In the middle of the night on January 2, 1909, the gunfire around the city of Ufa was deafening, and the Allied and Allied forces launched a large-scale counterattack against the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire from 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and despite the snowstorm and severe cold, they attacked day and night.

At this time, more than 200 kilometers away from the city of Ufa, the city of Zutoust at the foot of the Ural Mountains was also shrouded in a snowstorm, but in addition to the sound of the wind, it showed a silence, the city of Zwutoust is the first stop over the Ural Mountains into the European region of Russia, and it is also the city of Ufa where the 13 main forces of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire, the most important transit point of the road supply line, the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire sent 1 division of the garrison of Andong Province here to defend the security of the city of Zwutoust.

The Andong Provincial Garrison is the largest of all the garrisons of the Imperial Chinese Army, with 6 garrison divisions, each garrison division of more than 20,000 people, at this time in the city of Zutoust The 2nd Division of the Andong Provincial Garrison is a full division, and even has a tank regiment equipped with 30 Black Wolf light tanks and 60 Z1 armored vehicles.

At the entrance of an anti-artillery hole in the position outside the city of Zeutoust, there was a bonfire, more than a dozen soldiers of the garrison of Andong Province of the Royal Army of the Chinese Imperial Army, near the bonfire at the entrance of the cave, rolled themselves up with quilts, and fell asleep on the ground of the bomb shelter, only one soldier leaned on the hole of the air raid shelter, did not sleep, from time to time put the wooden square next to it, added to the bonfire, and maintained the bonfire not extinguished, in such a cold snowstorm, especially when the temperature was lower at night, if the bonfire was unattended, it was extinguishedA squad of soldiers in this bomb shelter may become a frozen corpse tomorrow morning.

The soldier guarding the bonfire at the entrance of the cave was Wang Chenglong, the squad leader of this infantry squad. He has just been a squad leader for a short time, Wang Chenglong's division participated in the campaign to capture Novosibirsk, Wang Chenglong's original squad leader and deputy squad leader were killed in the battle, and the rest of the squad were either killed or seriously injured, as a result of the battle of Novosibirsk. There is only one brother Wang Chenglong left in the entire infantry squad.

As soon as the rear reinforcements were filled, Wang Chenglong, who had been a soldier for 2 years, was only 19 years old, and the soldier who killed several Russian soldiers in the battle of Novosibirsk City was suddenly appointed as the squad leader, which made Wang Chenglong extremely excited, as a native of Fengtian Province, Wang Chenglong's dream since childhood was to become a general under Lin Dashuai, but unfortunately he applied for the Shenyang Army Academy 2 years ago because he failed the cultural examination. Not admitted.

Wang Chenglong did not give up, he was ready to join the army directly, although the starting point was higher after graduating from the Shenyang Army Academy, but there were countless officers in the Imperial Chinese Army, all of whom were promoted from a soldier to brigade commander, division commander, and even army commander by virtue of their military exploits, Wang Chenglong thought that others could do it, and he could do it. So Wang Chenglong, who has a good family background, ignored the dissuasion of his family. resolutely signed up for the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire and became an ordinary army soldier, but Wang Chenglong was dissatisfied that after his recruit training, he was not assigned to the main army, but to the Andong Provincial Garrison.

This made Wang Chenglong a little frustrated, that is, the war started. Generally, those who go up are the main army, and there are really not many opportunities for the garrison to fight, where can there be war exploits without fighting, but fortunately, the defense area of the garrison army in Andong Province is next to the Russians. The chances of fighting are higher than those of other garrisons.

After joining the army, Wang Chenglong continued to study while training, he thought that he would have to take the military academy in the past few years, if there was no war in a few years, he didn't want to be a soldier for a few years and take off his military uniform, he was not too willing to become a non-commissioned officer, a non-commissioned officer can become a deputy platoon commander at most, and then it depends on the chance.

Fortunately, in the second year of joining the army, Wang Chenglong finally let Wang Chenglong wait for the opportunity, the Chinese Empire first declared war with Russia, and then the Entente and the Allies all declared war with the Chinese Empire, and Wang Chenglong's unit was also transferred to the front line.

Sure enough, war is the fastest way for soldiers to be promoted, and Wang Chenglong, who participated in a big war, was promoted from an ordinary soldier to a squad leader, but unfortunately the troops of the Andong Provincial Garrison Army were not transferred to the front line after that, and now in the big battle of Ufa City, the Andong Provincial Garrison is only responsible for the guard of some strategic places in the rear, Wang Chenglong looked at the bonfire, and was thinking about when his troops would be able to fight again.

"Boom-boom-boom-" Suddenly, countless shells fell into the city of Zwutoust, as well as on the positions built by the officers and soldiers of the garrison division outside the city, accompanied by fierce shelling, dense black shadows appeared around the city of Zwutoust, and quickly rushed towards the position of the garrison division outside the city, and the shouts of killing instantly resounded in the night sky.

The troops that suddenly appeared around the city of Zwutoust and attacked at night were a force of 600,000 troops drawn from the coalition army of Ufa City, preparing to capture the city of Zwutoust and cut off the retreat of more than 1 million Royal Army of the Chinese Empire in Ufa City.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Hurry up and get ready to fight! Wang Chenglong shouted loudly to the other soldiers in the bomb shelter, Wang Chenglong was no longer needed to shout at this time, the violent explosion had already woken up the other soldiers in the bomb shelter, and the first reaction was to take the weapon in his hand.

"Squad leader, this ...... What's going on? Where...... Where did the enemy come from? One of Wang Chenglong's soldiers asked.

Wang Chenglong's squad is now except for Wang Chenglong himself, and the 1 deputy squad leader transferred from other companies is a veteran, and the other 10 soldiers are all new recruits, and they have not experienced the battlefield before.

Wang Chenglong was also a little panicked at this time, but his face did not change, and he shouted loudly into the anti-artillery hole: "Brothers, it may be the troops sent by the Allied and Allied forces in Ufa City, this is just right, these brothers don't still say, we can't get a fight, and now the battle merits are sent to us in front of us, after entering the position for a while, everyone remembers the tactical actions on the battlefield, especially remember, there is no order to retreat, and retreat is absolutely not allowed, otherwise you will die in vain." ”

Soon after. Wang Chenglong felt that the enemy's artillery bombardment had weakened in the air-raid shelter, and at this time a shout came from outside the bomb shelter: "The enemy is coming!" Get into the trenches! ”

Wang Chenglong shouted without hesitation: "Enter the position!" After speaking, holding the Type 96 submachine gun, the first one rushed out of the bomb shelter, Wang Chenglong's position in charge of his squad was the forefront outside the city of Zwutoust, and after Wang Chenglong entered the position with the whole squad of soldiers. It was found that the dense coalition soldiers were already less than 100 meters away from their positions, and the shells of their own artillery kept falling in the ranks of the coalition attackers.

"Hit! Give Lao Tzu a hard beating! The commander of Wang Chenglong's company roared. Wang Chenglong slammed the trigger on the approaching coalition soldiers.

In the second half of the night of January 2, or more accurately at 2 o'clock in the morning of January 3, in the camp of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire in the west outside the city of Ufa, the 13 commanders of the main army did not sleep and gathered at the military headquarters of the Third Guards. Just received a telegram from the 2nd Division of the Andong Provincial Garrison, which was responsible for guarding the city of Zeutoust, less than an hour ago. A large number of Allied and Allied troops suddenly appeared in the vicinity of the city of Zeutoust, and launched an unusually fierce attack on the city of Zeutoust, which is currently under fierce fighting. ”

As soon as Ni Fan finished speaking, the faces of the other 12 army commanders showed shocked looks, and Deng Zichao, the commander of the Third Field Army, frowned and said, "Where did this coalition force come from?" How many troops are there? Could it be that it is from here in Ufa City, otherwise there is no large army of the coalition army in this area? ”

Ni Fan continued: "The telegram of the 2nd Division of the Andong Provincial Garrison said. There are a lot of coalition forces attacking the city of Zwutoust, and the exact number is not known for the time being, but in the short time since it was attacked, some of the out-of-town positions of the 2nd Division of the Andong Provincial Garrison have been lost, and the pressure is very great. ”

Wu Hui, the commander of the Fourth Guards, said at this time: "It seems that the situation in the city of Zwutoust is not good. You must know that although the garrison of Andong Province is a garrison force, its combat effectiveness is not weak, and we have the most say in this point here. ”

Li Kai, the commander of the 11th Field Army, has just been transferred from the position of the commander of the Andong Provincial Garrison Army to the newly formed 11th Field Army as the commander, and he can be said to know the situation of the Andong Provincial Garrison Army well, Li Kai said in a deep voice: "The 2nd Division of the Andong Provincial Garrison Army is a unit that participated in the Battle of Novosibirsk, with more than 20,000 people, equipped with a tank regiment composed of 30 Black Wolf light tanks and 60 Z1 armored vehicles, and more than 200 guns with a caliber of more than 75 mm, and its combat effectiveness is not much worse than that of the main force. Since they all feel that they are under great pressure, the coalition forces attacking the city of Zwutoust will definitely not be small, and I suggest that reinforcements be sent to the city of Zwutoust immediately. ”

Hu Desheng, the commander of the Fourth Field Army, said depressedly: "The coalition army of Ufa City does not know when it sent a force to secretly rush to Zwutoust City, and the scale of this force is definitely not small, we didn't even notice it at all. ”

Zhao Shanwu, the commander of the Fifth Guards, said with a wry smile: "From Ufa City to Zwutoust City, there is a large forest, as long as the troops sent by the coalition army bypass our camp, they can rush to the vicinity of Zwutoust City without knowing it and launch a surprise attack, but now there is a huge snowstorm outside, which is very unfavorable for the march. Only now is the attack on the city of Zwutoust. ”

As the commander-in-chief of the battle of Ufa City, Ni Fan sighed and said: "Since yesterday afternoon, the coalition forces here in Ufa City have launched a non-stop counterattack against us regardless of casualties, and at present, our troops have been forced to retreat from Ufa City, and now the coalition forces are still attacking the eastern position outside Ufa City controlled by our army, the casualties of our troops on the front line are getting bigger and bigger, and the blizzard has not shown any signs of abating, and the Ministry of Defense has also sent a telegram, so that we can wait for the opportunity to evacuate Ufa City according to the situation on the battlefield, After all, now our logistics are in big trouble because of the blizzard. ”

After a pause, Ni Fan continued: "Zwutoust City must not be lost, otherwise our retreat will be cut off, and I also think that we must send a force to march immediately to rescue Zwutoust City." ”

The telegram sent by the Ministry of Defense, the commanders of the other main forces present here already know, for the retreat, the Ministry of Defense still let the troops on the front line of Ufa City decide for themselves, most of the main army commanders are unwilling to retreat, but they also know that the logistics supply of their 13 main forces here in Ufa City is very difficult, especially this blizzard, so that the food and ammunition they have stored in the early stage are quickly consumed, that is, after the blizzard stops, they are limited by the total amount of air and road transportation per day, They will face a shortage of food and ammunition.

Retreating now is a very correct choice, otherwise their 13 main armies are very likely to be passive here in Ufa City, so their 13 army commanders have actually reached a consensus after receiving a telegram from the Ministry of Defense yesterday, after this snowstorm stops, the troops of the 4 Guards Army and 9 Field Army will stop the attack on Ufa City, abandon the occupied coalition positions, and retreat in the direction of the Ural Mountains.

Feng Xiaoting, commander of the 13th Field Army, said at this time: "Old Ni, our 13th Field Army has just arrived here in Ufa City, and we have not made an inch, so the task of rescuing Zwutuoust City this time will be handed over to us!" ”

Lu Jianming of the 14th Field Army also said: "Either let our 14th Field Army go to Zwutoust City, and now there are only 2 of our field armies left without participating in the battle." ”

In the face of the fierce counterattack of the coalition forces in Ufa City, the 6th Guards Army and the 15th Field Army, which had just arrived, had already been put into the defense to resist the wave after wave of offensive attacks of the coalition forces in Ufa City.

Ni Fan hesitated for a moment and said: "Lao Feng, your Thirteenth Field Army will prepare immediately, and immediately advance in the direction of Ziwutuoust City, and we must ensure that Ziwutuoust City is in our hands, and Lao Lu's Fourteenth Field Army is still used as a general reserve." (To be continued.) )