In the core area of the hills, on the highest ground, looking at the arriving Russian army, the commanders of the three divisions almost unanimously showed a disdainful expression on their faces, the previous worries were wiped out at this moment, 300,000 Russian troops rushed over, and they were second-line divisions, it is impossible to say that there is no worry, but the performance of the Russian army over proves that the Russian army has not reconnoitred at all, which is simply a joke.

After several years of development, the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army is still much higher than that of the Russian army, the light machine guns in the squad, the mortars at the platoon level, as well as radios, jeep vehicles, even in the movement war, can form a solid fortification in a short time, the difference in firepower and equipment is not courage and tactics can make up for it, not to mention that as long as it is the regular army in the northwest, the tactical flexibility and training degree are far above these second-rate troops in Russia.

The strength of the second-line troops is not comparable to that of the Russian army, especially the strengthened second-line troops, which are now not as good as the first-line troops, but they are about the same, and the Russian army has not investigated this at all.

Perhaps, for the Russian army, they know where the Chinese army is and how many troops it has, and they generally know it, but they don't know what the combat effectiveness is and how many artillery pieces there are, and they don't even know that the Chinese army has built large-scale fortifications, so they just collided headlong. On the contrary, on the Chinese side, it is armed to the extreme, both light and heavy, and even with the help of airships and high-altitude reconnaissance planes, the number of Russian troops, and even heavy weapons are clearly understood.

Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles. This grandson summed up something thousands of years ago, even in the 21st century. It is also still an important principle of warfare, which is applied here. Of course, they complement each other, any tactical changes are based on knowing the strength of the other party, and without investigation, famous generals will fall, let alone ordinary generals.

After a series of blows, whether it was the first collision in 1912 or the Battle of Chita last year, the Far Eastern Military District was hit hard, soldiers or something. It can be obtained by a large number of conscripted soldiers, but officers, especially high-ranking officers, cannot, the Far East, this place is a dead land until Chita is opened, and no one wants to come, even if Russia is in the winter, and there are many ways to raise money. It is only a group of middle and low-level officers who have been sent, and none of the senior officers have been dispatched, and there is no way to do it, the current Russia. You can only pick a general among the short ones.

The commander of the Russian army, who is currently leading 300,000 Russian troops, is named Marebev in 1912. Just a battalion commander, even last year. It's just a regimental commander, under a large-scale expansion of the army. He gradually rose to the position of commander and commander, commanding 300,000 people, but the rank was still colonel, which is more or less ironic.

Marebev hesitated, the war he imagined was that the other side was panicked, and he didn't expect them to arrive at all, so that he could get the results faster and smoother, and he didn't think that it was such an encounter, or that the opponent had gathered troops in front of the position under the premise of presetting the battlefield, and began to prepare for the attack.

The Russian army almost followed the previous method, temporarily concentrated a part of the troops, and after a series of build-ups, this began to be a random attack, for the Chinese army, a little coping, they repelled their first wave of attack, almost effortlessly, only 12 regiments, in front of 12 heights, to carry out adaptive attacks, the number of people is only a little more than the defenders, under the suppression of machine guns, under the fire of the platoon, it is easy to repel the enemy's first wave of attack.

But then, the battle was much more intense, the Russian army hesitated for about 1 hour, and then they were ready to charge, this time, they fought very resolutely, almost the first time, rushed up. As a result of the fire reconnaissance, Marebev found that the opponent's army was in full swing, not a reinforced concrete structure, but a simple civil fortification built relying on the hilly terrain, at most adding some sandbags and the like, and the number of the other side could be seen clearly at a glance, and the 300,000 troops were currently arriving at about 150,000, and they began to frantically storm the Chinese defense line, almost regardless of the cost.

has been pressed and beaten by China, and even a million troops entered Siberia, did not dare to confront it head-on, the Russian Far Eastern Military District is actually quite depressed, coupled with the crazy expansion of the army, in fact, there is an atmosphere of defeat in the Russian army, this attack is also an attempt, no matter what, Russia needs a victory to restore the morale that has been dispersed, which is also known to Marebev.

One side is well defended and well prepared, and the other side does not care about the cost, crazy attacks, fierce war, which started, the guns rang out for a day, and the Russian troops who can be sent here are all elite troops, and the long-term war, especially the battle with the Chinese army, has also made them grow a little, especially in terms of cooperation, they will not rush to the front of the Chinese army in groups as before, and are killed by the Chinese army with artillery and machine guns, and they use not very perfect skirmisher lines, and they have swept away the casualties, Increased impact.

One, two, three, more and more hills were caught in the war, and the Russian army left more than 9,000 corpses at the front of the position in just 3 hours, but the powerful offensive still allowed them to occupy 4 hills.

This result made Marebev excited, although the casualties were not small, but within an acceptable range, he was able to conquer so many highlands in one day, you must know that this hilly area in front of you can be seen at a glance, and the total number of hills is forty or fifty, so that you may be able to complete the task.

What Malebev didn't know was that these hills were voluntarily abandoned, after all, if you want to introduce the Russian army into the encirclement, you must hold the high ground on the periphery, and a part of the high ground in the center can be abandoned, so as to gradually attract the Russian army.

However, no matter how much you take the initiative to give up, it is impossible to give up as much as 4 a day, according to the plan of the Chinese army, a total of 12 will be in the high ground, choose 12 to withdraw actively, originally today is ready to withdraw two, but the strong aggressiveness shown by the Russian army, or make the Chinese army vigilant, although the casualty ratio, the Chinese army is so small that it is almost negligible, such an exchange, almost let the Chinese army can not bear it, almost decided to use artillery.

108 155 heavy guns, it can be said unceremoniously, extremely powerful, even if it is just with high-explosive shells, it can definitely hit the enemy hard, the new artillery, whether it is the range or the rate of fire, is far beyond the imagination of the Russian army, a 12-minute artillery coverage, at least 6000 rounds of artillery can be tilted, plus other artillery of more than 100 mm, it is enough to make this area into a steel domain, but unfortunately, this is not their final plan.

If when the Russian army comes, it can be used as soon as possible, and it can kill and injure the enemy on a large scale in a short period of time, although the Russian army can be severely damaged, or even defeated, and withdraw from this area, no matter how they say it, they only have 3 divisions, so after the victory with artillery, they can't pursue.

Since the Russian army wants to stretch out this claw and not cut off his claw, how can it be worthy of their efforts. The strategic battle plan has been made, and the initial time is to let the Russian army in as much as possible, and the strategy of resisting and killing as the auxiliary must be carried out step by step.

In fact, the General Staff has created an optimal plan for them in a short period of time, that is, to exchange space for time, use 3 days to wear down the morale of the Russian army, and under the condition that the killing and wounding are controlled at 50,000, the other side will be allowed to enter the hilly area, and there are a total of 12 positions that can be abandoned.

It's easy to say, it's not easy to do, it's easy to take the initiative to let it out, but the other party won't take the initiative to follow your approach, their attack on the entire position is all-round, only strong resistance can allow them to go according to their own designed path, the first day of fighting, let the Chinese army sum up a lot, itself is a strictly trained troops, plus the technical arms, and the front-line field troops are poor, but only combat experience.

One day's time, let the Chinese troops grow rapidly, in the next day, in addition to the initiative to retreat 3 heights, did not let the Russian army take a step forward, this is not easy, the Russian army has a 4 times advantage, without using all the main artillery fire, just with civil fortifications, machine guns and exquisite coordination, resisted the impact of several times the Russian army, but the casualties are also geometrically rising, 3 days, the Russian army paid nearly 60,000 casualties, The defending Chinese army paid close to 4,000 casualties, of which 800 were killed directly

This is a casualty ratio of more than 10:1, most of which are still wounded, but for China, this is an unimaginable casualty.

In 3 days, after bloody battles and exquisite command, the basic strategic goal was achieved, the 12 heights that they retreated, 11 retreated, and one will be retreated this evening, taking advantage of the night, to understand the Russian army, they will definitely take advantage of the night, occupy this one highland, when the time comes, the 12 heights, almost showing a snake meandering forward, into the core of the Chinese army's defense, and will be exposed to the best range and firing angle of artillery.

In this sense, the strategic height was achieved, but the death of more than 800 still made the three division commanders a little worried, they hesitated for a moment, and still sent back a comprehensive battle report to the headquarters. (To be continued.) )