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Four kilometers from the western wall of Shengjing City, the Russian artillery advanced one cannon after another into the artillery position. Compared with the cavalry, the infantry of the Russian army is equipped with artillery, and the number is not small. Ever since Napoleon first concentrated the use of artillery on the battlefield, the cannon has become the god of the battlefield. The armies of various European countries have begun to equip artillery on a large scale. Although Russia has relatively weak industrial strength, it has spared no effort in the construction of artillery. This time, the three infantry corps led by Governor Muravyov had more than 300 cannons. And these cannons are all cannons with a caliber of more than 3 inches, not the kind of small-caliber artillery.

The soldiers of the 11th Infantry Corps of the Russian army have also entered the starting position, preparing to launch an attack on Shengjing City after receiving the order to attack. The rest of the Russian 5th Infantry Corps and 22nd Infantry Corps remained in the rear. These Russian officers and soldiers did not seem to pay much attention to the battle that was about to begin. In their opinion, the great Russian Imperial Army could easily enter the city of Shengjing, and then kill all the Chinese officers and soldiers inside, and complete the order issued by His Majesty the Tsar. At the same time, the wealth in Shengjing City is also what they desire. Russian soldiers received very few allowances, and robbery during the war became an important way for them to make money. As for China's wealth, the Russian army has long heard of this. In particular, Shengjing was the capital before the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs. There will definitely be a lot of wealth. In fact, the treasures in Shengjing City had already been taken away by those nobles of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. When they withdrew to Beijing, they almost emptied Shengjing City.

"Your Excellency the Governor. We are ready to launch an attack on Shengjing City. Colonel Nevelskoy said. He couldn't wait to see the Russian army enter Shengjing City and kill all the arrogant Chinese troops inside.

"Hmm!" Governor Muravyov nodded, he took out his pocket watch and looked at it, it was only 7:50 in the morning, and said: "Let's start!" General Victor, is it possible to attack Shengjing City today? ”

"Your Excellency the Governor. Rest assured, my soldiers will surely storm the city of Shengjing today and capture those arrogant Chinese commanders in front of you. Lieutenant General Viktor, commander of the 11th Infantry Corps of the Russian army, said confidently.

"Good. God with the Russian Empire! Governor Muravyov said. Obviously, he didn't take the defense of Shengjing City into account either. In his opinion, although Shengjing City is a fortified city, it is under the heavy artillery fire of the Russian army. I won't be able to support it. When the time comes, you only need to use explosives to blow up the gate of Shengjing City or a certain section of the city wall. Then the Cossack cavalry will be able to storm the city. In street fighting, the Chinese army could not be the opponent of the fierce Cossack cavalry. The annihilation of the Chinese army in the city is just around the corner.

"Fire!" Having received an order from Governor Muravyov, the artillery commander of the Russian army gave the order to open fire.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! More than 300 artillery pieces scattered over several positions began to roar. One after another, the cannonballs whistled towards Shengjing City. There was a dense shrill whistling sound in the sky.

"Shelling! Avoid! "As soon as the Russian artillery bombardment began, the officers and men of the 14th Brigade of the Imperial Army stationed on the western wall of Shengjing City discovered it. The junior officers shouted loudly. The soldiers on the city wall curled up on the wall. As long as the Russian shells did not fall on the city walls, they would not have done much damage. After all, as the capital of the Manchu Qing Dynasty before entering the customs. The largest and most important city in the Northeast, Shengjing City's defense is still quite amazing. This is also the back road left by the Manchus for themselves. If you can't stay in the Kannai. They can also retreat outside the border.

"Boom! Rumble! "The vast majority of the Russian artillery shells fell outside the city walls, splashing up fireballs. Only a very small part of the shells fell into the city. However, their shelling did little damage to the Imperial Army. On the one hand, the artillery design technology of the Russian army does not seem to work. On the other hand, the explosives filled in the Russian shells are still black powder, and the power is also very limited.

Less than five minutes after the start of the Russian shelling, the artillery of the Imperial Army launched a counterattack. Originally, when dealing with the 4th Cossack Cavalry Corps of the Russian Army, 120 75-mm field guns of the brigade artillery battalions of the 5 infantry brigades of the 14th Army of the Imperial Army were deployed on the city walls. But now the Russian army is pressing the border in a big way, in order to avoid too much damage to the artillery. The cannons have been withdrawn from the city. Together with the brigade artillery battalions and the heavy artillery battalions of the brigades of the 17th Army, they were arranged in several artillery positions in Shengjing City. Because the direction of the Russian army's main attack this time is the west of Shengjing City, all the artillery is deployed in the west of the city. The two military heavy artillery battalions had a total of 48 105-mm light howitzers. The 10 brigade-affiliated artillery battalions had a total of 240 75-mm field guns. Judging from the number of artillery, the Imperial Army had no less artillery in Shengjing than the Russian army. In terms of quality and power, the artillery of the Imperial Army was much stronger than that of the Russian army.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "According to the azimuth coordinates provided by the observers, the artillery group of the Imperial Army began to bombard. Dense shells began to fly towards the artillery positions of the Russian army. However, because of the distance, only a very small part of the shells fell into the artillery positions of the Russian army. However, even this caused a lot of damage to the artillery positions of the Russian army.

"Boom! Rumble! "A 105-mm shell exploded on the artillery position of the Russian army, blowing up a large crater. The surrounding Russian artillery was all blown away, and stumps and broken arms fell everywhere. Those Russian artillerymen who were lucky enough to escape fled after witnessing such a scene. Where do you have the courage to continue manipulating the cannons! Maybe the next moment a shell will fall on their heads.

The commander of the Russian army, Governor Muravyov, has been watching the artillery battle on both sides. At the beginning, the Russian artillery wantonly launched an artillery bombardment on Shengjing City. The entire vicinity of the western wall was enveloped in smoke. Muravyov nodded again and again at that time, and was quite satisfied with the shelling of the Russian army. He believes that under the heavy shelling of the Russian army, the Chinese troops on the city wall will definitely not survive much. At that time, the Russian army will be able to attack Shengjing City lightly. However, when the shelling of the Chinese army began, his face suddenly changed. Smoke rose from the artillery positions of the Russian army, and it was clear that the artillery positions of the Russian army had been hit by the artillery fire of the Imperial Army.

The artillery battle between the two sides was very fierce, but the artillery positions of the Russian army were almost at the point of being passively attacked. More and more artillery was destroyed, artillery was killed. The situation seems to be very unfavorable for the Russian artillery.

"Damn, how can this be? Our artillery is actually no match for those yellow-skinned monkeys? Governor Muravyov said with some disbelief.

"Your Excellency, as far as I know, those yellow-skinned monkeys have received a lot of advanced technology from the West. Their cannons are no worse than the imperial ones in a certain way! Colonel Nevelskoy said.

"Bastard, don't those guys know that those yellow-skinned monkeys are going to be enemies of the entire Western world?" Governor Muravyov said angrily. In his opinion, although there are many contradictions between the Western powers. However, when it came to dealing with the Chinese Empire, they were allies. Transferring advanced technology to the Chinese Empire is simply lifting a stone to hit oneself in the foot!

The artillery of the Russian army could not take advantage of anything in the fierce artillery battle. The artillery of the Imperial Army was hidden in the city, and it was difficult for the Russian army to calculate the location of the artillery positions of the Imperial Army at all. And the observers of the imperial artillery were on the city wall, condescendingly, and could easily discover the location of the artillery positions of the Russian army. Therefore, from the very beginning of the artillery battle, the Russian army was at an absolute disadvantage.

"Why can't our artillery suppress those yellow-skinned monkeys?" Governor Muravyov asked angrily.

"Your Excellency the Governor, the artillery of those yellow-skinned monkeys is therefore in the city, and it is difficult for us to know their location, so we can only estimate. In addition, the range of our artillery is like that of the enemy's artillery, and it is difficult to reach the enemy's artillery positions! The artillery commander of the Russian army said with some innocence. This is fundamentally technical, and it has nothing to do with himself.

"Damn! Lieutenant General Victor, start the offensive, can't wait any longer! Governor Muravyov said hatefully. The battle was very unfavorable to the Russian army from the beginning, which made Governor Muravyov begin to question, can they really set foot on the Shengjing city lightly?

"Yes, Your Excellency the Governor!" Lieutenant General Victor nodded. Although now the artillery of the Russian army has not cleared the way for them, the order of Governor Muravyov has already been given, and he can only order the troops to start the offensive.

A few minutes later, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers of the 43rd Infantry Division of the Russian Army set off from the starting position more than three kilometers away from Shengjing City. They lined up in a dense phalanx and walked towards Shengjing City with neat steps. These Russian soldiers stood upright, shouted slogans, and stepped on the drum with every step, looking majestic and very imposing. In the hands of the soldiers, they carried rifles. Because it has not participated in the war in recent years, the Russian army's army combat tactics are almost still in the Napoleonic period. At that time, because of the range and rate of fire of the rifles, the infantry could only form dense firepower if they were lined up in a dense formation. If you look at the tactics at that time, the 43rd Infantry Division of the Russian Army is undoubtedly an elite unit. However, this tactic has another name, which is called "lining up to shoot"! (To be continued......)