"Boom-boom-boom-" A few kilometers west of Omsk, dense artillery shells continued to fall into the dense Russian army, which was attacking the first line of defense established by the Ninth Field Army outside Omsk, and those dense shells were the masterpiece of the artillery unit of the Ninth Field Army of the Chinese Empire.

This is not the end, at this time, there are dozens of improved Yellow Sparrow fighters and Blue Eagle bombers of the Chinese Empire in the air, constantly dropping bombs and strafing the Russian troops charging below.

From the direction of the Russian army's attack, the distance from about 100 meters in front of the position of the Ninth Field Army to about a kilometer in front of the position has been paved with several layers of corpses of Russian officers and soldiers.

Whenever an artillery shell or aerial bomb falls, it will set off a cloud of blood mist, most of which are produced by the corpses of the dead Russian soldiers being blown up, as well as those Russian officers and soldiers who are attacking, there are also unlucky bombed corpses with no bones left, flesh and blood flying, and also contribute to the blood mist that is raised, and with the blood mist caused by the explosion, pieces of Russian officers and soldiers fell on the corpses of their comrades, increasing the thickness of the corpses, although they were not directly blown into pieces, But with such heavy bombardment and shelling, the possibility of becoming a mist of blood is very high.

In attacking the positions of the Ninth Field Army, Russian officers and men not only had to hold up artillery shells and aerial bombs, but also faced countless light and heavy machine guns on the positions, as well as soldiers of the Chinese Empire who were able to shoot accurately with rifles, and were able to advance from the starting point of the charge to the Russian officers and men within 100 meters of the position of the Ninth Field Army. There are very few of them, and even if they enter the position of the Ninth Field Army. Immediately it will be densely packed with bullets and smashed into a sieve. Within 30 meters of the position of the Ninth Field Army, the officers and men of the Russian offensive have not touched it so far.

On a hill further west outside Omsk, the joint command of the Russian 14th Army and the 15th Army, which was responsible for supporting the city of Omsk, was temporarily located here.

The commander of the 14th Army, Milonushka, stood in the headquarters and saw through the telescope that the own troops in charge of the attack were still a rhythm of death in the face of the powerful firepower of the Chinese Empire, and they were fundamentally against the defense line of the Chinese Imperial Army. Without the slightest threat, he immediately threw the telescope in his hand to the ground in anger, and then angrily shouted to the commander of the 15th Army, Rostislav: "What kind of battle is this!" It was a complete massacre, and every time the officers and men of our two group armies charged, it was no different from sending them to death, and in just two days, our two group armies lost at least 100,000 people, and the positions of the Chinese Empire were already covered with the corpses of our dead officers and soldiers. ”

Rostislav lowered his raised telescope. He said helplessly: "His Majesty the Tsar personally sent us a telegram, ordering our 14th Army and 15th Army to rescue the city of Omsk at all costs, and now the city of Omsk has been occupied by more than half of the troops of the Chinese Empire. The two armies of the 12th Army in the city of Omsk sent telegrams asking for help one after another, and our two armies could only try to open a breakthrough with human lives. Enter the city of Omsk. ”

Milonushka kicked the telescope that had fallen to the ground and slammed it into the wooden wall next to the temporary headquarters. I only heard a "bang--" sound, and the quality of the telescopes made by Russia itself was not good. Suddenly it was torn apart and smashed into parts.

Milonushka said with resentment: "Our 2 group armies are newly formed, and they are not even equipped with heavy weapons, so they ordered us to support the front line, and now here in Omsk City, we are completely suppressed by the firepower of the Chinese Empire, and the only artillery of the 2 group armies was hit by the fighters and artillery of the Chinese Empire yesterday, and the losses were exhausted, so that our 2 group armies did not even have the firepower to contain them, so they could only charge like sending them to death!" If you can conquer the defense line of the Chinese Empire, it is worth it, but the problem is that such a death has no effect on the defense line of the Chinese Empire, and now the Chinese Empire has set up 2 lines of defense outside the city of Omsk, and we have fought for 2 days, but we have not even broken through the first line of defense, so what to talk about supporting the city of Omsk! ”

Rostislav sighed and said: "But if we don't take such an offensive method, we have no other better way to attack, we can only know that we will die, and we have to let the officers and soldiers of our two group armies charge the positions of the Chinese Empire." The War Department in St. Petersburg sent us a telegram saying that His Majesty the Tsar had now mobilized more than 400,000 troops to move closer to the city of Omsk, and together with our two army groups, to rescue the city of Omsk, if those troops could arrive, the pressure on our two army groups would be less. ”

Milonushka sneered and said: "There are not many troops in Omsk City, maybe even God can't know, how long they can hold out, and when the more than 400,000 troops arrive, maybe Omsk City has long been completely occupied by the troops of the Chinese Empire." Moreover, the more than 400,000 troops were all defeated from the border line, and their combat effectiveness and morale have been greatly reduced. ”

Just as the 2 Russian commanders were talking, the Russian attacking troops who were charging could not bear the casualties, and once again retreated backwards in vain. However, it is not so easy for these Russian troops to withdraw, and they also need to bear the farewell of Chinese Imperial fighters, artillery and bullets.

Rostislav picked up the telescope in his hand, looked ahead, and then put the telescope down helplessly, and said dejectedly: "Like dozens of charges in front, I still didn't even touch the position of the Chinese Empire, and then I retreated again, Milonushka, such an attack really has no effect, what do you say we should do?" ”

Milonushka shrugged her shoulders and said, "If I had known what to do, I would have said it a long time ago, and I wouldn't have to send the officers and soldiers of our two group armies to death in vain." ”

At this time, a colonel of the Russian army hurriedly came to the side of the two commanders and said: "Report, an urgent telegram from St. Petersburg!" ”

Rostislav and Mironushka heard the urgent telegram, and their expressions did not change. They have become accustomed to these 2 days, Tsar Nicholas II in St. Petersburg and the War Department. The telegrams urging their two armies to storm the city of Omsk as soon as possible were marked with the word urgent. This telegram basically had to be a telegram of urging.

Milonushka asked the Russian colonel: "Does the content of the telegram also order us to join the troops in the city of Omsk as soon as possible?" ”

The colonel of the Russian army nodded and said: "Yes, Your Excellency Commander, this telegram was sent by His Excellency Korrosky of the War Department, or did he order our two army groups to enter the city of Omsk with their best efforts, and it is best to join forces with the troops in the city before 12 o'clock this evening." ”

Milonushka waved his hand and said: "Send a telegram back to Your Excellency Gorrosky, saying that our 14th Army and 15th Army will launch an attack on the Chinese Empire's defense line outside Omsk City around the clock, and join up with the troops in Omsk City as soon as possible. Omsk city is guaranteed not to be lost. ”

The colonel of the Russian army immediately nodded: "Yes, Your Excellency Commander." Then he turned and walked to the other end of the temporary headquarters, where there was a row of telegraph machines, which were constantly receiving and receiving telegrams under the operation of a dozen Russian telegraphers.

Milonushka then turned his head to Rostislav and said: "See, St. Petersburg has come to urge us again, but what is the use of only urging us, if you can give us enough artillery for our two armies, so that we can suppress the artillery of the Chinese Empire." Perhaps we may still be able to overcome the Chinese Empire's defensive line outside Omsk, otherwise we will have to do our best to let our troops continue this death-defying offensive. ”

Rostislav frowned and said: "It is to equip us with enough artillery, in the absence of air superiority." Our artillery should not try to play its due role, this has been proven in other battlefields, and we now have no choice but to continue the attack. It doesn't matter if it's sent to death or not, it's just 2 of us. An account must be given to His Majesty the Tsar and the War Ministry. ”

Milonushka nodded and said: "The next round of offensive will be the turn of our 14th Army, and I will let 1 division of troops." Another large-scale offensive. ”

In the city of Omsk, the two armies of the Russian 12th Army relied on the ruins and tunnels in the city to resist the attack troops of the Ninth Field Army of the Chinese Empire very tenaciously, and some of the ruins had just been occupied by the officers and soldiers of the Ninth Field Army, and the Russian army launched a counteroffensive at any cost, but the attack troops of the Ninth Field Army suffered a lot of losses.

However, the strength of the two sides was there, the attack troops of the Ninth Field Army could call for artillery fire and fighter support at any time, and the Russian army could only rely on flesh and blood, and by the evening of August 20, 1908, the small half of the urban area still occupied by the two armies of the 12th Army during the day had shrunk a lot, and only less than one-fifth of the urban area of Omsk City remained.

Chiviminov, one of the two commanders of the 12th Army in Omsk, had been killed in the afternoon, and the remaining officers and soldiers of the two armies were now under the full command of another army commander, Ayevasky. At this time, the total of the two armies was less than 15,000 people, although the two army commanders did not give the order to surrender, but many Russian troops have chosen to surrender by themselves, and what is even worse is that the attack force of the Ninth Field Army of the Chinese Empire knew that the Russian army in the city had reached the end of the crossbow, that is, the sky was dark, and the air support of the fighters was lost, and they did not stop the attack, and continued to launch a fierce attack on the last remnants of the Russian army in Omsk City.

"Da-da-" "Bang--" The sound of gunfire was getting closer and closer to Ayevasky's underground headquarters.

A disgraced colonel of the Russian army hurriedly walked into the command headquarters and shouted anxiously at Ayevasky: "Commander, the army of the Chinese Empire has broken through the Arbara Avenue and is getting closer and closer to us, we must immediately move the headquarters back." ”

Ayewsky, with a gloomy face, said: "Hasn't the tunnel that retreated to the back been blown up? If we want to retreat, we can only retreat from the ground, but in the current situation in the city of Omsk, where can we retreat? ”

The colonel of the Russian army hesitated for a moment and said: "Commander, we have reached such a situation, it is better to order the troops to surrender!" We simply can't wait for reinforcements. ”

Ayevasky said calmly: "It is impossible for me to surrender, if I surrender, my family in St. Petersburg will definitely be implicated, you can convey my meaning to the staff officers of the two army commands, if there is anyone who wants to live, be smarter yourself, you don't need to accompany me to see God." ”

The colonel of the Russian army nodded with a lonely expression, the Russian army in Omsk City is now almost at the last moment, although there is no order from the superior to surrender, but the remaining Russian officers and soldiers in the city are still surrendering to the attacking Chinese Imperial Army in groups, if it weren't for this, Albara Street would not have been lost so quickly, how could it hold out for a while.

Ayewski continued: "Order the guards around the headquarters of our two armies to use the ruins around the headquarters to continue to resist the attack of the Imperial Chinese army here, and the commander of this army will fight side by side with them. ”

The commander of the 12th Army, Ayewsky, then led the Russian troops around the headquarters to resist the attacking troops of the Ninth Field Army, but all the resistance, after Ayevasky was hit in the head by a bullet, quickly collapsed, knowing that another commander in the city was also killed, lost the courage to resist last, and walked out of the dilapidated fortifications in groups and surrendered to the approaching Chinese Imperial Army.

From the arrival of the Ninth Field Army of the Chinese Empire to the capture of the entire Omsk City by the Ninth Field Army, it took only 3 days, and the two armies of the Russian 12th Army in the city lost more than 90,000 people, and the two army commanders were also killed in the battle, and the remaining nearly 30,000 Russian troops entered the prisoner of war camp of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire, and half of the nearly 30,000 Russian troops were wounded.

The resistance of the Russian army in Omsk City cannot be regarded as tenacious, but under the powerful firepower of the Ninth Field Army of the Chinese Empire, especially the strong air support of the Air Force of the Chinese Empire, the heroic resistance of the Russian army, in addition to bringing some trouble to the Ninth Field Army, did not affect the established goal of the Ninth Field Army at all, that is, to take Omsk, an important Russian town, within 3 to 5 days. (To be continued......)