Hearing that Kuropagent said that the First Army of Siberia would be transferred, Major General Ai Eduud was a little stunned, and the Second Collective Army was reduced in strength because of the last battle. At present, this army is the weakest among the three army groups, although they have never wanted the independent army, which has made everyone lose face, but the general staff still classifies this army under the second army, plus the supplement of the first army in Siberia, so that the strength of the second army can basically be equal to that of several other group armies. But now that the First Army of Siberia is to be mobilized, the only fully formed unit, Major General Ai Ai Lud is a little puzzled, "Your Excellency, in this case, the Second Army will be less than 70,000 people, and there are still 20,000 Qing people in it, if the Japanese launch an offensive on the right flank, then our strength will ......."

"The main direction of the Japanese attack is our left flank now, and the army attacking Qinghe City is coming by train from Lushun, we must be glad that they are attacking the mountains and forests, now just transfer the 1st Siberian Army and the 16th Reserve Army and trap them in the damned mountains and forests." Kuropagent was very happy with the appearance of the Japanese Third Army, and he finally did not have to worry about the safety of the rear road.

Seeing that the commander-in-chief insisted on the order, Major General Ai Eduud could only follow the order, and the transfer that determined the direction of the battle began. The information of the enemy's large-scale movement to the left flank was transmitted to the headquarters of the Manchurian Army, and Kodama Gentaro immediately ordered the Third Army to advance to the right flank of the Russian army, and in order to cover up the intentions of the whole army, the First Army close to the Yalu River Army, the Fourth and Second Armies in the central position began to shell the Russian positions on the 28th, especially the six 280 guns of the Fourth Army in the central position, although the shells could not break through the fortifications under the thick ice, but each shot still made all the Russian troops on the position fearful.

The war continued to develop as predicted, and while the Japanese attacked Fushun and the left flank of the Russian army, the right flank also launched a fierce offensive. The independent army also retreated from Ciyutuozi in front of Sifangtai to Sifangtai, and then retreated from Sifangtai to Zhangyi Station, and then retreated to Shalingbao, so that the Japanese Third Army extended north step by step, and only on April 7 finally stopped at Santaizi, which was already more than 20 miles north of Fengtian City.

At 7 o'clock in the evening of April 8, the officers of the 1st Division of the General Staff of the Independent Army held a small meeting on the map, and Lei Yizhen held the latest information gathered from various battlefields, pointed to the map and explained to the participants: "...... Yesterday evening, the 1st Brigade reported that the Russian 1st Army and the Qinghecheng detachment opposite it had retreated from the vicinity of the rescue platform. When retreating, all the nearby villages were set on fire, which was a consistent expression of the Russian army's retreat, and the Japanese troops who were holding Shahebao and Wanbaoshan in the south of Mukden with the Russian army were observed to have also begun to advance. We can deduce that the order to retreat should have been given by the General Command of the Russian Army. And this retreat order should be directed only against the First and Third Armies......"

Lei Yizhen finished speaking. The staff officer at the bottom moved the logo of the Russian army on the map to the north. The First Brigade did not stay long after capturing the rescue station and retreated, and the Beidaling plan that fooled Hanada Shaozuo was also "scattered" due to the Russian army's crazy shelling in the face of the desperate assault of the Russian army in Qinghe City. Despite this, the Japanese army unanimously believed that the fighting will of the old demon division of Montenegro was the most resolute among all the horse thief troops of the Qing State, and General Kawamura Keiaki, commander of the Japanese Yalu River Army, also wrote a letter of commendation, hoping that the Black Mountain division could give full play to this kind of warrior spirit of resolute fighting. Continue to fight against the country of Lu. Army. However, after the Yalu River Army occupied Qinghe City, it held against the Russian army near the rescue platform and Majun Village, and it was not until this morning that the Russian army retreated and was able to advance again.

“…… We judge that Kuropatkin retreated. It is very likely that because of the appearance of the cavalry unit of the Japanese Akiyama Yoshiko in the north of Mukden, this cavalry has been fully strengthened, it is about 6,000 people, Kuropagent is probably worried that the railway will be cut off, so he retreated his troops to the area of the left bank (north bank) of the Hunhe River, where the Russian army has set up a second line of defense ......"

"How far ...... to retreat"

"The Russian army has an advantage in strength, why should it retreat......"

"Retreat from the front line of Shahebao and Sujiatun to the left bank of the Hunhe River, isn't this looking for death......

"Yes, this is equivalent to a retreat of twenty or thirty miles to the north, and the troops will definitely fall into chaos in such a retreat......"

"The spicy one next door compares, I think he hanged himself ...... old birthday star"

Before Lei Yizhen's words were finished, he was interrupted by the officers, and the conference room was in chaos, Yang Rui raised his throat when he saw this, coughed twice, and the conference room suddenly fell silent, he nodded at Lei Yizhen, and motioned for him to continue.

"If the Russian Third and First Armies retreat to the left bank of the Hunhe River, then it is very likely that the troops will fall into confusion so that the Japanese army will have a chance to take advantage of it, but it is also possible that under the resistance of the reserve forces, the Russian army will safely withdraw to the second line of defense and stand firm, and because the garrison positions become shorter after the retreat, there will be surplus troops to be withdrawn to strengthen the forces west of Mukden, that is, on our side, and repel the outflanking of the Japanese Third Army and the Second Army......

According to the latest information collected, the situation in the west of Fengtian is roughly that the Japanese Second Army is forcibly seizing Yuhongtun in the west of the city with the Russian Tenth Army, where the fighting is extremely fierce, and the Second Army has mobilized many troops to reinforce here, and with the cover of the Second Army, the Japanese Third Army has been able to continue to approach northward, its Ninth Division has reached the Dajiao Bridge, the Seventh Division has reached the town of Zaohua in the northwest, and the First Division is completely on the line of Sitaizi and Daoyi Town in the north, and there is already a posture of comprehensive encirclement of Fengtian. As for our army, we can ignore the fact that the 9th Division is in the southwest direction of our army, but the town of Zaohua occupied by the 7th Division is directly west of our army, and the distance between the two armies is only 12 miles, while the town of Daoyi occupied by the 1st Division is directly north of our army, and the distance between them is only 16 miles......"

Lei Yizhen paused a little when he said this, and the officers present did not talk as much as before, so he continued: "The First Division and the Seventh Division are both descendants of the Third Army, of which the First Division is mainly the Japanese Tokyo Army, and among the twelve regular divisions of the Japanese Army, it is considered to be the division with the worst combat effectiveness except for the Fourth Division, that is, the Osaka Division; The main soldiers of the 7th Division came from Asahikawa and Sapporo in Hokkaido, Japan, which were the poorest places in Japan, where men were proud to be soldiers and women were proud to be prostitutes, although this unit was almost completely wiped out during the attack on Lushun. But after re-replenishment, the combat effectiveness is still very strong. ”

On the whole, the Japanese attack on the 7th day has been effectively contained, and its accumulated strength has basically been exhausted, but after Kuropagent gave the order to retreat, now the Japanese army seems to have regained the initiative, and the Japanese Second Army has hit the west gate of Mukden from the south, and the Japanese Third Army has detoured back to the north of Mukden from the west gate of Mukden, and is about to complete the in-depth encirclement of Mukden. But. No amount of encirclement would be a threat to the Independence Army north of Mukden, and if the Russian army was not taken into account, the Kung Fu Independence Army could penetrate west or north in one night, thus jumping out of the Japanese encirclement and retreating north along the Liao River to the vicinity of Tieling. Although it can be done. But Yang Rui did not dare to do this, one is that he is now under the jurisdiction of the Russian army. To leave the battlefield is to run away. It is not good for getting along with the Russian army in the future, and the second is that picking up foreign lands has always been the goal of the independent army, so those mules and horses were withdrawn and equipped in vain. So, this time, without consulting with everyone, the order was issued:

"Immediately, the fourth, seventh, and eighth regiments, as well as all the baggage troops, drove overnight to the Wenguantun, ten miles to the east, to establish a defensive line. The two divisions will form horns with each other and fight together against the Japanese army; The remaining five regiments began to strengthen their fortifications tonight, taking turns to prevent night attacks on the diary; The scouts carried telegraph machines to Zaohua Town and Daoyi Town to establish a stronghold. to pay attention to the movements of the Japanese army; The cavalry battalion broke north to reconnoiter the situation of the Japanese army near the Hushitai railway station, and if the station was captured by the Japanese army, it would immediately report to the headquarters...... "The officers were quickly ordered to leave, but Wu Baodi, who was in charge of the second division, was left behind by Yang Rui.

"How is Zhang Zongchang's side? Is there any instability in the morale of the army? "Since the official operation on the 28th of last month, the independent army has been fighting for 12 consecutive days, although Yang Rui has been very conservative and does not go all out, but the multi-day battle has made the troops very tired, and has been retreating since the beginning of the war, although each retreat is well arranged, but the continuous retreat makes the soldiers very stressed. After arriving at Santaizi, Yang Rui established a defensive line here, for fear that the second division would have a problem, the ring position around Santaizi was intermittently more than 20 miles long, and he only let the second division defend the southwest section with the least pressure.

"It's pretty much fine." Wu Baodi didn't dare to say it too much, so he had to use the word "basic", "When I just withdrew to Santaizi the day before yesterday, the army's heart was a little chaotic, especially the beards of the Fifth Regiment, their hearts and eyes were still very active, and they knew that it was not normal to retreat like this, but I said at the time that these three platforms were all north of Fengtian City, and even if they were besieged, they were also troops in those places south of the city, and we couldn't surround them." After persuasion, everyone's feelings were much better. ”

"Oh, that's it......" Yang Rui has always wanted to incorporate the second division, but the upper echelons of the Russian army seem to have been very taboo about this, and after the chief of staff who was a retired officer was transferred last time, he sent another active officer over.

Wu Baodi fully knew Yang Rui's plans, and he was also trying to figure out how to bring the second division over, "Zhang Zongchang still has a good impression of us, he once drank and said that if the Russian army disbanded the troops after the war, he would be willing to mix with Mr. ”

Yang Rui smiled at this kind of drunken talk, "This is not true, Zhang Zongchang is a filial son, I heard that his father died early, followed by his mother to remarry, and suffered a lot, he will not let his mother know that he is a beard." He is now stammering us because he is afraid that we will play tricks on him, many things will happen on the battlefield, and if he doesn't get along with his comrades, then it is very likely that he will play himself to death. ”

Wu Baodi didn't see it as thoroughly as Yang Rui, he looked back and thought about it, it was really the truth, so Zhang Zongchang was still very cunning, and his previous grinning and frizzy appearance was probably pretended. "What shall we do now, sir?"

"Now it's a war, and although we are under less pressure and not in danger of being surrounded, we still have to unite with friendly forces. As for merging the second division, it's not impossible, but we have to wait for the opportunity, and if it really doesn't work, then wait for the Russian army to dismiss us and then win over those who want to be soldiers. Yang Rui said.

"Severance?"

"Yes, after this war, there will basically be no more major battles in the Northeast, Japan and Russia are exhausted, and they can only shake hands and make peace, and the Russian army will definitely dismiss us at that time, and we will have to hand over guns, artillery, ammunition, and everything. So we have to pick up more things this time, otherwise the logistics will be troublesome in the future. After Yang Rui finished speaking, he said: "You go back, the war will end soon, come and report if you have anything." ”

"The student understands," Wu Baodi said and got up and went back.

When Yang Rui was talking about Zhang Zongchang, in the camp tent of the Second Division, Zhang Zongchang was holding a pistol at Xiao Jinfeng, "Who are you, what do you have to do with the Japanese over there in Zaohua Town?" ”

"Giggle...... Look at your panic, are you still a man? "Facing Zhang Zongchang's pistol. Xiao Jinfeng was not afraid at all, she even wanted to come over and hug Zhang Zongchang, but Zhang Zongchang stepped back when he saw her coming, and didn't touch her at all, "Don't move there." Don't think of going out of this door today if you don't make it clear. ”

"Make it clear, make it clear, I think the old lady is afraid of you. Hum! Xiao Jinfeng did not advance but retreated, and sat at the head of the bed. Then grab your own braids. "I'm actually Japanese!" ”

"Japanese?!"

"yes, I'm Japanese."

“……”

"I'm really a Japanese, and the Japanese soldiers over there in Zaohua Town are all my fellow villagers." Xiao Jinfeng said her identity and was not worried about what Zhang Zongchang would do to her, she knew this man.

After getting married, Xiao Jinfeng's previous buddies always went out of the camp from time to time, and he was very curious about what these people were doing. This morning, the brothers of the Fifth Regiment actually found out that these people had gone to Zaohua Town, which was occupied by the Japanese, and after Zhang Zongchang knew about it, he ordered those who knew the news to be strictly publicized, and at the same time, he withdrew from others for personal interrogation.

"What about your sister. Also a Japanese? Zhang Zongchang suddenly thought of Xiao Yinfeng.

"She, giggle...... How could she be Japanese, she was a girl I saved before, and she recognized me as a sister for Xie Li's life-saving grace. ”

It seems that the situation is not as bad as imagined, Zhang Zongchang breathed a sigh of relief, he put away the gun, and said: "You guys have been locked up, you will stay here in the future and don't go out, and I will clean you up after the war." ”

"Yo, how are you going to clean up?" Xiao Jinfeng was not surprised at all by Zhang Zongchang's treatment, she knew that he would be merciful.

"You! If you do this now, you will make the mountain eagle misunderstand that you are a spy of the Japanese, he hates the Japanese so much, and you even let your sister touch his bed, doesn't this clearly show that you want to spy on the military, you will let me stay here again during this time, and I will talk to him about this after the war, when I drink. Zhang Zongchang hated iron and steel, he didn't mind whether his wife was Chinese or Japanese, he only knew that this woman was his wife, although he was Japanese, as long as he didn't look for trouble, he could still protect it.

When Zhang Zongchang spoke, Xiao Jinfeng looked at his eyes, according to the experience of dealing with men, she could be sure that this man was not lying, and her heart suddenly felt a little warm, but ......

"I'm actually a spy for the Japanese!" Xiao Jinfeng strained his face and prepared for a complete showdown.

"What?!" Zhang Zongchang touched the holster of the gun again, thinking that she was just a Japanese, and she might not be a spy when she went to Zaohua Town, who knows......

"Boss, why are you so desperate, what's the good ...... to follow the Russians" Xiao Jin Feng stepped forward and put his hand into Zhang Zongchang's jacket and rubbed it, "Now that the Russians are retreating one after another, they will soon be surrounded, will you surrender or die in battle at that time?" ”

Zhang Zongchang suddenly understood that this woman was indeed a spy of the Japanese, otherwise how would she know that the Russian army was going to be encircled.

“…… If the head of the house now takes the second division to Japan, I can guarantee that we will not give you less than the Russians. Xiao Jinfeng continued, "However, the mountain eagle has killed a lot of us, if we ......"

"Stop dreaming!" Zhang Zongchang punched out the hand that inserted the little golden phoenix into his clothes and teased him around, "The Russians are bad, but they are not thin to me Zhang Zongchang, don't talk about the mountain carving, such a heroic character, and call me a brother, I don't mean to look down on me at all, if you want me to betray my brother, save it." After Zhang Zongchang finished speaking, he glared at Xiao Jinfeng again, "You still stay here honestly, I will let you and your subordinates go after the war." But if you're not honest, don't blame me for being ruthless. ”

Seeing that Zhang Zongchang finally turned his face, Xiao Jinfeng laughed instead, "Okay, people say that a husband and wife are a hundred days, you are good, and you will not recognize people when you turn your face," Speaking of this, she suddenly cried, "What did people give you, now that the war is critical, people just want to leave you an extra way, if you really want to be surrounded by the Japanese and lose your head, it will be too late, why don't you know the hard work of everyone." ”

Zhang Zongchang was still hating the Japanese spies, but now when he heard Xiao Jinfeng say this, he felt pity for a while, and stepped forward to comfort: "Whoever takes refuge in him or not, this one is not good, and he will lose his head, and now that I am on the ship of the Russians, how can I abandon it when others are in trouble, isn't this ruthless and unrighteous taking advantage of people's danger?" If I really do, how will I see people in the future? Don't worry about it, after this battle, take the money you have saved, take my mother, we will find a place to buy hundreds of stone land, live the life of the master, and don't rush to this troubled water in the future. ”

It seemed that Zhang Zongchang's persuasion had an effect, Xiao Jinfeng stopped crying, she asked, "What you said is true?" ”

Seeing the beautiful pear blossom in his arms with rain, Zhang Zongchang nodded vigorously, "Really! If I coax you, I won't die well. (To be continued......)

PS: There is a mistake in the previous chapter, 7.9mm should be 7.62mm.