On April 25, 1909, after the allied forces of Germany, Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey launched an attack on the defense line built by the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire in the Ural Mountains, the air force units of the five allied forces launched an artillery bombardment of the artillery units of the five allied forces, and also dispatched thousands of warplanes to bomb the defense line of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire.

However, in the face of the powerful Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire, the thousands of fighters of the five-nation coalition army had no chance to perform at all, and not only did not cause much damage to the positions built by the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire on the first line of the Ural Mountains, but were beaten by the improved Yellow Bird fighters of the four expulsion groups of the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire, and the losses were heavy, and in just half an hour, more than 800 fighters of the Air Force of the five countries crashed. The remaining 141 fighters and 120 bombers of the five countries' air forces fled in disarray back to various Russian airfields west of the Ural Mountains.

These surviving 5-nation coalition fighters, the bad luck is not over, these collapsed 5-nation coalition pilots do not know that the reason why they can escape the pursuit of the improved Yellow Sparrow fighters of the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Imperial Air Force is not because the improved Yellow Sparrow fighters of the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire cannot catch up with them, but deliberately let the remnants of the 5-nation air force fighters leave, and then many improved Yellow Sparrow fighters follow behind the fleeing 5-nation coalition fighters, using airborne radar, The specific locations of the airfields where the fighters of the five-nation coalition were located were determined, and then the bomber group of the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire was dispatched.

The artillery units of the Five-Nation Coalition Army and the artillery units of the Imperial Chinese Army engaged in an artillery battle that was somewhat evenly matched, and after half an hour of bombardment against each other. The artillery units of both sides suffered losses to each other, and many artillery pieces turned into a pile of scrap metal in the confrontation. However, in general, the artillery of the Imperial Chinese Army also had a slight advantage.

The artillery units of the 5-nation coalition army only have large-caliber artillery with a caliber of more than 100 mm. The artillery units of the 5-nation coalition artillery units with a caliber of less than 100 mm of mountain artillery and field artillery need to withstand the bombardment of the large-caliber artillery of the Royal Army of the Chinese Imperial Army on the one hand, and constantly fire at the first line of defense of the Royal Army of the Chinese Imperial Army in the Ural Mountains, but these shells with a caliber of less than 100 mm have the power generated when they explode and do not bring much damage to the solid fortifications built of reinforced concrete.

In the headquarters of the five-nation coalition in the city of Zwutoust west of the Ural Mountains, the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, German Army General Paul von Hindenburg, Russian Army Commander Sonokopsky, Italian Army Commander Hannaved, Austro-Hungarian Army Commander Gloria, and Ottoman Turkish Army Commander Bajirja. Through the radio station, the situation of the battle can be learned synchronously.

Knowing that thousands of fighters from the air forces of the five countries were defeated by the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire in only half an hour, Hindenburg reluctantly said to the other four commanders: "There is no way, for the air supremacy over the Ural Mountains, our five countries have done their best, and nearly 1,300 fighters and bombers have gathered at various Russian airfields in the west of the Ural Mountains, although before today, dozens of fighters were destroyed while reconnoitring the defense line of the Chinese Imperial Army. But today our five air forces still have more than 1,200 warplanes. And we have dispatched more than 600 fighters and more than 500 bombers at one time today, but unfortunately this is still the result, alas-"

The commander of the Russian Army, Sonokopsky, then said: "Commander-in-chief. Can we send another batch of large-caliber artillery to the artillery battle, and now the artillery units of our five-nation coalition army still have not suppressed the artillery of the Chinese Empire, so that our army of the Russian Empire will inevitably suffer from the fierce shelling of the artillery of the Chinese Empire when it launches an offensive. In addition, the fortifications built by the Chinese Imperial Army are quite strong, even if they are filled with human lives, it is difficult to break through the first line of defense of the Chinese Imperial Army! ”

Hindenburg smiled bitterly and said: "General Sonokopsky." We have put tens of thousands of artillery pieces on the front line, including more than 3,000 large-caliber guns with a caliber of more than 100 mm. The rest are all mountain artillery and field artillery with a caliber of more than 57 mm, and these tens of thousands of artillery pieces are already more than half of the artillery of our five-nation coalition army. In this half-hour shelling, they have consumed at least one-sixth of our artillery reserves, that is, to add some large-caliber artillery, and it is impossible for the artillery units of our five countries to maintain this scale of shelling for too long. ”

Hindenburg paused for a moment and then said in a more depressed voice: "What's worse is that our five-nation air force has been beaten by the air force of the Chinese Empire, and there is no need to fight back, and there is no need to consider seizing air supremacy over the Ural Mountains, in this case, the artillery positions of our five-nation coalition forces will definitely be bombed by the Chinese Imperial Air Force, even if we have deployed a lot of anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns in the artillery positions, we will not be able to prevent the losses caused by the Chinese Imperial Air Force to our artillery." In order to reduce the losses caused by the Imperial Chinese Air Force to the artillery of our five-nation coalition forces, we can only let some of the artillery quickly withdraw from the artillery positions as a reserve to make up for the artillery destroyed by the Imperial Chinese Air Force. ”

After listening to Hindenburg's words, the army commanders of the other four countries, including the Russian army commander Sonokokoski, all looked solemn, you must know that the air force of the five-nation coalition has basically ended, although there are still some fighters and bombers left, but from the air battle just half an hour, it can be seen that the air force of the coalition and the air force of the Chinese empire are simply worlds apart in strength, and the thing of air supremacy is just a beautiful dream for the five-nation coalition forces on the front line of the Ural Mountains. The 5-nation coalition is not an extravagant hope.

So if the 5-nation coalition army no longer has artillery to restrain the artillery of the Chinese Empire, how can this battle be fought, and what price will it pay to rely solely on the charge of the infantry in order to overcome the solid defense line built by the Chinese Imperial Army in the Ural Mountains!

The commander of the Italian army, Hannaverde, glanced at the commander of the Russian army, Sonokokoski, and said: "Then what do we do next?" There is no need for all the artillery units of our five countries to withdraw from their positions, and we will temporarily stop this offensive. Is there any other way to do it? ”

Yesterday at the military meeting of the 5-nation coalition. Russian Army Commander Sonokopsky took the initiative to ask for an attack on the first line of defense of the Chinese Imperial Army by the Russian Army today. Now that the air force of the 5-nation coalition is already dumb, and the artillery units of the 5-nation coalition cannot provide sufficient fire cover for the infantry, it is really no different from a suicidal attack to let the Russian army launch an offensive at this time.

The commander of the Russian Army, Sonokopsky, gritted his teeth, he also knew what kind of losses would be brought to the attacking troops by letting the infantry of the Russian Army attack the defense line of the Chinese Empire under such circumstances, but Russia had gambled everything for this big battle. Tsar Nicholas II's telegram to Sonokopsky said that in order to win, it is necessary to do whatever it takes, and at this time there is no need to fill it with human lives, what other way can be done to break through the defense line of the Chinese Empire?

Hindenburg also looked at Sonokopsky, and Hindenburg knew very well that the Russians would not end this attack so easily, after all, among the five countries, Russia was the most eager to overcome the defense line built by the Chinese Imperial Army in the Ural Mountains as soon as possible.

Sure enough, as Hindenburg expected, Sonokopski suddenly got up from his chair and said in a deep voice: "There is no air supremacy. Our five-nation coalition army could not have any other way but to send infantry to attack the defense line of the Chinese Empire, and in the Battle of Ufa City, we used to attack and defend regardless of casualties. Only then did they drive the army of the Chinese Empire to the front line of the Ural Mountains. Ladies and gentlemen, I immediately order the land forces of our Russian Empire to immediately launch an offensive against the lines of defense of the Chinese Empire. It is hoped that the artillery units of various countries will insist on providing cover for the artillery fire of our Russian Imperial attack forces. ”

Hindenburg nodded and said, "It seems that we want to break through the defense line of the Chinese Empire. It was only possible to carry out a strong offensive regardless of casualties, the aspect of artillery fire. General Sonokopsky does not need to worry, no matter how big the losses of the artillery units of various countries are, they will work with the artillery units of the Russian Army to provide artillery support for the infantry of the Russian Army, and the army units of our other 4 countries will also be ready to go on the offensive! ”

The commander of the Italian army, Hannaved, the commander of the Austro-Hungarian Army, Gloria, and the commander of the Ottoman Turkish Imperial Army, Bajirja, nodded one after another, the five countries are now grasshoppers on a rope, and they need to win this big war and reverse the situation of the entire war.

Immediately, Sonokopsky gave the long-prepared Russian Army's 4th, 7th, 11th, 12th, and 19th armies an offensive order to attack the first line of defense of the Chinese Imperial Army in the Ural Mountains.

The Russian Army on the front line of the Ural Mountains has the number of 24 group armies, except for a few group armies that are fully staffed, with about 300,000 troops, most of the group armies are not fully formed, and the five group armies of the Russian Army in the first wave are ready to attack, as long as the 19th Army is fully formed.

However, the strength of the other 4 army groups is not small, all of them have more than 150,000 troops, which is considered to be the strongest force among the 24 group armies, which makes the total strength of the first wave of attack forces of the Russian Army exceed one million.

Before the five armies of the Russian Army could charge the lines of the Chinese Empire, the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Imperial Air Force's improved Blue Eagle bomber group appeared in the blue sky, accompanied by a formation of improved Yellow Sparrow fighters escorting the convoy.

At this time, except for some improved Yellow Bird fighters tracking the fleeing fighters of the Five Nations Coalition Forces, other improved Yellow Bird fighters with similar ammunition consumption had already returned to the air to replenish ammunition and fuel.

The purpose of these newly emerged improved Blue Eagle bombers and escorted improved Yellow Sparrow fighters was to carry out air strikes on the artillery positions of the coalition forces of the five countries and the airfields of the air forces of the five countries.

The formation of bombers of the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire, like the formation of fighters, is also the largest group, a bomber group has 5 bomber squadrons, each squadron has 24 improved Blue Eagle bombers, and a total of 8 bomber groups and 3 bomber squadrons are gathered at various temporary airfields of the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Imperial Air Force east of the Ural Mountains.

The Yellow Sparrow fighters and Blue Eagle bombers originally owned by the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire have been modified and turned into improved models, and the aircraft factories of the Imperial Chinese Empire have implemented three shifts 24 hours a day after the start of the war, so that the Royal Air Force of the Imperial Chinese Air Force can gather air power of such a scale here in the Ural Mountains, with more than 1,200 improved Yellow Sparrow fighters and more than 1,000 improved Blue Eagle bombers.

At this time, there were 6 bomber groups of the Royal Air Force in the sky, as well as 4 destroyer groups escorting the escort, and soon these fighters were divided into two routes, one was composed of 3 bomber groups and 2 destroyer groups, and went straight to the artillery positions of the 5-nation coalition forces, and the other 3 bomber groups and 2 destroyer groups were guided by the improved Yellow Bird fighters who had previously tracked the fleeing coalition fighters, and crossed the forward positions built by the 5-nation coalition forces opposite the defense line of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire. Fly over various Russian airfields west of the Ural Mountains, preparing to completely wipe out the air power of the five-nation coalition.

"Boom-boom-boom-boom" Soon the continuous sound of explosions sounded on the artillery positions of the five-nation coalition forces, although a large number of anti-aircraft weapons were arranged in various artillery positions of the five-nation coalition forces, but as several coalition commanders expected, these air defense weapons could not block the huge number of bombers of the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire, and the artillery positions of the five-nation coalition forces in many places were blown up by the aerial bombs of the improved Blue Eagle bombers, and some of the artillery positions that were detonated were even more miserable. It's hell on earth.

However, even under such a fierce bombardment, the artillery units of the five-nation coalition did not stop shelling the defense line of the Chinese Empire, nor did the large-caliber artillery of the two sides stop, and the large-caliber artillery of the allied forces continued to fire at the artillery positions of the Chinese Empire.

In order to provide artillery support for the infantry, the artillery units of the 5-nation coalition army still gritted their teeth and persisted even though they suffered extremely heavy losses under the double blow of the Chinese Imperial Air Force and artillery. (To be continued.) )

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