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Like a turbulent stream, they gather at the two commanding heights of Tower Hill and the top of the Golden Line, converging into a raging and majestic sea. The assault teams of the 1st Red Division, with the surging raging waves, smashed into the Tsarist Russian artillery group at the foot of Tashan with an unstoppable momentum, and entered the Tsarist Russian Marine Corps, which had been assembled in the area of Tashan and Jinxian for a long time, and had hoped to cooperate with reinforcements from the west to counterattack the south bank battery, but now it was beaten into a mess by the sudden and powerful artillery fire.

Amid the roar of "return my rivers and mountains," the Red Army officers and men were using grenades, bullets, and knives to repay the blood debt of the invaders with grenades, bullets, and knives.

In order to enable the later generations to learn more about the previous foreign wars of the Celestial Empire and the situation of those foreign armies that had been the opponents of the Red Army of the Celestial Empire, the General Staff of the Red Army of the Celestial Empire reviewed and recalled a large number of its own participating troops after the war, and through the interrogation and investigation of the officers and soldiers of the captured foreign armies at all levels in the prisoner of war camps, and recorded all the wars that took place after the birth of the Red Army of the Celestial Empire with very detailed historical facts. These precious materials were compiled into a book and used as research materials for the students of the Red Army University, which is the "History of China's Anti-Aggression War." Much of the material in this book is taken from this book, which allows us to understand every war that has taken place in the past from a comprehensive and multi-perspective perspective. Here, I would like to thank Marshal Lin Haifeng, the Red Armed Forces under his leadership, and their faithful record of history.

"After dusk, we started assembling behind Tower Hill. The Marine Corps, which had suffered a large number of losses due to the reinforcement of the forts on the south bank and the attack on Xianguding, had now been sharply reduced from more than 2,600 men in the past to less than 1,500 men. In order to ensure the strength of the Marine Corps, the two generals, Balushka and Basamov, specially transferred some personnel of the headquarters and sailors of the fleet to supplement us. The Marine Regiment re-replenished the battalion that had been annihilated at the South Bank Battery. In my opinion, although the strength of the team is definitely not as good as it used to be, at least it has reached a state of full capacity, and it is always okay to participate in future counterattack operations. ”

"According to the deployment of the commanders, we are waiting for news of reinforcements from the direction of Rongcheng, as soon as they arrive, they will immediately kill the batteries on the south bank. The loss of the South Bank battery is too great a threat to us. The Taiping Red Army not only used these batteries to destroy our batteries on Ridao and Liugong Island, but also blocked the southern entrance of the military port. If they don't recover it in time, if their naval fleet also participates in the war, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

"To be honest, the war has developed so far, and our mistake in the final analysis is that we are too slow to react, and we are always led by the nose by the opponent, which was the case at the beginning, and it is still like this later. It is impossible to achieve a fundamental victory in a war without the initiative. When we assembled at Tower Hill, my assistants and I were in complete agreement that we should not wait here and take the initiative, but the commanders were strongly opposed. It is not difficult to imagine that they have been stunned by a series of blows by the Taiping Red Army, and they have completely lost a clear understanding of the overall situation. In fact, when the matter has come to this point, it is either to fight with war, or simply quickly gather the troops in the Weihai Acropolis, some of them to reinforce and hold the north shore battery, and some of them to withdraw to Liugong Island, so that they can maintain a certain strength first, and then they may be better off making calculations. ”

"Afterwards, we all saw clearly that the Taiping Red Army was too cunning, and they set one trap after another for us to drill. Not only did they consume a large number of our troops outside the city, so that they lost the last strength to defend the Weihai Acropolis, but what was even more terrifying was that they also took advantage of our lack of defense of the North Shore Fort, and took the North Shore Fort, giving us a fatal blow. It's a pity that our commanders don't understand this and are still walking according to the wishes of their opponents. ”

"The reinforcements did not wait, and the large group of men and horses who were ready to gather together were waiting for a burst of artillery fire. When the guns on the south bank were together, we were still a little excited at first, and the reinforcements arrived! The order to 'prepare to go' was also given by me as soon as I was excited. However, it immediately became clear to everyone that it was not the sound of artillery fighting between reinforcements and the Taiping Red Army, but a new round of attacks by the Taiping Red Army had begun. Soon we were shelled. Their heavy artillery was so fierce that I don't want to talk about the scene after the explosion, but the peculiar whistling sound of the shells in the air alone is enough to show that the heavy main guns of our fleet cannot keep up. ”

"At this time, I suddenly understood a problem. Why did they give it to us? According to the time calculation, the reinforcements in the direction of Rongcheng are likely to have been stopped in the middle, and it is even entirely possible that they have been wiped out. The reason why they were able to give up the fairy Gu Ding at the critical moment was to lure us out of the city so that we could be eliminated outside the city. This also confirms that our initial observation was correct, that if we had launched an offensive on the south bank as soon as possible, instead of being so stupid and waiting, at least they would not have been so well prepared. ”

“…… As soon as the fight started, it was impossible to see how many people they had come up, except for Wei Haiwei behind him, there seemed to be their horns and shouts on three sides. A battalion on the west side of Tashan was the first to be disrupted by them, and the artillery group behind the first battalion suddenly became a live target for them, and dozens of cannons were lost in an instant. The deputy regiment commander was killed in the heavy artillery fire, and the officers and men rushed in all directions, and it was difficult to organize a decent resistance. The feeling of defeat was sometimes like a plague, and the contagion was so terrible that many officers and men were frightened by the intimidating energy of the Red Army's charge, and when they heard their voices, their legs could not help but weaken. There was no choice but to retreat into the city. What I didn't expect was that the back road was also copied......"

Just as the former colonel of the Tsarist Russian Marine Regiment who unfortunately "died of illness in the prisoner of war camp" after completing the above memoirs said, with the help of night and the cover of thick smoke from artillery fire, the assault teams of the 1st Red Division rushed into the marine regiment in all directions.

"I can proudly say that our Marine Corps is not only the Weihai garrison, but also one of the best elite troops in the entire dispatch army stationed in China. All the officers were professional soldiers, and the whole regiment was every soldier, and they were all well trained in military affairs, unlike other patchwork teams. Our regiment is also an honorary team, which won valuable fighters for the annihilation of the Turkish army for its stubborn defense in the Russo-Turkish War, and was rewarded by His Majesty Tsar Nicholas I. If it weren't for the loss of Weihai Acropolis in vain, I believe that as long as we want, we can defend Weihai Acropolis ourselves. ”

This was the complaint of a major in the Marine Corps.

"But we're not good at attacking, and we're not good at night fighting. The biggest regret exposed in the First Battle of Tashan was that everyone did not think of making a unified marker for night operations for the officers and soldiers, and the confusion that occurred as a result can be imagined. As soon as the Taiping Red Army rushed up, they were tightly entangled with us, apparently so that the guns of our ships anchored in the military harbor, as well as the artillery fire on the head of the city, could not provide us with effective support. When the first platoon of Red Army artillery came, the regimental headquarters not far from our battalion was devastated, and if it had not been for the regimental commander's observation of the regimental headquarters, it would have been equally impossible to escape. ”

"The brothers are very tenacious, but they can't stand the Red Army's tactics of disregarding life and death. We have guns in our hands, but we don't dare to fight indiscriminately, for fear of injuring our own people by mistake. We used to appreciate white-knuckle warfare, and from the first day I entered the barracks, the commanders would babble in your ears about the advantages of forming an infantry formation and a bayonet battle. Not today, I just lined up a company in formation, and in the darkness there was a hail of dense hand-thrown grenades, and the array couldn't hold it at all. It's always at times like this that the Reds will roar close to you and fight you with bayonets and sabers......"

As ordinary soldiers who lived through the Tashan encounter, they have their own story.

"I'm afraid of their shouts. There is some hysteria, and there is a mouthful of hatred to eat you raw. I didn't understand what they were at the time, and if I did, there was no doubt that I would be even more afraid. We are standing on the land of others, no wonder they are so fierce. Hand grenades are thrown one after another, scaring us into dodging everywhere, and at such moments, you don't know where your bayonet is heading, and white-knuckle combat becomes their advantage. I now finally understand why the commanders liked to tell us to practice rushing at the enemy with bayonets. When your bayonet pounces into your opponent's torso, causing them to let out a scream, you'll bring out more of your inner potential and shock more of your opponent. Unfortunately, the opposite is true now, and it is they who make full use of this deterrence. When I listened to the heart-wrenching cries of the brothers in front of me, and heard the sound of the moment the iron entered the human body, I only felt the muscles in my hips twitching......"

"One of my brothers was frightened mad, and he ran behind him with his bayonet swinging wildly and screaming strangely that no one could hear. I almost got stabbed by him. In a panic, someone also ran after him, and I was ...... too"

"At this moment, a small detachment of the Red Army somehow came out of the east and pounced on our flank. The poor madman fell, it wasn't the Red Army, and I'm sure for that the shots came from behind, and our commanders did it......"

Due to the Red Army's paste-paste tactics, the two sides were tightly entangled, and it was difficult to accurately distinguish the target at night, the Tsarist fleet at the north entrance of Liugong Island and the Tsarist Russian artillery at the head of the city could not provide timely fire support to the troops they were eager to help.

In addition, fearing that the Taiping Red Army would be wrapped in a rout and infiltrate the city, Dasamov watched the marines outside the city shouting, crying, and stomping their feet, but he did not dare to lower the drawbridge over the moat, and could only let them do the last dying struggle.

Barushka now has no time to care about the fate of the Marine Corps, and the loss of Gumoling outside the north gate is his heart disease. The Marine Regiment was transferred out of the city, and the remnants of the 1st and 2nd Regiments, which were half-crippled, were concentrated to deal with the pressure from the west and south, and the north of the city was already empty in defense, and he was now anxious to consider what to do once the Taiping Red Army took advantage of the situation to attack the city?

Liang Chengfu, who commanded the capture of Gumoling, did not think so, the Red Army did not attack the city, at least for the time being.

Before dusk, when Lai Yuxin handed over the Immortal Gu Ding to Barushka and Dasamov, the Red Second Division was preparing for a counterattack against Naigushan. Of course, if it was to fight back against a small Naigu Mountain, it would never make Liang Chengfu have such a big heart. Before the Nagu Mountain position was lost to the Tsarist Russia, all the fortifications had been completely destroyed, and the mountain was bare, with the strength of the Tsarist Russian officers and soldiers, not to mention fighting, as long as the artillery fire was on, the people would almost run away with death. What he really had to consider was the Gumo Ridge and the fort on the north bank of the Weihai Acropolis.

As soon as it was dark, Liang Chengfu personally led the reinforcement of the 5th Regiment of the 4th Regiment and a battalion along the coastline to bypass the Naigu Mountain, to the north, and then to the east. As soon as the direction of Naigu Mountain started, a small number of Tsarist Russian defensive forces on Gumo Ridge were quickly wiped out in a sudden situation. In addition to leaving part of the troops to guard Gumoling and shell the Weihai Acropolis, the main force of the Fifth Regiment immediately pounced on the north bank battery.

The fort on the north bank built by Tsarist Russia was located in a hilly area six miles east of the Weihai Acropolis. Not only is the terrain dangerous, but there is only one path that connects with the outside world, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. The North Shore Fort, like the South Shore Fort, is also a battery group, which includes two coastal forts, Beishanzui and Sacrificial Terrace. It is a pity that, like the batteries on the south bank, there are no fixed land batteries set up in advance, and it is only because of the hot fighting in the south that Barushka and Dasamov temporarily decided to send more than 500 sailors to go ashore to reinforce the batteries on the north bank, and build defensive batteries on the commanding heights on both sides of this path that communicates with the outside world.

Cheng Ming's fifth regiment came here this time holding their breath. After taking over the 1st Red Division's defense of the Naigu Mountain position, although it consumed a lot of the vital forces of Tsarist Russia that had counterattacked, as a soldier, it was always not a happy thing to lose his defensive position, although this was a unified tactical arrangement. What's more, Nagushan was lost to Tsarist Russia in his hands, but now he has no chance to recover it himself, let alone a soldier can endure it.

(Something happened at home, the old man was sick and hospitalized last Saturday, and I had to go to the hospital every day, which affected the idea of the book.) The head is messing around, and after redoing the system, I can't remember the password for the author's area for a while. The update was delayed, which affected my friends, and I was really uneasy. I would like to apologize to all my friends who care about me. The time of the elderly hospitalization is estimated to last for some time, during this period, I try to keep every two days, if possible, strive to update every day, I hope friends understand. Thank you! ）

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