"Prepare! Let it go!"

As the red flag raised by the gun soldiers suddenly dropped, the artillery regiment used nine artillery companies as the basic units, with one group of six artillery pieces, and carried out saturated attacks on key targets such as enemy camps, supply bases and river defense positions.

"Dong!Dong!Dong!"

The cannon roared and immediately sounded the prelude to the attack. A fire-bombed shell shot towards the enemy's position like a stream of light, and the long roar completely cut through the tranquility before dawn.

A few seconds later, an explosion came from the target area of ​​the enemy in the distance.

"Boom! Boom!"

The shells hit the Russian position like raindrops and exploded, making a deafening sound like hundreds of lightning and thousands of thunders shattering.

In an instant, earth and rocks splashed, fire flew, and gunpowder smoke filled.

I saw the enemy's positions everywhere, and the violent explosion instantly cleared everything around like a harvester. The thick smoke wrapped in the flames and soared into the air, instantly rising by hundreds of meters to form huge red and black smoke columns. When the flames burned out the flammable materials in the surrounding air, they turned into black smoke and stayed in the air. At first, they were mushroom-shaped, and gradually merged with other mushrooms and turned into dark clouds that covered the sky.

The Russian army camp in Songbei was built directly in residential areas. They drove the local people away for comfort and convenience, moved directly into private houses, and then pulled up horse-rejected horses and barbed wire to build a simple military isolation area. There were food, water, bedding and tableware inside, and they seemed to be here for vacation, because they did not take the Qing army seriously at all.

The Russian invading army finally received retribution. When countless explosion shock waves swept over, the huge waves of air and flames generated instantly swept the Russian army and their houses into the sea of ​​fire in hell. Many Russian officers and soldiers died in their dreams before they even woke up.

A rumbling explosion, the earth shaking.

The Russian officers and soldiers in their sleep suddenly woke up, but their eyes were filled with surprise and fear. Why did they wake up and find themselves lying in the ruins, pools of blood, receiving the torture of the sea of ​​fire and the baptism of thick smoke?

If they stayed in the house, they would be buried alive. After they quickly reacted, they rushed out of the room like crazy. But what was waiting for them outside was the continuous explosions and the deadly fragments that were shot from unknown directions. When some Russian soldiers fell down by the fragments, they seemed to regret not coming out just now.

The sudden violent shelling caused the Russian army to be in a hurry. The Russian army rushed out of the house were also disheveled in clothes and many of them even ran out without even taking weapons.

The Russian soldiers could not find the generals, and they were incredibly confused. But there were still experienced Russian officers shouting everywhere: "Enemy attack! Look for hidden points!"

A Russian officer was commanding more than a dozen nearby stragglers to avoid shell strikes. As soon as he finished speaking, a shell hit him with a chance of one in 100,000.

After a bang explosion, the officer disappeared out of thin air, leaving only a steel helmet falling to the ground with a snap. The Russian soldiers who had just gathered suddenly turned into birds and ran away like wind.

The focus of the first round of strikes of the Beiyang Army's First Town Artillery Regiment was the Russian army's arsenal, ammunition depot, granary, military camp and river defense artillery positions.

According to the combat plan, the first town will first disrupt the Russian army's assembly and counterattack capabilities with its superior artillery force, and then launch an attack with the advantage of cavalry speed before the Russian army responds, breaking through the enemy's peripheral defense system, and then launch an attack with the infantry, destroying all the Russian army in Hulun in one fell swoop.

Ten minutes after the shelling, the Russian army's Songbei Barracks and Caijiatun Supply Base fell into a sea of ​​fire, with the Russian army inside suffering heavy casualties.

On a soil slope on the west side of Hulan, Jiang Guiti rode a war horse and quietly looked at Hulan five miles away. At this moment, the whole Hulan had been trapped in a thick smoke and fire.

"Which round is it?"

Jiang Gui asked the adjutant next to him.

"Report, it's the third round!"

"As the fourth round of artillery fire was launched, our two cavalry regiments launched an attack formation. After the fourth round of artillery fire was completed, we would immediately launch a charge."

The adjutant asked, "Sir, the artillery regiment notified us of five rounds of artillery bombings?"

Jiang Gui wrote: "I know!"

The adjutant asked, "But if we launch an attack in the fourth round, we will be accidentally injured by artillery fire from brothers?"

Jiang Guitu smiled faintly and said, "I know your concerns, there is no need to do that. Don't worry, the brothers of the artillery regiment dispatched by Lao Duan's training are still very accurate in firing artillery, and the error will not exceed ten meters. The artillery has been ten minutes long. I believe that as long as the surviving Russian troops are not fools, they will probably find a place to hide now. They are waiting for the end of the artillery to enter the position to organize defense. Now we are less than five miles away from the enemy's periphery defense line, and it will take several minutes to reach the position. And this precious few minutes is enough for the Russian troops to enter the position."

The adjutant asked: "My lord means that we will charge during the fifth round of artillery fire. When the artillery fire stops and prepares to enter the position, we will have already rushed to the enemy's position. If the enemy does not have time to organize a counterattack, we will be defeated by us."

Jiang Gui nodded and said, "That's right, that's the reason!"

The adjutant praised him and said, "My wise, I have received teachings from a humble position!"

Jiang Guizhi waved his hand and said, "This trick should be used in a certain way. When encountering artillery soldiers who are not good at it, be careful!"

The adjutant nodded and said, "I understand!"

While speaking, the fourth round of artillery bombardment had begun.

The adjutant immediately shouted: "All people pay attention and launch an attack on the formation!"

With a command, the two cavalry regiments quickly opened up the battle and attacked the formation, forming two huge geese-winged attack formations.

Jiang Guitui urged the horse to run back and forth twice in front of the formation, as if he was inspecting his troops.

"Brothers, look at your front. The Russian devils have already let the brothers of the artillery regiment explode and cry and call their parents. They are also fleshy, and they still have to finish playing with one knife. There is nothing to be afraid of. After we rush up later, remember not to hesitate, always maintain the impact speed and maintain the formation. Cut the devils when they see one knife. It doesn't matter if they don't kill them. Don't stop and continue to cut down one. The devils who have not been killed will naturally have a brother behind him to make up for him to ensure that he will not see the sun tomorrow."

The soldiers agreed and Jiang Gui's words made their nervousness feel much more relaxed.

At this time, the fourth round of artillery bombing of the artillery regiment ended.

Jiang Guiqun pulled out his command knife, raised it high above his head, shouting: "The brave will win when we meet on a narrow road! It's time for brothers to make achievements, let me kill the Japanese!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

After three tones, Jiang Guitie took the lead and rushed out of the position, with the other soldiers following closely behind.

Suddenly, the war horses neighed, shouting and killing sounded trembling, and the earth began to tremble.

The First Cavalry Regiment rushed straight to Caijiatun, while the Second Cavalry Regiment rushed to the Russian camp in Songbei. After a brief acceleration, the two cavalrymen quickly approached the target.

According to the plan, the 1st Regiment of the Cavalry and the 2nd Brigade were responsible for attacking the Russian supply station, the 2nd Regiment of the Cavalry and the 1st Brigade, and the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Brigade was responsible for attacking Songbei Camp.

Although the original plan was to launch a charge first and then the infantry attacked again, the two cavalry regiments rushed forward before the artillery bombardment was over, and the commanders of the infantry regiments who were gathering on standby nearby were surprised.

However, everyone was a colleague and knew each other very well. One of the brigade commanders, Liang Huadian, immediately guessed Jiang Gui's intention, surprised him while admiring his wisdom.

"The old general is still experienced! If you pass the order, the troops will immediately launch an attack on the target!"

During the impact of the cavalry, all infantry units were also affected and immediately launched a general attack.

On the high ground of the artillery regiment, Duan Qirui saw that the horse and infantry below had begun to attack, so he just smiled bitterly: "They really trust our old Duan!"

The staff officer of the artillery regiment also seemed a little amused and said, "Sir, Lord Jiang is rushing in the front. If he hurts him, will he lose your name as our artillery regiment and you?"

Duan Qirui smiled bitterly and said, "Yes! This old Jiang actually gave us a problem! After passing the order, each artillery company started to extend the artillery fire!"

"yes!"

The artillery regiment's staff quickly issued an order, and each artillery company began to extend artillery fire in advance.

The artillery regiment consumes one base ammunition per round of artillery bombardment, that is, 12 shells. Duan Qirui originally planned to use the sixth round of artillery fire as an extension of artillery fire, but he decided to be careful. Therefore, the fifth round only fired 9 shells, and the remaining 3 shells were incorporated into the sixth round, and the artillery fire extension action began in advance.

Not far from the Russian military's periphery of the Russian army, some Russian soldiers who escaped from the shelling hid one after another. One of the major officers, Ivan, organized them.

"Remember, after the enemy's artillery fire extends, get me into the position immediately."

He repeated the order over and over again until he found that the fire began to extend.

"The enemy's artillery fire extends, let me enter the position to defend immediately!"

At this time, the Russian soldiers were already shocked by the fierce shelling, so Ivan had to take the lead in standing up.

"Follow me-"

Ivan just stood up and was about to enter the position. Before he finished speaking, he was suddenly knocked away by a cavalry. Jiang Gui took the lead and had already led his troops into the enemy formation.

"kill!"

The shouts of killing came in an instant, and the war horses rushed into the position, and the soldiers on it waved their sabers and slashed left and right. The Russian soldiers who had just stood out to enter the position were even chopped and killed before they could escape.

Seeing that the position had been lost, the enemy cavalry flocked to him and could not raise any strength to resist. They immediately fled and surrendered.

Similarly, the Russian army in Songbei Camp, which was attacked by the Second Cavalry Regiment, was destroyed before they could enter the position. The cavalry kept running and rushing back and forth. The Russian army was in chaos and could not organize effective counterattack forces at all. After the cavalry regiment rushed back and forth, the remaining Russian army collapsed.

In Hulan County Government, Lieutenant General Zhasulichi, the sleepy Russian commander, was awakened from his sleep.

"What's going on?"

Zasulic screamed, he could hear that it was the sound of cannons, but he had not realized that it was the attack of the Qing army.

"Report, report, report to the general!"

A guard ran in panic and said in a panic: "General, no, we are violently attacked by the Qing army."

"How is it possible? The cowardly Qing army dared to attack us?"

Zasulic didn't believe it was true, but he soon believed it. He hurriedly dressed neatly. When he walked out of the house, the scene in front of him made him stunned.

The outside of the house was already in a mess, with the sound of shells approaching from time to time, and soon there was a deafening explosion and a flying sand and rocks flying in flames.

The violent air waves made Tasulic cough violently. He looked up at the direction of the shells, which turned out to be their side and back.

"Damn it! How did they cross the river and get behind us? Assemble the team immediately!"

The entire Russian base camp was bombed to pieces. Zhasulich intercepted the Russian officers and soldiers around him and reorganized the team to organize defense. However, the Russian army had been broken up, and the military branches were in chaos, so it was not easy to reorganize. Zhasulich took half an hour to barely organize a battalion's troops.

However, just as he was about to use this battalion to organize defense, he received a report that the Qing army had broken through the periphery defense line. Due to the huge difference in strength between the two sides, Zhasulich knew that he could no longer turn the tide. So at the suggestion of his subordinates, he led the remnants to retreat from the north.

When the first town launched an attack, the second town in Jiangnan immediately provided support and violently shelled the Russian military positions in Jiangbei. Since the artillery on the Russian military positions did not have any hidden measures, the artillery regiment of the Second Town concentrated its firepower and defeated the Russian military's artillery positions after two rounds of artillery attacks. At the same time, the artillery regiment of the First Town completed the task of attacking Songbei Daying and Caijiatun, and immediately turned around and bombarded the Russian military positions on the north bank of the Jiangbei bank. The Russian army was attacked forward and backward and soon collapsed.
Chapter completed!