The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 126 History Repeats Early

Historically, after several days of fruitless attacks by the Allied reinforcements on Dongjuzi, the highest-ranking Tsarist Russian Lieutenant General Stesheli and his chief of staff Ilinsky, who came to the rescue, led the formulation of a general offensive plan to capture Dongjuzi.

The general attack plan of the Allied reinforcements was to launch a general attack on Dongjuzi simultaneously in three routes. Colonel Anisimov of the Russian Army led part of the troops of the 10th and 12th Regiments to Dongjuzi, including six companies of more than 1,400 people, plus more than 1,000 Japanese, German and American troops to form a right column to attack the south of Dongjuzi, among which the Russian army was the main force of the attack.

The central attack column in the east was led by Russian Lieutenant Colonel Savitsky and consisted of five companies of the Russian 9th Regiment, a heavy machine gun company and four German companies, with a total of about two thousand people.

The left column in the northeast was composed of five companies of British Marines and three companies of the Weihaiwei Chinese Regiment, with a total of about 1,800 people.

The coalition reserve also included several companies of the 9th and 12th Regiments, as well as an engineering company and a regiment of Cossack cavalry, the Russian Kolbas Marines, the Chakin Marines and other troops.

According to the Russian army, an ammunition depot in Dongjuzi exploded due to Russian artillery fire.

According to the British army, three Chinese warriors from the Weihaiwei Chinese Regiment disguised themselves as civilians in Tianjin city delivering supplies to the Dongjuzi garrison and sneaked into Dongjuzi, detonating an ammunition depot in Dongjuzi, causing great panic among the garrison and leading to their collapse.

However, one thing is certain, that is, the Russian army attacking from the south took advantage of the chaos among the Lian Army and the Boxers guarding the south and first broke into Dongjuzi, causing the complete defeat of the Dongjuzi defenders.

When the Allied Forces attacked Dongjuzi fiercely, more than 2,000 reinforcements were sent from Tianjin City to harass the Allied Forces. They were defeated by two Russian companies, an engineering company, and the Cossack cavalry regiment.

The Japanese cavalry that appeared behind the west side of Dongjuzi had no agreement with the rescue coalition forces. It was an independent action of the coalition forces in the concession to support the rescue coalition forces.

According to the Russian army's account, the coalition forces suffered only negligible casualties of more than 80 people during the capture of Dongjuzi.

Since the Tsarist Russian army made the greatest contribution in the attack on Dongjuzi, after occupying Dongjuzi, all the equipment and cash worth more than 10 million rubles in Dongjuzi became the property of the Russian army.

Although all this happened a few days later in history, Teng Yuzhao did not dare to guarantee that this scene would not happen today.

Because the Allied Forces now feel much more urgent to rescue the concessions than in history. What's more, Yu Lu's attacks on the British, French, German and other concessions in Hexi were very intense, and the Allied Forces there were in urgent need of rescue.

Therefore, Teng Yuzao thought that it was very likely that today, the coalition reinforcements would make a desperate attack on Dongjuzi!

Thinking of this, Teng Yuzao immediately asked Xue Zhiqian to send someone to call Liu Shijiu and Liu Yuzhi. As soon as the two arrived one after the other, Teng Yuzao spoke hurriedly.

"Brother, Yuxuan, the coalition reinforcements have arrived at Dongjuzi and are currently attacking there. I give the order now."

"Leave a sentry in the first regiment to escort the carts and pack horses loaded with ammunition and advance with the first battalion of the artillery regiment. The assault brigade and the rest of the first regiment will all march forward lightly, heading for Dongjuzi."

After Teng Yuzhao gave the order, Liu Yuzhi and Liu Jiujiu both knew that the situation was urgent, and hurriedly rode back to their own troops. Under their orders, the officers and soldiers of the assault battalion and the first regiment took off their backpacks and threw them on the side of the road. Then, under the orders of Liu Jiujiu and Liu Yuzhi, they began to line up and march towards Dongjuzi.

The backpacks left on the roadside were naturally carried to Dongjuzi by the troops escorting ammunition and the artillery battalion. Seeing the two of them rushing back to their respective troops, Teng Yuzao immediately ordered Xue Zhiqian, "The cavalry battalion does not need to wait for the infantry, all of them should set off immediately and trot forward."

The marching status of cavalry is generally divided into four categories: slow step, fast step, running and attacking step. It is also called normal step, fast step, running and attacking step. When the cavalry marches, they do not ride their horses at will, but after the commander gives the order, all of them march at the same speed.

The so-called attacking speed is the speed used when cavalry is charging in combat.

Before the cavalry launches a combat charge, they must go through these four steps to gradually increase the horse's speed. Now running is the speed second only to that during a charge.

Su Xilin wanted to speak up to persuade Teng Yuzao in response to this order, but after being looked at by Xue Zhiqian, Su Xilin closed his open mouth and said nothing, but the worry in his eyes was revealed without any concealment.

After Xue Zhiqian followed Teng Yuzhao's order, more than 600 cavalrymen in the cavalry battalion quickly galloped on their horses.

Although Teng Yuzhao was not a cavalryman, as he had studied military history, he was no stranger to cavalry tactics. Under normal circumstances, in order to be able to engage in combat at any time, cavalrymen would at most march at a fast pace. Only when they were sure that there was time for the horses to rest before a combat would occur would cavalrymen dare to run or march on foot. Otherwise, if a cavalry battle suddenly broke out, their own horses would not be able to run fast due to fatigue.

In cavalry combat, horse speed is very important.

But Teng Yuzao knew very well that the distance from his current location to Dongjuzi was only a dozen miles, and Mongolian horses had good endurance, so such a short distance would not have much impact on them.

What's more, what they encountered today were only Japanese cavalry, and Teng Yuzhao would not let his cavalry confront the fierce Russian Cossack cavalry.

Therefore, even if the cavalry battalion ran all the way to Dongjuzi, which slightly affected the speed of the war horses, his cavalry battalion would never suffer a speed disadvantage in the battle with the Japanese cavalry riding on short horses.

Unexpectedly, just after the cavalry battalion had sprinted a few hundred meters, a much louder and dull explosion was heard from the east, which made Teng Yuzhao's heart tighten.

Historically, it was the explosion of the ammunition depot storing explosives in Dongjuzi that caused heavy losses to the defenders and also caused a fire in Dongjuzi.

Pan Jinshan was forced to lead his troops to break out from the north, and after a fierce battle with the Japanese cavalry that attacked from behind Dongjuzi, he retreated to Tianjin.

Could it be that the rescue coalition forces, as he had expected, launched a fierce general attack on Dongjuzi on the first day!

Hearing the increasingly intense artillery fire coming from the direction of the concession, Teng Yuzhao became even more anxious.

After the huge explosion, Teng Yuzhao couldn't help but knock his feet against the horse's belly. The tall, white Andalusian horse he was riding suddenly jumped forward like an arrow, stretched out its four slender and strong legs, and galloped forward.

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