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"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The rumbling sound of artillery came, and hundreds of artillery pieces began to violently bombard the Imperial Army's defense line. One by one, the shells flew towards the Imperial Army's positions.

"Arson! Dodge quickly!" The officers on the front line shouted loudly.

Amid the screams of shells cutting through the air, the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Army drilled into the anti-aircraft holes that had been dug, or lay at the bottom of a half-man-deep trenches. It was not easy to build fortifications on the frozen soil of East and West Siberia. Fortunately, it is late June, and these frozen soils are no longer as hard as iron. However, even so, the anti-aircraft holes and trenches reinforced with wood are filled with water. It is very difficult for the soldiers to fight in such trenches. Of course, although the conditions are a little more difficult, it is better than being killed by Russian shells.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The shells exploded on the Imperial Army's positions, and a wave of sand and stones flew. Trenches were constantly blown down, and some firepower points built were also blown into the sky during the Russian bombardment. The barbed wire fence in front of the position was also tilted.

"Very good, the young men did a beautiful job. With such a fierce shelling, the Chinese must have suffered a lot of losses. Can they still withstand our shelling under such fierce shelling?" He is a person who advocates offense and believes that the best defense is offense. Therefore, he has never been very considerate of the defensive battles adopted by the Imperial Army.

"Marson, I believe that the Chinese have been frightened by our fierce shelling. Their positions must be full of corpses. This battle is simply too easy for us. I can't say that this is a battle. Our soldiers can break through the Chinese defense line just like an outing." Lieutenant General Bruce, commander of the 7th Infantry Army of the Russian Army, said proudly.

"Haha!". The other Russian generals also looked like they were sure to win.

In fact, although the Russian artillery shells were fierce, they did not cause much casualties to the Imperial Army. The strong anti-artery holes effectively resisted the Russian artillery bombardment. The gunpowder loaded in the Russian artillery shells was just black gunpowder. How could this kind of artillery shell be so powerful? Unless the shells fell directly into the trenches, they would not be able to harm the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Army at all.

After five minutes of the Russian artillery, the Imperial Army's artillery group launched a counterattack. Eight 105mm light howitzer battalions began to fire violently at the Russian artillery positions. The Russian artillery's maximum range was only five kilometers. In order to improve the accuracy of the artillery, they set the artillery position about four kilometers away from the front line. This was also completely within the range of the Imperial Army's artillery on the east bank of the Kitoi River. According to the pre-calibrated shooting, the Imperial Artillery could easily shoot the cannons to the Russian artillery positions.

"Fire!" With the order of the artillery commander, eight battalions, a total of more than 300 105mm light howitzers roared.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Balls of red flames flashed at the muzzle, and artillery shells roared into the sky and flew towards the Russian positions. The Imperial Army's cannons used new types of launching medicine, and the range of the cannons was far above the Russian army. The ** filled in the shells were also new types of gunpowder. Compared with the shells, the power was even more different.

"Swish! Swish!" A sharp voice came from the sky. A Russian artilleryman carrying artillery shells raised his head and looked at the sky in surprise. In between, small black dots were flying towards the Russian artillery positions. These small black dots, from far to near, from small to large, quickly turned into sharp shells.

"Damn it! Bombing! The Chinese shells are coming." There is a panic on the Russian artillery position.

"Boom!" A shell landed accurately on the Russian artillery position, blew up the nearby Russian artillery into the air.

Then more and more artillery shells fell on the Russian artillery positions, and the entire artillery position was completely shrouded in it by gunpowder. The Russian artillery soldiers fled everywhere like headless flies and were constantly torn to pieces by the violent artillery of the imperial artillery. The shells were blown upside down, and even the artillery barrels were twisted into twists.

The Russian artillery bombardment came to an abrupt end at this moment. Their artillery bombardment on the Imperial Army positions was severely curbed.

"Haha! Dogma, you guys, have you tasted our power now!" The imperial officers and soldiers who avoided artillery on the Imperial Army's position, watched the Russian artillery position sink into a sea of ​​fire, and cheered.

"What the hell is going on? Order the artillery to counterattack the Chinese artillery!", quickly disappeared. Unexpectedly, the Russian artillery was stopped in such a short time, which made him feel as if he was slapped hard. He only felt that his majesty was provoked and a little embarrassed.

Lieutenant General Bruce, commander of the 7th Infantry Army of the Russian Army, also had a pale face. He had promised before that his troops could easily break through the defensive positions of the Imperial Army. But now it seems that the firepower of the Chinese army is indeed very strong. If it were attacking, his troops might not have been so easy to win. This made him a little regretful. If he had known it, he would not have said such big talk.

The other military generals looked not very good-looking. They seemed to realize that this battle would probably not be as easy as expected!

"His Marshal, the artillery commander replied that the Chinese artillery positions are outside our range and we cannot counterattack them."

"What? The Chinese artillery positions are beyond our range? How is this possible?" As a veteran, he certainly knew what this meant. This undoubtedly shows that the range of Chinese artillery is far above Russian artillery.

"His Marshal, the artillery commander requested to withdraw from the battle. If this continues, our cannons will be lost." The staff officer continued.

"No! Let the artillery continue to persevere. Since it cannot shell the enemy's artillery positions, pour all the shells onto the Chinese defensive positions until all the shells are burned!" Anyway, after the Russian army loses logistics supplies, the shells will not be supplied. It is better to smash them all onto the defensive positions of the Chinese army. In this way, it will be considered as the use of the goods.

"Yes, Your Excellency Marshal!" The staff officer nodded. That was to let the artillery sacrifice in order to create opportunities for the infantry to break through the defense line of the Chinese army.

"You have also seen the situation of the artillery, General Blius. I will order them to create opportunities for you as much as possible. Twenty minutes later, the attack begins, you go down and make some preparations!"

"Yes, Lord Marshal!" Lieutenant General Bulius knew that it was time to fight to the death.

Twenty minutes later, the Russian army's attack began. Four Russian troops launched an attack on the defensive positions of the Imperial Army from four directions. However, the 9th Army, the 15th Army and the 18th Army all sent only one infantry division to participate in the attack. Only the 7th Infantry Army of the Russian army invested three infantry divisions at one time, with more than 30,000 people focusing on attacking a three-kilometer-long defense line. The Russian army rushed towards the defensive positions of the Imperial Army in a sparse formation, and a large area was black, like a group of ants.

In view of the strong firepower of the Imperial Army, the Russian army has also summarized a set of tactics, which is to launch attacks in a sparse formation as much as possible. In this way, casualties can be effectively reduced. But at the same time, because there is no special attack formation training, this makes the Russian army's attack seem a bit chaotic.

"Quick! Quick! The Russians are coming up and ready to fight!" The officers on the front line ordered. Although the Russian artillery's shells became smaller and smaller due to the suppression of the imperial artillery, shells would fall on the position from time to time. But this situation was no longer enough. If you continue to hide in the anti-aircraft artillery hole, casualties can be reduced, but the position may also be breached by the Russian army. In that case, the Imperial Army will pay a greater price.

The soldiers came out of the anti-aircraft artillery hole and entered the position facing the Russian artillery fire, preparing to block the Russian attack.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The 40 75mm field artillery battalions deployed on the east bank of the Kitoi River also began to bombard fiercely due to the Russian army's large-scale attack. The dense shells flew towards the Russian army's formation, and the bombing of the Russian soldiers turned over.

"God! Why did the Chinese artillery fire become so fierce?" As soon as the Chinese Army's 75mm field guns opened fire, they immediately showed more powerful firepower.

"Damn it, those Chinese people actually hide their strength. It's so despicable!"

"Ula! Ula!" At the request of the officers, the Russian soldiers shouted slogans and rushed to the Imperial Army positions. People were constantly killed by falling shells. The Russian soldiers could only hold their heads and charge quickly, and at the same time prayed to God in their hearts that the shells should not fall on their heads. The bloody battle in the Kitoi River officially began. (To be continued)
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