Dozens of kilometers east of the city of Ufa in the west of the Russian Ural Mountains, there is a large camp that can not be seen at a glance, stretching for more than ten miles, around this huge camp, many fortifications have been built, and even many of them are reinforced concrete fortifications, here is the assembly place of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire gathered outside the city of Ufa, until December 11, 1908, the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire has gathered here 3 guards and 6 field armies, with a total strength of nearly 1.5 million.

In the camp of the Third Guards of the Imperial Chinese Army, Ni Fan, commander of the Third Guards, Wu Hui, commander of the Fourth Guards, Zhao Shanwu, commander of the Fifth Guards, Deng Zichao, commander of the Third Field Army, Hu Desheng, commander of the Fourth Field Army, Yu Lichen, commander of the Ninth Field Army, Duan Qirui, commander of the Tenth Field Army, Li Kai, commander of the Eleventh Field Army, and Qu Chengyi, commander of the Twelfth Field Army, gathered here to hold an emergency military meeting.

They sat around a rectangular wooden table on which lay a military map of the perimeter of the city of Ufa.

Most of the main forces took part in the Battle of Chelyabinsk, with the exception of the 5th Guards Army.

After the Battle of Chelyabinsk, the personnel lost by the eight main armies, and the more than 100,000 additional troops transferred to the city of Chelyabinsk by the Ministry of Defense, have all been replenished and restored to full strength.

Because these 8 main forces are in Chelyabinsk, these 8 main forces have been transferred to the area of Ufa City, and they will be the main force of the Imperial Chinese Army in the Battle of Ufa City.

Ni Fan, the commander of the Third Guards Army, was personally ordered by Lin Daxin this time. He was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire in this attack on the city of Ufa.

During the Battle of Chelyabinsk, Ni Fan commanded less than a million troops. At the cost of only a hundred thousand casualties, 2.3 million elite troops of the Entente and Central Powers were annihilated. Outstanding achievements, this time in the battle of Ufa City, Lin Daxin still believes that Ni Fan can continue to bring him good news.

Ni Fan held a telegram in his hand and said to the other eight army commanders in a deep voice: "The Ministry of Defense has just sent a message that the three countries of Britain, France and Germany among the Entente and the Allied Powers have gone through a technology integration plan, although the new fighters of Britain, France and Germany that can be compared to our Royal Air Force have not yet been developed, but the weapons experts of the three countries have just developed a new type of anti-aircraft gun with a caliber of 57 mm and a range of 9,000 meters. A 12.9 mm caliber anti-aircraft machine gun with a very fast rate of fire has also been developed, and the firing range can also reach 5,000 meters, so that these new anti-aircraft weapons will pose a considerable threat to the fighters of the Royal Air Force. ”

When the commanders of the other 8 main forces heard this, their brows furrowed, this is not good news, or it can be said to be extremely bad news.

After the Chinese Empire declared war on Russia, and even after the declaration of war on the entire Entente and the Central Powers. The reason why he was able to achieve a series of victories in several large-scale battles on land and annihilated millions of enemies was that his own casualties in this war were less than 300,000 so far. Much of this was due to the absolute air superiority of the Royal Air Force of the Imperial Chinese Empire.

If the Entente and the Allies possessed new anti-aircraft weapons that could pose a great threat to the Royal Air Force of the Imperial Chinese Empire, it would have weakened the absolute air superiority of the Royal Air Force a lot, the fighters of the Royal Air Force of the Imperial Chinese Empire. In the bombing of the Allied and Allied forces, it was no longer possible to be as unscrupulous as before.

Zhao Shanwu, commander of the Fifth Guards Army, said: "Since the weapons experts of Britain, France, and Germany have just developed a new type of anti-aircraft gun and a new type of anti-aircraft machine gun. Then the coalition forces in Ufa may not be equipped with new anti-aircraft guns and new anti-aircraft machine guns, that is, the coalition forces in Ufa have begun to be equipped with these new anti-aircraft weapons. There won't be too many of them, so it's better to attack Ufa City now, so that we can at least have absolute air superiority, and the mode of battle can still be carried out as before our Imperial Chinese Army. ”

Wu Hui, the commander of the Fourth Guards, said at this time: "According to the intelligence from the Military Intelligence Bureau, there are currently more than 6.5 million Allied and Allied troops gathered in Ufa City, and we only have 3 Guards and 6 field armies here, adding up to less than 1.5 million. If we can let the Sixth Guards Army, the Thirteenth Field Army, the Fourteenth Field Army, and the Fifteenth Field Army, these four armies all come here, we may have a greater chance of conquering Ufa City. ”

The Sixth Guards, the Thirteenth Field Army, the Fourteenth Field Army, and the Fifteenth Field Army, according to the plan, were also going to come to Ufa City and join the siege troops.

Deng Zichao, the commander of the Third Field Army, said: "However, it will take at least 2 months for our remaining 4 main armies to arrive in Ufa City, and in these 2 months, Britain, France and Germany will definitely be able to transport a large number of new anti-aircraft guns and new anti-aircraft machine guns to Ufa City, and we are now 3 Guards and 6 field armies gathered here, and the consumption of materials every day is also amazing, although the Royal Air Force has transferred 120 airships and nearly 350 transport aircraft, Our army has also transferred nearly 2,000 trucks and thousands of horse-drawn wagons to ensure the supply of our troops, but the pressure on our logistics is still quite large, so I think it is better to immediately launch an attack on the Allied and Allied forces in Ufa City, and the remaining four main armies can be used as the reserve of our current nine armies. ”

Several army commanders nodded at Deng Zichao's suggestion and agreed, and Wu Hui, the commander of the Fourth Guards Army, then also said: "It is indeed more difficult for the troops to go to Ufa City, in order to ensure the supply of materials for our 9 armies, now the airships and transport planes of the Air Force are no longer used to transport troops, but are only used to transport various combat materials, and the Sixth Guards, the 13th Field Army, the 14th Field Army and the 15th Field Army can only rely on 2 legs to go to Ufa City, and these 4 armies still start from Novosibirsk City, still on the way, to be able to reach Ufa City in 2 months, is already considered fast. It seems that in order to ensure absolute air superiority, we can only launch an attack on Ufa City in advance. I agree too! ”

Seeing that the other 8 army commanders hoped to launch an attack on Ufa City as soon as possible, Ni Fan couldn't help but nodded and said, "The telegram from the Ministry of Defense said. The Emperor hopes that our troops who have arrived in Ufa City will not be afraid of the superior strength of the coalition forces. Launching an attack on Ufa as soon as possible, it is best to capture Ufa before the coalition forces are massively equipped with new anti-aircraft weapons, so as to lay the foundation for victory on the Russian battlefield. ”

"Then what else is there to say, since this is what the emperor meant, then our 9 armies must take Wufa City for the emperor, Lao Ni, you can give an order!" Li Kai, the commander of the 11th Field Army, said loudly.

Ni Fan nodded again, and then said with a solemn expression: "Since everyone agrees this opinion." Then we will follow the emperor's will and immediately launch an attack on Ufa City, and now let's discuss how to attack Ufa City! ”

After a pause, Ni Fan turned his head to Deng Zichao, the commander of the Third Field Army, and asked, "Old Deng, what suggestions do you have for attacking Ufa City?" ”

Deng Zichao did not hesitate, and immediately pointed to the map on the wooden table and said: "This is Ufa City, here is the location of our camp, in order to prevent the Entente and Allied artillery from sneak attack, our camp is nearly 25 kilometers away from Ufa City, but the distance between us and the coalition army is less than 10 kilometers. In order to defend the city of Ufa, the coalition forces built a huge group of fortifications around it, so to speak, the eastern position of the coalition army in the city of Ufa is 15 kilometers deep. Moreover, these fortification groups, the coalition forces are currently equipped with enough troops to defend them, and the city of Ufa has almost been built into a large pillbox by the coalition forces. As you can imagine, it will be difficult for our Imperial Chinese Army to capture the city of Ufa. It must be very large, as far as the suggestion goes. I can only suggest playing it steady. ”

Zhao Shanwu, commander of the Fifth Guards Army, said: "Anyway, now we still occupy the absolute superiority in the air, I don't think we need any tactics, continue to follow the old routine, let the fighters of the Air Force and the large-caliber artillery of our army launch a fierce attack on the forward positions of the coalition forces, use aerial bombs and large-caliber shells to open the way, and the attacking troops will take down the positions of the coalition forces outside the city of Ufa little by little. ”

Hu Desheng, commander of the Fourth Field Army, said: "After the attack begins, we must prepare for the counterattack of the coalition forces at night, in the battle of Novosibirsk, the battle of Omsk, and the battle of Chelyabinsk, at least half of our casualties were lost by the coalition forces in the night counterattack, and in the battles of Islamabad and Dhaka in India, the reason why the Fifth Field Army and the Sixth Field Army could not take the cities defended by the British army was mainly because the British army launched a non-stop counterattack at night, Let most of the gains of the Fifth Field Army and the Sixth Field Army during the day be in vain, and the coalition forces in Ufa City will definitely take advantage of the fact that after dark, our Royal Air Force fighters will not be able to take to the skies to fight, and launch a large-scale counterattack. ”

The commanders of several main forces present nodded in agreement, and they really had to guard against the counterattack of the coalition forces at night, otherwise the positions that were difficult to capture during the day were likely to be recaptured by the coalition forces at night.

Ni Fan glanced at the watch on his wrist, and then said to the other 8 army commanders: "Since everyone has no opinion, then the sooner the attack on Ufa City, the better, it is now 11:25 p.m. on December 11, I have decided to launch a full-scale attack on the coalition positions in the east of the periphery of Ufa City at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning, of course, at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning, the Royal Air Force fighters will first bomb the forward positions of the coalition forces, The large-caliber artillery of our army artillery also carried out the most intense shelling of the forward positions of the coalition forces at the same time. ”

The other 8 army commanders looked at each other, and they had no other opinions, anyway, they had to fight, and the sooner they fought, the better, so that Britain, France, and Germany would not have time for large-scale production of new air defense weapons, nor would they have time to transport them to Ufa City.

Ni Fan continued: "Tomorrow, after the air force and artillery launch an attack on the forward positions in the east of the coalition forces, the Fifth Guards Army will launch a ground attack first, Lao Zhao, do you have any problems with the Fifth Guards?" You must know that attacking the city of Ufa, which has more than 6.5 million defenders, the losses of our attacking troops must be very staggering. ”

Zhao Shanwu said with a smile on his face: "Old Ni, don't worry, our Fifth Guards Army is ready, I don't dare to say that we will take down the entire Ufa City in one go, but we will definitely do our best to occupy enough coalition positions, and Lao Ni, you are so particular, and hand over the task of the first wave of attacks to our Fifth Guards, my Lao Zhao will definitely not live up to your trust, tomorrow brothers will look at it!" ”

Ni Fan also considered the Fifth Guards Army as the first wave of ground attack troops, after all, the other 8 armies had participated in the battle of Chelyabinsk City, and each army had made considerable achievements, but the Fifth Guards Army did not catch up with the Battle of Chelyabinsk City, and now the officers and soldiers of the Fifth Guards Army from top to bottom are all looking forward to making war achievements!

You must know that the military exploits of the Imperial Chinese Army are not just an honor, but are firmly linked to promotion and money.

After deciding to attack the eastern position of the coalition army in Ufa City tomorrow morning, except for Ni Fan, the other 8 army commanders hurriedly left the military headquarters of the Third Guards Army to arrange their respective troops to prepare for the upcoming big battle, and they didn't even eat lunch at Ni Fan's place.

After Ni Fan and the other 8 army commanders left, he refused the lunch brought by the orderlies, and stood alone in front of the wooden table, looking at the military map around Ufa City on the wooden table, with a solemn expression on his face.

Now Ni Fan doesn't have any appetite to eat at all, in fact, he has a very big worry about the battle of Ufa City, not to mention the disparity between the forces of the enemy and us, but after the war, the pressure of logistics makes Ni Fan unable to eat and sleep well.

Although there are airships and transport planes, as well as army trucks and carriages, which continue to deliver supplies to the troops here in Ufa City, the nearly 1.5 million troops need food and other materials in addition to ammunition, and it is impossible to use them to transport ammunition.

In this way, after the start of the fighting, if the time drags on for too long, the troops will definitely run out of ammunition.

Originally, the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire relied on powerful firepower, and if there was even a shortage of ammunition, how could Ufa City be captured.

The coalition army of more than 6.5 million also made Ni Fan feel very pressured, that is, if the coalition army in Ufa City could finally defeat it, what price the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire would pay for it, Ni Fan didn't want to think about it. (To be continued.) )