"The key thing is that in 1898 I proposed the Imperial Conscription System Act, which was passed by the National Assembly, and the conscription system is not only a military issue, but also a political issue, and the conscription system will allow us people from the non-military system to intervene in it because it involves finance, civil affairs, and education, and we can use this to limit the growth of warlordism."

Zhang Zhigao said disappointedly: "It turned out to be that, it's actually a deceptive thing, since Liu Yun requires the senior generals of his group to be absolutely loyal to him, of course those generals will also spread their henchmen, occupy important positions, and form a small group that is absolutely loyal to themselves, if this is not the case, their allegiance to Liu Yun will be meaningless, Liu Yun will not be stupid enough to control a group of guys who have no real power." ”

This is also a matter of course, but it should also be clearly seen that a small group formed by individuals cannot be sustained without the support of economic resources - after all, the vast majority of people in this world want to pursue the maximization of personal interests. Therefore, the main members of this group must want to seize power from the central to the local level in order to gain financial power, and then they can stabilize the various small groups under it. Before seizing power, it is also a matter of rights and interests to accumulate wealth through illegal means in order to maintain the loyalty of its small group. If he wants to maintain the loyalty of the officer corps, he must give the generals greater financial power to maintain the loyalty of a lower level, and if he can't come up with the money, he will either give the generals local power and let them own the land to raise troops, or he will temporarily let them engage in gray income, which should be the cost of maintaining his military arbitrariness. In fact, if you think about it, the main participants in the banquets, balls, plays, promiscuous gatherings, and other entertainment programs organized by the generals of the officer corps should be their subordinate officers, and the prestige of maintaining the loyalty of so many junior officers to their superiors as firmly as possible is certainly far from enough. ”

Wen Yi said this, turned around, and began to walk back along the road he came from, Zhang Zhigao had lost any interest, and followed with a gloomy face.

Wen Yi could feel his mood, but just now Wen Yi suddenly felt that what did he mean by talking so much to Zhang Zhigao? Do you want Zhang Zhigao to take any responsibility, what to resist, what to resist, and what to achieve? For the sake of some stubborn thoughts, but to push the people around you into a dangerous situation, if you feel that you can sacrifice for something, why not sacrifice yourself first, but encourage others to sacrifice? Are those who have already died more afraid of death? Or is he already scared at all and wants to escape, but he is not willing to end here, so he wants to push others to the front and fight in his place? Yes, I was cowardly, in that time and space, I was already frightened by the cruel reality, lost the courage to fight, threw the burden to my comrades-in-arms, got into the space-time machine, and escaped here. Want to do the same thing again now? Where are you going to run this time? It looks like there is only going to hell! Before going to hell, don't you dare to fight the last battle? If you don't try, how do you know that you won't succeed? In hell, can you do nothing and make your dreams come true?

Zhang Zhigao suddenly called out solemnly: "Premier Wen." ”

Wen Yi's slightly cloudy eyes passed through the surging tide of thought and fixed on Zhang Zhigao's resolute face.

"What?"

"I decided."

"Oh?"

"Just now you also said that there is hope to limit the expansion of that warlord group through a system or something, so I have decided to rely on my own meager strength to do my best to protect the system you created, and use this system to resist the ravages of the warlord group. Not only me, but Su Lan will definitely support you, and we will be on your side no matter what. ”

The corners of Wen Yi's mouth twitched a few times, and it was not easy for him to lightly spit out three words: "Zhilu Dao." ”

The two fell silent and continued to walk, and behind them, a blood-red maple scene burned under the gloomy gray sky.

In 15 days, the 1st Division of the 1st Field Army set out from Manchuria and advanced 260 kilometers northwest along the planned offensive route, and the 3rd Division advanced 310 kilometers from Montenegro and west-northwest.

It is now September 24, sixteen days after the outbreak of the war, the 1st Infantry Division of the 1st Field Army is west of Akinskoye, the 3rd Infantry Division is east of Akinskoye, and the army headquarters and reserves are in Akinskoye.

At this time, the headquarters of the First Army was still 120 kilometers away from Chita in a straight line, and the First Army had successfully crossed the Onen River, the main stream of the Shilka River, and there was only one river worth mentioning in front of it, that is, the main tributary of the Shilka River, the Yinda River, on the left bank (north bank) of Chita, but due to the topography and hydrological conditions, it was impossible to cross the river directly on the opposite bank of the city. The two most convenient crossings from Akinskoye to Chita are Dalasun, 65 km south-southeast of Chita, and Karemskoye, 80 km east-southeast of Chita, with Darazon on the right bank (south bank) and Karemskoye on the left bank (north bank).

"Darazon to the west was given to the 1st Division, Karemskoye to the east, to the 3rd Division, the 25th Infantry Division was to follow behind the 1st Division, the 27th Infantry Division was to follow behind the 3rd Division, the 2nd Cavalry Brigade was deployed in front of the whole army as the front guard, and in addition, one infantry regiment from each division was drawn out to form a corps reserve, which remained in Akinskoye just in case...... That's basically how it was arranged. ”

Major General Qin Feiye, chief of staff of the First Army, knocked on the map table and muttered to himself, the biggest problem of this general, who is known for his indifferent expression and harsh words, is that he likes to talk to himself.

"But where is the enemy? The enemy was not in Krasnokamensk, we could not even catch the enemy's rearguard, and from Zabaikalsk to Urya, through Haranoor, Borja, Sherlovagoria, crossed the Onon River at Olovianaya, and then came to Akinskoye, and in two weeks we ran 600 miles, almost without a fight, the Russians cleared the walls, burned the villages, transported food, and constantly sent cavalry to harass our supply lines. Easily walked here, more than two hundred miles ahead, is the most important strategic target of our army - Chita, the retreating enemy should be concentrated around Chita, they can get a large number of supplies and reinforcements by rail, but we have to rely on horse-drawn carts to transport food, the Mongolian front is not ready to start a large-scale battle, the Trans-Siberian railway from Chita to the west is still unimpeded. If we could not cut off the railway connection between the east and west sides of Lake Baikal, it would obviously not be possible to take Chita with the strength of the First Army alone, and it was precisely in anticipation of this that the enemy did not engage our army on the border, but chose to retreat in great strides, exchange space for time, gather troops and materials in Chita, wait for work, and beat us severely...... Didn't the people above think about it at all? Just throw 4 divisions at us, let us go and capture Chita, in fact, our First Army has to face not only the Siberian Second Army, but also all the reinforcements of the Russian army......"

"That's true."

Someone answered, Qin Feiye was stunned for a moment, and when he looked back, it was Lieutenant General Zhao Feixue, the commander of the field army—his handsome appearance matched his beautiful name.

"It turned out to be Commander Zhao......"

Qin Feiye greeted lightly, not caring at all that those uncaring self-talk just now was heard by others.

Zhao Feixue knew his temper and raised his chin to him: "Are you working hard again?" Do you want to drink tea, my orderly is boiling water. ”

"It's going to be a little thicker."

Qin Feiye was unceremonious.

"No problem. Small plums, two cups of tea, one cup to be a little stronger. ”

"Know—hey!"

After instructing the orderly from Guangxi, Zhao Feixue approached the map table and said to Qin Feiye according to the table: "What's the matter?" What are the results? ”

Qin Feiye shook his head expressionlessly: "No, there is a lack of intelligence." ”

"It was like I heard you say just now, who is going to beat us up."

"Of course, the Russians want to beat us hard, the Mongolian front did not destroy the railway line in time, the Russians must have hurried to send a lot of reinforcements, now the Russian army on the Chita side should have more than one group army, in 14 days, we can advance 300 kilometers, the Russians can also transfer five or six divisions, in terms of troops, we may already be at a disadvantage. Moreover, because of insufficient preparation, the two reserve divisions of our army did not have complete artillery according to the standard infantry division, the reserve 25th division had no divisional artillery at all, and the divisional artillery of the reserve 25th division was only a 90 howitzer battalion, so we had to transfer a few artillery batteries from the army's artillery brigade to supplement the past, but they could not be transferred more, otherwise it would affect the density of firepower in the direction of the main attack......

Zhao Feixue nodded unhurriedly and interjected: "I know all this." ”

"If the Russians knew the situation, or if all this was expected by them, the Russians would probably be ready to launch a counterattack somewhere in front anyway, and there is a big ambush circle in front, and the ambush should have no less than 10 divisions, waiting for us to take it."

Zhao Feixue put her hands behind her head and replied leisurely: "No way, even if it is a deep trap, if the base camp wants us to move forward, we still have to move forward in great strides." Yes, we have so many planes, if there are any traps, it would be nice to send them out to check them out. ”

Qin Feiye's face darkened: "What are you kidding...... It had been raining since the day before yesterday, and those toys had to be sunny to fly, and now they can't be used at all. ”

Zhao Feixue closed her eyes and blew lightly: "Then wait for the weather to clear before sending out the wolf, God won't rain all the time." ”

Ice and snow began to overflow in Qin Feiye's expression: "Commander Zhao......"

Zhao Feixue saw the other party's respectful face, and a boring smile appeared on her handsome face: "Ah, Brother Haolan, just kidding, joking, just talking, of course you won't really do that, ha, ha, ha." ”

The orderly happened to bring tea and special snacks.

Zhao Feixue looked at the tea in the tray, picked out the darker cup and handed it to Qin Feiye: "Brother Haolan, don't be too tired, try that snack, although it was only made by my personal chef, it tasted good." ”

Qin Feiye took a sip of tea, picked up a piece of lotus paste pie and threw it into his mouth, still sitting beside Zhao Feixue with a blank face.

"In order to develop more cavalry units and expand the reconnaissance radius, it is necessary to transfer the 1st Cavalry Brigade stationed on the front line of the Ergun River, and the 9th Brigade originally stationed there must also be transferred, and the defense over there will be transferred to the base camp to defend it. While we are going to attack with all our might, and at the same time we are tying some of our forces to the defensive line, it is already boring for the front to make such a plan, and we are not obliged to be bored with them to the end. Qin Feiye said coldly, and sneered at the front army headquarters in a gloomy and rainy tone, although he was only thirty-three years old, he looked much older than the thirty-eight-year-old Zhao Feixue, perhaps because he had a stinky face all day long, and Zhao Feixue often had a hippie smile.

Zhao Feixue ate several pieces of dim sum in one go, poured down most of the cup of tea, let out a long breath, took off his military hat with satisfaction, grabbed his shiny hair, and said in his usual lazy tone: "It's difficult, we can't say how many enemies there are on the other side, and we have hardly fought any major battles, so far the casualties of the whole army are less than 2,000, if we ask for reinforcements in this situation, how will the front army view us?" Anyway, as soon as we have the latest information, we will report it in a timely manner, and Commander Zhong will make a reasonable judgment on this information. ”

"In any case, I have to report my thoughts to the front army headquarters, if the front army ignores them, I will send them directly to the base camp, even if it is Commander Zhong, you have to listen to Wu Weigong."

Zhao Feixue frowned, he knew that Qin Feiye was in the limelight in the Guangxing Ding case, and personally led the people of the headquarters to catch the rebellious leader Ding Jieyun, so he was taken care of by Liu Yun, the Duke of Wuwei, from a small major battalion commander, promoted to four levels in eight years, received the rank of major general, and was also appointed as the chief of staff of the First Field Army, so Wu Weigong or something popped up in his mouth at every turn, which often made people feel that "it seems to be a fox and a fake tiger".

"If you report it, it doesn't matter, but I won't make up the points, it's up to your personal opinion."

"Don't worry, I didn't intend to involve you in the first place."

Qin Feiye hid a needle in his words, but Zhao Feixue just didn't hear anything, and pointed to the map: "Also, let's bother the chief of staff and make a plan to expand the scope of cavalry reconnaissance." ”

Qin Feiye smiled slightly: "This, of course I have to do it." ”

The next day, 50 kilometers northwest of Akinskoye, a large group of Chinese cavalry was marching along the winding path in the forest, with the front guard and the flanks on both sides, and most of the people in the main column were paying attention to the dense forest on both sides.

The cold autumn rain blows in the wind, the roads are muddy, and visibility in the forest is low.

Everyone was wrapped in raincoats, and every horse was wet.

In the main column, there was a lieutenant colonel officer whose face matched the word "hideous", but he didn't care about the cold rain, and was talking endlessly to the slightly weak young major next to him about his trivial experiences in the First Sino-Japanese War, obviously the major didn't care about these stories, jokes, and nonsense that had been repeated in his ears more than a hundred times.

The lieutenant colonel's name is Liu Yangbo, thirty-two years old, he is the commander of the 4th Cavalry Regiment, he is terrifying, open-mouthed, a typical fierce general, and has a paranoid hobby of charging and bragging, which brings a lot of trouble to Major Luo Jianqiu, the chief staff officer of the regimental headquarters who often stays by his side.

"That's it, that's it, my flying star stepped on that guy's head, who knew that he was a general, hahaha......"

Liu Yangbo was proudly recounting the glorious deeds of the past, when a herald rushed forward, restrained his horse beside him, saluted and reported: "The avant-garde battalion has found enemy cavalry!" ”

"How many."

Before Liu Yangbo's words fell, he only heard a dense gunfire coming from the front, so he waved his horsewhip, left the herald, and went straight forward.

"Commander, wait a minute......"

When Luo Jianqiu stretched out his hand, Liu Yangbo's figure was already dozens of steps away.

"Ah, it's really nerve-wracking, everyone, go and grab the head of the regiment!"

Including the herald, dozens of riders rode forward and chased Liu Yangbo to the place where the gun rang out just now.

The gunfire became denser and denser, and by the time Luo Jianqiu and the others found Liu Yangbo, he was already wielding a saber and fighting with the enemy.

Due to the limited field of vision in the woods in the rain, both sides found each other at a distance of tens of meters and raised their guns to shoot, and before they could reload the next bullet, they immediately drew their sabers and rushed over to fight, at this time, the avant-garde battalion of the 4th Regiment had already been killed with the Russian army. This kind of hand-to-hand combat with knives and face to face made it impossible for the Chinese army to give full play to the superiority of artillery and machine guns, and the number of combatants became the key.

The woods on both sides of the road poured out one after another of men and horses, all Russian Cossacks in fur hats, constantly surging and surging, attacking from the front and sides of the Chinese army, and the flank troops of the 4th Cavalry Regiment only had time to let go of a row of guns before they were swallowed up by the Russian brigade.

The artillerymen and machine gunners in the main column of the 4th Regiment hurriedly turned their muzzles and muzzles to the woods on both sides and fired at the enemy dozens of meters away.

When Luo Jianqiu arrived at the avant-garde battalion, he found that things were not good, the number of enemy troops was far higher than his own, and the enemy troops were attacked from three sides, and the weather and terrain limited the play of their superior firepower, in this case, it was best to retreat as soon as possible.

After making this decision, Luo Jianqiu instructed several guards around him to pass orders to all battalions and artillery companies, asking them to abandon the wounded and artillery, and go all out to rush back to the defense line of the 1st Infantry Division, 15 kilometers to the southeast.

After issuing the order, Luo Jianqiu immediately led the remaining dozen or so guards to drag the regiment commander back, Liu Yangbo was fighting in Xingtou, where was he willing to retreat easily, Luo Jianqiu hurriedly said: "The enemy army is strong, please avoid the regiment commander for the time being, after the preparation, it is not too late to fight back, the so-called gentleman revenge, ten years is not too late." ”

Luo Jianqiu glanced at the guards as he spoke, and the guards had already separated Liu Yangbo from the Russian soldiers, and when they got the hint, they pulled and pulled Liu Yangbo and retreated to the back.

At the moment, the avant-garde became the rearguard, and fought and retreated, withdrew from the woods, came to the open ground, set up several machine guns, lined up several artillery pieces to intercept the pursuers, the Russian army hurriedly pursued, did not carry heavy firearms, was pressed in the woods and could not move, the Chinese army brigade took the opportunity to escape, ran 30 miles, entered the defense line of the 1st Infantry Division, counted the 1,200 people at the time of departure that day, only more than 800 remained, lost 1 artillery piece, 2 machine guns.

The battle report of the 4th Cavalry Regiment reached the field army headquarters, Qin Feiye frowned, before that, the headquarters had already received similar reports from the cavalry teams sent to other directions.

"So it seems that the enemy is going to make a big move."

Lieutenant General Zhao Feixue, commander of the field army, lightly twisted the reports, shook the cigarette in his hand and said: "The report of the 4th Regiment says that it is estimated that the enemy cavalry in front of you has at least one division. According to the establishment, there are about 3,500 men, and if a whole cavalry division is sent out, it should be used as the vanguard of an army or a group army. The 5th Regiment sent to Karemskoye also claimed to have encountered an entire Russian cavalry division, the cavalry reconnaissance battalion of the 1st Division also discovered the Russian regimental cavalry unit 50 kilometers to the west, Kurol-Dalasun, and the cavalry reconnaissance battalion of the 3rd Division found the Russian battalion-level cavalry 40 kilometers to the east. If the intelligence is correct, of course, it should be assumed that the enemy is trying to launch a large-scale counteroffensive against our army in several ways, so a large number of cavalry units will be deployed to carry out reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance missions. The problem is that we can't figure out the enemy's strength and the direction of the main attack, and on a rainy day, planes and airships can't be used. ”

Qin Feiye was not as relaxed as him, and asked with a tense face, "So, what is the commander's plan?" ”

Zhao Feixue spit out a small smoke ring, grabbed the small bamboo stick on the side of the table and drew half a circle around the place name Akinskoye: "Gather the troops here, establish a defensive circle, and block it for a while." ”

Qin Feiye's expression began to stiffen: "Are you serious? ”

"Really."

"What if the enemy inserts into our rear and flanks? We just fought all the way, hardly formed any decent battle line, the rear and flanks were empty, only some border and militia units were maintaining law and order, and the reserve army was far away in Jilin and Qiqihar, if the enemy's forces were sufficient, it was possible to divide the troops into the rear and flanks of our army and encircle our army. ”

Zhao Feixue shook her neck: "Then what does the chief of staff mean, retreat?" ”

"It is necessary to retreat, to retreat across the Onen, to regroup the defenses at Sherlovayagora or Borja, to wait for reinforcements, where the supply lines are not too long and the terrain is not easy to be detoured by the enemy."

Zhao Feixue threw the cigarette butt to the ground, stepped on it, and responded in his usual brisk tone: "The idea of the chief of staff, in terms of preserving the strength of our army, is of course very suitable. However, if our army retreats without resistance, the enemy may buy time to send reinforcements to Hailan Pao and cause trouble for the Praetorian Guards who are besieging Hailan Pao.

Wu Weigong has always valued the Praetorian Guards, and if he knew that we were embarrassing the Janissaries out of self-preservation, we would probably not have a good time. Moreover, our army has not encountered a decent battle for two weeks, and retreats as soon as it encounters the enemy, and both the base camp and the people will regard us as cowering and cowardly, and it will not be easy for us to continue to work in this position. ”

Qin Feiye was unhappy when he heard that Zhao Feixue actually used Wu Wei Gong to suppress him, but it was obviously not good to have a seizure - after all, he was greatly favored by Wu Wei Gong, so he spat lightly and said: "I am only analyzing the problem within the scope of this war zone, as for other considerations, as well as the final decision, of course, the commander will bear it." ”

"The decision has been made, I have to draw up plans and orders, I will go to the latrine and work hard, see you later."

Zhao Feixue said, flipped out a few pieces of paper, and hurriedly rushed out.

"As soon as there is something, go to the thatched pit, this kind of person can also be a commander......"

Qin Feiye nagged in his heart, and started working with rain and snow on his face.

September 26, Chita, the headquarters of the Russian Far Eastern Army.

Kuropatkin was leisurely sipping tea cubes and sitting in a large chaise longue waiting for the news of victory ahead.

On September 21, the 13th day after the outbreak of the war, General Kuropatkin, the former Minister of War, arrived in Chita and immediately formed his Far Eastern Army Command in Chita, which commanded all the Russian troops east of Lake Baikal.

On September 22, the 11th Army was assembled in Chita and included in the battle sequence of the Third Army, at this time the Russian field troops on the Chita side had a total of 10 infantry divisions and 6 cavalry divisions, a number of group armies and troops directly under the army, a total of 250,000 people, 848 artillery pieces, and 330 machine guns. In front of him, the 1st Field Army of the Chinese Army had only 120,000 men (the 9th Infantry Brigade and the 1st Cavalry Brigade remained on the line of the Ergun River, and several units were sent to protect the supply line), and 544 artillery pieces above the brigade level.

After the previous two weeks of rearguard warfare, the Russian army on the Chita side basically figured out the situation of the Chinese army, and on September 23, Kuropatkin ordered the two armies of Chita to launch a counterattack, the 2nd Army in the west and the 3rd Army in the east, to launch a pincer attack on the 1st Field Army of the Chinese Army, in an attempt to annihilate the Chinese army north of the Onen River.

Since September 23, the area between the Shilka River and the Onen River has been cloudy and rainy weather, which has made the air superiority of the Chinese army useless and covered the deployment of the Russian army.

From September 23 to September 25, the main force of the Russian army, with a large number of cavalry as the vanguard, approached Akinskoye, where the headquarters of the First Field Army of the Chinese Army was located, and the first road attacked from Kurot-Dalasun, 50 kilometers west of Akinskoye, with the main strength of the 21st Division of the 11th Army; The second route was from Dalasun, 70 km northwest of Akinskoye, with the main forces of the Siberian 3rd and 4th armies; The third route was from Karemskoye, 50 km north of Akinskoye, with the main forces of the 5th and 6th Siberian armies; The fourth route was attacked from Shilka, 130 km northeast of Akinskoye, with the main force being the 22nd Division of the 11th Army. Among them, the second and third roads are the main attackers, and the first and fourth roads are assists. In addition, a cavalry detachment was sent to make a roundabout attack on Oloviana, the main ferry on the Onon River, in an attempt to cut off the retreat of the Chinese army.

On September 26, the day of contact and battle with the Chinese army, Kuropatkin believed from the beginning that the battle would be won, either to annihilate the Chinese army north of the Onon River, or to drive the Chinese army south of the Onon River, in any case, the Chinese army would have to pay a heavy price, and Kuropatkin would have enough capital to ask the Tsar for credit.

"What, there's no news yet?"

Kuropatkin squinted his eyes and asked the adjutant beside him.

"My lord, I'm sorry, I haven't received any new news yet."

Kuropatkin moved his bloated body and paced around the office.

"It doesn't matter, they must be on the move, attacking, breaking through, annihilating, those yellow people are being slaughtered like pigs and dogs. We should use twice as many troops as the other side, and one Caucasian should be equivalent to two or three yellow people, that is, we have four to six times the strength of the other side, and there is no reason not to win, they are doomed to end this time. We will annihilate that army north of the Onen River, then advance southeast and cross the Eorguna River, and we will also take Manchuria, cross the whole of Manchuria, cut off the enemy's rear routes, annihilate the enemy's field armies, and at the same time relieve the friendly forces of Blagoveshchensk (Hailanpao), Khabarovsk (Boli) and Vladivostok (Vladivostok). At that time, all the elite troops of China have been wiped out, and we can do whatever we want in Manchuria, as long as we want, we can go and take the Liaodong Peninsula, we can also enter Korea, of course, we do not rule out the possibility of attacking the Beijing Division, the British and French entered Beijing in 1860, what they can do, the Russians can't do? ”

Kuropatkin daydreamed triumphantly, ignoring the strange look of the adjutant beside him.

"Report, there is news from the 3rd Army!"

Kuropat's golden eyes lit up: "Quick, read it out." ”

“…… The 5th Division's attack was thwarted and suffered heavy losses...... The 6th Division was counterattacked by the enemy and abandoned its starting position......"

Kuropatkin was dumbfounded.

On September 26, about 15 kilometers northwest of Akinskoye, two corps of the Russian 2nd Siberian Army (3rd and 4th Armies) launched an attack on the defensive line of the 1st Infantry Division and the Reserve 25th Infantry Division of the Chinese Army with 4 infantry divisions, which were repulsed by the Chinese Army. The Chinese army's circular trenches were used as support points, supplemented by foxholes to defend the defense, and machine gun and mortar fire were used to fill the gaps between the support points, so that the vast front could be defended with limited forces. In addition, a large number of reserves were gathered behind the main line of defense, which could launch a counterattack on the enemy at any time. On the same day, two divisions of the Russian 3rd Army stormed the position of the 1st Division of the Chinese Army, but were repelled by heavy artillery fire, suffering 3,200 casualties. The Russian 4th Army attacked the position of the 25th Division of the Chinese Army Reserve with 3 brigades, and the Reserve 25th Division did not have divisional artillery, so the military headquarters allocated 3 90 howitzer battalions of the artillery brigade directly under the general to the division, but the artillery firepower was still slightly insufficient, however, a large number of light and heavy machine guns played a key role in close combat, and the Russian troops who launched a charge on the muddy ground were often swept down in pieces. The Russian 4th Army attacked fiercely for half a day, and after paying a huge price, it finally broke into the center of the Chinese army's position, not wanting to be counterattacked by the reserves of the two regiments of the Chinese army, and drove back, but lost its own starting position, several artillery pieces were captured, and more than 5,000 casualties were missing.

About 10 kilometers north of Akinskoye, the two armies of the 3rd Russian Siberian Army (the 5th Army and the 6th Army) also attacked the defense line of the 3rd Infantry Division of the Chinese Army (lacking the 9th Brigade) and the reserve 27th Division with 4 divisions, the 3rd Infantry Division of the Chinese Army lacked a brigade, but it still had to defend the front of a whole division, and the firepower density of the troops was naturally insufficient, and the divisional artillery of the 27th Division was originally only a 90-mm howitzer battalion, and the 105-mm cannon battalion of two corps artillery brigades was added for the needs of defensive operations. After the battle began, the Russian 5th Army first broke through part of the defense of the 3rd Division of the Chinese Army, and the 3rd Division immediately organized reserves to launch a counter-attack, and the two sides launched a fierce white-knuckle battle, and the Russian army finally retreated, with more than 6,000 casualties, and more than half of the reserves of the 3rd Division have been consumed. The Russian 6th Army was never able to break through the defensive line of the reserve 27th Division, leaving more than 2,000 corpses in front of the position.

After a day of fighting, the Russian army lost about 18,000 people, and the Chinese army suffered more than 8,000 casualties.

"Russian marching columns have been found in both the southwest and southeast directions, the enemy army in the southwest direction has about 2 or 3 infantry regiments, the enemy army in the southeast direction should be a whole division, and the Russian regimental cavalry unit has also been found 20 kilometers northeast of Oloviana, and the situation has become clear, the enemy is encircling our army."

In the headquarters of the First Army in Akinskoye, Chief of Staff Qin Feiye analyzed with a stinky face, he had previously suggested that Commander Zhao Feixue retreat, but Zhao Feixue not only did not listen to him, but used the name of Wu Weigong to suppress him, and now the situation is as he said, he is proud again, although he is proud, his expression is as cold as ever, and only secretly contains some contempt.

Zhao Feixue didn't care about these at all, while drinking tea, she flipped through the stack of reports, glanced at the map from time to time, and said leisurely: "It's not so easy to get around." After all, a battle has been fought here, and it is enough to take advantage of this evening to retreat to Oloviana. ”

Qin Feiye was stunned: "What? Retreat tonight? The officers and men on the front line were exhausted after a whole day of fighting, and the roads were rotten on rainy days, and if they marched overnight, everyone would certainly not be able to move the next day, and when the enemy army caught up, we would not suffer a big loss. ”

"Then we need to mobilize our minds, and we need to arrange the rearguard troops, alternate cover, reasonably distribute the marching and rest time, and make special arrangements for the transportation of artillery, so find the staff officers to do it, oops, I haven't felt sick to my stomach these days, and I have to go to the toilet again......"

"What the hell is this person thinking......

Qin Feiye thought blankly, and wanted to smash something on the so-called commander's head.

On September 27, the main forces of the Russian 2nd and 3rd armies launched a fierce attack on the Chinese defense line again, but the commanders of the divisions were surprised to find that the Chinese defense line was already empty, the news reached Chita, Kuropatkin ordered the cavalry troops to pursue, two cavalry divisions were sent to pursue the Chinese army, but one of the divisions was ambushed by the Chinese army 10 kilometers south of Akinskoye, more than 1,000 people were killed, the rest of the division was scattered, and the other division did not dare to advance, so it had to stop and wait for the infantry. However, by the time the Russian infantry arrived, the Chinese rearguard had withdrawn to the next blocking position, and the Russians had only captured some of the baggage scattered along the road.