Chapter 42: The Great Victory of Selous (Third Update)

  In fact, the main force of the Revival Army had already arrived in Seluysus, but in order to lure the Russian Far Eastern First Group Army, they withdrew a distance after digging fortifications for Zhao's troops, making a false appearance that they had not yet arrived.

  This tactic is in line with the strategy of deception of proximity and distance in Sun Tzu's Art of War, which states that when you are close to the enemy, you should make them believe you are far away, and when you are far from the enemy, you should make them believe you are close.

  After combining Zhao Zong's report, Jiang Yu believed that the timing had matured and the Russian Far East First Group Army, which had lost a large number of effective forces, would not be able to launch a large-scale attack on Zhao Zong's troops again. If they dragged on any longer, the Russian Far East First Group Army would have to flee.

  Jiang Yu immediately ordered each department to surround the Russian Far East First Army.

  The powerful mobility of the Revival Army was apparently beyond the expectation of the Russians. When they found that the Revival Army had already surrounded them from all sides, the commanders of the Russian Far East First Group Army seemed to have been splashed with a basin of cold water on their heads.

  Run?

  The commander of the Russian First Army deeply understood that if they retreated, it would only turn into a great rout for the current Russian army.

  At that time, Chinese people just need to follow behind and pull the trigger to easily eliminate them all.

  The news of the encirclement of the First Russian Far Eastern Army was quickly transmitted back to the headquarters of the Russian Far Eastern Army via wireless telegraph, and the headquarters immediately ordered the First Army to hold its ground in place and wait for support from the Second and Third Russian Far Eastern Armies.

  At this time, the Russian Far East First Army and Second Army had already arrived in Irkutsk by train with a total of about 220,000 troops.

  If they marched at the fastest speed, the vanguard cavalry units of two Russian armies could reach Serovos in just two days, and the entire army could arrive within five days.

  The First Russian Far Eastern Army, having lost almost half of its strength in the offensive, had to immediately switch from offense to defense, hoping to hold out for two days under the attack of the Revival Army and wait for the arrival of reinforcements.

  In order to hold out for a longer period, the Russian Far East First Group Army began frantically digging defensive fortifications. However, the Restoration Army moved quickly and after just one night of mobilization, by dawn the next day, the Restoration Army and two divisions of the Zhejiang Army had already surrounded the Russian Far East First Group Army.

  When the second hand pointed to 6:00 in the morning, a loud roar erupted from the Fuxing Army's artillery position, and more than 1,300 guns of the Fuxing Army fired hot shells at the Russian Far East First Group Army.

  In an instant, the earth seemed to have fallen into continuous tremors, like a violent earthquake, and in just one moment, the Russian army's position was blown to pieces.

  Ten minutes of artillery preparation!

  On the artillery position, the artillerymen were busy transporting shells. The shells poured down on the Russian army's position like they didn't cost anything. Those large-caliber howitzers could overturn a large piece of land with one shot, and the flying mud could even bury the surrounding Russian soldiers alive.

  The Russian army only hastily dug a night's work, they lacked cement and could not build any decent bulletproof fortifications. Under the bombardment of shells, the Russian soldiers' hiding trenches were too fragile and often directly blown to death or buried alive.

  However, the fortifications still proved useful, and apart from the first minute of shelling which caused heavy casualties, the rate of Russian casualties slowed down afterwards.

  Facing a bombardment of unprecedented ferocity, the morale of Russian soldiers had plummeted to an all-time low.

  Yesterday's offensive failure, today was surrounded by several times the number of Chinese troops, and every Russian soldier fighting for dinner would naturally not be in a good mood.

  When the hand reached six ten, the bombardment stopped.

  The left wing of the Russian Far East First Army suddenly heard a rumbling sound, and the Rebirth Army's First Division, led by Yang Hongfei, directly crushed the Russian army's first army from its left wing.

  The First Division of the Revival Army is a Category A division, and its formation is not the usual 3-3 system, but the 4-4 system, that is, one platoon has four squads, one company has four platoons, one battalion has four companies, and one regiment has four battalions.

  Since joining the armored troops, the first division has more than 20,000 soldiers.

  Suddenly, a Russian soldier in front of the array shouted and pointed to the hundreds of black smoke rising in front of the First Division of Fuxing Army, shouting: "What is that?"

  Rumble! ~

  The ground is shaking slightly!

  To the amazement of the Russian soldiers, one after another, the silhouettes of tanks appeared on the battlefield, with these tanks painted black, looking extremely cold-blooded.

  The diesel engine of the armored vehicle was working roughly, emitting a loud rumbling sound, and a stream of exhaust gas sprayed out from behind.

  The Russian soldiers had never seen anything like this before, and all of them were wondering what it was.

  It's a pity to see that these Russian soldiers have never even seen a tractor, let alone such an advanced thing. They are destined to be the first tragic victims of the terror of armored warfare.

  Rumbling chariots gathered together, three hundred chariots formed a chariot cluster, crushing the ground that was ravaged by artillery fire, heading towards the Russian military position.

  What is this?

  A Russian army machine gunner aimed his machine gun at a ripper tank, then pulled the trigger, and the machine gun bullets sprayed out with a rattling sound.

  Ding ding dang dang......

  The bullets hit the armor of the tank and made a loud crash, but the tank was unmoved, still steadily crushing towards the Russian army's position.

  The Russian soldiers were suddenly in an uproar, what is this thing?

  Machine guns can't even penetrate it!

  Just as the Russian soldiers were at a loss, the tank in front suddenly let out a loud roar, and a shell was fired from the tank's gun, blasting towards the Russian position.

  Boom!

  The shrapnel burst on the ground, and five or six Russian soldiers fell down with a miserable cry amidst the scattered bullets.

  All the Russian soldiers were startled, and the tanks were getting closer and closer to them. At this moment, the machine gun on the front tank suddenly opened fire and swept the Russian position fiercely.

  All Russian soldiers were frightened and hid their heads in the trenches, unable to lift their heads under the fierce machine gun fire.

  Under the cover of Russian artillery, the tanks charged to the front lines with great ease. Three hundred "Ripper" tanks quickly tore open a large gap in the Russian defenses with overwhelming force.

  Faced with the rolling iron tide, the Russian soldiers were thoroughly panicked.

  All their means seemed to be unable to conquer these iron monsters, and the inexperienced Russian soldiers panicked and jumped out of the trenches, then ran back.

  Some even hid in trenches and didn't dare move.

  The seemingly solid defense line was no match for the tanks at all.

  The war chariots rolled forward, and the infantry units following behind quickly jumped into the trenches, engaging in fierce gunfire with the Russian troops in the trenches.

  The Russian army's rifles were useless in the trenches, and they were no match for the revitalized army facing the fierce firepower of the submachine guns.

  The First Division broke through the Russian army's position in just ten minutes, successfully tearing open a large gap, and the Second Division quickly followed up, coordinating with the First Division to carry out deep penetration and interdiction.

  After an hour of deep penetration, the Russian Far East First Army was torn in two by the 1st and 2nd Divisions. Meanwhile, the two divisions of the Zhejiang Army, as well as the temporary 5th, 6th, and 7th Divisions, with a total strength of five divisions, quickly joined the battle, coordinating with the 2nd Division to launch a massive assault on the nearly 30,000 Russian troops that had been split off.

  The Russian army, which had been successfully infiltrated, no longer had any distance advantage, and the trenches were no longer an advantage. The Revival Army could easily jump into the trenches, whether from the front, side or back, and the Russians felt that they were surrounded by swarms of Chinese people on all sides.

  Revival army soldiers holding a large number of automatic firearms, in close combat simply slaughtered the Russian army, although the Russian army wanted to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Revival Army, but the bullets from the submachine guns ruthlessly told them that bayonets were already outdated.

  The Russian troops in the position were quickly annihilated by the converging Revolutionary Army from all sides, and the First Division continued to infiltrate the remaining 30,000 Russian troops after successfully infiltrating.

  The remaining 30,000 Russian troops were equally helpless against the tanks and had no idea how to deal with them. They put up almost no effective resistance and were split in two once again by the First Division. The infantry followed quickly from behind, armed with submachine guns, and joined the battle once more.

  The battle lasted for nearly six hours, until noon at 12 o'clock, the last Russian military position raised a white flag, and the Russian army of 60,000 was quickly annihilated by the Restoration Army.

  The war correspondent quickly pressed the shutter and recorded this scene forever.

  This photo was later preserved forever in a museum and is known as "The Last Road of the Russian Army in 1912".

  This long photograph was immediately airlifted to the rear after being submitted.

  ……

  "Extra, extra! Tsushima great victory, China annihilates Russia's Far Eastern First Army..."

  "Extra, extra! General Jiang lures enemy deep into trap, annihilates 120,000 Russian troops..."

  Less than an hour after annihilating Russia's Far Eastern First Group Army, newspapers controlled by the Huadong Group in various parts of China quickly released extra editions.

  Newsboys waved newspapers and ran on the streets, hearing the newsboy's shouting, citizens were all excited, swarming around the newsboy, competing to buy the extra edition.

  Russia, however, was enraged by the destruction of the First Far Eastern Army and declared war on China a few hours later.

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