Chapter 458: Kulopatkin
Chen Hao's goal was achieved, and the Russo-Japanese War did not end as soon as in history, but he was not happy at all. The Japanese made a shrunken turtle, and all their land forces retreated to the Korean Peninsula, while the Russians, who had suffered heavy losses in several major battles in the northeast, were still sending troops to the Far East and were unable to launch an offensive on the Korean Peninsula, resulting in little attrition between the two countries.
During the Russo-Japanese War, Northeast China was a battlefield for the two sides to fight on land, and the local people suffered great disasters and unprecedented catastrophes in their lives and property. Factories in Lushun were blown up, houses were blown up, and even temples were not spared. Cattle have been snatched up, food has been looted, and hundreds of thousands of refugees have been displaced.
Both Japan and Russia forcibly pulled the Chinese people to transport ammunition and serve hard labor for them, and many people died unjustly under the fire of the invaders of the two countries, and even a large number of Chinese civilians were killed by Japan and Russia as "spies." This war was not only a gross violation of China's territory and sovereignty, but also caused the people of northeastern China to suffer huge losses and casualties in the war.
Chen Hao changed the outcome of the Battle of Tsushima and put Japan and Russia in a stalemate, which had the negative effect of exacerbating the suffering of the Chinese NPCs. What made him depressed was that both Japan and Russia were constantly accumulating strength, and there was not a single small-scale battle for several months, but Russia continued to enslave the Chinese people, which deviated from Chen Hao's original intention.
After the Cam Ranh Bay Naval Academy and large shipyards were on the right track, Chen Hao handed over the naval training to Chen Shaokuan, but he himself was not in a hurry to leave Cam Ranh Bay. He found Yang Du and told Yang Du about his worries, Yang Du said with a smile after reading the information between Japan and Russia sent by Chen Hao to investigate: "Your lord really loves the people like a son, it is not difficult to solve this matter, but your lord must be prepared for casualties." ”
Chen Hao nodded and said, "If you can make Japan and Russia fight." A large number of troops are killed and wounded every day, and some casualties among my troops are acceptable. What are the good ideas of Senior Brother Huizi, let's hear it, at present, we have an Inhuman army of 20,000 people in Cam Ranh Bay, and we also have the ability to withstand casualties. ”
Yang Du laughed and said: "Judging from the information collected, the number of the Russians' army in the northeast has reached 100,000, and they are fully capable of fighting the Japanese who retreated to the Korean Peninsula. However, the Russians fought with the Japanese and lost one after another. They have already been broken by Japan, so they have not taken action for a long time. ”
"Your Excellency can take the initiative to contact the Russian commander and express his willingness to lead troops to land on the Korean Peninsula from the sea and cooperate with the Russian army in its invasion of Korea. As long as the Russian commander is not a fool, he will not miss such a fighter, so that the adult can not only benefit from the Russians, but also allow the Russian army to fight to the death with the Japanese army again, and also shift the battlefield from the northeast of our country to the Korean Peninsula. ”
Chen Hao was very glad to have recruited Yang Du as the mastermind, although he had memories of the future. But after the game's plot was changed, memory couldn't help, and he couldn't think of such a good way to kill three birds with one stone.
Cam Ranh Bay's navy has been repaired for a few months, and now players can play a campaign. After the defeat in the Battle of Tsushima, the Japanese suffered a great loss of naval strength, and the new ships did not have the strength to compete with the navy of Cam Ranh Bay before they were put into service, so they would not encounter trouble at sea in carrying out landing operations.
Chen Hao decided to lead the troops to attack, and the landing force was mainly players, with 10,000 players in Cam Ranh Bay as the main force. Despite fearing casualties among the NPC troops, he brought an additional 3,000 NPC troops. These 3,000 troops have been being trained as marines, and if the landing operation on the Korean Peninsula is successful, their capabilities will be greatly enhanced.
After Chen Hao made up his mind. Leaving old armored cruisers such as Qi Jiguang to stay in Cam Ranh Bay, he personally led the fleet to the northeast. After the defeat of the Japanese Navy in the Battle of Tsushima, all the land forces retreated to the Korean Peninsula, and Port Arthur, which had been captured with great difficulty, was also defeated by the Russians at any cost.
The port of Yingkou ostensibly belonged to the Qing court, but in fact it was controlled by the Russians, and the Russians only knew the importance of the port when they lost Lushun. So I tried to get my hands on Yingkou. The Cam Ranh Bay cruiser formation led by Liu Mazi happened to be anchored at Yingkou, and the reason why Chen Hao led the fleet north was to block the Japanese sea traffic with all his might, and the Russians would certainly not refuse such a good thing, so the Cam Ranh Bay fleet successfully converged at Yingkou Port.
Yingkou used to be Chen Hao's base camp. He was quite emotional when he revisited the old place, and after he left, Yingkou Wharf had lost its original prosperity. After the fleet anchored at Yingkou, he did not stop, but changed a destroyer in a low-key manner and rushed to Lushun overnight to meet the Russian commander Kulopatkin.
Alexei? Nikolaevich? Kuropatkin, a soldier of the Russian Empire, commander-in-chief of the Russian Army in the Far East during the Russo-Japanese War.
Kuropatkin's indecision is considered one of the main reasons for Russia's successive defeats, after he was appointed commander of the Far Eastern Army, in the face of the sudden attack of the Japanese army commanded by Dashan Yan, Manchuria only had more than 100,000 scattered Russian troops could not cope, he planned to retreat to the decisive battle, and wait until the domestic reinforcements arrived before the counteroffensive, but with the emperor's uncle, the governor of the Far East, Yevgeny? Ivanovic? Admiral Alekseev led the Russian Navy to keep the Arthur naval base and force him to carry out offensive operations, which made him appear capricious in his operational command.
In the Battle of Liaoyang, he commanded 5 armies of 160,000 men and 3 armies of 120,000 Japanese troops, and because of the capacity problems of the Trans-Siberian Railway, he knew that every day of delay his reinforcements would be more and victory would be more certain, so he was very reluctant to carry out offensive operations. After the initial battle in Manchuria, he withdrew to Liaoyang, followed by several unsuccessful offensives from well-organized defensive positions, and on 25 August, believing that he had been defeated by Kuroki Weizhen's First Army, he led his troops to withdraw from Liaoyang and retreat to Shahe.
From October 5 to 15, under the pressure of public opinion, he commanded 8 corps and 220,000 men to attack again, and achieved some victories on the left flank, but the Japanese Obaogong's Second Army carried out a fierce counterattack in the center, forcing him to continue to retreat on October 17. On January 26, 1905, he already had 350,000 men in 12 armies, and in order to lift the siege of Lushun, on a snowy day, he launched an attack on the Akiyama Koko detachment on the left flank of the Japanese army at Shendanbao, and almost won the victory, but failed due to the lack of enough courage to continue the attack.
Kulopatkin was defeated in a series of battles in the northeast, and if it were not for the victory of the navy, the Russo-Japanese War might have ended, and he would have been dismissed long ago. Even after the Japanese retreated to Korea, the criticism of him at home continued unabated, so he desperately wanted to win a battle to wash away his shame. (To be continued......)