In 1915, the third year of the world war in this plane, the scale and intensity of the world war began to spread, and Europe, Asia, and Africa were almost united, and the world's major countries entered this war, including China. This is destined to be a turbulent year, in the whole of Europe, because of the actions between the Entente and the Central Powers, when the war is inextricable, on the Asian side, the war in the Far East is also in full swing, the scale is further expanding, the influence and the population involved began to surge, especially China, with a population of nearly 500 million, almost doubling the total population involved in this world war.

However, at this time, no one except Germany knew that China had actually joined the camp of the Allies and began to fight shirtless. On the Russian side, in the face of China's provocation, they just thought of taking Chita with a large army, but they did not expect that China's heart was big enough that it not only preemptively started the war on the East Siberian side, but also prepared for it on the Chita side.

Throughout the winter, thanks to the efforts of China, Chita has formed a well-established and solid defensive line, even stronger than the trench group in Bordeaux, at least, the trench group is not connected by an underground railway, or rather, for this era, the concept of the subway has not yet been popularized, they are now just staying in the trenches, transporting troops and supplies, not thinking of digging underground, in a position of several meters underground, or even more than ten meters, to build an underground passage that can pass through the railway.

With the help of the underground railway, it is possible to replenish enough troops and materials to any place in a short period of time. There is no need to risk passing through the ground. It can be said unceremoniously that before this trench system was broken. Chita's sturdy defense line is almost impossible to break unless it runs out of ammunition and food.

Throughout the winter, thanks to China's efforts, enough weapons and equipment to support 2 million people for two years of high-intensity warfare, as well as enough food for five years, most of which were compressed biscuits. It may not take three years to fight in Chita, but there is food in hand and there is no panic in the heart, this is the same for everyone, and the Chita defense line, which can only accommodate 1 million, is waiting for Russia to come.

Russia easily spent the whole winter building an army of more than 3 million, which is a notch lower than the elite Russian army, compared to the Entente army. Even worse, their opponent is the Chinese Army, which has undergone rigorous training, in the past few two. This is a force that is on par with, or even more powerful than, Germany, and there is inherent inequality. Let's make this an attack battle from the very beginning. It fell into an unbalanced situation.

Itself, the strong attack cannot be defeated. On the premise that the casualties reach a certain level, it can also retreat, at most depending on the amount of losses, from a fixed defense, to a state of pursuit, it also takes time, Russia is prepared, but after China has set its sights on Yekaterinburg, in fact, there is no hope for this.

The distance between Yekaterinburg and Chita is very far away, Chita should be the Mongolian border, close to the northeast side, but Yekaterinburg is in the east of the Ural Mountains, holding the position of the mountain pass, the distance between the two sides is thousands of kilometers, or even more, Russia may think that the Chinese side will cut off their back road, so that the 2 million troops that Russia has gone out to fight cannot come back, such as starting in several cities in the west of Chita, and have also made certain preparations, but they have not thought at all that the other party is ready to completely close the door and beat the dogs. I put the whole power of the Far East in one pot.

Yekaterinburg is such a goal, as a strangle to hold the Ural Pass, Russia once had a plan, if the war in Europe is unfavorable, it will become the same existence as the wartime companion, so his city defense is on the same level as Vladivostok, and even above Vladivostok, the city is much larger, it is one of the largest cities in the Far East, and there is a large population, and even some industry in the city.

The Chinese army touched the most elite forces, two strategic corps, more than 1.8 million troops, which is the largest number of troops sent in the entire Chinese foreign war, among them, there are even some corps, which can be traced back to the era of the 54 Mixed Formation Association, which can be said to be the elite of the elite.

The Chinese army, the source of most of the main forces, can be traced back to the 54 Mixed Association, but after the Chinese army is regularized, it starts from the first division, the second division and the third division, but there are exceptions to everything, after the rapid development of the army, the ability is very fast, but there are still some people in the era of the 54 Mixed Association, who can't catch up with the footsteps of others and are slowly eliminated, but these old people are not shallowly connected, no matter what, they are also the first batch of veterans, they suggested that in the name of the 54 Mixed Association, a 54 Army was established, and finally after several twists and turns, this army, was still established, was included in the Xinjiang Military Region, after several ups and downs, it is the only one born out of the 54 mixed organization association.

This 54th Army, at the beginning, was only hung with a first-class brand, and its combat effectiveness was only second-rate among the first-class, and it had a vast network of contacts, and it was able to become the backbone of the Chinese army, and it was inextricably linked with the 54 Mixed Formation Association, that is, Jiang Baili and other three people, they were directly airborne, and on the basis of the 54 Mixed Formation Association, they formed a division and two divisions, even if it was Feng Yuxiang, the first person in the current Chinese military, he also served as the assistant commander of the 54 Mixed Formation Association.

The Chinese army is very large, and because of the efforts from top to bottom, there is no large-scale corruption, but this is not corruption, but it is only a little biased in the scope of permission, almost most of the new weapons, except for the special forces and a few of the most powerful ace armies in the platoon, the 54th Army is equipped next, one comes and goes, and the strength is also above the level, plus those officers who are not suitable for the army, after the regularization of the troops, they are turned to the second-line troops, where is suitable for the elderly, Although some people are unhappy, the army is on par with strength, and without strength, it cannot be mixed anywhere.

The follow-up officers were selected from all levels of officers according to the channels, and with the appropriate officers and weapons and equipment, the 54th Army gradually stood out, in addition to a limited number of ace troops, he was also one of the strong troops, and even became one of the two cores of the Xinjiang Military Region.

China has made a lot of preparations for the capture of Yekaterinburg, including the choice of routes, from western Mongolia and Xinjiang, the distance between the two sides is not close, but it also ended up almost at the same time under the city of Yekaterinburg, two roads, are specially selected, the safest and most hidden roads.

The sudden appearance of the Chinese army under the city of Yekaterinburg really surprised the Russians, on the Siberian side, the population is a little sparse, but the Chinese army is so unaware that it also needs some ability, this is not one or two thousand people, or one or two divisions, this is at least a million or more troops, I really don't know what the army underneath has become, what the chaos has become, whether they have been killed or neglected their duties.

The anger in the hearts of the Russian commander is indescribable, but he can only helplessly, the two armies, one east and one west, like two huge iron pincers, grabbed Yekaterinburg in their hands.

The other side has already fought, and it is impossible for the Russian army to give up resistance, in the strong city walls, or Yekaterinburg, it is impossible not to resist, in the eyes of the commander of the Russian army, this may be an opportunity, an opportunity to annihilate the Chinese army, and his reliance is the city under his feet.

Yekaterinburg has always been a fortress, a central city of Russia in the Far East, even if it does not take into account the problems of the Chinese, just that the fixed defense system has been going on for many years, and after they were stationed, they made a perfect adjustment to make the overall protection higher, which was originally just a routine of idleness, but I didn't expect that it was just crooked.

In fact, this battle has also become the most difficult battle in the Far East, thousands of miles of running, carrying the most armored troops and self-propelled guns, the largest army artillery is only 155, armored trains and nothing, the Chinese army's ability to attack fortifications can be said to be the lowest since the development, on the contrary, Yekaterinburg is as armed to the teeth, strong and perfect, and even more than 1 million troops in the city.

The combat effectiveness may not be very good, but it has also undergone rigorous training, and there are many veterans who have seen blood and experience, and their defensive strength is enough before their morale has not fallen.

When the strength of Yekaterinburg's defense is not determined, it is inconvenient to show the strategic bombers for the time being, which is almost the biggest advantage in the northwest at present, so the attack power is very strong for a small city, but it is very difficult for a strong defense line like Yekaterinburg and Vladivostok, such a defense line is almost impossible to be broken under the active attack, the reason is very simple, he is almost a system of his own, under 3 times, or even more than 4 times the fire attack, It's also enough to defend for several months, and it's unlikely to fall until it's out of ammunition.

With the help of armored vehicles and artillery, easily pulled out many defensive lines on the outer line, the Chinese army rushed into the inner side of Yekaterinburg, at this time, met with fierce resistance, 3 divisions of the army, from three sides to attack the city wall, even with the help of much higher than the Russian army's firepower density, after paying thousands of casualties, still did not set foot on the city wall, Yekaterinburg, a self-contained system, the defensive intensity is very high.

A slight touch, it can be regarded as a back attack, the attack was unsuccessful, but decisively sent a signal to retreat, the Chinese army retreated like a tide, the city resounded with bursts of artillery, China used strategic artillery, covering the retreat of the siege army. (To be continued.) )