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On the evening of the 24th of the month, Ulan-Ude, the command of the Russian army, Lieutenant General Vladimir, was drinking vodka in a big gulp, which can be regarded as a drink to drown his sorrows. Originally, he wanted to find a way to transfer back to Moscow, and no matter how bad it was, he would have to transfer it back to Europe, but he didn't expect that war would be declared between China and Russia. Although he also served as the commander in charge of the 150,000 army, he was considered a high authority in the Russian army. However, he was not happy at all. Once the war broke out, he had to stay in the ghost place of Eastern Siberia all the time, without fine wine, without beautiful noble ladies, and he didn't want to live such a life at all.

"Your Excellency, Grand Duke Nicholas has called and asked us to pay attention to guarding against the attack of the Chinese. Recently, the Chinese have been moving frequently, and their attacks are likely to be launched in the near future! The adjutant came in with a telegram and said.

"Chinese? Just because they also want to go to war with the great Russia, they simply don't know whether they are alive or dead. Don't worry, we have deployed ten divisions and 100,000 troops on the Kyakhtu front, which is enough to resist the attack of the Chinese. In addition, we concentrated three divisions, 20,000 Cossack cavalry. Once the Chinese launched an attack on Kyakhta, the brave Cossack cavalry would go straight to their flanks and rear and crush them in one fell swoop! Lieutenant General Vladimir said excitedly. However, he felt like he had drunk a little too much.

The adjutant was speechless about this, but he believed that what Lieutenant General Vladimir said was true. The Russian Army is not comparable to the Japanese Army like a wild monkey. If the Chinese Army thought that it would be able to compete with the Russian Army by defeating the Japanese Army. It's just a dream. This battle will make those arrogant and arrogant yellow-skinned monkeys understand the strength of the Russian Army. It can be said that most Russians think this way. In their minds, their perception of China is still that of the uncivilized natives who drag a pig's tail behind their heads and only know how to nod and bow to foreigners. They seem to have forgotten about it. Two months ago, in the Battle of Maicheng City, two divisions of Russian troops attacked Maicheng and were defeated by the defenders of a battalion of the Chinese Army.

"Your Excellency, Commander, I think you should be careful, after all, this time the Chinese are menacing!" The adjutant still reminded. After all, there's nothing wrong with being careful. His fate. Already tied to Lieutenant General Vladimir. If Lieutenant General Vladimir is unlucky, he, who is an adjutant, will not end well.

"Well, you send a telegram to Major General Turgenev in Kyakhta, tell him to pay more attention!" Lieutenant General Vladimir said with some annoyance. After that, he just drank and had fun. Spicy vodka, drink in the mouth. It's like a flame, burning all the way to the bottom of my heart, and this feeling is very refreshing. This is also the reason why Russians are very fond of this spirit.

At this time, the city of buying and selling. Several divisions of the Third Army of the Chinese Army have already been deployed. The 4th Division, the main force of the Third Army, had already entered the position and had waited only for tonight. And they attacked. Behind the 4th Division was the 50th Division and the newly formed 58th Division, which, as soon as the 4th Division tore through the Russian lines from the front, these two divisions immediately followed and expanded their gains. The other 59th, 60th and 61st Divisions were responsible for defending the flanks. The Third Cavalry Army is also ready, and after the battle starts, they will make a detour, go straight behind Kyakhta, cut off the direct connection between the Russian army in Kyakhta and Ulan-Ude, and create an opportunity for the Third Army to eat 100,000 Russian troops near Kyakhta in one bite. The Fourth Army, which was to cross the steppes and penetrate directly to Baikalsk on Lake Baikal, would block Kurtsk's support for Ulan-Ude.

In the improvised headquarters in the city, Lieutenant General Cheng Anguo, commander of the Third Army, and Major General Liu Dingyi, chief of staff, could not sleep. Even though it was late at night, the two of them did not feel sleepy at all.

"Lao Liu! There are still 5 hours to go, the battle is about to start, and the troops in front are ready, right? Lieutenant General Chen Anguo, commander of the Third Army, asked.

"Don't worry, Lao Chen. We've been preparing for so long, and we're all ready. At the forefront is the Fourth Division, which is an old unit of our Western Sichuan Army, and its combat strength is not comparable to that of the newly formed troops. The 4th Division had enough capabilities to tear through the Russian lines. Let these old hairy people know that we are awesome! Major General Liu Dingyi, Chief of Staff, said excitedly. The battlefield is the destination of soldiers. Moreover, such a large-scale war is the time for them to make meritorious achievements.

"This old Maozi did not bully us less during the Manchu Qing Dynasty and occupied more than one million square kilometers of our land. The last time I went to see His Majesty, His Majesty repeatedly demanded that we must take these lands back. There are a lot of good things buried under these lands! Lieutenant General Chen Anguo sighed. In later generations, there was a saying on the Internet that the richest place in China was not Suzhou and Hangzhou, but the land north of Heilongjiang that was ceded out. There are large quantities of timber, oil, coal, iron ore, gold and so on. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia survived the most difficult years by selling these resources.

"Of course, how can we let outsiders take the belongings left to us by our ancestors. The Manchus were incompetent, lost power and humiliated the country. The Empire isn't that easy to bully now. I, ah, as long as we win the battle this time, we will not only take back the land that was ceded out, but also take back the excess land. Lao Maozi can forcibly occupy our land, why can't we? Major General Liu Dingyi said.

"Haha, that's right, that's the truth! This time, let Lao Maozi know how powerful we are! Chen Anguo said with a smile.

A few hours passed quickly. South of the Kyakhta River, the officers and men of the 4th Division were already in full formation. Less than three kilometers from the Kyakhta River, artillery is already preparing for shelling. The artillery brigades of the Third Army and the artillery battalions of each division have a total of more than 500 05 mm caliber cannons, including 0 55 mm heavy guns. And that's not counting the infantry artillery of the regiments and battalions below, large-caliber heavy mortars, and so on. Behind the artillery positions, there were stacks of shells that looked like hills. These shells were transported by rail and car during this time. After more than two months of preparation, Yiqiē is ready.

At 6 o'clock in the morning, as soon as it was dawn, three red signal flares flew into the sky on the positions of the Third Army.

"Fire!" The commander of the artillery brigade attached to the Third Army personally gave the order.

"Boom! Rumble! "More than five hundred artillery pieces, aimed at the positions of the Russian army north of Kyakhta, began a fierce shelling. For a time, the ground shook, the Russian positions were on fire, and the smoke of gunpowder was filled. Many Russian troops went to see God while they were still asleep. The Russian troops, who woke up in a hurry during the shelling, were frightened by the fierce shelling. Their first instinct was to flee to the rear. However, this gave the artillery of the Third Army the opportunity to kill and wound them. The explosion of large-caliber heavy artillery shells can often kill a large area of Russian troops with one shell.

"Lie down! Lie down on the spot! "The low-level generals in the Russian army beat and scolded these soldiers, and many ignorant Russian troops lay in the trenches, holding their heads in their hands, hiding in the trenches, praying that God's shells would not fall on their heads.

Kyakhta was also within the range of the shelling, and at the first time it was surrounded by artillery fire. Kyakhta was originally a small city, and it was not very strong, and in the face of heavy shelling, it simply could not hold out. A large number of houses were destroyed in the shelling.

"Damn the yellow-skinned monkeys, it's shameless that they took advantage of this time to launch a sneak attack. And what about our artillery? Counterattack! Fight back now! "Major General Turgenev, who was ordered to command the 6th Cossack Cavalry Division on the Kyakhta front, at the moment of the start of the shelling, immediately rushed out of the command and shouted in disheveled clothes.

The ferocity of the Chinese artillery, the severity of which was beyond his imagination. He was a well-informed middle-aged general, and as soon as he heard the fierce shelling, he knew that hundreds of large-caliber cannons were firing. You know, even if he is now commanding 100,000 Russian troops in Kyakhta, all the artillery adds up to only that. Not to mention that all of them are large-caliber artillery.

In the face of the fierce shelling of the Third Army, the Russian army was completely stunned, and the troops on the front line suffered heavy casualties. The line of defense, which had already cut corners, was even more bombed. The Russian artillery, after a full twenty minutes of the Third Army's artillery fire, began to return fire, and the sound of the artillery was chaotic, apparently in a hurry.

At this time, an observation balloon was hanging hundreds of meters in the air above the front line of the city, observing the Russian troops on the north bank of the Kyakhta River, and immediately reported their position to the artillery of the Third Army after the Russian artillery opened fire.

"05 mm heavy artillery, continue to shell Russian positions. 55mm heavy artillery to suppress the artillery of the Russian army! "The commander of the artillery brigade of the Third Army, immediately gave the order. One large-caliber heavy howitzer immediately adjusted its target and suppressed the Russian artillery under the guidance of the observation balloon in the air. With the guidance of observation balloons, the artillery of the Third Army hit very accurately. The Russian artillery shells that were firing in a hurry were suddenly blown up by the shells that fell from the sky. One cannon after another was blown into pieces, one by one the artillery was blown to pieces, and from time to time the shells piled up on the position were detonated.

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