On the artillery position of the 13th Artillery Division of the Soviet Union, in the dim light, Soviet artillery was carrying shells back and forth.

The commander of the 13th Artillery Division, when he received a request for artillery support from the forward positions, began to order the troops to launch artillery bombardment in the marked coordinate area. Like the Chinese artillery, the Soviet Union also marked the map into blocks of coordinates to facilitate the artillery's adjustment of the firing elements.

The forward position, as the main support mission site of the 13th Artillery Division, and the geographical coordinates in front of the forward position, have been remembered by the Soviet artillery.

The shells and firing elements were all in place, and the entire artillery division, 135 guns, was divided into three firing directions, and one direction was responsible for a piece of territory. Because China was attacking from three directions, artillery support was needed in all three directions, so the strength of the artillery division was divided into three parts.

Only five minutes elapsed between the beginning of the call for artillery support and the launch of the shelling, during which time it was necessary to adjust the angle and direction of the firing, which was not slow for the Soviet Union.

In the first round of firing, more than 40 shells fell on each position, and the explosion and shock were also very strong, because there was no shortage of heavy artillery of more than 122mm.

Some of the Soviet soldiers on the forward positions cheered, watching the fire in front of the position, and the violent explosion kicked off a large amount of dirt and snow, and the fire shone brightly.

"It's time to give those Chinese dwarfs a taste of being bombarded."

"That is, let them see too, we in the USSR also have heavy artillery."

Many Soviet soldiers were very proud in their hearts, the previous bombardment had already made them all hold their breath, and when the Chinese army attacked just now, they felt that it was difficult to fight back. At this moment, they all felt a heartfelt comfort when they saw their artillery in full swing.

The Soviet Union also had heavy artillery, and the Chinese army was being shelled at the moment.

It's just that some Soviet soldiers with better eyes are very puzzled why they can't see the Chinese soldiers in the light of the shell explosion, and even those armored vehicles are gone. The two sides were still fighting fiercely just now, and no one could be seen until now.

And at the beginning of the shelling, the Chinese soldiers of the three regiments had already retreated a short distance, that is, the three pioneer companies also retreated some distance, and at the beginning of the shelling, they were just outside the range of the shelling.

Soviet shells exploded not far in front of them, and the soldiers hid behind armored vehicles to block the shrapnel fired indiscriminately. After the troops retreated in the continuation, the place is not yet very safe.

After the Soviet artillery was fired, it had not yet finished adjusting, and many Soviet soldiers saw the flash of light in the sky again, and the light passed over their heads. Immediately they all heard the whirling of shells and the sound of violent explosions coming from the rear.

All the Soviet soldiers chuckled in their hearts, they were familiar with this light, and even more so with the whistling and explosions, because it was this sound and movement when the Chinese artillery attacked before.

Before they could come to their senses, countless cannonballs flew into the sky in the distance, and the piercing whistling sound and earth-shattering explosions once again filled their ears. Many Soviet soldiers silently looked at the artillery positions that were caught in the roar of artillery a few kilometers away.

The Chinese artillery once again proved to them the power of the Chinese artillery, and the joy in their hearts once again turned into great disappointment. Compared with the scene at this time, which was like the roar of ten thousand cannons, the more than 100 artillery pieces of the Soviet Union just now were like playing at home.

In fact, the Chinese army does not use many artillery pieces now, less than 500 pieces, but the victory is that they are all heavy guns of more than 105mm, while the Soviet Union's previous artillery bombardment, 60 of which were 75mm field guns, the power gap is very large. Whether it is the power of the explosion or the movement, it is much worse in all aspects.

The Soviet 13th Artillery Division had just fired the first round of fire, and it attracted even more violent retaliation.

Originally, because of the movement generated during the shelling, the calm of the place where the Soviet artillery positions were located was broken by the sound of artillery. Now, with an average of hundreds of shells falling in ten seconds, the movement is even more intense.

Many Soviet artillerymen did not know what was going on, so they were buried under the fire of the Chinese artillery along with their beloved artillery. Violent explosions filled the entire artillery position, and the sound of explosions and shouts made it feel like hell here.

The explosion interrupted the rhythm of their continued shelling, and the position was already in chaos, and the violent explosions drowned out the shouts of the officers. Soviet artillery pieces that were directly hit by shells, parts flew everywhere. The ground was littered with barrels that could not be seen in their original appearance, and the curved cannon body was sprinkled with blood, and there was a lot of minced meat on the barrel.

The shells that were placed on the position were detonated by the falling shells, or by the incendiary material, resulting in a second explosion, or a more violent explosion. These Soviet shells caused secondary damage, and many Soviet artillery soldiers were killed by the explosion of their own shells.

The dim light was gone, replaced by a firelight that rose into the sky, illuminating many places around it. In the firelight, the figures swayed, and the Soviet soldiers, who were lucky not to be hit by shells and shrapnel, ran around the position like ants on a hot pot.

On the forward positions, three regiments of Chinese troops saw that their artillery began to return fire, and the Soviet artillery was no longer able to shell here.

The three regiment commanders did not hesitate at all, and after a few minutes of shelling, all three regiment commanders gave the order for a full-scale attack. They all understand that there is nothing to worry about anymore at this time. Even if the USSR still had artillery power, there was not much left.

With a full-scale attack, the three regiments were exhausted, and before it was only six infantry fighting vehicles, this time even the resting tank units were added. The rumble was heard, and the three sides of the Soviet forward positions acted together, with tanks and armored vehicles as the lead, and mortars and regimental support infantry guns joining the attack.

For a time, the entire Soviet forward position was once again plunged into an explosion, and the tanks rushed quickly towards the Soviet positions at a speed of twenty miles per hour, followed by infantry fighting vehicles. A few hundred meters were soon reached, and as the artillery fire extended, the armored troops advanced, and the infantry following behind also quickly rushed to the Soviet position. It was similar to the slow speed of the Vanguard Company before.

Tank guns, rocket launchers for infantry, light and heavy machine guns, snipers, heavy machine guns on infantry fighting vehicles. In the face of the stormy attack, the Soviet Red Army had no way to resist, and the trenches could not stop the footsteps of the Chinese armored troops, because in the previous artillery bombardment, many trenches had collapsed, and it was impossible to achieve the goal of blocking the advance of tanks and armored vehicles.

From time to time, a squad of soldiers dropped on one or two dozen infantry fighting vehicles and joined the attack.

Bullets flew everywhere, and bullets were constantly whizzing through the Soviet positions, on the Soviet trenches that were still capable of resisting. Mortars, grenades became the best way to clear these trench resistance.

The Soviets built forward positions that were quickly cut, and tank and armored vehicle units were like sharp knives, dividing Soviet positions into separate small positions. The infantry in the rear quickly followed, clearing these small positions one by one.

When the sky broke, the white of the fish belly slowly appeared in the sky, and then spread to the entire sky, and the darkness on the earth was slowly expelled.

The artillery clusters in the rear of the Chinese army had long ceased shelling, and the offensive on the ground continued. Bullets were pouring bullets from the firing holes in the infantry fighting vehicles, and the one-kilometer-wide Soviet forward position was not at all able to resist.

The three infantry regiments and the armored forces sliced through the entire position with three sharp knives, occupying those targets with relatively high sea level for the first time. It then forms a circular attack radiation circle and sweeps it around.

As time passed, the darkness was completely driven out, and the earth began to return to light, and there was not much resistance to be seen throughout the position.

At this time, it was already half past seven in the morning Hanjing time, and the three infantry regiments completed the task assigned by the general headquarters half an hour ahead of schedule. Occupy the forward positions of the USSR before eight o'clock.

The troops of the three regiments joined the whole position, and after that, without stopping for a moment, all the fighters, after clearing all threats, immediately took out their sapper shovels and began to strengthen the original positions of the Soviet Union.

On the second line of positions of the Soviet Union, it was already in a sea of fire. It was less than a kilometer from the forward positions and was built by Soviet troops together with the forward positions. Between the two lines of defense was the camp of Soviet soldiers who had previously defended the forward positions.

When the infantry took the forward positions of the Soviet Union, it became the target of artillery group attacks. In order to prevent the Soviet soldiers from counterattacking, and to give the soldiers more time to repair their positions, the artillery group shelled non-stop. However, there were not many artillery pieces used, only about a hundred at a time.

In Zhukov's command, when the 13 Artillery Division was attacked by Chinese artillery, Zhukov knew that the forward positions could not be held.

As early as the beginning of a major offensive by the Chinese army, Zhukov ordered the reinforcement of the second line of defense. When he heard that Nakato's army had a large number of tank and armored vehicle units involved in the offensive, Zhukov was well aware of this result.

"Commander, just now there is a report from the front that the forward position has been completely lost, and all three of our infantry divisions have been wiped out, and at this time the Chinese army has built a defense on our position. And our second line of defense was attacked by Chinese artillery. A staff officer took a telegram and walked up to Zhukov's side and read it.

"Order the defensive line the next day, regardless of the enemy's artillery bombardment, and must build a defensive position before the other side attacks again, especially in the anti-tank trenches, and absolutely must not give the Chinese army a chance to quickly advance." Zhukov thought for a moment and then spoke: "Order the anti-tank artillery division to immediately go to the second line of defense, cooperate with the troops of the second line of defense, and build an anti-tank defense line." ”

"Yes." The staff officer saluted and turned to deliver Zhukov's order.

Zhukov, who had finished giving the order, leaned back in his chair, squinted his eyes, and tapped his fingers lightly on the table. He cleared the thoughts in his mind, and as soon as the battle began, he saw the strength of the Chinese army. He was not surprised by the strength of the Chinese army, perhaps in his heart, he has always put the Chinese army in a very high position.

(To be continued)