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Piaotian Literature of the Fourth Empire of China www.piaotia.com Chapter 400 The Cunning Chinese

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    On the morning of March 27, after a night¡¯s rest, the soldiers of the Second Army got up in high spirits.  The soldiers in the cooking class have already prepared a delicious breakfast, including steamed buns, millet porridge, canned beef, canned fruits, etc.  During the war, soldiers need to maintain good physical strength, so when it comes to food, they mainly focus on replenishing energy.

    In the battle yesterday afternoon, the Second Army successfully eliminated most of the troops in Shuangchengzi and destroyed all 7 solid fortresses that the Russian army in Shuangchengzi relied on.  This caused the Russian army in Shuangchengzi to lose its last resort.  Although there will be street fighting today, no one from the generals to ordinary soldiers is afraid.  The three main attacking divisions of the Second Army had already surrounded Shuangchengzi.

    ¡°Chief of Staff, when is the time for the attack?¡± Major General Xie Dingkun, commander of the Second Group Army, was holding a big bun in one hand and a bowl of porridge in the other. When he saw Chief of Staff Zhang Shusen coming, he asked.

    "The soldiers were quite tired from yesterday's battle, so today's battle starts at ten o'clock so that everyone can take more rest and accumulate enough energy!" said Zhang Shusen, chief of staff of the Second Group Army.  Even if the attack started at ten o'clock, Zhang Shusen was sure to completely occupy Shuangchengzi before dark and annihilate all the Russian troops here.

    "Well! Prepare for artillery fire as much as possible! Yesterday's losses were too great, and today it's street fighting again. Try to reduce unnecessary casualties as much as possible!" Xie Dingkun said.  Using the concepts that Wang Yuze instilled in the imperial generals, enemies could be eliminated with artillery shells.  Try not to risk the lives of soldiers.  The lives of soldiers are more important than the shells consumed.

    "I think so too. The artillery brigade of the group army and the division artillery battalions of the three divisions are already ready. Starting at ten o'clock, there will be an hour of artillery preparations in Shuangchengzi. It is enough to destroy the Russian army.  Defensive position!" Zhang Shusen said.  One artillery brigade plus three artillery battalions, which is a concentration of more than 300 heavy artillery with a caliber of 105 mm or more, will basically not be a big problem against the Shuangchengzi defenders who have lost their solid fortresses and artillery.

    The Russian troops in Shuangchengzi were lying in the cold trenches, smelling the aroma of food wafting from the Chinese Army's position on the opposite side, and felt an unbearable hunger in their stomachs.  Although, they had already had breakfast.  But those delicious black breads are not as delicious and rich as those made by Chinese soldiers.  Coupled with the weather at the end of March, although it no longer snowed, the temperature was still not high.  Holding on for a night can freeze these Russian soldiers to death.  Most of the Russian soldiers were in despair. How could they, with more than 10,000 men in one division, resist the hundreds of thousands of wolf-like troops?  If before, they still despised the Chinese ** team.  Then yesterday's battle made them completely change this concept.  Chinese soldiers are well-equipped and have powerful firepower.  They are not afraid of death in combat, and these are not comparable to Russian soldiers.

    In the Russian command post, Major General Agata is quietly waiting for the Chinese ** team to launch an attack on Shuangchengzi.  He no longer had any hope of victory, or of resisting the attack of the Chinese team.  Now, he just hopes to rely on Shuangchengzi's defenses to delay the Chinese team's occupation of Shuangchengzi as much as possible.

    "General, your Excellency the Governor is calling!" a staff officer reported.  His face looked a little ugly, and it was obvious that the content in the telegram was not very good.  Maybe it was the reprimanding telegram sent by Alexeyev, the Governor of the Far East, to the Russian defenders in Shuangchengzi.

    "What did the Governor say?" Agata asked calmly.

    "Your Excellency, the Governor, asked us to defend the two cities and try our best to buy as much preparation time for Vladivostok!" the staff officer said with a gloomy face.

    "Okay, I understand!" Major General Agata said.  His face was very calm, as if he had already guessed such a result.  The Governor of the Far East, Alexeyev, was originally a arrogant and arrogant person.  At the beginning of development.  He asked Agata to retreat to Vladivostok and strengthen Vladivostok's defenses.  But Agata refused and said that he would resist the attack of the Chinese team in Shuangchengzi.  This made Alexeyev very dissatisfied.  Now, Agata's plan failed.  This was tantamount to giving Alexeyev an excuse to attack.

    "As a Russian, I will use my life to defend my honor!" Agata murmured.  As a Russian aristocrat, even a minor aristocrat, but having received formal education, his mind was filled with the idea of ??being loyal to the Tsar.

    Time passed slowly, and soon it was ten o'clock in the morning.  By the Peter the Great River, the artillery of the Second Army was ready. An artillery brigade and three artillery battalions each constructed an artillery position. The muzzles of the heavy artillery were all aimed at the Shuangchengzi.

    ? ?On the front line, the 14th Division and the 21st Division each deployed a regiment, preparing to launch an attack on Shuangchengzi after the artillery preparations were completed.  On the starting position, mortars and heavy machine guns were also set up. After the attack begins, they will provide the most direct fire support to the attacking troops.

    "Fire!" The brigade commander of the Second Group Army's artillery brigade gave the order to fire.  In an instant, more than 300 heavy artillery pieces were all pouring shells towards Shuangchengzi.

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The grenades roared into Shuangchengzi one after another.  The shells exploded with huge power, blowing up houses one after another in Shuangchengzi, turning these European-style houses into ruins.  Some Russian soldiers hidden in it were even buried directly inside, and they didn't know whether they were alive or dead.

    Amid the fierce bombardment, the entire Shuangchengzi was shrouded in gunpowder smoke.  From time to time, Russian fortifications were blown up, and the Russian soldiers inside were killed.  Facing the fierce bombardment of the Chinese Army, the Russian army in Shuangchengzi had no ability to fight back and could only endure it.  The Russian artillery was almost completely lost in yesterday's battle.  So now, they only have to be bombed.

    The soldiers of the Chinese Army smiled and looked at the Shuangchengzi that was being bombarded indiscriminately, and continued to cheer for the artillery.  They all knew very well that the harder the artillery fired, the greater the damage it would cause to the Russian army, which would mean less counterattack for them in the subsequent attack.  It would be great if the artillery could blow up all the Russian troops hiding in Shuangchengzi.

    "Compared to Chinese soldiers, Russian soldiers are living like a year.  The entire Shuangchengzi was slowly turned into ruins under the fierce bombardment of the Chinese army.  The Russian soldiers held their heads tightly and huddled in the position, holding on painfully, praying that the shells would not fall on their heads.  Their simple positions could not withstand heavy artillery bombardment.

    "Damn, these yellow-skinned monkeys, with such a long artillery preparation, do they want to wipe Shuangchengzi off the map?" Major General Agata cursed fiercely in the basement of the Russian military headquarters in Shuangchengzi.  During the shelling, dust continued to fall, which made Agata worried whether this sturdy basement would be destroyed by the Chinese shelling.

    An hour of shelling, in the eyes of the Russian soldiers who were ravaged by artillery fire, was so long, as if several years had passed.  Finally, the artillery fire stopped, which made the Russian soldiers breathe a sigh of relief.

    "Get up, get up, the Chinese are about to attack!" The low-level officers of the Russian army kicked and beat the Russian soldiers, driving them into position, preparing to resist the attack of the Chinese army.

    However, the expected attack did not start.  Two minutes later, a sharp whistle came from the air again.  The shelling of the Chinese ** team began again.

    "Artillery attack, get down! These cunning Chinese actually use such despicable tricks!" The Russian soldiers cursed fiercely.

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" A large number of artillery shells fell on the position. When destroying the Russian army's defenses, they also killed a large number of the Russian army's effective forces.  These Russian troops originally thought that the shelling was over and the Chinese army's attack was about to begin, so they came out of the anti-gun cave.  But I never expected that this was entirely intentional by the Chinese artillery in order to eliminate them as much as possible.

    This wave of shelling was not long, only ten minutes, but all the Russian soldiers who had entered the position suffered heavy casualties.  When the Russian commander Agata received the defeat report from the front line, he even cursed.

    "These despicable Chinese, God will definitely punish them!" Agata knew without thinking that the Russian troops on the front line would definitely suffer heavy casualties.  He was no longer sure about how long he could withstand the attack of the Chinese team.

    "Attack!" After the bombardment ended, the soldiers of the 141st and 212th Regiments jumped out of their positions, like tigers descending from the mountain, and launched an attack on the Russian army.

    "Click, click, click!" Behind them, the heavy machine guns frantically scanned the Russian army's positions, suppressing the Russian army's firepower and covering the infantry's charge.

    Mortars are also ready. Once fire points appear on the Russian positions, they will immediately clear these fire points to reduce the casualties of soldiers as much as possible.

    "Fire! Kill those damn yellow-skinned monkeys!" The officers on the Russian front line pulled up the trembling Russian soldiers and asked them to open fire to resist the attack of the Chinese army.

    "Click, click, click! Bang, bang, bang!" The heavy machine guns and rifles on the Russian army's position rang, but the gunshots sounded a bit chaotic.

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