dognovel Chapter 188: The Decisive Battle On Land (The Third Update, Please Subscribe!)
Chapter 188: The Decisive Battle On Land (The Third Update, Please Subscribe!)
Liaodong Peninsula, Lushun Fortress.
The third army of the Eastern Army's attack on Lushun Fortress is still going on. The fierce attack that lasted for more than a month has caused the Russian Army to lose a lot of fortifications in Lushun Fortress.
Now, the Russian army is mainly concentrated in a series of fortifications with the 203 highland as the core, resisting the attack of the Orientals.
However, the high-intensity combat in the past few days has caused the Russian 65th Infantry Division, 66th Infantry Division, and the 10th and 11th Brigades of the Marine Corps to pay great losses. At the same time, the soldiers were also very tired.
Fortunately, before the war broke out, the Tsarist Russian Army and Navy both stored a large amount of combat materials in Lushun Fortress. Otherwise, under such a high-intensity battle, the consumption of various materials will be very fast, and they will be exhausted soon.
During this process, the Russian army also caused great casualties to the Third Army of the Eastern Army. The corpses left by the entire Third Army under the Lushun Fortress must have exceeded 100,000. If the wounded are added, the loss will be even greater.
However, even so, General Nogi Xidian, the commander of the Third Army, was still gnashing his teeth, ordering the troops to continue to attack, and it would be impossible to capture Lushun Fortress
Never give up posture.
Even if his two sons had already died in battle at Lushun Fortress, he would not hesitate to do so.
"Your Excellency Commander, Your Excellency Chief of Staff telegram!" Major General Toshisuke Iida, Chief of Staff of the Third Army, hurriedly found General Nogi Nozomi.
General Nogi Xidian took the telegram and looked at it, his face suddenly became very ugly.
"Baga! More than 100,000 Yamato men were killed under the Lushun Fortress, and now they want to order us to stop attacking the fortress? How is this possible?" General Nogi Xidian cursed.
"Your Excellency, Commander, the mainland requires us to stop the offensive, leaving an infantry division to monitor the Lushun Fortress, and the rest of the troops will go north to cooperate with the Second Army to attack the Shahe line of defense." Major General Toshisuke Iida said.
General Nogi Nozomi directly squeezed the telegram into a ball.
Just when Major General Toshisuke Iida thought that General Nogi Nozomi was going to disobey the order, he gave the order.
"Order all the troops to withdraw from the battle. The 18th Infantry Division will defend the Great Union and monitor the Lushun Fortress. The rest of the troops will immediately go north to reinforce the Second Army!" Although General Nogi Xidian was very angry in his heart, he still chose In order to follow the order, the main force of the third army was put into the attack on the Shahe line of defense.
"Hi, Your Excellency Commander!" Major General Iida Shunsuke replied.
The Dongyang people suddenly stopped attacking Lushun Fortress, which made the Russian soldiers stationed in Lushun Fortress look at each other in blank dismay.
Although, in the many days of defensive operations, they have caused great losses to the Orientals. However, it has to be admitted that the losses of the Russian army are not small. More importantly, the soldiers are already very tired from the high-intensity combat in the past few days. Unexpectedly, at this time, the Japanese retreated on their own initiative, which was completely beyond their expectations!
"Your Excellency, the Japanese have retreated, and they have stopped attacking the fortress." Major General Stessel, commander of the 65th Infantry Division, had a smile on his face.
The Japanese stopped attacking, which is undoubtedly good news for the Russian army stationed in Lushun Fortress.
Lieutenant General Alexeyev, commander of the Pacific Fleet of the Tsarist Russian Navy and commander of Lushun Fortress, also breathed a sigh of relief.
"I thought that the Japanese would continue to attack like this. If this is the case, then we might not be able to hold on." Lieutenant General Alekseev said.
The Eastern Army's offensive method regardless of loss and cost put the Russian army under tremendous pressure.
"Your Excellency, Commander, the Orientals paid a huge price in the Lushun Fortress." Major General Charlie, the commander of the 66th Infantry Division (adfd), said.
"Anyway, the Dongyang people retreated. Then, the Lushun Fortress is safe. At least temporarily safe. However, we can't take it lightly. When the Dongyang people stopped attacking, we immediately started repairing the damaged fortifications. Get ready for the next battle," Lieutenant General Alekseev ordered.
The war is not over yet, so I dare not be careless in the slightest.
If this is a conspiracy by the Orientals, leading to the fall of Lushun Fortress. Then, they will be sent to military courts.
"Yes, Your Excellency Commander!" Both Major General Stessel and Major General Charlie answered one after another.
"By the way, Your Excellency, Commander, we have to report this news to the 6th Army, preferably to His Majesty the Tsar." Major General Stessel reminded.
Lieutenant General Alexeyev nodded. He also thought that the sudden retreat of the Orientals seemed to reveal a little bit of weirdness. Make the rest of the Army ready and able to respond to contingencies.
At the same time, the ten infantry divisions of the Fifth Army of the Eastern Army have already landed in Yingkou.
General Kawamura Jingming, the commander of the Fifth Army, also received a telegram from the local area, asking the Fifth Army to attack Dashiqiao and Gaizhou with all its strength.
After receiving the order, General Keimei Kawamura threw himself directly into the attack without any hesitation.
The 24th Infantry Division, the 25th Division, the 26th Division, the 27th Division and the 28th Division stormed Dashiqiao. The 29th Infantry Division, the 30th Division and the 31st Division launched an attack on Gaizhou. The Eastern Empire Navy even dispatched some warships to provide fire support for the army. The 32nd and 33rd Infantry Divisions served as reserves.
For a while, after the Fifth Army of the Eastern Army launched an all-out attack, the pressure on the Russian army on the Dashiqiao Gaizhou frontline battlefield suddenly doubled.
General Kuropatkin, commander of the 6th Army, reported the news to Tsar Mikhail. At the same time, troops were dispatched in time for reinforcements.
The 59th Infantry Division and the 60th Infantry Division reinforced Dashiqiao to stabilize the front line.
And the first batch of ten infantry divisions and three heavy artillery brigades drawn from Europe who had rushed to the battlefield also began to join the battle.
The 8th Heavy Artillery Brigade, 11th Infantry Division, and 12th Infantry Division reinforced the Gaizhou defense line to ensure that the Russian army can always control Gaizhou. This is an important channel to reach the Shahe defense line in the south, so there is no room for loss.
The 9th Heavy Artillery Brigade, the 13th Infantry Division, and the 14th Infantry Division reinforced Dashiqiao.
In addition, the 21st Infantry Division, 22nd Infantry Division, 23rd Infantry Division, 31st Infantry Division, 41st Infantry Division and 71st Infantry Division, and the 10th Heavy Artillery Brigade
They are all ready to enter the battlefield.
The land decisive battle between the Tsarist Russian Empire and the Eastern Empire seems to be coming soon. .