At this time, the Russian troops outside Beijing also had two armies of the Siberian Corps, and one army group in the Caucasus totaling 510,000 troops. But the Russians were already having a hard time transporting supplies, and it was already December, and many Russian soldiers were still fighting in single clothes.

Although the weather in Beijing is not as cold as in the northeast, warm winters are rare in this era of normal climate without environmental pollution. After the Mongol transport lines were threatened by Chinese troops, not only were the Russians in a state of being pinned down in the military posture, but even their war supplies and rations had become a problem.

The difficulty in replenishing the troops, the shortage of food and ammunition, especially the lack of heavy firepower weapons, made the Russians lack the ability to counter the Chinese troops. When their cannons ran out of shells, Lao Maozi's determination to maintain his will to fight was shaken.

General Kizerosky was very anxious after receiving the news that Zaitao had killed Daqingshan and that Akberil could not do anything about it, and he had already sent successive reports to the emperor, asking for the troops to withdraw immediately, and before the emperor's instructions came down, Kizerosky received the news of the general mobilization of the Chinese troops, at this time he no longer waited for the emperor's instructions, he felt that if he was still in Beijing and did not leave, it was very appropriate to describe himself at this time in one word - sit and wait to die!

With an order, the 500,000 Russian troops began to retreat, and Kizerosky estimated that Yang Dagui would definitely catch up, so he left five corps of troops to defend on the Miyun line, and he did not expect this army to block the attack of the Chinese, as long as they could delay the pace of the Chinese offensive.

"The Russians have deployed 80,000 soldiers on the Miyun line. There are more than 200 artillery pieces, and I heard that Kizerosky left them a large amount of Russian war materials, so their firepower is relatively sufficient. There is also news that Kizerosky made it very clear to the commander of this force that they would be able to surrender or break out after holding out for a week. Judging by the current rate of retreat of the Kizerosky Corps, in a week they can retreat into Mongolia, and it will not be easy for us to chase after them. So, my request is to break through this line of defense of the Russians within two days! ”

As soon as the commanders below heard Yang Xiaolin's words, they immediately started talking! It was really not an easy task for the defense line of 80,000 Russian soldiers to break through in two days.

But while everyone was still discussing what method could be used, Wu Zhaolin stood up immediately: "Commander." Please leave this task to our Third Front! ”

His eyes swept around: "You are all going on an expedition to Mongolia to regain your land." Only our Fourth Front Army remains in Beijing, and we may not be able to fight in the future, so let us have this opportunity. ”

The commanders of the other armies looked at each other, and Wu Zhaolin was telling the truth. No one stood up to fight him. This is a lot of face-saving. It is important to know that the composition of China's armed forces is complex. Who wouldn't want to put on a good show in this fight?

Wu Zhaolin nodded gratefully: "Thank you!" ”

Yang Xiaolin put the stick in his hand on the table: "It's no problem to hand it over to you, but I want to know what you use to ensure that you can break through the Russian defense line within two days?" ”

Wu Zhaolin stood upright: "My idea is not to shake the entire defense line of the Russians, and to use the three divisions with the strongest combat effectiveness of our Fourth Front Army from the east. Launch a centripetal attack on the Russian troops from the west, north, three directions, penetrate his positions, disrupt his chain of command, and then concentrate superior forces to break them one by one! ”

Yang Xiaolin nodded slightly after hearing this, Wu Zhaolin's idea was obviously in line with Commander Yang's consistent thinking of combat, not fighting the battle line with the other side, treating the Russian troops of the five armies as one face, launching a centripetal attack, and cutting this face. This is exactly the same as the way he fought to encircle and annihilate the Japanese Third Division.

"Very good, I will hand over the armored regiment to you, and give you another thousand artillery support, if you still can't break through within two days, you can disarm and return to the field yourself, and in addition, remove the flag of the 1st Republican Division to me."

Wu Zhaolin was stunned when he heard this, but looking at Commander Yang's expression, he knew that there was no need to discuss, and he said that he had already stood up, and he couldn't sit down anymore. Moreover, Commander Yang took out the armored regiment, which can be regarded as using the strongest attack force in the current Chinese troops.

This armored regiment is not the same as the dozens of combat vehicles of the commando second pole, when foreigners think that China is developing heavy artillery, Commander Yang manufactures small and medium-sized artillery on the one hand, and on the other hand, almost all the research force is in the service of armored forces.

This is the first armored regiment in China, with a hundred armored infantry vehicles, eighty tanks.

General Wu knew the power of the armored troops, that is, he cooperated with the second pole to fight the first battle of the armored troops.

Commander Yang also took out this unit and handed it over to himself, and there was really no reason to fight badly: "Yes!" ”

Back at his headquarters, Wu Zhaolin immediately summoned all the officers to come over for a meeting, conveyed what Commander Yang said, and then told everyone that this battle must be won, and it must be won within two days! Otherwise, not only will he not be able to keep his commander, but if the banner of the First Republican Division is removed, the entire Third Front Army will have a shame that cannot be washed away.

On December 7, 1907, the battle began.

Wu Zhaolin was still very tricky in fighting, and in order to make his attack more sudden, he took advantage of this nightless night to launch a charge! Zhang Chun, commander of the 9th Division of the 17th Army, led the attack from west to east, Jiang Yiwu, commander of the 5th Division of the 18th Army, led the troops to attack from east to west, and the 1st Division of the Republic was responsible for the frontal attack. The three divisions were also prepared with no artillery fire, and swooped down on the Russians' positions in the dark.

Although the Russian troops have been preparing for battle, they have always maintained vigilance. But this night really gave the Chinese the best cover, and it was not until the Chinese touched the distance of Lao Maozi's cordon and dozens of meters ahead that Lao Maozi found out.

They didn't expect Wu Zhaolin to attack in the middle of the night, because although the night could conceal the intention of the attacking side, it could also disguise the firepower dispatch of the defending side. After the gunfire on the cordon, many Russians were broken through by the Chinese troops before they could get dressed.

However, the breakthrough of the cordon did not mean anything, and the Russians behind entered the position one after another.

Fighting is really a relief for the Russians, and it is really uncomfortable to fight and withdraw in the past few months! As soon as the guns rang out, it was time for an outcome anyway.

Xiong Bingkun was responsible for the frontal attack, and after breaking through the cordon, he was intercepted by the Russians' very strong firepower, and he was unable to approach the Russians' position after rushing twice, and the old bear did not retreat, so he lay down in front of the Russians' position, took out his pistol and put a signal flare on it, and fired a shot into the air, and a red firework rose into the air.

General Wu had his own idea of not allowing the artillery to open the way for infantry artillery, and one of the main reasons he dared to attack at night was because the Chinese soldiers were as familiar with Miyun's position. The scale of the shell had already been adjusted, and when they saw where the flare was rising, they knew where it was going.

A thousand artillery pieces launched a fierce bombardment, and more than 3,000 shells were poured on the land in ten minutes. Lao Maozi never dreamed that the coordination between the Chinese artillery and infantry could be coordinated to such an extent, and the infantry would dare to open fire without retreating artillery.

Although a few shells missed, the vast majority of them landed in the trenches of the Russians!

And in the ten minutes of this shelling, a hundred tanks and eighty tanks of the armored regiment drove over, and the roar crushed the silence of this midnight, and as soon as the artillery fire stopped, the tracks mercilessly ran over the Russian positions.

The behemoth in the dark night brought a shock to the Russians is even more indescribable, the Russian soldiers who were lucky enough to survive under the artillery fire crackled a burst of machine guns on the body of the armored car to see that there was no response, and immediately panicked, as the first armored infantry vehicle drove to the position of the Russians, the revolver machine gun on the car did not look at where the enemy was, and rushed forward for a fierce sweep!

The ensuing infantry, and the first line of defense, which the Russians had thought would hold out for at least three days, collapsed in a flash. Master Xiong led the team to take advantage of the superior individual weapons with the support of armored vehicles to clear the remaining firepower points one by one, those Russians couldn't fight at all, and the Russian soldiers in the trenches didn't care how dangerous their bodies were, they jumped out of the trenches one by one, and just ran back.

The Russian troops who came to support them didn't know what to do.

The Panzer Regiment saw a stream of Russians hovering in front, as if they did not know whether to move forward or retreat. The regiment commander was also bold, maybe it was because the Chinese tanks had not encountered any decent threat so far, and he didn't wait for Xiong Bingkun to clear all the Russians in the trenches, so he broke away from the infantry unit without any scruples and killed the Russian troops as quickly as possible.

What is even more surprising is that the Chinese artillerymen are obviously unwilling to play a supporting role again this time, and the squad leader Xiong was surprised to find in the trenches that the artillery actually pushed more than 100 artillery pieces up, and they were not idle, although they could not observe those medium-range and violent targets clearly, but they looked at the opposite firepower point, where there was a Russian firepower point, they shot at it.

Not to mention, this tactic really works. First of all, darkness provided natural cover for the movement of artillery units, and their constant movement made it impossible for Russian artillery to find their position.

In Yang Xiaolin's words, the artillerymen should not limit their thinking to the position when fighting, and dare to put bayonets on the artillery when it is critical, and bravely rush up to kill the enemy!

The artillerymen obviously thoroughly implemented Commander Yang's tactics this time, and the solid firepower points that Lao Maozi had arranged before the war that they thought could block the Chinese attack had almost no chance to show themselves under the bombardment of the tank artillery, and it took less than an hour for the tank troops to advance a distance of five kilometers, which was equivalent to marching.

Division Commander Xiong was very depressed, he found that this battle was like running, running behind the tank, as if his task was to clear the positions captured by the armored forces. (To be continued......)