By the time the reinforcements from Russia and Europe led by the commander of the Siberian Theater of Operations Kuropatkin arrived in Haktu, the Dingbei Army in the city was already more than 1 division of the 3rd Division.

The 7th Division of the Dingbei Army, which had been building fortifications in Darkhan City, came to the trading city under the leadership of the division commander Hu Desheng.

On the ancient city wall of the city, Ni Fan, the commander of the third division, held a telescope and kept looking at the direction of Haktu in the distance, and then put down the telescope and said to Hu Desheng beside him: "The reinforcements of the Russian army have arrived, it seems that the big war is about to start again, and our two divisions are going to fight hard!" Thanks to the timely arrival of your seventh division, otherwise my 1 division will resist hundreds of thousands, and after a while, there may be millions of Russian troops, and I really have no bottom in my heart! ”

Hu Desheng said: "This time, we also transported some of the supplies and ammunition supplied by the northeast to our Outer Mongolian troops by truck, which is enough for our two divisions to fight at high intensity for one month. Our 2 divisions will have a big fight with the Russian army in the trading city! To be able to participate in such a big battle is the glory of me Hu Desheng and our Seventh Division! ”

Early in the morning of September 20, under the cover of nearly 900 artillery pieces with a caliber of more than 75 mm, the Russian army launched an attack on the position of the Dingbei Army in front of the outer perimeter of the city.

The Russian army first sent 1 division of the 61st Army, which had just arrived in Haktu, to approach the forward positions of the Dingbei Army when the Russian artillery bombarded the forward positions of the Dingbei Army.

After the artillery of the two divisions of the Dingbei Army in the city and more than 300 guns with a caliber of more than 75 mm began to bombard the Russian artillery, the heavy howitzers of the Russian army also began to bombard the direction of the artillery positions of the Dingbei Army, and the artillery battle between the two sides began.

And part of the 75-mm field artillery of the Russian army also participated in the artillery battle, and the other part continued to bombard the forward positions of the Dingbei Army.

At this time, nearly 10,000 Russian officers and soldiers of the 1st Division of the 61st Army shouted: "Ula! "Rushed to the forward position of the Dingbei Army, and then the Russian artillery bombarded the 75-mm field artillery of the Dingbei Army's position, and in order not to injure his own people, he stopped the bombardment of the forward position of the Dingbei Army and joined the artillery battle.

After the Russian artillery stopped bombarding the forward positions of the Dingbei Army, the officers and men of Dingbei in the anti-artillery hole quickly entered the position, and the light and heavy machine guns were mounted on the trenches, and under the orders of the officers, they opened fierce fire on the approaching Russian troops, and then the rifles in the hands of the soldiers of the Dingbei Army also began to shoot.

Mortars on the forward positions of the Dingbei Army also joined the attack, and one mortar shell after another fell into the crowd of attacking Russian troops, bringing patches of flowers of death.

The Russian soldiers who shouted Ulla fell to the ground layer by layer by the rain of bullets, but the remaining Russian soldiers, driven by the Russian junior officers, could only continue to charge towards the position of the Dingbei Army.

The commander of the Russian army, who was watching the battle behind the Russian army, saw that the attacking Russian army was blocked, put down the telescope and ordered: "Let the artillery continue to fire at the forward positions of the Dingbei Army, and don't hesitate to injure your own people by mistake!" Order the remaining 2 divisions of the 61st Army to attack immediately! ”

Then a part of the Russian 75-mm field artillery began to fire shells at the forward positions of the Dingbei Army.

The first fortification on the 306 heights, the leper was constantly shooting at the dense Russian army, almost no bullets, still a gun headshot, at this time the leper suddenly heard the sound of shells flying, and immediately put his body tightly on the trench.

"Boom-boom-boom-" Countless shells fell near the first fortification of the 306 Heights, and even the charging Russian troops were killed by this artillery fire, and even the Russian troops killed far more than the soldiers of the Dingbei Army who were killed on the position. The Russian soldiers did not seem to be affected by the bombardment of their own artillery fire, and continued to charge towards the forward positions.

The artillery bombardment of the Russian army has not stopped, and the leper has no choice but to secretly scold Lao Maozi in his heart for being inhumane and blowing up everyone himself, while continuing to shoot at the Russian army at the risk of being blown up at any time.

Kuropatkin's attack method, regardless of casualties, has achieved very good results, so that the Dingbei officers and soldiers who are shooting at the Russian army in the forward positions have suffered heavy casualties, and there are several pieces of the forward positions of the Dingbei Army, which actually let the Russian soldiers rush into the trenches, although they were quickly eliminated by the Dingbei Army, but also let the Russian army see the hope of capturing the forward positions.

Under the bombardment of the Russian artillery, the Russian 61st Army launched repeated charges against the forward positions of the Dingbei Army without interruption, so that the forward positions of the Dingbei Army in many places were in danger, but fortunately, Ni Fan, the commander of the third division, also supported the remaining troops of the 63rd Brigade to the frontal positions outside the city, so that several dangerous areas were strengthened, so that the three infantry divisions of the Russian 61st Army attacked continuously for nearly 2 hours, and they really could not bear such large casualties and retreated.

At this time, the artillery battle between the two sides also stopped, and the Russian artillery relied on the numerical superiority, while the artillery of the Northern Army relied on the superiority in performance, and the artillery battle was almost evenly matched, which also caused heavy losses to the artillery of both sides.

The artillery of the Dingbei Army lost almost 40 pieces, while the Russian artillery lost more than 130 pieces.

The commander of the Russian army, Kuropatkin, saw that the 61st Army was defeated and retreated, and said with a gloomy face: "Whoever let the 61st Army retreat, call the commander of the 61st Army, Partoliev, over." ”

After a while, the commander of the 61st Army, Partolyev, came to the commander Kuropatkin with a disgraced face, and Kuropatkin asked loudly: "Without my order, who made your troops retreat, do you want to go to court-martial?" ”

Partolyev said with a sad face: "Commander, our 61st Army is newly formed, although the soldiers are all reservists, but after all, they have not experienced actual combat, such a tragic offensive and defensive battle, the soldiers can no longer bear it mentally, the officers have shot a number of soldiers who fled backwards in a row, and did not prevent the rout of the attacking troops, I, as the commander, am willing to bear the responsibility for the failure of the attack." ”

Hearing Partolyev say this, Commander Kuropatkin's face looked a little better, and he nodded and said: "It is reasonable for the newly formed troops to retreat in the face of such a tragic battle. Partoliev, you take the soldiers of the 61st Army, regroup, and prepare to continue the offensive at any time! ”

Partolyev's heart was relieved at this time, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but he had heard that the commander Kuropatkin's subordinates who were not good for the battle had always been ruthless, and he would shoot if he said that he would be shot, even the lieutenant general was no exception.

Kuropatkin turned his head to the commander of the 31st Army, Caledoyev, and said, "Next, your 31st Army will continue to attack!" I think you also understand my temper, without my order, even if you are left alone in the 31st Army, you will continue to attack the position of the Dingbei Army! Do you understand? ”

Charedoev was in his heart, and immediately shouted loudly: "Yes, Your Excellency Commander!" ”

Kuropatkin nodded and said, "Go and prepare!" Attack in half an hour, and I'll have artillery to back you up!" ”

Charedoyev left with a gloomy face, and the last words of the commander Kuropatkin meant that the 31st Army, like the 61st Army, was going to charge under the fire of its own people.

On the 306 heights, when the battalion commander Wang Yuwei was attacking by the Russian army, he was not in the first fortification at the front, but in the anti-artillery hole on the anti-slope. Wang Yuwei knew that the first line of positions must have suffered very heavy losses under the artillery fire of the Russian army, so he personally led one of the two companies supported by the 63rd Brigade to the first line of positions, and when he saw his first company commander Zhou Manchu asked: "How are the casualties?" ”

Zhou Manchu said with a sad expression: "Battalion commander, I just counted that there were originally 214 people in the first fortification, and only 136 were left who could breathe, and 16 of them were seriously injured!" ”

Wang Yuwei knew that the casualties were not small, and he was already prepared in his heart, but he still felt a faint pain in his heart, he gritted his teeth and said to the company commander of the 63rd Brigade beside him: "Company Commander Liu, let the soldiers of your company help carry the seriously wounded officers and soldiers to the reverse slope, and let the people of the medical squad and logistics support platoon send them back to the trading city." ”

The 63rd Brigade commander Liu nodded and said, "Yes, battalion commander." ”

Then the officers and men of this company sent the seriously wounded 16 officers and men back to the anti-slope, and then just returned to the anti-artillery hole of the first fortification, the shells of the Russian artillery fell on the first fortification of the 306 heights.

Battalion commander Wang Yuwei was also in the anti-artillery hole of the first fortification, and the commander of the 1st company, Zhou Manchu, was in the same anti-artillery hole as him, and suddenly the phone of the anti-artillery hole rang, Zhou Manchu immediately picked up the phone, and then shouted to Wang Yuwei: "The observer soldiers who stayed in the position reported that the Russian army had launched an attack on our position under artillery fire, and it was less than 300 meters away!" ”

Wang Yuwei scolded: "Grandma, the old man is ruthless enough!" ”

Then Wang Yuwei shouted to more than 30 officers and soldiers in Dingbei in the anti-artillery hole: "Go to the position!" After saying that, he took the lead out of the anti-artillery hole with a submachine gun.

The officers and men of the entire forward position of the Dingbei Army braved the artillery fire of the Russian army and walked out of the anti-artillery hole and began to shoot at the approaching Russian troops.

The artillery of the Northern Army, after the Russian artillery opened fire, continued to engage in artillery battles with the Russian artillery.

The Russian 31st Army, which was responsible for the attack this time, had already lost more than 3,000 people when the First Siberian Front attacked the periphery of the city for the second time, and now only nearly 26,000 people remain.

26,000 Russian officers and soldiers, risking being bombarded by their own artillery fire, shouted Ula and rushed to the forward positions of the Dingbei Army.

Sure enough, many of their own artillery shells fell in the crowd of attacking Russian troops, setting off a mass of stumps and broken arms, and as they approached the position of the Dingbei Army, dense bullets and mortar shells poured down on them, playing a waltz of death. R1152