Chapter 33: Incredible Firepower
The two division commanders of the Jisk Imperial Army originally thought that it would not be too difficult to capture Wandian Town, after all, the two divisions had basically reached full strength after being replenished a few days ago, which means that the total strength of the two divisions had reached 100,000 people.
Moreover, each division of the Jisk Empire has a strong firepower, and the artillery wing under the jurisdiction of each division will be equipped with sixty-four 75 mm field guns and sixteen 105 mm howitzers, and the heavy firepower at the division and regiment level, the Jisk Empire is completely superior to the four eastern countries, and can even be comparable to the Noomi Empire, the world's first army.
However, when the two artillery wings under the two divisions of the Jisk Empire began to bombard the fortifications outside Wandian Town, something shocked the two division commanders of the Jisk Empire, and the Liuyun Empire army stationed in Wandian Town also had a large number of artillery, and even howitzers with a larger caliber than 105 mm, and there were many of them.
Under the shelling of the artillery unit under Su Yi's command, the attack of the two divisions of the Jisk Empire on Wandian Town can be said to be very difficult, bearing huge losses every minute, and even the 75mm field artillery and 105mm howitzers of the two divisions of the Jisk Empire have been destroyed a lot.
The commander of the 26th Division, Fimochika, frowned and said to the commander of the 15th Division, Fyodor: "The Liuyun Empire army in Wandian Town has even more artillery than our two divisions, and there are also large-caliber howitzers of about 150 mm. ”
The commander of the 15th Division, Fyodor, sighed and said: "Let the attacking troops suspend the attack, the firepower of this Liuyun Empire army is beyond our imagination, if we continue to attack so hard, the losses are too great, let's report the situation here to the Imperial War Department as soon as possible!" ”
On the evening of April 20, 3011 in the Tang calendar, in the imperial palace of Wendell City, the capital of the Gisk Empire, Ernest, the Minister of War of the Gisk Empire, said to Emperor Lazarik in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the army led by Su Yi is equipped with a large number of artillery and heavy machine guns, and even large-caliber howitzers of more than 150 mm, and the 15th and 26th divisions of the Royal Army launched an attack on Wandian Town west of Kangshan City in less than three hours, and the total casualties exceeded 4,000 people. The minister had ordered the 15th and 26th Divisions to temporarily suspend the attack on Wandian Town. ”
Emperor Lazarik looked at the military map on the table, then frowned and asked, "Can you bypass Wandian Town and attack Kangshan City directly?" ”
War Minister Ernest shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, the roads in other directions of Kangshan City are too difficult to walk, and the large army cannot march at all, only by conquering Wandian Town, two divisions can attack Kangshan City, and even if Wandian Town can be bypassed, with the strength of the army units under Su Yi, it will be a very difficult thing to capture Kangshan City with two divisions." ”
When Emperor Lazaric heard this, his brows furrowed even tighter, "Ernest, what is your War Department's opinion on this?" Do you want to send more troops to Kangshan City? ”
War Minister Ernest hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, the minister suggests temporarily giving up the plan to attack Kangshan City, after all, the main enemy of our Royal Army of the Jisk Empire is still the army of the Celestial Star Empire, without the containment of the First Fleet and the Second Fleet of the Royal Navy at sea, it seems almost impossible for our Royal Army to force Su Yi's fleet away from Kangshan Port." ”
Emperor Lazarik then asked Maxim, the Prime Minister of the Gisk Empire, "Prime Minister, what is your opinion on this?" ”
Prime Minister Maxim immediately said: "Your Majesty, since the combat effectiveness of the army units under Su Yi has exceeded our previous estimates, then the minister thinks that it is not suitable to attack Kangshan City again, and the top priority of our Jisk Empire is to make the Celestial Star Empire submit as soon as possible and become a vassal of our Jisk Empire." ”
Emperor Lazaric gritted his teeth and said, "I am a little unwilling in my heart! ”
Prime Minister Maxim continued: "Your Majesty, the expeditionary fleet sent by the Sharad Empire will be able to reach the waters of the Liuyun Empire in about a little more than a month, the expeditionary fleet of the Sharad Empire has four super dreadnought battleships, eight dreadnought battleships, eight former dreadnought battleships and sixteen ironclad battleships, and when the time comes, our Royal Navy of the Jisk Empire can completely unite with the expeditionary fleet of the Shalad Empire to avenge the defeat of the previous two fleets, and wait for the navy under Su Yi's command to be wiped out. It would be much easier to capture the city of Kangshan and the port of Kangshan. ”
"The Prime Minister is reasonable, then hurry up and contact the Shalad Empire to implement the matter of forming a joint fleet of the two countries."
On 21 April, an infantry wing drawn from Newport City and five special infantry wings composed of naval officers and men arrived at Kangshan Port, and then Su Yi extracted all the four Lion-class battlecruisers, four Italian Count Cavour-class battleships, four British Lord Nelson-class battleships, six Wiesbaden-class light cruisers, and eighteen Vickers-class destroyers from the system goods warehouse.
In addition to the capture of an armored cruiser and a light cruiser of the Imperial Navy in the naval battle, Su Yi almost transferred the officers and men of two special infantry wings to complete the personnel of dozens of warships.
The four Lion-class battlecruisers were named by Su Yi the Lion's Roar, the Lion's Might, the Lion's Yan, and the Lion's Man.
The four Italian Count Cavour-class battleships were named Fugui, Fufu, Fuqiang and Fu'an by Su Yi.
The four British Lord Nelson-class battleships were named Lord, Medal, Honorable and Meritorious by Su Yi.
The six Wiesbaden-class light cruisers were named Light Cruiser 007 - Light Cruiser 012, and the eighteen Vickers-class destroyers were named Destroyer 019 - Destroyer 036.
The formation of the battleships of the Independent Fleet was also reorganized by Su Yi, and two more battleships were added.
The first team remained unchanged and still included six super dreadnought battleships, while the second team added four Italian Count Cavour-class battleships, bringing the second team to eight dreadnought.
The Third Squadron became a battle cruiser formation consisting of four Lion-class battlecruisers, the Fourth Squadron consisted of six Edward VII-class battleships, and the Fifth Squadron consisted of four Lord Nelson-class battleships.