In the first battle, both sides experienced what it means to be tragic, in less than an hour of fighting, the Russian expert units participating in the attack were disabled 4 companies, and one of them was even completely annihilated! The Chinese Army responsible for the defense had only two anti-aircraft guns left at the least. The death rate of the whole company was as high as more than 7 percent. And the Zhang Tianyi armored battalion, which was responsible for the counterattack, was also half defeated. Almost 70% of the No. 1 tank was lost, and if it weren't for the fact that there was a No. 1 assault gun behind to provide support from a long distance, the entire defense line might have been breached.

"I knew that these people couldn't fight at all." Seeing that his attack was blocked, Lineevich cursed. He once believed the words of the Russian armored commander, as long as the quantity could make up for the qualitative gap, then the Russian tanks could crush the opponent. Compared with these tanks, Linevich valued the heavy artillery in his hand more. The things that can suppress the opponent's medium and short-range artillery in the defense of these fortresses are obviously more important than those armored vehicles, but now, the facts tell him that it is obvious that the opponent's defense cannot be shredded by armored combat vehicles alone, even if there is a reinforced division on his side, and there is only one brigade on the opposite side!

"The opponent's armored iron fist is very powerful, they can always look for fighters in maneuver, and then concentrate their forces to go to the local advantage, and then solve the sudden troops one by one, their defense has enough elasticity and depth, and the loss of shallow positions will not have much impact." The staff officer reported.

"Very well, it looks like we need to launch a saturation attack to exhaust their armored forces. Ordered heavy artillery to prepare, when our armored forces were attacked. Just cover the shot immediately. Lynevich said. Generals, this time killing our own people, relative to fully enclosed tanks. Our T3 tanks are more vulnerable, they are open-topped. The staff officer said in shock.

"If one for one, we actually earned it." Lenevich gritted his teeth and said that he couldn't wait, if everything went according to his plan, he could slowly build a defensive line, and then push the opponent to death or drive him away little by little. Even if a large number of Chinese troops arrived here across a long distance, he could retreat calmly, but now. The opponent's attack disrupted his plan, his defense line was not built at all, and the opponent had already put his sword on his head! So, now he must do whatever it takes to destroy his opponent's offensive power. You can choose whether to stay here or retreat.

Russia launched an offensive on all fronts. They don't prioritize or prioritize. Under the cover of strong firepower, a charge was launched towards Cai Yi's troops. There is no focus, a mess of fighting. But at the same time, it also dispersed the forces of the Chinese Army, which was forced to divide into companies and spread them on each direction of attack like pepper. And this time, the Germans' all-out saturation attack was exactly right. In addition to the gap in armored units, the infantry superiority of the Russians was once again revealed, with a large number of infantry and cavalry behind the armored forces attacking the loose line of defense of Cai Yi. These people were pervasive, infiltrating from the battered lines of defense, which had been hit by heavy artillery and armored vehicles. Then it began to develop in depth.

On the core position personally defended by Cai Yi, the Huaxia armored force concentrated the strength of one battalion plus two companies to defend. This is already the most powerful armored group in the 1st Armored Brigade of China. The Russians also threw 3 battalions into the attack. When the first wave of the Russian tank charge was repelled by the hidden anti-aircraft guns and the No. 1 assault gun, the Russians actually launched the second wave of charge directly, and more than a dozen tanks of various types rushed over in a loose formation.

"Are they looking for death?" Looking at the wreckage of more than 20 Russian tanks scattered on the position, Cai Ye said with some puzzlement. Even if the Russians don't grow, they won't look for death, the first wave of attacks was beaten violently, and the combat effectiveness of the defenders was far from exhausted, and the troops of the second wave of attacks were far less than the first wave, which is very abnormal!

After the battle, Cai Yi will order the main force to transfer, after all, if the other party finds out his own details, then without the suddenness of the blow, the loss will definitely increase a lot, so Cai Yi ordered the main force to start moving to the right flank of Lu, and at the same time send a company to block the new wave of the Russian offensive.

More than a dozen No. 1 tanks detoured from the flank, and they suddenly appeared on the flank of the Russian army under the cover of terrain and thick smoke. THE CHAIN OF BULLETS FIRED BY THE 37MM RAPID-FIRE GUN EASILY SHREDDED THE OPPONENT'S FRAGILE SIDE ARMOR, AND THE HIT RUSSIAN TANK SLOWLY STOPPED, TURNING INTO A BURNING IRON BOX, AND INDIVIDUAL TANKS WERE BLOWN UP, AND THE AMMUNITION RACK WAS DIRECTLY RESTORED TO THE STATE OF PARTS. The No. 1 Tank's high rate of fire and superior mobility played a considerable role in this hand-to-hand combat, as they nimbly weaved their way through the opposing formation, and at close range, they almost blasted them with their muzzles.

"It's a good feeling that we're like the hussars of the Cold Weapon Age, cutting through the enemy's line with speed and strength, and inflicting death on the enemy with artillery fire and bullets. I went through the most intense and exciting moments of my life, where we kept moving, stopping and firing, and then moving again. At this moment, my body and the chariot seemed to be connected, and we kept destroying the target in front of us until disaster struck. A tank commander of the Chinese Army once recalled.

The Russians' attack was a complete feint. When the tanks on both sides were mixed together, the sound of breaking the air came from the sky! The piercing screech brought the noise and armor that had passed through the battlefield to the tanker's ears. "Boom!" With the sound of hammers hitting the ground, the Huaxia armored soldiers who rushed into the enemy formation finally realized that the opponent's heavy artillery was powerful! And this first attack was actually an indiscriminate attack on both the enemy and the enemy on the position! THE SALVO OF 107MM CANNONS AND HEAVY HOWITZERS OVERWHELMED EVERYTHING ON THE BATTLEFIELD, AND CLOUDS OF SMOKE AND FIRE ROSE FROM AFAR, AND HEAVY SHELLS DESCENDED ON THE BATTLEFIELD WITH A DEVASTATING BREATH. In this moment, they are the kings of war.

A smoke screen covered everything on the battlefield, in the face of the powerful heavy artillery, even if it was close to the bullet is quite deadly, a shell smashed on the side of a No. 1 tank, the powerful power of more than ten kilograms of TNT explosives gave the shrapnel ultra-high speed, and the skirt plate that could only be used to defend against light artillery explosions and machine gun bullets was torn into pieces, and then the powerful impact of the shrapnel directly damaged the suspension system of the tank, and a tank collapsed on the battlefield. Occasionally, a tank will be hit directly. Powerful shells directly removed the turret from the tank hull. Or blow it to pieces, and under the blow of long-range fire, everything that remains on the battlefield becomes fragmented, whether it is the Russian or the Chinese Republic, no more than 3 percent of them run out.

In less than 15 minutes of artillery bombardment, Cai's direct subordinate troops lost a company of No. 1 tanks, and even the anti-aircraft guns that had not had time to move from the front line were also wiped out. The support points of the entire line of defense have actually been pulled out, and what awaits Cai will be a large number of armored troops and infantry. When he saw a large number of armored units and towed artillery once again appear in the smoke screen in the distance, Cai knew that it was only a matter of time before the defense line was breached.

THE RUSSIANS WERE NOT RECKLESS IN THEIR THIRD ATTACK, AND THEY FIRST SLOWLY MANEUVERED A LARGE NUMBER OF 75MM GUNS TO THE FRONT LINE TO PROVIDE CURVED FIRE. THEN THE 57MM GUNS WERE PUSHED FURTHER FORWARD, AND UNDER THE COVER OF A LARGE NUMBER OF DIRECT FIRE, THE REMAINING ARMORED FORCES BEGAN TO ATTACK. Because they knew that it was impossible for Cai Ye to evacuate, as long as this position was completely taken down, then the entire front would be divided into two sections, and then divided and surrounded in time, and they couldn't run if they wanted to.

"It seems that the flank attack is going to be advanced, send a report, at most 1 hour, the 2nd Armored Brigade must attack the flank of the Russian army." Cai Yi looked at his watch and said, the war has been going on to this extent, both sides are exhausted, it is true that the battle line in China has been broken, but the Russians have also taken out all their troops. At this time, the Russians had very little reserve left, and it might be okay to hold off an attack by a battalion, but it was simply impossible to attack with an armored brigade.

In order to win the last time, all the No. 1 tanks were dismantled into 8-car crews, and their task was to constantly launch counter-charges to delay the opponent's attack, and in the face of the influx of Russian tank troops, the performance of the No. 1 tank could not make up for the numerical gap. TANK 1, WHICH SUDDENLY RUSHED OUT FROM THE FLANK, TOOK OUT A T1S TANK WITH A CLEAN POINT SHOT, AND THEN ESCAPED FROM THE MUZZLE OF A 57MM GUN THROUGH AN S-MANEUVER, AND THEN THE TURRET TURNED, AND A DAZZLING FIRE SNAKE PIERCED THE ASSASSIN'S THICK ARMOR FROM THE SIDE AND REAR, DESTROYING IT, BUT ALMOST AT THE SAME TIME, MORE ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS TURNED AROUND, AND THEN SPEWED OUT DEADLY FIRE SNAKES, NO MATTER HOW HIGH THE SKILL IS, NO MATTER HOW GOOD THE CHARIOT IS, IT IS SIMPLY UNABLE TO RESIST THE ATTACK OF THE ARTILLERY AT A DISTANCE OF LESS THAN 150 METERS. With just one salvo, the vehicle, which had at least 4 wreckage markings painted on its hull, turned into a burning iron box. At a critical moment in the war, such a scenario played out in different places. The 1st Armored Brigade directly under Cai Ye paid a heavy price at the most difficult and dark moment, with a casualty rate of more than 50% in combat vehicles and personnel. And the troops that were tasked with blocking the attack suffered even greater losses.

Of course, the losses of the Russian army as an attacker are equally heavy, and after losing hundreds of various vehicles and no less than this number of anti-aircraft guns, the offensive power of the Russian army has dropped to a low level, and the large losses of the anti-aircraft guns make the layout of the defense line and the offensive incompatible. At this point in the war, the Russians had only one choice, and that was to fight to the end, otherwise, although retreating would theoretically preserve part of their forces. But the cripplement of the Russian mobile regiment was a foregone conclusion.

"We have no choice, even if we withdraw now, it will only delay the defeat, and if we continue, we still have a chance to annihilate the other side. The other party has reached the limit, and we still have some energy to spare! Ninevich wrote in a letter to Kulopatkin.

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