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In the midst of shouts and the deafening sound of horses' hooves, the Xia cavalry rushed into the Russian defense line like a red torrent, although the Russians also fired in panic on the way, but the casualties caused did not stop their pace.

Under the frightened gaze of the Russian soldiers, the cavalry of the Xia army rushed into the battlefield and drowned the artillery in it, Anding Bo Mabao took the lead, he stabbed out the spear in his hand with a loud shout, and it penetrated the chest of a Russian shooting army head-on, and the head of the spear pierced through the back and went straight into the dirt.

Ma Bao did not withdraw his spear, but took advantage of the situation to draw his saber, shouting left and right slashing, and beheaded the Russian soldiers who passed by.

Seeing the Xia cavalry charging, the Russian soldiers all turned around and retreated in horror, and only part of the shooting corps still held the moon blade axe in their hands diagonally on the ground under the order of the officer, as a temporary rejection of horses, trying to block the charge of the Xia cavalry.

But the hastily erected rejection of the horse did not play the slightest role, the Xia army still rushed into the Russian defense line indomitable, and the Russian infantry was caught under the horse's hooves, they rushed into the gun position, and after killing the artillery who did not have time to escape, they jumped directly from the horse, took out the wedge and drove it into the lead port of the artillery, so that the entire artillery was scrapped and unusable - once the lead port was blocked, unless the artillery was smelted and rebuilt, it could not be used again!

Naturally, the Tsar could not watch his defensive line being crossed by the Xia cavalry, so he angrily mobilized reserves to press on it, and let the artillery erected in the rear be replaced with shotguns to shell the enemy indiscriminately. tread

After receiving the order, the Russian gunners on the third line of defense hesitated for a while, but they still gritted their teeth and loaded the artillery with shotguns as they watched the unscrupulous Xia cavalry slaughter friendly troops.

The shooting army and the Western-style regiment that were ordered to press up also raised their guns at the same time to fire indiscriminately at the Xia troops in the melee, under the volley of arquebuses, the running Xia cavalry suddenly had many people shot and fell from their horses, Ma Bao cut off the arm of a shooting army, ignoring the opponent's bloody arm, looked at the crumbling Russian army in the battle group over there, raised his saber, and shouted: "The first brigade, follow me to kill!"

His voice fell, ignoring the projectiles shot by the Russian troops who came from the reinforcements, and led the team to rush towards the crumbling infantry regiment, at this time in the infantry regiment, although the Russian infantry was tall and tall, five big and three thick, but they were actually pressed and beaten by the Xia army under the bayonet hand-to-hand combat, and their morale was in danger.

The Cossack cavalry and Mongol cavalry who participated in the battle later also reluctantly withdrew after paying a lot of casualties, they no longer dared to continue the charge, and watched the Xia cavalry turn around and charge the flank of the Russian wargroup.

Under the charge of the first brigade of the Xia Army, the Russian war group collapsed instantly, and the war horses knocked down one Russian soldier after another, and the sharp saber slashed left and right, taking the lives of one person after another.

The Russian troops on the third line of defense watched as their allies were routed, and the commander of the shooting corps, Ivan Khovansky, who had retreated from the battle group first, wiped the blood from his face and shouted: "Set up the front row to resist the horses, and the rest continue to shoot!"

As soon as his words fell, the artillery in the position finally roared again, and the thousands of iron balls swept over in a fan-shaped plane, taking the lives of a large number of soldiers in an instant, and many retreating Russian soldiers were also affected, and before they could scream, they were beaten into a puddle of meat by the shotguns. tread

After the Russian artillery entered the battle again, the offensive momentum of the Xia army was stagnant, even if they were not afraid of death and could continue to attack despite huge casualties, but they were still flesh and blood after all, and after being cleared out of a no-man's land by shotguns, they had to wait for the soldiers behind to rush up before they could continue the attack.

It was also at this time that the shooting army set up the moon blade axe in front of their line as a repelling horse to prevent the Xia cavalry from rushing head-on, while the Russian troops on other defensive lines also continued to rush to this side to replenish the strength of the Chinese army that had been attacked by the onslaught.

In order to improve their accuracy and avoid bombing friendly troops by mistake, they directly risked advancing their artillery to a distance of only three or four hundred meters from the defense line and shelling the Russian positions at such a close distance.

After the artillery of the Xia Army opened fire, the Russian army was suddenly wiped out, and one after another flowering shells fell from the sky, above their heads or

It simply exploded under their feet, and the shooting army was blown up to the point of crying and crying for their mothers, holding their heads and running away, and the third line of defense was also shaken.

The tragic losses on the front line also fell into Fu Xinghua's eyes, he looked at the corpses of the Xia army all over the ground, although his heart continued to drip blood, but in order to defeat the Russian army in a battle, he could only continue to attack with huge casualties.

However, at this moment, the scouts who were scattered ran back and reported to Fu Xinghua the movements of the other defensive lines of the Russian army, and under the order of the tsar, the Russian troops of the other defensive lines also abandoned their perfect positions and continued to converge on this side, trying to attack the Xia army from both flanks.

Fu Xinghua instantly saw the plan of the Russian army, he looked at the infantry on the front line after a short rest, and launched an attack again, and quickly made a decision, he ordered the Anxi army and the remaining line infantry to line up on the left and right flanks to resist the attack of the Russian army's two flanks, so that the Chinese army could continue to attack. tread

Fu Xinghua's order was immediately questioned by Daniel Zhang, Daniel Zhang thought that if he continued to fight like this, even if he could win in the end, it would only be a disastrous victory, but Fu Xinghua was not shaken by Daniel Zhang's doubts, he had a tough attitude and carried out the order, in addition, he also ordered several strange-shaped things he brought from Shandong to be sent to the battlefield to resist the attack of the Russian army.

Many soldiers did not recognize those strangely shaped objects, and they looked at the racks of instruments made of brass in front of the line, and the gunners were busy loading the ammunition, and many soldiers could not help but mutter, they unconsciously compared the small caliber equipment with artillery, and did not think that this weapon could play any role.

But soon, their ideas were slapped in the face.

The first to encounter the enemy was the flank of the Fourth Town Reserve, and tens of thousands of Russian infantry rushed to support it, and they marched towards the Xia line under the orders of the general, accompanied by the beat of drums.

The Russian artillery brought by them opened fire on the way, firing solid shells into the Xia army's formation, but because of the problem of accuracy, the actual damage caused was not high.

And after the Russian army entered the range of the equipment, the gunner stood alone behind the equipment, holding the grip in his hand, aiming at the advancing Russian line -

"Parker, fire!" tread

With the roar of the officer, the gunner began to slowly turn the grip, and as the grip turned, the muzzle of the machine gun continued to shoot deadly projectiles, although the rate of fire of the Parker machine gun was not as fast as that of later machine guns, but in this era, the average rate of fire of nine rounds a minute could still cause a short suppression of the enemy.

In the dense gunfire, lethal projectiles rained down on the Russian infantry in front, and before the Russian infantry realized what kind of weapon they were facing, they fell in pieces under the strafing fire of the Pakel machine gun!

Bang bang - bang -

These Pakel machine guns, after the end of the war of the Qing Dynasty, because of their poor performance and temporarily sealed in the treasury, during the expedition to Russia, Fu Xinghua valued this new weapon, decided to let it be tested on a different battlefield.

Therefore, after several years of mothballing, the Pakel machine guns were finally able to return to the battlefield, and they did not live up to Fu Xinghua's expectations, the barrage fired by the eight Pakel machine guns quickly killed many Russian soldiers, and with the platoon fire of the line infantry, the Russian attack was quickly repulsed.

After the Russian attack was initially repulsed, the line infantry looked curiously at the Pakel machine gun that was also being reloaded, most of them had never seen this epoch-making weapon, only some veterans who had participated in the war still vaguely remembered it.

The performance of the machine gun also fell into Fu Xinghua's eyes, he was still a little dissatisfied with the rate of fire and firepower of the machine gun, in his opinion, this new weapon can completely increase the rate of fire and firepower a lot, if its performance remains unchanged, even he will not continue to assemble in the army. tread

After the Pakel machine guns were loaded, the Russians attacked again, this time loosening their formation - although the arquebusiers would try to pull apart as much as possible to prevent the flames from igniting their comrades, they were looser than that, and they advanced almost in a skirmisher formation.

After their loose advance, the number of soldiers who fell under the fire of the Xia army decreased, but

This still did not change the result, and as they approached, the number of casualties skyrocketed, and they were repulsed again.

The left and right flanks gradually fought, and the Xia army of the Chinese army also launched a more fierce attack, the tsar in order to motivate his subordinates and stabilize the defensive line, he did not hesitate to risk the danger with the noble cavalry to the battle line, his appearance suddenly boosted the morale of the Russian army, and the Russian infantry shouted "Ula", and launched a counter-charge against the Xia army again.

But then, after a fierce battle, their counter-charge was still repelled by the Xia army, and the two sides attacked and defended each other on this position, paying many casualties, and after several hours of fierce fighting, night finally came.

Although night came, the battle did not end there, and the two sides continued to fight under the cover of night, but the Russian army soon discovered a fatal thing, the Russian army generally suffered from night blindness, and only those with higher status and economic level were spared.

The night blindness in the Xia army they faced was almost extinct, so the Xia army could see things in the night, and the Russian army could only rely on torches to gain vision, which instead gave the Xia army a target for shooting, they could shoot through the torches of the Russian army, but the Russian army could only shoot with the light of the rifle and the dim line of sight around.

Not only that, the Xia army even organized a part of the death squad, taking advantage of the cover of the night and the sound of guns on the battlefield, to forcibly launch a surprise attack in the direction of the weak strength of the Russian army. tread

Subsequently, the assault team rushed to the Tsar's mobile palace and tried to directly decapitate Alexei, but their idea was good, there were a large number of Russian soldiers in between, and the assault team was soon discovered and surrounded and strangled by the Russian troops who heard the news.

Although the Russian army had enough manpower, it still paid many casualties before finally annihilating this small Xia army commando.

After the news reached the ears of the Tsar, combined with the battle of day and night, the ambitious Tsar couldn't help but feel a little fear in his heart, what kind of army is this, not only can withstand huge casualties and continue to attack, but also fight to the last man after being in a desperate situation.

In the continuous sound of gunfire, the Tsar's heart had the idea of retreating, he realized that the Xia army he was facing now was a very difficult opponent, if the Xia army continued such a fierce attack regardless of casualties, he was afraid that before the Xia army was defeated, the Russian army under his command would be defeated first.

You know, just after the battle, there are already some people in the army who have a fear of the Xia army, they dare not face such a terrible enemy again, an enemy who is not even afraid of death, who else can defeat them, can it rely on the angel holy army in the sky?

However, even if the tsar wanted to withdraw his troops, the Xia army would not let them retreat to the west bank smoothly, and all Alexei Tsar could think of now was to concentrate on launching a fierce attack with all his strength, not seeking to defeat the Xia army, as long as he could repel the offensive of the Xia army and gain time to retreat, the goal would be achieved.

Just as the Tsar was thinking in his heart, the sound of gunfire outside suddenly stopped, he stood up suspiciously, walked to the outside of the palace, looked in the direction of the battlefield, and saw that the Xia army began to retreat slowly. tread

The tsar hurriedly summoned people to ask why the Xia army suddenly retreated, and it didn't take long for Ivan Khovansky to hurry over, with a little imperceptible joy on his face, and said: "Your Majesty, the Xia army has finally stopped attacking, and they have begun to retreat!"

"I can see it." Alexei nodded, his face puzzled, "Why did they retreat suddenly?"

"I don't know." Ivan Khovansky shook his head, "They stopped attacking suddenly, and we don't know the intentions."

The Tsar looked at the slowly retreating enemy with some uneasiness, and he thought of the retreat just now, and immediately said: "Ivan, give me an order, all the troops are contracted, and we will withdraw to the west bank of the Ural overnight."

"Retreat? Why the sudden retreat?" Ivan asked in surprise.

The Tsar patiently told Ivan what he thought, and when the latter heard this, he fell silent at first, and after a short time he saluted the Tsar and turned to convey the Tsar's order.

Soon, the order to retreat reached every Russian army

In the ears of the generals, the Russian troops who had rushed from other lines of defense took advantage of the situation to move closer to the Chinese army, and the soldiers also began to pack their personal belongings under the orders of the officers. tread

The wounded soldiers who had been wounded in the battle were sent to the other side of the river through the pontoon bridge, and the whole Russian army was in an uproar, some of them still responsible for preparing for a possible attack by the Xia army, and more began to pack up their belongings and prepare for evacuation.

In the Xia army formation facing it, Fu Xinghua looked at the movement in the direction of the Russian army's position and nodded slowly.