"The biggest advantage of the offensive side is to choose the weak places of the opponent to attack. The defense side cannot make all defense lines solid. So except for a few cases, the offensive side will have some advantages. But how to retain these advantages and how to transform advantages into victory depends entirely on the level of the commander." - Cai E

"The Russians reacted very quickly." After the two wings completed the encirclement of the enemy, a new battlefield intelligence was sent to Cai E. In less than 3 hours of the attack, the Chinese Army successfully destroyed about one regiment of the Russian army, and surrounded the remaining two battalions of the Russian army. If nothing unexpected happens, after the large-caliber mortar and heavy mortar are in place, the Russian team hiding in the fortification group will have to die in battle or surrender. After destroying the second line of defense, the Chinese Army can break through the third line of defense in one day, so as to finally complete the division of the opponent. The junction between the First Siberian Army and the Fourth Army will be crushed.

However, the plan will never keep up with the changes. Before the Chinese Army can fully establish a blocking position, the Russian army has hit some of the troops from both wings and is ready to launch a counterattack. In tactical, the Chinese Army's performance is impeccable, but in terms of strategy, the Russians still guessed that the Chinese Army is very likely to choose the junction of the two armies to launch an assault. After all, there are too many people using this method of fighting. So near the junction, the Russians have prepared some of the mobile forces. And behind the third line of defense, there are also unknown 152mm heavy artillery and 75mm rapid-fire artillery troops.

In the current situation, although the Russians were prepared, the Chinese Army's assault speed still exceeded the Russian army's estimate. According to the Russians' plan, the Chinese Army will start attacking the second line of defense the day after the attack was launched. It is not to say how strong the first line of defense is. Instead, the Russians believe that the Chinese Army needs a certain amount of time to build a starting position before launching the assault. But unexpectedly, the Chinese Army's attack spearhead was too sharp and immediately launched an attack after cutting the first line of defense. This caught the Russians off guard.

If the infantry of one regiment and another battalion of the second line of defense is destroyed, the Russian army will lose about 2,000 infantry forces. Although the two armies have 42,000, the proportion of infantry is at most half, and the remaining ones are logistics and artillery. Losing nearly 2,000 infantry means that the army has lost one-tenth of the infantry force, and it also means that once the third line of defense is broken, the Russian army's artillery will be exposed to the front of the Chinese Army! The First and Fourth Army of Siberia will also be divided.

So at this time, both sides have reached a critical point, and heaven and hell are only one step away! If the Chinese Army can consolidate its position and have the strength to continue to break through, then the two Russian troops can be divided in just 2 to 3 days and then launch a larger-scale attack. If the Chinese Army fails the assault, then the best result of waiting for the Chinese Army is to lose troops and lose generals. If the less, the attacking armored brigade and subsequent troops will be surrounded. Therefore, the result of this war will be announced within the next 4 to 5 hours! There must be a result before nightfall!

The Russian army mobilized two regiments from each left and right wings, with a total force of about 6,000. This is not counting the military artillery in the rear of the third line! Although the Chinese Army was uneasy, they were still unclear about the specific forces of the other party. But it is obvious that the Russians did not intend to give the Chinese Army a chance to reorganize. Just as the Chinese Army was preparing to build a position, the Russian Army fired heavy artillery!

The 45kg heavy artillery shell, like a heavy hammer, fell from the air with a breath of destruction. The 8 152mm howitzers of the Russian heavy artillery regiment took the lead in attacking. The well-equipped gunners kept pressing the shells on the fuse, then loaded them into the cannon chamber, and fired the medicine bag. The powerful 152mm heavy artillery shell ignored any bunker protection. When a round of shells went down, all living things within a radius of 50 meters would be torn to pieces, whether you were standing or hiding behind the bunker. The result was the same. Then, 8 other 107mm cannons also joined the ranks of artillery bombardment. A total of 16 large-caliber artillery began to attack the Chinese Army that broke into the position.

At this moment, the sound of the attacking artillery seemed to be a trumpet of the whole horn. The Russian army gathered on both sides of the breakthrough began to launch an attack! However, due to the factors of liaison and coordination, the four Russian regiments were almost fighting on their own. At that time, the Russians could not temporarily decide to concentrate the forces of the four regiments on the vast front line to launch a centripetal assault on a position. To put it nicely, the Russian troops participating in the attack only knew to eliminate the enemy in front of them. As for how to fight, how to fight, it depends on the level of the commander in front of the battle. To put it bluntly, it was to fight wherever they went and rushed towards the direction of the artillery attack!

But even so, the Chinese Army, which was busy building positions and deploying troops, was caught off guard. The troops who stayed on the first line of defense were pretty good, and at least had some time to prepare. Moreover, the Russians were worried about being suppressed by the Chinese artillery, and their artillery positions were arranged relatively backward, so they could not defeat the Chinese Army, which was the first line of defense. As many as sixteen heavy artillery poured out firepower at a rate of 2 to 3 rounds per minute. About 2 tons of shells fell on the Chinese Army's positions every minute. A large number of materials and personnel were destroyed by fierce artillery fire. The two infantry regiments that followed the attack of the Armored Brigade could not deploy their positions in time to defend. Once they were dragged into close combat by twice as many Russian infantry soldiers, the consequences would be very serious.

"Each armored battalion launches counter-charge, repeat, each armored battalion launches counter-charge. No matter how much the price I pay, I must win time for the development of the subsequent troops. Each armored battalion can launch an attack on the targets they have identified." At this critical moment, Cai E decisively delegated the command of the battle to each armored battalion. In this chaotic situation, if the opponent wants to bombard the other party again, it is a dream to use the communication tools from the early 20th world for effective command. Since this is the case, it is better to fight quickly and quickly. The opponent takes the lead and catches the Chinese Army off guard. Then the Chinese Army can also launch a counter-charge while the opponent's attack is in chaos! As for success or failure? It can only depend on the quality and luck of the grassroots officers on both sides!
Chapter completed!