The 26,000 people of the Russian 31st Army ignored the bombardment of the Russian artillery and their own casualties, shouted Ula in rows and rushed to the forward position of the Dingbei Army. ＠↙，.2↖3wx.

The commander of the Russian 31st Army, Caledoev, organized a supervision team, and if the Russian soldiers of the 31st Army dared to retreat, they would be immediately shot by the supervision team behind, which made the soldiers of the 31st Army, who had no way to retreat, only resist the rain-like bullets and shells, and desperately attack forward.

Because the artillery of the two divisions of the Dingbei Army, although the performance is superior, it does not have any advantage in dealing with a large number of Russian artillery, and can only be said to be evenly matched, as a result, the Russian artillery has been bombarding the forward positions, bringing very large casualties to the Dingbei Army in the forward positions, so that some of the forward positions were rushed up by Russian soldiers, and the Dingbei officers and soldiers on the positions started a white-knuckle battle.

A section of the first fortification on the 306 heights was hit by several 75-mm shells in a row, causing casualties among the officers and soldiers of Dingbei guarding this section, and more than 40 Russian soldiers took the opportunity to rush up.

After Wang Yuwei scolded Shengniang, he ordered a heavy machine gun next to him to shoot in front of that section of the fortifications to stop the follow-up Russian army, and then took more than 30 officers and soldiers from Dingbei and the Russian army who rushed to the position to kill together, and the leper was also among the more than 30 officers and soldiers.

The leper shot while rushing at the Russian army, because the running accuracy fell, and after 5 bullets exploded the heads of 2 Russian soldiers, the leper still couldn't change the habit of headshots, and then rushed to the past and fought with a tall Russian soldier.

The Russian soldier holding a rifle with a bayonet at the chest of the leper is a thrust, which is blocked by the leper with a rifle. Knocked the Russian soldier's rifle crooked, and then the leper also used the bayonet on the rifle to make a stab, which was also blocked by the Russian soldier with a rifle. The two fought for several rounds in a row, and no one took advantage, and the rapid fighting action made the two people not even have time to shoot.

At this time, the Russian soldier stabbed at the leper again, but the soles of his feet slipped because he stepped on a pool of blood, and his movements were a little out of shape, and he was immediately caught by the leprosy. The leper used his rifle to stab the Russian soldier behind him. Homeopathically hit the head of the Russian soldier with the butt of the rifle. "Poof-" With a sound, the highly skilled assassination Russian soldier was hit in the head by a rifle butt and fell to the ground and died.

The leper didn't hesitate for a moment. Immediately use a rifle with bullets in hand. 3 shots were fired in a row. Killed 3 Russian soldiers who were fighting with Dingbei officers and soldiers.

When the leper ran out of 3 bullets in the gun, the Russian troops who rushed to the position had been wiped out, and more than 30 people rushed over from the Dingbei Army. Only 5 were killed, 3 of them were killed by the Russian army's non-stop shells, except for the leper who killed 9 Russian soldiers, most of the Russian soldiers fell under the Russian army's own artillery fire and the submachine guns of several Dingbei officers and soldiers such as Wang Yuwei.

After that, the remaining more than 20 officers and soldiers, under the leadership of the battalion commander Wang Yuwei, took over this section of the fortification and began to shoot at the Russian troops who continued to charge.

The Russian 31st Army has been attacking continuously for nearly 2 hours before retreating under the order of Commander Kuropatkin, at this time the 31st Army can retreat less than 15,000 people, and in less than 2 hours, more than 10,000 soldiers of the 31st Army fell in front of the forward position of the Dingbei Army.

In addition, the Russian 61st Army also lost nearly 10,000 people just now, and more than 20,000 corpses of Russian officers and soldiers were paved in front of the forward positions of the Dingbei Army.

The commander of the 31st Army, Caledoyev, returned to the temporary command of the Siberian theater of operations, saw the commander Kuropatkin and said: "I'm sorry, Your Excellency Commander, our 31st Army did not capture the forward positions of the Dingbei Army. ”

Although Charedoyev said sorry, his expression was more relaxed, and such an attack by his own regiment, regardless of casualties, should satisfy the commander Kuropatkin.

Although Kuropatkin did not care about the loss of soldiers, the Russian soldiers were known as gray cattle, known for their endurance, combat bravery, and not afraid of casualties, and Russia could easily gather millions of such soldiers, but Kuropatkin did not want to disappear as soon as he arrived at the front line in Outer Mongolia, so he ordered the 31st Army, which had suffered heavy losses, to stop the attack and retreat.

Hearing Charedoyev's words, Kuropatkin said: "Your 31st Army has done a very good job, Charedoyev, your next task is to reorganize the 31st Army as a reserve in the theater of operations, and at a critical moment, you also need your 31st Army to contribute to the battle situation." You should take your men down for lunch first! ”

Charedeyev nodded and said: "Yes, Your Excellency Commander!" After saying that, he left the headquarters and went to arrange for the rest of the 31st Army to have lunch.

Kuropatkin turned his head to Moharnosky, the commander of the 62nd Army, and said: "Next, your 62nd Army will launch an attack on the forward positions of the Dingbei Army outside the city, and you must set up a supervision team according to the practice of the 31st Army, and if there are people who retreat without authorization and want to be deserters, they will be shot on the spot!" Give your 62nd Army 20 minutes to prepare, and after 20 minutes, launch an attack on the forward positions of the Dingbei Army on time. ”

Moharnoski nodded sternly and walked out of the headquarters.

20 minutes later, the Russian artillery opened fire first, and then the Russian officers and soldiers of the 62nd Army braved the artillery fire and rushed to the forward positions of the Dingbei Army......

Two hours later, the Russian 62nd Army, which had lost more than 9,000 men, was withdrawn by Commander Kuropatkin.

Soon after, the Russian 32nd Army launched a two-hour attack on the forward positions of the Dingbei Army, and after losing more than 8,000 people, it retreated according to the order of the commander Kuropatkin.

It was already 5 o'clock in the evening, and Kuropatkin glanced at his pocket watch and decided to stop the attack today.

Kuropatkin, who returned to the city of Haktu, asked people to count today's casualties, and it turned out that before he ate, the casualties of the Russian army today were delivered to him, so that he didn't even have the appetite to eat.

Although Kuropatkin knew that today's attack without counting casualties would cause heavy losses, when the specific figures were reported, he was still surprised by the casualties and became unappetizing.

In today's attack, a total of four corps were dispatched to attack in turn, but the result was that they still did not break through the forward position of the Dingbei Army, and the total casualties of the four corps had reached more than 34,000 and more than 4,000 were seriously wounded.

The artillery units of the Russian army also suffered heavy losses, and nearly 300 artillery pieces with a caliber of more than 75 mm were destroyed by the artillery fire of the Dingbei Army, of which nearly 80 large-caliber howitzers were blown up. The Russian artillery only has more than 600 guns with a caliber of more than 75 mm, and the losses are close to a third, knowing that this is only the first day of the war.

Ivanov, who was following the commander Kuropatkin and preparing to have dinner together, frowned and said: "Oh! God, it's terrible that today we have lost so many soldiers and artillery! ”

Kuropatkin looked at the casualty figures and pondered for a while, and then his eyes became firm, as if he was saying to Ivanov, and as if he was saying to himself, "As long as there is victory, the necessary sacrifices, the Russian Empire is acceptable!" ”

That night, at the headquarters of the Third Division of the Dingbei Army in the city, Ni Fan, the commander of the Third Division, looked at a copy of today's casualty report in his hand with a gloomy face, and his hand holding the paper shook involuntarily.

After today's offensive and defensive battles, the two divisions lost more than 80 artillery pieces, the most powerful 155-mm howitzers lost 19 guns, and more than 500 artillery officers and men were killed. The two brigades of the 3rd Division, which defended the forward position, suffered heavy casualties, with more than 3,800 killed and nearly 500 seriously wounded.

Hu Desheng, the commander of the Seventh Division, said: "Old Ni, it seems that this new commander of the Russian army is a person who treats the lives of soldiers as grass, and under this kind of attack regardless of casualties, our pressure will become greater and greater!" ”

Ni Fan put the casualty report on the table, spit out a breath of turbidity, and then said: "It's not that we haven't fought a vicious battle, and we are desperately not afraid of the Russian army, but the frontal positions on the periphery of the city need to be strengthened, Lao Hu, early tomorrow morning, you will first send 2 regiments to support the forward positions!" ”

Hu Desheng nodded and said, "I'll let the two regiments go up overnight!" In this way, the officers and men of our division can familiarize themselves with the situation of the position. ”

Ni Fan also thinks that what Hu Desheng said is reasonable, and if he is more familiar with the situation of some positions, it is possible to save his life at a critical moment.

On the 306 heights, the battalion commander Wang Yuwei looked at the casualties sent by the 1st company commander Zhou Manho, and his heart couldn't help but tremble, today when the Russian army attacked the crisis, Wang Yuwei strengthened the other 1 infantry company supported by the 63 brigade to the first fortification, so that plus the 214 people on the initial first fortification, a total of more than 470 people guarded the first fortification on the 306 heights today, and at the end of the day, there were only 190 people left in the first fortification, and more than 280 people fell on the position.

The 2 company commanders who came from the 63rd Brigade were killed, even the remaining 190 people, and 35 people were seriously wounded, lost their combat effectiveness, and have been transferred to the trading city. Wang Yuwei has already asked the regiment headquarters and brigade headquarters for support, otherwise according to the Russian army's posture of not counting casualties, although there are still nearly 200 people in the second fortification and the anti-slope, Wang Yuwei has no confidence that he can hold the 306 heights.

Wang Yuwei walked in the trench and saw that the soldier was looking for something in the trench, Wang Yuwei asked, "Leper, what are you looking for?" You weren't hurt today, were you? ”

The leper raised his head sweating profusely, and when he saw that it was the battalion commander Wang Yuwei, he immediately saluted and said: "Battalion commander, I am not injured, I am looking for a domino, which my grandmother made for me when I was a child, bless me safe, I have been hanging on my neck, after the battle, I can't find it!" ”

Wang Yuwei knew the situation of the leper, the whole tribe was slaughtered by the Russians, and all the relatives died in the massacre, including the mother of the leper, this domino may be pinned on the leprosy's thoughts about his family, so Wang Yuwei shouted to the officers and soldiers in the trench: "Everyone help the leper brother find a domino!" (To be continued......)