The biggest failure of Fajeev's Eastern Expedition was the lack of intelligence, which was restricted by the backward communication technology in the 19th century and of course the progress of the backward telegraph network construction in Asia.

This famous general in Central Asia is fighting in a fog. A lot of Far East information he received was even three or four years ago.

If he had known about Hunchun's mutiny earlier, he might have crossed the river upstream of Aihui City, and he would even lead troops to siege Aihui City to rescue his good ally Tepuxin.

If he could know that Jiangxin Island's opponent was not an unknown general, nor Xiang Shaolong himself, but Xiao Letian, the leader of the Chinese clan, then he would not have launched this hasty attack.

It’s still traditional concepts that kill people. Fajeev has a deep-rooted prejudice against the Chinese. In his mind, the Qing officials were all corrupt like Tephin, and it was not a problem to sell the country if they gave enough benefits.

The Chinese leaders are all cowards who don’t get close to the wall, but some of them are very afraid of death and care about their own lives.

Let’s look at the former Emperor Xianfeng. Half of the southern country was lost. The Qing Dynasty’s army failed again and again, and the Jiangnan camp was massacred in succession.

This kind of thing had been put on the Tsar, and it would have been impossible to stabilize the morale of the army without relying on the prestige of the monarch. But it was obvious that the monarchs of the Qing Dynasty cherished their bodies very much, so they would not take risks with their lives.

So Fajeev judged based on his previous experience. He believed that the general who commanded the Chinese army this time was probably Xiang Shaolong himself, and he might even be a senior civil servant under Xiang Shaolong.

Generally speaking, civil servants use more powerful strategies like Jianbi Qingye, because civil servants tend to have strategic perspectives.

Fajeev thought a lot, but he didn't expect that the person who led the troops up this time was Xiao Letian himself. This was the starting point of the tragedy of the Cossack Expeditionary Force.

Time passed by minute by minute, and at 1:50 p.m., the Cossacks were finally ready for battle, and the tense atmosphere at the forefront affected everyone.

"General... say something!" An adjutant whispered softly in Fajev's ear, but he thought that the commander of the army was thunderously drawn into his eyes.

"What are you saying? What are you saying? The situation is still the same. All soldiers know that if you don't fight, you will die. What are you going to say?"

"Do you think the brave Cossacks still need verbal motivation? The enemy is there, dangers and opportunities are there. Since everyone knows where is the only direction to survive, what else can I inspire?"

"God protects these children! They will definitely win!"

The charge of the warship suddenly rang, and the number of cavalrymen on the first wave of attacking cross-section of the 200-meter wide attack exceeded 2,000! The commanders in the military formations layer by layer suddenly drew their saber, "God bless Cossack! Charge, never retreat!"

"Ula...kill...Ula..."

The earth suddenly shook, the vanguard released the reins of the horse, the spurs pierced the horse's belly, and the four hooves of the war horse flew into the air and rushed towards Jiangxin Island.

The 600-meter-long river channel width was instantly filled with war horses. Fortunately, the ice layer was more than one meter thick, otherwise this wave of charge would have shattered the ice surface of the entire river.

"Each unit is ready! Prepare to shoot... Let it be closer and then fire! Gatling opens fire at 300 meters... The rest of the rifles opens within 100 meters... Once the enemy rushes to the shore, they will blow it with a grenade!"

Xiao Letian also became nervous, "Silence the artillery! No artillery can be fired without my orders! Take your time, we cannot scare these Rakshasa ghosts. We must bleed more... Artillery fire is prohibited, and violators will shoot them on the spot!"

"Hahaha..." Xiao Letian rubbed his hands with a smile, "Is this the beginning? Let's play slowly, we can't scare you all at once. I have to let you see some hope!"

Fajev's hands were wet and cold sweat. He stared at the running cavalry group nervously. At that moment, he felt that time was passing so slowly. Is it necessary to run for so long on the river surface that is only 600 meters wide?

Just as the cavalry vanguard rushed through the middle of the river, four camouflaged shooting positions suddenly opened on the island of Jiangxin on the south bank. Amid the officer's orders, a rope net full of dead branches and leaves was lifted, and four Gatlins fixed in the fortifications showed their hideous fangs.

"Fire..." With a command, the shooter pulled the trigger, and the heavy copper sound sounded, and the huge recoil shocked the shooter's muscles trembled.

There is no need to aim at such a dense cavalry tide at such a close distance. As long as you load and shoot at a steady pace, veterans with the best psychological quality can control the Gatling machine gun at this moment. The hand-cranked loading equipment must ensure a constant speed and keep it in a mess to prevent the situation of getting stuck.

Fortunately, Xiao Letian thought of this problem in advance. Each of these old Gatlins is equipped with a squad of auxiliary troops, and even emergency maintenance personnel, which ensures that each Gatlin has continuous firepower output.

This was simply a one-sided massacre. All the volunteers in the position were so excited that they were crazy. The Cossack cavalry in front of them fell down one after another, the horses neighed and screamed, and the Shura Hell was nothing more than that.

Falling a horse means death, and the cavalry behind will trample comrades to death, but this is how the cavalry charges will be increased once the speed is increased, it will be difficult to turn back.

"Good fight! Kill these Rakshasa ghosts! Prepare for war, prepare for war... the enemy has entered a range of 200 meters..."

Fatiev was as painful as if his heart had been pinched by a big hand. "Gatling... Damn it was Gatling during the American Civil War! How could they have such a good product..."

Tsarist Russia faces the Qing Dynasty, so Tsarist Russia is definitely a powerful and advanced country. However, compared with Britain and France, Tsarist Russia is a group of poor country bumpkins in the eyes of those old imperialist countries.

Whether it is politics, economy, military, culture... Tsarist Russia is generally weaker than the powerful countries in Western and Southern Europe in all aspects. Only a small number of Tsarist Imperial Guards are qualified to be equipped with good goods such as Gatlin.

The Cossacks in Central Asia are not qualified at all. Perhaps in the heart of the Russian military, some primitive people who swung their swords in Central Asia could not use these delicate weapons at all. How could they use a ox knife to kill chickens?

Reality slapped Fajev in the face. In his heart, he always thought that the Volunteers were a group of rebel thugs holding worn-out firearms and even swords, guns and sticks. He never thought that Xiao Letian had used billions of silver dollars in military spending for this war.

For the sake of war, a serious financial storm broke out in Jiangnan. The Chinese people were fighting this war with all their might. The powerful destructive force released from it was something that these Central Asian country bumpkins could not imagine.
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