Nie Shicheng was riding a horse and he had a premonition that this battle would win today, because the Qing army commander had made sufficient preparations for this assault by using the prisoners to launch, and the personnel and firepower configuration were much better than the Russian army. As long as the Russian army was deceived and opened the huge stone gate, the army would ruthlessly crush into the city and crush anything that dared to resist.

But it went too smoothly. The vanguard troops in front of him were still immersed in excitement. The artillery was gradually expanding the range of artillery fire. Within two miles of radius, the two cavalry teams had already ended their initial excitement and were gathering the establishment to go deep into the city and jumping straight into the Governor's Mansion. The suicide squad led by Enze, plus the more than 1,000 people who arrived later, were already heading towards the slope. More than a dozen turrets on the high slope beside Yancheng must be removed one by one, otherwise the troops would not be able to advance too far, and this shooting dead corner was out, with the firepower net of more than a dozen fortress cannons, and the bullets that could fly out of nowhere on the ground, were enough to make the army's shorts that had just made a big profit.

Artillery, this is a victory for artillery. Nie Shicheng thought this way, this thing was really terrifying. I remember that with General Li Hongzhang and General Liu Mingchuan to fight the Nian bandits, in addition to the lives of the three armies, the flowering bullets of those foreigners were also shocking. At the beginning of the formation of the Dragon Flag Army, a French teacher once talked about the emperor Napoleon in France a hundred years ago, and was also a good player in using cannons. Today, it seems that this cannon really played an unparalleled role, and Xu Shichang, who commanded the artillery, was really talented as Napoleon.

Thinking of this, Nie Shicheng couldn't help but look up at the airship in the sky. This thing is also a strange thing. He will remember his first achievements after he takes Vladivostok. If it weren't...

Xu Shichang's strange behavior made him stop meditating. He saw that in the sky, Xu Shichang kept crossing his hands and was still shouting something. However, the troops of more than 20,000 people around him were moving forward, and the cannons that were carrying camps were also advancing forward, ready to attack the enemy's inner city's fortifications at any time.

"Stop moving forward!" Nie Shicheng suddenly reacted and shouted: "Song Zhanbiao! He ordered the vanguard battalions to immediately advance into the inner city, and those who remained still and retreated immediately took action! Quick!"

Song Zhanbiao followed him for many years. He knew the temper of the general and immediately changed his orders quickly. When the vanguard troops saw the flag verbs in the rear, more than 3,000 cavalry immediately marched towards the inner city. At this moment, the rumbling cannon sounded, but this time the Chinese were at a loss.

The artillery fire accurately hit the tail of the cavalry cluster, and suddenly there were people and horses overturned. One round of artillery fire fell, and more than 200 people were lost. Fortunately, Nie Shicheng issued an order to advance, otherwise there would be many casualties and injuries after this round of artillery fire.

The range of the camp cannon is limited. From the perspective of Xu Shichang, it is only a little larger than the palm. After passing through four or five streets, the cavalry can reach it with a sprint. This is the case. In the square in front of the Governor's Mansion, five kilometers away, the light smoke rising up in the eyes of Zuo Baogui and Feng Guozhang, this is an order.

"Don't be chaotic, keep up! Kill!" Zuo Baogui shouted angrily, rode alone, and rushed forward with his sabre raised high, and rushed forward first.

"No!" Feng Guozhang's voice was immediately drowned in the sound of horse hooves. He sighed helplessly, shook his head, clamped his legs and the horse under his crotch, shouting: "Everyone has been put away, the bullets are loaded! Just open the window of the house on the side of the road and shoot it! Follow up!" After saying that, he left helplessly.

Feng Guozhang's concern was not unreasonable. Before the Russians fired, they piled up messy obstacles on the avenue leading to the square. So although the Governor's Mansion Square was right in front of them, Zuo Baogui's team still helped to tie the horse's hooves on the street, pulled out the saber and carefully guarded them and slowly evacuated the houses and paths on both sides. The artillery fire ruthlessly covered the avenue, and cavalry fell one by one in the pool of blood and smoke.

Feng Guozhang was so anxious that his eyes were about to come out, and shouted in a crying voice: "Zuo Huizi! Where are you the fuck! The commander has orders, the whole army retreats, retreat!"

"Boom! Boom!" Two huge sounds covered all the noise. The shells exploded in front of Zuo Baogui's army. A huge smoke screen rose up, completely covering the inner city with a radius of less than five kilometers in the Qing army's vision. Two shells were smashing between Zuo Baogui's army and the Governor's Office square.

This is not an ordinary small caliber cannon, it is a huge cannon with great power and loading! Could it be that the Joint Fleet has arrived? Nie Shicheng kept giving orders and gradually retracted the defeated vanguards. When he heard these two dull roars, his heart trembled.

The artillery fire continued to explode on the hillside, but the Qing army on the avenue was no longer attacked by artillery fire.

"Report! It's the Russian ship!" Goshha ran over in a panic and saluted, saying with a little crying voice.

"What's the panic?" Nie Shicheng glared at the young man in front of him in anger, calmed down and said, "Damn it, I'm sure I'll give you a shot back! Pass my order! Cao Kun's people will reinforce Enzo, and be sure to seize the shore defense fort! Wang Shizhen's troops will immediately enter the city, follow the vanguard cavalry department to clear away the remaining soldiers, bring the translator and shout, and then slaughter the city immediately when they encounter resistance!"

"Zuo Baogui's troops, Feng Guozhang's troops immediately cleared the obstacles and rushed forward immediately. At this moment, the enemy and us are in danger. When will we enter?! The commander's artillery battalion! No need to wait for the commander to take it down, knock out the enemy's artillery fire immediately! Then shoot me the left and right private houses and shops! Notify the troops in Shengjing and Jilin to prepare immediately and enter the city with me! Those who miss our military orders will immediately be killed!" He spat fiercely and said, "I don't believe it anymore. Forty or fifty thousand people will eat you to death!" After saying that, the horse neighed and raised its front hooves. When it fell, the horse had already rushed out several steps away.

The messenger passed on Nie Shicheng's orders. The first to make a breakthrough was Feng Guozhang's cavalry battalion. With a row of guns, the Russian soldiers hiding in the houses suddenly became much more honest. Zuo Baogui's front army had also cut over a dozen Russian troops to attack with a sabre while clearing the obstacles.

However, the Qing army suffered a great loss. The most severe loss was the Zuo Baogui Cavalry Battalion suddenly at the front. Zuo Huizi himself was not seriously injured, but a small piece of skin was scratched by bullets on his arm. However, his troops were killed by more than 300 people by one round of artillery fire by the enemy, and then they were blocked on the street. Dozens of cold guns were knocked down by cold guns on both sides of the houses. Next, there was another round of cannons. This time, it was much more accurate, and five or six hundred people died. After two rounds of artillery fire, only half of Zuo Baogui's two thousand men were left. Fortunately, Feng Guozhang's cavalry were wearing guns with them, and the enemy's firepower suppressed the enemy's head and never dared to show up and fire the cold guns, otherwise the casualties would be heavy.

When Xu Shichang landed, his artillery battalion did not embarrass him. After pushing forward, more than 100 artillery fires immediately knocked off all the Russian field artillery in the Russian Governor's Mansion Square. At the same time, the obstacles were cleared, and the continuous bead-like artillery fire removed all the heavy fire points. Later, Xu Shichang ordered the replacement of grape bullets, which was a kind of shell similar to the steel ball bullets of later generations. After landing, countless steel balls were scattered and splashed out, which could effectively kill individual soldiers. Although theoretically, this kind of shell was more likely to exert great lethality when applied to open areas, Xu Shichang weighed the fact that the individual firepower around the Governor's Mansion Square was still likely to pose a threat to the large forces that had entered the city of the Qing army, so he ordered the artillery battalion to release two rounds of grape bullets.

At this point, the only suspense of the battle situation was concentrated on the battle for the Huanshan Fort.

Enze's commando also encountered great trouble. Although the Russian turret guards were not large in number, they were all condescending. There were circular digging fortifications around the turrets. The point shot of the rifle made Enze and Wang Shizhen's troops who later attacked each turret at a loss.

Fortunately, the four Russian ships lost their attack targets and had stopped shelling, because from their perspective, China and Russia are now officially engaged in street fighting, and they have no way to distinguish between enemies and us, so they are naturally not good at firing randomly.

The most urgent task at the moment is to seize the shore defense fort to deal with the Russian large ships outside the port.

The grace was anxious, unlike the generals of the Dragon Banner Army. He grew up on the frontier for generations and guarded Hunchun on the west side of the Ussuri River. The Russians had deep blood hatred for him, so his father died under the Cossack sabre, so he volunteered to take on a very dangerous assault mission. Now he is trapped under the rocks between the half slopes, and he is very angry.

Before going uphill, in addition to machetes, each person also brought a pack of zha medicine and fire leads. But now he can't get close to the periphery. The design of the turret is very convenient for defense, and the cannons facing the sea naturally cannot move. Behind the solid circular fortress is a circle of trenches, used for standing infantry to shoot outwards. Now all the turrets are tightly surrounded by the Qing army, basically forming a fan with the range of the rifle. The enemy dares not come out, and the Qing army cannot attack. In this case, the battle for the turret has reached a deadlock.

The enemy troops on the fort naturally knew that the inner city of Vladivostok had basically fallen into the hands of the Qing army, but they also saw their own fleets at sea, so they could not surrender. Once they surrender, the fleet immediately changed to the fire range of the shore defense artillery, and Vladivostok would never be immune to the fate of being conquered by the Qing army. Therefore, the Russian defenders of several forts made up their minds and held on until all the supplies in the fort were eaten up.

However, the Qing army commander was not willing to accept this, and the street fighting after entering the city was over. In addition to sporadic gunfire, the Russians had basically given up their resistance. Nie Shicheng noticed the embarrassing situation on the slope and frowned. Looking at the Russian ships on the sea, Nie just ordered the army to stop attacking the Governor's Office to avoid giving the Russian ship a clear and concentrated target. He also ordered the officers above the battalion to lead the officers above the commander, and absolutely prohibit the situation of bringing more than two together. Each army should also pay attention to concealment, control the private houses, and drive the local Russians to a conspicuous position on the roof of their own.

The Dragon Flag Army was solved by the Dragon Flag Army. The superior firepower equipment of the Dragon Flag Army played a role. Wang Shizhen's infantry battalion had to have one more Mauser 1888 rifle than the people of Enze. Three huts attacked a fort. The firepower of hundreds of guns pushed the defenders of the fort so that they could not raise their heads. The blasting hand touched the zha medicine bag and threw it into the trench, and immediately exploded one piece. In such a slow advance, in less than one stick of incense, Wang Shizhen's troops took a fort with a slight casualty of seven people. Once taken down, the gunmen of the artillery battalion immediately entered, but did not fire the artillery, but looked up at the sky and fired at the same time after the airship appeared.

After this, half an hour later, Wang Shizhen's troops had all controlled the three forts on the left wing. Cao Kun's troops also took over Enze's men. With help from Enze, Enze finally vented his long-standing anger. After he saw that the situation was not good, he overturned two of the Russian troops who had surrendered when they saw that the situation was not good, he was persuaded to stop and scolded and kicked them a few times before giving up.

Xu Shichang's airship took off, and the Russians on the sea also noticed this novel thing, but their curiosity did not bring them good luck. Originally, their own shore defense turrets suddenly opened fire on the fleet together. The dense artillery fire instantly caused four iron armored ships to be shot at the fleet at the same time. Among them, the Crimere armored ship was hit by the engine room, lost its power, and became a living target, and was sunk by the artillery fire on the fort. The other three 10,000-ton Peter the Great, and the second-class Pevinnez, Greg was lucky, but they were hit in the living area, without any serious damage. However, they were very scared. Under the leadership of the fleet commander and Captain Peter the Great, Colonel Rorithestvinsky, they fled south in a hurry.

At this point, the siege of Vladivostok ended and the Qing army won a great victory, which also reflected the advantages of the Qing army's equipment and number of personnel. In addition to the disadvantages of the number of personnel, the failure of the Russian army was that the artillery fire was not concentrated. In terms of the number of artillery, the number of both sides was basically equal, but the Russians dispersed more than 100 artillery pieces into two batches, resulting in the removal of the concentrated superior firepower of the Qing army in two times.

The post-war inventory also proved that the victory of the Qing army lies in the use of superior artillery fire and the excellent reconnaissance purposes of airships. The Russian army suffered heavy losses, with nearly 20,000 guards killed more than 3,000 people, seriously injured more than 8,000 people and captured 7,000 people. At the same time, the loss was also the Crimir, a navy ship. Of course, the ruling power of Vladivostok. At this point, the Russians named Vladivostok, which means ruling the East. After thirty years, it became a joke. Vladivostok finally returned to China's rule.

At this point, in terms of strategic goals, the only important city in the hands of the Russians is Temple Street, which is still in the hands of the Russians.

Of course, what tricks the Russian fleet on the sea were playing have become a confusion that plagued the Qing army command in the north.

At the same time, the Sino-British Joint Fleet, which had not yet been learned that Vladivostok had fallen into the hands of the Qing army, slowly marched to the north under the command of Lieutenant General Salman.

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