With the capture of Yekaterinburg, the first step in the whole plan, that is, the capture of the Ural Mountains and the separation of the European part of Russia from Siberia, was completed.

What they need to do next is the second step, which is to resist the Russian counterattack and clear all Russian forces in Siberia.

Just like the one above, this is an extremely critical and extremely important step.

However, at the moment, Cai Ye and the others have just occupied Yekaterinburg, and this first step is not safe enough. Therefore, after the capture of Yekaterinburg, Cai Ye soon launched a new operation.

First of all, the Fifth Army Corps, under the order of Cai Yi, began to arrange a defensive line along the Ural Mountains to avoid a gap where the Russian army would suddenly emerge in the future―――――― although from the European part of Russia to Siberia, it seems that there is only a railway here in Yekaterinburg as a transportation, but who knows the actual situation, it is better to be careful.

Fortunately, the people of the Secret Service have always done a good job in this matter, especially in terms of intelligence gathering, after Cai Yi and them went north, the Secret Service provided a detailed map of the surrounding areas of the Ural Mountains, as well as a certain introduction, indicating all the roads that can be taken.

These are the results of Liu Guangyuan's work in Russia during this time, using guò silver bullet tactics, collecting maps related to the Ural Mountains from within the Russian government, and at the same time obtaining some useful information from the mouths of the locals.

Maybe not all the trails are on this map, but at least. The Russians definitely don't know more than this map ...

And this also made the generals in the army more or less recognize the Special Affairs Bureau, although they have always looked down on these people. But they also have to admit that sometimes these people are really useful, especially when it comes to getting information.

On the other hand, with the opening of the Fifth Army, the First and Second Army Corps also moved.

Except for a few wounded and the troops who had participated in the battle earlier, almost all of the rest of the troops, except for the special arms of the artillery lights, were moved into the city. Clean up the ruins in the city and save the Russian soldiers or civilians who are crushed under the rubble.

At the same time, trenches began to be dug on the periphery of the city, that is, on the western side. Building fortifications is busy...

However, it must be said that the efficiency of more than 100,000 people acting together was indeed very fast, and by the time Kolchak returned to Yekaterinburg with his troops. The troops had cleared the ruins of the city almost completely. And outside the city, there are five lines of defense that make Yekaterinburg like a hedgehog...

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Looking at the city that no longer belonged to him, Kolchak almost gritted his teeth.

Although when the Kuomintang government cooperated with him, he also saw that the Chinese had bad intentions, but he never expected that the Chinese were so ambitious and wanted to eat the entire Asian part of Russia in one bite.

Although this part of the Russians had not been taken seriously in the past, especially in Siberia and the Far East, which was used for the exile of prisoners, one need only look at the map to see it. How much will Russia's territory be reduced by losing such a place...

"It looks like they're ready. General, what are we going to do now?! ”

Looking at Yekaterinburg across the side with a telescope, a bearded Russian officer asked Kolchak, and several other officers also looked over.

Being stabbed in the back like this, and not saying a word or anything is definitely not the habit of these Russians. In fact, after learning that the Chinese had taken Asterna and were not far from Yekaterinburg, Kolchak led a large army and began to rush back.

It's just that when they returned from the front, they met deserters who had escaped from Yekaterinburg. After learning that Yekaterinburg had fallen, Kolchak and the others were struck by lightning, but they just thought that there were more than 50,000 troops in the city after all, so Kolchak and the others still rushed back with a fluke mentality, who knows...

"These damn yellow-skinned monkeys!" Scolding angrily, another Russian general with a mustache almost crushed the telescope in his hand.

On the other side, several other generals couldn't help but cry out when they saw that Kolchak was still pondering. "General!"

"Let's let the soldiers rest first..."Despite his anger, Kolchak did not lose his mind. We rushed all the way back from the front line, relying entirely on two legs, and the soldiers' bodies were probably about to reach their limits, so if we launched an attack now, in case of defeat, it would only hurt the morale of the soldiers..."

It is true, it was not easy to return from the front line, walked a distance of several hundred kilometers, and launched an offensive as soon as they arrived in Yekaterinburg―――――― even though the Russian army has always had gray cattle, but they are not iron-clad after all, not to mention that the opposite side is waiting for work, if it really loses, the blow to the defeat is absolutely unimaginable.

Although the other generals were eager to attack the city immediately, they also knew that Kolchak's words were correct, so after glaring viciously in the direction of Yekaterinburg, they returned to their respective troops and arranged for the rest of the troops.

In fact, almost 200,000 troops returned from the front, and after a few hundred kilometers along the way, the ranks were already scattered and almost unrepresented. Even if these soldiers themselves are not too problematic and not suitable for an immediate siege, they still need to rest and recuperate...

Seeing that the Russians on the opposite side did not attack the city, a regimental commander in the city was a little disappointed. "I thought they would do it when they came back..."

"Don't think about good things..."Hearing the regiment commander say this, the regimental chief of staff standing next to him said with a smile. Russians are not idiots, how can they just come back and rush up as you think, you have to rest first, right..."

The regiment commander also knew that it couldn't be so simple, so he just smiled.

The two of them were very confident in this battle, after all, they had five defensive lines on the periphery of the city, although they were not of the reinforced concrete kind. It is impossible to compare with the fortress of Verdun, but the Russians on the opposite side, who have no heavy weapons, may not be able to break through these lines...

Even...

"You say. How about we just eat all the 200,000 people this time..."After a moment of silence, the regiment commander said to the chief of staff.

Hearing the regiment commander say this, the regimental chief of staff and several staff officers in the headquarters were taken aback, but the regiment commander was the one. "These Russians are not very good at fighting, and at the beginning of the war, didn't the Germans eat them hundreds of thousands of people on the Eastern Front? Since the Germans can do it. We should be able to do it too, not to mention that the quality of these Russian units in front of us is simply not comparable to that of the Russian troops before the war. And it's a long journey, if we attack suddenly now. It is very likely that his gang will eat them all in one go, and there is no need to worry about these old hairy people always coming to find trouble in the future..."

Hearing the regiment commander say this, the chief of staff and several staff officers next to him were a little moved.

It is true that the actual combat experience of the Wehrmacht is really not very good. But the Russians on the other side may not be much stronger than them. In addition, the other party has just finished a long journey. It is the time of exhaustion, if you take advantage of this opportunity to launch a sudden attack―――――― the probability of success is not to say 100%, seventy or eighty percent are still there...

It's just that although they are a little moved, they do not make their own claims, or more precisely, they are cadres at the regimental level who do not have this right at all. The Wehrmacht is different from the Japanese Army in later generations, and the Japanese Army is accustomed to doing things from the bottom to the top, but the Chinese side is here. The orders of the superiors need to be carried out to the letter, and the battlefield disobedience? The one who was shot said...

Other unauthorized actions, etc. There is absolutely no escape from severe punishment.

So although they have such an idea in their hearts, the head of the regiment can only regard this idea as a proposal, and report it to Cai Ye and them to decide, as for themselves, they can only wait below...

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In the General Headquarters, looking at the few telegrams placed in front of his desk, Cai Ye couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Just after Kolchak arrived with his troops, the officers below kept sending telegrams, at all levels, at the regimental level, at the division level, and at the army level―――――― the reason why there was no regimental level was because both Wu Peifu and Wu Qianqiu had the ability to see Cai Ye directly, so naturally there was no need to send telegrams.

As for the content on the telegram, it was even simpler, all of them were built to attack first by taking advantage of the unstable foothold of the Russians on the opposite side.

And it looks like there are more telegrams coming in, at least the telegraphers over there are still deciphering them...

"Commander, is it just..."Standing beside Cai Yi, a staff officer said on the side.

A staff officer on the other side followed. "If we attack now......... At least seventy percent sure that they can directly eat all these Russians in one go, and now that Soviet Russia, the Russians and the coalition forces are fighting lively, if they can eat all the 200,000 people of Kolchak in one go, at least for a considerable period of time, Yekaterinburg can become very stable..."

On the side, several other staff officers also nodded in agreement.

However, listening to their words, Cai Ye shook his head and smiled bitterly. "Forget it, let's wait, let them fight two first, and when they know the difficulty and retreat, the crisis in Yekaterinburg will naturally be resolved..."

"But..."Hearing Cai Ye say this, the staff officer said in surprise. In case when the coalition forces and the Russians wipe out Soviet Russia, then we will face the entire Russian army, as well as the strength of the coalition army, if we send troops now, at least 200,000 Russian troops can be solved, then our pressure can also be..."

Of course, people of later generations know one thing very well, that is, in the Soviet Russian Civil War, it was the Soviet Russian Red Army that won the final victory, and it was through the victory of this war that the Soviet Red Army established the Soviet Union step by step.

But the people of this era are different, they do not know about this at all, in their opinion, St. Petersburg, where Soviet Russia is located at the moment. There were allied forces from Britain, France, and the United States in the north, Denikin's White Army in the south, plus the Germans in the west and Kolchak in the east, and the allied forces that were planning to land on the Black Sea through Guò, and the Chinese expeditionary force that was about to reach the Caucasus...

Even if the expeditionary force came to work and could not help, the Soviet Russian Red Army, which was surrounded on all sides, could not escape the end of annihilation. In this way, after the elimination of the Red Army of Soviet Russia. Russia, which was once torn apart, can be reunited, and at that time, their pressure may not be ordinary...

So. Rather than facing the pressure of the Russians at that time, it is better to destroy a part of the Russian troops first, so that the pressure can be reduced by at least 200,000 in the future―――――― 200,000, not 20,000, even when the Chinese expeditionary force first arrived in Europe, it was not as much as 200,000.

What's more, Dihua in China is very long away from Yekaterinburg...

If you fight logistics, you will definitely not be able to fight the Russians. Therefore, it is best to start first.

This is understood not only by those staff officers, but also by the generals and colonels below. Even Cai Ye himself understands. In fact, not long ago, he and Wu Peifu, Wu Qianqiu and others formulated a huge strategy to encircle Kolchak and others outside, planning to eat all these 200,000 people in one go―――――― Cai Ye has 100,000 more troops than Kolchak, not to mention that the Fifth Army has just left. You can call it back at any time. So even if he put aside the troops stationed in Yekaterinburg, Cai Ye was confident that he would eat the troops in front of him.

However, as soon as Cai Ye reported this idea back to China, he was opposed by Yan Shao in China. Even if Cai Ye himself came up with many arguments, Yan Shao still opposed it, and as for why he objected, Yan Shao didn't say, he just sued him, which is related to China's future strategy...

In fact, there is a strategy to talk about. It's just that Yan Shao knows very well that Soviet Russia will definitely succeed. Case. Naturally, there is no need to help Soviet Russia solve the Kolchak in front of them.

In fact, Yan Shao never felt that Kolchak's gang was an opponent, and the only thing he really valued was Soviet Russia. This enemy is the most troublesome enemy in Yan Shao's eyes...

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Although it is very unclear, but an order is an order, not to mention that Cai Shao is also very clear, Yan Shao has a lot of secrets, since Yan Shao himself has said that it is related to some future strategies of the National Government, Cai Ye will naturally not insist―――――― Yan Shao wanted to repair the Dilan Railway, and there are also many people who oppose it, and the final result proves that Yan Shao does have his own plan, and now it is the same, since Yan Shao said that there is something, Cai Ye naturally does not need to worry...

On the other hand, although Cai Ye was not in a hurry, Kolchak was in a hurry...

So after a little rest, Kolchak ordered his troops to attack.

In order to open up the situation as much as possible, for the first time, Kolchak committed at least three divisions.

Naturally, he also let the artillery perform for a while, just to hurry, plus he lacked heavy firepower, so he didn't be able to bring back much artillery, a full 200,000 people, and only a few dozen 75mm field guns and mountain artillery, dozens of artillery salvos against a city, the scale is so small. Even Kolchak had a miserable expression, and Kolchak himself knew that such a little Cheng Dù's shelling could not help the Chinese in the city at all, so after shelling for more than an hour, Kolchak ordered his troops to launch a fierce attack.

When more than 40,000 people charged, the momentum was overwhelming.

Gray cattle in gray uniforms charged at the Wehrmacht positions with shouts, and under the muzzles of the water beads in their hands, there were even bayonets that were extremely sharp, and the cold bayonets shone silver, so dazzling in the sun.

At least in the eyes of Kolchak and others at this time, there is probably no position in this world that can block such an attack, and in the eyes of some people, the opposite position will be taken lightly. Those vile and damned yellow-skinned monkeys can only flee in the face of such an attack...

However, before Kolchak and the others in the rear showed excited expressions on their faces, they saw that on the first line of defense on the periphery of Yekaterinburg, countless tongues of fire shot out in volley, harvesting the gray cattle that rushed to the front one by one...

Although the Russian soldiers on the front line launched attacks again and again without fear of death, those die-like machine gunners did not mean to be soft at all, but just harvested their lives over and over again...

When Kolchak had to choose to retreat more than an hour later, the open space on the battlefield was already covered with corpses...

All sorts of corpses...

The machine guns equipped by the Wehrmacht are basically 8mm caliber, which is certainly very powerful. But it can't be like an 11.43mm or 12.7mm machine gun bullet to the point where it can break people's waists, having said that. There are still a considerable number of soldiers on the battlefield who have not been able to leave their bodies behind...

When the troops who launched the charge withdrew, Kolchak and the others were surprised to find that in just over an hour, Kolchak and the others actually paid more than 10,000 casualties...

Especially on the battlefield at this moment, there are still some wounded people who are abandoned there, and at this moment, they are not only constantly wailing. Except for shouting for help, there is no way to save yourself...

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Few of the Russian generals cherished the lives of their soldiers. But Kolchak should be counted as one.

Above all, he was a naval admiral and not an army general, and he simply couldn't have adapted to the situation as well as the Army. Therefore, after discovering that there were still many wounded people on the battlefield who were unable to move, he asked Yì to send someone to contact the Wehrmacht on the opposite side. Find a way to get the wounded back...

on this. Since some generals don't think so, but no one will speak out against it, after all, this is also a good thing.

But before they could send their men out, someone from the opposite side had already run over and informed them of the incident, claiming that they could send a hundred white-clad paramedics to bring back the wounded from the position after the battle was over. "However, there is something to keep in mind. It can only be a hundred, and it must not exceed this number. Even if it's just one person out of the line, the Wehrmacht on the ground will attack, and you must not blame us for not warning you when the time comes. ”

When the major who had come to act as a liaison said this, almost everyone in Kolchak's back was angry, after all, the major was too arrogant when he spoke.

However, Kolchak stopped the officers behind him, and then said to the major. "I remember clearly, please go back and convey my answer immediately..."

Glancing at Kolchak in some surprise, the major nodded, and then returned to his position. At the same time, Kolchak, for his part, began to select medical personnel to go to the middle of the battlefield to bring back the wounded...

Because Kolchak knew very well that at this time, even if there was a delay of even a second, there would be a wounded man who would die because of various willingness. As their commander-in-chief, Kolchak must do everything he can to save their lives...

Soon, a hundred selected medical personnel were on the battlefield, and in order to prevent the Wehrmacht on the opposite side from taking advantage of the problem, Kolchak did not even let them bring weapons. The most threatening thing they bring with them is probably the hemostats...

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As a result of this incident, Kolchak brought back at least 500 wounded from the front, and although at least half of these wounded later died of infections or other problems, in any case, more than 200 lives were still preserved...

And this also made Kolchak and others more or less have a good impression of the Wehrmacht on the other side, but...

Even if you have a good feeling, the battle will not just stop.

After a period of recuperation, Kolchak's White Army attacked again.

However, after the experience of the previous time, this time they were much more cautious, and dozens of artillery shells shelled for more than seven hours, almost half of the ammunition brought this time before it was over.

Although the 75mm caliber is not very powerful, it must be mentioned that the Wehrmacht fortifications are not reinforced concrete, just some trenches and sandbags, so the seven-hour shelling still caused some casualties. And this time Kolchak's offensive can also be called menacing ...

It's just that the gap between the two sides is still too big after all, so despite all his efforts, in the end Kolchak failed to capture Yekaterinburg...

For the next week, almost every day of fighting continued, but even at the best of times, Kolchak's troops only attacked the Wehrmacht positions, but then the Wehrmacht drove out the Russians with bayonets and shotguns who wanted to teach the 'yellow-skinned monkeys' or 'oriental dwarfs' a lesson...

In a few days, Kolchak's casualties also reached more than 50,000.

Such large casualties are already equivalent to almost a quarter of Kolchak's troops ...

Such huge casualties made Kolchak and other Russian generals hesitate, after all, the Soviet Russian Red Army behind it has not been resolved, if the troops are consumed here, then...

It seems that it is not possible to just withdraw like this, even if they don't look down on the two 'wastelands' of Siberia and Central Asia, but after all, it is Russian territory, and its importance is enough just to look at the territorial area, and it is absolutely impossible for Amen to give up like this...

It's just that...

Just when Kolchak and the others were still gritting their teeth and planning to continue the attack, a telegram made them stop planning to continue the attack...

This telegram was no one else's, it was sent by the coalition forces ...

Kolchak made a fuss about Tokyo outside Yekaterinburg, and the coalition forces had long been clear. It's just that they were busy dealing with the Soviet Russian Red Army at that time, and they also wanted to see if Kolchak could recapture Yekaterinburg, and speculate on the strength of the Wehrmacht in Yekaterinburg, so they didn't intervene.

But now, it doesn't seem like it's going to work without meddling...

At present, the strength of the Soviet Russian Red Army is still very strong, and even the encirclement and suppression of the three parties have not been able to completely exterminate the Soviet Russian Red Army. Naturally, this is mainly because at this time, the strength of the coalition forces and the strength of the German army are mainly concentrated on the Western Front, but because of this, the coalition forces can continue to consume this precious force.

For the coalition forces, Siberia is not theirs anyway, and if it is lost, it will be lost, and it is Soviet Russia that really troubles them, the communist regime established by Soviet Russia...

At present, they continue to solve the problem of Soviet Russia with their troops, so they must not allow Kolchak's troops to be wasted at will. Therefore, after feeling that Kolchak could not capture Yekaterinburg at all, the allied forces intervened and asked Kolchak to redirect the direction of the offensive against the Russian Red Army...

“……… Russia is certainly a great threat, but I cannot just give up my territory..."After replying to such a telegram, Kolchak prepared to attack again.

However, after receiving the telegram, the coalition forces quickly sent Kolchak a telegram that made him change his mind.

"After the two problems of Soviet Russia and the Central Powers are resolved, the Entente will stand up and uphold justice and help your country to recover some of the territory taken by the Chinese government, no matter what way it takes..."

The meaning is very simple, that is, solve the Soviet Union and Germany first, and then we will come forward to help you get the place back. As for the meaning of what kind of method to use, it is simpler, that is, even if it is hard, it will be snatched back for you...

Kolchak knew very well that he would not be able to recapture Yekaterinburg on his own, not to mention that he now had the promise of the Entente, so after weighing it, Kolchak quickly made a decision.

First solve Soviet Russia, and then after solving China...

After a rest, Kolchak soon led more than 100,000 'remnants of the defeated army' to change direction and return to the war against Soviet Russia... (To be continued......)