At the headquarters of the 3rd Division in Darkhan City, the division commander Ni Fan finally said sternly to the other 5 division commanders: "In addition, I will explain again, although we besieged and annihilated 720,000 Russian troops in the inner city of Svobod, and more than 200,000 Russian troops in Vladivostok also surrendered, which is equivalent to liberating our hundreds of thousands of Dingbei troops, and the hinterland of our four northeastern provinces has become more sufficient, but the principal's order has not changed, and he will not hesitate to defend Darkhan City at any cost, and prevent the Russian army from passing through the Mongolian steppe and attacking the hinterland of the four northeastern provinces. √∟ Top Novel, www.You must know that in the four northeastern provinces close to Mongolia, we have not built any strong fortifications, and the Russian army can drive straight into the hinterland of our four northeastern provinces from many places, not to mention how much our Dingbei Army has to pay to repel these Russian troops, that is, the Russian army will not accept the scourge of the people of our four northeastern provinces, and the principal will not allow that kind of situation! And the principal's goal of a decisive battle with the Russian army in Darkhan City cannot be achieved, which will affect the course of our entire war! ”

The other 5 division commanders nodded solemnly, and Hu Desheng, the commander of the 7th Division, said: "Lao Ni, don't worry, all units are ready to fight to the death, I am here to make a statement, our 7th Division is only one person left, and we will not give up the position and let the Russian army step half a step through Darkhan City!" ”

Wang Peng, commander of the Eighth Division, stood up and said: "Our Eighth Division is determined to live and die with Darkhan City, and we will never take half a step back!" ”

Fan Wubo, the commander of the 21st Division, then stood up and said: "On behalf of all the officers and men of the 21st Division, I am determined that the people are in the position, and the Russian army wants to seize the position of our division, unless all the people on the position are dead!" ”

Gao Deli, the commander of the 22nd Division, also said: "Our 22nd Division swears to live and die with the position!" ”

Liu Zhe, the commander of the 23rd Division, followed and said: "Our 23rd Division is the same! ”

Ni Fan clapped his hands and shouted loudly: "Okay! It turns out that the divisions are ready to live and die with the city of Darkhan, so let's have a good fight with the 1st Siberian Front! ”

In a tunnel in a group of mountain fortifications outside Darkhan. Liu Dayan, who became the squad leader of the 21st Division, came to the tunnel of a company of the 8th Division through the tunnels connected between the mountain fortifications of Guò. The company commander of this company is Liu Dayan's brother-in-law Niu Bao.

Niu Bao was not surprised to see Liu Dayan coming. After the 21st Division arrived at Darkhan City, the two of them had already met, and Niu Bao asked: "Brother, the war is about to start, the Russian army has set up a camp less than 10 kilometers away from our mountain fortification group, and it can launch an attack on our mountain fortification group at any time, what is the matter with you?" ”

The commander of the mountain fortification group outside Darkhan was divided into 6 divisions, each of which was responsible for a part of the mountain fortifications. So each division had troops stationed at the mountain fortifications.

Liu Dayan took out a letter from his bosom and put it on a table in the Niu Bao Company in the tunnel, and then said: "Brother-in-law, our battalion is responsible for guarding the front mountain fortifications, and Shangfeng has already issued an order to defend the mountain fortifications, and without an order, you are not allowed to retreat half a step, otherwise military law will be engaged." Most of the brothers in the camp were from mountain towns, and everyone discussed it. I must not embarrass the fathers and villagers in the mountain towns, I can't go back if I don't get it this time, this is a letter I asked someone to write for help, if I can't go back. You will give the letter to your sister-in-law, and you will have to take care of the family in the future. ”

Niu Bao's eyes were a little sour when he heard this, but the day they became the Dingbei Army. The responsibility of defending their homeland has fallen on their shoulders, and now a great war with the Russians is about to start here. Don't talk about your own wife and brother, even you may sacrifice your life for the country in this war.

Niu Bao nodded, and put the letter on the table into the pocket of his jacket. Niu Bao actually wrote a suicide note, but his suicide note has been handed over to the army for safekeeping, if Niu Bao sacrifices, the army will hand over his suicide note to Niu Bao's relatives.

Niu Bao said to Liu Dayan: "Brother, when the fight starts, you have to be careful, no matter who we are alive, we must take care of our family, if we all sacrifice, Lin Dashuai will take care of our family!" ”

Liu nodded and said, "Yes!" Lin Dashuai is definitely interesting enough for us to be soldiers, even if he dies for Lin Dashuai, we are worth it. Brother-in-law, there is nothing else to do, I will go back, and you yourself should be careful. ”

After Liu Dayan finished speaking, he patted Niu Bao's shoulder vigorously, turned around and left the pit of Niu Bao's company, and went back to his fortification along the internal tunnel of the well-developed mountain fortification group.

In the tunnel inside one of the mountain fortifications at the front of the mountain fortification group, some officers and soldiers of the 3rd Division were resting in the tunnel, waiting for the attack of the Russian army.

Wang Yuwei, who has been promoted to the head of the regiment, inspected the mountain fortifications in charge of his regiment in the tunnel, walked to a tunnel and saw the leper and Guo Sibao he knew, and said with a smile: "You are a platoon leader of the leprosy, why can't you afford a tuba?" How is the love of the warriors? ”

The 3rd Division suffered heavy losses in the bloody battle of Maicheng and finally retreated to Darkhan City and was regrouped again after being replenished by the militia reserves of the four northeastern provinces. Leper in this supplement of the third division, was directly promoted to platoon commander, according to the number of leper kills, the position of the platoon commander is a little small, the title of headshot king, even the division commander Ni Fan knows, but the leper doesn't mind this at all, he actually would rather not be this platoon commander, but also hope that his original squad leader and platoon commander can live, they have been killed in the battle one after another.

Guo Sibao, who followed the leper head, became a squad leader under the leper head, although Guo Sibao's marksmanship is still unsightly, but the name of the small steel cannon Guo Sibao is not called in vain, and the grenades are skimmed, and they have caught up with the power of 1 mortar.

Hearing the words of the regiment commander Wang Yuwei, the leper touched his head and said with a smile: "Battalion commander, no, regiment commander, the leper is also quite pleasing to the ear, everyone is also used to it, so we won't change it, in addition, our platoon is ready, and Lao Maozi will fight to the death, no one will do bad seeds!" ”

Guo Sibao said beside him: "Yes! We are determined to fight with Lao Maozi this time, to avenge the brothers who sacrificed before, to fight one is enough, to fight two to earn one! In addition, the leper brother is very pleasant, why do you want to change it? ”

Wang Yuwei looked at Guo Sibao and said with a smile: "Sibao, you have also become a squad leader, when you fight, you must listen to your leper platoon leader, don't be angry, you are not alone now, there are still 1 squad of brothers under your command!" ”

Guo Sibao said with a humble smile: "Don't worry, the head of the regiment, I will fight whatever the leper brother tells me to do, I will definitely obey the order, I will not be angry, and I will definitely not let the whole class of brothers be affected by me." Commander, when will Lao Maozi come to fight us? ”

Wang Yuwei replied: "It's fast, Lao Maozi can't afford it!" ”

The Russian First Siberian Front Army really can't afford to spend it, and in the Russian battalion less than 10 kilometers north of the mountain fortification group outside Darkhan, the commander is also the commander of the theater of operations, Kuropatkin, more than 100 senior Russian officers above the division commander held a military meeting here before the war, and the 650,000 troops of the Russian Siberian First Front Army also came to the Russian army camp north of the mountain fortification group outside Darkhan.

Kuropatkin said in a deep voice to the officers in the headquarters: "What are we doing here, everyone knows very well, the two new armies from Irkutsk were left by me in Haktu City and Maimai City to guard our rear road, that is to say, the only troops attacking Darkhan City are 650,000 people from our 21 armies. ”

After a pause, Kuropatkin continued: "The current war situation is very unfavorable to our Russian Empire, everyone knows the reason, the hope of the empire is now pinned on our Siberian First Front, if we can defeat the Dingbei Army in Darkhan City, we can turn the tide of the war, if we suffer a shameful defeat in Darkhan City, then the Russian Empire has basically no hope of winning in this war, it will definitely be a disaster for the Russian Empire." ”

The commanders of the various armies and divisions in the headquarters have all expressed their stance that they will give full play to the fighting spirit of the Russian Army that is not afraid of death, capture the city of Darkhan at any cost, and turn the current unfavorable situation in Russia into battle.

Kuropatkin pressed down with both hands, and the chaotic command instantly became quiet, and then Kuropatkin continued: "As you may know, the railway line from the empire's Europe to Irkutsk was blown up by the Dingbei Army, which made it much more difficult for us to supply, thanks to the large amount of ammunition and food that had been hoarded in Haktu City and Trading City, otherwise we would not even be able to attack Darkhan City. However, the materials and ammunition hoarded in Haktu City and the Trading City are not unlimited, we must do our best to take Darkhan City, if the battle in Darkhan City becomes protracted, our supply may be problematic, so once we launch an attack on Darkhan City, we must show great strength and do our best to capture Darkhan City as soon as possible! ”

The hundreds of officers of the command nodded solemnly, and they were very aware of the difficulties faced by the 1st Siberian Front at present, which could only be solved by conquering the city of Darkhan.

Kuropatkin looked at the desk calendar on the table, and then said: "Today is April 17th, and tomorrow on April 18th, our First Siberian Front will first attack the mountain fortifications outside Darkhan. ”

Hundreds of officers of army commanders or division commanders nodded, if it were not for the trap set by the Dingbei Army in the mountain fortifications outside the inner city of Svobod, the Second Siberian Front would not have been so badly defeated. (To be continued......) R527