Although the commander of the Russian army, Volkov, has his own calculations, but the commander of the 2nd Brigade, Major General Stritch, also has his own calculations, after receiving the order, Stritch also made a calculation of the course of the war behind, he set off now, when he arrived at Xiyang Mountain, it was basically evening, and it was impossible for the two sides to have a large-scale battle at night, so they could only wait until after dawn tomorrow morning to launch a full-scale war, and at that time their own artillery units would definitely be able to reach the battlefield, if it was only the regiment in front of them, of course it could be defeated。

And if the KPA deliberately lured the enemy, then there was enough time to set up defensive positions overnight, and even if it was attacked by the KPA the next day, it would not be difficult to hold on until the follow-up reinforcements arrived, and Bi Jing only had to hold on until 11 o'clock, that is, 4 or 5 hours. At that time, you can flank the reinforcements and defeat the People's Army.

After calculating the successes and failures, Stritch no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered the whole army to march in the direction of Xiyang Mountain.

After more than an hour of marching, at 5:40 p.m., the Russian army arrived at a place about 3 kilometers west of Xiyang Mountain, chose a good area, and arranged a position. At about 8 o'clock in the evening, the artillery unit arrived, and the Russian positions had been arranged, during which the KPA had not launched an attack on the Russian army, and Stritch was also relieved, it seemed that his worries were a little too much, but it was always better to be cautious.

At 5 o'clock in the morning the next day, most of the logistics personnel of the Russian army had already gotten up to prepare breakfast for the combat troops, but at this moment, only a series of huge roaring sounds were heard, and countless shells continued to fall into the positions of the Russian army and explode. Moreover, the Russian army can feel that the power of the shells that fell this time is far greater than the shells that were in the battle with the People's Army two days ago, and the huge steam wave generated in the explosion range can destroy the tents, buildings, and defense facilities in the Russian position, and the Russian soldiers are even more killed and wounded, and many soldiers are still asleep at this time, and they have lost their lives inexplicably.

Stritch, too, was awakened by the sound of explosions in his tent and immediately realized that he had been attacked by the KPA, which was now shelling his positions with artillery. However, what makes Stur Junqi incomprehensible is how the People's Army transported the artillery, and when it set up its own positions, it also sent scouts to reconnoiter in all directions, and within a radius of 10 kilometers around it, except for the defenders of Xiyang Mountain, no whereabouts of the People's Army were found.

However, as long as you look closely at the direction of the shells, you can soon find that all the shells are coming from one direction, that is, the direction of the Binsui Line railway, so Stritch immediately understands that of course the railway does not fire shells, but the KPA has a weapon called an armored train.

It can be said that the armored train is the most taboo weapon of the People's Army in the Russian army at present, so among the Russian army, there are also many legends of armored trains, but all of them exaggerate the power of armored trains infinitely, what "land battleships", "movable giant cannons", "moving fortresses of freedom", "indestructible dragons of the East" In addition to the fact that people have an instinctive awe of new weapons, there is also the fact that the KPA's armored trains did play a considerable role in previous battles, and secondly, the concept of transplanting shipborne heavy artillery to land is also very appetizing to the Russians. If there is a lot of talk about armored trains, there is a tendency to change color.

Although Stritch is not as ignorant as ordinary soldiers, he does have a deep taboo about armored trains, but Stritch still has this common sense, that is, armored trains must rely on railway operations, although the Binsui line and the Harbin-Dalian line are mutual, but from Shenyang to Harbin, still to Mudanjiang are still under the control of the Russian army, the people's army's armored train is impossible to drive, so he dared to boldly march along the railway, but found that the direction of the shells was the Binsui railway, Sterry immediately thought of the armored train of the People's Army, it seems that the People's Army is likely to land the armored train in Vladivostok by sea, and then along the Trans-Siberian Railway into the Binsui line of the Eastern Railway, to get here. I didn't think that I had calculated everything, but I didn't calculate that the People's Army also had an armored train here, so it was no wonder that this People's Army retreated and retreated all the way to Xiyang Mountain, where it turned out to be the response of the armored train.

In fact, Stritch's speculation about the armored train is basically accurate, but his estimation of the purpose of the KPA to fight and retreat is completely wrong.

After discussion, the division headquarters decided to adopt the tactic of gradually retreating and luring the enemy into depth, and reported to the headquarters for approval, so it ordered the 2nd Regiment to gradually retreat in the direction of Xiyang Mountain, while the 1st Regiment and the 3rd Regiment went up from the left and right flanks respectively, and the three regiments formed a "V" about 5 or 6 kilometers in front of the left and right sides of the 2nd Regiment The font is like a big mouth that has been opened towards the Russian army, because the People's Army moves quickly and pays attention to concealment, the Russian army is also a little careless, only enough to pursue the 2nd regiment, and the result has gradually fallen into the "big mouth" of the People's Army, but it is still confused.

However, after the Russian army stopped, it immediately arranged defensive positions, as if it was going to fight a defensive battle, which was somewhat unexpected by the People's Army, because in this way, although it was still possible to encircle and annihilate the Russian army, the people themselves would definitely bear certain losses, and the time for the total annihilation of the Russian army would also be extended, because the left and right flanks of the People's Army entered the predetermined position at the last moment, and it was impossible to carry artillery, and the firepower could only be supported by mortars.

But before dusk, the reconnaissance plane found in the last reconnaissance that the Russian brigade was found at a distance of about 40 kilometers, and the direction was also Xiyang Mountain, and it is expected that it will be able to rush to the battlefield between 10 and 12 o'clock tomorrow morning, so that it is easy to understand that the Russian army will arrange defensive positions in front of Xiyang Mountain, and if the People's Army cannot end the battle before 10 o'clock in the morning and drag the Russian reinforcements to arrive, it will be very dangerous.

So at 10 o'clock in the evening, Luo Yue decisively ordered to send armored trains to reinforce. Although there was a certain danger for the train to travel at night, the danger could be reduced to a minimum by reducing the speed of the train to 10-12 kilometers per hour, and by sending a cavalry company to accompany the train, holding torches high along the road to illuminate the train.

The armored train unit was stationed at the Suifenhe Railway Station, and the train was always in a state of being full of water and coal, and the boiler was constantly on fire, ready to attack at any time. Therefore, Luo Yue ordered at 10 o'clock that the armored train would depart from Suifenhe Railway Station at 12 o'clock.

After more than three hours on the railway, the armored train finally reached the Xiyangshan section, which is about 10 kilometers away from the positions of the Russian army. The armored train immediately entered the combat state, and the soldiers of the train escort company got off the train to set up defenses, except for the two 280-mm heavy guns, all kinds of other large- and medium-caliber guns also removed their gun jackets, opened the bolts, and prepared shells, after all, the Russian army did not build a solid fortification, after all, to deal with such a Russian army, there was no need to dispatch 280 mm heavy guns, only other 155 mm, 125 mm, 105 mm and other caliber guns on the armored train were completely sufficient. Because the artillery equipped on the armored train is all navy type, the diameter of the multiplier is relatively large, usually between 30-40 times, and the diameter of the army artillery is generally not more than 25 times, and most of them are within 20 times, so the artillery equipped on the armored train has a large range, which is used to shoot at a large angle curve, except for 75 mm guns, the range of artillery of other calibers is more than 10 kilometers, which is more than enough to hit this Russian army.

At the same time, the armored train released a drone to determine the specific orientation, distance, altitude, wind direction and wind speed of the Russian position, calculate and set each firing unit, and then ordered the artillery to adjust the angle and direction of the barrel, and then load the shells into the chamber.

At 5 o'clock in the morning, the armored train unit received the order to open fire, so the guns on the train moved in unison and launched a fierce bombardment of the Russian positions at the fastest rate of fire.

Although there are only 16 artillery pieces that can be used at this time, the number is not much, but the smallest caliber is also 105 mm, and the power is still considerable, not to mention that the Russian army is completely defenseless at night, of course, it is useless to be prepared, because the Russian army does not have strong fortifications to resist the shelling of the People's Army, so in just over 10 minutes, the armored train has fired nearly 1,000 shells at the Russian position, although it has not yet been able to form a covering artillery density, but it has also caused considerable damage to the Russian army.

At this moment, the People's Army, which had entered the left and right flank formations, came out and launched a fierce attack on the Russian positions, and the 2nd Regiment, which attracted the Russian army head-on, also killed its position and launched an attack on the Russian army, firing three arrows in unison to encircle Russia. At this time, the positions of the Russian army were already in chaos, and the left and right people's armed forces were killed from the flanks and rear of the Russian army, so the Russian army could not hold its own position, and as a result, the three-way people's army did not spend much effort, so it successively entered the positions of the Russian army and launched a white-knuckle battle with the Russian army.

At this time, the sky was not yet dawn, but the shelling just now had caused the Russian army's position to be full of fire, dotted with stars, although it could not be said to be as bright as day, but it was completely sufficient as a battlefield lighting, so it also avoided the two armies from fighting in the dark.