When the first rays of the next day's sun rose in the east and the darkness was receding, the Allied forces appeared in our sights.

A fully staffed Japanese brigade, a full-fledged Russian infantry battalion, a British Indian battalion, three companies of British troops, two companies of French troops, and one company of American troops.

Among them, the Japanese army has a total of 1,100 people, the Russian infantry battalion has more than 500 people, the British Indian battalion has more than 450 people, the British army has three companies with more than 450 people, the French army has two companies with 300 people, and the American army in one company has more than 120 people.

There were nearly 3,000 allied troops, and when the sun came, they completely surrounded the mountain where we were. We, on the other hand, have less than 600 men, and on the frontal position, there are only about 400 men.

This is a memory of the war described in Wang Sirui's autobiography decades later, although this information is from Wang Sirui's autobiography and is written by Wang Sirui himself, but when this autobiography was released to the public, many historians still expressed doubts.

Because according to the situation of that year, plus their weapons and staffing, it was simply impossible to defeat the Eight-Nation Alliance, which was six times their size.

Regarding the doubts of historians, Wang Sirui did not pay attention to them. Because that autobiography is for the Chinese people to read, they just need to know the results, and they don't need to know some of the inside stories in it.

But in another autobiography, Wang Sirui described in detail everything that happened back then, even the composition of his own troops, the configuration of firepower and the composition of the position. Even, even the reason why so many troops are deployed in each place, and what the purpose of digging this trench is clearly described.

This more detailed autobiography, known as the internal biography, can only be circulated in the military and military academies, and no one is allowed to pass it on, not even if it reveals any of the autobiography, even if it is a hazy meaning.

From the beginning, to the withdrawal of the Eight-Nation Alliance, more than a year in between, was called the 're-plan' by Wang Sirui, no one knows what this word means in the end, although many people are studying this autobiography, but it has never been recognized by Wang Sirui.

As for this battle, Wang Sirui called it a branch action in the 'Fu Plan', and was named 'strangulation' by Wang Sirui.

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"My lord, the foreigners are here, there are about 3,000 people, about six or seven heavy machine guns, and they can reach the foot of the mountain in half an hour at most." Ma Sanru trotted all the way to report that the big battle was imminent, and everyone seemed a little nervous, even those veterans who had participated in several battles.

After all, the scale of this battle is too big, and the advantage is to fight more with less, which makes everyone's heart lose confidence.

"Send a few men to hide near the main road to observe the enemy, and if possible, kill them as they return to the city. If there is enemy support, if there are less than 1,000 people, light a bunch of beacons, and for every 1,000 more people, light an extra bunch of beacons. Wang Sirui reached out and touched his neck and ordered.

"Yes!" Ma Sanru answered, and immediately turned around and went out to arrange the things to observe.

The big war is imminent, and Ma Sanru, as the commander of the third company, must act with the large army. For such a small-scale investigation operation, Ma Sanru naturally has no need to carry it out in person, but Ma Sanru still needs to explain some details about it.

"Are you afraid of an enemy who is several times your own?" Wang Sirui turned his head to look at the other company commanders and asked with a serious face.

"Don't be afraid!" Several company commanders said in unison.

"It's strange if you're not afraid, even I'm afraid, will you not be afraid?" Wang Sirui suddenly made a joke, but then his voice changed, and he continued: "But I'm afraid, no one is not afraid of death, and no one should laugh at anyone at this point." But think about it, what are we standing here for? If even we are afraid, then what do we need the army for? Soldiers, even if they are afraid, must not hesitate to go up, even if the front will be a rain of bullets, we must muster up the courage to tear apart the enemy's attack. ”

"Hahaha......" Wang Sirui's words made several people smile slightly, but there was a trace of tension hidden in this smile.

"We have a geographical advantage, so we don't have to worry too much about the enemy's attack, even if it's their heavy machine guns.

The trenches can protect us from being hit by the enemy, as long as we hide in the trenches, as long as the enemy shells do not hit the trenches directly, we will be safe.

And we are condescending, we have a relatively wide shooting range, and many times, we can hit the enemy, but the enemy can't hit us.

You have to keep this in mind, so when you stay in the trenches, keep your body as low as possible.

In addition, if anyone dares to escape, I will personally give you a ride. Besides, where can you escape from this place? Who can escape from this hellish place?

But you don't have to be too nervous, I have already arranged the way to retreat, and I have my own plans for when to retreat, so before I receive the order to retreat, you had better guard your position for me. Wang Sirui made the final pre-war mobilization, which meant both encouragement and warning.

And the expressions on the faces of the several company commanders under him did not change much.

Although they don't know any tactics, they can still understand the simple terrain. Since they were in this position, I am afraid that no one has thought of leaving, because everyone knows that almost no one can leave here.

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A breeze with a thick heat blows gently, and the air waves hit people's bodies, making people feel like they are being baked.

Although it's only early in the morning, the weather here is hard to accept.

I don't know if it's God's displeasure, or some other reason, this summer, the weather is always abnormal.

On the Coalition side, the man in charge of the battle was a British colonel, Colonel Chard, who was an active regimental commander in the British army.

During the Second Opium War, Richard participated in the war as an ordinary recruit, and made great achievements, and then made several meritorious contributions, in forty years, without connections, from an ordinary soldier to an army colonel.

And according to rumors, next month, Britain will appoint Colonel Chad to be promoted to general, but similarly, Chard, who is in his sixties, will also be officially retired at the end of the year.

Although the Coalition sent a man who was about to retire to serve as the commander of the battle, this Chad was a general with a lot of combat experience, and all in all, a difficult opponent.

And the British also hoped that Chad could use this exploit to make himself be promoted to general in a dignified manner.

Chad stood not far from the foot of the mountain, holding a telescope, taking in the situation on the position, and then grinned, this kind of arrangement is really terrible, seeing this, Chad didn't even have the idea of temptation.

"Let's make a bet, each send a company out, and see whose troops stand first on that hill and win, how about it?"