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    On June 28, the 012 battleship, which had been renamed Heilongjiang, bombarded Jeju Island with its main guns, announcing the beginning of the empire's expulsion of Russia's Far East military power.

    "This island is so beautiful! It's such a pity to let these incompetent North Koreans take care of it! It should be included in the empire's territory!" Li Zhu said, looking at Jeju Island.

    "Captain! The white flag has been hoisted on the island!"

    "What? How many shots did we fire?"

    Shen Donghe said: "It seems there are less than thirty cannons."

    "The Russians just surrendered like that? No wonder the army fought so easily!"

    "It should be our equipment that has the advantage."

    "Haha, maybe! It's okay to surrender, the shells are expensive! Let the Marines land!"

    Song Qing and Nie Shicheng crossed the Yalu River and began to attack the Russian army in North Korea. This was proposed by Nie Shicheng himself. He was familiar with the terrain of North Korea and it was perfect to go to North Korea to fight.  In two days, Anzhou was captured.  The Russians' fighting passion didn't seem to be very strong. They basically started to retreat as soon as the artillery fired.

    After taking Anzhou, Nie Shicheng was welcomed by the local people. When these Chinese people were in North Korea, their lives were pretty good. Then the Japanese came and their lives were barely passable. When the Russians came, this life became impossible.  These Russians were more ferocious than the Japanese, looting houses one by one. What was even more disgusting was that these Russians did not even spare teenage girls.

    In the evening, Nie Shicheng and Song Qing discussed the attack plan against Pyongyang.  During the day, ordinary North Koreans came to the army to deliver news. The Russians seemed to have concentrated all their forces on Pyongyang.  It seems that they are going to have a decisive battle with themselves in Pyongyang.  Russia's total military strength in North Korea reaches 50,000, while its own force has less than 20,000.  It is not easy to attack Pyongyang. If Ye Zhichao had not abandoned the city and fled, it is still unclear whether the Japanese could have captured Pyongyang.

    In Pyongyang, the commander-in-chief of the Russian army in North Korea, Bolsov, is also discussing countermeasures with his subordinates. He has received a telegram from Andrew Jeff and has a certain understanding of the enemy's combat methods.  Boersov said: "The Chinese are very good at using artillery. They cooperate with airships for reconnaissance, and the artillery shells are almost always on target! But at the same time, the Chinese are also very dependent on artillery. According to the information sent by Lieutenant General Andrew Jeff, the Chinese  The loss of artillery shells will not be taken into account in combat." Bolsev was different from Andrew Jeff and others in that he was born as a civilian.  To become a lieutenant general depends entirely on one's own ability, not on one's status as a noble.  In Russia, officers are the only thing on the street, and many nobles can become officers if they want.

    Tchailovsky said: "So, as long as we destroy the enemy's artillery, we can easily defeat the Chinese?"

    "It's not easy to destroy the Chinese! We must first avoid the enemy's reconnaissance, and we must hit it with one hit, otherwise our artillery will be destroyed."

    "The Chinese artillery has a very long range. Maybe we can conduct an ambush on the road. Launch a surprise attack on the Chinese at close range and destroy their artillery. According to the reports of the soldiers who came from Anzhou, the Chinese have only fifteen artillery pieces. We  A surprise attack on the road can easily destroy it with just a few cannons!¡±

    "This is a good idea! Ambush halfway. Destroy their artillery in one fell swoop!"

    "We might as well just let the empire's warriors ambush us on the road. The Chinese must think that we will defend Pyongyang and attack them unprepared when the time comes, and we will definitely win! What do you think, general?"

    Bolsev thought for a while and said: "The Chinese have about 20,000 troops. We can dispatch 40,000 people to ambush. We will leave 10,000 people to defend the city."

    "Okay, General, this idea is really great. When we defeat the Chinese, His Majesty will definitely reward us!"

    After arriving in Suchon, you have to go through a wide valley to reach Pyongyang. This is not the only way, but other roads are much more difficult to walk.  Nie Shicheng was very familiar with the terrain here, as he had retreated here.

    Song Qing rode on horseback and walked side by side with Nie Shicheng, and asked: "Gong Ting, do you think the Russians will set up an ambush in the valley?"

    "This? Impossible. This valley is wide and not suitable for setting up an ambush. It would be possible to set up an ambush at the mouth of the valley over there." Because he had won two consecutive victories in the Northeast, Nie Shicheng had already despised the Russians.

    "Well, it's better to be careful!"

    After entering the valley, Song Qing felt a little uneasy. This valley was too quiet. It was summer and there should be more than just cicadas chirping in the forest, but now he could not hear a single bird call.  Song Qing frowned and said to Zhang Zuolin who was following him: "Yuting, go tell everyone to be more vigilant. Pay attention to protect the artillery team and the baggage team behind."

    Nie Shicheng said: "Are you too careful?"

      "It's better to be careful. This valley is too quiet, and I feel a little uneasy."

    After Zhang Zuolin came back, Song Qing said: "Yuting, take some people to explore the way ahead. I feel that the Russians may set up an ambush at the entrance of the valley ahead."

    Nie Shicheng also felt that the valley was too quiet. He raised his hand to signal the troops to stop and said, "Wait until Yuting conducts reconnaissance before leaving."

    On the mountains on both sides of the valley, Bolsev saw the officers in front of the Chinese army asking the troops to stop and sending out scouts. He frowned and asked Tchailovsky: "We are now less than two meters away from the enemy's artillery."  Qianmi, are you sure you can kill them?"

    ¡°Russian artillery still has absolute confidence in carrying out precise strikes at a distance of two thousand meters.  Tchailovsky said: "No problem."

    "Are you sure? The enemy's artillery team is now at the entrance of the valley. If it cannot be cleared out at once, our artillery will be in danger!"

    "No problem!" Tchailovsky affirmed.

    "Well, let's order the attack!" According to the original plan, we would wait until the enemy completely entered the valley before taking action. But now the enemy has sent out scouts. Once discovered, it is possible for the enemy to completely withdraw from the valley.  The troops came here to set up an ambush in the early morning. If they returned without success, they would be sorry for the lost rest time.

    With the sound of several cannons, everyone knew that they were ambushed, and the shells first flew towards the artillery team at the entrance of the valley.  He Weiwei, commander of the artillery battalion, shouted: "Quick! Pull all the artillery out!"

    "Howl~~Bang!!" A cannonball exploded next to He Wei, blowing He Wei aside.

    "Battal Commander! Battalion Commander!" Zheng Qiang, the commander of the third company, picked up half of He Weiwei, who was covered in blood and flesh, and shouted.

    "Pullpull the cannonpull"

    "Battalion Commander! Hurry. Hurry! Turn around! Evacuate the valley first!"

    In just a few seconds, another round of artillery shells arrived. One shell blew up a turning artillery tractor to pieces. The artilleryman immediately untied the cable, and several people worked together to push the artillery out of the valley.  But how can a human being be faster than a cannonball?  Although the firing rate of the Russian artillery is not fast, it can still reach one shot every eight or nine seconds, and the shells fly toward the mouth of the valley one after another.  In just one minute, eight artillery pieces were blown up.

    The Russian artillery opened fire, which naturally exposed their position.  Although they were attacked by a sneak attack, the soldiers did not panic and set up machine guns on the spot.  Ma Yukun even concentrated several mortars and began to target the enemy's artillery positions.

    "Distance 800! Height 150! Let go!" In the previous battle with Zhang Zhidong, the mortar had exposed the difficulty of aiming at targets that were not on the same horizontal plane. The reason was because the operator was not attacking.  Experience with targets on the same level.

    The impact point of the artillery shell was more than 100 meters away from the Russian artillery position. After observing the impact point of the artillery shell, the observer shouted: "The distance is corrected by 860, the height is corrected by 177! Three rapid fire shots!"

    "What's going on? Where did the shells come from?" The first round of shells landed fifty or sixty meters in front of Bolsev. The explosion shocked Bolsev who was observing the situation at the entrance of the valley.  , several nearby soldiers were killed and more than a dozen soldiers were injured.

    "I don't know! I didn't see the fire of artillery fire! I didn't hear the sound of enemy artillery either!"

    "Damn it! The Chinese must have some secret weapon!"

    Not long after Bolsev finished speaking, several shells accurately exploded in the artillery position.  The chassis of the two artillery pieces were blown apart, and several artillerymen were also killed. Tchailovsky, who was on the artillery position, was hit by shrapnel in the thigh and left the artillery position with the help of several soldiers.

    "Bang! Bang!" The remaining six artillery pieces fired again at the Chinese artillery team at the entrance of the valley. Tchailovsky had just left.  Artillery shells from unknown sources exploded on the artillery position, destroying three artillery pieces.  After only two seconds, before the remaining three artillery pieces could be pushed back to the firing position, another round of shells exploded, blowing the three artillery pieces apart.

    At this time, Bolsev and Tchailovsky knew why Andrew Jeff said that these Chinese artillery were powerful, and they clearly saw the artillery team at the entrance of the valley escaping in a hurry.  But my artillery position was under bombardment. Could it be that the doorless artillery at the entrance of the valley was a decoy?  This is impossible. He came here at night to set up an ambush. It was impossible for the Chinese to get the news so quickly.  That's another possibility. The Chinese still have a lot of artillery behind them!  This is not good news. When I broke into North Korea, in order to ensure the speed of the march, I did not bring too many artillery. If the Chinese had assembled heavy firepower to bombard Pyongyang, they would not be able to defend it no matter how many people they had.  No, we must first annihilate this vanguard force, and then seize the artillery in one fell swoop while the artillery behind it has no protection.

    "Come on, warriors of the empire! Kill these yellow-skinned monkeys!"

    Bolsv gave the order, and the soldiers on the mountain here began to shout "Ula!" and rushed down, and then the soldiers on the other side of the mountain also began to rush down.

    "Spread out! Spread out! Don't panic! The cavalry rush out first and then come in!" Song Qing shouted with enough energy!

    Because the cavalry is in front of them, they must stay away first to avoid being accidentally injured by their own people.  The cavalry advanced rapidly, while the infantry spread out, found a suitable position to lie down and shoot, and the machine guns began to fire like Russian troops rushing down the mountain.

    ¡°Contrary to the Chinese soldiers who calmly aim and shoot, the Russians kept firing during the charge, basically not aiming, as long as there were no one of their own in front.  However, the shooting distance during the charge was too far for Mosinagan at this time. At a distance of seven to eight hundred meters, even if the bullets could hit the enemy, they would cause very little damage.  Moreover, the Mosin-Nagant rifle is a bridge clip or single-shot loading, so it is not easy to load bullets during a charge.

    What Song Qing meant was not to spread out one by one, but to spread out in class units.  Each squad dispersed and quickly formed a small circle to shoot at the Russians.

    People on the battlefield often die from stray bullets. The front leg of the horse Song Qing was riding was hit by a stray bullet. The horse felt pain, neighed and raised up. Song Qing quickly jumped on the horse.

    Many Russian soldiers had already rushed to the valley. Those who responded quickly took out their pistols and started shooting at the approaching Russian soldiers. Those who responded slowly were stabbed with bayonets.  The bayonet was still the main weapon of the infantry at this time, but Qin Ge had no such understanding. Most of Wu Yi's men were from the old Beiyang Army, so when they saw the Russians approaching, they stabbed them with guns.  But the length of the AK-75 carbine is only one meter, and the Mosin-Nagant is 1.2 meters long without a bayonet. Moreover, the Russians are tall and strong, so they will obviously have the upper hand with bayonets.  Many soldiers were stabbed by the enemy's bayonet only to find out that there was no bayonet on their rifles. They smiled bitterly, still had the strength to pull the bolt and loaded the gun, and shot the enemy. However, they had no strength to pull the fuse of the grenade on their body, leaving no bones.  .  When the operator of the artillery attack ran out of bullets in his pistol and had only one grenade left, when he approached with a few Russian soldiers, he pulled the fuse and put it into the ammunition box of the mortar shell.  The machine gunner took off his military uniform, used his clothes to hoist the heavy machine gun without the tripod and fired. All the approaching Russian troops were heavily shot and fell down.

    Song Qingjiang danced his sword with great force, and all the Russians who came close to him were chopped to the ground. The same was true for Nie Shicheng, who was riding on his war horse to reap the lives of his enemies.

    When the battle situation reached a stalemate, the cavalry regiment began to turn back, carrying the momentum of billowing smoke and dust, and fought back to the battlefield.  The cavalry mostly used sabers. The Russians had no bullets in their rifle magazines after entering a hand-to-hand battle, so they had no power to fight back against the cavalry.  After Zhang Zuolin used up all the bullets in his pistol, he drew out his saber and began to kill the Russian troops with red eyes.  The Russian cavalry did not play its role, but the cavalry of Wu Yi Division restored the situation on the battlefield. Although the number of Russian troops was twice that of Wu Yi Division, they could only be massacred in front of the cavalry.

    The shouts of killing were loud in the huge valley and lasted for nearly two hours before slowly subsided.  The valley was full of corpses at this time. Because the Russians were shot more in the early stage, and the cavalry entered later, Wu Yi's division won the final victory.  Although they won the victory, they also suffered heavy losses. Only 8,000 of the 20,000 people were alive, and most of them were injured. These casualties did not include the casualties of the artillery battalion that had withdrawn from the valley.  The entire Russian army was destroyed, and nearly 40,000 soldiers lay in the valley. Bolsov and other commanders were also killed in the battle.  (Welcome, your support is my biggest motivation.)

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