The Chinese Third Army did not continue to advance after cleaning up the battlefield, they were waiting for the logistical supply troops sent by Grand Duke Nikolai, they did not want to expose the fact of breaking through the southwest defense line so quickly.

Ma Qi and they finally waited for the team at noon the next day, and in the process of extermination, they let a few Russian cavalry escape, although they sent people to chase and kill, but they were still escaped.

The Russian cavalry who escaped were at the back of this group, and after learning of the surrender of the southwestern troops, they escaped under the orders of their commanders before the Chinese soldiers closed the encirclement. Although they escaped, they were all injured in the process of being chased and killed, and none of them were intact, and they were basically hung up.

After learning that the Russian cavalry had escaped, Ma Qi immediately ordered the soldiers to move forward quickly and step up their march towards the Tsarist headquarters, which would attack the Russian army inside and outside the headquarters according to the headquarters.

Jiang Fangzhen smiled with satisfaction after the Third Army broke through the southwest defense line, this was the first time he smiled in this war. With the help of the Third Army, he was already confident about taking Wulianghai, but Qin Yu couldn't do the task of slowing him down, the battlefield was so unpredictable.

Qin Yu first sighed after receiving Jiang Fangzhen's telegram, and then replied to them to speed up their pace, strive to transfer the battlefield out of the empire as soon as possible, and at the same time let some officials from Inner Mongolia enter Outer Mongolia to manage government affairs there.

Originally, Qin Yu also wanted to let the spectators from various countries see the strength of Huaxia, seeing is believing, only by seeing it can we clearly understand Huaxia's strength, the Third Army did not break his plan, he believed that there was more than such a big war between China and Russia, as for how much they could see, it was up to them.

The Central Army of China suddenly strengthened its attack on the Tsarist Russian army, which put great pressure on Grand Duke Nikolai, and his own minefield could not stop the Chinese army many times, and a large number of mines were far away to the southwest troops, and the mines in stock were simply not enough.

In this war with China, the only thing that can be said to be the advantage is landmines, although Nicholas II, a madman, sent more than 60% of the mines stockpiled by Tsarist Russia to the Far East, and is still massively producing and designing new mines.

Just as Grand Duke Nicholas was having a headache, several bloodied Russian cavalrymen stumbled into his tent, followed by several officers who were shouting medical soldiers.

"Grand Duke, no...... Oh no, Southwest...... Southwest is ...... Attacked, Lieutenant General Mars throws ...... Dropped, delivery of supplies...... Contingent...... There are only a few of us left. One of the horsemen trembled and began to weep.

After hearing this, Grand Duke Nikolai's eyes widened and he stood up and asked loudly: "What do you say, the southwest has been breached?" What happened to the troops I sent? ”

Another cavalryman who was not so easily injured said in frustration: "Yes, the southwest army has been broken, Lieutenant General Mars and others led the army to surrender, and also cooperated with the Huaxia army to set a trap for the team transporting supplies. ”

Grand Duke Nikolai, who had just stood up, slammed into his chair and muttered in disbelief: "How can this be, I gave a death order to that bastard of Mars, they dared to surrender, and helped the Huaxia army ambush their comrades." What's even worse is that they also sent a telegram saying that they have held several attacks by the Huaxia army, and asked for more supplies to be delivered, all of them will die, and I will never let them go. ”

When the officer next to him heard this, he froze there as if he had been struck by lightning, and even the medical soldier pushed them but did not respond, and it took a long time for them to recover. They all have the same thing in their hearts, that is, Wulianghai can't hold it, they are likely to become the ones who carry the black cauldron, even if they don't carry the black cauldron, it is absolutely miserable, this is still not under the situation of dying or being captured in this war.

Grand Duke Nikolai was passive for a while and then said: "Retreat, retreat to the position you are in, retreat to the part closest to the border with the Empire, otherwise we will all die here, and now there is no choice, go down and prepare to retreat." There is also the news that the southwest defense line has been completely blocked, and those soldiers who saw the cavalry returning were transferred to the logistics department, and if you could, you directly intervened to prohibit them from talking nonsense.

Isolate the few cavalry who fled back, and try not to expose the news of the southwest defense line, claiming that it is just a ploy of the empire. ”

"Grand Duke, what should you do if you retreat, our task is to hold the line and wait for reinforcements to arrive, if we ......"

"Needless to say, I will make this clear to His Majesty, it is I who gave the order, in Huaxia's words, it is that the foreign monarch will not be subject to it, you don't have to worry about it." Grand Duke Nicholas knew what these officers were thinking, and then he simply assumed the responsibility, and now the situation could not help him hesitate.

The officers nodded very cautiously, they could basically be said to be in the same faction as Grand Duke Nicholas, otherwise they would not directly serve as officers at the headquarters, and they were somewhat sad about Grand Duke Nicholas's decision, but they had to do it.

Just when the army in the middle of China launched a more fierce attack, the Russian army suddenly shrunk the defensive line, but the strength of the Chinese army did not decrease, but became more intense, and there was a tendency to die with the Chinese army.

Seeing this, the corners of Jiang Fangzhen's mouth rose slightly, and he laughed evilly, the Tsarist army on the opposite side was really ready to retreat as he expected, it seems that the imperial uncle of Tsarist Russia still has a little talent.

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Ma Qi was looking at the telegram order sent to him by Jiang Fangzhen at this time, and the commander-in-chief asked him to turn around and go directly to a certain road in the rear of the Tsarist army to ambush, instead of attacking the base camp of the Tsarist headquarters, and after thinking for a while, he also knew the purpose of the commander-in-chief.

The Third Army, which was preparing to attack the Tsarist stronghold directly, made a big turn and turned to the rear of the Tsarist stronghold.

"Grand Duke, the Huaxia army has broken through the second minefield, and the remaining minefields are not expected to be able to withstand them for long, and the atmosphere in the minefields behind us is very small, is it not for the soldiers to get all the mines to the last two minefields?"

"No, let part of the troops start to retreat, leaving half of the army behind here. Remember to be very careful on the road, if you can, choose another road, I am afraid that there is an ambush, and the Chinese army in the southwest has not shown a trace, so I must act at the opportune time. Grand Duke Nikolai said very cautiously.

It's not that Grand Duke Nicholas is suspicious, but now the Tsarist Russian army can no longer withstand any more big blows, you must know that the number of troops is under the Chinese Empire, and the surrender of the southwest troops makes him completely afraid.

The officer nodded and went out to make arrangements, he also knew the current situation, if it wasn't for the defeat of the southwest defense line, they wouldn't have to be so passive, it would be better to retreat, and it would be better to wait for reinforcements there.

The 100,000 troops in the army of the Russian headquarters began to retreat, and batches of supplies were transported, and for the sake of safety, Grand Duke Nicholas finally decided to take a detour, even if he went a little farther, he did not want to be ambushed.

After a period of onslaught, Jiang Fangzhen ordered to slow down the offensive, and the main forces of the two armies were opposed, and Grand Duke Nikolai was still very good at arranging minefields, and the Chinese army had not yet found the weak points in the minefields. If you don't find out the weakness of the minefield and still carry out a storm, you are filling the minefield with the lives of the soldiers, and the Russian army is ready to retreat, and it is a waste to bombard a safe road with shells.

However, in order to eliminate the vital force of the Tsarist Russian army as much as possible, Jiang Fangzhen still sent airship troops to bombard the positions of the Tsarist army, which was also to force the retreat speed of the Tsarist Russian army.

On the other side, Xu Shuzheng and other eastern army finally came into contact with the Tsarist Russian army arranged by Grand Duke Nicholas to block the Chinese army in the east, and the Chinese army began to attack without saying a word.

According to the plan, the Tsarist army was to block and hold the position, but Lieutenant General Wener wanted to defend the position by attacking, but he was just about to give the order to attack when he received an urgent secret telegram from Grand Duke Nicholas, and when he read it, he immediately canceled the idea of attacking and could only defend passively.

The empire's army in the southwest of the Wuliang Sea actually surrendered, and the Grand Duke gave the order to retreat, was the Chinese army too fierce? Lieutenant General Winer thought so.

He knew the impact of the southwest defense line on the imperial army after it was breached, and all of them would be killed by the Huaxia army if they were not careful, and he very much agreed with the idea of the Grand Duke retreating, only in this way could he preserve his strength and continue to fight with the Huaxia army.

"You go and get the logistics department ready to retreat, the Grand Duke's order is here, the whole army retreats, and the reinforcements of the Huaxia Empire have arrived before the reinforcements of the empire. Leave some of the men to hold back, then all the rest retreat, and I will retreat with the warriors last. Lieutenant General Winer could only explain the reason for the retreat of the whole army with a lame reason, and he did not dare to say that the southwest line had failed, otherwise half of the army's morale would have been scattered.

After Wen Er finished speaking, the officers were shocked, the Huaxia army had reinforcements arriving so soon, didn't this cost them their lives, the previous Huaxia army was enough for them to eat a pot, how could they stop the Huaxia army with reinforcements again, no wonder the Grand Guild retreated.

After seeing the appearance of the officers, Lieutenant General Wen'er felt very uncomfortable, he didn't know what would happen to these officers if they knew that it was a lie?

The Huaxia East Route Army was constantly attacking this Tsarist army, but they soon encountered the situation where the middle and west roads began, and even if they used airship troops to open the way, they also encountered a second minefield. After Xu Shuzheng saw such a situation, he always scolded the Tsarist Russian army for being perverted, and even set up a large number of mines on the defense line in the entire Wulianghai area.

"Report to the commander, the airship troops see that the Russian army on the opposite side is urgently retreating, and now there are only tens of thousands of troops on the position."

"Retreat? What's going on, is it possible that in addition to the progress of our army forced the Tsarist army to retreat? You go and ask the correspondent to inquire about the headquarters. Xu Shuzheng doesn't think that he made the Tsarist army retreat, then only the other two armies have made great progress.

More than ten minutes later, Xu Shuzheng took a telegram from the headquarters and ordered the army to make a detour to intercept the retreating Tsarist army.