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After a brief conversation, Leo and Von. Deftaav departed, and he was to go at once to General Bilgellinger for the latest news, and if the plan of attack had not been communicated to the Commander-in-Chief, he would give the Russians some news of the occupation of Arthur a few days later, in order to facilitate the approval of the plan. Before leaving, he once asked Yang Rui to recruit more soldiers, whether they had completed the training or not, whether there were enough officers, and whether they were individuals who would be pulled over. According to the current situation of the Russians, because the railway was bombed, there was an extreme shortage of soldiers, as long as it was a person, they would pay for weapons - the treatment that Russia gave Yang Rui was still very high, with twenty-five rubles per person per month, which is more than ten taels of silver, of course, in the northeast, these rubles are not worth this price at all, and everyone is unwilling to accept rubles (Qiang Ti), so Yang Rui couldn't help but think that if he took all the rubles in the northeast and sent them to London to exchange huàn, it is estimated that he can earn a lot.

After Leo left, Yang Rui was thinking about Leo's suggestion, now there are more than 5,000 training soldiers, except for those who have enmity against the Russians on the Linjiang side, it is estimated that more than 3,000 people can be recruited, although these people have completed the training of recruits, but because there are not enough officers, they have not entered active duty, or pull them over first, and they will be logistics troops.

On the second day, when Yang Rui was transferring the last 3,000 recruits, Madlidov brought other news, and as soon as he entered the Temple of Literature, he said: "Dear Wang, it is really good news, our plan has been approved. ”

Yang Rui was not surprised by the approval of the plan, according to history, this battle was originally there, and in the midst of history, he also understood why there was only the Second Army in this battle, "Oh, this is really good news." Yang Rui said, "What about my troops?" Will it belong to the Second Army? ”

"Yes, Kuropatkin has agreed," Madrydov said with a happy face, as if he had seen Kuropatkin step down. "But that coward didn't add us new troops."

"No new troops?" Yang Ruiqi said, "The Second Army now has only two armies plus the Dembowsky detachment, which is only about 60,000. This... There are too few troops. Yang Rui wanted to say that according to history, it should be 100,000, why is it only 60,000 now, but fortunately he endured.

"Yes, conspirators are always playing tricks, though. Right now...... Dear King, you have been appointed commander of the Kwantung Independence Army in Russia. Congratulations! Madlidov said, smiling but unable to hide his dissatisfaction.

Accidentally changed from a brigade commander to a military commander, Yang Rui laughed, "You're not drunk, are you, Colonel?" Yang Rui's first reaction was that this guy was drunk again.

"Nope. It's true. Dear king, it is true, the appointment will come down tomorrow. Madlidov shook his head, proving that he was completely conscious, "the command did not know who came up with the idea, they said that since General Billy Gerlinger was so sure that the yellow race was also good soldiers, then the situation that the European troops could not reach. You and another unit will be merged into the Kwantung Independence Army, and this army will be placed under the command of the Second Army, and the Dembowsky detachment, which was originally part of the Second Army, will be transferred to the General Reserve. You know, the conspirators exchanged 24,000 yellow people for more than 15,000 Russian regular troops? Once again, the Second Army had been weakened, and last month he had replaced the Seventeenth Army, which had combat experience, with the new Eighth Army. ”

Yang Rui didn't care about the open and secret battle between Kuropagent and Billy Gellinger, and only asked: "Mr. Colonel, according to my report to the General Headquarters last time, I only have a division of 12,000 people at most (the Russian army's establishment. Two brigades and four regiments per division), according to the establishment of the Russian army, two divisions can be organized into one army, and where does the other division come from? ”

Seeing Yang Rui's surprise, Madlidov said, "They will transfer the Kwantung detachment, which was mainly in the rear to protect the railway line. But it proved difficult for them to accomplish this task, so Kuropagent prepared to send an additional regular army to the rear to protect the railway, and this force was then redeployed. ”

Kwantung detachment?! Yang Rui knows a little about the situation of this team, it is the opposite unit of the Japanese Manchurian Volunteer Army. The army was said to have numbered 20,000 men, all of whom were Chinese, and most of the officers were Russians, but they were bearded. It usually protects the railway line in the rear, but it didn't expect to be moved to the front this time.

"So when will this Kwantung detachment reach Mukden?" Yang Rui asked, "The battle will start immediately, and I also received a notice from the headquarters this morning that it is ready to be deployed." ”

"They're coming from Jilin, and you'll see them soon." When Madelidov spoke, he took out the second pot head in his arms and drank it again, then opened his mouth and spit out wine, "Wang, has there been any new appearance of your cavalry in the past few days, and has there been any change in the defense of the Japanese?" ”

The cavalry of the Russian army basically belonged to the cavalry corps of General Misichchenko, and this unit was under the direct jurisdiction of Kuropatkin, so the task of reconnoitering the Japanese army was basically completed by the cavalry battalion of the second brigade Xiang Xiang, many of whom were from Liaodong and were familiar with the ground near Mukden.

"As before, nothing has changed, each reconnaissance report has been handed over to the staff officer of the Second Army." Yang Rui said, "Are you worried that with this little force, you won't be able to crush the left flank of the Japanese? ”

"Yes, I'm very worried about this, you know, in addition to the full strength of the Eighth Army, the Tenth Army suffered a lot of losses in the last battle, and they now have less than 20,000 people, plus the Eighth Army only has about 43,000 people." Seeing that Yang Rui was staring at him, Madrydov added, "Of course, there are also 24,000 independent troops led by you, but I am very worried about the combat effectiveness of the Kwantung detachment, really, I think they are only suitable for dealing with the Japanese volunteers in the rear." ”

Yes, his 10,000 people still have combat effectiveness, after all, many of them are the elite of the first brigade, but I don't know what the situation of the newly added 10,000 people is, according to the previous intelligence, it is only said that it is basically bearded and farmers who fled from the famine, maybe the ability to fight alone is not bad for many people, but when it comes to coordination and tactics, it can only be blind. Yang Rui suddenly had an indescribable hatred for Kuro Padant, grandma, what is this, to do such a big thing to drag himself back, and then let himself drag the second army, what kind of person is this, no wonder Madlidov would call him a conspirator.

On the second day of Madlydov's arrival, Yang Rui received a letter of appointment from the Russian General Headquarters. He was appointed commander of the Kwantung Independence Army, Colonel Madlidov was appointed chief of staff of the army, the original Second Brigade of the Baath Army was appointed to the 1st Division of the Independence Army, and the Kwantung Detachment, which had not yet arrived, was appointed to the 2nd Division, which was planned to arrive on 28 January, but its actual arrival was two days later than scheduled. On the 3o day, Yang Rui saw his future subordinates. It is obvious that the reason why this unit can keep the queue neat is because of the command of the Russian ** officer, but once they arrived at the camping area, the team immediately dispersed. No matter how much the Russian officers shouted orders, it would be useless. Seeing this scene, Yang Rui was covered in a cold sweat on his back, this is really a pig-like teammate, and the refreshment of being a military commander suddenly flew away in the chaos of the second division.

Although the troops of the Second Division were scattered, the leaders of the troops were very understanding, and before the troops had settled down, the commander of the Second Division came to the headquarters to meet the commander.

I saw a tall Chinese dressed in a Russian military officer's uniform and an elderly Russian ** officer walking from the temple gate. When the tall Chinese saw Yang Rui, he knelt down on one knee in the Manchu Qing manner, and then shouted, "The lowly Zhang Zongchang has seen the big handsome, and the lowly position is deployed and controlled, this time it is late, and I ask the big marshal to forgive the sin." And the Russians who accompanied him just saluted.

Yang Rui was taken aback by his style, and then he was taken aback by this "big handsome", what is this. He had no choice but to salute the Russian ** officer and said, "The army is not happy to bow down, you should get up first." You... What do you say your name is? "I was so thundered by him just now that I didn't understand what his name was.

Seeing that Yang Rui had no intention of punishing the crime, he said again, "Zhang Zongchang, a person from Ye County, Shandong. ”

Hear his name again. Yang Rui let out a long "oh...", he finally remembered who Zhang Zongchang was, although it was a little strange how he could meet here, but this kind of thing couldn't be asked. I had to let him get up and sit down again, and after being polite, I asked Zhang Zongchang to introduce the specific situation of the Second Division.

"Report to the marshal," Zhang Zongchang also seemed to have received some military education, after learning that Yang Rui was not a Manchu school at all, he acted according to the Russian army, he stood straight like a schoolboy who memorized texts, looked ahead and said loudly, "The second division has a total of 12,000 soldiers and 537 people, but on the way to the march, due to injuries and illnesses, more than 1,00......0 people were reduced, and there are 10,000 soldiers" I don't know if it is a count or there is no exact number, Zhang Zongchang suddenly stopped when he came here, and saw Yang Rui looking at himself, I was in a hurry and knew what to say, so I just said, "Subordinate...... The subordinates do not know how many people there are in the second division now. ”

Yang Rui couldn't help laughing when he heard what he said, this Zhang Zongchang was said to be a "general who doesn't know three things" in later generations, and now he already has such a habit, but he immediately felt that this was too lazy, so he pretended to drink tea and covered his face with his hands. After calming down, Yang Rui said, "You sit down." To know is to know, not to know is not to know, not to know is better than to know, tomorrow I will ask the chief of staff to take someone to verify the situation of the second division. And I wonder, how long were the soldiers of the 2nd Division trained? Are there artillery, machine-gun units, how many mules and horses are there in logistics? ”

Yang Rui's question was more profound than the number of the whole division, Zhang Zongchang didn't know anything about it, and only said, "The second division under the command has no artillery, so train a few...... Month, I ...... "I can't answer on my own, he immediately said it to the Russian ** officer next to him in Russian, and then I saw that the Russian ** officer spoke a bunch of Russian, and he immediately translated, "The second division has only received ten days of shooting training and queue training, and the others are gone, and there are more than 2,000 logistics mules and horses." As for the artillery machine guns, all the time there was none. "What Zhang Zongchang said is from Lieutenant Colonel Fedorovsky, chief of staff of the Second Division, who is a retired officer of the Russian army, and this time he is rehired.

I knew that the situation of the second division was very bad, but I didn't expect it to be so bad at the front, and it is estimated that the Russians did not intend to let him do anything, but just taught them to shoot a few bullets and march in line. Yang Rui asked again: "Then how many people in this team are born with beards?" ”

There is no need to ask the chief of staff this question, Zhang Zongchang said, "Dashuai, there are more than 2,000 beards in it, and the others are all ordinary people who have broken through the eastern part of the country." When I heard that the recruits were paid, they all came. ”

No wonder this boneless look, Yang Rui knew it in his heart, it seemed that this second division could only be used as a logistics unit of the logistics unit, and he didn't speak again, and he beat Zhang Zongchang and the two away after a while.

After Zhang Zongchang left. Yang Rui brought Lei Yizhen over, "You take some people to the second division tomorrow to find out how this team is, the number, skills, morale, non-commissioned officers, officers, discipline, etc. must be inspected." ”

The day before the Spring Festival, Yang Rui received a formal transfer order, and the General Headquarters ordered that from February 6, the independent army under his command would be under the command of the Second Army. The required materials and ammunition will also be fully replenished in the near future, and the war is about to start, Yang Rui has completely given up on the second division, and through a few days of investigation, he has fully understood that this team is the one that Kuropatkin used to pit Billy Gerlinger. General Nabili Gellinger, with only fifty-five thousand men. How do you land a right hook?

On the day of the Spring Festival, several groups of people came to pay New Year greetings, one was that Zhang Zongchang brought a lot of gifts here, if it were not for the strict discipline in the army, he estimated that he would have brought Sister Yao over as well, and the other was that the Russian General Staff ordered logistics to send some pigs and sheep over in accordance with the customs of the Chinese, and finally Colonel Madlidov, in order to establish good relations with the independent army. I got next month's military pay in advance. Yang Rui was thinking about the war behind him, and he was not interested in gifts, pigs, sheep, and money, so he called Leo and pulled him over to discuss the war arrangements.

"Now there are only three armies in the Second Army, how the hell are we arranged?" Leo won the trust of General Bili Gerlinger, and Yang Rui was not treated by the upper echelons of the Russian army at all because he was a yellow race, so he had to catch Leo and ask.

Leo pointed to the map on the left flank of the Japanese army and said, "The Second Army has more than three armies. Misichchenko's cavalry corps would also be transferred to the command of the Second Army, although it would not be reconstituted until the Japanese logistics line had been disrupted. This unit was already very tired from chasing the Japanese cavalry in the rear, and I guess that his attack on the rear of the Japanese army was not very effective. Cavalry lined up, and on the side of the 6th Army, His Excellency the Commander prepared to use the 10th Army, which had participated in the Battle of the Sand River, as a reserve. With experience in fighting against Japan, they can deal with some unexpected situations, and he will arrange it near Ertaizi to suppress the Japanese garrisons near Li Darentun and Hanshantai; As for the Eighth Army. It will be the main force of the offensive, and its breakthrough point is the Heigoutai at the confluence of the Hunhe River and the Leek River, as well as Shendanbao. ”

The layout of the Japanese army on the left flank is very similar to a parabola from east to west, the easternmost is the top is Li Darentun, a little lower to the west is Hanshantai, and then a little lower to the west is Shendanbao, and then the west is located in the position of half a waist is Heigoutai, and the last landing point is the area of the three-tip bubble, the head bubble, and the eight wastelands, so that a front of about ten kilometers protects the left wing of the Japanese army, it only has the first cavalry brigade of the Japanese army and some engineers and reserves, and these people add up to about 8,000 people. The three rivers of the Red River could strengthen the Japanese defenses, but as soon as winter came, these rivers froze.

Seeing that Leo didn't mention the Independence Army for a long time, Yang Rui was a little anxious, and asked: "How do we arrange it, is it also a reserve?" ”

Leo laughed, "You're in a hurry." In fact, Your Excellency the General also has an arrangement, he knows Kuropatkin's intentions, but he also wants to fight back against Kuropagent. According to the General's thinking, the most unreliable arrangement is in the farthest place, and you, no, it should be us," Leo corrected, "Our target is the Three-Tip Bubble, the Head Bubble, and the Badlands. ”

After Leo finished speaking, Yang Rui looked at the map a little stupidly, "How is this possible, are we the second to attack?" ”

"Yes, we're the second to go on the offensive." Leo affirmed, "Only after the Eighth Army occupies Heigoutai can we start the offensive, the specific arrangement is that the 14th Division of the Eighth Army will attack Heigoutai, the 15th Division will attack Shendanbao, and we will attack Sanjian Pao, Toupao, and Ba Huangdi to the south. ”

"This arrangement basically used the Eighth Army to the extreme, the Sanjianbao and other places we attacked were just to cover the right flank of the Eighth Army, 24,000 people plus 12,000 on our side, 35,000 or so Japanese troops against Shendanbao, Heigoutai, and Sanjianbao still have a chance of winning against the 4,000 or so Japanese troops in Shendanbao, Heigoutai, and Sanjianbao, but there is a premise that the pre-war preparations must be fast, and the capture must be fast, otherwise the battle will be lost immediately when the reinforcements from the diary come." Just talking about the layout of the Russian army, suddenly, Yang Rui asked again: "The Tenth Army suppressed the Japanese troops at the top of Li Datun and Hanshantai, the Eighth Army occupied Heigoutai and Shendanbao, we occupied the vicinity of Sanjianbao, the strength of the three armies was used, after the mouth was torn open, who broke in and stabbed the Japanese?" ”

Looking at Yang Rui with a smile, Leo expected Yang Rui to become a commander, since he was a commander, then what he was thinking about was the entire battle situation, he said with a smile, "Guess what? ”

Seeing Leo laughing, Yang Rui also laughed, and he said, "I know." Cavalry, Missichchenko's cavalry corps. ”

In winter, all the rivers in the Northeast Heath have frozen, and the more than 20,000 cavalry with artillery and machine guns under the command of Misichchenko is indeed a formidable force, invincible, and will destroy anything that stands in its way.