The sun was sinking little by little, darkness covered the earth, countless bonfires and torches lit up on the north and south banks of the river, the temperature dropped below zero, and the cold wind of the beginning of spring was blowing wet and the cracks of people's bones hurt, and it was estimated that after this battle, the soldiers of typhoid fever would break out collectively. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

But the soldiers who could feel the cold the most were not the volunteers in these trenches, but the observation baskets under the two huge Doraemon hot air balloons more than forty meters above their heads, and the six observation posts were almost frozen into ice.

There was a coal-burning blast stove behind them, but no one had any intention of making a fire, it was their mission time, and the beginning of the night was their busiest time.

"Northwest ...... Northwest A 1 Regional ...... Twenty-five fires, and the density of soldiers was medium...... Ahh

"Cold ...... It's so cold!...... Eighteen fires in Area A 3...... Low density of soldiers......"

"Ancestor, what kind of weather is this, can't the three layers of fur cover stop the cold wind......? Look, there is a large group of cavalry moving towards the second area in area B3......"

The Air Force, which is the most enviable branch of the Chinese army, is not only because of their high salary, but also because these people can fly in the sky without having to participate in the dirtiest and most tiring work.

The Air Force can wear furs, eat high-calorie food at will, and drink a variety of spirits at any time...... The privileges can be said to be innumerable, but there is no one who is a soldier who is not envied.

However, the Air Force also has a disadvantage, that is, the threshold is too high, trigonometry and calculus must be dabbled in mathematics, the drawing score must be above first-class, and the simple formula must reach the level of oral arithmetic without error.

In addition to Chinese, they must also be proficient in English, elective French and German, which is even more difficult, and since the hot air balloon is in the air, there is a high risk of danger, and these soldiers have to master the proximity skydive itself.

Many young men from the countryside can read and write 3,000 in the barracks, which is enough to make their parents in their hometown boast for a lifetime, and even the villagers can shout a word of talent soldiers.

At this level, if you want to understand advanced mathematics and add a few foreign languages, it will really kill you.

The Air Force is not good, there are many things to learn, and the physical fitness needs to be better, but these are not the most difficult, for these soldiers, the cold is their worst enemy.

War will not always pick up the wind and sunshine in the spring, and the sun is shining in the summer, and it is common for soldiers to fight in autumn and winter, and the altitude of more than thirty or forty meters in this weather is completely an ice cellar, if you can insist on standing guard for two or three hours here, you will definitely have an old cold leg when you are old.

It was so cold that there were three observation posts in each hot air balloon gondola, their eyebrows and beards covered in frost, and their lambskin gloves rattled like a bear.

"Hold on, hold on a little longer...... It's time for us to show our might, these bastards still want to fight and sneak attack at night? There is no chance, and it will depend on our counterattack later......"

The frozen and shivering soldiers drooped under the gondola strings of east-light signals, among which there were also colored glasses that enriched the variety of lantern languages.

Soon the ground forces had already learned of all the troop deployments on the other side, and one of these data was collected in the staff headquarters around Xiao Letian, and the other was directly handed over to the artillery positions hidden in the city of Habarop.

The data was enriched little by little, and the corners of Long Ye's mouth brought a smile, on the military map in front of him, the huge longitude and latitude lines divided the enemy's garrison into small grids.

"A one, medium density...... A2, low-density ...... A third, suspected of having an officer camp...... Hahaha, this is really a pair of divine eyes in the night! After the war, these air forces should be credited with first-class merit!"

A, B, C, D, ...... Pentoheptoxine ...... Nondecan...... The Stems Cross divides the map into ten regions, and each Stems is subdivided into nine squares, i.e., from Jiayi to Jiajiu.

The purpose of this subdivision was to direct the artillery to carry out blind fire, and the artillery had already marked the battlefield in advance before the enemy's future, and revised the firing elements with scattered firepower.

Everything has already been prepared, and when the time comes, it will be necessary to wait for the commander's strategic bombing order, and then the artillery will not need to observe the terrain at all, but will just bomb one by one according to the map coordinates.

And the hot air balloon in the sky serves as an observation post, and it can also report the movement of the enemy's main force at any time, so that the shell is equivalent to opening a pair of eyes.

The night was getting darker and darker, the pocket watch on the command table was ticking and ticking, and the busy staff officers had already marked 80 percent of the area of the local position, and at the same time the artillery position had been given firing order.

"Prime Minister! Prime Minister...... Wake up, it's eight o'clock in ten minutes! Are you going to do it according to the original plan?" a staff officer whispered in Xiao Letian's ear.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Letian, who was nestled in a bearskin coat and closed his eyes, didn't even open his eyes, he just shook his head and said softly, "Since you are all ready, why do you use me?" Let General Xiang give the order...... Do you expect me to carry the shells for you?"

"Don't bother me...... Unless it's news of victory!" After speaking, Xiao Letian arched his body, shrunk himself on the circle chair, put his feet on another bench, and fell asleep beautifully.

Long Ye glanced at the prime minister gratefully, he knew that this was the last large-scale battle in the Far East, and this time the command was given to him, which was to add bargaining chips for his own rule in the Far East in the future.

"According to the original plan, the shelling will begin at eight o'clock! After forty-five minutes of fire coverage, the reserve will cross the river and launch a counterattack! Okay, so be it, everything is ready, and there will be no more changes!"

"Let's reap the victory!"

At eight o'clock in the evening, just half an hour before the schedule of the night attack drawn up by Fadeyev, the Volunteers took the lead in launching a counteroffensive.

Whoosh ...... Three attacking fireworks exploded in the sky, followed by a hundred and twenty cannons hidden in the small town on the south bank.

Boom Boom Boom ...... The light of the explosion flickered behind the wall, and the sky was full of the trajectory of artillery shells.

These cannons were unloaded from the naval warship by Xiao Letian and used countless climbing plows to reach the battlefield along the ice of the Amur River. Thanks to the naval transport this time, and the ability to borrow frozen river channels, it would take at least a month for these guns to be pushed up if they were to be taken by land.

As soon as the cannon went off, Fadeev exploded, and he jumped up three feet high: "Oh God! These Chinese have artillery? They hide it until now? Despicable, shameless ......"