The attack of the 6th Regiment completely ruined the tall image that the Independence Army had managed to establish, and even more so the image of General Billy Gerlinger. By the time the attachés returned to headquarters, they had no faith in the results of any of the Independence Army's battles. For their evaluation, Yang Rui was overjoyed, hehe, it is still very dangerous to be a tiger, and it is much safer to be a pig, and if you are really caught, you can show your tiger teeth and bite it.

Yang Rui didn't care, but Madlidov couldn't care, the phone call from the group army headquarters scolded him for nearly half an hour, and after answering the phone, he walked into the headquarters in a distraught, his face was full of sweat. Looking at him like this, Yang Rui didn't apologize at all, but said: "Colonel, it seems that after the war, we will have to reorganize the second division, and something big will definitely happen if we continue like this." Fortunately, we were attacking this time, and if we were defensive, then we would have been surrounded by Japanese soldiers."

Yang Rui's frustration made the colonel's horror successfully turn into anger, he slammed his fist against the wall, and then said viciously, "Fedorovsky, stupid guy, I won't let him stay in the second division for long." King, we're going to get rid of all those stupid guys in the Second Division! ”

The colonel's plan was exactly what Yang Rui expected, and he laughed and said, "Oh, Mr. Colonel, you're so right. They're so old-fashioned. I'll build yì in a few days...... No, when this battle is over, we will send someone to take over the second division. Colonel, believe me, in a few months they will become as good as the 1st Division. At that time, we will be able to fight a Japanese division on our own. ”

Yang Rui's sowing discord was very effective, and Madlidov personally went to the headquarters of the group army in the afternoon, but when he came back at dinner, he said as soon as he saw Yang Rui, "Wang, I explained to Your Excellency the General why the Sixth Regiment is like this. Your Excellency the Admiral forgave us, and tomorrow the damned Fedorovsky will be transferred, and then he will send a new chief of staff to retrain them according to the regular method. ”

The colonel's words made Yang Rui look stunned, it seems that the Russians are still very wary of putting their hands into the second division. Grandma's, white was happy. But he will adjust his mentality after a while, and there will always be a way. He smiled and said to Madrydov, "This is very good, Colonel. Next time we will be a real independent army. ”

The things that the second division did not eat were quickly put aside by Yang Rui. The battle became more and more chaotic, and at 11 o'clock in the morning, the 4th Regiment attacked the headquarters of the 4th Brigade and Regiment, and the 31st Wing was also broken up after the headquarters was occupied. The remaining rout was quickly wiped out. At one o'clock in the afternoon, the fighting ended. The 4th Brigade was to be wounded except for a small number of captured wounded. More than 6,000 other people are lying on this snowy field less than ten miles in radius. Looking at the dense corpses lying on the snow that could not be seen, Bei Shoutong finally had a trace of excitement, and he continued to pull out and insert the captured command knife of Kotaro Ita, and played like this repeatedly. It wasn't until the staff officer next to him handed over the calculated results that he put down the sword.

"Eight hundred and ninety-one killed," Bei Shoutong whispered. Seeing that the number was not thousands, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he knew that Yang Rui attached great importance to the casualties in battle, especially the number of casualties. "1,334 wounded, of which 517 are seriously injured, and 600 are expected to return." After reading this, he read the analysis report that followed, "The casualties caused by gunfire were 66.12%, the casualties caused by white-edged were 18.72%, and the casualties caused by artillery were 15.16%...... "He knew that the artillery injuries were mainly caused by the fourth regiment and the sixth regiment, especially the sixth regiment was bombarded by the Japanese artillery badly, but he didn't understand the white-bladed injuries, he asked, "Aren't the commandos all equipped with shotguns, why are there nearly 400 white-bladed casualties?" ”

The staff officer was very clear about the situation reported by the regiments, and explained: "The 31st Wing on the side of the 5th Regiment is very cunning, many Japanese soldiers fell to the ground and pretended to be dead, and when the assault team left and the other infantry came up, they suddenly got up to fight a white-knuckle battle. ”

There are only more than 2,000 shotguns, and they are all drawn out and rationed to the commandos, but the infantry behind them do not have them, thinking of this Bei Shoutong couldn't help but grab his head that had not been washed for a few days, and said: "The little devil is really cunning enough." Okay, you can send this battle report to the headquarters. In addition, although the Eighth Division in front was surrounded, the devils would still send reinforcements. Inform the regiments to strengthen their vigilance. ”

With the arrival of the Fifth Division, Lijian Shangwen decided to lead the division to the west to rescue the Fourth Brigade, but not far out of the wolf's cave ditch was targeted by the Cossack cavalry, but fortunately he was cautious, Missichchenko did not take the slightest advantage, with the arrival of the 14th Division, at 8 o'clock in the morning, more than 20,000 people of the Eighth Division and the Fifth Division were confronted by the 14th Division and more than 30,000 cavalry troops on the snowfield a few miles north of XujiabeiThe troops were prepared to work in place before they came out, and they brought a lot of wood and oil, and once they were surrounded, they began to ignite the ground and excavate the fortifications.

The cavalry had no way to deal with such a turtle formation, and the 14th Division would only continue to shell, the division commander Lieutenant General Rusanov divided the artillery in his hand into four teams, and constantly bombarded the Japanese positions from multiple directions, although there was fierce artillery fire, but the Japanese soldiers did not care about it, seeing that the artillery was not effective, Rusanov also organized several assaults in all directions, but without exception were beaten back by the Japanese army, especially those Hatch Kais machine guns, which beat the attacking Russian army to flesh and blood.

After receiving the battle reports from various departments, the angry Rusanov scolded the commanders of each regiment severely, and then he slammed the table with a horsewhip in anger, am I really a monkey? He thought of the bet he made with Yang Rui at the meeting that day. Thinking of this, he became angry again, "Quick! The order was sent to the regiments to organize the next attack in half an hour. Those who do not obey are dismissed. ”

From 8 a.m. until dark, the 14th Division organized several attacks, but all of them failed under the Japanese machine-gun and artillery bombardment, and the morale of the troops was completely lost in such fruitless attacks. Rusanov kept asking the army headquarters for reinforcements, and the command replied that it would not send new troops until Shendanbao was captured. However, they expect that Shendan Fort will be taken by the Russian army by tomorrow morning at the latest, as early as tonight. In the afternoon. The Russian army had already broken through to Shendan Fort once, but it was beaten out by the Japanese army with their lives, and the headquarters was very confident in occupying Shendan Fort within ten hours. Once Shendanbao is occupied, then with the revised Independence Army, 50,000 Russian troops will sweep eastward across the rear of the Japanese army. General Billy Gellinger seemed to smell victory.

Yang Rui looked at the situation on both sides and said, "It seems that our victory is in sight." Hehe. ”

Leo knew that he was talking the opposite again, "Don't talk about the Russian army, it's better to talk about where we retreat." ”

Yang Rui said with a smile, "Where else can I retreat, of course, it is the first line of Sumabao, Sanjian Bubble, and Tong Erbao." It is best to occupy the black ditch platform. ”

Leo said: "Heigoutai belongs to the 14th Division. Where did they leave a few companies of troops. That's their line of defense, and it's not good for us to send troops there. ”

"Then let the seven regiments and eight regiments speed up their work. The day after tomorrow, the road from Qibei Village to Sanjianpao will be repaired the day after tomorrow at the latest. Yang Rui said. Originally, Heigoutai was an important transportation node, but this place belonged to the Eighth Army, so he could only arrange a retreat for himself from scratch. It's different from the previous group of lightly armed raids. It is difficult for a large army to march if the transportation is not good, especially the artillery and baggage of the artillery can only be navigated by a large road. The road from Nanakita Village Road to the three tips of the bubble is constantly being renovated. More than a thousand barrels of kerosene were made from Mukden. But the project is still not going well.

"Yang, what do you think the Japanese army will do?" Leo asked.

"How? Of course, it was to send troops to support Shen Danbao on the one hand, and then there was a night attack. The Eighth Division's Immediate Opinion Shangwen is not a character to be messed with. The 14th Division did not attack for a day, and it was already a tired division. Although the 8th Division was being beaten, it was still possible to organize a night attack. If I were to see Shangwen immediately, then I would definitely take this opportunity to give the Fourteenth Division a lesson. Although Misychenko is next to the 14th Division, even if he doesn't eat it, he can still have some results. "In the Russo-Japanese War, it was normal for Japanese troops to attack at night. They played with the white shirt team when they attacked Lushun, and later suffered heavy casualties because of the exposure of the Russian army's searchlights and mines.

After Yang Rui finished speaking, the staff officer of the headquarters came over again. He whispered, "The Japanese army has sent reinforcements again." This time, it was the second division on Kuroki Weizhen's side. There is also a third division in Dadongshan Fort that seems to be assembling, and it seems that it is going to be sent to Wolf's Cave Ditch. ”

Hearing that the Japanese army had sent reinforcements, Yang Rui was taken aback. Forget about the third division of Dadongshan Fort, because it is sticky to the Akiyama detachment, there has been a 33rd Wing transferred to Shendanbao before, and now it is reasonable for all the entire division to be transferred over, but now even the second division of Heimu Weizhen is also coming, this is on the right side of the Japanese battle line.

"When will the second division be able to reach the wolf's cave ditch? Isn't there any movement on the frontal battlefield? Yang Rui asked.

The staff officer said: "The intelligence said that the second division set off after dinner. It is estimated that if the army marches through the night, then it will be possible to arrive at the battlefield early tomorrow morning. As for the frontal battlefield, the Japanese launched heavy artillery bombardment from the beginning of darkness. There is nothing going on with the Russian army. ”

Yang Rui nodded after hearing this, and motioned for him to go out. After he left, Yang Rui told Leo the information, "The Japanese army has transferred two more divisions. The fifth, third, second, plus half of the 8th Division, the strength is about the same as ours. ”

Leo also asked like Yang Rui, "Why, with so many frontal battlefield troops, isn't the Japanese army afraid that the Russian army will attack after it knows about it?" ”

Yang Rui said with a smile, "They are now afraid that the Russian army will know, so they are constantly shelling the front line of the Russian army, making it look like they are going to attack in a big way, and most people will be fooled, then they know that he is just a smoke bomb." ”

According to the information Yang Rui said, Leo carefully marked the movement of these divisions on the map, and then stared at the map silently.

Yang Rui saw that he was still thinking about countermeasures, so he said, "You, don't think about it." The theory of war that you asked me to read says that war is the continuation of the whole branch, so it is not enough to consider the war itself, and I also read another truth from the book, that there is no enemy and no borders. For example, now, although Japan and Russia have declared war, Dashan Iwa is a good friend of General Kuropatkin, and Dashan Iwa has beaten the Second Army more and more badly. The more secure the position of General Kuropaquint. Therefore, even if he saw that the Japanese army was just bluffing on the front, he would not have attacked, and victory was not achieved at this time. ”

After listening to Yang Rui's words, Leo stared at Yang Rui for a long time, and suddenly sighed: "The teacher used to say that I couldn't understand the theory of war. I disagree. But hearing what you just said, I know where the gap between us is. In fact, since South Africa, I have felt that I am not accepted by this era. ”

Seeing that Leo was also reflecting on himself, Yang Rui smiled, "The reason why you are not accepted by the times is because you still have things that you insist on, and when you throw away these things that day, then you will be accepted by everyone." But that's not what you're all about. I also recommend you to read a Chinese book called Han Feizi, and I asked Pei Shoutong to translate it for you that day. ”

Leo nodded, as if he had thought of something, and said to Yang Rui: "We have to notify Xiang in advance." Together with Missichchenko's cavalry corps, it is very likely that he will also be attacked by the Japanese at night...... No. The Japanese will not attack at night. They will wait for reinforcements to come together and attack the Russian army in the morning, and they will have to get up early in the morning. ”

Yang Rui nodded, "Yes, I will inform them of the cavalry battalion," after speaking, he patted his head again and said to himself. "Also, the London Exchange needs to be notified as well."

Since the encirclement and annihilation of the Eighth Brigade, the cavalry battalion led by Xiang Xiang has been a little idle. During the day, the entire cavalry corps was placed on the flanks of the Japanese by Misichchenko. That is, to the south of the Wolf's Cave Ditch, in the face of the Eighth Division, which was shrunk into a group, the cavalry could not find any good opportunities, so they had to confront the Japanese army.

In the evening, the cavalry battalion camped in Dongsanjiazi, Xiang Xiang took the telegram sent by Yang Rui, and was talking to Zheng Lanting, "Lao Zheng, the commander said that the devil is not stable tonight, and we still have to prepare to retreat." ”

Zheng Lanting was invited by Xiang Xiang so late and thought that he would arrange tomorrow's attack, but the last time he killed Xiao Nose, he found the feeling of galloping on the battlefield before, who knew that he was going to retreat, he said, "What, the big boss really said that?" Tens of thousands, tens of thousands of big noses are blocking small noses here, will they still lose? ”

Xiang Xiang looked at the telegram again, and it was very strange to receive the telegram, but he knew that Yang Rui's intelligence and judgment had always been accurate, and he was also very convinced of it. Then he said: "The commander said that the Japanese have sent reinforcements over, and they will arrive early tomorrow morning, and it is estimated that they will come for a while in the morning." We are in the southernmost part, and perhaps the Japanese will outflank us and touch them in the middle of the night, so we still have to be prepared. ”

Since Xiaobi has reinforcements again, it still needs to be prepared, Zheng Lanting got up and said, "Okay." Then I will tell the little cubs to keep their guns in their hands and their horses unsaddled. So he went down.

After Zheng Lanting left, Xiang Xiang couldn't sleep all night, before the fourth watch, the wind and snow outside had stopped, but the weather was still the same cold, at this time the soldiers of the cavalry battalion got up, and after eating the breakfast that had been prepared by the room, everyone's bodies were warmed up, because of last night's arrangement, all kinds of baggage had been loaded on the climbing plow, and the horse was also led out of the stable. The soldiers of the cavalry battalion were already on horseback, although everyone didn't understand why they had to sneak out of the camp so early, and they didn't bring any big items like tents, but there was no hesitation under the military order, and they only slowly left Zhuangzi under the leadership of the battalion commander.

Although the cavalry battalion was mixed with the cavalry of the Russian army, the camp was separated, and the camp was usually next to the Russian cavalry camp. After Xiang Xiang left the camp, he first rode his horse slowly, and when he was far away from the camp, he rode his horse and ran, and Zheng Lanting next to him leaned over and asked, "Where are we going?" ”

Xiang Xiang actually didn't know where to go, the previous idea was to go out of the camp first, not to be outflanked by the Japanese army with the Russian Maozi, at this time I saw Zheng Lanting asking, and suddenly had an idea, and said: "Why don't we go and see the Japanese soldiers fighting the Russian Maozi." I haven't seen the capabilities of Japanese soldiers yet. ”

Xiang Xiang's idea is very risky, but Zheng Lanting is not a timid person, seeing that he can see the big nose and the small nose killing each other, his heart is full of passion, and he said loudly: "Okay!" Battalion commander, I'll follow you to see and see how powerful this little nose is, haha. ”

Hearing Zheng Lanting call the battalion commander, Xiang Xiang smiled, he knew that although he led the cavalry company to win Lao Zheng's cavalry team last time, Zheng Lanting had never served himself in his heart, and the battalion commander was usually called less. In fact, it is also, after all, the nickname of Laojun Furnace is very loud in Liaodong, and Gengzi was famous and prosperous, so he lost to a milky kid for nothing, which is really shameless. But in this short period of time, whether it is reconnaissance or combat, Zheng Lanting's sense of identity with himself has become more and more, and the battalion commander has also called him more. Unlike Yang Rui's method of heart-to-heart with the beards, Xiang Xiang just used his bravery to prove that he was also a beard-like figure, and he wanted everyone to admire himself instead of just befriending himself. It was hard, but now it seems that he did it.

Xiang Xiang only thought about the change in Zheng Lanting's attitude for a moment, and after smiling, he rode his horse to the east, he felt that the Japanese had come out, and maybe he could see them after running for a while. (To be continued......)