Manhorov never dreamed that the strategy of frontal containment and key breakthroughs that he had worked so hard to deploy would be disrupted by the Seventh Army Corps that came halfway, maybe the Seventh Army was not strong enough, but the Second Army Corps and the Right Army were almost evenly matched, and now there was a Seventh Army Corps, which contained the entire Arsenevich Army, and there was no chance to encircle the Fifth Division and then capture Qiqihar!

The emergence of the Seventh Army Corps has shifted the strength of the two sides to the balance again, although the Chinese People's Army is still at a disadvantage, but it is enough to ensure that it will not be defeated by the Russian army, and it is even possible to win a local battle and reverse the current passive situation.

Manhorov led three corps to besiege the Chinese People's Army for three days, but he still couldn't shake the strong defense of the Chinese People's Army, although they suffered heavy casualties, the Russian army just couldn't take Qiqihar, and consumed a lot of munitions!

In the past few days alone, the Russian army has fired nearly 100,000 rounds of shells, even if it is this eastward advance, the Russian army carries a large amount of ammunition, such a huge consumption, but also makes the Russian army feel greatly unbearable, you know, even if the two Chinese People's Army regiments in front of them are defeated, in the direction of Harbin to Qiqihar, but there are still the first army of the Chinese People's Army, the third army such an absolute main force, much stronger than the second army in front of us, the seventh army corps!

The consumption of weapons and ammunition is not the most troublesome, the most troublesome is the casualties of the soldiers!

Coupled with the day before, in four days, the Russian army has suffered more than 40,000 casualties, almost most of them died under heavy machine gun fire, too fierce, this is the most ferocious firepower in the world, this is the largest grave in the world, devouring the lives of a large number of soldiers, without even blinking an eye!

The lives of 40,000 soldiers have exceeded the strength of two divisions!

Now that the Russian army has no backup, one less one dies, and if two elite regiments of the Chinese People's Army participate in the war in the future, then the Russian army has no strength to resist at all!

Manhorov is completely revenged, and he can't help but worry, the first and third corps of the Chinese People's Army are less than two hundred miles away from Qiqihar, and in three days at most, the reinforcements of the people's brigade will arrive in Qiqihar, and then the two corps will become four corps, which are much stronger than the Russian army, how to resist?

"General, otherwise, let's withdraw our troops, otherwise, we won't be able to stop the follow-up attack of the Chinese People's Army, our weapons and ammunition consumption is too serious, and half of the ammunition has been exhausted in the war......"

Andreevich on the side said abruptly.

"Retreat?"

Manhorov's heart was tight, and even Andreevich retreated, and the soldiers below were only afraid that they would be even more reluctant to continue fighting, but now he Manhorov still has a way out? Even if he led the current army to withdraw to the Tsarist Russian Empire and failed to invade China, the angry Alexander II would definitely not bypass him, plus the cavalry corps of Mobei Mongolia, it was a full mobilization of six legions, more than 300,000 people, defeated in the first battle, with more than 100,000 casualties, or even more, such an ending was too big a blow to the empire!

"Andreevich, don't you know your majesty's temper? Maybe it doesn't matter if these soldiers below, but I'm afraid that none of our legion commanders will be able to escape His Majesty's punishment, and it will be light to exile us to the Arctic Ocean......"

Manhorov said abruptly.

Andreevich's eyes tightened, revealing a panicked expression, yes, Alexander II is very tyrannical, he has fought all his life, only to become a legion commander from a down-and-out nobleman, if he is deprived of all power and status like this, it is really more uncomfortable than death......

"So, what are we going to do next?"

Andreevich no longer had the wit he used to have, and asked hurriedly.

"Tomorrow, on the day of the offensive, we will take out all our forces and attack with all our might, if we can't take Qiqihar or defeat the second army, then we can only temporarily retreat, retreat in the direction of Qilun Bell, after all, we will cross the steppe of Lun Bell, and then go northwest into Siberia, where is our territory, now the weather is freezing, although the Chinese People's Army is brave and good at fighting, but in the bitter cold of Siberia, they are definitely not our opponents, just freezing, they will freeze them to death! As for how I will see His Majesty the Tsar in the future, we can only take one step at a time......"

The Russian army is very uncomfortable now, and the Chinese People's Army is not easy, in order to be able to withstand the bombardment of the Russian army, Gao Qi took out the ability of his life, and went all out to respond to the battle, the entire Second Army almost did not have any reserve force left, all pressed up, the casualties of the four divisions have now reached more than 10,000 people, as for the Seventh Army, the casualties are also huge, recruits are recruits, lack of sufficient combat training, the probability of dying on the battlefield is much higher than that of veterans, and the casualties of the Seventh Army are now close to 20,000, The casualties of the Arsenevich corps were no less high!

Wang Huanzhang burst into tears in distress, these are 20,000 soldiers, the new army he has worked so hard to cultivate are all future warriors!

But there is no way, the Russian army is desperately launching an attack, just to take Qiqihar, but, Qiqihar, the Chinese People's Army still can't be lost, this is the capital of Heilongjiang, one of the largest cities outside the entire Guanwai, with a population of two or three hundred thousand, if the Russian army is occupied, it is conceivable how many people of these two or three hundred thousand people will be killed!

Hold on to it, you must persevere, you must hold on until Chen Hai's main army arrives!

Just when both sides were exhausted, Chen Hai's two legions were rapidly approaching Qiqihar, and the advance was only one hundred and fifty miles away from Qiqihar.

"Chunyu, you say, if our main force reaches Qiqihar, will Manhorov still have a chance to turn over?"

Chen Hai asked Yan Chunyu beside him on his war horse.

"Roll over? Roll over a fart? If our four corps besieging Manhorov can't encircle him, then the signboard of the Chinese People's Army will be smashed by us, anyway, I don't have the face to go back to the capital to see my eldest brother! ”

Yan Chunyu rolled his eyes and replied.

"Well, I think that's the case too."

Chen Hai echoed: "The two of us think so, but I'm afraid that Manhorov also knows very well in his heart that as long as the first and third armies arrive, it will be the end of the Russian army, do you say, will they turn around and dig into the snowy Siberia?" ”

Yan Chunyu was startled and looked at Chen Hai.

Chen Hai nodded, took a deep breath, and said: "Chunyu, immediately mobilize the second division, the third division, and all the cavalry of the third legion, break away from the main force, and advance in the northwest direction, in the northwest direction of Qiqihar, let's arrange a heaven and earth net for them!" (To be continued.) )

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