It can be said that the Beiyang Army's journey is simply an armed parade, and the Russians know that in the case of no superiority in troops, equipment and quality, whether it is in a small city or in the field, it is useless to fight against Beiyang except for wasting troops in vain to complete the opponent's record! Therefore, the Russians obediently chose the two strategies of clearing the field with a strong wall and relying on the fortifications of Vladivostok to defend, but the effect was limited!

The reason is very simple, Vladivostok is not far from the national border, and the Beiyang Naval Division can also cross the Amur Bay by barge to replenish the army, which greatly reduces the usefulness of the fortified clear field! As for relying on the Vladivostok fortifications for defense, this method seems to be good, but the Vladivostok fortifications themselves are not particularly strong! In fact, if you think about it, you can also know that Russia has never regarded the Beiyang as a threat before 1894, don't look at the Beiyang known as the first in the Far East, don't look at the most powerful warships in the Far East, but for the arrogant double-headed eagle of Russia, the dragon flagship is just a worm, and the Russians are confident that if Russia needs to destroy the Beiyang one day, they can easily erase the Beiyang! And this state of affairs was not until the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, when the Russians were surprised to find that not only the once glorious Japanese fleet was wiped out, but also the cruiser fleet that they had worked so hard to build was also destroyed. If it weren't for the pound sterling, maybe they would all be buried in Okinawa! After the First Sino-Japanese War, in the face of the strong enemy of Beiyang, the Russians should have repaired the fortress well, but unfortunately, in the First Sino-Japanese War, the Russians fought the autumn wind and also got the Muroran Port in Hokkaido, and now there is a better port. Vladivostok's position took a back seat, so the Russian defense system in Vladivostok is like that now!

And when a large number of troops and civilians from other places poured in. The first problem that arose in the Vladivostok fortress was that there was not enough space to house these people, and more importantly, there was not enough food to feed the 100,000 or so inhabitants! And after Lin Yongsheng dropped several warehouses, this situation became more and more serious! According to the experience of previous wars in the world, if a fortress is cut off from backup, there is a probability of more than 80% that it will be breached! And what happens if a fortress has no back-up and lacks the most basic necessities such as food? You can figure this out on your knees!

But for Beiyang, it is a problem to be able to take it. Being able to take it at a smaller cost is another problem! I have to say that because of the contraction of military strength, the actual strength of Vladivostok has increased a lot! And whether it is knocking on the ring fortifications outside Vladivostok or the street fighting that follows. It's all about being added by people. And people are the most valuable resource in the war, how to reduce the loss of personnel, was put in the first place by the commanders of the two sides of the Beiyang Sea Route Army, and after several consultations. The two sides came up with a battle plan called the two-headed dragon!

The most direct and stupid way to besiege the fortress is heavy artillery bombardment and earthwork blasting. Use countless shells and explosives to blow the opponent's turtle shell to pieces! But just smashing open the shell won't solve the problem. In the end, it is up to the infantry to clean up the remnants of the opponent's trenches and occupy them! But when the infantry rushes up, it means that the heavy artillery is ineffective, and the opponent may have concentrated several times the force to close the gap! Then there will inevitably be a hand-to-hand fight at the breach. And then, the casualties came out!

Therefore, in order to solve this problem, the Beiyang Navy and Army decided to implement the policy of multi-point attack centripetal assault! The land artillery group and the shore artillery group choose three directions to attack! And in the end, according to the battle situation, two directions were selected as breakthroughs. Distract the Russian garrison and at the same time for the third direction of shelling. Elite troops are used to infiltrate, and the two main attack groups are assisted to divide. For forts and urban warfare. Cut in as soon as possible, and divide the opponent's battle line into pieces, and then concentrate troops to eat one bite is the only way to fight street fighting!

After the discussion of the sea and land giants, the offensive and defensive battle of Vladivostok officially began, the heavy artillery of the Beiyang Fleet and the heavy artillery unit directly under the Northeast Armed Guard Army resounded throughout the battlefield at the same time, and the huge explosions and roars continued to shake the Vladivostok fortress, and the sound of collapsed houses, fire and smoke enveloped the entire city. At the same time as the artillery attack, a large number of sappers also began to build forward positions under the cover of artillery fire and smoke, and extended the trenches towards the Russian fortifications step by step.

The sound of digging and turning over the earth came from the front of the position, and more than 70,000 troops, each with a sapper shovel. The rustling of digging can be heard even on the front line where artillery is rumbling. So much so that a German army officer who watched the battle exclaimed: "When the Battle of Vladivostok is over, the Beiyang Army will be able to dig out the workload of the Great Wall!" Naturally, such a big move could not hide from the Russians, and when the Russians saw through the smoke of gunpowder that permeated the battlefield and saw the constantly rising sand, the Russians could no longer sit still. But all the heavy artillery that can fire in the ring has been blown up. The rest of the mortar cannons are not so far away, and the direct fire range of the artillery is not enough, sitting in a well-protected bunker, but not being able to hit the opponent, this is almost the most painful thing, right? But will the Russians dare to let their opponents dig like this?

Apparently don't dare! Because the Russians in a relatively high position found that in the not too narrow corridor, short and thick pipes were carried to the front by a group of people! "It's a large-caliber mortar!" A sharp-eyed Russian lookout exclaimed. Mortars, bunker killers, infantry nightmares, flesh and blood mills are its synonyms. In the face of these monsters, the Russians can no longer be calm, if the heavy artillery of the North Ocean is mainly to take care of the firepower exposed by the Russians, then these things that advance to the front line are to directly blow this defense line to pieces, and the heavy responsibility of tearing apart the Russian defense line is handed over to these unsightly weapons!

In the face of a huge threat, the Russians can no longer be calm, but in the face of the Beiyang troops with superior firepower, organizing an infantry counter-charge during the day is obviously an act of death, so the Russians rationally chose to attack at night!

On the night of September 23, 1899, the Russians launched the first night raid on the Far Eastern battlefield. A large number of Russian infantry, led by the officers, climbed out of the dilapidated fortifications and crawled towards the positions of the Beiyang Army. But the land that has been plowed several times by artillery fire is unusually soft, and it is often impossible to pull it out for half a day when you step on it, coupled with the fact that there is no light and the terrain is broken, and the Russians have to ensure the formation as much as possible, which makes the whole attack appear extremely slow, but this is it, the Russians are still approaching the position step by step, and the Beiyang side may be too tired to dig the pit in the past few days, or maybe because they didn't expect the Russians to attack at night, so when the Russians are less than 200 meters away from the position, There was still no reaction from the Beiyang front, which shook the spirits of the Russians.

"Ulla!" Seeing the goddess of victory waving to them, the Russians howled and rushed into the trenches of the Beiyang Army, to be honest, the Beiyang Army was really defenseless, and the Russian assault troops carrying a large number of pistols did suffer great damage to the Beiyang Army when they first entered the trenches, and many officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Army even fell asleep. For a while, the sound of gunfire and metal collision in the trenches remembered, although the situation was unfavorable, but the Beiyang Army relied on the tortuous and complex trenches to gradually resist the attack of the Russians, in order to avoid the shells falling into the trenches and causing heavy casualties, the trenches of the Beiyang Army are bent, and extend in all directions, if you don't look at the wooden plank road signs in the trenches, it is normal to take the wrong road. To put it mildly, the trench system of Beiyang is no different from a labyrinth.

In this way, the Russian offensive was gradually diluted by the complicated tunnel system, and after many Russian army officers and soldiers jumped into the tunnels, their first reaction was not to look for the surrounding enemy, but to find their own people. The buddy who was less than 10 meters away jumped in at the same time as himself, and as a result, the two sides were separated by a wall! And in the tortuous tunnel, what awaits you in the dark is the officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Army who reacted and the submachine guns in their hands!

"When you get to the bend, first shout a code, and then if no one answers, just stuff the submachine gun over and say it!" The class leaders of each class admonished. "Look out for flares in the air. That's what our own people use to indicate directions, green for a platoon, and red for a company. Don't hurt your own people. "The company commanders of the companies exchanged information in accordance with the previously established contact methods. This was originally intended to be the contact method after entering the street battle, but it turned out to be tested in the night battle. Don't say it, the effect is really good!

If the Russian army that jumped into the trench was faced with a labyrinthine trench system and the submachine gun that stretched out at any time in the back, then the Russian army that did not have time to jump into the trench was faced with fierce artillery fire, but this was not army artillery fire, but naval artillery!

When the gunfire rang out, the Beiyang Fleet, which reacted, immediately turned the searchlight located at the top of the mast to land, although the distance was so far that when the beam of light swept past, only some gray things could be seen moving, but this was enough. "Just find the general direction, and cover the whole area with high-explosive shells!" Yang Yonglin's order was very simple, as early as the beginning of the war, the staff officers of Beiyang cut the combat area into pieces, because of the problem of poor communication at night, the Russians' attack surface was relatively narrow, so as long as the Russians' attack direction was found, then the rest was to sweep the area with shells, of course, not all directions could be supported by naval fire. But even so, a considerable part of the Russian army was blown to pieces by dense 6-inch and 8-inch shells. At this point, the follow-up troops of the Russians were blocked by heavy firepower, and the entire night attack plan had failed, and after the Beiyang Army reacted, the Russians finally stopped the attack after throwing away more than 2,000 corpses, and the next day they were waiting for the Beiyang attack!

Thank you for the reward of the book friend Fengyu Xunlu~~~. (To be continued.) )