Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 258 The Battle of Hailanpao (5)
"Withdraw troops?" Tang Yulin thought he heard it wrong. Now is the critical moment, and he can only move forward and not retreat. He knows Zhang Zuolin's nature best, and the more difficult things are for this person, the more he wants to do them. And it must be done.

There was a commotion in the camp. Everyone had the same idea as Tang Yulin, and they all agreed to withdraw troops at this juncture.

"What the hell are you bluffing? I am the leader or you are the leader. This is an order. Anyone who dares to disobey will be pulled out and killed!" Zhang Zuolin was furious, wishing he could jump on the table. The officials were quiet all of a sudden, they all knew that Zhang Zuolin could do what he said, and they were so angry that they turned their faces and refused to recognize anyone.

"Jiang Dengxuan, Yang Yuting, Zhang Zuoxiang, Tang Yulin, Zhang Sifei, Zhang Kai, Liao Peng, Liao Zhong, you guys stay here. I have something to discuss with you. Everyone else should leave."

All the generals left the headquarters with suspicious faces.

The sky was so dark that no starlight could be seen, the mountains buried the moon, the night enveloped the earth, and the wind was like a tide in my ears.From time to time, a cluster of pale lightning flashed across the sky, and then dull thunder came faintly from a distant place, and the trees in the jungle swayed their branches and leaves in the sudden gust of wind, rattling non-stop, The air was filled with the smell of dry dust, all of which signaled that a heavy rain was coming.This is rare in the Hailanpao area.

In the night, the Northeast Army began to retreat in batches to the southern bank of the Heilongjiang River. The black and dense team was like a few long winding dragons.

"General, great news!" An adjutant came over and said to Babkov.

"Damn it! How can there be good news at this time?" Babkov stared at the adjutant with displeasure.

"The Chinese are retreating near the river bank, and even the gunfire of the Chinese army on the eastern front has become quieter."

"Really?" Babkov took the binoculars suspiciously and looked at the Chinese position from the top of the city of Hailanpao. The corners of his mouth slowly turned up, and he said excitedly: "God bless, the Chinese really They withdrew. They must have been afraid of our reinforcements coming soon, so they had to retreat to the south bank of the river before there was no better way. Haha”

"General, what should we do now, should we pursue the victory or take back the eastern position first?"

"The Chinese are retreating on their own initiative. Didn't you see that their formation is still quite neat. Chasing them at this time may increase our losses. Let's retake the eastern position first." Babkov at this time Finally freed from the tension of the past few days, he even fantasized about being commended by the Tsar in the future.

After receiving the order, two infantry regiments emerged from the fortifications outside and slowly approached the eastern position. The trench was empty, except for some clothes and garbage discarded by the Chinese.Therefore, the Far Eastern Army reoccupied the eastern position without any difficulty.

Not long after, the strong wind gradually weakened, and suddenly there was a flash of lightning in the dark sky, and heavy rain poured down.

In the torrential rain, a team of about 1 people rushed from the west side of Hailanpao City. At first glance, they were all wearing Russian military uniforms, and they were struggling in the rain.

"General, our reinforcements are here!" The sentinel immediately reported the news to Babkov who was about to fall asleep.

"Really? I'll go and have a look." Babkov came to the top of the city to take a look, and sure enough, a large group of dark troops with Russian-style artillery was coming here.

"This is the 21st Division of the Imperial Ace Division. In order to come to Hailanpao as soon as possible, they have been marching in a hurry. It is a pity that the Chinese have just withdrawn, otherwise there is a chance for them to see the power of the Imperial Army. Open the city gate and welcome Primaco Lieutenant General." Babkov happily returned to his room and dressed, and came to the top of the city again. Just to be cautious, he asked his adjutant to shout to the 21st Division not far below the city: "Which division do you belong to?"

A leading officer immediately shouted in Russian: "We are from the 21st Division. We are here to assist you under the order of the Ministry of War. I am Lieutenant General Primakov. Is that General Babkov on the top of the wall?" ?”

"Give me an order to open the city gate immediately to welcome the mighty 21st Division." Babkov completely ruled out his doubts and decided to welcome the ace division into the city with a grand lineup.

But when Babkov led the welcome team just outside the city, he suddenly saw clearly that the general who claimed to be Plimakov turned out to be a Chinese!But at the moment when he was about to order to retreat, a gunshot rang out, and a bullet deeply penetrated into the flesh of his shoulder, and the powerful impact knocked him off his horse on the spot.Regardless of the pain, he shouted loudly: "It's Chinese! We've been fooled!"

Before the Russian army could react, a volley of bullets rained down, and two cavalry regiments from the counterfeit Russian army rushed through the city gate like a whirlwind.The remaining thousands of infantry outflanked the city gate at the fastest speed, and the guards on the city gate and the top of the city fell to the ground one after another under the enemy's precise gunpoints.

"The Chinese are coming!" Russians shouted like killing pigs from the positions on the east and west sides. At this time, the assault groups led by Zhang Zongchang and Tang Yulin had quietly arrived at the front of the position, and the Russians would fight for them. Lax defense paid a heavy price tonight.Many Russian soldiers who were still sleeping in the trenches were shot by the Chinese soldiers who rushed up, and most of them were killed or injured.The remaining patrolling Russian troops did not have time to install bayonets, so they simply used engineering shovels to meet the soldiers of the assault regiment. However, the engineering shovels were inferior to a fire stick under the big knives that the Chinese used to. Blood stained the trenches red.

At this moment, a soldier of the Northeast Army who was seriously injured suddenly pulled out a grenade and rushed towards the gunpowder piled up next to the cannon.There was a loud bang, and the surrounding five meters were razed to the ground.

In an instant, as if a Pandora's box had been opened, the remaining soldiers of the Expeditionary Army followed suit.There were explosions one after another, and the noise even covered up the thunder in the sky.Markikov saw a Chinese soldier even rushing towards him, couldn't help turning pale with fright, and hurriedly rolled aside from his horse.The dirt stained his face, making him look extremely embarrassed.

When Majikov got up again, the Chinese soldier had disappeared, but the sight in front of him was unbelievable.There were stumped limbs and broken arms, brains and intestines scattered all over the battlefield, and soldiers who were wounded by the blast moaned on the ground in pain. The whole battlefield was blood red, like Shura Hell.In less than two sticks of incense, the Russian army killed and injured more than 3000 people. All the Russian officers, including Majikov, felt chills in their backs. Are these Chinese evil spirits?Aren't they afraid of death?
Zhang Zuolin's whole body was chilled by the heavy rain, but his heart felt unbelievably comfortable. Looking at the burning Hailanpao City and the surrounding positions, he burst out laughing.

But he didn't know that at this time, in the jungle of Belogorsk, a thrilling war was going on!

(End of this chapter)