I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 445: Explode everything, burn everything

For Lev, he just killed an ordinary junior Japanese officer in a less intense battle and did what he should do, which is insignificant.

George also didn't know that so many names he had only seen in textbooks died in this war.

If George knew, it would come to light.

The offensive of the Russian army in Kwantung was just like the Japanese army's attack on the Qing army, and the process was uneventful.

The Japanese are really inexperienced, and the difference in weapon generation cannot be smoothed out by the will to fight.

What's more, the Japanese army's fighting will is really not very good.

This is 1906, not 1936.
In the Japanese army in 1936, most officers and soldiers had received compulsory education. After decades of militarism, both morale and combat effectiveness had reached their peak.

Today's Japanese people have not even filled their stomachs. There are still hundreds of thousands of Japanese women working hard in Southeast Asia. The vast majority of Japanese people have not yet enjoyed the dividends of the war.

The key is that they are facing the Russian Empire.

After the Sino-Japanese War, for the Japanese, the aura of the Qing Empire had been broken.

But the aura of European and American powers still exists.

Although Japan won the Russo-Japanese War, before the Japanese had time to turn their victory into strength, they ushered in a crazy counterattack by the Kwantung Russian army.

Unlike the Russian army in the first stage of the Russo-Japanese War, the Russian army under the command of George really broke out the fighting power that the Cossacks should have.

Apart from their obedience, the Japanese army was really useless in front of the Cossacks who had received military training since childhood.

Cossacks are the best soldiers as long as they solve the problem of discipline.

But even the Cossacks, who were notoriously difficult to train, were much better disciplined than the Japanese.

Whether the discipline of the Cossacks is good or not depends on who their commander is.

During the Alexeyev period, the discipline of the Russian army in Kwantung was indeed not very good.

Although Alexeyev was a general, he was essentially a subject of the Russian Empire just like the Cossacks.

George was a member of the royal family, master of the Russian Empire.

A little bit of trivia: Russians are more aggressive than Japanese.

As the commander-in-chief of the Russian army in the Far East, George can be greedy, cruel, and even dissolute.

As long as George can lead the Cossacks to victory and glory, then George will gain the respect of the Cossacks.

A guy like Alexeyev is not worthy of being a Cossack commander.

George, who would rather have his reputation damaged than accept defeat, is the undisputed king in the eyes of the Cossacks!

The Kwantung Russian Army's counterattack went very smoothly. At 1 a.m. on January 9, the Harbin Division invaded Fengtian as the vanguard of the Kwantung Russian Army.

At 10:50, Dashanyan left Fengtian by train and headed to Arthur Military Port.

Off the coast of Arthur Military Port, the majestic "Yuryev" is staring covetously, with all eight main guns pointed at Arthur Military Port, waiting for Peter's order.

After annihilating the Combined Fleet, Peter led the main force of the Siberian Fleet all the way north from Nagasaki, shelling Japanese ports one by one along the way.

Fukuoka, Nagato, Izumo, Akita and other ports along the way were all brutally attacked by the Siberian fleet, and no one was spared.

It was not until all the shells were fired that Peter returned to Vladivostok to replenish them.

Then he rushed to Arthur Military Port non-stop to cut off the Japanese army's retreat in Kwantung.

Since the main force of the combined fleet has been annihilated and the sea control has been completely controlled by the Siberian Fleet, Peter's troops are divided. "Yuriev" is in Arthur Naval Port, "Romanov" is in Nagasaki, "Ural" is in Busan, and "Caucasus" Stationed in his hometown Jeju.

Now there is no objection to the Siberian fleet stationed in Jeju.

In the Golden Mountain Fort, which once showed great power in Arthur's offensive and defensive battles, Dashanyan looked silently at the looming "Yuriev" hidden in the mist.

On the left and right of Oyama Iwa are the commander of the Japanese First Army, Kuroki Moraki, and the commander of the Third Army, Gentaro Kodama.

Fengtian is still in fierce fighting. Second Army Commander Aobao Gong led his troops to defend Fengtian to buy more time for Dashanyan to evacuate.

Can be withdrawn——

Where to withdraw?

The entire territory of Goryeo, except for a small part of Busan, has been captured by the Kwantung Russian army. The Goryeo army is currently gearing up on the banks of the Amur River, ready to enter the Kwantung region to fight at any time.

Although Fortress Arthur is still in the hands of the Japanese army, outside the port is "Yuriyev". Not only Japanese ships, but also British ships are prohibited from entering and exiting, and there is no way to escape from Dashanyan.

"You can reach Weihaiwei via the Qing Empire, board a ship from Weihaiwei and return to the mainland——"

Kodama Gentaro has many evil ideas, so the feasibility of this plan is indeed relatively high.

But there is a problem here.

Since the position of the Qing Empire was neutral, according to principle, neither the Russian army nor the Japanese army could enter the Qing Empire. Therefore, if Dashanyan wanted to escape back to Japan through Weihaiwei, he would have to disguise himself.

Dashanyan remained silent. He would rather die fighting in Kanto than run away in disguise.

"The combat effectiveness of the Goryeo army is far weaker than that of Russia. If we-"

Kuroki Weizhen hopes to return to Japan through Goryeo.

This plan is also unfeasible.

The combat effectiveness of the Goryeo army is indeed relatively weak.

But in Goryeo, there were not only the Goryeo army, but also the Goryeo Russian army.

Not only the Sanjing ship in Busan was sunk, but almost all moving ships and even small sampans were sunk by the Siberian fleet. If the Kanto Japanese army wanted to return to Japan through Goryeo, they would probably have to lie on the door panel and swim back.

"Gentlemen, our plan for now is to fight to the death. There is no other way."

Dashanyan decided to defend Liaodong.

The Russo-Japanese War - it is no longer called the Russo-Japanese War, it should be called the Russo-Japanese War.

The direction of the Japan-Afghan War was completely different from what Japan expected.

The Japanese army in Kwantung failed to defeat the Russian army in Kwantung as planned. Once the Japanese army's sneak attack was ineffective, everything would be lost.

The Japanese army in Goryeo was retreating steadily, and Yangkov failed to capture all of Goryeo before Christmas, so he wanted to kill all the Japanese troops in Goryeo to avenge his past humiliation.

If this is a shame, Dashanyan wants it too!
Not only did the United Fleet fail to completely annihilate the Siberian Fleet, but it was counterattacked by the Siberian Fleet and lost control of the sea. This was the fundamental reason why the Japanese army was in a desperate situation.

Japan was unwilling to fail and took the initiative to contact European and American powers. On the one hand, it hoped to obtain more loans, and on the other hand, it released smoke bombs in the hope that European and American powers would intervene to mediate.

The Japanese know very well that what this battle determines is not the ownership of Kantung and Goryeo, but Japan's national destiny.

If it wins the war, Japan can become a great power.

If we can't win, Japan will still be a Japan that can barely survive by selling women's sex——

Not right either.

Although Japan was weak before, it could still survive through humiliation.

If this battle is lost, Grand Duke Yuriev will never let Japan go. At that time, I am afraid that he will not be able to survive or die.

The Japanese made good calculations, but the European and American powers were not stupid either.

War is not a game, and it takes time for national debt to turn into a warship.

To defeat the Russian Empire, Japan issued 19 billion yen of government bonds in Britain.

How much does it cost to defeat the Amur Military District?

The Pacific Fleet and the Second Fleet do not have all-heavy artillery battleships, so 19 billion yen is definitely not enough.

But it's not possible without borrowing. The sunk costs are too high. Once Japan loses the war, the investments made by European and American powers in Japan will be lost.

Therefore, although Japan's attempt to mediate is just a smokescreen, the European and American powers really want to cease the war.

Dashanyan can now only hope for mediation from the European and American powers.

Yankov was very angry. He hoped to capture Korea before Christmas as a gift for the New Year.

Unexpectedly, the Japanese army, which was in desperate situation, broke out with amazing fighting power. Every time the Korean army advanced, it was difficult, and both sides suffered heavy losses.

Nogi Nogi improved again, and the pig attack was upgraded to a meat bullet defense.

The most common tactic used by the Japanese army now is to tie explosives to the Koreans in Busan, force the Koreans to run in the direction of the Korean army, and then detonate the explosives after the Koreans approach the Korean army.

This hand was vicious.

The Korean army could not distinguish which Koreans had explosives on them and which ones did not, so they could only kill all the Koreans who appeared on the battlefield.

Min Yongyi therefore vowed to make Japan pay a hundred times a thousand times the price.

After the outbreak of the Japanese-Afghan War, the Korean and Russian troops officially joined the war, and the Korean people finally no longer had to suffer the torture of their conscience.

Busan is the largest port in Goryeo. When the Goryeo army fought in Busan, it was inevitable that they would be tied up and unable to let go.

For Russians, there is no such psychological barrier at all.

The character of the Russian people is that when the capital is about to fall, they would rather burn it down than give it up.

So what's the point of destroying Busan? Just rebuild it after the war. The Russians are very good at this. Moscow has been rebuilt several times.

On the 3rd, the Talisman Masters led by Vasily officially joined the battle.

The war lasted for nearly a month, and ruins were everywhere in Busan, and the entire city was reduced to rubble.

Fortunately it was winter and the body would not rot.

Otherwise Busan may have turned into hell.

It was not the Japanese army that prevented Fushi's armored fighting vehicles from entering Busan, but the ruins.

The streets of Busan were full of craters and ruins, and there were also explosives planted by the Japanese, making it dangerous for tanks to pass through.

Vasily simply ordered the engineers to blow up the houses, and the tanks passed over the houses, which was safer.

The private houses in Busan are similar to those in Japan, and most of them are wooden structures.

Vasily then set fire to force the Japanese troops out of the nook and cranny.

Min Yongyi regretted it endlessly. If he had known this was the case, he should have set the fire.

When the Goryeo army fought against the Japanese army, the battle was fierce and every step forward had to pay a heavy price.

Talisman Master fought this battle easily and happily.

The Russians are so good at chemistry that a trivial matter like making a Molotov cocktail can be easily done by the Talisman Soldiers without the help of academicians from the Academy of Sciences.

It only took one day for Master Fu to break through multiple Japanese defense lines and finally see the Busan branch of the Bank of Siberia.

"Blow it up!"

Vasily treated everyone equally, burning what should be burned and frying what should be fried.

Although the commander-in-chief of the Russian army in Goryeo was Yankov and Vasily was Duke Suvorov, they had a transcendent status. There was no need to ask Yankov for permission to blow up a house.

Then blow it up.

Nogi is in the basement of the Busan branch.

If you like basements so much, stay in them forever.

(End of this chapter)