"Hurry up! Speed up the action! Paddle it over!" Please

Rumble –

Listening to the continuous sound of cannons from the other side of the river, the soldiers of the Xia army on the river could only grit their teeth and paddle hard, silently praying to the ethereal gods in their hearts that the cannonballs would not fall on their heads.

Boom –

A solid cannonball smashed directly on the river next to a small boat, and the splashes and waves almost overturned the boat carrying five soldiers, and the soldiers subconsciously exclaimed, pressing the weight of their whole bodies on the hull of the boat, and finally stabilized the boat, and the water splashed by the cannonballs fell from the sky, pouring the small boat and the soldiers on several small boats around it into soup.

"Damn, when Lao Tzu lands, I must kill you!"

The drenched soldiers cursed and wiped the water from their faces, and continued to paddle hard to keep the boat closer to the riverbank, but their luck was clearly not as good as it had just been, and a cannonball hit the boat directly, smashing it to pieces along with the five soldiers on it.

Before the soldiers could even scream, they were smashed into countless pieces of minced flesh by solid shells, and a intestine flew high and landed on the shoulders of the soldiers on a small boat a few meters away, and the rich smell of fish and blood went straight into his nostrils, making the recruit, who had only experienced one battle, couldn't help but swell up and down his throat, and spit it out. Please

Under the cover of the Xia army's reckless landing on the beach and the continuous shelling of their own artillery, the first batch of Xia soldiers who forcibly crossed the river finally landed on the beach, they directly abandoned the boat on the shore and rushed up with rifles, but just after they rushed out a few meters, the Russian soldiers who entered the position hurriedly opened fire.

Even though it was pitch black in front of them, the indiscriminate shooting of the Russian army still caused dozens of casualties to the Xia army, and the soldiers running at the front screamed and fell to the ground, and the soldiers behind them continued to run forward without caring about the injuries of the fallen robes.

The fierce battle on the tidal flats lasted less than two hours, and the Xia army finally took this position from the Russian army, and the battle lasted until dawn, when the Russian army left behind the Ural River defense line was completely defeated, and the Xia army successfully occupied the west bank of the Ural River after paying a lot of casualties.

Instead of pursuing the retreating Russians, the first vanguard units assisted the sappers in building several temporary pontoon bridges over the Ural River so that more soldiers could pass through them.

As the soldiers stepped on the planks that were still swaying with the waves, their eyes could not help but be drawn to the fragments of the boats and the flesh of the corpses that had washed ashore, and more fragments on the surface of the river flowed into the western sea with the flowing waters, and only those that had washed up to the shore could be preserved.

In addition to the corpses washed up on the shore, there were also many corpses on the tidal flats of the soft sand, and the blood flowed from the corpses, absorbed by the sand below the corpses, staining a patch of sand, and then looking at the position, the corpses of soldiers on both sides were equally numerous, but they had begun to converge.

After the Xia army took the west bank of the Ural River, they did not care about resting here, and the soldiers only had time to catch their breath and eat a mouthful of dry food before continuing to march. Please

They interrogated the captured Russian soldiers about the fighting in the rear, and knew that Daniel Zhang and their army were besieging Saratov, and the main forces of the Russian army were also preparing to go there to encircle and suppress Daniel Zhang's troops.

In order to reinforce friendly troops, Fu Xinghua ordered the whole army to march in a hurry, and be sure to rush to the battlefield before the end of the war.

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On the 10th day of September, outside the city of Saratov, the Russian army finally arrived under the leadership of the Tsar, who first took out his binoculars and looked at the city wall, and when he saw that the double-headed eagle flag belonging to Russia was still flying on the city wall, he was unconsciously relieved.

However, although the city of Saratov was still under the control of the Russian army, the situation of the defenders was not very good, under the heavy bombardment of the Xia army, the low walls of Saratov were devastated, and a gap was forcibly collapsed, and many corpses fell inside and outside the gap, but it was still temporarily blocked by the defenders with various obstacles.

The Tsar's gaze then cast

After the Xia army camp, the Xia army also discovered the enemy's approach, they turned their backs to the camp and began to line up to meet the enemy on the side of the main force of the Russian army.

"Looks like they're ready for a head-on showdown with us." Please

The Tsar sneered and said to the generals beside him, although the generals did not express their opinions, the eager looks on their faces revealed their desire for a victory.

"Prepare your troops for an attack, and let's crush the hateful Xia people from the front!"

With the tsar's order, the Russian army gradually formed an offensive formation while advancing, and they lined up their artillery, and the black hole artillery fire was aimed at the Xia army from afar.

The war is on the verge of breaking out.

Under the cover of their own artillery, the infantry continued to advance, while the Xia army on the opposite side could only silently endure the harassment of artillery fire, and it was not until the enemy infantry approached that their artillery dared to fire back.

It was a tragic battle, outside the city of Saratov, the guns and artillery shook the sky, and the Chinese and Russian armies, which were mainly hot weapons, adopted the mainstream line tactics of this era, and fired volleys of guns at each other.

In the continuous sound of gunfire, the infantry on both sides fell one after another, and the Russian army did not completely rely on line tactics to fight, after they fired the projectiles in the chamber, they drew their sabers under the leadership of the officers and roared and charged. Please

This tactic of the Russian army has been played from the seventeenth century to the early twentieth century, and it has endured, and if they were facing other armies on this continent, perhaps this tactic would still be effective, but they were facing the Xia army that had been killed by force from the distant Central Plains.

In the face of the Russian army's charge, the officers of the Xia Army couldn't help but complain that the Russian commanders and soldiers had bags in their heads, and they didn't want to charge in the face of their bullets with a good shot, and at the same time ordered their subordinates to step up to complete the loading and pour fire on the enemy as much as possible.

Bang bang bang –

Under the dense volley of the Xia army, the Russian soldiers in the charge fell one after another, and the firepower of the Xia army seemed to be endless, and the corpses of the fallen Russian soldiers were almost everywhere.

Soon, the Russian army could not bear the soaring casualties, and began to waver and retreated, the Xia army did not let go of this opportunity, and the company commanders shouted loudly and led the team to launch a counter-charge.

The Russian army was immediately defeated by this wave of counter-charge of the Xia army, leaving behind the corpses and fleeing in all directions, but fortunately, the Russian artillery continued to bombard the Xia army in time at this time, curbing their pace of continuing to advance, so that the Russian army finally had a chance to breathe.

While the main forces of the Russian army attacked the Xia army, the Saratov defenders did not watch it, they bravely opened the city gate and launched an attack on the rear of the Xia army, but how could Daniel Zhang be defenseless against this, he had already left a group of soldiers and horses to defend his rear. Please

When the Russian army in the city launched an attack and tried to respond to the friendly forces, the soldiers and horses that he had deployed in advance gave the Russian army out of the city a head-on blow, and the fierce gunfire was accompanied by the explosion of dozens of grenades, and the Russian army out of the city was immediately killed and wounded.

Immediately, the Xia cavalry who were ambushed in the camp rushed out, and together with the infantry, they charged towards the Russian army in chaos.

But what the Xia army wanted was to take advantage of this time to attack the city and take the city of Saratov in one fell swoop, how could they give them the opportunity to escape into the city, the Xia army cavalry roared and rushed through the fleeing crowd and killed the city gate.

Seeing this, the defenders left behind on the city wall instantly understood their intentions, and their faces turned pale with fright, and they hurriedly shouted to the defenders of the city gate to close the gate, and at the same time raised their guns to shoot at the cavalry who rushed over.

In order to seize the city gate, the cavalry of the Xia army did not care about the projectiles shot overhead, they quickly rushed to the outside of the city gate in the face of the whistling projectiles, and the cavalry led by the cavalry saw that the city gate was about to be closed, and immediately raised the cavalry carbine to shoot at the gap in the city gate, and directly shot and killed a number of Russian soldiers who were closing the city gate.

The sudden casualties startled these Russian soldiers who tried to close the city gate, and even the speed of closing the city gate slowed down, and before the rest of the soldiers were in a hurry to completely close the city gate, the Xia cavalry rode directly and rushed in, and the cavalry who rushed in first waved his sword

Cutting off the arm of the soldier who pushed the door, blood gushing out, and the action behind closed doors was stagnant.

Later, more cavalry rushed in, brandishing sabers to slaughter the Russian soldiers behind the city gates, the sharp swords and piercing blood made the other Russian soldiers panic and flee screaming. Please

The cavalry who rushed in did not chase them, but turned over and dismounted, and together they opened the city gates, allowing more cavalry to rush into the city, and as more and more cavalry rushed in, fierce battles broke out in the city, and the remaining Russian soldiers left the city walls one after another and took to the streets, trying to repel the enemy who rushed in.

But the Xia army finally entered the city, how could it be so easily driven out, the Xia army infantry rushed into the city and started a fierce street battle with the Russian soldiers, in the engagement, the grenadiers threw grenades without hesitation, and blew up the Russian army to cry and cry.

The city fell into fierce fighting, and the fighting outside the city was also very fierce, after the two sides broke out outside Saratov for several hours, the Russian army top brass sadly found that they seemed to be unable to defeat the Xia army, which was far inferior to them, and several attacks launched by the Russian army were defeated by the Xia army.

Although on one occasion the Russian infantry had already rushed in front of them and engaged the Xia army in a hand-to-hand battle, they were quickly defeated by the Xia army in close combat.

Several attacks were repulsed, and the morale of the Russian soldiers began to waver, and what was even more fatal was that under the fierce offensive of the Xia army, the defenders in the city of Saratov were quickly crushed, and the double-headed eagle banner flying high on the city wall was cut off, and replaced by the fierce dragon banner of the Xia army.

After seeing this scene, the tsar almost didn't come up in one breath, he wanted to come to the rescue of Saratov, but the fools inside couldn't join forces with them to attack the Xia army, and they were also attacked by the other party and stole their hometown, how did this not make the tsar angry.

But at the same time, in order to avoid a further blow to their morale, they had to gather their troops and retreat to nearby towns for a temporary truce. Please

Being able to take Saratov is also a surprise for Daniel Zhang, after all, the defenders in the city have a strong will to resist, and they have not taken the previous storms, and now they have finally taken this opportunity to take Saratov City, and also captured the mountains of materials inside, which made Daniel Zhang and the generals in the army couldn't help but laugh.

Now, they can't help but have to worry about food, and they also have a large number of winter clothes, which are fully enough for their more than 50,000 soldiers.

The next day, the retreating Russian army did not return, not because they did not want to attack again, in fact, the tsar was ready to order the army to move again, but the rout of the Russian army from the Ural River interrupted his plan and brought bad news.

The Ural defense line was breached, and the 30,000 Russian troops were routed on all fronts!

Hearing the news from the fleeing soldiers, the Tsar's body shook a little, and he only felt a rush of blood rushing up from his head, his eyes turned black, and he almost fainted.

He was ready to launch an attack after he left, but what he didn't expect was that the Xia army would forcibly break through the Ural River defense line overnight, which was an army of 30,000 people! There is also the natural barrier of the Ural River, even if it is 30,000 pigs, it is not so easy for Xia Jun to catch them all in one night!

Thinking of this, the tsar felt stuffy in his chest again, and his body shook, as if he was about to faint in the next second, and the generals and guards around him saw this, and hurriedly surrounded him to support him, so as not to let him faint in front of the public. Please

But soon, the tsar pushed away the support of the people around him, he realized that he could not continue to stay here, the Xia army could rush here at any time, if they were surrounded by these two Xia troops, then the more than 70,000 people under his command would die without a place to be buried.

As soon as he thought of this, the tsar's back was directly wet with cold sweat, and he didn't care about Saratov and the captured supplies in the city, so he immediately ordered the whole army to take all the baggage, bypass Saratov, and evacuate north.

Facts proved that the Tsar's hunch was correct, and on the second day of the retreat of the Russian army, Fu Xinghua's Xia army arrived outside Saratov in a rapid marching posture, and the scouts he sent out also reported to him the intelligence of the Russian army's retreat.

Fu Xinghua looked at the Xia Dynasty dragon flag fluttering on the wall of Saratov, at this time it was not clear where the reason for the retreat of the Russian army was, but then he regretted a little, if he could have arrived two days earlier, he would definitely be able to cooperate with Daniel Zhang to eat the main forces of the Russian army, but unfortunately there was no if, now the Russian army withdrew first, missing the opportunity.

But then he thought about it, now that he can cross the Ural River defense line and come here, it is already a great achievement, and if he continues to the East European Plain to the west, the Russian army is not very good at fighting, how can it stop the pace of the Xia army's continued westward advance?

Thinking of this, Fu Xinghua's face couldn't help but show a relaxed smile.