"Comrades, our comrades-in-arms are being surrounded by vile and shameless Chinese. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoWe're going to do everything we can to save them. Therefore, I ordered that after nightfall, the artillery stormed the Chinese defensive line, commanded the gathering of 200,000 elite infantry to launch an attack, and cooperated with the comrades in the encirclement to tear apart the Chinese defensive line. Zhukov ordered.

Zhukov knew very well that it was impossible for Soviet Russia to win this battle. The only thing that can be expected is to stop the offensive of the Chinese* army on the west bank of the Urals. And to defend this long line of defense, it will take a lot of troops. Even if troops were drawn from the Upper Ural Front and the Don Front, it was completely insufficient. Therefore, it is necessary to find a way to rescue all the Soviet troops in the encirclement. In this way, there will be a glimmer of possibility.

Although, Stalin's bottom line was to retreat to the Volga and hold the Volga. However, Stalin claimed in a separate telegram that Zhukov would be promoted to general if he succeeded in fending off the Chinese attack on the Volga. And if the Ural River can withstand the attack of the Chinese, then Stalin will promote Zhukov to marshal in the future. This is undoubtedly a huge temptation for Zhukov, who is currently only with the rank of general. Therefore, for the sake of Soviet Russia, as well as for his own interests, it is necessary to resist the attack of the Chinese.

"Yes, Comrade Commander." The generals of the Soviet army replied one after another. Although, some of them were of the same rank as Zhukov. However, at this moment they had to take Zhukov's orders. At such a critical time, Zhukov was the commander of the Nizhny Urals Front, appointed by Stalin, and any disobedience to Zhukov's orders was stupid and would have been shot directly. Therefore, they were very cooperative with Zhukov, a newcomer commander.

"Okay, let's go back and prepare, success or failure, it's tonight. Don't forget to get in touch with the troops in the encirclement, and we should join forces with the outside, so that our chances of victory will be a little better. Zhukov said.

The Soviet troops in the encirclement are now under the indiscriminate bombardment of the Imperial Air Force and artillery. Because the encirclement was constantly shrinking under the blows of the armored forces, the space for the Soviet army to operate became smaller and smaller. The bombing of the Imperial Air Force, with every bomb dropped, will take a very good small country. The same is true of artillery shells, every shell that explodes in the encirclement takes the lives of many Soviet officers and soldiers.

For the Soviet troops in the encirclement, all they could do was pray that bombs and shells would not fall into their trenches. It's just that whether this will be useful or not, only God knows.

On the defensive line on the east bank of the Ural River, the 3rd Army of the Imperial Army and two infantry divisions drawn from the 5th and 6th armies were trying to strengthen their positions. The previous positions were damaged a lot under the repeated attacks of the Soviet army. Later, it was bombed indiscriminately by the Imperial Air Force, and it was almost destroyed. If these positions were not reinforced, once it entered the night, the fighters of the Imperial Air Force would not be able to take off for battle, and they would definitely be fiercely attacked by the Soviet army. At that time, the Imperial Army, which did not have an advantage in terms of troops, would probably pay a lot of price if it wanted to resist the attack of the Soviet army.

Officers and men seized every minute and every second, digging trenches, laying mines, and building machine-gun firing points. Mortars were also dispersed, and in the event of a night attack by the Soviets, they needed to fire flares to provide guidance for other fire. At the same time, the armored brigade of the 3rd Army also disassembled all the tanks and deployed them to the defensive line. So that in the event of an attack by the Soviets, they could provide support to the infantry and ensure that the defensive line would not be torn apart. Because it was necessary to guard against the attack of the Soviet troops west of the Urals, and also against the attack of the Soviet troops in the encirclement to the east. So both sides of this line of defense need to be built very strongly. Only then can we survive tonight.

As the sun set and the sky darkened, the last of the Imperial Air Force fighters and bombers, who had finished dropping their bombs and running out of ammunition, retreated. The sky was calm again. For the Imperial Army, without the support of the air force, the next thing is to rely on themselves. The night wasn't long, but it wasn't easy to get through. Perhaps, tonight, many people will die in battle.

On the positions of the Soviet troops, artillery was being prepared. All the large-caliber artillery of the Lower Ural Front of the Soviet Army was gathered, divided into five parts, and focused on shelling the five-section line of defense of the Chinese * army.

"Tianma Mountain is about to get dark, and the Chinese's plane has flown away. Order the artillery, and in half an hour launch the shelling! "Zhukov passed through the telescope, saw the Chinese plane in the sky and left, and then gave the order.

"Yes, Comrade Commander." After a salute, the staff officer gave the order.

At 6 p.m. on October 31, 4637, the sky had darkened. Although the cold wind was howling, it still could not stop the Soviet army's combat preparations. The artillerymen have deployed a door of 152-mm howitzers and 122-mm howitzers on their positions and are carrying shells. The shells on the position were piled up like a hill.

In order to rescue the trapped Soviet troops, Zhukov ordered the artillerymen not to be stingy with shells, and to shoot all the shells. Anyway, if the trapped Soviet troops cannot be rescued this time, they will be counterattacked by the Chinese. In the case of a retreat of troops, these heavy cannons are clearly difficult to take away. It is estimated that it can only become a trophy for the Chinese. In such a situation, of course, they are willing to use up all the shells and blow up the cannon in the end, so as not to leave it to the Chinese.

Of course, even if these cannons were captured by the Chinese* army, they were of no use, at most they were just used as scrap metal. The caliber of shells on both sides is different, and it is simply not possible to use them universally. Obviously, it is impossible for the Imperial Army to build a special artillery shell production line in order to use these captured cannons, right?

Half an hour later, even at half past six, with Zhukov's order, hundreds of Soviet artillery began to roar. The orange-red flame shone in the muzzle of the cannon, which was undoubtedly very conspicuous in the dark night.

One after another, under the action of huge kinetic energy, the shells roared towards the positions of the Imperial Army.

"Boom!" When the shell hits the ground, the fuse inside the shell is activated, igniting the explosives inside the shell, causing the shell to explode in an instant, sweeping in all directions, and the shock wave is wrapped in dirt, shrapnel and snowflakes, flying in all directions. If you are hit, you will either be killed or injured.

Accompanied by heavy shelling, the flames spread over the positions of the Imperial Army, as if the entire position was on fire. The fortifications that the Imperial Army had managed to repair were once again destroyed under the heavy shelling of the Soviet army. Even, there were certain casualties. After all, many of the anti-artillery holes built by the Imperial Army have been destroyed. In a hurry, the soldiers could not dig out strong anti-artillery holes, but could only hide in foxholes or trenches. And the defensive power of these fortifications is obviously not comparable with anti-artillery holes.

"The Soviets launched an artillery bombardment, and the command ordered the artillery to open fire with all their might to suppress the Soviet shelling." The front-line officers of the Imperial Army ordered.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "All the heavy artillery of the 3rd Army of the Imperial Army, as well as the divisional artillery regiments of the four infantry divisions that had been reinforced, also opened fire.

The artillery strength of the Imperial Army on the defensive line at the moment is definitely stronger than that of the Soviet Army. However, in the case of night, the suppression effect is very limited. But even this caused a lot of damage to the artillery of the Soviet army. The artillery of the Soviet army mainly focused on the defensive line of the Imperial Army, not an artillery battle with the Imperial Army. Therefore, in the face of suppression by the heavy artillery of the Imperial Army, especially the 210-mm self-propelled howitzers, there were few means of counteraction.

The preparation of the Soviet artillery fire was completed in only half an hour. Subsequently, the infantry and armored units of the Soviet army launched an offensive. Although it was very dark now, those Soviet officers and soldiers were still attacking in the dark.

The Soviet troops in the encirclement also received orders and began to attack from the other direction, in an attempt to flank from both sides and tear apart the defense line of the Chinese* army.

"Whew! Shout! "Flares rose into the air one after another, illuminating the night as if it were day. The Imperial Army knew very well that fighting at night was very detrimental to the firepower of the Imperial Army. Therefore, for this battle, the Imperial Army has a large number of flares stockpiled, which are fired almost at any cost, so that the soldiers of the Imperial Army can see the enemy clearly and launch a counterattack.

"Boom!" A fast-moving Soviet BT-7 fast tank was hit by an anti-tank gun, turning into a blazing fireball, revealing the surrounding Soviet officers and soldiers.

The machine gunners on the lines of the Reich Army immediately seized the opportunity and began to strafe the Soviet troops with fire. The tracer bullet pulled out a bright trajectory in the night sky, and the Soviet soldiers who were shot fell to the ground one after another.

"Damn, the Chinese are really well prepared, they actually prepared so many flares. Obviously, these Chinese have been planning this operation for a long time. Zhukov, who was watching the battle from the rear, saw the battlefield in the distance, and his heart was even more afraid. If it were him in Timoshenge's position before, it is estimated that he would also be tricked. This made him rejoice that his luck was better. (To be continued.) )