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At night, one of the guns was set up. Witnesses said it had a short and chunky gun barrel, a giant tumor-like retreat barrel, and was waiting for the order to assault the Pontis Fortress. The gunners leaned down on the ground, guarding their eyes, ears and mouths with bedding, and were preparing to fire the electric cannon 270 meters away from the gun position.

At 6:30 pm, the loud bang of the first shell shocked Liège. The arc-shaped ballistic of the shell was as high as meter and hit the target 60 seconds later. When the shell exploded, dust, debris and smoke formed a huge cone, rising into a height of 300 meters. Artillery observers corrected from the church spire or balloon to make the shell "gradually approach" the target. The Belgian defenders heard the howling sound of the shell landing, and felt the explosion sound getting closer and closer, as if it was exploded on their heads.

Their terror was also higher than a wave. The shells finally exploded above their heads. The steel bullets penetrated the fortifications, the ceiling collapsed, the tunnels were blocked, and the basement was filled with flames and gas. The explosions and shouts were mixed together, as if the end of the world was approaching. In the state of high tension when they were worried about the next shell hit, people became "hysterical".

The shelling lasted for 24 hours, and 45 shells in the Pontis Fortress collapsed and were captured by German infantry in Japan. On the same day, two other fortresses also fell. On the 14th, all the forts on the east and north of the city were lost.

The siege mortar then moved forward, and a large Belta cannon was dragged across the city to hit the Fort Ronson. Selestin, a member of the lower house of Liege. When Mr. Bron happened to be in the square of St. Pierre, he saw "a cannon appear at the corner of the square. It was so big that people could not believe his eyes. The monster was divided into two parts. Thirty-six horses were dragged, and the sidewalks were shaken. When the masses saw this extraordinary monster, they were stunned and extremely shocked. After arriving at Avrois Park, the German artillery carefully set up the cannon and aimed carefully, and then a terrible explosion came. The crowd fell and fell. The earth was shaking, as if an earthquake had occurred, and all the nearby glass windows were shattered."

By the time of the battle, 11 of the Fortresses of 612 were lost, only the Fortress of Ronsen had not yet fallen. On that day, a shell hit Ronsen and exploded above the ammunition depot, detonating the entire ammunition depot. When the Germans were cleaning the battlefield, they found General Le Mans being pressed under a large brick and stone in a pile of broken armored turrets and smoked cement fortifications. It seemed that he had died of anger. In fact, General Le Mans was still alive, but was stunned. After he woke up, he was sent to General Von Emmich. Le Mans handed over his command knife and said, "I was captured in a coma, so please explain this in the battle report."

"Your command knife does not defile the honor of the soldiers." Emmich replied, and returned the command knife to the general.

After the Battle of Liege, Belgium no longer had the ability to stop the German army from advancing. About one million German troops advanced wildly towards Paris, France, a number of 400,000 more than before. The number of French troops defending in Paris was only about 350,000, and 800,000 Frenchmen were bravely storing the German defense line, where there was a road leading to Berlin, Germany.

The revolving door appeared, and on both sides of the door, there was a strong man pushing it desperately. Who would fall down first?

In Beijing, the capital of China, President Zhao Gang is discussing military plans for the Russians with the military. Although China's railway construction is in full swing, it is still difficult to build tens of thousands of kilometers of railways on the Central Asian channel. No one is willing to waste money in these places without commercial value, and the military cannot pay for the battle.

Therefore, when the battle began, the Chinese army was an elite military route. It kept harassing the Russians in Central Asia, making them exhausted. Once the Russians could not bear it, they would gain some benefits through negotiations with the Russians. This was what Zhao Gang thought at the time.

But in fact, when the world war began, Zhao Gang had to modify his combat goals. The Russians and the French must attack the Germans from both sides. In that case, the Russians' defense ability in Siberia will be greatly reduced, and the British will definitely take the opportunity to take back the northern part of India. The Russians may even give up Siberia and then exchange it for China's neutrality or even participate in the war.

According to this idea, Zhao Gang strengthened his troops to Central Asia. Lieutenant General Han Xinghua originally had only more than 30,000 people, but suddenly increased to the scale of six armies of 250,000. However, facing only 180,000 Russians, it seems that it is only a matter of time before the Russians were defeated. At this time, Zhao Gang did not expect that the nature of the Russians - the fanaticism of the territory.

Unlike other countries, Russia's participation in World War I started with the cheerful masses and pioneering soldiers singing songs such as "Long Live the Empire". The troops heading to the front line all wrote the inscription "Go Home on Christmas". All the Russians were looking forward to a short and victorious war with confidence.

But they would not find themselves involved in a lasting, cruel war torture, in which the wealth and casualties were lost in this war were unprecedented, which also destroyed the social system and political structure. 530 When the Tsar signed the National Mobilization Order, he said to the ministers: "Think about the responsibility you have to me! Think about the millions of people sent to die!" At that time, he hardly realized that he was signing the death notices of millions, not thousands, including death notices of his family and dynasty.

In order to prevent China from invading or joining the United Kingdom, the Russian army's general staff has been carefully planning for several years. In their minds, Russia, which mobilized five million troops, would not be defeated. Within a month, the Russians surprisingly gathered two million troops, and the troops in Central Asia suddenly reached 600,000.

If China faces an opponent not Russians, but Germans, or French, or British, then Han Xinghua might have to accept a failure, but what kind of equipment does the Russian soldiers on the other side have? In the summer of 1899, a Russian general made a vivid picture of this.

Think about the several infantry regiments participating in the Central Asian battle, one-third of them do not have rifles! These poor guys wait patiently in the stormy shrapnel, waiting to pick up the rifles of their fallen companions. It is a miracle that they did not panic under such conditions... How long will our soldiers endure such ordeals?

Therefore, Han Xinghua stubbornly stood firm in front of the Russian army, which was three times more powerful than him, but if he did not send additional reinforcements, the lieutenant general would be defeated by the Russian army, and then the Russian army followed the Hexi Corridor...

War is the same for anyone, you can decide when he will begin, but you will never guess when she will end.
Chapter completed!