On February 21, 1899, the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, the Russian army camp 20 kilometers north of the inner city of Svobod, that is, about 10 kilometers away from the mountain fortification group, began to boil early in the morning.

The entire mountain fortification group was defended by the 31st, 32nd and 33rd Divisions, and three B divisions of the Dingbei Army. The officers and soldiers of Dingbei above the mountain fortification group also discovered the abnormality of the Russian army on the opposite side, it seems that the Russians can't help it, and they are going to attack today, so they hurriedly prepare for the battle and enter their positions. However, in order to prevent the bombardment of Russian artillery, the fortresses and trenches on the surface of the mountain did not enter the Dingbei officers and soldiers, and they were all in the tunnels connected with the fortress and trenches, waiting for the Russian artillery to stop the shelling, and then go up to the fortifications on the surface of the mountain to block the attack of the Russian infantry.

And considering that if the Russian infantry is not afraid of being hit by their own shells on their heads and launch an attack at any cost when their artillery does not stop bombardment, the Dingbei Army can even choose not to enter the surface fortifications of the mountain, and directly rely on the fortifications inside the mountain to block the Russian infantry who are not afraid of their own shells falling on their heads from the countless firing ports of a large number of hidden bunkers.

The artillery units of the Dingbei Army also pushed artillery with a caliber of more than 75 mm to the preset positions, preparing to shell the Russian army. Most of these artillery positions were set up on the flat ground between the hills behind the mountain fortifications, and caves were dug at the foot of the mountains for artillery to enter, so that the artillery could enter the caves to avoid the bombardment of Russian artillery.

Although the defense of Svobod was strengthened by the Dingbei Army, the commander Yu Lichen believed that it was unnecessary to start a tragic artillery battle with the Russian artillery, because the Far East had been occupied by the Dingbei Army except Vladivostok, and the Russian army's attack on the inner city of Svobod was equivalent to an expedition, and the supply line alone reached thousands of kilometers, and the intelligence showed that the Russian Second Siberian Front Army only had 10 heavy artillery divisions, as well as the infantry corps' own artillery, all of which added up to several thousand. How many shells can be brought to these thousands of artillery pieces by the long supply line, so Yu Lichen thinks that there is no need to engage in an artillery battle with the Russian army, it is not worth it at all, as long as the shells of the Russian artillery are exhausted, and his own artillery unit can shell the Russian infantry by the way.

The Russian Siberian Second Front tossed until 1 o'clock in the afternoon before completing the preparations before the attack, and the Russian army suddenly concentrated 8 heavy artillery divisions and nearly 2,000 artillery pieces of more than 75 mm in each corps to launch an overwhelming artillery bombardment on more than a dozen hills on the front side of the mountain fortification group, and the dozen or so hills that were bombarded almost instantly were shrouded in the smoke of the shell explosion, but such a fierce shelling of the Russian army only lasted 10 minutes and stopped.

The shells of the Russian artillery were indeed not sufficient as Yu Lichen expected, and they did not dare to unscrupulously shell the positions of the Dingbei Army.

After the Russian artillery fire stopped, the Russian 61st Army, which had moved forward not far from the mountain fortification group, dispatched 1 division of troops under the order of the army commander Partoliev, and did not carry out a tentative attack at all, and directly launched a full-scale attack on more than a dozen hills in front.

Nearly 10,000 Russian officers and soldiers shouted Ula, and quickly rushed to the mountain fortifications that the Dingbei Army was waiting for, and suddenly a barrage rose between these mountain fortifications, which fell directly on the heads of the charging Russian army, although the continuous shells were not as fierce as the momentum of the salvo of more than 2,000 artillery pieces of the Russian army, but it was not too weak.

Just between this mountain fortifications, the Dingbei Army arranged 2 heavy artillery brigades and 7 heavy artillery regiments, as well as a large number of 75 mm guns, adding up to more than 800 artillery pieces, bringing a piece of death to the charging Russian army.

The artillery of the Dingbei Army is not like the Russian artillery, and the artillery has to be counted as shells, and the artillery must be shelled sparingly, otherwise it may not take more than 2 hours, and the nearly 2,000 artillery pieces of the entire Russian army will have to be dumb. The artillerymen of the Dingbei Army threw off their arms one by one, and under the command of the artillery observation post on the top of the mountain, they fired at the fastest speed at the Zhuyuan that had already been demarcated, and fired one after another.

The Russian troops of 1 division, under the bombardment of the almost covered artillery fire of the Dingbei Army, were crushed, and did not approach the foot of the mountain fortifications in front, and the remnants of the army turned around and fled backwards, and the artillery of the Dingbei Army continued to bombard the remnants of the Russian army for a while under the command of the artillery observation post on the top of the mountain, and then the artillery quickly pulled the artillery into the cave under the command of their respective officers.

After a while, the artillery of the Russian army began to bombard some of the artillery positions of the Dingbei Army that they had calculated, but basically there was no effect, and the artillery of the Dingbei Army had basically successfully pulled into the cave at the foot of the mountain.

The Russian 61st Army was bombed back by artillery fire before the commander of the Russian 61st Army saw that his 1 division had not yet approached the foot of the mountain fortifications of the Dingbei Army, and it seemed that this division had been bombed badly.

Partolyev said to the herald beside him: "Order the division responsible for the attack below to stop the charge of the whole division, so that under the artillery fire of the Qing Dynasty, the loss will be too great, and the scale of each attack below will be controlled by 1 brigade." ”

After a while, the division that was bombed back counted the casualties, which made the army commander Partolyev feel distressed, how long has it been, and there are less than 4,000 people left in this 1 division of nearly 10,000 people, and the Russian 61st Army has participated in the tragic battle of attacking the city of Buying, and has not lost so many troops in such a short period of time.

Oleg Lev, the commander of the Siberian Second Front, who had been observing the attack on the front line, saw through the telescope the artillery behind the mountain fortification group of the Dingbei Army under a fierce shelling, and the 1 division he charged suffered heavy losses, and his brows suddenly wrinkled. The Second Siberian Front had to conquer the hill in front of the inner city of Svobod.

After thinking for a moment, Oleg said to the herald beside him: "Convey my order to Partoliev, his troops will attack under artillery fire, and our artillery will not stop shelling. ”

The second attack of the 61st Army has not yet been launched, Partoliev received an order from the commander Oleglev, Partoliev secretly sighed in his heart, this Oleg Lev seems to be the same as the Siberian theater commander Kuropatkin, for the sake of victory will not take into account the casualties of his own troops, last year when his own 61st Army attacked the periphery of the city of trading, under the strong order of the theater commander Kuropatkin, launched an attack with his own shells, and now history repeats itself, with a new commander, Their own troops still could not escape the fate of being bombarded by their own artillery.

"Boom-boom-boom-" Countless shells once again fell on more than a dozen mountain fortifications in front of the Dingbei Army, and then more than 3,000 people from one brigade of the Russian 61st Army still launched an attack on more than a dozen mountains in front of them at the same time, regardless of the accidental damage of their own artillery, but the number of attackers on each hill was only more than 200 people.

This time, the Russian artillery bombardment only less than 400 artillery guns, the other artillery are waiting for the artillery of the Dingbei Army to open fire, bombarding the artillery positions of the Dingbei Army, as a result, the guard troops found that the number of attacking Russian troops was small, and they did not call for artillery support behind at all, and after the Russian infantry approached the mountain fortifications, the mortars on the anti-slope of the mountain fortifications began to shell the Russian infantry, and then quickly retreated to the tunnel to avoid the Russian artillery.

The Russian infantry who did not suffer too much losses finally came to the foot of the mountain fortifications and began to charge the mountain, and then a large number of hidden bunkers of the mountain fortifications stretched out the muzzles of many light and heavy machine guns, and began to shoot like a slaughter at the charging Russian infantry, and the officers and soldiers of Dingbei guarding the mountain fortifications did not even go up to the fortifications on the surface of the mountain, so they repelled the Russian attack, and some of the mountain fortifications, the Russian army did not even reach the halfway up the mountain, and more than 200 people who attacked were shot on the road of the charge, and there was no chance to retreat, When the remnants of this brigade of Russian troops escaped from the attack range of the Dingbei Army and retreated to the back to count the number of people, there were less than 200 people left in the 1 brigade of more than 3,000 people, so that the Russian brigade commander who did not participate in the charge did not faint.

Partoliev couldn't help but tremble in his heart when he got the casualties of this brigade, one brigade was almost wiped out in less than 20 minutes after the attack, how many people could be left in his own army after such an attack, he hoped that the commander Oleg Leviv would quickly order other troops to replace his own army, but now Oleglev's order was not given, Partoliev had to order another brigade and then attack.

Before the brigade that took over the attack launched an attack, the herald ran to the temporary command post of the 61st Army, and Partoliev saw the herald running in, thinking that Commander Oleg had asked his 61st Army to retreat back and replace other troops to continue the attack, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but as soon as the herald saw Partoliev, he shouted loudly: "Commander Partoliev, Your Excellency the commander orders your department not to launch a full-scale attack on a dozen mountains, but to focus on the two mountain fortifications on both sides of the road, In addition, the tank and armored divisions will also send tanks and armored vehicles to cooperate with your attack. ”R1152