A muffled thunder came from behind the positions of the defenders, and many Cossack soldiers who were preparing to receive their rice bowls raised their heads curiously and looked at the place where the noise had occurred in the distance, and they were still wondering why there was a sudden thunder in such a clear sky.

Soon, the dense large-caliber shells accurately landed in the Cossack army camp, blowing up a large number of Cossack soldiers who were queuing for breakfast, and the soldiers' smashed internal organs even fell on the head of Admiral Romanov, and the entire military camp fell into chaos.

Admiral Romanov, who had always underestimated the enemy, realized that the defense forces also had large-caliber artillery, and he hurriedly ordered the troops to retreat five kilometers and re-encamp.

After several days of fighting, plus the soldiers killed by the 'attrition tactics' of the Sixth Division of the Defense Army in the early stage, the casualties of the Cossack Army have exceeded 70,000, and the casualties and the lightly wounded are okay, the key is that there are more than 30,000 wounded among these 70,000 people, and these people need a lot of personnel to take care of, which makes Admiral Romanov really headache.

All morning, the Cossack corps was busy moving the camp, caring for the wounded, and did not attack the positions of the Wehrmacht. By noon, all the troops of the Defense Army and the Iron Blood Army had arrived, except for the Sixth Division, which was fighting on the outer front, and the Special Operations Division, which was stationed in Tongjiang Mansion, the entire armed forces of the Chinese Territory had been assembled here, totaling more than 100,000 people.

With so many troops, Su Zhizhen felt that the time was ripe for a decisive battle, and he immediately ordered all the artillery to arrange artillery positions, reserve enough ammunition base, and prepare to start a counterattack.

Admiral Romanov had the same idea as Su Zhizhen, believing that the Wehrmacht was gradually increasing its strength, and that if they were allowed to assemble, he would not necessarily achieve victory, so he decided to mobilize all his troops for an all-army assault.

As long as they break through the defense line of the Chinese defense army, they can occupy Chita City, and with this strategic node, they can attack and retreat and defend in an invincible position, so both sides have begun to mobilize a large number of troops to prepare for the attack.

After all, the Cossack army had few heavy weapons, and it was always in an offensive posture, and the preparation time was much shorter than that of the Chinese defense army, which had been on the defensive, and the Cossack army, which had completed the dispatch, took the lead in launching the attack.

With the roar of the Cossack army's field artillery, the black Cossack soldiers poured all over the mountains to the defenders' positions, and the defenders who were preparing to attack immediately turned to the defense.

All the artillery began to fire rapidly, trying to create a barrage to intercept the attack of the Cossacks, mortars and heavy machine guns suppressed fire, everyone began to shoot desperately, and the heavy artillery of the artillery division began to launch a counterattack on the opposing artillery positions.

Admiral Romanov gave a death order, demanding that the whole army desperately assault, and after the victory, they could storm the city of Chita for three days.

With the double encouragement of strict orders and material stimulation, these Cossack soldiers were red-eyed, the front was knocked down and the back rushed up, although the fire of the defense army was very dense, but the number was still inferior, Su Zhizhen decisively ordered to abandon the first line of position, and the whole army moved to the second line of defense to hold on.

Deputy Army Commander Zhang Zhonglin gritted his teeth in the military headquarters and looked at the situation map of the front line, while Su Zhizhen was pacing in the room smoking cigarettes one after another.

Zhang Zhonglin slammed his fist on the table and said: "No matter what, we must attack, it is not okay to always be beaten so passively, now the morale of the Cossack army is high, if we can't suppress this momentum, the second line of defense will not be able to hold." ”

Su Zhizhen threw the cigarette butt on the ground and said, "Since this is the case, we will attack against attack and break up their attack formation." At this time, a voice sounded from the door: "Charge, let us be the vanguard of the first division of the Iron Army." ”

The two turned their heads to look, but it was Peng Dechao, the commander of the first division of the Iron Blood Army. Su Zhizhen said with a smile: "I won't forget you when you charge, your iron-blooded army is the trump card in the young master's hand, and this time the young master is willing to let you out just to fight a tough battle." Zhang Zhonglin also smiled: "Old Peng, let's study how to attack first." ”

The complacent Admiral Romanov stood on the first line of defense of the Wehrmacht that had just been occupied, his heart finally felt better, it had been almost a month since he set out from Kuli, and for the first time he had the upper hand and pressed the Wehrmacht down, and now all he had to do was to take advantage of the victory to pursue and completely crush the Wehrmacht.

"The whole army is ready to continue the assault." Romanov said with a wave of his hand to his officers.

The Romanovs, who gave the order, did not realize that after such a fierce battle, the Cossack soldiers were exhausted by this time, and they were only supported by the inertia of charging forward, and when the officers gave the order to charge again, the soldiers slowly began to rush towards the second line of defense of the Wehrmacht, and the speed of the charge was not as fast as before.

At this moment, the artillery of the Wehrmacht, which had re-prepared the shells and had calculated in advance to shoot at Zhuyuan, rang out again, and the dense shells suddenly formed a barrage between the first and second lines, turning the Cossack bombers on their backs.

Seeing that his side was at a loss, Romanov immediately ordered the artillery to return fire, but unfortunately the range of the artillery of the Cossack army was too short, and most of them were destroyed by the enemy's heavy artillery in the artillery battle just now, and now not only could not reach the number of the opponent's artillery, but also was not much.

The helpless Cossack artillery could only launch a non-violent artillery attack on the infantry positions of the Wehrmacht, and as a result, the Cossack artillerymen who had exposed their positions were named by the Wehrmacht artillery, and the losses were even heavier, and the remaining Cossack artillery did not dare to open fire anymore.

After ten minutes of artillery bombardment, the artillery fire of the Wehrmacht began to advance in depth to the Cossack corps, and at the same time the loud trumpets characteristic of the Chinese collar sounded. Attacking against attacking, this is a decision made by the top brass of the defense army, since the other side wants to fight, compare with them whose attack is sharper, led by the first division of the Iron and Blood Army, and all the Chinese leading troops have turned to the offensive on all fronts.

The barrage tactics of the Chinese artillerymen raged over the heads of the Cossacks, turning their bombers on their backs. Before they could recover their senses, a dense stream of mortar shells and machine-gun bullets swept across again, and the predators who took the lead pulled out their pistols one after another, killing the approaching Cossack soldiers one by one.

The Wehrmacht soldiers who followed closely behind followed with their rifles with bayonets on them, and the bright bayonets dazzled the eyes of the Cossack soldiers, and before they could react, the cold bayonets pierced their chests.