At the beginning of preparing for the establishment of the Third Division, Lin Yuan considered that they would be sent to carry out the task of crossing the river, so he established a boat-bridge company in this division, which was specially responsible for erecting pontoon bridges.

The Russian army has been operating Khabarovsk for more than 40 years, and in order to prevent the Chinese troops from attacking from the west bank, more than 100 batteries have been built on the shore where the Chinese troops may cross the river, forming a defense line that stretches for 20 kilometers, and the batteries are equipped with 300 mm heavy shore defense guns, and the shock wave generated by the explosion of the shells in the water is enough to overturn the boats used to build pontoon bridges.

Therefore, Lin Yuan ordered a battalion of artillery, while shelling the fishing port, turn the muzzle, shoot the battery, and cover the troops crossing the river, although the Russian army's shore defense heavy artillery is powerful, but there is a fatal flaw, that is, the defense line is too thin, lack of defensive depth, more than 100 heavy artillery lined up a long snake formation by the river, one point was broken, and the whole line was lost.

I don't know if the Russians are too light on the enemy or their designers have limited ability, this big loophole is naked in front of Lin Yuan, the first artillery battalion quickly concentrated its firepower and launched a covering shot at the Russian battery in front of the river-crossing unit, and the structure of the Russian battery has long been explored by the reconnaissance unit, so the first artillery battalion used armor fragmentation shells this time.

The forts were made of thick concrete, and like the Japanese troops in Mukden, the Russians were very confident in them, thinking that the forts were impregnable, but when the shells fell, they didn't think so, and the armor shattering effect crumbled the stones on the walls, and the flying stones turned the gunners in the forts into sieves.

The Russian army also had reserve gunners, and when they rushed to the heavy artillery and prepared to shoot at the Chinese who was crossing the river, they were surprised to find that the sights of the heavy artillery had been blown to pieces, and the heavy artillery had become blind......

In this season, the Heilongjiang River has entered a dry period, so the river has narrowed, the flow rate has slowed down, and the boat bridge is quite stable, and the troops crossing the river have quickly landed on the shore, and they then rushed to the fort, and the gunners in the fort saw that the heavy artillery had failed, and there were no light weapons at hand, and they were not elites like the Iron and Blood Regiment, so they raised their hands and surrendered.

The 7th Brigade of the 3rd Division, as the vanguard, did not continue to advance in depth after laying down the coastal batteries, but divided the troops to the two sides and seized the other batteries, and the defenders of the other batteries surrendered one after another after making a little resistance, and it was during this time that the Russian army finally reported the news of the attack to Grogerko.

At this time, it was already half past four in the afternoon, and two and a half hours had passed since the Russian army was shelled, and the news was transmitted to the commander.

The first thing Grogerko did was to pick up the phone and inform the Heilongjiang fleet to block the Chinese troops crossing the river, but he was told that the fleet was nowhere to be found, and Grogerko had no choice but to order the Jiangfang battery to strengthen its defense and strive to wipe out the river-crossing troops on the river, but when the phone was connected, he found that the person who answered the phone became Chinese! Only then did he realize that the fort had also been captured, and he was so angry that he jumped to the street like a shrew!

Seeing that the news was so ill-informed, Grodko immediately announced the dismissal of the intelligence staff officer and ordered the Russian troops in Khabarovsk to stop the search and arrest operations in the city, put all into defensive operations, and prepare for a counterattack! It was only then that he knew that the Dao Assassin had been rescued!

However, Grodeko can't take care of the assassins anymore, and the defensive battle on the periphery has become all he pays attention to, originally the Russian army was going to attack in Khabarovsk, but Lin Yuan seized the opportunity, which made Grodjieko very annoyed! So Grodko roared and ordered, it is necessary to hold the positions on the outskirts of Khabarovsk, and whichever army cannot hold it, it will be liquidated from the top commander, and all will be shot!

Khabarovsk was garrisoned by the First Siberian Army, which had been defeated by Lin Yuan in the previous phase of the war, and they not only returned defeated, but also surrendered in thousands, and the tsar had to pay a lot of money to redeem them, so angry that Nicholas II almost revoked the number.

The commander of the First Army, Alexander Potanin, hurriedly led the army headquarters to the front line to personally supervise the battle, and around Khabarovsk were more than 20 villages, inhabited by Russian peasants who had emigrated from their own country, and the Russians were trying to make it their territory permanently.

There is no dangerous terrain to rely on, so a lot of fortifications have been built, from trenches, single bunkers, machine gun bunkers, to hidden firing points!

While Alexander Potanin was rushing to the front, the 7th Brigade of the 3rd Division had already completed the task of consolidating the landing ground, expanding in depth and soon overcame the villages of Pavlov and Volga, which were closest to the river, and the defenders of these two villages were crushed at the slightest touch, and without the slightest resistance they surrendered.

After the main force of the First Army of the Russian army arrived, they immediately began to fight for these two villages, and the battle line was stalemate for a while.

At this time, Grojieko already knew about the attack on the fishing port barracks by the artillery of the Chinese troops, and also learned about the great power of this type of artillery, and he thought to himself: "Could it be that the Chinese are equipped with new artillery?" The lethality of this type of artillery is too great, so you must find the artillery position! In the last war, Grogerko felt that the soldiers of his unit were too ineffective, so he ordered his subordinates to draw young officers from the army to form a separate unit and obey his direct command. Grogerko ordered this force, cross the Heilongjiang River, find artillery positions, and it is better to capture one door and return, if not, destroy them all.

At this moment, Chen Fei and the others finally brought Shen Wanqing back to Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan knew that they had come back four hours ago, and after they came back, the military doctor took Shen Wanqing to treat the wound, but what kind of wound did it take four hours to deal with? Could it be that the wound is infected, which is more troublesome to deal with, or is it that other injuries have been detected......

Lin Yuan hurriedly asked Chen Fei, "Didn't you come back a long time ago?" Why are you only coming to see me now? ”

Chen Fei smiled: "It's not my fault, it's all her fault," Chen Fei pointed at Shen Wanqing and said, "She has to wash some photos, so she has been delayed for so long." ”

Lin Yuan looked at her cheeks that were pale because of blood loss, red and swollen eyes, distressed and loving, and just wanted to say something, but Shen Wanqing preemptively said: "I have washed out the photos, and I will rush out a manuscript as soon as possible to explain the massacre of the Russian army to the international community." Shen Wanqing looked at Lin Yuan, smiled, and said, "I'm here to tell you about this, I'll go back to work, you can continue to be busy." With that, he stood up and walked out.

Lin Yuan just wanted to catch up, but the voice of the staff officer suddenly came: "Report to Lin Shuai, news came from the first artillery battalion that a small group of Russian troops was found at the front of the position." Lin Yuan felt a burst of joy in his heart, and said, "Order Yao Feng to carry out the ghost shadow operation." ”