With their fearless spirit, the Tsarist Russian army finally captured the second line of defense within an hour.
But at this time, the reinforcements sent by Lu Chun also appeared on the flanks of the Rakshasa Army.
This time, the person commanding hundreds of thousands of troops was Lu Chun's chief of staff, Feng Lei.
Although the troops led by Feng Lei rushed slowly, they were still a little late. Now the troops he led were unable to enter the position to block the enemy.
In this situation, we could only adapt to circumstances, so Cheng Zhi immediately ordered the troops to attack the Russian troops from the flanks and rear in order to delay their advance and reduce the pressure on the Hunan Army defenders on the third line of defense.
But this time, Lieutenant General Strelnikov did not care about the Hunan Army reinforcements on the flanks and rear flanks. He still concentrated all offensive forces in the front and began to charge against the third line of defense.
It seems that the lieutenant general wants to make a desperate move. If they don't break through the third line of defense, they will be surrounded here. They might as well fight to the death.
And this time, Lieutenant General Strelnikov personally came to the front line to participate in the command of the offensive. He wanted to show all the Tsarist Russian soldiers that even he, the commander-in-chief, was on the front line. Can you not fight desperately?
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Moreover, during the mobilization before the war, he made it very clear to the soldiers that if they could not break through this last line of defense, they would be completely annihilated here and would never be able to return to their motherland or reunite with their relatives.
Therefore, although the Tsarist Russian soldiers were exhausted after a day of high-intensity fighting, they still mustered up their last courage and began to launch a fierce attack on the last Hunan Army defense line.
There are only about 8,000 Hunan soldiers left defending this last line of defense, and they are facing the Rakshasa troops attacking like a huge sea of people.
Coupled with a day of fighting, the strings in the minds of these Hunan Army soldiers have been stretched to the tightest point, and now they can no longer bear it psychologically.
Therefore, the soldiers of the Rakshasa Kingdom panicked when they attacked them this time, and soon a large area of their position was lost.
Lieutenant General Strelnikov finally smiled, and this last obstacle was finally broken.
Sure enough, the Hunan Army soldiers on the opposite side did not hold out for long before they began to retreat.
In this way, the road to the outside world was finally opened by Tsarist Russian soldiers after a day of fighting.
But before Lieutenant General Strelnikov could be happy for a few minutes, a small staff officer hurriedly came to him, gave him a military salute, and then said anxiously: "Your Excellency, Acting Commander, are you attacking from behind our army?"
The enemy is only 20 minutes away from the headquarters. If we don't retreat, it may be too late."
Lieutenant General Strelnikov was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat when he heard this. He had been working in the logistics department.
Although commanding the troops in the previous battle was commendable, he had never experienced such a critical moment, so it would be a lie to say he was not afraid.
However, in order to maintain his dignity and prevent the people under him from losing courage, he, the lieutenant general, still had a strong spirit and said to the young staff officer with a smile: "Don't worry, our army has broken through the enemy frontally.
As long as we arrange some people to block the enemy on this line of defense for an hour, we can leave here safely."
Lieutenant General Strelnikov said so and did the same. Soon he left 10,000 people as a sniper force on the newly captured position.
The other people followed Lieutenant General Strelnikov and hurried northward, leaving this place of right and wrong.
By the time Chen Yi led his troops to break through the defense line, the main force of the Rakshasa Kingdom's army had already disappeared.
At this point, the blocking battle against the Rakshasa army ended in failure.
Lu Chun was very helpless after knowing the result of the battle. Originally, he had the right time, place, and people, and should have wiped out all the enemies in the city. He did not expect that the enemies would pay such a high price in the end and break out of the encirclement with all their might.
At the same time, Lu Chun also began to admire the courage of these Rakshasa troops who went north, because after a post-war count, the number of Rakshasa troops who fell on the ground exceeded 80,000, and those who actually escaped from the encirclement were less than 30,000.
After Lu Chun counted the results of the battle, he held another meeting of senior officers in the headquarters to discuss how to pursue the enemy and annihilate the Rakshasa army within the territory.
Lu Chun's chief of staff Feng Lei was the first to speak, "Everyone, after this breakout battle, we have a very good understanding of the combat capabilities of this Rakshasa army. It can be said that they have exerted their combat effectiveness to the limit in order to return home.
, if we continue to take it lightly, we will end up watching this force leave the country."
At this time, Lu Chun's face was a little red. On the surface, his chief of staff said this to the generals below, but in fact he was criticizing him for the general's poor arrangements before the war.
It is true that Lu Chun, who served in charge of this battle, must bear some responsibility, because when he surrounded Changchun City, Lu Chun's troops in the north were the weakest.
However, this cannot be entirely blamed on Lu Chun. After all, the total number of troops led by Lu Chun is only more than 200,000. It is simply impossible to completely surround a big city with this number of people. Moreover, their main attack direction is south.
, naturally cannot deploy a large number of troops in all directions.
Lu Chun didn't want to talk about this matter anymore. He knocked on the table and said: "Under the current situation, in the vast land of the north, it is very difficult to catch this fleeing Rakshasa army.
What I mean is that we should ask the commander for help, ask him to send the air force to search for traces of this force in the air, and then let Ye Faguang in Harbin lead the tank force to intercept it. This way we will have the opportunity to surround the opponent on the plains
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The generals below all nodded after hearing this. This is indeed the best way at present, because with Ye Faguang's tens of thousands of mechanized troops, as long as they can find the relay of the Rakshasa Kingdom's fleeing army, they should be able to defeat them.
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Feng Lei nodded next to Lu Chun, "The commander's words are very reasonable. There is no need to be secretive now."
Therefore, the meeting quickly reached an agreement to immediately report the results of the battle to Liu Hai, and at the same time request Liu Hai to send the air force to find traces of the fleeing Rakshasa Army so that Ye Faguang's mechanized troops could attack them.
This joint telegram was quickly sent to the Military Aircraft Office in the capital.
Liu Hai looked at the telegram in his hand and thought for a moment, then smiled and said to Zhao Jiahua on the side: "This Lu Chun finally showed his flaws. I thought he had always been cautious."
Zhao Jiahua next to him also laughed, because since Lu Chun took refuge with Liu Hai, he had been very cautious and made no mistakes in his actions and marches. Therefore, Liu Hai felt confident and bold to let him serve as the governor of Japan.
But laugh it off, things still have to be solved.
"Commander, what do you mean? Do you really want to annihilate all the Rakshasa Army within our borders?"
Liu Hai stood up and walked around the room and then said: "At present, our ultimate goal is to achieve the reunification of the country. If we devote all our energy to the battle with the Rakshasa Kingdom, we will give it to the one in the west.
Lafayette left a breathing space, but in the end made us pay a greater price."
"Then what do you mean, Commander?"
"Ask the Prime Minister's Office in charge of Zhao Chuanren to negotiate with the Rakshasa people. As long as they can stop interfering in the affairs of the Qing Dynasty and no longer provide weapons assistance to Cixi, I will agree to let this army leave the country. Otherwise, I will
They wiped them all out and marched straight into Siberia."
Zhao Jiahua thought for a moment after hearing this, and then said: "Commander, that's what I said, but I don't think the Rakshasa Kingdom will compromise so easily."
Liu Hai nodded after hearing this, and then said: "Order the combined fleet to move north to Shanghai and put some pressure on them."
After hearing this, Zhao Jiahua's mind turned around and he felt that a two-pronged approach, threatening the Rakshasa Kingdom's territory from both land and sea, should make them compromise.
Next, Zhao Jiahua personally went to the Prime Minister's Office and told Zhao Chuanren what Liu Hai meant.
Zhao Chuanren is now in charge of the Prime Minister's Yamen. During this period, he was extremely busy, negotiating with consuls from various countries to ask them to recognize Emperor Xingqing.
However, the consuls of various countries were very evasive about this matter. Although they were now on the territory of Emperor Xingqing, they were not very interested in the emperor who was supported by Liu Haizhen.
Therefore, although Zhao Chuanren said he sent people to urge the matter every day and even went into battle himself, he did not make any breakthrough.
Zhao Chuanren received Liu Hai's order this time, clapped his hands and said with a smile: "This is a chance for me to feel proud. During this time, I begged my grandpa to sue my grandma, and I have lost all my face."
Zhao Jiahua also smiled, "I don't think we are in a hurry to be recognized by the West. As long as we defeat the Empress Dowager Cixi and control the entire country, these powers will rush to recognize us at the meeting for their own interests."
"That's what I say, but the public opinion in Western countries is now very unfavorable to us. If this concept is not reversed as soon as possible, they will be forced to admit it in the end, and eventually non-governmental trade will be affected."
Zhao Jiahua thought for a while and it was the same reason, but he didn't want to get involved in this matter because it was a tricky business.
Then Zhao Jiahua resigned.
After Zhao Jiahua left, Zhao Chuanren immediately ordered his men to go to the Rakshasa Consulate in Dongjiaomin Lane and send them a note.
Ask the Rakshasa Kingdom's minister to come to the Prime Minister's Yamen to discuss the withdrawal of the Rakshasa Kingdom's troops.
The current minister of the Rakshasa Kingdom is Geersi, who has just arrived. He is a traditional Rakshasa Kingdom aristocrat who has great disdain for the people of the Qing Dynasty.
After receiving the notification from the Prime Minister's Yamen, he smiled and put the paper aside, because in his heart he naturally thought that their Rakshasa army was invincible and the Qing people were so anxious to come and discuss with him.
In this matter, we must have suffered a defeat in the Northeast, so we asked for negotiation.