Chen Fei asked, "When will the laying be completed?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "The first retreat of the Russian army is expected to arrive at the river in two days, and then the Russian fleet will come to meet them, and you should complete the minelaying before then." ”

Chen Fei saw that the sky was bright at this time, so he ordered his subordinates to rest and prepare to lay mines at night, at six o'clock in the evening, the sky was completely dark, Chen Fei led more than 100 people, quietly came to the riverside.

It was another dark cloudy night, and the dark night shrouded the river, Chen Fei whispered: "The action begins!" ”

At the order, thirty soldiers rode horses, respectively to the upper and lower reaches of the river, they took on the task of guarding, the rest of the people stayed in place, Chen Fei and two soldiers, unloaded the basket loaded with mines from the horse, there was a rope on the side of the basket, and several people pulled the mines to the ice together.

At this time, a thin layer of ice had formed on the river surface, Chen Fei took the two soldiers to change into diving suits, tied a rope around their waists, and the people behind them pulled them, they carefully stepped on the ice, pulling the rope of the basket, Chen Fei whispered: "The ice near the shore is the thickest, the thinner you go to the center of the river, the ice may break at any time, be careful, don't be scratched by the ice." ”

After walking more than a dozen steps, Chen Fei waved his hand, then squatted down and lay on the ice, the other two fighters also squatted down, Chen Fei used his hands and feet together, crawling on the ice, and suddenly heard a "click", cracks appeared on the ice under his right knee, Chen Fei hurriedly lay on the ice, and before he could continue to climb, he heard the sound of the ice breaking.

Chen Fei thought to himself: "The ice will break sooner or later, so I'd better dig the ice and go into the water." So Chen Fei made a gesture to go into the water, and the three of them took out the iron drill they were carrying, opened the ice, and went down into the water.

Although wearing a thick cotton suit in the diving suit, Chen Fei still felt bitterly cold, he put the basket containing the mine into the water, the mine has a pontoon on it, which can float in the water, and the anchor below the mine can grasp the riverbed, Chen Fei threw the anchor into the bottom of the river, and the mine floated in the water one meter deep from the surface of the water under the joint action of the anchor and the pontoon.

After a night of hard work, they finally laid fifty mines, and the next morning, they rushed back to the mountains.

As soon as the news of the destruction of the Russian pontoon bridge reached Grodeko, Grodeko ordered: the fleet was dispatched to the site where the pontoon bridge was erected to welcome the routed army back.

The pontoon bridge was erected in one of the few places suitable for the movement of large troops, so the Russian army could only cross the river here, and the Russian flotilla sailed out of the fishing port, and the thin ice on the river was not enough to withstand the weight of the hull, and the Russian ships broke through the ice and headed towards the crossing site.

What the Russian army did not expect was that the fleet had just sailed out of the fishing port for less than an hour, only to hear a muffled sound of "boom" coming from underwater, and the water surface next to a ship suddenly lifted a Lang flower more than ten meters high, and the water curtain almost enveloped the ship.

The weight of the large mine is a ton, and Chen Fei's laying is far less than that, only about 50 catties, but it is loaded with high-energy explosives, and the explosion is powerful enough for these troop carriers, and the explosion pushes the current, tearing a large hole in the hull of the ship below the waterline with a diameter of ten meters, and a large amount of river water quickly pours into the hull.

The troop transport ship tilted rapidly in everyone's sight, and soon the roll angle reached fifteen degrees, such a large inclination, not only the people inside could not stand, but the ship would soon sink, and the people on board had no choice but to jump into the water.

The fleet commander's ship was next to this ship, and the fleet commander hurriedly ordered the rescue of the crew who had fallen into the water, but before the commander could pass on the order, a loud noise came from under his feet, and the ship shook violently, and the commander could not stand still and fell down heavily.

The position of the fleet commander happened to be the wheelhouse of the ship, and when he fell, his head hit the helm wheel, and with a "snap", the head of the Russian commander was like a watermelon that fell to the ground, and it was instantly torn apart.

The people around them were stunned, but they didn't have time to tell the news of the death of the commander, for their ship was about to sink, and the hole in their ship was even bigger, and the water poured in faster, and since the hole was in the bow, the whole ship was planted headfirst down into the water like an unbalanced seesaw.

In less than ten minutes, both troop carriers sank, and the Russian army knew that the river was mined by the Chinese, and no ship dared to continue to advance, and all troop carriers made an emergency stop, stopped on the water, and then simply fled back to the fishing port.

On the way to the frenzy, Grogerko had already thought of a way to counterattack Lin Yuan, that is, to lead the defeated troops to hold Khabarovsk, order the Russian troops on the northern and southern fronts, and attack at the same time, the northern front will directly take Qiqihar, the southern line will take Jilin, and reoccupy the three eastern provinces.

Grogerko was the first to come to the river, accompanied by the commander of the First Army and several division commanders, they did not see the receiving boat, and could not help but worry and wonder, it turned out that the fleet sent soldiers to wait in the river crossing area, and when they saw the retreating soldiers, they told them that there were mines in the water and could not pass, and let them go in the direction of the fishing port.

Chen Fei naturally would not let go of these people, he led everyone to kill the Russian soldiers who left the news, so although Grogerko arrived at the river, he still didn't know what happened in the road.

Just when Grogerko and the other high-ranking officials were at a loss by the river, a staff officer came up with an idea and said: "Let's go upstream, and as long as we reach the fishing port, we will find our fleet." ”

Grodecoko nodded helplessly, he knew that Khabarovsk could no longer be defended, and the fishing port was about to be lost, and the only way out was to get on the boat and return to Blagoveshchensk, where he would command the operation, and maybe he could find a chance to win back a city! As soon as Grogerko and a group of high-ranking officials left, the Russian troops who were chased by Lin Yuan's troops completely lost their command, and they became scattered sand because they had no fighting spirit, Lin Yuan ordered the troops to use mortars to fire propaganda bombs when pursuing, and actively publicize the policies of our army, so there were not a few Russian troops who surrendered as a whole. On December 4, Lin Yuan led the main force and arrived at the bank of the Heilongjiang River, Lin Yuan immediately ordered to erect a pontoon bridge on the river, and the pontoon bridge was quickly erected, and the Third Division, as the vanguard force, crossed the Heilongjiang River with pride, and advanced to Boli.

It took less than a day for Lin Yuan to lead his troops to arrive at the city of Boli, and when Lin Yuan was about to order his troops to attack the city, the herald sent a letter and said, "This is sent to you by the Russian army." ”

Lin Yuan opened the envelope and took out the letter, only to see that it read: Dear General Lin Yuan, on behalf of all the officers and soldiers of the Khabarovsk garrison, I surrender to your troops, and since 7 o'clock on December 5, 1895, all military and political personnel in Khabarovsk have obeyed the command of General Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan looked at the letter and saw that it was written: Brigadier General Ivan Antonov of the Khabarovsk garrison of the Russian Empire.

Lin Yuan handed the letter to the staff officer beside him and said: "Put it away, this is the first surrender document that our Chinese have received, and we must put it in the museum in the future." ”