"The Russians rejected our terms for peace talks." Zhang Peilun said faintly. He really didn't understand why the Russians were so insistent? Even he, who knew nothing about military affairs, could see that the Russian situation in the Far East had been eroded to the extreme. There is no possibility of a comeback, so why should they continue to fight? Are the lives of the remaining 100,000 Russian troops and auxiliary personnel so worthless in the eyes of Nicholas II?

"This is the great powers, and they want to lose even if they are bound to lose. At least it looks good on the face. Xu Jie looked at Zhang Peilun, who wanted to speak and stopped, and said. Just a matter of face? Zhang Peilun said in disbelief. Not quite, the Russians may also wonder how long the current Russian army can hold out in the face of superior firepower and armored assaults, and then learn from it to prepare for a larger war in the future. Let's not forget that the Russian Navy is finished, but the Army has only lost part of it. A considerable part of the elite of the Russian Army is in Europe. Xu Jie continued.

"Do you want to fight this battle deep down? Or will you attack even if the Russians accept this condition? Zhang Peilun said after pondering for a moment.

"That's right. In terms of land warfare, we have tested the combat effectiveness of the army's armored units, found our strengths and weaknesses, and our infantry has performed well in the process of attacking and clearing. Now we need to see how our large-scale offensive capabilities are, we have been preparing for this day for 6 years, there is no reason not to fight! Xu Jie said.

"You're too aggressive. From the day you joined Beiyang, your name was accompanied by war, and war made you. Aren't you afraid that it will ruin you in the end? Though the kingdom is great, the belligerent will perish. Zhang Peilun's tone was full of helplessness and worry.

"Look at how it fought, if this sentence is correct, then the British Empire would have been doomed long ago. The British Empire has dominated the global oceans for more than 200 years, and the British fleet has no chance of a few days of peace, but now? The British controlled a colony 150 times the size of the mainland. The flag is almost always under the sun. The British are also at war, are they dead? Xu Jie asked. Of course, Xu Jie himself knew that after World War 1, the British really began to go downhill. But he won't tell Zhang Peilun about this.

"The defeat of a country and the initiation of war cannot be said to be irrelevant. But as long as you can grasp the following questions, you can ensure that your country will thrive in the war. First of all, you need to understand the relationship between the benefits of this war and the costs involved. There is no interest in not waging war. Second, you need to know how to end a war. You have to keep the war within a certain range. Third. You have to make sure that the war does not exert unbearable pressure on your citizens, the economy and the livelihoods of their people. The third point is related to the second point, and you must stop the war before the situation occurs when the national power and the will of the people are unwilling to continue the war. ”

"So how do you make sure you can do all three? No one can be a last resort, no one can guarantee that they are in control, and neither can you. You could have done it. It doesn't mean that you can always do it in the future. Zhang Peilun said with some unconvincing.

"At least this time, I can assure you. There is no need for the existence of great powers around China, as long as we can do this, then we are invincible. Russia must be defeated, it must be dismembered, this is not something that can be done in one war, and it is not something that one country in our country can do. Russia is too aggressive, and they are not the same as the northern minorities that have existed in our history. There is such an enemy. I can't sleep well, I don't know if you can sleep well. Xu Jie asked rhetorically.

Regardless of whether Zhang Peilun can understand Xu Jie's intentions. At this point, it was impossible for the Huaxia Army to stop the attack from the rear. They were waiting for the moment when the secret pact signed between the government and the British would expire. Ten days was enough time for Peng Yi to reorganize his armored forces. Sufficient reserves of supplies and revised officers and soldiers have been outflanked in the direction of the southern front of the Russian army. They were facing the weak flank of the Russians.

With the demise of Linnevich's mobile corps, Russia lost not only the most elite corps, but also an oversized armored division and a large number of artillery and automatic weapons. Most of the capacity has also been lost! Now the entire Russian army lacks carriages and cars. So much so that the withdrawal of the remaining army to the fortress of Nebuchu became a luxury. The remaining Russian troops on a frontline of hundreds of kilometers can only shrink into a permanent offensive that has been built in advance and wait for the end to come, and Kulopatkin, located in the fortress of Nebuchu, has nothing to do about it.

Peng Yi was only a supporting role in this attack, and the real protagonists were the three armies under Ma Yukun and their heavy artillery units and Nie Shicheng's attacking troops. On the opposite side of the Nebuchu fortress, as many as 16 12-inch 45L train guns have entered the firing position, these huge guns born from the main guns of the battleship will be used as a hammer to knock open the Russian fortress, and they will target all the Russian batteries above 6 inches, as well as the marked support points and material transfer stations and other areas as the first round of strikes. THE REMAINING 18 10-INCH TRAIN GUNS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRIKES OF THE SECONDARY UNITS, MAINLY MEDIUM-CALIBER ARTILLERY FIRE POINTS OF ABOUT 100MM. The remaining 8-inch train guns were responsible for supporting the first line. They were deployed on the brink of a fire strike by the Russian army.

IN ADDITION TO THESE POWERFUL TRAIN GUNS, NIE SHICHENG ALSO INCREASED THE FIREPOWER OF THE FRONT-LINE SUPPORT ARTILLERY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AND A LARGE NUMBER OF SELF-PROPELLED GUNS MODIFIED FROM THE CHASSIS OF TANK 1 WERE ASSIGNED TO VARIOUS COMMANDOS, 150MM SHORT-BARRELED SELF-PROPELLED INFANTRY GUNS, 160MM SELF-PROPELLED RIFLED MORTARS, AND 6-INCH HEAVY CANNONS RESPONSIBLE FOR DIRECT AIMING. AS WELL AS 57MM FLAT-FIRING GUNS THAT CAN ACCOMPANY THE ADVANCE OF THE INFANTRY, AND SO ON. In this battle, the rifles in the hands of the infantry were drastically reduced, and the commandos responsible for opening the gaps were equipped with a large number of grenadiers and submachine guns. Their task was also very simple, which was to rush over after the artillery knocked on the concrete shell of the opponent and used ferocious fire to clean the remaining Russian troops from the trenches and bunkers.

And in order to better clean up the Russian troops in the trenches, the Chinese Army was also the first to be equipped with a melee weapon that was more suitable than a submachine gun against the trenches! The name of this weapon is the flamethrower!. Although the flamethrower is still very primitive, the ignition tube at the head of the gun needs to be replaced after a single shot. And the starting range was less than 20 meters. But this weapon, which can spew out an ultra-high temperature flame mixed with gasoline, sulfur and rubber, makes a terrifying impression on the test field!

"With a single pull of the trigger, a 15-meter-long fire dragon will be used from the vent, and the ignited high-temperature fuel mixture will fly under the pressure of the air towards the simulated bunker in the distance. Fierce flames rushed down the firing port and inside, and the wooden and stone bunkers were ignited in the flames. With a crackling explosion, the entire bunker burned down in a matter of minutes. And the soldier model inside that realizes the good work is also engulfed in flames. This burner doped with rubber and sulfur has a strong adhesion and as long as it sticks to the body, it won't go out unless you can shave the piece of flesh! Said one of the officers involved in the experiment afterwards.

This terror applies to the user as well. Portable fire-breathing fuel and air pressure are nightmarish for enemy bunkers and trenches. But if you carry a flamethrower on your back, isn't it the same nightmare for the user? All it takes is a single bullet or shrapnel to make a Pyro doom. Therefore, there are still doubts within the Huaxia Army about whether this weapon should be put into battle.

After the matter was sent to Xu Jie, he looked at the army's report, Xu Jie just smiled, and then signed his name. Flamethrowers do have all kinds of problems as a weapon for attacking fortifications, but war is inherently cruel, as long as the results brought by what you have in your hands are far less than your own efforts, it is okay. And this is the first time to use it, so the price will be much smaller, right?

Compared with Nie Shicheng, Ma Yukun's task is much easier, and he even has a feeling of hitting the cotton with his fist, which is too unchallenging. The elite of the Russian army on the southern front has been depleted, and the Russian army in the Nebuchu fortress area is not capable of supporting the field troops. In order to deploy a thicker line of defense as much as possible, the Russians completely abandoned the first line of defense and reduced almost all of their forces to the second line and the newly constructed positions behind the second line (to defend against Peng Yi's troops from behind). Defenses with no depth at all are too good for an attacker, and a breakthrough can lead to a collapse of the entire line. Because even if the Russians still have reserves in their hands, it would be in vain not having time to assemble.

"Think of it as a live exercise." Facing the Russian army in front of them crawling in the trenches like scattered sand waiting for the war to come, Ma Yukun said with some unfinished feelings. Although he despised the remaining Russian troops from the bottom of his heart, Ma Yukun still did not dare to be careless, and he deduced the offensive sequence and firepower arrangement of the troops over and over again. In this engagement, Ma Yukun will directly strengthen the heavy artillery of the military to the assault troops. BECAUSE ALMOST ALL OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY'S LONG-RANGE SUPPRESSION FIREPOWER HAS BEEN LOST, THERE MAY BE INDIVIDUAL 152MM CANNONS, BUT THESE ARE NATURALLY TAKEN CARE OF BY MILITARY-LEVEL 203MM HEAVY ARTILLERY, AND THE ARTILLERY UNITS ARE STILL VERY SAFE IN FRONT.

ALL THE 152MM GUNS HAVE BEEN PUSHED TO THE FRONT LINE, AND HEAVY MORTARS AND 105MM HOWITZERS WILL ACCOMPANY THE TROOPS WITH THE HELP OF TOWED VEHICLES TO PROVIDE CLOSE FIRE SUPPORT. 152MM HOWITZERS AND 120MM CANNONS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CUTTING AND BLOCKADE OF ENEMY TROOPS. AND THE 152MM CANNON IS RESPONSIBLE FOR STRIKING AT INDIVIDUAL DIFFICULT SUPPORT POINTS. At the same time, the connection between the Russian army on the southern front and the Nebuchu fortress will be completely cut off, and if the Russians want to run, they will be greeted by an insurmountable barrage!

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