"Bang bang bang~"
Messy gunshots rang out.
In the Xicheng District position, the Tsarist Russians saw something strange on the stone bridge. Some Tsarist Russian musketeers who had escaped the attack of the serfs quickly rushed to the parapet to shoot.
Since it was difficult to deploy the musketeer phalanx behind the parapet, they could only shoot in small groups at intervals.
This resulted in insufficient firepower density for the Russians.
The 1st Brigade of the Guards Division suffered limited casualties in the smoke screen.
Yang Yuchun followed the team forward.
In the smoke screen, the sight of the Tsarist Russians was blocked, and the same was true for the Qing army.
However, Doshan's discipline training worked. The Qing soldiers strictly followed the formation and advanced under the whistle of the company officer.
On the battlefield, thick fog, gunfire, and cries occurred one after another.
The serfs who were hit by the cannonballs fell to the ground, their limbs scattered everywhere, and those who were lucky enough to survive were wailing on the ground.
The two Tsarist Russian musketeers who had completed their formation in the rear opened fire on the bridge under the command of the officers.
Lead bullets were fired crosswise from both sides, and the ferocious firepower caused a slight falling sound to be heard in the smoke screen.
It was not until after two rounds of shooting that the Tsarist Russian soldiers saw a picture they never wanted to see in their lives.
The Qing army walked out of the smoke screen, and the formation was relatively neat. There were only a few gaps in the queue, which were being filled in neatly by soldiers from the rear.
Among the ranks of the Qing army, several squads were particularly eye-catching.
They worked in pairs and were equipped with the Qing Dynasty's specialty - carrying guns.
This is a large-caliber musket, and the huge projectiles are very penetrating. Especially at such a close distance, the results of the gunman's battle can be imagined.
When the queue officer gave the order to fire, the Qing army's musketeers queued up and fired volleys at both sides from a distance of 30 meters.
Fusillade volleys chipped away a layer of the Russians behind the breastworks.
The gun-raising was even more vicious. Within a distance of 30 meters, the Tsarist Russian musketeers lined up behind the parapet were directly skewered.
I saw a round of Qing troops approaching and firing, and the Russians fell in large numbers.
Yang Yuchun also seized the opportunity and ordered the heavy armored soldiers waiting in the rear to rush across the parapet.
These heavily armored soldiers wore cotton armor, daggers hung on their waists, and held short muskets with bowl mouths in their hands.
These bowl-mouth short muskets are early muskets, born in the late Ming Dynasty, and are generally loaded with shotguns and used in charge battles.
During the confusion of the Tsarist Russians, the heavy armored soldiers climbed directly over the parapet, pointing their bowl-mouth short muskets at the Tsarist Russians who were hurriedly reloading and looking frightened.
"Bang~"
Unlike ordinary flintlock guns, bowl-mouth short muskets have a dull sound, but the penetrating power of sound waves is extremely strong.
Dull gunfire sounded on the battlefield.
The musketeers deployed by the Russians behind the breastworks were almost dead.
The heavily armored soldier would kill with one strike. He carried his short musket on his back, then pulled out his short sword and slashed at the remaining Russians.
The Qing army took advantage of the gap between the heavy armored soldiers to clear the front, quickly occupied the parapet position, and marched forward again in formation under the command of the officers.
On the west side of the parapet are the unfinished trenches.
These trenches were insurmountable natural dangers for the passionate soldiers in Europe.
But for the Qing army at this time, it was just a slightly more difficult street battle.
Because the Qing army retained a complete heavy armored force.
Under Duo Shan's adjustment, these heavy armored soldiers were equipped with the best cotton armor in the army. In addition to short knives for fighting in narrow spaces, they were also equipped with shotguns such as bowl-mouth short muskets.
Such soldiers in the trenches are almost killing gods when God blocks them, and Buddha when Buddha blocks them.
Soon, the Tsarist Russians discovered that these heavily armored soldiers armed with shotguns were simply the gods of death in the trenches.
Often one heavy armored soldier can clear a small section of the trench.
At close range, almost all Tsarist Russian soldiers who tried to stop the Qing army's offensive were shot with shotguns to their foreheads.
It is difficult to find Tsarist Russian corpses with intact skulls in the trenches.
With the rotation of heavy armor, the trench positions of the Tsarist Russians on the front line were gradually eroded.
Starting from three stone bridges, the Qing army built three protrusions in the western part of Novosibirsk.
Moreover, the Qing army spent an afternoon expanding the results from the three protrusions to both sides, and soon they were connected.
The Tsarist Russian soldiers were forced to abandon their trench positions and the entire army shrank to the rear city area.
Pietro Bavman was extremely anxious. He continued to assign the retreating soldiers to other generals to strengthen the defense of the city.
The Qing army's offensive was too fierce.
In just one afternoon, the Tsarist Russians suffered nearly 3,000 casualties, and this was despite taking advantage of the trenches.
By sunset, the Qing army had completely occupied the trench positions. More than 300 artillery pieces from the artillery brigade gradually passed the bridgehead and established artillery positions behind the trenches.
Pietro watched all this and tried to organize a counterattack, but was quickly blocked by Qing army musketeers.
Night falls.
When the fighting subsided, Pietro put down the telescope with trembling hands.
While the Qing army's offensive was fierce, it was also able to attack steadily and steadily.
After Yang Yuchun took over the trench position, he immediately arranged for the Five Flags to renovate and strengthen the position.
He widened the first trench facing the Russians back, and the trench on the side facing the Qing army was changed into a slope.
The advantage of this is that the Qing army can retreat to the second trench when the first trench cannot support it.
As long as the Tsarist Russians rushed into the first trench, the vertical wall behind them would prevent them from retreating, and the slope in front of them would expose their bodies to the guns of the Qing army in the second trench.
Pietro was not a fool. With a little thought, he understood the benefits of the Qing army's approach and gave up his intention of retaking the position through night attacks.
Because after the Qing army renovated the trenches, they set up a fire in the first trench.
The bright firelight illuminated the entire front.
As long as the eyes are not blind, night attacks are no longer possible.
"Is this still the Qing Dynasty?"
Pietro muttered to himself.
At this time, a messenger rushed to Pietro on horseback and whispered a few words in his ear. The latter's eyes widened.
…
Northwest of the city of Novosibirsk.
Doshan led 2,000 men of the Dragoon Brigade across the Ob River.
The Dragoon Brigade did not go directly south into the city of Novosibirsk to fight, but marched 20 kilometers westward.
Finally, the hard work paid off, and Duoshan discovered a large number of residential buildings on the small plain here.
There is still a big difference between the residents of Tsarist Russia and the serfs. In addition to the fact that serfs are not allowed to own private property, even the gathering places are in the wilderness.
Here is a cultivated field, where serfs, whipped by Tsarist Russian overseers, make potatoes into mashed potatoes in the open space.
These agricultural products will be used as food to supply the residents and defenders of Novosibirsk.
In the Far East, it was basically impossible for the gathering areas to obtain supplies from Alexander I. They could only be self-sufficient, growing and eating potatoes.
Originally, the output here was enough for the daily consumption of Novosibirsk City.
However, when Tsarist Russian soldiers from the Far East gathered here, the land output could no longer make ends meet.
But for Pietro, this was no problem at all.
Just order that the serfs' share of the ration be given to the soldiers.
What a big deal, potatoes are for human consumption, gray animals like serfs are not worthy of eating.
If you are hungry, just drink some water and eat potato peels.
At night, the bonfire illuminated the thin and numb faces of the serfs.
They washed the potatoes in tubs.
Suddenly, the water in the tub rippled, and the earth trembled.
