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All the units that entered the positions along the line of the Russian army suffered serious losses, and it can be said that the early morning of January 20, 1864 had become a nightmare for the Russians who entered China with the dream of making a fortune! Within a whole few hours, all the communications that the Russian army thought were smooth were blocked by artillery fire, hundreds of communication soldiers of Russian units at all levels died on the way with the orders they carried, the Russian officers and soldiers at the front received the baptism of shells like a rain, and the senior commanders of the Russian army who were anxiously waiting behind the battle line were anxiously praying in anticipation. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Time passed quietly in the chaos, and Lin Haijiang, who returned to the small lounge of the underground headquarters of the command post in the early hours of the morning, was once again awakened by the earth-shaking sound of artillery, because all artillery firing observation points found that the Russian army was trying to restore its position on the front line, and in the face of the Russians who were digging fortifications with great enthusiasm, Zhang Zheng once again gave a fierce welcome!

However, this shelling was composed of 75 mm guns and 105 mm guns, and the 150 mm heavy guns remained relatively silent, because in last night's artillery battle, at the beginning, several artillery groups of the Russian army also carried out a sound counterattack, but under the bombardment of the 150 mm heavy artillery divisions directly under the Chinese Imperial Command, the six artillery groups of the Russian army were all hit by the destruction of the surname.

Artillery is different from infantry, last night the Chinese Empire used the most fierce artillery bombardment in the history of the domestic battlefield, the infantry casualties of the six regiments deployed by the Russian army on the front-line positions were only about sixty percent, even if the later generations of volunteers fought in Korea with the United States army, which had the world's first firepower integration with the power of victory in World War II, there would still be people alive under the artillery fire and incendiary bombs of the United States.

But artillery is different, once the artillery is locked by the enemy and is counterattacked by the opponent's firepower, then the entire artillery group will face a catastrophe, and the artillery may survive even one in ten! Therefore, there is often a saying that the infantry bombs three or five, and the artillery dies and dies, and the Russian army did not expect that the Chinese Empire would be equipped with the fixed assembly of the fortress under field conditions, so it suffered a huge dumb loss.

For this reason, Lin Haijiang's waiting for the previous twenty days is also a very reasonable return, but for the use of heavy artillery troops, Lin Haijiang is still facing a lot of problems, such as the most critical is the problem of mobility, which requires six horses to pull and requires a lot of manpower to level the road, the effect of the heavy artillery unit is indeed very ideal, but its mobility ability does make Lin Haijiang ashamed, at this stage, the 150mm heavy artillery may only be used for offensive operations, This time, the Russians also suffered a loss of habit and consciousness, but they did not expect Lin Haijiang to use the heavy artillery of 150 mm caliber, which is generally used as a fortress or coastal defense artillery in Europe, for field attacks.

The Chinese Empire on the opposite side has been carrying out continuous shelling for two whole days, and every time Chekov sends his troops to restore the defensive line, he will be bombarded by the Chinese Empire like a tsunami. Or simply abandon the first line of defense? Marshal Chekov stood in front of the map and pondered for a long time!

The shelling in the past two days has caused heavy casualties among more than 20,000 Russian troops, the bodies of a large number of dead soldiers are all fragmented, and the transfer pressure of more than 10,000 wounded has also made Chekov very distressed, the heavy snow has made the road extremely difficult, and more wounded of the Russian army have died of complications, if the casualties of the troops are still small things, the most serious thing is that the morale of the entire army has been in crisis, and now they have not even seen the face of the enemy, and the troops of the fifteen regiments have been completely defeated. This is a precedent that has not been seen even in the Crimean War, and no country, no army, has ever used such tactics? No army has won a war with artillery alone.

In Marshal Chekov's tent, Lieutenant General Ikov's head was wrapped like an Indian Asan, and almost a third of the dozen or so Russian generals in the tent were hung with colors, and Ikov looked around with some affection and said: "Your Excellency Marshal Chekov, if we continue like this, I'm afraid it won't be long before we will be consumed by the other side, if we give up the first line of defense, they will definitely be attacking our second line of defense and the third line of defense in the same way, and we can't hold it if we continue like this!" ”

Marshal Chekov looked at Ikov, who was a little excited, and said, "Lieutenant General Ikov, can you please calm down?" We'll always have a solution, won't we? We can arrange for the troops to dig hidden bunkers behind the position, wait for their shelling to end, and the infantry will appear, and we can return to the bunker after we enter the position and repel the enemy's attack, which can greatly reduce the casualties of the troops. ”

A Russian major general beside Ikov sighed helplessly and said: "Your Excellency Marshal, as soon as the heavy artillery of the Chinese Empire goes down, our fortifications will directly become a grave, we are doing what you said today, as a result, a heavy artillery of the other side directly hit a battalion-level bunker, and more than 260 people were killed on the spot, the Chinese Empire has so many shells that they can squander it wantonly, they carry out repeated shelling according to the ground chart ruler and dense position, and do not carry out correction and artillery effect reconnaissance at all!" And it seems that the tactics we can think of on the side of the Chinese Empire seem to have a countermeasure long ago? ”

Marshal Chekov frowned slightly, he didn't believe that there would be a so-called traitor among his people, if this spy appeared on the side of the Qing army, he would still be able to accept it!

Seeing that Marshal Chekov seemed to be thinking about something, Ikov waved his fist angrily and said: "Your Excellency, Marshal, I think it is necessary for you to go and talk to the prince who is the commander of the Qing Kingdom, why is it that only our positions have been shelled by the Chinese Empire these days, and their positions have not fallen?" I suspect that these Qing people are unreliable? ”

Marshal Chekov hesitated for a moment and said: "The Qing State and the Chinese Empire are mortal enemies, they belong to different ethnic groups, for more than 200 years, they have torn each other apart, and the blood debt owed is probably less than a small part of the population of the Far East, and they are resting with each other until death, and the Qing team can still be relied on, but their combat effectiveness is a little not worth mentioning, I feel very strange, they are all the same race, why are the soldiers of the Chinese Empire like crazy people?" Bloodthirsty Fighting, Regard Honor as Life? And the soldiers of the Qing Kingdom are like tofu made, and they collapse at the touch of it? ”

Marshal Chekov knew that he was afraid that no one present today would be able to answer his question, and the question of the Qing people should be left to the Qing people to consider! What Chekov is thinking about now is whether the Chinese Empire really has enough shells to supply them and waste them wantonly? In Marshal Chekov's opinion, the Chinese have too complicated thinking, they Russians, like the British or most Europeans, can sacrifice and fight for the sake of profit!

However, the Chinese can sacrifice and fight for a lot of invisible things? Is this really puzzling? Be a fool for one's pains? Or do you think about the immediate issues from a long-term perspective? In Europe, war is ultimately about interests, and all pretexts are just reasons to be found for provoking war!

Every war in the East is deeply related to politics, and every war must be carefully planned and implemented.

Marshal Chekov was racking his brains to guess Lin Haijiang's intentions, and Monk Greenqin, who had been idle for two days, also sensed something wrong at the moment, this seemed to be Lin Haijiang's killing three birds with one stone, Monk Greenqin admired Lin Haijiang's entire plan implementation process, the first was to focus on hitting the morale of the Russians, giving his side a deep fear, and at the same time dividing the relationship between the Russians and himself, Monk Grinchen could only hope that the commander of the Russians, Marshal Chekov, would not be as arrogant and stupid as Villedovsky, who had previously collaborated with Zeng Guofan.

At this moment, Zeng Greenqin can be said to have no way at all; the artillery of the Chinese Empire opposite the people did not bombard their own positions and guarded passes; they bombarded the positions held by the Russians; on their side, they organized thousands of people to shout day and night that the Chinese would not fight the Chinese, overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and build a new Chinese empire belonging to all citizens.

The Russians were bombed day and night, and some of the Qing army's side listened to the slogans at night, including the incitement of the statement, and Monk Greenqin visited the camp below, and he found that the first to fourth towns were in unprecedented tension, and the morale of the army had been depressed to the point where it seemed to be saved.

Monk Greenqin even hopes that the army of the Chinese Empire on the opposite side can shell his defense area and position, Monk Greenqin has realized that this kind of verbal shells are far more powerful than the actual shells of a hundred times, the tragic appearance of the Russians being shelled has deeply shocked his army, this tactic of fighting one to scare one can be said to have been successful, this is like training disobedient monkeys, killing chickens in front of monkeys every day, and over time the monkeys will naturally go to the wild surname obediently, Monk Lingqin was very suspicious that the officers and soldiers of the first, second, third, and fourth towns, which seemed to be barely good, would still be able to fight the last battle for the imperial court.

Monk Grinqin sent someone to get in touch with Marshal Chekov, and he and Marshal Chekov realized almost at the same time that they needed to communicate and contact in a timely manner at this critical juncture, but a prince of the Qing Dynasty and a marshal of Russia, both of whom still maintained their own reserve, or more appropriately, were afraid that the other party would embarrass them, so they both contacted each other by means of interpreter and representative.

(To be continued)