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On the seventh day of the ninth month of the third year of Renhe, the Qing army relied on its powerful firepower projection ability to conquer the Bratsk Castle, which is known as the first heroic city in Eastern Siberia, in one day, and completely annihilated more than 40,000 Russian officers and soldiers stationed in the fortress line, but did not drive straight into the hinterland of the Russian army, but divided the army, swept through many Russian settlements in Eastern Siberia, destroyed their towns, and drove all the Russians all the way to the west, while the Third Army followed unhurriedly, and everywhere it went, with the fundamental purpose of destroying Russian settlements, By the middle of October, he had already controlled all the East and Central Siberia, and then stationed in Krasnoyarsk on the Central Siberian Plateau.

On the ninth day of the ninth month of the third year of Renhe, the main group of the Russian army stationed in Akdouka was discussed by many parties, and finally decided that General Levtolsky led 20,000 Cossack cavalry and 40,000 infantry to rush to the aid of the Bratsk Castle. The facts about the fall of the castle of Bratsk were informed of Grand Duke Ivan Ivanzovich Ivanov and Peter II in St. Petersburg.

On September 18, the third year of Renhe, Grand Duke Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov received an urgent letter sent by General Levtolsky, and immediately panicked, while complaining to Peter II, while convening the generals to discuss the matter, expressing the idea of withdrawing the army, but the discussion has not yet been decided, the Qing army Yue Zhongqi's forward more than 30,000 cavalry troops have rushed to the front line of Akdouka, in the face of the highly mobile Qing army's forward army, Grand Duke Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov did not dare to retreat easily, More than 65,000 Cossack cavalry were sent to confront the Qing army's more than 32,000 cavalry, trying to repel the Qing cavalry first, and then retreat.

On September 20 of the third year of Renhe, the commander of the Cossack corps, General Markozhimayilo, led more than 65,000 Cossack cavalry forward, intending to fight a decisive battle with the Qing cavalry.

Cowardice? Naturally impossible! As a veteran who participated in the battles of the Eastern Expedition to the East and the Western Expedition to Dzungaria, He Rong is not a coward, the reason why he retreated before was just to lure the Cossack cavalry out to fight, just as Grand Duke Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov wanted to defeat the Qing cavalry first to ensure the smooth retreat of the Russian army, and He Rong also wanted to defeat the Cossack cavalry of the Russian army first, so as to delay the retreat of the Russian army, so as to buy time for the arrival of his main group.

At the last moment, the rapidly retreating Daqing cavalry finally stopped, and quickly lined up in the open grassland to meet the enemy's formation, 48 light artillery pieces were efficiently relieved from the four-horse carts by the gunners, lined up in front of the formation, and more than 11,000 cavalry divisions of the Sixth Group Army of Herong's department were in the center, more than 11,000 cavalry troops of the Seventh Group Army of Guan Mingfu's department were on the right, and on the left were more than 9,500 frontier cavalry troops led by Ta Haining, the son of General Ili Tashan.

"Herald: All the troops stop, line up! The 3rd and 4th armies were on the left, the 5th and 6th armies were on the right, and the 1st and 2nd armies were in the center with General Ben! ”

Seeing that the Qing army was already in full array, General Markozhimayilo, who was in a hurry, did not dare to rush straight to the Qing army's main formation in such a chaotic manner, and when there was still a mile and a half away from the Qing cavalry array, he had already ordered to restrain the Cossack cavalry who were rushing forward, and ordered one after another, and more than 65,000 Cossack cavalry also discharged three phalanxes, separated by a distance of about 600 meters, corresponding to the Qing army.

With the support of many Western powers such as the Kingdom of Great Britain, the Russian army has now completed the rearmament, but the change is more in the equipment of the infantry, as for the Cossack cavalry, in addition to replacing the arquebus with a rear-loading smoothbore gun, the rest of the equipment is unchanged, neither artillery support, nor equipped with pistols, some are still spears and sabers, generally speaking, the spear cavalry and the saber cavalry account for half each, as for the Qing army, the change in equipment is not big, and the individual weapons have hardly changed, or riding spears and sabers, revolvers and grenades, the real change is that the forty-eight portable guns are newly developed rapid-fire guns in support of firepower, the barrel is light and thin, made of tungsten steel tubes, the weight is only half of the old artillery, but the durability and rate of fire are more than two old guns, the design rate of fire is four shells a minute, each integrated shell weighs eighteen pounds, the warhead is conical, containing yellow explosives and preset bursting discs, the lethality is extremely strong, once it lands, the effective killing can cover a radius of four zhang, The effective firing range is as high as 1,200 meters, and the machine gun is also the latest model of the equipment, which solves the defects of the earlier machine gun that is easy to jam and difficult to do point fire, and the magazine is loaded with up to 40 rounds, and the lethality is amazing.

"Order: Artillery fire is rushing and the old Maozi is blown out!"

The two armies confronted each other quietly, except for the occasional snort of the horses, there was no sound, obviously, neither side wanted to take the lead in attacking, and were waiting for the other party to show flaws when changing formations, in this regard, the Russian army was obviously very patient, but He Rong didn't want to wait any longer, there was no other, although there was a distance of more than seven miles from the Russian army camp, but after all, it was not too far, if the battle was a stalemate, Lao Maozi's reinforcements could arrive at any time, and Rong didn't want to miss this great opportunity to destroy the Russian army's mobile forces, but when he saw it, he raised his hand, The general order has been given in a cold voice.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The Qing army's forty-eight artillery pieces are naturally not good-looking, with Herong's order, the gunners quickly according to the artillery commander's order, quickly adjusted the firing position, unceremoniously towards the Russian cavalry formation is a fierce bombardment, the violent explosion instantly resounded one after another on the Russian cavalry position, countless shrapnel swept in all directions, and the Russian cavalry was instantly beaten into a big mess.

"Order: Strike on the left and right flanks immediately!"

As soon as the Qing army opened fire, General Markozhimayilo Markozhimayilo could no longer hold his breath, no side, the Russian Cossack cavalry did not have an artillery establishment, so it was naturally impossible to make a corresponding counterattack to the artillery bombardment of the Qing army, to such a point now, if you don't launch a strong attack, this battle will not have to be fought again, but General Markozhimayilo Markozhimaylo still has a little more mind, and did not attack all the members, but only let the two wings kill first, to see if you can impulse the Qing army's position, As for whether the troops of the middle route army led by him did not move, it was obvious that he wanted to flee when he saw that the situation was not good.

"Ulla, Ulla......"

The Cossack cavalry has always been known for its barbarism in Europe, and it is not lacking in blood and bravery, although it was quite panicked by the artillery fire of the Qing army, but once the attack order was given, the Cossack cavalry on the left and right flanks did not hesitate at all, and rushed up with a roar.

"Raise your gun, aim!"

In the face of the Cossack cavalry brigade surging on the left and right flanks, the Qing soldiers did not have the slightest panic at all, and with the orders of the commanders at all levels, they quickly leveled the cavalry guns in their hands, and the rows of black holes aimed straight at the Cossack cavalry vanguard.

"Fire!"

Just when the vanguard of the Cossack cavalry, which was rushing like a tide, had already rushed to less than 250 meters away from the Qing cavalry position, Guan Mingfu, the main general of the right wing of the Qing army, and Ta Haining, the main general of the left wing, issued an order to shoot almost at the same time.

"Da ......, Bang Bang Bang ......,......"

The two commanders gave the order, the machine gunners took the lead in shooting, and then the artillerymen also adjusted their positions, giving priority to bombarding the enemy cavalry on both flanks, followed by the platoon of guns of the cavalry soldiers firing indiscriminately, and the dense bullets covered the Cossack cavalry vanguard who rushed wildly like a torrential rain, and in an instant, the rows of Cossack cavalry were swept to the ground like cutting rice.

"Knife out, follow me, kill the thief, kill the thief, kill the thief!"

The Cossack cavalry was really brave, although the forward troops were almost swept away by the dense fire of the Qing army, but the follow-up cavalry still rushed forward regardless of it, as soon as he saw this, Guan Mingfu did not dare to slack off, but saw that he pulled out the saber on his waist, roared, and led his troops to launch a fierce counter-charge, at the same time, Tahaining, who was slightly behind half a beat, also made the same choice, and the cavalry on both wings of the Qing army attacked together, surging forward like a tide.

"Bomb dropping!"

Closer, closer, there was only a distance of less than three hundred meters between the two armies, in terms of the galloping war horse, it was just a matter of time, with the full sprint of the two armies, this distance was also rapidly shortening, in the blink of an eye, the distance between the two armies was less than fifty meters, with a loud roar, the Qing soldiers in the front row raised their hands almost at the same time, and threw out the long-handled grenade buckled in their left hand with a brush, and with the momentum of the horse, nearly a thousand grenades were smashed towards the Cossack cavalry forward. At that moment, the explosion suddenly sounded, and the Cossack cavalry, who was caught off guard, was unsurprisingly dealt another heavy blow, and the momentum of the charge was inevitably suffocated......