Tsarist Empire: Please call me His Majesty the Tsar

"Your Excellency Wing Commander, the artillery and machine-gun fire of the Russians is too powerful. Our infantry simply could not rush forward. Machine gun squadrons also suffered heavy losses. It can't go on like this. Otherwise, both the 1st Infantry Group and the 2nd Infantry Group would be dead!" said Wing Chief of Staff Tomoshitake Takashima.

Yamada Tadazaburo Daisa's eyes were red, and he couldn't wait to personally lead his troops to charge.

But he knew that under the current circumstances, even if he personally led the troops to charge, I am afraid that nothing would come of it. It's just to let there be more corpses on the battlefield.

"Order the troops, stop the offensive and report the situation here to His Excellency the brigade commander!" said Yamada Tadazaburo Daisa, gritting his teeth.

"Hi, Your Excellency Wing Commander!" replied Takashima Tomowu Shaosa.

Then the order to retreat sounded.

The Oriental soldiers who were attacking receded like a tide.

However, a large number of Oriental corpses were left on the battlefield.

The 1st Guards Infantry Wing, two infantry 30 brigades, more than 2,000 men launched an attack. However, in this round of attacks alone, they lost more than thirty percent. If there were two or three more such attacks, wouldn't these two infantry brigades have been completely lost?

Such a battle with heavy casualties is definitely something that the Orientals have never expected.

In other words, even if the Oriental people do not hesitate to sacrifice and fear death, it is absolutely unacceptable.

Not only was the attack of the 1st Guards Infantry Wing thwarted, but the attack on the Light by the 2nd Guards Infantry Wing, as well as the 4th Infantry Group and the 29th Infantry Wing under the 3rd Infantry Brigade, also ended in failure.

It can be said that the attacks launched by the Oriental people this time were hit by the powerful firepower of the Russian army and suffered heavy losses.

This made the Orientals realize that the combat effectiveness of the Russian army was even stronger than they expected. Or rather, in terms of firepower alone, it will be able to crush them.

In order to avoid causing further losses, the offensive of the 1st Guards Infantry Brigade and the 3rd Infantry Brigade of the Toyo Army had to be temporarily stopped.

At the same time, this news was also fed back to the commander of the First Army of the Eastern Army, General Kuroki Weizhen.

When General Kuroki saw the war report, his face suddenly became very ugly.

"Yaga! a bunch of cowards. Even if the Russians are armed with a lot of artillery, a lot of machine guns. But will they still be able to withstand the Imperial warriors armed with the spirit of bushido?" cursed Kuroki for General Seizen.

"Your Excellency Commander, the Russians seem to be stronger than we expected. They were armed with a lot of machine guns. We need to deploy artillery on the front line. Otherwise, it will be difficult for us to take advantage. Staff Officer Major General Hisano Oshima suggested.

Kuroki nodded for General Zhen, it would take a little time for the artillery to disembark, at least tomorrow before they could enter the battle.

"Let the artillerymen speed up the disembarkation and rush to the front. The 1st Guards Infantry Brigade and the 3rd Infantry Brigade were ordered to temporarily stop the offensive. Also, let Asada-kun and Nishihiro-kun come to see me!" ordered Kuroki for General Zhen.

"Hi, Your Excellency Commander!" replied Major General Hisanao Oshima.

Soon, Lieutenant General Nobuhiro Asada, commander of the Guards Division, and Lieutenant General Kōjiro Nishi, commander of the 2nd Infantry Division, came to General Kuroki for Jizhen.

The two obviously already knew the situation on the front line, and their faces were very full.

"Asada-kun, Nishihiro-kun. Our First Army was the first to fight the Russians. Our victory or defeat is directly related to this war between the Empire and the Russians. Therefore, I hope that in the next battles, the Guards Division and the 2nd Infantry Division can fully demonstrate the bravery of the imperial soldiers, defeat the Russians cleanly, and show the strength of the imperial army!" ordered General Kuroki for Zhen.

"Hi, Your Excellency Commander!" both Lieutenant General Nobuhiro Asada and Lieutenant General Kōjiro Nishi replied.

"Your Excellency, Commander, the Russians are armed with a large number of light artillery and machine guns. If we don't want to pay too many losses, the artillery wing must be put into battle. Lieutenant General Nobuhiro Asada said.

"See for yourselves. I have only one request, and that is to defeat the Russians in one fell swoop!" ordered General Kuroki for Zhen.

"Hi, Your Excellency Commander!" replied Lieutenant General Nobuhiro Asada.

The next day, February 17, the 1st Guards Infantry Brigade and the 3rd Infantry Brigade of the Toyo Army launched another attack on the 186th Infantry Regiment of the Russian Army stationed in Bucheon and the 185th Infantry Regiment of the Russian Army stationed in Guangguang.

Only this time, the Orientals no longer rashly attacked with infantry, but pulled their artillery up. (Read violent novels, go on Feilu Fiction Network!)

The Guards Field Artillery Wing and the 2nd Field Artillery Wing were thrown into the attack.

In the establishment of the Toyo Army, each artillery wing has three artillery brigades. Each artillery group has three artillery squadrons. Each artillery squadron has three artillery squads. Each artillery squad is armed with two 75mm field guns and an ammunition squad.

So, each field artillery wing was armed with 54 75-mm field guns.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

A large number of Trinity 75-mm field guns of the Toyo Army began to open heavy fire.

This type of gun is the first self-developed gun of the Toyo Army. Although smokeless powder was used, this was an old 920 cannon. So that in terms of rate of fire, it is completely incomparable with the new barreled retreat.

However, in this attack, the Oriental people directly invested in a field artillery wing, and its strength can naturally be imagined.

Shells continued to hit the positions of the Russian army, shrapnel was everywhere, and gunsmoke filled the air, leaving craters one after another.

Although each infantry regiment of the Russian army is also equipped with a field artillery company, armed with six 75-mm field guns. Moreover, it is also an advanced tube retreat.

However, a field artillery battery was clearly not able to deal with a field artillery wing of the Orientals.

This allowed the Russian army to be suppressed in artillery at the very beginning of the battle.

At the same time, the positions on the front line were also under heavy shelling by the Orientals, and suffered heavy losses.

Seeing this, the commanders of the 186th Infantry Regiment and the 185th Infantry Regiment of the Russian Army immediately gave the order to retreat.

If you carry the Orientals here, you will inevitably suffer heavy losses under the artillery fire of the Orientals. Instead of this, it is better to withdraw and converge with the main forces of the divisional headquarters.

It was even possible to retreat to the north bank of the Han River and rely on the Han River to resist the attacks of the Orientals.

The Russian army took the initiative to retreat, which allowed the Eastern Army to easily capture Bucheon and Gwangmyeong, and approached Seoul.

This also boosted the morale of the Oriental people again.