The biggest failure of Fargiev's expedition to the East was the lack of intelligence, constrained by the backward communication technology of the 19th century, and of course, the backward progress of the telegraph network in Asia. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This famous general with a great reputation in Central Asia was fighting in a fog, and much of the information he had obtained about the Far East was even three or four years ago.

If he had known about Hunchun's mutiny earlier, I am afraid that he would have crossed the river in the upper reaches of Aihui City, and he would even lead his troops to besiege Aihui City to rescue his good ally Tepuxin.

If he could know that Jiangxin Island's opponent was not an unknown general, nor Xiang Shaolong himself, but actually Xiao Letian, the leader of the Chinese clan, then he would not have launched this hasty attack.

Fargiev has a deep-rooted prejudice against the Chinese, and in his heart, the officials of the Qing country are corrupt and soft bones like Tepuxin, and it is not a problem to sell the country if they give enough benefits.

And those leaders of the Chinese, one by one, are cowards who are not close to the broken wall, but some talents are very afraid of death and care extremely about their own lives.

Look at the previous Xianfeng Emperor, half of the southern country was lost, the Manchu army failed again and again, and the Jiangnan battalion was slaughtered continuously.

If this kind of thing had been left to the tsar, it would have been a long time ago, and at that time it would be absolutely impossible not to rely on the prestige of the monarch to stabilize the morale of the army. But it is clear that the monarchs of the Qing Kingdom cherish their bodies, so they will not risk their lives.

Therefore, Fardeev relied on his previous experience to judge, and he believed that the general who commanded the Chinese army this time was likely to be Xiang Shaolong himself, and it was even possible that he was a high-ranking civilian official under Xiang Shaolong.

Generally speaking, civil officials use more desperate tactics like Jianbi Qingye, because the perspective of civil officials is mostly at the strategic level.

Fadeev thought a lot, but he didn't expect that it was Xiao Lotian himself who led the troops this time, and this was the starting point of the tragedy of the Cossack expeditionary force.

As the clock ticked by, at 1:50 p.m., the Cossack army was finally ready for battle, and the tension of the battle affected everyone.

"General...... Say something!" an adjutant whispered in Fadeyev's ear, but he thought that he would be glared out of the eyes by the regimental commander.

"What do you say? What is there to say? The situation is still like this, and all the soldiers know that if they don't fight to the end, they will die, what is there to say?"

"Do you think that the brave Cossacks still need the encouragement of words? the enemy is there, and where are the dangers and opportunities, and since everyone knows where the only way to survive is, what should I motivate?"

"God protect these children!

The trumpet of the charge suddenly sounded, and the number of cavalry attacking in the first wave of the assault cross-section 200 meters wide exceeded 2,000! In the middle of the army formation layer after layer, the commander suddenly drew his saber: "God bless the Cossacks! Charge, never retreat!"

"Ulla...... Kill...... Ula ......"

The ground shook suddenly, the vanguard released the reins of the horse, the spurs pierced into the belly of the horse, and the four hooves of the sore war horse soared into the air and rushed towards Jiangxin Island.

The width of the river channel of 600 meters was instantly filled by war horses, but fortunately, the ice was more than one meter thick, otherwise this wave of charges would have shattered the ice surface of the entire river.

"Prepare the troops! Prepare to shoot...... Hit it closer! Gatling fired at 300 meters...... The rest of the rifles fired within a hundred meters...... As soon as the enemy rushes ashore, up with a grenade!"

Xiao Lotian also became nervous, "Let the artillery be silent! You must not fire the artillery without my order! Take your time, we can't scare this group of Rakshasa ghosts, we must have a lot of bloodletting...... It is forbidden for artillery to fire, and violators will be shot on the spot!"

"Hehehe...... Xiao Letian rubbed his hands with a smile, "Is this the beginning? Let's play slowly, we can't scare you all at once, I have to let you see some hope!"

Fadeev's hands were wet with cold sweat, he stared nervously at the galloping cavalry group, at that moment he felt that time passed so slowly, and the short six-hundred-meter-wide river was going to run for so long.

Just as the cavalry vanguard rushed through the middle of the river, four camouflaged firing positions were suddenly opened on the south bank of Jiangxin Island, and at the command of the officer, the rope nets covered with dead branches and leaves were lifted, and the four Gatlings fixed in the fortifications showed their hideous fangs.

At the command of "...... fire", the shooter pulled the trigger, and the heavy brass sound sounded, and the muscles of the shooter's whole body trembled with the huge recoil.

At such a close distance, in the face of such a dense cavalry tide, there is no need to aim at all, as long as you have a stable rhythm to reload and shoot, the veterans with the best psychological quality can operate the Gatling gun at this moment, and the hand-cranked reloading equipment must ensure a constant speed to prevent jamming.

Fortunately, Xiao Lotian thought of this problem in advance, each of these old Gatlings is equipped with a squad of auxiliary troops, and even emergency maintenance personnel, which ensures that each Gatling has a continuous firepower output.

This was simply a one-sided massacre, the volunteers in the position were all crazy with excitement, the Cossack cavalry in front of them fell in row after row, the war horses neighed and screamed, and the Shura Hell was nothing more than that.

Falling from a horse is death, and the cavalry behind will trample their comrades to death, but the cavalry charge is like this, once the speed is increased, it is difficult to turn back.

"Well fought! Kill these Rakshasa ghosts! Prepare for war, prepare for war...... The enemy has already entered the range of two hundred meters......"

Fadeev felt as if his heart had been pinched by a big hand, and the pain was extremely severe," Gatling ...... Damn it, Gatling during the American Civil War! How could they have such good goods......"

Tsarist Russia against the Manchu Qing Dynasty, then Tsarist Russia is definitely a powerful and advanced country. However, compared with Britain and France, in the eyes of those old imperialist countries, Tsarist Russia was just a bunch of poor hillbillies.

Whether it is political, economic, military, cultural...... Tsarist Russia was weaker than the great powers of Western and Southern Europe in all respects, and only a small number of Tsarist Janissaries were qualified to equip such good goods as Gatlin.

And the Cossacks in Central Asia did not have that qualification at all, perhaps in the hearts of the Tsarist Russian Army, slaughtering some Central Asian primitive people who were swordsmen, they could not use these delicate weapons at all, and how could they use cattle knives to kill chickens.

Reality gave Fadeev a slap in the face, in his heart he always thought that the Volunteers were a group of rebel thugs with shabby firearms and even knives, guns and sticks, and he never thought that Xiao Lotian had used billions of silver dollars for this war.

For the sake of the war, a serious financial turmoil even broke out in Jiangnan, and the Chinese people fought this war with all their might, and the powerful destructive force released from it was unimaginable for these Central Asian hillbillies.