Surrounding the Cossacks was Jinchang's Yuzi battalion, armed not only with eight Hachkes heavy machine guns, but also with twelve artillery pieces. The Russian cavalry advanced without any preparation, and was quickly overwhelmed by layers of encirclement, leaving the 2nd and 3rd Brigades, which were not far from the cavalry, unable to advance or retreat.

The commanders of the 2nd and 3rd Brigades soon received orders from Lieutenant General Alekseev to go north to support at all costs, and the Chinese had only seven battalions of aboriginal troops at Yingkou, and he did not believe that he could take out his own army. At this time, the lieutenant general was already suspicious of the information he received, where did the Chinese aborigines who surrounded the Cossacks run from?

The 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Brigade quickly broke through the defensive line of the Huaxia people after moving north, and joined up with the more than 1,000 cavalry that were surrounded. The victorious Tsarist Russian army continued northward, attacking the Huaxia Yiren who surrounded the 1st Brigade, and after losing a few hundred men, opened a gap to relieve the 1st Brigade that had been surrounded for several hours.

Under the frantic attack of the Chinese, the first brigade only had more than 2,000 people left, but its combat effectiveness still existed. The three forces of Tsarist Russia who had successfully converged were completely unaware that by the time they thought they had broken through the blockade of the Chinese army, a larger encirclement had been closed, and nearly 80,000 Chinese troops surrounded them.

The Huaxia side players and NPCs formed a force of only 58,000 people, but there are still more than 5,000 horse bandits who have gone north with Chen Hao who have not joined the army, and these bandits are still under the command of a bandit leader, but there is no regular army. After encircling the First Brigade of the Tsarist Russian Landing Army, Jin Chang immediately contacted various non-governmental anti-Russian groups in Haicheng, and a large number of people and horse bandits flocked to Dongchang Fort, and the total strength of Dongchang Fort in China was 80,000.

Wu Peifu tempted the Tsarist Russian army to advance lightly, mainly because he was afraid of the sharp artillery of the Russians, and the Tsarist Russian landing force had a total of 78 artillery pieces, and if the artillery followed the main force to move steadily and steadily, even if it was surrounded by twice the force, victory could not be guaranteed.

Due to the erroneous information that Alekseev received the wrong information, he sent the 1st Brigade to advance lightly against the enemy, and later in order to support the 1st Brigade to counter-encircle the Chinese players, he sent the 2nd Brigade, the 3rd Brigade and cavalry to the north. The lieutenant general's series of mistakes gave Wu Peifu the opportunity to contact all armies to annihilate the Russians.

Scattered bandits or militias have low combat effectiveness, but it is still useful to help with the encirclement and fight with the wind. Wu Peifu methodically commanded the 80,000-strong army to gradually compress the encirclement, and it was difficult for the encircled Russian army to break through without artillery and heavy weapons.

The encircled army of Tsarist Russia has more than 27,000 people, and the retreat has been cut off by the players, and the 24,000 players led by Xuanyuan Jian and the 14,000 players led by Lin Xiaofeng are responsible for cutting off the retreat. 38,000 players have set up three layers of defense, and if the first layer of positions is overcome, they will make a detour to join the defense immediately after the resurrection of Dongchang Fort.

The combat effectiveness of the NPC army of Tsarist Russia cannot be underestimated, and only this method can guarantee that it will not be broken through by the Russian army. The first time they cooperated, he ordered Xuanyuan Sword to be sent to death, and Chen Hao was a little embarrassed to speak, so he gave an order to Lin Xiaofeng first.

Seeing his embarrassed face, Xuanyuan Jian said happily: "Tsarist Russia has 26,000 troops, and they are all elite soldiers, Chen Baxian, the players recruited by your subordinates can't guarantee defense even if they hang up a few more times, or the players I bring together to cut off the retreat of the Russians!" ”

Chen Hao breathed a sigh of relief, he arched his hand and said, "Thank you." ”

Xuanyuan Jian turned around and left, and said with a sentence: "This is not a battle for you alone, every player involved in the mission wants to fight to the death with Lao Maozi, otherwise you and I are willing to fight hard, and it is useless if they are unwilling." ”

More than 30,000 players cut off the way for the Russians to retreat south, Chen Hao gathered the horse bandits who followed him north, plus all the elite battalions under him, and Jin Chang led the fourth brigade and artillery battalion led by Lieutenant General Alekseev to the south.

Jin Chang has 3,000 cavalry under his command, and his stunt is also related to the cavalry "Iron Cavalry Hurricane", and it is not a problem for him to command 10,000 people with a commander of 72 points. The 8,000 cavalry under Chen Hao, plus the 3,000 cavalry of Jin Chang, the cavalry team of 11,000 people was enough to give the Russians a headache.

Lieutenant General Alekseev was accompanied by the 4th Brigade and the artillery battalion, totaling more than 6,000 people, and after the appearance of the Chinese cavalry, the lieutenant general immediately commanded the defense. The NPC troops of Tsarist Russia were far more elite than the Chinese army, which was mainly composed of horse bandits, and there was a large number of artillery, and there was no way for the cavalry to deploy the position for defense.

Jin Chang led the cavalry around the troops led by Lieutenant General Alekseev, neither attacking nor leaving. The lieutenant general quickly learned the other side's intentions, if so many cavalry attacked a force with a large number of heavy machine guns and artillery, the loss would be great, but if he commanded the troops to march, it would be tragic for this 10,000-strong cavalry to cover up from behind.

If the army does not cooperate with the main force, the three brigades lacking heavy weapons and the cavalry are likely to be completely annihilated by the Chinese when they are surrounded. Then the follow-up landing force led by the lieutenant general would be alone, and would have to return to the port to wait for the warships to come to the rescue, but if they were chased by cavalry behind the butt on the way back, they would also suffer heavy losses.

Lieutenant General Alekseev ordered the 4th Brigade to leave two battalions on defense, and the main forces continued north. This time, he led tens of thousands of troops to land and fight, and if the more than 20,000 troops who had already gone north were completely annihilated, the lieutenant general would become a laughing stock. If the Fourth Brigade and the artillery battalion rushed to Dongchangbao and attacked the Chinese army from both sides, this would be the only way to rescue the landing army.

The mobility of the cavalry was much better than that of the infantry, and Jin Chang ignored the two battalions left by Lieutenant General Alekseev, but led the cavalry to attack the 4th Brigade of the Russian army from the side in a roundabout way. Lieutenant General Alekseev had already prepared, he ordered the machine gun company to be put up for defense, and under the heavy machine gun fire, the Chinese cavalry abandoned dozens of horses and retreated.

Lieutenant General Alekseev was not happy, the Chinese made it clear that they just wanted to harass, and after such a slow march, the yellow flowers and grass were cold after arriving at Dongchang Fort. If the three brigades that were surrounded at that time were completely annihilated, it would be impossible for the fourth brigade and artillery battalion led by the lieutenant general to return to the port to rescue.

Lieutenant General Alekseev can only gamble now that the three brigades that are surrounded will hold out, and it is better to break through on their own. Walking and stopping all the way, when I finally heard the sound of artillery from Dongchang Fort, the Fourth Brigade lost more than 1,000 people under the harassment of the Chinese cavalry.

The two battalions that Alekseev had arranged to break off were also eaten by the Chinese cavalry, and now the 4th Brigade has less than 3,000 men left. Although the artillery battalion of 2,000 people had dozens of artillery pieces, it could not exert its power in the face of the enemy's extremely mobile cavalry harassment from all sides, and could only hope to play a role after rushing to the Dongchangbao battlefield.

Dongchangbao was located on the east bank of the Liao River, and after the three brigades and the cavalry of the encircled Tsarist Russia failed to break through to the south, they began to attack to the west desperately. Under Alekseev's orders, the river ship units of Tsarist Russia captured the Taiping Fort and prepared to meet the encircled Tsarist troops.

Xuanyuan Jian and the aliens led by Lin Xiaofeng were fortified on the bank of the river, not only to resist the Tsarist breakout troops, but also to guard against machine gun fire from the Tsarist river gunboats. Chen Hao handed over the only seven guns under his command to Zhu Ke, and set up artillery positions on the river bank to shell the Russian gunboats traveling on the Liao River.

Jinchang's Yuzi battalion also had more than 20 guns, but it had to shell the enemy in the encirclement, and could not reinforce the side of the Liaohe River. Chen Hao's seven guns were too few, and they were all small-caliber artillery, and the threat to the enemy was very limited. Under the machine-gun fire of the gunboats on the Liao River, the Chinese players suffered great losses, and some players had already hung up twice.

Each player rushes to the defense line immediately after resurrection, and guards the riverbank to prevent the enemies in the encirclement from escaping. Fortunately, with the cooperation of the Yuzi battalion and a large number of militia horse bandits, the Russians in the encirclement were far more attritional than the Huaxia players due to the lack of heavy weapons.

The battle lasted ten hours, and the encircled Tsarist army had only more than 2,000 people left, and the 4th Brigade and artillery battalion led by Lieutenant General Alekseev finally arrived on the battlefield. The lieutenant general ordered the artillerymen to immediately set up camp and prepare to shell the Chinese players who had set up defenses on the banks of the river to open the passage for the surrounded troops.

The artillery battalions of Tsarist Russia have seventy-eight guns, and once the shelling of the Chinese players begins, they will suffer heavy losses, and it is not worth it for more than two thousand Russians. Jinchang ordered the encirclement to be lifted and the encircled Russians to break out of the encirclement and join the troops led by Lieutenant General Alekseev.

Lieutenant General Alekseev was not happy after successfully rescuing the encircled troops, the cavalry was completely annihilated, and the first, second, and third brigades were only more than 2,000 troops left, and even after the convergence, there were only more than 6,000 people, how could they escape from the encirclement of nearly 100,000 troops in China?

In desperation, the lieutenant general abandoned the plan to return along the road and ordered the artillery to bombard the river bank, and at the same time sent a message for all the river gunboats to rescue along the Liao River. The lieutenant general led the troops to just break through, and more than 10,000 Chinese cavalry appeared in his field of vision, this time the cavalry did not test the attack, and in the face of the fire network composed of heavy machine guns, the cavalry launched a desperate charge towards the Tsarist artillery battalion.

After more than eight hundred casualties, the Chinese cavalry rushed to the Russian artillery positions, and Lieutenant General Alekseev closed his eyes in agony.

Without the threat of heavy machine guns and artillery, Chinese players swarmed up and launched a fierce assault on the retreating Russian army. Whether it's NPCs or players, whether it's regular troops or horse bandits, it's crazy at this moment. In the face of the frantic strafing of the Russian gunboats, the player launched a desperate charge, and the Russian troops waiting to retreat on the bank of the river kept falling, and the Chinese side also lost a lot of people.

After Chen Hao led the cavalry to occupy the Russian artillery position, he immediately ordered Zhu Ke to command his gunners to turn the guns and bombard the gunboats on the Liao River. After a while, the artillery battalion under Jin Chang also came to the artillery position of the Russian army, and more than 30 cannons roared, and Russian ships were soon sunk in the Liao River.

(To be continued)