The KPA on the northern front managed to achieve the first victory in the resumption of the war, while the KPA on the southern front was not so lucky.

The vanguard of the People's Army on the southern front is the 1st Regiment of the 1st Division and the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Army, which encountered the 11th Regiment of the 2nd Brigade of the Russian Army in the area of the Black Blind Valley, but unlike the troops on the northern front, when the troops on the southern front discovered the Russian army, the distance between the two sides was less than 10 kilometers, and at about the same time, the Russian army also discovered the People's Army. The Russian army also has scouts, and they are more familiar with the terrain than the People's Army, but they do not have the advanced communication tools of aerial reconnaissance and the People's Army, and of course, in terms of reconnaissance skills, the Russian army will also lose a little, after all, the reconnaissance technology of the People's Army is from the advanced experience of the old time and space, and even if it excludes the technological superiority, it is still much more clever than the Russian army. But this does not mean that the scouts of the Russian army are the presence of soy sauce.

As a result, the first battle between the KPA on the Southern Front and the Russian army was an encounter. The armies of both sides immediately formed formations, set up positions, and engaged in a fierce exchange of fire.

However, although the strength of the two sides is roughly the same, but the firepower is not at the same level, the Russian army is the vanguard, the regiment did not bring heavy weapons, basically rifles, only a few 57 mm rapid-fire guns and Makqin machine guns; although the People's Army is also the vanguard, but the firepower configuration is much stronger, not only equipped with a large number of mortars, but also a large number of general-purpose machine guns, so soon after the battle began, the firepower of the People's Army suppressed the Russian army, with the 27 general-purpose machine guns of the whole regiment as the core, it is a powerful firepower, only equipped with only 4 Maxim machine guns The Russian army can not compete。

Moreover, when the two sides were engaged in a fierce exchange of fire, the mortar unit of the People's Army also figured out the distribution of the Russian army's firepower and distance measurement, so they set up mortars and bombarded the Russian army.

The previous firepower was inferior to the People's Army, and the Russian army could barely support it, but after the mortars joined the battle, the Russian army could not bear it, after all, the power of the shells was not comparable to ordinary bullets, and the Russian army suffered heavy casualties.

The battle lasted for nearly 1 hour, and the Russian army was completely suppressed by the People's Army, so the People's Army took advantage of the situation to launch a charge against the Russian army, and it also attacked the position of the Russian army very smoothly, but at this time, although the position of the Russian army was broken through by the People's Army, the whole army did not collapse, and calmly put on the bayonet, in a "Ula" shout, to meet the charge of the People's Army, so the two armies launched a fierce white-knuckle battle.

The fierce collision of bayonets and bayonets, every moment there are fighters falling, the teams of both sides have been staggered together, can not distinguish between the enemy and me, can only keep repeating the assassination action, kill the enemy in front of you, otherwise the fall is yourself, and at this time the strategy and tactics are no longer reused, the competition is the fighting will and courage of the soldiers on both sides. In such a fierce battle, the People's Army gradually overwhelmed the Russian army and began to gain an advantage, after all, the People's Army was higher than the Russian army in terms of morale and fighting spirit.

But at this moment, the brigade headquarters of the 2nd Brigade of the Russian Army and another 12th Regiment rushed to the battlefield. It turned out that the commander of the 2nd Brigade of the Russian Army, Major General Stritch, came to the Far East after the Battle of Mukden between Japan and Russia, and also had the ambition to make contributions here, so after receiving the order to go out, he wanted to find the People's Army to fight a battle and establish meritorious service for himself.

It can be said that the Russian army's reinforcements arrived in a very timely manner, and the 11th regiment was about to collapse completely, but after the follow-up Russian army joined the battle, the situation of the war was suddenly changed. After all, this is an encounter, and the strength of the two sides is roughly the same, the 11th regiment of the People's Army that was able to defeat the Russian army has almost exhausted its strength, and now the strength of the Russian army has doubled, and it is a new force, and the first brigade is equipped with an artillery battalion, with 18 77mm field guns, although the number is still far less than the mortar of the People's Army, but the power is much greater than the mortar, which naturally brings great pressure to the People's Army, and the Russian army, which was originally defeated, has also greatly increased morale,

Not only did they stabilize their position, but they also launched a counterattack against the KPA, as a result of which the KPA gradually fell into disadvantage.

Seeing this, the regiment commander Dong Haitao had no choice but to order the troops to retreat and get out of the battle. It is planned to retreat to the area around Dadao Mountain and then rearrange the position to block the Russian army.

The retreat of the People's Army was also quite orderly, first of all, the third battalion withdrew from the battle with fire support troops, and arranged positions in the rear, and then other troops gradually withdrew from the battlefield, while the previously withdrawn troops provided cover for the troops who withdrew later, so that the whole army successfully got rid of the Russian army, and almost did not give the Russian army any chance.

However, although the People's Army got rid of the Russian army, the Russian army refused to let go of the People's Army, because the brigade commander of the Russian army, Stritch, saw very clearly that the strength of the People's Army was only about half of his own, and it was a good opportunity for him to make meritorious contributions, so he commanded his troops and pursued the People's Army closely.

And the People's Army also arranges a small number of troops from time to time, and even the mortar unit is broken, giving the Russian army a head-on attack, anyway, the installation and arrangement of the mortar are very convenient, and they will be withdrawn immediately after the fight, and they will not stop for a few minutes, and although the power of the Russian army's 77 mm field gun is great, it is not so easy to arrange it from the marching state to the combat state, it takes almost 1 hour, so the Russian army does not dare to press too hard.

After chasing for about 3 or 4 hours, the KPA withdrew to Dadaoshan and also pulled a little distance from the Russian army, so the KPA immediately set up positions on the spot to block the Russian army.

After the Russian army arrived, it immediately launched an attack on the position of the People's Army, but in the process of pursuit, the Russian artillery fell behind the Russian brigade due to its slow speed, so the attacking Russian army did not have heavy weapons to provide fire support, although the number was twice that of the People's Army, but it was difficult to break through the position of the People's Army. Seeing this, Stritch also ordered to stop the attack and wait for the artillery unit to arrive. However, by the time the Russian artillery arrived, it was already dark, and the artillery could not observe and range, and Stritch could only decide to wait until after dawn tomorrow to attack. Fortunately, now the Russian army has bitten the People's Army again, and it is not afraid that the People's Army will run away.

At dawn the next day, Stritch received a report from the scouts that the KPA had withdrawn from its positions and had retreated to the east.

Stritch listened and hurriedly ordered the Russian army to assemble immediately and pursue it in a whole group. At this time, most of the Russian soldiers were still asleep, and after being forcibly woken up, they naturally held their breath, although they did not dare to disobey the military order, but they also complained along the way.

Around 10 a.m., the KPA had retreated to the cockscomb and rearranged its positions again to block the Russian army. And when the Russian army exhausted all its strength and pulled the artillery to the battlefield, before a single shot could be fired, the People's Army had already abandoned its position and still retreated back for a long time.

At this time, Stritch finally saw a little way, the KPA seemed to be deliberately trying to tease him into pursuit, and now he had chased more than 30 kilometers, and he had opened up a considerable distance from his rear team, if the KPA attacked from his flank at this time, his brigade would probably have to be handed over here.

However, this time the People's Army did not retreat too much distance, and rearranged its position in Xiyang Mountain, which was less than 10 kilometers away from the cockscomb, and Xiyang Mountain was less than 30 kilometers away from the Suifen River.

For Stritch, who is bent on making a contribution, this is naturally a huge temptation, but after all, Stritch is a reasonable person, and although he has made meritorious contributions, he can only save his own life, so Stritch ordered the troops to stand still in the cockscomb and send people to ride fast horses to report to the large army.

The Russian army does not have such advanced communication equipment as the People's Army, although wireless telegraphy has been used in the troops, but the radio equipment can not be miniaturized, so it can only be limited to city-to-city use, and the troops who go out to fight will generally use the temporary erection of telegraph lines to communicate, but Stredge's march is too fast, and the engineering troops cannot keep up at all, and now they can only use the most primitive manpower transmission method, fortunately, the Russian army also retains the manpower transmission method, and a transmission point will be set up every 20 kilometers, leaving a squad of soldiers and 3-4 horses for the messenger to replace the horses。

At this time, the distance between Stridge's troops and the large Russian army was less than 40 kilometers, and after a change of horses in the middle, it only took more than an hour for the messengers to transmit the report back to the headquarters behind.

At about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Stritch received an order from the rear headquarters, ordering him to march to Xiyangshan at once, and if the People's Army had no reinforcements, he would launch an attack on the People's Army in Xiyangshan, whether it was to annihilate the People's Army or to break through the Xiyangshan defense line, it would be a great achievement; if reinforcements from the People's Armed Forces arrived, they would be stationed on the spot, and the large force would ensure that reinforcements would arrive at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning, and that the People's Army could be defeated in one fell swoop by attacking from inside and outside at that time.

I hope that by this time the commander-in-chief of the Russian army, Lieutenant General Volkov, had received the news of the exchange of fire on the northern front, and a regiment of the Russian army was ambushed by the KPA and was disabled. The unfavorable result of the first battle also made Volkov very annoyed, and he was afraid that the Russian army on the northern front would be ambushed by the People's Army again, so he ordered the troops on the northern front to be stationed on the spot and not to advance any further.

At this moment, there was good news from the southern front, the 2nd Brigade continued to break through the defense line of the People's Army, pushing the front forward for more than 30 kilometers, as long as it broke through the position of Xiyang Mountain, it could approach the Suifen River. Although Volkov also thinks that the People's Army has the possibility of luring the enemy, another thousand thoughts also appear in his mind, that is, the main force of the People's Army is concentrated on the northern front, so it hit an ambush by the Russian army, and the southern front is only to contain and delay the speed of the Russian army, and then retreat and retreat, if this is the case, it will be a good opportunity for the Russian army, so Volkov ordered the 2nd Brigade to attack immediately, and ordered the troops on the southern front to follow up and support immediately.

Volkov's wishful thinking was: If this attack can break through Xiyang Mountain, it will prove that the southern front of the People's Army is empty, then the Russian army will continue to attack from the southern front and go straight to the Suifen River; and if there are reinforcements in Xiyang Mountain, and even the 2nd Brigade will be surrounded and annihilated, it will prove that the People's Army is deliberately luring the enemy and gathering heavy troops on the southern front, then the rest of the Russian troops on the southern front will be responsible for containing the main force of the People's Army, attacking from the northern front and attacking the Suifen River.