The atmosphere before the war was extremely depressing, all the participating troops had been deployed, and there were war horses neighing everywhere, and the soldiers were calming the war horses around them while looking at the faint flickering firelight in the distance.

Hikten gently comforted a few war horses around him, and after more than two years of getting along day and night, he established a deep relationship with several war horses. In such a dark night, although there were torches and airships in the air constantly guiding the troops forward, they also stumbled all the way.

Warhorses are very intelligent and sensitive, and they have sensed something different. Several war horses stretched out their heads and rubbed against Hikten's body, and the hot breath exhaled by the war horses tickled Hikten's face.

"Check the equipment...... Check the equipment ......"

Several battalion headquarters messengers with torches quickly walked back and forth in front of the queue, shouting orders from the battalion headquarters. Hickten knew that the battle was about to begin, and he hurriedly checked his equipment one last time.

Each man was armed with two imitation six-five cavalry knives, one of which was spare. There was also a double-barreled hunting gun, a long-barreled cavalry-type revolver, eight grenade rounds, four smoke rounds, and so on. In addition, as a non-commissioned officer, Hikten is also equipped with a 40-millimeter grenade launcher.

The military plant of the Far Eastern Company also equipped the troops participating in the war with two new horsetail high-explosive grenades. This new horsetail grenade was specially equipped for cavalry, unlike the one made by the Fujita Research Institute in Japan in those years, and it was not the kind that was widely used by the Red Army in the past.

This horsetail grenade is heavier and has better craftsmanship, and each one is stuffed with hundreds of steel balls, which is very powerful. And the horsetail is longer, more than a meter. The well-trained cavalry held the tail of the horse, with the help of the inertia of the galloping horse. It is possible to throw tens of meters away.

For the safety of the cavalry, this horsetail grenade does not trigger the fuse, but uses a cable-type fuse, and the delay is longer, which reserves enough time for the cavalry.

After checking his equipment, Hikten took out another bag of concentrate. A few horses were fed to replenish their stamina before the battle.

On the other side of the battlefield, Zhao Lianhe is also doing the same thing. It's just that there are more recruits in the newly built cavalry division, and of course the combat experience is not comparable to that of the main cavalry division of the indigenous people in the Outer Northeast, which has experienced a hundred battles, so the officers and men are very nervous.

After Zhao Lianhe finished his work, he found that his whole body was soaked, his palms were sweaty, and his throat and eyes were burning. He took out the kettle and poured a large mouthful of water. But I still feel that my throat is very dry.

"Bang...... Bang ......"

Several red flares rose one after another in the air in the distance, and Zhao Lianhe knew that the general attack had begun. But the violent roar that followed with an earth-shattering power startled him.

The artillery positions set up by the Far Eastern Army in all directions roared almost at the same time, and clusters of shining lights and shadows whistled past Zhao Lianhe's head, and bursts of whistling sounded across the night sky, which was extremely harsh.

Hundreds of cannons fired in unison, shaking the ground around them, and the horses began to get restless. Constant hissing.

Schein was sleeping soundly when a cannonball landed near his tent exploded. Huge roar. He woke up with a shock, and he was a little dazed by the loud noise, and hurriedly put on his clothes and rushed out of the tent.

At this time, the Russian camp was completely chaotic, and there were disheveled Russian troops everywhere, scurrying around like a headless fly. In the face of the fierce blows of the artillery of the Far Eastern Army, these hairs were really a little confused.

In this day and age. Such a fierce artillery fire was like a sea shattering feeling for these Russian soldiers.

"Boom ......"

Just as Schein was stunned, more than a hundred meters away from him, a shell from a 120-millimeter mortar exploded. All the creatures within a radius of a few tens of meters were swept away in an instant.

Shain watched as dozens of Russian officers and soldiers were torn apart by the violent explosion, and then the scattered stumps and broken arms were scattered in all directions, blood, flesh scraps and gunpowder smoke were mixed together, and a huge wave of air rose into the air.

Shain, who was stuck there, seemed to be pushed violently by a huge force, and was lifted out of the air more than ten meters away, and fell heavily to the ground, fortunately he was not injured, but it also made his heart completely collapse.

Shain is definitely a veteran of a hundred battles, and he is also a person who has crawled in and out of the sea of corpses and blood, and he has long been accustomed to seeing life and death. But the scene just now made him feel extremely shocked.

He felt that his vision was obscured by something, and he touched it casually, only to find that what he was holding in his hand was a bloody piece of minced flesh that had just burst onto his face.

Schein tossed the minced meat aside and struggled to his feet. After all, after experiencing countless big scenes, Schein also woke up from a brief panic. In any case, the expeditionary force cannot continue to be chaotic, no matter what they are facing, they must first organize a perfect defense.

Schein snatched a torch from one of the Russian soldiers in the artillery, then braved the fire to stand on a wagon full of food, and shouted at the officers around him, "Andrei...... Stop running around and find your people to organize defenses. Sasha...... Gather the gunners and set up the guns to counterattack......"

Schein's imminent danger instantly made the Russian officers in the camp find the backbone, and they began to gather their troops and take up arms to organize defense.

The panicked Russian officers and soldiers came back to their senses, and the brave and fierce Cossacks were also aroused and rushed to the edge of the camp with a roar.

"Woohoo...... Woo Woo ......"

Suddenly, a dense rain of bullets fell from the sky, and more than a dozen fire-rate arrow shells instantly covered the area.

"Boom...... Boom ......"

After a violent explosion, Shain, the carriage under his feet, and the Russian officers and soldiers within a radius of several hundred meters disappeared in an instant, and the smoke dissipated, leaving stumps and broken arms everywhere.

The Russian camp, which had just recovered some order from the chaos, became chaotic again with the disappearance of Schein.

At this time, a large number of airships also flew over the Russian camp, and one after another 120-millimeter mortar shells and sub-munitions were dropped like dumplings.

The bombardment of the airship detachment of the Far Eastern Army also overwhelmed the last straw of the Russian army. In the face of such a dire hell on earth, their hearts finally collapsed completely.

Countless Russian troops moved away from the carriages and the horses around the camp like crazy, and rushed desperately to the outside of the camp. Whatever awaits them outside the camp now, this camp can't stay any longer. (To be continued.) )

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