Lieutenant General Zhou Jinguo looked at the battlefield littered with corpses and couldn't help but ask the chief of staff, "If we were to participate in this kind of war, how many people would have to die?"
At this time, the grass-roots troops were cheering. None of them had ever fought against the foreign devils. Winning a battle against the Russians made them ecstatic. Everyone was well prepared before the war and the ideological work was in place. No one looked down on the Russians. This wasn't just a victory, it was a brand new experience. The experience of victory.
The area 30 to 50 meters away from the trenches was filled with the corpses of the Russians. There were at least two to three thousand of them. The dense firepower of the Gatling multi-barreled machine guns and single rifles cut down the Russian formation like rice paddies. Between 50 and 200 meters, most of the Russians were shot in the back and killed while trying to escape.
At a distance of 200 meters, the Russians' deaths became more and more varied. There were those who were shot in the chest. Those were those who were shot when they continued to attack. There were those who were shot in the back. Those were those who managed to escape to this distance and were shot by rifles and machine guns. There were those who were shot in the side. Those were the result of diagonal shots. There were also some who were mutilated. Those were undoubtedly the result of being hit by artillery shells.
There were many dead and even more injured on the battlefield. The screams of the injured echoed throughout the battlefield. Different injuries had different screams. From grunts to screams, there was everything.
After such a battle, not only did Lieutenant General Zhou Jinguo see the enemy's defeat, he couldn't help but think that if the Chinese troops were to face a defensive line of machine guns and artillery trenches, even if they knew the opponent's configuration, the result of a frontal attack wouldn't be any better.
The Russian outpost four kilometers away was now in a mess. In order to improve the accuracy of the 200 cannons, they had to aim and calculate again and again when they fired at the fortress. They had to compare the measurements from the sky and the ground repeatedly before they fired. The Russians only had five fortresses left and a few hundred artillery shells. In this battle, the 200 cannons also joined the fray. A single shot from this caliber of heavy artillery would shake the earth. Not to mention the defenseless Russians, even China's trenches would not be able to withstand it.
The chief of staff was stumped by Zhou Jinguo's question. However, the chief of staff was not that pessimistic. He replied confidently, "If the commander-in-chief can create all of this, he must have a corresponding way to deal with all of this. Our current mission is to recover our country. Even if we encounter such an enemy in the future, we won't be helpless. "
At the mention of Vézé, Zhou Jinguo also felt an inexplicable sense of confidence. When Vézé modified the matchlock into a flintlock, everyone was worried that the enemy's flintlock would be just as deadly. It didn't take long for Vézé to create a firearm. The flintlock, which had a huge advantage over the matchlock, became a "joke" in front of the flintlock. Everyone felt that the Fire Hat Gun was already an extremely powerful and refined weapon, but now, the single rifle with a metal shell once again proved how unnecessary their worries were.
Zhou Jinguo knew that the development of the new rifle wasn't going well, but he was starting to finalize it. It wouldn't be long before the Liberation Army was armed with more powerful weapons. Just like the Gatling gun, before seeing this weapon with his own eyes, Zhou Jinguo didn't expect this weapon to be so powerful.
Thinking of this, Zhou Jinguo sighed and said, "That's why we have to strengthen the confidentiality of the army. A few years ago, when the commander-in-chief first started to deal with this problem, we thought that the commander-in-chief was looking for trouble with his comrades. Now, it seems that the commander-in-chief has indulged his comrades for too long. "
The chief of staff couldn't help but nod. He had absolute confidence in Vézé. After seeing the bloody battlefield and the one-sided battle with his own eyes, the chief of staff knew that if the enemy's equipment was the same as the Liberation Army's, the Liberation Army would have to pay a huge price. In recent years, the recruits had never used a front-loading gun after joining the army, but the chief of staff had used a flintlock before. Based on the strength shown by the Russian team, if the Liberation Army was still using the era of the flintlock and the three-inch cannon, they could still win, but losses of more than 1,000 were inevitable. Secrecy did make people feel a lot of constraints, and it would make people feel uncomfortable. But this feeling of discomfort was nothing compared to the thousands of lives that were lost.
Thinking about it was just thinking about it, but the chief of staff didn't have the time to think too much. Zhou Jinguo was a lieutenant general, and the chief of staff was a major general. Don't look at the difference of one rank, it would take too much credit to make up for it. At this time, the major general needed to establish more credit, and not learn from the lieutenant general who had already become in charge of an area to think about the distant future. The chief of staff asked Zhou Jinguo, "Including the wounded Russia left on the position, it is estimated that the Russians have lost four to five thousand people. I think this group of people won't dare to come out and fight again. When will the siege begin? "
"Tomorrow," Zhou Jinguo replied.
Hearing this time, it was the chief of staff's turn to be surprised. He said hesitantly, "We need to prepare well. Even with the current weapons in the hands of the Russians, I'm afraid that we will have a lot of losses. "
Zhou Jinguo shook his head slightly. "The training for urban warfare has been completed, and the significance of the temporary training now is limited. On the contrary, the Russians have been beaten silly by us, and our morale is high. Taking down Qiqihar in one go is the most efficient way! People who are afraid of death, the more they think about it, the more they are afraid, and the more they are afraid, the easier it is for them to die. Fiercely chasing and fiercely attacking, the attacking side is the safest. "
In the afternoon, the Liberation Army's 200 cannons finally collapsed the three remaining fortresses on the edge of Qiqihar. The entire city of Qiqihar was exposed to the Liberation Army's artillery coverage.
On the morning of the 29th, the 200 cannons began their bombardment. Qiqihar's city walls weren't very good to begin with. Even though the Russians had reinforced and expanded them, they still couldn't withstand the bombardment of the 200 cannons. The western city wall collapsed first, and an hour later, the southern city wall also collapsed. Under the cover of the 75 cannons, the attacking troops began to attack Qiqihar.
This was a fierce battle. As long as the Liberation Army's squad approached the gap in the city wall, the Russians would start shooting from the top of the city wall to stop them, and the 75 cannons would then carry out a lethal bombardment.
The engineers used sharp engineer shovels to dig out several communication trenches, allowing the infantry to approach the city wall through these trenches. At this time, the heavy artillery had already turned to bombard the city, trying to create chaos for the Russians in the city so that they couldn't effectively reinforce the top of the city wall. After a few exchanges, a battalion of troops had already gathered in front of them. After the 75 cannons' continuous bombardment for ten minutes, the troops jumped up from their positions outside the city and rushed toward the broken and incomplete city wall.
The first to rush to the top of the city wall wasn't the soldiers, but a round of grenades. After a series of explosions, the troops climbed up the broken city wall using a human ladder. Looking down from above, the battalion commander who was the first to climb up the city wall saw the casualties of Russian soldiers everywhere near the city wall.
"Attack!" Without saying anything else, the battalion commander raised his rifle and killed a struggling Russian soldier nearby. The soldiers who continuously climbed up the city wall eliminated the enemy and expanded the occupied city wall while facing the Russian reinforcements and firing fiercely.
The sun didn't rise high in the sky. It moved slowly along a position not too high above the horizon. The battle between China and Russia could no longer be heard. The sound of cannons, gunshots, the explosion of grenades, and the sound of Gatling multi-barreled machine guns became more and more intense. The strong will of the Russians to fight surprised the Liberation Army. No matter how many people were knocked down, no matter how high the corpses were piled up, the Russians actually fought to the death without retreating until they completely lost the ability to fight.
The Liberation Army's losses also gradually increased. Many of the casualties were troops. Seeing that there weren't many enemies left on the opposite side, everyone felt that they could take care of the Russian soldiers with a single charge. Unexpectedly, not only did the remaining Russian soldiers not retreat, but a new group of Russian reinforcements suddenly surged up from behind. Everyone fired at each other, knocking down a few or a dozen people on the other side, then raised their bayonets and began to fight hand-to-hand. After each bayonet battle, the small Russian troops were completely wiped out, but the Liberation Army's losses were also increasing rapidly.
Listening to this news, Zhou Jinguo frowned. The chief of staff sighed and said, "The Russians are just different from the Manchu Qing. Their combat power and will to fight are obviously different. "
Zhou Jinguo obviously didn't agree with the chief of staff's opinion, but he couldn't find a reason to refute it. Shaking his head, Zhou Jinguo buried his head in the map.
"Report!" the correspondent said loudly at the door of the headquarters.
"What's the situation?" The chief of staff thought that although the attack had made progress, the Russians had fought back with all their might, so the casualties were increasing. This time, 150,000 troops were sent out, so there was absolutely no problem with the number of people. It was just that the Liberation Army really didn't have this kind of experience with the casualty reports all the way up. The chief of staff was already annoyed.
"Our troops found thousands of corpses in a courtyard. Looking at their clothes, they should be Chinese in the city. They were all slaughtered! "Seeing so many corpses, the correspondent's voice went out of tune.
The chief of staff's eyes widened. He never expected to hear such news. Zhou Jinguo raised his head and said, "Continue to attack and eliminate these Russians!"
After the correspondent left, the chief of staff asked Zhou Jinguo, "Commander, what are the Russians trying to do?"
"They killed the Chinese people in the city. Firstly, to vent their anger, and secondly, to let the Russians in the city know that even if they don't fight to the death, they will still die." Zhou Jinguo's voice was fierce. "The Xiang Army did something similar in the past!"
While they were talking, several attacking troops sent back their correspondents. At this time, the attack had broken through to a certain depth, and as a result, the corpses of Chinese people in the city were found in several places. After a rough calculation, there was no problem with tens of thousands of people.
It was the first time the chief of staff had seen such a brutal army. Although he had heard that the Russians had advanced all the way west and killed millions of local Asians, the chief of staff felt that this statement was more likely to inspire the fighting spirit of the Liberation Army. He never thought that the Russians would actually do this, and do it right under the nose of the Liberation Army.
"Inform the entire army of this situation and tell them that these are the Russians we want to eliminate. The reason why we won't spare the Russians is because every Russian has blood on their hands, "Zhou Jinguo ordered.
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