"Report to the regiment commander, the scouts found the enemy 20 kilometers west of our army. Their troops were estimated to be around one regiment, and they were not found carrying heavy weapons?"

After receiving the report, Cai Desheng, the commander of the 1st Marine Division, immediately opened the map. His current location was called Erdaoqiaogou, which had a road directly connected to the Russian army. At the speed of moving towards each other, it would meet in about an hour, and the forces of both sides were roughly the same.

After the People's Army attacked, the Northern Line troops sent one regiment of the 1st Marine Division to take the lead, and the main force dragged it back about 10 kilometers. In this way, if they encountered the Russian army, they would only be a regiment first exchanged fire with the Russian army, and the large troops behind could decide their actions according to the situation. Although they knew the Russian army's march route, they still did not know the overall combat ideas of the Russian army, so this approach was the most secure.

Of course, since the People's Army already knew that the Russian army was dispatched, and the Russian army probably might not know the dynamics of the People's Army, the People's Army undoubtedly had the lead. The 1st Regiment was the first to discover the whereabouts of the enemy. In addition to doing a good job in reconnaissance, understanding the movements of the Russian army in advance is also a factor in the construction of the city.

Since the Russian army has been discovered, we naturally cannot let it go. And now it is on the path that the German army must pass, so Cai Desheng, the commander of the 1st regiment, decided to set up an ambush on the spot, ambush the Russian army, and annihilate the regiment first.

So Cai Desheng reported to the division headquarters and arranged an ambush position. The People's Army was already familiar with the ambush work. The mortar troops immediately occupied the nearby highlands, surveyed the terrain, and set up shooting units. The machine gun team also looked for a favorable position and arranged a machine gun position. The remaining troops were assigned to the second battalion, and the third battalion was ambushed in the dense forests on both sides of the road, and the first battalion was waiting on the periphery. Once the Russian army entered the ambush position, it inserted from the back of the Russian army and cut off the Russian retreat. The People's Army had been trained many times for this ambush position, so it took only more than a time to arrange the positions and wait for the Russian army to arrive.

Nazhi's People's Army's ambush positions had just been arranged, and he received a report from the scouts. The Russian army stopped moving about 16 kilometers away from the ambush positions and stopped on the spot, as if they were going to rest on the spot.

Cai Desheng was also a little confused. It was so difficult that the Russian army discovered that it had set up an ambush, so it did not advance? But it was not right. Rudai found that there was an enemy ambush ahead, either retreating immediately or setting up a defensive position on the spot, and would never rest in the camp. It seemed that the Russian army had not discovered the ambush position of the People's Army, but stopped advancing due to some accident.

Now the People's Army is facing two choices. One is to wait in place. The Russian army may continue to march tomorrow and still enter the ambush position. However, the variables of this choice are too great. After all, unexpected events may occur in this night; the other is to change ambush to actively attacking, such as the Russian army launching an attack. However, although this can catch the Russian army off guard, it is difficult to only defeat the Russian army, and it is difficult to cause heavy damage to the Russian army. After all, the People's Army has no advantage in its strength.

Cai Desheng was also unsure of his mind. After all, he was promoted from the battalion commander when the first phase of the war ended. When the Marine Corps expanded its army, he only needed to obey the orders of the regiment, while the regiment commander needed to fight independently and have the ability to make decisions. However, Cai Desheng obviously lacked experience, so he could only ask the division headquarters for instructions. Fortunately, the People's Army's communication is very convenient and it is very easy to communicate with the division headquarters.

After receiving Cai Desheng's report, the division headquarters carefully analyzed that this was the first battle against the Russian army after the Battle of Vladivostok. It should cause major damage to the Russian army as much as possible, which is conducive to the subsequent battle. Therefore, it is better to choose to ambush the Russian army. The chance of waiting for an accident overnight is not high. In addition, if you find that the Russian army has signs of retreat, you can pursue it immediately, at least you can win a battle.

After receiving the instructions from the division headquarters, Cai Desheng was no longer worried. On the one hand, he ordered the troops to continue to ambush and wait for the Russian army to advance; on the other hand, he ordered the scouts to conduct strict surveillance on the Russian army and immediately informed him of the situation.

At 5 pm, the scouts' report made Cai Desheng feel relieved. It turned out that the scouts sent a report that the Russian army was receiving supplies for supplementary supplies. From this point of view, the reason why the Russian army stayed in place was waiting for supplies.

It turned out that although the Russian army formulated the tactics of division of troops to attack, they knew nothing about the deployment of the People's Army and the combat plan. Therefore, they adopted similar tactics to the People's Army, and sent a regiment to the front, and a large group of troops followed. In fact, this is also a common tactic for fighting in unfamiliar environments. Russia is a country that invaded other countries, so they naturally practiced this set of tactics, so they basically came with their hands. Unlike the People's Army, they had to study and discuss for a long time.

However, the Russian army was formed in a hurry and was not fully prepared. Therefore, when the Russian vanguard arrived here, the army had already eaten up the dry food, so they had to wait on the back team to send them to the rescue. Fortunately, they marched along the railway line, and the materials were transported very convenient. The Russian army set off from Harbin and delivered the supplies to the rescue overnight.

Sure enough, at 7 a.m. the next day, the scouts reported again that the Russian army had indeed set off and moved towards the second bridge and ditch. After learning about it, Cai Desheng was also very energetic and immediately ordered the troops to arrange them again to prepare to ambush the Russian army. Since they had already been arranged once, the People's Army completed the position arrangement in only half an hour.

Although the two armies were only 16 kilometers apart at this time, the Russian army was not moving fast. The People's Army waited for two hours before waiting for the Russian army. Fortunately, the scouts of the People's Army always stared at the Russian army and kept passing the Russian army's direction to the People's Army, so the People's Army was not too worried.

Seeing that the Russian army finally entered the ambush positions he arranged, and the first battalion was also moving towards the rear of the Russian army, Cai Desheng breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, since the troops were sent, his spirits have been very tense. First, this was his first battle after he was promoted to regiment commander; second, he also got too little information on the battlefield and had no confidence in his heart. Now Cai Desheng finally felt confident of winning.

"Fire!" With Cai Desheng's order, nearly 100 mortars from the regiment opened fire, and fired shells at the moving Russian army at the fastest speed.

"Boom boom boom boom boom!"

In just one minute, the People's Army fired nearly a thousand artillery shells at the Russian army. The shells fell into the Russian army like raindrops, causing dense explosions and also causing a large number of casualties. The Russian army was unprepared for this, and the entire team suddenly became a big enemy.

At this time, the machine gun positions arranged by the People's Army also opened fire and exerted their power, intertwining countless fire nets on the battlefield, ruthlessly harvesting the lives of Russian soldiers.

Within a few minutes, the Russian army's ranks were completely defeated, and a large number of soldiers fell to the ground and could no longer get up. The surviving panic soldiers could only escape into the jungle on both sides to avoid the fatal blows on the road. In the eyes of the Russian soldiers, the jungle might be safer. However, the People's Army soldiers lying on both sides opened fire and fire, and the Russian army that fled the fastest was shot and fell to the ground, completely breaking the unrealistic fantasy of the Russian soldiers. Moreover, a battalion that surrounded the Russian army launched an attack behind the Russian army, which completely forced the Russian army to a desperate situation.

Less than 10 minutes into the battle, under the fierce firepower of the People's Army, the Russian army was defeated and suffered heavy casualties. When Cai Desheng saw it, he immediately ordered the entire army to charge, fight quickly and completely defeat the Russian army. After all, the Russian army is also the vanguard. If it becomes a protracted war, the Russian army's large troops will arrive, but it will be difficult to deal with.

With the charge of the People's Army, the two sides immediately launched hand-to-hand combat. Although a few Russian soldiers were still very tenacious and raised their bayonets to fight with the People's Army soldiers, most of the Russian soldiers were scared by the previous blow. At this time, they were unwilling to fight. When the People's Army soldiers arrived, they either fled or surrendered. Even if they were fighting with the People's Army soldiers, they were not the opponent at all because they were not afraid of fighting.

The encirclement of the People's Army is not tight, and after launching a charge, some loopholes will inevitably appear. Therefore, a few Russian soldiers fought to the death to highlight the encirclement of the People's Army and rushed out, but most Russian soldiers were not so lucky. Under the attack of the People's Army, they could only fight and retreat. The encirclement circle was shrinking and narrowing. Some Russian soldiers could only put down their weapons and surrender; but some Russian soldiers were still resisting stubbornly, concentrating more and more than a dozen or dozens of people to form a small position, and with the help of the cover of mountains, rocks and trees, they fought to the death to resist the attack of the People's Army.

Although there are not many people in these small positions, it is not easy to break these small positions, and it still has to pay a certain price of casualties. However, of course, the People's Army will not use manpower to attack, but instead asks the mortar troops to aim at these small positions for a few shots, which will immediately kill or be injured, and the resistance will naturally collapse.

The entire battle ended in just over half an hour. The People's Army killed more than 1,700 Russian soldiers and captured more than 1,000 prisoners. Only about 700 Russian soldiers escaped from the siege of the People's Army. This regiment of the Russian army was basically equivalent to being beaten and destroyed. The People's Army itself suffered less than 300 casualties, and only 92 soldiers were killed.

The victory with such an absolute advantage is mainly because the People's Army can first discover the enemy and therefore arrange ambush positions in advance. The moment the Russian army enters the People's Army's ambush circle, the victory and defeat have been determined. This once again shows how important intelligence collection is on the battlefield.
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