After dropping some bombs on the head of the Russian 62nd Army, the four airships of the Northeast Air Force continued to fly north, and soon came to a place not far from the Russian battalion, and this is the artillery position set up by the Russian army.

Originally, in front of the Russian artillery position, Oleglev, the commander of the Second Siberian Front, placed the strength of 1 corps to protect the artillery from the sneak attack of the Dingbei Army, but the airship from the sky made the Russian officers and soldiers of this army, that is, the Russian 71st Army, only stare dryly, and some bombs were thrown on their heads by 4 airships.

But the main target of the 4 airships was not these infantry, but the artillery positions behind them, so the 4 airships continued to move forward and flew towards the huge artillery positions of the Russian army.

The speed of the airship is still relatively fast, from the bombing of the 61st Army to the head of the huge artillery position of the Russian army, in fact, it is less than 10 minutes, and the artillery on the Russian artillery position has no time to evacuate, but since the Russian army has known that the enemy has a giant airship that can be bombed, it is also on guard against the airship, and there are at least more than 150 modified anti-aircraft guns on the Russian artillery position at this time, ranging from 37 mm to 57 mm. Densely shot at the airship in the air.

Zhang Guoxin, the commander inside the Hercules super airship, frowned when he saw such a dense anti-aircraft fire from the Russian army, and then ordered: "Notify the other 3 airships, throw the bombs down as much as possible, and if you find that the airbags are leaking, don't hesitate to retreat immediately!" ”

Subsequently, four airships braved the shells of the Russian army's dense anti-aircraft artillery and began to drop bombs on the Russian artillery positions, and the explosions continued to sound on the Russian artillery positions. There were even some shells piled up next to the artillery that were detonated by bombs, creating an even bigger explosion. Fortunately, the shells of the Russian artillery are not very sufficient, otherwise it is just the power of the shells. It's enough for the Russian army to walk around without eating.

The Russian artillery position was blown up in a mess after a while, but more than 150 anti-aircraft guns were not given in vain, and the airbags of the 4 airships had different damage, especially the large airship Venus, the helium of the airbag leaked a little, which had slightly affected the flight, and the airbag situation of the other 3 large airships was not optimistic, and the commander Zhang Guoxin had no choice but to order all 4 airships to return to Hailanbao. After all, the airship is still not fast enough, and it is huge, even at an altitude of 2,000 meters, it is easy to be targeted by anti-aircraft guns.

However, although the airbags of the 4 airships have been drilled out of many holes by the Russian air defense artillery, and the airbags are no longer so bulging, it is impossible for the Russian army to leave any airships, and the 4 airships turned around and retreated in the direction of Hailan Pao.

The bombs on the 4 airships were not dropped, especially the Hercules supership, which was loaded with 100 tons of 100 kg bombs, and most of them were not dropped. So 4 airships were on the way back. By the way, the remaining bombs were thrown on the heads of the 71st Army, as well as the 62nd Army and the 61st Army, which guarded the Russian artillery positions, which increased the losses of these 3 armies a little.

After the four airships flew away, the troops of the 41st Army's fourth attack were no longer capable of attacking. After more than 4,000 people in the two brigades were bombed by airships for the first time, the commander of the brigade that attacked last time was killed by the bomb, and the other brigade commander gathered the remnants of the two brigades. As a result, there were less than 2,500 people left who did not lack arms and legs, and the brigade commander of the Russian 61st Army shook his head with a wry smile. In this way, more than 1,500 people were blown up all of a sudden, and he was still struggling with the loss of more than 1,500 people. Several subordinates around him pointed to the sky, their faces suddenly changed greatly, the brigade commander looked back, the airship came back again, and quickly ordered the nearly 2,500 Russian officers and soldiers who had gathered together to disperse and hide, but where was the nearly 2,500 people who had just gathered together so easily to disperse and hide.

When the brigade commander confirmed that the Qing Dynasty's airship had indeed flown away, and gathered the rest of the people, he found that there were less than 1,500 people left in the two brigades that were originally preparing to launch the fourth attack, and these Russian officers and soldiers had been blown up by the airship, and they had become depressed one by one, and where was there still morale to continue to attack the mountains of the Dingbei Army, so without the spared brigade commander asking the commander of the 61st Army, Partoliev, to suspend the attack, Partoliev had already directly sent a herald to inform the brigade commander, the order for the fourth attack was canceled.

Seeing the tragic situation of the bombing of the two brigades, Partoliev knew that these two brigades were simply unable to attack, so he prepared to send another brigade to organize the fourth offensive of the 61st Army.

However, soon after, Partoliev ordered the whole army to retreat and return to the large camp of the Russian army, because Oleglev, the commander of the Second Siberian Front, saw that his artillery unit was bombed by airships and suffered heavy losses, and the 61st Army, which attacked the front line, launched several attacks in a row and was lightly repulsed by the Dingbei Army, believing that the first day of attack of his army had been demoralized, and the artillery positions had to be reset, and most of the original artillery positions were already full of wreckage, and it was not suitable to continue to place artillery there, So he ordered the attack to stop today, and let the 61st Army, which was at the forefront and the 62nd Army, which had supported the past, retreat to the camp for rest.

Before dinner, the Russian army made a rough count of today's losses and sent them to the hands of the commander Oleglev, looking at this list of losses, Oleg Lev sighed helplessly, today basically did not bring any pressure to the Dingbei Army defending the mountain fortification group, and as a result, his Siberian Second Front Army lost so much.

Today, the 61st Army, which was responsible for the first attack on the mountain fortifications of the Dingbei Army, suffered the greatest losses, with more than 13,000 killed and nearly 3,000 wounded, and more than half of its strength had been lost.

The Russian artillery unit also suffered heavy losses, 59 152-mm howitzers and 81 127-mm field guns were blown up by airships, which is equivalent to reducing the Russian army by 2 heavy artillery divisions at once, and more than 100 75-mm field guns were also destroyed by airship bombs, and more than 1,500 Russian artillery officers and soldiers were killed.

The 62nd Army, which supported the attack front, was also reduced by more than 3,000 people by airships, and the 71st Army, which was responsible for guarding the front of the artillery position, was also killed by nearly 2,000 people by the way by the 4 airships, and the tank armored division also lost 6 heavy steam tanks and 12 armored vehicles.

In the evening of the same day, a military meeting was held in the command headquarters of the commander of the Russian battalion Oleglev, and the only good news for the Russian army today was that another army had arrived here, and a batch of shells urgently needed by the Siberian Second Front had been delivered, so this military meeting was attended by 19 commanders of the Russian army and 8 commanders of heavy artillery divisions, as well as the commander of the tank armored division Yuritov.

Oleg said in a deep voice: "You already know today's situation, now let's talk about it, what should we do with our next attack?" Guys can bring up any good ideas! ”

After Oleg Lev finished speaking, no one spoke for a long time, which made the look on Oleglev's face even more gloomy, and then the commander of the 61st Army, who launched an attack on the front line today, said: "Our army attacked the mountain fortifications that blocked our advance three times today, and found that these mountain fortifications established by the Dingbei Army of the Qing Dynasty were very difficult to deal with, and they built a large number of dark forts inside the mountain, and their soldiers did not need to enter the fortifications on the surface of the mountain at all, and only relied on the dark forts to stop our charge, And our artillery is not a big threat to these bunkers, so we can't even drain their forces if we want to. And today, with the cooperation of tanks and armored vehicles, the strength of 1 brigade was mobilized, and only 2 mountain fortifications on both sides of the road were attacked, and no results were achieved, so I suggested that we avoid this difficult mountain fortification group and make a detour to attack the inner city of Svobod, so that this difficult mountain fortification group of the Dingbei Army could not play a role in blocking us. ”

The commander of the 19th Army, Chekriv, spoke out against at this time: "If our Siberian Second Front wants to attack the inner city of Svobod, it must pass a road between the mountain fortifications of Guò, and there are no other roads around it that are suitable for the army to pass Guò, even if there are small roads in the mountain fortifications, and the other places around are mostly cliffs, if we go around, we must detour for hundreds of kilometers, which will be a disaster for our logistics and supplies, and it is likely that our back road will also be cut off by the Dingbei Army, It's not just a disaster! ”

After that, there was silence in the headquarters, since the detour was impassable, it could only be to storm the mountain fortifications established by the Dingbei Army, but according to today's offensive situation, it would be very, very difficult to capture this mountain fortifications.

Oleg Leviv saw that no one spoke for a long time, so he cheered up these army commanders and said: "In fact, our situation is not as bad as imagined, although the Dingbei Army of the Qing Dynasty has built nearly 100 mountain fortifications with a very complete defense system in front of us, but we do not need to capture them all, we only need to occupy all the 13 hills on both sides of the road, and our army can pass through the hill of Guò and attack the inner city of Svobod." ”

At this time, the commander of the 62nd Army, Mohar Nosky, said: "But Your Excellency, if you don't occupy the entire mountain fortification group, you will capture the 13 hills on both sides of the lower road, and hold these 13 hills, but won't the artillery hidden by the Dingbei Army of the Qing Dynasty between other hills still pose a threat to our passage?" Not only may a large army be shelled, but our logistical supply lines are also unsafe! (To be continued......) R1292