The Ming army and Mao soldiers who were lying all over the position were moaning in pain, and several injured and undead moaned.

With the help of the soldiers, the lieutenant stood up and coughed violently and looked around. At this time, the Ming army had already gained the upper hand. The only remaining Maozi soldiers on the position began to escape under the offensive of the Ming army. Behind them, more than a dozen Ming troops were chasing them.

"Cough...cough...cough..."

"Sir, are you okay?" The soldier asked with concern when he saw the lieutenant's face was not good.

"No... it's okay..." the lieutenant shook his head and said in a hoarse voice: "Hurry... send my orders, let brothers... brothers stop chasing you... and withdraw them soon..."

"Sir..." The soldiers were puzzled. Isn't this a good time to pursue the victory? But the commander's order was as big as the sky, and the soldiers could not refute. They immediately responded and rushed towards the Ming army pursuing the Maoist soldiers, and shouted the lieutenant's order.

The soldiers went to pass the order, and the lieutenant was not idle either. He immediately asked someone to reorganize the position and provide cover. As expected, just as the pursuit of the Ming army had just retreated, there was a rumbling sound of cannons from the high ground, and then the Russian shells arrived.

The slope captured by the lieutenant was not far from the highlands in the north of Russia. When the Russians on the highland saw that the slope had fallen, they immediately fired guns directly into the slope, intending to use cannons to knock the Ming army down the slope.

Fortunately, the lieutenant's reaction was fast. If his subordinates were allowed to continue pursuing, the people who came up would probably suffer heavy casualties. Even so, the Ming army occupying the slope was not feeling well. After several rounds of artillery fire, several people were killed and killed, and the rest hid in the front that the Russians had originally set up.

A quarter of an hour later, the Russian cannon gradually stopped, and the lieutenant knew that the Russian counterattack was coming. As expected, nearly a hundred Russians came from the high ground with muskets toward the slope, shouting Ula's slogan, and were aggressively trying to regain the position on the slope.

The two sides launched an inspiring battle around this slope. At this time, the disadvantages of the Ming army occupying the slope had been improved. Although the artillery fire power was not yet reached compared to the highlands, it was not difficult to repel the attacking Russian soldiers.

The Russians attacked several times, but were beaten back by the Ming army, who was calmly responding to the battle. Instead of regaining the position, they left dozens of corpses in front of the position. Seeing this, the Russians were extremely angry and continued to bombard the slope with cannons on the high ground. Unfortunately, the pig iron cannons that rely on kinetic energy were not very lethal under such terrain. Although the Ming army suffered many casualties, they still held them firmly.

Afterwards, as the Ming army at the foot of the mountain supported the Ming army that occupied the slope, the Ming army's positions became more and more stable, and it was impossible for the Russians to retake the slope again.

Taking down the slope is just the first step.

The key to the Ming army was to directly pull out the Russians in the northern highlands and completely break the triangular line set up by the Russians here.

When he learned that the slope had reached the Ming army, the commander of the vanguard regiment was immediately overjoyed and immediately began to pull the Folang machine cannon and field cannon as he increased his troops to the slope.

As long as the Ming army set up artillery positions on the slope, with the range and power of the Ming army's cannons, the Russian cannons in the northern highlands were no match for them at all.

This was also clear to the Russians in the high ground, so when the Russians found that the Ming army was transporting cannons to the slope, these Russians were immediately anxious. What would happen if the Ming army was pulled up, the Russians understood what the consequences would be.

In order to stop the Ming army, the Russians began to attack the slope again frantically, and called cannons from the high ground to directly bomb the soldiers who transported cannons in the Ming army.

In this case, the Ming army had no second way to go, so they could only hold on to it head-on. Although the Russian cannons were not very accurate under such terrain and the range was also a problem, even so the Ming army still suffered considerable losses. The transported cannons were directly blown up by the Russian artillery fire, and nearly 100 soldiers were injured and killed. Such a large loss made the vanguard regiment commander heartbroken.

When it was night, under the cover of darkness, the Russian cannons were even more accurate, which gave the Ming army the best opportunity to transport cannons upwards.

After half a day and a night of hard work, in the early morning of the next day, the Ming army finally set up three field artillery and five Folang frames. As soon as the sky was dawn, the Ming army on the slope fired fire and attacked the Russian positions on the high ground without hesitation. The Russians were not willing to be outdone and fired fire and fought back.

Both sides went back and forth. Although the Russian cannons had a advantage in geographical advantages, the Ming army's cannons were not vegetarian. When the Ming army's cannons could reach the range of the Russians, the power of the Ming army's cannons and the excellent quality of the gunners immediately made the Russians on the high ground suffer.

After a few rounds, the Ming army's cannons suffered some losses, but the Russians suffered even greater losses, which made the Russians cry and howl.

More importantly, because in order to deal with the Ming army's cannon, the Russians on the high ground could no longer continue to block the valley and the road to the high ground, which gave the Ming army the opportunity to directly attack the high ground.

In the next few hours, the Ming army relied on the power of cannons to gradually suppress the Russians on the high ground. After the other two field artillery were also pulled uphill by the Ming army in the afternoon, the Ming army's artillery power was further enhanced. The Russians on the high ground had completely lost their chances, and it was only time for the high ground to be taken down by the Ming army.

Finally, when the sun was about to set, the Ming army rushed to the high ground with strong firepower cover. When the Ming army soldiers rushed over like a scattered sea of ​​storms, the Russians on the high ground saw that the situation was too far away and no longer resisted, so they put down their weapons and raised their hands to surrender. In this way, the northern highland was taken down by the Ming army in one go, and the iron triangular front set up by Russia in the valley was broken by the Ming army.

Take down the northern highlands and the next battle will be easy.

After occupying the northern highlands, the Ming army not only tore open a hole in Russia's defense in the valley, but also took advantage of the highlands to attack the fortress of the Russians in the valley directly.

Under such circumstances, the Russians in the valley fortress had no danger to defend. By the third day, although the Russians in the southern highlands tried desperately to stop the Ming army's attack and provide artillery fire support to their companions in the valley, all they did was meaningless. Under the attack of the Ming army's artillery fire, the Russians fortress in the valley soon suffered heavy losses. Seeing that the situation was unsuccessful, the Russian commander in the valley directly left the fortress and retreated westward. The Ming army took this opportunity to directly occupy the fortress and sent troops to follow and pursue it quickly.

When the Ming army took the fortress, the Russians on the highlands in the south became alone, and they could not advance or retreat. Although the position was still in hand, they were in a turtle in the jar.
Chapter completed!