Tsar Nicholas II in St. Petersburg received a telegram from the Governor of the Far East, Alekseev, and tore the telegram to shreds in anger, shouting angrily: "This bunch of waste in the Far East has lost the face of the Russian Imperial Army!" Someone, bring the Chief of the General Staff, Gorrosky. ▲Soon after, Gorrosky hurried into the palace to meet Nicholas II.

Nicholas II threw the telegram to Gorrosky and said: "The Far East is now in a state of decay, and it may not be possible to hold anywhere except Vladivostok." Although the city of Amur and Svobodne still have the strength of one army each, according to the combat strength of the Dingbei Army, the chances of these two cities being held are very small. Gorrosky, how is the expansion of the army? ”

After reading the telegram, Gorrosky said: "Your Majesty, the combat effectiveness of the Dingbei Army is beyond our expectations, but as long as our expanded army of 2 million is sent to the battlefield, the problem will be solved!" Now our War Department has completed the expansion of 500,000 troops, of which 200,000 have been sent to the Siberian theater of operations by rail. However, if we want to increase troops in the Far East, we can only transport troops by train to the Siberian theater of operations, and then from the Siberian theater to the Far Eastern theater little by little. ”

At present, the Trans-Siberian Railway has only been opened from Russia to Irkutsk in Siberia, and only a few sections of the railway from Irkutsk to the Far East have been opened to traffic.

Nicholas II's face changed much better at this time, "So be it." First, the 300,000 newly formed army was also transferred to the Siberian theater of operations, under the command of Kuropatkin, and the Dingbei Army of Outer Mongolia was solved first, and then Kuropatkin was allowed to lead the army to recover the Far East and occupy the northeast. ”

When the Second Front Army of the Russian Far East was completely annihilated, the Russian army in Siberia was not affected, and the flames of war in Outer Mongolia were rekindled.

The 1st Siberian Front, after the commander of the theater of operations, Kuropatkin, reinforced them with a batch of heavy artillery and 3 corps, rushed out of the city of Haktu with great momentum and once again pounced on the city of Buying.

The Russian army that is ready to take the city of buying and selling in one fell swoop. The positions on the outskirts of the city were again met with stubborn resistance from the 3rd Division of the Dingbei Army. From September 9 to 13, the attack lasted for 5 consecutive days, and did not break through the most advanced positions of the Dingbei Army. Not only did they not even touch the side of the city wall of the city, but the artillery suffered heavy losses in the artillery battle with the Dingbei army. On the 13th. There are already less than 75 guns left of the 1st Russian Siberian Front with more than 100 guns.

Evening of the 13th. In Ivanov's temporary headquarters, several army commanders sat here with gloomy faces, and the unfavorable situation of the battle made the commander Ivanov and the commander of the 19th Army Chekryv bitter. Not even the mood to quarrel is gone.

Ivanov said to a Russian staff officer standing beside him: "Read the casualties counted by the various armies in the past few days." ”

The Russian staff officer opened a document and read: "The 31st Army in charge of the attack lost 3,012 people on the 9th, the 32nd Army in charge of the attack on the 10th lost 4,058 people, the 33rd Army in charge of the attack on the 11th lost 4,521 people, the 34th Army in charge of the attack on the 12th lost 5,090 people, and the 35th Army in charge of the attack today lost 2,600 people." In addition, 324 guns of caliber of 75 mm or more were lost, and 4429 artillery casualties were lost. ”

Several army commanders calculated in their hearts that after only five days of attacking, they had already lost nearly 25,000 people, and they had not even broken through the most advanced positions of the Dingbei Army, which really made several of their army commanders a little frightened by the losses.

Ivanov said in a deep voice: "Chekryv, tomorrow your 19th Army will suspend the offensive to the forward positions of the Dingbei Army!" ”

Chekcliff frowned and said, "Why, is it because my legion only has 17,000 men left?" If this is the case, the commander can rest assured that my 19th Army will only have 1,700 people left, and it will not be afraid to attack! ”

Chekryv thought that Commander Ivanov looked down on him, and although his army lost more than 10,000 men in the first attack on Maicheng, he was still confident that he could complete the task that the other five armies could not accomplish and take the forward position of the Dingbei Army outside the city.

Ivanov was very troubled by this enemy of his own enemy, and since he became the commander of the 1st Siberian Front, Chekriv has been working with him almost everything.

Ivanov said in a deep voice: "Chekryv, the Minister of War of the Russian Empire, and also the commander of our Siberian theater of operations, His Excellency Kuropatkin, is ready to bring the 200,000 troops from Europe to the front, and they will arrive here in a few days. And a large amount of artillery will be brought, and I have decided to wait until I have gathered the large army brought by the commander before continuing to attack the outer forward positions of the city. ”

As soon as Chekryv heard that the commander Kuropatkin personally came to the front with a large army, he did not say anything more.

So the five-day offensive of the 1st Siberian Front stopped, and the army retreated to the opposite city of Khaktu to wait for the 200,000 troops from Irkutsk.

Buying and selling the first fortification on the 306 heights outside the city, the battalion commander Wang Yuwei saw that the sky had darkened, and breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that the Russian army will not attack again today, so Wang Yuwei said to Zhou Manho, the company commander of the 1st company next to him: "Manho, look at how many people we have in the first fortification?" ”

Wang Yuwei's battalion has been staying on the 306 heights since the First Russian Siberian Front Army first attacked the outskirts of the city.

5 days of offensive and defensive battles, the 306 heights in front of the breakthrough are the focus of the Russian army's attack, although the Russian army is under the 306 heights, the corpses are spread layer after layer, but the 306 heights of the 31 brigade defending the 1st regiment and 1 battalion also suffered a lot of casualties. Wang Yuwei had already transferred one guard company and one engineer company sent by the regiment headquarters, as well as the guard platoon and engineer platoon in the battalion, to the first line of fortifications.

Zhou Manchu, the commander of the 1st company, took a turn on the first fortification not long after, returned to Wang Yuwei and said: "Battalion commander, now we can fight on the first fortification, plus you and I have 215 people. ”

Wang Yuwei calculated in his heart that there were more than 130 people in the second company in the second position, plus the artillery company, logistics support platoon, communications squad and medical squad on the anti-slope behind, there were less than 450 people on the 306 height, and more than 200 Dingbei officers and soldiers had fallen on the 306 height.

Wang Yuwei continued: "The Russian army should not attack again today, let the soldiers reinforce the bombed fortifications, and then rest quickly after eating, and continue to fight tomorrow!" ”

At this time, Wang Yuwei saw the soldier walking over and asked, "Leprosy, are you not injured?" ”

The leper said with a sad face: "Battalion commander, my platoon commander has died!" After saying that, the leper began to cry.

Wang Yuwei stepped forward, patted the leper on the shoulder, sighed and said, "Be strong, kill more old Maozi, and avenge your platoon commander!" ”

The leper twitched his nose and said, "I...... I'm going to kill 100, no, 200 old hairy people to avenge the platoon commander! ”

Wang Yuwei nodded, if someone else said that he would kill 100 or 200 old hairies, Wang Yuwei might think it was bragging, but he believed very much that after the leper went to the 306 heights, the Russian soldiers who fell under the leprosy gun may not be less than 5 or 600 people, and most of them are direct headshots, and the leper now has a new nickname, the headshot king.

In the headquarters of the Third Division in the trading city, the division commander Ni Fan said happily to the four brigade commanders of the third division who came to the headquarters: "First of all, I have good news for everyone, the principal personally led the Guards Division, the Armored Division, the Second Division, the Fourth Division and the Eleventh Division to inflict heavy losses on the First Front Army of the Russian Far East on the border between Dongning, Heilongjiang and Russia, and completely annihilated the three Russian armies. The 12th and 13th Divisions also achieved great victories outside Fuyuan, completely annihilating the five armies of the Second Front Army of the Russian Far East, and at present the 12th and 13th Divisions have occupied the important city of Boli in the Far East and are preparing to attack the city of Amur in the Far East. ”

The four brigade commanders of the 3rd Division couldn't help but applaud after hearing this.

Then the expression on Ni Fan's face became solemn and said: "The following is 1 bad news, the Military Intelligence Bureau has obtained information that the Russian Army has planned to expand its army by 2 million, and it is very likely that these 2 million troops will be pressed to our Outer Mongolia first, and our trading city will face greater pressure." Part of the 2 million Russian army should be in Siberia, and the number of Russian troops outside the city may double in a few days. ”

The 4 brigade commanders of the 3rd Division couldn't help but show a solemn look on their faces, 2 million! That's a mouth-watering number.

Ni Fan continued: "The principal has ordered the 21st, 22nd, and 23rd divisions of Jilin Province to rush to Outer Mongolia to support us, plus the 7th and 8th divisions in Darkhan City, our 6 divisions may have a big battle with the Russian army in Outer Mongolia, what is the current casualty situation of the 31st Brigade?" ”

The brigade commander of the 31st Brigade said: "Division commander, the casualties of our brigade are not bad, after fighting for so many days, the casualties are less than 2,000 people, and the casualties of the Russian offensive troops are 10 times that of mine." Our 31st Brigade is fully confident that it will continue to keep the Russian army out of the forward positions. ”

Ni Fan nodded and said: "The 31st Brigade has fought a good defensive battle, but in the face of the possible increase in the strength of the Russian army, I think the forward position on the front should be strengthened, so let's do it, the 33rd Brigade will support 2 infantry regiments to the front position." ”

The brigade commander of the 33rd Brigade nodded and said, "Yes, division commander, I will immediately transfer the troops to a frontal position." ”

The brigade commander of the 31st Brigade also said: "With these 2 regiments of the 33rd Brigade, the Russian army will not even want to break through our frontal positions!" ”

After the frontal position of the 31st Brigade was supported by the strength of the 2 regiments of the 33rd Brigade, the troops of all positions on the front line were strengthened, and the 306 Heights were also reinforced by 2 infantry companies, which made Wang Yuwei of the 306 Heights full of confidence again. (To be continued......) R527