Chapter 37: Let's Draw Lots
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The guerrillas crossed the Liao River the next day and arrived outside the town of Niuxintuo, where the old Zhangjia oil mill shopkeeper, who had received the news yesterday, had already arranged a qiē. The troops changed a batch of guns here, and the ammunition was abundant again, except for the small number of grenades, the other supplies were abundant, and the wounded were left to recuperate as before, and were taken care of by a few little hairy nurses. Considering Zhang Huanrong's safety, Qi Qingyuan ordered him to stay here, asking him to look at the extra horses and guns, and leave a few slightly injured people for fear of being unsafe. Zhang Huanrong knows what Qi Qingyuan is going to do behind him, although the Russians and the Japanese seem to be more evil, but the old Zhang family's former Beiyang Navy will have an industry in Lushun, and the old Zhang family was not spared after the Japanese army occupied Lushun in the first year, Zhang Huanrong's hatred for the Japanese small nose is not much less than that of the big nose, so he was bent on making trouble, and begged Qi Qingyuan to come down several times in military law, and tied him up, the shopkeeper of the oil mill is the old man of the old Zhang family, how can he not consider the safety of the eldest young master, immediately locked his young master in the house, and put two loyal guys at the door to watch.
Although the Japanese army stationed heavy troops in Haicheng, and was heavily guarded, how could they not prevent the local beards from exploiting loopholes, plus it was already August, and the corn sorghum in the field was taller than people, and more than 100 people led the horses into it, and the gods could not find it. Why does the Northeast have a lot of beards, this green gauze tent is also a big help, with this thing, there is no problem at all when sneaking for hundreds of miles. Walking on the trail and wearing green gauze tents, a few days later the guerrillas arrived in the reeds along the coast of Gai Ping, according to the previous contact. In the second half of the night, the supply ship would arrive at the nearby sea, and Qi Qingyuan arranged for a large army to wait in the mountains and forests to the east, and he took a platoon to bury it in the preset place, and at the scheduled time, the fire signal was issued on the high mountain, so as to provide guidance to the supply ship.
The supply ship arranged by Wang Jitong was actually a cargo ship of the Tonghua Steamship Company. This company appeared in the name of an American company, and the Japanese did not dare to prevent a ship flying the American flag from entering the Bohai Bay. The captain is a native of Ningbo, named Yu Sanbao, who ran a steamer for foreigners earlier, and this time the relationship between the villagers was dug up, and he didn't understand why the owner didn't load anything and ran to Tianjin. When he entered Bohai Bay, he was not allowed to enter the port, but he had to go in the direction of Niuzhuang. But he is also an old man, when he drove a boat for foreigners before, he also did a lot of opium smuggling in order to avoid tariffs, and he had no objection to being a fellow countryman. And he did as he was commanded, and he went to his destination.
Standing in the command room, in addition to him and the two students of the instrument hall in the past, as soon as the appointed time came, they took the telescope and looked at what they were looking for, and soon, at the agreed time, a few points of fire appeared, and a student went out. The signal also lit up on the ship.
After more than half an hour of short barge, the things on the ship were quickly transferred to the shore, since they got the things, then this part of the sea is not good, the Japanese patrol boats are very concerned about the coastline, and the coast to the Dongqing Railway is a tidal flat, although there are reeds but the space for maneuvering is too small, once the Japanese are staring at it, then they will not be able to eat and go around, especially now the guerrillas have the marks of the Russians from top to bottom, and at a glance they are more flowery than the flower arms team. Qi Qingyuan didn't look at what was removed from the ship. took the people to change places in a hurry, and quietly crossed the Dongqing Railway Line before dawn and returned to the camp in the mountains and forests.
In the early morning, I opened the boxes and removed the layers of waterproof packaging, only to see that the boxes were neatly stacked with small pieces of yellow explosives, which were packed very carefully. There were about two hundred—all of which Xu Huafeng had handmade with his students in the real yàn room, and were originally intended to be transported to Liaodong after the Yalu River was unblocked, but in order to support the guerrillas' raid plan, some direct supplies were brought over first. 6 Mengxiong was taken aback when he saw so many explosives, this thing was played with when he was in the military school, and the power was huge and far from being comparable to the grenade containing the black powder of the pressure column, but the difficulty was that this thing had to be detonated by a detonator, but fortunately, the Shanghai side was very well prepared, the fuse detonator was ready, and the fuse also had a box. With these explosives in hand, the success rate of the raid plan will be greatly increased, and the Japanese will be unlucky.
Now that the supplies are complete, it depends on the opportunity. According to the intelligence, the Japanese offensive in the entire Liaodong can be divided into four parts, of which the Third Army of Nogi Noshinori who attacked Port Arthur can be put aside first, and the attack on Liaoyang can be divided into three routes: left, center, and right, except for the first army of the Yalu River with Kuroki as Zhen on the right road, and the 10th Division of Kawamura Jingming on the middle road, the second army of Aobaogong on the left is the most powerful, with more than 50,000 people in the whole army and more than 250 artillery pieces. The greater the number of people, the greater the logistical support, but because of the failure of the Japanese Navy's Port Arthur blockade operation in the early stage, the Second Army's military station was not hastily established until early June. This place was originally a small station of the Dongqing District Railway, only five kilometers away from the sea in the west, and the most important thing is that there is a Xiongyue River in the south of the river, and many materials can be easily transported to the railway station by guò boat short barge after unloading.
Because the Dongqing Railway uses a 152omm Russian track, Japan cannot use the domestic train cars to use the Dongqing Railway, but fortunately, the Russian army left more than 350 wagons near Dalian, which can basically meet the supply needs of the Second Army to the north. Xiongyue City, as the general station of the Second Army, was heavily guarded, but since the Japanese army marched north to occupy Haicheng and the Russian army held on the Anshan line of Haicheng and established a new military station at Yingkou, this is the rear of the rear. According to common sense, at the end of last month, the materials of the Second Army could be transported directly north to Niuzhuang Port, where the distance from the front line is much closer than that of Xiongyue City, and the supply is more convenient, but the Japanese army is deeply afraid of the arrival of the Russian Baltic Fleet, and is afraid that in case of its own defeat, the army in Liaodong may have to completely cut off logistics, so during the conservative period, the Japanese army continued to transport all kinds of war materials to various ports in the northeast day and night to prevent changes in the war situation. Storing supplies is still very valuable, so it is still busy day and night. Supplies are piling up.
In the woods east of the Dongqing Railway, Qi Qingyuan was lying on the ground covered with leaves, and he was observing the Xiongyue City Military Station with this telescope covered with fine gauze. Because this is not a county seat, the intelligence network of the Renaissance Society has not set up a presence here, although a few days ago, Gai Ping's intelligence agents had already infiltrated the city with wireless telegraphy in the name of Lao Zhang's plan. But it's still hard to get any critical news out in a short period of time. So Qi Qingyuan had no choice but to go into battle in person, touching a place about three kilometers away from the railway to personally observe the terrain. Qi Qingyuan's observation lasted more than half an hour, and Li Erhu, the reconnaissance platoon next to him, was very anxious, this was not in the old forest over there in Tonghua, but the Japanese had set up a lookout post on the tower of Wang'er Mountain in the east of the city, although this Wang'er Mountain was only more than 100 meters. The tower above is not high, but the entire Xiongyue City is a plain within a radius of three kilometers, and it is still very deterrent to have such an area as a high point.
In the telescope, Qi Qingyuan saw that the military station was located on the north bank of the Xiongyue River near the railway, covering an extremely wide area, and the wharf and the military station were full of people. In the military station, there are piles of goods of all kinds covered with oilcloths, large and small, and it is roughly estimated that more than 100,000 tons of supplies are hoarded here. As for the defense force, Qi Qingyuan, who was far away, only saw that there were many Japanese infantry in khaki uniforms guarding the station, and there were quite a few of them, and the Japanese flag could also be seen in the west of Xiongyue City, and it was estimated that there was a Japanese military camp there. Qi Qingyuan watched as he completed this reconnaissance in Li Erhu's muttering, and a group of people quietly sneaked back to the previous temporary camp. In the evening. The 6 Mengxiong who wore short shirts and sneaked into the city to inquire about the news came back, and he entered the city with the bearded Qian Sanwa who had joined the gang before.
In the tent, Qi Qingyuan synthesized the information collected from all over the place. First of all, the Japanese defense force, because Haicheng, Damuqiao and other places have been occupied by the Japanese army, so the defense force of Kumayue Castle has been greatly reduced, and only three squadrons of infantry are stationed, although it is a rear guard force, but the soldiers are also very capable. Because the entire section of the Dongqing Railway was a defensive point from Xiongyue Castle to the north to Gaiping, there were still two or three squadrons of cavalry patrolling this section of the railway line. As for when the patrol will arrive at Kumatake City, I don't know at all. The second is the situation inside the military station, which is more than four miles in radius and is set up around Kumagakujo Station. The outermost is a large warehouse for grain and other supplies, and inside is a small warehouse for ammunition, which is on the west side of the railway line. The security is tight, there is about a squadron of Japanese troops stationed inside, and the people are usually very strict in guarding when they come in and out, and there is basically no possibility of mixing in.
6 Mengxiong introduced the information about the arrival of the city on the simple sand table, and some of this information was found by himself, and most of it was obtained from the local Zhangjia grain store and his buddies in Guò. Qi Qingyuan looked at the information marked on the sand table, coupled with the situation he saw during the day, he felt that this military station seemed to be a turtle shell, and it was very difficult to move. Moreover, their own strength is only more than 180 people, not to mention the few patrolling cavalry squadrons, even the infantry squadron in the upper station, there is no certainty that they will be able to break through their defense and attack the innermost part of the station.
What to do? Qi Qingyuan looked at the platoon commanders, and the third platoon leader, Xie Cheng, said: "Can the sound of the east and the west be drawn out, if you can use cavalry to raid in again?" ”
6 Mengxiong recalled what he had seen in Xiongyue City before, shook his head and said, "It's difficult. The Japanese squadron inside is estimated not to attack, and a Japanese squadron is equivalent to a company, and we will inevitably be divided into two ways to attack the east and west, and there will not be many Japanese troops coming out of the decoy attack with too few people. When the time comes, there will be fewer Japanese troops coming out, and we will still not be able to break through. There is another situation, according to the guys at the military station where Zhangjialiang Station entered, the Japanese troops in the military station were handed down one by one, and there were still many rejections between the internal roads, so I estimate that it would be difficult for the cavalry to forcibly break through. ”
Hearing what 6 Mengxiong said, everyone was discouraged. There are still too few soldiers on your side. Qi Qingyuan was about to speak, but Chen Ximin, the leader of the fourth platoon, spoke, and he pointed to Xiongyuecheng Station, which was surrounded by military stations, and said: "We can't break through from outside the military station, can we intersperse along the railway line?" ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone immediately became active. Qi Qingyuan smiled and looked at Chen Ximin waiting for him, Chen Ximin said: "Now the Japanese army is preparing for the Battle of Liaoyang, the railway line from Xiongyue City to Dashiqiao and Haicheng at the forefront is running at full capacity, and the Japanese Third Army is using Dalian Port as the general logistics base to attack Lushun. In other words, there is no train to Dalian to the south. If we were to intercept a wagon on the railway line between Gaiping and Kumadake, it would have been going into Kumagakujo Station rather than passing by. ”
As soon as Chen Ximin said this, the whole offensive idea became clear. The 186-strong guerrilla detachment will be divided into two groups, one is the death commando, which will stop the train in the middle of the train under the resistance of their comrades, and then quietly touch the train, enter the station and wait for the opportune time; After the other commando team entered the station, they made a feint attack on the station at night to attract the attention of all the Japanese troops stationed there, and create an opportunity for the internal commandos. The internal team will be the focus of this raid, Chen Ximin and 6 Mengxiong glanced at each other, their eyes staggered, as if they were about to electrify Mars. "I'll go to ......", "I'll go to ...... in a row" They said almost at the same time, and Fang Yanchen and Xie Cheng took a step back.
Qi Qingyuan didn't smile, but just swept his gaze from the four of them, gritted his teeth and didn't speak.
“…… In addition to occupying the rural areas and towns that the Manchus and foreigners did not attach much importance to, our mission in the northeast was to try our best to defeat both Japan and Russia in this war, so that they could consume their national strength to the greatest extent. The greater their consumption, the more stable we will be in the Northeast in the future; The more people they die, the fewer people will attack us in the future......" Yang Rui's words at the meeting of cadres above the squad and platoon level in June are now clearly echoing in Qi Qingyuan's mind, a very straightforward sentence, but it is extremely difficult to really implement, and this is to exchange the lives of the brothers.
When the four of them were arguing, Qi Qingyuan finally slapped the table and shouted, "Don't fight." Let's draw lots! ”