Cannonball! ”

Hao Cannon screamed vigorously, I don't know if it was stimulated by the rumbling sound of cannons, or because of the scorching muzzle smoke, his whole face turned red. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

As he moved, the scorched shells withdrew from the chamber, and the loader, who had been on standby, immediately stuffed one shell into the chamber, and before he could pull the bolt, the second loader was already carrying the shell on standby.

Every gun position is like an assembly line, the soldiers of the artillery squad sweat like rain, and completely forget the time, only the statistical deputy gunner still remembers how many shells were fired, and the others just fired mechanically, loaded and fired again.

Four shells a minute, almost, the speed of the western millimeter army guns, the four shell boxes were pry open and were shot out in an instant, and the ammunition boxes that were still piling up were empty in the blink of an eye.

This is modern warfare, and the mode is very different from the era of cold weapons, with a large amount of heavy firepower distributed to divisions, regiments and even battalions, the scale and consumption of army operations are much larger than before.

Correspondingly, the city of Urumqi not far away rose countless mushroom clouds, flying rubble, and dust, covering the entire east gate.

A cannonball landed accurately in front of several rebels who fled wildly, and the cavalry in front of them was suddenly swept into the air by the air wave, and the remaining few people also flew upside down from their horses as if they had been hit by a heavy hammer, and when the smoke cleared, there was only a whimpering horse left on the ground with a wounded kneeling.

There was also a cannonball, penetrating the thick layer of soil, smashed into the temporary bunker, the flames suddenly boiled out from all over the bunker, more than a dozen rebels were directly torn apart, and many were buried by the collapsed soil layer with full flames, only one big hand was exposed outside the rubble, holding it tightly, as if he didn't understand why the other party had such powerful firepower until death.

Chekov was holding a revolver, and behind him were dozens of Russian soldiers with dead faces, although the distance was a little far, and the shells could not hit here, but they also did not think at all "How many years has this been?" The Far East, a country that could once be bullied by them, has developed its warfare technology to such an extent that it can gather dozens of heavy artillery pieces in a distant land, and can also transport enough mountains of shells to bombard for days and nights!

The smoke, fire, and explosions made it impossible for him to control his troops, and he could only watch as the shells whizzed over his head over and over again, repeatedly crushing them like ploughs.

This is not a war at all!

The nobles who enjoyed women and vodka in St. Petersburg probably did not understand the situation of their opponents at all, otherwise they would not have given even a single cannon!

Rumble!

A shell fell in the distance, and the rising smoke completely blocked Chekov's vision, and at that moment, the familiar whistling sound of a bullet finally sounded in his ears.

The enemy is coming to the infantry!

"Kill!"

The same screams rang out everywhere like thunder, and the double-headed eagle flags drilled out of the smoke almost at the same moment, and the bullets flew in the ears with the shouts of killing, and almost instantly the offensive and defensive battles entered a difficult stage. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

When the thick smoke slowly cleared, Chekov saw the Chinese soldiers "bowing their heads, bending over, and launching a charge in a strange posture."

Their skillful movements "constantly rushed into the city under cover of trees, boulders, and ruins, and he was so frightened that the soldiers fired so quickly that he saw with his own eyes that a group of friendly troops hiding in a dead corner had just come out of the way, and they were so suppressed by the flying bullets that they did not dare to take their heads."

The good fortune of these suppressed unlucky guys didn't last long, and they were touched by several Chinese soldiers and stuffed into the stone house with grenades, "Thick smoke and fire came out of it, and you don't have to look to know what the result will be."

Seeing this wide curtain "Chekov is scalp numb, I didn't expect these people to be so fast, and each of them was equipped with grenades, you must know that when this weapon began to be imitated by various countries after being used by the Chinese army, the Russian army has not been equipped with ordinary infantry, but has specially formed a grenadier unit, but even if it is a grenadier, it is only three per person.

"Grenadier!"

Seeing that the other party was getting closer and closer, Chekov finally showed the courage of the Slavs, waved his hands and shouted, and with his voice, nearly a hundred fighters immediately rushed out behind him, they raised grenades, quickly lined up, and then violently threw out the imitation grenades that had been prepared for a long time.

"Boom, boom, boom——。"

A series of explosions rose from dozens of meters away, instantly killing several Chinese soldiers who rushed in front, but what made Chekov's eyes bulge was that the other party obviously knew how to protect better than his side, and after seeing the grenadiers throw grenades, they actually fell to the ground with a brush, avoiding the swept shrapnel.

The few who died were just unlucky ghosts who didn't have time to dodge.

I thought that these 100 grenadiers were the killer copper in his hand to block the enemy, but I didn't expect it to be so much worse than expected, Chekov and everyone were a little discouraged, but before they could throw the second round, there was a sudden sound not far away, and more than a dozen black dots in the sight rose from a distance, and everyone looked at these black dots blankly, and quickly fell from their heads and smashed in the middle of the grenadiers.

A series of explosions exploded from the grenadiers, and the grenadiers in a neat line were suddenly blown apart, and Chekov's eyes were straight, what was that?

Cannonballs that will turn around?!

"Report to the general, the south gate has also been breached! The north gate is also in an emergency, and the guard general asks the general to send troops to support immediately! ”

In the big camp in the city, Ma Guoliang's face turned blue when he heard the report, as the gate to enter and exit Ili, the importance of Urumqi is self-evident, once it is lost, there will be no danger in and out of Ili, so the eldest brother Ma Anliang led the troops into Xinjiang, and after getting the promise of the Russians, he immediately ordered him to lead 10,000 elite cavalry and 20,000 foot soldiers to stick here, and also invited a battalion of Russians to help, but these days?

"What about the Russians?"

"Report, he led his troops* to defend the east gate, but now I'm afraid that it is..."The adjutant general said this, and his voice was much quieter, the east gate was originally the enemy's main direction of attack, "As long as you have seen that kind of dense cannonball rain, I'm afraid no one can afford to resist, so I'm afraid it's already fierce."

The adjutant general's words made him suddenly excited, and there was no suspense about the loss of the two visiting doors in the north and south, and now the plan is no longer to hold on" but how to save the five thousand elite cavalry and nearly ten thousand vital infantry in his hands.

But where to break through?

There are dozens of cannons outside the east gate to help, although the west gate and the north gate have fewer artillery, but there is an infantry regiment and a cavalry regiment respectively to press the formation, and the other side has the advantage of firearms, and it is impossible to get through.

The only thing that's safe at the moment is Simon, but the question is, is Simon really that safe?

According to the report of the sentinel, the Northwest China Army brought all four cavalry divisions into Xinjiang this time, and you must know that the 30,000 Mongolian cavalry who just joined is not simple, "Although Mongolia has weakened over the years, they are a nation that grew up on horseback after all, and they are born to be good at riding and archery, and they are not inferior to the Northwest elite cavalry in their hands."

If it weren't for them, who would have the ability to kill the thousands of elite horsemen they sent out, and they didn't even report back to them, which eventually led to Urumqi being surrounded without warning!

Although it seems that Ximen is weak, who knows if the 30,000 Mongolian cavalry are waiting outside? What's more, there is a big problem here, "That is, the opponent's second infantry division has not been able to inquire about it so far!"

Xingxing Gorge and Jiayuguan are all under the control of the Chinese army, and according to their establishment, it is enough for the two places to send one regiment to guard it, "Why do you want to leave one division and four regiments?" Could it be that the remaining two are at the west gate?

Equestria's conscience is becoming more and more chaotic, everyone is not stupid, who doesn't understand the truth of the three and one? The Northwest China Army now occupies an advantage in numbers and equipment, "How could it be possible to deliberately release such a big flaw as the West Gate?"

Or that the two regiments of 10,000 people who have not yet appeared are waiting outside the west gate to drill by themselves. Bag?! Thinking of this, Ma Guoliang couldn't help but shudder, if he really guessed it, not to mention the remaining fifteen thousand people, I'm afraid it would be doubled, and don't think about retreating from the well-equipped and all-firearms Chinese army!

If you don't go to the West Gate, where should you go?

"General, the offensive outside the West Gate is weak" We might as well break through from there, as long as we return to Ili, there is still hope for a comeback! The adjutant general saw through Ma Guoliang's mind and immediately suggested.

After hearing this, Ma Guoliang shook his hand and turned his head to look north.

"Commander, what are we doing here? Why don't you rush in? Do you have to pretend to be a bear with a weak follow-up? ”

The battalion commander performed a siege battle, and after retreating according to the predetermined plan, the anger in his heart finally couldn't hold back, especially when the two gates in the southeast were opened, he was extremely puzzled, if he was ready to defeat the defeated army that had retreated, why not just learn from the West Gate to play and play?

"What are you talking about? You mumble, always pull your battalion as a backup! The regiment commander was not happy in his heart, he glared at the battalion commander, and was about to scold a few more words, but the instructor hurriedly pulled the two apart and persuaded with a smile: "Lao Chen, this acting is also true and false, Ximen is a fake play, a fake play that can be seen through at a glance, and we are a real play here, which makes people unable to extricate themselves from the play and sing the taste!" ”

Arrogant guide, I understand what the commander and division commander mean, and the question is that we are dangerous every time like this, will those rebels think that it is difficult to walk here, and then force themselves to walk through the west gate? It's going to be hard for us to chase after that! ”

"It's possible, but the command must have taken all the circumstances into account, so we might as well wait patiently."

After listening to the instructor's words, Chen Jun had to nod patiently, but when he was about to walk out of the bunker and return to the camp, the telegraph behind him suddenly rang.

"Report, the command ordered us to immediately erect barbed wire and prepare, the enemy is coming this way!"

Before the communications officer's words were finished, Chen Jun jumped up violently, didn't even ask a word, flew back to the camp, and began to direct everyone to pull the barbed wire fence that was transported.

When the barbed wire fence had just been laid, I heard a deafening sound of horses' hooves inside the north gate, and in the blink of an eye, thousands of cavalry rushed out of the city gate like a flood, followed by tens of thousands of infantry in addition to them.

There was hardly any unity of command, and more than a dozen Makqin machine guns hidden in the trenches for half a day rang out at the same time, and many mortars in the distance also began to roar at the same time, and the bullets rained down on the unprepared enemy troops.

On horseback, Ma Guoliang was broken, he didn't expect that he had fallen for the trick! The bursts of killing moves turned out to be in a weakened north gate, especially the big net arranged in front of the cavalry that I don't know what was stirred, it was almost everyone's nightmare, the tall war horses couldn't cross the past at all, and the cavalrymen's machetes didn't break at all, they often needed to swing the knife continuously, and a large number of bullets had already passed through your body* at that time.

The mortar shell cut a huge parabola overhead and smashed into the breakout rebels, and the Maxim machine gun roared like an autumn wind sweeping away leaves, and hot air came out of the cooling water tank.

Under this frantic firepower, the rebel cavalry kept falling from their horses, not to mention the foot soldiers behind, it was simply a massacre!

When Ma Guoliang finally returned to the city with thousands of remnants, a large number of soldiers of the Ranhua Army had already appeared behind him.

The gate of Ili has finally been opened!

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