Volume VIII 1285 Moves to the Second Line of Defense

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The red-haired Exxon was able to get the attention of the Tsar, not only because of his sister's relationship, the young major already had a hint of a famous general.

A true general must have both the characteristics of benevolence and coldness, they can eat and live with the soldiers on weekdays, they can love the soldiers like children, and they will cherish the life of every soldier.

But that's only in peacetime, and once on the battlefield, these generals immediately become ruthless and disregard for life.

Don't look at Ikesen's benevolence in front of the wounded soldiers, but in his heart he didn't feel how precious the lives of the nine hundred soldiers were, as long as he could achieve his goal, he would not be moved by the thousands of people who died in front of him.

"Okay, the sacrifice of the soldiers has helped us find out the details of the enemy, this is indeed Xiao Letian's trump card, one battalion can block the charge of three thousand soldiers, such an opponent deserves our respect!"

"Are the artillery ready, blow them up, and let the artillery help us clear the way......"

War is sometimes a business, how valuable the target is, the greater the resources invested by the attacker, since the fire of the war on Luma Island was ignited, the psychology of the Russians has been led away by Xiao Letian.

The exposed fort on Lyma Island allowed the enemy to confirm the authenticity of the information on the Golden Island, followed by the jaw-dropping treasure of the Setouchi Bank, which directly ignited the ** of the officers and soldiers.

Immediately afterwards at the foot of Tangwan Mountain, the officers and soldiers of the Xuanwu Fourth Battalion, who desperately resisted, proved the value of the treasury even more sideways.

It can be said that these Russians are lured by layers of camouflage, Xiao Letian knows the way to deal with this kind of shark, to deal with these old rivers and lakes, you can't show all the hole cards at the beginning, that is likely to scare them away, and at the same time you can't take out too little, which may make the enemy give up the bait.

Only a little bit of chips, only to follow the enemy's vigilance, gradually increase their ** on the goal of 'Vault', and eventually make them lose their minds.

The Russians did not bring many field guns and shells with them on the expedition itself, and the limited cabins were actually provided for soldiers to live in, and the thirty guns brought by Exxon this time were already two-thirds of the field artillery reserves of the entire expeditionary force.

He really didn't want to consume precious shells if he could solve the battle with the soldiers, but the desperate resistance of the enemy just now shocked his heart, and raised his expectations of the value of the vault, and now he was sure that this battle would not be a lost deal.

Boom Boom Boom ...... The makeshift artillery positions were spraying gunsmoke, shells were whizzing in the air, and the trench area of the Xuanwu Battalion was suddenly blown up in a mess.

Tons of dirt were thrown down, and the soldiers huddled in the trenches squeezed their bodies into the corners to avoid the impact area, and everyone covered their ears and lowered their heads to avoid hurting their eardrums with loud noises.

Luo Monkey has now turned into an earth monkey, and the dirt that fell from the sky has buried him in half of his body, and the choking smell of gunpowder smoke makes people unable to breathe.

The shelling lasted for half an hour, and at last the barrels of the guns were red and hot, and when Exxon gave the order to charge again, another 3,000 soldiers shouted the slogan of Ulla and stepped on the soft earth and began to attack upward.

The Xuanwu Fourth Battalion continued to counterattack, the grenades tumbled and smashed downward, blowing gaps one by one in the crowd of charging people, the Mauser rifles rang out in a row, and the soldiers at the front were peeled off layer by layer by the rain of bullets.

The enemy's attack was fierce, the Xuanwu Fourth Battalion was steady, and coupled with the outflanking support of Noheita and Hyotaro on the left and right flanks, this charge still fought to the hand-to-hand combat stage and did not distinguish the winner or loser.

Just when the killing was thundering due south, and the Xuanwu battalion had already dragged most of the enemy's troops, the soldiers hiding in the east and west flanks of Exxon finally moved.

There were more than 1,000 Russian troops on the east and west flanks on each side, taking advantage of the critical moment when Nohei Tai and Hyotaro were dividing their forces and resources, they suddenly launched a decisive charge, and the soldiers shouting slogans stepped through the minefield and attacked all the way up in the face of the rain of bullets from the Chinese soldiers.

"It's time!Order-off...... Let the troops withdraw to the second line of defense...... Immediately!" Xiao Hexin at the top of the mountain quickly made a judgment.

"Prepare the incendiary bombs!Open the kerosene stored...... Burn the trenches, we retreat......" Chu Zhao ordered, covering the wound on his arm.

The reserves began to enter the battle, they began to shoot at the enemy from the inside of the trenches, the brothers who were covering hand-to-hand combat retreated, the kerosene barrels piled up in the trenches were cut down, and the pungent kerosene flowed.

One incendiary bomb after another was thrown onto the battlefield, and the smoke and fire stopped the Rakshasa ghosts from charging, and the entire battlefield suddenly became a sea of fire.

The trenches had turned into walls of fire at this moment, thick smoke rushed into the sky for dozens of kilometers, and countless ships on the sea saw the black clouds over Amami Oshima.

"Bastard...... These damn Chinese, where did they get so much kerosene? Oh my God, this is burning money! This is burning money......" Countless Russian soldiers outside the wall of fire jumped to their feet and cursed.

In the middle of the 19th century, human use of oil was limited to kerosene, a relatively stable product, and light gasoline was discarded due to its high risk.

Not only in Asia, but also in many rural areas in Europe, it is still cool and worth bragging about to be able to use kerosene, which has always been expensive.

Especially in poor Tsarist Russia, the common people here could not afford to light candles and oil lamps, and they could only rely on the brightness provided by wooden bonfires for lighting for long nights, and the use of kerosene lamps was a very luxurious thing.

And today, these Chinese consume so much precious kerosene just to stop the tide of their charge, isn't this a loser?

Of course, this kind of ruining behavior proves that this treasury is so important that these Chinese soldiers will defend it at any cost.

"Good......! Let the fire burn for a while, and now the artillery has rested enough?Extend the fire and attack the enemy's second line of defense......"

Boom Boom Boom ...... The artillery roared again, this time in the second trench area at an altitude of 310 meters, which was a permanent fortification cast of reinforced concrete and a separate entity in the east, west, north and south directions.

In other words, no matter which direction the Russians capture, other positions will not be interfered with and will still be able to maintain their effective defense.

The second trench area, to put it bluntly, is that four independent fortresses are pieced together into a circle, which just protects the halfway point of Tangwan Mountain.

What's more, the four independent fortresses are actually the entrances of the four vaults of A, B, C and Ding, among which the southern fortress where the four battalions of Xuanwu are stationed is the entrance to the Jiazi vault.

Note: The physical condition of the past two days is very bad, I owe you a chapter yesterday, don't worry about going back and will definitely make it up for you, there are only two chapters today, and the chapters that are owed will be made up later.

Palpitation, shortness of breath...... Am I going to hang up?