"Chong-" China's last reserve was thrown into the battlefield, and more than 3,000 horses rose to the wind. The wind struck, and more than 2,000 dummies wearing military uniforms on horseback were blown down by the wind. Horses left barebacked, charging with a reserve of several hundred men.

"Deceived." Seeing all this, Mikhailovich suddenly understood where the troops of the two regiments of the Chinese sneak attack came from, but it was too late.

Mikhailovich tried hard to maintain the front, but the Russian army, whose morale had been lost, was no longer motivated. Deserters appeared, from a small handful to a large group. Mikhailovich, who was overwhelmed by the front and rear attacks, saw that he was powerless, and quietly withdrew from the battlefield with his personal guards while the rear army was still fighting desperately.

"Mikhailovich ran away—" another Chinese shouted.

At this moment, the Russian army completely collapsed, and the Cossack cavalry, which had made the whole of Europe tremble and was still stubborn in the face of inferior weapons, and had never lost the wind in fighting with the Mongol cavalry, began to flee in all directions.

"Great victory, great victory at Ebeit-" Yang Du held the telegram in both hands, and ran towards the main building with Kou Liancai's guidance shouting all the way.

Under the shade of the tree in front of the main building, Li Tian stood up and spoke very sensibly: "Daddy, my daughter and her younger brothers will retreat first." ”

"Don't worry, let's hear it together." Li Ming said with a smile, putting down the storybook he was telling to the children in his hand.

"Your Majesty, Ebeit has won a great victory. General Erjin led the cavalry army and Hubei Ebeit to defeat the Russian cavalry. In the fierce battle, more than 12,000 Russian soldiers were killed on the spot and more than 6,000 were taken prisoner. The seizures are uncountable. ”

"Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor." Li Tian's immature voice first congratulated. Then came the voices of the three princes.

"You're young, it's because you're supposed to be messing around. You don't need to be so sensible. Li Ming touched Li Tian's head dotingly and asked her to sit down, then picked up the book and said, "Where did you just go?" Oh. talked about the battle of Zhuolu. Chi You made a soldier to attack the Yellow Emperor, and the Yellow Emperor ordered the dragon to attack the wilderness of Jizhou......"

The emperor continued to tell stories to the prince and princess as if nothing had happened, and Yang Dukou quietly retreated. It wasn't until the two of them withdrew that Li Ming put down the book and asked, "Why do you know why Daddy is indifferent to the news of such a big victory?" ”

The prince and princess did not know what to say, and the emperor said: "The victory of Ebeit is naturally gratifying, but Omsk is the key." In the future, the princes and others must not be complacent about a small gain, and should focus on the key points in everything. ”

In fact, what is really unhappy is that the child is only a catty. The Russians were scattered in all directions, and the Chinese cavalry did not chase them too far. When the sun sets. So the pursuing troops have all returned. After all, it has been a day of fierce fighting, and the soldiers should also rest. I just want my ancestors to go on an expedition to Europe and march into the army with a devastating momentum along the way. With only more than 10,000 cavalry, it swept through the west and was invincible in the world. Today, he led more than 30,000 Mongol cavalry to fight against the Russian Cossack cavalry, and although he finally defeated the Russian army, he also lost more than 10,000 soldiers. Xiao'er only Jin rode a war horse to patrol the battlefield with a smile on his face, and the rich smell of blood almost made people sick, but Xiao'er only felt anything. More than 6,000 were killed and more than 4,000 were seriously wounded, and an entire division was defeated. How will such a record face the ancestors in the future, and how will the emperor explain to the emperor who trusts the Mongolian tribes.

"There's not much else in China. It's just that there are a lot of people. As long as you can win, you can kill as many people as you want. I can just fill it in myself. Yuan Shoushan, who received the telegram, ordered with a black face: "Order the first, second, and 11th divisions to finish dinner within ten minutes and all enter the attack position." The attacks continued all night—"

Yuan Shoushan was under tremendous pressure at this time. Attack Omsk as soon as possible and rush to repair the Irtysh bridge of the Far Eastern Railway. This is related to the success of the westward expansion strategy in the future. The Russian army in the early stage was defeated in one blow, and it was thought that the morale of the Russian army was completely lost. This attack on Omsk from the south to the north was thought to be just another crushing battle. I didn't expect the same general with the same group of soldiers. But here erupted in the momentum of desperate fighting. The Russian army fought for every inch of land and repeatedly counterattacked to repel our army. The little Troitskoye dragged Yuan Shoushan for four whole days. If it weren't for the absolute superiority of firepower of our army, and the assistance of artillery across the river. Troitskoye doesn't know how long it will take to get it done.

Despised and despised . The Russian army, which was defeated in the early stage, made the entire Chinese army permeated with blind optimism, and now it encountered the resolute resistance of the Russian army, but it suddenly became uncomfortable, and it was a little timid to fight. The four-day battle of Troitskoye could not be effectively changed, which was the incompetence of his commander. What Yuan Shoushan needs most now is to bring the army back to a smooth offensive rhythm and rekindle the fighting spirit of our officers and men. The army is like this, as long as the fight is smoother, the rabbit dares to chase the wolf. But if this battle becomes more and more awkward, even if you can still win in front of you, this is a dangerous signal. This may be a trap laid by the enemy, as the war may be out of one's control and into the rhythm of the other side, which also means a major defeat. Now that our army has attacked the main position in Omsk, the armored division that has been hidden for a long time can finally go into battle, and they will turn into huge steel monsters in an invincible posture under the cover of night to ravage the Russian army.

The once-sky-high fires have been extinguished, and puffs of smoke and dust still drift over Omsk. Omsk in the afterglow of the setting sun ushered in a rare calm. Both China and Russia are redeploying their troops to deal with the upcoming night battle.

The sun on the horizon slowly sinks, and the afterglow still shines in the sky, but it can't resist the arrival of night. The Chinese artillerymen on the east bank of the Irtysh River sat on their positions and had dinner, they shook the handle to slowly lift the barrel, and the frequent shelling of the past few days no longer required testing the shelling parameters, all the parameters were accurately recorded in their minds, and now everything was ready, and all that needed to be waited for was an order.

Lei Zhenchun sat on a chair and drank tea quietly. Artillery is not infantry, there is no need to consider the direction of attack, what artillery needs to do is to provide strong fire support to the infantry and follow the infantry forward, use shells to destroy all obstacles in front of the infantry to open the way for the infantry to advance, this is what the artillery should do. However, the emperor told him that there would be a day in the future when artillery alone could decide the outcome of the war. Therefore, from now on artillery must be built as an independent strategic force. The emperor's brainless words made Lei Zhenchun think about it and didn't think that artillery could have such great ability.

The role of artillery in modern warfare is growing. An army with a heavy artillery cluster has an absolute tactical initiative in both attack and defense. This is undeniable, but tactics are not the same as strategy. The emperor's foresight was recognized by all the courtiers. The emperor can always accurately judge the future situation from the development of the current situation, and he has not missed it so far. Perhaps the emperor saw that the range of artillery was getting farther and farther, and with the development of science and technology, perhaps artillery could shoot shells tens or even hundreds of kilometers. But even if they could fight from Beijing to Moscow, even if the artillery could raze Moscow to the ground, then the Russians could run to the countryside and hide in the mountains to continue fighting. The war could not stop unless the infantry occupied it. But why did the emperor say that? Lei Zhenchun couldn't figure it out.

"My lord, it's time to start shelling." The guards on the side whispered to the commander.

"Is it time?" Lei Zhenchun took his thoughts back, only to find that the last light in the sky was gradually disappearing. Lei Zhenchun put down the tea bowl. Nodding: "Then let's get started." ”

"Fire-" "Release-" With the transmission of the order, the Chinese artillery cluster launched a saturation attack on the Russian positions across the Irtysh River. For a time, the positions of the Russian army were completely covered by artillery fire.

How long did the Chinese shelling last? I don't know. But Peter? Nikolaevich? Wrangel felt like he was falling into hell. As a soldier who had only been in the army for three years, Wrangel joined the army in response to the will of His Majesty the Tsar to "teach the monkeys of the Far East". Over the course of three years, he trained hard to become a company commander, a miracle in the bureaucratic Russian army. He also hoped to make a fortune with the great Tsarist army into China, to that country full of silver. But he now knows that it is they who have been taught a lesson, that they have lost Eastern Siberia, that they have lost Central Asia, and that the last bastion of Central Siberia will now be lost. Because he never imagined that the density of artillery could be so large.

With the caliber of artillery getting larger and larger. The increase in the range of shells also led to an increase in the recoil of the artillery. The vibration after each shot will cause a small movement of the gun, and this small difference is reflected in the larger range of the landing point is a greater error in the landing point. If it is possible to recalibrate and reduce the error during the training period, then how can there be time to calibrate during the current fierce artillery battle. It can only be shot after shot. Until the red cannon barrel or the order to stop the shelling was received. So it's safe to hide in a crater when you're being shelled.

But this truth, which has been tested countless times, has once again been broken. Wrangel watched as a soldier had just taken refuge in a crater. It was shattered by a shell that happened to fall into the crater. Wrangel was not a recruit, and he knew that the two shells certainly did not come from the same gun. That meant that the Chinese artillery aimed at at least two guns together in the same place, for the first time in the history of artillery that he knew. He was curious to know. How many cannons were used in this shelling of China to the end.

In fact, there were not many, and all two artillery divisions aimed their guns at an area only 5 kilometers long and 2 kilometers deep. The Chinese artillery division is composed of 5 regiments, including three artillery regiments, one alert infantry regiment and one transport and maintenance logistics regiment, with a total of 260 guns of various calibers exceeding 100 mm, including 30 203 mm heavy guns, not including a small number of mortars used by infantry regiments.

A dense rain of bullets smashed into the positions of the Russian army, blowing up the fortifications built by the Russian army. Wrangel shivered as he crouched in a corner of the trench with his steel helmet, and Wrangel swore that it was not his legs that were shaking, but the earth shaking violently. The anti-artillery holes erected by one person hugging the thick tree poles can be blown down, and he doesn't know where it is safe. The Chinese shelling is too dense and too strong......

I don't know how long it took, but the shelling of the Chinese finally extended to the rear. The position was filled with choking smoke and ubiquitous dust, and as the breath choked into the lungs, it caused a violent cough, even if you covered your mouth and nose with your clothes. But Wrangel stood up stubbornly, and in the midst of a violent cough he still shouted to his soldiers to assemble as much as they could, because the Chinese would soon come up.

Wrangel made his way through the broken trenches, shouting incessantly, but receiving little response. The company, which was replenished only in the afternoon, had less than half of its soldiers left in a single artillery strike. How will the battle be fought after this?

The Chinese shelling continued, and the deafening sound of explosions still echoed over the entire position. But he must have left the forward position that Wrangel was guarding. The soldiers who were able to rescue the soldiers, re-dig the trenches, set up machine guns, and the ones who could not also crawl on the trenches and set up their rifles. Wrangel worked hard to assemble his manpower. Do all the defense work as much as possible, because everyone knows that the Chinese are going to kill. Wrangel told the soldiers to hide themselves, because the Chinese infantry always led the way with mortars.

"Boom Boom Boom ......" Sure enough, another burst of shelling came from the front, which was the beginning of the Chinese infantry offensive. However, Wrangel, who has experienced all the battles with the Chinese army from Tatarstan to the present, felt very wrong when he listened to the shelling of the Chinese this time. Since the invention of the Chinese, mortars have become the best support artillery for the infantry of almost all countries in the world due to their light weight and easy to carry and install. The Russians are no exception. It was also heavily equipped with this weapon, and although it was far inferior to the Chinese in terms of artillery accuracy and tactical utilization, it was also the favorite of the Russian infantry. At the beginning of the equipment, the troops also received a lot of training, but in this battle, due to the continuous shelling of Chinese air raids and heavy artillery, a large number of Russian mortars were damaged and useless, but this does not mean that Wrangel is not familiar with mortars. The mortar is a curved artillery, and the bend of the trajectory makes the sound of the shell flying through the air with a twist, and the interval between the start of the shelling and the landing of the shell is relatively long. But this shelling was very different. The time between the shelling and the explosion of the shell is very short, and the sound is almost straight. This is not the sound of a mortar. It sounds more directed at the mountain cannon and the like. To Wrangel's horror, the fireworks from the muzzle of the cannon kept approaching. For a while, Wrangel shuddered, could it be that the Chinese transported all the artillery to the front line to reach the direct fire?

The night was already thick, and the sky was full of smoke and dust. obscured the view. But there was always a little bit of fire on the battlefield that lit up that small area. Wrangel struggled to keep his eyes open, trying to see what was going on through the faint light of the fire. And yet he found out. Under the imprint of the cannon fireworks in the distance, dozens of black cubes were rapidly approaching him. The never-ending shelling actually came out of this block. Wrangel was in a cold sweat, what was that?

"Hurry, hurry, hurry. A little faster. Sitting in the armored car, Yuan Shoushan kept urging the armored car to go faster.

Sure enough, the emperor is wise, Yuan Shoushan has said this more than once. At that time, all the officers and men of the army asked for the expansion of the cavalry unit, and even the civil servants agreed. Only the emperor ignored the wishes of his ministers and forcibly ordered the construction of only one army of cavalry, but instead invested a large amount of money in the research and development of automobiles, and finally formed such a powerful armored force. Equipped with 50 short-barreled guns and five machine guns, the armored vehicle with 20 mm steel plates on all sides makes it a battlefield that ignores all bullets, and the current Russian army has long been unable to come up with enough counter-artillery. Now Yuan Shoushan is leading this invincible armored force to quickly break into the battlefield, and he believes that with the entry of the armored force, the collapse of the Russian army will be a matter of time.

"Bang bang bang ......" As the front armored vehicles turned on their searchlights, huge armored vehicles were revealed, and at the same time, they also illuminated the positions of the Russian army.

"What's that?" The soldiers asked their commanders in horror, but they received no answer, for they did not know what it was.

"Concentrate your fire on it." Wrangel didn't know what it was, he had never seen a monster like this. He began to panic inside, but it also gave him strength. He knew very well that if he wanted to repel the attacks of the Chinese, he had to destroy them.

"Hon, Hon, ......Hon, Hon, Hon, Hon, Knock, Knock......" For a while, the rifle machine gun opened fire on the huge monster in front of him. When the bullet hit the monster, in addition to hitting a dense burst of sparks, only the sound of "Ding Ding Dang" came back. And the monster and Ben didn't stop moving.

"Enemy troops were spotted on the right and machine guns were requested to suppress them." The Heavy on the right quickly spotted the enemy firing at them and immediately reported it, and with the Commander's approval, the Heavy excitedly pulled the trigger.

"Knock knock knock......" The sound of machine gun fire from the steel monster not far away, Wrangel climbed down for the first time. However, at the last moment of climbing, the eyes still saw that the machine gun mounted on the steel monster emitted a line with light.

"Puff puff puff ......" bullets hit the trench, stirring up a puff of smoke and dust. The soldiers, who did not have time to dodge, were knocked out one after another.

What kind of weapon is this? Wrangel looked up blankly, and under the black sky, there were blue bands of light, intertwined with the entire sky, and the heroic Slavic warriors fell under the light bands one by one. What the hell is this weapon?! Wrangel finally dared to fear......

Not a special weapon, except that in the belt of the machine gun, a tracer bullet was loaded every five ordinary rounds. It makes it easier for the shooter to identify the direction in which he is shooting, and the effect is especially good at night. The sudden arrival of new weapons and armored vehicles that could not be countered finally exceeded the limits of the Russian army's endurance, and also gave the Chinese army incomparable courage.

"Kill-" The Chinese infantry following behind the armored vehicles launched a charge, and the soldiers crossed the shield wall composed of armored vehicles and entered the Russian positions, the armored vehicles had a huge advantage in breaking through the positions, but the most occupied positions required the infantry to clear the recalcitrant enemies one by one. At the same time, it is necessary to pave the way for the armored vehicles to move forward, otherwise they will lose their mobility as soon as the wheels get stuck in craters or trenches. For the first time, Yuan Shoushan also profoundly realized that saturated shelling is not necessarily a good thing, and the large and small potholes blown up all over the ground really affect the action of armored vehicles.

It was less than ten minutes after the start of the battle before the Chinese army broke through the forward position, and the Chinese army has already attacked the deep zone?! Alekseev was shocked and angry when he received the news. A small town like Troitskoye can withstand the Chinese for four days, why can't the main position hold even ten minutes? It must have been the sergeants at the front who escaped without permission, those pig-like cowards!! Alekseev scolded the front commander, while immediately ordering the reserves to enter the battlefield.

"It must be the kind of car with a cannon and a machine gun. The Chinese must have thrown them into battle. Denikin roared from the side and said, "Your Excellency, I have seen such cars before, they are all covered with steel plates on all sides, and there are cannons in front of them. Ordinary bullets can't hurt it, and only a frontal hit of the cars can destroy them. "Denikin did see it, since he was alone westward to the Irtysh River, he happened to see armored vehicles advancing on the other side of the river. It was daylight, and his clear vision allowed him to clearly see the armored vehicle and hear the roar of the machine. However, when he returned to the barracks and reported to the commander as soon as possible, he was dismissed as a joke.

Alekseev glanced at Denikin, who was roaring, with a look of disgust on his face. In the front-line reports he received, it was mentioned that the Chinese army had a steel monster-like weapon, but he believed that it was just a scary thing by the soldiers or by the Chinese. The great Russian Empire was not afraid of such strange things.

"Your Excellency, Commander, gather the last artillery and transport the vehicles to the front line that are directly firing at the Chinese. Only in this way can the Chinese attack be stopped, Your Excellency Commander!! ”

Alekseev had enough, and he brutally asked the guards to drive Denikin out of the command room. The last fifteen artillery pieces were his last means of escaping, and he used them at this time, what if he couldn't beat the Chinese?

"Assault, attack in the direction of the most dense Russian troops." The armored units that had already attacked the deep positions of the Russian army began to attack in four units of five, and their task was to disperse the Russian army and crush the last defense capability of the Russian army. The rest will be dealt with by the infantry that follows.

"To the north, to the north was raided by the Chinese army. The rearguard forces have collapsed. The guards ran in in terror and told Alekseev a fatal news. A division of Chinese troops launched a surprise attack from behind, and at this time Alekseev sent all his reserves to the frontal battlefield in the south, and at this time only one regiment of troops remained in the rear.

"Run, rush." Ge Hengwei commanded his division and soldiers to directly command the Russian army. He knew that his position was closest to the Russian military command. (To be continued.) )