Around the city of Qiqihar, the 89th Division of the Russian Army moved from the east to the northwest, while the 7th Army Corps was almost parallel to the 89th Division, outflanking the Arsenevich Corps.

Compared with the 89th Division of the Russian Army, the Seventh Army Corps traveled thirty or forty miles away, and naturally could not run to the front of the 89th Division.

As soon as the sky was bright, the 89th Division, still ready to take position, launched an attack on the 5th Division at the same time as the three infantry divisions of the Arsenevich Corps

The most urgent vanguard on the battlefield, artillery has always been one step ahead, four Russian divisions pulled up all four artillery regiments, although the artillery losses of the Arsenevich regiment are not small, but there are still more than 100 artillery pieces, plus the artillery supplement of the 89th division, the number of artillery has reached an astonishing nearly 200 guns

The four artillery regiments launched an attack at the same time, and in less than 10 minutes, more than 1,000 shells were fired at the position of the Fifth Division, and the entire position of the Fifth Division seemed to be overturned

Although Zhou Fang had long been prepared for a hard battle, he really didn't expect that the opponent's firepower would be so strong, and the small 200 artillery pieces were more than three times the firepower of the artillery of the Fifth Division

Fortunately, the Fifth Division now occupies the position of the original Second Army Corps, and in the past few days, it has been reinforced again, and it is much more solid than the position of the Sixth Division, otherwise, I am afraid that the entire position will be completely scorched.

Even so, the pressure faced by the Fifth Division has reached the limit, the four Russian infantry divisions take turns to attack, even if they want to fight back, one artillery regiment cannot confront the opponent's four artillery regiments, almost all the officers and men of the Fifth Division have entered the tunnel, dodging the opponent's powerful artillery fire, the confrontation is obviously unrealistic, or leave the most fierce firepower to the opponent when he charges

From early morning to early afternoon, the four artillery regiments of the Russian army continued to launch an offensive for eight hours, firing nearly 20,000 shells, and the positions of the Fifth Division were blown to pieces, with the smell of burnt earth everywhere and the painful sound of wounded soldiers groaning.

As for Zhou Fang, now he has long been aggrieved in his heart, what the hell, where have you fought like this, four divisions hold down one of your own divisions, even if you are strong, there is no way to turn the tables damn it, when will the commander's main force come up to support

However, Zhou Fang now knows in his heart that he is only afraid that the main force has also fallen into a bitter battle, just listening to the cannon sound in the east, it is much denser than the cannon sound in the north city, and the main force is only afraid that it is not much easier than his own side, who calls the Russian army strong

Zhou Fang was right, only an hour later than the battle in Beicheng, the remaining five divisions of the Russian army launched a comprehensive attack on the Chinese People's Army in the frontal position, although the powerful firepower could not fully suppress the three divisions of the Second Army on the opposite side, but it was enough for Gao Qi and Ke Yunlu to drink a pot, wanting to defeat the Russian army in a short time, so as to rush to the aid of the fifth division in Beicheng, but it was as difficult as climbing to the sky

Until three o'clock in the afternoon, the Russian infantry began to launch a surprise attack on the position of the Fifth Division under the cover of artillery fire, and the cavalry of the Arsenevich Regiment rushed to the front, although the two cavalry brigades now suffered heavy casualties, but they were still able to piece together three or four thousand Cossack cavalry, and the three or four thousand cavalry launched a fierce assault on the front of the position of the Fifth Division

Hehe, as soon as he came up, it was a cavalryman, and this dog's Arsenevich was really enough to give Lao Tzu face

Zhou Fang shouted: Order, the artillery will attack with all your might, organize the full force of the Cossack cavalry, suppress their speed to me and order the heavy machine gun battalion to prepare for the attack, once the Cossack cavalry is within range, don't worry about wasting bullets, give me a hard blow, and finish the Cossack cavalry as quickly as possible

Zhou Fang knew very well in his heart that the biggest threat to the Russian army in front of him was not the four artillery regiments, but the Cossack cavalry with powerful assault capabilities and mobility, and the entire Fifth Division had to watch out for these cavalry to launch a surprise attack on the position at any time, which was really fatal, and it was completely capable of killing with one blow.

Arsenevich is also a fool, at this time, the most clever way is to cover with artillery, charge with infantry, and then the cavalry surprises and charges from the flank, and the 5th Division, no matter how powerful it is, will fall into the danger of nine deaths

Just in order to be able to break through the forward positions of the Fifth Division as soon as possible, the cavalry was placed in the most dangerous frontal position, and if he wanted to forcibly break through the heavy machine gun defensive fire of the Fifth Division, I have to say that Arsenevich was too wishful thinking

The artillery regiment of the Fifth Division and the three heavy machine gun battalions opened fire almost at the same time, completely enveloping the forward position in an instant, and the fierce artillery fire and dense bullets completely turned the front of the position into a ghost in the world, and it was not easy to break through such a powerful defensive firepower

Rows of cavalry were strafed from their horses, bursting out of cruel blood flowers, as Gao Qi said, in the face of heavy machine gun fire, the enemy wanted to take a step beyond the thunder pool, it was as difficult as climbing to the sky.

Arsenevich looked at the tragic battle in front of him, his eyes slowly closed, he really couldn't bear to see such a tragedy, after this battle, even if he could take the forward position of the Fifth Division, his cavalry would be completely destroyed

The order was given to the 73rd Division to prepare for a charge, and all the infantry pressed up, and under the cover of the cavalry, to take the position of the Chinese People's Army as quickly as possible

Arsenevich shouted.

Arsenevich's order had just been issued, and the forces of the 73rd Division had not yet fully rushed into the battlefield

In the northwest direction, a dense artillery sound suddenly sounded, which was not much worse than the intensity of the artillery on the entire Russian position, followed by shells roaring from the sky

Boom, boom, boom

The flanks of the Arsenevich Regiment collapsed in an instant under the continuous bombardment of artillery shells, without warning, and in this way, the two brigades of the Arsenevich Regiment were under the sneak attack of the artillery, and they did not fight miserably

What's going on, where did the raid come from, damn it, how could such powerful artillery fire appear behind us

Arsenevich almost fainted and roared angrily.

To be continued.