After a heavy rain in the night, a milky white fog accumulated in the valley, and the sparse gunfire in the dull air made the relatives a little dull.

As soon as he got out of the tent, Duan Qirui, who was wearing the uniform of a major general, walked around the position of the army as usual, and William, Jefferson and others had not yet woken up, Duan Qirui was sent by the ruling axe to Lushun to serve as an observer of the [***] affairs, although he was unwilling in his heart, but he had no choice but to obey.

On the trenches of more than 100 battles ahead, there seemed to be smoke, and the soldiers wearing navy blue military uniforms straightened out and walked along the trenches.

"General Duan, you got up very early!"

Hojo Chuan showed some smiles on his face when he saw Duan Qirui, the two of them had occasionally been together in the past ten days, and they had occasionally been together to relax military and oriental civilization, which even made Hojo Chuan feel like they were meeting each other.

On the other hand, Marshal Nogi demanded that officers at all levels must respect the observers sent by Nanjing, and the reason why he specifically emphasized this point was, on the one hand, of course, because of the contempt of the Chinese by officials at all levels, and on the other hand, because of the ambiguity shown by Nanjing in the Russo-Russian War.

Two days ago, the Chinese [***] team had already recovered Lanzhou, and Li Jingxi of Yunnan had announced the change of banners, and now that China's affairs had been decided, the corresponding Chinese attitude in this war had become very important, and the "volunteers" outside the customs had been divided into two two months ago, some of them had entered the customs for the Liberation Army, and some of them were still in the northeast.

In particular, after the Russian ship "Lesitrone" avoided Yantai and triggered several exchanges of fire between China and China, he did not want to cause trouble again.

"The guns are going to be hot, and I don't want to sleep peacefully!"

As he spoke, Qi Rui looked at the soldiers who were grabbing the rice in the wooden box to eat, and a fierce battle was about to start today.

"I heard that General Duan will return to Nanjing to take up his post in the General Staff Department today, which is really gratifying!"

Hojo Chuan stared at Duan Qirui, his saber pressed the hilt with his palm.

"If this war can be a joint effort between China and China to resist the West's involvement in East Asia, then maybe you and I will have a chance to work together again!"

"It all depends on the meaning of the ruling axe!"

Turning his head to look at Hojo River, Duan Qirui said coldly again.

"Hojo Daisa needs to know that whether our country participates in the war or not, whether it has an attitude towards your country or not, it needs to be reciprocal, we allow your army's materials to enter Liaodong through Dalian Commercial Port, but your army does not abide by the war zone demarcated by our country, and issues military tickets in the war zone, requisitions grain without authorization, and even blames our people for the crime of Russian annihilation, this is not a friendly move!"

This one...... Hojokawa's voice was hoarse, those things are always unavoidable in war.

"General Duan, those are unavoidable in war, aren't they?"

As the two were talking, the sound of cannon suddenly rang out, echoing through the air in a dull explosion, followed by the dense sound of rifles, and the fire on both sides became more and more intense, and soon became an indistinguishable roar of gunfire.

At this time, Duan Qirui and Hojo Chuan ended their chat, which was not a pleasant chat, and walked quickly towards the observation post of the foreword, at this time the observation post was crowded with military observers from Britain, Germany, the United States, France and other countries, after entering the observation post, Duan Qirui, like others, picked up the telescope and looked at the mountain, the cannon fire on the mountain continued to spit, and the artillery fire of the army quickly approached the faintly visible city wall, and the wall-type fort should have been built when Li Zhongtang founded the Beiyang Naval Division!

Duan Qirui thought so in his heart, in the smoke of gunpowder, a single infantry soon appeared, and then a group of attacking soldiers, thousands of bayonets reflected the white light shining in the morning light, and the continuous soldiers on the hillside were blown away by shells and hit by bullets, this attack was just a massacre.

"Stupid!"

Chen Feng, who was beside Duan Qirui, said in extremely subtle words on his lips, and then continued to watch the battle ahead, this is the best time to inspect the combat effectiveness of the Yue army, for which the staff officer sent as many as 30 observers, and like Chen Feng, the vast majority of people have only one evaluation of the way he attacked the Fort Arthur.

"Stupid!"

However, this evaluation is only hidden in their hearts, they don't mind saying that they shed blood in Lushun, for China, the best outcome of this war is to lose both, only in this way can China's interests be guaranteed, and only the fortress of Lushun can make the army bleed.

Chen Feng, who was not interested in this brute force without any strategy, put down the telescope in his hand and turned his head to look at Duan Qirui.

"General Duan, when are you leaving? Is it this afternoon, or tomorrow? ”

"Tomorrow! …… It is said that the fort has been copied from the back! ”

The sudden appearance of the Xu Yue Banner on the mountainside in the telescope made Duan Qirui and Chen Feng turn their attention to the fortress on the mountain again.

From the outflanking fort in the back of the army shouted "long live", rushing up the hill they carried out the so-called "meat bullet" of the army, hand-to-hand combat with flesh and blood as cannonballs, the Russian army in the mountain battery also did not show weakness and shouted "Ula", killed the army, the cruel white-knuckle battle was launched outside the battery, at the moment of the Russian counterattack, the attacking army seemed to be pressed back dozens of meters, thanks to the "meat bullet" advantage of a wing, and after a while they used bayonets to press the Russian army back, By this time, the artillery of both sides had completely ceased shelling, and what was staged on the "B" battery was the most primitive struggle between forces and forces, knives and knives, and the confrontation of wills and wills.

In the binoculars, you can clearly see that a lieutenant colonel of the Russian army is wielding a saber in one hand and a pistol in the other, firing bows and killing left and right on the battlefield. At this time, the army from the right flank was about to attack the fort, and this scene made the observers of various countries sigh for Russia, maybe the "B" battery will fall today, these days they have become accustomed to the bloody and martial arts of the East.

"Maybe the army can ......"

As soon as the words of the British observer Major Coot fell, a burst of artillery suddenly sounded on the mountain, the cannon was fired from the battery, and when it was about to attack the battery, the gunners left behind in the battery fired several shots one after another with shotguns to the front that was tearing and killing, and at the moment of the cannon sound, a cloud of blood mist poured out of the originally fierce battlefield, and the body was torn apart by the shotgun.

The continuous roar of artillery turned into an attack and blasted the Yue army back with shotguns, but the eyes of Coult and the others widened at this moment, and they muttered their lips for a long time without saying a word.

"The bravery of the Russian army is no less than that of myself!"

Duan Qirui couldn't help but sigh, and it could be clearly seen from the telescope that those Russian soldiers, from the very beginning, had planned to lead the superior Japanese troops from the dead end of the firepower towards the area with dense firepower, so that the gunners could use shotguns to severely damage these Japanese troops who threatened the fort, and they would also severely damage the Russian soldiers who rushed out of the fort to start a white-knuckle battle.

Chen Feng nodded, in the past half a month, he has raised the Russians by several levels in his heart, just as those foreigners said, Russia has the best soldiers in the world, and the only regret is probably those officers.

When the Japanese army, which was heavily damaged by the concentrated attack of the shotgun, retreated to the vicinity of the city wall, the Russian infantry who arrived in time cut off their retreat there, and came up from the two wings, trying to annihilate the Japanese army, and launched a white-knuckle battle between people under the city wall. Soon the navy blue figure was swallowed by the white figure, and when the navy blue figure was about to be swallowed, the war was once again enveloped by a rain of bullets, which was the artillery bombardment of the Japanese army.

"Hey!"

When the shelling of the Yue army stopped again, Duan Qirui couldn't help but sigh, looking at the iron-faced Hojo River, his face showed some sympathy, the current Lushunkou is a life-devouring meat grinder, according to their fight, Lushunkou alone can be stained red by the blood of the Yue army.

"Gentlemen, today we have once again witnessed the brave ...... of the Yue Army"

Lieutenant Colonel Chalkin of the United States only made Chen Feng and Duan Qirui look at each other, every time it is like this, here and there is a praise of the army, it is clearly encouraging the army to continue their "meat and eggs", continue their martial bravery, continue to bleed here, say that his own blood is dry, there will be no threat to the Philippines in the United States, maybe this is what Lieutenant Colonel Chalkin thinks in his heart.

The assault that had begun in the early morning was over near noon, and the battlefield was once again calm, and only occasionally scattered cannon sounds could be heard in the scorching summer air of Arthur, and the screams of the wounded were everywhere in the barracks, while more people were resting in shelters or bunkers, and perhaps after night they would need to launch an attack.

"If you want to get the most out of the war between the two countries, you have to participate!"

While making a trip for Duan Qirui, Chen Feng took out a letter.

"This is a letter I wrote to the commander-in-chief, hoping that General Duan can transfer it to the commander-in-chief on his behalf, the general needs to know that the time is not waiting for me, and I hope that after the general returns to Nanjing, he can persuade the general staff to make corresponding plans and participate in this war! If our country does not participate in it, it is almost like a dream to return the rights and interests of the Northeast after the war, and it can only be used ......"

"I understand!"

Duan Qirui, who listened to the voice coming from outside the house, nodded, and at the same time motioned for him not to continue, there are many people here, not every country wants China to be involved in this war, for some countries, they prefer that China can remain neutral.

"Congratulations...... Bon voyage! ”

(To be continued)