"If we were to be involved in such a war, how many would we have to die?" Lieutenant General Zhou Jinguo, the commander-in-chief of the campaign, looked at the battlefield strewn with corpses and couldn't help but say to the chief of staff.

The rank-and-file troops were cheering at this time, none of them had fought with the foreign devils, and won a battle against the Russians, which made them fall into ecstasy. Before the war, everyone was so well prepared, and the ideological work was also in place. No one underestimates the Russians. It's not just a win, it's a whole new experience. Victorious experience.

The trenches were littered with Russian corpses, probably two or three thousand. The dense network of Gatling's multi-barreled machine guns and one-on-one rifles brought down the Russian phalanx like rice. Between 50 and 200 meters, most of the Russians were shot in the back and killed as they fled.

At a distance of more than 200 meters, the Russians were in abundance. There was one who was shot in the chest, and it was the guy who was hit while continuing the attack. There was one who was shot in the back, and it was the guy who managed to escape to this distance, and then was hit by a rifle and a machine gun. There were those who were shot in the side, and it was the result of diagonal fire. There are also some mutilated bodies, which are undoubtedly finished after being hit by shells.

There were many dead and many wounded on the battlefield. The screams of being injured echoed in the position, and different injuries had different screams. Everything from humming to screaming.

After such a battle, Lieutenant General Zhou Jinguo not only saw the enemy's defeat, but he couldn't help but think that if the Chinese army faced a defensive line composed of machine guns, artillery, and trenches, even if they knew the configuration of the opposite side, the result of the frontal attack of the troops would not be much better.

The starting position of the Russians four kilometers away has now turned into a mess, and in order to improve the accuracy, the 200 guns will fire a shot after aiming at the fortress, counting and calculating, and repeatedly comparing the measurement data in the air and on the ground. The Russians had only five fortresses left, a few hundred shells left, and 200 guns were added to the battle group in this battle. Heavy artillery of this caliber shook the ground and shook the mountains as soon as it was shot. Not to mention the unprepared Russians, even the Chinese trenches can't withstand it.

The chief of staff was stopped by Zhou Jinguo's question, but the chief of staff was not so pessimistic, he replied confidently: "The governor can create all this, he must have the corresponding way to deal with all this." Our mission now is to regain the country, and even if we encounter such an enemy in the future, we will not be helpless. ”

mentioned Wei Ze, Zhou Jinguo also gave birth to an inexplicable confidence. When Weeser transformed the arquebus into a flintlock pistol, everyone was worried that the enemy's flintlock pistol would be equally deadly. It didn't take long for Weeser to build a fire cap gun. The flintlock pistol, which had a huge advantage over the arquebus, became "ridiculous" in front of the musket gun. It was felt that the musket gun was already an extremely powerful and sophisticated weapon, and the current metal-shelled single-shot rifle once again proves how unwarranted such fears are.

Zhou Jinguo knew that the development of the new rifle was not going well, but it also began to enter the finalization stage. It won't be long before more powerful weapons will arm the Liberation Army. Just like the Gatling gun, before seeing this weapon with his own eyes, Zhou Jinguo could not imagine that this burst weapon could be so powerful.

Thinking of this, Zhou Jinguo sighed: "Therefore, we must strengthen the secrecy work of the troops. A few years ago, when the Governor first began to tackle this issue, we thought that the Governor was looking for trouble with his comrades. Now it seems that the governor has been pampering his comrades for too long. ”

The chief of staff couldn't help but nod, he had absolute confidence in Wees. After seeing with his own eyes this bloody battlefield and one-sided battle, the chief of staff asked the enemy how much the equipment of the enemy would cost if it was the same as that of the Liberation Army. In recent years, the recruits have not used front-loading guns since they joined the army, but the chief of staff has used flintlock pistols. In terms of the strength shown by the Russian army, if the Liberation Army was still using muskets and three-inch guns, it would still be possible to win, but losses of more than 1,000 were inevitable. Secrecy does feel like a lot of constraints and uncomfortable. But this feeling of discomfort is nothing compared to thousands of lives.

Come to think of it, the chief of staff doesn't have time to think too much. Zhou Jinguo is a lieutenant general, and the chief of staff is a major general, don't look at the difference at this level, too much credit is needed to fill in the middle. At this time, the major general needs to build more credit, not learn to think about the distant future like the lieutenant general who has already been in charge. The chief of staff asked Zhou Jinguo, "Coupled with the wounded that the Russians threw on their positions, it is estimated that the Russians have lost four or five thousand people, and I think these people will not dare to come out to fight again." When will the siege begin? ”

"Tomorrow." Zhou Jinguo replied.

Hearing this time, it was the turn of the chief of staff to be surprised. He hesitated and said, "We need to prepare well." Even if the Russians have weapons now, we are afraid that there will be considerable losses. ”

Zhou Jinguo shook his head slightly, "The training for urban combat has been completed, and now the temporary training is of limited significance. On the contrary, the Russians were stunned by us, and our morale was high, and it was most efficient to capture Qiqihar in one go! Afraid of the dead, the more you think about it, the more afraid you are, and the more afraid you are, the easier it is to die. Chase and fight, and the attacker is the safest. ”

In the afternoon, the 200 guns of the Guangfu Army finally collapsed Qiqihar City, and only three fortresses remained on the edge of the city, and the entire Qiqihar City was exposed to the artillery cover of the Guangfu Army.

On the morning of the 29th, the bombardment of 200 guns began. The walls of Qiqihar were not very good, and even if the Russians strengthened and expanded, they could not withstand the bombardment of 200 guns. The western part of the city was first blown down, and an hour later, the southern part of the city was also destroyed. Under the cover of 75 guns, the attacking troops began to attack the city of Qiqihar.

It was a fierce battle, and as soon as the Liberation Army squad approached the gap in the city wall, the Russians would start shooting from the top of the city to block it, and the 75 guns would immediately launch a lethal bombardment.

The sappers dug several communication trenches with sharp sapper shovels, through which the infantry could get closer to the city walls. By this time, the heavy artillery had turned to bombard the city, trying to create confusion for the Russians in the city, so that they could not effectively reinforce the city. After several exchanges, a battalion of troops had been gathered at the front. After ten minutes of continuous shelling by 75 guns, the troops jumped from their positions outside the city and rushed towards the dilapidated walls.

It was not the warriors who rushed to the head of the city first, but a round of grenades, and as soon as a series of explosions ended, the troops climbed the crumbling walls with a ladder of people. Condescendingly, the battalion commander who was the first to enter the city saw that the city was full of Russian soldiers with casualties near the city walls.

"Hit!" Without saying a word, the battalion commander killed a Russian soldier who was struggling nearby with his rifle. The warriors who continued to climb the city to destroy the enemy and expand the occupied walls opened heavy fire on the Russian soldiers who came in.

The sun does not rise high in the sky, and always moves slowly along a position not too high from the horizon. The fighting between the Chinese and the Russians was also inaudible in the sound of artillery, gunfire, grenades, and the growing intensity of the Gatling multi-barrel machine guns. The Russians' will to fight was so strong that the Liberation Army was amazed. No matter how many people were knocked down, no matter how high the corpses were piled up, until they completely lost their combat effectiveness, the Russians actually fought to the death and did not retreat.

The losses of the Liberation Army also gradually increased, and many casualties were caused by the troops, looking at the enemy on the opposite side, there were not many left, and everyone felt that a charge over could solve those Russian soldiers. Unexpectedly, the remaining Russian soldiers not only did not flinch, but a group of new Russian reinforcements suddenly rushed up behind them. Everyone fired a shot at each other, knocked down a few or a dozen of each other, and then raised their bayonets and began hand-to-hand combat. After each bayonet battle, the small units of the Russian army were completely annihilated, but the losses of the Liberation Army also increased rapidly.

Hearing these news, Zhou Jinguo frowned. The chief of staff sighed: "The Russians are just different from the Manchus." Combat effectiveness and will to fight are noticeably different. ”

Zhou Jinguo obviously disagreed with the chief of staff, but he couldn't find a reason to refute it. Shaking his head, Zhou Jinguo buried his head in looking at the map.

"Report!" The correspondent said loudly at the entrance of the command headquarters.

"What's the situation?" The chief of staff thought that although the offensive had made progress, it had been desperately counterattacked by the Russian army, so the casualties had increased. This time, 150,000 troops were dispatched, and there was absolutely no problem in terms of numbers. It's just that the casualty report has come all the way, and the Liberation Army really has no such experience. The chief of staff was already annoyed in his heart.

"Our troops found thousands of bodies in a courtyard, and the clothes should be Chinese in the city. All slaughtered! Seeing so many corpses, the communicator's voice was out of tune.

The chief of staff's eyes widened, he never expected to hear such news. Zhou Jinguo raised his head, and he said, "Keep attacking and destroy these Russians!" ”

After the correspondent left, the chief of staff asked Zhou Jinguo, "Commander, what are the Russians trying to do?" ”

"They killed the Chinese in the city, first, to vent their anger, and secondly, to let the Russians in the city know that not to fight to the death is also a death." Zhou Jinguo's voice was vicious, "The Xiang army also did similar things back then!" ”

While speaking, several attacking troops sent back messengers, and the offensive battle had broken through to a certain depth, and as a result, the bodies of Chinese in the city who had been massacred on a large scale were found in several places. After a rough calculation, there is no problem with 10,000 people.

It was the first time the chief of staff had seen such a brutal army, and although he had heard that the Russians had marched all the way west, killing millions of local Asians, the chief of staff felt that there was more to this statement than to inspire the will of the Liberation Army to fight. He never expected that the Russians would actually do this, and they would do it right under the noses of the Liberation Army.

"Inform the whole army of this and tell them that this is the Russians we are going to exterminate. The reason why we do not spare the Russians is because every Russian has blood on their hands. Zhou Jinguo ordered.

The chief of staff nodded again and again, but he was particularly appreciative of Zhou Jinguo's use of words, the word "local" was used too well. The locals stationed in Qiqihar are afraid that there are only a few Han Chinese, but the majority are Manchurian. Really defined by Chinese, it is really a bit unworthy of the name.