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On the front line of the Ural River, the sound of artillery rumbles and the sound of killing shakes the sky. Seven of the Imperial Army's nine armies in the Eastern European theater of operations were deployed here. In addition to the 8th Army and the 9th Army, which crossed the Ural Mountains, the other 7 armies participated in the offensive against the Russian defense line on the Ural River. Crossing the Ural River seems easier than climbing the tall Ural Mountains.

The commander of the Eastern European Theater of Operations of the Imperial Army, the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, General Sun Hao, also rushed to the front from Orsk shortly after the start of the battle. The Imperial Army was able to break through the Russian defense line in such a short period of time, which was also a bit unexpected by Admiral Sun Hao. Originally, he thought that in the face of the defense line that the Russian army had painstakingly built, the Imperial Army would hit their heads and bleed.

"General Zhang, how is the situation at the front?" After Admiral Sun Hao rushed to the front line, the first thing he said was to ask about the battle situation.

"Chief of Staff, both the 1st and 2nd armies have crossed the Ural and are attacking Orenburg from both the north and the south. The 4th and 5th armies, having also crossed the Urals, are attacking Russian troops in other areas. Lieutenant General Zhang Wei, commander of the 1st Group Army, said. The army of the Imperial Army for the offensive in the Orenburg direction already amounted to four army groups with more than 800,000 people.

"Hmmm! Is the resistance of the Russian army fierce? When will Orenburg be conquered? Admiral Sun Hao asked. Breaking through the Russian defense line on the Ural River, this was the first battle of the Imperial Army's offensive against Russia. If it can succeed in the first war, this is for the Empire. There are great benefits. At the very least, the Imperial Army could go further and go straight in. Attack to the west, advancing all the way to the line of the Volga.

"Chief of Staff. The resistance of the Russian army was quite fierce. Overall, though, they couldn't fend off our attacks. It is expected that in about three days, we will be able to defeat the Russian army in one fell swoop! Lieutenant General Zhang Wei said confidently.

Although, the Russian army also deployed more troops near Orenburg, no less than the Chinese army that participated in the offensive. However, the gap between the combat power of the two sides is too great. The Russian army wants to hold the Ural line of defense. This proved to be impossible.

Admiral Sun Hao nodded, if you take Orenburg in three days, it is not too late. After all, the Russian army has as many as two million troops deployed along the entire defense line. Although the combat effectiveness of the Russian army is relatively poor, quantitative changes cause qualitative changes, and such a huge military strength should not be underestimated.

"And what about the battle in Uralsk? What happened to the 7th and 10th armies, as well as the 6th Army? Admiral Sun Hao asked.

"The 7th and 10th armies have also broken through the lines of the Russian army and are besieging Uralsk. The 6th Army was attacking further westward. Three army groups, more than 500,000 people, are ready to annihilate hundreds of thousands of Russian troops deployed on the front line of Uralsk! Admiral Zhang Wei said. Orenburg is in the upper reaches of the Urals, while Uralsk is downstream. If both Orenburg and Uralsk were captured by the Imperial Army. Then, the entire line of defense of the Russian army collapsed.

"Hmmm! The line of defense of the Russian army was broken by us, and it was just around the corner. It is important to destroy as much as possible the living forces of the Russian army. That's the case. In the wars of the future, we will face less pressure. Admiral Sun Hao said.

As Chief of the General Staff of the Reich. He knew very well what the empire had paid to support an army of 1.75 million to attack Russia. West Siberian Railway and North-Western Railway. Passenger trains have long been stopped, and the trains running on the railways are all military trains. It was either military personnel or all kinds of war materials that were transported. However, because the railway was so far from the Ural Mountains and the Ural River, after the train arrived at the terminal, it was necessary to transport the war materials by guò cars and wagons.

In order to ensure the consumption of 1.7 million troops, the logistics department invested as many as 6,000 vehicles. In addition, countless horse-drawn wagons were recruited from the ethnic minorities in the northwest for the transportation of war materials. For each day the war lasts, the empire consumes a little more. Therefore, Admiral Sun Hao also desperately hoped that the war could be ended as soon as possible.

If it weren't for logistical factors, perhaps the empire would have defeated Russia long ago. In that case, with the industrial strength and population base of the empire, millions of troops could be easily mobilized to attack Russia. In the face of a powerful empire, Russia simply could not resist. Unfortunately, war is not a simple math problem, and it is not a matter of determining the outcome of a country by its population or military strength.

The Logistics Department proposed that the Imperial Army needed to do everything possible to break through the Russian defense line and advance the battlefield to the front line of the Volga River. In this way, it will be possible to transport logistics by sea. The convoy of the empire could enter the Black Sea through the Mediterranean, through the Guò Dardanelles, the Bosphorus and the Sea of Marmara, and then into the Don River, all the way to a few tens of kilometers from Volgograd. For the next transport, it was possible to transport war materials to the Volga by guò cars and wagons, and then to change ships and transport them all the way north.

Because the Don-Volga Canal was not left unopened. So, it was not possible to transport war materials directly to the Volga. But even then, it saves a lot of time and effort. Ships always carried more war materials than cars and wagons. The Eastern European Plain was crisscrossed by water systems, which allowed the Imperial Army to use these water systems to transport war materials.

When General Sun Hao, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, arrived at the front line, Count Berg, the commander of the Eastern Defense Line of the Russian Army, was anxiously coping with the current situation. The attack power of the Chinese army is too fierce, and in just a few days, the Russian army's defense line has been torn apart. Orenburg, on the other hand, was attacked by elite units of the Chinese Army. If it weren't for the desperate resistance of the Russian army, maybe Orenburg would have fallen.

A telegram came from St. Petersburg asking them to hold out for another week, and the Volga line of defense had begun to be built again. As long as the Volga defense line was successfully constructed, then they could retreat. I just don't know how much of the two million army will be left when it retreats. Of course, from Count Berg's point of view, he naturally hoped that the more troops retreated, the better!

"Your Excellency, the 11th Army and the 13th General have been routed, and the two armies have lost more than half of them, and they ask to retreat!" Duke Baryatinsky said to Count Berg.

"Hell! The two armies of the two of them only went up yesterday, and they lost more than half of them in just one day. What the hell are those guys up to? Count Berg was furious. Two infantry armies, more than 100,000 people, lost 50,000 people in just one day, if this continues, how long can the Russian army hold out.

"Your Excellency, Marshal. The Chinese are attacking so fiercely that they seem to have gone crazy. Shells poured down on our positions as if they didn't want money. Many of our soldiers were killed by Chinese shells. Duke Baryatinsky's face was full of grief and indignation. The soldiers of the Russian army, many times, were killed by shells that fell into the sky before they even saw the face of the Chinese army, and they were so aggrieved to die.

"Damn the Chinese, are they trying to drown us with shells?" Count Berg roared.

The artillery of the Chinese Army, both in quantity and quality, is far above the Russian army. When attacking the positions of the Russian army, they used heavy artillery shelling to open the way. This directly led to heavy losses in the shelling of the Russian troops.

In the face of the fierce attack of the Chinese army, the Russian army could only resist hard. It can be said that in order to keep Orenburg, the Russian army is completely fighting with the Chinese army with human lives. However, in the end, the losses are getting bigger and bigger. This also directly led to the morale of the Russian army, which inevitably began to decline rapidly.

Even elite soldiers are constantly being killed by shells when they see their comrades. The fragile human body was torn apart directly by the explosion of the shell, which was enough to break their will. What's more, the soldiers of the Russian army are not elite at all. At this time, the collapse of the Russian army is inevitable.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "Dense shells rained down on the positions of the Russian army, splashing up clumps of fireballs. The curved shells of the mortars can ensure that the shells fall directly into the trenches of the Russian army, and the scattered shrapnel harvests the lives of the Russian soldiers in the trenches.

"Oh God! I don't want to fight anymore. I want to go home! ”

A Russian soldier shouted, jumped out of the trench and ran wildly towards the rear.

Although, before the Russian soldier could run far, he was killed by a falling shell. However, his actions gave other Russian soldiers a great shock.

Most of the soldiers of the Russian army were serfs who had just been liberated. Their lives are just a little better, and they still have wives and children at home, as well as parents who need them to support them. If you die on the battlefield, what will happen to your loved ones at home?

The power of example is endless, more and more Russian soldiers are timid, they do not want to die. They knew that if they continued to fight, they would definitely follow in the footsteps of their comrades who had already died. Therefore, they all chose to run away.

At the beginning, there were relatively few Russian troops who fled. However, as time went on, the Chinese Army's attack power became more and more powerful. There are more and more Russian troops fleeing. When the commanders of the Russian army found out about this, they could not stop it.

On April 11, 1855, due to the flight of a large number of Russian troops, the Imperial Army entered Orenburg along the way, which directly led to a major rout of the Russian army. The Russian defense line was completely seized by the Chinese Army. (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! (To be continued......)

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