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    Petrobanovsk is an important Russian industrial city on the Siberian Plain and an important hub on the Trans-Siberian Railway.  Grand Duke Nicholas deployed 4 armies here, totaling 200,000 troops!  The Russian Lieutenant General Semyon serves as the commander.

    At 7 o'clock in the morning on April 30, the artillery of the Chinese Army's 5th Group Army and ten other infantry divisions launched a violent bombardment on Petrobanovsk's outer defense line. Thousands of heavy artillery launched against the Russian defense line.  The indiscriminate bombing caused great damage to the Russian frontline defense forces!

    The moment the cannon sounded, Lieutenant General Semyon had already ordered his four armies, the Russian 11th Army, 12th Army, 13th Army and 14th Army to enter combat readiness!  At this time, the two infantry divisions of the Russian 12th Army were defending the outer defense line of Petrobanovsk!  The other two infantry divisions of the 12th Army are responsible for defending the second line of defense!  After these two lines of defense, there is the urban area of ??Petrobanovsk!

    "Those yellow-skinned monkeys are really rich! They actually have so many heavy artillery!" Lieutenant General Semyon came to the outskirts of Petrobanovsk and observed the Chinese army's attack through the telescope. When he saw that the Russian army's position was completely shrouded in gunpowder smoke  When, he sincerely expressed such admiration!  Although Russia is known as Europe's steam roller, every victory is almost won by human lives!  The equipment of the Russian army is notoriously poor in Europe, far inferior to other powerful countries in Europe.  However, the Russians have a tough character. Although those serfs have little education, they fight very bravely and are not afraid of death. They are qualified soldiers!

    However, even though the Siberian army is now the most elite unit of the Russian army, it only has one rifle per person!  As for artillery, there are very few. The total number of artillery pieces of various calibers possessed by each infantry division is only fifty. Most of them are 75 mm or even smaller caliber artillery pieces. Even all the large-caliber artillery pieces under Lieutenant General Semyon are  The total number of artillery pieces is less than a hundred.  Therefore, in the face of the fierce artillery bombardment of the Chinese Army, Lieutenant General Xie Miao had no intention of ordering the artillery to fight back!  He knows that if he engages in shelling with Chinese artillery, he is looking for death!  Every cannon in the Russian army is a treasure and must be used in the most critical places!

    The shelling by the Chinese Army's heavy artillery unit lasted for a full forty minutes. The gunners had taken off their shirts and were carrying the shells bare-chested. Everyone was dripping with sweat, as if they had been fished out of the water.  Same.  They have no other thoughts now, they just desperately want to shoot out all the cannonballs.  They might be able to kill one more Russian without firing a single shell, and thus reduce their own casualties!

    When the shelling ended, the Russian army's frontline position was in a mess, as if it had been plowed by someone, and the Russian troops guarding the position suffered heavy casualties!  Two Russian infantry divisions with a total of more than 24,000 people. During the shelling, at least more than 3,000 people were killed, and countless others were injured!  The Russian army's crude defenses were the main culprit that caused the Russian army to pay a large number of casualties.  Especially those bombarded anti-gun caves. Almost every collapsed anti-gun cave can cause dozens or even hundreds of Russian officers and soldiers to be buried deep inside.

    "Quick! Get up! Pick up the rifle and the Chinese are about to attack! Anti-tank artillery battery, enter the position, the Chinese armored troops are coming!" The officers on the Russian frontline position just stopped the shelling.  He got out of the bunker, kicked and whipped the Russian soldiers like animals, and drove them to the position to resist the upcoming attack of the Chinese army!

    The armored forces of the Chinese Army have achieved great results on the North American battlefield, shocking all countries around the world!  As an ally of China, Germany has imported a number of tanks and armored vehicles from China, obtained a full set of production technology, and has formed its own armored force.  On the Western Front, the German army used the terrifying assault power of the armored forces to easily tear open the defense line of the British and French coalition forces!  Russia's industry is backward and it is impossible to build tanks and armored vehicles. The only weapons they can rely on are probably anti-tank guns!  However, the number of anti-tank guns is also very rare. Each infantry division only has 12 guns, and an anti-tank company is established.  On the front line, there were only two companies with a total of 24 anti-tank guns.  It is almost impossible to resist the attack of the Chinese Army's armored forces with 24 anti-tank guns!

    Less than two minutes after the Chinese Army¡¯s shelling stopped, the Russian troops who survived the shelling were already in position!  The Russian anti-tank guns have entered the gun positions, heavy machine guns and light machine guns have also been set up. The artillerymen in the artillery position behind have also pushed out the cannons, preparing to resist the Chinese attack!

    However, the Chinese Army's attack has not started. The Chinese Army's position opposite is still quiet, which makes the Russian frontline commander a little confused!  However, he completely understood it after a minute!

      "Fire!" After the forty-minute shelling ended, there was a three-minute gap, and the commander of the 5th Group Army's artillery brigade once again issued the order to fire!  Thousands of cannons once again let out a thundering roar!

    "Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!" The sound of the shells cutting through the air under the action of huge kinetic energy is very harsh and makes people feel like their scalp is numb!

    "Damn it! Hurry up and take cover! Those yellow-skinned monkeys are so despicable!" the Russian officers shouted loudly. The Chinese actually used this method to trick them out of the artillery cave. Under such fierce shelling  , the Russian army will definitely pay huge casualties!  A large number of Russian soldiers quickly retreated to the bottom of the trench, holding their heads and preparing to withstand the fierce bombardment. There were also some Russian soldiers who were slow to react and did not know what was happening.

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The shells fell on the Russian position again. In the dense explosion, many Russian officers and soldiers were blown to pieces.  The younger Russian soldiers were tired of the air waves generated by the explosion of the shells, and were thrown into the air. When they landed, they had already fallen into a pile of minced meat!  The most critical thing is that when the entire position was covered by artillery fire, the anti-tank guns and heavy machine guns set up by the Russian army in the trenches were also destroyed during the shelling!  A large number of machine guns were blown into parts, and anti-tank guns were also blown to pieces. The Russian defense line was once again weakened!

    "Damn it! Cunning yellow-skinned monkey!" Lieutenant General Xie Miao roared through gritted teeth in the command post at the rear!  In his opinion, it is so shameless for the Chinese to adopt such tactics on the battlefield!  However, China has never been ashamed of it. Instead, it considers it a tactic.  As long as the enemy can be destroyed, even if it is despicable, what does it matter?

    This time the shelling did not last long, it only lasted twenty minutes and ended.  But this time the shelling caused more losses to the Russian army than the previous shelling!  The Russian officers and soldiers huddled in the trenches suffered fatal shelling, and the entire position was littered with broken limbs!

    After the shelling ended, the 5th Armored Brigade of the Chinese Army began the attack!  72 T5 'Cheetahs', with the tank at the head, flanked by two battalions of TP'Wolves, light tanks, and behind them two battalions of mechanized infantry armored vehicles!  In addition, the 5th Infantry Division of the 5th Group Army is also behind the armored troops, preparing to wait until the armored troops tear apart the Russian defense line to further expand the results and clear out the Russian troops on the position!

    "Boom!" The motor sounds of tanks and armored vehicles when they start up are like muffled thunder.  The tracks of the tank crushed the ground, making a teeth-searing sound!  This shocked many Russian officers and soldiers who saw armored forces for the first time, and their eyes shone with deep fear.

    "Get ready! The Chinese are coming! Anti-tank guns are in position!" Russian commanders on the front line shouted loudly in hoarse voices!  However, the Russian anti-tank guns suffered some serious losses in the shelling just now. Of the 24 anti-tank guns on the defense line, only 16 are left now, and the other 8 were destroyed by the shelling!

    Because the frozen soil of the Siberian plain is hard, the Russian army did not dig anti-tank trenches.  It is not easy to dig a defense line consisting of trenches on the frozen soil!

    For the armored forces of the Chinese Army, the distance of three kilometers can be completed in less than twenty minutes!  The steel torrent composed of more than two hundred tanks and armored vehicles was like a black river on the plain, rushing towards the Russian position with indomitable momentum.  Many Russian officers and soldiers were frightened by the impact of the torrent of steel!

    About three hundred meters away from the Russian defense line, all the T4 ¡®Wild Wolf¡¯ light tanks and armored vehicles stopped!  The experience gained by the Chinese Army in the North American battlefield tells them that when it is uncertain whether the Russian anti-tank weapons can threaten them, it is undoubtedly the safest to maintain a safe distance of 300 meters away!  Only the 'Cheetah', a medium tank, relies on its thick armor and continues to move forward!  The officers and soldiers of the mechanized infantry battalion also got off the armored vehicles, accompanying the T5' Cheetah, a medium tank that was continuing to advance, to escort them!

    "Fire!" The Russian commander probably had no experience in actual combat with armored forces. After seeing a large number of Chinese Army tanks and armored vehicles standing still, he immediately gave the order to fire!  More than a dozen tank guns on the position started shooting!
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