The red sky gradually sank below the horizon, and the night quickly opened, but the port of Vladivostok in the distance became brighter and brighter!

Flames rose from under every piece of rubble, and the explosions continued, and half of the sky was lit up red, but it had nothing to do with the Pacific Fleet, which had all withdrawn from the bay and was a little stronger than it had been.

Ten huge convoys that had been following behind the fleet had finally arrived, and in normal times, the capacity of one such freighter could fill the ammunition compartments of four battleships, and at the scale of the Pacific Fleet at the moment, two would be enough to replenish ammunition alone, but this time was completely different.

Although each freighter has two cranes on each side, it is still insufficient in the face of the battleships that have been emptied, and the narrow cabin in the warship makes it very difficult to replenish at sea, especially the armor-piercing shells weighing hundreds of kilograms, which are simply the number one enemy for supply!

If two freighters were to be used to replenish in turn on the sea, it would not be enough for dozens of hours, and finally the staff finally adopted one-to-one replenishment after discussion, and each freighter was additionally equipped with four more small boats for connection.

On the sea, warships and freighters formed pairs, and small boats shuttled back and forth between the two sides, busier than the previous shelling, and the fleet at this time was extremely fragile, fortunately, at this moment on the ocean, except for the Pacific Fleet, no ship appeared, but even so, Long Guozhang still arranged two destroyers and the first to complete the replenishment of the light patrol to go out to monitor, just in case.

As for the two extra freighters, under the cover of night, they quietly dived into the Vladivostok waterway, and one after another mines with iron anchors were arranged all over the channel, because the anchor mines have the advantages of not moving casually, and can set the depth, etc., they have become the favorite harbor defense tool of the Pacific Army, of course, this is also the best way to take because of the restrictions of the various islands currently controlled by Honolulu.

The two freighters, carrying a total of 1,000 anchor mines, the Russians have been frightened and scattered, and they have lost all the ships and they can't even get together a sampan, so they can't monitor the minelaying operations of the Pacific Army at all, not to mention that the two light cruisers also fired a few guns from time to time, making the Russians think that the Pacific Fleet has not left yet, so no one dares to come to the waterway to investigate.

Without knowing any information about the arrangement, these anchor mines will become a nightmare for the Russian follow-up fleet!

Of course, in addition to these warships and freighters, the most pleasing thing was the capture of several freighters, all of which had just returned from North Korea and were originally going to transport reinforcements to Arthur, and as soon as the Pacific Fleet entered the bay, these freighters, which had no means of attack, raised the white flag.

In addition, the Russian heavy cruiser Admiral Kornilov, the coastal defense ship Apraksin and the only remaining destroyer have become the treasures of the busy Pacific Fleet sailors from time to time.

The Pacific Fleet has not captured warships, and when it was in the Yellow Sea, it captured the three main warships of the combined fleet, but because the warships were not good in their surnames and the maintenance costs were high, they were ordered by the young master to return to the furnace.

But the three in front of them are different, except for the Apraksin coastal defense ship, because the Pacific Army does not have this kind of establishment at all, and it is too old to know what to do with it in the end, the heavy cruiser and destroyer can be modified and immediately join the active service.

In particular, the heavy cruiser Admiral Kornilov, which had a displacement of more than 8,000 tons, had just arrived in Vladivostok with the support fleet, had only been launched for three years, and was called a second-class battleship by the Russians, could join the fleet's heavy cruiser formation with only a slight modification.

After the sea breeze howled all night, the busy ships finally gradually subsided, and as the mine-laying freighter returned, two light cruisers and two destroyers took the lead in setting off, taking advantage of the moment when the morning star was hanging high, quietly disappearing into the black, their task was to go to the sea off the North Korean port of Wonsan, pretending to be the warship to attack the Russian army, thus forcing the Russian fleet to immediately return to escort the ship.

As the day began, the main force of the Pacific Fleet, which had been bombarded for ten hours and spent another ten hours receiving supplies, disappeared on the horizon under the red sun.

The battle is far from over.

In June, Changbai Mountain is already full of foliage, and a few wild deer leisurely tossing the green shoots in the grass on the roadside, enjoying this rare fat season.

Suddenly, there was a rapid sound of hooves, and the wild deer raised its head and shook its head alertly, and then it jumped and disappeared into the depths of the dense forest.

Seeing that the wild deer was frightened away, Fugui, who had been aiming for a long time, put down his gun in frustration, wanting to see that it was the bastard who disturbed his biggest task, raised his head slightly from the grass, and immediately saw dozens of cavalrymen wearing Qing army uniforms running here.

What is especially strange is that these cavalry look like a mess, the first one is prostrate on the horse's back, his thigh seems to have been cut by a sharp blade, the blood is dripping rapidly along the horse's pedals, and the rest of the cavalry is not much better, like a defeated army on the run.

Fugui wanted to take a closer look at it by holding it up, but suddenly, dozens of Russian cavalrymen appeared in his eyes, and he was so frightened that he quickly retracted his head and crawled towards the rest place behind.

Yongshan pressed on the horse, the armor on his body was torn apart, the helmet was missing, and the cloak was embarrassed, but his eyes were all focused on his brother who was prostrate on the horse, not knowing life and death.

Starting from Ningguta, he and his brother fled all the way with these remnants, although they bypassed Changchun, but they did not expect that as soon as they arrived in Dunhua County to rest, the Russian cavalry chased after them, although most of the Russians later turned to Changchun, but had to embark on the road of escape again.

But it seems that these Russians were annoyed by their own small army, perhaps because they were afraid that they would go to the ventilators, so they actually lined up more than 100 horsemen to chase and kill all the way.

Yongshan glanced at his unconscious brother, turned his head to look at the Russian cavalry who were chasing wildly, suddenly gritted his teeth, lifted the reins, only heard the neighing of the war horse under his crotch, and actually stood upright and turned around, aiming at the Russian cavalry chasing from a distance.

Seeing Yongshan's movements, everyone around them also hurriedly lifted the reins of the horse, turned the horse's head and gathered together.

Seeing the fleeing Yongshan and the others stop their horses and turn back, the Russian cavalry behind them also slowed down their horses, and the two groups of men and horses who were chasing and fleeing just now confronted each other in this wasteland.

"Don't run away!"

Looking at the Russian cavalry in the distance, Yongshan threw away the horsewhip fiercely, drew his knife and shouted angrily: "It's a big deal, killing one is enough, killing two Laozi will make money!" ”

"Yes, grandma's, Lao Tzu is also being chased, it is better to do it!"

"Brother Yongshan, you give the order!"

"Kill these Russian hairs!"

With Yongshan's words, the soldiers around him also cooled down the guns that had long been out of bullets, and slowly drew their sabers, and the Cossack cavalry in the distance also took up their guns one by one when they saw this, holding knives against each other.

Under the scorching voice, Sen Han's sword light shone brightly, and the war horse continued to spew out white gas, and it seemed that he also felt the solemnity of a touch, and his front hooves continued to gouge the ground under his feet.

Looking at the hideous smile of the Russian soldier, Yongshan suddenly stabbed the war horse with the tip of his knife, raised his knife to each other, and shouted: "Kill!" The stinging horses rushed up like arrows from the string, and the cavalry on the left and right followed suit, and in an instant the hooves rumbled and the turf tumbled.

The Russian Cossack cavalry in front also reacted, and suddenly the hoofs on the wasteland thundered, shouting to kill the sky.

Yongshan half-closed his eyes, staring at the cavalry captain in front, seeing that the distance was getting closer and closer, and the saber in his hand was getting tighter and tighter, and at the moment when the two war horses met, he gritted his teeth and waved his arm saber and slashed forward.

Suddenly, a gunshot broke the duel, Yongshan only felt that the saber in his hand was shaken by something, and when he looked back, he saw that the cavalry captain suddenly fell off the horse, and hurriedly looked at the saber in his hand, and there was not a drop of blood.

"What's going on?"

Just as Nagayama was about to turn back, more and more gunfire rang out, and the Russian Cossack cavalrymen, brandishing sabers and shouting strange slogans, fell to the ground one after another.

Although the first wave of charging made a few less partners around them, everyone didn't care about returning to their horses and killing again, so they stopped one after another, but no matter how they searched, they could only see the fire flickering in the low trees not far away, but they couldn't see half a figure.

"Who is it?" Just when they looked at each other in Yongshan, the Cossack cavalry finally put down their pride and were about to draw their guns and shoot, but at this time, several black shadows suddenly flew out of the woods, and before everyone could see it, these black spots suddenly burst in the air, and countless iron and fragments swept by, and immediately swept off their horses seven or eight Russian cavalrymen who were caught off guard.

"Is this ......? Cannonball?! ”

Yongshan and the others were even more surprised, what kind of hero is this? Actually traveling with a cannon? Could it be that this is a den of horse thieves? When Yongshan and the others were thinking nonsense, the Russian cavalry was all in chaos, and there were constantly war horses and soldiers being hit, especially those black dots thrown out again, which frightened them to dodge quickly, and saw that Yongshan and others behind them were also eyeing behind them, and finally had to leave behind more than 30 war horses and corpses, and quickly fled from the battlefield.

From Nagayama's decision to fight a decisive battle to the defeat of the Russians, it was only a few minutes to say that it was slow, until the remaining Russian cavalry disappeared on the horizon, Nagayama still felt as if he had a dream.

"I don't know which hero rescued me, Yongshan is grateful, I don't know if I can show up." Since he couldn't see a human figure, Yongshan had to take a few steps forward and asked, and the cavalry who followed Yongshan dismounted one after another and came to the edge of the low woods.

The dwarf woods, which had been bustling just now, suddenly fell silent, as if they had just had a dream in Yongshan just now, and just as a cavalryman was about to step forward to take a look, more than two dozen strange warriors suddenly emerged from the woods that they had never seen before.

The soldiers are said because they all carry guns and have swarthy faces, but they are too strange to dress, brownish, yellow and gray military uniforms, with a large vest full of pockets, and an iron lump like a kettle, a cowhide belt tied around their waists, and a circle of bags buckled around the belt, and several wooden handles in the bag.

In particular, the helmets they all wore were no different from the upside-down earthen pots, not only covering their ears, but even their foreheads were blocked a lot, and the most hilarious thing was that there was actually a circle of leaves and grass on their helmets.

"No wonder they're hiding in the woods so people can't see clearly." When Nagayama saw the helmets and clothes on these soldiers, he understood a little. As he looked at each other, the warriors who had come out of the woods, under the command of a seemingly captain, immediately divided into two groups, one group, still with their guns in hand, ran to the direction where the Russians had left in the distance, and half-crouched with their guns on guard, while the others immediately collected the booty and gathered all the Russian horses.

Seeing the other party's well-trained appearance, Yongshan couldn't help but be curious about this unit, and at this time, the captain also walked in front of them, raised his hand to his eyebrows and made a strange gesture, before introducing himself: "Ma Wenshan, reconnaissance company of the fourth division of the Pacific Army, are you ......?" ”

Nagayama's pupils were dilated, he was too familiar with the term Pacific Army, but the question was how they could appear here! When Yongshan was in a daze, the sergeants around him were already facing each other, and a few of them had even muttered.

"Pacific Force? Did the Qing Dynasty have such an army? ”

"Did you hear that wrong? It is the remnants of the Taiping Army. ”

"You're only guilty, they just saved us."

"I'm saying, don't be angry, but then again, they just performed a foreigner's military salute, right? The last time I was in Tianjin, I seemed to have seen a few foreign sailors salute like this. ”

Seeing the commotion behind him, Yongshan hurriedly glanced at him, and then arched his hand: "Deputy Lieutenant Ningguta, Yongshan." ”

Ma Wenshan glanced at the Qing troops who had fled all the way from Ningguta, and suddenly walked to the war horse dragging Shoushan in the distance, ran up to look at it and asked, "What's wrong with him?" ”

"When my brother was in Dunhua, he was shot in the thigh by the Russians to cover me." Seeing that Ma Wenshan very carefully lifted the bandaged broken steps on Shoushan's legs, Yongshan hurriedly asked, "Do you know medical skills?" ”

"I don't understand." Ma Wenshan shook his head, and seeing that Yongshan's face was gloomy again, he smiled and said, "But we happen to have a medical officer." ”

"Medic?"

Without waiting for Yongshan to understand, he saw Ma Wenshan beckoning to a soldier with a red cross drawn on his arm in military uniform in the distance, and the latter immediately ran over: "Gunshot wound, it's not deep, can it be saved?" ”

"Yes, just take out the bullet and stitch up the wound to disinfect it." The young man looked at the wound a few times and immediately nodded. Although he didn't know what it meant to stitch up a wound, Yongshan still knew how to take the bullet, and hurriedly beckoned his subordinates to help carry his brother down.

In less than a while, the young man took out the bullet and sewed up the wound with something like needle and thread, and after a while, the unconscious Shoushan finally moved his fingers in everyone's expectation, although he couldn't open his eyes yet, but it was much better than just now, Yongshan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Ma Wenshan and suddenly knelt on the ground.

"I don't dare to thank you for saving my life, this brother said that if there is a place to get Yongshan in the future, I will die forever." Seeing Yongshan kneeling, Ma Wenshan hurriedly helped him up, and said with a smile: "It's a trivial matter, Brother Yongshan don't have to be polite, I don't know where you are going?" ”

"Go to Fengtian to join the Nie Commander's army, and fight with the Russian Maozi again." Nagayama gritted his teeth and kicked the nearest Russian soldier's corpse hard.

"Mukden?" Ma Wenshan frowned, and immediately said, "It's just right, we are also going to Fengtian, how about we go together?" ”

"You're going to Mukden too? Aren't you Pacific Forces stationed in Hawaii and the Ryukyus? What are you going to do? ”

"It turns out that Brother Nagayama has heard of us, too." In Yongshan's amazement, Ma Wenshan happily took a Russian war horse brought by Fugui, turned over on the horse and said with a smile: "We came to Daqing this time to fight Russian devils!" ”

"You guys? Fight the Russians? ”

"Yes! Don't forget, we are also descendants of Yan Huang! ”

(To be continued)