The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 206 Guest Sniper

The target targeted by Teng Yuzhao was a company of more than 200 Russian soldiers.

This group of Russian troops sneakily infiltrated the defense line of the three regiments in front through a narrow firewall formed by high walls on both sides.

Such alleys formed by firewalls are not only mostly dead ends, but also have at most a narrow door on the walls on both sides, and there are no other roads or houses.

This is the alley that the Russian army came in through, and the alley is right opposite the two-story building where Teng Yuzhao is located. The end of the alley is the back wall of Teng Yuzhao's yard.

The courtyards on both sides are the homes of wealthy merchants, and their walls are very strong and tall. Each courtyard is defended by a platoon of soldiers from the Third Regiment, and is the main support point of the defense line in the streets and alleys in this area. Therefore, this is also a key defense area.

Especially since Teng Yuzhao's command post was right behind them, these two platoons were given a death order by Hu Dianjia that they were not allowed to retreat a single step without his order, otherwise they would all be subject to military law.

Hu Dianjia even placed a Maxim heavy machine gun, which was in short supply at the time, at the back window of the second floor where Teng Yuzhao was, that is, below Teng Yuzhao. The purpose was to block the alley and allow the defenders in the two courtyards to the left and right of Teng Yuzhao to concentrate their forces to block the Russian army's frontal attack.

This narrow firewall alley was a long alley formed by two courtyard walls about thirty meters in front of Teng Yuzhao. This group of Russian troops was trying to take advantage of the firepower of the vanguard troops stationed in the large courtyards on both sides. When they were attracted by the Russian troops shooting into the courtyard from the front gate and the top of the courtyard wall, they used a human ladder from the side to quietly climb into the backyard and launch a sneak attack on the vanguard troops in the courtyard.

At this moment, Teng Yuzhao was aiming at the Russian soldier who had already climbed up the left wall with the help of a human ladder.

Just as the Russian soldier on the wall leaned forward slightly and was about to jump off the wall, the G98 in Teng Yuzhao's hand fired. With a "bang" the Russian soldier fell forward into the yard and lay motionless on the ground.

Although the bullet entered the Russian soldier's left rib and chest, judging from the fact that the Russian soldier was killed by the bullet, the bullet was most likely not blocked by the ribs, but passed through the middle of the ribs and directly injured the heart.

Amid the popping sound of gunfire and the occasional crisp sound of tiles bursting when hit by stray bullets, Teng Yuzhao's shot did not attract any attention at all. If he had not clearly felt the heavy recoil of the butt of the Mauser rifle in his hand on his shoulder, he would have even doubted whether he had successfully fired the shot. Even Wu Peifu standing by might not have noticed it.

After one shot, Teng Yuzhao was about to shoot the Russian soldier who had climbed up the wall of the courtyard on the right, but he saw the Russian soldier suddenly thrust his body backwards and then fell back into the alley on his back.

Judging from the fact that the Russian soldier on the wall did not fall into the yard but fell backwards into the alley, the shot should have been fired from the right side of Teng Yuzhao. On both sides of him were soldiers from his guard squad acting as snipers. This Russian soldier must have been shot dead by one of the soldiers.

Although one Russian soldier had been killed by Teng Yuzao, he was killed when he was about to jump into the yard. The Russian soldiers outside were not aware that the Russian soldier had been killed and thought he had successfully jumped into the yard. This made the Russian soldiers in the alley even bolder. Two Russian soldiers jumped onto the wall almost at the same time, preparing to sneak into the backyard of the mansion.

The Russian soldiers who had just reached the top of the wall suddenly found that their companions who jumped into the yard were dead on the ground. While they were stunned for a moment, screams were heard in the alley behind them, which made the two Russian soldiers panic. They were not sure whether to continue jumping into the yard or return to the alley.

At the moment they hesitated, Teng Yuzao's gun fired again.
This time, Teng Yuzao fired three shots in quick succession. The first shot accurately hit a Russian soldier's head, and the bullet went directly into the Russian soldier's temple. The second and third shots were aimed at another Russian soldier. Since the Russian soldier had already made a move to jump back into the alley, Teng Yuzao was worried that he would have already jumped down when he fired, resulting in a failure to hit the vital part. Teng Yuzao's two shots should have hit the opponent's chest and abdomen, because when Teng Yuzao's gun went off, the Russian soldier had already started to jump down, and Teng Yuzao could not observe the effect of his shooting, but the Russian soldier fell into the crowd of Russian soldiers in the alley and never stood up again.

The Russian soldiers in the alley originally thought that they had infiltrated the vanguard army's defense line without being noticed, but the Russian soldiers who climbed up the wall were suddenly shot and fell down one after another, which made this company of Russian soldiers panic. The Russian soldiers in the alley not only looked at the small building where Teng Yuzhao was in panic, but also raised their rifles. The dense and black muzzles scared Wu Peifu, who was looking through the artillery mirror, and he shouted hurriedly.

"Teacher, be careful!"

While shouting, Wu Peifu hurriedly turned his head to look at Teng Yuzhao's position, but saw that Teng Yuzhao had already retracted his head.

“Snap, snap, snap, snap.”

A burst of intensive gunfire rang out, followed by the sound of tiles breaking. Fortunately, the Russian army did not find the location where Teng Yuzhao was shooting. They were concentrating their shooting at the windows on the second floor.

Because the Russian army subconsciously believed that the people who attacked them must be hiding in the room on the second floor, they immediately pointed their guns at the windows below. The bullets that hit Teng Yuzao's head were all fired by the Russian army in haste.

However, although the Russian army accidentally concentrated its firepower on the window on the second floor facing the alley, they found the target that posed the greatest threat to them. Teng Yuzao had already heard a painful cry from below. Apparently, the machine gunner who had set up the Maxim heavy machine gun near the window and was ready to shoot had been hit.

Teng Yuzhao quickly poked his head out from the sandbag bunker again, aimed the Mauser rifle in his hand at the alley below, and while shooting wildly at the window, he slowly retreated along the alley at the Russian troops.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang" six shots were fired in succession, almost every shot hit the target. Six people fell down immediately among the crowd of Russian soldiers crowded in the alley.

Teng Yuzhao hardly needed to aim. He just pointed the muzzle of his rifle at the Russian troops slowly retreating in the alley. With just a casual shot, he was guaranteed to hit the target.

After firing six shots, Teng Yuzhao quickly retracted his head again. This time, the bullets fired by the Russian army were not sporadic, but a dense rain of bullets, which quickly blew a big hole in the tiles above Teng Yuzhao's head. The broken tiles and tiny debris fell down on his head, covering Teng Yuzhao, Wu Peifu and the artillery staff officer who was loading bullets for Teng Yuzhao behind him. Then a beam of dazzling sunlight shone in, making Teng Yuzhao squint his eyes.

With a "clang" sound, the upright barrel of the artillery telescope was hit by a bullet, and the artillery telescope tilted and fell onto the wooden board.

Seeing that Teng Yuzhao had already hidden back in the sandbag bunker, Wu Peifu hurried to check the artillery scope. This thing was a treasure now, and there were only a few in the entire artillery regiment.

"Da da da da da da", at this moment, the heavy machine gun on the second floor suddenly sounded violently.
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