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"Whew! Shout! Shout! "The endless shells rained down on the positions of the Russian army, raising fireballs one after another. The Russian soldiers who had just entered the position were turned on their backs in the violent explosion, and many were even torn to pieces.

"Da Da Da!" Hundreds of heavy and light machine guns began to roar in a low voice. Dense bullets, more like a pouring rain, flew towards the Russian positions on the other side of the river. The Russian army that fought couldn't raise its head at all. Some lucky Russian soldiers had just raised their heads out of the trenches when they were blown off the heads by flying bullets.

On the river, more than 200 small boats were rowing to the other side of the river. The river is tens of meters wide and only takes about two minutes for these small boats to cross. And the Russian army on the other side of the river was completely caught off guard by the 1st Brigade under the 1st Infantry Corps of the 1st Army of the Imperial Army. The attack launched by the 1st Brigade of Gain was almost half an hour later than the other feints, so much so that the Russian army focused its main targets on those feints.

"Sir, there's a boat on the river! There are a lot of boats. The Chinese are going to cross the river here! A second lieutenant officer rushed into the anti-artillery hole and reported to a colonel officer of the Russian army.

"What? The Chinese want to cross the river in our defense zone. My God! Why are they doing this? The colonel's officer shouted in horror. Their regiment was only more than 2,000 people. The area in charge of defense is a kilometer-long stretch of river beach. Albeit. It was quite enough to defend this stretch of river beach with so many troops. But. This is on the premise that the Chinese * army does not attack with the goal here.

"Contact the division headquarters immediately, we are attacked by the Chinese. The Chinese are forcibly crossing the Ural. We need artillery support, we need a lot of reinforcements! The colonel said loudly.

"Yes, sir!" The signal corps immediately sent a telegram to the division headquarters asking for support. Everyone knows that the Chinese are targeting their defense areas, and this time it is troublesome. Once the defensive line is breached, they will bear the brunt of the blows from the Chinese.

"The rest, let me enter the position, the Chinese are coming up. We must beat them down until reinforcements arrive! The colonel officer ordered. When reinforcements did not arrive, he could only rely on his own troops to resist the attack of the Chinese* army. Of course, he knew it was very difficult.

A large number of Russian soldiers came out of the anti-artillery holes, ready to enter the positions to fight. However, the shells that fell from the sky set off a bloody storm in the ranks of the Russian army. Shrapnel shot everywhere, lightly harvesting the lives of the Russian army. In the face of heavy artillery fire from the Imperial Army. As soon as the Russian army entered the position, it was hit with a devastating blow.

The ensuing dense firepower of heavy machine guns and light machine guns made it impossible for the Russian army to even raise its head, let alone resist the attack of the Chinese army. Arguably. Under the intensive fire of the Chinese army, the regiment had already suffered heavy losses at the very beginning of the battle.

When the first boat docked, the Imperial soldiers on board jumped out of the boat. rushed to the river beach and launched a close-range confrontation with the Russian army. The squad machine gun played a huge role. When the light machine guns began to strafe, the Russian army could not stop it at all. So that the soldiers of the Imperial Army can take the opportunity to go ashore.

"Smack! Syllable! Syllable! "After the snipers went ashore, they also began to use accurate marksmanship to hit the Russian army. So that more Russian troops were directly headshot.

When two of the 1st Brigade of the Imperial Army won ashore, they immediately launched an offensive against the Russian defenses. After several charges, they successfully broke through the Russian defense line and began to clear the troops in the defense line.

At the same time, the sappers of the 1st Army of the Imperial Army rushed out of the woods. They carried the boat, against the planks. The three pontoons began to be built at the same time, first securing the boat with ropes, driving stakes, and then throwing on the planks. A simple pontoon bridge was repaired. Of course, such a pontoon bridge can only pass people. If the guns wanted to cross the river, they had to use reinforced pontoon bridges.

When the 1st Brigade of the Imperial Army was strong on the Ural River, the Russian army did not pay attention either. After all, the 1st Army and the 2nd Army of the Chinese Army are firing everywhere on the hundreds of kilometers long defense line at the moment, so that the Russian army cannot distinguish where the imperial army is the main attack and where the feint attack is for a while.

When the Russian command learned that the Imperial Army had forcibly crossed the Ural River, at this moment the engineers of the 1st Army of the Imperial Army had already erected pontoon bridges. More than 6,000 men of the 1st Brigade of the Imperial Army, who had crossed the river by pontoon bridge, were expanding to both sides in an attempt to expand the fighting. The remaining brigades of the 1st Infantry Corps of the Imperial Army also began to cross the river one after another.

In addition, the sappers of the 1st Army of the Imperial Army were building new pontoon bridges. It was impossible for the 180,000 officers and men of the 1st Army of the Imperial Army to cross the river by relying on these simple pontoon bridges alone. More pontoon bridges will have to be built. The task of the sappers was to build more pontoon bridges in the shortest possible time.

"Your Excellency, the Chinese have crossed the Ural here. According to the information we have so far, at least tens of thousands of Chinese have crossed the river here. In addition, a large number of Chinese are preparing to cross the river. Our line of defense was broken through by the Chinese! Duke Baryatinsky said with a panicked expression.

"What? So quickly those Chinese crossed the river. How is this possible? Damn, the Chinese are striking the west! When Count Berg discovered that the Chinese army had crossed the river in a place that was not an area of intense exchange of fire between the two sides, he immediately understood the tactics adopted by the Chinese army.

In just half a day, the Chinese Army broke through the defense line of the Russian army, which was not expected by the Russian army. Originally, they were counting on being able to rely on this line of defense for a longer period of time.

"Your Excellency, we must immediately send troops to plug the gap that the Chinese have torn apart. Otherwise, once more and more Chinese cross the river. If we want to intercept them, it's not so easy anymore! "Duke Baryatinsky was a little worried.

"Ordered the 5th, 9th, and 11th armies to attack, and it was important to close the gap." Count Berg commanded with a dark face. With three armies and 150,000 men at once, if it goes along the way, it should be able to drive the Chinese* army down the river.

After the order of Count Berg was given, the Russian army moved quickly. It's just that, compared to the Imperial Army, the actions of the Russian army are undoubtedly much dragging on. It was not until the afternoon of the same day that three infantry corps of the Russian army arrived at the front line and launched an offensive against the 1st Army of the Imperial Army. At this moment, the rest of the troops of the 1st Infantry Corps of the Imperial Army, except for the artillery unit, had already crossed the river. And on the other side of the river, a defensive line was constructed.

There are as many as 15 pontoon bridges on the river. The 1st Infantry Corps under the command of the 3rd Army of the Imperial Army also began to cross the river.

Fierce battles soon began, in order to drive the Imperial Army down the river. The Russian army dispatched more than 100,000 troops to besiege the Chinese army, which had already crossed the river. It's just that the 1st Army of the Chinese Army deployed a large number of artillery on the other side of the river. When the Russian army launched an attack, it was hit by heavy artillery fire from the Imperial Army. Coupled with the firepower composed of heavy machine guns, light machine guns and mortars on the front line of the Imperial Army, the Russian army was hit with a lot of fart.

Every attack of the Russian army was nothing more than a bleeding head in front of the defense line of the Imperial Army, leaving corpses everywhere.

And, even more severely, as the Russian army deployed troops to intercept the 1st Army of the Imperial Army, the 2nd Army of the Imperial Army also launched a forcible crossing operation in the upper reaches of Orenburg.

Under the fierce attack of the 1st Army and the 2nd Army of the Imperial Army, the Russian defense line was torn through several openings, and the 1st Army and the 2nd Army of the Imperial Army crossed the Ural River lightly and began to advance with the Russian army.

"Chief of Staff, the 1st and 2nd armies of the front have telegraphed. They have already torn apart the Russian defenses this morning and afternoon, respectively. At present, the Imperial Army crossing the Ural River has numbered as many as 100,000 men. The Russian army tried in vain to drive the Imperial Army back to the east bank of the Ural River, and fierce fighting was raging between the two sides. A staff officer reported to Admiral Sun Hao.

"Excellent! Send a telegram to General Zhang Wei and General Zhao Mingfu, they fought very well. However, they need to make persistent efforts to completely defeat the Russians. Let the 4th and 5th armies also enter the battle. Further consolidation of the results! Admiral Sun Hao said excitedly.

Crossing the Ural River was the first step for the Imperial Army to break through the Russian defenses. Originally, I thought that under the key defense of the Russian army, it would not be easy to break through the defense line of the Russian army. But now it seems that it is not difficult.

On the morning of April 6, 1855, the 4th and 5th armies of the Imperial Army were also engaged in battle. The attack was launched along the Russian defense line torn apart by the 1st and 2nd armies of the Imperial Army, and the arrival of new forces greatly increased the attack power of the Imperial Army. The Russian army's interdiction plan failed and suffered heavy losses. Along with it, the Imperial Army began to approach Orenburg.

The Imperial Army not only made a breakthrough in the Orenburg area, but also successfully broke through the Russian defense line and entered the west bank of the Ural River in Uralsk, the 10th Army and the 7th Army of the Imperial Army in Uralsk, the lower reaches of the Ural River.

In Chelyabinsk and Yekaterinburg. The 8th and 9th armies of the Imperial Army also broke through the defensive lines established by the Russian army along the Ural Mountains. For a time, the defense line defended by the Russian army of two million people was broken through by the Imperial Army in only two or three days. (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! (To be continued......)

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