Just as the siege of the west under the command of Matthew, François and Olg began, in the headquarters of the northern defense line of Bialystok, Chen Tian met Colonel Walbeck, who was full of shame and grief.

"His Royal Highness the Prince......" Walbeck, who was standing in front of Chentian, had countless grievances and explanations in his belly, but he didn't know where to start, but Chentian didn't say anything, and the fiasco of Walbeck's division could not be completely blamed on this division commander, so he didn't blame him, but patted him on the shoulder hard.

"Colonel, hard work!"

Naturally, Walbeck was surprised by this treatment.

"His Royal Highness ...... Prince"

"I'm relieved to see you come back in one piece! It won't be long before we can rebuild a Wallbeck Division, an even more elite and tough Wallbeck Division! Come, sit down, and tell me about the battle of Kimon! ”

After sitting face to face with Walbeck and listening to him tell him about the entire battle, he finally got to know more about his opponent.

"The cavalry surrounds and harasses on all sides, and the infantry and artillery concentrate a little assault, which is indeed a very effective tactic for the Russian army's troop allocation!" Chen Tian began to understand that he was surrounded not only because of a loophole in the reconnaissance system, but also because of the opponent's command ability. The proportion of cavalry in the Russian army is higher than that of the German army and the Austro-Hungarian army, but the Russian generals basically use the cavalry to assault and take the lead, as long as there are enough machine guns for this tactic, which is why Chen Tian did not give up tanks and planes this time to ensure machine gun firepower. This Guards commander is also unique among the generals of the Russian army.

"So how many infantry and cavalry are there on the other side, and their firepower?" For those Russian troops, there are no more valuable targets north of Kimon. Their next move must be to attack Bialystok, prepare for defense and try to know that the other is what Chentian needs to do well.

Walbeck looked pained as he recalled, the battle was a nightmare for him, perhaps a nightmare that would haunt him for the rest of his life.

"There was an army of infantry and a cavalry army, a total of about 120,000 men. The number of artillery is unknown, there are large-caliber howitzers, the artillery fire supporting the infantry is very fierce, and the cavalry units also have small-caliber artillery and heavy machine guns! ”

"If nothing else, their cavalry should be coming soon, but they will wait for the main infantry to arrive before attacking, we can't wait for them to be deployed, we must strike first!" Thinking of this, Chentian called Hoffman. Let him summon all the officers for deployment.

"Gentlemen, we have a total of 5 armored regiments, 1 mechanized division and 1 infantry division here, I expect that the main force of the cavalry of the Russian army in the north will arrive here before their infantry corps, if this is the case, we will try to inflict heavy damage on their cavalry first!" As soon as these words came out, all the generals were gearing up, and the high morale made Chen Tian feel very relieved, and now he was most worried about ammunition, in the short few days that the East Prussian Army occupied Bialystok, there was not much ammunition stored, and now the ammunition can sustain the entire army for half a day of fierce fighting at most.

"The infantry attracted the opposing cavalry in the front, and the mechanized division and 5 armored regiments went around the left flank of the opposing side, by which time the opposing side should have spotted this force, but they would not be stupid enough to rush directly at the mechanized division and the armored regiment with such a large number of machine guns. At this time, the armored troops must quickly penetrate the enemy's rear road from the left flank and line up in the east-west direction, intercepting as many Russian cavalry as they can in the direction of Kimon, and then the mechanized division will slowly advance and drive the Russian cavalry intercepted by the armored forces towards the Leif River. Just drive those Russian cavalry to the river, and they're basically finished. However, I would like to remind you that the armored forces will face the impact of the Russian cavalry from both sides in front and rear, and whether you can hold on is the key to the victory or defeat of this battle! And mechanized divisions, your motorcycles and trucks must be parallel and close together, and do not leave any exits for the Russian cavalry! After that, Chen Tian stared at the commander of the reconnaissance plane and added:

"It is necessary to pay special attention to the fact that the reconnaissance plane must go all out to reconnoiter the movements of the other party, and there must be no loopholes like before!"

The pilot captain stood up snapped and said with a flushed face: "Resolutely complete the mission, and never let down the trust of His Royal Highness!" ”

At dusk, the siege of Bialystok was in full swing. It was the height of summer, and it was still a long time before it was completely dark, and black dots gradually appeared on the horizon north of Bialystok, and the black dots soon joined into a black line, and finally, a large Russian cavalry came into view of the German soldiers.

Chen Tian put down the telescope in his hand, he saw that the number of Russian cavalry was not as large as he imagined, and he stopped at a long distance from the German position, and Chen Tian issued an order for infantry formation.

The commander of the Russian cavalry, General Yugur, was also using a telescope to observe the German positions on the opposite side, and he and his 7th Guards Cavalry Division only came as the vanguard to find out the strength of the other side, waiting for an opportunity to harass and tentative attacks, the main force had just set out from Kimon at this time, and if the enemy's defenses were weak here, they would attack at night, after all, the Russian army surrounded in the west could not hold out for long. Yugur did not know how many troops the German army on the other side was, and none of the three Russian reconnaissance planes that had come here to reconnoiter not long ago had returned, but he felt that since the German troops surrounding the Russian army in the west were launching a fierce attack, at most there were some German infantry used to delay and block the attack. At this time, he was surprised to find that the German soldiers on the opposite side were actually lined up in a phalanx on the flat ground, and there was not even a single machine gun in front of the phalanx and between the intervals, only the dazzling bayonets and straight chests of the German soldiers, and of course, the German planes buzzing overhead.

"What do they want to do? Desperately with us with bayonets? In the afternoon, another Russian cavalry division was actually disabled with machine guns by more than 1,000 German infantry who went to Kimon to relieve the siege, which made him feel a deep fear of the German machine guns, but the tens of thousands of German infantry here inexplicably lined up with bayonets. He was filled with doubts. He finally decided to send 2 cavalry regiments to charge. If the other side has any conspiracy, their main cavalry can immediately retreat.

Yugur's move made Chen Tian sigh, originally he hoped that all or most of the opponent would charge, and when the opponent rushed closer, his infantry immediately hid in the trench behind the infantry array, and the more than 300 machine guns in the second trench inflicted huge damage on the opponent. At this time, mechanized divisions and armored units immediately moved to occupy the rear and left flank of the opposing cavalry. But seeing that the other side sent more than 2,000 cavalry, whether to rely on infantry to fight them, or to let the machine guns behind the infantry deal with them as originally planned, this made Chen Tian feel very difficult. After a few seconds, he made a choice on the spot.

"Get down in the front row! Squat down in the second row! Raise your guns in the third row! Keep in line, the soldiers on both sides of the phalanx and in the rear raise their bayonets! "Under the orders of the officers. The phalanx of 10 infantry soon turned into large hedgehogs. There is a distance of 10 meters between the squares, and the array of 10 squares is up to a kilometer wide.

"Order half of the cannon to fire!" Chentian's order was too busy for the staff officers, and they had to quickly decide which artillery battalions to fire and which ones to wait, but the sound of artillery roaring soon sounded.

1/4 of the Russian cavalry fell under artillery fire. 1/2 fell under the bullets of the infantry, and only more than 500 cavalry were left helpless against the 10 thousand-man phalanx composed of more than 10,000 German infantry. In less than two minutes, after dropping nearly a hundred corpses around the infantry phalanx, the Russian cavalry fled back in disarray. No one cared that shooting in the back was an ungraceful act, and the German infantry continued to shoot at the retreating Russian cavalry, and then hundreds more fell in the way of retreat.

Unless the opponent pushed machine guns and artillery up, these cavalry, which were mainly armed with sabers and short guns, did not pose much threat to such an infantry phalanx. Chen Tian thought so, and the Russians on the other side also began to act like this. With a wave of his hand, General Yugur perfected their cavalry ranks as the remaining nearly 10,000 cavalry marched slowly, and some other cavalry trailed closely behind them with artillery and machine guns. Once in range, they would stop and help the cavalry with cannons and machine guns to break up the opposing infantry phalanx.

The hundreds of Russian cavalry who had retreated after an attack just now were ordered to bypass both sides of the advancing cavalry formation, and those who had gone around to the rear of the German infantry phalanx tore their throats and shouted desperately: "Machine guns, machine guns behind the Germans!" By this time, however, the large cavalry had begun to accelerate, and no one cared what they were saying, and the cavalry closest to them even threw a confident smile at them, which quickly solidified in the barrage.

"This fish seems to be a little smaller!" In this case, Chen Tian was basically sure that the cavalry would not be able to escape, but unfortunately his plan hoped to destroy the opponent's entire cavalry army, not a cavalry division, but the confident appearance of the soldiers still gave him a sense of satisfaction.

Seeing this, Tatsu immediately asked the signal corps to signal the mechanics and armoured troops, and even though they were two miles away, the roar of the engines could still be faintly heard, and the sound of the hooves of the Russian cavalry kept them unnoticed the deadly thing.

The Russian cavalry began to trot, the German artillery opened fire in full swing, and General Yugur in the charge vaguely felt that the opponent's artillery fire was more fierce than before, but he would not let the charging cavalry stop and turn around. The speed of the horse was getting faster and faster, and the oncoming wind made Yugul's blood begin to accelerate, and he liked the feeling of chasing the wind, while the cavalry beside him who had been hit by shrapnel only had time to let out a muffled grunt before falling off his horse.

"Infantry retreat!" As soon as the order was given, the orderly ranks of the German infantry suddenly dispersed, and they began to compete with the Russians' horses, with wide trenches 30 meters behind them, and the Russians were 1,300 meters away from them. By the time the German infantry slid into the trenches with the dust, the game was already in sight. From above, the thousand-meter-long, two-meter-wide trenches were crowded with pointed steel helmets, and the infantrymen tried to shrink their heads as much as possible, as countless machine-gun bullets flew over their heads.

The Russian cavalry finally understood what those comrades were talking about, the Germans deployed 326 light and heavy machine guns on a front of more than 1,000 meters, and more than 1,500 bullets were fired at the Russian army's queue of more than 1,000 cavalrymen per second, and the front row of cavalry had 1 or 2 blood holes in their chests and mounts every second, and each cavalryman and their horses still needed to stay in the air for a few seconds after being shot, and they were covered with blood holes when they fell to the ground.

"Retreat! Fall back! General Yugur had already noticed that the situation was not good, and between the sudden stop and the turn he lost two more cavalry regiments, and only more than 5,000 cavalry rushed back frantically, and they slowly stopped after escaping far from the range of the Germans. Yugur sent a small group of cavalry back to report that he and the rest of the soldiers were waiting for the arrival of the main force. Soon after, they saw from a distance a few horsemen galloping towards the east, and before they could get closer, they cried out loudly:

"General, German armored vehicles and motorcycles!"

On their left flank, smoke billowed in the distance like a great scythe that seemed to be out of reach.

After a few seconds of hesitation, General Yugur and his cavalry galloped in the direction of Kimon, but within 2 miles of it, the German armored vehicles appeared in front of them.

"To the west! Bypass them! Yugurze's horses ran to the left, but their way home was full of steel chariots, and by the time the first armored car reached the Leif River, the huge boxes had already loaded the Russian cavalry.

The Russian cavalry spun around in a panic, sometimes to the south, sometimes to the west, but they could only watch as countless armored vehicles and motorcycles approached them.

"Fight! Everyone line up and get ready to rush over! With no way to escape, General Yugur could no longer take care of the powerful fire of the opponent's machine guns, and the remaining cavalry did not have time to form a fine formation before crashing headlong to the north, and in front of their impact were seven armored combat vehicles, six armored personnel carriers, and six trucks full of infantry, and several armored combat vehicles were surrounding nearby.

Although these vehicles were only in thin columns, the Russian cavalry did not have the ability to leap over their heads, nor did they have time to dismount and occupy them. Soon, machine guns and rifles rang out, and the German soldiers hiding in the car didn't have to worry about those cavalry threatening them, everyone was busy shooting, and grenades flew into the middle of the approaching Russian cavalry, and suddenly pieces of flesh and blood flew sideways. Only a small number of cavalry were allowed to pass through the gaps between the vehicles, but most of the cavalry that passed through the encirclement were shot from behind by rifles from trucks and personnel carriers.

More and more German vehicles surrounded them, and motorcycles soon joined the ranks of the Russian cavalry.

Seeing that only a few of his more than 10,000 elite Guards cavalry escaped from the encirclement, Yugul sighed, he felt that he had no face to go back to see the Tsar, so he swung his knife and slashed his neck......

Soon, Chentian received a report that the Russian army in the west had been completely annihilated, and he held a report from a reconnaissance plane in his other hand: The main force of the Russian Guards that had left Kimon had returned to Kimon and began to strengthen the outer positions of Kimon.