dognovel Chapter 159 Tianhuang Is Furious (Fourth More, Please Subscribe!)
Chapter 159 Tianhuang Is Furious (Fourth More, Please Subscribe!)
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the Russians are on guard. We have gathered heavy troops in the Wafangdian area." Chief of Staff Yoshiaki Takahashi, Chief of Staff of the 14th Infantry Division, reported.
Lieutenant General Mitsuharu Tsuchiya, head of the 14th Infantry Division, looked very ugly.
"Baga! The Russians' reaction was too quick. If we want to raid the Shahe line of defense, I am afraid it will be very difficult to do so. Order the 53rd, 54th, 55th and 56th Infantry Regiments to quickly invest It is time to attack. The 14th Field Artillery Regiment, the 14th Field Heavy Artillery Battalion, suppress the Russian artillery!" Lieutenant General Tsuchiya Mitsuharu issued an order.
Although it was impossible to raid the Shahe line of defense, this made the next battle even more difficult.
However, Lieutenant General Mitsuharu Taya had no other choice at all.
General Nozu Michisuke attached great importance to this operation. Before the 14th Infantry Division set off, General Nozu Michisuki summoned Lieutenant General Tsuchiya Mitsuharu and asked him to do his best in the next battle. Even, the victory or defeat of the Fourth Army and even the entire Liaodong Peninsula battle rested on the 14th Infantry Division.
This naturally made Lieutenant General Tsuchiya Mitsuharu feel a lot of pressure.
He has also made up his mind that in order to win, even if the entire 14th Infantry Division is wiped out, he will not hesitate.
"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander!" Colonel Tomihashi Yoshiaki replied.
Soon, the attack of the 14th Division of the Toyo Army Infantry began.
The 54 75mm Trinity field guns of the 14th Field Artillery Regiment and the 18 120mm Krupp howitzers of the 14th Field Heavy Artillery Battalion fired violently, pouring shells at the Russian defense line.
But then, they were counterattacked by Russian artillery.
The 48 75mm field guns of the two artillery battalions, plus the artillery companies of the two infantry regiments, have a total of 12 75mm field guns, 24 75mm field guns of the artillery battalion of the 6th Cavalry Brigade, one 105mm light The 24 105mm light howitzers of the howitzer battalion and the 24 155mm heavy howitzers of a 155mm heavy howitzer battalion were all put into the attack.
This time, the Russian army assembled 84 75mm field guns, 24 105mm light howitzers and 24 155mm heavy howitzers.
This puts the 14th Division of the Toyo Army Infantry at a complete disadvantage in terms of artillery.
Although their 14th Field Artillery Wing and the 14th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade tried their best, they could not compete with the Russian artillery. It is even more impossible to destroy the firepower points on the Russian defense line.
It can be said that in this battle, the Dongyang Army's disadvantage in artillery was too obvious, and it was too tempting.
As a last resort, the four infantry regiments of the 14th Division of the Toyo Army Infantry had no choice but to attack without fire support.
A large number of Oriental infantry, braving the fierce Russian artillery fire, launched a charge to the Russian defense line.
"Boom boom boom! Da da da!"
The mortars and heavy machine guns on the Russian defense line fired wildly, and the intensive firepower recklessly harvested the lives of these Japanese soldiers.
No matter how brave they are, they are flesh and blood, not invulnerable.
He was hit by a bullet and was still killed.
If hit by a shell, it will be blown to pieces.
The attack of the 14th Division of the Eastern Army Infantry on Wafangdian did not achieve any effect, but caused great losses to itself.
Even if Lieutenant General Tsuchiya Mitsuharu issued a strict order, the troops participating in the offensive were not allowed to retreat, but could only move forward.
However, there is no other way than to make them pay more casualties and let the Tsarist Russian Army consume a lot of ammunition.
Of course, if the time is delayed a little longer, it may cause a lot of trouble to the Tsarist Russian Army.
After all, Dashiqiao is in fierce battle, and the railway line has been cut off. This has caused the Russian troops stationed on the Liaodong Peninsula to lose their supplies.
However, the 6th Army of the Tsarist Russian Army had already made preparations. Before the war broke out, the Sixth Army had already stored a large amount of combat materials in the Liaodong Peninsula. The Lushun Fortress and the Shahe Line of Defense are both key locations.
The Tsarist Russian Army will naturally focus on storing materials in these two places.
This allows the Russian army to persist for a long time even if the supply line is cut off.
It is simply a delusion that the Eastern Army wants to destroy the Tsarist Russian Army by consuming the ammunition and other combat materials of the Russian army in a short period of time.
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The surprise attack of the 14th Division of the Eastern Army Infantry failed, and it failed to cooperate with the Second Army of the Eastern Army to break the Russian Shahe line of defense.
This caused the war on the Liaodong Peninsula to fall into a stalemate again.
Although, the Eastern Army is still maintaining its offensive. However, their losses are getting bigger and bigger.
As the losses soared, the attack power of their troops also continued to decline.
In addition, the longer the time drags on, the better it will be for the Tsarist Russian Army.
The original plan of the Eastern Army in this war seems to have gone bankrupt.
Toyo Empire, Dongjing, Thickness.
After Mingzhi Tianhuang read the battle report from the front line, he was furious.
"Baga! A bunch of trash, idiots! What the hell are they doing? It has been a month since the war started, and the Imperial Navy has not killed the main force of the Russian Pacific Fleet. The Imperial Army also did not have the slightest record on the battlefield, but instead paid heavy losses. How can we continue to fight this battle?" Ming Zhi Tianhuang was in a rage.
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This is completely different from the predictions about the war that he heard before the war!
Before the war, both the cabinet ministers and the top military officials told him that the Russians were vulnerable. Once the war starts, both the Eastern Army and the Navy will be in a strong position to easily defeat the Russians and win the war.
And the Eastern Empire can step on the Russians and successfully become one of the world's great powers.
This made Mingzhi Tianhuang keep dreaming, thinking that he would soon become the monarch of a world-class power.
But now, after waking up from the dream, everything is unreal.
With such a big gap, Mingzhi Tianhuang naturally couldn't accept it.
The Prime Minister of the Cabinet, General Katsura Katsura, the Minister of the Army, Lieutenant General Terauchi Masaki, and the Minister of the Navy, Lieutenant General Gonbei Yamamoto, knelt on the ground, lowered their heads, and said nothing, allowing Mingshi Tianhuang to scold them bloody, Did not dare to refute a word.
Although Tianhuang has no real power, he is just a puppet.
But Mingzhi Tianhuang has a huge influence in the entire Eastern Empire, even the cabinet and the military dare not disobey his will.
What's more, this time it was indeed their fault. Who made the performance of the army on the battlefield so bad?