Tuqing: My first love was Cixi

Chapter 106 Another brilliant victory! Save the Jiangbei camp!

After counting the casualties, Su Yi took a breath of heartache.

Fifty-nine people were killed and 152 wounded, of which about 60 were seriously injured.

In other words, after the first battle, about 120 people directly lost their combat effectiveness.

This loss is really quite big.

He only has less than 2,000 people in total, so if such losses happen several times, he will be completely unbearable.

Of course, the results of the battle were also great. According to estimates, the Taiping Army's casualties exceeded a thousand people, or even more.

This battle loss ratio is very beautiful.

However, you can’t look at it that way.

This battle was almost one-sided at first. Su Yi's new army suffered very few casualties, while the Taiping army suffered huge casualties.

After the Taiping Army rushed into the defense line crazily, everything changed.

Almost most of the casualties of Su Yi's new army occurred during that period, and in a very short period of time.

In fact, during that period, the war situation was very dangerous.

If Su Yi hadn't arranged for the cavalry to ambush in advance and come out at the critical moment, even if they won this battle, it might have been a miserable victory.

Only when we started fighting did we realize that sometimes, victory or defeat really only takes a moment.

Su Yi felt that the reason why such a situation occurred was because the artillery did not have time to be transported to the battlefield.

But...the Taiping Army doesn't have artillery either.

However, at this time, the officers and soldiers of the new army were very excited.

Although they also grieve for their fallen comrades.

But at the end of the day, it’s excitement.

"What a great victory, a rare great victory!" Lin Li shouted: "Our new army has just been established for eight months, and we have such a great victory against Fa Ni. Who else can do it?"

Wang Shiqing was also very excited and said tremblingly: "Shuai Yi, this is a real great victory. Compared with the battlefield where I am suppressing Niu, this is the real great victory."

"Commander Yi, you don't know how useless we are on the battlefield of suppression. There are a total of 20,000 troops. They spend most of the time running and chasing the enemy. Often, even after a battle is won, we cannot eliminate hundreds of enemies. people."

"And in today's battle, we wiped out thousands of rebellious people. It was a truly heart-warming victory."

At this time, of course Su Yi couldn't spoil the fun, and couldn't say with a straight face that you didn't play well.

In fact, he didn't play badly or make any real mistakes.

And Wang Shiqing made the greatest contribution. He led the cavalry to fight out at the critical moment. He took the lead and rushed to the front, showing his unstoppable courage.

Su Yi even had to face a fact.

In the army, there are always casualties!

Look at the Hunan Army, how many people died from beginning to end, how many fierce generals there were. They were extremely fierce in the first few months and just won several great victories, but they died in the next month.

Even if there is a summary meeting, we will talk about it later. For now, let’s cheer up together with the soldiers.

But be very careful in the next battle.

Su Yi had only one goal, to recapture Yangzhou City.

Therefore, there will be a tough battle with heavy casualties next, and we won't fight if we can.

Before attacking Yangzhou City, you must pay attention to preserving your strength.

Wang Shiqing came to Su Yi and said, "Commander Yi, actually our battle alone is enough to satisfy the emperor."

He was not advising Su Yi not to attack Yangzhou, but he wanted to vent his inner excitement.

Su Yi patted his shoulder and said, "Shiqing, you have the greatest contribution in this battle."

Wang Shiqing said: "You can't say that, you can't say that. It was the infantry brothers who created the opportunity so that we could attack at the critical moment, so it was the infantry brothers who made it possible for us."

"Shuai Yi, thank you, thank you." Wang Shiqing was so excited that he was less calm than usual.

"Shuai Yi, you don't know what kind of battles we fought when I followed Lord Guiliang to suppress the enemy in Shandong. Once I led 800 cavalry and killed more than 60 people on the other side. This was the greatest achievement and the greatest achievement. ”

"I originally thought that this was what the battlefield was like, but I didn't expect that I would truly experience what war is here."

Su Yi suddenly understood Wang Shiqing's subconscious thoughts.

Su Yi took the initiative to recommend him to the New Army as deputy commander. He was very low-key and studied hard.

At that time, he himself was afraid because Su Yi's new army was too new.

He works hard to learn many things, but for him, it seems that he is not the best at it.

He is afraid that he will become obsolete, because his strongest skills are slashing, archery, riding, etc.

But in today's battle, he found that he was not outdated.

He found that he was still useful and of great use to the new army.

"Boom boom boom..."

At this time, there were loud noises from the north.

Obviously, the real battle is over at Shaobo Town Camp.

The main force of the Taiping Army is over there. They want to eliminate the main force of the Jiangbei Camp in one fell swoop. The ones who come here to fight Su Yi are the partial troops.

Wang Shiqing calmed down a little from his excitement and said: "Shuai Yi, do you want to go to support?"

yes?

Want to go to support?

The immediate reaction is definitely not to support.

Because the main force of Taiping there is at least more than 10,000 people, or even more.

Su Yi occupied the camp and faced 3,000 Taiping troops, but still suffered such casualties.

If you go to support, it will be a field battle.

Of course, he can attack from inside and outside with Shao Bo, the main force of the Qing army.

However, he knew the strength of the Qing army.

If it collapses, the Taiping Army will turn around and attack themselves, which will be a dangerous situation.

but……

If you don't support.

What are the consequences of that?

The morale of the Qing army's main camp in Shaobo Town was already very low.

If the Taiping Army directly defeated the main force of the Qing Army in this battle, the consequences would be terrible.

After the main force of the Qing army was directly defeated, Su Yi's army might be the only one left on the entire battlefield.

Will Su Yi withdraw when the time comes, or hold on?

Moreover, he had just defeated the partial division of the Taiping Army, and maybe the main force of the Taiping Army would come directly towards him.

By then, it will be impossible to recapture Yangzhou City.

According to the historical trajectory, after Qin Rigang broke through the Jiangbei Camp, he just looted everywhere and did not kill the Jiangbei Camp.

But the current battle situation shows that Qin Rigang has changed his strategy. Not only does his army firmly guard Yangzhou City, but he also sends nearly half of the army to attack the main force of the Jiangbei camp, obviously to completely annihilate it.

According to history, Qin Rigang will soon cross the Yangtze River again to attack the Jiangnan camp.

Why wasn't this done and what changed?

There must be a reason for this.

Su Yi also thought of this reason.

That was the return of Shi Da's expedition to the west.

Because the attack on Jiangbei Camp was much later than in history, the Taiping Army was more prepared.

Historically, it was not that Qin Rigang did not want to annihilate the main force of the Jiangbei camp, but that he could not. Because there are not enough troops to attack the Jiangnan camp in the south, Qin Rigang's tens of thousands of troops are needed to move south quickly.

In this world, Shi Dakai's tens of thousands of troops have returned.

Therefore, the troops on the southern battlefield are relatively abundant.

Qin Rigang would have ample time to annihilate the main force of the Jiangbei camp.

Actually, there is another change here.

That's what Hong Renli brought.

Hong Renli finally went to Jiujiang and brought thousands of people with him.

After the Xiaodaohui uprising failed, many key members were still in exile, and many of them followed him to Jiujiang.

Taking a boat from Shanghai to Jiujiang, I encountered no decent obstacles along the way.

After the main force of the Hunan Navy was destroyed last year, control of the entire Yangtze River became very chaotic.

The water surface east of Tianjing was generally controlled by the Qing court, but it was also very sparse and there were no decent naval forces.

The water surface west of Tianjing is still controlled by the Taiping Army.

However, the Hunan Army is willing to spend money and has its own shipyard, so it can recover health quickly.

In short, on the Jiujiang battlefield at this time, the Taiping Army had more control over the initiative.

Moreover, on the Hubei battlefield, because of Zhang Yuzhao's death, the Hunan army bosses continued to impeach Su Yi, but the emperor did not punish him, which made them even more passive on the battlefield.

Therefore, Shi Dakai's Western Expeditionary Army was able to mobilize more troops to return to the division.

Therefore, according to the current new situation.

How to do?

History has undergone certain changes.

Of course, there are problems ahead.

Do you want to support the main force of Jiangbei Camp?

Once the Jiangbei camp was completely defeated and wiped out, Su Yi actually had no choice but to evacuate immediately and take a boat back to Beijing.

Although this battle seems to have been explained to the emperor.

But...for Su Yi, it was far from enough.

It was just a small victory, but it failed to turn the overall situation around.

More importantly, they kept saying that they would recover Yangzhou City, but they failed to do so.

So, to support the main force of Jiangbei Camp?

Is it possible to support the main force of the Shao Bo Town camp again and suffer only very light casualties?

Su Yi quickly took out the battlefield map.

It turns out that maybe... it really can!

Because, south of the camp in Shao Bo Town, there is a big river, about twenty or thirty meters wide.

Now is the flood season, the river water has surged and it is difficult to cross the river.

There is only one stone bridge in the river for several miles.

In other words, if there were no Taiping troops south of the river, Su Yi could attack across the river.

The strongest advantage of his new army is its advanced rifles and fierce firepower.

Weakness is weak in melee combat.

But there was a big river in the middle, so the Taiping Army couldn't rush over.

The only thing to defend is the stone bridge.

This... is too simple.

Under intensive firepower, if you want to rush over a stone bridge, you will die as many as you come.

And it is very likely that the Taiping Army will not set up defenses on the Henan side because it is simply not necessary.

According to the Taiping Army scouts, there were no Qing troops south of Shao Bo Town, and the Fairy Temple camp was empty.

Who knew that Su Yi's army suddenly descended from the sky, seized the place in advance, and defeated the partial division that came to occupy the camp.

So, Su Yi made a quick decision.

Immediately send scouts to investigate.

And unable to wait for the results of the scouts, he immediately led his army northward.

The military is on fire.

Because after the partial division of the Taiping Army was defeated, they might report to the main force.

It's time to race against time again.

Su Yi left 500 troops behind to continue to defend the Fairy Temple camp.

He led a thousand men and immediately headed north.

He also sent cavalry south and ordered the baggage troops to immediately go north to the Fairy Temple camp and carry ammunition up.

After the partial division of the Taiping Army was defeated, this area was temporarily safe.

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Su Yi led a thousand new troops and had just finished running four miles when the scouts in front quickly came to report.

"Commander Yi, there are no Fa Ni guards in the open space on the south bank of the Daying River in Shao Bo Town! There are only dozens of Fa Ni guards guarding the stone bridge."

Su Yi was overjoyed when he heard this, God help me.

"All troops, advance at full speed!"

Su Yi immediately ordered a thousand infantrymen to speed up and march again.

Must be fast!

Because once the main force of the Taiping Army discovered them, they might immediately send a large number of troops across the bridge and go south.

But Su Yi was not unprepared. After he defeated the partial division of the Taiping Army, he picked up many of their flags, so he had more than a thousand new troops hold high the flags of the Taiping Army.

In this way, the main force of the Taiping Army will think that the division is heading north. Only when they are very close can they find something wrong.

Su Yi's new army is getting closer and closer to the river south of the camp in Shao Bo Town.

At this time, the sound of rushing and killing in front was already deafening.

In front of the camp in Shaobo Town, there were countless Taiping troops. I don’t know how many.

Both sides had artillery and were firing continuously.

It's hard to see clearly from such a distance.

However, it can probably be seen that the situation of the battle is very bad.

Although the Qing army's defense line in Shaobo Town camp was well constructed, with ravines and towering walls.

However, it has been clearly seen that the densely packed Taiping Army has rushed to the base of the camp.

According to the morale of Jiangbei Camp, once the front lines of defense are forced, they will flee.

Therefore, even if Su Yi arrived half an hour later, the Shao Bo Town camp might have been defeated.

When Su Yi and his thousand people appeared on the south bank of the river.

The Taiping Army was shocked at first, and then saw Su Yi's new army holding the flags of the Taiping Army.

Immediately yelled.

What are you doing?

Did you come just now?

Does it take so long to occupy an empty camp?

As expected, Su Yi was regarded as a partial division of the Taiping Army.

The Qing army in the Shao Bo Town camp was already a little unable to bear it.

At this time, I saw another Taiping army coming, and I suddenly became more desperate.

When Su Yi arrived at the south bank of the river, the Taiping Army realized something was wrong. The Taiping Army stationed on the stone bridge came over immediately to find out.

"Fire!"

Following Su Yi's order.

Hundreds of New Army soldiers were running and shooting.

This stone bridge is only four meters wide. Dozens of Taiping troops crowded on it and rushed over. What's the difference between that and giving it away for nothing?

It's so dense, it's almost impossible to aim.

In just a few moments, almost all the Taiping troops on the stone bridge were wiped out and fell into the river.

then!

Su Yi's thousand new troops immediately formed an array on the south bank of the river, and there was no time to build any defense line.

Directly across the river, shoot at the main force of the Taiping Army.

"Bang bang bang..."

Now, it really feels like lining up to be shot.

The main force of the Taiping Army, which was attacking the camp in Shao Bo Town, was immediately stunned.

This...who is this?

Wearing such weird clothes?

Where did the army come from?

Haven't we already checked that there are no troops in the entire south?

Haven't our three thousand men already gone to occupy the Fairy Temple camp? Why is there still a clear demon army?

The main force of the Taiping Army is so dense that it is most suitable for the New Army to annihilate it.

In just a few moments, one piece after another fell on the battlefield.

The commander of the Taiping Army found out and immediately shouted: "Send out three thousand people to fight the Qingyao on the other side of the river in the south."

Immediately, the main force of the Taiping Army, several thousand men, immediately changed their direction and shot towards Su Yi across the river.

However, the accuracy of the bow and arrow was not good enough.

The Taiping Army's muskets were not accurate enough.

Separated by a river of dozens of meters, it was difficult to hit.

And they are best at close-quarters hand-to-hand combat, but they can't use it at all, because they can't rush through such a big river.

This... is so uncomfortable.

It's a completely passive situation.

Therefore, the Taiping Army ordered them to immediately cross the bridge and rush to kill them.

Suddenly, thousands of Taiping troops rushed over along the stone bridge.

"Bang bang bang bang..."

The stone bridge, which is more than thirty meters long and four to five meters wide, is densely packed with Taiping soldiers.

then……

Falling down in pieces.

Like wheat, falling into the river.

However, they still rushed forward desperately.

Then, it fell in pieces again.

Su Yi looked away directly, not wanting to look anymore. But still the same sentence, in order to seek power and usurp the throne, change the fate of the country.

He must do this.

Recruiting and surrendering the elites of the Taiping Army will definitely be done in the future.

Lin Shaorong, Zeng Tianyang, Shi Dakai, Chen Yucheng, Li Xiucheng, etc., he all wanted to recruit his subordinates.

But now, that's a pipe dream.

Now for Su Yi, it's about survival, let's win first.

The slightest bit of compassion will kill the new army and yourself.

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Inside the camp of Shao Bo Town.

Coach Tomina was about to despair.

Because the counterattack today was too fierce.

In less than an hour after the battle began, the entire camp was almost breached.

It can be seen that this reversal is determined to win.

Within an hour at most, the rebel army would break through the camp's defense line and rush in directly.

By then, the soldiers who were already demoralized will definitely be defeated!

Shaobo Town Camp is their only remaining large camp.

Once this defeat occurs, the entire main force of Jiangbei Camp will be annihilated.

What will be the consequences for him?

The only way out is suicide.

Look at those high-ranking officials who have lost their land, be they admirals, governors, or governors.

How many died? How many committed suicide?

Not to mention Weng Tongshu and Dexing A, who are still impeaching themselves.

At the beginning, Tominga also briefly asked about the situation on Su Yi's side and what happened at the Fairy Temple Camp.

Su Yi is a close official of the emperor, and Tuominga wants to make friends with him.

But I can't care about it now.

He has already said that Su Yi, you have only been training for eight months as a new army member, and you should not have come to the Yangzhou battlefield at all.

This is the Shura Field, you should run as far as you can.

The Taiping Army seemed to have sent a partial division to capture the Fairy Temple Camp, and Su Yi's new army only had 1,600 people.

That must be the end.

It must have been completely wiped out.

The emperor asked himself, the coach, to take care of Su Yi's new army. He also wanted to sell his favor, but now he couldn't protect himself at all.

If Su Yi's new army is destroyed here, then he will definitely be even more ruined.

There is no doubt that he must die.

Tomin'a desperately determined that once the camp was breached and the main force was wiped out, he would commit suicide.

But... I was too scared to do anything.

And right now.

A soldier rushed in and shouted loudly: "Commander, Commander! Reinforcements are coming, reinforcements are coming."

Tomin'a was shocked?

Reinforcements? Where did the reinforcements come from?

The Jiangnan camp itself cannot be defended, and there are no reinforcements within a hundred miles.

The only reinforcement, Su Yi's new army, has probably been destroyed.

"Commander, the reinforcements have really arrived, and the situation is very good..."

Tomin'a couldn't help but climb to a higher place.

Then, he was suddenly stunned.

This... where did these heavenly soldiers and generals come from?

so fierce?

In the telescope, he saw Su Yi's thousand new troops lining up across the river and shooting wildly.

The marksmanship is extremely accurate.

The rebel army fell in droves.

Especially the stone bridge, which was densely packed with corpses and already piled high.

This...whose army is this?

Could it be... Su Yi's new army?

How is this possible?

Is this a new army that has only been training for eight months?

They were all farmers before.

The key is that Su Yi's new army should face the enemy forces at the Fairy Temple Camp at this time.

The main force of the Shao Bo Town camp had obviously discovered the fighting situation here.

Not only did reinforcements appear, but they were so powerful?

How could he beat Fa Ni so badly?

Suddenly, the morale of the main force in the Shao Bo Town camp was greatly boosted.

but……

Soon, the main artillery of the Taiping Army changed its direction and began to bombard Su Yi's new army.

What to do at this time?

Dodge, move?

Do not!

Still arranged neatly.

Continue to line up and shoot, motionless.

Because the artillery positions of the Taiping Army are relatively far away, and most of them are solid artillery shells.

It's hard to hit the mark.

Even if it's accurate. Then... just resist!

Because Su Yi was in a long line of formation, even if a solid shell hit him, the casualties would not be huge.

Even if it is a flower bomb, its power is only average.

Because the Taiping Army's artillery was limited in number and not advanced enough.

The key is that the terrain is very favorable for Suyi. There are dams on both sides of the river and there will be a slope.

When a cannonball hits, there is a high probability that it will fly out directly.

But at this time, the willpower of the army will be tested very much.

And that’s what the Western army did.

"Boom boom boom..."

Taiping artillery opened fire.

Su Yi shouted loudly, and a dozen officers also shouted loudly.

"Don't move, don't move!"

"Keep shooting!"

Su Yi's new army, although his whole body was trembling.

But the supervising team is behind you. If you dare to run away, you will be shot directly.

"Swish, swish, swish..."

More than a dozen iron ball shells streaked across the sky.

Not accurate.

It flew directly over several meters above the head.

But this posture is amazing enough.

As a result, a very shocking scene occurred in the entire battle.

Su Yi's new army kept firing across the river.

The Taiping troops continued to fall, and they continued to do so, rushing over along the stone bridge, and then died in pieces.

Brave and fearless.

More than a dozen artillery pieces from the Taiping Army fired wildly at Su Yi's new army.

Su Yi's new army remained in formation and kept firing.

When facing artillery, the formation will not be disordered, nor will it hide or run.

The Taiping Army coach was stunned.

This...where did this Qingyao army come from?

Just holding the cannon like this?

Not only the soldiers did this, but all the officers and even the commander were at the front.

are you crazy?

How could Qing Yao have such a brave army?

The main force of the Qing army in Shaobo Town Camp looked at this scene in disbelief.

This...is this the Qing army?

It doesn't look like it at all.

so fierce?

So stunned?

If it were them, they would have fled long ago when faced with such violent artillery bombardment.

In fact, Su Yi's new army soldiers were also very afraid.

Not only were they afraid, their whole bodies were shaking, and some people were even scared to the point of peeing.

However, coach Su Yi is at the front.

All the officers were also at the front.

The education and training officers stared at the gunfire and encouraged people everywhere.

Do you dare to run?

Moreover, at this time, I was actually enlightened.

His mind was in chaos, and even the shooting action was mechanical.

Blank, but absolutely obedient.

This is the greatest advantage of the new army, its strong discipline.

"Boom boom boom..."

Another round of artillery fire.

This time, there are flowers.

There are no shotguns yet, because the distance is too far for the shotguns to hit.

If you want to use shotgun shells, you must move the artillery position further south.

"boom……"

A bomb exploded violently.

Suddenly, the distance to the force was less than ten meters.

A wave of air came.

Suddenly, Li Liang could no longer hold on and peed directly, falling to the ground.

He didn't know if he was injured, but he just collapsed.

At this time, it is very dangerous.

If there is one person who takes the lead, then a steady stream of people may collapse.

Because it is the new army after all.

At the critical moment, Lin Li, as a training officer, immediately stepped in and picked up Li Liang's rifle.

There are dozens of correctional officers left, ready to take over at any time.

Lin Li was not good at shooting, but...his move at this critical moment saved the entire situation.

He was a scholar and a civil servant, but at the critical moment he stepped forward without fear of death.

Are we, soldiers, worse than that?

Upon seeing this, the Taiping Army commander immediately ordered all artillery positions to move south.

Concentrate your firepower to eliminate this clear demon army on the south bank.

Su Yi was anxious.

He knew that his new army was almost at its limit.

There were casualties, but not huge.

And even if we continue to resist, the casualties may not be huge.

Because the terrain is very favorable and slope-shaped.

The artillery of the Taiping Army was not advanced enough and looked intimidating, but was actually difficult to hit.

The only thing they fear is the opponent's shotguns, sweeping across them on a large scale.

However, the morale of the new army has reached its limit.

We can't push it any harder.

There cannot be a situation where morale collapses.

Therefore, Su Yi ordered the New Army to retreat to avoid the Taiping Army's next artillery fire.

But at this time!

A group of Taiping cavalry galloped over, which was the other party's messenger.

The messenger held something high and ran towards the Taiping Army coach on the high platform.

The Taiping Army coach took it over and took a look, and his expression suddenly changed.

He looked at the Shao Bo Town camp with reluctance, and then at Su Yi's new army on the south bank.

Not reconciled, not reconciled!

This battle was unsuccessful!

Not reconciled!

However, orders cannot be disobeyed.

Coach Qin Rigang loudly ordered: "Withdraw troops!"

Suddenly, dozens of flag bearers were waving flags from high places.

Ming Jin withdraws troops!

Ming Jin withdraws troops!

Then... countless Taiping troops retreated like a tide.

At this time, Su Yi's new army was in an extremely emotional state and was about to sit down immediately.

Some even wanted to cry.

Damn, don’t be embarrassed at this time.

The shelf holds up for me.

Dozens of correctional officers shouted loudly: "Don't move, don't move."

"Stand up straight, don't move, don't sit down, don't fall down."

It would be embarrassing to have been awesome for so long and then collapse at the last moment.

Therefore, Su Yi's new army suppressed the extremely fierce emotions, trembling all over, stood motionless, and watched the Taiping army retreat.

They will remember this moment for the rest of their lives.

They were just a little bit closer to collapse.

In fact, the casualties were not large, far less serious than the battle at the Fairy Temple Camp.

However, the enemy's momentum was astonishing.

At this time, the main officers and soldiers of the Shao Bo Town camp were crying loudly.

Won!

Won!

It was really difficult to win this battle. I thought it would definitely be over today, but I didn’t know how many people would be killed.

I never expected that I would win.

This is the first victory for Jiangbei Camp.

It was not easy to truly defeat the main force of the Taiping Army.

And Su Yi's new army is their savior.

A few hundred meters away, the officers and soldiers of Jiangbei Camp waved desperately at the new army on Su Yi's side.

Some bowed desperately.

Some even knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Su Yi.

Thank them for their life-saving grace.

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An hour later!

Tuo Ming'a, the head coach of Jiangbei Camp, led a dozen chief officers and left the camp directly.

Su Yi was far away and tears filled her eyes.

When there were still more than ten meters left, he opened his hands and rushed towards Su Yi.

Running wildly and shouting.

"Brother Su Yi, brother Su Yi!"

"My benefactor!"

"The savior of our entire Jiangbei camp."

"Six hundred miles urgent. Report to the emperor immediately. I want to clearly explain Brother Su Yi's contribution."

"We jointly submit this report. No one can take away half of Brother Su Yi's contribution!"

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Note: The first update is here, and I stayed up all night writing it until 8am. I hope this regular update will be okay.

I'm going to bed! Dear benefactors, do you still have monthly tickets in your pocket? thank you!

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