Chapter 294: The Last Despair

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In the early morning of January 25, 1864, 100 cavalry members of the reconnaissance company of the 1st Cavalry Regiment under the cavalry division directly under the Supreme Command of the empire commanded by He Anguo appeared outside Jinzhou City in disguise as a rout. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Jinzhou stationed in the second town of the subordinate of the fifth step of the association, the co-commander Xu Tianbao is the younger brother of Prince Gong's favorite side Fujin, but Xu Tianbao is an authentic perverted wolf, not only has the evil act of marching to rob the people's daughters, but also every time the army is released, he will marry a local woman a concubine, known as a hundred expeditions, and there will be forty tables of mahjong at home, his ambition is not small, but Xu Tianbao's ambition is not used in the right place.

But as the brother-in-law of Prince Gong and Wang Yi, naturally no one dares to impeach him, but his military command talent is really very limited, Xu Tianbao used to find Zeng Guofan and Seng Greenqin to be officials, Monk Greenqin once said that if he can lead troops and have the ability to engage women, then he can give him a town control.

After Xu Tianbao, who was dreaming of a beautiful dream in the gentle township with his concubine in his arms, was awakened, he did not immediately go to the city, but just asked about the situation outside, as soon as he heard that it was the rout of the first town, it was said that the life and death of the monk Grinqin were unknown, and the whole line was defeated, Xu Tianbao waved his hand without changing his face and let the people below let the rout enter the city, and he himself dragged up Xinna's concubine Xiao Lu after closing the door and said: "Hurry up and pack up your things for the masters!" Hurry up, pick up valuable small pieces and take them, the front is defeated, the monk king is dead, let's run quickly! This Jinzhou can't be defended! ”

Xiao Lu looked at Xu Tianbao in surprise and said anxiously: "Then what should my father do with them?" You damn short-lived master who killed a thousand knives, send someone to inform my father! ”

Xu Tianbao hesitated, after all, his father-in-law can also be said to be the master of the family, so he had to send someone to inform the father-in-law's family, it can be said that Xu Tianbao did something that he regretted the most!

The news spread as quickly as a plague in Jinzhou City, and the monks and Russians in Shanhaiguan were defeated by Lin Cheng of the Chinese Empire, the Russians were wiped out, and the monk and the prince also lost their surname! Suddenly, there was chaos in Jinzhou City, and the Qian Zong who defended the city hesitated in the face of the rout soldiers shouting outside the city and the merchants holding gold bars in the city who demanded to open the door and let them escape.

In the end, under the stimulation of gold bars, the closed east gate of Jinzhou City slowly opened halfway, and the merchants didn't pour out much, and the routs at the door put down their guns? And a red firework in the sky? In the distance, the sound of horses' hooves sounded like thunder, and dozens of Qing soldiers who rushed to close the city gate fell to death under the random guns, so the cavalry of the Chinese Empire and the Qing army began to shoot desperately at each other across a large group of merchants, and the merchants who were still holding gold bars just now screamed and fell to the ground, and the howls of women and the screams of children were heard far away.

In the fierce firefight, most of the merchants who were eager to escape out of the city were killed and wounded, and the city gate fell all over the ground, when the Chinese Imperial cavalry who rushed over with the cold and shining cavalry swords quickly trampled the property at the city gate and the corpses, a battalion of the Qing court new army just approached the city gate, and was rushed to pieces by the horse team of the first regiment of the cavalry division, and the crackling Mauser pistol shooting was like a firecracker set off during the Spring Festival, accompanied by the screams of the Qing soldiers who were cut by the sabers, Jinzhou City suddenly fell into chaos, and the Qing army and new troops in Jinzhou City, who were already panicked, also took off their uniforms one after another, disguised as ordinary people and absconded.

When He Anguo's division entered the city, it was already six o'clock in the morning, and everything could be said to be settled, but it was a pity that he did not catch Xu Tianbao, the co-commander of the Fifth Association, but for an ico-commander, He Anguo was no longer so interested, because the biggest credit for the third stage of the battle to destroy the Qing Dynasty had been won by him He Anguo.

The various arms and materials seized in Jinzhou City also frightened He Anguo, especially dozens of cars of various precious treasures, gold and silver utensils, etc., a large amount of food and clothing, weapons and ammunition, whether it is the logistics supply of the Qing army and the Russian army are stored in Jinzhou, because Jinzhou is regarded as the last line of defense before Shengjing after Shanhaiguan, although there are still batteries and positions of the Qing army near Dahu Mountain, but the real guard point is above the strategic point of Jinzhou.

He Anguo ordered the general flag to be planted at the head of Jinzhou City, carried out a simple cleanup of Jinzhou City, closed the city gate, and the troops dismounted and moved general-purpose machine guns and mortars to the head of the city, preparing to block the enemy's rout.

What Chekov never expected was that Jinzhou was lost? The head of Jinzhou actually fluttered the military flag of the Chinese Empire? Facing the dazzling sunlight of the early morning, the sun seemed to sting Chekov's eyes, after Chekov did his best to organize the troops, he sadly found that the great rout at night made the originally formed Cossack cavalry division also suffered a great impact, the rout almost swept everything, and almost half of the 10th Cossack cavalry division did not even obey the order to bypass Jinzhou and escaped?

Monk Greenqin, who arrived a few hours later than Chekov, was very ugly, different from Chekov's iron blue, Monk Greenqin's face was a little golden, and occasionally a little flushed, the staff knew that the prince was holding on, life and death, if the monk really fell completely, then the Qing Dynasty was probably really finished!

Monk Greenqin looked at Chekov, Chekov also looked at Monk Greenqin with some frustration, now they all know the origin of the unit wearing the uniform of the new army of the forbidden army, then it is the killer weapon of the Chinese Empire, now whether it is Monk Greenqin or Chekov, no one can concentrate enough troops to attack Jinzhou and retake Jinzhou, Chekov knows that the Chinese imperial team that occupied Jinzhou is not a small army, he believes that Monk Greenqin also knows this, But if you go around Jinzhou, the first thing you will face is that tens of thousands of troops have no food and clothing, the Qing army is no longer two or three, and there are only eighty or ninety thousand frightened birds left of more than 200,000 troops.

Chekov could see that the prince and commander of the Qing Kingdom had a very bad complexion and health, and even had some difficulty breathing? Now there is no longer the spirit of complaining to each other, because behind them, the cavalry units of the Chinese Empire have been biting the rear team to the death, constantly devouring, how many troops have been scattered in the panic of the two days of fleeing? It is not clear at all how many troops were eliminated Chekov, because as the so-called supreme commander, Chekov understood that the role of a marshal in the rout of the army was not much better than that of a regimental commander or even a division commander!

What do you want to do now? Chekov didn't have any exact spectrum in his mind? He must know the overall strategic deployment and arrangement of the Qing side, because Chekov remembered that at least 100,000 troops on the Qing side ran in front of him, and those troops were likely to bypass Jinzhou and go straight to Shengjing like the 10th Cossack Cavalry Division, what Chekov needs most now is time, otherwise it will be difficult for him to organize his troops, if Jinzhou is still in the hands of the Qing people, then he can rely on Jinzhou to reorganize the troops, but now Jinzhou is lost, With all the spare supplies and ammunition lost, under such a cold winter, there is no clothing and food to protect against the cold, because of the heavy snow, the seven-day journey from Jinzhou to Shengjing may increase to more than ten days, even if there are no Chinese Empire pursuers behind them, how can their troops complete such a journey to hell?

For the first time, Chekov felt so depressed, as if the sky was about to fall? For the first time, he developed an irresistible fear of his enemy, and how could he possibly defeat the heavy artillery fire and the flood of infantry that had become the core of his nightmare?

Chekov looked at the Qing prince who had been coughing up blood, he knew that this prince's subordinates seemed to run faster than him, Chekov was very strange that these soldiers of the Qing Kingdom usually looked sick? Carrying a rifle shook and made people wonder if they had that rifle to sink? But in the past two days, many of those Qing countries on foot have been defeated, and many of them have run to the front of the Russian cavalry? And those Qing defeated soldiers can barely eat or sleep and just flee for their lives? A few frozen corn kernels can sustain their simple life needs.

Chekov was extremely emotional, if these Qing soldiers used a small half of their ability to escape to battle, they would become an elite army on a par with the Chinese emperors, but it was a pity that all this only existed in Chekov's illusion!

Chekov knew that he could not get any answers from the Qing prince, so he threw the six regiments of troops under his control into the attack on the city of Jinzhou, with a glimmer of hope that a miracle would come, and the Russian soldiers marched bravely on the snow, because they were told that the troops had no provisions, and unless they could go ten days without food or drink and deal with the pursuers behind them, they would take Jinzhou and recapture the supplies that belonged to them, More and more Russian officers and soldiers spontaneously joined the attack, this time not for the great Tsar Nicholas, but for themselves, for their way to survive!

How far is the road to survival? What does a miracle look like? I'm afraid no one can tell those Russian soldiers who are advancing in the snow in the rain of bullets splashed by general-purpose machine guns, one by one the bloated Russian soldiers fell to the ground like targets, and the blood flowing out was quickly frozen, but the Russian army, which had fallen into madness, was still frantically attacking in the direction of the city gate, without artillery cover, not even machine gun fire suppression, and many Russian officers and soldiers even attacked with their bare hands!

(To be continued)