Chapter 187 A Completely Different War

The time came to May 1904.

The issuance of the new currency was very successful. Although it was only more than a week, more than two million pounds of new currency, that is, Australian dollars, had been circulated.

This currency issuance was uniformly issued nationwide. People could freely choose their own salary payment method. Both the pound and the Australian dollar became one of the payment methods recognized by the Federation.

In Australia, many people have chosen to receive their salaries in Australian dollars.

They have great trust in the current government and Arthur, and naturally agree with the new currency issued by the royal family.

Even many collectors have emerged in the Australian folk. They firmly believe that the limited number of commemorative coins may have collection value in the future, which is not available in the current pound.

According to the news from the royal banks in various parts of the Federation, about one million Australian dollars, 13 million shillings and 42 million pence have been exchanged, and half of them are currently in circulation on the market.

This is good news for the Federation of Australia and New Zealand and Arthur.

The Federation has initially been able to break away from the economic control of the British Empire and has its own new currency.

For Arthur and the royal family, these currencies are issued by the Royal Bank, which also means that the current financial power of the country is in the hands of the royal family, which is an important means to consolidate the royal power.

Financial power, military power and public opinion are all in the hands of Arthur. As long as Arthur is in office, it is impossible for forces and individuals with the right to challenge the royal family to emerge in the Federation.

Compared with Australia's political stability and harmony, the war in the Far East is much more tragic than in history.

Because of Arthur's disguised intervention, the weapons and equipment of both sides in this war are much more advanced, including artillery and heavy machine guns that can cause large-scale casualties. The Russian Empire and the island country are equipped with more.

Since the last Battle of Port Arthur, the island country has restored a brief tranquility in the navy.

Lieutenant General Makarov maintained his own plan, and occasionally saw warships departing from the Port of Port Arthur to carry out some secret missions.

The quietness on the ocean also represents the cruelty on land.

Since the first army of the island nation landed in Jinnanpu, Korea on March 21, 1904, the army of the island nation has not taken much action.

Most of the reasons for this are that the army of the island nation is waiting for the navy to take action. Only when the navy gains an advantage and uses the navy's powerful naval guns can it threaten the fortress of Lushun Port.

But the development of things exceeded the expectations of the island nation. The naval battle did not win, and even in terms of the naval battle, the island nation failed.

But the war on land cannot be stopped. Maintaining such an army size is a huge consumption for both sides.

In mid-April, the first army of the island nation successfully arrived in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula.

The East Manchurian Detachment of the Tsarist Russian Empire was responsible for defense on the other side, and the commander was Zasulich.

The first army of the island nation has a size of about 30,000 people, and the East Manchurian Detachment has nearly 20,000 people.

In terms of simple offensive and defensive advantages, it seems that the Tsarist Russian Empire has the advantage. But after Zasulich, the garrison commander of the Tsarist Russian Empire, arrived at the position, there was no action for a month and a half. He did not strengthen the fortifications, and scattered the army on the front battlefield, without any measures to deal with the enemy.

The only defensive fortification was just a long trench, without even a little camouflage.

Among them, the reserve troops, which accounted for about half of the number, were even stationed ten kilometers away, and the artillery positions were completely exposed to the enemy.

Let alone how such a "talent" could ascend to such a high position as the commander of the Mandong Detachment and the lieutenant general of the Russian Empire, for the island country's army, this was simply a gift.

After more than ten days of preparation, the island country launched an attack, trying to go around the enemy's left wing and surround the 20,000 troops in front of it.

On the second day, the two sides fought fiercely in the nearby area, and the Russian Empire used artillery and counterattacks to resist the island country's attack.

However, because the island country had an advantage in manpower, and the Russian Empire's defensive positions were too simple, and the artillery positions had been exposed long ago, the island country's artillery suppressed the Russian artillery, and the islanders successfully attacked the positions on the same day.

Russian commander Zasulich was afraid of being surrounded, so he quickly ordered a retreat to the rear.

But when the East Siberian 11th Infantry Regiment retreated, it was already deeply surrounded by the island country's army. After several attempts to break out, it still failed and was eventually wiped out.

However, this infantry regiment was not without any results. Although it was not equipped with artillery from Australia, it was lucky enough to be assigned two heavy machine guns.

After trying to break out without success, the East Siberian 11th Infantry Regiment decisively chose to defend, and finally exchanged more than 6,000 casualties of the island country's army at the cost of annihilation.

This was the first trading war between the Russian Empire and the island country on land, and it eventually resulted in a great defeat of the Russian Empire and a tragic victory for the island country.

Only more than 12,000 people of the 20,000-strong East Manchurian Detachment led by Gasulich successfully retreated.

The island country's first army of 30,000 people lost more than 5,000 people in this offensive war, and more than 6,000 casualties when encircling and suppressing the Russian East Siberian 11th Infantry Regiment, and the number of combatants dropped sharply to 18,000.

But at the strategic level, the ultimate beneficiary of this war is still the island country. Zasulich's retreat directly opened the eastern gate of the Far East to the island country.

After a short rest, the First Army of the island nation immediately advanced to the Far East inland.

At the same time, in early May.

The Second Army of the island nation, with a force of about 40,000, also set out to land at Piziwo, Liaodong Peninsula, attempting to capture the Port of Lushun from north to south.

The reason why the island nation attaches so much importance to the Port of Lushun is that the geographical location of the Port of Lushun is very important.

As long as the Russian Empire continues to control the Port of Lushun, the Pacific Fleet can threaten the sea transportation lines of the island nation's troops that have landed at any time.

Even if the Pacific Fleet goes all out, it is possible to completely cut off the logistics transportation lines of the island nation's mainland and the landing troops.

What else can an army without logistics do? In addition to mutiny, there is only being captured and starved to death.

The defense force in the area north of the Port of Lushun is the Fourth Infantry Division of the Russian Empire, commanded by General Fock.

The Fourth Infantry Division has a total of 18,000 people, with more than 150 artillery pieces and 20 heavy machine guns.

Because General Makarov also knew the importance of Port Arthur, at the suggestion of General Makarov, the Governor-General of the Far East, Alexeev, handed over part of the equipment purchased from Australia to the Fourth Infantry Division.

This also led to the current luxurious equipment of the Fourth Infantry Division. All personnel were uniformly equipped with German-made Gew98 rifles, and there were more than twenty CA-1 machine guns and fifteen 105mm howitzers and other artillery.

In mid-May, the Second Army of the Island Country and the Fourth Infantry Division of Russia met smoothly and quickly engaged in battle.

Whether it was artillery or the number of people, the Second Army of the Island Country had sufficient advantages.

General Okubo Gong also thought so. As the commander of the Second Army, he seemed to have seen the opportunity to attack Port Arthur, so he ordered all four divisions to press forward in an attempt to quickly resolve the defense forces in the north of Port Arthur.

When the battle just started, the artillery of the island country suppressed the artillery of the Russian Empire very smoothly.

The island nation's army also approached the 4th Infantry Division very smoothly. Soldiers on both sides could even see each other's hideous faces and hair mixed with gunpowder and dust.

"Fire with all your strength!"

With General Fock's order, the artillery from Australia opened fire smoothly. Under the leadership of the CA-1 machine gun, the Russian artillery regained the advantage. The continuous explosion of shells in the island nation's troops caused heavy casualties among the island nation's people.

"Baga! Where did these Russians get so many artillery? With such dense firepower coverage, there must be at least thousands of them." A little further away from the battlefield, General Okubo looked at the artillery fire that kept exploding on the battlefield with a look of horror, and asked in confusion.

Unfortunately, no one could answer his question. All the islanders had never seen such dense artillery fire, and no one even thought of letting the army retreat quickly.

In fact, this is normal. The current fully automatic technology is basically only used for firearms, and machine guns are the best embodiment of fully automatic technology.

At present, only France and Australia have mastered the technology of automatic artillery, and the most is Germany.

But France is an ally of the Russian Empire, and Germany also supports the expansion of the Russian Empire in the Far East. Needless to say, Australia will not export its own weapons without Arthur's order.

At present, there is no automatic artillery option in Germany's public arsenal, and all the weapons imported by the island country are from the technology of the Krupp factory, 75mm and 105mm howitzers.

These artillery have a characteristic, that is, the firing speed is relatively slow. In one minute, the fastest can only fire less than ten shells.

But the firing speed of the CA-1 machine gun reached a terrifying sixty rounds per minute, which is equivalent to a difference of six or seven times.

It was precisely because of the crazy firepower bombardment from the CA-1 machine gun that General Obogong had the illusion that the Russian army on the opposite side had thousands of artillery.

By the time General Obogong reacted, it was too late. At that time, in order to quickly resolve the battle, the island army almost rushed forward, and they were very dense with each other.

This also made the CA-1 machine gun play a huge role. Although the relative power is not that great, each shell is enough to cause varying degrees of injury to the enemy within five meters.

Moreover, each round of CA-1 machine guns fires multiple shells, and many island soldiers have been hit by multiple shells before they even react.

The war ended with the sound of the Pacific Fleet's naval guns. Unlike the original history, the Pacific Fleet was still able to maintain a balance with the Combined Fleet, so the island army did not receive naval gun support, but the Russian army received naval gun support from the Pacific Fleet.

The main guns of warships are generally large artillery of more than 200 mm, especially those battleships that rely on firepower, the caliber of the guns can even reach a terrifying 300 mm.

Such large-caliber artillery is a punishment for infantry, and many people can only watch the black spots in front of them slowly, drowning themselves in a white smoke.

General Makarov has vented all the anger from the last naval battle this time. This time, two battleships were dispatched and more than one hundred naval gun shells were fired.

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