The 13 main armies of the Imperial Chinese Army in Ufa City learned that the city of Zwutoust on the back road was suddenly attacked by the coalition forces, and immediately sent the 13th Field Army to the reinforcements and went straight to Zwutoust City to support the troops of the 2nd Division of the Andong Provincial Garrison, but the 13th Field Army encountered a coalition resistance in the small town of Miado between Ufa City and Zwutoust City.

This coalition force was the city of Ufa, where the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces was the German Army General Paul? Feng? Hindenburg sent 15 divisions, including 5 infantry divisions of the Italian Army, 5 infantry divisions of the Austro-Hungarian Army and 5 infantry divisions of the Ottoman Turkish Imperial Army.

The 13th Field Army saw that there was an obstacle and did not hesitate to launch a fierce attack on the small town of Miado, although because of the blizzard weather, there was no help from the Chinese Imperial fighters, but the 13th Field Army took the military tank brigade as the main offensive force, the infantry division was the auxiliary force, and the artillery unit provided fire suppression, and the coalition army of 15 divisions of Miado Town was constantly defeated from the position, and it took less than 1 day to achieve 15 infantry divisions of the coalition army in Miado Town was defeated by the 13th Field Army, to be honest, The combat effectiveness of the armies of these three countries is somewhat unsatisfactory.

After that, the 13th Field Army ignored the scattered coalition forces and continued to advance rapidly towards the city of Zwutoust, and finally arrived at the city of Zwutoust, which had been almost completely captured by the coalition forces at about 8 o'clock in the evening of January 3, 1909.

The remnants of the 2nd Division in the city of Zwutoust were still using the only buildings they had occupied to resist the attack of the coalition forces. The coalition forces attacking the city of Zwutoust already knew the news of the loss of the town of Miado, so they sent troops to clear the remnants of the remaining defenders of the Chinese Empire in the city of Zwutoust. On the one hand, to the west outside the city of Zeutoust, the original positions of the Chinese Imperial Army were used. Assemble a new defensive position and prepare to meet the Chinese Imperial army from the city of Ufa.

After the siege of Zwutoust City, the losses of 600,000 coalition troops were very large, plus the frostbite caused by the blizzard, the number of casualties must be more than 250,000, especially the death toll has been as high as 180,000, which makes the three coalition commanders here in Zwutoust City, French Lieutenant General Carl Manster, German Lieutenant General Hamannheide and Russian General Pimenovich feel depressed that they have not carried out ammunition from Ufa City to Zwutoust City.

During the assault on the city of Zutousst. More than three-quarters of the artillery shells of the coalition army have been exhausted, there are really not many shells left, and the bullets are also consumed a lot in the fierce battle, and now the reinforcements of the Chinese Empire are coming so quickly, they have no time to replenish some ammunition, and then resist the Chinese Imperial army in the direction of Ufa City, it is foreseeable that it will be very difficult.

The reality was much worse than the three coalition commanders had predicted, and the 13th Field Army of the Imperial Chinese Imperial Army did not rest much after arriving on the outskirts of the city of Zwutoust. An immediate attack was launched on the western position outside Zeutoust, with the army's tank brigade still in the lead, followed by an oppressive attack with heavy infantry divisions, and artillery units to provide fire support with heavy artillery. The battle outside the city lasted less than two hours, and by 10 p.m. on January 3, 1909, all the positions west of Zeutoust were captured by the 13th Field Army. At least 30,000 of the 100,000 coalition troops guarding the western position were wiped out on the position, and the other nearly 100,000 coalition troops were defeated and fled from the position.

The coalition forces that fled fled into the city of Zwutoust. However, many of the officers and men of the coalition forces have lost the courage to fight, and they have simply ignored the orders of their superiors to continue street fighting in the city of Zutousst. Chose to flee the city of Zutousst.

After the troops of the 13th Field Army of the Imperial Chinese Army conquered the western position outside the city of Zwutoust, they did not give the allied forces any respite and continued to attack the city of Zwutoust.

After entering a church to the west, a group of officers and men of the 13th Field Army saw the officers and men of the 2nd Division of the Andong Provincial Garrison, which were still holding onto the church, and there were less than 40 officers and men of the 2nd Division alive at this time.

If it weren't for the 13th Field Army's onslaught on the western position outside the city just now, the coalition forces were focused on resisting the attack of the 13th Field Army, and even the coalition troops attacking the church were also taken away, perhaps the church would have been captured by the coalition forces long ago.

At this time, most of the more than 30 officers and soldiers of the 2nd Division who were alive were wounded, and many were seriously wounded, and the tanks and armored vehicles in the church were already out of ammunition, and even a few were blown up by the soldiers of the coalition forces with explosives bags, and it was really not easy for the officers and men of the 2nd Division guarding the church to hold out until the reinforcements of the 13th Field Army arrived.

"You are from the 2nd Division of the Andong Provincial Garrison, right? Who is your highest commander here? The major of the 13th Field Army, who led the team into the church, asked the surviving officers and men of the 2nd Division inside the church.

Zhao Dongxu, the regiment commander supported by Wang Chenglong, said at this time: "I am Zhao Dongxu, the commander of the 1st Brigade and 1st Regiment of the 2nd Division of the Andong Provincial Garrison Army. ”

Zhao Dongxu was hit in the right leg by a piece of shrapnel in the battle again, and even Wang Chenglong, who was supporting him, had gauze wrapped around his shoulder.

The major saluted Zhao Dongxu and said: "Hello Commander Zhao, I am Wang Baohui, the operational staff officer of the military headquarters of the 13th Field Army, I don't know if Commander Zhao, do you know where the division headquarters of your 2nd Division is?" ”

Zhao Dongxu smiled bitterly and said: "The division headquarters of our division is here, but the division commander, deputy division commander and chief of staff of our 2nd Division have all been sacrificed, and the rest of the entire division headquarters have also been killed and wounded. ”

When Wang Baohui, the operational staff officer of the 13th Field Army Military Department, heard this, he said with a gloomy look on his face: "It would be good if we could arrive earlier, your 2nd Division's losses this time are really too great, Commander Zhao, now the troops of our 13th Field Army are engaged in a fierce battle with the coalition forces in the city, and the wounded officers and soldiers of your 2nd Division should first go to the field hospital of our 13th Field Army for treatment!" ”

Zhao Dongxu nodded and said to Wang Chenglong: "Let's follow the brothers of the 13th Field Army and go to the hospital together." The task of our 2nd Division is completed, and there is the 13th Field Army next. It is believed that the entire city of Zwutoust will soon return to the hands of our army, and this will not be in vain to the division commander, deputy division commander, and chief of staff. And the sacrifice of so many brothers, alas - this time our 2nd Division suffered too much loss. ”

The coalition forces in the city of Ziutoust did not resist for long, and gave up the entire city of Zwutoust to the 13th Field Army of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire, which was really the will to fight of the officers and soldiers of the coalition was suppressed to the lowest point, and it was not easy to occupy the city of Ziutoust, but the reinforcements of the Chinese Empire arrived, and at once the western position outside the city guarded by more than 100,000 coalition troops was overcome, which made the morale of the coalition forces in the city suffer a heavy blow, facing the momentum of the 13th Field Army. The coalition forces in the city of Zwutoust were almost defeated, groups of coalition troops were routed outside the city, or surrendered directly, few coalition troops could fight to the death in the city, and the battle of the 13th Field Army in the city did not take 3 hours to end.

The coalition forces that fled outside the city did not stay outside the city for long, and began to flee from the north and south directions of the city of Zwutoust, so that the plan of the coalition forces to capture the city of Zwutoust and cut off the retreat of the main army of the Chinese Empire in Ufa City was completely shattered.

Early the next morning. The support units from the city of Chelyabinsk, east of the Ural Mountains, 1 infantry division of the Andong provincial garrison, 1 infantry division and 1 tank regiment of the Ansi provincial garrison, also routed the intercepted 5 infantry divisions of the coalition army and reached the city of Zutousst.

Battles for the entire city of Zutousst. The coalition forces committed a total of 600,000 elite German, French, and Russian army troops, not including the 150,000 men of the 13th Field Army of the Imperial Chinese Army in the small town of Miado, between the cities of Ufa and Zutousst. The 150,000 allied troops in the small town of Miado had losses of nearly 30,000 men, and the rest of the allied forces were under the powerful offensive of the 13th Field Army. Chose to give way.

Finally, the three commanders of the coalition forces were French Lieutenant General Carl Manster, German Lieutenant General Harmanheide and Russian General Pimenovich. Fewer than 100,000 troops were able to gather, 300,000 coalition officers and soldiers were frozen to death in the snowstorm and killed in battle, more than 120,000 were captured, including a large number of wounded, and another 80,000 coalition officers and soldiers were dispersed.

The losses of the Chinese Empire were only about 25,000, of which the losses of the 13th Field Army and the support troops from the Chelyabinsk city added up to only 8,000 people, and the 2nd Division of the Andong Provincial Garrison Army, which suffered the largest loss of the Royal Chinese Army, had less than 3,000 officers and soldiers surviving in the end, which was because in a hidden underground bomb shelter in the city of Zwutoust, there were more than 2,000 wounded, doctors, nurses and officers and soldiers of the 2nd Division field hospital, which were fortunately not discovered by the coalition forces. Not many officers and soldiers of the 2nd Division, like Zhao Dongxu and Wang Chenglong, who had been able to persist in fighting in the city of Zwutoust, were left alive.

In the early morning of January 4, 1909, in the military headquarters of the Third Guards of the Imperial Chinese Army on the front line of Ufa City, Ni Fan, the commander of the Third Guards, urgently summoned the commanders of the other main forces.

Ni Fan said to the other 11 army commanders: "Feng Xiaoting of the 13th Field Army has just sent a telegram, when they arrived at the city of Zwutoust, the 2nd Division of the Andong Provincial Garrison Army in the city of Ziwutoust is still resisting, and the 13th Field Army immediately launched an attack, and the coalition army has been defeated by them, and the city of Ziwutoust has been completely controlled by the 13th Field Army, and about 120,000 officers and soldiers of the coalition army have been captured, including a large number of wounded of the coalition army, and the 2nd Division of the Andong Provincial Garrison Army guarding the city of Ziwutoust has suffered very heavy losses, the division commander, deputy division commander, chief of staff, and the three brigade commanders of the troops below all died heroically in the battle, and the 2nd Division of the Andong Provincial Garrison of more than 20,000 people is now less than 3,000 people, and most of them are wounded. ”

Hearing that there was nothing to do in Zwutoust City, the commanders of the other 11 main forces couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, now the situation here in Ufa City is very bad, the snowstorm has been blowing for several days and still does not stop, but the offensive of the coalition army in Ufa City is rising wave after wave.

Wu Hui, commander of the Fourth Guards, said: "Since the city of Zwutoust is still under the control of our army, is it time for us to prepare to retreat?" After all, now we have lost the conditions for the capture of the city of Ufa. ”

After Wu Hui finished speaking, the other army commanders couldn't help but sigh, this snowstorm has been blowing for too long, allowing the coalition forces in Ufa City to take the opportunity to launch a large-scale counterattack against more than a dozen of the main forces of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire, and now not only the original occupied urban areas in Ufa City have been recaptured by the coalition forces, but even the eastern positions outside Ufa City have been captured by the coalition forces, and the coalition army's offensive is still continuing.

In the counterattack of the coalition forces, the main forces of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire suffered very large losses, after all, because of the blizzard without strong air support, the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Chinese Army was weakened a lot, and the coalition forces occupied a huge advantage in strength, which was not the biggest difficulty faced by the dozen main forces of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire, and the worst thing was that the ammunition and food of the more than a dozen main forces of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire had reached the warning line.

Zhao Shanwu, the commander of the Fifth Guards, sighed and said: "The snowstorm has been blowing for the past few days, and the loss of our 12 main forces here in Ufa City has exceeded 180,000, and this is still us on the defensive, you must know that we have attacked the coalition forces in Ufa City for 20 days, and the number of dead is only 250,000, and if we continue to fight like this, our 12 main forces are likely to be exhausted here in Ufa City, I think we should retreat immediately, retreat to Zwutoust City, and then return to the area east of the Ural Mountains from there, Let the troops rest for a while before making plans. ”

Ni Fan saw that the rest of the main army commanders nodded one after another, agreeing that all the troops here in Ufa City should leave the battlefield and withdraw to the area east of the Ural Mountains, so he nodded and said: "If you don't withdraw now, you can't do it, the offensive of the coalition forces is becoming more and more fierce day by day, although their losses are still far greater than ours, but we are fighting hard with the coalition forces here, it is really not cost-effective, then it is decided, the whole army immediately retreats in the direction of Zwutoust City, and I will send a telegram to the Ministry of Defense to explain the situation here in Ufa City, Hopefully we will be able to return to Ufa one day sooner, when we will have to pull this nail out. (To be continued.) )

PS: I wish the brothers a prosperous Year of the Monkey and a great fortune!!