Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

The red-haired Akson was able to gain the Tsar's recognition, not only because of his sister, but also because of this young major.

True generals had to have both kindness and ruthlessness. In normal times, they could eat and sleep with the soldiers, they could love the soldiers like they were their sons, and they treasured the lives of every single soldier.

But that was only in normal times. Once on the battlefield, these generals would immediately become ruthless and disregard life.

Although Akson appeared to be kind in front of the injured soldiers, from the bottom of his heart, he didn't feel that the lives of the nine hundred soldiers were precious at all. As long as he could achieve his goal, even if thousands or tens of thousands of people died in front of him, he would not be moved at all.

"Alright, the soldiers' sacrifices have helped us find out the enemy's strength, this is indeed Xiao Letian's trump card, one Battalion's worth of troops was enough to block the charge of 3000 soldiers, such an opponent is worthy of our respect!"

"Are the artillery ready? Smash them flat, and let the cannons clear the way for us … "

War was sometimes just a business. The higher the target, the more resources the attacker would invest. Ever since the Lumaa was set ablaze, Russian's heart was already led away by Xiao Letian.

The gun emplacement that was revealed on the Lumaa allowed the enemies to confirm that the information on the Golden Island was indeed true. Immediately after, the shocking treasures on the bank directly ignited the desire of the officials.

Immediately after that, under the Tangwan Mountain, the soldiers of the Black Turtle Fourth Battalion who fought with their lives on the line, had indirectly proved the value of the treasury.

It could be said that the desire of these Russian s were attracted by layer after layer of camouflage, Xiao Letian knew how to deal with these sharks. To deal with these old martial artists, you could not use all of your trump cards right from the start, it might scare them away, and at the same time, you could not use too little of it, it might cause the enemy to give up on the bait.

There was only a small amount of chips left, which could only be used to increase the enemy's wariness towards their goal, the Treasury, and eventually cause them to lose their minds.

The limited number of cabins was actually all given to the soldiers to live in. This time, Akson had brought two-thirds of the field gun's reserves, according to his original intention, it would be better if he did not use the thirty cannons.

If he could use the soldiers to settle the battle, he really wouldn't want to waste precious ammunition. However, the enemy's desperate resistance just now had intimidated him, and it had also raised his expectations for the value of the treasury. Now, he was certain that this battle was not going to be a corrosive one.

Boom! Boom! Boom! The makeshift artillery position was being sprayed with smoke, and the artillery shells were flying in the air. The Black Tortoise Camp's trenches were instantly blown into complete disarray.

The soldiers huddled up in the trenches squeezed their bodies into a corner to avoid the impact of the bullets. Everyone covered their ears and lowered their heads to try to avoid the damage to their eardrums with their mouths wide open.

Luo Houzi had already become a mud monkey, the soil that had fallen from the sky had already buried half of his body, the smothering smell of the smoke made it hard for people to breathe.

The cannon shelling continued for half an hour, until at the end, the cannon barrel started to turn red and boil. When Akson once again gave the order to charge, another 3000 soldiers shouted and started to step on the soft soil, and started to attack from the back.

Black Turtle Fourth Battalion continued to counterattack. The grenade rolled down and exploded a few holes in the crowd of people charging at him. With a series of consecutive beatings by the Mauser's rifle, the soldiers at the front were peeled off layer by layer by the rain of bullets.

With how fierce the enemy's attacks were, how stable the Black Turtle Fourth Battalion's defense was, coupled with the fact that Yepingtai and Bing Tai were flanking the left and right flanks, the outcome of the charge was still not decided even after reaching the stage of a melee battle.

Just as the sounds of fighting were coming from the south, and the Black Tortoise Army had delayed most of the enemy troops, the soldiers that were hiding in the east and west flanks of Akson finally moved.

The East and West Wing, which had more than a thousand Russian Army s each, took advantage of the crucial moment when Yepingtai and Bing Tai were splitting up the resources, to suddenly charge forward. The soldiers who were shouting the slogan stepped through the lightning field and faced the rain of bullets from the Chinese soldier as they charged upwards.

"It's time! Drop Retreat Command... Have the troops withdraw to the second line of defense... "Immediately!" Xiao Hexin who was at the top of the mountain quickly made his judgement.

"Prepare the incendiary bomb!" Open Storage Kerosene... "Burn the trenches, retreat …" Chu Zhao ordered as he held onto the wound on his arm.

The reserve troops began to fight, firing from the inside of the trench, covering their brothers as they retreated, cutting open the barrels of kerosene that had been stacked in the trenches, sending the pungent kerosene flowing.

One after another, incendiary bombs were thrown onto the battlefield, the thick smoke and flames of fire stopped the Russian's charge, causing the entire battlefield to turn into a sea of fire.

At that moment, the battle trench had already turned into a wall of fire. Smoke rose up to the sky for tens of kilometers as the countless ships on the sea saw the black clouds above Amami Oshima.

"Bastard …" Where did they get so much kerosene? Oh my god, this is burning money! "This is burning money …" Outside the fire wall, countless Russian soldier jumped as they cursed.

In the 19th mid-century leaf, human being's use of petroleum only stopped at kerosene, a relatively stable product. Light gasoline was abandoned because of its high risk.

Not only in Asia, but also in many European villages, the use of kerosene is still a very cool thing to show off, kerosene prices have always been expensive.

This was especially true for the poor Shao, where ordinary people couldn't light candles and oil lamps. Slowly, the night went by and they could only rely on the brightness provided by the wood bonfires to light up the night. Using kerosene lamps was a very luxurious thing.

But today, these Chinese people had consumed so much precious kerosene just to stop their charge. If this wasn't a waste, then what was?

Of course, this proved one thing, that this treasury was too important, so important that these Chinese soldier had to protect it at all costs.

"Very good! Clean up the battlefield... Let the fire burn for a while, now the artillery has enough rest? "Shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot! Attack the enemy's second line of defense …"

Boom! Boom! Boom! The artillery roared again. This time the explosion was in the second trench, 310 meters above sea level. It was a permanent fortification made of reinforced concrete, and each of the north, south, east, and west was an individual.

Which was to say, no matter which direction the Russian attacked, the other positions would not be affected by the attacks and would still be able to maintain their own effective defense.

The second trench was basically a circle formed by the four separate fortresses, perfectly protecting the halfway point of the Tangwan Mountain.

The most important thing was that the four independent fortresses were in fact the entrances to Ding Si's treasury, and the southern stronghold that the Black Turtle Fourth Battalion was guarding was the entrance to the A word library.