The reason why the red-haired Axon gained the attention of the Tsar was not just because of his sister. There was already a hint of a famous general in this young major.
Real famous generals must have both benevolence and ruthlessness. In daily life, they can eat and live with the soldiers, they can love the soldiers as their own children, and they will cherish the life of every soldier.
But that's only in peacetime. Once on the battlefield, these generals will immediately become ruthless and indifferent to life.
Although Aikeson showed such kindness in front of the wounded soldiers, from the bottom of his heart, he did not feel that the lives of the 900 soldiers were precious at all. As long as he could achieve his goal, thousands of people would die in front of him. He was unmoved at all.
"Well, the sacrifice of the soldiers has helped us find out the enemy's details. This is indeed Xiao Letian's trump card. One battalion can block the charge of three thousand soldiers. Such an opponent deserves our respect!"
"Are the artillery ready? Blow them up and let the artillery help us open the way..."
War is sometimes a business. The higher the value of the target, the greater the resources invested by the attacker. Ever since the war on Luma Island was ignited, the psychology of the Russians has been led by Xiao Letian.
The exposed forts on Luma Island allowed the enemy to confirm that the information on Golden Island was true. Then there was the jaw-dropping treasure of the Setouchi Bank, which directly ignited the excitement of the officers and soldiers.
Immediately afterwards, at the foot of Tangwan Mountain, the officers and soldiers of the Xuanwu Fourth Battalion who desperately resisted further proved the value of the treasury.
It can be said that these Russians were seduced by layers of disguises. Xiao Letian knew very well how to deal with this kind of shark. To deal with these old gangsters, you can't show all your cards at the beginning. That would be very dangerous. It's possible to scare them away, but at the same time, you can't take out too little, which may cause the enemy to give up the bait.
Only by adding a little bit of chips, only by following the enemy's vigilance, can they gradually increase their focus on the goal of 'treasury', and eventually make them lose their minds.
The Russian expedition itself did not bring many field artillery and artillery shells. The limited cabins were actually provided for soldiers to live in. The thirty artillery pieces brought by Exon this time already accounted for two-thirds of the field artillery reserves of the entire expeditionary force. , according to his original intention, it is better not to use it as much as possible.
If the battle could be solved by soldiers, he really didn't want to waste precious artillery shells, but the enemy's desperate resistance just now shocked his heart, and also raised his expectations for the value of the treasury. Now he can confirm that this battle It will definitely not be a loss-making transaction.
Boom boom boom... The temporary artillery position was spraying gunpowder smoke, and the artillery shells flew in the air. The trench area of Xuanwu Camp was suddenly bombed into a mess.
Tons of soil were overturned and fell down. The soldiers huddled in the trench squeezed their bodies into the corners to avoid the bomb impact area. Everyone covered their ears, lowered their heads and opened their mouths, trying to avoid the damage to the eardrums caused by the loud noise. .
Luo Hou has now turned into a soil monkey. The soil falling from the sky has buried half of his body in it. The choking smell of gunpowder smoke makes it difficult to breathe.
The bombardment lasted for half an hour, and at the end of the attack the artillery barrels were red and hot. When Axon gave the charge order again, another three thousand soldiers shouted "Ula" slogans and stepped on the soft soil and began to attack upwards. .
The 4th Xuanwu Battalion continued to counterattack. The grenades rolled and smashed downwards, opening gaps one after another in the charging crowd. The Mauser rifles fired continuously, and the soldiers at the front were peeled off layer by layer by the rain of bullets.
The enemy attacked fiercely, but the Genwu 4th Battalion defended steadily. In addition, Noheita and Hyoutarou were outflanking and supporting on the left and right wings. This charge still reached the melee stage and there was no winner.
Just when the killings were thundering due to the south and the Xuanwu Battalion had held back most of the enemy troops, Aikeson's soldiers hidden on the east and west wings finally started to move.
There were more than a thousand Russian troops on each side of the east and west wings. Taking advantage of the critical moment when Nohira Tai and Hyoutarou divided their forces and resources, they suddenly launched a desperate charge. Soldiers shouting slogans stepped through the minefield and faced the bullet rain of the Chinese soldiers. And up.
"It's time! Give a retreat order... Let the troops withdraw to the second line of defense... Immediately!" Xiao Hexin on the top of the mountain made a quick judgment.
"Prepare incendiary bombs! Open the stored kerosene...burn the trenches, let's retreat..." Chu Zhao ordered, covering the wound on his arm.
The reserves began to join the battle. They started shooting at the enemy from the inside of the trenches. The brothers who were covering the melee combat retreated. The kerosene barrels stacked in the trenches were chopped open, and the pungent kerosene flowed.
Incendiary bombs were thrown on the battlefield one after another. The thick smoke and fire stopped the Rakshasa ghosts from charging, and the entire battlefield suddenly became a sea of fire.
The trenches had turned into walls of fire, and thick smoke rushed into the sky for tens of kilometers. Countless ships on the sea saw the black clouds over Amami Oshima.
"Assholes... these damn Chinese, where did they get so much kerosene? Oh my god, this is burning money! This is all money burning..." Countless Russian soldiers jumped to their feet and yelled outside the fire wall.
In the mid-19th century, humankind's use of petroleum was limited to kerosene, a relatively stable product. Light gasoline has always been discarded due to its high risk.
Not only in Asia, but also in many rural areas in Europe, being able to use kerosene is still a cool thing to show off, and the price of kerosene has always been high.
Especially in the impoverished Tsarist Russia, ordinary people here could not afford to light candles and oil lamps. During the long nights, they could only rely on the brightness provided by wood bonfires for lighting. Using kerosene lamps was a luxury.
Today, these Chinese people have consumed so much precious kerosene just to block their charging troops. Isn't this a waste of money?
Of course, this kind of prodigal behavior further proves that this treasury is so important that these Chinese soldiers must guard it at all costs.
"Very good! Clear the battlefield... Let the fire burn for a while. Have the artillerymen rested enough now? Extend the fire and attack the enemy's second line of defense..."
Boom boom boom... the artillery roared again. This time the explosion point was in the second trench area 310 meters above sea level. This is a permanent fortification cast by reinforced cement concrete, and it is independent in the four directions of east, west, north and south. Become an individual.
In other words, no matter which direction the Russians capture, other positions will not be interfered with and can still maintain their effective defense.
The second trench area, to put it bluntly, is four independent fortresses pieced together into a circle, which just protects half of Tangwan Mountain.
More importantly, the four independent fortresses are actually the entrances to the four treasuries A, B, C and D. Among them, the southern fortress stationed by the Xuanwu Fourth Battalion is the entrance to the A Zi Treasury.
Note: My health has been very bad these past two days. I owed you a chapter yesterday, so don’t be in a hurry. I will definitely make up for you when I look back. There are only two chapters left today, and the owed chapters will be made up later.
Flustered, short of breath...am I going to die?
