The Germans broke through several lines of defense of the Russian 2nd Guards Army in one day, inflicting heavy losses on them. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 At the same time, the 17th Army of the 8th Army Corps of the German Army also compressed the living space of the Russian army from the east, making the situation of the 2nd Guards Army of the Russian Army more difficult.

Although, the Russian 2nd Guards Army is still fighting hard, but the losses are getting bigger and bigger. At the same time, their courage and confidence were as if they were crushed under the crushing of the German tank tracks.

It is foreseeable that it is only a matter of time before the 2nd Guards Army of the Russian Army is completely defeated, or even resolved.

This also made the commander of the 2nd Guards Army of the Russian Army, General Krapovich, constantly send telegrams to the commander of the 9th Army of the Russian Army, General Letsky, asking for reinforcements.

"General, this is the third time that General Krapovich has sent us a telegram asking for help. It can be seen that the German offensive was very fierce, and the 2nd Guards Army was about to be unable to hold on. You know, the combat effectiveness of the 2nd Guards Army is above ours. Even they were beaten by the Germans and could not be parried, and even if we joined, I am afraid that we would not be able to reverse the situation. If we don't do it, we'll be put in it ourselves. One of the generals suggested.

"Yes! Checkmate. Or we should retreat now. ”

The generals of the 9th Army of the Russian Army were frightened by the powerful offensive of the German army, for fear that if they went to rescue the 2nd Guards Army, they would take themselves into it.

"The German offensive is indeed very strong, otherwise the 2nd Guards Army would not have been forced into such a situation. But if we don't rescue them, the 2nd Guards Army will be dead. When the time comes, His Majesty the Tsar will not let us go. What's more, we may not have no chance. The Germans must have used the main forces to attack the 2nd Guards Army. Well, there will certainly not be too many troops that they use to block us. If we can inflict heavy damage on this part of the German army, and then rush to Ruststruff and join forces with the 2nd Guards Army, we may not be able to defeat the Germans. No matter how bad it is, it will be able to rescue the main force of the 2nd Guards Army. That's a great achievement! You should consider this. If everyone doesn't want to take the credit, then I won't force it. However, let's not forget that if the 2nd Guards Army is eaten by the Germans, we will certainly be eaten by the Germans soon. Admiral Retzsky reminded.

"General, whatever you say, we will do it, everyone listens to you!"

The other generals also expressed their willingness to obey the orders of General Letsky.

Admiral Letzsky nodded with satisfaction: "In this case, let's speed up and continue north!" Be sure to get to Rustrustrów before sunset tomorrow. ”

"Yes, General!" All the generals replied loudly.

Next, the 9th Army of the Russian Army once again accelerated the speed of the march. It was almost at their limit marching speed.

In the evening of the same day, the Russian army arrived at Sedelce. However, they found that the city was already under the control of the German army. The Germans set up defensive positions on the outskirts of the city. And Shedelce is the only place for the Russian 9th Army to pass through on its way north to Rustruv. Therefore, if they want to continue north, there is only one choice, that is, to defeat the German army that occupies this place and seize Shedelce. There is no other way.

Admiral Retzsky did not immediately order the troops to attack, and after a day's journey, the Russian army was already very tired. If you attack now, it will be no different from looking for death, and you will go to deliver food to the German army.

Admiral Letzsky ordered the troops to defend themselves, rest well for the night, and attack again early tomorrow morning.

Garrisoning Seedice was the 8th Army under the 20th Army of the German Army, with three infantry divisions and a total of more than 50,000 people. Although, the strength is only a quarter of the 9th Army of the Russian army. However, if you stick to the line, there is no problem at all. You must know that the German 8th Army is equipped with a large number of automatic weapons, and its firepower is very different from that of the Russian army. If the Russian army rashly launches an attack, then in the end, there is only one result, that is, the corpses of Russian soldiers will cover the entire German defense line.

"General, our reconnaissance unit, has discovered the Russians. They were in a small town ten kilometers from us, stopped moving forward and were resting. A major general, division commander, reported to Lieutenant General Mackensen.

"Hmmm! What an opportunity! It's just a waste. Lieutenant General Mackensen couldn't help but sigh.

"If the 8th Panzer Division is here, we only need to cooperate with them and launch a surprise attack, which will be enough to crush the Russian 9th Army. It is not impossible to annihilate even most of the enemy army. When this battle is over, I must ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to equip each army with armored units. Lieutenant General Mackensen said.

"General, it's best if every infantry division has an armored unit! In that case, our attack will be stronger. The major general and division commander hurriedly said.

"Yes, it would be better for each division to have a certain number of tanks. In this way, our attack power can be further increased. Lieutenant General Mackensen nodded.

Early in the morning of September 12, the Russian 9th Army began to attack Sedelce, where the German 20th Army was stationed. In order to be able to take Shedelce in one fell swoop in the shortest possible time, the Russian 9th Army directly invested the main forces in the offensive.

The 9th Army of the Russian Army, like the 2nd Guards Army, has ten infantry divisions and two cavalry divisions, with a total strength of about 200,000 troops.

In order to ensure the success of the attack, Retzsky even mobilized the artillery of the entire army group, more than 400 76.2-mm field guns, to fire at the positions of the German 20th Army.

"Fire! Kill those Germans! "The artillery commander of the Russian army gave the order.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

Hundreds of 76.2mm field guns began to roar, smashing shells one after another into the German positions.

It's just that only five minutes after the Russian artillery opened fire, the German artillery began to suppress the Russian artillery positions. 54 150-mm heavy howitzers, 108 105-mm light howitzers, were involved in the suppression of the artillery positions of the Russian army.

But the number of artillery of the Russian army was too much, so there were still a lot of shells that fell on the positions of the German army.

Fortunately, the German positions were relatively strong, and the Russian army's 76.2 mm field guns were too powerful, so they did not cause much damage to the Germans.