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The Sikhote Mountains are located 5 kilometers north of Vladivostok, and the Russian army has built a series of defensive lines consisting of fortresses, batteries and permanent fire points, and a division of troops is stationed here, forming the first line of defense north of Vladivostok. An extremely strong line of defense. The defensive line, five kilometers long, consisted of 6 batteries, fortresses and 55 permanent firing points, most of which hit the area west of the Sikhote Mountains, strangling the coastal lowlands and blocking the road to Vladivostok.

In charge of directing the defense of this line of defense was Major General Andrei, commander of the 6th Division of the Russian Army. He had already assured Governor Alekseev that he would let the Chinese bleed in the head of the Sikhote defensive line.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "An overwhelming array of shells flew from the artillery positions of the Chinese artillery five kilometers away towards the Russian defense line in the Sikhote Mountains, and on the Russian positions, the fire was shining, and the entire position was enveloped in artillery fire. But in reality, the damage inflicted on the Russian army is very small, almost minimal. The fortresses and fortresses of the Russian defense line in the Sikhote Mountains were made of reinforced concrete with a thickness of about 400 mm, and steel plates with a thickness of about 200 mm were added in the middle. Not to mention the 05 mm howitzers of the Chinese artillery, even if the 55 mm caliber heavy cannon fires armor-piercing shells, it is very difficult to penetrate. Those permanent firing points are hidden in the dead end, and if you don't fire, it will be difficult to detect. In addition, most of these firing points are located in dead corners and are difficult to destroy from the bottom of the mountain.

The Russian army hollowed out the mountain and built a lot of anti-artillery holes on the mountain. When the Chinese artillery launched a heavy shelling. These Russian troops basically took refuge in strong anti-artillery holes. Granite mountains. It was so strong that even if the Chinese artillery fire was fierce, it would not be able to cause them the slightest damage.

The shelling of the Chinese artillery lasted for an hour before it ended, and during this time, more than 400 artillery pieces poured tens of thousands of shells on the Russian defense line. When the smoke cleared, the positions of the Russian army were in shambles. But those fortified batteries and fortresses. There was no damage at all. It's just that it's a little difficult to look like.

"General, the shelling of the Chinese has stopped!" A major officer entered a cave-converted headquarters located on the back of the mountain and reported to Major General Andrei.

"Oh? Stopped? I thought those Chinese had a lot of shells! Did the orientation of the Chinese artillery positions be calculated? Major General Andrei had a disdainful smile on his face.

"General, it's been calculated! There are twelve artillery positions of the Chinese. The major replied.

"Well, now it's time for us to wield! Order all batteries and fortresses to let the Chinese see how powerful we are! Major General Andrei said excitedly. When the Chinese artillery was shelling, the Russian artillery remained silent, not that they did not dare to engage in a fierce artillery battle with the Chinese artillery. They are simply calculating the detailed coordinates of the Chinese artillery. The area north of the Sikhote Mountains is very familiar to the Russian army. During the period when the Chinese artillery opened fire, the coordinates of the artillery positions of the Chinese artillery had been calculated and could start a counterattack at any time.

After receiving the order of Major General Andrei, 6 batteries and fortresses in the Sikhote Mountains opened the gun doors at the same time and pushed out the guns of one gate. 6 batteries, a total of 6 20-mm fortified guns, 24 52-mm fortified guns. Bastions, each of which also had 0 05 mm howitzers. Although the number of artillery pieces is far less than that of Chinese artillery, the power of 6 20-mm fortress guns is terrifying.

"Boom!" As the battery opened fire first, the Russian batteries and fortresses on the defense line of the Sikhote Mountains opened fire one after another. A large number of shells, with a sharp whistling sound in the air, flew fiercely towards the Chinese artillery positions.

"Hidden! Shelling! "At this moment, the artillery positions of the Chinese artillery, after the shelling has just ended, the artillerymen are replenishing ammunition and preparing to provide fire support to the infantry when they begin to attack. Ammunition trucks, carrying guns, appeared on the artillery positions.

"Boom!" An artillery shell exploded at the No. 4 artillery position of the Chinese artillery, on which a battalion of 4 05-mm howitzers was deployed. The site of the explosion of the shell, in the middle of the two cannons. The violent explosion blew up the two 05-mm light howitzers, the barrels were blown into twists, and more than a dozen artillery pieces around were directly torn to pieces.

Immediately afterwards, a large number of shells fell, and the entire artillery position was plunged into a sea of fire. Constantly artillery was destroyed, artillery was killed, and the entire artillery position suffered heavy losses. "Boom!" An earth-shattering explosion sounded, and an ammunition truck was hit, and dozens of shells on it exploded, killing all creatures within a radius of several hundred meters, leaving a deep crater hundreds of meters wide in place.

The same thing happened on several positions, and the artillery of the Second Army, under the heavy shelling of the Russian army, suffered heavy losses.

"Order the artillery to retreat immediately, evacuate, and hide from the shelling of the Russians!" Major General Xie Dingkun, commander of the Second Army, gritted his teeth and ordered. To the artillery of his own troops, he suffered heavy casualties, and his teeth were almost crushed. The squadron has almost never suffered such heavy losses since it was formed. This made Major General Xie Dingkun feel deeply humiliated.

Soon, the artillery positions of the Chinese artillery were all evacuated, and the artillery and artillery were moved to a safe place. The Russian artillery fire, after half an hour of rage, also stopped. However, in this half hour, it inflicted extremely severe losses on the Second Army of the Chinese Army. The main damage was artillery, which was the main target of the Russians.

Because of the sudden shelling by the Russian artillery, the Second Army's planned offensive after the shelling had to be canceled. The fact that the Russians were able to launch such a fierce artillery bombardment proves that the Russian army has not suffered any losses at all, and still has huge combat strength, and if it attacks again, it will be completely sent to death.

At 2 o'clock, the results of the casualty statistics were summarized, and when the results were handed over to the chief of staff, Major General Zhang Shusen, Zhang Shusen's face was gloomy as if he could drip water.

"Lao Zhang, how many troops have been killed or wounded?" Major General Xie Dingkun asked.

"Commander, in the shelling of the Russians, we lost 0 cannons, including 42 55-mm heavy howitzers and 6 05-mm light howitzers. The artillery killed 76 people, 255 seriously wounded and 22 lightly wounded. Zhang Shusen replied angrily.

"Damn old hair!" Xie Dingkun scolded hatefully. In this half-hour of shelling, the Second Army lost two and a half battalions of artillery, which was equivalent to the loss of half of the artillery brigade of the Second Army in personnel and equipment. But fortunately, the heavy cannon battalion was not attacked.

"Commander, the Russians' defense line in the Sikhote Mountains is much stronger than we expected! We carried out shelling for an hour and did not do much damage to them at all. In this case, the infantry attack could not be carried out. Zhang Shusen said with a dark face.

"The Russians' fortress here is much stronger than the fortress of the Twin Cities. Their fortress in the twin cities simply could not withstand the bombardment of 55-mm heavy cannons. But now, the fortress and battery here, after so many shells, seem to be fine. This battle is more difficult to fight! Major General Xie Dingkun said with a gloomy face.

"So what do we do now? You can't stop attacking, right? The order of the chief of staff was that we were required to take Vladivostok by mid-April. If we're blocked here, there's no way around it! Zhang Shusen said with some worry.

"In the afternoon, let's attack again! Deploy the artillery positions a little farther away, with heavy cannons at 9 km, heavy howitzers at 7 km, and light howitzers at 55 km, and spread them out as much as possible to avoid giving the Russians a chance. At the time of the artillery shelling, the infantry began to attack, hoping that it would work! Major General Xie Dingkun said. For now, we can only try it out first, and if it doesn't work, find another way.

The Russian 6th Infantry Division, which was guarding the defense line in the Sikhote Mountains, cheered after the Chinese artillery positions were shrouded in gunsmoke. The artillery positions of the Chinese artillery, unlike their batteries and fortresses, were solidly protected. Although I don't know the specific situation, I guess it is also known that the Chinese artillery must have suffered heavy casualties.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, having already eaten lunch and resting for an hour, the squadron began to attack. The artillery dispersed into more than thirty artillery positions, and in companies as units, launched artillery strikes on the defense line of the Sikhote Mountains. This time the Russian army did not sink, and immediately launched a counterattack, and launched a fierce artillery battle with Chinese artillery.

However, this time the positions of the Chinese artillery almost all extended a considerable distance to the back, and at the same time they were completely dispersed. The artillery of the Russian batteries and fortresses is completely impossible to achieve serious results.

At the same time, the squadrons of two regiments, the 42nd and 2nd regiments, launched an attack on the Sikhote Mountains while the artillery of both sides was in a fierce exchange of fire. A total of more than 7,000 people, 6 breakthroughs were chosen, and the offensive was launched.

Although the Sikhote Mountains are not high, the average altitude is only more than 00 meters, and on the defense line of the Russian army, it is only six or seven hundred meters. Most of the rest assured of the Russian army are built in the middle of the mountain, condescendingly. This caused a lot of trouble for the attack of the squadron. The strength of the two regiments launched an attack two kilometers away from the Russian defense line, and the Russian artillery was fighting fiercely with the Chinese artillery, and for the time being, they could not take care of the attacking infantry, so that they could reach the bottom of the mountain without danger. However, it was also at this time that a tragic scene occurred.

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