Originally, the Russian army had been fully defensive in this battle.
On the one hand, the Russian army has strong firepower, especially equipped with a large number of automatic firepower, and in defensive operations, it can rely on fortifications to give full play to the power of these powerful firepower. On the other hand, the Russian Empire pinned its hopes for a decisive battle on the navy. It is hoped that the Navy will defeat the Imperial Navy of the East Ocean first. In this way, the Russian Empire will be able to be invincible in this battle.
But now, the decisive battle at sea between the two sides has not yet begun. The Orientals mobilized like crazy and threw a large number of troops into the battlefield. This undoubtedly put a lot of pressure on the Russian army, so that the tactics of the Russian army had to be changed.
You know, once the Fifth Army of the Eastern Army lands on the battlefield. Then, the combat strength invested by the Eastern Army in this battle has reached millions of people.
As for the Russian army, so far only 30 infantry divisions, 5 heavy artillery brigades and two cavalry brigades have been assembled. All of them add up, and there are only more than 600,000 people.
Moreover, 14 of the infantry divisions were still in reserve and had not yet entered the battle.
It can be seen how much pressure the front-line combat units of the Tsarist Russian Army are under.
Under such circumstances, the Russian army naturally needed to make changes 693.
Mikhail ordered the 6th Army to take the initiative to open up the Liaodong Peninsula.
At the same time, Mikhail again issued orders to the armies of Europe, requesting that a second group of reinforcements be sent from the 1st Army, 2nd Army, 3rd Army, 4th Regiment Army and 7th Army to reinforce the Far East in preparation for the next big war.
The intelligence services of the Russian Empire also received news that the Oriental people were still frantically mobilizing after sending millions of troops into the battlefield.
No one is sure whether the Oriental people will continue to invest more troops. Therefore, the Russian Empire had to prepare in advance for this. Even Mikhail had already decided if the Eastern Empire continued to increase its troops. Then, the Russian Empire had to be mobilized. It was necessary to mobilize a part of the reservists to strengthen the military strength of the Russian Empire and cope with the next big war.
After receiving Mikhail’s order, the various army groups of the Russian Empire stationed in Europe began to mobilize troops and prepare to reinforce the Far East.
Among them, the 1st Army (ABFA) transferred 4 infantry divisions, the 2nd Army this time transferred two infantry divisions, the 3rd Army transferred 1 infantry division, the 4th Regiment Army transferred two infantry divisions, and the 7th Army transferred one infantry division, for a total of ten infantry divisions.
After sending troops to reinforce the Far East, the remaining strength of the Russian army in Europe was only 30 infantry divisions, 5 cavalry brigades, 5 heavy artillery brigades and 5 mountain infantry brigades.
The Russian Empire still had many strong enemies in Europe, and there were still large areas of territory to defend. Therefore, it is essential to maintain these forces, and it cannot be less.
Otherwise, there would be danger in Europe.
Compared with the Far East, the Eastern European Plain, as the hinterland of the Russian Empire, is the region with the most concentrated population and the most developed industry in the Russian Empire, and is the lair of the Russian Empire.
If the nest is served, then there will really be a big problem.
Shen Yang, headquarters of the 6th Army.
Admiral Kulopatkin, having received Mikhail’s order, immediately took action.
“Order the 51st Infantry Division, the 52nd Infantry Division, the 53rd Infantry Division, the 5th Cavalry Brigade and the 5th Heavy Artillery Brigade stationed on Oishihashi to take the initiative to attack and defeat the 5th and 10th Divisions of the Oriental Infantry and suppress them in the direction of Yingkou. The 57th Infantry Division and the 58th Infantry Division attacked Gaizhou to the south, completely annihilating the 14th Infantry Division of the Toyo Army. The 59th Infantry Division and the 60th Infantry Division, as reserves, advanced to the front, ready to go into battle at any time! Admiral Kulopatkin ordered.
“Yes, Your Excellency Commander!” Major General Yakov answered.
After the order of General Kulopatkin was given, the troops of the entire front line immediately took action.
In 418, 1804, the Russian army launched an attack in the direction of the Great Stone Bridge.
“Boom! Rumble! Rumble! (Read violent novels, go on Feilu Fiction Network!) ）
More than a hundred 155-mm heavy howitzers of the 5th Heavy Artillery Brigade, three artillery regiments of the 51st Infantry Division, the 52nd Infantry Division, the 53rd Infantry Division, and artillery batteries of each regiment were all thrown into heavy shelling.
At one time, three or four hundred howitzers and field guns frantically opened heavy fire on the positions of the Orientals.
One shell after another, like raindrops, fell on the positions of the Orientals.
Because the 5th Infantry Division and the 10th Infantry Division of the Eastern Army have been on the offensive. Therefore, they did not expect that the Russian army would take the initiative to attack. So much so that they are simply defenseless. Even the positions were simple offensive positions.
So much so that when they were heavily shelled by the Russian army, the oriental soldiers on the positions suffered heavy losses.
Coupled with the previous battles in the past few days, the 5th and 10th Infantry Divisions of the Toyo Army have been killed and injured by more than half. The infantry wings, which mainly fought on the front line, almost all suffered heavy losses.
This made them unable to resist at all for a while in the face of a large-scale counterattack by the Russian army.
“Your Excellency the commander of the division, the Russians are shelling our positions fiercely, and the units have suffered heavy casualties. We predicted that the Russians were about to launch a massive counterattack. The chief of staff of the 5th Infantry Division Shigeyuki Shigeyuki looked alarmed.
“Yaga! Damn the Russians, they actually dare to take the initiative to launch a counterattack? Order the infantry wings at the front to hold the defensive line and absolutely not be breached by the Russians. In addition, the 5th Engineer Wing and the 5th Heavy Troops were ordered to immediately reinforce. In any case, it is also necessary to resist the attack of the Russians! Lieutenant General Susumi Yamaguchi, commander of the 5th Infantry Division of the Toyo Army, ordered.
“Hi, Your Excellency Division Commander!” Nitahara Shigeyuki Daisaku replied.
“Also, immediately report to His Excellency the Commander that we need reinforcements.” Lieutenant General Yamaguchi knew very well that it would be very difficult for the 5th Infantry Division, which had already been battered, to withstand the Russian attack alone, and they would have to be reinforced. Otherwise, they will be defeated or even annihilated by the Russians.
“Hi, Your Excellency Division Commander!” A communications officer replied.
At the same time, the 10th Infantry Division of the Eastern Army was also fiercely attacked by the Russian army, and the situation was very critical.
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