The Tsarist Russian Second Pacific Fleet set out from the Baltic Sea and carried out a historic expedition spanning 18,000 nautical miles. Its huge fleet size was not too big to face the Fusang Kingdom, and the navy and army were ready from top to bottom.

The Japanese army's combat goal was to defeat Tsarist Russia, seize the actual interests of Manchuria and Mongolia, and from then on become one of the world's great powers.

Tsarist Russia's combat goal was to defeat the Japanese army, attack Fusang Island, and capture the emperor alive.

From this perspective

This is a key battle that concerns the future fate of Fusang Kingdom. It cannot lose or afford to lose.

For Tsarist Russia, this is just a war on the road of overseas expansion. If you win, you can open up a smooth road to expand south and further realize the "Yellow Russia Strategic Plan".

It's nothing if you lose, anyway, the war won't affect Tsarist Russia's mainland.

This emotion is reflected in the Russo-Japanese War. The Japanese army fought desperately from top to bottom, and continued to launch hand-to-hand charges in battles of all sizes, achieving victory after victory at a heavy price.

"Pig Crash Charge" has become the specialty of the Fusang Army. It is really a disagreement and a hand-to-hand charge. This is a traditional program of Tsarist Russian Russians. Both sides are having a great time killing bayonets.

No wonder the foreign military observation team compared this war to a life-and-death battle between the flesh and the flesh, which is really vivid.

Since October

The Fuso Army troops hired a large number of merchant ships from the Ocean Empire to transport combat materials and logistics supplies to the Far East day and night, and strived for three months to obtain half a year of material reserves to meet the harsh situation of logistics cut-off.

After the Battle of Liaoyang, the Japanese army entered a stage of large-scale renovation.

Tens of thousands of reserve soldiers were replenished into the front-line combat troops, and a large number of reinforcements arrived, further expanding the scale of the Japanese army from 135,000 to more than 200,000, and is still growing rapidly.

The Tsarist Russian army was not idle there, and the size of the army increased rapidly from 260,000 to nearly 400,000. Somalia companies started smuggling business and hoarded a large amount of military supplies for it.

On the long road to the Far East, hundreds of thousands of troops of Tsarist Russian serfs were endless, which put great pressure on the Japanese South Manchurian General Headquarters, and they urgently needed to unlock the current deadlock.

There are two options for the Japanese army;

First, the siege of the Lushun Fortress has been more than three months. The Japanese Third Army was implicated here and could not move. It must take the initiative to launch an attack and take down the Lushun Fortress in one fell swoop. After solving the confidant troubles of the Tsarist Russian Pacific Fleet, it liberated the Japanese 3rd Army's forces, so that it could meet with the 1, 2, and 4th Army.

He concentrated his troops to cause heavy damage to the Tsarist Russian army and break the current deadlock.

Every day the time is delayed, the Fusang Army's winning odds are reduced by one point.

Secondly, before a large number of reinforcements from the Russian army arrived, the Japanese army took the initiative to launch the Battle of Fengtian, striving to cause a major blow to the Russian army.

The biggest disadvantage at present is that the Japanese Third Army was dragged on the periphery of Lushun Fortress, and the existing troops were seriously insufficient.

The Battle of Liaoyang had just ended for two weeks, and large-scale counterattacks of the Russian army followed one after another. The Russian-Japanese war broke out again, and the two sides fought again in the Taizihe area between Fengtian and Liaoyang.

Tsarist Russia's active attack originated from the strict supervision of Tsar Nicholas II. Because of the ruling class's convergence and the constant news of failure from the front line, there were constant riots in Tsarist Russia, which were suspected of being unable to suppress the coffin board.

At this time, it is urgent to be a refreshing victory to vent domestic emotions and stabilize the situation.

Tsarist Russia's active attack hit Marshal Dashan Iwa's thoughts and immediately adjusted the Japanese deployment, relying on its existing positions to delay the Russian army, and gave the enemy a large amount of killing and injury.

In the Hunhe and Taizihe areas, the total strength of the Tsarist Russian army reached more than 210,000, divided into two armies, and implemented the strategy of "two-fist attacks".

The three left wing armies were commanded by Lieutenant General Starkel Fort and carried out a main attack towards Benxi Lake, trying to break through the Japanese position and achieve a beautiful victory in the counterattack.

The two right wing armies were commanded by Lieutenant General Bildlinger and slowly advanced towards the Shahe River. The task was to attract the enemies in the main attack direction.

In addition, the Russian army retained three armies as reserve forces, and was so willful that they could place more than 70,000 people in the rear.

However, such arrangements have greatly diluted the offensive force, which has reduced its own strength and failed to achieve the offensive effect of Mount Tai. It has proved to be a big defeat.

In the Battle of Shahe

The total force that the Japanese army could use was only 120,000. Marshal Oyama Iwa decided to use the strategy. First, he used the mountainous terrain that was unfavorable to the Russian army to defend against the consumption of war and exhausted the Russian army, and then invested new forces to turn into the attack, attacked the Russian army's center and right wing, and annihilated the main force of the Northeast Russian army in one fell swoop.

October 8, 1904

The Tsarist Russian Eastern Army, composed of 73 infantry battalions and 34 cavalry companies, attacked the right wing of the Japanese army. A war broke out between the two sides, and the sound of gunfire was shocking, and the battle was fought again.

The next day, the Tsarist Russian Western Army Group, composed of 45 infantry battalions and 18 cavalry companies, launched an attack on the right wing of the Japanese army, located in Benxi Lake.

The Japanese army deployed in this regard were only eight battalions of the Guard Reserve Infantry Brigade commanded by Major General Umezawa, and the troops were very weak.

However, the Japanese army's resistance was extremely tenacious. Major General Umeze Daoji's troops fell into a hard battle. They restrained the Tsarist Russian troops with a small amount of troops. They almost ran out of ammunition and food, and were killed and injured. After the war, they were known as the "glorious Umeze Brigade".

Due to the outstanding performance of the Japanese soldiers, after withstanding the fierce attack of the Russian Eastern Army, the Japanese army concentrated the main force of the entire army on October 10, and launched a fierce counterattack towards the Russian army in the northeast, defeating the Eastern Army in one fell swoop.

Two days later

Under the fierce counterattack of the Japanese army, the Russian Eastern Army suffered heavy casualties and had to implement a strategic retreat.

The Japanese army immediately launched a pursuit, resulting in intensive encounters between the two sides. Hand-to-hand combat became the main method in battle, and dozens of hand-to-hand combat broke out in a day.

Wanbaoshan (it is located in the Shahebao area)

This is the Russian left-wing defense line, a strategic commanding height of great significance. The Takamura brigade under the command of General Aobaogong of the Japanese Second Army captured the high ground in one fell swoop through a fierce "pig rush charge", shaking the entire defense line of the Russian army, and posing a serious threat to the Russian rear command.

In view of this

The commander-in-chief of the Russian army, General Kuropatkin, gave up his original offensive plan and ordered the 1st Army to regain the high ground at all costs. A bloody battle started here again...

Standing on a hill about seven miles away from Wanbao Mountain, Captain Li Jianyang held up the telescope and looked for a moment, then put down the telescope and shook his head speechlessly, and walked towards several military observers of the Ocean Empire not far away.

Two months ago

Colonel Li Zhong and Colonel Wu Baoli have completed the mission of the military observation group and are transferred back to China. Even Lieutenant General Duan Qirui, the commander of the military observation group of the Ocean Empire, has been lifted from his appointment and returned to Australia.

Now they are replaced by another group of officers. They have not been here for a long time and have fought with Captain Li Jianyang in a hot match and have a very good relationship.

In the jungle covered with trees

The orderly soldiers set up two small tables and portable canvas stools, which are all utensils for officers to rest when they are tired. They are simple but very practical.

On the table

A large cup of hot milk was soaked in milk powder, and two plates of cut bread were placed. Captain Li Jianyang walked over and picked up the bread and took it, took it, took it, and took it over the milk handed over by Major Zhou Lizhi, and said "Thank you".

"Have you started fighting?"

"Hi, probably it's soon."

"Do you think you can catch it?"

"It's not easy. The Japanese army has a very firm defense and its ability to withstand casualties is far better than that of the Russian army. Unless the troops are completely wiped out, it's not easy for the Russian army to attack."

"I think the Russians have prepared a lot of troops, and there must be tens of thousands of people. They will hit a mountain with more than 2,000 people defending, and there are no reinforced concrete fortifications, so they should be quite sure."

"It's hard to deal with the Japanese. Have you heard of the Meize Brigade? With a few thousand people resisting the fierce attacks of tens of thousands, they fought until almost all the troops were wiped out and they did not give up their positions. This is much stronger than the Russian army."

"Damn it, it's nothing good." Major Zhou Lizhi cursed angrily, then took a big mouthful of hot milk to suppress his shock.

All soldiers from the Ocean Empire have no good impression of Japan and Russia, and are all hostile.

Captain Li Jianyang was familiar with them, and the British-Japanese alliance had nothing to do with him, so he didn't care. He found a small stool and sat down, grabbed a handful of milk candy from his pocket and threw it on the table, and then enjoyed the milk bread with great flavor.

Bathed in the warm sunshine of early winter, several military observers of the Ocean Empire were talking and expressing their opinions on the current war.

"I want to tell me... the Russians' fighting will is still a little worse. They retreated after losing some troops. There was a reserve force of 70,000 to 80,000 reserve troops behind them. I don't know what these Tsarist Russian generals were thinking about? They were so stupid."

"A general is incompetent and exhausts the three armies!"

"This is right. The Russian soldiers in Tsarist Russia were still very brave. These noble generals were all cowardly and wanted me to say that they could be shot and avoid staying to harm the soldiers."

"Oh... I'm going to say that it's a waste of time here. The Japanese and Russian armies are best at charging by hand and blades, facing hard bars, and fighting all day long like blood. It's extremely difficult to see a novel tactic that makes people shine. It's not very meaningful to learn from."

"My brother Lizhi said this is a bad thing. This combat style is the current mainstream, especially in the European battlefield, there is little room for maneuver. Many exciting battle examples of long-range raids and roundabout operations cannot be defeated. The competition is the fighting will and discipline, and the officers and soldiers have a strong desire to win. In this regard, the Fusang army is remarkable."

"This makes sense, but when I saw the soldiers' bodies covered the entire hill and the trenches, it was really hard to feel good about this cold and stiff tactic..."

The few people were chatting in a hot mood, and suddenly there was a loud bang of cannons not far away. The cannonballs roared to the top of Wanbao Mountain, and then burst out smoke and dust, and the fire splashed against the fire.

The fierce battle began again...

Military observers looked at each other, lamented and all stood up, walked to a place where trees were sparsely lit up and raised the telescope in their hands, and began to perform their duties.
Chapter completed!