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Chapter 148: Go All Out (Third Update, Please Subscribe!)
The Oriental Empire, Dongjing, and the Prime Minister's Office.
After the war between the Eastern Empire and the Tsarist Russian Empire, General Katsura Katsura, the prime minister, paid great attention to this war.
Almost every day, the top officials of the Army and Navy of the Eastern Empire would report to him the progress of the front line. Moreover, he will often convene high-level army and navy officials to hold military meetings to discuss the current war.
Although Mingzhi Tianhuang also paid attention to the development of the battle situation, he was an outsider after all, and he only needed to know the final result. As for the course of the war, he doesn't care at all
From the current point of view, the battle situation can be described as unsatisfactory. There is a huge gap with the previous predictions of the top officials of the Army and Navy of the Eastern Empire.
Originally, the high-level navy of the Eastern Empire could severely damage the Pacific Fleet of the Tsarist Russian Empire Navy in one fell swoop when the joint fleet launched a sneak attack, and even wiped them all out.
But I didn't expect that the Pacific Fleet of the Tsarist Russian Empire Navy didn't talk about martial arts, and was as cowardly as a mouse, and ran away directly.
This made the plan of the combined fleet of the Eastern Empire Navy completely come to nothing.
Not only that, but the combined fleet of the Toyo 477 Imperial Navy will have to face the more powerful Tsarist Russian Imperial Navy next. This made the odds of winning the combined fleet of the Eastern Empire Navy even smaller.
If the United Fleet wants to defeat the main fleet of the Tsarist Russian Empire Navy, it will undoubtedly be even more difficult.
But the war has already begun, and they have no other choice, they can only bite the bullet and fight on.
We can only hope that the Tsarist Russian Empire's navy will suffer severe damage after circumventing more than half of the earth. At that time, their fleet will be able to perform exceptionally, and they will be able to defeat the Tsarist Russian Empire Navy in one fell swoop.
The same is true for the Tsarist Russian Empire Army.
Originally they thought that the Tsarist Russian Army's fighting will was weak and its combat effectiveness was low, which was far from being able to compare with the Eastern Empire Army.
With the bravery of the soldiers of the Eastern Army, it was enough to easily defeat the Tsarist Russian Empire Army.
But what they didn't expect was that the final result was far beyond their expectations.
The Tsarist Russian Empire Army is not only powerful in firepower, well equipped, but also very powerful in combat effectiveness. Perhaps, the will to fight cannot be compared with the Eastern Empire Army. But it's definitely not fragile.
This made the attack of the Eastern Empire Army not only failed to defeat the Tsarist Russian Empire Army, but also failed to complete the scheduled combat plan, and instead paid a huge loss.
This naturally made the top management of the Eastern Empire very dissatisfied with this.
"My lords, how did this battle turn out like this? The First Army reported that their troops were blocked by the Russian forces at the Han River and Datong River. The Russian troops
The firepower was extremely powerful, and the Imperial Army suffered heavy casualties. Although the Second Army has already landed in Dalian Bay. However, the Russians fled without a fight and retreated back to Lushun Fortress. At the same time, the Russians also assembled troops on the front line of the Shahe River to build a defense line in an attempt to prevent the Second Army from going north. The whole battle situation is very unfavorable to us!
If this battle is fought like this. So [what did the empire say about defeating the Russians? What did the empire say about rising to become a world-class power following the Russians? Wouldn’t that be a complete joke?”
General Gui Taro hated that iron could not be made into steel, and looked very disappointed with the military's performance.
The generals of the army and navy also had ugly faces, but most of them were ashamed.
Before the war started, all of them were full of confidence, because the Tsarist Empire was simply a weak chicken, and they could easily defeat the Tsarist Empire.
But they didn't expect that after the war started, they found that they seemed to be weak chickens!
In other words, ten years ago, after they easily defeated the Qing Empire, they thought they were invincible.
But now (adee) knows that the world-class powers do not seem to be in vain.
In other words, among the great powers, there are of course some who make up their numbers. But the Tsarist Empire, at least not.
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, we have received a report from the Empire on which the sun never sets. The Russian fleet has set off from Europe and is preparing to come to the Far East to fight a decisive battle with the Imperial Navy. Next, the Imperial Navy will make full preparations to fight against Russia. This time, we will do our best to defeat the Russian navy!" said Vice Admiral Gonbe Yamamoto, Minister of the Navy.
General Gui Taro nodded, he knew very well that the navy is the key to this battle. If the navy cannot win, it is impossible for the Eastern Empire to win the final victory in this battle.
Even, there is a great possibility of losing this war.
Therefore, if the navy wins, it is absolutely impossible to make any mistakes.
But it is a pity that the navy of the Tsarist Russian Empire is too strong. So much so that the Eastern Empire wanted to increase the strength of the navy again, but it couldn't be done! The construction of the navy's warships "is not something that happens overnight after all.
The Eastern Empire has already ordered two "Katori-class" battleships from the Empire on which the sun never sets. However, the construction of these two battleships has only just begun. If you want to serve, it will undoubtedly take a lot of time. It is absolutely impossible to catch up with this war.
The only thing they can hope for is that the officers and men of the navy can perform exceptionally well in the ensuing naval battle, and God Amaterasu can bless them and defeat the Tsarist Russian Empire Navy in one fell swoop.
"Your Excellency, the Imperial Army has also realized that we underestimated the Russians before. From now on, we must face up to the Russians. Therefore, we decided to order the Second Army to launch an offensive in the northern part of the Liaodong Peninsula. The first The three armies continued to land on the Liaodong Peninsula and invested in the attack on the fortress of Lushun. At the same time, three infantry divisions were transferred from the fourth army to reinforce the first army, further strengthening the strength of the first army, and achieving the goal of attacking the Korean peninsula. breakthrough.
If necessary, the remaining three infantry divisions of the Fourth Army will also be involved in the offensive. Make sure the Imperial Army can gain the upper hand on the battlefield and defeat the Russians in one fell swoop!
In addition, the reserve forces of the empire also began to mobilize immediately, forming 17 infantry divisions. After these infantry divisions are formed, they will all join the Fifth Army for the time being, waiting for orders. If the battle on the front line does not go well, the Fifth Army will also be fully involved in the war.
Lieutenant General Masatake Terauchi, Minister of War, reported.
In view of the situation on the front line, the Eastern Empire Army intends to go all out.
17 standing divisions, two cavalry brigades and two field heavy artillery brigades were all put into battle, and 17 infantry divisions were mobilized as reserves, ready to go to the battlefield at any time. It can be seen that Toyo is doing its best this time. .