Liaodong Peninsula, Lushun Fortress.
The attack of the Third Army of the Eastern Army on the Lushun Fortress continued, and the fierce attack that lasted for more than a month had caused the Russian army to lose a large number of fortifications in the Lushun Fortress.
At present, the Russian army is mainly concentrated in a series of fortifications with the 203 Heights as the core, resisting the attack of the Orientals.
However, the high-intensity combat in the past few days has caused great losses to the 65th Infantry Division, the 66th Infantry Division, and the 10th and 11th Marine Brigades of the Russian Army. At the same time, the soldiers were very tired.
Fortunately, before the outbreak of the war, the Russian army and navy stored a large amount of combat materials in the Lushun fortress. Otherwise, under such a high-intensity battle, the consumption of all kinds of materials will be very fast, and it will be consumed very quickly.
In this process, the Russian army also caused great casualties to the Third Army of the Eastern Army, and the corpses dropped by the entire Third Army under the Lushun Fortress definitely exceeded 100,000. If you add the wounded, then the losses are even greater.
However, even so, the commander of the Third Army, General Nogi Yoshinori, was still gritting his 503 teeth and ordering all troops to continue to attack, and there was a great deal of not taking the fortress of Lushun and never giving up.
Even if his two sons had died in battle under the Lushun Fortress, they would not hesitate.
“Your Excellency Commander, Your Excellency the Chief of Staff telegram!” Major General Shunsuke Iida, chief of staff of the Third Army, hurriedly found General Nogi Yoshinori.
General Nogi Yoshinori took the telegram and looked at it, and his face suddenly became very ugly.
“Yaga! More than 100,000 Yamato men died under the Lushun Fortress, and now they actually want to order us to stop attacking the fortress? How is this possible? General Nogi Yoshinori cursed.
“Your Excellency Commander, the mainland asks us to stop the attack, leaving an infantry division to monitor the Lushun fortress, and the rest of the troops are all going north to cooperate with the Second Army to attack the Shahe defense line.” Major General Iida Shunsuke said.
Senior General Nogi Yoshinori directly crumpled the telegram.
Just when Major General Iida Shunsuke was about to disobey the order for General Nogi Yoshinori, he gave the order.
“Order the troops to withdraw from the fighting. The 18th Infantry Division, defending the Grand Alliance, monitored the Brigade Shun Fortress. The rest of the troops, immediately go north and reinforce the Second Army! Although General Nogi Yoshinori was very angry in his heart, he still chose to follow the order and threw the main force of the Third Army into the attack on the Shahe River Line.
“Hi, Your Excellency Commander!” Major General Shunsuke Iida replied.
The Oriental people suddenly stopped their attack on the Lushun Fortress, which made the Russian officers and men stationed in the Lushun Fortress look at each other one by one.
Although, in many days of defensive operations, they have already inflicted great losses on the Orientals. However, it must be admitted that the losses of the Russian army are not small. More importantly, the high-intensity combat in the past few days has made the soldiers very tired. Unexpectedly, at this time, the Oriental people actually took the initiative to retreat, which was completely beyond their expectations!
“Your Excellency Commander, the Orientals have retreated, they have stopped their attack on the fortress.” The commander of the 65th Infantry Division, Major General Stesell, had a smile on his face.
The Oriental stopped attacking, which was undoubtedly good news for the Russian troops stationed in the fortress of Brigade Shun.
Vice Admiral Alekseev, commander of the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy, and commander of the Lushun Fortress, was equally relieved.
“I thought the Orientals would keep attacking like this.” If that’s the case, then we really won’t be able to hold on. Lieutenant General Alekseev said.
This method of attacking by the Eastern Army regardless of losses and at any cost puts the Russian army under great pressure.
“Your Excellency Commander, the Oriental people are in the Lushun Fortress, but they have paid a huge price.” Major General Charlie, commander of the 66th Infantry Division (ABEE), said.
“Anyway, the Orientals retreated. Well, Lushun Fortress is safe. At least for the time being. However, we should not take it lightly. While the Oriental had stopped attacking, they immediately began to repair the damaged fortifications and prepare for the next battle. Lieutenant General Alekseev ordered.
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If this is a conspiracy of the Oriental people that led to the fall of Lushun Fortress. Then they will be court-martialed.
“Yes, Your Excellency Commander!” Major General Stessel and Major General Charlie both replied.
“By the way, Your Excellency Commander, we have to inform the 6th Army of this news, preferably to His Majesty the Tsar as well.” Major General Stesel reminded.
Lieutenant General Alekseev nodded, he also thought that the sudden retreat of the Oriental people seemed to reveal a hint of strangeness. Prepare the rest of the Army to respond to emergencies as well.
At the same time, ten infantry divisions of the Fifth Army of the Eastern Army had already completed the landing at Yingkou.
The commander of the Fifth Army, General Keiaki Kawamura, also received a telegram from the mainland, asking the Fifth Army to launch an all-out attack on Oishihashi and Gaiju.
After receiving the order, General Keimei Kawamura did not hesitate and threw himself directly into the attack.
The 24th Infantry Division, the 25th Division, the 26th Division, the 27th Division and the 28th Division stormed the Great Stone Bridge. The 29th Infantry Division, the 30th Division and the 31st Division launched an attack on Gaizhou. The Imperial Navy of the East Ocean even dispatched some warships to provide fire support for the army. And the 32nd Infantry Division, the 33rd Division, served as a reserve.
For a time, after the Fifth Army of the Eastern Army put in an all-out attack, the Russian army suddenly doubled the pressure on the battlefield of Dashiqiao and Gaizhou.
The commander of the 6th Army, General Kuropatkin, reported the news to Tsar Mikhail. At the same time, troops were sent in time for reinforcements.
The 59th Infantry Division and the 60th Infantry Division, reinforced Dashibashi, held the battle line.
The first ten infantry divisions and three heavy artillery brigades drawn from Europe, which had already arrived on the battlefield, also began to enter the battle.
The 8th Heavy Artillery Brigade, the 11th Infantry Division, and the 12th Infantry Division reinforced the Gaizhou line to ensure that the Russians could always control Gaizhou. This is an important passage to the south to the Shahe River defense line, and there is no room for mistakes.
The 9th Heavy Artillery Brigade and the 13th Infantry Division, the 14th Corps Division, reinforced the Great Stone Bridge.
In addition, the 21st Infantry Division, the 22nd Infantry Division, the 23rd Infantry Division, the 31st Infantry Division, the 41st Infantry Division and the 71st Infantry Division, as well as the 10th Heavy Artillery Brigade, were ready for the battlefield.
The decisive battle on land between the Russian Empire and the Eastern Empire seems to be coming soon.
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