In the headquarters of the commander Oleg of the 2nd Siberian Front, which is located 20 kilometers north of the inner city of Svobod, Oleg heard the commander of the 62nd Army, Mokharnosky, question his plan to capture only 13 hills on both sides of the road, and immediately frowned and said: "As long as we capture these 13 hills on both sides of the road, we can block the supply of Svobod Inner City to this mountain fortification group, and then we can attack Svobod Inner City on the side, While continuing to clear the other mountain fortifications of the Dingbei Army, let's see what other good ones are there to build on the hills on both sides of these 13 roads? ”

The commander of the 62nd Army, Mokhalnov, wanted to say something, but was kicked by the commander of the 61st Army next to him, Partoliev, with his leg under the table, Moharnosky glanced at Partoliev next to him, Partoliev pouted, and motioned to Mokhalnosky to look at the face of His Excellency the Commander, so as not to question His Excellency's plan again, so Moharnosky did not speak again.

There is also a Russian commander who has adopted the method of night raids on the 13 hills on both sides of the road, but the temperature in the Far East is now nearly minus 30 degrees Celsius during the day, and it is almost minus 40 degrees Celsius at night.

There is also the Russian army commander Jianyì on the 13 hills on both sides of the road to adopt the method of earthwork, digging tunnels, but was vetoed by Commander Oleglev, / although earthwork may reduce the losses of the attacking troops, but earthwork, that is, digging tunnels, takes a long time. The situation in Vladivostok absolutely did not allow the Siberian Front to waste so much time here.

At this time, Lazarievich, the commander of the Russian 79th Army, said: "Then can we send a force to advance lightly and go around from the outside of the mountain fortifications to the back of them." Wouldn't it be very advantageous for our offensive to cut off the supply of the inner city of Svobod to the mountain fortifications? ”

25 corps of the 2nd Siberian Front of Russia. They are the newly formed 61st Army to the 79th Army, a total of 19 armies, in addition to the Russian 19th Army, the Russian 31st Army, the Russian 32nd Army, the Russian 33rd Army, the Russian 34th Army and the Russian 35th Army, 6 Russian former standing armies.

Hearing the words of Lazarievich, the commander of the 79th Army, the commander of the Russian 31st Army, Caledoev, shook his head and said: "The troops that are interspersed behind the mountain fortifications are easily attacked from both sides, and even if they detour, they are mountain roads, and the supply of interspersed troops is still a problem. ”

Commander Oleg Lev agreed with Chaledoev, "The possibility of the annihilation of the interspersed troops is very high, so don't mention this Jianyì!" In addition, the airships of the Qing Dynasty have brought considerable losses to the artillery units today. Do your artillerymen have any precautions against airships? ”

The eight commanders of the heavy artillery divisions in the headquarters looked at each other, and one of the commanders of the heavy artillery division stood up and said: "Your Excellency, the commanders of several of our heavy artillery divisions have discussed and decided to distance our artillery, so that although the area of the artillery position has become very huge, the setting of the shooting has become more complicated, and the difficulty of the artillery bombardment has increased, it can effectively reduce the loss of airship bombing, and our air defense guns can also damage or even shoot down the airbags of the Qing Dynasty airships. If it weren't for the airships of the Qing Dynasty today who saw that the situation was not good and escaped in time, our anti-aircraft artillery might have been able to shoot down one airship. ”

Commander Oleg nodded, he also saw that although the artillery unit suffered a lot of losses, the Qing Dynasty's airships were indeed damaged. Through the telescope, it was clear that the airship's airbag had been punched out of many holes, but what made Oleg Lev wonder why the hydrogen in the airbag did not burn. It is no wonder that the Governor of the Far East, Aleksayev, wrote in a war report to the Siberian theater of operations that Lin Daxin's airship bombed the mountain fortifications on the outskirts of Vladivostok. And when the warship in the port of Vladivostok, the modified anti-aircraft gun of the Russian army in Vladivostok hit the airship airbag many times. But the airship airbag did not burn, and the Governor of the Far East, Aleksayev, suspected that the gas in the airbag was not hydrogen, but a non-combustible gas.

However, looking at today's situation, a large number of anti-aircraft guns can still pose a great threat to the airships, otherwise the four airships of the Qing Dynasty today could not give up halfway, and they turned around and fled without bombing the artillery positions, which made Commander Oleg a little relieved.

Oleg Lev turned his head to Yuritov, the commander of the tank armored division, and said: "Judging from today's situation, tanks and armored vehicles do not seem to play a very big role in attacking these mountain fortifications of the Dingbei Army, and they have to withstand the bombardment of the heavy artillery of the Dingbei Army. ”

Yulitov nodded and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, your decision is very wise, our heavy steam tank climbing ability is relatively weak, and the climbing ability of armored vehicles is not much stronger, at most it can attack the halfway point of these mountain fortifications, and the speed of heavy steam tanks is already very slow, and it is even slower when climbing, and the Qing Dynasty's anti-aircraft guns can penetrate the front armor of our tanks, almost one shot can solve our 1 tank, and the armor of the armored vehicle is too thin, and it is not easy to dodge the fire of the anti-aircraft guns on the gentle slope, Our tank armored divisions are really not suitable for attacking such mountainous terrain. ”

At the end of the military meeting, Commander Oleg ordered: "Tomorrow we will continue to launch an attack early in the morning, and the two armies of the 63rd Army and the 64th Army will be responsible for tomorrow's attack, and the artillery will give your two armies as much artillery support as possible, and strive to take one or two mountain fortifications of the Dingbei Army tomorrow." ”

The commander of the 63rd Army, Trifonovich, and the commander of the 64th Army, Agnechka, looked at each other for a moment, then stood up and said loudly: "Yes, Your Excellency Commander!" ”

After the Russian offensive was stopped by the bombardment of four airships on the 21st, Yu Lichen, the commander of the entire Svobodny defense system, came to the tunnel inside a hill behind the mountain fortification group, and saw Liu Genbao, the commander of the 31st Division, Sun Xingwen, the commander of the 32nd Division, and Wang Guizhong, the commander of the 33rd Division, who were responsible for guarding the mountain fortifications in a deep command center.

Liu Genbao frowned and asked, "Lao Yu, you are the commander of the entire Swobod Inner City, what can't be said on the telegram, you have to go there yourself?" Let the principal know, you're going to have to walk away without food. ”

Sun Xingwen also said: "Yes! This time, the principal specially explained that it is strictly forbidden for you to go to the front line of the battlefield, why are you still here? If you let the principal know, it won't be easy! ”

Wang Guizhong nodded and said, "Lao Yu, why don't you hurry back to Swobod Inner City!" Don't take the principal's words as a deaf ear! ”

Yu Lichen said with a smile: "Don't worry! I'm a person who doesn't know priorities! I did have something to explain to you this time, and the telegram said that I didn't understand, I came here and applied to the principal, and the principal approved me before I dared to come. ”

As soon as Yu Lichen said this, the three division commanders breathed a sigh of relief, you must know that Lin Daxin came to the inner city of Swobod a few days ago, but he personally explained that he would not let Yu Lichen go to the front line this time, if Yu Lichen dared not take Lin Daxin's words to heart, then Yu Lichen would have a lot of troubles, at least it was to say that he did not listen to Lin Daxin's advice and insisted on going his own way, and at worst, he disobeyed Lin Daxin's order, and no one dared to intercede when the people of the Secret Bureau arrested Yu Lichen.

Yu Lichen continued: "First of all, I will tell you one thing, our airship in Hailan has returned to Shenyang for maintenance, and there may be no air support in the future, the principal got today's battle report, thinking that this kind of bombardment in the face of the enemy's dense anti-aircraft artillery is very dangerous to the airship, and the principal has already said on the telegram that the airship unit will be of other use." ”

Liu Genbao, the commander of the 31st Division, asked curiously: "Is it just an airship to transport supplies to the front line?" Then I feel a little overkill, although there are some dangers in the airship bombing, but the effect is very good! ”

Yu Lichen shook his head and said, "Of course, airships don't just transport supplies, they can also transport people!" The main purpose of this visit is to tell you about it, come! Let's expand the map! ”

Then the four division commanders gathered around the map on the table, and after illuminating the map clearly with a few kerosene lamps, Yu Lichen said to the other three: "The principal has sent us a telegram to implement a new battle plan to encircle and annihilate the Russian Siberian Second Front Army to our place!" ”

Yu Lichen's words surprised Liu Genbao, Sun Xingwen and Wang Guizhong, looked at each other, and Sun Xingwen asked suspiciously on behalf of the three people: "Old Yu, could it be that the principal is preparing to transfer troops from other aspects and prepare to eat the Siberian Second Front Army first?" ”

Yu Lichen shook his head and said, "Relying only on the 6 divisions in our Svobodny region, maybe the principal may send 2 or 3 new divisions!" ”

The three of them were even more puzzled, and Liu Genbao frowned and said: "It is still possible for several of our divisions to rely on the well-built mountain fortifications and the fortifications of the inner city of Svobod to resist the Russian Second Siberian Front, how is it possible to encircle and annihilate them?" ”

Yu Lichen said with a smile: "Our principal has already thought of a plan, so that we can encircle and annihilate the more than 700,000 troops of the Siberian Second Front Army with the current 6 divisions, hahaha, brothers, our brother's opportunity to make meritorious service has come!" (To be continued......) R1292