6kv Chapter 189 The Great War Broke Out (Fourth More, Please Subscribe!)
Chapter 189 The Great War Broke Out (Fourth More, Please Subscribe!)
Russian Empire, Primorsky Far East, Vladivostok.
Tsar Mikhail and Chief of Staff General Brusilov are discussing the current situation of the war.
"Your Majesty, the navy's home fleet has completed its rest and left the Mahajanga Naval Base in Madagascar, and set off for the Cam Ranh Bay Naval Base. It is expected that the fleet will arrive at the Cam Ranh Bay Naval Base early next month, and then rest for another month. At the same time, let the warships complete their maintenance and repairs. In this way, in about mid-July, the fleet will be able to set off from the Cam Ranh Bay Naval Base to engage in a decisive battle with the Eastern Empire Navy." Admiral Brusilov said.
The top officials of the Tsarist Russian Empire pinned their hopes of completely defeating the Eastern Empire on the navy.
They also believed that the Tsarist Russian Empire Navy must have such external experience.
Mikhail nodded: "There are still more than two months, and the war between the empire and the Japanese will be able to completely determine the winner. After the imperial navy defeats the Japanese navy, the battle will be completed." There is absolutely no suspense!"
"Yes, Your Majesty. However, recently, the Japanese have been making frequent moves on the land battlefield, dispatching an extremely large force. This has already posed a great threat to the Imperial Army." Admiral Brusilov reminded.
"It seems that the Orientals are planning to defeat us on land before the navy engages us in a decisive battle. Tell the generals on the front line that they must resist the attack of the Orientals within the next two months. They are dispatched from Europe The second batch of reinforcements is already on the way. The front line can go all out!" Mikhail ordered.
"Yes, Your Majesty. The Dongyang people have already put millions of troops into the battlefield. Even though they suffered huge losses in the war, their strength should not be underestimated. According to the information obtained, the Dongyang people are still in the mainland. There are millions of troops in training. They have a large number of reservists. If this continues, I am afraid that it will only take another two or three months to complete the training." General Bruce Luo Tian said.
"It is true that the Orientals have a lot of reserves, but do they have so many weapons and equipment to arm these troops?" Mikhail believed that with the military industrial production capacity of the Eastern Empire, it was absolutely impossible to do this.
"Your Majesty, the sun never sets and the Germans are selling all kinds of weapons and equipment to the Orientals, but they have made a lot of money." Admiral Brusilov replied.
"Hmph! Isn't this a pretense of neutrality to make a fortune in war? Sooner or later, the empire will settle accounts with them!" Mikhail snorted coldly.
Whether it is the Empire on which the sun never sets or the Germanic Empire, they are the enemies of the Tsarist Russian Empire. However, both enemies are very powerful. If the Tsarist Russian Empire wants to deal with two of them at the same time,
In Mikhail's plan, one will be dealt with first, and then the other.
Once successful, then the Tsarist Russian Empire will dominate the European continent and aspire to the throne of world hegemony. Of course, in the end, I am afraid that it will inevitably compete with the lighthouse country for hegemony.
The geographical location of the Lighthouse Country is so superior that Europe has suffered bloodshed and suffered heavy losses. They were able to make war windfalls. The rise of the lighthouse country is almost unstoppable.
The only thing Mikhail can do is to strengthen the strength of the Russian Empire as much as possible so that it will not be defeated in the all-round competition with the lighthouse country in the future.
Otherwise, years of hard work will be in vain.
At the beginning of May 1804, the full-scale offensive of the Eastern Empire Army had already begun. It was not just the troops deployed by the Russian army in Dashiqiao and Gaizhou that were violently attacked by the Orientals.
After the Third Army of the Eastern Army gave up its attack on Lushun Fortress, it also turned around and went north to join the fierce attack on the Shahe line of defense.
For a while, the Russian army deployed four infantry divisions, one heavy artillery brigade and one cavalry brigade on the Shahe line of defense, facing the 12 infantry divisions, two cavalry brigades and two field heavy artillery brigades of the Eastern Army. attack.
Although in the previous battles, the Second Army of the Eastern Ocean Army had already suffered a lot of losses.
The Third Army of the Eastern Army also paid a heavy price under the Lushun Fortress.
But even so, these two armies combined have more than 200,000 people.
The Shahe line of defense is the most important line of defense for the Russian army in the Liaodong Peninsula, so it is natural that the Orientals cannot break through.
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Otherwise, the Orientals will occupy the entire Liaodong Peninsula except the Lushun Fortress, and they will even be able to go north to join the attack on Gaizhou and Dashiqiao. At the same time, it can also continue north along the coastline, posing a threat to the Russian army's Yalu River defense line.
Therefore, the Russian army will naturally defend this line of defense with all its strength.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The Eastern Army used a large number of 150mm howitzers, 120mm howitzers and 75mm field guns to frantically bombard the Russian Shahe line of defense.
The Russian artillery, also not to be outdone, launched a fierce counterattack.
Even now the Russian army is completely at a disadvantage in terms of the number of artillery. However, the artillery of the Russian army is more advanced. The rate of fire of the tube retreating gun is also two to three times that of the rack retreating gun.
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This makes the artillery of the Russian army not at a disadvantage in the artillery battle with the artillery of the Eastern Army.
However, what really posed a huge threat to the entire Shahe defense line was the fierce attack of the Eastern Army.
General Nogi Xidian applied the tactics of attacking Lushun Fortress to the attack on the Shahe line of defense.
A large number of Japanese soldiers, facing the Russian guns, charged bravely until they were killed.
A section of defense line relying on the Shahe River is nothing more than that. The Shahe River in this period is in the wet season. Although the river is not wide, the river water is not shallow. It is not so easy for the Orientals to cross the river.
But there is still a land line of defense, and this has become the focus of the Dongyang people's attack.
The fierce attack of the Eastern Army, regardless of casualties and losses, caused the losses of the Russian army to soar.
In many cases, the Japanese soldiers were able to charge to a place less than a hundred meters away from the Russian defense line, and started a fierce confrontation with the Russian army.
The marksmanship of the Orientals is still very good, almost much better than that of the Russian soldiers. If the same troops are shooting each other with rifles, the Russian army is really not their opponent
This makes the Russian army often only able to shoot and kill those Japanese soldiers through powerful machine gun firepower and mortars.
But even so, the losses of the Russian army began to rise. The pressure on the entire defense line is also increasing. .