Chapter 532: The Second Battle of the Yalu River (3)

Of course, Luo Yue didn't know that there was so much complicated background for the Military Commission to transfer him back, but since it was the Military Commission's order, he just carried it out according to the order.

Of course, Luo Yue was transferred out of the Far Eastern Theater, but his post as commander of the Far Eastern Theater was not revoked, this is because this time against Russia, the Far East Theater has made great contributions, and Luo Yue as the commander is naturally indispensable, and at this time when he is about to achieve a complete victory, the transfer of Luo Yue from the Far East Theater, although it is indeed the need of the war, but it is a little unfair to Luo Yue personally, and he cannot obtain the honor of a complete victory, and his successor will inevitably be suspected of picking peaches, although Luo Yue can not care, but this opening cannot be opened, so Luo Yue's position as commander of the Far East Theater is retained, and he is still the supreme person in charge of the Far East Theater in name, so that the honor of the Far Eastern Theater will also have Luo Yue's share. In this way, Liu Tie, the commander of the 1st Army, who succeeded Luo Yue and was responsible for the main work in the later stage of the Far Eastern Theater, could only act as the deputy commander of the Far Eastern Theater.

Now the center of gravity of the Far Eastern Theater has been completely shifted from Vladivostok to Harbin, and now the People's Army is stepping up efforts to repair the part of the Heda Line of the Eastern Railway that was damaged by the previous war, and at the same time is also building a railway line that bypasses Shenyang, which is expected to take about two months, and once the railway line is completed, Lushun's materials can reach Harbin by rail, so that the maritime role of Vladivostok can be greatly weakened.

At present, the distribution of troops in the Far Eastern Theater is as follows: the 1st Division of the 1st Army is stationed in Changchun and assists the Northeast Theater in besieging Shenyang, the 6th Division of the 1st Army and the 1st Marine Division are stationed in Harbin, the 2nd Marine Division and 2 reserve regiments are stationed in Vladivostok and Shuangchengzi, and the two reserve regiments of the 1st Army are stationed at stations along the railway line from Harbin to Suifenhe and from Harbin to Changchun. Now, the 1st Marine Division is going to withdraw to Qingdao with Luo Yue, so there is only 1 division stationed in Harbin, but there are also armored trains and cavalry regiments, and now the number of Russian troops stationed in Manchuria is not much, after Linnevich's reorganization, there are a total of 1 division and 2 brigades, such a force is obviously not enough to counterattack Harbin.

Now a new problem facing the Far Eastern Theater is the rampant banditry, which frequently attacked villages, towns, shops, railways and railway stations during this period. In fact, the problem of bandits is also an old problem in the northeast, because the northeast region is vast and sparsely populated, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, and the people are brave, and it is a paradise for bandits to survive, and the well-known bandits in the northeast in the old time and space such as Zhang Zuolin, Feng Linge, Du Lisan, Jin Shoushan and others have risen in this era.

To be honest, there is nothing the People's Army can do about the bandits now, the main thing is that the energy is insufficient, Bi Jing has not completely ended the war now, it is impossible to transfer the energy to the bandits, and the foundation in the newly occupied areas is not solid, and the people cannot be mobilized, so now they can only adopt the strategy of protecting the big cities and railway stations, and the army of a company is stationed at each railway station, because the firepower of the bandits is not strong, most of them are using single-shot rifles, some are still old-fashioned flintlock guns, and the firepower of a company of the People's Army is enough to overwhelm 1,000 bandits, and ensure the smooth flow of the railway line and the safety of the big city, it can ensure the communication and material flow between several large cities. And the bandits elsewhere had to let it go.

After explaining the affairs, Luo Yue took his guard company and the artillery and other heavy equipment of the whole division, boarded the train, returned to Vladivostok, and returned to Qingdao by sea, while the other units of the 1st Marine Division went south from the Harbin train to Lushun, and then from Lushun to Qingdao by sea. In this way, it is divided into two roads back to Qingdao, mainly because the transportation volume of the railway is limited, because whether it is the Harbin-Dalian line or the Binsui line, there is not yet a complete repair, and it is necessary to transfer trains halfway, but in contrast, the situation of the Binsui line is better, only 1 section of the railway is being repaired, and the distance is about 10 kilometers, and the Harbin-Dalian line in addition to the repair of the lot, there is also the Shenyang section of the bypass railway has not been completed, at least more than 30 kilometers of the section without a railway, so that the heavy equipment is naturally to take the Binsui line, and it is the most convenient to return to Qingdao through the Vladivostok sea road. And if Luo Yue wants to take the Vladivostok waterway, he mainly has to go to Vladivostok to have a look, after all, he is still the supreme person in charge of the Far Eastern Theater, so he naturally wants to know about his jurisdiction.

Luo Yue has his own special carriage on the train, with a dedicated lounge, office, conference room and other independent spaces, so that he does not have to squeeze together with other soldiers. Moreover, there was ample time on the train to systematically sort out and summarize the war in the Far Eastern theater of operations, which would later be used as a demonstration of war. Luo Yue had received an order from the Military Commission, asking him to make a detailed record of the war in the Far East Theater, but before that, Luo Yue had too many things to do and was too busy, so he could only collect as much information as possible, and all the materials were divided into two parts, 1 for the archive of the Far East Theater of Operations, and 1 for Luo Yue's own retention, for summary use, and on the train, he could finally be idle, and Luo Yue could also start to do these work.

When the train traveled to Pingshan Railway Station, the railway here was under repair, and the train needed to be replaced to move on, although the train to be replaced was ready, but it was only necessary to walk about 10 kilometers to board the new train, so Luo Yue also got off the train and walked with the soldiers.

Along the way, you can see a large number of railway workers who are urgently constructing, as well as the sound of "clanging" percussion, and there are many soldiers guarding with guns in the surrounding area, and at this time, Liu Xi'an, the person in charge of the engineering responsible for repairing the railway, and Zhou Zixing, the commander of the 1st Battalion and 1st Company of the Reserve 2nd Regiment, the commander of the guarding army, have received an order and rushed to meet Luo Yue.

Luo Yue said a few words of encouragement to them, and briefly asked a few words about the situation of the project, the Russian army destroyed a total of 3 railway stations, and after the efforts of the construction team, 2 railway stations and railways have been repaired, it can be said that the repair work has been completed for most of the time, and there are about 10-15 days or so to complete, but now the biggest difficulty facing the construction is the attack of bandits, at this time the construction team has been attacked by 2 bandits, 16 workers were killed, and another 34 workers were injured, so the protection of the construction team has also been strengthened, increased from 1 company to 2 companies, and strengthened the inspection of the periphery of the construction siteใ€‚ and successfully repelled an attack by bandits, killing 37 bandits.

Originally, this was just a regular report, but Luo Yue heard the problem, and immediately asked about the time of the 3 attacks, sure enough, the farthest one was 11 days ago, and the most recent one was 3 days ago, it can be said that this frequency is too intensive, the behavior of the Inka bandits is usually based on looting food, materials, and money, and the object of robbery is, of course, the weaker the better, but although the railway construction team has some food and materials, it is not much, and there is no money at all, mainly railroad tracks, sleepers, Gravel, but the bandits are so persistent in attacking the construction team, obviously not to loot food, supplies, money, this is a bit intriguing, but in the first few battles, not a single bandit was caught, and I don't know what the real purpose of the bandits is? Is there anyone behind it?

Just as Luo Yue was thinking, suddenly a gunshot rang out from the northwest, Zhou Zixing's face changed, and he hurriedly said goodbye to Luo Yue and rushed to command the battle. The workers also put down their work and went back to the camp to take refuge, which was also garrisoned by troops. Luo Yue didn't stop him, but just asked him to catch a few alive and come back. Because Luo Yue's team had a large number of heavy weapons, it would take quite some time to switch to the new train, and it would be possible to wait until the end of the war. And Luo Yue's guards were also immediately on guard around to protect Luo Yue's safety.

After a while, the gunfire in the northwest direction suddenly intensified, obviously the People's Army and the bandits exchanged fire, but Luo Yue was not worried, he still had full confidence in the combat effectiveness of the People's Army.

But at this moment, someone from the guard battalion came to report that bandits had also been found in the southwest direction, and the number was about 100 people, and they had exchanged fire with the guard battalion's alert troops, but the guard force was only 1 squad, so they sent people back to ask for reinforcements.

Luo Yue was also a little surprised when he heard it, this gang of bandits would actually use their voices to attack the west, if it wasn't for the fact that they happened to meet their own troops, it was really done, it seems that this Zhou Zixing is still a little careless, although at this time the workers have returned to the camp, and the camp is also guarded by soldiers, but when the bandits attack the camp, they can still cause certain casualties to the workers, and the bandits are so persistent in attacking the railway construction team, which is obviously a big deal.

Although he thought so in his heart, Luo Yue also immediately ordered to send a platoon to reinforce first, and then send a company to outflank the bandits' rear road from the left and right, and strive to capture as many bandits as possible.

The guard battalion is not only composed of elites, but also the best weapons and equipment, and the number of bandits along the way is not large, so there is no suspense in this kind of battle, it only took more than 20 minutes, of which about 15 minutes is the time for the KPA to outflank, and the actual battle took only 6 or 7 minutes, killing 41 bandits and capturing 54 people, while the KPA did not suffer any casualties.

When the soldiers of the guard battalion came to Luo Yue with the prisoners, Zhou Zixing came panting and confessed his mistake to Luo Yue. Luo Yuezhi didn't blame him too much, after all, Zhou Zixing was only a company commander, and he was also a reserve battalion, so it was unrealistic to ask him to have good tactical literacy, and it was very good to think that leaving a part of the army to defend the camp.