Zhang Tianyi's battalion had defeated the enemy in front of him in a very short time, and before it had time to capture prisoners or continue to clear the remnants of the enemy, the armored battalion began to rush towards a new target. They didn't know where their final destination was, because the Huaxia Army only had a general understanding of the location of the Russian attacking troops, and as for how many troops were there and where they were moving now, the Huaxia Army did not know at all. Therefore, Zhang Tianyi and others, like the Russians, are very blind and passive. Even in the battle that has just been fought, the opponent is that part of the Russian army, and the specific strength can only be estimated.

Disrupted by chaos and fast fighting, the tank units of the five battalions were like a sharp sword quickly interspersed among the Russian offensive troops. For troops that have reached the scale of the battalion level and are equipped with artillery, each armored battalion chooses to launch a short assault, target a weak link of the opponent, quickly strike at it, withdraw from the battle before the opponent's artillery reacts, and then find an opportunity to fight again, giving full play to the mobility and firepower advantages of the No. 1 tank.

Armored troops fight infantry, especially in a field environment, and the infantry side has not yet coordinated with fortifications, then the result can only be a one-sided slaughter. Although the 5 armored battalions did their best to block the attacking forces of the Russian army, because of the chaotic battlefield situation, a considerable part of the Russian army still rushed through the blocking line and began to concentrate in the direction of the breakthrough. Infantry battles were inevitable.

At this time, some changes had taken place on the battlefield, and the heavy artillery regiment of the Russian army, which had been in full swing one hour earlier, suffered its first heavy defeat since the start of the war. THE HUAXIA 105MM TRUCK ARTILLERY UNIT THAT QUIETLY FOLLOWED LOCKED THE POSITION OF THE RUSSIAN HEAVY ARTILLERY UNIT ACCORDING TO THE OBSERVATION RESULTS, AND THEN UNDER THE BURST RATE OF FIRE OF 4 ROUNDS A MINUTE, AS MANY AS 12 105MM LONG-BARRELED HOWITZERS WERE DIVIDED INTO TWO ARTILLERY GROUPS TO COVER THE RUSSIAN 152MM HEAVY ARTILLERY GROUP.

Dark red fireballs fell from the sky with a death roar. Explosions rang out one after another on the Russian artillery positions. A loader had just put a heavy 45KG shell into the chamber when he suddenly felt as if something had touched his arm, and he subconsciously looked at it, and the blood sprayed out from the severed wrist, showing a strange bewitching appearance in the sunlight.

A Russian artillery crew, desperate to find a quiet place in the rain of bullets, scattered and ran towards what seemed safe. However, the vast majority of people were beaten into blood gourds by the ejected shrapnel as soon as they left the range of the cannon shield, and the farthest person was knocked down before he could run 200 meters. The Russian officer shouted loudly trying to save his troops. But suddenly he realized that no matter how loud he shouted, he couldn't hear what he was saying. He subconsciously touched his ears, and a stream of crimson liquid flowed out of his hands.

ALTHOUGH THE WHOLE FIRING PROCESS WAS NOT LONG, IT DEALT A FATAL BLOW TO THE OPPONENT'S ARTILLERY POSITION, AND EVEN ONE SHELL LANDED NEATLY ON THE AMMUNITION PILE BEHIND THE 107MM ARTILLERY POSITION. The shock wave from the violent explosion engulfed shrapnel, dirt, and gravel, forming a rapidly expanding ring of wind that swept through the surrounding area. Artillery trucks weighing several tons were destroyed by powerful explosions. With this single shot, the entire artillery battery of 4 guns was completely destroyed. The remaining artillery was also affected.

In a short period of about 10 minutes, the two heavy artillery positions of the Russian army lost about 70 percent of their artillery and more than 80 percent of their personnel. It can be said that these two troops can already be withdrawn. And after losing the heavy artillery suppression, the two regiments that were organizing defense at the breakthrough could finally lay out positions and organize defense.

Time was of the essence, and the two army regiments could not come up with a workable defensive system, so they had to use the trenches and collapsed bunkers dug by the Russians first. However, in the time leading up to the attack, the regimental battalions had finally re-established contact with each other. At least the various departments of the Chinese Army are no longer fighting alone. In the vast fields of Siberia, the largest field war between China and Russia began.

The infantry on both sides were completely different styles in terms of equipment and tactics. Relative to the Russian army. The Chinese Army was commanded by a large number of officers who had served in the army since the First Sino-Japanese War, and they had relatively rich combat experience. And the soldiers, after joining the army, at least received a more systematic education and training. Therefore, the Huaxia Army has certain advantages in terms of individual soldier quality and command. So they are more inclined to decentralize command on the battlefield, so that middle and lower-ranking officers can engage according to their own judgment of the battlefield.

Because there are relatively good middle and lower-level officers, the grassroots establishment of the Chinese Army is relatively large, and the larger establishment means that it must have some heavy weapons, and the Chinese Army has delegated 60 mortars and general-purpose machine guns to the company and platoon level. This makes each company a relatively complete firepower unit, with machine gun fire to suppress the enemy's charge, as well as grenadiers that can shoot and run. There are also 60 mortars that can be used to suppress the opposing artillery. THE BATTALION LEVEL HAS THE FIREPOWER OF 82MM MORTARS. Howitzer support is also available when necessary.

However, the tactics and subordinates of the Russian army are completely different from those of the Chinese army, because the command quality of Russian officers is uneven, and some have a high level, but the vast majority of them are either prodigal nobles or have a limited level of knowledge, so it is tantamount to a crime to let them command a large establishment! It has already been proven impossible for a sheep to lead a herd of lions, not to mention that the average Russian infantry is not a lion at all.

In response to this situation, the Russians emphasize the concentration of power and heavy firepower, and the low-ranking officers and soldiers under their command cannot give full play to these powerful things, so they should collect them and use them in a centralized manner, and there will always be a few such people among the senior officers. As for the infantry? The last thing that the Russians lack is people, all kinds of serfs and Cossacks, such natural mercenaries Russians have, isn't it just a group of ordinary soldiers called "gray cattle"? The loss of these people is the most feared by the Russians. Relatively speaking, they were more worried about the loss of expensive machine guns and heavy artillery, and in their opinion, as long as there were heavy weapons, any basic infantry would be an army. There is no need to worry about breaking the spine with a blow.

In World War II, the artillery superiority of the Soviet Army was reflected in two aspects, one was the projection provided by a large number of mortars, and the other was the strength of the Soviet Army's military artillery in the battle of the Grand Army, and the Germans produced a lot of heavy artillery, but the Russians were used in a centralized manner, while Germany was delegated to subordinate units. Therefore, at the company level, the Germans are superior, and the Germans also have an advantage in the battle between the battalion level and the regiment level, but when it comes to the army level, the firepower of the Soviet Army is overwhelming the opponent.

This was the first official collision between the two approaches to army building, with a combined force of about 15,000 men (including artillery). And it is still an almost equal encounter situation, although there are many Russian troops, but they have been partially weakened by the armored battalions that are attacking everywhere, and the follow-up artillery has not been able to keep up immediately for various reasons. Therefore, the fight between the two sides is almost a fight at the company and battalion level. Machine guns and mortars dominate everything!

The Chinese Army built defensive positions with companies and battalions as units, infantry squads with machine guns as the core to defend their defenses, and riflemen and grenadiers placed on both flanks to provide fire cover. The former complements machine gun fire, while the latter provides curvature fire to attack the opposing light machine gun positions or mortar groups. The deployment of firepower points is relatively scattered, forming a cross-fire network with each other. The entire line of defense was scattered but not chaotic.

The Russians, by contrast, played aggressively, concentrating almost all of their automatic weapons and artillery on one of the points and then covering the infantry to break through the position. A BATTALION OF RUSSIAN TROOPS, SUPPORTED BY A REGIMENTAL ARTILLERY PLATOON, LAUNCHED AN ATTACK ON THE OPPOSITE END OF THE TRENCH HELD BY THE CHINESE ARMY, WHERE THEY CONCENTRATED AS MANY AS 12 MADSEN MACHINE GUNS AND MAXIN MACHINE GUNS, AS WELL AS 4 60MM MORTARS AND 2 75MM RAPID-FIRE GUNS, IN A FRONTAL ATTACK OF LESS THAN 200 METERS. As soon as the 1902 machine gun stopped and hit a long point, it was targeted by two Maxine machine guns, and after paying the price of one shooter, the remaining machine gun crew had to move their positions.

The Russians fought fiercely, and the fire snakes provided strong fire cover for the follow-up troops, and a large number of Russian soldiers in gray uniforms called out and rushed forward, they were holding bayonets or pistols, ready to completely crush their opponents in close combat. Just when they approached less than 300 meters, suddenly from the rear of the Chinese Army position came a dull sound of artillery, after completing the strike on the heavy artillery units of the Russian army, the 105MM long-range howitzers that were freed up began to support the front-line operations, and the Russian army, which was like a fire hedgehog, was actually taken care of by 2 105MM truck guns!

"They're so compact!" WITH THE CONTINUOUS SOUND OF VIOLENT EXPLOSIONS, WHETHER IT IS A MACHINE GUN POSITION, A MORTAR OR A 75MM FRENCH RAPID-FIRE GUN, IT WAS FORCEFULLY WIPED OUT IN THE FACE OF ABSOLUTE FORCE. A 105MM shell accidentally hit a 75mm gun that was trying to divert. After easily tearing apart the running shield, the entire cannon body was torn to pieces by the violent explosion, the shattered gun carriage greatly increased the lethality of the explosion, and all kinds of strangely shaped metal fragments came to an indiscriminate strafing at the surrounding targets! None of the nearly 20 Russian troops nearby ran out of this death storm!

And with the loss of heavy firepower points, the Russian army that was on the offensive fell into a dilemma. The other party is in front of them, and the Russians can even see each other's expressions clearly, but the dense rain of bullets fired from the front, side, and even back is like a spider web that firmly locks the Russian infantry on the way to attack. Mortars and grenadiers in the trenches can easily eliminate the enemy lying on the ground. The goal is in sight, but the distance between them is difficult to cross.

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