The sun never sets

Although there are many troops in northern China, most of them are a motley crowd. To deal with enemies from all directions, the troops are further dispersed. If hundreds of thousands of Russians launch a surprise attack, Lin Yongchang's northern China policy will definitely not be able to withstand it. In order to make the Chinese and the Russians

The fighting became more intense. When the Japanese sold food to the Russian army, they took the initiative to pass the news to the government of northern China.

In fact, Lin Yongchang had already received relevant information without the Japanese showing goodwill. Wu Peifu, Cao Kun, and many generals and officers active in Panjin and Fuxin found that something was wrong. The Russian army abandoned many strongholds outside the big cities and withdrew its troops. Some people thought that the Russians could not bear it and ran away, but Wu Peifu thought that the Russian army was accumulating strength and preparing to make a big news.

Lin Yongchang received more information than the officers and generals on the front line, and more importantly, he could see the Russian army's deployment from the map of the Celestial Empire system. The three northeastern provinces belonged to China's inherent territory, and the people's government owned the core of those places. Although they were now occupied by the Russians, their deployment of troops was clearly visible.

It was because of so many conveniences that Wu Peifu, Cao Kun and others were able to fight the Russians with much fewer troops. The Russians' tactics were very rigid and backward, but they were not holding fire pokers, and the brutality and bravery of the Russian soldiers should not be underestimated.

Chapter 181 Landing

The Russian army's bravery should not be underestimated. Marshal Lin used a cheat, and almost fought the enemy with the whole map open. As the saying goes: Know yourself and know the enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles. If the Russian army of more than 100,000 people came together, Lin Yongchang really had no good solution. He could only fight a few head-on battles with the enemy to see if he could disrupt the enemy's deployment and then win in the chaos.

However, the number of Russian troops was still not enough, and the land in the Northeast was too vast and desolate to support a million-strong army, so the Russians planned to divide their troops into multiple routes. One route set out from Tongliao to attack Chifeng. Because the road was long and the conditions along the way were very desolate, this route had the least troops, only about 10,000 troops; one route set out from Lushun and landed in Huludao to cut off the retreat of the Jinzhou defenders; the remaining troops launched attacks from Liaoyang, Shenyang, Yingkou and other places, with the main purpose of killing through the Chinese defense zone and approaching the city of Jinzhou, and together with the other two armies, they would encircle the Chinese troops in the city.

The Russian army's tactics have always been rigid and clumsy, but this time it was very different. Not only did they attack in different ways, but they also had amphibious landings, which was very different from the past. The reason for this was largely related to the change of the Russian army's commander. The new commander of the Russian army was Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich Romanov Nicholas, who was recently appointed as the Governor-General of the Far East. He was the uncle of Tsar Nicholas II and the younger brother of the previous Tsar Alexander III. He was a veteran who had participated in the tenth Russo-Turkish War.

Grand Duke Nicholas was originally the Director of Cavalry in Moscow. He had just traveled thousands of miles from Europe to Shenyang to command all the army and navy of the Russian Empire in the Far East. Originally, the Governor of the Far East should have been another member of the royal family, Admiral Yevgeny Ivanovich Alexeev, the illegitimate son of Tsar Alexander II. However, when Admiral Yevgeny was leading troops to suppress the Boxer Rebellion, he met Marshal Lin.

Yevgeny served in the navy for a long time, but his military talent was far from comparable to that of Grand Duke Nicholas. Yevgeny was not very good at handling the navy, let alone the army. When fighting the Chinese in North China, the Russian army performed extremely poorly, which was due to the command of Admiral Yevgeny. Under his command, the already clumsy Russian army became even more dull.

The 14,000 troops led by Yevgeny were annihilated. St. Petersburg had its own opinions on this matter, but Admiral Yevgeny had been killed by the hateful Chinese on the battlefield, so there was no way to put the blame on him. Moreover, many people thought that it was better for Yevgeny to die, so that the Russians would have an excuse to occupy the entire Northeast.

But the matter could not end like this. The Chinese actually dared to kill a member of the Russian Empire's royal family, even if he was an illegitimate child. The Tsar's anger spread from St. Petersburg thousands of miles away to Vladivostok, and then there was the full-force attack of Grand Duke Nicholas.

The Russian army's tactics of attacking by dividing and conquering are very good and powerful, but Marshal Lin's cheating is even more powerful. Before the Russian army was dispatched, Lin Yongchang already knew the enemy's troop deployment, location, personnel of each branch of the army, morale, training level, etc., and he also had a clear view of them. Combined with the information obtained from the Russian army, the two confirmed each other, and then the People's Army made targeted arrangements.

It's a bit unbelievable, but Lin Yongchang's spies have already penetrated the Russian army, right next to Grand Duke Nicholas. Chekov and Andrei, the two smugglers who had been secretly selling arms to the Chinese, are already well-known upper-class people in the Far East. Because they were worried about being punished for killing Admiral Yevgeny, and because Lin Yongchang gave them too much, they became Lin Yongchang's tentacles into Russia.

But Governor Nicholas did not know this. Instead, he was very appreciative of Andrei and his team. It was because of Chekov and Andrei that the Russian army was able to obtain a lot of intelligence about the Chinese. That's right, in order to allow Andrei and his team to climb up quickly, Lin Yongchang provided a lot of real intelligence.

If you want to get something, you must give it first. You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a lamb. This is the truth.

The news from Andrei was that the Russian army would land in Huludao, so Lin Yongchang placed two artillery regiments around Huludao and

He arranged observation posts on the battlefield. For safety reasons, he also placed some troops in Xingcheng, Suizhong and other places to prevent himself from being deceived.

Spies are certainly very useful, but there are also many spies who have been turned against the government, so we must always keep some tricks up our sleeves.

However, there were no unexpected situations. The Russian army launched an attack in multiple directions, and the landing site was Huludao. This is one of the best landing sites in western Liaoning, and you can even remove the word "one of" here. There is no dock built in Huludao, but the terrain is very good. The water depth in the gourd-shaped port is more than 7 meters, the water surface is open and can avoid wind and waves. In winter, there is only a thin layer of ice, which is a natural and excellent non-freezing port.

When 10 to Russian troops were heading for Jinzhou, Russian warships covered a long line of transport ships and entered Hulutao, and then began an amphibious landing. Because North China had no navy, the Russians did not cover their actions at all, and rushed up and attacked directly. The naval soldiers on the Russian warships seemed lazy, because the Chinese no longer had the main battleships, and the Beiyang Fleet had been completely wiped out.

They stood on the deck and pointed at the land not far away. From time to time, someone laughed loudly, looking relaxed and happy. When the transport ship arrived at the shore, the Tsar's gray animals jumped into the chest-deep water from the ship and struggled to the shore. They needed to build a simple dock first to send the soldiers and cannons to the shore.

The entire landing process was chaotic. Soldiers jumped into the water like dumplings, wandering around the shore all wet, many of them shouting and cursing. Soldiers couldn't find officers, officers couldn't find soldiers, the army lost its organization, and the landing site was extremely noisy.

Not far away on the Dahongluo Mountain and Xiaohongluo Mountain, the People's Army scouts had a clear view of everything and quickly passed the news to the field command post on Longbei Mountain. After receiving the intelligence, Xu Wuji, acting as the division commander in his capacity as colonel, said to himself, "The damn Russians are really here!"

The chief of staff beside him laughed and said, "The intelligence sent by the Third Department of the General Staff has never been wrong."

"That's true. Since the Russians are here, we should treat them well and not let them think that we Chinese don't know etiquette."

The chief of staff reminded: "According to the battle plan, we have to wait until more Russian troops land before launching the bombardment, at least until the day after tomorrow."

Xu Wuji glared at his partner, "Don't I know? Let the soldiers prepare for battle first!"

Chapter 182: Lure the enemy deep into our territory

When Xu Wuji was full of joy and ready to teach the old Russians a lesson, Cao Kun and Wu Peifu were fighting hard in western Liaoning. One of them was the remnant of Nie Shicheng, and the other was the remnant of the Beiyang Army. They were not the first group to follow Marshal Lin. Even though Lin Yongchang launched a rectification movement in the army and vigorously criticized factionalism, they were still somewhat excluded in the army.

Nie Shicheng once slaughtered many Boxers, and Yuan Shikai slaughtered countless Boxers in Shandong. It would be strange if the generals and officers in the People's Army who were Boxers had a good attitude towards them. However, after a long period of fighting in western and eastern Liaoning, many people changed their views and believed that although these two were remnants of the government army, they were still very capable and good people.

Cao Kun was not to be mentioned. He had developed the ability to read people's expressions since childhood. He soon became close friends with the generals, officers and soldiers of the People's Party. Wu Peifu was a man with a strong learning ability. Before he let himself go and became arrogant, his achievements were obvious to all. In this world, he probably could not be the leader of the world, nor could he be so arrogant.

On the contrary, in this world and at this point in time, Wu Peifu was somewhat modest. He had no choice but to be modest. In terms of military exploits, martial arts, knowledge, command skills, morale-boosting methods, etc., Marshal Lin was much better than him. Wu Peifu was just a low-ranking officer before, and he only had to follow orders to fight against foreigners. It was not until he was in charge of a region that he realized how difficult it was to fight against foreigners.

Tsarist Russia was the poorest and weakest link among the great powers. The Russian army's combat effectiveness was never outstanding. They really used the "human wave tactics" to fight. But even the weakest link in imperialism was beaten miserably. When opening up a base near Panjin, they fought bloody battles with the Russian army several times and almost died a heroic death.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that he has too few troops and their equipment is too poor.

Later, many people came to Liaoxi, including the Yijun, Beiyang Army, Wuwei Army, Shaanxi swordsmen, Henan generals, and all kinds of people. No matter who they were, they were all comrades in arms when they came to this desolate land. Wu Peifu fought side by side with a group of strangers, and gradually gained experience in commanding battles and became famous.

Everything seemed to be going well. The Russians were forced to retreat back into the big cities, and it seemed that the idea of "surrounding the cities from the countryside" was about to be a great success. However, intelligence soon came from the General Staff that the Russian army was accumulating strength and preparing to launch a big attack on the People's Army.

Wu Peifu saw something was wrong at the time and realized that the Russians were preparing a big move. He had already figured out the three tricks of the Russians: artillery bombardment, intensive infantry charge, and intensive cavalry charge. Apart from these tricks, the Russians had no other options. With the intelligence support from the General Staff and the support of the local people, Wu Peifu, Cao Kun, Li Yunlong and others defeated

The Russian army has been attacked several times.

But what they didn't expect was that after the arrival of a hateful governor, the Russian army's combat effectiveness was greatly improved. Although they still liked to engage in hand-to-hand combat with intensive charges, the Russian army was no longer as stupid as before. Their tactics became much more flexible. When the frontal attack failed, they no longer increased the stakes, but chose to attack from the flank or go around to the back.

More Russian cavalry appeared on the battlefield. The Cossacks were frighteningly savage, and there were even rumors that they would eat human flesh. The Russian army was too large in number, and their cavalry and infantry coordinated and launched charges again and again, like a never-ending wave.

Even though they had received intelligence and made adequate preparations, Wu Peifu, Cao Kun and other generals were still beaten back by the Russian army. The original battle plan for them was to resist for a while, then pretend to be defeated and retreat back to Jinzhou. But after the battle started, it was no longer a pretend defeat, but a real defeat.

The Russians' tactical level has been significantly improved, and their morale is stronger than before. After only three days of fighting, Wu Peifu's troops in the state have shrunk by half. Cao Kun is better than him. Cao Zhongshan looks honest, but he is actually a bit cunning. Seeing that the situation is not right, he retreated to the defense point behind on the first night. Wu Peifu is more honest, and he retreated only when he was exhausted.

Wu Peifu walked into Cao Kun's headquarters, exhausted, and shouted, "Captain Cao, is there anything to eat? The soldiers have not eaten or drunk anything for the whole night!" Night Raid Group: 694⑨, 361③⑤

Cao Kun also answered loudly: "Yes! It has been prepared long ago! Not only the food, but everything else is also ready!"

"Okay, then I'm relieved!"

Wu Peifu is a little humble now, but he is still proud in his bones. He looks down on many people, including the Russian army, who he thinks are just good at fighting stupid battles. Even the Russian army, whose morale and fighting spirit have been strengthened, is just so-so in Wu Peifu's eyes. Although he was chased and beaten by the Russians, the enemy's casualties were much greater. His regiment suffered more than a thousand casualties, while the Russian army suffered at least more than two thousand casualties!

But the Russians were determined to solve the Northeast and even the Chinese problem this time. They launched charge after charge regardless of casualties. Even a guy like Wu Peifu who was too arrogant could not withstand it and could only retreat again and again. If it weren't for the powerful cavalry and even more powerful intelligence, his regiment might have been wiped out during the retreat.

"Damn those old Russians! They just never die!"

Cao Kun said: "The Russians only have these three tricks. Once their strength fades, it will be easy to deal with them."

"This time is different from before, Lao Cao, be careful and don't be careless!"

Cao Kun said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will just block the enemy and then withdraw. The other side of the Changhe River is where the decisive battle will take place."

Jinzhou is the gateway to the Northeast and has always been firmly controlled by the People's Army. Defending Jinzhou cuts off the Russian army's road to North China, but defending Jinzhou does not mean fighting in Jinzhou. Most of the People's Army Liaoxi Corps are engaged in farming and raising pigs and carrying out production activities. The elite troops went deep into Yingkou and Liaoyang, and carried out raids and guerrilla warfare in regiments, battalions, and even companies and platoons.

Even if they decided to lure the enemy deep into their territory and let them come, the battle line would not be under the city of Jinzhou, at least not at the beginning. Now the troops of the Liaoxi Corps did not retreat into the city, but were deployed in Baiyun Mountain, Siding Mountain, Changhe, Linghe, Changshan and other places in the northeast of Jinzhou. Some troops were also deployed in Yixian County and Qinglong Temple in the west, but the main force was still in the northeast, near the sea.

The Russian navy is insignificant compared to the British Empire's fleet, but Lin Yongchang has no navy at all.

[General: Nicholas——Firepower 4, Impact 4, Mobility 3, Siege 1]

Chapter 183: Advance

Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolayevich Romanov Nicholas was tall and sturdy, handsome, smart, enthusiastic and capable. He was not only a skilled administrator, but also a vigorous and efficient battlefield commander, just as he performed on the battlefield of the Caucasus. After arriving in the Far East, Nikolai reorganized the army and improved its combat effectiveness.

He improved the soldiers' living conditions, although not much, but just that little improvement was enough to boost the morale of the Russian army. Nicholas carefully formulated a battle plan, secretly mobilized the army, and launched a thundering attack. Then, the Russian army fell into a quagmire.

It wasn't that the Russian soldiers were unwilling to fight hard, but that the Chinese were too cunning. The Chinese were unwilling to fight head-on with Grand Duke Nicholas's army, but instead always used ambushes to fight, or tried to attack his supply lines. Even in the few head-on battles, the Chinese army would resist for a while and then escape in the dark. After all, this was Chinese territory, and they were much more familiar with the surrounding environment.

The retreating enemy had to be pursued by cavalry, and Grand Duke Nicholas, as a cavalry general, was well aware of this. The Cossack cavalry launched a pursuit in the wilderness, but fell into traps carefully designed by the Chinese several times. The Russian army was like a moth caught in a huge spider web. Relying on their bravery, they broke through many spider threads, but they got deeper and deeper into the trap.

Some people suspect that there is a Chinese spy network in the headquarters.

The Russians were always very rude and direct. They didn't spend much effort to find the spies. They just shot some Chinese and then launched another attack. After eliminating the spies, the situation of the Russian army did not improve at all. They fought with the Chinese troops along the way while advancing towards Jinzhou.

The Russians had already known that the main force of the Chinese was in Jinzhou. As long as they defeated the main force of the enemy, the guerrillas would be wiped out and they could be eliminated with a little more effort. Grand Duke Nicholas ordered the army to ignore the harassment of the Chinese and to launch a fierce attack resolutely and decisively.

Only by attracting the attention of the Chinese at the front, the surprise troops landing from Huludao can more smoothly cut off the enemy's supply. No, it is not enough to just cut off the enemy's supply, but also to surround the enemy.

Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholas, General of Cavalry and the Tsar's uncle, came all the way here from St. Petersburg, not just to solve the Northeast issue, but to completely solve the Chinese issue!

"boom!"

Shells exploded on the positions across the Chang River, and the soil splashed up like water. The Russian artillery roared, and dozens of shells fell one after another, blowing the Chinese positions to pieces. The earth seemed to be boiling, and the soil kept rushing up, and then by the rangers.

The fierce bombing lasted for half an hour before it stopped. When the sound of the artillery stopped, Russian soldiers all over the mountains shouted "Ura" and launched a charge. Changhe River is also called "Xiaohe". This river is not wide or deep. You can rush across it with just a lift of your feet. If there are no Chinese on the other side.

Grand Duke Nicholas used a telescope to observe the enemy positions in the distance. The trenches were blasted with many gaps by shells. This position was a little different from the trenches encountered before. Many places were reinforced with sleepers, and there were several barbed wires in front of the position. There were also many Russian corpses hanging on the wire, which were left in the previous battle.

The battle was not limited to this section. The Russian army also launched attacks in Ergou upstream and Sigou downstream, but they were blocked by the Chinese without exception. The damn Chinese used many tricks, but those tricks were useless in front of the cannons!

The Russian soldiers in gray uniforms had already rushed to the land west of Changhe River. The Chinese poked their heads out of the trenches and fought back. The rapid firing rate of the Lee-Enfield rifles caused great casualties to the Russian army. Many soldiers were hit on the way to the charge and fell on their backs on the black soil of western Liaoning.

But what caused greater damage to the Russian army were the Maxim heavy machine guns that kept spitting out flames. The flames were like burning whips, lashing at the Russian soldiers who were shouting "Ura". The densely charged Russian soldiers fell down in rows and groups, like wheat that had just been harvested.

“Damn Chinese!”

Nearby Archduke Nicholas, someone started cursing, "The Chinese are like rats in the gutter!"

"They're worse than rats!"

Nikolai Nicholas stroked his Prussian mustache and said in a deep voice: "Let the artillery fire another round!"

"But our people......"

"Shoot at the enemy's rear!"

"........", the Russian artillery units are not very reliable. If they shoot at the rear, some of them will surely die on their own heads. However, few people care about such things.

Almost every bullet and shell used by the Russian army had to be transported from faraway Europe. Food could be purchased from the Japanese, but ammunition could not be purchased from the Japanese. The ammunition used by the Japanese was not the same as that used by the Russian army. The long distance weakened the combat effectiveness of the Russian army. If it were not for the transport ships that brought in a lot of bullets and shells, the Russian artillery would have to count the shells to live.

But even so, the Russian army's ammunition supply could not sustain a long-term attack.

The Russian army's offensive never stopped, with repeated bombardments and charges. The positions by the river were blown up beyond recognition, with the ground covered in charred black and dark red. Corpses were scattered across the ground and the river, and the severity of the battle even exceeded that of the Russo-Turkish War.

But in the end, the Russians succeeded in overtaking the Chinese positions and repelling the enemy. Nikolai Romanov Nicholas put down his binoculars without a trace of pride on his face. In order to seize such a small piece of land, the Russians fired more than 3,000 shells and suffered more than 2,000 casualties. On the road to Jinzhou, the Chinese had more trenches, just like the road from the Liao River.

The Russians used to say "One Russian soldier is worth three Japanese soldiers, five Chinese soldiers", but now they no longer say that, but "One Russian soldier is worth two Chinese soldiers". But in Nicholas Nicholas's opinion, the Chinese army is only slightly worse than the Russian army, and about the same as the Turks.

Five days had passed since the attack was launched. The Russian army had advanced more than 200 miles, but had not destroyed the main force of the Chinese army. Each time, they ended up in a rout. Fortunately, the Russian army had sufficient manpower, so it didn't matter if there were more casualties, as long as they could attract the main force of the Chinese to the front.

The battle was so intense that Grand Duke Nicholas believed that his plan was halfway successful. He wanted to bring all his troops to the front, but the Chinese guerrillas were not able to stop him.

The strike team was elusive and not only operated in Liaodong, but sometimes also went deep into Harbin and Qiqihar to cause sabotage.

Many Jurchen resistance organizations were incorporated by the People's Government, and they set up secret camps in the snowy forests to fight the Russians. Grand Duke Nicholas had no good way to deal with those guerrillas. He could not withdraw a large number of troops to encircle and suppress the small Chinese forces.

The Chinese assistants are in Jinzhou and Chifeng. If the Russian army is deployed in large numbers, it will definitely be the same as before, so we must take Jinzhou as soon as possible to solve the Chinese problem. If the battle drags on, the Far East will become a wound that continues to bleed the Russian Empire.

Fortunately, the Japanese government was very respectful and sold a lot of food to the Russian army. Although it was several times higher than the market price, it still solved the problem of severe shortage of supplies for the Russian army in a short period of time.

Chapter 184 Disaster

Longbei Mountain, Seventh Division Headquarters.

Xu Wuji was issuing combat orders, "Order the artillery to fire at the enemy troops coming ashore! Yes, now! No need to wait until tomorrow, now!"

The Seventh Division is the fourth division-level combat unit of the People's Army. The other Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Divisions are just numbers and empty shells, used to scare people. The People's Army actually has only four full divisions. Xu Wuji was able to take the acting command of the Seventh Division because, on the one hand, he was the first chief of the Quick Training Department and had outstanding military exploits, and on the other hand, he was indeed very talented in military command, not just because he was a student of Marshal Lin.

There were so many people in the Crash Course Department who were Lin Yongchang's students, and no one else could quickly climb to the position of division commander. According to the original plan, they had to wait until the third morning, or at least the second evening, to launch an attack on the Russian troops on the landing site. However, the Russian army did not stay on the landing site stupidly. While building a simple dock, they began to search the surrounding area.

Although the People's Army ambushed the surrounding troops very carefully, they still could not escape the Russian search. At noon on the second day after landing, the two sides exchanged fire at Jiashan. The Russians sent light infantry ashore, and they did not pull up many cannons, so they naturally could not capture the strong position of Jiashan. However, the Russians had already discovered that there were enemies around and began to organize defense on the spot.

Xu Wuji knew that he couldn't wait for the Russian army to react from the chaos, so he gave the order to attack in advance by phone. The chief of staff had no objection and also believed that the attack should be launched in advance, not giving the Russian army time to react. The political commissar usually didn't care about combat command, so naturally he wouldn't disagree, but just asked Xu Wuji to remember to send a radio message to the Eastern Front Command.

"Why send a message? Just call them directly!"

Xu Wuji shook the phone, "I'm Xu Wuji, the acting commander of the Seventh Division. Connect me to the Eastern Front Base Camp!"

After waiting for a long time, the operator connected the call to the group army headquarters in Jinzhou. Lin Yongchang's voice came out of the microphone, a little distorted, "Captain Xu? What's the matter?"

"We have started the attack, Principal! We have started the attack! Listen, that's the sound of artillery!"

Dense artillery shells fell on the landing site, erupting with roars and flames. The rumbling sound of artillery came, like rolling thunder falling on the ground. There was silence in the microphone for a while, and then it continued, "Okay, I get it. The situation on the battlefield changes rapidly. As the commander of an army, you must be prepared to adapt to changes and make decisions. Don't ask for instructions on everything. You must exercise your subjective initiative!"

"Yes! I understand, Principal!"

"Also, don't call me the principal! Damn it! I'm not the principal anymore!"

"Yes! Principal!"

Xu Wuji hung up the phone, grabbed a steel helmet and put it on his head. The political commissar grabbed him and said, "What do you want to do? In principle, officers above the regimental level are not allowed to participate in the charge. Don't you know that?"

"I'm not going to the front line, but to observe the fighting situation on the front line. I heard that the Russian army has changed its commander. We don't know if there will be any changes yet, so we have to get closer to observe."

Xu Wuji didn't like to charge into the front line. He wasn't a warmonger like Liu Chengxiang and Meng En. He had no choice but to participate in hand-to-hand combat before. Now that he was commanding a division, how could he fight with others with bayonets? Only a fool would do that!

The landing site had become a killing field. Under the bombardment of an entire artillery regiment, the Russians fell into a hell of fire. A full fifty cannons fired openly, causing shocking casualties to the Russian army. The ammunition, food, and Russians piled on the shore were torn to pieces by the explosion.

"boom!"

A shell landed on the transport ship, causing it to lift up suddenly, then fall heavily back into the water, breaking the dock that had been built with great difficulty. The cannon waiting to be unloaded on the ship flew more than ten meters high, fell on the shore, and smashed three Russian soldiers into a pulp.

One of the wheels of the gun carriage fell onto another boat, knocking several soldiers off.

The screams were drowned out by the explosions of shells. The Russian soldiers who had landed on the shore were running around like headless flies. The officers shouted at the soldiers to obey orders, but how could they do it? There were explosions and flames everywhere. The Russian army quickly lost its organization and was basically in a state of being beaten without being able to fight back.