On June 11, 1876, the Turkish army assembled heavy troops and began to prepare to attack the St. Nicholas position known as the "Eagle's Nest".
This position with distinct Orthodox significance was planned and designed by Li Bin. He carefully planned the defense facilities here and brought many fortification systems unique to the Ming Dynasty army here.
The troops guarding this place are only one company of the Russian army and one battalion of the Bao army, less than 1,000 people.
And Li Bin is their commander.
The reason why a foreigner is allowed to command this army is very simple. In the past few days, a large number of officers have died in battle. Although Li Bin is a foreigner, Walensky still puts him in this most important position.
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"Whoosh...boom..."
The violent explosions that started in the early morning broke the silence of the mountain. In the violent explosion, a few trees on the mountain were blown away by the shells. Sawdust and gravel flew everywhere, and they were knocked down from the air.
After the first round of shelling, more artillery shells flew over. The strong screams of the flying shells were overwhelming, followed by deafening loud noises, and the fierce shelling continued to make explosions of boom, boom, boom.
The Bulgarian soldiers in the trench fortifications of the "Eagle's Nest" heard the whizzing sound coming from far away and hurriedly pressed their bodies against the trench, burying their heads in it. Rows of artillery shells were flying in the air.
There was an explosion, the earth was shaking, the sky was filled with dust, and the air was filled with the choking smell of gunpowder smoke.
But even so, the bombardment still did not stop.
The howl of artillery shells and the sound of explosions are completely different. The sharp one is the high-speed shells fired by field guns, while the low one is the sound of mortars. For those fighting in the trenches, vertically falling mortar shells are the most important sound.
The most deadly thing. Occasionally, a heavy mortar shell falls into the trench, and the shell weighing dozens of kilograms will immediately cause a bloody storm in the trench.
In the deafening explosion, the soldiers will be blown upwards, and a large section of the breastwork built with rubble will collapse.
"God bless, all the glory belongs to you, all the glory belongs to you..."
The Bulgarian soldiers and Russian soldiers in the trenches were praying and shouting. If anyone was timid, the moment they exposed their heads, the flying gravel in the air would crush their heads and take away their lives.
In the explosion, the stone was blown to pieces, and the gravel and shrapnel flew through the air together like raindrops. They collided with each other and shattered. The gravel that was bounced away would even make a fatal roar and fly directly.
Flying towards the trenches, tearing apart the bodies of the soldiers hiding in the trenches,
In this violent storm caused by artillery shells, the trenches were filled with blood and rain, but the soldiers still persisted tenaciously.
In fact, in this position shrouded by the storm, only a few people were monitoring the Turkish army. The others were waiting in the bunkers on the reverse slope, waiting for the Turkish attack.
Suddenly, there were bursts of piercing whistles amidst the deafening explosions.
"The Turks are coming!"
Li Bin suddenly stood up, looked at several Russian and Bulgarian officers around him, and said.
"Get into position!"
"For God!"
The soldiers in the bunker shouted, and then they ran in the trenches under artillery fire without hesitation, and ran to their posts.
"Okay, okay..."
Halfway down the mountainside, thousands of Turks were like a tide. They shouted slogans and commanded the Type 71 rifles purchased from the Ming Dynasty. "Any arms dealer who does not sell weapons to the enemy is not a good arms dealer."
The arms dealers of the Ming Dynasty were definitely good arms dealers. They successfully sold the arms of the Ming Dynasty all over the world.
The Russians used an improved Russian version of the Type 71 rifle, while the Turks used the original Ming Dynasty rifle. The blued gun body glowed beautifully in the sun.
When the Turks rushed toward the mountain, the defenders opened fire. They held Type 72 rifles, aimed and fired. Amidst the hail of bullets, the Turks fired back while continuing to attack.
Just when the Turks were coming up like a tide, and when they were still more than three to four hundred meters away from the defense line, Li Bin, whose face was filled with smoke, shouted.
"Grenade, grenade, grenade..."
With his roar, hundreds of grenades fell from the sky like raindrops. In fact, the grenades couldn't be thrown that far on the flat ground, but they were on the mountain, and the "Eagle's Nest" was because the place they guarded was even capable of being thrown by eagles.
Fly up.
After being thrown from the sky, the grenade flew forward in a parabola for tens of meters before falling. But from the distance on the mountain road, it was hundreds of meters away. The moment the grenade fell, there were continuous explosions.
In the middle, the Turks who came like a tide were blown into the sky.
When the smoke cleared, the mountain road was littered with corpses, one here and one here and there, but despite this, the Turks still did not stop entering.
"calm down……"
Once again, they launched an attack. At the same time, the shelling from the rear became more intense. The mountain was trembling and shaking, and it even threatened to level the entire mountain to the ground...
"Yin Wan, Yin Wan, pay attention to the left wing and prevent the enemy from outflanking there. Nicholas, you guard the right wing. I will personally guard the front..."
Orders were issued one by one from Li Bin. Although he was wearing a green military uniform unique to the Ming Dynasty Army, he was covered in dust and looked no different from an ordinary soldier.
During the fierce battle, as a commander, he never entered the bunker at all. Instead, he shuttled and fought in the trenches like an ordinary soldier. He held a rifle in his hand. Sometimes he seemed like an ordinary soldier.
The infantry fights the same, shoots the same, and drops bombs the same.
"Brothers in law, if we are destined to die today, then let the world witness our courage! Our bravery!"
Facing the Turks coming like a tide, Li Bin shouted loudly to the soldiers in Russian. Because the hillside was not flat, the attacking Turks repeatedly used valleys and ravines to get closer to the position. Finally, a group of hundreds of people
The Turks rushed to their position. Facing the Turks in front of them, Li Bin shouted and was the first to jump out of the trench. At this moment, everyone was stunned and saw him stabbing with his bayonet.
Turk's chest.
When the Bulgarian soldiers in the trench saw this, they shouted one after another.
"For God!"
Then he jumped out of the trench without hesitation and killed the enemy with his bayonet...
This chapter has been completed!