Chapter 463: Mission Accomplished
Nogi Noshinori felt a punch on the cotton, and he was fully prepared to defend himself, but he stopped attacking. He quickly understood the opponent's intentions, these Huaxia Inhuman troops were actually going to defend, the mountain peaks on the right side of Haizhou were suitable for building fortifications, and the warships at sea could also carry out artillery support, so the defense really made people can't help but complain.
Nogi Noshinori was indeed very depressed, the Chinese people did not play their cards according to common sense at all, and he had never heard of a commander who took the initiative to send 10,000 troops to death. But now the Chinese people are very clever to send them to death, he built fortifications on the high ground on the side of Haizhou, and the artillery can threaten Haizhou, and the Japanese had to destroy this 10,000-person army for the safety of Haizhou.
However, the defensive location chosen by the Huaxia aliens was too bad, and their position could be supported by the naval fleet, and the terrain was conducive to defense. The Japanese troops have a numerical advantage and are more combative, but they will also suffer heavy losses if they want to destroy these 10,000 Chinese aliens.
Most of the Second Army under the command of Prince Zairen of the Japanese Xianyuan Palace arrived in Haizhou, and the situation in front of him also stunned him, which one did the Chinese people sing at this time? He led his troops into Haizhou to consult with Nogi Noshinori, who suggested that the Chinese should be surrounded but not annihilated, and that they should wait until the Chinese supplies were exhausted before launching an attack. Prince Zaihito objected to Nogi Noshinori's suggestion, and Oyama Iwa dared to send him to lead the Second Army south, thinking that he could quickly annihilate the Huaxia Inhuman army, and if Nogi Noshinori's tactics were adopted, there would be problems with the northern defense line.
Nogi Noshinori knew that such an attack would be a loss, but Prince Zaihito's words were also very reasonable, if the second and third armies were pinned down in the south, what could the north do to resist the Russians? In the end, Prince Zairen's opinion prevailed, and the prince ordered the 2nd Cavalry Brigade, a cavalry descendant unit, to launch a charge while the Huaxia Yiren fortifications were not completed.
The Second Cavalry Brigade frantically rushed towards the high ground south of Haizhou, after Chen Hao fired a signal flare. Chen Shaokuan immediately commanded the warships to open artillery support. More than two dozen warships opened fire at the same time, among which there were many large battleships, and the ferocious fire was enough to cover the entire charging line. Although the 2nd Cavalry Brigade was brave, it lost more than 800 cavalry in less than half an hour of charging, and Prince Jaeon saw the heavy losses and had to order a retreat.
Prince Jaehito was not reconciled and sent an infantry wing to charge again. But the shells of the Chinese seemed to be endless, and they bombarded the southern mountains without money. After Prince Zairen had lost more than 1,000 infantry, one of the squadrons approached the unfinished position of the Huaxia, only to be greeted by a frenzied fire of sixteen heavy machine guns.
That's right! It was a large number of heavy machine guns, Chen Hao's troops replaced the main rifle and hid all the artillery guns, but only the heavy machine gun was retained. He had long planned to conduct defensive operations south of Haizhou, and the heavy machine guns could exert the greatest power in defensive battles and inflict maximum damage on the Japanese troops.
Prince Zaihito took Nogi Noshinori's advice, and he gave up on continuing the attack. Although he was sure that he could annihilate these 10,000 Huaxia aliens, the price he paid was too great. The Japanese were happiest to abandon the attack, Chen Hao, whose task was to contain the Japanese army, and it was better for the Japanese Second Army and the Third Army to stay in the south.
Chen Hao's quest reward is fixed, but if he overcompletes the task, it is very likely that the reward will increase. The amount of time he drags off, the number of enemies he drags down, and the number of enemies he destroys all make a difference, and at the moment he's doing perfectly in both of them, except that he doesn't eliminate too many enemies.
Ten days passed. Chen Hao's troops were running out of supplies, and it was definitely the Japanese who won in the end. But there were problems on the northern front of the Japanese army. The two main armies of the Second Army and the Third Army moved south, and the defense of the Japanese army on the front line of Pyongyang had a big hole. Although Kulopatkin lacked courage, it was impossible not to seize such an opportunity, and he launched an offensive on all fronts and personally commanded the Fourth Army to encircle Pyongyang.
Oyama Iwa sent a sternly worded telegram to Nogi Noshinori and Prince Zaihito, asking them to settle the troubles in the south within three days. Then concentrate forces to support Pyongyang. Nogi Noshinori and the two are quite helpless, Pyongyang is undoubtedly very important, but Haizhou can't be lost, and now they can only forcibly annihilate 10,000 Huaxia aliens.
Both of them regretted a little, knowing that in the end they would have to settle the battle with a strong attack. I won't delay it for ten days. Prince Zaihito concentrated the main forces of the Second Army, and Nogi Noshinori sent the artillery of the Third Army to cooperate, and launched the fiercest attack on the Huaxia Yiren, who had built fortifications.
The battle was extremely fierce, and the Japanese suffered heavy losses during the offensive, killing more than 3,000 people in the shelling of naval guns alone. Under the bombardment of two Japanese artillery, more than 2,000 players hung up and resurrected on the warship on the sea.
The naval guns of the Cam Ranh Bay fleet were well prepared, but after several successive firepower coverage, the shells of the naval guns were already about to bottom out. Chen Shaokuan ordered to stop the support of the naval guns, and the fleet must keep some of the shells, otherwise it will be very dangerous to run out of ammunition and food when sailing on the sea.
Without the threat of naval artillery, the Japanese attack went much more smoothly, and they finally rushed to the top of the hill. What awaits them is a brutal white-knuckle battle, each Chinese player has a dynamite bag strapped to their body, and after being injured in the white-knuckle battle, they go crazy and rush to the place where there are many Japanese people to detonate, killing themselves and the surrounding enemies, and occasionally blowing up along with their companions.
Chen Hao brandished the Yanling knife and rushed forward, and more than 40 Japanese soldiers died under his knife, but he also hung up quickly. The Japanese also killed fiercely, and after discovering that Chen Hao's fighting skills were strong, they also adopted the method of dying together, sacrificing six soldiers and blowing up Chen Hao.
After the last player in Huaxia hung up, the Japanese suffered more than 4,000 casualties, and with the previous losses, the Japanese Second Army exceeded 10,000 casualties. NPCs can't be resurrected after they die, and Chen Hao's 10,000 players just dropped one level overall, so he earned even if it was a defeat.
"Player Chen Baxian, you commanded the Haizhou operation, and you failed this battle. In the battle, 10,962 enemies were destroyed, 0 were captured, and three positions were lost. Since you inflicted greater casualties on the enemy in an absolute disadvantage, the system assumes a C on your command, and your command ability improves. ”
Chen Hao received a system prompt, this was his first defeat, and the system prompt meant that although he was defeated, he still did not get a commander attribute point reward. This is the case in the game, even if you destroy more enemies, if the enemy's strategic purpose is achieved, the system will judge the player as a failure.
"Player Chen Baxian, congratulations on completing the 'Inchon landing' mission issued by the Russian commander Kulopatkin, you led the Cam Ranh Bay troops to successfully land in Incheon, pinned down 52,600 Japanese troops, annihilated 17,645 Japanese troops, delayed the Japanese Second Army and the Third Army for a month and thirteen days, the system determines that your mission completion degree is S, you can go to the task publisher to receive the reward."
Chen Hao received a second system prompt, which was his first S-level mission completion in the game, and he would definitely get an additional reward. When he participated in the Battle of Tsushima, he was tasked with fighting with the Russian fleet, but in the end he became the main force and had a chance to obtain S-class mission completion. But since the Russians lost a large number of warships, Rozdvensky used this as a reason not to recognize his degree of completion, so he ended up receiving only regular rewards.
The system will only prompt when the player has obtained the completion of S-level or A-level tasks, and after finding Kulopatkin, Chen Hao can receive regular rewards, and Kulopatkin may also propose other rewards to choose from. Of course, there is also a situation where Chen Hao keeps the regular rewards and then gets some additional bonus items.
This regular reward is related to Chen Hao's long-term layout in the future, so he will not give up the regular reward, he will ask for some additional items. Immediately after the resurrection of the battleship Emperor Wu of Han, he ordered the fleet to march north to Dingzhou, which was controlled by the Russians, and then disembarked in Dingzhou on a destroyer.
After Chen Hao landed alone, he ordered the fleet to return to Yingkou immediately to rest, and then he went to the front line in Pyongyang to meet the Russian Far East Commander Kulopatkin. After Chen Hao came to the Russian military camp, he was warmly received by Kulopatkin, because after he pinned down your second army, Kulopatkin successfully captured Pyongyang.
The Second Army suffered heavy losses when attacking Chen Hao's 10,000 player troops, and was temporarily unable to enter the battlefield, so it arrived in Pyongyang after resting in Haeju for two days. It was during these two days that the Japanese lost the city of Pyongyang, and the Pyongyang defense line as a whole collapsed. The fall of Pyongyang was of great significance, and Kulopatkin was rewarded by the tsar, so it is not surprising that he was polite to Chen Hao.
"Commander Chen, thank you for holding back a large number of Japanese troops in the south, and I am very satisfied with your performance in the mission. His Majesty the Tsar of our country has sent a telegram asking me to elevate my reward to you, and you now have two more choices. The first option is to receive the agreed regular reward, and our country will compensate you to a certain extent; The second option is a special bonus, our country is interested in your Invincible-class battlecruisers and is willing to order four from you for £2.6 million each. ”
Chen Hao saw that the two reward methods were entangled, and he had already decided that he would not give up the regular reward, but the second option offered by the Russians was very tempting. The British sold the Invincible-class battlecruisers for £1.7 million, and because they were the first to not make much profit, the cost price of the Invincible-class battlecruisers was around £1.5 million.
Chen Hao did not have as strong technology as the British, and artillery and some steel had to be imported, so the cost price should be 1.8 million pounds. If the second reward of the Russians is accepted, each warship can earn 800,000 pounds, and four warships will be 3.2 million pounds, which is an astronomical amount. (To be continued......)