Chapter 45: The Unexpected
The first battle between the two sides was between the vanguard of 1,000 Russians and the 2,000 Qing troops defending Fushun.
In the past, this battle did not need to be fought at all, the Qing soldiers have always been peace-loving, as long as the Russians fired a few cannons, the Qing army in the city would automatically break and flee. There was no need to even shoot artillery, those Qing soldiers should have run away when they saw the shadow of Lord Yang.
But this time was different, the general of the two thousand Qing Dynasty troops guarding Fushun was the Liang Changlin who had been captured by Yang Xiaolin. Liang Changlin thought about running, but he immediately gave up this idea. It's very simple, what the prince said a few days ago is very clear, the prince himself has bought the coffin, where will he Liang Changlin retreat?
Looking at the Russian soldiers outside the city who were preparing to attack, Liang Changlin thought in his heart that it would be impossible to run, if he got it, there was no way to live or die, so let's do it with Lao Maozi, the worst outcome could also be a martyrdom to protect the land, and he didn't expect the court to chase and reward him, and his family would not be affected.
Those Qing troops are the same, when the enemy rushed over, they could run and run, and if they couldn't run, they raised their hands and surrendered, and they had no enmity with others, and they didn't give money to the court if they lost their lives, and they could still make a living and make a living, but when they died, they had nothing. But now it's different, the prince is paying his own military salary, no matter who he comes when the enemy comes, if he doesn't shoot a few shots, I'm afraid that I will go back and mix the military salary, and the prince may not give it again, so I might as well make a few noises and let the prince hear that he did it.
With such an attitude, they gave the Russians a "surprise", and the Russian vanguard team that attacked was too big, and simply rushed up in a charging formation, thinking that they would run away as soon as they rushed to the front of the Qing army, and they never thought that this group of Qing troops suddenly did not like peace.
The vanguard of the Russians attacked for half an hour, and the Qing army defended the city, and by Zuihou, more than 300 Qing soldiers were killed and wounded, and Lao Maozi was also killed more than 200! This result made the Russian vanguard officer stunned at that time, more than 200 people were killed and wounded, which was a big casualty in the history of the war against the Qing Dynasty!
Isn't this the Qing Dynasty troops of the past? How could the Qing Dynasty have troops that would not retreat from war? The Russian commander really couldn't figure out what was going on, but the casualties on his side were too great, and there was no hope of fighting again, so he retreated a little back, and waited until the arrival of the large army to attack again.
Liang Changlin and his brothers watched Lao Maozi retreat, and they were stunned for a moment one by one, and then someone hesitated to ask: "Brothers, have we beaten the Russians?" ”
No one answered him, but the whole city erupted in cheers!
These people did not even think about it, and they defended the city with twice as many troops as the Russian vanguard, and such a victory was really not worth celebrating. For the Qing army, it was rare to repel the foreign adults every time.
Liang Changlin's face was also very excited, his thoughts immediately flew up, and he began to imagine what kind of commendation he would receive after returning to Mukden, just when he was lewd, an officer named Liu Su next to him came over: "Dutong, the Russians haven't withdrawn yet, maybe they are waiting for the army to come, we should prepare early." ”
Liu Su's words made Liang Changlin suddenly wake up from a beautiful dream, and now he thinks that it is too early to receive credit, so it is better to hold on to his life.
So he hurriedly organized his brothers to start strengthening the fortifications of the city, and at the same time pushed out the heavy artillery in the city.
He is now the commander of Xiedu, and Zaitao asked him to defend Fushun, and at the same time equipped him with five heavy artillery, which is placed in the city. Just now the war has been fought for so long, just the Russians bombarded him with artillery fire, but he was so involved in shooting that he forgot that he also had artillery, and now he remembered that if he had given the Russians a few cannons at the beginning, maybe the Russians would have run away long ago. …,
But it's not too late, at least in Liang Changlin's opinion. The brothers had just won a battle that was a victory for them, and their emotions were very high, and they were all busy.
At this time, Liu Su came over again: "Dutong, the Russians will attack again will inevitably be much more fierce than just now, according to their usual practice is to bombard us with artillery fire first, brothers will suffer a big loss if they squat on the city wall like this, why don't you put fewer brothers on it, and when the Russians rush up, let's go to the city again?" ”
Liang Changlin glanced at Liu Su twice: "Cheng, just do as you say, let the brothers come down first, don't have to go anywhere else, just squat under the city wall, go up that way, and the Russian shells won't turn." I said Liu Su, your head is okay, why didn't I think of this? ”
Liu Su smiled: "I'm also foolish, so I can see it all laughing." But there is one thing that must be done quickly, this cannonball does not have long eyes, and there are still six or seven thousand villagers in the city, is it to take advantage of the fact that the Russians have not yet arrived, let them go first? ”
Liang Changlin nodded: "It's okay, these mud-legged people can't do anything but cause chaos in the city, let them go to Fengtian, bring a message to the prince for me, let him rest assured, I will be worthy of him." ”
The Russian follow-up troops did not come too quickly, perhaps they were not ready for battle, and when they arrived at the city of Fushun, Major General Stessel was very surprised that the vanguard troops were still parked outside the city. After listening to the report of the commander of the vanguard force, Stessel was furious, and he pulled out all the artillery he had carried this time and aimed at Fushun City.
At this time, the people in the city had all evacuated, and even if the people did not evacuate Stessel, they would not care about the lives of these Chinese. He set up a battle formation, and a round of artillery was blown up by Fushun City.
Many places on the city head were blown up by the Russians, and Liang Changlin, who was hiding under the corner of the city wall, patted Liu Su on the shoulder at this time, and said gratefully: "Brother, I lost you this time." If we were all above the city, at least half of us would have died! ”
Liu Su said: "Immediately, as soon as the Russians' artillery fire stops, they are going to charge, let's go up and use our artillery to hit them!" We didn't fire the cannon just now, these guys must have thought that we didn't, and the custody could catch them off guard! ”
Liang Changlin glared at him: "If we can live this time, I will let you do it, you are better than me!" ”
Liu Su didn't know whether this was true or false, and when he was about to ask Liang Changlin, the Russian artillery fire had stopped, and a Qing army shouted at the head of the city: "The Russians are coming!" The Venerable Master! ”
Liang Changlin lifted his rifle: "Brothers, get on!" ”
This time they went up to the castle tower again, and they were a little more composed than in the previous battle. The battlefield is like this, brutal, but it can make people mature quickly. (The first update, brothers give strong support, and it will be updated at work tomorrow morning!) )