Chapter 70: The Eagle

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The truth was not as smooth as Colonel Madlidov had expected, and as soon as he rushed back to Mukden, the "cold" reality knocked him down, and Kuropatkin was still the commander-in-chief of the 6th Army in the Far East, and he expected General Billy Gellinger to be only the commander of the Second Army. Kuropatkin must have been active in St. Petersburg, Colonel Madlydov thought. But since he had come to Mukden, he could only meet the commander-in-chief Kuropatkin first, and although Madlidov had made up a lie that he had not been captured by the Japanese, but had been broken up by them and lost in the mountains and forests, he was still reprimanded by Kuropagent.

"Colonel, I don't care where you've been all this time, but it turns out that you and your horse bandit troops are completely terrible, and I'm skeptical of anything you say now. As for the Chinese horse bandits you said now, I can't believe it either, how can the horse bandits be well-trained? Mr. Colonel, are you stupid by the war? Their best role is to protect the railroad in our rear, and to provide intelligence. I will provide them with weapons, but we don't need infantry, we only need cavalry, and they have to obey the command of General Misichchenko, otherwise there is no need to talk. In the warmth and opulence of the room, Commander-in-Chief Kuropatkin's life was as delicate as the battle plan he had made, and he had just finished his steak made by his French chef, as he carefully wiped his mouth with a crisp white napkin.

Madlidov was reprimanded by him, and the meeting soon ended, and he immediately ran to the headquarters of the Second Army to see General Billy Gellinger.

"Oh, dear Andrei, thank God you have finally appeared. Everything was a mess after I came here, and that vile coward wouldn't let me do anything. General Billy Gerlinger affectionately called this Madlidov by his Christian name, and complained. According to the previous plan, he would accept Kuropagent's position and then rely on Madlydov's knowledge of the Far East to reformulate the strategy of the Russian army, but this idea was not realized from top to bottom.

"Your Excellency, I was captured by horse bandits in the Far East during the last battle. But fortunately, I was rescued by another group of pro-Russian horse bandits, so I ......," the colonel explained.

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by His Excellency the General, "Don't mention the last battle with me, this despicable coward is afraid that I will come and take his place and let him get out, so he will only make this attack this time, he will only let the heroic soldiers loyal to His Majesty die, and no wise commander will let the troops detour from the direction of the left flank mountain." According to the traffic in Manchuria, this is simply not possible. He did it on purpose, and who knows what he was thinking about in the telegram he had delivered. This must be a conspiracy, otherwise I can't just be the commander of the Second Army, and this coward is still the commander-in-chief of the 6th Army. "Speaking of the Battle of Shahe, His Excellency was very angry and began to resent. Only when he calmed down did he say, "Dear Andrei, God bless you as safe and sound. We have to fight back, we have to kick this coward and conspirator from the position of commander-in-chief of the 6th Army, we have to win the whole war and drive those yellow-skinned monkeys into the sea. ”

Madlidov was overwhelmed by the general's emotional language, and he had no choice but to say: "Yes." Your Excellency, we must drive him down, and then win this war and open up Yellow Russia for His Majesty. ”

The two frustrated men finally agreed on the general direction, and General Billy Gerlinger immediately turned to the topic, "Dear Andrey, now I need a detailed reconnaissance of the left flank of the Japanese army, but I am not in command of Missichko's cavalry corps. He only listened to the coward's orders. According to the current Japanese defense, I suspect that his left flank is extremely weak, and we need to launch an attack, and a ferocious right hook can completely disrupt the battle line of the yellow-skinned monkey. I need your help for this, I need to know the local situation, can you help me? Dear Andrew. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency." Madelidov said. "I can help you scout the situation of the Japanese, and I can also help you win the war, but your Excellency, this needs the help of the Chinese. Now there is a Chinese army, close to a brigade, no, a whole division, they helped us teach the Japanese a lesson, and now they want to join us, hoping to participate in frontal combat. ”

"Front-on, Yankee?" His Excellency the General wondered, "What can those yellow-skinned monkeys do?" He is not even as good as the Japanese, they will only constantly attack our logistics line under the command of the Japanese. ”

"No, Your Excellency. They were a very good source of soldiers, just like the serfs of His Majesty, and the difference between them and the Russian army was that there were no good people to train and command them. Now, the Chinese had been trained to rival the regular army, and they were definitely much better than the recruited Poles in the army. When the colonel said about the Chinese, he couldn't help but think of that review, although he thought that it was prepared by the king in advance, but the momentum of their shouting was not something that ordinary stragglers could have, and in order to fulfill his promise, he kept saying good things about the Chinese.

"The yellow race may be good when they train, but who will train them? Only Caucasian people are noble and wise. Andrey, we just need them to give us information about the Japanese, and the most we can do is let them protect our logistics line and fight against the Chinese who have been bribed by the Japanese. "It is clear that His Excellency the General is also a white supremacist, and he believes that any yellow-skinned monkey is vulnerable.

"Your Excellency, they are trained entirely by white men. I saw it with my own eyes. "The colonel tried again," they were trained by a German, who was said to be a retired officer of the German 6th Army, and whose teacher was Field Marshal Goltz (Field Marshal of the Arms). ”

"Germans? Field Marshal Goltz? His Excellency the Admiral was surprised, "Really? Are you sure? ”

"Yes, Your Excellency. I saw it with my own eyes. The colonel affirmed.

General Billy Gellinger was silent, in fact, he did not believe in any colored people at all, and the reason why he said before coming to the Far East that he would go on behalf of all of Europe was to prove that in addition to the strength of the Russian army, he also wanted to prove the strength of the white race. Although he was a Russian, General Bilgerlinger himself was a German-Russian, and he believed that as far as the Sixth Army was concerned, only Germany and Russia were the best in the whole world, the whole white world, and of course only Germany and Russia were the best. He was proud of his German roots. Now there was a German training those yellow-skinned monkeys, and this German was still a subordinate of Field Marshal Golz. What's going on, could it be said that the Germans also intervened in Manchuria? It seems that the promises of the Kaiser and the Tsar were not like this.

After thinking for a long time, the general said: "Dear Andrey, you go and bring that German here, and if the situation is really as you said, I will allow them to be incorporated into my unit and let them participate in the battle." ”

"Yes. Excellency. As you wish. The Colonel said happily, then bowed and withdrew.

More than ten days later, when the snow was falling, Madlidov returned to the Ongquanling, this time he was not at all as depressed as the previous time, but dressed in a brand-new Russian military coat with two companies of troops. Escorting a lot of ordnance proudly. Yang Rui didn't care about his big dog behavior at all, and only let Zhang Huanrong greet him, while he paid attention to the arms and official posts brought by the colonel. Just as he thought before, it was useless to ask for a Makqin machine gun, but more than 2,000 shotguns were given, and the rest were thousands of Russian standard rifles and a lot of ammunition - Yang Rui still didn't understand the real situation inside the Russian army, after the Russian army suffered tens of thousands of casualties in Shahe last time. The rifles of the Russian army are completely rich, as is the ammunition. Only the Makqin machine guns were not purchased much by the Russian army before the war, and a lot of them were captured during the Yalu River operation, so that now there are only 66 machine guns left in the whole army, and these 66 machine guns are supplied by Kuropatkin like treasures, and no one will give them.

"Mr. Colonel, you didn't bring a single machine gun this time." Yang Rui took the list of supplies and was a little disappointed.

"Oh. Don't worry, dear king, I brought with me more than two thousand shotguns (shotguns) and a very large number of shells, which are not much worse than machine guns. "Madelidov argued, "Your Excellency the Commander also promised that only if you have enough artillery, then in frontal combat." It can also give you a few more cannons, so that you have a whole artillery battalion. ”

Because they had to participate in frontal combat, six of the eight Makqin machine guns were assigned to the Weng Quanling unit, and three field guns and six mountain guns were also brought over with two field guns and four mountain guns. The previous shells were all fired during training, and the cannons without shells were still lit up, even if these cannons would eventually be recovered by the Russian army or destroyed in the war, but at least the field artillery units would be trained and no longer ornaments.

Without dwelling on the matter of machine guns anymore, Yang Rui asked, "Which team will we join?" ”

Seeing Yang Rui ask about the substantive matter, Madlidov's face was embarrassed, and he said: "Dear Wang, things are not so simple, many commanders don't believe in your combat effectiveness, so ......" Seeing Yang Rui's face sank, the colonel immediately said, "But don't worry, I told General Billy Gellinger of the Second Army, he is very interested in your unit, and he hopes to communicate with your chief of staff, General William." ”

"Second Army? He wants to see General William? Yang Rui pondered, and he finally remembered that this second army was on the right flank of the Russian army, that is, west of Mukden.

"Yes. Yes. He was a big man and was deeply trusted by His Majesty the Tsar. As long as he can achieve some victories in the next battle, then he will be the commander-in-chief of the 6th Army in the Far East. In order not to disappoint Yang Rui, the colonel decisively raised the bargaining chips of General Billy Gellinger.

Leo's visit to the Russian military headquarters was something he had thought of earlier, after all, those Russian nobles did not want to meet a yellow man. "Alright then, Mr. Colonel." Yang Rui said briskly, "I can ask General William to accompany you to Mukden, but I hope you don't let me down." ”

"No, dear king. Your Excellency is about to launch an attack, and he needs your help to understand the situation of the Japanese on the other side. The colonel said.

"Oh, offense? An offensive on the right flank? Yang Rui said. He couldn't help but think of the Battle of Heigoutai, although the course of the Russo-Japanese War was disrupted by him, but the rhythm did not change, but the time was postponed, according to history, the next battle will be the Russian army to take the initiative to attack the Japanese army, the direction of the attack is on the right flank, the number is the entire Second Army a total of more than 100,000 people.

"Colonel, is there some contradiction between the Commander-in-Chief Kuropatkin and the Commander-in-Chief Kuropatkin?" Yang Rui asked. He sensed something from the conversation he had just had.

Although it is an internal affair of the Russian army, Madlidov is still based on the position, "Yes. Kuropagent was the man of the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Witt. The reason why he keeps retreating is to let the Russian army lose the war, and then hit the hardliners in the cabinet. This qiē is all their conspiracy. ”

Yang Rui was a little clear, he couldn't help but sigh at the luck of the Japanese, the previous First Day coincided with the Manchu Qing Dynasty to weaken the Huai system, and now it encountered the conservatives in Russia to fight the hardliners, no wonder they can take risks and succeed every time. All fucking shit luck. He didn't say anything more when he heard this, he just asked Leo to come in, and he wanted to discuss with him the details of the troop and the requirements for Russia, since he could go to the frontal battlefield, then he had to seize the opportunity.

As on the previous occasion, Madelidov did not stay long before returning with him, and Leo accompanied him to Mukden. After Leo left. Yang Rui summoned all the officers above the platoon level to a meeting to do the general mobilization before the war, he is already in January, and according to history, the battle of Heigoutai will come soon. More than 100 officers gathered in the big tent of the army, and in order to accommodate so many people, the general account of the Chinese army was deliberately expanded a lot. And in order to ensure the temperature, these dozens of charcoal fires were burned in the tent.

"Two months at most, one month at the earliest, we will soon be engaged in the frontal battlefield between Japan and Russia. This is the only way for the revival army to become an army, and a soldier who has not seen blood is not a good soldier, and an army that has not experienced a major war is not a good army. Japan and Russia will eventually be our enemies, and we must learn from the war. It is necessary to fully understand the various situations of the Russian army and the Japanese army, and even more so to regard them as imaginary enemies and constantly reform and strengthen our troops.

Since ancient times, the country's army has been divided into eagle dogs, should we be a dog that can guard the door and only suppress domestic rebellions, or be an eagle soaring in the sky to open up territory for China? If we want to be a guard dog, then we have reached the standard now, and the three towns of Beiyang are not worth mentioning for us. But can we be satisfied? It seems to me that an army that is proud of the civil war is a disgrace. Rather than being a dog guarding the house, I would rather die than be an eagle flying above the blue sky, and like those generals of the Han Dynasty, I will continue to pursue the Huns and seal the wolf Juxu......"

The meeting ended quickly, and Yang Rui's words about the eagle dog were very short, but they shocked all the officers of the army. In the past, the propaganda within the army only regarded the Manchus as the great enemy, and the officers only discussed how to defeat the Manchus and restore China, but today's speech has made everyone turn their eyes from home to abroad, and the eagle will always be arrogant. If you want to become an eagle, you have to fly high like an eagle to look down on the earth, which is not something that ordinary people can perceive and imagine.

Of course, it was only those non-commissioned officers who were stimulated by Yang Rui, as an old man in the Northeast, Zheng Lanting, who came from Maoershan, didn't think so, but as a newcomer, he couldn't speak at the meeting, and after returning to his residence, he drank with a few old brothers who came over together to relieve his boredom.

"Zhou Kuaijiao, what do you say is the matter with the big boss? Do you really want to help Big Nose fight? I was panicked in my heart, and I was not happy, didn't I join the gang just to hit my big nose and avenge my former brother? Who knows...... Ay. After Zheng Lanting finished speaking, he drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp, and after drinking, he felt dissatisfied again, and smashed the bowl on the frozen ground with a "bang", and shouted to the orderly: "What kind of fucking wine are you, what about the second pot?" Why don't you give it over? ”

Seeing that the company commander was angry, the orderly didn't dare to make a sound, and when he asked, he said in a low voice: "The second pot head drank all the last time, and now the wine in the army is rationed, so I can only buy these pots."

The resources in the Northeast are very rich, soybeans, ginseng and other Zhong sightseeing have intervened, and this pot has also built a large wine shop under Yang Rui's construction, which is officially called Changbai Mountain, and privately the old and young masters call this wine Erguotou.

"Go! This is also a pot, mixed with water. There was no taste at all. Zheng Lanting knew that alcohol in the army was controlled, but he was still not satisfied with the orderlies. Although he joined the revival army and led the horse team to gallop between the white mountains and black waters at the end, the control in the army was very strict, and the brothers who were not satisfied still wanted to make trouble, and finally competed with the original cavalry company of the revival army.

Before Zheng Lanting finished speaking, Yang Rui's laughter came from outside: "Hehe, how do you drink wine mixed with water?" I have a few boxes of two-pot heads, everyone has a drunken rest. ”

Seeing that Yang Rui was coming, everyone in the camp immediately stood up and saluted, and Yang Rui was not polite, so he sat down and drank with everyone. According to the understanding of people, there is no need to be reasonable with these bearded men, even if you are reasonable, you can't tell clearly, the key to subduing them is to have a heart-to-heart relationship, pay full attention to them, give them face, and know their suffering. Only these men think that the big bosses care about themselves and care about themselves, and they are happy to let them die, according to the words of the rivers and lakes, this is called the death of a confidant.