A heavy artillery of 203 mm caliber is already considered the limit for artillery traveling on land, at least in this era when material science is not developed enough, and with the degree of material science of the Chinese Empire, such a heavy artillery is already the limit.

The cost of such heavy artillery is extremely high, and even the equipment in the Chinese Imperial Army is not much, so the price of external sales is naturally even higher. The high price discourages the military of all countries, even if this kind of artillery must be an invincible weapon, but it cannot be bought, and Rudolph has two group armies in his hands, and there are only ten of them, which is still the configuration of the main force.

The sparse number of heavy artillery could hardly hit the artillery fortresses of the Cossacks, and for a whole day of attacking, the soldiers on both sides fought against each other's artillery fire, and in front of the anti-chariot trenches dug by the Cossacks, the chariots of the Yaman army were also helpless.

As night fell, seeing that thousands of men had been lost in a day without progress, Rudolph decided to launch a night battle. At two o'clock in the morning, when everyone was dozing, many Yaman soldiers crawled towards the Cossack positions opposite, some of them dragging large planks, improvised bridges made of wooden planks tied to steel skeletons by Yaman sappers.

A group of Yaman soldiers worked together to drag several improvised bridges that were not lightweight, and the steel frame was dragged on the ground with a rustling sound, and when they saw that they were almost at the edge of the trench, the Cossack soldiers in the position finally realized it. The clatter of machine guns rang out, knocking several Yaman soldiers to the ground who were about to straighten up.

The Yaman soldiers, who were prostrate on the ground, immediately counterattacked with their rifles, and the two sides opened fire. The night shooting was unusually dazzling, and the bullets cut through the dark night sky. The two sides fired at each other as if they had stabbed a hornet's nest, and soon gunfire rang out on the entire front, and firelight flew in all directions, intertwining into a network of fire in the night sky, densely packed and spectacular.

Soon after, artillery from both sides joined the fire. Seeing that they had been exposed, the Yaman infantry at the front immediately turned the sneak attack into a strong attack, and several soldiers half-stood up, pulling the improvised bridge and rushing forward desperately, but soon they were knocked down by bullets fired indiscriminately in all directions.

Soon after several soldiers fell, a few more soldiers stepped forward and continued to pull the bridge, under the sacrifice of several groups of soldiers, this simple bridge was carried out by the Yaman soldiers one after another, and it was getting closer and closer to the anti-tank trench, and finally a bridge was set up on the opposite bank, and the Yaman soldiers close to the anti-tank trench were lying on the side of the trench and shooting desperately, covering the actions of their comrades, and other improvised bridges were more and more erected on the anti-tank trench, and the moat suddenly became a thoroughfare.

The rumbling engine trembled from far and near, and a group of black smoke Yaman chariots slowly drove up to the front line, and several snow-bright searchlights lit up on the Yaman army position, which not only dazzled the eyes of the Cossack soldiers on the opposite side, but also illuminated the path of the chariots.

Seeing the bridges on the anti-tank trenches, the chariots made a rumbling sound, and the bodies of the chariots rushed forward and slowly drove onto the plank bridge. The seven-ton chariot drove up the bridge, and the wooden planks that slammed on the bridge made an overwhelming creaking sound, but fortunately the steel skeleton supported it so that it did not fall apart.

One after another, the chariots quickly drove through the anti-chariot trenches, and in front of them were the trenches of the Cossack corps, and there were no more wide trenches that could stop the chariots. The Yaman chariots, which were lined up in more than a dozen columns, drove forward violently, and at the same time, the coaxial machine guns on the vehicles spewed out tongues of fire, strafing the Cossack soldiers in the trenches who had no time to dodge, and those Cossack soldiers who were still shooting desperately finally collapsed.

Behind the charging Yaman chariots, many Yaman infantry with rifles followed, and also attacked. Seeing that the sneak attack was successful, Rudolph immediately ordered a full-scale attack. Along a dozen or so well-built improvised bridges, the Yaman chariots passed more and more through the anti-chariot trenches, and in the absence of chariots and not too many heavy weapons, the Cossacks had no power to resist, they had to choose to retreat.

Several infantry detachments, according to the direction that had already been determined during the day, bypassed the frontal battlefield and infiltrated the depth of the Cossack army's position. "That's it, we've found it." Several Yaman soldiers smeared forward and soon found their target.

It was a coarse and dark steel cap fort, with a large opening in the front gun window, and at first glance it was the installation of fortress artillery, which was one of the fortress artillery fortresses of the Cossacks, and in it was placed a 155 mm caliber howitzer, which was already the largest caliber artillery in the Cossack army.

Several Yaman soldiers quietly crawled to the front, and found several Cossack infantry hurriedly holding rifles, running to the front line, apparently to reinforce, to see that there were no guards around, several Yaman infantry quietly stepped forward, pulled out the pull ring of the grenade bundled together, and threw it through the gun window.

"Oh my God, what is this?" "Bomb, run." The artillery in the fortress was in confusion, and with the sound of violent explosions, a puff of smoke erupted from the window, and there was no movement in the fortress. Relying on this method, the artillery pillboxes of the Cossack army were eliminated one by one, and the Cossack army was already in chaos.

Taking advantage of the confusion of the other side, the Yaman army launched an attack on all fronts, and the Cossack army retreated one after another, and soon retreated into the city, and the morale of the Yaman army soon pursued into the city. The Cossacks, who did not have any defenses in the city, were caught off guard and engaged in fierce battles with the Yaman army in the streets.

The rapid advance of the Yaman chariots crushed the Cossacks who had no time to hide in the streets, and the Cossacks were defeated and retreated, and by the next morning, the Cossacks had been driven out of the city. Occupying the city of Minsk, Rudolph wanted to continue the pursuit after a little rest, but it was the time to conquer Minsk, and the follow-up troops of the Cossack army had arrived one after another, and nearly 800,000 Cossack troops gathered here, so that Rudolph did not dare to be careless.

At this time, the autumn rain season on the Cossack Plain arrived, and the continuous autumn rain made the undeveloped transportation network of the Cossack Empire a mess, and the rain falling on the ground made the originally hard land extremely muddy, and the mud of the Cossack Plain was so sticky that even the chariots with tracks did not dare to go out easily.

It was not only the Yaman army that was inconvenient, but also the Cossack army. Taking advantage of the fact that both sides were unable to move, Rudolf quickly took control of the entire city of Minsk, and then his troops repaired the fortifications and set up defenses inside and outside the city, intending to garrison them for a long time.

Rudolf was well aware of the climate of the Cossack Empire, after the continuous autumn rains, the temperature here would drop rapidly, followed by a long and harsh winter, at that time, even the Cossacks living in this land would not want to move, and his only option was to hide in the city of Minsk for the winter, and wait until next spring to launch an attack, for which he reported to the headquarters, asking for a large number of supplies to prepare for the winter.

The Habuafsburg kingdom, calculated by Rudolph, was not a loss, and after paying a heavy price, they finally captured the city of Odessa, but after entering the city, they also encountered continuous autumn rains. The commander of the Habuafsburg kingdom had no experience, he ordered the troops to continue their advance in the rain, but after several heavy artillery and trucks got bogged down in the mud, he finally recognized the situation, and the Habuafsburg army also remained in Odessa to prepare for the winter.

The autumn rain and the consequent drastic cooling saved the lives of the Cossacks, and although the attack caused some losses to the Cossack Empire, it did not hurt the bones. The Cossack Empire succeeded in attracting a lot of troops from the Central Powers, relieving pressure on the allies and giving the Saar and Nantes Empires enough time to adjust their deployments and produce new weapons.

The armies of the Yaman Empire were scattered on two fronts, and there was no ability to attack on land for a while, so the Yaman Empire thought of the sea.

Since the beginning of the war, the powerful Saar Empire Navy has complete sea control, they not only blockade the port, so that the Yaman Empire can not get supplies by sea, but also can send materials and personnel to the Nantes Empire at will, this time it is a successful landing battle, if it is not for the Yaman Empire's coastal garrison to give them heavy damage, I am afraid that the attacking Yaman Empire army is in danger of being surrounded and destroyed, so the Saar Empire began to think about how to fight a decisive battle with the Saar Empire Navy, Regain sea supremacy.

The Imperial Empire of the Yaman Navy had two classes of Chinese ships, of which the first stage of the Nassau class was built first, and then the engine was installed after the purchase of steam turbine technology, due to some differences in size, the number of boilers installed was limited, although the naval guns were the same, the speed was slightly inferior.

The second level is the King-class that has just been built with four ships, this kind of battleship is very powerful, and the artillery has also been increased to three hundred and thirty millimeters, but the total number of battleships of these two levels is only eight, and the Chinese ships of the Thar Empire have sixteen ships of the fourth class, which is twice as much as the Yaman Empire, which makes the Yaman Empire have no certainty of victory and dare not attack.

At this moment, several major shipyards of the Chinese Consortium suddenly announced that the four Zhonghua-class battleships built for the Yaman Empire and the four same battleships for their own use would be completed together, and the four ships built for the Yaman Empire would be delivered to the Yaman Empire in the near future.

Horrified upon receiving this news, the Saar Empire contacted the Chinese Empire to prevent the sale of these warships, and declared that the Saar Empire would not tolerate the passage of these battleships through their blockade line. However, the Chinese Empire shirked it on the grounds that it was a commercial act and the state had no right to interfere, while the Chinese consortium was not moved at all, and Fang Xiaoyu did not want these battleships to pass by the sea at all.

Now that the wars of various countries have also gone through several years, and all countries have begun to have financial problems, Fang Xiaoyu feels that the war has almost been fought, and he will not be able to fish out much oil and water from various countries if he continues to fight, once he makes the finances of various countries bankrupt, he is in danger of losing the loan, so Fang Xiaoyu decided to bleed the powerful navy of the Thar Empire again, providing a powerful opportunity for himself to participate in the war.