Xie Jiaao, the general headquarters of the Qing Dynasty coalition army of Tsarist Russia, in the evening. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Report."

"Come in."

"In the direction of the Eighteenth Fort, the Qing army is calling."

"Read."

"The Qing army took Maple Ridge again and advanced two miles in the direction of Bulun Mountain."

"Oh, took another level and advanced two miles?"

When he heard the news, he was quite calm, and he was not displeased, nor was he happy because the Qing army had won a success, but he immediately got up and came to a hand-drawn map, on which several places were marked in red, and some small red characters were remarked, which was particularly eye-catching.

Twin Mountain Pass, the first pass of the Qing army to attack the Eighteen Forts, a group of soldiers and horses attacked for two hours, sacrificed more than 2,000 people, and finally took the pass with the help of the artillery regiment, so as to successfully enter Qiaojiabao and officially enter the internal boundaries of the Eighteen Forts.

Daming Mountain, the second pass, began to attack at half past two in the afternoon, the same is a group of infantry attack, fighting for more than half an hour, with the help of the Chris artillery regiment, successfully won, this battle sacrificed more than 800 Qing troops.

Fan Jiaji, the third pass, began to attack at half past three in the afternoon, a standard Qing army infantry battled, lasted an hour and a half, and finally with the help of the Chris artillery regiment, successfully won, the Qing army sacrificed more than 900 people in this battle.

Maple Leaf Ridge is the fourth pass taken by the Qing army, advancing to this point, it has penetrated five kilometers into the Eighteen Lianbao, passing through eleven villages along the way, and the intelligence shows that after the Maple Leaf Ridge, there is no need to attack the Eighteen Lianbao in depth, because from the Maple Leaf Ridge to the west deep into the Bulun Mountain, about seven or eight miles of mountain roads, you can reach the wolf domain.

"No, there must be something wrong, but I still haven't noticed it." After staring at the map for a while, Cuzosco shook his head and muttered, "But what's wrong?" ”

Today, all day long, Tsarist Russia dispatched more than 10,000 troops to completely block the entire wolf domain, but Kuzuosco did not order the army to start attacking, but only maintained the oppressive posture of the wolf domain, so that the wolf domain did not dare to relax at all, and at the same time waited for the arrival of the Western Route Alliance.

Therefore, most of Cuzuosco's energy today is focused on the battle of the Eighteenth Fort, the Qing Army was able to fight even the victory, although the Uzzuosco's heart was a little crooked, but on the whole he was still happy, after all, the victory of the Eighteenth Fort, the Chris Artillery Regiment played a decisive role, and almost every victory in the battle was because of the Chris Artillery Regiment, which led to the defeat of the other party.

Of course, more importantly, the invigorating effect of victory is undoubtedly a shot in the arm for the morale of the entire coalition army.

But I don't know why, Cuzuosco always feels a little wrong, is it really his own jealousy?

"Hopefully?"

……

Qiaojiabao, the temporary commander of the Qing army.

Just when Kuzuosco felt that something was wrong, Zeng Qi, the general of Shengjing, also felt a little uneasy, of course, his uneasiness was not that he felt that there was anything wrong with the battle during the day today, but purely because it was dark.

Yes, don't doubt it, it's because it's dark.

Because the Black Dragon Army at night is far more terrifying than during the day, and it can't be prevented.

On the first night when the Western Route Coalition Army arrived in Murgen City, they first easily ate a gang of Qing troops, and then continued to bombard and storm the camp at night, directly killing more than 8,000 people in Tsarist Russia.

On the first night, the advance of a brigade of Tsarist Russia and the advance of a joint attack of the Qing army were all annihilated.

On the second night, the Black Dragon Army infiltrated the hinterland of the Tsarist Russian army and forcefully annihilated an artillery regiment of Tsarist Russia.

And now, he actually went deep alone and came to the Eighteen Forts, more than 20 miles away from the main force of Tsarist Russia, and won four consecutive victories against the other party during the day, so at night, will the Black Dragon Army start?

This question doesn't seem to need to be guessed, because it's almost a sure thing.

"Go, call a few co-capitals over to discuss the matter, well, and Captain Chris too."

"Wow."

A moment later, the cavalry commanders Hai Rigu Siro, the infantry commanders Tan Song and Lu Guohui, and the commander of the Tsarist Russian artillery regiment, Colonel Chris, arrived one after another.

"See your Excellency."

"General Zeng"

"Well, no need to be polite." After Zeng Qi asked a few people to sit down, he got straight to the point and said: "Today's great achievements, I have reported to Lafayette, Long Live Lord, and Li Zhongtang, I believe that your reward will come down in the near future, as for the merits of Major Chris, presumably the commander-in-chief of Kuzuo Cisco will also report it truthfully." ”

Although the Qing Dynasty is now stormy, the Eight-Nation Alliance is even more open in Yanjing, asking for this and that, but at the moment this battle, the Qing court also attaches great importance to it, not only because of Tsarist Russia, but also because the court feels the powerful threat released by the Black Dragon Army, so today's Qing army is victorious, Zeng Qi naturally wants to make a big splash and strive for more credit for his subordinates.

"Thank you, General." All three of them said with a smile on their faces, while Chris just nodded.

"Well, today's consecutive victories have greatly boosted the morale of our army, but now that the sky is getting dark, these rats of the Black Dragon Army are afraid that they will have to make wind and rain in the night and do some stealing tricks." Zeng Qi paused, and said: "But we also have to admit that the Black Dragon Army does have a set of night operations, so I asked you to come over just to ask you, are the defenses of all departments ready, and what preparations have been made?" ”

"Tell the general, our cavalry association is mainly responsible for the vigilance work of Qiaojiabao, and we guarantee that there is absolutely no hiding place for the Black Dragon Army within a radius of two kilometers, and once the Black Dragon Army attacks, we will definitely be able to respond as soon as possible."

Hairi Gusiro replied very simply, looking very confident, this kind of performance is not only related to his character, but also mainly because today's cavalry association has no combat mission, and Zeng Qi personally repeatedly told several times about the safety of Qiaojiabao, so Hairi Gusiro personally took the cavalry association, divided the army, and reconnoitred around Qiaojiabao, it should be said that wherever there is a way to go, they have been to reconnoitre, and they have carefully reconnoitred.

Hairi Gusiro can basically ensure that there is absolutely no place to hide troops within a radius of two kilometers, of course, their retreat route is also arranged with a large number of troops, and a large number of spies have also been released around Qiaojiabao, there are light and dark, Hairi Gusiro should be said to have done his best, after all, the Black Dragon Army is indeed invincible, and this is related to their own lives, so they have to be cautious.

Hearing Hairi Gu Siro's confident answer, Zeng Qi's uneasiness in his heart became even stronger, as for why, Zeng Qi himself couldn't say why, so he just nodded, and then looked at the other people.

Because the two infantry associations are the main force of today's battle, they have fought four battles in a row, and the two associations are almost the strength of one association left, so the main task of the two of them is to defend the forward positions and closely monitor the depths of Buren Mountain, especially the passage to the wolf domain outside Maple Ridge.

"General, the defense of the forward positions is roughly like this, and it should be said that there are no big problems." Lu Guohui, the commander of the infantry association, paused, and suddenly said: "General, there is a word for your humble position, I don't know if you should say it?" ”

"Hehe, my brother, what can't I say." Zeng Qi smiled.

"Then I would like to say a few words." Lu Guohui said: "At the coalition meeting last night, I said that the coalition army will launch a full-scale attack on the Black Dragon Army from today, but as far as I know, we are the only ones fighting during the day, of course, I don't deny that it is precisely because they have contained a large number of troops of the Black Dragon Army head-on, which has caused us to be relatively easy in the Eighteenth Union Fort." ”

"But as soon as the sky is dark, the Black Dragon Army is deploying troops inside the Wolf Domain, and it is difficult to find it from the outside, so the oppression given by Tsarist Russia during the day, at night, the Black Dragon Army may not take it seriously, so I think that the Black Dragon Army will inevitably attack the camp tonight, it is just a matter of the scale of the attack camp, but no matter how many people come, it is a very passive thing for our Qing army."

"Moreover, the general also went to see the shortcut to the wolf domain today, although the mountain road is a little narrow and difficult to walk, but after all, it has been repaired, even if it is difficult to walk, the mountain road for ten miles is only half an hour for the Black Dragon Army."

"A more important point, that is, the small-caliber artillery of the Black Dragon Army is really invincible, small in size, light in weight, easy to carry, and can even fight alone, and this kind of weapon, the Black Dragon Army is very numerous, take the daytime battle as an example, more than half of our dead and wounded soldiers are actually killed under this weapon."

"So, no matter how we defend, at night, we are all very passive, I think the general summoned us over, I'm afraid I don't know the bottom of my heart."

Lu Guohui is the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, and he still has some ability to lead troops to fight, and he may be able to see what he said, but he may not be willing to admit it, even if he is willing to admit it, I am afraid he will not dare to say it, after all, this is a matter of increasing the morale of others and destroying his own prestige.

"What Guohui said is very true, and General Ben is indeed a little uneasy in his heart." Zeng Qi said bluntly, if it was in the court, Zeng Qi would definitely not admit this kind of thing, but on the battlefield, facing his subordinates, he had to tell the truth.

"Guohui, since you can say these words, I think there should be some countermeasures, I wonder if you can teach me?" Zeng Qi humbly asked for advice.

"The general is humble." Lu Guohui was still quite complacent in his heart, of course, he must not dare on the surface, and hurriedly got up and knelt down to Zeng Qi, and then continued: "I think that the best defense is to attack, just like the battle during the day, although we have suffered a lot of losses, but we have also suffered heavy losses to the Black Dragon Army, and we have won successive battles, so I dare to suggest that we can launch an attack on the wolf domain overnight." ”

"Fighting overnight?"

Not only Zeng Qi was stunned, but the other people present were also stunned, looking at Lu Guohui in disbelief.

"Yes, fight overnight, however, if it is just our unilateral operation, I am afraid that it will not have any effect, on the contrary, it may encounter a strong resistance from the Black Dragon Army, so, if you want to achieve results in the overnight battle, then the Tsarist Russian army must launch a night battle at the same time, I remember that at yesterday's meeting, the commander-in-chief of Kuzuosco also said that once the war starts, it will not stop day and night." Lu Guohui said bluntly.

"Guohui said that attacking instead of defending is indeed much stronger than passive defense, but the key problem is that now the Western Route Coalition Army has been rushing overnight, and it is expected that tomorrow night, at the latest, the morning after tomorrow, will be able to arrive at the second station and join us, so Kuzuosco only temporarily changed its strategy today to delay the general attack." Zeng Qi said, the meaning is obvious, if you want to let Tsarist Russia launch a full-scale attack tonight, this possibility is basically non-existent.

"If this is the case, the Great General, I suggest that the main force be withdrawn from the Eighteenth Fort and returned to the outer area of Mount Buren to be stationed." Lu Guohui said bluntly.

"General Lu, are you a little alarmist?"

Hairi Guxi Road took the lead in jumping out, after all, he had just boasted about Haikou, although he did not participate in the war during the day, he did pay a lot for the security of Qiaojiabao, and now Lu Guohui said a word, which would make his efforts worthless, so he was naturally unhappy.

"General Ciro is right, if this is the case, then our battle is not in vain, our soldiers are not dead in vain, and we have to fight again tomorrow." Tan Song also hurriedly agreed.

"Therefore, the best plan is to fight overnight, and at the same time ask the Tsarist side to also launch a night war."

"What you said is light, fighting overnight, is it really that easy, after a day of fighting, who still has the strength, big night, do you think it is so easy to fight at night?"

"Actually, let's be careful, put the light and dark posts farther away, send more, you can give early warning, no problem."

……

The three of them argued, and it wasn't until Zeng Qi slapped the table that the scene calmed down again.

"Colonel Chris, I don't know what you think?" Zeng Qi looked at Chris, who didn't speak, and asked.

"General Zeng, to be honest, our battlefield is only an auxiliary battlefield, and we didn't choose to synchronize with the main battlefield, this is a mistake, of course, being able to win consecutive battles during the day can be regarded as seizing the opportunity, so there is not much point in saying these now."

"As for evacuation, the day's efforts will be wasted, I firmly disagree." Chris said bluntly.

If he gave up, wouldn't his credit also be wasted, of course, Chris can say this, there is another important reason, that is, the recognition of Qiaojiabao's safety, he also dispatched a large number of people to reconnoiter during the day, otherwise, he would not have entered Qiaojiabao, as for what Lu Guohui said, now all evacuate Qiaojiabao and re-station to the field, Chris believes that if he really does this, I am afraid that the soldiers below will have to give him a black gun, after all, the transfer of the artillery regiment is too troublesome, Especially when it comes to navigating through this rugged mountain road, it's hard.

"However, I am willing to go to the Tsarist Russian garrison with General Zeng and persuade His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief to see if we can launch a full-scale attack tonight." Chris added.

"That's what I mean, and since Colonel Chris is willing to go along, that's fine." Zeng Qi's face was overjoyed, and then he ordered: "Hairi Ancient West Road, you quickly go and transfer a battalion of soldiers and horses, and follow me to the Tsarist Russian garrison, as for the safety of Qiaojiabao, it will be temporarily handed over to Hairi Ancient West Road, assisted by Tan Song and Lu Guohui, before I come back, focus on defense, and do not move without permission." ”

"Wow."

…… (To be continued.) )