Many people praised his order, believing that it was up to Duan Qirui to hold Beijing.

But when Yuan Shikai buried those soldiers who died in the cemetery after the victory of the war, Duan Qirui didn't even have the courage to give these soldiers a ride. The contradiction in his heart is only known to him, what does he ask for to go to the battlefield again this time? It's not that I want to give Yuan Shikai anything, and it's not to show my talent.

It's just that Duan Qirui hopes that he can go to the battlefield again, and then he can tell those brothers who have not retreated that he has not retreated.

Yang Xiaolin looked at his expression, and didn't say more: "Although we have built a lot of fortifications for Beijing's defense, it is mainly based on sports defense. Lost the position during the day, at night can be fought back by a surprise attack, the position is built by us, you must know that the road makes full use of the advantages of our familiarity with the terrain. ”

"The most important thing is to pay attention to the use of artillery, so that the artillery also tries to move. And to match the footsteps of the infantry. ”

Let the artillery also move, and the moving artillery will cooperate with the infantry in motion, and when the two sides can form a tacit understanding, it will be the time when the combat effectiveness of the Chinese troops will be improved again.

As he spoke, the herald ran in: "Report! The Russian troops have launched an attack on Miyun, and the defenders of Miyun have exchanged fire with the enemy! ”

Yang Xiaolin didn't speak, and smiled at Duan Qirui, which meant to tell Duan Qirui that the Russians had come, and the rest was up to you.

Duan Qirui immediately asked, "Which Russian unit?" ”

"The Russian Far Eastern Army, the commander of the attack is the commander of the Far Eastern Group, Akpolier."

As soon as the name was announced, Yang Xiaolin saw Duan Qirui's expression change! All kinds of expressions appeared on his face, and he gritted his teeth and said four words: "The road is narrow!" ”

Once again, the eyes of all the countries in the world were focused on this piece of land, less than 200 kilometers north of Beijing, whether it was Britain, France, Germany or Austria. They know very well in their hearts that who will win this battle in the end is not only related to the fate of China and Russia, but also related to the strategic layout of European countries, and it may even be said that to some extent this is a war that will change the pattern of the world.

As the largest country in the East, whether the Chinese can withstand the blows of the Russians and stand up in this battle is really concerning.

Lao Maozi concentrated three group armies, with a total strength of 650,000, 4,000 artillery pieces, and more than 2,000 heavy machine guns. The day the attack was launched. Russian Tsar Nicholas II held a press conference in St. Petersburg and told the Western journalists with great certainty that in three months' time, Russia's supreme commander in China, General Kilynsky, would hold a press conference in Beijing, and the news to be announced at that time was victory.

In order to prove that the tsar was not bragging, Kilingsky led the Russian troops to launch a centripetal attack on the Chinese Second Army from the east, west, and north, with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai, with the main attack direction located in Miyun in the northern salient.

Guarding Miyun was the Fourth Army of the Second Army. Army Commander Chen Jiongming.

This unit was really on the battlefield for the first time, and most of them were Sichuanese, although they had been trained for more than a month before the war, and a large part of them had also participated in the Battle of Wuchang. But now he feels like General Wu when he was at Xifengkou, Feng Guozhang's artillery fire is considered Mao?

If you look at the current position, all the logs have been blown up, and the whole position is burning. Lying in the trenches behind me, I felt that I was trembling all over, not afraid, but shocked by the shell.

During the training in Shandong, the instructor of the Volunteer Army told Xiong Kewu. In the event of such a violent bombardment, the body must lie on its stomach in an arch shape, do not let the abdomen touch the ground, and support it with the knees and elbows to avoid concussion and damage to your body.

They even conducted similar training, and Xiong Kewu's movement standards won praise from the instructors at that time. But now, he had forgotten all his tactical moves, his whole back was on the ground, and his hands and feet shook with the explosion when a cannonball came over, and it looked like a unique dance.

He didn't know how he did it, he was thinking about how brave he was before the war began, but now he couldn't control himself at all, and he couldn't control the troops.

One of the soldiers may have collapsed, but at this time he actually stood up from the trench, cried with his gun in his hand, and rushed forward, and was blown up by a cannonball from Lao Maozi before he could rush a few steps.

I don't know how long it took for Lao Maozi's bombardment, anyway, Xiong Kewu now feels that the concept of time is extremely unimportant to him, and he doesn't know what is important. It wasn't until the Russians in front of them rushed towards them that a soldier beside Xiong Kewu shouted: "Battalion commander, the Rakshasa people rush up!" ”

Xiong Kewu came back to his senses at this time, spit out a mouthful of spit and squirted out the dirt in his mouth, and then picked up his own snatch, and slowly stretched out his head to look outside: "Turtle son's, isn't this the skirmish line that the instructor said?" ”

Before they went to the battlefield, they had a conversation with the team in the previous battle, and the brothers told him that Lao Maozi was in a dense formation when he charged, and it was fun to sweep it with a machine gun. Xiong Kewu really didn't expect that this time the Russians would also charge with a skirmisher line.

A brother next to him whispered: "Battalion commander, what should I do?" ”

Xiong Kewu regained a little consciousness at this time: "It's all a braincase, I'm afraid of him!" Let the brothers steady, and listen to my orders. ”

The soldier nodded, "Yes." ”

After speaking, he took a few steps to the side and patted another soldier next to him who seemed to be in fear: "Brother, steady!" Don't panic. ”

When the Russians were rushing towards them, Xiong Kewu and his troops still needed to stabilize their mood, but they were already able to intercept the Russian attack for the first time. As soon as Lao Maozi's artillery fire stopped, Chen Jiongming sent a regiment of reinforcements from behind and was preparing to put into position.

The Chinese artillery in the back began to bombard at this time, the ruler had already been adjusted, and the muzzle of the gun was aimed at a distance of more than 200 meters in front of the Miyun position, in order to intercept the Russian attack and buy five minutes for the team behind to come up.

Commander Yang said that the artillery could only bombard for five minutes, and after five minutes the position had to be shifted. Although now the Chinese side also has more than two thousand artillery pieces. But there was a shortage of shells.

The five-minute bombardment did not cause many casualties to the Russians, and the charging formation of Akberil only had the effect of stopping the Russians. But the artillery fire really gave the Chinese defenders in the position a little courage, after the reinforcements arrived, the mood of the soldiers slowly stabilized, Xiong Kewu felt as if he was really stable, the muzzle of the semi-automatic rifle was aimed at a Russian who rushed forward, and the crosshairs followed the figure of the guy to move.

"Hit!"

When the enemy entered a distance of one hundred and twenty meters, the regimental commander gave the order, and the positions on the left flank were the first to fire. Then there was gunfire on the whole front.

The Russians who were charging were suddenly suppressed by the ferocious firepower, and the front row fell to the ground in unison. Some of them were killed, but some of the Russians fell down on their own, and after they lay down, they also followed the example of the volunteers, and slowly pressed forward in a crawling posture.

At the same time, some of the Russians' small-caliber artillery guns were pushed up, and there were many unconscionable guns that were especially beloved by the volunteers, and they began to bombard the trenches.

Any kind of tactic can be learned, and the most important thing for the volunteers to fight is the continuity and coverage of firepower. Akberil knew very well that although the Conscienceless Cannon had no rate of fire and no attack range, its great power was the most beneficial to the opponent's trenches.

Under the bombardment of these melee fire. The muzzles of the Chinese defenders were immediately pressed down, and the Russians slowly moved towards the position, although not fast, but really steady. Melee artillery at a distance of three hundred meters. The unconscionable artillery, two hundred meters away, paused a little when they advanced to a position of only about eighty meters from the position of the Fourth Army. Heavy machine-gun emplacements began.

All of these actions are exactly the same as when the Volunteers charged! If the Russians do this well, Lao Maozi will be able to suppress the firepower of the Chinese troops on the front line, and shorten the distance of the charge to eighty meters!

Eighty meters, a normal soldier fully equipped only takes a maximum of fifteen seconds.

General Kizerosky saw very clearly through the binoculars, and he saw that the Chinese seemed to have no way to deal with this tactic, and when the heavy machine gun of the Far Eastern Army began to fire, the Chinese casualties seemed to be getting bigger and bigger.

A smile appeared at the corner of the general's mouth, although the last shock had not yet been launched, but he believed that as long as the Chinese made a small mistake in this fight, the Russian troops would easily break through the Miyun front.

"Everyone should have seen that General Akberlir played very well! This is all the credit of General Kizerosky, who would dare to use a general with successive defeats if it were not for your wisdom? I am confident that after this battle, your appointment of General Ackberil will be a good talk for us in Russia. ”

A senior staff officer of the Russian army behind him lost no time in patting Kizerosky's ass, which made Kizerosky very useful, but he still had to be a little modest: "There is a saying in China that victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, and we can't use victory or defeat to measure a general's talent, just like if you lose a few battles and think that this general is not good, then there will be no General Wellington." ”

The apparently increased firepower of the Chinese on the battlefield, and also charging the Russian troops on the front, were clearly unwilling to allow Ackberil to set the line only eighty meters in front of their positions, and they tried to drive the Russian troops away from this place.

General Akberlir did not break through at this time, and he continued to wear down the Chinese troops on the opposite side with firepower on the one hand, and continued to repair positions in a hurry on the other. At this time, the quality of the soldiers was clearly reflected, the Russians were very calm, while the Chinese soldiers were a little impatient and frightened.

Kizeroski put down his binoculars, and the battle at the front made him very satisfied, believing that the breakthrough was only a matter of time, and that it might come a little sooner than he expected. He felt in a good mood and that it was really the right decision to pick Akberil.

"Tell Akberil that although he has been defeated many times by Yang Fighting Ghosts, I believe that he will definitely be able to defeat Yang Fighting Ghosts the last time! Tell him that the troops at the front are under his command and that I am going to rest, because I believe in him! (To be continued......)