69novels Chapter 413
Chapter 413
“This backstab by the Mao Bear is really great!”
Berlin, Hans capital.
In response to the Mao Bear’s stabbing in the back, the people of Hans were watching with the mentality of watching the fun and not minding the big trouble!
“The location of Kuye Island is quite important. It is not far from the North Sea Island of Jiaoben. If the Russians have a navy, they can land on the mainland of Jiaoben in two hours!”
Kuye Island is an area controlled by Jiaoben after the Russo-Japanese War, but Jiaoben did not completely control it. It only obtained half of the island, that is, the half of the island near the North Sea Island in the south.
For Jiaoben, it is better to control the entire Kuye Island. If it is not possible, controlling the south and preventing the enemy from using Kuye Island in the south to attack their own mainland is almost their bottom line.
At this time, the Russians attacked Jiaoben unexpectedly and took away their half of Kuye Island. This is equivalent to hanging a sword over Jiaoben’s head, which may be cut down at any time!
“I’m curious, how will the Foot Basin people react?”
Mainz said with interest, will the Foot Basin people fight back?
If the Foot Basin people fight back, will the Russian bear continue to send more troops?
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When the news reached Jiaoben, Jiaoben was in an uproar. They didn’t expect the Mao Bears to actually take action!
Moreover, it was difficult for them to give a strong response when the Mao Bears took action against them at this time – the Jiaoben people had no army!
“What should we do? Everyone, how do you think we should deal with this matter?”
Because Taisho Tianhuang was ill, Prime Minister Jiaoben did not dare to inform his own Tianhuang about this matter, for fear that Tianhuang would be angry after hearing the news and something unexpected would happen, which would be a big problem!
But even if they did not inform Tianhuang, they had to deal with this matter immediately, otherwise, once the news spread, the surging fishing boats and public opinion in the entire Jiaoben country would overwhelm them!
“We must give the Russian bear a strong response and make them pay for what they have done!”
The military’s attitude is very tough. The other side has bullied them to their doorstep. Naturally, they can’t give in at this time. If they give in, the other side will definitely make further demands. By then, they may not only lose Kuye Island, but they may even lose the Beihai Island in the south!
“The Mao Bears have no navy, so our attack on the Celestial Empire’s navy will be useless, so let the navy take back Kuye Island!”
During this period, the Celestial Empire’s battles have always been carried out by the army. Because the situation on the front line was unfavorable, the army was often ridiculed by the navy.
So at this time, the army wanted to push the navy forward, so that the navy would not watch the show from behind and laugh at them!
The army’s calculations were quite good. After all, there was a sea between Kuye Island and the mainland of Jiaoben, so the navy had to be dispatched anyway. If the navy did not perform well in this battle, then they could turn around and laugh at the navy!
“Let the Combined Fleet cover the Second Division to go north to reclaim Kuye Island!”
Prime Minister Jiaoben quickly made a decision. Both the navy and the army were indispensable to reclaim the island.
“Prime Minister, if the Second Division goes north, we won’t have many troops in our country. Is this really okay?”
There are only 17 Type A divisions in the Foot Basin.
Nine Type A divisions have been sent to the Celestial Empire to fight.
Together with the troops stationed in overseas colonies, there are only four divisions in the mainland.
Not long ago, when Zhang Zuolin led the main force of the Northeast Army back to the Northeast and the situation on the front line was critical, the Foot Basin had already withdrawn two divisions to join the battle.
At this time, there are only two divisions left in the mainland!
If the Second Division is transferred, there will only be one division left in the Foot Basin. Isn’t this too arrogant?
“What are you afraid of? This is our homeland, is there anyone who can break in?”
If we don’t send troops at this time, once the Mao Bears build a large number of fortresses on the island, it will cost them a lot more to capture Kuye Island in the future, so we must cut the Gordian knot and take back the land they have lost before the other side has completely digested the land they have occupied!
“This time, after the Second Division goes north, we must not only take back the Kuye Island in the south, which belongs to us, but also occupy the Kuye Island in the north. In this way, we can bypass the defense line of the Celestial Empire from the north and attack them from behind!”
The Minister of the Army had a beautiful idea in his mind. After taking Kuye Island, he would attack from the north to the south from the Far East, and attack the rear of the Celestial Empire unexpectedly, making the Celestial Empire exhausted. If they did not defend, the Japanese army could move south unimpeded, and their losses would only be greater!
The plan of the foot basin was very good, but the plan could not keep up with the changes. When they sent troops to Kuye Island, they were immediately dumbfounded!
“How many troops do the Mao bears have on the island?”
The joint fleet ran around the south of Kuye Island for a long time, but they didn’t find a few places suitable for landing. It’s not that there are no landing sites with open terrain, but because there are almost Mao bear troops stationed on these landing sites!
If they force a landing, they will have to land armed under the firepower of the enemy on the shore!
Whether in this era or in the future, it is a very dangerous thing to land armed under the enemy’s blockade. The process of soldiers getting off the ship at sea and then advancing inland from the beach is very dangerous!
A large number of dense personnel and equipment crowded on the landing site are simply living targets for the enemy. The enemy only needs to bombard the beach fiercely, and their casualties will be very huge!
Therefore, when the armies of various countries are landing, they will choose places where the enemy’s defense is relatively weak, preferably places without defense at all.
As long as the troops can land smoothly, establish a relatively stable beachhead position and expand the defense depth inland, so that the enemy’s artillery fire cannot attack their own landing troops on the beach, then they can be considered temporarily safe.
But now, the foot basin does not have such conditions at all!
The opponent’s defense is very tight, and it doesn’t give any chance at all!
“We can’t return empty-handed, right? Now that we’re here, let’s land armed!”
The Combined Fleet was preparing for war very easily, but the army idiots were quite unhappy!
The enemy had no navy at all, so what the Foot Basin Navy needed to do was very simple. They only had to hide far away in the sea and fire at the enemy on the shore. As long as they didn’t enter the range of the enemy’s shore artillery, they would not be in any danger.
The army was different. They had to brave the enemy’s artillery fire and hail of bullets to attack the enemy who was waiting on the beach!
The tasks undertaken by the two sides were completely different, and the dangers were also very different. As a result, the army’s dissatisfaction increased! However, no matter how dissatisfied they were, they still didn’t dare to disobey orders. The attack on Kuye Island was not only an order from the Army Headquarters, but also an order issued by Prime Minister Foot Basin himself. So even though they knew they would have to pay a huge price, the Second Division could only grit their teeth!
So, the Combined Fleet began to choose a place where the Russian bear’s defense seemed a little weaker and started bombing!
“”Damn it, these turtle sons finally started to attack. I thought they were going to keep going around in circles!”
On the shore, the Mao Xiong people who had been waiting for a long time were happy to see the Japanese navy opening fire on them.
The Japanese army had a navy, but Mao Xiong did not, so the initiative to start a war was completely in the hands of the Japanese army. They could start a war whenever and wherever they wanted, and Mao Xiong could only passively accept it.
Kuye Island has a large area and a very long coastline, so the Japanese army could choose any beach on Kuye Island to launch a landing, which put a lot of pressure on the Mao Xiong defenders on the island!
However, Mao Xiong deployed a lot of troops on the island, which allowed them to share the task of defense. Each army was responsible for an area. They didn’t need to run around before the battle started. Only after the foot basin people really launched a landing battle, they needed to rush to the place where the battle broke out to support their friendly forces.
Because the foot basin people had not decided where to land, the Mao Xiong army on the island was worried for several days. At this time, the other side finally decided to attack, and they finally felt relieved!