Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

The biggest failure of Fajeev's expedition to the east this time was the lack of intelligence. Being restricted by the communication technology of the nineteenth century, and of course, the construction of the telegraph network that was lagging far behind in Asia.

This famous general from the Central Asia was fighting in a fog. A lot of the information he had received from the Far East was even from three or four years ago.

If he had known about the Hun Chun's mutiny earlier, he would have already forcefully crossed the river upstream. He would have led his troops to besiege the Shizheng to rescue his good ally, T?pchin.

If he knew that the Jiangxin Island's opponent was not some unknown commander, and was not Xiang Shaolong himself, she would actually be the leader of the Hua Clan, Xiao Letian, then he would not have launched this hasty attack.

had a deep-rooted prejudice against the Chinese. In his heart, the officials of Qing Guo were all greedy and soft like T?pchin, he would not even mind selling their country to the benefit of others.

And the leaders of the Chinese people were all cowards who did not approach the broken wall. Some of them were very afraid of death and cared very much about their own lives.

Just look at the old Emperor Xian Feng, he had lost half of the south, and the Qing Dynasty's army had failed again and again.

If such a thing were to happen to the tsar, it would have been impossible for him to stabilize the morale of the army without the prestige of a monarch. However, it was clear that the kings of Qing were very fond of their bodies, and would not risk their lives.

Therefore, Fajeev relied on his previous experiences to judge, he believed that the commander in chief of the Chinese army this time around could very likely be Xiang Shaolong himself, or even a high ranking civil servant under Xiang Shaolong's command.

For example, the rule of "standing on the wall and clearing the field" was more commonly used by civil servants, because civil officials tended to look at the strategic level.

Fajeev thought of many things, but he never thought that it would actually be Xiao Letian himself who led the troops here, this was the starting point of the Cossack's tragedy.

Time passed minute by minute, second by second, when one hundred fifty in the afternoon, the Cossack's army finally made their preparations for battle, and the tense atmosphere during battle affected everyone.

"General …" Say something! " An aide whispered into Fajeev's ears, but they perfectly thought that their eyes would be gouged out by the army leader.

"Say what? What was there to say? "The situation is still the same. All the soldiers are well aware that there's nothing to say if they are not fighting or if they are going to die."

"Do you think that the brave Cossack still needs the motivation to speak? The enemy is there, and the danger and opportunity are also there. Since everyone knows where is the only direction to survive, then what need for me to motivate them? "

"God protect these children! They will definitely win! "

The bugle signal for a charge suddenly sounded. The first wave of assault from the two hundred meter wide assault cross section had over two thousand cavalrymen! Layers after layers of battle array commanders suddenly pulled out their sabres. "God bless Cossack! Charge, never retreat! "

"Wu La …" "Kill ah …" "Wu La …"

vanguard unit released the reins of his horse, and the spurs of the horse stabbed into the horse's abdomen, causing it to fly into the air in pain as it charged towards Jiangxin Island.

With a width of six hundred meters, the river was instantly filled with war horses. Fortunately, the layer of ice was over a meter thick, otherwise, just this wave of a charge would have shattered the entire river's surface of ice.

"Everyone, get ready!" Ready to Shoot... Let them in and fight again! The Gatling opened fire three hundred meters away … Fire within 100 meters of the remaining rifles... Once the enemy rushes ashore, use your grenade to explode! "

Xiao Letian also became nervous, "Make the artillery silent! You are not to fire without my order! Take your time, we cannot scare this group of Russian, we need to bleed more … No artillery is allowed to fire, violators will be shot on the spot! "

"Hehehe …" Xiao Letian laughed as he rubbed his hands together, "Is it starting now? "Let's play slowly. We can't scare you all of a sudden. I have to let you see some hope!"

Fajeev's hands were drenched in cold sweat, he stared nervously at the horde of horsemen. At that moment, he felt that time was passing by so slowly, to think that the six hundred metre wide river would take such a long time to cross.

Just as the cavalrymen were rushing through the middle section of the river, the Southern Bank suddenly had four camouflaged shooting positions opened up. Under the orders of the military officers, the ropes that were hung with dried branches and broken leaves were opened up, and the four Gatling s that were fixed in the fortifications revealed their sinister fangs.

"Fire …" With a command, the shooter pulled the trigger. A heavy sound of copper rang out and a huge recoil shook the shooter, causing all the muscles on his body to tremble.

Facing such a dense cavalry army at such a close distance, there was no need to aim at all, as long as you could stabilize the rhythm of your loading, it would suffice. Only the veterans with the highest mental fortitude would be able to operate the Gatling machine gun at this moment.

Fortunately, Xiao Letian had thought of this problem in advance. This kind of aged Gatling s were equipped with a class of support personnel, and even had emergency maintenance personnel. This ensured that every Gatling would have an unending stream of firepower output.

This was simply a one-sided massacre. All the Bravehearts in the position were excited to the point of madness, and the Cossack cavalry in front of them fell down row after row. The war horses screamed miserably, while the Shura Hell was nothing more than that.

Falling from a horse meant death, and the cavalrymen behind them would trample their comrades to death. However, this was how a cavalryman's charging speed would increase, making it difficult for them to turn back once they had done so.

"Well fought! Kill these Russian s! Prepare for battle, prepare for war... "The enemy has entered the 200 meter range …"

Fadeyev felt as if his heart had been pinched by a giant hand. "Gatling …" The damned Gatling from the American Civil War! "How could they have such good stuff …"

If the Sha family faced off against the Qing Dynasty, then the Sha family would definitely be a powerful and advanced country. However, compared to English and French and the other countries, in the eyes of those established imperialist countries, Sha Russia was just a bunch of poor country bumpkins.

whether political, economic, military, cultural... In all aspects, Russia was weaker than the other powerful countries of Western and Southern Europe. Only a small amount of elite Tsar guards were qualified to be equipped with Gatling.

The Cossack s did not even have the qualifications to do so. Perhaps in the hearts of the Sand Russian Army Tribe, they had massacred some of the primitive men of the Central Asia. They did not even need these precious weapons.

The reality gave Fajeev a harsh slap. In his heart, he had always thought that the Bravehearts were just a bunch of thugs holding worn-out firearms, blades, lances and clubs. He never thought that Xiao Letian had already spent billions of silver dollars just for this war.

Just for the sake of war, a severe financial crisis had broken out in Jiangnan. The Chinese were overthrown by their power to fight in this war, and the destructive force that was released was something these Central Asia bumpkins could not even imagine.