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The Fourth Empire of China Piaotian Literature www.piaotia.com Chapter 456: Encirclement and Annihilation

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    Megget's battle was very fierce.  Overall, the Russian army had the upper hand.  Hundreds of Russian artillery shelled the positions of the 11th Cavalry Brigade fiercely, while the Chinese soldiers could only hide in trenches or anti-gun holes and suffer.  If you are unlucky and the shell falls into the trench, it will cause a lot of casualties immediately.

    After the shelling, the Russian army began to attack.  A large number of infantrymen attacked the position of the 11th Cavalry Brigade like locusts.  The artillery of the 11th Cavalry Brigade began shelling, focusing entirely on the Russian infantry.  Under the intensive artillery fire, these Russian soldiers were defeated before they could reach the position of the 11th Cavalry Brigade.

    The battle between the Russian army and the 11th Cavalry Brigade almost reached a stalemate.  The Russian army obviously could not defeat the 11th Cavalry Brigade relying on their artillery.  But their infantry was so useless, which made the commander of the Russian army, Lieutenant General Augusta, very angry.

    During the afternoon battle, the Russian army launched more than ten attacks, but they were all repelled.  In front of the position of the 11th Cavalry Brigade, a thick layer of corpses was piled up.  The attacking Russian army suffered heavy casualties.  Of course, the losses of the 11th Cavalry Brigade were not small.  When the Russian army launched a fierce attack, they even had to fight back under heavy Russian artillery fire.  Most of the losses of the 11th Cavalry Brigade were caused by Russian shelling.

    In addition to the 11th Brigade fighting the Russian army, the 12th Cavalry Brigade also exchanged fire with the Russian army.  Russia is transporting troops to Irkutsk via the Trans-Siberian Railway at all times.  However, the Trans-Siberian Railway is now cut off by the Chinese army and the Russian train.  They could only reach Zardovnik, ten kilometers west of Meget, and stopped.  Support Russian troops in Irkutsk.  After getting off the bus here.  Quickly launch an attack in the direction of Megget.  But these Russian troops were no match for the 12th Cavalry Brigade and were easily defeated.

    It was not until night fell that the battle of Megt stopped.  The tired warring parties began to prepare dinner while strengthening their strength for the next day's battle.

    "General, Grand Duke Nicholas is calling!" In the Russian camp, a lieutenant officer.  He handed the telegram to Lieutenant General Augusta.

    The content of the telegram was not much, but it made Lieutenant General Augusta look livid.  In the telegram, Grand Duke Nicholas severely reprimanded Lieutenant General Augusta. With more than 80,000 people in his hands, and the support of the Russian army coming from the west of Meget, he fought for an afternoon and not only failed to capture the  Megt, on the contrary, suffered heavy losses!  This telegram made Lieutenant General Augusta very angry.

    "Every unit is ready to launch a night attack on Megget tonight! We must capture Megget!" Lieutenant General Augusta said through gritted teeth.  If it fails again.  He would not be able to express his feelings to Nicholas.

    The battle in Megot affects the nerves of both China and Russia.  Archduke Nicholas' progress regarding Lieutenant General Augusta.  Very dissatisfied, the stern Lieutenant General Augusta must find a way to capture Megget as soon as possible and open up the Trans-Siberian Railway.  At the same time, blow up the Megget Bridge.

    The Chinese ** team also attaches great importance to this.  The attacks of the Third Army and the Fourth Army went very smoothly.  Because of the Russian army's active retreat, the two armies marched northward and encountered almost no decent resistance.  On June 7 or 8, they will be able to advance the front to Binschoten and Burwell, posing a direct threat to Irkutsk.

    And the first group army is rushing towards Megget.  However, we won¡¯t be able to get there until tomorrow.  Cai Yun, Minister of War and Commander of the Northern Battlefield, strictly ordered the First Army to enter the battle before two o'clock in the afternoon on June 7 to defeat the Russian attack on Megot and keep Meget in the hands of the Chinese Army.  Once the war goes unfavorably, the Russian army will definitely blow up the bridge on the Angara River near Irkutsk.  By then, the Meget Bridge will have become the most important channel for the Chinese army to attack Irkutsk.  Defending Meget and the Meget Bridge are crucial for the Chinese team to win this battle.

    At 12 o'clock in the middle of the night that night, under the order of Lieutenant General Augusta, more than 20,000 Russian infantry launched an attack on the position of the 11th Cavalry Brigade.  In order to maintain confidentiality, no artillery preparations were made before the attack.  More than 20,000 Russian troops quietly moved towards the position of the 11th Cavalry Brigade.

    "It's just that the Chinese team has been prepared for a long time.  The Russian army was discovered one kilometer away from the position of the 11th Cavalry Brigade.  In an instant, flares flew into the sky one after another, completely illuminating the Russian army.  Then, overwhelming and intensive firepower poured into the Russian army, and flowers of blood flashed on the bodies of the Russian soldiers. These Russian soldiers were knocked to the ground wailing.

    The failure of the night attack caused these Russian soldiers to panic. Some Russian soldiers continued to attack, while others hurriedly retreated.  This gave the Chinese team the opportunity to massacre them.

    At this time, Lieutenant General Augusta alsoHe made a mistake. Not only did he not order the troops to retreat, but he ordered them to conduct a storm.  At the same time, 20,000 cavalry were mobilized to attack the position of the 11th Cavalry Brigade.  Artillery also began shelling.  However, at night, the accuracy of the artillery fire was not very good, and many artillery shells fell into the Russian ranks, causing many accidental injuries.

    "Da da da! Boom! Boom! Boom!" Although the Russian army's artillery fire was very fierce, at this time, the 11th Cavalry Brigade did not care so much. All light and heavy firepower was fired, just to repel the Russian army.  attack.

    The battle lasted from midnight to dawn.  The huge casualties caused the attacking Russian army to collapse.  On this night, the Russian army invested more than 40,000 people in the attack.  However, in the end, more than half were killed or injured.  During this period, they almost broke through the position of the 11th Cavalry Brigade, but were later beaten back by the intensive firepower of the 11th Cavalry Brigade.  At the most critical moment, the 12th Cavalry Brigade, as well as the two brigades north of the Angara River, sent troops to support the 11th Cavalry Brigade.  Even so, the 11th Cavalry Brigade suffered heavy losses.  One third of the brigade suffered casualties.  The troops who came to support the 11th Brigade also suffered heavy casualties.

    At this time, the 11th Cavalry Brigade was almost at the end of its strength.  However, Lieutenant General Augusta did not seize this opportunity and invested all his remaining troops.  Otherwise, there is a high possibility of breaking through the 11th Brigade's position.  Even if they can't capture Megget, they can at least inflict huge casualties on the Third Cavalry Army, and maybe even have a chance to blow up the Megget Bridge.  However, Lieutenant General Augusta hesitated in the face of huge casualties.

    Adding to the losses suffered yesterday afternoon, the Russian army suffered more than 30,000 casualties, and the losses reached almost half.  Lieutenant General Augusta was scared. He didn't know how much combat power Meget's Chinese ** team still had. Moreover, during the day, the powerful firepower of the Chinese ** team could be more fully utilized.  In this case, the Russian army may suffer greater losses.  Therefore, the Russian army did not continue the attack, which gave the Third Cavalry Army time to adjust its deployment.  The 10th Cavalry Brigade immediately returned from the north of Megget Bridge to strengthen Meggett's defenses.

    By the time Lieutenant General Augusta reacted, Megget's defense had been greatly strengthened.  It became even more difficult for the Russian army to break through Meget.

    At this time, the first group army was in the process of arriving quickly.  By ten o'clock in the morning, the vanguard of the First Army, Rimeget, was only twenty kilometers away.

    The Third Cavalry Army informed the First Army of Megget¡¯s current situation.  Lieutenant General Yang Guoxing, commander of the First Group Army, immediately decided to change the battle plan from supporting Megget to encircling and annihilating the Russian army.  You know, there are only fifty-five Russian troops in Irkutsk. If all 80,000 Russian troops are wiped out, this will be equivalent to wiping out one-seventh of the Russian troops.

    The leading force of the First Group Army, the Third Division, immediately moved to the side and rear of the Russian army. The First Group Army's cavalry brigade also acted together, preparing to block the Russian army's retreat.  At this time, Lieutenant General Augusta realized that the crisis had arrived.

    At 12 noon, the First Army's cavalry brigade successfully cut off the Russian army's retreat.  At one o'clock in the afternoon, the Third Division also merged with the First Army's cavalry brigade, completely blocking the Russian army's retreat.

    At this time, Lieutenant General Augusta realized that something was wrong.  He immediately sent troops to conduct reconnaissance in the direction of Irkutsk.  Soon, he learned that the Chinese army appeared behind him.

    Lieutenant General Augusta was horrified and immediately ordered the remaining Russian troops to abandon the attack on Meget and return to Irkutsk.  But this is over.  With the close cooperation of the First Army and the Third Cavalry Army, the encirclement of the Russian army has been completed.  The remaining 40,000 Russian troops were all surrounded inside.

    Lieutenant General Augusta ordered the entire army to break out.  Fortunately, at this time, the encirclement had just been formed and the attack was not very tight, which gave Lieutenant General Augusta an opportunity.  Lieutenant General Augusta made no more mistakes at this time. He keenly grasped this almost and rushed out from the joint between the Chinese Army's Third Division and the First Army's Cavalry Brigade.  However, only a few thousand people broke out of the siege, all of them Cossack cavalry.  The remaining infantry and part of the Cossack cavalry had no chance.

    By evening, all the besieged Russian troops were annihilated. Except for a few who were killed directly, the remaining people also surrendered.  The Russian counterattack against Megt ended here.  The Russian army lost more than 70,000 people. Not only did they fail to recapture Megot and blow up the Megot Bridge, but they suffered heavy losses.  (To be continued.)

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