Before dawn, the trenches of the Northeast Army were busy, in the trenches, the soldiers checked each other's equipment, the machine guns that the machine gunners checked for the last time, the sub-shooters checked the ammunition there, and the riflemen even drew their bayonets to check whether the bayonets were sharp. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In short, everyone is making final preparations for the upcoming battle.

After the final preparations were completed, the shouts of the officers were remembered in the trenches.

"Everyone must fill out the insurance policy carefully! If you are unlucky enough to die in battle, the beneficiary of the insurance will get a $1,000 premium! If you don't have any relatives, you can choose to donate to the Chinese Education Fund, the Bereaved Family Fund or the Invalides Association. Everyone must write a will, write it down, hand it over to the squad leader, and hand it over to the ......"

The officers handed out insurance policies and stationery, and at the same time loudly reminded the soldiers of the importance of insurance policies.

Military insurance is an extremely unfamiliar term for many people, which is a kind of posthumous protection provided to soldiers by the Northeast Army based on past combat experience and combined with commercial insurance.

Of course, the reason why the Northeast Army has purchased insurance for every officer and soldier is more important is to let the soldiers have no worries on the battlefield, because they know that even if they die, the generous insurance compensation is enough for their families to live the rest of their lives without worry.

Moreover, this insurance compensation is not just a simple payment of money, but will be managed by the Bereaved Family Care Foundation.

Since then, their parents, wives and children have been able to receive a monthly allowance equivalent to 1.5 times the minimum living allowance in Northeast China. until his wife remarries or his children reach the age of eighteen.

The reason why the system of insurance compensation is managed by the foundation is to prevent their pensions and insurance compensation from being squandered or wasted or swept away by others, which will lead to the hardship of their families.

It is the responsibility and obligation of the government to ensure that the family of every soldier who is loyal to the country will never fall into a difficult life. Soldiers serve the country with blood. The state takes care of the family on its behalf. It is both a responsibility and an obligation.

It is precisely because of this responsibility and obligation that the officers and men of Northeast China are not afraid of death on the battlefield. They know that even if they die on the battlefield, their families will be taken care of.

"Hmmm! …… Boy, you've got me covered! Your father and I are a soldier, and it is my duty to serve the country as a soldier, if you see this letter. That means that your father and I have entered the Martyrs' Shrine! From now on, you will be the bereaved family, remember to be a human being, and do not lose the face of the family......"

Zhang Zuolin, who wrote the will, did not have too many words, at least not much warmth, some were just habitual words, and only in telling his wife would he reveal some warmth.

And at this time the whole trench was silent, and no one spoke. Only the sound of breathing and the grinding of the tip of the pen against the paper could be heard. Both officers and soldiers lay on their stomachs on empty ammunition boxes, writing their wills and carefully filling out insurance policies. And constantly check the contents of the insurance policy to avoid missing anything.

There is no accident, in the processing of insurance money, almost all of them choose to be managed by the Military Bereaved Families Support Foundation, because they know very well what kind of trouble will be brought by handing over such a huge amount of money to the wife's parents and management, at worst, whether the wife remarries or the brother asks for it, it may lead to the breakdown of the family. The best way is to manage the foundation trust and pay the living expenses every month.

At this time, the Northeast Army's long-mandatory cultural literacy came in handy, at least all soldiers did not need to have insurance policies and wills written by others.

The preparations, which lasted from early morning to early morning, boiled over the otherwise silent trenches as the warm sun shone on the earth.

"Set up a ladder! All ready! ”

In the trenches of the front line, the sound of orders from non-commissioned officers and officers sounded. The soldiers, who could no longer hold back the excitement in their hearts, set up wooden ladders and leaned against the edge of the trenches.

Trenches up to two meters deep had to be accessed by a ladder. After the order to attack was given, the soldiers who had been waiting for months understood that their holiday was over.

The battle is about to begin!

No one felt fear, it seemed to be something they had been waiting for for a long time, and now for them there was no other goal than to defeat the Russian army.

"Whew...... Whew......"

Zhang Zuolin gasped for breath, his breathing turned into inhalation, he kept inhaling heavily to calm himself down, at this time, no one would laugh at his nervousness. In fact, everyone was very nervous, he looked at his comrades, he knew that after the battle, he would definitely lose some people around him, it was inevitable, and even this could be his last battle.

"Get on the bayonet!"

In the tense atmosphere, the trenches remembered the roars of the officers, whose voices were a little hoarse, but the suppressed ones were a little excited.

More than 1,000 soldiers from two infantry battalions of two divisions in the trenches loaded their rifles with bayonets as soon as they heard the order. For a time, the trenches, which were two meters deep, resounded with the sound of metal striking when the bayonets were installed.

After loading the bayonets, the soldiers stood there with their rifles, each of them looking a little anxious for a moment, with excited anticipation mixed with frightened eyes, they looked up at the chest wall of the trench, for them this will be the first time in two months that they have jumped out of this trench two meters deep, the first time they look at the enemy positions opposite, the first time they attack the positions of the Russians.

7:25 a.m

The first order was given.

"Gun loading!"

This was the first order issued by the ******** group army, and this time it was issued to the artillery units, and the more than 600 field guns and mortars of various calibers belonging to the group army were quickly removed from the artillery camouflage net. The gunners shook their guns one after another. The loader pushes the first wave of shells into the breech and closes the bolt, and the aimer positions the muzzle according to the pre-assigned elements.

At 7:30 a.m., the moment the minute hand and the second hand were in a straight line, the communications commander of the headquarters gave the order into the telephone transmitter. Commands are just two words:

"Storm Three!"

Zhang Zuolin, who felt his breathing getting more and more nervous. Look at the blue sky above. Now he no longer had to imagine what it would be like outside the chest wall of the trench...... Is it a green meadow or a blown up weedy land?

It won't be long before he can see the scenery he had imagined all along. At this time, Zhang Zuolin suddenly thought that he seemed to have left something unexplained in his will. And it still seems to be a big deal!

"Sir...... Can you still modify the suicide note! I still have a few omissions......"

Don't wait for her to finish. Zhang Zuolin's words were interrupted by a strange sound,

"Whoosh......"

There was a dense, somewhat strange sound overhead. It sounds like a sharp wind whistle is the breaking sound of a cannonball! That's the whistling sound of thousands of shells!

Even the roar of a blizzard can't compare to it!

The battle is on!

History should remember this moment, on April 26, 1902 AD, at 7:30 Dalian time, after two and a half months of waiting, the Northeast Army sounded the horn of advancing into Siberia.

It should not be said that it is a clarion call for the reconquest of the old land, this is by no means the land of the Russians. And China, China's homeland!

It is not a "gift" from the Mongols, a "dowry" to satisfy people, but a real Chinese homeland, as early as the Han Dynasty, it was conquered by the Han army, even in the Ming Dynasty, there was a guard here, this is China's homeland!

It is by no means a "gift" or "dowry" of a foreign race, it is just the words of some unfilial descendants. In fact, it was those who ceded to Russia this piece of land, which belonged to China thousands of years ago. Now this group of heirs of the Han, Tang, Song and Ming Chinese civilizations will use their blood and lives to recover their former homeland.

If an earthquake, a tsunami, thunder, an avalanche, a river and a lake dry up on an unusually calm morning, it must be both terrifying and beautiful.

Destruction manifests itself in nature as natural disasters. In humanity, it manifests itself as war. Whether we admit it or not, fighting apes has become our distant ancestor peace, which is only a luxurious delicacy on the table of history, and war has become a commonplace that accompanies the exhibition of human existence. The common denominator between nature and society is that childbirth is accompanied by severe pain, and destruction gives birth to new life. Whether it is the release of destruction or the creation of the world, a strange and bright new will be erected. The introduction of modern technology to kill the machine of warfare. It is certainly more horrible, better-looking, more cruel and more wonderful than the reinvention of nature.

"Whoosh! ……”

Listen to the huge and touching sound of flying high overhead, almost tearing the heavens and the earth, constantly squeezing the air. Ivan, who had already escaped from the observation post, couldn't help but look back, in the forest, he couldn't see anything strange in the sky at all, in fact, even if the cannonball flew over his head, he couldn't see the shadow of the cannonball at all.

At Alexi's instigation, Ivan and his comrades did not send a signal to the rear, but chose to flee and escape from this battlefield.

"Maybe this will really save my life!"

Ivan thought so in his heart, if he had some doubts or worries before, then now listening to the whistling sound of shells in the air, he instead believed Alexy's judgment, he believed that the Chinese would definitely raze the position to the ground!

At least now it seems safe here, don't worry about the Chinese's shells, and after another hour of walking, they will be able to leave this battlefield.

At this moment, there was a continuous and somewhat dull explosion in the distance, and for a while it seemed that the whole world was shaking, and even Ivan and the others in the forest could faintly feel the ground shaking caused by the shelling. Feel the earth tremble,

"Reload!"

Just after the first round of shells fired. The positions of the battalions of the siege artillery regiment directly under the General Staff resounded with the loud shouts of the artillery commanders. The shell was placed flat on the track, and then rolled under the hoisting hanger by the ammunition man. Hundreds of kilograms of shells were jammed by steel tongs, and the ammunition hand who operated the lifting sling immediately pulled the steel chain sling, and the heavy shells were immediately lifted up, and after a few seconds, they were hoisted onto the loading trolley, and then immediately turned the lifting hanger to place the shells on the loading trolley. At this time, the burly and sturdy loader, with the help of his comrades, immediately pushed the shell into the chamber of the flattened 305-mm heavy siege gun with a bomb delivery stick.

The cartridge was then loaded into the chamber, and the entire reloading process was completed in less than a minute, as in previous training and combat. After the reloading is completed. Once again, the stubby cannon was shaken up and pointed straight at the somewhat gloomy sky.

"Put!"

With the order of the commander of the siege artillery battalion, the movement on the siege artillery position is indescribable, as if the whole world has become a big drum, and there are countless sledgehammers on it that keep beating and knocking, only to shake the ears of the artillerymen, and even the ground under their feet is trembling rapidly.

After a dozen heavy grenades were fired, they formed an impenetrable loud sound in the air, accompanied by the scream of shells, and flew towards the target.

Launching an artillery attack with siege artillery may be a bit of a killer, after all, in front of them, it is not a strong fortress, but a field work composed of civil engineering, but it is enough to show the determination of the army.

At this time, the Russian army's forward position was completely shrouded in clusters, white smoke and orange firelight, when this batch of shells fell into the Russian forward position with a piercing roar, the artillery observers on the balloon could see more than a dozen huge smoke clouds composed of smoke and death rising from the front of the Russian position, the sharply expanding smoke cloud soared into the sky for hundreds of meters, and the remains of the broken corpses that were blown up in the smoke cloud were almost thrown hundreds of meters away, and the Russian trenches hit by the shells collapsed.

In this fierce artillery bombardment, a platoon, or even half a company, of Russian officers and soldiers died under the bombardment of heavy grenades,

This kind of shell was originally used to attack enemy fortresses and fortresses several kilometers away, but now it is used to attack infantry, and all targets within a radius of 60 meters will be destroyed, even if the enemy soldiers within the kill radius are not killed by high steel fragments, the strong shock wave is enough to shock their internal organs and make them incapacitated, and even shatter their internal organs, so that they will die quietly without a single wound on the outside.

Kuropatkin, who had just gotten up and was about to have breakfast, was still sitting at the table as usual, but he had not had time to take a sip of milk when breakfast was interrupted.

His attendant staff officer barged in, and said with a panicked expression:

"Your Excellency, the Chinese are on the offensive! The shells they fired covered every inch of the front line. ”

"Oh!"

In addition to the surprise, Kuropatkin only responded in surprise, as if a stone in her heart had finally fallen, and now she no longer needed to think about when and where the Chinese attacked.

After taking a bite of bread and a sip of milk, he finally said in a slow voice,

"They're finally attacking? That's good! Now just send our troops up and up for reinforcements! As for the rest, leave it all to God! (To be continued.) )