On October 20, 1908, more than a month had passed since the Chinese Empire declared war with the Entente and the Central Powers, and the weather had become cold in Chelyabinsk, an important town in the Ural Mountains of Russia, and the cold wind from Siberia had blown here.

The combined forces of the Entente and the Central Powers have gathered more than 2.5 million troops in and around the city of Chelyabinsk, through the railway lines in Russia, the coalition forces are still strengthening the strength of the city of Chelyabinsk, a train full of allied troops and supplies is still flowing to the city of Chelyabinsk, the commanders of the coalition know very well in their hearts that the city of Chelyabinsk must be the focus of the attack of the Chinese Imperial Army, and they are ready to stop the Chinese Imperial Army in the city of Chelyabinsk and advance towards Europe.

In reality, the Ministry of Defense of the Chinese Empire planned to concentrate the forces of 8 field armies and 3 guards armies on the front line of the Russian Ural Mountains, and most of the troops would be invested in the attack on the city of Chelyabinsk, and as of October 20, nearly 800,000 Imperial Chinese Army troops had arrived on the eastern periphery of the city of Chelyabinsk.

This is still the troops and war materials of the Chinese Empire, which can only be transported to the city of Chelyabinsk by trucks and airships and transport planes of the Air Force, otherwise the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire will arrive at the city of Chelyabinsk with more troops, and the Ministry of Defense is ready to concentrate 6 field armies and 2 guards in the city of Chelyabinsk with more than 1.2 million elite divisions for breaking through this bridgehead over the Ural Mountains.

The Chinese Empire and the Entente, the Allies preparing for a large-scale battle in the city of Chelyabinsk. In addition to mobilizing a large number of land forces to come here, they are also in the areas under their respective control around the city of Chelyabinsk. A number of temporary airfields were built, and a large number of warplanes were stationed in the temporary airfields. Prepare to fight with their respective land forces, and also conduct aerial reconnaissance of enemy fortifications.

Since the air forces of the two sides have been stationed in the area around the city of Chelyabinsk, there have been many skirmishes between the warplanes of the two sides as a result of mutual reconnaissance encounters in the air.

The allied forces of the Allied and Central Powers in Chelyabinsk, except for a small number of Russian fighters, most of them were British, French and German fighters, and the fighters of these three countries all flew from the domestic territory of the three countries because of the range problem. The fighters of these three countries also carried out three to four refueling transfers.

It is a pity that the coalition fighters who came all the way to Chelyabinsk City are comparable to the fighters of the Chinese Empire in terms of performance, and there is really no way to compare, so that the small-scale air battles that have broken out in Chelyabinsk City these days have caused the coalition fighters to suffer extremely heavy losses, and since the fighters of the two sides fought for the first time in the sky, it was only half a month until October 20, and the coalition forces lost 38 fighters. However, the Air Force of the Chinese Empire did not crash a single fighter, only one fighter was damaged, but in the end it successfully landed at the temporary airfield of the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire.

The Royal Air Force of the Imperial Chinese Empire and the Air Force of the Allied Forces, warplanes used for reconnaissance on both sides. The Royal Air Force of the Imperial Chinese Empire is not currently equipped with special reconnaissance aircraft, but is like the British Air Force, the French Air Force, and the Luftwaffe in the coalition forces. It was equipped with planes designed for aerial reconnaissance, but those reconnaissance planes of the coalition forces did not have room for use here in Chelyabinsk. If you encounter the fighters of the Chinese Empire in the air, the reconnaissance planes of the coalition forces that are not equipped with any weapons. Basically, it was sent to death, but the coalition forces used fighter planes instead of reconnaissance planes, and there was no good result when they encountered the improved Yellow Sparrow fighter of the Chinese Empire, and the loss of 38 fighters was exchanged for the injury of an improved Yellow Sparrow fighter of the Chinese Empire.

Although there were not many air encounters between the two sides, it was also very tragic for the air force of the coalition forces, basically as long as the fighters of the Chinese Empire were encountered in the aerial reconnaissance, the fighters of the coalition forces did not survive, and all of them were destroyed, that is to say, in half a month, 38 fighters of the coalition forces were unlucky to encounter the fighters of the Chinese Empire.

Although the gap between the performance of the coalition fighters and the fighters of the Chinese Empire is very large, such a battle loss ratio makes the commanders of the coalition forces in Chelyabinsk feel very angry.

In the headquarters of the Allied and Allied forces in Chelyabinsk, the commanders of the allied armies gathered here to discuss the defense arrangements of the armies of the Chelyabinsk cities.

The army commanders sent to Chelyabinsk by the seven countries of the Entente and the Central Powers were German Army General Témi Schneider, French Army General Joyles, British Army General Dersunsk, Russian Army General Sonokopsky, Italian Army General Hannaverd, Austro-Hungarian Army General Gloria, and Ottoman Turkish Army General Bagilya.

In addition to the Russian general Sonokopsky, the other 6 commanders of the armies of various countries are also the commanders of the armies of various countries into the territory of Russia, but the city of Chelyabinsk is the most important strategic point of the defense line of the Ural Mountains, and the commanders of various countries come here to command the army units of their respective countries.

After discussions with 7 countries, German Army General Temmy Schneider was elected as the commander-in-chief of the 7-nation coalition forces in Chelyabinsk, but although Temmy Schneider is called the commander-in-chief, but the specific troop arrangements and tactical arrangements, Temmy Schneider still needs to consult with the commanders of the other 6 countries, and it is impossible to act arbitrarily, otherwise the other 3 commanders of the Allied countries will obey the order, and the Entente Britain, France and Russia will not pay attention to it.

The contradictions between the Entente and the Central Powers will not disappear without a trace because of this joint declaration of war on the Chinese Empire, and the contradictions between them still exist, but for the time being, both sides will not care about it for the time being, and then talk about defeating the Chinese Empire.

German Army General Témi Schneider said in a deep voice to the commanders of the other six countries: "At present, our coalition forces have gathered more than 2.5 million troops in Chelyabinsk and around the city, including 780,000 Russian Army, 650,000 French Army, 150,000 British Army, 100,000 Italian Army, 120,000 Austro-Hungarian Army, 130,000 Ottoman Turkish Imperial Army, and 650,000 German Army. At present, the two sides have not fought on land, and both continue to increase their forces. However, the encounter between our coalition forces in the sky was very heavy. But not even a single fighter plane of the Chinese Empire was shot down, which has seriously affected the morale of our coalition air force, what advice do the commanders have for this? ”

French Army General Joyles said: "Now that the strength of our Allied and Allied forces in Chelyabinsk has exceeded the Chinese Imperial Army outside the city by several times, I think we no longer need to continue to defend, we should take the initiative to completely defeat the Chinese Imperial Army outside Chelyabinsk, launch a counterattack against the Chinese Empire's occupation of Russian land, and take the initiative in the war back into the hands of our coalition forces." ”

French Army General Joyles once led the French Army in the war between the Eight-Nation Alliance and Lin Daxin a few years ago. Entered the territory of Russia and fought against the army of the Chinese Empire, but did not get any victory, but made the French army in the battlefield in Russia, the losses were very heavy, even he himself was not lightly wounded, this time Joyls was entrusted with a heavy task, he hoped in this war, to recover the honor he lost in the last war.

British Army General Jersunsk frowned and said: "I think we should still think long-term, after all, the Chinese Empire still has a very large air superiority. If our coalition forces launch an attack, the losses will be very large under the blows of the fighters of the Chinese Empire. ”

Russian Army General Sonokopsky nodded and said: "There is no air superiority, forcibly launch a counterattack." The losses will be very large, our army of the Russian Empire, in the battle for the city of Omsk. Having already suffered enough of this loss, don't look at the absolute superiority of our coalition forces in the city of Chelyabinsk now. However, the air supremacy of the Chinese Imperial Air Force can make this advantage of our coalition forces come to naught in an instant. ”

French Army Admiral Joyce also felt that the British and Russian commanders had a point. However, he did not insist on his opinion, but after thinking about it for a while, he nodded slightly and said: "The army of the Chinese Empire has been seriously damaged because of the railway from Omsk City to Chelyabinsk City, and can only use trucks to gather troops near Chelyabinsk City, which is much more difficult than our coalition army using the railway, and now the strength of our coalition army in Chelyabinsk City and its surroundings exceeds that of the Chinese Empire several times, this is a golden opportunity to defeat the Chinese Imperial Army, but it's a pity!" If only our coalition forces could gain air supremacy! ”

British Army General Jersunsk said: "There is no way, it is too difficult to seize the air supremacy here in Chelyabinsk, the fighters of several of our countries, compared with the performance of the fighters of the Chinese Empire, the gap is too big, the air encounters in the past half a month, so that our fighters of four countries have lost 38 aircraft, if there is no advanced performance of the fighters, there is no need to consider the issue of seizing air supremacy, I think our coalition forces are still honestly using fortifications to resist the attack of the Chinese Imperial Army, Look for the fighters to launch a counterattack! ”

French Army General Joyles continued: "Our coalition air force can't be beaten passively like this, the performance of our fighters is not as good as the fighters of the Chinese Empire, but we can find a way to use tactics to shorten the performance gap, what do you commanders think?" ”

Italian Army General Hannaverd, Austro-Hungarian Army General Gloria and Ottoman Turkish Army General Bajirya, the three of them looked at each other and did not speak, the air force of their three countries is not strong, this time they did not send fighters into Russia, and the fighters of the Chinese Imperial Air Force are currently fighting with the fighters of Britain, France, Germany and Russia, and the three of them lack the right to speak about the air war, so just listen honestly.

German Army General Temmy Schneider thought about it and said: "Our coalition forces have lost 38 fighters at present, and there are still 380 fighters and 215 bombers here in Chelyabinsk, and we really can't go on like this, we should think of a way to change the dilemma of our coalition air force and improve the morale of our coalition air force, I think we can arrange such a tactic, use 2 or 3 of our coalition fighters as bait, and then attract the fighters of the Chinese Empire to the ambush circle of our air force, Taking advantage of absolute numerical superiority, shoot down several fighters of the Chinese Empire. ”

The method that Tammy Schneider said was not to fundamentally change the predicament of the coalition air force, but at most to shoot down a few fighters of the Chinese Empire in an air encounter to boost the morale of the coalition forces.

However, Tymie Schneider's suggestion was endorsed by the commanders of other armies, and although it was only a symptom rather than a cure, the commanders of the coalition forces could not think of any way to cure the root cause.

According to the data submitted by various countries, the combined forces of our Entente and the Central Powers will eventually gather 3.6 million troops here in Chelyabinsk, and the city of Chelyabinsk is also a bridgehead for us to resist the attack of the Chinese Imperial Army on the front line of the Ural Mountains, and I hope that the armies of all countries can hold their respective positions and use the strong fortifications built by our coalition forces to consume a large number of troops of the Chinese Imperial Army. Create a favorable situation for the counterattack of our coalition forces. ”

Italian Army General Hannaverde said: "General Temmy Schneider can rest assured, since the armies of our countries can gather here, they are already ready to fight a bloody battle with the Chinese Imperial Army to the end, and I believe that the armies of all countries will definitely resist the attack of the Chinese Imperial Army on the city of Chelyabinsk and the surrounding positions!" ”

Later, the Austro-Hungarian Army General Gloria and the Ottoman Turkish Army General Bajir Ya also said similar things to Hannawade, after all, they are both allies of the Central Powers, and they will still support their allies at this time.

The commanders of the three countries of Britain, France and Russia did not raise any objections, after all, this time it was the Entente and the Central Powers that declared war on the Chinese Empire together, although there were contradictions between them, but now they were in a trench, and in the face of the powerful Chinese Empire, their seven countries must work together. (To be continued......)