning in the Kremlin because he could not face the complete rout of the Russian army.

The defeat in the Crimean War also deepened the domestic crisis in Russia, forcing the successive tsarist government to carry out serfdom reforms, accelerating the development of capitalism in Russia and establishing a number of modern industrial bases.

After more than 20 years of development, Russia's national strength has been greatly improved, and in 1877, Russia once again provoked the 10th Russo-Turkish War, this time the fully prepared Russian army defeated the Turkish army, and recaptured all the land lost in the Crimean War.

Now seeing that the number of enemy troops is not large, in the opinion of Lieutenant Colonel Mozgov, the Russian army only needs one charge - even a charge, as long as the Russian army lines up and walks through, it can break through the Qing army's defense line. Therefore, Mozgov said: "Your Excellency, didn't Dazuo say last night that the soldiers are very fast? Why did we not attack the enemy now when we arrived in front of the enemy, and if so, why did we get up so early this morning and set off from Dagukou, it is better to stay at Dagukou and sleep a little longer." ”

Yuki Otsu said patiently: " Lieutenant Colonel, my original plan was to make a surprise attack with lightning speed and take the other side by surprise, but now it seems that our enemy has obviously been prepared, not only have they set up ambushes along the way, attacking us, delaying our advance, and have already arranged defensive positions, so we cannot despise our opponents, I suggest that we first set up our own positions and defensive lines, and then think about how to break through the opponent's positions, so that we can attack and retreat, and we must ......."

But before Yuki Otsu could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a burst of wild laughter from Mozgov, who said: "Setting up our position and defense line is completely wasteful, just dealing with a group of yellow-skinned monkeys, do you need to be so cautious? You are afraid of the enemy, but our Russian fighters are not afraid of any enemy; if you are not willing to attack, then it is up to our Russian fighters to open the victory, and you will see." ”

Yuki Otsu's face changed, of course he knew that "yellow-skinned monkey" could be used to refer to both Qing and Japanese, and Mozgov said this word in front of him, although it did refer to the Qing army, but it also touched Otsu Yuki's nerves, which shows that in the hearts of Russians, Japan is not regarded as an equal teammate at all.

However, Otsu Yuki is still a calm person after all, although he is annoyed in his heart, his face is silent, he just nodded, and said: "Your army is really courageous, since the lieutenant colonel is so confident in the Russian army and thinks that he can defeat the enemy, then let us see the bravery of the Russian soldiers." ”

It turned out that through the observation of the enemy's position just now, Otsu Yuki had the bottom in his heart, and he saw that the enemy on the opposite side of this formation would never be vulnerable, so it was good to let the Russian army attack first, if the Russian army could break through the enemy's position, it would naturally be good, even if the Russian army lost, it could also test the strength of the enemy army through the attack of the Russian army, and also provide reference for his subsequent battles, so Otsu Yuki remained quiet and readily agreed to Mozgov's request, and the commanders of other countries did not object, obviously they also wanted the Russian army to test the enemy's strength。

Lieutenant Colonel Mozgov's heart is not as twisted and twisted as Otsu Yuki, or he is aware of Otsu Yuki's intentions and does not discuss it anymore, because as long as the Russian army wins, it is easy to say anything. In Mozgov's opinion, winning is not a problem at all, so he also proudly stood up and said: "Very good, please be a good audience, our Russian warriors will stage a sophisticated war drama for you." ”

At this time, Otsu Yuki said again: "I don't know if your army needs the artillery support of our Japanese army, if you need it, you can just ask, and our Japanese army will also support your army with all its might." ”

Mozgov glanced at Yuki Otsu and said, "Thank you for your kindness, but our Russian army doesn't need any support, of course, when we successfully break through the enemy's position, we will be very happy to hear the applause of your army." ”

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