Despite the night's sleep, Tatsuten and Matthew called a meeting of the legion immediately after returning in the morning.

The previous rainy night had both good and bad news for them, the good hours were that they captured several senior staff officers of the Russian Guards in the night raid, and also destroyed two ammunition depots and a supply warehouse in the city of Kimon, which was a huge blow to the Russian troops in Kimon who were transported by wagons through the woods, and they were simply unable to launch a large-scale attack on the Germans in Bialystok in two or three days; The bad news was that the Masurian Lake area was flooded and could not be passed through for a week, General Mackensen and the Second Army who remained in East Prussia had to choose a detour to come to their posts, and 50,000 infantry and 60 tanks would not be able to attack Kimon until a week later, which meant that Chen Tian and his East Prussian corps would have to stay here for at least a week unless they broke out on their own, or the Austro-Hungarian army quickly defeated the Russian Army Group Southwest.

"Must break through!" General François patted the table and said he thought it would be disastrous for the 150,000 German soldiers and 80,000 Russian prisoners to survive the week without supplies. "At least until tomorrow, we must launch an offensive and try to recapture Kimon while the ammunition supply of the Russian army in Kimon has not yet come up!"

"If all the armored vehicles, motorcycles and trucks set off together, they could travel about 30 miles!" Father Hockman did a little math, and then gave this answer, and everyone was very disappointed, Bialystok was exactly 30 miles from Kimon, which meant that the vehicles could not continue as soon as they reached Kimon.

"Gentlemen, even if we break through to Kimon, we will not be able to move forward with these vehicles anymore, when we are only left with infantry. I'm afraid the Russian cavalry will not allow us to comfortably withdraw to East Prussia! Chentian's tone looked very helpless, if the situation continued to deteriorate. I'm afraid that Moltke Jr. stupid guy will really draw troops back from the Western Front, and then the situation on the Western Front is likely to be in a situation where there is no way to advance or retreat.

General François sat back in his seat in a huff, and the others were silent. Everyone was quietly waiting, waiting for the Russian staff officer who had been captured last night to confess as soon as possible.

Soon after, Rainey, the captain of Chentian's personal guard, walked in. Hand him a few pieces of paper.

"Your Royal Highness, those Russian staff officers have confessed what they know!"

Chentian's eyes lit up, not to mention whether Aglini could rush back in time to redeploy. However, the equipment of their subordinates will not change. After a quick and careful look at it. He showed a few pieces of paper to the crowd, and they learned more about the Russian Guard.

Troops: The 2nd Cavalry Corps, the 4th Infantry Corps, and the 5th Infantry Corps of the Russian Royal Guard, with a full strength of about 180,000, including 120,000 infantry and 60,000 cavalry.

Equipment: more than 400 heavy machine guns, more than 600 field guns, 50 heavy howitzers, 9 reconnaissance aircraft.

Point of assembly and logistical supply: Volkovysk, Belarusian region.

Currently deployed: 2nd Cavalry Corps, 4th Infantry Corps in Kimon, three divisions of the 5th Infantry Corps east of Bialystok. The remaining division is responsible for the logistical transport line from Volkovysk to Kimon, which is garrisoned by four Belarusian garrison regiments.

After reading it, Olg said with relief:

It turns out that the Russians only have so little, I thought we were defended by hundreds of thousands of Russian troops!"

"Yes! It turned out that we had only three Russian divisions to the east. We always thought that there were countless reinforcements behind them who could come by railroad at any time! Now we can easily wipe them out! François looked eager to take the plunge.

"Colonel Horphyman, immediately verify this information, the 2nd and 3rd armies are preparing to attack the Russian army to the west, the Panzer Corps is responsible for the defense of the Kimon direction and guarding the prisoners, and the 4th Army is in reserve!"

On the German positions east of Bialystok, countless pointed steel helmets waited quietly in the trenches, and the artillery units were nervously adjusting, with the few boxes of shells behind the cannons.

Chen Tian and Olg were in the front line headquarters observing the Russian positions opposite, where it was calm, and according to the time, Agrini had just rushed back to Kimon at most.

Shortly after the shelling began, Chen Tian asked:

"General, did our soldiers rest well last night?"

"Report to His Royal Highness the Prince, they are resting very well and are very energetic now!" François replied with his chest straightened.

The phone in the headquarters rang suddenly, Chen Tianyi grabbed the phone, and the voice that he had been waiting for a long time came:

"Your Royal Highness, the information has been verified, and the confession of the Russian staff officer is basically the same as what we found yesterday's reconnaissance. However, there is one point, the original 3 Belarusian cavalry divisions have not appeared, and we are continuing to interrogate them, but they are currently saying that they do not know the trend of that unit! ”

"Got it, we're still on plan!" Chen Tian put down the phone, and although the mud after the heavy rain prevented his reconnaissance plane from taking off, he still guessed the location of the Belarusian cavalry.

"Attack!"

Despite the risks, Chentian hoped to seize this opportunity to defeat the Russian divisions east of Bialystok.

Regimental smoke rose from the rear artillery positions, and the German artillerymen did not hesitate to stuff shells into the barrels, and the muddy Russian positions soon became potholes, and the battle without armored units would be no different from the battlefield on the Western Front.

In the trenches, two German soldiers, who were waiting for the order to charge, were discussing in whispers.

The younger one asked a little smugly, "Paulus, how many Russians did you kill yesterday?" I picked two with a bayonet yesterday and captured one! ”

"Yes, Polk! You kid usually fights so badly with bayonets in training, and he actually killed two Russians! That's good! But be careful today, our commander said that the opposite side is the Russian Guards, and they are all selected from the various units of the Russian army! The corporal was Bowers, who had been discharged from the army before the war began, and who had returned to the army on the first day of the war. In the previous East Prussian campaign, these infantrymen who were holding on to their grievances had little chance of making meritorious contributions. However, yesterday's battle made everyone feel better, in fact, he also picked a Russian soldier yesterday in a limited time, and he was still a lieutenant.

"Those Russians seem to be very vulnerable, and yesterday it felt like they were completely powerless!" Poole replied nonchalantly.

"That's because they've been digging trenches there, and you dig trenches all afternoon and try to fight bayonets!" Powers was still bitter about these trenches, because he tripped over a Russian corpse while charging yesterday and fell straight into a deep trench. I also knocked out a front tooth. When he got up again, the Russians in front were either killed by their own companions or surrendered.

Poole did not speak again, for the sound of the artillery had gradually thinned out, and they had been ordered to charge as soon as the shelling stopped. He checked the bayonet of his rifle over and over again, for fear that he would not be able to stab anyone without the head of the gun.

"Follow me for a while, don't rush alone if you fall into the encirclement of several Russian troops. You're the opposite! "Powers was not as worried as he was, his equipment only had to be checked once, and the quality of the German-made rifles and bayonets was completely assured.

Finally, the cannonade stopped. There are also several wide passages in the few barbed wire fences in front of the Russian positions.

The hearts of all the soldiers began to beat faster, and they waited nervously and excitedly for the order to charge.

The moment of the charge soon came, and three flares rose into the air.

Oh......

The German trenches erupted in a wave of earth-shattering rage, the soldiers jumped out of the trenches one after another, and the machine guns on the positions were desperately involved to suppress the fire on the opposing Russian positions.

The Russian commander on the opposite side had already received the news of the night attack on Kimon, but he had not received an order to remove, and the main infantry was still in the forward position.

The Russian artillery also sounded at this time, but most of the guns of the Guards were taken to Kimon by Aglini, there were only a few rapid-fire guns here, which did not play much in the way of the more than 80,000 German charging queues, but their heavy machine gun configuration was much higher than that of other Russian troops, and this time the Germans also tasted the power of machine guns.

The muddy ground slowed down the charge of the soldiers, but fortunately it also reduced the threat of shells to the crowd, and as they got closer to the opposing positions, more and more German soldiers were hit by the flying machine gun bullets. Polk almost tripped over the German soldiers who had fallen in front of him several times, but he still followed closely behind Powers.

When the German columns rushed closer to the Russian positions, the Russian infantry also began to climb out of the trenches, and the snowy bayonets collided head-on again......

Soon, Poole and Bowles found their respective opponents. Polk faced a Russian half a head younger than him, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw that Powers' opponent was as strong as a wall. He thought about getting rid of this guy as soon as possible and then went over to help, taking the lead in a lunge that the other party quickly parried. As soon as the bayonets touched, Poole secretly complained in his heart, and with just one block move, his bayonet was far away. The Russians immediately stabbed several backstabs, and the bright bayonet came straight to Pork's chest, so startled that he slammed it with the body of his gun, and each of them took two steps back, and the bayonet faced each other. Poole did not dare to be careless at this time, his eyes were firmly fixed on the opponent's bayonet, which kept shaking in a small area, but the Russian bayonet stopped in the air and did not move. Suddenly, the Russian bayonet stabbed forward, and Poole wanted to push the opponent's bayonet away, but the opponent was just a panic, the bayonet actually retracted in an instant, and Pork's bayonet was empty! Although the range of movement of this block was not large, a small gap appeared in front of him, and the Russians' bayonets also appeared in this small area. When Poole returned the gun and blocked it again, the bayonet lattice was on the body of the opponent's rifle, but it could not shake the opponent's stab. In natural reaction he jerked back, but his opponent's bayonet still pierced into his body.

"Ahh Poole suffered a sharp pain in his right thigh, and although he did not block the opponent's thrust, the last square lowered the height of his opponent's bayonet by a lot, and a few centimeters up was his lower abdomen. Poole slashed at his opponent with his bayonet, and the Russian flashed backwards, quickly flashing his bayonet. Pork's body was now out of balance and fell backwards, and he watched as the other man launched another thrust......

The Russian's body froze suddenly, and he watched as a small bayonet tip appeared on his chest, and then fell straight down to the ground.

Poole sat on the ground with his buttocks, and Powers rubbed his nose, stepped on the Russian, and pulled out the bayonet with all his might. Polk realized that the seemingly strong Russian that Powers had faced had been killed by him, and was lying there with his eyes open.

Around them, the German and Russian soldiers were still fighting fiercely, the spirit, physical strength and morale of the two sides were equal, the German soldiers were almost twice as large, but the excellent bayonet technology of the Russian army made their queue not retreat because of this.

Seeing the stalemate between the two sides, Chen Tian, who was watching the battle from a distance, couldn't help frowning, shooting, physical fitness and team training are the focus of training in the East Prussian Corps, and the traditional bayonet fighting has not been particularly emphasized, so there will be a situation in front of him that twice the strength of the opponent can not repel the opponent, from another angle, it also reflects that the Russian troops on the opposite side are indeed an elite division. He soon gave a new order:

"Reserve attack!"

At this time, the vicious 4th Army, as a reserve, had already entered the starting position, and with Chentian's order, they rushed forward with a shout. The morale of the German soldiers in the fierce battle suddenly boosted, the gray queue slowly moved forward, and the black wave began to show signs of instability, with the addition of the soldiers of the 4th Army, the speed of the German battle line began to accelerate, and the Russian army finally could not support it and began to retreat.

"Russian cavalry!"

A shout that chilled the hearts of all German commanders and soldiers sounded, and just as the Russian army was retreating, a black wave suddenly appeared in the distance.

"Belarusian Cavalry Division"

The 3 Belorussian cavalry divisions that had not appeared for a long time finally came out, and since Agliny was so relieved to place the 3 infantry divisions so close to the main German army, he must have been prepared. These cavalrymen should have been hiding in some woods, and they actually escaped the reconnaissance of the reconnaissance plane for days, but according to the deployment of the opponent's troops, Chen Tian still deduced the strategy of the Russians.

"Order all the soldiers to withdraw to their positions!"

The German soldiers quickly disengaged from contact with the Russians and retreated to their positions, and Polk retreated with the help of Powers.

The Belorussian cavalry did not stop there, they rushed past their infantry and rushed towards the opposing positions, intending to break through the positions of the opposing infantry while the enemy infantry retreated.