The officers and men of the reconnaissance battalion crossed the river very quickly, and the soldiers on the raft either paddled with wooden pulp or pulled the tow rope forward, while the soldiers in the water pulled the tow rope with all their might, and in less than a stick of incense, the soldiers of a reinforced battalion had all rushed to the opposite bank, but none of the heavy equipment had been brought over, and there were only rifles, revolvers, grenades, and a few 'strong' machine guns resting on the raft. Even so, the officers and men of the reconnaissance battalion were not afraid at all, and after quickly arranging their formation on the shore, they quickly divided into two routes and hurriedly 'touched' the pillbox on the top of the hill according to the predetermined battle plan. kxs7．com。 For more up-to-date chapters, visit: щшШ.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

Luck is like a roulette, it was on the side of the Qing army before, but in the blink of an eye, it ran to the Russian side, no, just when the officers and soldiers of the two Qing army reconnaissance battalions were about to arrive at the bunker, the time for the Russian army to change shifts came, but when the closed bunker big 'door' opened, two Russian soldiers who were far away from each other came from one after the other. The door came out, there is no doubt that the Russian soldier at first glance found that something was wrong, and was about to shout, Wu Yuankui, who was lurking nearby, had to kill him on the spot, although he did not make a sound, but the Russian soldier who fell behind happened to see the death of his comrade, when he shouted, although he was soon killed by Wu Yuankui's dagger flying out, but as soon as the shouting sounded, the entire bunker was suddenly 'chaotic'.

"Rush in and kill!"

Seeing that the surprise attack was no longer possible, Zheng Zaishan, who had just led his troops to the pillbox, was suddenly anxious, broke his throat, and led his troops to rush into the pillbox, and the battle began in an instant on the narrow pillbox walkway, although the Russian officers and soldiers resisted desperately, but under the attack at first glance, the morale of the army was extremely low, and it was impossible to be the opponent of the Qing army equipped with such melee weapons as revolvers, a bloody battle, the Qing army reconnaissance battalion wiped out more than 100 Russian officers and soldiers in the bunker at the cost of more than a dozen casualties, Although it didn't take too long, the Russian officers and soldiers in the surrounding bunkers were inevitably awakened by the fierce gunfire. (Read the novel to go to the fastest update)

"All companies are here, dig trenches, move quickly!"

Although the Russian army in the pillbox was completely annihilated with small casualties, Zheng Zaishan's face did not see the slightest joy, no side, it had already alarmed the Russian army, and there was not much time left for the Qing army, but as soon as the day dawned, the Russian army's counterattack was obvious, if it could not hold out until the first brigade of the first division crossed the Angara River, the entire campaign plan had the possibility of failure, even if Zheng Zaishan was really reluctant to take his men to this The elite troops were thrown into defensive warfare, and at this critical juncture, he could only be prepared for a hard battle.

The officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty are equipped with sapper shovels, and the reconnaissance battalion is naturally no exception, but they were in a hurry to rush to the crossing, but not all of them brought the sapper shovels, and in general, only one-third of the soldiers could be divided, as for the rest of the people, they had to dig the ground with the bayonets of the Russian army, but even so, they did not see any complaints from the officers and soldiers, and they were all digging in full swing, but fortunately, the military skills of the officers and soldiers were the top of the whole army, and the action was very fast, and they finally rushed before dawn. Two trenches were dug on both sides of the 343 heights, gathered into two concentric circles around the mountain, and there were 'cross' trenches between the front and rear trenches, and at this time, the engineers of the first brigade responsible for building the pontoon bridge were still busy, and the bridge deck was only more than half paved, and it may take about an hour before it was completed.

"Battalion commander, the old 'Mao' is coming from the left and right sides!"

As soon as the trench was dug, Zheng Zaishan didn't even have time to catch his breath, and he heard the sentry standing on the top of the bunker tower shouting.

"Send a signal to the artillery position, and first give the old 'Mao' a little 'color' and see!"

Hearing the sound, Zheng Zaishan hurriedly stood up straight, picked up the telescope and looked down the mountain, and saw groups of Russian soldiers assembling at the pillbox closest to the 343 Heights, obviously preparing to launch a forcible attack on the mountain. （）

"Attention to all artillery battalions, the first battalion, the seven 'holes' in the dense position, the eight ...... in the seven 'holes', the second battalion, the three 'holes' and the two ...... in the dense position."

With the dancing of the two small flags in the hands of the sentries of the reconnaissance battalion, the artillery positions of the Qing army, which had already been assembled on the other side of the river, suddenly became busy -- in addition to the artillery battalion to which the First Brigade belonged, the divisional artillery regiments of the 3rd and 4th Divisions, which had not participated in the battle yesterday, were all transferred to the opposite side of the 343 Heights, and hundreds of 'guns' of various types were lined up along the river, and each artillery position was nervously adjusting its positions according to the order of Lin Gaoyang, the commander of the artillery regiment of the 3rd Division, who was in charge of command.

"All gun positions are available, three rapid 'fires', hit me!"

The Qing army has a lot of artillery, and the training is also very strict, not to mention the side, the earliest military school is the artillery command college, over the years, although there has never been a war, but the Qing army has never slacked off in the construction of artillery units, this point, from the Qing army's familiar skills and tactics of each artillery position, it can be seen in general, almost Lin Gaoyang finished reporting the secret position, and the artillery positions have been roughly adjusted, with Lin Gaoyang's order, the fire attack began!

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Since the Western Expedition to Dzungaria, the artillery manufacturing technology of the Qing Dynasty has changed with each passing day, and the artillery developed has made innovative progress compared with the old artillery, and the round "flower" shell has long been eliminated, replaced by a conical integrated shell, the "firing" range is longer, and the power is greater, as for the "firing" rate is also much stronger than the old artillery, and the dense artillery fire covers it, and the Russian officers and soldiers who are assembling suddenly fall into great luck, and the "legs" are fast and can hide in the solid pillbox made of blue striped stone. The legs were slow, they could only be blown into pieces of 'meat' by intensive artillery fire, and the attack on the mountain had not yet begun, and the two regiments of Russian troops assembled on standby had been completely disabled.

"Don't give me casualty figures, I just need the high ground, give me a siege on three sides, and those who dare to retreat will be shot!"

In the face of a heavy defeat, Lieutenant General Benezovsky, commander of the Third Russian Frontier Army, who was responsible for commanding the recapture of the 343 Heights, was furious on the spot, and no matter how frightened Major General Ivan Kuzovsky, the commander of the 1st Division, who came to report to him, roared angrily.

"Yes!"

In the face of such a tough attitude of his own boss, how dare Major General Ivan Kuzhovsky say more, and in desperation, he could only respond respectfully, ran back to the front line, and continued to deploy troops to prepare for the attack on the mountain.

The 343 highlands are not cone-shaped mountains, but like ingots, they are a whole composed of three small hills, but the mountains on the left and right sides are low, the slope is not large, there is almost no danger to defend, the Qing army has limited strength, naturally will not deploy troops on the two hills, as for the surging Angara River not far in front of the mountain, and the slope of the back mountain is relatively large, there are cliffs in many places, the surface that can launch the charge is not wide, it is not suitable for the infantry group to charge, but because of the fierceness of the Qing artillery, Ivan · Major General Kuzhovsky no longer dared to place the main forces of the attack on the left and right flanks, but mobilized all the heavy forces behind the mountain, and only sent one company of troops on each flank as a diversion.

The enemy has changed, this time the Russian army will attack the center of gravity of the mountain on the back mountain, Zheng Zaishan naturally did not dare to sit idly by, on the left and right sides of each left two squads of troops to block the small force of the enemy, the rest of the troops are all transferred to the back mountain, because the trenches of the Qing army is through the concentric circles, the whole adjustment action is very fast, not waiting for the Russian army to adjust in place, the Qing army has been in the trenches in the back mountain ready to meet the battle, only four ' The machine guns were all moved to the back hill, but they were not deployed at the first trench, but were placed in positions near the top of the hill.

"Fire!"

The artillery of the Russian army is far inferior to that of the Qing army, but there is also a battalion of light artillery units in a division, and Major General Ivan Kuzovsky has achieved the goal of capturing the 343 heights in one fell swoop, and even the reconnaissance attack has been saved. Gate's artillery began to roar, when even if the Qing army position on the mountainside was filled with gunsmoke, but did not cause too much loss to the Qing army guarding the mountain, there were many boulders and steep slopes in the back mountain, the Qing army made full use of these natural obstacles when digging trenches, and skillfully built a lot of anti-artillery positions, the Russian artillery just rang out, and the astute Qing soldiers hid in the anti-artillery positions early, Rao is the sound of explosions is endless, but when it comes to the effect, it is just a sound for the Qing soldiers to hear, and a few unlucky soldiers were killed'Scattered' shrapnel or gravel scratches.

"Battalion commander, the old 'Mao' is here!"

As soon as the rumbling artillery stopped, a battalion of Russian soldiers had already started a charge with a shout, and rushed towards the 343 heights as fast as possible, when even a Qing army observation post shouted a warning signal.

"All machine gun positions are on alert, and the rest of the people go into the trenches and give Lao Tzu a hard beat!"

Hearing the warning message, Zheng Zaishan hurriedly poked his head out of the anti-artillery position, only glanced at the scale of the incoming enemy, and immediately issued a loud order. ......Just when the Russian soldiers had just rushed to the foot of the mountain, the gunfire on the Qing army's position rang out rhythmically, and although the density of firepower was far from intensive, the accuracy of the 'shooting' was amazingly high, and the officers and men of the reconnaissance battalion were all sharpshooters, and the guns and guns bit the 'flesh', and in an instant, dozens of Russian officers and soldiers who were roaring came 'shot' and killed dozens of people, which immediately suffocated the momentum of the Russian army's charge......