The scouts on the front line radioed the observed situation to the strategic artillery unit, and after the staff officers' writing and drawing, they finally established the time of the attack, and then the radio waves were staggered back and forth, and finally the details were given, and the sun in early spring did not seem so hot, and in the north, even the warmth could not be felt, but the line of sight had no effect.

As early as 6:30 in the morning, all the gunners have already eaten, entered the gun position, for the final maintenance of the artillery, he is in the regular field army, even the ace army among the gunners, for artillery, at least more than 3 years of training managers, soon completed the inspection, a door gun was pushed into the gun position, the auxiliaries are reinforcing the gun position, it seems to be a small thing, and even very sure that the Russian army on the opposite side, there is no countermeasure of strategic artillery fire, but many habits, are from one small thing after another, What was slowly destroyed, the strictest thing about the Chinese army is the battlefield regulations, which are almost strict to the level of zero tolerance, and it is precisely this strictness that has maintained the strong combat effectiveness of the Chinese army in the next few years of war, which is world-famous.

The gun emplacements were prepared one by one, and the commander also brought the final order, and the officer in charge of the command began to check the table, and at 7:20, there was less than half an hour left, and the final attack was about to begin.

Time passed minute by minute, when the commander raised the flag in his hand, all the gunners were ready for the final preparations, and a series of neat and powerful orders suddenly resounded throughout the entire strategic artillery position: "Ready, fire!" ”

Accompanied by the order of the starting officer, the artillery was already ready. Began to point the muzzle into the air, it was a covering bombardment. All the markings and locations have been mapped in advance. 400 guns, in groups of about 12, were distributed to each commander, and then they were attacked according to the markings, from the front 10 rounds, which were covered as a whole, and the rear, were covered separately, and each subgroup was aimed at each position. Perform an illustration attack.

The first round of salvo fire was amazing, and the roar of 400 shells rushed out through the muzzle. The sound of swishing began to sound, and above the muzzle velocity, the muzzle velocity of the artillery fired from 12 kilometers away was above 900 meters, which was faster than the sound during this time period. However, to cross 12 kilometers, it takes dozens of seconds, and in the later stage, it is a little slower than the sound. The sound will fall on the position a little earlier, but the difference between the sound and the shell is not much, a few seconds at most. No more than 10 seconds of warning time.

This point in time, which has been determined by both the scout and the artillery commander, is very good. On the side of the Russian army, it is the moment when most of the soldiers finish their meals and reorganize the army. It can also be said to be the most lax moment, after all, the first four days of attack, the two sides fought fiercely, the Chinese army used a large number of light artillery, mortars and machine guns, heavy artillery has, but not much, at most thirty or forty, such heavy artillery, perhaps concentrated in a small battlefield, can change the situation of a small battlefield, for the overall situation, there is no threat, there is no attention, ignoring the artillery attack.

Now, the sudden burst of artillery fire startled the officers who were about to launch the first wave of attacks today, and when they heard the sound of artillery, they shouted loudly: "Artillery attack, lie down." ”

The officer's reaction was not slow, and the soldiers below were also well-trained and all lay down, but unfortunately it backfired, and they did not escape casualties. Facing only one attack, such an attack can still be avoided, and even said, facing not China's heavy artillery, it may also be able to dodge, but the development of things, there is no if, an attack of 40,000 shells, more than 100 mm artillery, the enveloping range is at least a few hundred squares, more than 155 mm artillery, his power is far greater than ordinary, because of the muzzle velocity, than 100 mm, faster to fall to the battlefield 12 kilometers away, only 108 155, It is the most powerful 155 artillery in the world, using high-explosive shells and infantry anti-personnel shells, because of the problem of muzzle velocity and power, the power shown by these guns is at least 2000 square meters, especially infantry anti-personnel shells, which are simply sharp weapons for attacking infantry.

By calculation, exploding about 10 meters above the target position, each infantry anti-personnel projectile had 3,600 carefully arranged, small and hard steel balls, driven by gunpowder and inertia, began to frantically descend, covering the entire enveloping area. The trench can effectively defend against the shrapnel attack of high-explosive shells, but it is not possible in the face of this steel ball, the small steel ball can penetrate into the trench from different trajectories, especially the infantry anti-personnel projectiles exploding above the trench, and the trench below him is simply a dead field.

In the range of attack, the damage range of infantry anti-personnel shells is relatively small, compared to high-explosive shells, it is four-fifths smaller, and the lethality performance of the core area is almost more than 10 times that of ordinary high-explosive shells.

The Russian army obviously did not expect that there was no steel helmet, no body armor, just wearing ordinary military uniforms and military hats, the Russian army was devastating in the first wave, without the protection of steel helmets, a steel ball with a diameter of only 3 mm, hit the head, and the effect of a machine gun bullet is the same, the steel ball under the impetus of the shock wave and initial velocity of the explosion, the penetration is extremely amazing, if the steel ball is damaged in the explosion, this lethality will be turned up a notch, it will form the effect of a Sam bullet, the human head, It's really going to be shattered like a glass bottle.

As estimated in front of the station, on the 108 doors and 155, about one-third of the infantry anti-personnel shells were used, which was at least 3 times more expensive than ordinary high-explosive shells, which was definitely worth the money, and the lethality was extremely amazing, all the Russian troops in the range of infantry anti-personnel bullets, the casualty rate was as high as 8 percent, and at least sixty percent of the casualties were dead and seriously injured, and most of the wounded would be disabled, and the attrition ability was extremely terrible.

The Russian army was completely blinded by such a sudden attack, and held out for several days, and the loss figure was only 60,000, and in such a 15-minute shelling, more than half of the losses were lost. A total of 90,000 people, killed and wounded in this round of shelling, encountered such superior firepower in an unprotected state, such casualties are considered small. But the next reaction of the Russian army was not to immediately retreat and choose a place to hide, and to fix the front with a solid defense, but to become chaotic.

The reason for this is very simple, the Russian army has fallen behind this era, whether it is combat methods and contact methods, 15 minutes of high-intensity artillery bombardment, did not knock out the command system, the command system of the Russian army is relatively professional, it is on the other side of the artillery fire, and the defense is much stronger, but this wave of shelling not only injured a lot of soldiers, but also interrupted the contact between the troops, even if the distance between the two sides, the farthest is not more than 1 kilometer, but the connection between them has been completely severed, When some of the officers at the grassroots level were killed, the whole army was completely in chaos.

This is the result of a large number of recruits, experienced veterans, even if they are not non-commissioned officers, can also play a fundamental role in the army, experience will allow them to judge the right place as much as possible, but recruits, especially those who have exceeded the degree of expansion, now the Russian army cannot be said to have issued military uniforms and weapons to form a unit, but it is not much worse, large-scale expansion of the army, has approached the limit of what the Russian army can mobilize, how many low-level non-commissioned officers and officers do you expect him to have, after a batch is killed, the rest, It's strange if it's not messy.

For this situation, several division commanders were also stunned for a moment, this is not a performance of a mature army at all, some are like a rabble, fighters have appeared, they cannot give up this opportunity, the Russian army has been confused, and it is simply impossible to resist the attack of the Chinese army, and next, it is a question of how many results have been achieved.

First of all, it must still be artillery, after completing the 15-minute attack, the strategic artillery rests a little, and then contacts the front line, the artillery begins to attack in a scattered manner, under the command of the forward observer, with the cooperation of light artillery, the attack is assisted, generally small-scale artillery fire cover, and then the infantry artillery coordinated attack, although the second-line troops cannot be as delicate as the first-line troops, almost the infantry stepped on the tail of the artillery barrage to attack, However, at this time, the Russian army, which had lost its whole body and command, could not achieve the same defense as it did at the beginning, and waves of Chinese troops began to intersperse the encirclement, first of all, the outer positions, and then the inner side.

The 12 heights occupied in 4 days were completely routed in less than 3 hours, and most of the remaining Russian troops were interspersed and surrounded, divided into dozens of small grids, unable to escape, and a large number of Russian troops began to surrender.

300,000 troops, attacking 70,000 troops, only held out for 5 days, to be exact, China's counterattack was only in one day, 150,000 Russian troops were divided and surrounded, and after being wiped out, seventy percent surrendered, and less than 3% of those who fled.

This can be said to be a hearty victory, although there were some flaws in the early stage, but the final result was good, the captured 110,000 Russian troops, killed and wounded more than 100,000, 300,000 offensive troops, may be the last part of Vladivostok's mobile force, to 3 second-line troops, annihilated near Xingkai Lake, which will not only have a devastating blow to the morale of the Russian army, which is very critical for the next battle of Vladivostok, now the Chinese army has to do is to enjoy the fruits of the war, in the next 3 days, There will be 300,000 troops approaching them, including 2 divisions of field armies and 10 divisions of second-line troops, they will be responsible for the work of Russian prisoners and immigrants near Xingkai Lake, for 3 divisions, the next task is to wait for 3 days, and after 3 days, completely lock in the victory. (To be continued.) )