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"My lord, the latest battle report, the Fourth Division has torn through the first line of defense in Kyakhta, and is now attacking the second line of defense. The follow-up 50th and 58th Divisions are expanding their successes. The 3rd Cavalry Army has been dispatched and has begun to make a detour, preparing to block the way of the Russian army in Kyakhta from the north to flee north! A major staff officer excitedly reported to Cai Yun. The Third Army has already sent its latest battle report to Kulen.

"Excellent! And what about the remaining three divisions of the Third Army? They were ordered to hurry up and encircle Kyakhta from the east and west, and the Russian troops in Kyakhta must not be allowed to escape. Eating these 100,000 Russian troops in one bite can greatly hurt the vitality of the Russian army in Ulan-Ude! Cai Yun said excitedly. If 100,000 Russian troops can be annihilated in one fell swoop, this will make the squadron have a greater advantage in terms of strength.

"Yes, sir!" After the staff officer recorded the order, he immediately went to deliver the order. When war breaks out, there's nothing more exciting than winning on the battlefield.

Cai Yun looked at the map, full of ambition. The two armies of the northern city plus one cavalry corps did not have a great advantage in terms of strength compared with the Russian army. But if you can inflict a heavy blow on the Russian army in Kyakhta, it will be much easier to attack Ulan-Ude next. The annihilation of the Russian army on the Ulan-Ude side will cause the Russian army to suffer heavy losses in Eastern Siberia, which will play a very big role in defeating the Russian army.

At this moment, in the northern city, the armies of China and Russia are fighting a bloody battle in Kyakhta. However, the Chinese side has an absolute advantage, and from the very beginning of the shelling, the Russian army was taken by surprise. The Russian army did not expect that the Chinese army would launch an attack at this time, nor did it expect that the firepower of the Chinese army would be so strong, in less than an hour, the first line of defense line of Kyakhta, composed of three divisions and more than 30,000 people, was completely defeated, with more than 30,000 people and most of the dead and wounded. Including the troops who died in the rear from the shelling, the Russian troops stationed in Kyakhta have lost more than 30 percent of their troops. This not only caused a big hole in the strength of the Russian army, but also suffered a heavy blow to morale.

The 3rd Cavalry Corps of the Chinese Army has already set out, more than 40,000 men, and crossed the Kyakhta River twenty kilometers east of the city of Maimai, and they will go around to the north of Kyakhta in two hours, blocking the way for the Russian army to break through to the north. In addition, the 59th, 60th and 61st Divisions of the Third Army have also begun to operate. Although these divisions were formed before the war, the soldiers were all composed of retired soldiers, and after several months of restorative training, their combat qualities were no worse than those of other standing units. These three divisions are marching in the east and west directions of Kyakhta in order to completely complete the encirclement of Kyakhta. Among them, the 59th Division and the attached cavalry brigade were responsible for the encirclement in the west, and the 60th and 61st Divisions were responsible for the encirclement in the east.

The Fourth Army has also taken action. However, their main direction of attack is not Kyakhta or even Ulan-Ude, but Irkutsk. The Fourth Army will occupy Baikalsk in five days, blocking the way for the eastward advance of the Russian army in the Irkutsk direction, creating an opportunity for the Third Army to annihilate the Russian army in Ulan-Ude.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "After breaking through the first line of defense, the infantry artillery and mortars of the fourth division have all crossed the Kyakhta River and launched a fierce attack on the second line of defense of the Russian army. The artillery brigade of the army and the artillery battalion of the division placed the target of the artillery on Kyakhta to block the reinforcement of the second line of defense in Kyakhta. A large number of shells fell, almost forming a blank space between Kyakhta and the second line of defense, and the Russian army had to pay a huge price if it wanted to pass through the artillery of the Third Army and reinforce the second line of defense. Major General Turgenev sent two divisions to reinforce the second line of defense, but under the fierce shelling of the Third Army, more than 20,000 people from the two divisions arrived at the second line of defense, and when they reached the second line of defense, there were only more than 13,000 people left, and the rest were directly killed or deserted.

"Da Da Da!" Three infantry regiments of the 4th Division of the Chinese Army, under the cover of a large amount of light and heavy firepower, launched a fierce attack on the Russian troops in the second line of defense in Kyakhta. Originally, the Russian army deployed on the second line of defense had only one division of more than 10,000 people, plus the Russian troops who retreated from the first line of defense and the Russian troops who came up from Kyakhta, it has increased to more than 30,000 people. It's just that in the face of China's fierce attack, their defense line is still precarious. The superiority in troops, in the face of absolute superiority in firepower, does not seem to take much advantage.

"Division commander, the commander called to ask, how long will it take for us to break through the second line of defense of the Russian army?" A signal corpsman handed over the telegram to the commander of the 4th Division, Major General Wang Junchang.

"Call back commander, the fourth division will definitely be able to break through the second line of defense of the Russian army and attack Kyakhta before two o'clock in the afternoon!" Wang Junchang, commander of the Fourth Division, replied confidently. In the battle for the 4th Division to break through the first line of defense of the Russian army, the losses were slight. The Russian army has long been frightened by the heavy artillery fire, and often the fourth division can occupy their positions with a single charge. These old Russian hairmen were either killed or fled, and the rest became prisoners in order to survive. After breaking through the first line of defense, the 4th Division had already taken more than 3,000 prisoners. However, they did not have time to take care of these prisoners, and handed over all the prisoners to the 50th and 58th Divisions that came up later. The task of the 4th Division is to attack! Offensive! Attack all the way to the city of Kyakhta.

"Turgenev, the Chinese's attack is very fierce, we don't have enough artillery support, we can't resist their attack at all!" Let's figure it out! Major General Mikhael said anxiously. His 75th Infantry Division had already suffered heavy losses, with more than 10,000 men in the division, and only 3,000 or 4,000 remained. If it weren't for the tenacity of the Russian peasant, I am afraid that it would have collapsed long ago.

"General Vladimir ordered us to hold Kyakhta to the death and block the Chinese attack. He's sent reinforcements to support us! Major General Turgenev said. The strength of the Chinese Army is far beyond their imagination, and it has also subverted their previous perceptions. If they thought they would be able to resist the attack of the Chinese army and keep the front in Kyakhta, now they understand that all their previous assumptions were foolish dreams.

"Turgenev, do you think we can withstand the attack of the Chinese? We are facing the third group of the Chinese Army, which has 160,000 men, but it is only one division and more than 18,000 people who launched the attack this morning. They have broken through our defenses with ease, and once the other divisions are also engaged in battle, will we be able to resist them? Vladimir's stupid pig, he left all his most elite troops in Ulan-Ude, and all those left in Kyakhta were farmers who had just laid down their hoes. To let these peasants who have only learned to shoot fight the Chinese army, armed to the teeth, is simply a pipe dream, and it is to send them to death! Major General Mikhael said angrily. What he was most dissatisfied with was that all the most elite troops on the Ulan-Ude side of Lieutenant General Vladimir remained in Ulan-Ude, and the entire Kyakhta, except for Turgenev's 6th Cossack Cavalry Division, which was considered elite, the rest of the troops were all newly formed garbage troops. If there is a superiority in troops, they may be able to resist the attack of the squadron, but they don't even have a superiority in strength, and their defeat is inevitable.

Turgenev frowned, he understood what Major General Mikhael said. However, he was a very traditional soldier, and he had always regarded obedience to orders as his duty, and he could not do it to disobey the orders of his superiors. Even if Lieutenant General Vladimir is just an incompetent commander, that's it. Their Cossack cavalry, in addition to their own bravery, did not hesitate to carry out orders, which is why they were able to laugh at the European continent.

"Turgenev, if you find it difficult, let's send a telegram to Grand Duke Nikolai! Grand Duke Nicholas is the real supreme commander of Eastern Siberia! He's sure he'll give us the right orders! Major General Mikhael said.

Although this seems to be a bit overstepping, it is a good way for the Russian army in Kyakhta. If Grand Duke Nicholas ordered them to withdraw their troops, then they would have enough reason to refuse to carry out the order of Lieutenant General Vladimir to hold Kyakhta.

Soon, a telegram was sent from Kyakhta, in which Turgenev gave a detailed account of the problems that the Kyakhta defenders were now facing, and the tragic outcome of the 100,000 Russian troops in Kyakhta who were likely to be wiped out if they held Kyakhta.

"General, something is wrong!" As soon as the telegram was sent, a Russian ** officer covered in blood rushed into the hidden commander, and on one of his arms, there was a deep scar that could be seen in the bones, and blood was constantly bubbling out.

"What's wrong? Has the second line of defense been broken through again? How long has it been? Are the armies on the second line of defense all pigs? Even if it is tens of thousands of pigs, it is impossible for the Chinese to catch them in such a short time! "Major General Mikhael is like an angry bear.

Major General Turgenev, however, frowned, remembering that this officer was not an officer on the second line of defense, but the commander of a battalion deployed north of Kyakhta.

"General, not the second line of defense! It's our rear! A large number of Chinese cavalry appeared north of Kyakhta, at least tens of thousands of people, my battalion has been wiped out by them, only me and a dozen soldiers escaped! The officer replied.

However, Major Generals Turgenev and Mikhayer have changed their faces.

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