Dimitri and the other defeated generals immediately fell silent, and lowered their heads in shame.Their positions in the army are generally large, but defeat means that they have no right to speak, and even if they tell the truth, it becomes a reason for them to explain their defeat.At the end of the meeting, the army decided to hold out in Baikal Oblast, despite the fact that it was attacked from both the east and the west.The Russian army's hesitation undoubtedly gave the Huaxing army time to attack from both sides.It took only half a month for the Huaxing army to overwhelm the border and encircle the Baikal region from the east and west.Moreover, the 100,000 iron cavalry of the Mongolian Military District rushed from a long distance, quickly cutting off the retreat route between Baikal and Sakha Oblast, and the Russian army can't go away even if it wants to retreat.The attack from the east was launched by the 300,000 Huaxing Army of the Northeast Three Military Regions, which was also mainly responsible for the offensive in this battle.The attack in the west was the 100,000 Huaxing troops deployed in Buryatia, which was said to be an attack, but in fact it was a special defense, and the position was strictly prevented from the westward retreat of the Russian army.After the strategic deployment ended, the battle began quickly.The Russian army has built more than a dozen positions in the east of Baikal Oblast, and the terrain of the positions is diverse, all of which are combined with local conditions, including mountains, plains, and river banks, forming a defensive front that is 100 miles long.After the Huaxing Army launched a surprise attack, it first launched a surprise attack on the Russian positions in the plain area.This is suitable for the assault of ironclad combat vehicles, and the Type 79 long-range howitzers first bombard the Russian positions intensively, and then the tank clusters attack.Even the planes were not used, and the five or six positions of the Plains Generation were quickly breached.The gap in numbers and weapons between the two sides is too large, and the 300,000 soldiers and horses of the Huaxing Army, and the soldiers and horses attacking each position are fully twice that of the Russian army.The Russian army did not even have a chance to retreat, and as soon as the position was lost, it fell into the encirclement of the Huaxing army.The Huaxing army was not soft on them at all, and the two sides did not take prisoners, and once they surrounded the Russian army, they were all annihilated mercilessly.Only three days after the battle, the Huaxing army was like a slaughtering machine, cleaning all five or six Russian positions, killing more than 100,000 Russian generals.The entire eastern plain of Vabaikal Oblast is covered with rivers of blood, and the grass on the ground has been dyed red, and it is unusually bloody under the residual sun, like hell.The Air Force was also not idle, scouting around the sky, looking for the command of the Russian army for carpet bombing.After the Huaxing Army launched an attack on the mountain positions of the Russian army, the Air Force also dropped incendiary bombs on the Russian troops in the mountains at the same time.This kind of Shimose gunpowder that caught fire after the explosion was developed long ago, and after continuous research, it was reduced in size, increased in power, and increased in stability.After the bomb exploded, it was not killed by the fragments of ammunition, but in an instant, a skyrocketing fire.A bomb covered a distance of more than ten meters, turning everything at this distance into ashes.Where have the Russian troops seen this kind of weapon, they are still preparing to hold out for a month on the densely forested highlands, and the rear of the mountains is all piled up with grain and grass materials.But the air force of the Huaxing Army swept by, and each plane dropped a thousand kilograms of incendiary bombs, more than fifty.The Russian positions on the hill were covered in flames in an instant, and then the fire ignited the forest even more, and instantly spread all over the mountain.The infantry of the Huaxing Army also saw the power of incendiary bombs for the first time, and as soon as they launched an attack, they saw the fire on the mountain, and the whole army retreated in a hurry.As a result, the infantry only waited at the bottom of the mountain, and the attack and defense of both sides reversed, but the Russian army attacked from the mountain to the bottom of the mountain.Where is the firepower network built by the Huaxing army with guns and cannons that the Russian army can break through.Without the assistance of long-range howitzers and ironclad chariots, trench warfare relies on manpower to break through, and the battlefield can quickly become a meat grinder.The mountain positions that the Russian army had worked so hard to build were quickly all broken through, half of them were burned to death on the mountain, and more than half were killed when they broke through.The fire burned for a whole week on five or six hills, and the mountainous region of Baikal was deserted and covered with steppes and forests.The fire spreads and is difficult to extinguish without heavy rain.Fortunately, it is still summer, and the wind and clouds are suddenly changing, and heavy rain will hit every other week.The fire has been brought under control, but there are no concerns about environmental protection, and the war is still going on.The positions in the mountains and plains were lost one after another, and the Russian troops deployed on the other side of the river bank had already been frightened and dared to defend in place.Nearly 200,000 Russian troops deployed in the east of Baikal Oblast were killed, and after the loss of these dozen positions, 150,000 or 60,000 were killed at once, and less than 50,000 soldiers and horses were left to retreat.Fortunately, the Russian troops, which were deployed to the west of Baikal Oblast, were not attacked.The Russian army retreated for a long time, and now Boris is no longer so tough, and he is about to be beaten into a bachelor.The Russian army deployed in the river still ordered him to retreat personally, otherwise there would not even be enough remnants of the 50,000 troops left.The top generals of the Russian army met again, and there were two opinions in total.One is to advocate a breakthrough to the west and completely cross the Ural Mountains to preserve strength.One is to go north to Sakha Oblast and join up with the 100,000 Russian troops at the headquarters.The generals who advocated a breakthrough to the west were represented by Victor, who swallowed only his 100,000-strong army that was still in good condition, and even if he returned to the tsar, he would not say anything, and at most he would be punished for the crime of cowardice.It was Boris and Dimitri and other generals who advocated going north, and they had all the soldiers and horses in their hands, and daring to go back was a dead end.Now there is still a glimmer of hope for the future, and at worst, if you can stand with the command, that is to hold on to the end.Even if there is a retreat, it is the commander-in-chief of the command who asks for a retreat, not a private retreat, and the crime is much lighter.At present, the total number of people from the two sides is still as high as 180,000.Victor made up his mind to retreat westward, although he was not attacked by the Huaxing army, but he sent a large army to attack the Huaxing army in Buryatia, and the attacking 20,000 or 30,000 horses were completely annihilated.Now he also recognizes the situation and doesn't want to be beaten into a bare-bones commander by the Huaxing Army like Dimitri and Boris.Therefore, he insisted on retreating westward, and did not go to make peace with the headquarters, lest he be surrounded and annihilated by the Huaxing army with the headquarters.In the end, the two sides did not reach the conditions, and they parted ways in a depressed manner.Victor commanded 100,000 troops and horses to retreat westward, and the remnants of 80,000 troops commanded by Dimitri and Boris were defeated and marched north.The Russian army has worked hard here for three years, and who knows that in less than two months, all of them were uprooted by the Huaxing Army.After reconnaissance, the Huaxing Army Air Force soon learned about the movements of the Russian army.With the Huaxing Army in control of air power, the Russian Army's land forces are completely exposed to the eyes of the Huaxing Army no matter how they act.The soldiers of the three major military regions in Heilongjiang also quickly divided their troops into two routes.All the way to the west to pursue the deserters of Victor, all the way to the deserters who were being pursued by Dimitri and Boris.They were not worried about them escaping, because the west and north were blocked by the Huaxing Army of the Mongolian Military District, and they were digging into their pockets
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