However, Yuki Otsu still takes the overall situation into account in the end, and of course this is not the same as the current national strength of Japan, which is still very strong even if it is considered imperialism, and does not dare to be too presumptuous towards old imperialist countries like Russia. In addition, in any case, now the Russians are still their allies, facing the enemy together, and if the Russian casualties are too large, it will not be a good thing for the coalition forces.

And after this attack, Otsu Yuki also basically understood the enemy's strength, to be honest, although Otsu Yuki did not despise the enemy, but the enemy's firepower was still much beyond Otsu Yuki's expectations, so at this time, the coalition forces must unite in order to deal with this powerful enemy.

So Otsu Yuki said: "Lieutenant Colonel Mozgov, let's let your army withdraw, it's not that the Russian army is not brave, but we all have some underestimation of the enemy's strength, and a strong attack can only increase our casualties, so let's think of other ways." ”

In fact, Mozgov wanted to withdraw the army for a long time, but he was too full of words just now, and he couldn't take it back if he wanted to, it was difficult to ride a tiger, after listening to Otsu Yuki's words, he just borrowed a ladder to go down the wall, and hurriedly ordered the withdrawal of the army, while still thinking, it seems that the yellow-skinned monkey is still very clever and knows to give himself a step, which also shows that they are still afraid of the powerful Russian Empire after all.

Originally, the attacking Russian army could not hold on at this time, and after hearing the order to retreat, it naturally couldn't ask for it, and immediately retreated. However, when retreating, it was necessary to come out from behind the bunker, so on the way to retreat, many Russian soldiers were shot.

After all the Russian troops retreated, the losses were counted, and the number of killed reached seventy-three, and fifty-six were wounded, almost half of the troops were lost. And the whole battle went on for less than twenty minutes. This is not only because the firepower of the landing force is too strong, but also because the Russian army is too light on the enemy and does not arrange fire suppression, let alone artillery support, even the use of machine guns to suppress it is not arranged.

The loss of the Russian army surprised Otsu Yuki very much, originally he planned to build his own position fortifications first, and then launch an attack after a night's rest, so that even if the attack was unfavorable, there would be room to retreat, and the coalition forces were backed by Dagukou and Tianjin, and controlled the sea dominance, and also had the capital to fight a protracted war.

However, the Russian army has already launched an offensive, and it can be said that it has returned with a big defeat, this battle is a big blow to the morale of the coalition army, if you build more positions and fortifications, and attack tomorrow, it is obviously not good for the coalition army, so you have to return anyway to re-boost morale.

Of course, Yuki Otsu does not intend to send troops to attack again, he can still see that sending the army of that country to fight may not be stronger than the Russian army, and this decision is because he has another trump card in his hand - artillery.

The enemy's fire was indeed fierce just now, but from the beginning to the end of the battle, the opponent was fighting with machine guns or rifles, and did not use artillery, so Otsu Yuki believes that the enemy may not have artillery, or the number of artillery is very small.

This time, the coalition brought a total of 14 artillery pieces, namely: two 87 mm Knob guns, three 70 mm Knob guns, and nine 47 mm Habekis rapid-fire guns.

Among them, the Haqikaisi rapid-fire gun belongs to the small-caliber artillery, although the rate of fire is fast, but the power of the shell is small, the firing range is short, it is generally assembled on the warship, used for the two ships to engage the ship, close strafing the target on the deck of the enemy ship, because at this time, the navy of various countries still retains the tactics of angle of attack and the tactics of the gang, and the Haqikaisi rapid-fire gun is made for this tactic. On the land battlefield, the Haggaeus rapid-fire cannon can only play a role in increasing fire suppression, but cannot be used as artillery to support the army's operations. However, the 87 mm caliber Knub gun and the 70 mm caliber Knub gun are standard medium-caliber field guns, although the number is not much, but considering that the other side may not have artillery, so in this regard, the coalition forces still have a great advantage, which is also the hole card of Otsu Yuki's turnaround.

However, the firing range of these two guns is different, 87 mm caliber Knoob gun, The firing range of the 70-mm Knub guns is about 7,000 meters, while the 47-mm Haqikais rapid-fire guns are only 4,000 meters, so Otsu Yuki ordered to set up two artillery positions respectively, and the five medium-caliber guns were arranged in the right position of the rear of the coalition forces, on the edge of a small forest, about 5,000 meters away from the position, which is the most ideal range distance for these two types of artillery; and the nine 47-mm Haqikais rapid-fire guns were arranged in front of the position, about 3,000 meters away from the position, in fact, the 47-mm Haqikais rapid-fire guns were used as large-caliber machine guns.

After Yuki Otsu's order was given, the soldiers of the coalition army immediately drove the mules and horses, pulled the artillery from the rear to the set position, and then pulled the cart cover off the donkey horse, and then pulled the donkey back to the rear team to avoid alarm. And the artillerymen were busy fixing the gun carriages, calibrating the distance, and at the same time arranging the positions of the guns.

In addition to the artillery, the placement of shells is also quite particular, and too many shells can not be placed on the artillery position, but not too little. Because the artillery shells can be dangerous goods, once the artillery bombardment, the soldiers will inevitably be in a hurry, in case the busy out of the fire, detonate the artillery shells placed on the position, it will be sad, in addition, the artillery position will also be attacked by the opponent's artillery, and the shells may also be hit by the opponent's artillery. And if there are too few shells, it will not be enough, and the same will affect the war.

Moreover, whether it is placed in the position or outside the position, the shells must be placed in an orderly manner, not only to facilitate use and ensure safety, but also to ensure safety, which is quite time-consuming and labor-intensive. Even though there were only five guns, it still took more than ten minutes to be able to set them up.

Of course, for the landing force, ten minutes will be enough.

Qiu Yahui has been staring at the artillery of the coalition forces in the command headquarters, because the artillery of the coalition forces was placed in the rear before, which exceeded the range of the PP89 100mm mortars equipped by the landing force, and when he saw that the coalition forces pulled the artillery to the front, Qiu Yahui ordered the operator of the drone to calculate the distance data of the coalition artillery positions, and ordered the mortars to attack.

The mortar platoon of the landing force is actually drawn from the mortar company of the battalion and belongs to the battalion and regimental level support weapons, but in modern countries, the mortars of the general battalion and regiment are mainly of 120 mm caliber, because the 120 mm caliber mortar is more powerful, and the platoon and company-level mortars are generally 82 mm caliber, so the full weight of such mortars is lighter and the manpower is easy to carry. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is still one of the few armies that still uses 100 mm mortars as the main battalion and regimental support weapon, and only a small number of 120 mm mortars are equipped.

The reason is not complicated, because 120 mm caliber mortars are vehicle-mounted mortars, and before the fleet crosses, the PLA has not fully achieved motorization, and 100 mm caliber mortars are the limit of manpower carrying, in any case, 100 mm caliber mortars are always stronger than 82 mm caliber mortars, so in the PLA, only fully motorized troops are equipped with 120 mm caliber mortars, while other non-motorized troops are only equipped with 100 mm caliber mortars.

The landing force was marines, not motorized troops, and was therefore equipped with PP89 100mm mortars. However, on the current battlefield, the 100 mm mortar is just suitable, and the distance of five or six thousand meters is exactly within the range of the Type 89 100 mm mortar, and it can be carried by manpower, which is conducive to the transfer of mortar troops. At this time, the mortar platoon had already made preparations, and after Qiu Yahui gave the order, the soldiers immediately carried the mortars and rushed to the preset artillery position.

The arrangement of mortars is much simpler than that of ordinary artillery, and there are unmanned reconnaissance helicopters to provide accurate data, so it only took more than five minutes for three PP89 100mm mortars to set up their barrels and adjust the fire control elements of the artillery.

Hearing that all three mortar squads reported that they were ready, the platoon commander of the mortar platoon, Li Wenfei, immediately ordered: "Open fire." ”

"Boom, boom!"

The three mortars opened fire almost simultaneously, and a dazzling spark flashed from the muzzle of the guns, followed by a faint cloud of smoke.

In the vicinity of the artillery position of the coalition forces, three explosions sounded in succession at once, one shell fell into the woods, blowing up several large trees, one shell fell to a position about 40 meters in front of the position, and another shell fell about 10 meters to the front left side of the artillery position, although the soldiers nearby felt a strong impact, but after all, it did not fall in the position, and the five medium-caliber guns were equipped with steel gun shields, blocking most of the shrapnel and stones, so the artillery and artillery did not suffer any losses, only a few soldiers were injured by the small stones fired at the gun。

Because these five medium-caliber artillery pieces are all of the Japanese army, so the entire artillery position is Japanese soldiers, but there are not many Japanese troops stationed at Dagukou, there are only 500 people in total, and there is no special artillery system, even the commander of the artillery is concurrently served by Otsu Yuki, but Otsu Yuki is the artillery department in the military academy, and he also studied artillery when he went to Germany to study.

Although the Japanese soldiers were not damaged, the result of the artillery bombardment still shocked Yuki Otsu, who did not expect that the other side also had artillery, and it accurately hit the vicinity of the artillery position. But what puzzled Yuki Otsu was that his artillery positions were relatively hidden, and it was impossible for the enemy to see them visually, so whether these three shells were coincidental or targeted shelling by the enemy.

If it is a coincidence, it is too coincidental to say that three shells fell in the vicinity of the artillery position; and if it is said that the enemy is shelling with a purpose, how does the enemy aim at it? Is it true that the enemy has clairvoyance?

Yuki Otsu thought that there were too many incredible things to encounter in this army.

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