At 7 o'clock in the evening of December 12, 1908, thousands of large-caliber artillery pieces of the allied forces simultaneously launched an unusually fierce artillery bombardment on the eastern position outside the city of Ufa, which was occupied by the Chinese Imperial Army during the day.

Because it was already night, all the fighters of the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire had already returned to the temporary airfields on the other side of the Ural Mountains, and the coalition forces hid a large number of large-caliber artillery during the day, and finally did not have to worry about aerial bombs falling from the sky, and they could bombard the heads of the Chinese Imperial Army to their heart's content.

However, although there were no aerial bombs of the Air Force, the artillery units of the coalition forces were not at ease, and the artillery of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire was not vegetarian; in addition to the hundreds of large-caliber artillery pieces of the Fifth Guards Army, which had switched from attack to defense, immediately launched an artillery bombardment on the artillery of the coalition forces, some large-caliber artillery pieces drawn from several other guards and field armies also joined the shelling.

Seeing that the artillery of the Chinese Empire began to counterattack, some of the large-caliber artillery of the allied army immediately adjusted the direction of the muzzle according to the coordinates given by the artillery observers, and launched a fierce artillery bombardment on the position of the artillery positions of the Chinese Empire, so that the artillery units of both sides launched a fierce artillery battle at night.

The artillery battle between the two sides lasted for more than one hour, and each side lost a lot of large-caliber artillery, but the bombardment continued, and the artillery guns with a caliber of more than 75 mm on both sides had thousands of guns, that is, on the artillery positions that were being bombarded, some artillery pieces were lost, and the artillery pulled from behind immediately filled the vacancy.

According to the plan of the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, Hindenburg. Tonight, the coalition forces will dispatch 20 infantry divisions to launch a counterattack on the positions occupied by the imperial Chinese army during the day, but if the bombardment continues like this, it will not end for a while, so the counterattack force of the coalition army will take advantage of the opportunity of its own artillery to suppress the artillery of the imperial Chinese army. More than an hour after the two sides exchanged bombardments, a large-scale ground offensive was launched.

The officers and men of the Fifth Guards of the Chinese Empire, who were guarding the position, relied on the fortifications that had been urgently repaired and used powerful firepower to stubbornly resist the counterattack of the coalition forces.

The attacking forces of the coalition army poured into the positions guarded by the Fifth Guards Army like a tidal wave, and those in front fell, and those behind stepped on the corpses of those in front and continued to attack. It's a complete and cost-effective posture.

The officers and men of the Fifth Guards, who were the defenders, were not at all inferior to the coalition forces in their will to fight, and were even much stronger than them, and in the face of the fierce attacks of the coalition forces, they repelled the enemy close to the position again and again.

With the large-scale investment of the coalition forces in the counterattack force, they finally attacked the position defended by the Fifth Guards Army, and then the officers and soldiers of both sides began to fight for the position repeatedly. The tragic white-knuckle battle was constantly staged, and the shouts of killing resounded throughout the night sky.

A night passed quickly. During this all-night counterattack, the allied assault force dispatched a total of 11 infantry divisions to attack the positions guarded by the Fifth Guards of the Chinese Empire in turn, and the result was extremely heavy losses, many of the allied infantry divisions were disabled, and the planned 20 infantry divisions to participate in the counterattack. Not all of them joined the counterattack, and the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, Hindenburg, gave the order to stop the offensive before dawn, and at this time there were still 9 planned infantry divisions that had not been sent, and at the same time ordered the coalition forces to still fire large-caliber artillery. Leave and transfer, otherwise after dawn, the fighters of the Chinese Empire will be able to take to the air to fight, and these large-caliber artillery will become the target of the fighters of the Chinese Empire.

When the attack of the coalition counterattack force stopped at dawn, the loss of the coalition army in the night's counterattack was at least 50,000 more, and the loss here refers to the number of people killed, if you add the wounded, the loss of the coalition army in this night's counterattack will be even greater.

However, such a big loss is not in vain, the coalition position captured by the Fifth Guards of the Chinese Empire during the day yesterday was recovered by the coalition forces at night, and it also brought a lot of losses to the Fifth Guards of the Chinese Empire guarding the position, and even the losses in defense were not inferior to the losses of the daytime attack, which made Zhao Shanwu, the commander of the Fifth Guards, look very ugly.

After dawn, after the fighters of the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire came to the battlefield again, Zhao Shanwu immediately mobilized his troops and began to attack the positions of the coalition forces again.

After attacking the positions of the coalition forces in the east outside the city of Ufa for three days and holding on at night for three nights, the Fifth Guards of the Chinese Empire lost more than one-third of the entire Fifth Guards Army and the troops were very tired, so according to the order of the commander-in-chief Ni Fan, they had to temporarily retreat for a short rest.

Therefore, the Fifth Guards Army changed guards with the Third Field Army in accordance with the orders of the command, and then the Third Field Army will enter the mode of attacking during the day and defending at night.

Zhao Shanwu, the commander of the Fifth Guards, is actually very reluctant to let the troops withdraw, the Fifth Guards is a newly formed unit, this time outside the city of Ufa, it is the first appearance of the Fifth Guards, but the results are not brilliant, which makes Zhao Shanwu feel a little unwilling.

However, he also knew that after 3 days and 3 nights of continuous operations, not to mention the losses, the officers and soldiers of the Fifth Guards who were alive had reached the limit, and they had no choice but to change guards with the Third Field Army in accordance with Ni Fan's orders.

At the cost of losing more than one-third, the Fifth Guards advanced about 3 kilometers in the direction of Ufa City, that is to say, when it exchanged defenses with the Third Field Army, the positions handed over to the Third Field Army were only about 3 kilometers deep, and there were still positions 12 kilometers deep to the east outside Ufa City, which were still in the hands of the coalition forces.

Zhao Shanwu, the commander of the Fifth Guards Army, who had a somewhat haggard face, came to the military headquarters of the Third Guards of the Royal Army of the Chinese Imperial Army in the rear camp, and saw that the commanders of several other main forces were here, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "I didn't expect that our Fifth Guards Army had only advanced 3 kilometers after attacking for 3 days, but it had lost more than one-third, so I really didn't have the face to see you. Our Fifth Guards is a big shame this time! ”

Although Ni Fan, the commander of the Third Guards Army and the commander-in-chief of the Battle of Ufa City, was not satisfied with the current pace of advancement, he also knew that the Fifth Guards Army that attacked the coalition positions had done its best and had lost more than one-third, which was definitely not a lip service figure, so Ni Fan said comfortingly to Zhao Shanwu: "Old Zhao. The performance of your Fifth Guards has been very good, the coalition forces are very stubborn in the city of Ufa this time, completely beyond our expectations, to capture these coalition positions, has provided great convenience for the follow-up troops to continue the offensive, and then the Fifth Guards will temporarily rest for a while, and you may still need your Fifth Guards to go up in the future battles. ”

Zhao Shanwu nodded and said, "There is no problem, as long as you give an order, Lao Ni, the officers and soldiers of our Fifth Guards Army." We must return to the front line, and in any case, our Fifth Guards still has more than 100,000 troops and maintains combat effectiveness. ”

Ni Fan sighed at this time and said: "It can be seen from the situation of the battle in the past few days that it is absolutely very, very difficult for us to occupy Ufa City, and the big guys must be prepared in their hearts." ”

During these three days of fighting, the 5th Guards lost more than 35,000 casualties. Nearly 20,000 people were wounded, 65 heavy Panther tanks, hundreds of tank regiments of light Black Wolf tanks and more than 80 Z2 armored vehicles were lost. In addition, several main forces of the Chinese Empire outside the entire city of Ufa also lost more than 200 artillery pieces with a caliber of more than 75 mm, and more than 2,000 artillery officers and soldiers were killed.

The point is that so many losses have been made, and the results achieved are not very satisfactory, as can be known from the three-day offensive and defensive battles. The millions of coalition troops in Ufa City are definitely not soft persimmons, and if you want to defeat the coalition forces in Ufa City, the army of the Chinese Empire, the price you pay will be very amazing.

Wu Hui, the commander of the Fourth Guards, also said: "The artillery shells of our various armies should also be spared. The shells that are now used every day at night have surpassed the shells that arrive here during the day, and it is really difficult to transport something to this place. ”

Early in the morning of December 15, at the headquarters of the coalition forces in the city of Ufa, the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, Hindenburg, sighed and said to the army commanders of the other six countries: "I just counted that after three days of fighting, the number of casualties of our Allied and Allied forces has reached 390,000, in addition to 7 or 80,000 wounded, nearly 350 artillery pieces with a caliber of more than 75 mm, and nearly 100 tanks and dozens of armored vehicles have been destroyed. As the commander of the entire coalition army, I can only continue to let the troops of various countries continue to fight according to this routine, so that our losses will be greater and greater, and I am really very uncomfortable in my heart. ”

British Army General Jersunsk said at this time: "General Hindenburg, your command has been impeccable, in these three days, the army of the Chinese Empire, relying on its strong air superiority, has only advanced less than 3 kilometers to the city of Ufa, and we have done well enough." ”

French Army General Joyles, Russian Army General Sonokopski, Italian Army General Hannaverde, Austro-Hungarian Army General Gloria, and Ottoman Turkish Army General Bajir Ya also nodded their heads in agreement.

After all, the combat effectiveness of the Chinese Imperial Army is there, and people all over the world already know very well, and it is very rare for the coalition army that has just suffered a crushing defeat in the Battle of Chelyabinsk to form a stalemate with the Chinese Imperial Army in the battle outside Ufa.

Hindenburg smiled bitterly, in fact, this kind of desperate battle, he was not willing at all, but in the face of the Chinese Empire with absolute air superiority, fighting to the death can only be the only choice now, Hindenburg continued: "No matter how big the price is, we will also block the attack of the Chinese Imperial Army here in Ufa City, 2 troops of surprise soldiers, we have been drawn out, bypassing the camp built by the Chinese Imperial Army outside Ufa City, and the 600,000 elite troops in Zwutoust City have now set off, In addition, the 1 million elite troops of the general reserve are also waiting for the order of a full-scale counterattack to the west of Ufa City, and the remaining army units of various countries must resist the attack of the Chinese Imperial Army here in Ufa City at all costs, or that sentence, if you retreat without an order, no matter who you are, immediately enforce the military law and will not be tolerated! ”

The coalition army has gathered more than 6.5 million troops in Ufa City, that is, after removing the 1.6 million troops and the troops lost in the 3 days of fighting, the coalition army defending Ufa City still has nearly 4.5 million troops, and the Russian army is still continuing to transfer troops to Ufa City, and the strength of the coalition army is still enough.

Hindenburg added: "There is another good news to tell you, the Russian army has arrived near the city of Ufa in the past few days, and I, as the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, will not have to worry about the problem of troops in a short time." ”

Russian Army General Sonokopsky said: "In these three days, another 60,000 Russian troops have arrived in Ufa City, and this is definitely not the last Russian army to rush to Ufa City, there will be hundreds of thousands, or even millions of Russian troops in the future, rushed to Ufa City, I believe we will definitely win here in Ufa City." ”

For the battle here in Ufa City, almost most of the world's attention has attracted the attention of the two warring sides, the current strength of the two warring sides in the area of Ufa City, has far exceeded the Battle of Chelyabinsk, the coalition army alone has mobilized more than 6.5 million troops, and there are still Russian army units, a steady stream of rushing to Ufa City, which has definitely become the largest battle in human history.

Everyone is waiting to see who is the final winner of this battle, if it is the Chinese Empire, then this war will be absolutely devastating for the Entente and the Allies, maybe after the defeat of this battle, the Entente and the Allies should think about ending the war!

If the Entente and the Central Powers had won the Battle of Ufa, then the Entente and the Central Powers would have regained the initiative in this war and eliminated the impact of the disastrous defeat of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, and the situation of the Chinese Empire would not be good. (To be continued.) )