"A telegram was sent to the commanders of the armies, and the plan of the attack remained unchanged and proceeded as usual, only with a delay until the afternoon. At 1 p.m. on the pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info the attack began, and the artillery fire of the various armies covered the Chinese positions for half an hour, and then immediately hidden. Anti-aircraft artillery units of various departments, pay attention to countering the bombardment of the Chinese Air Force. After the attack began, the armored forces tore through the Chinese lines with all their might. This battle, no matter how big the price is, must be successful. General Timoshenko ordered.

Since Stalin had given a strict order that they must attack according to the plan, he had no choice but to follow Stalin's orders. After all, if he dared to disobey, he would pay an extremely heavy price. Rather than let yourself suffer the wrath of Stalin, it is better to let those soldiers of the Soviet Red Army go to their deaths.

"Yes, Comrade Commander." A staff officer nodded, saluted, and immediately went to deliver the order.

When Timoshenko's order reached the commanders of the Soviet Russian armies, everyone shook their heads and smiled bitterly. They are all aware of the crushing defeat suffered by the Air Force. The Air Force was not able to win as planned, which forced them to attack in the face of the threat of the Chinese Air Force. This will undoubtedly cause them great casualties. It is obviously unwise to launch an attack at this time. However, they all knew that since this was Stalin's order, there was no way to do it, and they could only go and fight hard. Perhaps, there is a slight chance of success.

At 12 noon, the artillery units of the Soviet army began to unfold. On a line of defense that is 600 kilometers long, the main direction of attack chosen by the Soviet troops is a 200-kilometer line of defense. This line of defense was defended by the 3rd Army of the Imperial Army. A group army is only 165,000 men, and it is undoubtedly very difficult to test the defense line of a group army that is 200 kilometers long. What's more, the Soviet army invested 2,000 large-caliber heavy artillery pieces in this section of the defense line, and 10 cannons were invested per kilometer, which is already a very amazing ratio. If you count those cannons with a caliber of less than 100 millimeters, the density of Soviet artillery fire is undoubtedly even more amazing.

While the Soviet artillery began to make pre-battle preparations, the Reichsian Army was eating lunch. Compared with the Soviet army, which could only gnaw on the hard state and could barely bite the black bread, the food of the Imperial Army was undoubtedly much better. Rice, braised pork, and some soy products are undoubtedly very luxurious on the front line of war. Of course, this is also the reason why the battle has not yet begun. Once the battle starts, I'm afraid there will be no such treatment, and it will be a very happy thing to be able to have a canned luncheon meat.

Because the defense lines of the two sides are only separated by the Ural River, less than two kilometers. The smell of food from the positions of the Imperial Army often reached the side of the Russian Red Army. So that the entire starving Soviet Russian Red Army officers and soldiers couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

"Corrupt Chinese imperialism, their food is so good. When we defeat them, we'll be able to eat these delicious foods. Therefore, comrades, after launching the offensive, everyone must display the fearless spirit of not being afraid of sacrifice and bloodshed, and break through the defense line of the Chinese in one fell swoop. When the time comes, the captured booty will be distributed to the fighters on the front line first. "A Red Army political worker is seizing the time to do ideological work for these Soviet Russian Red Army soldiers who are about to die, so that they can launch an attack without fear of death after the battle starts.

It has to be said that the encouragement of the political workers is very useful, or rather, these Red Army soldiers covet the food of the Chinese Army. For many ordinary Red Army soldiers, their food was very bad. Because a large amount of grain and meat products had to be exported to European countries in exchange for valuable foreign exchange, so that they could buy machinery from European and American countries and increase the industrial strength of Soviet Russia. Therefore, except for the army leaders and government leaders, the rest of the Soviet Russians cannot eat meat several times a year. This naturally made them envy the Chinese soldiers who had meat to eat. In their view, the decadent and backward Chinese imperialist army should not be treated like this at all, they are enemies of the people and should be suppressed by them. In addition, Soviet Russia's propaganda and education have always promoted the Chinese Empire as the biggest enemy of Soviet Russia, so that these Soviet Russian recruits naturally have an unforgettable hatred for the Chinese Empire.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, after the order of Timoshenko, the huge Soviet artillery began to fire fiercely.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! One by one, the cannons began to roar, and from the muzzles of the guns shining with orange flames, one after another flew towards the positions of the Chinese army under the action of huge kinetic energy.

"Shelling! Hide quickly. When the whistling sound sounded overhead, the front-line soldiers of the Imperial Army immediately rushed into the anti-artillery holes that had been built, leaving only a very small number of observers on the front-line positions.

In order to reduce casualties, the Imperial Army deliberately built a lot of anti-artillery holes when building front-line positions. Some of the anti-artillery holes are even able to withstand heavy artillery of more than 200 mm.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The sound of explosions was heard over the positions of the Imperial Army, and the shock wave from the explosion of the shells, engulfed with shrapnel and gravel and sediment, swept in all directions. One after another, craters appeared above the positions of the Imperial Army. The carefully constructed positions of the Imperial Army were inevitably damaged by the heavy Soviet shelling.

"Boom!" A machine-gun fire point was hit by a 122-mm grenade, and the entire point of fire was blown open at once, blown to pieces.

A section of the trench was directly collapsed under the continuous shelling of the Soviet troops.

"Report to the chief, our positions have been heavily shelled by Soviet artillery, and the fortifications on the front line have suffered heavy losses, so we ask for support." The departments on the front line kept calling their superiors. The same scene was played out almost everywhere in the positions of the 3rd Army of the Imperial Army.

"Dog *day*, these old hairy people really don't attack, and once they attack, the sky will fall apart! However, Lao Tzu is waiting for them to attack. Orders were given to the divisions of the front, asking them to hold their positions and begin to implement them according to the predetermined plan. Call the command and the Air Force and ask for their support. Lao Maozi's artillery shelling like this, if it continues, the pressure on the front-line positions will be great. Lieutenant General Zhu Yi, commander of the 3rd Group Army, said with a sneer. As one of the most elite armies of the Imperial Army, the 3rd Army would be too unworthy of its name if it was so easily defeated by the Russian Red Army.

"Yes, Commander." The communications officer hurriedly went to send a telegram.

Soon, the command of the Western Front of the Imperial Army received news of a full-scale offensive by the Russian Red Army.

"Lao Maozi is focusing on the position of the 3rd Army? It seems that Lao Maozi chose that section as the focus of the breakthrough. Send a telegram to the 5th and 6th armies to get them into the predetermined positions. Once the 3rd Army opened its pockets, they had to plug the bottom of their pockets and prepare for a counterattack. Admiral Zhang Yunnong said. In addition to being the commander of the forces on the Western Front, he was also the commander of the 2nd Army. Originally, he also wanted to let the Russian Red Army have a good understanding of the strength of the 2nd Army. But alas, the Russian Red Army did not give him this opportunity at all.

"Yes, Commander." The staff officer saluted and walked away quickly. Now that the war has begun, all ministries need to speed up their efficiency.

On the front-line airfields of the Imperial Air Force, a piercing siren had already sounded. The pilots were briskly running to their landlines. The mission was playing on the airport radio.

On the runway, F9 fighters, A5 ground attack planes and FC4 dive bombers are ready to take off. Because the Soviet Russian Air Force had already been defeated, at least temporarily, by the Imperial Air Force, the entire airspace near the Ural River was completely in the hands of the Imperial Air Force. At this time, the task of the Air Force was mainly to reinforce the Army.

With the efforts of the ground crew, one plane after another started their engines and began to rush into the sky at a rapid pace. F9 fighters took off first, followed by dive bombers, and finally ground attack aircraft. Because of the urgency of the situation, this time they no longer carried out formations. The fighters rushed directly to the battlefield at a speed of up to six hundred kilometers, preparing to attack the artillery of the Soviet Russian Red Army first. Dive bombers and ground attack aircraft, on the other hand, flew to the front line at a speed of 400 km. Because the entire airspace is very safe, there is no need for fighter escort, at most after arriving over the battlefield, the fighter will suppress the enemy's anti-aircraft fire.

"Attention of all aircraft, after arriving at the front line, directly strafe Lao Maozi's artillery position. They are now bombarding our positions with thousands of cannons. "The squadron leader notified the aircraft by radio.

"Infantry brothers, resist, we only need ten minutes to arrive, and we will be able to support them soon."

"Damn old Maozi, we only dealt with their aviation in the morning, and their artillery in the afternoon, and see what else they have to fight us!"

The pilots of the Imperial Air Force, with great momentum, rushed to the battlefield with their fighter planes.

At this time, the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Army were still suffering under the fierce shelling of the Soviet Russian Red Army. Artillery is known as the god of war, and after the Russian Red Army used more than 2,000 heavy artillery, it is demonstrating the great power of the god of war. (To be continued.) )