The battle of Meggett was fierce. In general, the Russian army has the upper hand. Hundreds of Russian artillery shelled the positions of the 1st Cavalry Brigade fiercely, while the Chinese soldiers could only hide in trenches or anti-artillery holes and suffer. If you are unlucky, the shells fall into the trenches, causing a large number of casualties in one fell swoop.

After the shelling, the Russian army began to attack. A large number of infantry, like locusts, attacked the positions of the 1st Cavalry Brigade. The artillery of the 1st Cavalry Brigade began to shell at this time, and the main targets of the attack were all on the infantry of the Russian army. Under the intensive artillery fire, these Russian soldiers were defeated without rushing to the position of the 1st Cavalry Brigade.

The battle between the Russian army and the 1st Cavalry Brigade almost reached a stalemate. The Russians, relying on their artillery, were obviously unable to crush the 1st Cavalry Brigade. But their infantry was so useless that the commander of the Russian army, Lieutenant General Augusta, was very angry.

During the afternoon battle, the Russian army launched more than a dozen attacks, but all of them were repulsed. In front of the positions of the 1st Cavalry Brigade, a thick layer of corpses was piled up. The attacking Russian army suffered heavy casualties. Of course, the losses of the 1st Cavalry Brigade were not small. When the Russian army attacked fiercely, they even had to brave the heavy artillery fire of the Russian army to return fire. Most of the losses of the 1st Cavalry Brigade were killed in the shelling of the Russian army.

In addition to the 1st Brigade fighting the Russian army, the 2nd Cavalry Brigade also exchanged fire with the Russian army. The Russians, on the other hand, were transporting troops to Irkutsk via the Trans-Siberian Railway at all times. However, now the Trans-Siberian Railway was cut off by the squadron, the train of the Russian army. Zaldovnik, which could only reach ten kilometers west of Meget, stopped. Support the Russian army in Irkutsk. After dropping off here. Quickly launched an attack in the direction of Meggart. But these Russian troops, who were not opponents of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade at all, were defeated lightly.

It wasn't until night that Meggett's battle stopped. Tired of both warring parties, they began to prepare dinner while continuing their strength for the next day's battle.

"General, Grand Duke Nikolai is calling!" In the camp of the Russian army, a lieutenant officer. The telegram was handed to Lieutenant General Augusta.

There was not much on the telegram, but it made Lieutenant General Augusta turn pale. In the telegram, Grand Duke Nicholas severely reprimanded Lieutenant General Augusta, who had more than 80,000 men in his hands and the support of the Russian army who came from the west of Megate, and not only did not defeat Meggot in an afternoon, but also suffered heavy losses! This telegram made Lieutenant General Augusta very angry.

"Prepare for a night attack on Meggart tonight! Be sure to take down Meggot! Lieutenant General Augusta said through gritted teeth. If it fails again. He will not be able to do the same to Nikolai.

Megget's battle touched the nerves of both China and Russia. Grand Duke Nicholas on the progress of Lieutenant General Augusta. Very dissatisfied, stern Lieutenant General Augusta, must find a way to take Meggt and open up the Trans-Siberian Railway. At the same time, blow up the Meggette Bridge.

The squadron attaches great importance to this. The attacks of the Third and Fourth armies were very smooth. Because of the active retreat of the Russian army, the two army groups went all the way north and barely encountered decent resistance. On June 7 or June, they would be able to advance the front to Binshhotten and Burwell, creating a direct threat to Irkutsk.

And the First Army, on the other hand, was rushing towards Megget. However, it will not be possible until tomorrow. Cai Yun, Minister of War and commander of the Northern Battlefield, strictly ordered the First Army to enter the battle before two o'clock in the afternoon of June 7 to defeat the Russian army's attack on Megot and put Megot in the hands of the squadron. In the event of an unfavorable war, the Russian army will definitely blow up the bridge over the Angara River near Irkutsk. At that time, the Megot Bridge will become the most important passage for the squadron to attack Irkutsk. Defending the Meggart and defending the Meggart Bridge is crucial for the squadron to win this big battle.

At 2 o'clock in the middle of the night that night, under the orders of Lieutenant General Augusta, more than 20,000 Russian infantry launched an attack on the positions of the 1st Cavalry Brigade. For the sake of secrecy, before the attack, artillery fire was not prepared. More than 20,000 Russian troops quietly moved towards the position of the 1st Cavalry Brigade.

It's just that the squadron has been prepared for a long time. A kilometer from the position of the 1st Cavalry Brigade, the Russian troops were discovered. Suddenly, one after another flares flew into the sky, completely illuminating the Russian army. Subsequently, the overwhelming dense firepower poured down on the Russian army, and blood flashed on the bodies of the Russian soldiers, who were knocked to the ground with wailing.

The failure of the night attack made these Russian soldiers panic, some Russian troops continued to attack, while some Russian troops hurriedly retreated. This gave the squadron the opportunity to slaughter them on a large scale.

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At this time, Lieutenant General Augusta also made a mistake, not only did he not order the troops to retreat, but instead ordered the troops to carry out a strong attack. At the same time, 20,000 cavalry were drawn to attack the positions of the 1st Cavalry Brigade. Artillery also began shelling. It's just that at night, the accuracy of the shelling was not very good, and a lot of shells fell into the ranks of the Russian army, causing a lot of accidental injuries.

"Da Da Da! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! "Although the Russian artillery bombardment is very fierce, at this time, the 1st Cavalry Brigade can't care so much, and all the light and heavy firepower is fired, just to repel the Russian attack.

The battle lasted from midnight until dawn. Huge casualties, so that the attacking Russian army collapsed. On this night, the Russian army threw more than 40,000 people into the attack. However, in the end, more than half of the casualties were killed. During this period, he almost broke through the position of the 1st Cavalry Brigade, but was later beaten back by the dense fire of the 1st Cavalry Brigade. At the height of the crisis, the 2nd Cavalry Brigade, as well as two brigades north of the Angara, sent troops to support the 1st Cavalry Brigade. Even so, the 1st Cavalry Brigade suffered heavy losses. The brigade suffered one-third casualties. The troops who rushed to support the 1st Brigade also suffered heavy casualties.

At this time, the 1st Cavalry Brigade was almost at the end of its strength. However, Lieutenant General Augusta did not seize this opportunity and threw the remaining forces into it. Otherwise, there is a high probability that the positions of the 1st Brigade will be breached. Even if they can't capture Meggett, they can at least inflict heavy casualties on the 3rd Cavalry Army, and maybe have a chance to blow up the Megot Bridge. It's just that Lieutenant General Augusta hesitated a little in the face of huge casualties.

Yesterday afternoon's losses, plus the night's losses, the Russian army suffered more than 30,000 casualties, and the losses amounted to almost half. Lieutenant General Augusta was scared, he didn't know how much combat power Meggott's squadron still had, and during the day, the squadron's strong firepower could be more fully displayed. In this case, I am afraid that the Russian army will pay even greater losses. Therefore, the Russian army did not continue the offensive, which gave the 3rd Cavalry Army time to adjust its deployment. The 0th Cavalry Brigade immediately returned from the north side of the Megget Bridge to strengthen the Meggett defenses.

By the time Lieutenant General Augusta reacted, Megget's defenses had been greatly strengthened. It has become even more difficult for the Russian army to break through Megart.

At this time, the First Army was in the process of coming quickly. By ten o'clock in the morning, the vanguard of the First Army, Rimgot was only twenty kilometers away.

The 3rd Cavalry Corps informed the 1st Army of Megget's current form. Lieutenant General Yang Guoxing, commander of the First Group Army, immediately decided to change the battle plan from supporting Meggt to encircling and annihilating this Russian army. You must know that the Russian army in the entire Irkutsk is only 55 people, and if you annihilate all the 80,000 Russian troops, this is equivalent to eliminating one-seventh of the Russian army.

The vanguard of the First Army, the Third Division, immediately made a detour to the flank and rear of the Russian army, and the cavalry brigade of the First Army also acted together, preparing to block the rear of the Russian army. At this time, Lieutenant General Augusta, and for the realization that the crisis had come.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the cavalry brigade of the First Army successfully cut off the rear route of the Russian army. At one o'clock in the afternoon, the Third Division also joined up with the cavalry brigade of the First Army, completely blocking the rear road of the Russian army.

It was only then that Lieutenant General Augusta realized that something was wrong. He immediately sent troops to reconnoiter in the direction of Irkutsk. Soon, he learned that the squadron had appeared behind him.

Lieutenant General Augusta was shocked and immediately ordered the remaining Russian troops to abandon the attack on Meggt and return to Irkutsk. However, this is already over. With the close cooperation of the First Army and the Third Cavalry Army, the encirclement of the Russian army has been completed. The remaining 40,000 Russian troops were all surrounded inside.

Lieutenant General Augusta ordered the whole army to break through. Fortunately, at this time, the encirclement had just been formed, and the report was not very tight, which gave Lieutenant General Augusta a chance. And Lieutenant General Augusta, who did not make any more mistakes at this time, keenly grasped this almost, and rushed out from the junction of the 3rd Division of the Chinese Army and the cavalry brigade of the 1st Army. However, there were only a few thousand people who broke out of the encirclement, and they were all Cossack cavalry. The remaining infantry and a part of the Cossack cavalry, there was no chance.

In the evening, all the besieged Russian troops were annihilated, except for a very few who were directly killed, the rest of the people also surrendered. This is the end of the Russian army's counteroffensive on Meget. The Russian army lost more than 70,000 people, and not only did not recapture Megot and blew up the Megot bridge, but suffered heavy losses. (To be continued.) )

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