There were explosions and smoke and dust on the position one after another. Because there were too few artillery on our side, it was difficult to suppress the Japanese army's artillery bombardment. In just half a day, nearly half a meter of trenches two meters deep were peeled off. The land that was originally frozen hard was now steaming and loosened.

After avoiding a bombardment from the Japanese army again, Wu Luzhen, who was buried in the ground, tried hard to arch out. Looking at the messy position and the dejected soldiers all over the ground, he picked up an engineer shovel and said, "Brothers, it's time to compete with the Japanese. If they want to defeat our defense, we will build it up again. The Japanese are using expensive shells, and we just need to work hard. This deal is cost-effective."

Wu Luzhen's words caused a burst of laughter among the soldiers. Seeing the division commander digging the trenches themselves, everyone started to move. The trenches were soon deepened and reinforced. With the soldiers' enthusiasm, the position was restored, which made the Japanese commander jumped and cursed but had no choice.

On the battlefield of the Western Continent, the army of various countries concentrated thousands of large-caliber artillery every time to carry out uninterrupted coverage and shooting. Only by repeatedly bombarding large-caliber artillery can the fortifications of civil structures be completely destroyed. However, here, the only few hundred artillery in Japan has a caliber of only 75 mm, and it is not enough to use it to bombard the positions. Every time the Japanese artillery gritted its teeth and used one or two base shells, and when the infantry rushed forward, the firepower of the Hualan army was still there, Lieutenant General Liezang of Hanoi was completely helpless.

"The latest information of the division commander, the detective cavalry, the main Japanese soldiers are divided into two groups, surrounding us and cutting off the retreat of the main force." The guards brought the latest telegram.

"What?" Wu Luzhen's sarcastic change immediately. Once Cluron's retreat was circulated, it would be meaningless for him to hold his position. "Send a report to the main force immediately and ask for the next combat strategy."

A fierce debate was taking place in the command center that received this telegram. "We finally fought here, how can we retreat?" Tian Songyao opposed the retreat. It was the ideal of every soldier who had expanded territory in foreign wars. Now they have invaded the territory of Rakshasa and occupied the land that had been ceded out back then. If they retreated, all their efforts would be wasted.

"If we don't retreat, once the rear path is cut off, it will be troublesome." Xu Haiqing sighed: "At least, I think we need to return to the country so that we can use the railway line to obtain supplies."

"I also agree to withdraw my country. It will never be good if Japan suddenly attacks in large numbers. I think we must first deal with the Japanese army's attack and then raise the issue of attacking the Rakshasa Kingdom." Qi Xieyuan, who came with the team, also supported Xu Haiqing's idea.

"It's not the question of whether we can cut off the North Greece Railway, but once Japan cuts off the railway line, our supplies will be exhausted." Xu Haiqing explained patiently. His words were finally recognized by many generals, and everyone finally agreed to the decision to withdraw.

"But how should we withdraw our troops?" Qi Xieyuan's brows did not relax. There was a reason why the Eastern Route Army did not return to assist Wu Luzhen these days. After receiving the news that the Japanese army sent troops, Kuropatkin, the Governor of the Far East of Rakshasa, assembled more than 300,000 troops, reorganized the Beiliya Army, and pressed over along the Beiliya Railway.

In order to cooperate with the attack of the Far East Army, the Rakshasa Army in Chita also sent only three divisions to attack from the west. The Eastern Army fought against the attack of the two Rakshasa Army, and the situation was very difficult. Now, there are obviously many difficulties in retreating and reinforcing Wu Luzhen's defense.

Xu Haiqing said: "After we obtain the approval of the General Staff, the army will retreat one after another. The last defensive force will retreat at night and lay a large number of landmines to prevent the Rakshasa Army from pursuing it."

After asking for advice from the General Staff, the Eastern Route Army retreated across the board to reinforce the Hun garrison defending Krulun. The Eastern Route Army deployed all the mines carried by its side, which indeed prevented the Rakshasa Army from attacking. The Rakshasa Army, which had no experience in mine clearance, became extremely slow, and he missed the opportunity to join forces with Japan.

In fact, reinforcements from the country had arrived one after another. Using the convenient domestic railway system, the two temporary divisions were supported to Wendur. Although there were a lot of weapons and equipment, the two new divisions relied on inferior weapons to successfully block the attack of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army.

After receiving a powerful counterattack, the Japanese army's offensive speed slowed down and they had to start a positional battle with the Sit army. As the Eastern Route Army returned to Chabirga, the Sit army barely built a complete line of defense on the border line of the Eastern Huns Province.

Seeing that the Sit army was not prepared enough, the Japanese base immediately ordered the increase of troops. Under the urging of the government, Akiyama Yoguru all the troops in his hands were on the front line, and the forces on both sides almost reached 2 to 1. Although the Japanese army was not satisfactory, they had advantages in terms of quantity and quality, especially the troops stationed in Wendur were recruits, with almost all their artillery missing and only half of the machine guns. Faced with the attack of the Japanese army with the advantage of military strength, they were forced to retreat after struggling for three days.

The Hun garrison stationed in Krulun was almost at the point where the lights were exhausted. After retreating most of the supplies, they also retreated to Hulunbuir defense. The retreat of the entire defense line, coupled with the Luosha army also pressing up from the north, forced Xu Haiqing to take the initiative to retreat. The front line was pushed to Hulunbuir, and the hundreds of kilometers of railway lines in the eastern Huns Province also fell into the hands of the Japanese army.

The Japanese army also paid great attention to the construction of logistics transportation lines. After taking control of the transportation hub of Kruren, Japan immediately sent an engineer unit to invade Rakshasa. They ignored the repeated protests of the Rakshasa Kingdom and occupied the Northern Jin and the railway line from Jinzhouli to Borja. The Japanese engineer units immediately began to build a new railway, and they wanted to connect Borja and Erenchabu, the easternmost end of the railway in the East Huns Province, so that the logistics supply of the Japanese army would be much faster.

With the desperate bets of Japan, the Japanese army in Hualan Mingbei had exceeded ten divisions, which was almost the entire mobile force of Japan. With the 300,000 army of Rakshasa, Xu Haiqing had to face more than 500,000 enemies.

Faced with such a powerful enemy, Xu Haiqing unified the command of eight divisions and deployed defense lines in the Eastern Huns Province. Now the war in Ural is in full swing, and the Sit army really cannot free up its main force to support the Eastern Front. Jiang Fangzhen tried every means to draw five divisions, but they were all temporary divisions. Although their number was just over 10,000, unfortunately, the combat effectiveness was not satisfactory.
Chapter completed!