Chapter 34 of the Glorious Bullet

On the morning of March 16, Yingkou to Dandong Russian leasehold area front.

On the land of the Liaodong Peninsula, there was a piece of frost and no one could see in the endless wilderness. Wan Shusheng, the deputy commander of the military region who was visiting the front line, looked at his watch for the last time.

At 5:59, the phone rang rapidly. When Wan Shusheng picked up the phone, an aftershock sounded from inside: "Start!"

At about 6 o'clock, more than 2,000 artillery pieces of all sizes opened fire at the same time, tearing through the tranquility of the morning and the earth shook. More than 200,000 troops crossed the concession line and advanced unstoppablely.

This is the first time that the Chinese army has attacked the concession of the great powers in more than half a century after the national gate was opened in the late Qing Dynasty, and has launched a large-scale active attack on the sphere of influence of the great powers in the country.

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What a cunning Russian. Seeing that there was heavy fog in the sky, he sent cavalry to approach him in seclusion, trying to fight someone coldly.

There was no sign of the Russian Cossack cavalry in the thick fog. Soon, a kilometer away from the right side, there were dense gunshots. Qian Zhiguo was lucky, and the direction of the Russian cavalry assault was the position of the Second Battalion. Qian Zhiguo was worried about whether the Second Battalion could withstand this sneak attack, but unfortunately the fog was really big and I couldn't see clearly.

Soon Qian Zhiguo had to worry about his position. The densely packed Russian infantry appeared less than 100 meters in the front. No need to see, just this situation was at least 500 people.

"Open fire!"

"Communication officer, run to report to the battalion commander. The enemy launched a fierce attack on our position with no less than 500 troops. A large number of Russian cavalry appeared on the second battalion's position. Please report to the superiors quickly."

Last night, Sun Daogong sent two more reserve troops to the first battalion, including cooks and other non-combat troops in the regiment headquarters.

When I heard the dense gunfire on the second battalion's position early in the morning, Ying Miaocai felt a strong uneasy and immediately found Sun Hao and said, "Sun Hao, the situation in the second battalion may not be good. I will bring a platoon of reserves and mortars to reinforce, and you will bring the last reserve team to the first company of positions. Remember, there is no reserve team in the regiment. No matter what, the position cannot be lost before the reinforcements of the division headquarters come up."

"Political Commissar, take care!" Sun Hao saluted. The more gunshots there were on the battlefield, the greater the danger. Ying Miaocai had no need to go, after all, it was the position of the Second Battalion.

Ying Miaocai hurriedly replied a greeting, picked up the bayonet rifle, and hurried away with the guards. After a while, dense gunshots came to mind directly in front of the first battalion, and Sun Hao led the reserve team to go up quickly.

There were not many soldiers standing on the company's position. Qian Zhiguo took a look at it roughly, and there were only about 30 people. Feng Kai, a young student in his early 20s, rushed to the machine gun position and squatted down to act as an ammunition hand.

Maxim was still roaring, tearing the Russian charge formation apart and pressing the area 50 meters square.

A bullet drilled into the forehead of the last machine gunner. As a blood splashed, the young soldier leaned back. The Russian army took the opportunity to get closer to more than ten meters. At this time, Qian Zhiguo could clearly see the densely packed Russians, with big bearded faces holding rifles, and the croaking sounds that he couldn't understand.

After the two soldiers around him fell one after another, Qian Zhiguo subconsciously glanced around and saw the soldiers constantly throwing grenades. He smiled and removed the bandages on his arm, tied several grenades on the position together, tied them around his waist, and did all this, Qian Zhiguo rushed to the machine gun position quickly.

Feng Kai fell calmly on the cold earth, and blood flowed into the earth along his chest, and a wet area the size of a palm.

The wound on his arm felt a huge pain, and a wet heat overflowed. Not to mention that the wound was pulled and bleeding, Qian Zhiguo put his hands on the trigger of the machine gun, and Maxim's cheerful roar sounded again on the position.

From the command post of the battalion headquarters to the position of the 1st Company, it usually takes only five minutes to trot forward. However, at this time, the Russian artillery fire extended attacks were very fierce, and it was so difficult for Sun Hao and the reserve team to advance a hundred meters.

Sun Hao was pricking up his ears almost always, listening to the sound of machine guns on the position. As long as Maxim was still ringing, it would be difficult for Russians to get on the position.

When he was still thirty meters away from the front line, Maxim's gunshots stopped, and Sun Hao subconsciously accelerated and rushed forward.

The densely packed Russians were rushing towards the position, and a small figure was shaking on the machine gun position. Sun Hao recognized that this was Qian Zhiguo at a glance, and saw thick smoke emitting from Qian Zhiguo.

"No! Monkey Qian." Sun Hao shouted at the top of his lungs, and a loud bang exploded among the enemy group.

The next scene made Sun Hao's eyes wide open and his eyes burst. Three or four soldiers on the position held cluster grenades, pulled the strings and rolled into the swarming enemy group.

After several consecutive explosions, dozens of Russian troops were blown to the ground. The Russian army was shocked, and the stormtroopers of hundreds of people stopped moving forward. At this time, the reserve team that arrived was thrown over with rain-like grenades, which exploded again. The Russian army, whose morale was severely damaged, could no longer hold on and began to retreat.

When Ying Miaocai arrived at the position of the Second Battalion, dozens of soldiers were fighting fiercely with the Russian Cossack cavalry. After the soldiers on the position fell to the ground, the sound of grenades sounded one after another, and almost every soldier was doing this unconsciously.

People are in positions! It’s no longer a slogan.

When a blade light flashed in front of him, Ying Miaocai unconsciously raised his rifle and blocked it. For a moment, he felt a chill in his left hand. When he saw his left arm leaving his body and landing, huge pain flooded his brain. He fell to the ground with a dark look. Before falling down, Ying Miaocai tried hard to open his eyes and saw the 16-year-old correspondent Xiao Lizi, holding a cavalry in both hands, and biting the old Russian dirty neck hard.

The mortar of dongdong dong started to fire and landed in the middle of the Russian follow-up troops. At this time, Sun Daogong, who was holding a rifle, led a group of soldiers to roar and rushed up.

The sound of gunfire finally faded. In an instant, a few crows in the sky hovered over the smoke, making a mournful cry of "Wow! Wow! Wow!"

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The tragic level of the battle was not only beyond the expectations of the sixth awakening, but also far beyond the expectations of the Russian commander-in-chief Alexeyev. The uninterrupted high-intensity attacks lasted for two days, with more than 10,000 casualties, but they were unable to take over the two small towns of Mudanjiang, Jiamusi.

The battle report ahead shows that the Chinese army in front is definitely the main force of the Chinese army, with a number of no less than three armies. The credibility of this battle report is still very high, and Alexeyev is also sure that if such a powerful Chinese army were not resisting, it would have been impossible to resist such a fierce attack by the Russian army for two days.

Such an analysis result made Alexeyev feel very pleased. Since the main force of the Chinese army was placed in the Northeast defense, it means that the attack on the Liaodong Peninsula will definitely not invest more troops. He ordered Kuropatkin to take the initiative to attack Chenyang, which will naturally be smoother.

However, when it was dark, a telegram from Kuropatkin made Alexeyev angry and jumped twice.

"Damn coward, what is the Chinese army that takes the initiative to attack? It is forced to shrink its defense line and retreat to the Golden State. Shit! I'm going to shoot Kuropatkin, a scum in the army."

In fact, Kuropatkin was a very rational general. Based on various intelligences, he determined that the Chinese army would launch a large-scale attack. On the night of the 15th, he ordered to abandon Yingkou and shrink the main force to the Gaiping line. This was undoubtedly a timely order. The two divisions stationed in Yingkou rushed to Gaiping overnight. Before he could sit down, the artillery fire fell on the outer positions of Yingkou. A Russian army left behind was in trouble. Before he could react, the Chinese army rushed to the front with a bayonet.

The Russian army's weak defense on the front line was far beyond Liu Yongquan's imagination. After arresting several prisoners, he found out that the two Russian divisions had retreated to Gaiping last night. Liu Yongquan was so jealous that Wan Shusheng was born, and at the same time he hurriedly reported to the military region and ordered the troops to quickly pursue the enemy and threaten Gaiping.

The third army was so smooth that it was like entering a no-man's land! It was completely unresisted. When it appeared on the periphery of Gaiping on the evening of the 16th, the vanguard finally heard news that when the Russian army was in great force, Wan Shusheng's heart, which had been empty, was finally fulfilled.

In fact, the third army, which was advancing rapidly, was only blocked by Gaiping's two left-behind divisions. Kuropatkin made another bold assumption that if the Chinese army landed in Dandong under the cover of the navy, it would undoubtedly be a disaster for the Russian army on the Liaodong Peninsula.

Therefore, on the morning of the 16th, Kuropatkin ordered the two divisions retreating from Yingkou to stay in Yingkou, and he led the main force to the south and retreat to Jinzhou. When Kuropatkin's order was just implemented, he had already received a telegram from Dandong that Dandong was subject to fierce attacks from no less than 50,000 Chinese troops. A division and a brigade stationed on the Dandong front line were carrying out fierce resistance, requesting reinforcements or allowing retreat.

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"When facing several times the Russian army, a total of 336 officers and soldiers pulled the strings and rushed into the enemy's formation and died generously. The tragic situation of the battle is indescribable. Now, the front-line troops were successfully ordered to retreat twenty miles away from the second-line positions, and ordered all participants to hide a bullet and fulfill the feats of the martyrs at the last moment! They vowed to complete the military deployment plan for only three days. This signal was on the night of March 16, 1904, at 8:00, 22."

Qi Chenggong's telegram was forwarded to Beijing, and Chen Congyun trembled and said, "Such sacrifice! It's glorious!"
Chapter completed!