When the sun set over the horizon and the afterglow of the setting sun shone on the horizon, the Imperial Army halted its assault on Yekaterinburg. After a fierce battle, the defensive line outside the western city of Yekaterinburg had all fallen under the control of the Imperial Army. The Imperial Army was on the offensive and met with little decent resistance, and the Russians were already frightened.

The previous bombing of the Imperial Air Force caused the defense line that the Russian army had painstakingly operated for several years to collapse, and countless Russian troops were killed. And once these lines of defense were blown up, the Russian army's plan to rely on a strong line of defense to resist the attack of the Imperial Army was naturally aborted. Coupled with the appearance of the Imperial Air Force, the Russians were terrified and demoralized, and even if they were forcibly driven to the front line by the officers, they could not have any impact on the offensive of the Imperial Army, but instead increased the results of the Imperial Army.

"General Song, I didn't say it, in my life, Lao Zhang, I rarely admire people. However, I have to say that today's Air Force table is really amazing to my old Zhang! The Russians' defensive line, which was so strong, collapsed in less than a day under the bombardment of the air force. This has really helped us a lot! Otherwise, we don't know how many corpses will be left under this Yekaterinburg city! Lieutenant General Zhang Wei, commander of the 1st Group Army of the Imperial Army, said sincerely.

"General Zhang, look at what you said. Also Empire* soldiers, although the Imperial Air Force has not been established for a long time. But we are also part of the Empire. His Majesty the Emperor's order is to cooperate with you in the capture of Yekaterinburg, and our Imperial Air Force is naturally duty-bound! Major General Song Zhiyuan, commander of the Imperial Air Force, hurriedly said. Compared with Lieutenant General Zhang Wei and these old people, he is completely small.

"Haha, General Zhang is right. We are all Imperial * soldiers, and now the Great War begins. We deserve to be united and fight for the good of the Empire! Lieutenant General Zhao Mingfu, commander of the 2nd Army, also said.

This was the Imperial Army's efforts to thank the Air Force for their help. The banquet was attended by the high-ranking generals of the Imperial Air Force and officers of the Imperial Army at the rank of major general. Of course, alcohol is forbidden in the military, but that is for liquor. The troops of the empire served beer. For these military generals, although the taste of beer is a little lighter, and they are basically not drunk, it is better than nothing!

A wine feast is down. The distance between the Imperial Army and the Imperial Air Force immediately narrowed.

"General Song, is there any order you received when to return?" Lieutenant General Cho Ming-bo, commander of the 2nd Army, asked.

"Not really. However, before winter arrives, we will have to retreat. Otherwise, the cold Siberian winter will cause great damage to our airship. Major General Song Zhiyuan said.

"I'm relieved. Tomorrow we will launch an attack on the Yekaterinburg city. Although today we have cleared part of the defense line on the perimeter of Yekaterinburg. The road to the city was opened. However, in the city of Yekaterinburg, there are still hundreds of thousands of Russian troops, which is not a small number! If those Russian troops resist stubbornly. This will cause us a lot of trouble. When the time comes, we will need more support from the Air Force! Lieutenant General Zhao Mingfu said. Although, the defense line on the perimeter of Yekaterinburg has already been destroyed. However, the Russian army must have built a lot of fortifications in the city. If the Imperial Army wants to take the whole of Yekaterinburg, it is estimated that it will have to go through a hard battle. If there is assistance from the Air Force. Casualties among the troops may be reduced even further.

"General Zhao, if you have any orders, you just have to say it. The mission of our Air Force is to assist you in taking Yekaterinburg! Major General Song Zhiyuan said.

"Okay, General Song, that's what I think. Starting tomorrow, the Imperial Air Force will bomb the city of Yekaterinburg, and when our land forces launch an offensive, they will bomb the target area once the attack is met with stubborn resistance from the Russians. In this way, it will undoubtedly greatly speed up our attack. Lieutenant General Zhao Mingfu said.

"This is a good way, General Zhao, don't worry, we will fully cooperate when the time comes!" Major General Song Zhiyuan said.

On 26 August, the Imperial Army began an offensive on the city of Yekaterinburg. Before the attack, the Imperial Army concentrated thousands of heavy artillery guns to bombard the city, and the heavy shelling turned the buildings in Yekaterinburg into ruins. After the artillery bombardment of the Imperial Army was over, the Imperial Air Force returned to Yekaterinburg.

This time, the Imperial Air Force carried mainly 50-kilogram and 100-kilogram bombs. Sixty airships, a total of which were able to write about two hundred tons of bombs. The bombs fell on the western part of Yekaterinburg, almost directly reducing part of the city to rubble. The Russian troops, deployed here to prepare to resist the offensive of the Chinese army, suffered heavy losses.

Subsequently, the Imperial Army dispatched ten infantry brigades with more than 60,000 men to attack Yekaterinburg. The resistance of the Russian army was almost crushed in the previous shelling and bombing by the Imperial Air Force, and the Imperial Army easily attacked the city and began to clear the Russian army in the city.

The Russian army hurriedly mobilized troops to counterattack, preparing to drive the Imperial Army out of Yekaterinburg. However, the experience and tactics of the Imperial Army in street fighting are far above those of the Russian army, and it is not so easy for the Russian army to defeat the Imperial Army in street fighting.

By the afternoon, the Imperial Army had gained a foothold in Yekaterinburg. A large number of troops began to enter the city and began to expand the results of the battle. At the same time, the Imperial Air Force once again flew to Yekaterinburg to help in the battle. It's just that the airship of the Air Force did not rush to drop the bomb this time, but suspended at an altitude of several hundred meters, waiting for the Imperial Army's call for help.

After the arrival of the Air Force, the Imperial Army appealed to the Air Force for help when it encountered a difficult hard bone. The Air Force dispatched airships to drop bombs from the sky and blow up those fortifications of the Russian army. These fortifications of the Russian army were originally designed to resist the attack of the Imperial Army, and they were powerless in the face of bombs falling from the sky. Under such circumstances, the Imperial Army and Air Force cooperated almost like a bamboo, and they broke through the resistance of the Russian army lightly and intensified the elimination of the Russian army.

At this moment, the generals of the Imperial Army and Air Force, who were in charge of commanding this battle, did not know that their tactics had undoubtedly become the world's first air-ground coordinated operation.

Of course, this set of tactics is still very rudimentary, and the most important problem is that the infantry on the ground cannot get in touch with the airships in the air in time, and they need to get in touch with the rear command first, and then the command and the air force will coordinate, and then send the airships to bomb. This greatly prolongs the reaction time. However, even so, the Russian army will not be able to withstand the attack of the Chinese army.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "A barricade built on the corner of the street was constantly firing shells at the Imperial Army. Because of the blind spot of shooting, the Imperial Army had no way to take this barricade. In the face of the fierce attack of the Russian army, the soldiers could only lie on the ground or behind other shelters to avoid the shelling of the Russian army.

While the Russian army was firing unscrupulously, an airship was assigned to a place 500 meters above this barricade. Several 50-kilogram bombs fell, and even if the accuracy was not very good, one of them hit this barricade. Immediately, the barricade was destroyed in a violent explosion. The Imperial Army, which had been suppressed, quickly launched an attack and wiped out all the remaining Russian troops.

Such scenes continued to occur throughout the western Yekaterinburg theater. The fortifications that the Russian army painstakingly built played a very limited role. Originally, even if the fortifications outside Yekaterinburg were destroyed, the Russian army still counted on the fortifications inside the city to withstand the attack of the Imperial Army. But now, with the assistance of the Imperial Air Force, the resistance of the Russian army has been crushed. This made it impossible for the Russian army to withstand the attack of the Imperial Army.

In just one day, more than half of the western part of Yekaterinburg had already been captured by the Imperial Army. The Russian army suffered heavy losses during this day's fighting. In this battle, the Imperial Air Force was particularly prominent. They cleared the way for the Imperial Army to attack and greatly reduced the casualties of the Imperial Army.

In the face of the bombing of the Imperial Air Force, the Russian army was powerless. Some Russian troops overcame their fears and fired at these airships with rifles. However, when these airships dropped bombs, they were almost always controlled at an altitude of 500 meters. The bullet of the rifle simply cannot hit such a height. There was no threat to the Imperial Air Force at all.

Of course, if the Russians were able to convert their heavy machine guns to shoot into the sky, this would undoubtedly pose no small threat to the Imperial Air Force. In order to avoid being hit, the airships of the Imperial Air Force had to drop bombs at an altitude of more than a thousand meters. However, in that case, the hit rate of the dropped bombs will be greatly reduced, and the support that can be provided to the army will be much smaller. Fortunately, the Russians have not yet thought of this aspect, and the Imperial Air Force can continue to ravage them.

In a single day's battle, the Imperial Army took control of half of the western part of Yekaterinburg, intending to capture a quarter of Yekaterinburg. The generals of the Imperial Army believed that with the cooperation of the Imperial Air Force, the Imperial Army would be able to take the whole of Yekaterinburg in a week at most.

Emperor Long Yufei, who was far away in the capital of the empire, was also very satisfied with the air force's performance after receiving the telegram from the front line. The performance of the Air Force has made his continuous investment over the years have paid off. (To be continued......)

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