The Russians hid in the courtyard, and they formed a defensive position against the courtyard wall, and several Chinese soldiers who tried to rush in through the courtyard gate were knocked down. Although they knew that they would die in the battle, these Russians had also participated in the massacre of the locals who were used as serfs by the Russians in the city yesterday. With blood on their hands, they have no way out. The Chinese, who are like wolves, will not spare the Russians in the city. Now it's enough to kill one, kill two to earn one.

After the platoon shots, the Russians hurriedly loaded their ammunition and prepared for the next wave of battle. Their front-loading guns did not have a rate of fire comparable to that of the rear-loading Chinese troops, and every Russian was desperately reloading. But after a long time of loading, the Chinese soldiers did not continue to attack. While he was in doubt, he heard a loud bang, and then a large gap was blown open in the wall on the side of the room, and a moment later, grenades whizzed in through this gap. Before the Russians could come to their senses, a series of explosions left the Russian soldiers in the courtyard dead and wounded.

After the battle entered the core area, the casualties of the Liberation Army became heavier and heavier, and the Russians suffered even more casualties because of their dense concentration. At this time, the Russian army used the fortifications made by the houses to resist. The attacking troops of the Liberation Army in the first round were already very tired, and the troops in the second round adopted the tactics of street fighting through the wall.

As long as it is confirmed that there are Russians in the house, the courtyard wall will penetrate the wall in one wave, and then the Russian army will wear through the wall in the house in the corner. Human beings have such a habitual thinking, always feel that a strong house is safe and can be relied on. The wall-piercing tactic is to break through the safest part in one fell swoop, so that the enemy's illusion becomes the best assistant of the Liberation Army.

The defense system composed of houses was broken, and the fortifications built by the Russian army on the streets were also based on houses, and the houses were lost, and the fortifications were immediately broken. At this time, the encirclement was getting smaller and smaller, and the Russians reached the point of exhaustion, and even launched a counter-charge. The counter-charge is a brutal hand-to-hand combat, and the Russian army in the front row still has some rifles, but the rifles can only shoot once. The Russian army that followed behind simply carried the broadsword and spear that he got from the armory of the Heilongjiang General's Mansion. Brutal hand-to-hand combat can actually knock down piles of corpses to the point of "barricades".

Gatling multi-barrel machine guns were mounted on small gun trucks, and if the troops did not occupy a street or alley, machine gun emplacements would be set up at the intersection. As soon as the barricades of the corpses were formed, the Chinese troops began to retreat. When the distance is slightly widened, the Gatling multi-barreled machine gun will seize the opportunity and start firing. In the blink of an eye, the whole street was full of barricades, and the blood that flowed on the ground was even buried to the feet.

After a day of fighting, the Guangfu army had already killed red eyes, and the bloody atmosphere that filled the whole city made these soldiers even more murderous. After eliminating the enemy's resistance and counterattack, the troops opened fire when they saw the Russians who were not dead, regardless of whether they were standing, kneeling, or lying down.

At seven o'clock in the afternoon, only the Russian positions in the center of the city remained and had not yet fallen into the hands of the Liberation Army. While the Liberation Army was carefully clearing the occupied areas, it began to prepare troops and artillery for the final attack. At this time, the twilight was blank, and after two hours, the sky could not support the battle. It's just a good time to get a blast. On the opposite side was a huge fortress built by the Russians in the center of the city, and it seems that the Russians really wanted Qiqihar to be their center in the Far East. The fortress was very tall, much thicker than the fort outside the city.

The Russians set up positions outside the fortress, which were two circular positions made up of low walls. A large number of Russian troops are hiding inside and responsible for defense, and the rifles are constantly firing bullets one after another, and the density is quite high.

The troops temporarily halted the offensive, the artillery units began to surround them, and the infantry seized the time to eat so that they could carry out the final attack. There was nothing in the battle, but when everyone began to eat, the strong smell of blood made many commanders and fighters can't help but vomit.

Just when the battlefield briefly entered a quiet period, the Russian army sent a few people, who carried white flags high on their wooden sticks, and tried their best to swing at a speed that did not stimulate the Liberation Army, so that the Liberation Army could see the white flag fluttering in the air as much as possible.

"At this point, the Russians even remembered to surrender? The turtle son's abacus is very good! The company commander scolded angrily in Sichuan.

The instructor spoke in broken Mandarin with Cantonese flavor and said, "You can't kill the messenger in public, it's discipline." ”

"Lao Tzu just knows that he can't fight, and he is talented!" The company commander said angrily.

Regardless of the attitude of the Chinese soldiers, the Russians continued to walk towards the Chinese positions with white flags. Seeing that it is approaching.

"It's all like this, if the command really talks to the Russians, won't we be able to fight today? The battle line is so close, what to do if the Russians break through at night? The company commander yelled at the instructor.

The company commander's words were correct, but the instructor was specially educated, so he could only persuade: "If you beat them to death, you will be held responsible." ”

The company commander also knew the responsibility in this, he really killed the messenger on a whim, and there was really no way to explain it to the above. The company commander ordered the guards to personally send the Russian envoy to the battalion headquarters as quickly as possible, while he himself continued to prepare for battle.

The battalion headquarters was now with the regimental headquarters, and a telegraph line was drawn from the regimental headquarters to the general headquarters, and in less than ten minutes, the battalion headquarters sent the Russian envoy back. The communicator in the battalion said to the company commander: "The battalion headquarters ordered that the battle continue at 7:30. ”

The company commander took out his pocket watch and looked at it and was happy, it was already 7:28. Two minutes was enough time for the Russian envoys to return to their positions, and the battle could begin immediately.

The final assault began with 75 guns dragged into the city, and the tires of the sports car were stuck with a thick layer of semi-solidified juice mixed with dirt, exuding a super thick bloody gas. The artillerymen did not fight in the city for a day, they could not help frowning, and some simply worked with one hand and covered their mouths and noses with the other.

The infantry didn't bother with this at this time, everyone held their weapons tightly, hoping to use their last physical strength to complete the last step of this offensive battle.

Rumbling artillery sounded, 75 caliber shells hit the huge fortress, and quite a few shells were spread out. At this time, the observer was also a little confused, how much manpower the Russians spent in order to build such a fortress. It seems that if you want to crack this turtle shell, you have to use a sharp weapon like 200 cannons.

Twelve guns bombarded the fort for five minutes, and the outside of the fort was smashed with stone chips, and the shells that fell on the ground blew up smoke and dust, but they still failed to open the gap in the fort. Instead, the Russians in the Russian garrison outside the fortress were killed and wounded by the shells that rebounded from the fortress. Some of the Russians seemed to be unable to hold on, and they didn't care about the flying shells, knocking down the gate and pounding frantically against the closed gate. But the gate never meant to be opened, and the defending soldiers outside pleaded.

This action also attracted the attention of the artillerymen, who saw that the gate could be broken, and the artillerymen gathered three guns to violently meet in the direction of the gate, and with a series of explosions, the Russians who had gathered at the gate disappeared into the smoke and fire.

The artillery was fired for more than twenty minutes before it stopped, and the fortress remained unmoved, but the defensive positions on the perimeter were destroyed. The battalion commander also went to the front line at this time to personally organize the battle, and he shouted: "Prepare to go to the demolition group!" "It was darker at this time, but it gave the demolition team a good chance. Since you can't break the fortress with artillery, use explosives packs to blow it up.

At this time, white flags were stretched out from many of the small windows of the fortress. The commanders looked at each other in amazement, if the Russians were not trying to deceive the Liberation Army, then the Russians were really going to surrender. The Russians killed nearly 20,000 locals in the city, and fought a fierce siege battle with the Liberation Army, and at this time, they actually wanted to surrender. Do they really think that the Liberation Army will let them go?

"We can't afford the current situation!" A somewhat hoarse voice said. The battalion commander and the company commander turned around, but saw that the division commander did not know when he rushed to the front with the regiment commander.

Seeing that everyone was silent, the division commander said again in a somewhat hoarse voice: "Use the demolition team to blow up this fortress!" I'll take responsibility! ”

At 9:10 p.m. on May 29, 1872, the Guangfu Army blew up the last fortress of the Russian army in Qiqihar City, and the troops rushed out and engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with the Russian army, which had no intention of surrendering at all. In the end, the enemy was completely annihilated.

On May 30, the Russian army across the river was also annihilated. The Battle of Qiqihar is finally over.

Within two days, the captured Russian soldiers were shot in a large pit that they had dug themselves, and they were walked into the pit together with the Russian war dead. In addition, more than 18,000 locals were found in the city who were killed by the Russians. It also found more than a dozen mass graves where the Russian army had previously buried the killed locals. The total number of locals killed is probably more than 70,000.

The Russian army has a total strength of about 52,000 troops, and a total of 49,432 have been annihilated. Some of them were troops sent by the Russians to cut off the transportation lines of the Liberation Army, and these people escaped by luck.

A total of 151883 people were dispatched by the Liberation Army, 3,068 were killed (including serious wounded) and 9,266 were wounded. This was the first time in the history of the Liberation Army that there were more than 10,000 real casualties.

After recapturing Qiqihar, the army and navy of the Liberation Army went north, and by the end of August they had finally cleared the area south of the Heilongjiang River. Because the troops had to make winter preparations in the local area, except for a small unit in the Daxing'an Mountains to clear the Russian stronghold, the troops did not continue to fight north.

On September 9, the British ambassador accompanied the Russian ambassador to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, where the Russian ambassador lodged a strong protest against the Chinese genocide of Russians in the Far East.

Foreign Minister Zuo Zhidan said two words and told the Russian ambassador to get out.

The first sentence, "China has never committed genocide against Russia!" ”

The second sentence, "How did the Russians come to Chinese territory?" ”

On September 12, the British ambassador and the French ambassador jointly met with Chinese Foreign Minister Zuo Zhidan and stated that Britain and France were "extremely concerned" about the situation in the Far East.

Zuo Zhidan very implicitly expressed the Chinese side's position that Britain and France "eat radishes salty and don't worry about them".

As early as April 18, Japan's Meiji government had defeated the army of the Republic of Ezo in the northern part of the island of Honshu.

On October 2, the Meiji government navy, equipped with a second-hand fleet purchased from the British, attacked Hakodate again across the sea. The Japanese Civil War continued to rage. The judgment of the Chinese Foreign Ministry is that the British are putting pressure on China. Far from being calmed down with the expulsion of Russian power, the British at least managed to make the whole situation more intense.