Romanov was promoted from battalion commander to regiment commander today, and he set many records, he was not only the fastest promoted person in the history of Tsarist Russia, but also the youngest regiment commander in the Russian army. A little more than a month ago, Romanov was just an ordinary private, but after the exchange of fire between the Russian army and the Manchurian army, Romanov began his journey to the top of the mountain. In a very short period of time, Romanov was successively promoted to squad leader, platoon commander, company commander, battalion commander, until today he is officially appointed regiment commander.

If it was peacetime, others would definitely think that Romanov hooked up with the daughter of a certain general and became the little lover of a noble lady, otherwise he would not even be a platoon commander as a guy who didn't even know a word. It's a pity that this is a battlefield and Romanov has no chance to hook up with the noble lady at all, and the reason why he can quickly rise through the ranks is simply because the middle-level officers are dead.

The Manchurians sniped the Russian front-line commanders very effectively, and the Russian officers withered as quickly as autumn leaves. A special operation against the command system of the Russian army slaughtered the last remaining command talent. If it weren't for the fact that the front-line commanders were almost completely wiped out, the Russian army, which had absolute superiority, would not have been able to take down the mercenary divisions for a long time. After the officers were finished, the troops could not be left without a command, and Milyutin boldly used a group of veterans with a certain amount of actual combat experience, and Romanov was one of them. Among the large number of temporary commanders who had just been promoted, Romanov was not particularly conspicuous, because there were many guys from lower backgrounds than him.

A large number of soldiers from the front line, although they have a certain amount of actual combat experience, but they do not know how to manage the troops, let alone how to command on the battlefield, they just barely maintain the troops, and do not let the Russian army disperse. Romanov's original regiment commander was the squad leader when he was a private, and his command level was as clumsy as Romanov's. In today's terrible battle, the regiment commander made successive command errors, but he was very heroic, and there was no suspense in the result, more than half of the Romanov's regiment was killed or wounded, and the brave regiment commander was also killed. After Romanov took the command knife of the old squad leader, he found that his life was very difficult, there were only more than seven hundred people left in a regiment, and more than two hundred of them were wounded.

General Milyutin said before that if he could not break through the defense line of the Manchurian army, everyone would be dead. However, after the Manchurians blocked them back to the camp, General Milyutin said that the Russian army should hold on and wait for reinforcements, and as long as everyone tried to hold on for a few more days, their reinforcements would rescue them. Romanov didn't know if what Ilyutin said was true and what was false, and he didn't care if it was true or not, because no matter what, he had to command his regiment to hold the line, otherwise the Manchurian army would come in and he would be the first to be unlucky.

After the Manchurian army surrounded the Russian army, they did not attack, they were also resting, and it seems that the previous tragic battle also caused them a lot of casualties. Romanov was a young man who liked to be quiet before, and now he cherishes the rare tranquility on the battlefield. Romanov did not command the fortification, one is that he and his brothers are very tired, and everyone is too lazy to toss, and the other is because Romanov does not know how to fortify at all. The only thing the Romanovs did for the future battles was to pray to God in their leisure time that the Manchurians would rest like this.

Unfortunately, the Romanovs' prayers did not change anything, and the short peace lasted only five days, and five days later, in the early hours of the morning, the artillery bombardment of the Manchurian Army once again kicked off the bloody battle. In the trenches, Romanov saw many beautiful meteors rising into the sky, and they lined up like a race, leaving very beautiful traces in the sky. Then these meteors began to fall, falling towards the place where the Romanov was.

"Shelling, disperse!" Romanov did not know why the shells in the night sky were so beautiful, but he knew how terrible the consequences of falling meteors were.

Although there was a hoarse shout from Romanov, it was impossible for a person to run faster than a shell, and the large-caliber * gun still fell on the position of the Russian army with a roar before the Russian soldiers could dodge. The loud explosion almost dedenied everyone on the battlefield, and the terrifying shock wave tore everything in his way to pieces, and Romanov was almost crushed to death by a corpse that was only his torso left. The Romanovs huddled in the trenches, clutching the cross tightly and chanting the name of the Holy Spirit, the Son. But the rumbling and terrifying tremors reminded the Romanov that this was not God's jurisdiction, and that his prayers would be null and void. The destructive shelling lasted for two minutes, and the Russians were killed by more than 300 people, except for the lucky ones who were hiding in hidden bunkers and trenches, and all other defensive facilities were also blown up, except for some strong permanent fortifications.

"Help me, Commander save me!" A child who looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old lay on top of Romanov's head and reached out to Romanov, as if hoping that Romanov would pull him into the trench.

"Don't be afraid of the kids, everything will be fine!" The child's pale face made Romanov's heart very uncomfortable, and he took the child's cold hand and pulled the child into the trench where he was.

The child was pulled into the trench, but Romanov was almost frightened crazy by the child in front of him. This child, who was still surviving at the last moment of his life, already has only the upper body, and only a bright red is left on the lower body. The poor boy did not hide in the trenches during the shelling, he was blown off by the terrible shells, but because his organs did not suffer much damage, he did not die for a while. After struggling half-body for half a day, he was pulled into the trench by the Romanovs, and then inevitably died in the pain of falling.

There was a brief pause in the shelling of the Manchurian Army, and then more intense bombardment was carried out on the positions of the Romanov regiments. This time they replaced it with a type of ammunition that all the Russian troops below the Romanov have never seen, and after the explosion, there will no longer be a terrifying shock wave, but it will explode a sea of fire. Wherever a cannonball hits, it will immediately sink into flames, and even the dirt will stick to the human body and burn. A platoon not far from the Romanov was hit by a small-caliber shell, and only one fighter in the narrow trench fled with a blazing fire. The Romanovs tried everything, whether they were watering or beating, but they could not extinguish the fire in the poor man, until he was burned to a piece of charcoal.

I don't know how long it took, the shelling that had changed several types of shells finally ended, and Romanov, who had finally raised his head, saw the Manchurian infantry less than 100 meters away. They marched in great dispersion, armed with their light artillery and terrifying machine guns.