The cries of grief and indignation could not deter the Chinese soldiers, and the cries of the wounded could not make these Chinese people feel any softer. The snipers ambushing in the mountains and forests remained silent, and the sneers at the corners of their mouths proved that they were too lazy to fight these invaders. There is no nonsense at all.
Who can answer Nicholas' question? Only cannons! The artillery position in Setouchi Village was firing like crazy at this moment. After each salvo, the commander of the artillery regiment excitedly rushed to the battlefield to show off his power. He gestured with his middle finger and cursed at the enemies in Setouchi Village and the warships in the bay.
"Blast! Keep bombing! Blast these stupid invaders to death... This is our Chinese land, and I didn't invite you, Grandpa! This group of Rakshasa ghosts will remember this killing for a hundred years!"
After six rounds of volleys, Setouchi had turned into a burning city of fire. Not a single house in the entire village or town was intact. It was either blown down or set on fire. In the light of the fire, there were crowds of Rakshasa ghosts, and soldiers who were burned on their bodies. Screaming and jumping into the sea, the troop transport ship rushing forward in the distance rushed forward at the risk of running aground, hoping to rescue more troops.
"Get on the ship! Grab the rope ladder... grab the rope..." Countless rope ladders and thick cables were thrown down from both sides of the troop carrier, causing splashes to appear on the water.
At this moment, the harbor was in chaos, the trestle had been destroyed, and the beach was surrounded by debris and dead bodies. The troop transport ship could not find a suitable location to anchor, and they could not even approach the shore smoothly.
Now we can only rely on the soldiers to jump into the sea and swim to the side of the troop transport, and then grab the rope ladder to climb up. You can imagine how inefficient this kind of withdrawal is. If nearly 20,000 soldiers want to evacuate, they will not have eight hours. The above will not work.
The eyes of Hermansky of the squadron were burning: "We can't do this anymore! We can't let the Chinese continue bombing so unscrupulously... The entire army will be annihilated! We will be trapped to death..."
A hellish scene was spinning in front of him. Bodies floating in the waves hit the battleship, and recruits with poor psychological quality lay on the side of the ship and vomited.
The artillery positions in the distance were still pouring out their anger. The Russian army organized three consecutive counterattacks, but they were withstood by the Chinese. Hermansky's naval gun counterattack had little effect due to distance and angle issues.
"Damn it! Listen to my order... With the Svetlana as the leader and the entire squadron, sail five hundred meters north...continue to bombard the enemy's artillery positions!"
"What?" Everyone immediately exclaimed, "Captain can't do it! There is a shallow sea area ahead, full of rocks. We will hit the rocks..."
"Shut up!" Hermansky yelled, "Don't I know that there is a shallow sea area ahead? Do you think I am blind? But what can we do now? Our warship is closest to the enemy's artillery position. If our firepower If we can't suppress it, all 20,000 army brothers will die here..."
"At this moment of life and death, if our death can exchange for the lives of 20,000 brothers, then why not die! Do you really think you are here for tourism in East Asia? Do you really think you are here to enjoy happiness?"
Hermansky's angry curse silenced the officers and soldiers present. This sentence directly revealed the little thoughts and calculations of many expeditionary officers and soldiers. This expedition that attracted the world's attention was actually a long vacation trip in the eyes of many officers and soldiers. In their hearts, Asians are weak, and these Chinese who ceded territory to pay compensation are even more weak among the weak.
As long as the powerful Russian army shows off its muscles in front of these sheep, it can scare them into pissing their pants and extort the most delicious food and wine, the most beautiful women, and the most wealth.
In the war against Western civilization, the Qing government suffered defeat after defeat until it was beyond redemption. Now, xenophobia has emerged in the Qing Dynasty, and Westerners' contempt for the Chinese has replaced the admiration they had in the Middle Ages.
China is no longer a symbol of ancient civilization and strength. Although China is still rich, this richness has turned into undefended fat. As long as the industrial level of European countries is strong enough and they can mobilize fleets for expeditions to Asia, then you You can just cut off the fattest piece.
Xiao Letian once said that in the 19th century or even the first half of the 20th century, Western civilization was unable to eat China. It was not that they did not have that ambition, but that the level of science and technology at that time was still very low, and they could send heavy troops across half the world. There are only so many countries.
Britain, France, and Russia are the only three countries that can barely do this... Of course the United States has such industrial strength, but the United States is currently in a period of economic recovery and a period of peace after the civil war. Developing people's livelihood is an important task for the United States. Isolationist ideas are very widespread, so the U.S. Navy in this era is only a defensive force.
In fact, looking back at the history of the late Qing Dynasty and modern times, starting from the First Opium War, there were actually three European countries that fought against the Qing Dynasty. One was the United Kingdom and the other was France. These were the only two countries that could send heavy troops from Europe to Asia. is an industrial country, while Russia mainly relies on its army to press from the northern continent to the south.
The First Opium War was fought by the British themselves, the Second Opium War was fought by Britain and France together, and then came the Annan War between the Qing Dynasty and France, followed by the counterattack of the little neighbor during the Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese War.
It would have to wait until 1900 when all European countries could send warships to form the Eight-Nation Allied Forces to attack Beijing. At that time, humans in the world had already entered the era of fully steam-powered warships. It was the huge development of science and technology that allowed Italy and the Austro-Hungarian Empire to be like this The second-rate European countries have the ability to send heavy troops to the east.
It can be said that in 1869, Russia was able to organize an expeditionary force of 30,000 troops to conquer China across most of the world. This was definitely an extremely exciting thing within Russia, and it was also a feat that shocked all countries in Europe.
Spain and Portugal do not have this ability, nor do the Netherlands and Italy. Even the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Prussia, which have powerful armies, have to shake their heads and sigh at themselves.
This is reality, an indisputable fact. How can the expeditionary force that set off under such praise and worship not be arrogant? What Hermansky said was not wrong at all. These officers and soldiers never thought that they would fail from the beginning, and they did not even consider the issue of casualties.
In their hearts, it seems that the victory of the Far East is like a ripe apple on the treetop, which can be easily picked by standing on tiptoes.
Looking at the red-faced officers and soldiers, Hermansky growled, "We made a big mistake by underestimating the enemy, so we can only make up for this mistake with blood... The battle situation is like this. Who will we sacrifice if we don't sacrifice now?"
"Now listen to my order, all the squadrons will go north, grab the best shooting position... fire my artillery to suppress the Chinese artillery on the hillside!"
Note: There are only two updates today. I have some white hair at home and I really can’t get rid of it. Sorry.
