The 450,000 Russian troops who retreated to the vicinity of the city of Maimai were composed of the remnants of 29 armies, plus the 3rd Army, the main Russian army, which had no losses, and the entire marching army column stretched out a distance of more than ten kilometers.

Zhang Daxiong led the tank group and armored vehicles of the armored division on a rampage, and successively defeated at least 6 infantry corps that were not fully organized, and then encountered stubborn resistance from the 3rd Army of the main Russian army, and even the Russian artillery behind was also prepared and began to shell the positions of the tank group and armored vehicles.

The 10 steam tanks and 20 armored vehicles equipped by the 3rd Army were quickly wiped out by the tanks of the Dingbei Army, but the 3rd Army was equipped with a lot of anti-aircraft guns that posed a great threat to the Black Wolf light tank and Z1 armored vehicles, as well as a lot of death squad soldiers with ** bags, and blew up a lot of Black Wolf light tanks and Z1 armored vehicles, at this time, the shells of the Russian large-caliber artillery fell in the middle of the tank group and armored vehicles of the Dingbei Army, and even the T1 heavy tanks were shelled by large-caliber artillery, It hit the relatively thin top directly, blowing up the T1 heavy tank.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Daxiong, the commander of the armored division, immediately ordered the tank group and armored vehicles to quickly turn around, but now it was on a flat grassland, so the tank group and armored vehicles of the armored division spent half an hour and went around to the back of the Russian army and chose here to attack.

At this time, most of the artillery of the Russian army was on the temporary artillery position behind the Russian army, Zhang Daxiong looked at where he could still be polite, and his T1 heavy tank No. 1 took the lead in killing the artillery position behind the Russian army.

After a bit of rage on the Russian artillery positions. The tank groups and armored vehicles of the armored division continued to fight at the Russian infantry in the rear of the Russian marching column.

After seeing the tank group and armored vehicles of the Dingbei Army wreaking havoc in the artillery positions behind the column of their own marching army, at least nearly 200 artillery pieces were destroyed by tank guns, and then the tank group and armored vehicles of the Dingbei Army continued to attack the infantry in the rear of their own marching column. The faces of the two commanders of the Russian Front, Antonovich and Ivanov, became even more gloomy.

The entire marching army of the Russian army was more than ten kilometers long, and after the tank group and armored vehicles of the Dingbei Army successively defeated the six armies in front of them, the 3rd Army, the main force corps behind the marching column, rushed to the front of the marching army column under the order of Commander Antonovich, stopped the tank group and armored vehicles of the Dingbei Army, and continued to assault the troops behind the marching army of the Russian army.

However, what made the two commanders of the Russian front army helpless was that now the tank group and armored vehicles of the Dingbei Army went around to the back of the marching column. They also couldn't let the 3rd Army toss back and forth, if the tank groups and armored vehicles of the Dingbei Army went back to the front. That's maddening.

So Ivanov had no choice but to send his own 6th Army troops over to block the assault of the Dingbei Army's tank groups and armored vehicles, and the 6th Army also suffered a lot of losses in the attack on the mountain fortifications outside Darhan, leaving only more than 20,000 men, but they were more than the 3rd Army. The other corps were stronger, and the 6th Army, as the highest-numbered corps of the Russian Standing Army, was also stronger in equipment and combat effectiveness than the average corps, and if it were not for the fact that it was now in the middle of the war, the 6th Army would have expanded into a large army of 70,000 men like the 3rd Army.

Zhang Daxiong led the tank group and armored vehicles of the armored division to wreak havoc on the Russian artillery positions, and quickly defeated 2 Russian infantry corps with only more than 10,000 people left, and encountered the stubborn resistance of the Russian 6th Army, especially the 6th Army's death squads with ** bags. It brought a lot of casualties to the Black Wolf light tank and Z1 armored vehicles, and the remaining artillery of the Russian army continued to bombard the area of the tank and armored vehicle assault, even the Russian army's own officers and soldiers did not take into account.

Although the tanks and armored vehicles of the Dingbei Army are also constantly losing. But compared to the losses of the Russian army, the losses of these tanks and armored vehicles are definitely worth it, and the loss of each tank or armored vehicle can be exchanged for the lives of hundreds of Russian officers and soldiers.

When the tank group and armored vehicles of the Dingbei Army encountered stubborn resistance from the Russian 6th Army, and the effect of the tank and armored vehicle assault was weakened, the assault battle of the armored division of the Dingbei Army had been going on for more than three hours. The assault was launched at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and the ammunition of the tanks and armored vehicles of the Dingbei Army was almost exhausted. As a result, the commander of the armored division, Zhang Daxiong, immediately ordered all the tanks and armored vehicles to leave the battle, bypass the large forces of the Russian army, and retreat to the direction of Maicheng to replenish ammunition and fuel.

Today's assault battle with tanks and armored vehicles can be regarded as very successful, the entire grassland south of the city is full of corpses, many Russian corpses are incomplete, the tracks of the remaining tanks of the armored division and the wheels of armored vehicles have turned blood red, especially the tracks of the tanks are covered with flesh, which looks extremely terrifying.

At this time, Zhang Daxiong, who was full of ambition, thought that this was not enough, and he hoped in his heart that he would completely defeat these hundreds of thousands of Russian troops today and avenge the comrades who were killed in the Russian camp. And in order to avoid long nights and dreams, even Zhang Daxiong has prepared for a night battle.

The two front commanders Ivanov and Antonovich saw through the telescope that the tank group and armored vehicles of the Dingbei Army finally retreated under the stubborn resistance of the 6th Army, but they were not relaxed in their hearts, but they were worried that the tank group and armored vehicles of the Dingbei Army would choose another direction to surprise the Russian army. He also ordered the defeated armies to immediately gather the routed troops, and the other troops to dig fortifications on the spot to prevent another assault by the tank groups and armored vehicles of the Dingbei Army.

Ivanov said with a wry smile: "We just knew in advance that the Dingbei Army had a large number of tanks and armored vehicles in the city of Maidu and Haktu, and the measures taken to prevent the attack of tanks and armored vehicles seem to have no effect now." We can't stay here for long, otherwise the Dingbei Army will continue to carry out large-scale assaults on us with tanks and armored vehicles, and the mountain fortifications outside Darkhan do not know how long they will be able to resist the pursuers of the Dingbei Army. When the Dingbei army in Darkhan City catches up again, we will be completely finished! ”

Antonovich said with a dejected face: "So what do we do now?" There was an interception in front and a chasing army in the rear, facing these tank groups and a large number of armored vehicles of the Dingbei Army. We are struggling to even defend ourselves, how can we conquer the city of Buying, as well as the city of Haktu behind, withdraw to the territory of Russia, and return to Irkutsk! ”

Ivanov said with a firm face: "Now you can only withdraw to the territory of Russia by bypassing the city of trading and the city of Haktu." ”

"Bypass?" Antonovich's brow furrowed, bypassing the city of Haktu and the city of buying and selling. It is true that it is possible to return to Russia, but the road that needs to be taken is not easy to follow. Not only are they all mountain roads, but there are even some rivers without bridges, which are not conducive to the march of large armies at all.

Ivanov nodded and continued: "It must be bypassed, we have abandoned all the excess burdens. With only food and water, as well as weapons and ammunition with them, they marched lightly and withdrew to Irkutsk as fast as they could. ”

Antonovich frowned and asked: "And what about our artillery?" There are so many supplies and ammunition, don't you want them all? ”

Ivanov said resolutely: "In order to withdraw to the country, we must give up a burden, artillery and excess materials and ammunition, we can't bring anything." ”

Antonovich looked back in the direction of the artillery positions, although the artillery positions behind were ravaged by the tank groups and armored vehicles of the Dingbei Army, and the losses were not small. However, there are at least 900 artillery pieces with a caliber of more than 75 mm in the entire Russian army, and many of them are large-caliber guns imported from France. Antonovich felt a little distressed by giving up like this, but there was still a large number of artillery pieces of his 3rd Army artillery unit.

However, now it is true that the remnants of his army cannot stay here for a long time, and it is very difficult to conquer the city of Maider and the city of Darkhan, so Antonovich reluctantly nodded and said: "Okay, we will immediately organize the troops to retreat from the mountain roads around the city of Maider and the city of Haktu, but before retreating." We must blow up all the artillery, and we must not give the Northern Army to stay. ”

Ivanov nodded approvingly. "The artillery is indeed going to explode, but the tanks and armored vehicles of the Dingbei Army may still attack us, and these artillery pieces will be blown up after the large force is withdrawn!"

Ivanov meant that if the tanks and armored vehicles of the Dingbei Army still launched a surprise attack on them, then these artillery pieces could still play their last role.

Antonovich had no objection to this, but Antonovich hesitated and said: "What if we retreat to Irkutsk, which has already been occupied by the Dingbei Army?" You must know that for the great battle of Darkhan, the commander of the city, His Excellency Kuropatkin, has already transferred most of the defenders of Irkutsk, and Irkutsk has only one full infantry regiment and some miscellaneous troops, adding up to 45,000 people. ”

Ivanov was actually worried about the situation in Irkutsk, he smiled bitterly and said: "Now we can only pray to God to keep Irkutsk in the hands of our troops, otherwise we are really in a desperate situation, after all, we are running out of food." ”

Antonovich seemed to comfort Ivanov, and also said as if comforting himself: "The fortifications in Irkutsk are relatively well-built, that is, there are only 45,000 troops left, and the Dingbei Army should not be able to occupy it for a while, and Irkutsk is full of rivers, and the terrain is not very conducive to tank attacks, so the Dingbei Army is to send tank groups and a large number of armored vehicles to attack Irkutsk, and I believe that Irkutsk can hold on for a while." ”

Ivanov said with a wry smile: "Let's take one step at a time, there is no point in thinking about these now, let's withdraw to Irkutsk first and see the situation, as long as we withdraw to the country, Irkutsk City will be lost, we can also get some food from nearby villages and towns, and then continue to retreat to the west along the railway line." ”

After that, the Russian army began to detour the city of Buy-and-sell and the city of Haktu in batches, and withdrew to the territory of Russia, and the armored division of the Northern Army, under the leadership of Zhang Daxiong, replenished ammunition and fuel at more than 6 o'clock in the evening, and launched a surprise attack on the Russian army......

In the early morning of May 17th, the sound of gunfire in the south of the trading city stopped, Zhang Daxiong pushed open the cover of the top entrance of his tank, leaned out half of his body to look at the battlefield on the grassland, and sighed helplessly, he originally wanted to defeat hundreds of thousands of Russian troops here, and the desire to annihilate most of them was frustrated. And the blocking troops left by the Russian army have been fighting fiercely with the armored division all night, and the remnants of the blocking Russian army have also retreated into the mountains.

Zhang Daxiong knew that these Russian troops who fled into the mountains could retreat to Russia along the mountain roads in the mountains, and the mountains were complicated, which made Zhang Daxiong unable to predict where the Russian troops who fled into the mountains near the city of buying and selling rushed to Irkutsk, and even had no chance to pursue the remnants of the Russian army and beat the water dogs.

However, Zhang Daxiong only felt that there was a fly in the ointment, and sneered a few times at the fleeing Russian army, although the armored division troops led by him could not pursue, but these Russian troops did not want to escape the surprise attack of the armored division, and the armored division could not only buy and sell these troops outside the city.

The battle from yesterday to early this morning has caused heavy losses to the Russian army retreating from Darkhan City, at least 100,000 Russian officers and soldiers fell on this grassland, more than 1,100 artillery pieces of the Russian artillery unit were either blown up by the tank guns of the Dingbei Army, or finally blown up by the Russian troops themselves with ** bags, and the Russian army that could successfully escape into the mountains near the city of trading did not exceed 300,000 Russian troops, and the entire establishment of the Russian army has been completely chaotic, becoming a share, and the number of people has reached tens of thousands of people. The number was less than a thousand, and the wolf fled into the mountains near the city of Trading.

Zhang Daxiong only regretted it and ordered the officers and soldiers of the armored division to clean up the battlefield, and in the end, the armored division also lost 5 T1 heavy tanks, 27 Black Wolf light tanks and 38 Z1 armored vehicles, with a loss of nearly 500 people.

So in addition to the loss of tanks and armored vehicles, the ratio of losses of armored divisions and Russian personnel reached an astonishing one to two hundred, and later the details of this battle reached the desks of the top brass of each * team, and such a large casualty ratio surprised the top brass of these armies of various countries, and made the construction of their own armored forces in various countries also accelerated.

However, no more than 350,000 Russian troops bypassed the city of Maimai and Haktu from the mountain road, and the ordeal did not stop, and when the Russian army, which was completely chaotic, finally fled to the vicinity of Irkutsk, it was attacked by another part of the armored division of the Dingbei Army and the 38th division...... (To be continued) R640