Chapter 837

Acting as the vanguard was the first regiment of the 312th Division. They swaggered to Lihe Village, and then encountered the Russian army that was heading south.

Although the Tsarist Russians are arrogant and unruly.

But they are not stupid. One hundred people meet more than one thousand people, and they also run away.

In theory, if the speed of the two sides is the same, it is impossible for the person behind to catch up.

But anyone who played the chase game as a child should have had such an experience. The pressure of the escape is far greater than that of the pursuer.

The people of Tsarist Russia panicked when they escaped, and the road ahead was not as smooth as the highway.

They fled all the way north, and only two kilometers away when they encountered a small river.

It only took a little time for them to cross this river, but when there were chasing soldiers behind them, they couldn't squeeze out this little time.

The two sides exchanged fire, and some of the Russians were also equipped with muskets.

However, due to the lack of logistical supplies, they used swords when dealing with civilians.

At this time, they are not stingy with ammunition, but they are still not the opponents of Hua Jun.

By the time they loaded their ammunition with trembling hands, Hua Jun had already fired.

Several rows of guns were shot down, and thirty or forty people died on the Tsarist side.

The rest of the people did not refill their gunpowder, and fled directly to both sides. As a result, they naturally failed to escape, and most of them were caught by Hua Jun.

Only the few who escaped were left by Hua Jun on purpose.

Afterwards, the first regiment entered Lihe Village, waiting for the arrival of the Russian army.

Several Tsarist Russian soldiers who successfully escaped found the main force and reported the situation ahead.

This made Nicholas, the commander of the Tsarist Russian Army, furious. From the Volga River to here, he had not encountered any decent resistance, let alone suffered any losses.

And now, in a fight with Hua Jun, he lost nearly a hundred soldiers, which made him not angry.

You know, their army basically has no logistical supplies, and naturally there is no replenishment of soldiers. If one dies, there will be one less.

"These damn big Chinese, I will make them pay the price. Pass my order, and the first team will set off and attack Lihe."

Nicholas said.

"Commander, be careful. According to the information brought back by the returning soldiers, it is obvious that the enemy's weapons are very advanced, and the reloading speed is faster than ours. I suggest to call back the second and third teams and march towards Lihe together."

More than 7,000 people from Tsarist Russia were divided into four teams.

Nicholas wanted to attack Lihe with a group of people, but was opposed by his subordinate Growan.

From the weapons used by the Huajun, Growan felt that Dahua was not simple.

Armies that can be equipped with muskets on a large scale are rare in the East.

"You too underestimate our warriors. It's too much trouble to gather all of them. Let the second team and part of the third team come to reinforce. The rest of the troops, continue to advance south as originally planned, and we will take all the fertile land in the south. occupied."

Nicholas V accepted Groven's suggestion to a limited extent, and said a rather arrogant remark.

If you want to occupy Dahua with 7,000 people, this kind of thing is not heard by the Hua army. Otherwise, you can directly laugh at the Hua army and defeat the Hua army.

After several days of waiting, Nicholas V completed the assembly of the troops.

In the cold north, the tempo of everything is slower than in the south.

Nicholas's army of 5,000 slowly advanced, and it took another two days to reach the outskirts of the Li River.

The Hua army stationed in Lihe immediately reported the situation to the rear.

What came was not seven thousand, but only five thousand. The circumstances and expectations came from some sources.

However, Xunyang and others didn't care too much. The war is like this, and it will never be possible to carry out completely according to their own ideas.

Only 5,000 people came, but it was almost the same. After annihilating these 5,000 people, the remaining soldiers were nothing to worry about.

"Headmaster Zhou, you immediately set off to cut off the enemy's back road, and we will arrive later."

Xunyang ordered to act according to the plan, and then the 312th Division began to set off and marched towards Lihe.

Tsarist Russia knew nothing about the mobilization of the Chinese army. With their limited horses, their scouts could only cover a dozen miles around.

For farther places, they are powerless.

More importantly, they hadn't fought any major battles before, and they didn't pay much attention to scouts.

For Hua Jun's actions, they were smeared.

But for their actions, Hua Jun knew very well.

From this aspect alone, Hua Jun is already in an invincible position.

As soon as Nicholas arrived at Lihe, he launched the attack.

They fired a few symbolic rounds before charging.

At this time, the Chinese mortars also fired.

The shells fell among the Russian soldiers, killing and injuring a large area.

"What kind of gun is this?"

Nicholas put down the telescope and wondered.

He had never seen such a small and exquisite artillery, but the power of this artillery was not small, and the rate of fire was fast.

It was only the first time I saw it that Nicholas fell in love with this kind of artillery and wanted to take it for himself.

They also took a lot of artillery with them when they set out from Moscow.

But because it was too bulky, they sold part of it as scrap metal on the way.

, replaced by food and jackets. These things are more useful than artillery.

In Nicholas Fu's view, that kind of small and light artillery is simply the best helper for the army.

"do not know."

The subordinates all shook their heads, indicating that they were not sure.

A few mortars alone would certainly not be able to completely stop the Russian charge.

Immediately afterwards, the gunshots on the Huajun positions began to sound.

Then, the rate of fire of Huajun's guns surprised Nicholas again.

It was also thanks to Lihe that it was freezing cold, the hands of the Chinese soldiers were affected by the freezing, and the speed of shooting was much slower.

If it is a normal rate of fire, I am afraid it will directly scare Nicholas to death.

However, even with a much slower rate of fire, the firepower is still strong.

After a few rounds of gunfire, a large area of ​​the Tsarist Russian soldiers fell.

The sudden blow made the remaining Tsarist Russian soldiers panic and hurriedly turned around and fled.

They need to slow down and stroke it.

In this regard, Nicholas was not particularly angry. The charge failed, and Quan regarded it as a tentative attack, at least finding out the two main weapons of Dahua.

"Commander, this is a bit difficult to fight. The enemy's firepower is very strong. If we want to rush in front of the enemy, I am afraid that we will have to pay a lot of casualties. It is best to order the whole army to attack and attack from multiple directions at the same time."

Although Growan felt that Hua Jun's weapons were sharp, he still had confidence in facing Hua Jun.

Not only does he see it this way, other officers are more optimistic than him.