On April 24, 1909, more than a month had passed since the armistice agreement between Britain, France and the United States and the Chinese Empire, and all the eyes of the world were focused on the Ural Mountains, where the Chinese Empire and Germany, Russia, Italy, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Turkish Empire, five European countries, gathered tens of millions of troops, and a major war was about to break out.

In the past month or so, Germany, Russia, Italy, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Turkish Empire have taken advantage of the relatively well-developed railways and highways in Russia and Europe to transport all the millions of army units of the five countries that have been sent to the front line in the Ural Mountains, and a large amount of war materials have also been hoarded in the city of Zwutoust in the west of the Ural Mountains by rail and road.

The city of Zwutoust is not far from the defense line established by the Chinese Imperial Army in the Ural Mountains, and the distance from the first line of fortifications of the Chinese Imperial Army is only less than 10 kilometers in a straight line.

In the headquarters of the 5-nation coalition in the city of Zwutoust, the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, the German army general Paul? Feng? Hindenburg called the army commanders of the other four countries, and Hindenburg said to them in a deep voice: "After more than one month, all the additional troops sent by our countries have been put in place, and now our five countries have gathered 7.35 million troops, more than 20,000 artillery pieces, more than 1,800 tanks, more than 1,500 armored vehicles, and more than 1,200 warplanes from five countries. Now it's time to launch an offensive against the armies of the Chinese Empire! ”

The reason why the 5-nation coalition army gathered 200,000 more troops than expected, now has a total strength of 7.35 million. This is because Russia has newly formed 10 army divisions of 20,000 people, and these 10 Russian army divisions are the first to be formed in Russia's plan to form a new army unit of 3 million. According to the order of Tsar Nicholas II, a new division was formed, and an additional division was to be sent to the front line of the Ural Mountains, so these 10 Russian army divisions that had just been formed were also sent to the front line of the Ural Mountains.

In addition, 300 tanks, 300 armored vehicles, and more than 400 warplanes were added to the original plan, all because Britain and France supported Russia with a batch of weapons and equipment.

Although Britain and France had withdrawn from the war, in order to appease Russia, an ally of the Entente, and to make more trouble for the Chinese Empire, Britain and France put the chariots and warplanes that had been placed in Russia. All of them were sent to Russia free of charge, and some tanks and fighters were mobilized from the two countries and transported to Russia.

Britain and France actually gave Russia more than 450 fighters, but in more than a month, the air forces of both sides were not idle, constantly sending fighters to reconnoiter each other, and several small-scale air battles broke out, and the air forces of the five countries lost more than 40 fighters in more than a month, that is, the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire also lost 2 improved Yellow Bird fighters, and 2 improved Yellow Bird fighters were seriously injured.

The British Army and the French Army at the time of retreat. Most of the artillery, guns and ammunition of the armies of the two countries were also left to the Russians, which allowed Russia to form 10 new army divisions in such a short period of time and send them to the front line in the Ural Mountains.

The artillery, guns and ammunition left behind by the British Army and the French Army were in addition to the formation of 10 army divisions. Most of the artillery, guns and ammunition were reinforced to the original Russian Army units, and many Russian Army units had 2 or 3 soldiers sharing a rifle.

In doing so, Britain and France soothed Russia's fragile mind. You said that everyone was a comrade-in-arms of the Entente, where is there such a thing as you. He dumped his comrades-in-arms without righteousness and made peace directly with the Chinese Empire. Didn't you see how much territory the Chinese Empire had seized from Russia?

To tell the truth, after Britain and France withdrew from the war, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia was ready to withdraw from the Entente, but now the support of Britain and France for Russia in weapons and equipment made Tsar Nicholas II temporarily dismiss the idea of withdrawing from the Entente, otherwise such an unreliable ally, who would want to be in a trench with them.

The commander of the Russian army, Sonokopsky, 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, were not surprised when they heard Hindenburg's words, and now the 7.25 million troops have gathered near the city of Zwutoust, and the daily consumption of materials is an astronomical amount, and it is necessary to attack the army of the Chinese Empire as soon as possible, and the combined forces of their five countries cannot afford to spend here in the city of Zwutoust.

Hindenburg then pointed to the military map on the table and said: "This is the general deployment map of the Chinese Imperial Army in the Ural Mountains detected by our Air Force, and the Chinese Imperial Army has set up three lines of defense through the canyon of the Ural Mountains and the mountains on both sides, and if our five-nation coalition forces want to fight through the Ural Mountains, they must break through these three lines of defense, and let's study how to attack the first line of defense of the Chinese Imperial Army." ”

Hindenburg also studied whether to avoid reality and pass through other parts of the Ural Mountains and continue to attack the areas occupied by the Chinese Imperial Army east of the Ural Mountains, or send a part of the army to pass through other parts of the Ural Mountains to flank the three defensive lines of the Chinese Imperial Army, but Hindenburg carefully studied the terrain of the Ural Mountains and gave up these plans.

In addition to this canyon opposite the city of Zeutoust, where the army is suitable for passing through the Ural Mountains, it is necessary to detour at least a thousand kilometers, and there are no railways and roads for these thousands of kilometers, and the officers and soldiers of the 5-nation coalition army need to walk on two legs, needless to say, just these thousands of kilometers of logistics and supplies can make the 5-nation coalition army collapse.

From the steep mountain road near the fortifications of the Chinese Imperial Army, it was possible to send a small number of troops of the 5-nation coalition army to go around the back of the canyon, but a small number of troops did not have much impact on the situation of the battle at all, and logistics were still a problem.

Hindenburg also had to command the 5-nation coalition. Honestly launched an attack on the 3 fortifications of the Chinese Imperial Army, and no longer thought about any tricky tactics.

The commander of the Russian Army, Sonokopsky, said in an impassioned tone at this time: "Our army of the Russian Empire is willing to take the lead. Attack the first line of defense of the Imperial Chinese army, but hope to be supported by the heavy artillery of other countries. And with more air support, the 3.8 million elite of our Russian Imperial Army will surely capture the first line of fortifications of the Chinese Imperial Army. ”

Hindenburg nodded, the strength of the Russian army accounted for more than half of the 5-nation coalition army, since the Russian army was willing to take the lead, as the first wave of attack forces, Hindenburg certainly would not discourage the Russians, and in any case, the 5-nation coalition army is now to recover the land lost by Russia. It is only natural that the Russian Army should take on the most difficult task of attacking fortifications.

Hindenburg said: "Since General Sonokopsky said so, then the Russian Army will attack the first line of defense of the Chinese Imperial Army, and the artillery and air forces of our remaining four national armies will cooperate with the Russian Army." ”

The commander of the Italian army, Hannaverde, the commander of the Austro-Hungarian Army, Gloria, and the commander of the Ottoman Imperial Turkish Army, Bajirja, all had no objection to sending their own artillery and air forces to support the Russian army.

Sonokokopski then said: "Then it's decided. I will immediately organize my troops and strive to launch an attack on the first line of defense of the Chinese Imperial Army today! ”

Hindenburg shook his head and said, "Tomorrow!" It is not bad for this day, one day for the artillery and air forces of various countries to prepare well, and tomorrow it will better cooperate with the Russian army to attack. ”

After the commander of the Russian Army, Sonokokoski, left the General Command of the 5-Nation Alliance. He returned to the command of the Russian army in the city of Zwutoust and summoned the commanders of the 24 armies of the Russian army and the commanders of the Russian air force to the headquarters.

Russia is currently amassing 3.8 million army units in the city of Zwutoust, with a total of 24 army groups. Basically, the numbers of most of the group armies of the Russian Army can be found here.

In accordance with the latest establishment of the Russian Army. Each army group had 3 corps and 9 divisions, plus a miscellaneous number of troops. A Russian army group army has about 300,000 troops, but the Russian army's group army here in the city of Zutousst, after a series of losses after the start of the war, most of them are dissatisfied, if it were not for the new soldiers recruited by Russia, to supplement some group armies with too heavy losses, some of the group army numbers should have disappeared, several Russian army group armies, in the previous battles, were almost completely wiped out by the army of the Chinese Empire, The commanders of many Russian army groups have changed several times.

At present, some of these 24 group armies have been reduced to a few divisions that are not under their strength because of heavy losses, and their strength is only 4 to 50,000 people, and the number of them is not even as large as that of a fully established army.

Sonokopsky said in a deep voice to the 24 commanders of the Russian Army Group: "Tomorrow our five-nation coalition will launch an attack on the first line of defense established by the Chinese Empire in the Ural Mountains, our Russian Imperial Army will take the lead, and the other four countries will send artillery and air forces to support our Russian Army." ”

The commander of the 2nd Army of the Russian Army, Mililiev, frowned and asked: "Your Excellency, commander, why did we let the army of the Russian Empire take the lead, while the armies of the other four countries watched the excitement in the back?" ”

Sonokopsky sighed and said: "Miliryev, you must know that we are now fighting on the land of the Russian Empire, we are going to recover the territory of our Russian Empire, and at this time, the army of our Russian Empire can only rush to the front!" If the army of the Russian Empire blindly retreats and only wants to preserve its strength, it is likely that the 5-nation coalition will collapse directly, and what are we talking about recovering lost territory! ”

Sonokopsky's words made the commanders of the 24 group armies not say anything more, it is true, now it is the recovery of Russian territory, the Russian army does not rush to the front, do you still count on the armies of the other 4 countries to use their lives to move away from the obstacle of the Chinese imperial army!

Sonokopsky then ordered: "Tomorrow, after the artillery and air forces have launched an attack, the 4th Army, the 7th Army, the 11th Army, the 12th Army and the 19th Army will take advantage of the situation to attack the first line of defense of the Imperial Chinese Army." ”

Sonokopsky turned his head to the commander of the Russian Air Force, Wilnowsky, and said: "With the hundreds of fighters given by the British and the French, our Russian Imperial Air Force already has more than 600 fighters and bombers, and tomorrow we will work closely with the air forces of the other four countries to gain air supremacy." ”

The commander of the Russian Air Force, Vernowsky, said with a wry smile: "Your Excellency, although our Russian Air Force has more than 400 fighters, plus the other four countries, we have gathered more than 1,200 fighters at various airfields near the Ural Mountains, but in the face of the powerful air force of the Chinese Empire, I really dare not expect to gain air supremacy, and I can only hope to entangle the air force of the Chinese Empire more, so that the attack force of our Russian Imperial Army will suffer less bombs." ”

Sonokopski also had a deep understanding of the strength of the Chinese Imperial Air Force, and he said helplessly: "I really hope that the weather will be worse and the fighters of the Chinese Empire will not be able to take off." ”

At 8 o'clock in the morning of April 25, 1909, the intensive artillery fire of the five-nation coalition army covered the first fortification built by the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire in the Ural Mountains.

Yesterday, the fighter planes of the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire, which was in charge of reconnaissance, discovered the movement of the five-nation coalition forces, and the troops of the Chinese empire had already prevented the five-nation coalition forces from launching an attack, and immediately after the artillery of the five-nation coalition forces launched an artillery bombardment of the first line of fortifications, thousands of artillery pieces with a caliber of more than 100 millimeters bombarded the artillery positions of the five-nation coalition forces, and then the artillery of both sides launched a tragic artillery battle.

When the fighter group of the air forces of the five countries swooped down on the first line of fortifications of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire, hundreds of improved Yellow Bird fighters of the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Imperial Air Force met the fighter groups of the air forces of the five countries, and an air battle of great disparity in strength broke out in the sky over the Ural Mountains. (To be continued.) )

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