"Don't move." The furnace steward suddenly used his black big hand to pull out his arms and took out a big black and shiny pistol. Seeing the black muzzle pointing at him, Urbu was stunned for a moment.

The furnace steward and the driver got off the train quickly. They whistled, and the doors of the various tank trucks opened, and a large number of Hualan soldiers jumped out of it.

"You are..." Urbu widened his eyes in shock, unable to believe what was happening in front of him.

"Surrender, now you are a prisoner of war." The steward suddenly laughed and raised his head, revealing a Tatar-like face. His Rakshasa spoke very fluently, obviously he was a person who had lived in the Rakshasa Kingdom for a long time. When he heard the prisoner of war, Urbu raised his hand reflexively.

A large number of troops rushed off the train and soon occupied the station. Then the troops rushed to various key areas of Yekaterinburg in platoons. The Rakshasa Army soon discovered that there was a firefight on the streets and the battle became fierce.

As the most important city in the Ural region and also the main material supply base in the rear of the Far East, the garrison here is about 50,000. However, because the Rakshasa Army suffered huge losses in more than a year of battle, like other Rakshasa Army's rear bases, the troops are filled with new recruits with poor equipment and insufficient training.

This is what He Wenchang relied on for such confidence that he dared to attack Yekaterinburg with more than 2,000 people. However, He Wenchang seemed to have made some mistakes in his calculations. When the 105th Battalion launched an attack on the garrison headquarters, it encountered a very fierce counterattack.

There were many enemies, well-equipped and rich combat experience. When the two sides fought, they felt the extraordinary of the other party. The number of people in the 105th Battalion was small, so they immediately relied on nearby houses as temporary fortifications to suppress the other party with their superior firepower.

The Rakshasa Army had a brigade. Although his weapons were not much different from those of the ordinary Rakshasa Army, their fighting will and quality were very high. Under the suppression of the firepower of the Site Army, they could launch counterattacks with flexible tactics and frequently achieve results. If this army had not had artillery support, the 105th Battalion would have been defeated soon.

The Seit soldiers who were stuck in the house resisted tenaciously and blocked the garrison of the enemy headquarters. However, as time went by, their casualties became increasingly serious. Fortunately, after realizing the fierce battle here, two nearby brother battalions rushed over and barely resisted the attack of the Rakshasa Army.

The garrisons of Yekaterinburg gathered in this area one after another. The casualties of the Fourth Division's sneak attack troops were getting bigger and bigger, and they were already trapped in the encirclement of the Rakshasa Army. At this moment, the sound of fierce machine gun shooting came from all directions, and the Rakshasa soldiers who were originally crowded in the narrow streets were shot and killed in large numbers.

The problem of many new recruits from the Rakshasa Army was exposed when they were hit hard by the violent blows behind them. They threw away their weapons and fled in a hurry, and also rushed down many veterans. The troops in the smoke sent soldiers with good eyes and climbed up the chimneys of the houses with telescopes. Only then did they find that the sound of the machine guns shooting came from reinforcements on the periphery.

It turned out that after the train left, He Wenchang led the remaining troops to follow, and in order not to alert the enemy, their distance was a little far away. When a fierce gunfight broke out in Yekaterinburg, they accelerated their speed, but the sneak attack troops were already surrounded.

When He Wenchang learned about this situation, he immediately ordered the army to disperse and rely on armored vehicles to attack the city from three directions. Because he was attracted by the sneak attacking troops, the Rakshasa Army showed a lot of gaps in the city, so the armored vehicles were able to successfully cross the outer positions and break into the city. When the Rakshasa Army found that it was too late to capture the outer positions, they turned around and could only use their flesh and blood to fight against the armored vehicles of the Sit Army.

There are no artillery in the new recruits of the Rakshasa Army, so even if there are many artillery in Yekaterinburg, they will not use it. The elite unit of the Rakshasa Army seems to have the same problem, so the armored vehicle with a speed that is enough to resist large-caliber machine gun bullets, and the armored vehicle that is faster than the best war horses is almost invincible.

Wherever the armored vehicles went, the officers and soldiers of the Rakshasa Army surrendered one after another. Only the elite troops retreated to the command center to resist stubbornly, and looked as if they were ready to die. He Wenchang would not pity those guys who resisted to the end. He directly dragged up the mountain cannons and howitzers pulled behind the truck, and bombed the enemy's command center into ruins, and the elite Rakshasa Army was also destroyed.

He did not bother to check why the Rakshasa Army had an additional elite force, He Wenchang immediately commanded the troops to deploy tight defensive positions in the west of the city. Yekaterinburg was very abundant, which ensured all their needs. With the soldiers' rotational work, the long trench positions were quickly excavated.

The trench was dug very deeply, and anti-aircraft holes and machine gun fortifications were built with thick logs on the position. In addition, five barbed wires were drawn in front of the position, and the cannons also found their own position. He Wenchang took a stance to defend the enemy, waiting for the appearance of the Rakshasa Army.

Song Zheyuan and Liu Chengxun's troops also quickly followed. When the three of them met, they decided to keep Liu Chengxun's 21st Mountain Infantry Division as a defensive flank. Song Zheyuan's 19th Infantry Division marched northward and occupied another important industrial city in the Ural Mountains.

Lower Tagil is less than 200 kilometers away from Yekaterinburg. Because it is close to the Kachikanal Mountain, which is rich in various metal minerals such as iron, copper, and gold, a large number of high-density metal processing industries such as metallurgy and chemical are established. This is the place with the largest density of factories in the Rakshasa Kingdom, and its metallurgical capacity accounts for more than half of the surrounding areas of Yekaterinburg.

More importantly, Lower Tagir is also one of the important mountain passes closest to Yekaterinburg, and is the area where the Rakshasa army is most likely to attack Yekaterinburg. If the Rakshasa army uses this place as a base, it can not only store a large amount of supply materials for the front line, but also attack Yekaterinburg. It can be said that as long as Lower Tagir is lost, it will be difficult for Yekaterinburg to be saved.

The Sit army had extremely strong endurance. They braved the heavy snow in the sky at a marching speed of 30 kilometers a day. It took only a week for the 19th Division to approach Lower Tagil. As the rear was not along the Northlia Railway, Lower Tagil's garrison was very weak, so the 19th Division occupied the place with just one charge.

After occupying Tagir, Song Zheyuan did not dare to relax at all. He knew very well that once the reinforcements from the West Continent of the Rakshasa Army arrived, Tagir would be the first to be the brunt. Yekaterinburg would also be under great pressure. It would not be easy to obtain reinforcements, but now he can only rely on himself.
Chapter completed!