"Mr. Major, Liu Shengxiu's Mingjun has expressed his willingness to fight side by side with us." When Schmidt made the final adjustment to the combat deployment in the command center, Markenson finally brought good news. The first good news these days!

"There was no fire?" Schmidt looked at Markenson and said with some concern. Before Nie Shicheng went to suppress Liu Shengxiu, Markenson strongly asked himself to go too. After Schmidt agreed, Markenson brought a group of colleagues from the Death Light Cavalry Regiment to suppress. Schmidt was also worried that the two sides would fight, but things seemed to go very smoothly. At least a few gunshots were heard!

"You look down on them too highly. Liu Shengxiu is a coward. We easily controlled him. After agreeing to act with us, this guy decisively issued a battle order. Then we controlled the horses and food. They wanted to leave were almost no different from seeking death. Nie Shicheng also had some prestige and finally subdued these guys." I have to say that Ma Kensen's methods were pretty good. He knew that it was not enough to be hard, and knew that he would control the top leaders first and leave him a way out. Liu Shengxiu was more concerned about his own safety. As for his troops, he had to line up behind!

"The Russian reinforcements soon returned. If we only count the strength, we would not suffer any loss. The Qing army had 8,000 people. Even if we counted the combat effectiveness, we would have to compare the combat effectiveness of 2,000 people. In addition, a regiment of the Russian army and a cavalry of 1,500 people who were assigned to us, there were at least 4,000 people. In addition, we are enough to fight a battle with the Japanese army!" Markens was still very confident in this battle, although the Russian infantry regiment had not arrived yet...

"This..." When Oshima Yoshikazu arrived outside Jiulian City, the trenches outside the city wall made Oshima Yoshikazuzu big! He had never seen trenches, but the one in front of him was completely different from what he saw. It was as well-connected as a huge spider web as the center, and the Qing army generally refused to defend the city, while the German army in front of him seemed to be playing according to common sense. The depth of the entire defense line has been expanding outward for more than 800 meters! This has suddenly increased the pressure on the infantry's charge!

"Or, follow the script once! Blast the cannons on the city first!" Although the Japanese Army began to learn from France, they still knew that as a brigade, although it was only part of it, they could also concentrate 12 cannons. According to his idea, a 2,000-man unit did not have independent artillery, at most 4 to 6 cannons. The number of their own cannons was doubled. Even if the other party had a better position and could hit farther, he could win, right? Moreover, the cannons at that time were all direct and curved fired, and there were very few researches on them. Everyone used cannons as large rifles. The effective range was that way!

So, two entire companies, a team of about 12 artillery were deployed in front of the Germans. They took the artillery from the carriage under the Germans' gaze, then arranged the artillery positions and placed the artillery in the artillery position. The members of the artillery team took the ammunition from the ammunition chariot, and the commander began to measure the distance and prepare for artillery attack. Japan's training was still good, and the whole process lasted only about 15 minutes!

"Well, start fire! Get up!" Looking at the Japanese artillery prepared outside the city, Schmidt said with sympathy. In order to guard the city, Schmidt cleared out all things that could affect the shooting range within a radius of several kilometers, and all terrain was also used as references for artillery attacks. As long as you stand at the top of the city and see the Japanese army, the German artillery can clearly know the distance and direction of the opponent! Even the shooting can be saved!

How to say this era? On the eve of the battlefield where firepower completely dominated, although there were high-explosive bombs, smokeless guns, and some early machine guns, because the long-range heavy artillery and indirect shooting theory have not yet been fully formed. There were no large number of machine guns and submachine guns, in some cases in the war, especially in the relatively backward battlefield in the Far East.

The Japanese tactics are not complicated, just artillery plus infantry onboard, and at most some flanking detour tactics. Faced with the Qing army that ran more times during battle than the attacks, the reason why Japan could win was 70% because its opponent was too weak. The quality and tactics of the Japanese army in the Russo-Japanese War were indeed quite powerful, but now, it can only be described as haha!

"The details are too poor, not as good as His Highness the Prince." If Ruprecht were here, Baron Schmidt would not dare to say this! The prince's tactical level at that time was a bit too half-pulled, but some ideas were indeed good. After learning Ruprecht's advanced combat posture, Schmidt felt that the tactics of the Japanese Army were too rough! To put it bluntly, it was a fire of artillery and a reckless rhythm......

Infantry charges at a distance, and running for a thousand meters and then hitting is obviously nonsense. The key is to try to shorten the impact distance. However, under the current circumstances, Jiulian City is very exposed, and it is not easy to find shelter. What's more, the Japanese think that firepower is superior. According to past experience, generally speaking, the cannon will be ready to be harvested as soon as it sounds. Under normal circumstances, a nail is made on the flank, and then the cannon will be waiting for harvesting as soon as it sounds...

It would be unfair to say that the Japanese still had to queule and shoot them in a dense formation, but it would be impossible to pull out a few clever strait lines, the 33 team and other things. The local work is even more limited. At least not like the Germans, each person is equipped with an engineer shovel......

The Japanese artillery was preparing, and the infantry began to gradually approach the German defense line. In this era, there were only artillery and rifles, and machine guns were fewer than giant pandas, and 80% were similar to hand-cranked Gatling... So, except for artillery, there were almost no weapons in this era that could threaten the enemy 400 meters away. Those who could hit the target 400 meters away were special shooters. Moreover, there were not enough advanced optical scopes in this era. Not to mention wind deviation, the distance was all up to guess!

The Japanese began to build the recommended starting position, and the front-line troops also began to move. The troops began to take their positions one by one, waiting for the artillery to be ready to be in place to start shelling. According to past experience, since it is a siege, then smash the city wall first, and then take a rude look at the situation.

When the Japanese were busy, the Blue Legion was also making the final preparations for combat. Let's not talk about the four 75mm rapid-fire cannons on the city wall, which were naturally suppressed from a long distance. The remaining machine guns and mortars have been deployed in the machine gun and artillery nests that were installed in advance, and the troops deployed with machine guns and mortar positions. Although the number of people is not large, the firepower is indeed strong. Relying on nearly half of the semi-automatic rifles, the Germans' melee firepower is not comparable to that of the Japanese single-mounted rifles.

Moreover, in order to make up for the lack of troops, some Russian cavalry also changed their positions to infantry and defended some positions under the leadership of the Russian army. A war was about to break out, and the entire battlefield was filled with a solemn atmosphere!
Chapter completed!