In an underground bunker of the first line of defense of the Imperial Chinese Army in the Ural Mountains, this is the temporary headquarters of the Third Guards, and at this time, the commander of the Third Guards Army Ni Fan, the commander of the Third Field Army, Deng Zichao, the commander of the Third Field Army, Hu Desheng, the commander of the Fourth Field Army, Yu Lichen, the commander of the Ninth Field Army, and Xie Jun, the commander of the Tenth Field Army, all gathered here.

Ni Fan held a telegram in his hand, and said to the other 4 army commanders with a smile: "The Royal Air Force has sent a telegram, which has basically destroyed 24 Russian airfields in the west of the Ural Mountains. ”

Deng Zichao said with a smile: "I have never been worried about the air force of the coalition army, what trouble can it bring to our Royal Army, the air force of the entire Entente and the Allied countries combined in the past few months is not the opponent of our Royal Air Force, not to mention that now Britain and France have withdrawn from the war, and the reality is also the case, an air battle shot down more than 800 fighters of Germany, Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey, our Royal Air Force has only lost a dozen, and the five countries want to seize air supremacy, it is really too much!" ”

Hu Desheng said at this time: "Now that the troops of the Russian Army have temporarily stopped attacking our defensive line, I estimate that the five-nation coalition forces on the opposite side are very likely to give up continuing to attack our defensive line during the day, and will wait for it to get dark, avoid the air attack of our Royal Air Force, and then attack our defensive line at night." ”

Ni Fan, Deng Zichao, Yu Lichen and Xie Jun, these four army commanders listened to Hu Desheng's words, nodded approvingly, and then Yu Lichen said confidently: "Although there is no air support from the air force at night, the 5-nation coalition forces want to break through the defense line of our 5 main forces. It's a fool's dream, don't forget that we also have artillery fire support! The artillery units of our Royal Army are not vegetarians, and in the artillery battle just now, the artillery units of our Royal Army have a clear advantage, coupled with a series of strong fortifications we have built, I don't know how many lives of the 5-nation coalition army have filled our defense line! ”

Just the attack force of 3 full divisions of the Russian Army. After the offensive was stopped, thousands of artillery pieces of the five-nation coalition army, which were firing artillery, also stopped shelling and withdrew from the artillery positions.

In about one hour of bombardment, coupled with the bombing of the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire, the artillery units of the five-nation coalition army lost more than 3,000 artillery pieces, and even the largest caliber 240 mm guns also lost 8 guns.

Xie Jun also said: "The main force of our Imperial Chinese Army. It's not pampered, we still fight without the air force, I think the five-nation coalition wants to break through the first line of defense in our Ural Mountains, don't think about it if you don't kill millions of people. ”

Ni Fan touched his chin, this action was learned from the Chinese Emperor Lin Daxin, and now many senior generals of the Chinese Imperial Army have the habit of touching their chins before speaking, "Let the troops of our five main armies hurry up and rest." It seems that we don't want to sleep at night, and we can't let the coalition forces idle during the day. Let our Royal Air Force continue to bomb the coalition forces, especially to find the coalition artillery, destroy as many coalition artillery as possible, and reduce the pressure on our five main armies at night. ”

"Boom-boom-boom-" Countless bombs exploded in the forward positions of the coalition forces, bringing up the dirt. Mixed with some stumps and broken arms, the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire, in accordance with the requirements of the Royal Army, carried out intensive bombardment of the forward positions of the five-nation coalition forces.

Moreover, the scope of the bombing of the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire is not only the forward positions of the 5-nation coalition forces, but also the base camp of the 5-nation coalition forces, the city of Ziutoust, and the temporary barracks of the surrounding 5-nation coalition forces outside the city, all within the bombing range of the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire. In addition, more than 2,000 fighters gathered by the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire east of the Ural Mountains bombed from the morning of April 25, 1909 to the evening, inflicting considerable losses on the troops of the five-nation coalition.

The headquarters of the 5-nation coalition in the city of Zwutoust, because of the bombing of the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire, has been moved to the underground fortifications, fortunately, the headquarters of the 5-nation coalition has moved underground, and in the evening, after the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire stopped bombing, the small building where the original headquarters of the 5-nation coalition army was located has been bombed into a pile of ruins.

Not only the original headquarters of the 5-nation coalition army, but the entire city of Zwutoust has basically become a ruin under the bombing of the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire, and even the many temporary barracks of the 5-nation coalition army outside the city have also been seriously damaged.

Fortunately, the commanders of the five-nation coalition are well aware of the power of the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire, that is, the air force units of the five-nation coalition have more than 1,000 fighters, and the commanders of various countries still order the troops to dig a large number of underground tunnels and air-raid shelters inside and outside the city of Zwutoust, so that millions of officers and soldiers of the five-nation alliance can save their lives under such rounds of bombing by the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire.

However, some units of the five-nation coalition army have just arrived in the city of Zwutoust, and they have not had time to dig out a large number of air-raid shelters and underground tunnels, so that they have suffered heavy losses under the bombing of the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire, especially the 200,000 newly formed troops of the Russian army that have just arrived near the city of Zwutoust have been bombed the most tragically, and the 31st Army, which was formed by these 200,000 Russian army units, has lost nearly half of its combat effectiveness after this day's bombing.

In addition, the artillery units of the coalition forces also suffered very heavy losses, although the coalition forces expected that after the loss of air supremacy, the air force of the Chinese empire would launch a fierce bombardment of its own artillery, and had tried every means to use various terrain to hide its artillery, but the Royal Air Force of the Chinese empire did not hesitate to bomb aerial bombs, as long as there was a suspicion of coalition artillery on the ground, it was a carpet bombing, and many coalition artillery pieces turned into piles of scrap metal under such unreasonable bombing.

In the headquarters of the five-nation coalition forces in the underground fortifications, the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, Hindenburg, said to the other four commanders with a wry smile: "The aerial bombs of the Chinese Imperial Air Force seem to be free of money, and on this day, at least tens of thousands of tons of aerial bombs have to be dropped on the inside and outside of our Ziutoust city, as well as on the forward positions of our coalition forces, but the specific loss data has not yet been reported." I also know that our losses are absolutely not light, especially the artillery units of our five-nation coalition army, the losses are even heavier, except for the artillery that has been pulled into the mountain bomb shelters in various places, many of the artillery hidden in the woods, valleys and cities have been destroyed in the bombardment. This is not good news for us to attack after dark, and with so many artillery pieces lost, the support of our coalition artillery for the attacking forces will be greatly weakened when we attack at night. ”

Russian Army Commander Sonokopsky said with a depressed face: "The newly formed 31st Army of our Russian Imperial Army has been bombed badly, and more than 200,000 troops of this group army have just arrived in our city of Zeutoust for a few days, and they have not had time to dig a large number of air-raid shelters and even underground tunnels. The commander of the 31st Army has just sent me a telegram that the 31st Army has suffered nearly half of the casualties under the bombardment of this day, and the number of casualties has exceeded 50,000, and the 31st Army has not exchanged fire with the army units of the Chinese Empire, and it is already half disabled! ”

The commander of the Austro-Hungarian Army, Gloria, sighed and said: "Although we had long expected that we would be bombed by the Imperial Chinese Air Force, we did not expect that the bombardment of the Imperial Chinese Air Force would be so strong, and it was only a day. The city of Zwutoust was in ruins. ”

Hindenburg patted his cheek to clear his mind. Then he said excitedly: "No matter what, our 5-nation coalition army finally survived a day's bombing, and now the sky is about to darken, and then it is time for our coalition forces to attack, General Sonokopsky, after dark, the 5 armies of the Russian Army in the forward position." Is there any problem in continuing the offensive against the first line of defense in the Ural Mountains of the Chinese Empire? ”

Sonokopsky said without hesitation: "There is no problem, the 4th Army, the 7th Army, the 11th Army, the 12th Army and the 19th Army of the Russian Empire in the forward positions have benefited from the bombing of the Chinese Imperial Air Force from a large number of air-raid shelters in the forward positions. The losses were not large, and after dark, the troops of the five armies would immediately attack the defense line of the Chinese Empire, and I also prepared several reserves of the army group to try to overcome the first line of defense of the Chinese Empire in the Ural Mountains tonight. ”

As for Sonokopsky's remark that he would use one night to conquer the first line of defense of the Chinese Empire in the Ural Mountains, the other four commanders, including Hindenburg, did not think so, if the army of the Chinese Empire was so easy to deal with, Russia would not have lost tens of millions of square kilometers of land east of the Ural Mountains.

However, the Russians are about to work hard, and they can't discourage people's enthusiasm at this time!

Hindenburg nodded and said: "The artillery units of our other countries must not hesitate to provide maximum artillery support to the attack units of the Russian Army, and I hope that we can receive exciting news before dawn tomorrow!" ”

At less than 6 o'clock in the evening of April 25, before the sky was completely dark, the five group armies of the Russian Army in the forward positions could not wait to send five divisions of troops, under the cover of the artillery units of the five allied forces, to launch another all-out attack on the first 10-kilometer-long defense line of the Imperial Chinese Army in the Ural Mountains.

The five main armies of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire guarding the first line of defense were not polite at all, and launched an artillery bombardment of the attacking troops of the Russian Army with unusually fierce artillery fire, and suppressed the artillery of the coalition forces, and then the large-caliber artillery of the artillery units of the five allied forces of the Five Nations Allied Army launched a tragic artillery battle with the howitzer groups of the five main forces of the Royal Army of the Chinese Imperial Army, and soon the artillery of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire occupied a clear advantage in the artillery battle.

The attack force of these five divisions of the Russian Army, with a total of about 90,000 people, suffered very heavy losses under the artillery of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire, but it was stronger than the attack during the day, because there were fewer Chinese Imperial fighters raging in the sky, so that more charging Russian officers and soldiers approached within 200 meters of the forward position of the Chinese Empire, at least let the coalition forces see some hope.

It is a pity that a large number of pillboxes and penetrating trenches were built in the forward positions of the Chinese Empire, and sufficient troops and dense bullets were deployed to mercilessly shoot the officers and soldiers of the Russian Army who rushed to the forward positions of the Chinese Empire.

Seeing that their own attack force was blocked, the five commanders of the Russian Army immediately mobilized three more divisions of troops to join the attack, and after the eight divisions of the Russian Army attack force were still bleeding in front of the Chinese Imperial defense line, the five commanders of the Russian Army Group Army once again sent three divisions to join the attacking force.

Under such a continuous onslaught, some of the officers and men of the Russian Army attack force finally rushed into the fortifications of the Imperial Chinese Army, although they were quickly wiped out by the superior strength of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire, but for the Russian Army attack force with heavy casualties, this was a shot in the arm, and more troops from the five group armies of the Russian Army joined the attack.

Under the strong attack of the Russian Army, regardless of casualties, the officers and men of the Royal Army of the Chinese Imperial Army guarding the forward positions of the first line of defense inevitably suffered losses, and as the Russian Army attack troops continued to increase the intensity of their attacks, the casualties of the officers and soldiers of the forward positions of the Chinese Empire were also increasing.

The commander of the Russian Army, Sonokopsky, even mobilized two more group armies with more than 150,000 troops to join the front line, making the Russian Army's strong offensive more fierce.

The Russian Army's attack force, which suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties, did not suffer such a large loss in vain, and finally conquered a part of the forward positions of the Imperial Chinese Army before dawn.

Soon hundreds of fighters of the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire appeared in the sky and began to carry out carpet bombing of the attack troops of the Russian Army, and the troops of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire also took the opportunity to launch a counterattack.

At dawn, the air force of the Chinese Empire came out again, and the attacking force of the Russian Army had no choice but to retreat, temporarily stop the offensive, and work hard all night in vain, leaving only a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood in front of the defense line of the Chinese Empire. (To be continued.) )

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