In the headquarters of the Allied and Allied forces in Chelyabinsk, German Army General Tammy Schneider said to the commanders of other countries with a lonely expression: "The defeat of this air ambush has made us clearly realize the gap between our allied fighters and the Chinese Imperial fighters. As for the reconnaissance of the positions of the Chinese Imperial army outside the city in order to counterattack, it will not be useful in a short time, so let's reduce some losses first! ”

At this time, Luftwaffe Colonel Marschedal on the side said: "Although our allied fighters are much worse than the fighters of the Chinese Empire in terms of performance, if our allied fighters are combined with air defense weapons on the ground, they can still play a great role in the face of the air raids of the Chinese Empire." ”

In fact, in this allied air ambush war, the commanders of various countries also have the intention of temptation, hoping to rely on this ambush war to weaken the strength of the Chinese Imperial Air Force and reduce the obstacles for the counterattack in the near future.

However, now it seems that it is still honest to use the strong fortifications in Chelyabinsk and the surrounding areas to consume the strength of the Chinese Empire's attack force as much as possible, and as for the counterattack, it can only be discussed in the long run, and several commanders can't help but sigh secretly in their hearts.

British Army General Dersunsk sighed and said: "The combined forces of our seven countries have gathered more than 2.5 million troops in the positions of Chelyabinsk and around the city, and reinforcements from various countries are still coming. Although we will not be able to seize air supremacy, we believe that we will be able to hold the city of Chelyabinsk. Find the fighter that launched the counterattack. ”

Unlike the oppressive atmosphere in the headquarters of the coalition forces, in the headquarters of the Chinese Imperial Army, a few dozen kilometers east of the city of Chelyabinsk. At this time, there was laughter. The eight commanders of the main force of the Imperial Chinese Army received a battle report just sent by the Air Force, and learned that the Allied Air Force had fought an air ambush war, and not only did not shoot down a single fighter plane of the Imperial Chinese Air Force, but also stole chickens and rice, and dozens of fighters were shot down.

Truth be told, after the Entente and the other 6 countries of the Central Powers declared war on the Chinese Empire. These senior generals of the military have nothing to worry about, after all, this time they are at war with seven European powers at the same time, and the pressure is still relatively large.

The commanders of the eight main forces of the Imperial Chinese Army here in Chelyabinsk are Ni Fan, commander of the Third Guards Army, Wu Hui, commander of the Fourth Guards Army, Deng Zichao, commander of the Third Field Army, Hu Desheng, commander of the Fourth Field Army, and Yu Lichen, commander of the Ninth Field Army. Duan Qirui, commander of the 10th Field Army, Li Kai, commander of the 11th Field Army, and Qu Chengyi, commander of the 12th Field Army.

Among them, the Fourth Guards Army, the Eleventh Field Army, and the Twelfth Field Army were all newly formed main forces, and Li Kai and Qu Chengyi were originally the commanders of the Andong Provincial Garrison and the Anxi Provincial Garrison respectively. Wu Hui is a graduate of the first phase of the teaching team of the Sailor Academy, and like other newly appointed commanders of the main army, he can be counted as Lin Daxin's descendant. Before becoming the commander of the 4th Guards, Wu Hui was the commander of 1 division of the 1st Guards.

Ni Fan, the commander of the Third Guards, said with a smile on his face: "These people from the Entente and the Allied Powers. It seems that they are unwilling to let their air force be suppressed by our Royal Air Force and make this big show. As a result, it was a mess, and we were beaten up by our Royal Air Force. ”

Ni Fan has been appointed by Lin Daxin as the commander of the attack on Chelyabinsk City, and the main forces of the 8 Imperial Chinese Army forces outside Chelyabinsk are currently under Ni Fan's command.

Duan Qirui said with a smile: "The performance of the allied fighters of the Entente and the Allied Powers is too big compared to the fighters of our Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire, the battle report of the Air Force said that dozens of allied fighters besieged 2 improved Yellow Bird fighters, but did not shoot down one of our planes, and were shot down by our 2 improved Yellow Bird fighters, and finally as soon as the reinforcements of the Royal Air Force arrived, these allied fighters in ambush collapsed. ”

Deng Zichao, commander of the Third Field Army, continued: "With these excellent fighters of our Imperial Chinese Air Force, we don't have to worry about air supremacy, and now we only need to consider the issue of attacking the city of Chelyabinsk." ”

Ni Fan nodded and said: "This attack on Chelyabinsk City is currently in charge of our 8 armies, and it just so happens that everyone is here, let's study the various problems that need to be solved in the attack on Chelyabinsk City!" ”

The other 7 army commanders also nodded, so far, the troops of the 8 armies have arrived outside Chelyabinsk about 800,000 troops, and the follow-up troops are still taking a steady stream of trucks, transport planes and airships, continuing to rush over, especially the heavy equipment such as tanks, armored vehicles and artillery, which have arrived outside Chelyabinsk City, in fact, they now have the conditions for attacking the city.

Hu Desheng, commander of the Fourth Field Army, said: "Because the tanks and armored vehicles have already driven directly to the city of Chelyabinsk, most of the artillery of the various armies has been towed by trucks to our artillery positions outside the city of Chelyabinsk, and our eight corps have already arrived here with 800,000 troops, I think we don't need to wait any longer, and we should immediately launch an attack on the coalition forces in the city of Chelyabinsk." ”

Wu Hui, the commander of the Fourth Guards Army, said with a different opinion at this time: "I think it is better for us to wait for the remaining more than 400,000 troops to arrive here in Chelyabinsk and then launch an attack, after all, according to the intelligence sent by the Military Intelligence Bureau, the combined forces of the Entente and the Central Powers have gathered more than 2.5 million troops in the city of Chelyabinsk, and we use 800,000 to attack the positions defended by 2.5 million enemies, the difficulty will be very large, and the losses will not be small. Let's attack the city of Chelyabinsk again! ”

Hu Desheng insisted on his own opinion and retorted: "Old Wu, the follow-up troops of our 8 armies are constantly rushing towards the city of Chelyabinsk, but the combined forces of the Entente and the Central Powers are not idle. They were also using the railways in Europe to strengthen the city of Chelyabinsk. Perhaps when the other 400,000 troops of our 8 armies arrive in Chelyabinsk, we will have to face an even greater number of coalition forces. Maybe 3 million, 4 million! I think the time is ripe for an attack on the city of Chelyabinsk, and as for the other 400,000 troops of our eight armies, they can be used as reserves. ”

Yu Lichen, commander of the Ninth Field Army, said at this time: "I think it is okay to launch an attack on the city of Chelyabinsk now, although we are much smaller than the coalition forces in the city of Chelyabinsk in terms of troops, but we have absolute air superiority, and we can allow the air force to carry out carpet bombardment of the artillery positions of the coalition forces in the city of Chelyabinsk, so that we can occupy the advantage of artillery fire, and we can completely turn the city of Chelyabinsk into a second Omsk city." ”

In the offensive and defensive battles of the city of Omsk. The army of the Chinese Empire relied on absolute air superiority and artillery superiority to fight a classic battle of winning more with less, and annihilated most of the Russian army's living forces with several times less troops than the Russian army, and the annihilated Russian army even exceeded one million, but the losses of the Chinese Empire itself were negligible.

Duan Qirui, the commander of the 10th Field Army, touched his chin and said: "It is not indispensable to launch an attack on Chelyabinsk City now, but we must take into account that the attack will be very difficult, after all, there are not only Russian land forces in Chelyabinsk City, but also the armies of the other 6 countries of the Entente and the Central Powers. Among them, the German Army and the French Army are recognized as strong armies in the world, and we must be prepared for a tough battle before attacking, especially the war materials must be fully prepared. ”

Ni Fan nodded and said: "All armies must indeed be prepared for a tough battle, and in addition, everyone does not need to worry too much about the strength of the Entente and the Central Powers in Chelyabinsk City. Although all the troops of our eight armies arrived in Chelyabinsk, and the number of troops was much smaller than that of the Entente and the Central Powers, the emperor sent me a telegram. The Ministry of Defence has begun to mobilize troops to support us here. In the event that we are understaffed here, the Ministry of Defence will continue to mobilize new troops. Come and support us here. You don't need to worry about the war materials, the war materials that have arrived here are enough for a million-strong army to launch a high-intensity attack for a week, and the war materials are still being transported here by trucks, transport planes and airships, together with the follow-up units of our 8 armies, which is enough to ensure our attack on the coalition forces in the city of Chelyabinsk. ”

Wu Hui also nodded and said: "Everyone is right, then I also agree to launch an attack on Chelyabinsk City as soon as possible, and our Fourth Guards Army is willing to take the lead." ”

Li Kai, the commander of the 11th Field Army, also echoed and said: "Fight in the morning, fight in the evening, I think we will fight now!" The more time passed, the better prepared the Allied and Allied forces in Chelyabinsk became. ”

Qu Chengyi, commander of the 12th Field Army, also said: "I think we can fight, and if we fight, we can also see the reality of the coalition forces, after all, we have been fighting with the armies of these countries for several years, and I don't know if they have made any progress." ”

Ni Fan clapped his hands and said: "It seems that everyone's opinions have been unified, in fact, I am also preparing to launch an attack on the Allied and Allied forces in Chelyabinsk City as soon as possible!" Since the Entente and the other 6 countries of the Central Powers declared war on our Chinese Empire, most of the land forces sent to Russia by these 6 countries have been concentrated in the city of Chelyabinsk, if we can defeat the coalition forces in the city of Chelyabinsk as soon as possible, we can give the Entente and the Central Powers these countries a blow to the head, so that our Chinese Empire will occupy an absolute advantage on the Russian battlefield, and can also improve the morale of our Chinese Empire, which is also what the emperor hopes to see! Then we decided that today is October 21st, and the day after tomorrow, on the 23rd, we will launch an attack on the city of Chelyabinsk. ”

The other 7 army commanders looked at each other and agreed with Ni Fan's decision, and the army of the Chinese Empire would launch an attack on the city of Chelyabinsk the day after tomorrow.

Deng Zichao, commander of the Third Field Army, said: "Then let's study the specific offensive strategy!" ”

Then the eight army commanders walked to the edge of a huge sand table at the headquarters, Ni Fan held a slender wooden pole, pointed to the shrunken Chelyabinsk city and the surrounding area on the sand table, and said to the other seven army commanders: "According to the reconnaissance of the Royal Air Force these days, the coalition forces have built a large number of fortifications in Chelyabinsk and on the periphery of the city. To the east of the city of Chelyabinsk, that is, in the direction of our 8 army camps, the coalition forces built 4 fortification groups, which is the strongest direction of the coalition defense, and in the other 3 directions outside the city of Chelyabinsk, the coalition forces also built 3 fortification groups, and in the city of Chelyabinsk, the coalition forces used buildings to turn almost the entire city into a large pillbox. ”

The other 7 army commanders did not answer immediately, but all thought about it carefully, in fact, they already had their own offensive tactics in their hearts, but here at the headquarters, they looked at the sand table and were still thinking about it for the last time.

Ni Fan saw that no one spoke, so he first said: "Although the fortifications of the coalition forces here in Chelyabinsk city are very complete, but we have absolute air superiority, I am ready to let the air force strike at the coalition forces first, and then our army will use the assault capability of the armored forces to launch an attack on the coalition positions from the east, south and north of the city of Chelyabinsk, and at the same time let the infantry attack with the armored forces under the cover of artillery, We want to launch an all-round three-dimensional offensive against the city of Chelyabinsk, combining air and ground, artillery and infantry, armored forces and infantry, do you have any better opinions? ”

The other 7 army commanders all nodded involuntarily, the tactics that Ni Fan said were basically the same as the tactics they thought in their hearts, after all, the millions of coalition troops in Chelyabinsk City were placed there, and if they wanted to conquer Chelyabinsk City, there were no opportunistic tactics, so they could only use the air superiority and firepower superiority to fight hard. (To be continued......)