When night fell, the Russian offensive also stopped. Perhaps, after a day of hard fighting, the Russian army paid huge losses, which made them finally stop the offensive and began to shrink back and lick their wounds. After all, the Russian army has never been an army with a strong will to fight. Even though they were trained by German instructors for several years, they were only serfs in their bones.

This is especially true at a time when the defense line of the Chinese* army is so strong and the firepower is so strong. Their offense is more like going to die. As a result, the belief in revenge in the hearts of the Russian* army was also affected. After all, even if they want revenge, if they want to lose their lives because of this, it is estimated that many people will back down.

Volgograd, at the headquarters of the 1st Army of the Imperial Army, the commander of the army, General Zhang Wei, and the commander of the 4th Army, General Doolittle, are analyzing the battles during the day. The report of the battle damage has been handed over to General Zhang Wei. For this battle loss, General Zhang Wei was still very satisfied in principle. At least, the losses of the Imperial Army were much smaller than those of the Russian army.

During the fierce battles during the day, the Imperial Army suffered less than two thousand casualties. Mainly the casualties paid by the artillery during the fierce artillery battle with the Russian army, and the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Army who were killed when they were shelled by the Russian army. Compared with the losses of the Imperial Army, the Imperial Army and Air Force at least found about 100,000 casualties for the Russian army. The one-to-fifty exchange is not bad. After all, the total number of Russian troops attacking Volgograd was only 800,000. If this exchange ratio can be maintained all the time, wouldn't it be enough to pay more than 10,000 casualties to completely eliminate the Russian army? Of course, this is just an ideal state. In the actual battle. The exchange ratio is not going to be so big.

"I really didn't expect the Air Force to be so shocking. The artillery of the Russian army was lost. This makes it almost impossible for the Russian army to break through our line of defense. Admiral Doolittle said with a smile. Originally. His 4th Army still wants to go to the front. But now, it seems that there is no chance. A few infantry corps of the 1st Army alone were enough to break the Russians' heads in the face of a strong defensive line. Except for the artillery, the rest of the infantry of the 4th Army is estimated to have no chance to go to the battlefield.

"Yes! His Majesty the Emperor is really far-sighted. At the beginning, His Majesty strongly supported the development of the Air Force, but we just treated the Air Force as a toy. I didn't expect that now the Air Force will be able to bring us such a big help. Perhaps, we were all wrong. Only Majesty Xià is correct. In this war, the role of the air force will probably be far greater than we imagined. Admiral Zhang Wei said. In the beginning, the generals of the Imperial Army were always skeptical of the Air Force. It's just that. Because of their worship of the Imperial Emperor Long Yufei, they did not raise objections. In their opinion, the empire is so powerful, if His Majesty the Emperor wants to build an air force, even if it fails, it doesn't matter. It was not a big deal for the powerful empire to provide some toys to the emperor. However, after being tested on the battlefield, they will realize that their concept was so wrong at the beginning.

"There's already news from the Air Force. They hope that tomorrow when the Russian army attacks, they will be involved again. They were going to attack the infantry of the Russian army. So, I think if the Russian army wants to break through our line of defense, it is basically impossible. We can now start fighting back. Admiral Doolittle said. Albeit. The 1st and 4th armies combined were only 400,000 men, and it was originally planned to wait for the arrival of follow-up troops before launching a counterattack. But now it seems that the counterattack can be brought forward.

"Something to fight back. Let's wait until the follow-up troops arrive. As long as the Russian army dares to attack. Then we will use the strong defense line and the superiority of our weapons to deplete their living forces. Until their living forces are exhausted, they will launch a counterattack. That's the case. We'll be much more likely to succeed. Admiral Zhang Wei said. After all, the Russian army deployed to the Volgograd defense line has as many as 800,000 troops, and even after today's losses, there are still more than 700,000. If the counterattack gets into trouble, the consequences will be unimaginable. Therefore, it is better to be cautious and continue to consume a little more of the Russian army's vital forces.

Admiral Doolittle nodded, not insisting. After all, what Admiral Zhang Wei said is also very reasonable. Although the casualties of the Russian army are not small, their strength is still very strong. If you are frustrated, it will cause a lot of trouble for the subsequent attack.

At the same time, the command of the Russian army within Alexander. Marshal Baryatinsky is working on a post-war summary. There is no doubt that in today's battle, the Russian army is completely defeated. The artillery lost almost 80 percent, and the infantry lost tens of thousands of men in the attack. Such a loss made him a little difficult to accept. However, this is the truth, and there is no way to accept it.

"Marshal, the Chinese firepower is too strong, our artillery has not been able to destroy the Chinese defense, so our offensive failed." Russian Admiral Berg, who was in charge of today's offensive, put the blame on the artillerymen. After all, the infantry's attack is completely colliding with the enemy's steel defense line with flesh and blood! That's what made it unbearable for them.

"Marshal, the artillery has done its best. In today's battle, we have lost 80 percent of our artillery and artillery. The artillery of the Chinese was already very strong, and coupled with the attack of the Chinese Air Force, this led to our crushing defeat. The artillery commander of the Russian army hurriedly said.

"Alright, shut up. Now is not the time to shift responsibility. The Chinese defense line is very strong, and I know that it is very difficult to break through their defense. But now we have no other way. His Majesty the Tsar had high hopes for our offensive. If we are not able to defeat the enemy in front of us, then the gallows may be waiting for us. I hope that at this time, everyone can work together to break through the defense line of the Chinese. I don't want to hear any more blame-shifting. "Alexander. Marshal Baryatinsky was furious.

The current situation is already very unfavorable for the Russian army. These generals under his command still want to shirk their responsibilities, how can this satisfy him? Isn't it asking for trouble?

"Yes, Your Excellency Marshal!" The generals of the Russian army had no choice but to stop shirking their responsibilities.

In Alexandria. At the request of Marshal Baryatinsky, everyone began to make plans to break through the defense line of the Chinese* army in the next offensive. Although the concepts of these Russian generals are outdated, they still come up with a lot of solutions.

The next day, the attack continued. Russian artillery ventured into a twenty-minute artillery bombardment of the Imperial Army's defenses. After the shelling, the Russian artillery immediately withdrew from the artillery positions and went into the woods to hide to avoid being bombed by the Chinese Air Force. Such tactics made the losses of the Russian artillery small. It's just that some losses were paid in the counterattack of the Chinese artillery. After the arrival of the Chinese Air Force, they were already evacuated. It's just that, although the artillery losses of the Russian army are not large. However, the damage they inflicted on the Chinese army's defense line was also not significant. So much so that when the Russian army attacked, it had to face the powerful firepower of the Imperial Army, and the head was broken and bleeding.

When the Russian infantry attacked, the air force hovering on the battlefield also joined the attack. Originally, the artillery of the Russian army was not bombed, which made the pilots of the Air Force hold back the fire. Therefore, they can only vent their anger on the infantry of the Russian army.

"Boom! Rumble! "One after another, Haidongqing 2 fighters dropped bombs mounted under the wings. The bomb fell into the ranks of the Russian troops, and the Russian soldiers who were blown up turned on their backs.

After the bombing was completed, the fighters began to strafe with aviation machine guns. For these fighter pilots, they prefer to solve these Russian soldiers with aviation machine guns. It feels better to tear the soldiers of the Russian army to shreds directly. Although, it seems to be a little bloody.

The Falcon dive bombers also attacked, and the bombs dropped by these dive bombers were all in the 200-kilogram order compared to the small bombs dropped by the fighters. When a bomb explodes, it can leave a huge crater in the ground. Within a radius of more than ten meters, there is hardly a living thing in sight.

However, it is undoubtedly too extravagant to use two-hundred-kilogram bombs against infantry. So much so that by the later period, the Falcon dive bombers had ceased their actions against the infantry. Instead, the Haidongqing 2 fighter was used to deal specifically with those infantry.

Under the air-ground integration tactics of the Imperial Army, the Russian army's offensive was completely no different from sending them to death. Although the generals of the Russian army also used various tricks. For example, tactics such as night raids, or trench advances. But without exception, they all failed.

Over time, the Russian army hit its head in front of the lines of the Imperial Army, and at the same time paid a heavy price. This made them extremely costly. After a few days, the losses of the Russian army reached an unacceptable level. So much so that the commander of the Russian army, Alexander . Marshal Baryatinsky was a little helpless.

Originally, with 800,000 heavy troops in his hands, he thought that he would be able to break through the defense line of the Chinese Army lightly, but he didn't expect that in the end, it would be such a result. The 800,000 troops under his command had more than 300,000 casualties alone. (To be continued......)

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