The Russians hid in the courtyard. They relied on the courtyard wall to form a defensive position, and several Chinese soldiers who tried to rush in from the courtyard door were knocked down. Although they knew that they would die in the coming battle, these Russians had also participated in the mass slaughter of the locals who had been treated as serfs by the Russians in the city yesterday. With their hands stained with blood, they had no way out. The ferocious Chinese would not spare the Russians in the city. Now, killing one was enough, killing two was a profit.
After the volley of gunfire just now, the Russians quickly loaded their bullets and prepared for the next wave of battle. Their front-loading firepower could not compare to the rear-loading firepower of the Chinese troops. Every Russian was desperately reloading their bullets. But after a while, the Chinese soldiers did not continue to attack. Just as they were puzzled, they heard a loud noise, and then a large hole was blown in the wall on the side of the room. A moment later, grenades flew in from the hole. Before the Russians could understand, a series of explosions killed and wounded the Russian soldiers in the courtyard.
After the battle entered the core area, the casualties of the Liberation Army increased. Because the Russians were densely packed, the casualties were even greater. At this time, the Russians used the fortifications made by the houses to resist. The Liberation Army's first round of attack was already very tired, and the second round of troops adopted the tactic of street fighting through walls.
As long as it was confirmed that there were Russians in the houses, the courtyard wall would be penetrated, followed by the stubborn resistance of the Russians in the houses. Humans had this kind of habitual thinking, always thinking that solid houses were safe and could be relied on. The tactic of penetrating the walls was to break through the safest part in one fell swoop, making the enemy's illusion become the best assistant of the Liberation Army.
The defense system formed by the houses was broken, and the fortifications built by the Russians on the streets were also based on the houses. When the houses fell, the fortifications were immediately broken. At this time, the encirclement was getting smaller and smaller. The Russians were at the end of their rope and even began to counterattack. The counterattack was a cruel hand-to-hand battle. The Russians in the front row still had some rifles, but they could only fire one shot. The Russian soldiers following behind carried the broadswords and spears they got from the armory of the Heilongjiang general's mansion. The cruel hand-to-hand combat could actually defeat the corpses piled up to the point of forming a "roadblock".
The Gatling multi-barreled machine guns were mounted on small artillery vehicles. Every time the troops occupied a street or an alley, they would set up machine gun positions at the intersection. Once the barricade of corpses was formed, the Chinese team began to retreat. Once there was some distance between them, the Gatling multi-barreled machine gun would seize the opportunity to join in the shooting. In the blink of an eye, the entire street was filled with barricades, and the flowing blood on the ground could actually bury one's feet.
After a day of fighting, the Liberation Army's eyes were bloodshot. The smell of blood that filled the entire city made these soldiers even more murderous. After eliminating the enemy's resistance and counterattack, the troops opened fire on the surviving Russians, regardless of whether these Russians were standing, kneeling, or lying down.
By seven o 'clock in the afternoon, only the Russian position in the center of the city had not fallen into the hands of the Liberation Army. While the Liberation Army carefully cleaned up the occupied area, they began to prepare troops and artillery for the final attack. At this time, it was dusk. In another two hours, the sky would not be able to support the battle. This was just the right time to go all out in one go. Opposite them was a huge fortress built by the Russians in the center of the city. It seemed that the Russians really wanted to make Qiqihar their center in the Far East. The fortress was very tall and much thicker than the fortress outside the city.
The Russians set up positions outside the fortress, which were two ring-shaped positions formed by low walls. A large number of Russians hid inside to defend. Their rifles continuously fired bullets, and the intensity was quite high.
The troops temporarily stopped attacking, the artillery units began to surround, and the infantry seized the time to eat so that they could carry out the final attack. It was nothing during the battle, but when everyone began to eat, the thick smell of blood made many soldiers unable to help but vomit.
Just as the battlefield entered a short period of silence, the Russians sent out a few people. The wooden sticks in their hands were raised high with white flags, and they tried their best not to provoke the Liberation Army by swinging them, so that the Liberation Army could see the white flags fluttering in the air as much as possible.
"At this point in the battle, the Russians actually thought of surrendering? The son of a b * tch has such a clever plan! "The company commander angrily scolded in Sichuan dialect.
The instructor said in broken Mandarin with a Cantonese accent, "You can't kill the envoy in public. This is discipline."
"I know that we can't fight, that's why I'm so angry!" The company commander said angrily.
No matter what the Chinese's attitude was, the Russians raised the white flag and continued to walk towards the Chinese position. They were about to get close.
"The sky is already like this. If the headquarters really talks with the Russians, won't we not be able to fight today? The front line is so close. What if the Russians break through at night? "The company commander shouted at the instructor.
The company commander was right, but the instructor had been specially educated. He could only persuade him, "If you kill them, the responsibility will be great."
The company commander also knew the responsibility. If he really killed the envoy on a whim, he really wouldn't be able to explain it to the higher-ups. The company commander ordered the guards to personally send the Russian envoy to the battalion headquarters as quickly as possible, while he continued to prepare for the battle.
The battalion headquarters was now with the regiment headquarters. A telegraph line was pulled from the regiment headquarters to the headquarters. In less than ten minutes, the battalion headquarters sent the Russian envoy back. The messenger in the battalion said to the company commander, "The battalion headquarters orders to continue the battle at 7: 30."
The company commander took out his pocket watch and was delighted. It was already 7: 28. Two minutes was only enough for the Russian envoy to return to their position, and the battle could immediately start.
The final general attack began with the 75 artillery that had been dragged into the city. The tires of the sports car were stuck with a thick layer of semi-solidified juice mixed with mud, giving off a strong bloody smell. The artillery soldiers didn't have a day of fighting in the city, and they couldn't help but frown. Some people simply used one hand to work and the other hand to cover their mouth and nose.
The infantry didn't have the mind to care about this at this time. Everyone held their weapons tightly, hoping to use the last of their strength to complete the last step of the attack.
The rumbling of the artillery sounded, and the 75 caliber shells hit the huge fortress. Many shells were actually spread out. This time the observers were a bit confused. How much manpower did the Russians spend to build such a fortress? It seemed that if they wanted to break this turtle shell, they had to use the 200 artillery.
The 12 artillery bombarded for five minutes, and the outside of the fortress was hit with stone chips flying everywhere. The shells that landed on the ground exploded into smoke, but they still couldn't open the gap in the fortress. On the other hand, the Russian soldiers in the defensive position outside the fortress were killed and injured by the shells that bounced off the fortress. Some of the Russians looked like they couldn't take it anymore. They didn't care about the shells flying everywhere, and they rushed to the door and madly hammered on the closed door. However, the door still didn't have any intention of opening, allowing the soldiers outside to plead.
This action also attracted the attention of the artillery soldiers. Seeing that the door could be broken, the artillery soldiers gathered three cannons and fired fiercely in the direction of the door. With a series of explosions, the Russians who had gathered at the door disappeared in the thick smoke and fire.
The artillery fire lasted for more than 20 minutes before it stopped. The fortress was still there, but the defensive position outside had been destroyed. At this time, the battalion commander also went to the front line to personally organize the battle. He shouted, "Get ready for the demolition team!" At this time, the sky was darker, but it gave the demolition team a good opportunity. Since they couldn't break the fortress with artillery, they would use explosives to blow it up.
It was also at this time that many of the small windows in the fortress stretched out white flags. The commanders looked at each other in shock. If the Russians weren't tricking the Liberation Army, it meant that the Russians were really going to surrender. The Russians had killed nearly 20,000 people in the city and fought a fierce siege with the Liberation Army. At this time, they actually wanted to surrender. Did they really think that the Liberation Army would let them go?
"In the current situation, we can't accept surrender!" A hoarse voice said. The battalion commander and company commander turned around and saw that the division commander had arrived at the front line with the regimental commander.
Seeing that everyone was silent, the division commander said in a hoarse voice again, "Use the demolition team to blow up this fortress! I'll take responsibility! "
At 9: 10 p.m. on May 29, 1872, the Liberation Army blew up the last Russian fortress in the city of Qiqihar. The troops poured out and engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with the Russians, who had no intention of surrendering. In the end, the enemy was completely wiped out.
On May 30, the Russian troops across the river were also wiped out. The Battle of Qiqihar was finally over.
Within two days, the Russian captives were shot in the big pits they had dug themselves and thrown into the big pits together with the Russian dead. In addition, more than 180 locals were found killed by the Russians in the city. More than a dozen mass graves were also found where the Russians had buried the locals who had been killed. The total number of locals killed was probably more than 70,000.
The Russian army had a total of about 52,000 troops, and a total of 49432 were wiped out. Some of them were troops sent by the Russians to cut off the Liberation Army's transport line, and these people were lucky enough to escape.
The Liberation Army dispatched a total of 151883 people, 368 people died in battle (including those who died of serious injuries), and 9,266 people were injured. This was the first time in the history of the Liberation Army that there had been more than 10,000 casualties.
After recapturing Qiqihar, the Sixth Army of the Liberation Army and the Navy went north together, and by the end of August, they finally cleared the area south of Heilongjiang. Because the troops had to prepare for the winter locally, except for a small unit in the Greater Khingan Mountains to clear Russian strongholds, the troops did not continue to fight north.
On September 9, the British Ambassador accompanied the Russian Ambassador to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China. The Russian Ambassador made a strong protest against China's genocide of the Russians in the Far East.
Foreign Minister Zuo Zhidan said a few words and told the Russian Ambassador to leave.
The first sentence, "China has never carried out genocide against Russia!"
The second sentence, "Why did the Russians come to China's territory?"
On September 12, the British Ambassador and the French Ambassador jointly met with China's Foreign Minister Zuo Zhidan and mentioned that Britain and France were "extremely concerned" about the situation in the Far East.
Zuo Zhidan implicitly expressed China's view that Britain and France were "worrying about nothing."
As early as April 18, the Japanese Meiji government had already defeated the Sixth Army of the Republic of Prawn south to the north of Honshu.
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