Chapter 41 of Part 5

The gunshots in the direction of Dandong were still ringing in a dense manner, and Jiang Yiding still had no news of retreating. The Russians charged again and were hit. Xu Bangdao could not remember how many times this was the attack to repel the Russians. He only knew that there were only a dozen guards under him, and there were also a group of civilian staff members, which totaled only about fifty.

The artillery team's shells had already been finished, and the Russians attacked wave after wave of madness. After paying huge casualties, they continued to attack fiercely. After the artillery team, about 300 people who had fired the shells, also went to the front line with rifles and grenades.

"Sir, there are only two hundred brothers left on the position. I'm afraid it won't be dark."

Xu Bangdao, who put down the phone, had no expression on his face. He slowly walked out of the command post with his sword that had been fighting for many years. All the people who could still move, including some minor wounded, stood in the team.

"Brothers, this battle has reached this point. The Russians are fighting so hard that they are going to be finished. I, Xu Bangdao, have led the soldiers for a lifetime and fought for a lifetime. I, have also been defeated before and retreated with my brothers, but today we cannot retreat. Even if we fight the last person left, as long as there is no good news from Dandong, we must persevere. Therefore, this may be the last battle we have fought. I, Xu Bangdao, have decided to go to the position and sacrifice my life for the country. Those who don't want to go can leave now." After that, Xu Bangdao stepped forward to the front line, and the rumbling cannon sounded again.

No one hesitated at all and followed forward with firm steps. Although the hands of several civilians were trembling, their pace was extremely stable.

Jiang Yiding was also very uncomfortable. Seeing that the sun was setting at noon, the sound of gunfire in the direction of Rolling Tu Ridge was endless. There was also a group of old men in Dandong City, trapped in a small area in Chengnan.

Sun Song, the commander of the division in charge of the main attack on the phone, was still complaining: "Commander, the Russians are still resisting tenaciously. The troops are suffering from casualties. My two regiments have been disabled,..."

"Sun Song, I don't want to listen to your casualties. I will tell you that I will only give you the last two hours and cannot get the whole city of Dandong. Come and see you."

With a bang, the phone was smashed down hard, and Jiang Yiding seemed to have an evil fire in his heart. Situ Kui, who was leaning on a crutch at the door, walked in.

"Chief, Situ Kui is ordered to come."

Seeing that Situ Kui and Jiang Yiding's face looked much better, he reluctantly smiled: "Your division has suffered a lot of casualties in attacking the Wuming Highlands. I originally planned to give you more rest and use it as the general reserve team. However, now the war situation is in crisis, and the direction of Guntuling is in a hurry, so I have to thank you for your hard work to lead the team to reinforce. No matter what, I must hold on until dark. Is there any problem?"

"Report to the commander, there is no problem!"

After Situ Kui finished speaking, he hurriedly set off. The previous peripheral combat troops suffered a lot of casualties, and simply mixed them into a brigade and headed to Gutu Ridge.

Situ Kui rode all the way, urging the team to speed up the marching speed, and listened carefully to the movement ahead.

Hearing the gunshots gradually became sparse, the faint shouts of killing and bursts of explosions, Situ Kui's heart couldn't help but tighten.

"The pioneer team runs forward for me."

At three o'clock in the afternoon, it had been an hour and a half since Xu Bangdao came to the position. During this period, the Russians repelled four charges. Perhaps because of insufficient shells, the Russians' artillery fire was no longer as fierce as before, but each time they launched an attack, they were more troops invested in each attack.

How long can the position last? Xu Bangdao is already out of reach. The last time he defeated the Russians, he relied on bayonets. Dozens of brothers jumped into the pile of Russians with cluster grenades, and then he beat the Russians down. Now there are two hundred people on the position. Looking at the brothers who seem very quiet around him, Xu Bangdao's heart couldn't help but feel a torn pain.

Curopatkin's nerves were almost collapsed. Facing a Chinese miscellaneous army, the 100,000 troops attacked continuously for a day and a night, but it could not work.

"God of General, we have tried our best. More than half of the troops have suffered casualties and have basically lost their combat effectiveness. We..." The two division commanders with the rank of major generals were spoken. Just now, their troops were respectively blocking positions in the direction of Gutuling, and launched what they believed was the most fierce attack.

"Don't say it!" Kuropatkin interrupted his subordinates in anger and said: "As a senior officer of the empire and an elite army educated by high-level military cadets, the army was defeated by a group of foolish and backward barbarians. Do you still have the face to see me? Yes, I know that the casualties of the troops are huge, but you should understand that the outcome of the war often depends on who can hold on to the last five minutes. We have many casualties, and what about the Chinese army? Their casualties will definitely not be less than us."

"But your Excellency!..."

"No, come, drag them down and shoot them."

The guards, like wolves and tigers, pounced on them, and raised two generals to drag them out.

"Your Excellency General, you can't do this, we..."

When the two gunshots of "bang bang!" came in from outside the door, all the generals showed uneasy expressions. Kuropatkin took his hands behind his back and walked slowly around, his eyes swept past each general, and everyone quickly straightened their backs.

"Tell everyone a bad news. Just half an hour ago, a Chinese cavalry attacked our transport team. Half an hour ago, we were surrounded by the Chinese army in Heigou Town and Xiaodianzi Town in Shahe Basin. The situation is very clear. Since there is not enough strategic depth, there is only one way to live in front of us. Open the Dandong stronghold northward. Finally, I would like to emphasize again, those who advance live, those who retreat die. Let's go down and prepare. Before dark, we must break through the previous blockade at all costs."

All the generals present knew that Kuropatkin would not let anyone dare to retreat this time.

Listening to the beautiful vision depicted by Shen Congyun, the helplessness on his face became more and more obvious. Shen Congyun could see clearly and couldn't help but feel proud. Of course, Stephen would never give up until he said his true purpose.

"Shen, the country is currently in its stage of great development and needs money everywhere. We can learn from the advanced British model, set up a private bank, and then..."

Shen Congyun raised his hand and interrupted Stephen's words. As expected, after the bankers succeeded in the UK and the United States, they reached out to China, and Stephen actually acted as a lobbyist.

Under the huge financial pressure in front of him, if it were not for the advanced knowledge of time travel, Chen Congyun knew that as long as Stephen depicted a country that could borrow at any time without money and then use taxes as collateral. On the surface, this method seemed to be able to solve the country's fiscal crisis in the shortest time, but from the perspective of long-term interests, once the country's right to issue currency was handed over to bankers, the money that the country owed bankers would never be paid off.

"Stephen, no matter who you are commissioned to be a lobbyist, I don't want to hear similar proposals again. I will never allow it to appear when the people pay taxes to bankers indirectly. The right to issue currency can only be the state, and this will be written in when the new constitution is issued. Please tell those who have ulterior motives, just use whatever means they have. I don't mind being the target of their assassination in Russia. But I want to remind some people that this is China!"

Chen Congyun's words made Stephen's face instantly change without any blood. At this moment, Stephen felt like he was penetrated by Chen Congyun's eyes. This reaction was undoubtedly something that Chen Congyun could imagine. When a pleasure of victory spread in his heart, Chen Congyun couldn't help but wake up secretly. Maybe many rights should be reclaimed, or maybe Zhao Xinglong should pay attention to Stephen.

At this moment, Chen Congyun's inner thoughts were complicated. If Stephen did not speak today, Chen Congyun would not care about it, but since he spoke, he had to be careful. Stephen was actually shocked by Chen Congyun's words and felt very regretful. Because he felt that at that moment, there was a crack in the friendship between the two. If Stephen had watched the movie "The Day Afternoon", he would definitely find a very vivid metaphor.

"Shen, I hope we will always be friends!" Stephen didn't know if such words could save anything, but he still said it.

Chen Congyun looked at Stephen meaningfully, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly, and he smiled faintly: "Stephen, there is an old Chinese saying that the road is far away and the horsepower is seen from afar. Everything depends on action, at least we are still our best friends now."
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