On January 18, in the village of Aktobe, a key place southeast of Selenginsk.

The misty morning fog had not yet lifted, the air was cold and cold, and yesterday's light snow had covered up the traces of the fierce battle three days earlier—except for the two Chinese chariots that had been abandoned in the wilderness east of the village.

On 14 January, about 10 Chinese tanks covered an infantry battalion to launch an assault on the village, and the defenders, an infantry company reinforced with 2 field guns, 1 machine gun platoon, and 1 armored vehicle platoon, supported by an unimaginably large steel monster, repelled the Chinese onslaught.

During the battle, the Chinese army threw down these two chariots, probably because both armies had a small calculation to recycle them, and the two brothers and sisters were never shelled, but because the place was too empty, and it happened to be within the range of rifle fire on both sides, they lay in place for three days and three nights.

Now, behind one of the larger chariots, there are several Chinese soldiers in white cloaks.

What are they going to do?

Before touching a few Russian soldiers nearby to become interested in this, a sudden and dense rain of bullets knocked over half of them, and the rest of them quickly disappeared into the vast mist.

The Chinese detachment that had repelled the enemy did not rejoice.

"It's been discovered, hurry up!"

"It's too late, what should I do if the enemy's artillery fire comes over!"

"Stop talking nonsense, go on, be sure to repair this big cow and bring it back......"

Under the strict orders of the leading sergeant, the squad continued to repair the car with trepidation, until the opponent's artillery fire really overwhelmed the sky-

"I said it would be like this!"

"Dead!"

"Get under the car!"

"The safety door under the car is open!"

"Don't go in, it's safest under the car!"

……

The morning fog gradually lifted.

The squad hiding under the car bared its little head like a mole and watched nervously at the surrounding situation - the chariot had long been surrounded by large and small craters, which penetrated deep into the soil through the ice and snow, which showed that the power of the shells was not small.

"Is anyone hurt?"

There was silence.

There was silence.

Suddenly, a series of explosions flashed in the direction of the village of Aktobe, followed by a mountain of mountains and a concussive explosion in the chest - the shelling of our army began!

"Fight, fight, fight!"

"Beat him up as a bitch!"

"Let's help too, get into the chariot, the cannon on the chariot should still work!"

A few minutes later, the abandoned 24-ton "Celtic Electric" turned its ladder-shaped turret, the 75 mm muzzle slowly raised, the stubby barrel shrank back sharply, and a 5.5 kg grenade whistled out of the muzzle, dragging a gentle curve towards the long ruined village—

1 km behind the battlecar, the Chinese artillery observation post.

"Look, that big bull has fired at Maozi!"

"Well done!"

"But the enemy will fight back when he sees it, it's too dangerous!"

"Find a way to support it with artillery fire!"

"Let's put a smokescreen around it—"

Amid the rumbling cannons of the resurrected chariot, the battle of the famous village of Aktobe unfolded a prelude that exuded strong heroism and deep comradeship......

In the view of Yintian, the commander of the 1st Army, such an opening is not only full of drama and publicity, but also may indicate some kind of auspicious omen......

Just yesterday, Xu Soul, commander of the Left Assault Group, issued an order to his subordinate units to carry out the thunderbolt operation.

The main points of Raiden Operations include:

1. Defend the important places along the Serga River and Lake Baikal with the 1st Janissary Cavalry Army and the 1st Janissary Army.

2. With the 1st Army and the 3rd Army as the core, two assault clusters were formed to surprise the enemy's positions from the north and south, penetrate the enemy's defensive line, outflank and advance to Selenginsk, and encircle the enemy along the railway.

3. The Lei Cluster is organized into 3 armies, 2 forbidden divisions (1 regiment and 1 battalion owed), 1st Forbidden Cavalry Brigade (2 companies owed), 2nd Forbidden Cavalry Brigade (1 battalion owed), and 1 artillery battalion belonging to the group army is strengthened.

Fourth, the formation of the electric cluster: equipped with the 1st Army, the 1st Forbidden Division (owes 2 battalions), the 3rd Cavalry Brigade (owes 2 companies), and strengthens the artillery battalion belonging to the 1 group army.

5. Equip the 2nd Army as a reserve

……

The commander of the Lei cluster is Liu Yangbo, the commander of the 3rd Army, and the commander of the electric cluster is naturally Yintian, the commander of the 1st Army.

Yintian chose the breakthrough in Aktobe Village.

Far from being weakened by the defeat on the 14th, the importance of the village of Aktobe was not weakened by the defeat on the 14th, and as the situation changed, it became a choke point southeast of Selenginsk.

Predictably, this will be an uphill battle.

Yintian decided to devote two of the three armored brigades at hand to the assault on the village of Aktobe.

Among them, the 1st Brigade of the "Armored Little Zhuge " Yuan Xu will guide the infantry of the 1st Janissary Regiment to capture the village and open the way for the follow-up troops.

Luton's 2nd Armored Brigade was equipped with the main force of the 3rd Motorized Praetorian Regiment and the 3rd Janissary Cavalry Brigade, which served as a follow-up assault force and penetrated deep into the enemy.

On the right flank of the main attacking force, that is, to the north, Jiang Yishen's 3rd Brigade led the 2nd Janissary Regiment to attack the village of Ashenkoye, a key point east of Selenginsk, as an auxiliary offensive. If there is a successful breakthrough there, this force will join up with the Luton headquarters on the southern outskirts of Selenginsk.

In the direction of the main attack, that is, in front of the village of Aktobe, a powerful artillery group was deployed.

Its strength includes:

8 75 guns and 4 105 grenades of the 1st Janissary Brigade Mobile Artillery Battalion;

12 75 guns and 6 105 grenades of the artillery detachment of the 1st Janissary Division;

6 105 plus and 4 150 grenades of the heavy artillery battalion of the army;

The group army was attached to the artillery battalion of 6 guns 105 plus, 4 guns 150 grenades, and 6 guns 160 guns.

A total of 20 doors 75 fields, 10 doors 105 grenades, 12 doors 105 plus, 8 doors 150 grenades, 6 doors 160 coercion.

The mobile artillery battalion equipped with the 2 brigade was not put into operation at the beginning of the battle, and the artillery was mounted on artillery carriages and was ready to maneuver at any time.

In order to deal with the enemy's armored forces, each infantry battalion of the 1st Forbidden Regiment was equipped with four additional 37 infantry guns (two per battalion according to the establishment) and increased the armament of armor-piercing blasting shells, and each battalion was reinforced with a combat engineer company equipped with submachine guns, flamethrowers and ZHA kits.

In addition, the measures to be taken in the event of an enemy giant vehicle were specifically communicated to the grassroots units:

It has been ascertained that the main guns of the enemy's giant combat vehicles are installed directly in front of the hull, the left and right firing ranges are limited, the hull is bulky, the rotation is inconvenient, the action part is weak, the large artillery used has a low rate of fire and is slow to respond, and the upper turret is equipped with a machine gun, which has no lethality against our tanks. In view of this, when the enemy's giant tank is discovered, it is necessary to give full play to the mobility of our tank, make a detour to the side and rear of the enemy vehicle, and bombard its moving parts, machine gun towers, and intake and exhaust ports at close range, and then leave it to the engineering units to finally solve it with flamethrowers and ZHA kits......