Early morning August 30, 1900.

On the rolling Blackwater River, a large fleet of more than a hundred ships sailed against the mighty Blackwater River.

On a large river ship in the middle of the fleet, Vice Admiral Grodekov, the military governor of the Amur of Tsarist Russia, stood on the bow with a gloomy face and bloodshot eyes, looking at the rolling black water river and falling into deep contemplation.

Since five days ago, when he received a telegram from the Tsar, ordering him to personally lead a large army to conquer Aihui, Grodekov's heart was full of resistance, isn't it just a newly rising Chinese bandit, even if they let them use their tactics and win two wars by luck, it is just a bandit of three or two thousand people, and he actually wants to let himself, the dignified Amur military governor, who is in charge of the Siberian Second Army and the Third Army, as well as the lieutenant general who landed a main force with a total of 50,000 or 60,000 horses, personally come thousands of miles to Aihui to supervise the battle.

At that time, Grodeveros cursed the Deputy Minister of War Dwiros hundreds of times, after all, he Grodekov was nearly sixty years old, and his physical condition had some problems in recent years, but this damned Dwiros, in the name of the Tsar, ordered himself to rush to Aihui within six days, coordinate and command the four-way army, encircle and suppress the Chinese bandits, damn it, more than 1,200 kilometers from Boli to Aihui, go upstream, and arrive within six days, which is almost the whole journey to sail in the river to be possible.

However, Grodyokov did not dare to disobey the tsar's order, so he had to expand the size of the fleet, bring enough supplies, and go all the way upstream, originally thinking that the four-way army, with a total of more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, surrounded a Chinese bandit, even if these beards grew three heads and six arms. The outcome must be as simple as pinching a bed bug to death.

But two days have just passed, starting in the early morning of August 27. Telegrams of defeat of the army came in one after another.

First of all, at one o'clock in the morning, I received the news that the Bok Tu Cavalry Brigade had been attacked, and the remnants of the army were defeated and fled in a hurry. However, just over three hours later, a telegram was received saying that this cavalry brigade had been completely annihilated, and it was also specifically pointed out that it was very likely that Aihui's mysterious force, the Black Dragon Army, had done it.

The bullshit mysterious troops, the bullshit Black Dragon Army, aren't they just bandits, that's what Grodekov thought at the time. In addition to scolding the insidious cunning of the Black Dragon Army, it is more about scolding the cavalry brigade and the incompetence of the brigade commander Goodry, and I don't know if Goodrei can hear it after his death, if he can hear it, I'm afraid he will have to get up and reason with Grodekov, after all, he did everything he had to do, although he was defeated, but we are worthy of His Majesty the Tsar.

The battle plan of the commander of the Miandu River Infantry Brigade Sessions, Grodekov read. Moreover, he also personally instructed the plan to be feasible and approved its implementation, but as a result, the well-arranged Miandu River not only failed to catch the main force of the other side. On the contrary, he was bombed indiscriminately by others, killing more than 1,000 soldiers, and this time Grodekov finally began to reflect. began to pay attention to the Black Dragon Army, such an opponent deserves his own attention. And from this moment on, the entire fleet began to accelerate its advance. No more stops along the way, all the way north.

After a day and a night, Grozhkov finally breathed a sigh of relief, but when Grodevov just let go, the bad news came from Qihar again, the headquarters of Qihar was actually terminated, and the intelligence showed that the combat methods were almost exactly the same as those of Boktu and Miandu, which made Grodekov uneasy.

Grodekov kept sending telegrams to verify all kinds of news, and constantly asked the commanders to put pressure on the Qing government and the officials of the three eastern provinces, so that they could probe the news through various channels, and then the results were few, this black dragon army seemed to jump out of the cracks in the stones, it has only been more than a month since it appeared, but it has already annihilated 20,000 or 30,000 horses on its side, and from this time on, Grodekov's heart was even more uneasy.

And as Yue Weiyun led the team to chase and kill more than 100 kilometers, the forward cavalry battalion of the Southern Route Army was completely annihilated, and finally made Grodekov lose his temper, is this really a bandit confined to Aihui?

Will they fly?

Boketu, who was still hundreds of kilometers away a day ago, came to Qihar a day later, and then appeared in Fufu again, who would believe that they were a team of only a few thousand people, and they were limited to Aihui's beard?

However, these are far from over, and last night's two battles in the direction of the forward cavalry battalion in the direction of Ice City in the south, and outside the town of Aledrovsk in the north, made Grodekov feel even more frightened, and overnight, nearly 5,000 men and horses were completely annihilated, and it was not in the west, which happened in the previous day, but in the south and north, respectively.

Grodyokov has not slept all night, until now, he has been thinking and recalling, from the Battle of Heihetun to constantly recall and summarize the previous battles with the Black Dragon Army, and the more he summarized, the more frightened Grodekov felt, because he seemed to have captured something, it seems that the other party can always take the lead every time he fights, and most of the battles are sneak attacks, either ambushes, or midnight raids, what does this mean, is it true that the mysterious Chinese people can really pinch and calculate, this is not scientific, so the only explanation, That is, people's intelligence reconnaissance has done ahead of us, and it is far superior to Tsarist Russia.

Grodevkov suddenly woke up and exclaimed: "Oops, first the western road was ambushed, then the southern road, then the northern road, at least the actions of the three armies are in the eyes of the other party, so what about our way, have we always been under the surveillance of the other party?" Could it be that they also set up an ambush in that section of the river, preparing for our fatal blow? ”

"Someone." Thinking of this, Grodekov, almost with a trembling voice, shouted.

"Your Excellency, what do you command?" Grodekov's guard, West, asked as he hurried out of the cabin.

"Where is this place, and how far is it from Aihui?" Grodyokov took a deep breath and tried to calm down before asking.

"Your Excellency the Governor, an hour ago, we just passed through Xunke County in Huaxia on the left bank of the Heishui River, and now it is about a hundred kilometers away from Aihui City, and it is expected to arrive at the first projected landing point at about ten o'clock in the morning, that is, Pengjiawan about thirty kilometers downstream of Aihui, and an hour later arrive at the second landing point, that is, Aimertun about ten kilometers downstream of Aihui, and then after the main force is stationed in Aihui, our fleet will land at the mouth of the Aihui wharf." West reported.

Such a large fleet, with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, naturally impossible to choose a landing point, in fact, these days, with the continuous arrival of bad news, the landing plan is also constantly being modified, at the beginning, Grodekov is ready to land directly at the mouth of the Aihui City Wharf, because they have contacted the current acting deputy commander Fei Qing through the Qing court, and have sent relevant personnel to contact Fei Qing, Fei Qing also said that he can directly land at the Aihui Wharf.

"No, this landing plan must be changed, you go and ask the forward fleet to see where this section of the river bank is suitable for docking, we need to modify the landing plan before we set off." Grodyakov said bluntly.

"Yes, Your Excellency the Governor." Westers took the order and left.

A few minutes later, West hurried out again and reported: "Your Excellency the Governor, the pathfinder ships ahead have reported that there is only a suitable place to dock twenty kilometers ahead. ”

"Twenty kilometers?"

I don't know why, hearing that there is only a place to land twenty kilometers away, suddenly made Grodekov feel a panic for no reason, Grodekov has always had a bad heart, and thought that he was caused by excessive nervousness, so after taking a deep breath, he ordered: "In this way, order the fleet to slow down as a whole, and let the ships of the chief of staff of Paparos, Brigadier Minovsky, and Brigadier Mordau move closer to us, and I need to immediately renegotiate the landing place with them." ”

"Yes, Your Excellency the Governor."

……

"Hey, why did Lao Maozi's fleet slow down?"

On a hillside on the left bank of the Tsarist fleet, about three kilometers upstream, Chen Jinjiang, deputy captain of the Langya Special Operations Brigade, suddenly noticed that the Tsarist fleet not far away had begun to slow down, and his heart couldn't help but beat a drum.

"Damn, it's not like Lao Maozi found out that someone was ambushing, this shouldn't be enough."

Seeing that the Russian fleet was about to enter the ambush range, but suddenly slowed down, which made Chen Jinjiang feel as disgusting as swallowing a fly, if Lao Maozi suddenly found something and chose to return, then he Chen Jinjiang would really vomit blood.

Because Yue Weihua's original plan was to arrange the ambush site in the lower reaches of Daoxunke County, that is, 100 kilometers away, but after Chen Jinjiang conducted on-the-spot investigation, he found that if he chose an ambush point in the lower reaches of Xunke, there would be many places where he could land directly on the shore, and if so, the effect of the ambush would be greatly reduced.

In the section chosen at the moment, on both sides of the Heishui River, it is difficult for Lao Maozi to find a suitable landing site, because most of the mountains and mountains on both sides of the river are in a row for twenty or thirty kilometers, and most of the river banks are dominated by mountain cliffs, and only a few points can be landed, and a large number of troops are currently deployed in these places.

It should be said that the current choice is the best choice, but if Lao Maozi chooses to land in the lower reaches of Xunke County, then this ambush will become meaningless, thus missing a great opportunity, but fortunately, Lao Maozi did not make an unexpected move and came to the upper reaches of Xunke County.

"Damn, scared the baby to death."

Fortunately, Chen Jinjiang's worries did not last long, the fleet did not stop, let alone return, but only slowed down, and after about twenty minutes, the lead ship of the fleet finally came under Chen Jinjiang's nose, and it was considered to have begun to ambush the area.

"The first, the second, the third,......, the one hundred and eight, hey, it's finally gone."

In the blink of an eye, another half an hour passed, and this large fleet, which stretched for two or three kilometers, finally passed through the location where Chen Jinjiang was.

"Quick, send a telegram to the commander-in-chief, the Tsarist fleet and all of them have entered the ambush area."

"Yes."

"Damn, let Lao Tzu stay up on both sides of the Heishui River for four or five days, and it's finally not in vain."

Chen Jinjiang's face was full of excitement, because the battle was about to start, and most importantly, he had chosen the right one this time.

Thundered!

Thundered!

Thundered!

Suddenly, a huge explosion sounded from both sides of the Heishui River at the same time.

…… (To be continued.) )

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