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At three o'clock in the morning on January 20, 1864, Lin Haijiang stood beside Zhang Zheng, the former commander-in-chief of the Imperial Army, and nodded slightly. The general attack of the third phase of the campaign of the last battle of the empire has begun! ”

After Zhang Zheng issued the combat order for the general attack, the cluster of large-caliber signal cannons that had been prepared outside shot more than 100 red signal shells into the night sky!

All the artillery of the Chinese Empire, including the artillery regiments directly under the infantry division and the artillery battalions directly under the regiment, also began to shoot at the predetermined ruler and dense positions, and for a time, along the entire 50-kilometer defense line of Shanhaiguan, the positions of the defending side and the targets that had been reconnoitred and marked out before the Russian artillery reserve firing positions, support points, firing points, minefields, suspected ammunition depots, and garrisons were all in the first round of rapid and continuous strikes. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Several important positions have been turned into a sea of fire, and the artillery fire like a landslide and a ground crack made the ancient city wall of Shanhaiguan tremble, as if it was about to collapse in the next minute.

Marshal Chekov and Monk Grinchen were awakened almost at the same time, and the dense sound of artillery made Monk Grinchen not feel the cold even if he was wearing only a robe, and Marshal Chekov was bombarded by large-caliber artillery at the station of a Cossack cavalry regiment near his station! It was clear that the cavalry regiment was within range of enemy fire, and his command had been kept on the lookout for it.

Marshal Chekov was extremely shocked that the artillery of the Chinese Empire was able to hit here? So is it possible that the artillery he put in front of him will still be safe? What kind of cannon can have such a range? Under the huge orange-red fireworks that rose from the flash of the violent explosion, the night sky flew up with broken limbs and countless dirt and stones, dense bomb drops, the kind of devastating blow that made his entire regiment of cavalry reimburse without firing, and the whole camp was like a hellish Shura field, and there were broken limbs everywhere near the crater, including people and horses, and the smell of burnt paste wafted in the air.

The location of his headquarters was no longer safe, and Marshal Chekov ordered Ikov to wait for the enemy's artillery fire to weaken or extend, and immediately organize the troops to take positions and enter the trenches, while the headquarters retreated ten kilometers back, placing its command post within the range of enemy artillery fire? In the eyes of Marshal Chekov, it was not bravery, but stupidity.

To the great shock of Seng Lingqin, it was the Russians who were being heavily shelled at the moment. Not a single shell fell on the positions of the first, second, third, and fourth towns under the general army of the left and right wings? The Russians were blown upside down, crying wolf, but their own side seemed to come to see the excitement and became an out-and-out bystander!

For the Russians were subjected to heavy shelling, Monk Greenqin as a friendly army but still has a little sense of schadenfreude, because since the Russians arrived at Shanhaiguan, whether it is tents or supplies, all robbed themselves in this regard, for the sake of supply disputes, the Russians even shot and killed a third-grade deputy general and a few guerrillas, as a result, the Russians could not eat, their own side of the hungry situation, the most angry thing is that the Russians even transported a large amount of grain and grass back to Heilongjiang?

So today, the Russians who eat more and occupy more have suffered, and some people on the Qing army side even jumped to cheer!

After the first round of artillery fire lasted for thirty minutes, the artillery fire of the Chinese Empire also began to weaken relatively slowly, and the heavy artillery began to extend its firepower, and suddenly, the 75-mm field guns arranged in the front began to fire rapidly, and the Russian troops who had been hiding on the other side of the ridge began to be agitated, because after the rapid artillery fire, the infantry of the Chinese Empire was ready to attack.

In the short, sharp whistle, the Russian infantry dragged the Makqin machine gun into the pre-designated position, but the original position has been completely unrecognizable at this moment, there are collapsed trenches and completely destroyed fortifications everywhere, the logs covering the top of the fortifications are crackling and burning, and a company left on the position is completely missing at this moment, and the Russian soldiers can even hear the noise from the position launched by the infantry attack of the Chinese Empire! It seemed that the attack was imminent in the next moment, and the Russian soldier stared at the dark wilderness with wide eyes, as if there was a beast lurking there that could devour him.

Zhang Zheng, who was standing in the command post of the former enemy, looked at his pocket watch, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Prepare for the second round of shelling!" Heavy artillery diverted fire and suppressed artillery shelling of the enemy's 7th to 15th reserve artillery positions. ”

The Russian troops hiding in the trenches did not wait for the tide of infantry, ready to teach the Russians of the Chinese Empire a hard lesson, and once again a sharp whistling sound sounded above their heads?

Rumble! Boom! A large number of 75 mm caliber shells fell densely on the trench position line of the Russian army, and in the orange-red explosive fire group, a large area of the Russian army fell sideways in the wanton shrapnel, and with the stumps and broken arms flying into the air fell to the ground one after another, the Russian army scurried everywhere in the trenches, and a large number of Russian soldiers crowded into a heavy machine gun fire point, and before the machine gunners could react, a 150 mm grenade accurately hit the machine gun bunker.

The parts of the Makqin machine gun flew all over the sky with a large number of internal organs, and the earth kept shaking and trembling in the violent explosion, Lin Haijiang stood on the high observation tower and observed the dull landing point of the heavy artillery from the artillery mirror, Lin Haijiang knew that the first round of shelling was just to test the reaction time of the Russian army, and the time when it entered the position to infer the position of its troops from the front line, and the second round of shelling was the real blow and consumption of the Russian army's vital strength.

Looking at each other's undulating explosion light clusters, Lin Haijiang didn't even feel a trace of cold, the troops at the front just symbolically entered the position and returned to the bunker to rest at this moment, because the real general attack will not start until forty-eight hours later, and the shelling before that is just to show the might of the Chinese Empire and hit the momentum of the enemy army!

Lin Haijiang's purpose is actually very simple, he would rather use superior firepower and high military spending in exchange for reducing the casualties of the troops, and the troops in the first and second phases have accumulated a large number of forward-loaded artillery shells that have not been consumed, and use these shells to play a firepower consumption with the Russians, so that the Russians can see what it means to be truly rich and strong.

Soon, after the end of the second round, the nine positions of the Russian army along the Shanhaiguan Pass were basically all destroyed by artillery fire, and the first batch of Russian infantry with a total of six regiments of infantry entering the positions was already dead and wounded at this moment, and if the Chinese Empire sent troops, it would take almost no effort to get to the position.

Marshal Chekov looked at the half of the sky red with red eyes, as a veteran who has experienced many wars, Marshal Chekov is the first time to see such fierce artillery fire, before his positioning of the Chinese Imperial Army has been placed in the same position as the French Army, but today it seems that he still underestimated the comprehensive ability of the Chinese Empire, this ability includes its campaign-level artillery coordination and tactics, as well as the tactical quality of the commander.

Marshal Chekov felt very helpless and desperate for such a tactical application of artillery fire, because the basis of this tactic is that the number of artillery fire, the quality of artillery, the range of artillery, and the power of artillery are far superior to those of the enemy, and the most important thing is to have enough shells for the commander to squander.

At dawn, the earth was still immersed in infinite darkness, and the second echelon of the Russian army trembled to the first line of positions in an attempt to restore the positional defense. Marshal Chekov was worried for two whole hours, but the general attack of the Chinese Empire did not appear? Not a single position was occupied by enemy troops?

Confused Marshal Chekov looking at the map in a daze? He didn't understand what tactics the Chinese Empire was executing? If the attack is not launched immediately after the shelling, then the effect of the shelling will be greatly weakened, and the losses of the six regiments that entered the position at night will be more than 60 percent, and it can be said that the whole line has collapsed.

The troops who went to take over the defensive positions early in the morning brought back the news that the previous six regiments had been completely finished, and that the troops that had retreated were not satisfied with even two regiments, and the most important thing was that these troops had become frightened birds, and they had no choice but to transfer these defeated troops away from the front line, so as not to spread their panic to other troops.

Marshal Chekov's direct order to the front line Ikov was to immediately restore the first-line positions and rebuild the fortifications, and the Russian army, which had no Qing army as a coolie, rolled up its sleeves and restored the fortifications, due to the intensive artillery fire, the soil of the first-line position defense line was already very loose, so it was very convenient to excavate, and this time the Russian army began to dig bunkers for themselves seriously.

Yesterday their unlucky comrades have already experienced the bitter fruit, the Qing army built the fortifications for them without working hard, grinding foreign workers, and fooling the Russian devils for the ultimate goal, and the Qing soldiers dug anti-artillery holes when they were looking for a soldier with the thinnest body, and after digging, let the soldier try it, and the result was that the person went in, and it was very loose, and the completion was qualified!

In last night's shelling, almost all the anti-artillery holes were not able to be used normally, the Qing army wore torn cotton jackets, and the Russian troops wore thick leather coats and cotton leather boots, carrying thick blankets and grain bags and bullet bags.

Now even if the Qing army takes the initiative to come to help excavate, the Russians will no longer dare to use these living fathers who pit the dead and do not pay for their lives!

(To be continued)