"Yes, the Japanese can't be underestimated, I just think, if we encounter such a battle, how to fight, we can't let the enemy drag into such a war of attrition, our Emperor His Majesty said, such a battle is the most stupid, but also the most helpless, before there are more advanced weapons, we have to face, but also to minimize the casualties of our regular soldiers, we don't have the advantage we had before, there are too many cannon fodder at home for us to use, our current soldiers, Every death shakes the foundations of our empire's rule, and behind them are countless families. ”

While the two were talking, the cannon rang out again, and the Russians, who had lost their positions during the day and were forced to cross the river by the Japanese, were reluctant and carried out a large-scale attack, this time they attacked mainly and the Japanese defended.

The two men climbed to the top of the camp and looked into the distance, and the messenger who kept passing information back and forth transmitted the news back and forth.

The Russians used a lot of artillery to bombard the positions that the Japanese hastily built, and the soldiers and horses organized by the Russians in the rear did not wait for the artillery fire to hit a heat, and began to attack from all directions, many Russian adventurers, horse bandits, and even the prisoners of the Qing Dynasty who they had captured who had fought with them in the Ural Mountains before, as well as Japanese soldiers, Southeast Asian servant troops, and Han people from settlements, were all driven to the front line, while facing the Russian artillery fire, While withstanding sporadic Japanese counter-fire from the artillery.

The artillery fire of this era was not enough to attack the enemy's artillery positions at a great distance, so they could only stay in the rear, and some of the artillery in front could only hit the enemy who rushed to the near place to support the comrades in the trenches, so the artillery was all heavy artillery, and those heavy artillery that could hit the sail warship for ten miles were originally installed, maybe on the sea, their direct firing distance was very close, but on land, the muzzle of the gun was raised, and it could hit ten or so miles, even if it was a solid bullet, it could kill and injure a lot of people.

Both sides are engaged in the battle regardless of casualties.

As a spectator of the battle, it is actually a cooperative relationship with the Qing Dynasty, and it has not completely eliminated hostility, it is not an ally, the garrison of the Chinese army is twenty miles away from the battlefield, and you can also see the fierce explosions on the battlefield, the fire of the artillery, hear the loud sound like a fighter plane flying by, and listen to the dense gunfire.

The messenger ran back, the Russians put in a lot of cannon fodder, as well as adventurers and horse bandits, while attacking the frontal position, while launching an attack from a 100-mile-wide front, more than 100 people, thousands of people, attacking from the weak point of the defense line that had been reconnoitred, the Japanese continued to deploy troops to plug the gap, the strength of both sides is changing from a circle to a straight line, this time the manpower and material resources, troops, reached nearly one million troops.

There were constantly people from the Goguryeo settlements who were transporting supplies to the front, many of them did not return, and the messenger's report was that they were thrown into a hundred kilometers of defense line to build fortifications, and some even threw a wooden stick or a kitchen knife, and were sent to the battlefield with their bare hands, it seems that the anger of the Russians is not the slightest, and the people who command the battle are very smart, with Russian adventurers who are more familiar with this generation, and even all year round in this generation, military service, with cannon fodder troops launched an offensive to contain the Japanese on the frontal front, Then the main forces of the army attacked the main Japanese forces on the frontal front.

Another group of Japanese soldiers drove up, mixed with Southeast Asian servants.

Soon the messenger returned, "The Russians crossed the river, but an hour later the Japanese recaptured their positions, and advanced to the front of the Russians' positions, and many Russian positions were breached, and then the Russians counterattacked, and recaptured their positions again, and the Japanese were driven back to the fortifications they had built on the other side of the river, and two hours later, the Russians attacked from both flanks, and the Japanese killed and wounded 50,000 men and horses, and were driven across the river, and then held their positions with the fortifications and artillery fire on this side, Before the Russians could destroy the pontoon bridge, they launched a counterattack, and within an hour, they recaptured the river bank and held it.

This time the Japanese lost at least 300,000 cannon fodder and 50,000 Japanese soldiers. Now the Japanese handed over the position to the Qing people, and then sent a large number of cannon fodder soldiers and Japanese soldiers to the two sides of the river, and then prepared 50,000 Goguryeo soldiers to attack the other side of the river, followed by 30,000 Japanese soldiers, this time seizing the first line of defense of the Russians. ”

Hearing the battle report, Merlinyu's face became even more gloomy, and he said without listening, "It's too miserable, the sacrifice is too great, even with our population of 350 million, there is no way to break through the enemy's defense line in a period of time, and there will be no fewer deaths." ”

Lu Baodao: "I'm going to the front line to have a look." Merlin Fish shook his head, "Don't look at it, it's useless, tactical methods, can't be solved, such a big battle is a battle, even if we have to die tens of thousands of people, more than 100,000 casualties." The battle line is long, there are many points to defend, except for fighting attrition, there is no good way to solve it at present, our weapons are not capable of reducing casualties to a bearable range against the enemy's weapons, not to mention that our territory is too broad, we have to defend more than 100 miles, and we must find a battlefield with a width of nearly three or four hundred miles in any place, and we must advance to a place where we can kill and injure a large number of enemies according to the terrain and the difference in weapon generation, so as to defeat the enemy with a small number of troops as much as possible, or consume the enemy. ”

The messenger came again, "Report, the Russians have made breakthroughs in many mountainous and forested areas, and now the Japanese are obviously under-manned, the frontal battlefield is a little better, the various servant armies on the flank battlefield are not well defended, and a large number of people have fled, and a group of Russian vanguard cavalry has reached our left side. ”

"Why don't we retreat back a dozen miles? Lu Bao asked worriedly.

Merlin Yu looked at the hourglass hanging in the tent, "No, it's only been a night's work, the Japanese are not so unbearable, I think the Japanese also realize that they can't defend such a wide front, so they mainly put the forces to defeat the enemy on the frontal battlefield, I think the Russians must not dare to let the Japanese hit their base camp, if they take their big camp station, the Russians can only retreat, no matter how far they advance on the side, here needs a lot of population and logistical material support, If the Japanese attack the Yellow Dragon, their supplies are burned, or captured by the Japanese, their troops and horses and the Swedes should retreat, or they will not survive the winter. ”

Lu Bao nodded, "It's also that the big war between the two sides has just begun, and it is impossible to tell the winner, even if there are a lot of soldiers and horses in those places, it is just to send food to the Japanese, cut off the back road, and the whole army is searching, there are not many who can escape back, and the victory or defeat of the battle depends on the frontal battlefield." ”

When the sky was twilight, as the news of the messenger continued to arrive, the two found that the Japanese had basically mastered the situation, although the main battle force was not as good as the Russians, but they had an almost endless army of servants to send to death, so they successfully contained the attack of the Russians, although the Russians gained a foothold on the bank of the river in many places, but on the front, they almost pushed the Russians to the exit of the narrow area of the plain, and had to cross two mountains and a huge primeval forest to reach a plain here, and that plain was large, This plain is followed by hills, woods, and even more expansive fields.

If the Japanese were to win, the Russians would have to retreat back hundreds of miles, and without the support of cities and settlements, the Russians would not be able to hold out, or gather.

The attack between the two sides was very fierce and fierce, the Russians won on both sides of the plains, and the Japanese won in the plains and hilly areas, if we talk about the final judgment, then this time the Japanese attacked more than the Russians, and won a little advantage.

(End of chapter)