Mackensen had been in the General Staff and had been the commander of a Death Cavalry Regiment for the first two years. He had experience in the staff and commanded cavalry, so it was normal for Lieutenant Colonel Mackensen to have this idea, but unfortunately, this was the Bavarian army, and Mackensen's rights and ideas in the Prussian army were of no use at all. Observation Mission, Observation Mission. Just take a good look, what are you doing with nothing to point fingers for?

Just when the two of them couldn't hold each other and saw that a verbal cannon battle was about to happen, the slight cannon sound from outside the camp tent made the two of them suddenly vigilant! "And that's what begins?" Schmidt was a little nervous in his heart, but also a little excited about the battle! For the first time in decades, the German Army will fight under its own command!

"Herald, immediately order the troops to prepare for battle! Send a reconnaissance force to find out the enemy's direction! At the same time inform the Russian cavalry and let them cover our flanks! Schmidt ordered.

"I'm going to organize the reserves." Mackensen also knew that now was not the time for a dispute, even if he was a lieutenant colonel and the other party was a major on the battlefield, the commander of the army was more important than everything, and he cooperated with him to prepare for war.

At this time, the 2,500 members of the Blue Legion and the 1,500 Russian troops attached to it were in Jiuliancheng behind Hushan. Originally, according to Schmidt's idea, he was used as a general reserve to quickly replenish after a hole appeared on the front line, but judging from the military newspaper of the Qing State, Hushan is still in a stalemate at present, at least with Schmidt's language and writing ability, it is not a problem to support it for one night, right?

Coupled with the problem of liaison and command between the Germans, the Russian army and the Qing army, Schmidt did not rush to Hushan to fight at the first time. Instead, while preparing for battle, he waited for Nie Shicheng's 10 infantry battalions and 1 cavalry battalion of about 5,500 people to arrive, and these troops mainly cooperated with the Russian army to hold the flanks and carry supplies.

However, Schmidt still underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, or rather overestimated the combat effectiveness of the Qing army. The Hushan defense line was broken in one day, as in history! And the commander of the 3rd Division, Katsura Taro, has already led his troops to kill the Yalu River! Well, it's a bit too much to say that it was broken in one day, to be precise, if the Qing army found out that the Japanese army crossed the river and the Qing army was defeated, it only took 5 hours in total!

"This combat power seems to be really miserable!" Standing at the head of Jiulian City, Schmidt could see piles of bonfires in the direction of Tiger Mountain. Most of Japan is wading through water, so it is natural to dry clothes after crossing the river, and at night, the spectacular sight of tens of thousands of people lighting a fire to bake clothes can even be seen in the Kulian Castle! From this formation, Schmidt knew that quite a few troops of the First Army on the opposite side seemed to have come over!

"Major, there seems to be something wrong with the Qing army!" God seems to think that the Germans are not in enough trouble, and at this time, Liu Shengxiu's troops stationed next to Jiulian City are actually preparing to flash! Historically, this guy just ran away without a fight, and this plane is still like this!

"Nie! Together, we have more than 10,000 people! And the number of Japan on the other side will not be more than ours, and we are defending the city. Protect our flanks and rear roads, you don't have to worry about the rest, this is a very good place to defend, if we can't hold it, then we won't be able to find a more suitable battlefield! Schmidt said to Nie Shicheng, who came over.

"I will arrange a special artillery unit to support you, but if you want to leave, then the consequences will be very serious, I need you to suppress Liu Shengxiu's troops now, his troops are already very unstable!" Schmidt thought about it and still thought that it would be better for Nie Shicheng to deal with the internal affairs of the Qing Kingdom.

"Do your best! If the friendly army does not go, I will not go! Liu Shengxiu's departure without a fight made Nie Shicheng feel ashamed, so he could only say that he and Schmidt would live and die together! As for Liu Shengxiu, it depends on the situation!

From Nie Shicheng's point of view, although the German army in front of him is a mercenary army that takes money to do things, it is definitely much more dedicated than the army of the Qing Dynasty, look at other people's equipment! A force of 2,500 people has enough weapons to equip at least 8,000 Qing troops, and the quality is very high, as for how Nie Shicheng can see it, at least every Bavarian soldier has an engineer shovel on his body, and when he arrives at a position, it will not take a few hours to dig out a trench system that extends in all directions with a shovel!

In short, in Nie Shicheng's opinion, this army is full of weirdness, although it doesn't understand very well, but it feels amazing!

"I will personally lead an artillery battery to support Your Excellency's troops." Mackensen was not ambiguous at this time, and immediately expressed his willingness to provide fire support for Nie Shicheng. ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER OF 75MM RAPID-FIRE GUNS IN THE BLUE ARMY IS ONLY 6, IN THE STRONGHOLD OF JIULIAN CITY, THERE ARE ACTUALLY SOME STOCK ARTILLERY GUNS, WHICH IS WHY SCHMIDT DOESN'T WANT TO LEAVE WITHOUT A FIGHT, BECAUSE SOME GUNS CAN'T BE TAKEN AWAY AT ALL, SO THEY CAN'T BE SMASHED, RIGHT?

"Contact Lieutenant Colonel Kontrachenko again, I need him to send at least one more regiment of Russian troops to support us in the fight." Now Schmidt is very distrustful of the combat effectiveness of the Qing army! Now it seems that Hushan's performance is quite good, at least for a few hours, and the pig teammates next to him don't even dare to fight!

At this time, while Major Schmidt was preparing for battle and suppressing friendly troops who might flee without a fight, Yamaguchi Aritomo's First Army had already been deployed near Tiger Mountain, with Katsura Taro's 3rd Division as the right flank, the Sakami Brigade as the middle lane, and the Oshima Yoshimasa Brigade (9th Brigade) as the left flank, attacking in the direction of Jiulian City at 5 a.m., and if nothing else, they would launch an attack on Jiulian City before 10 a.m.!

"It is said that there were Germans and Russians in Jiulian City who helped the Qing army. We must not be careless this time. The troops must show 12 points of vigilance to deal with possible surprises. The Navy suffered a great loss at the hands of the Germans, and our army cannot afford to repeat the mistakes of the past. Youpeng of Shan County emphasized at the military meeting that night.

"The German army has less than 3,000 people, and lacks heavy firepower, their formation is based on divisions to form an independent combat unit, and now it seems that their strength is far from enough, so the combat effectiveness may not be strong, and it is said that the main force of this German army is not a regular German army, but just a certain king's private soldiers!" Katsura Taro said with some disapproval.

It can't be said that this buddy's words are completely wrong, Viscount Schmidt's blue army is indeed the king's private army. But the entire German army was the king's! And although it has the brand of the Bavarian X Army, it is the average German army in terms of organization and equipment in history! If you want to talk about this plane, it is a stronger existence than the ordinary German army!

"The point is the Russians! They have a large number of cavalry, they have the advantage of mobility, and we must strengthen the flank defenses. "Yoshimasa Oshima's thoughts are similar to those of Katsura Taro, what happened to the German army? No matter how powerful and small the number is, the Russians, known as the steamrollers of Europe, seem to him to be even more difficult to deal with.

"Okay, no matter what, we must take Jiulian City tomorrow!" Youpeng in Shanxian is in a good mood today, and he sees that his subordinates are full of confidence, so he won't say much. I'm just waiting to enter Jiulian City tomorrow!

Thanks to the book friend SK wolf smoke everywhere, orcatiger's reward~~~, the collection only rose by 20 yesterday. The author-kun is already speechless-!