At two o'clock in the afternoon of May 16, when Kolchak returned to the headquarters after his inspection, Postshev told him that the command had decided to launch a new offensive at four o'clock in the afternoon, as soon as the artillery shells arrived in the rear.

Kolchak first frowned and hesitated slightly, then nodded yes, without too many words, let alone refutation. This made Posteshev, who was ready to talk in his stomach, swallow all the words into his stomach again, and he thought that Kolchak would refuse, but he did not expect him to agree so quickly.

On the contrary, Kolchak said very seriously: "The Chinese are not strong enough, and from the morning, it seems that the training level of the Chinese soldiers is very high, but the actual combat ability is insufficient. Therefore, if we beat them, we have to be vigorous, and we can't practice with them. If the battlefield lasts for more than ten days, the Chinese soldiers will turn the trained qiē into a battlefield skill, and it will be more difficult for us to attack at that time. I believe that the casualty rate of the squadron is also very high today, but as time goes back, their casualty rate will be lower and lower. The Chinese need time, we will attack without stopping, do not give them time. Also, the Chinese artillery is too threatening, and I hope you can send spies to sabotage the Chinese artillery positions. ”

Postshev nodded, and smiled reluctantly, which surprised Kolchak, it was really rare for this person who hated the White Russian military officer so much to smile back at him.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the Soviets attacked again, and before the sun had set, the rested Chinese defenders once again stubbornly resisted the Soviet attack with artillery and machine guns. Every second, some of the Soviet soldiers fell to the ground and could not get up again. The Chinese soldiers who held out were not having a good time, and the machine guns hit the barrels red. Grenades, grenades, rapid fire from Minjiu rifles. The Chinese defenders seized every opportunity to destroy the enemy and wiped out the Russians with firepower.

This time the offensive consisted of six divisions of the Sakhalin Corps, the 3rd Ural Infantry Division, the 29th and 30th Infantry Divisions, and the 35th Siberian Infantry Division, totaling 10 divisions and 80,000 men.

"Ulla!" The classic Russian charge cry rang out. With shouts, three infantry divisions rushed to the Kyzyl fortress.

This time the Soviet offensive was different from the morning, they became smarter, the Soviet artillery quickly adapted to the new way of fighting, they now only stayed in one place for a maximum of five minutes, shelled the Chinese positions for two minutes and then immediately moved, not giving the Chinese artillery groups and fortress artillery a chance to attack themselves. The Chinese fortress artillery destroyed more than thirty of their cannons. But it could not completely destroy the artillery of the Soviet army, which also annoyed the artillerymen on the fortress battery.

And after the sky gradually darkened, the superiority of the Soviet army in strength also appeared, and the White Guards, who had rich combat experience in front of several positions, almost attacked the positions. If it weren't for the strafing of the machine guns in the pillbox, several protrusions on the front-line position would have been breached.

Kolchak was right, it was clear from the battle. It is true that the veterans of the White Guards have more combat experience and will than the soldiers of the Chinese Defense Forces. After several years of peace in China, soldiers gradually became "training troops". This battle fully tested the results of the squadron's training, which was indeed inferior to the Soviet Russian Red Army soldiers who survived the battle, and if it were not for the obvious superiority in firepower, the position would have been taken long ago. The Chinese were troubled by the strong individual combat capability of the Soviet Russians, and the Russians also had a headache with the Chinese's pillboxes and powerful sustained firepower.

The 1st Regiment of the Militia Reserve was transferred to support the 255th Regiment with 200 men. Ye Hucheng's class came to a Shandong man who had just learned to shoot a gun not long ago, named Song Wangang. According to himself, he is from Yuncheng, Shandong. The hometown of martial arts, he is not good at shooting guns, but he has a lot of strength and martial arts, and he carries a machete on his back. Wang Maoru, the chief of national defense, said that he was willing to exchange a thousand rounds of ammunition for a soldier's life, so the Chinese defense forces tried not to let soldiers fight in close combat. After all, the ratio of kills to injury in hand-to-hand combat is very close, and it is the soldiers who cannot afford to consume the Chinese soldiers.

Ye Hucheng asked Song Wangang to send ammunition to everyone, especially to press bullets for machine guns, this job was very simple, but Song Wangang was depressed, and he put all his strength in the anti-artillery hole to press bullets.

After a while, someone shouted, "I've been shot." Song Wangang hurriedly ran over and saw that it was Hu Bing, who had been bitten off a piece of meat by a bullet on his left shoulder, "What's the matter?" He asked.

"Gauze, bring it over, tie it up first." Hu Bing took the opportunity to rest for a while, and after Song Wangang clumsily helped him bandage it, Hu Bing took a look at it and said with a smile: "Why the hell are you bandaging, I have a shoulder injury, not an arm, come on, you better press the bullet." Erzhuzi, you come to help. ”

"Come on." Cao Erzhu took apart the gauze, looked at the wound, and said, "No, you have to wash it with white wine." ”

"If you don't wash it, can you?" Hu Bing changed his way when he heard this.

"Absolutely not." Cao Erzhuzi said and said to Song Wangang: "Fellow, help me press him, and I'll wash his wounds." ”

"Ah......" The screams sounded from this position, startling the people around, who heard that it was because of the pain of washing the wound with white wine, and they all scolded this little bastard for being scary. After washing the wound, Cao Erzhu said disdainfully: "You damn it, do you have any interest, don't let people know that you are a member of the same class in the future." ”

However, shortly after the second wave of the Soviet offensive on the afternoon of May 16, an unexpected incident occurred within the Soviet army, when the 5th and 6th Sakhalin Divisions, which arrived later, refused to participate in the battle because they needed to rest and replenish their nutrition despite the long march to the front line. The reason for this is that they are not respected enough, and their soldiers need to rest. Blyukherr probably forgot that the Sakhalin Infantry Division was formed on the basis of the Tsar's Guards, and they were not staunch Bolsheviks, who would unconditionally carry out orders from above for the sake of faith and orders in their hearts.

Kolchak tried his best to persuade them, but was protested and accused by his subordinates, who said that Kolchak was asking for credit and reward for the blood and lives of his old comrades. Kolchak was very sad to be misunderstood by his colleagues, and had no choice but to report to Blyukhel that they were going to participate in the evening offensive. But at the headquarters, he did not see Blyukher, and the Russian general, who was the commander of a Cossack cavalry company, once again ran to the front to directly direct the operation, and only the political commissar Boshershev was in command and waiting to collect information.

Posteshev was full of disdain for Blyukhel, the commander who could not sit still, if he was really a commander who only knew how to charge, or if he had military command talents, maybe he was the real commander of this army. Of course, he forgot about it, and there was also the conscientious chief of staff Sollinsky on the side.

When Kolchak expressed the opinion of the 5th and 6th Infantry Divisions of Sakhalin, Bostyshev immediately coldly refused: "No, their task is to go on the offensive now, now, immediately, to carry it out!" ”

"Actually, it's not that they refuse to fight, but they need to take a break. And I promise that putting them on a later attack will make a bigger difference. Kolchak patted his chest and said.

"Nope! Instantly! "Postshev's dream of being a marshal has just been made, and he will not allow others to "usurp power" indiscriminately.

"You're not the Commander, I need to report to the Commander." Kolchak was enraged by his attitude, "You're just a commissar - damn it, when does an army need a commissar?" ”

"Pay attention to your attitude, are you speaking to the staunch Bolshevik commissars? Do you want a counter-revolution, against the leadership of the Soviets? Remember, it is the party that leads the army, not the army. Postshev said angrily.

In a fit of rage, Kolchak took off his hat and threw it on the ground and said: "Damn, they just need to rest, what do you Bolsheviks know, they have just run a road of twelve kilometers, and now they don't even have time to eat, how can you give them the strength to fight?" ”

Postshev said: "Are you shielding these cowards? ”

"Coward? You say they're cowards? Kolchak snorted coldly, "You were still in school while they were fighting." ”

Postshev pushed the glasses on his eyes and said, "Then please give the order to make your soldiers brave in the face." ”

Kolchak said coldly: "I refuse, this university faculty member. ”

What Postshev hated the most was that he was called a university faculty member, because he had been expelled from Moscow University for having sex with a female student. In fact, this is not a trivial matter, but ten years ago, during the reign of Tsarist Russia, the schoolgirl had sworn to become a nun in the church, and Postshev had violated the tenets of the church. Tsarist Russia, which had made the Orthodox Church the state religion, would not allow anyone to defile the Church, so Postshev was expelled from the university, and the schoolgirl was sent to a Siberian church as a nun.

"You damn coward, war-avoider!" "Do you want to preserve your strength and do something to overthrow the Soviet government?" I have the right to investigate your actions and to doubt your sincerity towards the Soviets, the Bolshevik Party represents the interests of the people, the interests of the broad working class, against the Bolsheviks, against the people, you are a damned reactionary. ”

Kolchak was dumbfounded when he heard this, this bespectacled man was too good at talking nonsense, he said coldly: "My men have killed and wounded more than 6,000 people in the morning, and now the 5th and 6th divisions just want to rest and eat a mouthful, and they will fall into what you call an anti-Bolshevik?" You damn university teacher, are you trying to use Chinese bullets to slaughter our former Tsarist Russian officers? ”

Bostyev was told what was going on, and immediately said angrily: "Do you still have the Tsarist Empire in your heart?" Someone, arrest him. Several political workers with pistols immediately tied up Kolchak.

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