However, Yuki Otsu still takes the overall situation into consideration. Of course, this is not as strong as Japan's national strength now. It is still very powerful as imperialism. It is not too presumptuous to be old imperialist countries like Russia. In addition, no matter what, the Russians are still their own allies now, facing the enemy together. If the Russian army suffers too much casualties, it will not be a good thing for the coalition forces.

Moreover, after this attack, Yuki Otsuki also basically understood the enemy's strength. Honestly, although Yuki Otsuki did not underestimate the enemy, the enemy's firepower was far beyond Otsuki's expectations. Therefore, at this time, the coalition forces had to unite to deal with this powerful enemy.

So Yuki Otsu said, "Lt. Col. Mozgov, let your army retreat. This is not because the Russian army is not brave, but because we have all estimated the strength of the enemy. A strong attack can only increase our casualties. It is better to think of other ways."

In fact, Mozgov had long wanted to withdraw his troops, but he was too full just now and couldn't take them back. It was just that he was unable to get rid of the tiger. After hearing Otsu Yuki's words, he happened to take a ladder down the wall. While he was quickly ordered to withdraw his troops, he was still thinking. It seemed that the yellow-skinned monkey was still very clever and knew to give him a step. This also shows that they were still afraid of the powerful Russian Empire after all.

Originally, the Russian army attacking at this time could not hold on anymore. After hearing the order to retreat, they naturally couldn't get it and immediately retreated. However, when retreating, they had to come out of the bunker, so many Russian soldiers were shot on the way to retreat.

After all the Russian troops retreated, the losses were cleared, and the number of people killed reached 73, and the number of people injured was 56, which almost half of their troops was lost. The entire battle lasted less than twenty minutes. This was not only because the firepower of the landing troops was too strong, but also because the Russian army underestimated the enemy too much and did not arrange firepower suppression. No artillery support, or even using machine gun suppression.

Yuki Otsu was very surprised by the losses of the Russian army. He originally planned to build his own position fortifications first, and then launch an attack after resting for a night. In this way, even if the attack is unfavorable, there will be room for retreat. The coalition forces leaned against Dagukou and Tianjin, and controlled the sea control power and had the capital to fight a protracted war.

However, the Russian army has launched an attack and can be defeated. This battle is a bad blow to the morale of the coalition. If positioning and fortifications are built, tomorrow's attack will obviously be detrimental to the coalition. Therefore, we must return to another battle to boost morale again.

Of course, Yuki Otsu would not plan to send troops to attack again. He could see this clearly. If he sent the army of that country to fight, the result would not be stronger than the Russian army. This decision was because he had another ace in his hand - artillery.

The enemy's firepower was indeed fierce just now, but from the beginning to the end of the battle, the opponent was fighting with machine guns or rifles and did not use artillery. Therefore, Yuki Otsu believes that the enemy may not have artillery, or the number of artillery is very small.

This time, the coalition brought a total of fourteen artillery pieces, namely: two 87mm caliber Knubo guns, three 70mm caliber Knubo guns, and nine 47mm Haqikas rapid-fire guns.

Among them, the Hakikas rapid-fire gun is a caliber artillery. Although the firing rate is fast, the power and range of the shells are relatively small. They are generally equipped on warships and used to shoot targets on the deck of the enemy ships at close range when two ships are receiving ships. Because at this time, the navies of various countries still retain the angular tactics and the hop-up tactics. The Hakikas rapid-fire gun is created for this tactic. On the land battlefield, the Hakikas rapid-fire gun can only play a role in increasing firepower and cannot be used as artillery to support army operations. However, the 87mm caliber Knubo gun and the 70mm caliber Knubo gun are standard medium-caliber field guns. Although the number is not large, considering that the opponent may not have artillery, the coalition still has a great advantage in this regard, which is also the trump card for Otsu Yuki to turn the tables.

However, the ranges of these two types of artillery are different. The ranges of the 87mm caliber Knubo gun and the 70mm caliber Knubo gun are about 7,000 meters, while the 47mm Hakikas rapid-fire gun is only 4,000 meters. Therefore, Yukiki Otsu ordered two artillery positions to be set up separately, and five medium-caliber guns are arranged at the right rear of the coalition forces. Beside a wood, it is about 5,000 meters away from the position. This is the most ideal range distance for these two artillery; while the nine 47mm Hakikas rapid-fire guns are arranged in front of the position, about 3,000 meters away from the position, which is actually the use of the 47mm Hakikas rapid-fire gun as a large-caliber machine gun.

After Yuki Otsu, the soldiers of the coalition immediately drove mules and horses, pulled the artillery from the rear team to the set position, then drove the carriage from the donkey and horse back, and then pulled the donkey and horse back to the rear team to avoid being frightened. The artillery soldiers were busy fixing the artillery carriage, calibrating the distance, and also arranging the position of the artillery.

The arrangement of artillery positions is not to drag the cannon out and release it. In addition to artillery, there are also considerable places for shells. There are not too many shells on the artillery positions, but not too few. Because shells can be dangerous goods, once the artillery bombardment is fired, soldiers will inevitably be in a hurry. If they are busy and detonate the shells placed on the position, it will be miserable. In addition, the artillery positions will also be attacked by the opponent's artillery, and the shells may be hit by the opponent's artillery. If there are too few shells, it is not enough, which will also affect the war.

Moreover, shells placed on positions or outside positions must be placed in an orderly manner, which is not only convenient to use and ensure safety, but also to ensure safety, which is quite time-consuming and laborious. Although only five artillery pieces still take more than ten minutes to be arranged.

Of course, for the landing troops, more than ten minutes is enough.

Qiu Yahui has been staring at the coalition's artillery in the command center. Because the coalition's artillery was placed in the back team before, it exceeded the range of the pp89 100mm mortar assembled by the landing troops. When he saw the coalition pulling the artillery to the front, Qiu Yahui ordered the operator of the drone to calculate the distance data of the coalition's artillery position, and ordered the mortar to discharge and attack.

The mortar platoons of landing troops were actually drawn from battalion mortar companies and belonged to battalion-level support weapons. However, in modern countries, general battalion-level mortars are mainly 10mm caliber, because 10mm caliber mortars are more powerful, while platoon-company-level mortars are generally 8mm caliber. Such mortars are light in weight and are easy to carry by manpower. However, the People's Liberation Army is still a few troops that use 100mm caliber mortars as the main battalion-level support weapons, and only equipped with a small number of 10mm caliber mortars.

The reason is not complicated, because 10mm caliber mortars are all vehicle-mounted mortars. Before the fleet crossed, the PLA did not fully realize motorization. The 100mm caliber mortar is the limit of human power. In any case, 100mm caliber mortars are always stronger than 8mm caliber mortars. Therefore, in the PLA, only fully motorized troops are equipped with 10mm caliber mortars, while other unmotorized troops are only equipped with 100mm caliber mortars.

The landing force is a Marine Corps, not a motorized unit, so it is equipped with a pp89 100mm mortar. However, on the current battlefield, the 100mm mortar is just suitable. The distance between five and six thousand meters is exactly within the range of the 89 100mm mortar, and it can be carried by manpower, which is conducive to the transfer of the mortar troops. At this time, the mortar platoon had already been prepared. After Qiu Yahui gave the order, the soldiers immediately carried the mortar and arrived at the preset artillery position.

The arrangement of mortars is much simpler than ordinary artillery, and there are unmanned reconnaissance helicopters to provide accurate data. Therefore, it took only more than five minutes to set up the barrel of the three pp89 100mm mortars and adjust the fire control elements of the artillery.

Hearing that the three mortar squads reported that they were ready, Li Wenfei, the platoon leader of the mortar platoon, immediately ordered: "Open fire."

"Boom boom boom!"

The three mortars opened fire almost at the same time, and a dazzling spark flashed from the muzzle, and then a faint smoke emerged.

Near the artillery position of the coalition forces, three explosions immediately sounded in succession, and one shell fell into the woods, breaking several big trees; one shell fell about forty meters in front of the position; and another shell fell about ten meters to the left front of the artillery position. Although the nearby soldiers felt the strong impact, they were not in the position after all, and the five medium-caliber artillery guns were equipped with steel artillery shields to block most of the shrapnel and stones, so the artillery and artillery did not suffer any losses, and only a few soldiers were injured by the fired stones.

Because these five medium-caliber artillery are all from Japanese troops, the entire artillery position is Japanese soldiers. However, there are not many Japanese troops stationed at Dagukou, with only 500 people in total. There is no special artillery system. Even the artillery commander is Otsu Yuki. However, Otsu Yuki is an artillery department in the military academy and also studied artillery when he was studying in Germany. It is considered a professional counterpart, not an outsider commander.

Although the Japanese soldiers were not injured, the result of the shelling shocked Yuki Otsu. Unexpectedly, the other party also had artillery, and it accurately hit the vicinity of the artillery position. But what puzzled Yuki Otsu was that his artillery position was set up was relatively hidden and the enemy could not see it. So was the coincidence of these three shells or the enemy's purposeful artillery bombardment?

If it is a coincidence, but three shells all fell near the artillery position, it would be a coincidence; and if the opponent is aimed at the shelling, how does the enemy aim? Is the enemy really a clairvoyant?
Chapter completed!