The People's Army on the Northern Line successfully achieved the first victory of re-opening war, while the People's Army on the Southern Line did not have such good luck.

The vanguard of the People's Army on the Southern Front was the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Division of the 1st Army. It encountered the 11th Regiment of the 2nd Brigade of the Russian Army in the Heixiazigou area. However, unlike the troops on the Northern Front, when the troops on the Southern Front discovered the Russian army, the distance between the two sides was less than 10 kilometers, and it was almost the same at the same time that the Russian army also discovered the People's Army. The Russian army also had scouts, and they were familiar with the terrain than the People's Army. However, there were no advanced communication tools like aerial reconnaissance and the People's Army. Of course, in terms of reconnaissance skills, the Russian army also had to lose a little. After all, the People's Army's reconnaissance technology came from advanced experience in old time and space. Even if it was to eliminate technical advantages, it was still much more skillful than the Russian army. But this does not mean that the Russian army's reconnaissance soldiers were just a so-called existence.

As a result, the first battle between the People's Army and the Russian army on the southern front was an encounter. The troops of both sides immediately set up formations, arranged positions, and engaged in fierce firefighting.

However, although the forces of both sides are generally equal, their firepower is not at the same level. The Russian army is the vanguard. The regiment does not carry heavy weapons, it is basically a rifle, with only a few 57mm rapid-fire cannons and Maxim machine guns. Although the People's Army is also a vanguard, its firepower configuration is much stronger. It is not only equipped with a large number of mortars, but also a large number of general-purpose machine guns. So shortly after the battle began, the People's Army's firepower suppressed the Russian army. The Russian army, which had 27 general-purpose machine guns as the core, was a powerful firepower. The Russian army, which was equipped with only 4 Maxim machine guns, could not compete with each other.

Moreover, when the two sides were having fierce firefights, the People's Army's mortar troops also found out the distribution of the Russian army's firepower and distance measurement, so they set up mortars and launched bombardment on the Russian army.

Previously, the firepower was not as good as the People's Army, and the Russian army could still support it with all their might, but after the mortars joined the battle, the Russian army could not withstand it. After all, the power of the shells was not comparable to ordinary bullets, and it caused heavy casualties in the Russian army.

The battle lasted for nearly an hour, and the Russian army was completely suppressed by the People's Army. So the People's Army took advantage of the situation to launch a charge against the Russian army and successfully attacked the Russian positions. However, although the Russian position was broken through by the People's Army, the entire army did not collapse. They calmly put on bayonets and faced the People's Army's charge amid the shouts of "Ula". So the two armies launched a fierce hand-to-hand combat.

The fierce encounter between bayonets and bayonets, soldiers fell down at every moment. The teams of both sides were intertwined, unable to distinguish between enemies and us, so they could only repeat the assassination movements to kill the enemy in front of them. Otherwise, they would fall down. At this time, strategies and tactics were no longer used, and the fighting will and courage of the soldiers on both sides. In such a fierce battle, the People's Army gradually overwhelmed the Russian army and began to gain an advantage. After all, the People's Army was higher in spirit and fighting spirit than the Russian army.

But at this moment, the brigade headquarters of the 2nd Brigade of the Russian Army and another 12th Regiment arrived on the battlefield. It turned out that Major General Strech, the commander of the 2nd Brigade of the Russian Army, came to the Far East after the Battle of Fengtian, Japan and Russia, and had the ambition to make achievements here. Therefore, after receiving the order to go to the expedition, he wanted to find the People's Army to fight a battle and make meritorious contributions for himself. After learning that his 11th Regiment of the leading army encountered the People's Army, Strech immediately ordered the headquarters to step up and rush to the battlefield to participate in the war.

It can be said that the Russian reinforcements arrived very timely. The 11th Regiment was about to collapse completely. As a result, after the subsequent Russian army joined the battle, the situation of the war changed. After all, this was an encounter battle, and the forces of both sides were roughly equal. The People's Army's 11th Regiment, which was able to defeat the Russian army, had almost exhausted all its strength. Now the Russian army's strength has doubled, and it is another new force. The brigade is equipped with an artillery battalion with 18 77mm field artillery. Although the number is still far less than the People's Army's mortars, its power is much larger than that of the mortars, which naturally brought great pressure to the military army. The Russian army, which was originally in defeat, also increased its morale greatly.

Not only did it stabilize its position, it also launched a counterattack against the People's Army, and the People's Army gradually fell into a disadvantage.

Seeing this, the regiment commander Dong Haitao had no choice but to order the troops to retreat and escape from the battle. He planned to retreat to the Dadaoshan area and then re-arrange his positions to block the Russian army.

The People's Army's retreat was also quite regular. First, the Third Battalion took the fire support troops out of the battle and arranged positions in the rear. Then other troops gradually evacuated from the battlefield. The previously evacuated troops provided cover for the later evacuated troops, allowing the entire army to successfully get rid of the Russian army and give almost no chance.

However, although the People's Army got rid of the Russian army, the Russian army refused to let the People's Army go because the Russian brigade commander Strich saw clearly that the People's Army's strength was only about half of its own, which was a good opportunity to make achievements. Therefore, he commanded his own troops and pursued them closely behind the People's Army.

The People's Army also arranged a small number of troops from time to time, even the mortar troops were cut off, giving the Russian army a head-on attack. Anyway, the installation and arrangement of the mortars was very convenient, and they were immediately withdrawn after the attack, and it took only a few minutes. Although the Russian army's 77mm field artillery was powerful, it was not that easy to arrange from the marching state to the combat state, which took about an hour, so the Russian army did not dare to press too much.

After chasing for about 3 or 4 hours, the People's Army withdrew to Dadaoshan and slightly distanced from the Russian army. So the People's Army immediately arranged positions on the spot to block the Russian army.

After the Russian army arrived, they immediately launched an attack on the People's Army's positions. However, during the pursuit, the Russian artillery fell behind the Russian brigade due to its slow speed. Therefore, the attacking Russian army did not have heavy weapons for fire support at this time. Although the number was twice that of the People's Army, it was difficult to break through the People's Army's positions. Seeing this, Strich ordered the attack to stop and wait for the artillery troops to come. However, when the Russian artillery arrived, it was dark and the artillery could not observe and measure the distance. Strich could only decide to launch an attack after dawn tomorrow. Fortunately, the Russian army has bitten the People's Army again and is not afraid of the People's Army running away.

At dawn the next day, Strich received a report from the scouts, and it turned out that the People's Army had withdrawn from its position and retreated to the east.

After hearing this, Strich hurriedly ordered the Russian army to gather immediately and pursue it. At this time, most of the Russian soldiers were still sleeping and were forced to wake up. After being forced to do so, they naturally felt full of anger. Although they did not dare to disobey the military order, they also complained along the way.

At around 10 a.m., the People's Army had retreated to Jiguanzi and relocated its positions again to block the Russian army. When the Russian army abolished its power and pulled the artillery to the battlefield, before the fire was fired, the People's Army had given up its positions and retreated for a long time.

At this time, Strich finally saw some tricks. The People's Army seemed to be intentionally trying to induce itself to pursue it. Now it has chased for more than 30 kilometers, which has been a considerable distance from its back team. If the People's Army attacked from its flank at this time, his brigade would probably have to explain it here.

However, this time the People's Army did not retreat too much. It relocated its positions in Xiyang Mountain, less than 10 kilometers away from Jiguan Huozi, and Xiyang Mountain is less than 30 kilometers away from Suifenhe. It can be said that once Xiyang Mountain is captured, the Russian army's troops will be able to point directly at Suifenhe.

For Stridge, who was determined to make achievements, this was naturally a huge temptation. However, Stridge was a rational person after all. Although it was good to make achievements, he could keep his life. So Stridge ordered the troops to keep their troops at Jiguanzi and send people to report to the large army on a fast horse.

The Russian army does not have as advanced communication equipment as the People's Army. Although it has used wireless telegraphs in the army, it cannot miniaturize radio equipment. Therefore, it can only be limited to the use of cities in cities. Forces outside combat generally use temporary telegraph lines to communicate quickly. However, Strich's advance was too fast and the engineers could not keep up at all. Now they can only use the most primitive human transmission method. Fortunately, the Russian army also retains human transmission method, setting up a transmission point every 20 kilometers, leaving a squad of soldiers and 3-4 horses for the message soldiers to replace horses.

At this time, the distance between Strich's troops and the Russian troops was less than 40 kilometers. After a horse replacement in the middle, the messenger could send the report back to the command center in just over an hour.

At around 3 pm, Strich received an order from the command center behind him, ordering him to march towards Xiyangshan immediately. If the People's Army does not have reinforcements, he will launch an attack on the People's Army in Xiyangshan. Whether it is annihilation of the People's Army or breaking through the Xiyangshan defense line, it will be a great achievement. If the Renwu Army has reinforcements arrived, he will be stationed on the spot. The large army will ensure that it will arrive at the reinforcements at 11 am tomorrow. At that time, attacks inside and outside, and you can defeat the People's Army in one fell swoop.

I hope that at this time, Lieutenant General Volkov, the commander-in-chief of the Russian army, had already received news of the exchange of fire on the northern front. A regiment of the Russian army was ambushed by the People's Army and was crippled. The unfavorable result of the first battle also made Volkov very angry. He was also afraid that the Russian army on the northern front would be ambushed by the People's Army again, so he ordered the troops on the northern front to be stationed on the spot and not advance any more.

At this moment, good news came from the southern line. The 2nd Brigade continuously broke through the People's Army's defense line and pushed the front line forward for more than 30 kilometers. As long as it breaks through the Xiyang Mountain position, it can reach Suifenhe. Although Volkov also believed that the People's Army had the possibility of seducing the enemy, another thousand thoughts also appeared in his mind, that is, the main force of the People's Army was concentrated on the Northern Line, so it attacked an ambush from the Russian army. The southern line only restrained and delayed the Russian army's speed and retreated again and again. If this was the case, it would be a good opportunity for the Russian army. So Volkov ordered the 2nd Brigade to attack immediately and ordered the troops on the southern line to follow up and support immediately.
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