"Shelling! Concealment-"

The mournful shouts of the soldiers at the observation post at the top of the fortress made Blyukhel frown, and the officers behind him subconsciously wanted to hide back in cover, but he still stood upright, holding a telescope and watching the distant sky reflected red by bursts of orange-red flashes, and his face did not change.

A few seconds later, wave after wave of cannonballs dragging red tail flames fell around the Chita Fortress, accompanied by a deafening roar and huge mushroom clouds, and the fortress position was already as if it had been hit by a meteorite, and a shocking crater appeared.

In his field of vision, a huge 240mm or 280mm shell accurately hit a bunker where the soldiers were hidden, and the reinforced concrete fortifications were easily torn apart like pieces of paper, and the dozens of Red officers and soldiers inside were killed without even shouting, and the stumps were thrown high into the sky and then splashed down with blood.

This scene almost made him grit his teeth!

The squadron came too quickly, and because the important bridges and tunnels along the Middle East Road were controlled by the White Russian special forces disguised as "blue hats", the entire railway line fell almost intact into the hands of the Chinese. So after capturing Borja, they used the railway to transport the heavy artillery to the city of Chita. Judging by the intensity of the attack of their artillerymen pouring shells down as if they didn't want money, they had long been carefully prepared for the capture of the Chita fortress.

As soon as the dense shells fell, looking around, the Chita Fortress seemed to be shrouded in gunsmoke, and there were rising black smoke and fire everywhere, if it weren't for the continuous expansion and reconstruction of the fortress over the years, maybe it had turned into a pile of rubble in the intensive artillery fire of the squadron at this moment.

The heavy artillery inside the fortress also began to return fire, and the Chita fortress, like the Borja fortress, was not equipped with an armored turret. The Soviet Union was technologically backward in this area and could not have made that thing at all. So the fortress heavy artillery was 36 B-4 203mm heavy howitzers that were carefully placed in the bunker. In addition, there are 32 artillery regiments attached to infantry corps and infantry divisions, with more than 1,000 152mm and 122m cannons. The artillery was now returning fire with all its might, and the artillery became the protagonist of the battlefield, with countless shells shuttling through the outer positions of the fortress lying with corpses. Blyukhel knew it in his heart. The result of this shelling was certainly not in their favor, and it waited until dawn. Chinese bombers will fly over to help...... At that time, his side can only "fight back". And those Japanese soldiers who were not afraid of death. It will be like yesterday, shouting the slogan of "half load, half load" and start charging.

It looks like most of this fortress can't be held!

Marshal Blyukhel glanced at the dejected Red Army officers behind him. Since the news of the great surrender of Borja reached Chita. These people seem to have something else in mind...... It has been 20 years since the victory of the October Revolution, and these guys have long since gone from being a revolutionary to a privileged bureaucrat! Usually they are high-spirited, but when they encounter the real test of life and death, they become timid as mice, and when it comes to the critical moment, they will definitely go and swear allegiance to Empress Anastasia, right? What a bunch of cowards!

The Soviet Motherland has now reached a critical point of life and death, and if the enemy cannot be repelled under this Chita fortress, then the more than 1 million officers and men of the entire Far Eastern Front will become a turtle in an urn! But Chita is not Borja after all, and he is not Barnov himself, there are 450,000 elite Soviet warriors here. There are thousands of cannons and a fortress defense system covering an area of hundreds of square kilometers, not to mention that the cold winter is coming, and the cold snap from the Arctic Ocean will definitely repel these enemies from the warm south!

Blyukhel stood upright, gave the order to the officers behind him in the light of the explosion, and he shouted: "Comrades, now return to your respective units at once, remember your oath, show the courage of a GCD, and go back with your head held high!" Do not be afraid, and do not lose faith, for we still have the strongest fortresses, with four hundred and fifty thousand of the bravest soldiers, thousands of cannons, and most importantly, ...... Winter in Siberia is coming! As long as we survive this while, victory will definitely belong to the Soviet Red Army! When the time comes, we will step on the corpse of white China to ignite the raging fire of the world revolution! ”

The words of the Bolshevik marshal echoed throughout the Chita Fortress amid the rumbling of the cannons, and the re-energized Red Army generals returned to their units, where they were the backbone of the soldiers and junior officers, and the courage and hope returned to the 450,000 Soviet soldiers who held the Chita Fortress.

At this time, the dense artillery fire suddenly stopped, and after a sharp whistle, I saw countless short Japanese soldiers in khaki clothes already attacking the outer positions of Chita Fortress under the cover of hundreds of Chinese No. 1 tanks.

"Artillery! Shoot now and block the enemy's offensive route! Blyukhel shouted to give orders to the staff officers behind him.

With the marshal's order, a powerful artillery group of the Red Army, which had been patiently concealed, suddenly erupted into a roar! A sharp whistling sound was heard in the air, and the cannonballs exploded in the midst of the charging ranks. Every time a cannonball explodes, it is a sky full of flesh and blood. The hell of artillery fire was inflicted on the attacking Chinese and Japanese troops this time, and the casualties caused were far greater than what the Soviet Red Army had just paid! The whistling shrapnel was like the scythe of death, harvesting every life he fancied on the battlefield.

However, the charging Japanese infantry did not hesitate at this time, and did not need any orders. Everyone shouted "Half load, half load!" The slogan began to launch a decisive charge! Almost 20,000 Japanese, who seemed to be madmen, attacked with their rifles and their heads covered. The Chinese tanks, which were responsible for covering the Japanese infantry, also increased their horsepower and began to advance at full speed in the face of the fire of the Soviet Red Army.

After all, the first line of troops on the periphery of Chita was limited, and after a night of artillery bombardment, it was still holding on to resistance. However, the firepower of the troops can be said to be insignificant for the huge attack momentum of the Sino-Japanese coalition forces. On the front, which stretched for thirty kilometers, the Japanese infantry, which was basically divided into two huge attack arrows, rushed forward and poured into the trenches of the Soviet Red Army like a tidal wave. The white-knuckle battle suddenly began. The two sides scuffled together with all kinds of things that could be manipulated in their hands. Both the Japanese and the Russians were masters of playing with bayonets, and the bayonets of both sides fought together, and the flexibility of the Japanese and the strength of the Russians were maximized at this moment. Others threw grenades in the trenches, and shrapnel cut everyone down regardless of faction. Wave after wave of Japanese soldiers continued to pour into the trenches, and just when the Soviet Red Army on the front line finally could not resist, the Red Army reinforcements also arrived through the communication trenches. The battle is heating up again......

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"When will the Air Force arrive?" Bai Chongxi, who was personally sitting on the front line, asked coldly while observing the battle situation ahead. He was a little dissatisfied. The Air Force's strikes on the Chita fortress did not seem to be as effective as the Bolja fortress. Neither the core fortress complex of the Chita Fortress nor the artillery that could suppress the opposing side. So much so that in the midst of a day and a night of attack. The Sino-Japanese coalition forces failed to capture an important position!

It's already October 22nd. If the attack on Chita Fortress can't end before the cold winter comes, then your deployment will be completely in vain, and you may even suffer a defeat under Chita City!

"The report said that the Air Force took off from Manchuria and Hailar airfields at 6 o'clock every morning, and it took at least one to two hours to get to Chita, and because of the long distance, the bomb load of the planes had to be reduced to free up the load to load gasoline. So there's no way to use that one-and-a-half-ton bomb unless you wait until the airfield is repaired......"

"Oh. I know. The corners of Bai Chongxi's mouth twitched, it seems that there is going to be a fierce battle under Chita City!

Thinking of this, he quickly got into the tent and walked to the sand table.

The Chita Fortress was the stronghold of the Soviet Far Eastern Front, which has been expanded and fortified over the years and now has developed a solid defensive system. And from the topography, the Chita Fortress is also easy to defend and difficult to attack, the core building of the fortress is in the river valley, there are high ground to cover the front and rear, especially the high ground called Tiger Mountain by the Chinese in front of the right front of the fortress, not only barrier the central area of the Chita Fortress, but also the Trans-Siberian Railway also passes more than 3,000 meters from its north, if this high ground is captured, then the Chita Fortress can block the west gate of the Chita Fortress with artillery fire even if it cannot be defeated for a while.

Thinking of this, Bai Chongxi immediately pointed to the Tiger Mountain Heights and said to Xia Wei: "Xi Cang, let the Japanese maintain the suppression of the front and left flank heights of the Chita Fortress, and we can't let them have the spare strength to support the Tiger Mountain Heights. The First Army was ordered to launch an uninterrupted assault on the Tiger Mountain Heights. Tell the Air Force that today they will definitely launch more than a thousand air raids on the Tiger Mountain Heights...... At the same time, I ordered the artillery group to concentrate 80% of the 150mm and 105mm howitzers, and bombard Tiger Mountain for me, and I must smash it for me! Order the Second Army to get ready for a night attack! ”

"Yes!"

In Bai Chongxi's rapid speech, the staff officer quickly closed the notebook and shot in the direction of the communication office, at this time the rumbling artillery outside became more violent, it seemed that another round of Japanese attack had been thwarted, and the artillery battle between the two sides had once again been fought.

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Artillery is blazing, at this time, in Western Belarus and Western Ukraine. Another great war that will determine the fate of the two countries has reached its final moment. More than 4 million officers and soldiers on both sides are engaged in one of the fiercest battles on the land of Eastern Europe. The fighters of the Soviet Red Army have completely grasped the initiative on the battlefield, and a magnificent offensive operation has come to an end. The corpses of the white Poland were piled up all over the battlefield, and the strength they had accumulated since the restoration of the country still failed to defeat the mighty Red Empire.

In the headquarters of the Polish army in the Brest Fortress, there was a noisy, panicked and gloomy atmosphere. The Polish generals who were in high spirits in the past are now all in and out like defeated roosters, hanging their heads in and out.

Or arguing around the map. On the map, the red arrows of the Soviet Red Army are constantly extending, and the blue arrows representing the Polish army, as well as the defense system of the Brest Prominent Army, are already scattered.

The Polish troops in the Baranovichi encirclement were gone, and they, like the Soviet troops in Borgia, surrendered to the enemy besieging them. But what awaits those Polish commanders is not a good place to go...... They did not yet know that Comrade Stalin had already given the order that all white Polish officers must be executed!

The situation on the Ukrainian side is no better than that, although on the map there are still five corps of the Ukrainian army group. But everyone present knows that there are 100,000 people in these five armies combined! If you count the 400,000 people lost by the Belarusian group and the hundreds of thousands of people lost by the Brest Army Group (the Polish army in the Brest salient), the whole of Poland lost almost 800,000 young people in less than a month! This is an absolutely unbearable loss for a nation of only 40 million people. And this loss is just the beginning!

The phone in the war room was noisy, and bad news kept coming.

"What? More than five thousand Soviet troops, under the cover of tanks, occupied the positions of the 16th Division on the west bank of the Bouag River! What is the current situation of the 16th Division? Can you stop the counterattack and retake the position? ”

"The positions of the 11th Artillery Regiment were strafed by Soviet fighters. Heavy casualties? Can the regiment still fight now? ”

"The Reserve Third Army has already boarded the train in Warsaw. In the afternoon, you can reach Brest...... Your army must hold out until this evening, when the time comes, the headquarters will send a reserve third army to replace you. You must not take a step back until then. This is a military order! ”

The Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army, Ozovsky, sat there dejectedly. Some of them looked blankly at their subordinates dealing with the endless front-line matters. The entire command was already in a panic. The staff officers and generals here, they couldn't believe that the miracle on the Vistula River had not been repeated, and that Poland had gathered 800,000 troops on this battlefield, almost the last of their essence. But in just 20 days of fighting, this army was once again defeated by the Soviet Red Army! The original plan to relieve the siege of the Belorussian army group besieged in Baranovichi has completely failed, and the situation in Ukraine is already dangerous to the point of imminent collapse! Field Marshal Himigvi, the supreme commander of the Polish army, was almost constantly sending telegrams to Warsaw and East Prussia asking for help, and the head of the Polish delegation to Germany, Leshinski, was about to break through the threshold of Hitler. But the answer is always "Not ready!" "It looks like the Germans are ready to sacrifice Poland.

At this time, the battle reports that came back from the front line all emphasized the powerful artillery fire of the Soviet Red Army. Sufficient troops, so that the Polish army's helpless tanks can also strike in the air. There was also the exuberant attacking spirit of the Bolsheviks. As if the opponent in front of the Polish army and the one who surrendered to the squadron in the Far East were not the same army at all.

For Admiral Ozovsky, it was despair and self-indulgence. He, like all the top brass of the Polish army, did not take the Soviet Red Army too much as a dish before the war. It was thought that they were still the same as in 20 years, poorly equipped and poorly trained, and fought only with the enthusiasm that was stirred up by the Bolsheviks. However, the Polish army has made rapid progress in recent years, with powerful artillery, equipped with more than 3,000 tanks and armored vehicles, and a not weak air force, which can definitely defeat these self-defeating Bolsheviks. But they didn't expect that they greatly underestimated their opponents, and they were already completely different from 1920! Now the situation is already critical, the Belorussian army group has been annihilated, the general collapse of the Ukrainian army group is at hand, and the defense line of the Buwag River, which is empty of troops, cannot stop the breakthrough of the Soviet army at all! The only one that still had combat strength was the main forces of the Polish army concentrated around Brest, and now it was necessary to withdraw this force to Warsaw and start a final decisive battle with the Soviet Red Army in Warsaw! But the question is, the current Brest cluster is also under siege from three sides, is there any possibility of withdrawing?

There was a rush of boots outside the door, and Field Marshal Himigvi was seen striding into the war room with his head held high. The backbone of the Polish Army now seems to be in good spirits again, with a straight uniform and a cleanly shaved face. The face of the baby that lacked majesty actually had a little awe-inspiring murderous aura.

"Cheer up! Poland is still fighting! We have Germany, China, France and England behind us, and the final victory must belong to Poland! Quickly collate feedback from the front line into a concise and clear report. Propose a specific plan for the use of troops, as well as a logistical support plan. It must be fast, our servicemen are still fighting hard at the front, you are also fighting hard, for the sake of Poland, we must cheer up! ”

Although the marshal himself did not believe these words, his momentum suddenly lifted the spirits of the Polish officers present and began to work urgently. The original noisy and chaotic war room gradually gained some order. Ozovsky got up from his seat, walked up to the marshal and whispered: "What did Hitler say there?" Can troops be sent? ”

Marshal Himigvi had a cold face: "I have already called Hitler personally. He personally promised me that I would send a million German troops into Poland...... You can go in two days. He wanted us to withdraw our troops across the Bouvag River and lead the Soviet Red Army under the city of Warsaw, and then the German Army Group South would join us in teaching the invading Soviet Red Army a lesson that will never be forgotten! Admiral Ozovsky, the plan for the retreat of the Brest cluster, you have to urge the relevant units to do their best...... The troops had to be regrouped as soon as they were withdrawn to Warsaw, and I still don't trust the Germans. (To be continued)