Chapter Seventy-One: Arrangement
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He and Zheng Lanting drank until midnight, and then Yang Rui was carried back by the orderlies. After this meal, Zheng Lanting's gang no longer had any nagging, and the next day they went directly to Fengtian to reconnoiter the enemy with the cavalry battalion commander Xiang Xiang. Everyone understands that the big boss cares about himself, although he is now helping the big nose, but the small nose is also a small nose, anyway, the Oriental small nose is not a good thing, so it's good to sprinkle anger on their heads.
Leo and Xiang Xiang and Zheng Lanting's cavalry have been gone like this for more than a month, and it will be Laba when he returns. Seeing Leo come back, Yang Rui looked happy, and after accompanying him to the war room, he asked, "What is the situation on the Russian side, and when will their attack start?" How are we going to arrange it? β
Faced with Yang Rui's series of questions, Leo smiled, "It's all good news!" Yang, don't worry, most of our requests have been agreed. "We will be organized into a brigade under a new mixed army of the Russian Second Army." β
"A new mixed army?" Yang Rui didn't know why, in the historical records, he only had an impression of the Battle of Heigoutai of the Russian First Army, the Eighth Army, the Tenth Army and Missichchenko's cavalry army, as for the origin of this mixed army, and what it did in this war.
After the Battle of Shahe, the Second Army now has jurisdiction over the 10th and 17th armies, with only more than 70 battalions, 56 artillery batteries, and more than 220 artillery pieces, with a total number of about 60,000 people, and its strength is relatively weak among the three armies. General Billy Gerlinger was trying to increase the strength of the Second Army, but the commander-in-chief, Kuropatkin, did not allow it, citing the bombing of the Songhua River bridge in the rear and the inability of the reinforcements to arrive. Speaking of which, Leo asked, "Yang, did our people do it?" β
"Yes, it was the Liaoxi guerrillas who did it. Do not cut off the logistics of the Russian army. Then our importance cannot be reflected, and this is the only way to go to war. Yang Rui explained.
Ay! Leo sighed and said, "I understand, but if the Songhua River Bridge is bombed, then the support of the Russian army will be cut off, and now the winter is fine, and materials can be transported on the ice, but the bridge has not been repaired when the ice melts next year." Then the logistics of the Russian army will be completely cut off. β
Yang Rui had already estimated that there was no Songhua River Bridge before the bombing of the bridge, the logistics situation of the Russian army and the increase in the supply of troops, once the bridge was blown up, it would be very difficult to repair the bridge piers under the ice, even if the Russians could find enough workers, but it was below minus forty degrees. The construction is still extremely difficult.
Seeing that Leo felt a little sorry for the logistics line of the Russian army, Yang Rui said, "Leo, even if the railway bridge is not bombed, the defeat of the Russian army is inevitable." Did General Billy Gerlinger's plan be approved by the General Staff of the Russian Army? β
Seeing that Yang Rui asked the point, Leo looked dark and said, "No!" The problems within the Russian army are more serious. General Billy Gellinger wanted to launch an attack on the right flank and win the victory to squeeze out the commander-in-chief, Kuropagent. At present, the defense of the Japanese on the left flank is extremely weak, only the cavalry of the 1st Brigade of the Japanese Cavalry, as well as some infantry and engineering units, less than 10,000 people are stationed on the 10-kilometer defensive line, as long as our attack can be fast and resolute, it is extremely feasible to outflank the Japanese from the right flank. β
Seeing that Leo was caught in the war itself again, Yang Rui smiled again. "Leo, I dare to pack a ticket, once the Second Army attacks on the right flank, then the First Army on the left flank will not use any offensive to press the central and left flank fronts, and they will even order the Second Army to stop the offensive under the pretext that the Japanese are trying to attack the center and left flank, so that General Billy Gellinger will not be able to achieve any results. You told me before. Now the commander-in-chief and the commander of the group army are on guard against each other, fearing that the other side will win some victory, and I think this battle will be lost without fighting. β
Yang Rui finally understood why it was only the right-wing Second Army that moved the battle in history. The First Army on the left flank had no intention of fighting, and there was not even a symbolic feint, so it turned out that the Russian army was in disharmony. From this point of view, then General Billy Gerlinger needs his thousands of people very much, and the commander-in-chief of the Russian army, Kuropagent, just ordered the Second Army to stop the offensive, and there are no other damage moves, and the safety of his own people is still guaranteed - the implementation of the combat orders of the large corps is rigorous and rigid, as long as the commander is intentional, no one can pit.
"You're right." Leo also turned around, "It's just that I feel like it's a pity, a war that can be won but can't be won, and we are still on the losing side." β
"We are not on the side of the Russian army, we are only on our side, whether the victory of the Russian army or the victory of the Japanese army is not our honor. All we want is to hone our will. Yang Rui said, "What else did the Russians say? β
"They are very short of soldiers, there were too many losses in the last battle, and now they have more guns than men, maybe we can send more than just one brigade, if there are enough non-commissioned officers and officers, a whole division is completely feasible." Leo Tract.
"A whole division? More than 20,000 people? Yang Rui was surprised, "It's too much, this can't be done, it's not that there are not enough soldiers, but that there are not enough non-commissioned officers and officers." Now we have transferred a lot of officers from the old troops, the number of people in the first few batches of the military academy is too small, and there is not enough livestock for logistical needs, according to estimates, an infantry division needs more than 5,000 horses or mules, but we only have more than 3,000. β
Because of the small number of students, the shelves of the South African military academy were too small in the early days, and the first phase of 50 people was completely insufficient, although the number of graduates increased to more than 100 from the fifth period, but now there are only 300 officers in total, and the non-commissioned officers are now mainly trained by the night school with the army, although there are more than 600 people who have graduated, but only about half of the non-commissioned officers are really qualified and experienced. At present, the normal establishment of the Renaissance Army is a group of three, with three groups of 10 overtime leaders as a squad, four squads as a platoon, and four platoons as a company, and even above are all under the three-three system, and a full-strength division needs at least 360 officers, and non-commissioned officers need 300 if they are not squad leaders. By the end of December of the 4th year of the Gregorian calendar, the Revival Army had more than 18,600 soldiers (including recruits) and more than 5,000 trained soldiers. Although there are not many of them, they are already the limit of the current officers.
Leo also knew the actual situation of the Renaissance Army officers, and he asked, "Then how many can we send?" Does a brigade have it? β
Yang Rui calculated, nodded after a while, and said: "Well, almost, it will not exceed 10,000 people at most, which is the size of a large brigade." Why is that more anxious than General Gellinger? β
"Yes. He was very anxious after summarizing the Japanese army intelligence some time ago, but Kuropagent used the excuse to delay and not approve his plan, and the promised replenishment of troops was not fulfilled. Leo said, he beat his forehead with his hand, the affairs of the Russian army are really a headache.
Leo couldn't be sure, but Yang Rui was confident, and he said, "According to the news from Lushun." The 203rd Heights were lost. β
Hearing that Yang Rui suddenly said Lushun, Leo shouted, "Ah, when did it happen?" Didn't we discuss the defense before, and your people didn't tell the Russians this information? β
"It's useless to sue sΓΉ, the outer positions of the Arthur Fortress were lost too quickly. The fortress is short of food, and it can't be defended for long by relying only on those internal positions, and if it is lost in 203, then Cockscomb Mountain and Pine Fort will also be lost. Yang Rui said that what he did for Lushun before only helped the Russian army support for more than a month, "I estimate that the Russian army in the fortress will finally surrender, and the time will be around February 1." As long as Lushun is lost, then it will be under pressure from St. Petersburg. Kuropatkin would agree to the offensive plan of General Billy Gellinger, and the battle on the right flank would begin in mid-to-late February. β
Leo was already immune to Yang Rui's inexplicably accurate judgment, "In this way, we are going to start this month?" β
"Yes, it will be opened at the end of the month, and we will celebrate the New Year in Mukden. The troops have already been prepared, it is a mule or a horse, and it is time to pull it out for a walk. Yang Rui affirmed.
Seeing that Yang Rui was about to pull out of the camp immediately, Leo said, "Are you going too?" So what about the 1st Brigade on the Tonghua side? β
"The first brigade was handed over to Qi Qingyuan. He will be in charge of dealing with the Japanese. Today, Laba, he should have arrived. Yang Rui said.
Qi Qingyuan stayed up in the foreigner medical hall in Tianjin for many days, and finally he should not have woken up, he was young, as long as he woke up, he would naturally recover quickly, but this time the injury was too serious, and the injured place was internal organs. Therefore, it took three or four months to return to Tonghua, but by the time he returned to Hongtuya, Yang Rui's headquarters had already moved to Wengquanling in Liuhe County. After visiting Chen Ximin's cemetery, he went straight to Weng Quanling.
Looking at Qi Qingyuan standing in front of him, Yang Rui couldn't help but think of Chen Ximin. It's really ......, Yang Rui pulled back after a slight distraction, he pulled down Qi Qingyuan's saluting hand, and said, "You, don't be polite." I was discharged from the hospital so quickly, if it weren't for the urgency of the war, I would have wanted you to come out after the New Year. β
Seeing that Mr. was polite to himself, Qi Qingyuan was happy in his heart, but on the surface, he didn't show anything, he was no longer the student in Shanghai who loved to ask everything, he was now an officer, an officer of the Revival Army who valued honor above life. "Sir, the etiquette in the army cannot be lightly abolished, as long as I wear this military uniform, I will honor the military regulations."
Seeing Qi Qingyuan so strict, Yang Rui laughed, and also gave him a solemn military salute, and then said, "Disband." Sit down. β
Qi Qingyuan quickly sat down upright, Yang Rui saw that he was a soldier, so he had to say: "The second brigade is about to be promoted to Fengtian, and I want to hand over the first brigade to you over there in Tonghua......"
Before Yang Rui finished speaking, Qi Qingyuan stood up, "The student's qualifications are still shallow......
Yang Rui didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and then pressed him down again, "You listen to me first." It is difficult for an army to become an army without experiencing a bloody battle, and I have always avoided the troops from fighting hard battles, but that was only at the beginning of growth, and now after more than half a year, the troops have been on a scale, and if we fight guerrilla warfare and ambush warfare, we are afraid that it will be difficult to improve the strength, and now the Lushun fortress is about to fall, and the Russo-Japanese war is coming to an end, so we have to take advantage of this rare opportunity to hone and hone our skills. If you miss this opportunity, you will have to wait a few years. Now after a few months of deployment, the recruits who are afraid of Japan are basically in the second brigade, and the recruits who are afraid of Russia are in the first brigade, because the second brigade is the first battle of the troops, so I have to personally suppress the formation in case the army is unstable, so the first brigade can only be handed over to you. β
Although Qi Qingyuan knew the shape of the troops, he still shirked it, and only said: "Mr. has experienced life and death, the more I feel that this command position is related to the survival of the whole army, in the past Xiongyue City battle, the death of Yongfan is also my reconnaissance is not detailed, if it is ......"
Although Qi Qingyuan was reborn, he knew that Chen Ximin was extremely remorseful after his death, and Yang Rui saw what he said and felt. I knew in my heart that he didn't seem to have come out of Xiongyue City yet, and it would indeed be very unsafe to really go to be the commander of a brigade with such feelings. "Hey! If you blame yourself like this, Yongban will be unhappy if Izumishita is afraid. There will always be sacrifices in war, as a commander, you can only see how much you pay and how much you get, in Yongban's view, he fought more than a dozen Japanese by himself. It must have been earned; In my opinion, although dozens of people were sacrificed, the Japanese army was weakened by Yan zhΓ²ng, and we also earned it. Besides, nothing can have a perfect result, and Sesame Watermelon can only choose one of the two, and this is the commander's decision. β
Qi Qingyuan listened to Yang Rui's voice silently. In fact, he just blamed himself.,After he learned about Yongban's death, he kept dreaming about the scene of that battle.,Smart people are always slender.,And slender people's nerves will always be more sensitive.,The ability to withstand blows is worse.γ
After Yang Rui finished speaking, he put his hands on his shoulders, looked into his eyes and said seriously: "Qingyuan, in fact, I am also very tired this year. In the past, I only had to go to class. Write a manuscript, and then you can listen to a play, drink tea, or bask in the sun in the Shanghai Concession, and spend a comfortable day together, how relaxed and comfortable it is. But now, look at us, nesting in this deep mountain and old forest, eating and drinking Lazar can be compared to being in the concession, but we have done this. And I plan to do it for a long time. Why, why did you come to Kanwai? Because we still have a trace of thought in our hearts, thinking about changing this country, thinking about changing this nation, that's why we're here, that's why we persist.
And now, it's just the beginning. Even if we are tired and tired, we have to persevere, otherwise we can't live forever, if we don't go down to Huangquan after we die, those sacrificed soldiers ask us. Big boss, how to pull it up now? Is New China good? What do we say? Can we say that when they die, we retreat? Can it be said that their sacrifice was of no use at all? No, I can't! No! Can't say that! We've got to keep going, and we're going to be a hundred times more energetic than before. We can't live up to Yongban, we can't live up to those who sacrificed before! β
Yang Rui's words were emotional, Qi Qingyuan's eyes moistened for some reason, and the glasses he was wearing were also white, he sobbed and said, "Sir, I understand." Hand over the First Brigade to me, I can take him well. β
The corners of Yang Rui's eyes were also wet, and he was happy to hear him turn the corner, what he just said was actually what he was thinking these days. The war is about to start, and this battle is not better than before, you can control your own casualties, send so many people to the battlefield, how many people can come back? Is the fifty pieces of ocean and five hundred catties of grain I gave really worth a life? As a man of the next generation, he knew that it was not worth it at all. How much is this, in exchange for 5,000 yuan in the future life and 1,000 yuan a year to support the family, what can this money do, it is not enough for those successful people to have a meal. In the face of such a cheap life, he could only comfort himself and say, I will not fail you, and your sacrifice will be worthwhile...... I will not fail you, and your sacrifice will be worthwhile......
In the next few days, the handover with Qi Qingyuan was very smooth, although Qi Qingyuan was emotionally difficult to accept the act of defecting to the Japanese army, but intellectually he completely understood why he did this, and he recorded Yang Rui's explanations in his notebook in every detail.
"Sir, the officers of the 1st Brigade are still insufficient after being transferred, and if they are in contact with the Japanese army, then I am afraid that it will be very inappropriate to fight against Russia." Qi Qingyuan said.
"The sixth batch of officers will be back in early March, and they will all be transferred to the 1st Brigade by then. According to the intelligence, it is inferred that the time for the Japanese army to take Lushun should be at the beginning of next month, and the decisive battle should be around the end of March when the third army of Lushun goes north and raises ammunition. Although the First Brigade helped the Japanese, it must fight independently, and its attack was only aimed at the left flank of the Russian army, that is, the Fushun area, and special attention was paid to the fact that in addition to allowing the Japanese army to divide the Kuandian, Bad Guys, Tonghua, Xingjing, and Fushun areas into our sphere of influence, it was also necessary to occupy the two coal mines in Fushun and the iron mines on the other side of Benxi. Yang Rui said that after thinking about it, he still couldn't rest assured that Fushun Coal Mine and Benxi Anshan Iron Mine were actually the biggest reason to help the Japanese army in addition to training.
"So what if the Japanese don't agree? These counties are too big. Qi Qingyuan asked, he didn't know what kind of chips the Japanese could accept.
"They'll agree. Now the whole of Japan has been mobilized, and even some reserve divisions and regiments are not spared. According to calculations, if there are still 20,000 people left in the Third Army, then their total number of troops will not exceed 180,000, and although the Russian army has been bombed on the railway bridge, because the impact of the Songhua River freeze is not so great, the total strength of the Russian army will be more than 2780,000. 180,000 to 280,000, the Japanese army will agree to our request. "Yang Rui has been counting the strength of the Japanese army against history, because Xiong Yuecheng and Lushun have at least killed 30,000 or 40,000 more Japanese soldiers, which is a lot.