Standing on the shore of the south bank of the Heilongjiang River, seeing the sky-high flames in Hailan Pao City, Lieutenant General Ge Zhennan was very satisfied with the bombing effect, and ordered the staff officers to send a telegram to the airship, asking them to concentrate on bombing the center of the enemy's defense line after bombing the city, open a gap for the infantry attack, and send a telegram to Feng Linge to prepare for the attack. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

People have selfish intentions, Feng Linge felt that victory was in sight, and decided to hand over the task of the general attack to Du Li's third division, and the mercenaries of the other five brigades were responsible for containing the enemy's firepower, which made several brigade commanders of the mercenaries a little dissatisfied.

At 8 o'clock, the weather was already bright, and the two airships adjusted their positions and began to bomb the central position of the enemy's defense line according to Ge Zhennan's order. Due to the high position of the airship, the bombs were easy to deviate from their position under the action of the wind, and the bombing effect was not good, but the immediate adjustment of the position, coupled with the large amount of ammunition dropped, still caused devastating damage to the enemy's defense line.

The explosion of the 500-kilogram bomb made a deafening explosion, and each fortress, as long as it was hit by one, was immediately torn apart, and all the defenders inside were killed; Even if you don't get a direct hit, exploding near it will cause the fort to collapse or bury the firing port in dust; If a cannonball explodes at the rear of the fort, the huge shock wave will cause the defenders inside the fort to be seriously injured.

At 9 o'clock, the gap was bombed to a width of 500 meters, Feng Linge felt that the time had come to attack, so he ordered Du Li's third division to send a regiment to make a tentative charge, and at the same time ordered the division and army artillery to provide cover.

Although the front-line commander of the defending army knew that they would be defeated, he still wanted to test their firepower before surrendering, inflicting some casualties on the enemy, and letting the Xia Empire know that the Russian army was not easy to mess with.

Seeing that the enemy was preparing to launch a central charge, he ordered some of the men in the fortress to reinforce the central defensive line.

Without the cover of the fortress, exposed to the open area, or relying only on the crater as a blocking point, Du Lisan was not worried about this, in addition to the support of artillery, each battalion and platoon of the garrison was also equipped with mortars to advance with the troops, which had great lethality to the enemy troops without the cover of the fortress.

The battalion-level M1-81 mortar positions were established at a distance of 2,000 meters from the enemy's defensive line, which was a safe distance for the Russian army without artillery, and with a good view, it was able to destroy the enemy's fire points in time.

Company-level M2-60 mortars set up positions at a distance of 1,000 meters from enemy lines, and each platoon was also armed with M2-60 mortars to charge with the infantry and strike at enemy machine guns in closer proximity.

Each heavy machine gun of the Russian army, firing in less than 30 seconds, will definitely be overwhelmed by numerous mortar shells, as long as the heavy machine gun that dares to fire, it will be blown apart in an instant, and there is no time to transfer at all, so frightened that the surviving heavy machine gunners of the Russian army do not dare to fire again.

The current garrison is armed with numerous light machine guns and general-purpose machine guns, which can advance with the troops. The platoon-level general-purpose machine gun establishes a support position 600 meters from the defensive line, and the general-purpose machine gun has a faster rate of fire than the Makqin equipped by the Russian army, and the barrel can be replaced faster; Moreover, the squad units of the garrison army are also equipped with light machine guns, and the squad will use light machine guns as the core to strike at the enemy, and the Russian riflemen suppressed by intensive fire cannot raise their heads and cannot shoot at the officers and soldiers of the Xia Empire.

Feng Linge saw through the telescope that the Russian firepower was suppressed, so he ordered Du Lisan and several other regiments to press together, rush in through the gap, and engage the enemy in close combat.

After the garrison was reequipped, the intensity of firepower was greatly increased, and melee combat was more advantageous.

In other parts of the defense line, there were also 5 brigades of mercenaries feinting, pinning down a large number of defenders, so that the enemy commander did not dare to draw too many officers and soldiers to support the central defense line; Coupled with the intensive firepower of the offensive troops of the Xia Empire, the front-line commander of the Russian army completely lost the courage to continue the defense, and constantly cursed the officers and soldiers of the Xia Empire in his heart, "This is really evil, the firepower of the attacker is even denser than the firepower of the defender." “

Seeing that the officers and soldiers of the Xia Empire were about to rush through the central defense line, and the Russian army was no longer able to defend, in order to avoid the slaughter of the Russian officers and soldiers, the disappointed Russian front commander immediately ordered to raise the white flag and announce surrender.

Seeing the enemy waving the white flag, Feng Linge's face showed a happy smile, this war was so simple to win? This Russian army is too incompetent. So he ordered 2 newly formed mercenary brigades to charge together and go to accept the surrendered Russian officers and soldiers.

Feng Linge did not dare to press all the troops together, for fear that the Russian army would rebel or have some tricks, and there must be enough reserve troops to deal with emergencies.

The brigade commanders of the other 3 brigades smiled wryly, this war did not take any credit, and it purely became the "soy sauce" in the mouth of His Majesty the Emperor.

Feng Linge also took into account the dissatisfaction of others, so he reassured: "The war has just begun, and the big battles and evil battles are still to come, so we will definitely give you the opportunity to go to the battlefield to make military achievements." “

"Thank you Commander-in-Chief for your support!" The faces of the commanders of the 3 mercenary brigades were a little better.

"Okay, you don't have to be so polite, you are all contributing to the empire, now everyone follow me into the city!"

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief!"

The Russian troops in the fortress of the defensive line had already come out of their bunkers and sent teams to surrender to the Xia Empire, and were inspected by mercenaries and garrisons after confiscating their weapons.

At this time, Du Lisan came to ask for instructions: "Commander, how to deal with those who are injured?" “

Everyone looked at Feng Linge, wondering what to do.

Feng Linge thought for a moment and then instructed: "Concentrate on the riverside first, clean up the battlefield and command the officers and soldiers of the two new mercenary brigades to train their courage, and then stab them to death with bayonets and throw them into the Heilongjiang River to commemorate the Chinese who were brutally killed at the beginning." “

"Yes, Commander!" Du Lisan was very satisfied with this order, although he turned out to be a bandit who killed and killed, after so many years of training, his nature of killing has not changed.

The commanders of the mercenary brigades are also quite satisfied with this arrangement, so that the newly formed mercenary recruits can exercise their courage, and they will have a greater chance of surviving in the fierce battlefield in the future, and the combat effectiveness of the entire mercenary army will be stronger.

At this time, the brigade commander, Major General Okamura Ninji, asked: "Commander-in-chief, the order of the chief of staff is not to take prisoners, what should those captured Russian troops do?" “

Gangcun Ningji is also a murderer, who killed a lot in the battles in the isthmus region and South America, and was canonized as a third-class viscount of the empire because of his military exploits, and is now extremely loyal to the empire, hoping to regain the honor of the Gangcun family by relying on the big tree of the Xia Empire.

Okamura Ninji was born in a declining samurai family in Shinasakamachi, Tokyo, during the war with Japan, he was the captain of the lieutenant district of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School Qingguo International Student Team, and escaped a catastrophe, after the war, all kinds of military schools in Japan were disbanded, lost their source of livelihood, and were forced to join the mercenary army.

Feng Linge remembered the order of Chief of Staff Ge Zhennan, but he didn't want to force the Russians to resist desperately, which would cause a lot of unnecessary battle damage, even if he killed and injured those wounded Russian troops, he was ready to kill them again after the battle, so he said: "Let's talk about it after the battle first, as for how the chief of staff deals with it, we don't have to care, otherwise the battle losses will increase, and there is no need to force the Russians to fight with us on the premise of victory." “

Okamura Ningji felt that Feng Linge's words were reasonable, and he couldn't let the officers and soldiers of the army make senseless sacrifices, so he said: "Yes, commander-in-chief!" “