madnovel Chapter 183 Take The Initiative To Attack (Third Update, Please Subscribe!)
Chapter 183 Take The Initiative To Attack (Third Update, Please Subscribe!)
Originally, the Tsarist Russian Army had been defending with all its strength in this battle.
On the one hand, the Tsarist Russian army has strong firepower, especially equipped with a large amount of automatic firepower. In defensive operations, it can rely on fortifications to fully exert the power of these powerful firepower. On the other hand, the Tsarist Russian Empire pinned its hopes for a decisive battle on the navy. I hope the navy can defeat the Eastern Empire Navy first. In this way, the Tsarist Russian Empire will be able to remain invincible in this battle.
But now, the decisive sea battle between the two sides has not yet begun. The Orientals mobilized like crazy, throwing a large number of troops into the battlefield. This undoubtedly put a lot of pressure on the Tsarist Russian Army, and the tactics of the Tsarist Russian Army had to be changed accordingly.
You know, once all the Fifth Army of the Eastern Army lands on the battlefield. Then, the combat strength of the Eastern Army in this battle has reached millions of people.
As for the Tsarist Russian Army, so far only 30 infantry divisions, 5 heavy artillery brigades and two cavalry brigades have been assembled. All together, there are only more than 600,000 people.
Moreover, 14 of the infantry divisions are still reserves and have not yet been put into battle.
It can be seen how much pressure the frontline combat troops of the Tsarist Russian Army are under.
Under such circumstances, the Tsarist Russian Army naturally needed to make changes323.
On the one hand, Mikhail ordered the 6th Army to take the initiative to attack and open up the connection with the Liaodong Peninsula.
At the same time, Mikhail once again issued orders to the various armies in Europe, requesting that the second batch of reinforcements be dispatched from the 1st Army, 2nd Army, 3rd Army, 4th Army, and 7th Army to reinforce the Far East. Get ready for the big fight down the line.
The intelligence department of the Tsarist Russian Empire also got the news that after the Japanese sent millions of troops to the battlefield, the mainland was still mobilizing frantically.
No one is sure whether the Orientals will continue to invest more troops. Therefore, the Tsarist Russian Empire must make preparations in this regard in advance. Even Mikhail has decided that if the Eastern Empire continues to increase its troops. Then, the Tsarist Russian Empire must implement mobilization. It is necessary to mobilize part of the reserve personnel to enhance the military strength of the Tsarist Russian Empire and deal with the next big war.
After receiving Mikhail's order, the various armies of the Tsarist Russian Empire stationed in Europe began to mobilize troops one after another, preparing to reinforce the Far East.
Among them, the 1st Army once again (adfj) transferred 4 infantry divisions, the 2nd Army transferred 2 infantry divisions this time, the 3rd Army transferred 1 infantry division, the 4th Army transferred two infantry divisions, and the 7th Army transferred two infantry divisions. One infantry division, a total of ten infantry divisions.
After deploying troops to reinforce the Far East, the remaining forces of the Tsarist Russian Army in Europe are only 30 infantry divisions, 5 cavalry brigades, 5 heavy artillery brigades and 5 mountain infantry brigades.
The Tsarist Russian Empire still has many powerful enemies in Europe, and there are still large areas of land that need to be defended. Therefore, it is essential to maintain these forces, and there cannot be any less.
Otherwise, the European region will be in danger.
Compared with the Far East, the Eastern European Plain, as the hinterland of the Tsarist Russian Empire, is the most populated and industrially developed area of the Tsarist Russian Empire, and it is the old nest of the Tsarist Russian Empire.
If the old nest is taken away, then there will be a real big problem.
Shen Yang, the 6th Army Command.
After Admiral Kuropatkin received Mikhail's order, he immediately acted.
"Order the 51st Infantry Division, 52nd Infantry Division, 53rd Infantry Division, 5th Cavalry Brigade and 5th Heavy Artillery Brigade stationed at Dashiqiao to take the initiative to attack and defeat the 5th and 10th Infantry Divisions of the Orientals. They suppressed in the direction of Yingkou. The 57th Infantry Division and the 58th Infantry Division made an assault to the south, attacked Gaizhou, and wiped out the 14th Infantry Division of the Dongyang Army. The 59th Infantry Division and the 60th Infantry Division, as a reserve force, Advance to the front, ready to enter the battlefield at any time!" Admiral Kuropatkin ordered.
"Yes, Your Excellency!" Major General Yakov replied.
After Admiral Kuropatkin's order was issued, the entire frontline troops immediately moved into action.
On April 18, 1804, the Tsarist Russian Army took the initiative to attack in the direction of Dashiqiao.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
More than one hundred 155mm heavy howitzers of the 5th Heavy Artillery Brigade, the three artillery regiments of the 51st Infantry Division, the 52nd Infantry Division, and the 53rd Infantry Division, as well as the artillery companies of each regiment, were all thrown into the fierce shelling.
All of a sudden, three or four hundred howitzers and field guns fired wildly at the positions of the Orientals.
One after another, the shells fell on the positions of the Orientals like raindrops.
Because the 5th Infantry Division and the 10th Infantry Division of the Eastern Army have been on the offensive. Therefore, they never expected that the Tsarist Russian Army would take the initiative to launch an offensive. So that they have no defense at all. Even, even the position is a simple offensive position.
As a result, when they were fiercely bombarded by the Tsarist Russian Army, the Eastern soldiers on the position suffered heavy losses.
Coupled with the previous days of fighting, the 5th and 10th Divisions of the Toyo Army Infantry have suffered more than half of the casualties. Almost all the infantry regiments, which were mainly fighting on the front line, suffered heavy losses.
This made them unable to withstand the large-scale counterattack of the Tsarist Russian Army at all.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the Russians are bombarding our positions fiercely, with heavy casualties. We predict that the Russians are going to launch a large-scale counterattack." The chief of staff of the 5th Infantry Division, Shigeyuki Nitahara, panicked. .
"Baga! Damn the Russians, how dare they take the initiative to launch a counterattack? Order the infantry regiments on the front line to hold the line of defense, and they must not be broken by the Russians. In addition, order the 5th regiment of engineers and the 5th regiment of heavy soldiers, Reinforce immediately. In any case, we must also resist the Russian attack!" Lieutenant General Yamaguchi Sotomi, the commander of the 5th Division of the Toyo Army Infantry, ordered.
"Hi, Your Excellency, Head of the Division!" Colonel Shigeyuki Nittahara replied.
"In addition, report to the Commander immediately that we need reinforcements." Lieutenant General Yamaguchi Sotomi knew very well that it would undoubtedly be very difficult to resist the Russian attack by relying on the 5th Infantry Division, which had already suffered heavy losses. You must get reinforcements. Otherwise, they will be defeated and even wiped out by the Russians.
"Hi, Your Excellency the Division Commander!" replied a communications officer.
At the same time, the 10th Division of the Eastern Army Infantry was also attacked fiercely by the Russian army, and the situation was very critical. .