On the banks of the Heilongjiang River and under the city of Aihui, the Beiyang Army set up its troops to launch fierce attacks on the enemy defending the city.

Since the east and west directions are too close to the riverside, the Russian gunboats on the river surface pose too much threat to the attacking forces, the Beiyang Army chose to attack the city in the south direction.

The Third Regiment of the Second Brigade of the First Town of the Beiyang Army was responsible for fighting the vanguard. Two artillery regiments had a total of 108 cannons to cover their artillery fire. The powerful artillery fire focused on bombarding the main gate of the Nancheng City, and 72 80 infantry artillery and 36 heavy howitzers made the Russian infantry firepower on the top of the city and in the city gate holes completely suppressed.

Dongdongdongdongdongdong!

The rumbling sound of cannons was deaf, and with the sound of harsh roars, the moment when the hot shells hit the city wall violently, dust suddenly flew and flints.

In the face of powerful artillery fire, the Russian army could only hide under the wall and cover, breathing in the dust and smoke, and breathing in.

Zasulic also concentrated most of his troops in the direction of the south city, but in the Battle of Songhua River, his Dongman Detachment lost all his heavy weapons. Faced with the heavy weapons attack of the Beiyang Army, the Russian army had almost no power to fight back.

However, Zasulic could also rely on the strong walls of Aihui City to resist because he knew reinforcements would come soon.

"Stand on! The reinforcements will arrive soon!"

"With the courage of the Imperial Army, we must not let the yellow race defeat it. It will be a lifelong shame!"

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Zassurich led a propaganda team to use a trumpet made of iron to cheer up his soldiers. Now, regardless of equipment or number of people, they cannot compare with the Beiyang Army outside the city, so only the will of the soldiers can be used.

General Kurobert King exempted him from his death penalty, but he was asked to make meritorious service, otherwise he would be sent to military court. Zasulic had no choice but to bite the bullet and resist.

At this time, a 150-mm shell weighing 40 kilograms roared and hit the city wall above the anti-aircraft cave where Zasulic was located. The violent explosion instantly destroyed the city wall at a quarter of the height. The huge air wave instantly drove more than a dozen propaganda soldiers out more than ten meters away, impacting the bob wrapped in gravel and soil. At the same time, Zasulic and several officers buried it.

After the explosion, nearby Russian soldiers hurriedly dug up the soil and rocks and brought Zasulic out of it.

"Damn it!"

After a severe cough, Zasuric spit out a muddy mouth full of mud, feeling very embarrassed.

"What kind of infantry cannon is this? It's so powerful?"

Zasulic was buried alive, and more than a dozen other propaganda soldiers were actually driven away by air waves. Such powerful artillery fire was generally firepower for the fortress. This was the first time he saw it in infantry battles. Of course, during the previous battle of Songhua River, he was fainted and did not find this problem.

"General, this is their 150mm heavy artillery!"

"How is it possible? The 150 heavy artillery has such great power. In addition, its rate of fire almost reaches three rounds per minute. How can there be such a large-caliber rapid-fire gun among the infantry cannons?"

Zassurich didn't believe it, and an adjutant next to him said: "General, this is indeed a 150mm heavy howitzer, the latest infantry rapid-fire gun from the Krupp factory in Germany. The Germans have developed to change the 240mm artillery to a ship-based rapid-fire gun. I heard that the German Army has developed 210mm infantry rapid-fire guns. The Beiyang Army is equipped with all the German Army equipment. Their 80-infantry guns can only blow up a pit because they use cannon shells, but this 150-caliber heavy gun uses grenades, which specifically uses impact boasts to cause large-scale damage."

Zasulic looked at the adjutant in surprise and asked, "How did you know?"

The adjutant replied: "After he returned from participating in the Qing Empire's Yongping Qiucao, he issued a set of documents on the Beiyang Army equipment of officials. I saw it from that!"

Zasulichichi said, "Why don't I know?"

The adjutant immediately smiled bitterly and said, "You have a lot of trouble every day, and I'm afraid you haven't seen this document!"

Zassurich was naturally not a big deal, and he didn't take the Qing army seriously at all. Therefore, he didn't even read the document on the strength of the Beiyang Army. It was precisely because of his underestimation of the enemy that it became one of the main factors in the failure of the Songhua River Battle.

At this moment, Zasurich regretted it a little. If he was not so conceited, if he had looked at the equipment configuration of the Beiyang Army, he might not have been defeated like this.

The shells fell nearby from time to time, and the power of the huge explosion was like an earthquake every time. Gravel and mud fell down from the city, falling on the Russian soldiers curled up in the corners. They were covered in mud, and the white bandages on their bodies had turned into brown after mixing blood and soil.

Russian soldiers were constantly blown away by huge air waves. Amid the deafening explosion, they could still hear their struggles before they died. The heart-wrenching screams pierced Zasulic's heart.

"I've been the ones who harmed you!"

Zasulich's heart was like a knife. His Dongman Detachment had more than 30,000 troops and the forces of the two divisions had now consumed less than 2,000 people.

Those were all soldiers he brought out. As the saying goes, one general was incompetent and exhausted the three armies.

"The enemy's artillery fire began to extend!"

After hearing this report, Zasuric immediately determined that the Beiyang Army was preparing to launch an infantry attack, so he immediately ordered.

"Enter the position immediately!"

With a command, the Russian soldiers hiding in the blind spot of the shelling immediately stood up, and quickly climbed to the city wall under the leadership of the officers and entered their respective defense areas.

"Prepare for the battle!" Zasulic commanded and climbed to the top of the city with the troops.

Russian soldiers mounted the only few of the Maxim heavy machine guns on the city wall, which was their only heavy weapon. Other Russian soldiers hid behind the female wall and used rifles to resist the enemy.

Lieutenant General Zassuric took out his telescope to observe the situation outside the city, and saw that in the front area of ​​400 meters long and 500 meters deep, Beiyang Army soldiers wearing dark blue military uniforms were everywhere.

However, Zasurich found that what is obviously different from the European and American combat formations is that the Beiyang Army did not line up to advance in a linear queue, but each soldier was about five or six meters away from the front, back, left and right, and the positions were staggered, so that each soldier could have the opportunity to shoot forward when advancing.

In addition, the soldiers of the Beiyang Army bent down and walked forward step by step, which was a huge difference from the European Army. Moreover, when they were moving, they did not go straight, but performed "S"-type maneuvers within a lateral distance of two or three meters.

These marching actions surprised Zasurich, and with his military qualities, he soon discovered the mystery. The Beiyang Army soldiers who launched the attack in a scattered state did not affect the firepower output, and also reduced their own losses to the greatest extent. Compared with the linear combat formations of the army of European and American countries, this was simply a military revolution.

"There are indeed some tricks!"

Zassuric couldn't help but sigh that his contemptuous Qing Empire army has now been transformed, and it is standing on the shoulders of giants, who have developed a more advanced military change based on the German army.

In my mind, the Russian army had already opened fire.

Slap sex!

The Russian army could no longer wait. They were nervous because of a series of bombardment. They started shooting no matter whether the enemy was still outside the effective shooting distance. They even forgot their usual training. At this moment, they just pulled the gun and loaded the bullets, and then fired the gun without knowing whether they aimed at the target.

Their heads have been blown up to varying degrees of concussion.

After more than ten minutes of shooting, the Russian army did not see many people hit.

Zassuric suddenly realized a problem. The attack seemed to be very wide. In fact, because the opponent was attacking in a scattered line, the number of people was no more than one company. What puzzled Zassuric was that the opponent's impact speed was like a snail. After moving for a long time, he advanced less than 100 meters, and was still 150 meters away from the city wall.

"What do they mean? Don't you dare to attack the city?"

Zassurich looked at the adjutant, who shook his head, not sure why.

Just as Zasurich was suspicious, there were fires flashing from afar, and then there were waves of thunder-like rafts of cannons, and rows of shells were shot in long whistles.

Zasulic suddenly realized that the Beiyang Army opposite was small in number, and he was slow to get close and launched a charge, but in fact he was just asking all the Russian troops to climb to the top of the city, because then the Beiyang Army's artillery fire could hit the Russian army.

"We're fooled! Take it down quickly!"

However, it was too late at this time. The stairway behind the city wall was very narrow. Two people had to walk side by side and slowly. If they walked quickly, they would fall down due to collisions. There were few stairways, only two. When the Russian army fought, they stayed on the top of the city, and there were reserves at the end of the stairway to block it.

Zasulic suddenly ordered to retreat, which immediately caused chaos among the Russian soldiers who had become frightened. However, this was not the most deadly. Because when the cannon sounded, the shells hit their heads a few seconds later.

Boom boom boom boom!

Huge explosions sounded on the walls of Manila City. In an instant, mountains shook away, and the sky collapsed. The bricks, stones and soil on the city wall were shattered by huge explosion force. The huge explosion air waves and impact bo flew to a height of dozens of meters with the surrounding Russian soldiers, and then fell inside and outside the city wall in the form of parabola and free fall. The moment before, it was a complete body, and the next second was only the residual value broken arm. The fragments splashed everywhere ruthlessly harvested the fragile lives around. Amid the screams, the dead were happier than the living.

The female wall can block bullets, but it cannot block shells. Russian soldiers were hit by artillery fire before they could react. Each bullet point suddenly became a hell on earth, swallowing up fresh lives.

Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong!

The Beiyang Army's cannons were crazily pouring shells at the Russian soldiers on the city wall. They knew that this move could only be used once and would not work next time. So Duan Qirui issued three rounds of rapid fire orders, and it was necessary to kill as much as possible in this shelling to have vitality.

In an instant, the walls of Aihui South City fell into a sea of ​​fireworks, and the cruelty of the war reached its peak at this moment.

Zasulic was escorted into the anti-cannon hole by the adjutant immediately. Although he was in a very embarrassed manner, he saved his life.

A bloody wave surged, and a bloody broken hand fell in front of Zasuric.

Zasurich stood in a safe position and looked at the soldier's broken hand, enduring the violent rolling in his abdomen.

"Damn it!"

He looked up at the cruel scene in front of him. Whenever he saw the soldiers of his country being blown up, the soldiers in the sea of ​​fire were wailing everywhere, his heart twitched.

Russian soldiers who had no time to walk the ladder had no choice but to jump down. Most of them were killed and injured. Some of them were engulfed by the rising fire when they jumped into the air.

More than a thousand Russian soldiers who climbed the city to fight were killed and injured in the blink of an eye, and the reserve team under the city also suffered heavy casualties in the chaos.

In this round of artillery attack, the Beiyang Army once again destroyed half of the combat effectiveness of the remaining Dongman Detachment.
Chapter completed!