Chapter 64 The initial battle is unfavorable (1)

At midnight on September 5, 1861, a red cannon shot out from the towering walls of Aihui City! A loud bang exploded in the air, setting off a vast northeastern land under the night sky and the Heilongjiang River rushing day and night. When the light of the cannon was not as bright as in the eyes, it started from Ulusumudan Karen, Zhanbilakaren, Kulunbilakaren, Sahalian Ulahoto City, Aihui City, and east to Terde, Chikde,

The 6,300 artillery fired at the Niumanbila River and Songajiawula front at the same time, and smashed the Russian fortress on the opposite side of Heilongjiang, carrying smoke and shells. The Russian army was unwilling to show weakness at all. The 34 and 28 pounds of howitzers were projected like locust stones, and they exploded in Karen, fortresses, river banks, and hillsides everywhere. The denseness of the shells between each other was really in contact with each other and a death toll broke out.

The battle officially began, and Zhang Yunlan was the first to board the rowing boat sent from the Heilongjiang City Navy Camp. This boat was very small in size, and it could accommodate fifteen people in addition to rowing hands. However, although it was small in size, it was because it was large enough. One hundred and thirty-five rowing boats took advantage of the cover of artillery fire to attack the Russian Stretiansk Fortress on the north bank of the river.

There were 670 people in the Russian fortress. Before the war began, the Russian army sent more troops. Zhang Yunlan didn't know the specific number, but it was estimated that it would not be less than 2,400 or five hundred.

The first step is to successfully climb the beach, but this level is not easy. The Russian army has already prepared defense. With the flash of bombs and the cold moonlight, the Qing army can clearly see the landing stairs. So, the Russian army's muskets resounded through the earth like beans!

"Let's go down, you all go down!" Zhang Yunlan shouted at the soldiers' stern throne, waved her hands back, signaling the mosquito boat to turn back to Jiangyou and continue to carry other soldiers across the river. Then she called, "Xianggang? Xiugang? Where did you go?"

"The geese are here! Sir, the geese are here."

Xiu Gang is from Shanxi and serves as the supervisor of the fifth camp in the Green Camp in Shanxi. His position is a general, "Sir?"

"Call Zhao Laosan to lead the second battalion, Zhou Ajiu lead the third battalion, divide the left and right wings, and surround it. You lead the first battalion and break in from the middle. Let the grenade battalion fight with you."

"Zhe!" Xiu Gang agreed, bent down and turned down, discussed with several other people, and each led his troops and rushed out from the gentle slope of the river embankment with a shout.

On the Russian position, gunfire sounds were heard. The Qing soldiers raised their guns and rushed forward quickly while keeping their feet under their feet. While running, some of them were skillful in their movements, while changing bullets, pressing the bolts on them, and then launching them. The gunfire sound of "bang! bang! bang!" resounded throughout the earth, and it was getting closer and closer to the first position of the Russian army.

Another dense bullets were shot out from the opposite position, and more than a dozen comrades on the left and right were hit by the bullets. The sound of pain was endless. However, the Qing army even had time to look back and fell to the ground. Xiu Gang looked up and saw that the distance was almost the same. He roared in his throat, "Grenade Camp?"

A ball of fire ignited in the darkness, and then dozens of strange monsters with fire on their tails fell from the sky and landed onto the Russian army's positions. "Boom! Boom!" The sound kept ringing. Xiu Gang was holding a gun in his hand and was the first to get up, "Brothers, it's time to serve the country and make contributions. Are you fighting with me?"

"Run!" The soldiers followed the chief officer, and the fish jumped up, followed closely with guns. Within a few breaths, they had already rushed into the first line of defense of the Russian army. When they entered the tunnel, the war was more intense than before. The Russian army still fought against the beasts, but they fought to the death without retreating. With the help of the cover of darkness, they fought with the Qing army.

"Stop, stop!" Xiu Gang's back was close to the tunnel, gasping for a while, signaling the soldiers behind him to rest for a while, "It's not possible to continue like this, I have to think of a solution."

"Sir, did Master Zhou's Third Camp and Master Zhao's Second Camp go there? Why are we the only ones?"

"You ask the goose, who are you asking?" Before he finished speaking, gunshots sounded again on the side of the tunnel, "Is it Lao Zhou and Lao Zhao? Rushing over." Xiu Gang gritted his teeth and took a few deep breaths, "Go and rush out!"

The combat power of the third battalion was 1,200 people, and it took less than an hour to break through the first line of defense of the Russian army. At the same time, the mosquito ships in the second echelon had also rowed across the river and sent the soldiers from the other four battalions over.

Xiu Gang smiled and invited Zhang Yunlan to the command post that the Russian army saw, and said proudly, "How about it, Boss Zhang, brothers, are you doing a good job this time? In less than an hour! You go to Aihui City to ask the Master of the Strategic Envoy, this is definitely the number one person in Tianzi!"

"What about the casualties?"

"Thirty-six people died in the first battalion, and seventy-five people were injured."

"You are fucking proud?" Zhang Yunlan shrugged with eyes and scolded sternly, "It's just the first line of defense, and the eleventh number has been lost. What's so proud of? Take a break and continue to march later. If you can win Stretiansk within today, I'm the first to ask you for me."

Xiu Gang calculated that at this speed, it would be no big problem to win Stretiansk within one day. "Don't worry, sir, you can definitely take it down. Just wait and see."

Zhang Yunlan nodded without comment and ordered people to take a boat across the river immediately to Aihui City to inform the Administrator that Zhang Yunlan belonged to Shanxi Green Camp, which had already taken the first line of defense of the Russian army.

The commander was ordered to act quickly. As soon as the Chou Time passed, the battle situation was reported to the front headquarters of Aihui City. Sai Shanga was overjoyed when he heard this, "Brother Yuting, did you hear it? Zhang Yunlan is really worthy of being promoted by the Guangwu New Army. In less than an hour, he had already broken through the first line of defense."

Su Shun smiled and said, "Look, let's see again." The implication was that he seemed to be very unwilling to take this matter to heart.

"Brother Yuting, what's wrong with you? But do you think this matter is worth mentioning?"

"Of course it's not worth mentioning, but compared with the Russian Stretiansk Fortress, such a situation..." He shook his head, "Let's talk about it after taking the fortress."

A moment later, the messengers sent by Zhu Hongzhang, Yang Zaifu, Cheng Xueqi, Li Shixian, Shengbao and others came to the city to report that the soldiers of the Green Camp to which they all passed the first line of defense of the Russian army and were advancing towards the second and third lines of defense.

With the advantage of the number of Qing soldiers, the positional war quickly achieved phased results. By dawn, Zhang Yunlan's troops had approached the Stretiansk Fortress and looked up at the solid fortress built along the mountain. Zhang Yunlan's heart was full of anger. Without the support of artillery fire, it would be unknown how much effort and casualties would it take to attack such a strong place than it would be at night!

Looking back, there were 1350 captured Russian troops, gathered together in groups of three or three, and were escorted by Qing soldiers to the bank of the river. When the ship arrived, they would transport it across the river and escort it to Aihui City to wait for the descent from above. This was not his turn to care about it. He waved his hand and gathered the management leaders of the battalions and discussed the next move, "What do you think?"

"What else can I do? Attack up the mountain and wipe out the enemy. You can send generals! You must always snatch Hu Damao, Li Shixian, Shengbao and others, take down the fortress so that people all over the world can see that Shanxi people are not only good at using tricks to invite the emperor's heart."

Zhang Yunlan scratched the moon gate above his head and nodded, "That's the case, but the Stretiansk Fortress was built along the mountain, with all the soldiers and food inside. He attacked upwards for fear of too much casualties!"

"What are you afraid of? The ***zi has already given up his courage. When the heavenly soldiers arrive, they are all left to raise their hands to surrender."

Zhou Ajiu's arrogant words made Zhang Yunlan feel helpless. If he continued, he would be suspected of growing ambitions from others. "Okay, then Zhou Ajiu, you should lead the third battalion. Wait for a while to be the main attack and rush up to explore the reality of the Russian army before talking about it."

"twitter!"

After half an hour of rest, Zhou Ajiu led the 3560 brothers belonging to the Third Battalion, and followed the mountain road under the Stretiansk Fortress, gradually climbed up the way. All the trees on the mountain were cut down by the Russian army in advance. There was a barren wild mountain and wilderness everywhere, without any shelter. Zhou Ajiu was able to take charge of the First Battalion, so he was naturally a man who knew the soldiers. He felt that something was wrong and wanted to lead people to retreat temporarily. There was no such reason. At this time, the fortress on the mountain was shot and cannons fired together, and large groups of smoke rose into the air!

Zhang Yunlan looked clearly below and stomped her feet hard, "What a bunch of bastards!"

The mountain wind blew, the smoke dissipated, and the soldiers belonging to the third camp were either dead or injured, but none of them were intact. Zhou Ajiu fell to the ground, but he didn't even know how to live or die.

The Russian artillery had already measured the surrounding areas of the fortress clearly and clearly. The artillery was fired accurately and quickly, and did not leave any opportunity for the Qing army to take advantage of. Just one shot of artillery fire and eliminated all the Qing army's first battalion. Such a loss was really too great!

Zhang Yunlan understood that if he could not find a solution, he would probably have to go up and eliminate many people. In this Stretiansk Fortress, there were no less than two thousand soldiers inside. Although he was not as good as his own, he had all the advantages of the territory and had no way to attack and could only be beaten passively. "Zhao Laosan, take people up the mountain and find a way to get Lao Zhou and the others down. No matter who dies or who are alive, they must save them one by one."

"Sir, I'm afraid I'll go up a lot now..."

Before Zhao Laosan finished speaking, he was beaten by Zhang Yunlan in front of him, "Fart! Never give up a robe. It is the iron rule of my Green Camp army. If you don't go up, I will take people up in person!" He cursed sternly, "Don't you think about it. If it were you on the mountain, you wouldn't want your comrades to come over and save your life?"

Zhao Laosan blushed with shame, "Yes, yes! I will bring people up now, at most, just like Ajiu, to be a pair of brothers in distress!"

"Order people to turn back Ulusumudan Karen and transfer artillery to me."

"Sir, if there is no ship, how can artillery cross the river?"

"I don't believe it, there is not a single ship?"

"Sir, the big ships are really gone. A few days ago, the big ships transferred from Heilongjiang City and other places sank themselves in the upper reaches of Heilongjiang, in order to block the river and prevent Russian warships from passing through. Have you forgotten?"

"Then take the boat, disassemble the cannons, transport them over little by little, and then load them up and use them. Xiugang, you take the people there, go quickly, go quickly!"

"Yes." Xiu Gang didn't think this was an excellent strategy, but he had no better idea to suppress the Russian artillery fire here, so he had to take the order.

The sound of strong artillery fire sounded again in the direction of the mountain. Zhang Yunlan looked over and saw that the Third Battalion led by Zhao Laosan went halfway to suppress the Russian artillery fire and was in a dilemma. Some injured soldiers on the mountain hid behind the big rocks and shot in vain. As for the bullets, they didn't know where they were shot.

Zhang Yunlan was so angry that she gritted her teeth, but she had no choice but to do anything. Fortunately, not long after, the Qing army artillery fire on the side of the river bank began to fire. The third battalion took this opportunity to drag and drag the only 60 remaining wounded soldiers of the second battalion to the foot of the mountain. The other 200,700,80, and Zhou Ajiu, together with the second battalion's manager, all died on the way to attack the Stretiansk Fortress. Their bodies could only be found to be carried back later.

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Not only Zhang Yunlan, but also Zhu Hongzhang and others, all encountered the same dilemma. The Russian army's artillery fire was very fierce. Even if the Qing army on the other side of the river supported and suppressed it, the Russian army had already expected that this move, and the artillery positions on the other side were built in a hidden location in the fortress, and few of them were destroyed by the Qing army.

The number of casualties in the Qing army was very large. By noon on the first day of August, the number of casualties reported by various positions reached 24500. Among them, 800 were killed. The injured were placed on the ship and transported back to the side of the river bank. The injured were treated by military doctors. The dead were cremated on the spot, and the ashes were placed on their own, indicating their names and hometowns. After the war was completed, they were transported back to the pass.

Sai Shanga calculated that on the first day, he lost 10% of the number of people. How could he do it if he continues to consume this? "Brother Yuting, what do you think you should do next?"

Su Shun smiled and shook his head, "Mr. Ting, you are asking Yu Blind. When it comes to things around, I can still contribute my own efforts. Is this military matter? Please forgive me for being unable to help."

"Why might you report this to the emperor and ask the emperor to make a decision?"

Su Shun was stunned for a moment, "I asked the emperor to teach you the strategy on the first day of the war? Gong Ting,..."

"Oh, yes, yes." Sai Shanga also realized how embarrassing the meaning of the words - he needed the emperor's guidance for everything, and what did he do with this strategy? But as he knew in his heart, he really had no plan to defeat the enemy, so he had to ask others for help, "Zhu Xiu, Ti'an, what do you two think?"

"I thought that I could only transport artillery to Jiangzuo as Zhang Yunlan, Cheng Xueqi, Zhu Hongzhang and others said, and ordered soldiers to attack in addition to suppressing fire."

"Okay, since that's the case, I ordered the artillery battalions stationed in Karen to immediately dismantle the artillery and transport it to Jiangzuo to prepare for the war!"

When military orders were issued, the artillery battalions took action to dismantle and package the artillery, transport it to various places, load it onto the ship, transport it to the other side, and then reassemble it. Just such a struggle took a whole day.

From August 2 to August 6, the Qing army regrouped and attacked their respective targets again. Originally, they thought that with the help of artillery, the attack would be much smoother, but unexpectedly the effect was not very large. The power of the Qing army's artillery was not very large, but Yu Zheng used it without any solution - the Russian artillery fire was not greatly affected. It felt that it was more cheerful and fierce than yesterday.
Chapter completed!