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If you want to talk about appreciation, then Minabjeski should really take the love of Colonel Valaki, the commander of the 8th Regiment, but it is a pity that Minabuyes died too early and did not have the opportunity to praise Colonel Valaki for his steadfastness and unswerving loyalty to his entire military deployment.

At the bridgehead, on the east bank of the White Horse River, under the cover of more than a dozen artillery pieces, under the command of Colonel Wallaki, more than a dozen fierce attacks were launched in a row against the enemy troops desperately resisting on the west bank of the river. first used the Qing soldiers who followed, and finally replaced his tsarist soldiers, from the temptation of the small team, and then to the turn of the squadron to attack, and even lured out a group of death squads with money, using various tricks.

However, the ending really made him feel helpless. The first Manchu soldiers, who he used as cannon fodder, once broke through the first defensive ditch set up by the enemy on the opposite bank with unimaginable tenacity and perseverance, although they were finally driven back to the east bank under the strong counterattack of the enemy troops who rushed out of the second defensive ditch. However, it still gave him some excitement and impulse. Later, when his descendants went up again, the first defensive ditch hundreds of yards long in front suddenly became like a flood control embankment. His army crossed the White Horse River again and again, rushing to the opposite bank in the sound of the violent "Ula", which looked like a raging torrent, but as soon as it touched the defensive ditch that seemed to have been submerged by artillery fire, it was immediately smashed to pieces. The torrent turned into a trickling stream, more like drops of rain, silently flowing back again......

Despite this, Colonel Valaki was not discouraged. He observed that the enemy forces on the opposite bank were constantly moving, and according to his judgment, at least two battalions of the opponent's forces had been concentrated in his presence. At the battle meeting before departure, he and Minabuyes and Morsey had carefully analyzed and studied Guò, and concluded that the enemy army in the area of the White Horse River would never exceed 2,000 men. The reason is that these enemy forces are actually a group of defenders left here by the opponent in order to achieve their operational goal of capturing Weihaiwei first. Now that most of the enemy's attention is on themselves, the pressure on the main force led by Colonel Minabujes on the North Road is much less.

Sure enough, the situation was exactly as he analyzed, and Minabuyes' herald sent an exciting news to Valaki, "Under the powerful and unexpected brutal blows of our army, the weak defensive line of the Taiping Red Army was crushed, and the whole army of the northern route began to cross the White Horse River......" At the same time, Minabyes asked his central army to continue to put pressure on the enemy troops on the other side of the river, drag the place in front of them, and hold on to the end, as long as they hold on until Morsey, the southern road north out of Tianfu Mountain, appears behind the enemy at the bridgehead, The enemy at the bridgehead in front of him will be destroyed.

Not only that, just when Valaki was facing the defensive positions of the Red Army of the Celestial Empire, which could not be blown up and destroyed, several joint defense regiments from all over Rongcheng actually came up with reinforcements. Although the number of people is not large, and the total number is only four or five hundred, but in Valaki's view, it is not a matter of numbers, and more importantly, it can inspire the fighting spirit of his officers and soldiers.

Valaki was no longer in a hurry to attack hard again and again, but just bombarded the opponent with artillery fire incessantly. He believed that the enemy generals on the opposite side would not not be unable to get the news that their own army on the northern front had been defeated, but they had not yet expressed any intention of moving, and it was estimated that they must be in a dilemma now. Then, what he should do is to repeatedly mobilize his men and horses, make a strong momentum of the upcoming big attack, and delay the time. Time is very important now, and he can take advantage of this to give the officers and soldiers who have been beaten a little timid a chance to breathe, and to accumulate enough strength for a real all-out offensive in the future. It was now three o'clock in the afternoon, and before five o'clock, the army of the northern route would be able to cross the Xiaoyao River in its entirety, and the forward could reach the line of the Wuzhu River and appear behind the enemy's army. Regardless of whether the enemy forces send troops to block it again or not, the situation in Weihaiwei will change decisively.

And most crucially, according to the pace of the march of Lieutenant Colonel Morsey on the south road, they should be able to have at least one of their men and horses enter the rear of the enemy line at the bridgehead before dusk. He had clearly observed the enemy forces on the other side, and although the enemy in front of him also had guns, the firepower was not as strong as his. It's just that the other party relies on a bomb that can be thrown by hand, which poses a serious threat to his army. In addition, they really can't be said to be not fierce, and always like to use short counterattacks to engage in hand-to-hand combat with their own soldiers, causing the power of their artillery to decrease. As soon as he thought of this, Valaki looked at Qiu Ziyin, the leader of the joint defense regiment who was carrying a three-strand steel fork in his hand, and his upper body had been stripped naked, revealing a piece of black forest chest hair, and then looked at the enemy defense ditch drowning in artillery fire, and a brilliant thought suddenly flashed in his mind.

Wait, before four o'clock, as long as the vanguard of the Seventh Regiment doesn't show his head, just do him! Valaki clenched his two fists hard.

While Valaki was clenching his fists on the east bank of the White Horse River, Lieutenant Colonel Morsey had already passed through Guò Baifengkou and stood in front of the former Baifengkou village, looking around with a telescope and urging his team to hurry up.

He looked back with interest at the mountain pass he had just passed, and he was suddenly surprised to find that from here, this inconspicuous hill looked very much like a phoenix that the Chinese liked to depict. Oh, no wonder the locals here call the mountain pass behind Baifengkou, a hundred birds and a phoenix, the phoenix is beautiful, like a woman. He put down his binoculars and looked at the deserted village again, shaking his head with some regret.

He held up his telescope again, and the camera focused on the highest mountain to the northwest. He knew that it was the Jade Emperor Peak, the main peak of Tianfu Mountain. He even knew that this is located in a hill, guarded by mountains on all sides, peaks and valleys, deep forests and lush grass, mountain springs and sweet and quiet beautiful places, because it has been called "blessed land" since ancient times, so it has the reputation of Tianfu Mountain.

Lieutenant Colonel Morsey had been here the previous summer, and had taken in the views of the mountains, and he had never forgotten the beauty of the place. If he hadn't been in a hurry to get to the bridge, he would have liked to enjoy the tranquility of this place again, and he should have written a poem or two, so that he would have a memorial when he returned to his distant hometown in the future.

Yes......

With the blessing of the Tsar, we have beautiful and rich mountains and land.

O vast land, trembling at the feet of the Russian warriors.

Lushun, Tianjin, Weihai Special Economic Zone,

Our noble battle flag of the Tsarist Empire,

With the footsteps of the warriors,

Wherever you go, you float high!

This is Morsey's masterpiece when he first visited Tianfu Mountain.

Morsey had a wealthy family and had fantasized about being a poet before joining the army. He was a great admirer of A•Shei•Pushkin, but he could not write the great poetry of his idol with a positive, romantic sentiment for several years. "Alister! You also want to be a slave of Parnassus, and to subdue the unruly Pegasus; Pursue laurels through dangerous paths, and boldly argue against strict criticism! Listen to me, Alister, put down your pen, forget the streams, the forests, and the bleak cemeteries, and don't confess your love with cold little poems, and come down quickly, lest you roll down the high peaks! It's just that without you, there are already many poets; As soon as their poems were published, they were forgotten by the world. Perhaps, the author of another "Ode to Telemachus", at this moment, was far away from the hustle and bustle of the city...... "So, as his idol said, he left the hustle and bustle of the city, took up arms and walked into the barracks.

Contrary to the poet lieutenant colonel, Qiu Yuancai, the commander of the Red Third Division, who was also lying on the mountain beam with a telescope and looking at him proudly in front of him, was also less than a hundred feet away from him, although he was also a little rough in writing and ink, but he could never write half a line of poetry. For him, Tianfu Mountain is absolutely beautiful, the beauty is in the dense forest, which can cover all his troops, and the beauty is that they can patiently wait for the prey under their feet, step by step into the abyss.

"These guys are so bold that they don't even send out a single unit to search on both sides." The chief of staff looked at the Russian ghosts who were hurrying forward, and lowered his voice and laughed.

"Hehe, they're in a hurry." Qiu Yuancai also smiled softly.

"I don't think the division is better than them."

"Hehe, of course, they didn't come to Lao Tzu to be in a hurry, now ......" Qiu Yuancai's words stopped, he suddenly leaned forward, and locked the telescope on the body of the Tsarist Russian cavalry that was coming from the south to the north.

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