"Commander Yan, there are a lot of anti-infantry mines buried in that trench, and our soldiers have suffered heavy losses, so it's not a way to go on like this." A senior officer said with a frown as he looked at the trench in front of him.

"I ordered the soldiers who went to the first line of trenches to withdraw, and then let the artillery divide part of their fire towards the trenches, and concentrate their fire on an area, so that the mines in the trenches could be removed.

In addition, let the engineers be ready, wait for them to fill the trenches for the tanks to pass, only then can an effective attack be carried out. Yan Xishan ordered expressionlessly.

"Yes, Commander."

After a while, the Chinese soldiers who were still frantically rushing towards the trenches began to retreat, and even those soldiers who had already entered the trenches also exited the trenches in an orderly manner.

Not long after they withdrew from the trenches, shells whistled towards the trenches, and the artillery of the Chinese army had already shifted their guns to shell the trenches.

"Boom~~~"

"Boom~~~"

The shells exploded into the trenches, and the mines buried in the ground were also detonated, and the rumbling sound rang out one after another, and some parts of the trenches were blown up and collapsed, and only a little more earth was needed to make the tanks clear.

Ten minutes later, the 200-meter-long trench security area was blown up by the shells of the Huaxia artillery, and the Huaxia soldiers immediately rushed to the safe area, with which they could attack the enemy with peace of mind.

A regiment of engineers with military shovels and the protection of the other Xia soldiers rushed towards the trench, and they were to create a road in that safe area that would allow the tanks to pass through the trench, and only the tanks could break through the trench to cover the large-scale attack of the infantry on the Russians.

A senior officer in the Russian position held a telescope and stared at the movements of the Chinese army, and he felt bad when the Chinese soldiers withdrew from the trenches and the empty trenches were shelled in turns, so he had been watching the Chinese army with binoculars.

Suddenly, he noticed that a group of Chinese soldiers with armor shovels were under the protection of the Chinese army and began to rush towards the trenches that had just been bombed in turn. After seeing this, he knew that it was broken, this was paving the way for the tank, and the tank must not be allowed to pass guò.

"Chief of Staff of Sachs, a unit of the Chinese army is trying in vain to give them tanks in the first trench passage, we must quickly sabotage their intentions, we can't resist those tanks!" Just now, the officer who had been holding a telescope to observe the movements of the Chinese army ran to Major General Sachs, who was checking the situation on the battlefield, and said.

As soon as the chief of staff of the Russian army in the city heard this, he immediately raised his binoculars and looked in the direction of the Chinese army, and sure enough, a Chinese army with a shovel rushed towards the trench that had just been bombarded in turn, and the tanks behind it also began to move there slowly.

"Damn, don't our mines work? Why didn't the empire have that powerful tank, and the technicians of the military department were drained of energy by coquettish prostitutes? Major General Sachs complained, "Quickly order the Mongol army in the front line to attack, kill the Chinese army that is preparing to build the road, separate the artillery, and then aim the muzzle of the cannon at that place, and as soon as they get there, they will bombard me fiercely." ”

"Yes, Your Excellency Chief of Staff."

The Chinese engineers soon arrived at the safe trench area, and just as they wanted to dig to fill the ditch, they saw the Russian army in front of them suddenly rush out of more than 10,000 soldiers to them, and they hurriedly found a place to hide.

The Chinese troops behind were stunned when they saw that there were troops on the Russian side who had launched an attack, but soon they launched a fierce attack on the Russian troops who rushed towards them.

One by one, the Outer Mongolian soldiers fell under the attack of the Chinese army, but the Outer Mongolian soldiers behind did not flinch, they believed that God would bless them, and the soldiers of the Chinese Empire were all evil and came to rob them of food and women.

Many of the engineers on the side of the Chinese army were also hit by the Outer Mongolian soldiers, and one after another the engineers were hit, some were hit in the hands and feet, and some were directly sacrificed.

After a while, the artillery of the Russian positions shelled the engineers in the safe area, and bombs roared towards the safe area.

The sound of loud explosions sounded there continuously, and more than a dozen engineers were blown up by the explosion of artillery shells, and the bodies of several soldiers were blown apart and flew into the sky.

When the Huaxia tank troops saw this, they immediately went crazy and shelled the place where the Russian army launched the shelling, and the Huaxia artillery behind immediately divided part of their firepower to attack the Russian artillery.

The Outer Mongolian soldiers who were rushing forward saw that the Huaxia artillery fire had weakened, and they rushed towards the safe area even more frantically, and some kept shooting at the Huaxia soldiers who were jumping into the trenches.

The Chinese soldiers kept fighting back at the Outer Mongolian soldiers in the trenches, some were asking for help from the engineers who had just been injured by the bombing, and some were still filling in the earth.

"Commander, hold on!" A soldier looked at the commander of the engineer regiment with one foot blown up and encouraged with tears in his eyes.

I saw that the regimental commander was pale, his teeth were biting his lips tightly, and he didn't notice that his lips were bleeding profusely, and his two hands pressed down on his remaining thigh, and the soldier helped him to sit on the ground.

Another soldier ran up to the regimental commander, took off his military uniform and tore a long strip of cloth, and then quickly tied it tightly around the thigh above the thigh, which was only a small section left, and after he pulled it hard, he tied a dead knot and said: "The bleeding has stopped, and the military doctor will come later, hold on brother." ”

After finishing speaking, the soldier took the rest of the military uniform to wrap the place where the thigh was broken, and then picked up the gun naked, and ran to a place more than ten meters away, lying in the trench, shooting at the Outer Mongolian soldiers.

"Report to the commander, a troop of about 50,000 Russian troops has been found thirty kilometers north of our army, and they are rushing towards Kulen." The messenger ran to Yan Xishan's war room and shouted.

Yan Xishan stood up in shock and said, "What, didn't the Third Army succeed in intercepting the Russian army?" Are you sure it was reinforcements from the Russian army? ”

The officers were also very shocked, they didn't expect that the Third Army did not intercept the Russian army in Uriya Sutai, what was going on?

"It's true, Commander, the information sent by our airship scouts, the scouts have arrived in Outer Mongolia ahead of schedule to conduct reconnaissance, and as for the other airships, they are also about to arrive, and our airship troops will arrive here at this time tomorrow." The messenger said.

Yan Xishan was stunned for a moment after hearing this, he knew that the airship of the airship unit did not follow the army to send troops to Outer Mongolia during the renovation, but he didn't expect the military department to let the scouts come first, and it is estimated that the renovation of the airship has been basically completed.

"Hurry up and send a telegram to Commander-in-Chief Chiang......" Before Yan Xishan could finish his words, another messenger ran in and interrupted him.

"Report to the Commander, urgent telegram from headquarters!" After speaking, the messenger handed the telegram to Yan Xishan.

Yan Xishan took it and looked at it and said, "Headquarters order, withdraw troops!" Go and order the attacking soldiers to retreat! ”

"Yes, Commander!" The messenger immediately ran to pass the order.

The Chinese army, which received the order, began to retreat, but the tank troops did not move, they had to cover the retreat of the infantry, and the infantry retreated with their fallen comrades on their backs.

The Outer Mongolian soldiers who were rushing in front suddenly found that the soldiers of the Chinese Empire were constantly retreating, and they thought that the soldiers of the Chinese Empire were afraid of them, so they rushed forward even more frantically.

After the retreat of the Chinese army, the Outer Mongolian soldiers shouted excitedly, because they thought that they had repelled the powerful Chinese army, and this was their credit.

The Second Army on the other side also began to retreat, and the Second Army, which had just broken through the first trench, reluctantly retreated under Jiang Fangzhen's orders.

Yan Xishan, who returned to the base camp of the First Army, immediately asked the person in charge of building the trench in the north to ask if the trench had been repaired, but the result was that less than half of the trench had been built, and he hurriedly invested more people to build it.

Now Yan Xishan admires Jiang Fangzhen very much, if it weren't for the early arrival of the airship scouts and the discovery of the Russian reinforcements, he would definitely be attacked by the Russian reinforcements, not to mention the losses of the enemy's First Army, and it is likely to lead to the defeat of the entire Kulun War.

In the first attack, the Chinese army suffered more than 10,000 casualties and more than a dozen tanks were destroyed; The Russian army also suffered about 10,000 casualties, artillery losses of more than one-third, and the army in Outer Mongolia suffered more than 20,000 casualties.

"Chief of Staff, our reinforcements are almost there, and just now the Second Army sent a telegram that they are about to arrive in Kulen, let us hold on." The communications soldier said excitedly to Major General Sachs.

After hearing this, Major General Sachs suddenly realized: "No wonder the Chinese army will retreat, it turns out that they already know about the arrival of our reinforcements, how did they know?" ”

"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, a telegram from the Second Army says that they once stumbled upon an airship with a telescope, and they suspect that it is an airship of the Chinese Empire."

"Why did I forget the airship troops of the Huaxia Empire, but the intelligence of the empire said that the airships of the Huaxia Empire are being transformed and will not participate in this war, could it be that there are other airship troops in the Huaxia Empire, if this is the case, it is terrible." Major General Sachs patted his forehead and said.

The current Huaxia army is very terrifying, if you add airships, they are estimated to not be able to support the reinforcements sent by the empire, and Cullen will definitely not be protected.

"Hurry up and send a telegram to report the situation here of the Grand Duke, we need to help, let the third and fourth armies of Wulianghai let the cavalry come first. In addition, let those Outer Mongolians hurry up to build trenches, and also build air defense caves in the city. Major General Sachs thought for a moment and immediately ordered.

With the help of reinforcements, Sachs was still very worried, because they didn't have many anti-infantry mines, and a third of the mines had been used up in the first trench before, which meant that they could use them two or three times without the Chinese army finding a way to crack it.

Major General Sachs didn't expect the Chinese Empire's army to be so powerful, he was still very contemptuous of the strength of the Chinese army before, although the Chinese Empire had won the British army in Asia, but after this time, he knew the strength of the Chinese army thoroughly.

ps: I was dizzy last night, please forgive me!!