In the early morning of May 23, the Eastern Front Command located in Binjiang was still brightly lit. Staff officers were coming in and out, and everywhere there was the ticking of the radio, and they seemed busy. After the start of the war, it became the headquarters of the Northern Army on the Eastern Front. Of course, as the tide of war develops, the command will also move to Russian territory.

Lieutenant General Shi Deshan, commander of the 1st Infantry Division of the commander of the Eastern Front Command, is not sleepy at all now. The time for the Eastern Front Command offensive has been set, and that is the morning of May 23. The first time he commanded more than 200,000 people to fight, it was against a powerful country like Russia. Lieutenant General Shi Deshan was very excited. At the same time, he also knew the importance of this battle for the Northern Government and the Northern Army. If this battle can be won, the Northern Army will be able to soar into the sky. On the contrary, if the Northern Army fails, then their efforts over the years will be in vain.

"Have all the ministries already reached their intended positions? Is the combat readiness ready? Lieutenant General Shi Deshan asked.

"Commander, all the departments have arrived at their intended positions. Combat preparations are also ready, just waiting for the start of the offensive. The staff officer reported to Lieutenant General Shi Deshan. Although this was the third time that Lieutenant General Shi Deshan had asked the same question, he did not laugh at it. Because he himself was very excited. Such a big battle is enough to make everyone excited and unable to sleep.

Lieutenant General Shi Deshan nodded.

Of the more than 200,000 men in the Eastern Front Command, in addition to one cavalry brigade and one infantry division deployed in the direction of Manchuria, the remaining 10 infantry divisions and five heavy artillery brigades were all deployed in Suifenhe and Fuyuan. The directions of attack were Vladivostok and Boeli. Of these, the troops attacking in the Vladivostok direction were 4 infantry divisions and 3 heavy artillery brigades. The attack on Boli was carried out by three infantry divisions and two heavy artillery brigades. The other three infantry divisions served as reserves. will then be put into battle as appropriate.

Before the attack, the cultural instructors of the various infantry companies were telling the soldiers about the importance of the battle. At the same time, there is hatred between the Chinese and the Russians. The Hailan Pao tragedy and the Jiangdong 64 Tun tragedy have become the focus. That's the case. It can inspire hatred of the Russians in the soldiers, but also their will to fight.

In July 1900, the Russian Empire took advantage of the invasion of Beijing by the Eight-Nation Coalition to send troops to massacre the only remaining Chinese residents of Hailanpao and Jiangdong Liushitun on the east bank of the Heilongjiang River, killing more than 7,000 local Chinese residents and forcibly occupying these areas.

Hailanpao, also known as Huanghetun, is now known as Blagoveshchensk. It is located at the confluence of the Jingqili River (Jieya River) and the Heilongjiang River, which is originally a Chinese territory. In 1858, Tsarist Russia forced the Qing government to sign the "Aihui Treaty", and the Russians seized the land north of the Heilongjiang River. After the Russian occupation of the place, it was renamed Blagoveshchensk, but the treaty stipulated that the Chinese who had originally lived there were still allowed to live and work in peace and contentment.

After that, the Russians moved in large numbers, but by 1900 Chinese still accounted for most of the city's residents. When the Tsar issued an order to invade China, the commander of the Amur Military District publicly called on the Russian army to resolutely and quickly eliminate the Chinese on the Russian border. On 16 July, the Russian military and police shouted throughout the city to deceive the Chinese, saying: Now that the two countries are at war, they will send you across the river. Then bayonets were used to force thousands of Chinese to leave their homes immediately. Go to the police station to meet; Whoever does not leave the house shall be put to death. Families were then looted. Shops owned by Chinese were looted. However, the Chinese who were evicted from their homes could not be accommodated in the police station, and the rest were concentrated in the courtyard of a timber mill on the banks of the Jingqili River. On the second day, all those who were concentrated were driven to the bank of the Heilongjiang River, helping the old and the young on the way. The situation was extremely tragic, and all the elderly, weak, sick, disabled, women and children who left the team and fainted were killed by the military and police escorting them.

After the Russian military police cavalry drove the people to the riverbank, they forced them to cross the river with knives and guns. Although the Heilongjiang River near Hailan Pao is not wide, the water is deep, the waves are large, and the flow is rapid. The defenseless Chinese faced the catastrophe of annihilation, panicked and cried. Some begged to be spared death by drawing crosses on their chests in Orthodox rituals, but the Russian army did not tolerate mercy, and they drove the people into the river, and those who entered the river first were drowned in the river, and those who did not dare to enter the river or hesitated or resisted were all slashed and shot. By the 21st, Tsarist Russia had carried out three similar massacres, killing more than 6 or 7,000 people, and less than 100 people who could swim across the river survived.

At the same time, another massacre took place in Jiangdong 64 Tun on the south bank of the Jingqili River, across the river from Hailanpao. Jiangdong 64 Tun is located on the east bank of Heilongjiang River, opposite Heilongjiang City (Ai Hun City) across the river, its length from north to south is about 75 kilometers, east and west width of about 30 kilometers, is a fertile soil that the Chinese have long reclaimed, because there were 64 villages, so it is called Jiangdong 64 Tun. Tens of thousands of residents are all Chinese. According to the "Treaty of Aihun" and the "Treaty of Beijing", although this place was assigned to Russia, the Chinese had the right of permanent residence, and the Qing government had jurisdiction over the collection of taxes and the exercise of administrative management over this place. After that, in order to change this situation, the Tsarist government forced the Qing government to demarcate the border three times, so that the land scope of Jiangdong 64tun was gradually reduced, and its military and police often broke into the land illegally to investigate the household registration and property status of the registered residents, in an attempt to monopolize the land.

When the Tsar ordered troops to invade the northeast, the expulsion of Chinese across the river began here. On 18 July, the Tsarist Russian military police received the order to "eliminate the Chinese in our territory without asking for instructions," and even more fearlessly broke into various tuns, expelled the Chinese from the country, and carried out the same massacre as Hailan Pao. Tsarist Russia's bloody bath of Hailan Pao and Jiangdong 64tun were only a prelude to the suffering suffered by the people of Northeast China during the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Alliance. The catastrophe that followed was the large-scale invasion of the northeast by Tsarist Russia and the frenzied burning and looting.

After listening to the lectures of the cultural instructors, all the soldiers' eyes turned red. Many people know about the Hailan Pao tragedy and the Jiangdong 64 Tun tragedy. It's just that because of the Qing government's indifference, it didn't care about these compatriots, and there was no reaction at all to those murderers who slaughtered the countrymen. Over time, other people in the country have become numb because of this.

But now, hearing about these tragic events again, there is no doubt that the hearts of the officers and men of the Northern Army are full of indignation.

"Kill Lao Maozi and let them pay for their blood debts!" An angry soldier roared with red eyes.

"Kill Lao Maozi, pay for the blood debt!" The rest of the soldiers followed suit with rage. The cries for the repayment of the blood debt from the Russians were incessant.

Under the influence of the spirit of revenge, the morale of the officers and men of the Northern Army has been raised to the peak. It is believed that in this battle, they will fully burst out all their combat effectiveness.

At 6 o'clock in the morning on May 23, 1908, a trace of fish belly white had just appeared on the horizon. The light has dispelled the last trace of darkness, and the whole earth will usher in light. Today, however, marks the beginning of a catastrophe for the Russians.

On the positions of the Northern Army, the artillerymen were busy, and one by one the artillery had already been pushed to the positions. There is not only a 105-mm light howitzer and a 75-mm field gun of an infantry division, but also a 155-mm heavy howitzer of a heavy artillery brigade. However, the 2nd Heavy Artillery Brigade's cannons with a caliber of more than 200 mm did not appear in the first wave of attacks. The heavy artillery was too heavy, and the shells were expensive, so they would only be used against Russian fortresses and fortresses. Against the ordinary defensive positions constructed by the Russians, these heavy artillery shots were not needed.

When the hands on the watch pointed to 6:15, the artillery commander gave the order.

The 108 75-mm field guns, 144 105-mm light howitzers and 144 155-mm heavy howitzers deployed on the Suifenhe front have begun to roar, pouring artillery fire on the Russian positions on the opposite side.

At the same time, 91 75-mm field guns, 108 105-mm light howitzers and 288 155-mm heavy howitzers deployed on the Fuyuan front also opened fire on Russian positions on the east bank of the Ussuri River. For the Northern Army, which attacked Boli, they needed to cross the Ussuri River before they could attack the Russian army. Therefore, the suppression of artillery fire is very important.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The roar of fierce artillery resounded on the Sino-Russian border, and one after another shells flew towards the positions of the Russian army. Violent explosions, echoing over the position. The positions of the Russian army are as if they have entered the end of the world in an instant.

At this time, the soldiers of the Russian army had not gotten up at all, except for a very small number of soldiers who were observing in the position, most of the soldiers were still asleep. Before the offensive, the reconnaissance units of the Northern Army had crossed the border several times and figured out the deployment of the Russian troops. Therefore, the 155-mm heavy howitzers with a long range directly hit the barracks of the Russian army, while the 105-mm light howitzers and 75-mm field guns launched artillery strikes on the positions of the Russian army.

"Boom!"

A 155-mm heavy howitzer shell hit a dormitory in a Russian barracks. In this dormitory, hundreds of Russian troops were crowded. But when the shell pierced the roof and exploded inside, the dormitory collapsed. The hundreds of Russian soldiers who were still sleeping all went to see God in an instant.

Under the fierce shelling of the Northern Army, the entire Russian barracks turned into a sea of fire. Countless Russian soldiers who were awakened scattered and fled before they even had time to put on their pants.

At the same time, the defensive positions of the Russian army were subjected to heavy shelling. The trenches dug by the Russian army were blown up during the shelling. Laid mines, which were directly detonated. The machine-gun firing points and artillery positions that had been built were blown into the sky under heavy shelling. (To be continued......)

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