"Marshal, the Chinese are attacking too fast, we simply can't stop them. Now our defense-in-depth has been fully breached. A large number of troops were surrounded by the Chinese, and the whole line was retreating! A major general officer looked panicked and said to Alexander. Marshal Baryatinsky reported. The fierce attack of the Chinese* army shocked the Russian army very much. The defense line of hundreds of thousands of people was broken through in a very short time. Such heavy losses made the Russian army dumbfounded and unbelievable.

"Hell! The troops were ordered to leave strong troops to intercept the Chinese when they retreated. Otherwise, no one will be able to escape! "Alexander. Marshal Baryatinsky shouted loudly. If the Chinese cannot be stopped, then the retreat of the Russian army is very likely to turn into a rout. At that time, it is very difficult to say how many troops will be able to survive under the pursuit of the Chinese.

"Marshal, the ministries have left a certain blocking army. However, in the face of the armored forces of the Chinese, we simply could not stop their advance. The major general said with a red face. It's not that the Russian army just fled and didn't leave an army to intercept it. It's that blocking doesn't work at all. The Russian army's blocking army was easily routed by the armored forces of the Chinese army, so that they also joined the ranks of the rout. So. The rapid advance of the Chinese Army was almost unstoppable. The armored forces were able to catch up with the fleeing Russian troops, intercept them, and surround them. After the arrival of the follow-up infantry, the armored forces continued their rapid assault.

In such a situation, neither the Russian army's counterattack nor blocking can be effective. In the end, it was only possible to lead the Russian army to a rout on all fronts. A large number of Russian troops fled without their lives, wishing they could throw away everything else. As long as they can lighten the weight on their bodies, they can even throw away their weapons. Visible. In the face of the pursuit of the Chinese* army, the Russian army has been completely defeated.

"Marshal. Let's retreat too! The armored forces of the Chinese are already less than two kilometers from ours. If you don't leave, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave. "Major General Officer Jian Yì said. Although, Alexander. The command of Marshal Baryatinsky was far from the front. But now it is still a target for Chinese attacks. If this continues, they will all be captured by the Chinese.

"Bastard!" Alexander. Marshal Baryatinsky scolded, which was a complete shame for him. At the beginning, he came with hundreds of thousands of elite troops, intending to defeat the Chinese with one blow, and he was ashamed. However, now not only the losses are heavy. The wolf bèi, who was also forced by the Chinese, fled. If this continues, what kind of face will he have to return to Russia? Tsar Alexander II trusted him so much that he reciprocated the favor in this way. Alexander. Marshal Baryatinsky even wanted to commit suicide. In the end, though, I couldn't muster that courage.

"Okay, retreat immediately. Confidential documents were burned throughout. Also, send a telegram to St. Petersburg informing them that we have failed. The strength of the Chinese is far beyond our expectations. The Germans must join in as much as possible, otherwise it will be difficult for us to resist the attack of the Chinese. This war. There is still a high probability that we will fail. "Alexander. Marshal Baryatinsky said.

"Yes, Your Excellency." The Major General Officer nodded. The bigwigs in the rear may not feel anything. However, these front-line generals are undoubtedly more aware of the current situation. The Chinese are too strong, and the Russian army, which has worked hard for several years, is in front of the Chinese. It's simply vulnerable. This made them completely disillusioned with this war.

"Boom! Rumble! "Suddenly, two shells fell into the distance Alexander. Not far from the command of Marshal Baryatinsky. The shells exploded, causing the headquarters houses to shake for a while.

Subsequently. The sound of the tank engine came, which made those Russian officers in the command center. I couldn't help but be shocked.

"Hell, the Chinese have arrived. Hurry up and retreat. A lieutenant general officer shouted loudly.

Merely. It's too late for them. A tank company of the 101st Armored Brigade of the 1st Panzer Army of the Imperial Army has entered the small village. They did not know that the command of the Russian army was here, they were only ordered to capture these small villages and build a solid base for the follow-up infantry. Who knows, but by mistake found the command of the Russian army.

The tank company was under heavy attack from the Russian troops in the defending headquarters, who wanted to cover the retreat of the senior generals. The tank company was also taken aback by the ferocity of the Russian army. But then they realized. The Russian army is so desperate, which obviously means that there are big fish here.

As a result, the tanks of the tank company quickly advanced and crushed the resistance of the Russian army. Subsequently, the tank crews arrested a cadre of senior generals who were preparing to evacuate the Russian army. When the barrel of the tank was aimed at the Russian military vehicles that were preparing to evacuate. Military vehicles can only stop. Especially when a military vehicle in front of it wants to accelerate and escape, but is destroyed by a tank gun, stopping is undoubtedly the wisest choice.

When the officer with the star on his shoulder got out of the military vehicle, the commander's mouth of the tank company was about to crack to the back of his head. Especially Alexander. When Marshal Baryatinsky was caught, the entire tank company cheered. Catching the commander of the enemy army, or a marshal, this is an incomparably lofty honor for their entire tank company!

Not only Alexander. Marshal Baryatinsky was captured, and the main forces of the Russian army were surrounded. The Russian army has 800,000 people on the Volgograd front, except for the previous casualties that are about to reach 300,000, the remaining 500,000 people, worth tens of thousands of people before escaping the encirclement, the rest of the Russian army has been surrounded in large and small encirclements.

After the 1st Army, the 4th Army, the 5th Army and the 1st Panzer Army of the Imperial Army surrounded these hundreds of thousands of Russian troops, they did not immediately attack, but continued to use powerful firepower to consume the living forces of the Russian army. Subsequently, the armored forces once again interspersed the Russian army, dividing the Russian army into pieces so that the infantry could encircle and annihilate them.

Although, some of the encircled Russian troops are unwilling to defeat and want to resist stubbornly. But under the blows of the Imperial armored forces, their resistance was quickly crushed. It took only three days for the surrounded Russian army to be completely annihilated.

However, the three armies of the Imperial Army and one armored corps did not suffer many casualties in this battle. Combined with the fact that the 1st Army had resisted the fierce attack of the Russian army in the previous week, the total casualties of the Imperial Army were only more than 30,000. Moreover, most of them were still minor injuries, and there were not many serious injuries and deaths.

However, there were quite a few losses in technical equipment. In particular, the armored forces, which were the main force of the counterattack, suffered very large losses. The 1st Panzer Army plus the 1st Panzer Brigade, the 4th Panzer Brigade and the 5th Panzer Brigade totaled more than 1,200 tanks. By the end of the campaign, only half of these armoured units were left with tanks and armored vehicles. The rest of the tanks were destroyed.

Among them, there are very few tanks destroyed by the Russian army, and the main ones are damaged due to mechanical failures. Although the reliability of the current tank is much higher than when it was first developed. However, fighting on a battlefield with complex terrain is still a severe test for pushing tanks and armored vehicles. The service life of tanks and armored vehicles was greatly reduced, and in the end, a large number of tanks and armored vehicles were damaged. A lot of them have lost their value in repair.

For this reason, the commander of the 1st Army, General Zhang Wei, had to send a request to the General Staff for the transfer of several hundred or even more tanks and armored vehicles to the front. In this way, they will be able to continue their fierce offensive against the Russian army.

However, the transportation of tanks from the base on the eastern bank of the Ural River to the front line will also take a considerable amount of time. Therefore, it was worth ordering the remaining armored forces to continue the offensive, while those soldiers who had lost their tanks and armored vehicles remained in Volgograd and waited for the arrival of subsequent tanks and armored vehicles before they caught up.

After all, the fighter is fleeting. Now that the main force of the Russian army has been annihilated, it is a good opportunity to attack the hinterland of the Russian army on a large scale and expand its depth.

The Imperial Army inflicted heavy losses on the Russian army on the Volgograd Line, which dramatically changed the tide of the war on the Eastern Front. It also allowed the Imperial Army to quickly penetrate the Russian hinterland. However, while the Chinese celebrated this great victory, the Russians had to taste the bitter fruits of defeat.

Originally, the commander-in-chief of the Russian army, Duke Gorchakov, and the chief of the General Staff, Marshal Wirtgenstein, also wanted to hide the situation of the Volgograd Line. However, in Alexandria. Marshal Baryatinsky had already been captured, and the entire Southern Army Corps had been wiped out, and they could not hide it even if they wanted to. What's more, in the follow-up battles, it is necessary to contact the Germans, and Tsar Alexander II will definitely know about it sooner or later. As a result, Duke Gorchakov and Field Marshal Wittgenstein could only bite the bullet and report to Alexander II about the situation at the front.

Knowing that his 800,000 elite had been lost in just over ten days made Alexander II furious. Before the outbreak of the war, the total strength of the Russian army was only two million. Now the two million men of the second phase have not yet completed their mobilization, and the 800,000 elites of the Southern Army have been wiped out. If this continues, the speed of the Russian army's expansion is far from being comparable to the speed of losses! (To be continued......)

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