On the front battlefield, the Russian offensive gradually fell into decline. The Cossacks occupied the empty position and continued to advance in an unknown way, but were intensively attacked by the Chinese army's machine gun firepower, artillery artillery and rapid-fire cannons, and the attack was quickly exhausted.

At this time, due to the heavy casualties on the left wing, the Russian army had to withdraw a large part of the reserve forces to support the central government, which led to the central government's attacks being short of strength. The Chinese cavalry and armored cars on the right wing of the Russian army were defeated and launched side attacks on the attack troops on the Russian Central Front. The situation of the Russian army became even worse, and finally defeated in a mess and returned to the starting line in a mess, leaving behind a body of people and horses, and many seriously injured did not have time to contain them.

Although Kampf stamped his feet and urged the reserves to follow, the artillery team strengthened their coordination, and launched another attack as soon as possible, under the persuasion of Masalinski, he had to roar and order the troops to temporarily withdraw and reorganize the offensive.

At this moment, the Chinese army's condition was not much better.

Looking at the pale-faced soldiers and seeing many of the non-commissioned veterans showing despair, Cai E sighed secretly. Night battles are a severe test of the organization, discipline and morale of any army. The Cossacks on the opposite side are worthy of the title of European strong army. Although the tactics are a bit rigid, if you do this again, your infantry that has not yet established a stable foothold may be on the verge of collapse.

The real ace teacher is cultivated by actual combat, not by training.

Cai E came to a row of temporary positions and yelled at the National Defense Forces military song:

“How loud the military songs are,

Military flags are flying.

From the desert to the ocean,

From ice fields to rainforest,

Across a hundred thousand miles,

Five thousand years ago,

This is our great motherland.”

Listening to this extremely familiar military song, the officers and soldiers sang it like conditioned reflexes almost at the same time. Firmness and pride were gradually written on their young faces.

"The motherland is waving,

The people are calling,

Fight fearlessly,

Charge bravely,

With the blood of the enemy,

Pouring the Iron Army Soul

This is us,

The heroic defense force”

“The sky above my head,

Stepping on the earth,

The flag of the National Wehrmacht,

That's where we move forward

No matter how many enemies there are,

Just ask where the enemy is.

This is us,

The glorious National Wehrmacht,

The Victory Defense Forces”

Amid the majestic military singing, the soldiers' eyes gradually calmed down.

The opposite Kampf was almost madly angry.

The old Cossack was furious and roaring with the yellow monkeys without the demeanor of a knight. He was simply a cunning bandit. He waved his pistol and was about to lead the reserve team to launch a new round of attacks. But at this time, bad news came from the cover force behind: a new Chinese cavalry force rushed up from the south and attacked heavily from the flanks on the Russian defense line. If it weren't for the four battalions that were reinforced by the Russian army to fight back to death, it would have been a complete collapse. But at this time, the front line in the rear was already in danger.

Kampf cursed the damn yellow monkey, the damn Samsonov, the damn Second Army. He stared at the Chinese army blocking position ahead with fierce eyes. Looking at the extremely thin but never seemed to be able to cross the defense line, he finally made a decision: "The whole army turned to temporarily abandon these yellow monkey infantry, and returned to the army to annihilate the enemy's cavalry and join Samsonov's infantry."

The Russian troops rushed to the dark night for a long distance, and after hard battles, they are now about to turn around and retreat. Even the Cossacks, which are known for their bravery and good fighting, have inevitably been affected. The retreat in the dark night, especially the large corps, is a very complex project after all, and it is a serious test of the organization and morale of the entire army.

Masalinski struggled to complete a series of complex operations such as gathering troops - reorganizing troops - seizing troops - path allocation. The main force of the entire Siberian First Cavalry Cluster totaled about fourteen battalions, separated from the cover troops of the remaining four battalions, including the wounded, and rushed back fiercely.

Cai E shot down a Russian cavalry running back with one shot, put down his sniper rifle, and said solemnly: "What is the Russians doing? This time the attack is not yet exhausted? Do they have to accumulate strength and make a one-time deal?"

"Anyway, we have repelled it again." The observer said with a smile, "Fourteen, battalion commander, you are all so amazing, you can kill so many with such a light of fire."

"No matter how many people beat him to death, he is just a brave man." Cai E took a breath, unscrewed the kettle and poured a few sips of water, and listened in a slight manner. The Russian army retreated, and the sound of gunfire here suddenly stopped. He immediately discovered the problem, "No sound of gunfire in the rear of the Russian army."

He slapped the ground, and mud splashed everywhere: "Our troops were circulating the headquarters behind the Russians. It turns out that they were very prepared for this. This is the sharp knife of the Russians is about to break the blade."

He suddenly stood up regardless of danger and shouted: "We copied the Russians' retreat and ran away. Everyone is ready. We must turn the defense into an offensive."

On the other side, an unknown voice came from the darkness. The blood on Kampf's angry face faded away. He roared in horror: "Arson"

The earth-shaking explosion came from all directions, and Kampf could not understand even though he broke his head. It was so dark that his troops were just carrying lanterns and torches. Where could the enemy's artillery observation posts be placed on the plain grassland? How could the enemy's long-range artillery carry out such accurate artillery attacks.

In the absence of his mind, he looked into the night sky in the southeast direction, but found that at some point, a huge black shadow stopped in the air, as if it was an indelible nightmare.

"Damn Chinese Black Bread" Kampf cursed hysterically for years, "The raid has been arranged until night, and you still have to mess with these blasphemers and create some monsters."

Although the brave Cossacks were in chaos, they still stubbornly rushed towards the target, or tried to escape from the area that was bombarded at a faster speed. In the future, before Kampf had time to breathe a sigh of relief, the Russian army's left wing came again. The two battalions equipped on the left wing of the Russian army were almost overwhelmed in an instant. In the future, Kampf was still in shock and was about to issue an order, but a messenger rushed over in bloody direction: "Report to the commander, the Chinese cavalry unit that was fighting fiercely with our army received support from infantry. Those people seemed to have arrived in trucks, and there were many iron-armored monsters. The troops had begun to fall into chaos."

Two heavy blows made Kampf fall from anger and unwillingness to the abyss of fear.

This is a trap, yes, this is a trap for the yellow monkey

Kampf had no time to think about why the enemy infantry could come in a car, and why infantry could adopt field attack tactics against the cavalry. He had realized that if he continued to entangle, more and more Chinese troops would surround the pride of the Russian Empire on this grassland.

He looked at the command staff with a pale face, but only saw faces that looked pale and weaker than him under the lantern. The word "retreat" circled around his mouth for a long time, but he just couldn't say it.

He knew that if he retreated in such a mess, his position as the commander of the cavalry group would probably say goodbye to him from now on, and his military career would probably be lost.

"Commander, please give orders." Masalinski was silent for a while and finally said, "The main force of our army has fallen into a tough battle, and now the rear is in danger. Obviously, it is not that my brave Cossack is unfavorable to fight, but that the enemy situation has changed from the beginning. The enemy situation reported by our army's intelligence department, which is completely opposite to what we actually encountered."

"Yes, it's all damn intelligence departments." Kampf seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw for years, his eyes shining, "You're right, Arikse Shemiaonov (a respectful name to Maselinsky), let's do it, order the troops and move in immediately."

"Everyone has it, follow me, head to the northwest, and impact"

Kampf's roar was passed down by the messengers one by one. His huge double-headed Eagle Army flag was like a flashing lighthouse in the night sky. The panicked Cossack calmed down and followed. The brave soldiers gave up their attempt to resist and turned into a complete escape.

On the Mongolian grasslands shrouded in the night, the Russian powerful Kampf cavalry cluster has been divided into three independent parts. One part is the four battalions that were cut behind in the east, fighting and retreating while fighting; the other part is the Fourth Siberian Cavalry Division and the Third Independent Cavalry Brigade, which were carrying out arduous defensive operations in the west, and the four battalions that were reinforced later; the other part is the main force of Kampf who fled northward in the middle route, and still retained about twelve battalions of troops.

A large number of Chinese cavalry chased Kampf's troops frantically, and from time to time they bit off some small pieces of meat, chewed and swallowed. Soon, the Chinese army divided the main force from the rear to encircle the 4th Siberian Cavalry Division and other units, which were still fighting hard. The Russian army, which was already struggling, suddenly fell into a general collapse. A large number of Cossacks lost their fighting spirit, threw away their spears and even rifles, and ran away with their heads.

In the retreat, Kampf finally saw the lights winding southward in front of him. The vanguard cavalry brought back a liaison officer from the Russian Samsonov Second Siberian Army.

Looking at the infantry major with beautiful beard and blushed face, Samsonov's old face seemed to appear in front of Kampf's eyes with arrogance and disdain. He couldn't help but curse: "What did the Major's Second Army do? My troops were stabbed by yellow monkeys. What are you doing? Are you walking in an armed manner?"

The major saluted respectfully and said loudly: "Report to the Cavalry Lieutenant General, our army was repeatedly attacked by the Chinese cavalry units at night, and the battle was very difficult. However, it is currently 2:30 in the morning. Our current location should be about five kilometers north of the expected target. At the speed of your cavalry units, it is not difficult to get closer... Is your army's assault too fierce, so that the army went deep alone and was exploited by the yellow monkey?"

Kampf hadn't breathed evenly for a while and started coughing violently.

He really has nothing to say.

Due to his greed for merit and aggressiveness, his cavalry troops launched an attack in advance, and it was even deeper than the planned assault position. In recent years, Kampf was not satisfied with completing the task of defeating the left wing of the Chinese army, but also hoped to capture the enemy's deep artillery group and even directly destroy his army-level command. Of course, it turns out that if he steps later, the Chinese army's blocking position will be more complete and the probability of attack failure will be higher.

Thinking of this, Kampf was even more angry. But when he thought about the troops behind him that had not had time to escape, he suppressed his anger and said to the major: "My troops are still fighting hard in the south. You can move forward quickly, retreat and replenish the troops."

The major shook his head: "The current situation has been separated from the original plan. Lieutenant General, I am frank, your cavalry unit has lost most of its combat effectiveness. If our army goes deeper alone, the result will be difficult to say. The matter is of great importance, I must ask the commander of the army."

Kampf almost fainted after being angry. Looking at the damn major, his teeth almost chewed

In the forward command, Lieutenant General Samsonov, commander of the Second Army of the Russian Front of Baikal, looked away from the map and said to Chief of Staff Rakivic: "Our General Kampf suffered defeats for many years. It seems that the Chinese are not that simple..."

Rakivic nodded with gloating, but his brows quickly frowned: "The cavalry cluster collapsed. If our troops were to turmoil, if the Chinese came up... If they could destroy the cavalry cluster, the Chinese would probably not have too few troops. The biggest problem is that the enemy situation is unknown... Commander, my judgment is that the Chinese should have used a large number of cavalry. And on our side, they also have a large number of cavalry to harass them. Where did they get so many cavalry troops? This is really incredible..."

Samsonov turned his head and smiled at a Russian colonel, saying, "Prince, what do you think?"

Former Mongolian Deputy Chief of the Zhelim League, Zhasak Duke Zimmertel said respectfully: "Dear General, His Majesty the Great Tsar is unpredictable. Although the sacred Russian Army has suffered minor setbacks, our army's advantages are unshakable..."

Samsonov was obviously a little impatient with his verbal talk, and waved his hand: "Okay, okay... You know more about Mongolia than us. Your Mongolian Independence Army is the eyes and ears of our army. Just talk about the current situation."

"Yes, respectful general." Zimmertie Mupile bowed respectfully, "You just mentioned the issue of cavalry. I'm afraid the Han people used a large number of so-called border militias. That was their military garrison organization, which moved many Han people from the Central Plains, occupied the most plump pastures on the grassland, and committed adultery with the traitors from the Mongolian grassland, and used various means to lure many Mongolian athletes to join their team. This organization is a half-army and half-civilian. It can quickly form auxiliary troops in wartime, and is also good at equestrianism. We have fought with them many times over the years, and it is not so easy to deal with..."

Samsonov nodded: "This makes sense...but since it is a militia, it cannot be our opponent. Chief of Staff, give orders. According to the second plan, the troops will be launched immediately and ready to let the Chinese taste the great things."

Rakivic nodded: "Commander, this time Samsonov was beaten to pieces by the Chinese, but we are waiting for the Chinese to suffer a great loss. We will definitely turn the tide. The martial arts of this battle belong to the heroic Second Army, and you."

"This is all the blessing of God and the Virgin, and the wisdom of His Majesty." Samsonov said with a smile, "Let's start. The Chinese who are complacent should suffer some trouble."

The Third Army Command of the Northern Front.

"The C cluster of the Second Army was well grasped the opportunity." Zhao Guoxiang no longer had the gloom as before, and his face was full of spring breeze. "They gathered most of the trucks and armored cars of the Second Army, and surprisingly, they clung to the Russian Siberian Cavalry Fourth Division and the 3rd Independent Cavalry Brigade with chariots and infantrymen. They liberated the cavalry troops to attack the central column of Kampf in a row. In addition to the Second Cavalry Brigade and the Third Heavy Artillery Brigade, the Russian cavalry cluster was considered to be a trauma this time."

"Commander, this time, we will wipe out this frivolous Samsonov." Major Lan Tianwei, the combat staff officer, rubbed his hands and said excitedly, "Destroying the enemy's elite Cossacks is enough to shake the morale of the entire Far East Russian troops. Even this time... the adverse effects can also eliminate the god-given opportunity."

He looked at Jiang Linyong eagerly: "At present, you are the commander-in-chief of the front enemy. Cluster C should also listen to your order. As long as you give orders, tens of thousands of athletes will chase and die in the north. This is the first achievement of the national war that has been famous in history."

The staff officers of the headquarters put down their work and looked at Jiang Linyong with a red look.

"Five points win. The time has arrived." A calm voice sounded. Everyone turned to look over and saw Jiang Fangzhen put down the pencil in his hand and said calmly, "Everything is too much... We were dark before, the enemy was in the light, and now our trump card has been lit, but we don't know whether the enemy still has trump card. This is a night battle. There are too many uncertain factors, and our army's air reconnaissance ability cannot be fully utilized. The battlefield situation is unclear. If we pursue it rashly, the risk will be too great."

Zhao Guoxiang's face changed slightly, but nodded, but still said nothing.

"Baili, you have to know what this battle means." Lan Tianwei said with some angrily, "Destroy the Samsonov cavalry cluster, the rear Baikal front of the Russians broke its wings, and there was no strategic mobile force. His Majesty had just ascended the throne. If he could wipe out the Russian Emperor's personal guard, Cossack, what is the meaning of Baili? Do you understand this? This is a key issue related to the overall situation of the entire empire."

Some staff officers couldn't help but nodded with resentment.

"War is war, and military issues cannot be careless." Jiang Fangzhen shook his head, "I am a combat staff officer and can only make opinions from a military perspective. I don't understand political matters, and my opinions are for reference only by the Chief of Staff and the Commander."

Jiang Linyong looked at Zhao Guoxiang and asked lightly: "Where is the Chief of Staff's opinion?"
To be continued...