Chapter 418: Beijing Strategy (14)
By this time, the battle plan for blocking the Russian army basically had a relatively clear plan, but in fact, there were still many details that had not been perfected, such as setting up blocking positions there, landing from there, etc., and so on, and there was still no spectrum, but these details of things, there is no way to improve them now, because there is too little intelligence, and we can only take one step at a time. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½
And now the top priority is to take Beijing first, if you can't even take Beijing, then everything else will be floating clouds.
The battle to attack Beijing was scheduled to start at about 4 or 5 o'clock in the morning three days later, because it was not yet dawn at this time, and the night battle was the biggest advantage of the special forces of the traverser, and this time was not far from the dawn time, only about 2 hours, so at this time to start the battle, the special forces could just take advantage of the dark night, first gain the upper hand on the battlefield or completely disrupt the layout of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and then cooperate with the People's Army to completely defeat the Eight-Nation Alliance Army in one fell swoop.
And Xiao Jianjun also decided to personally go to Tongzhou Railway Station to command this battle. Qin Zheng stayed in Tianjin, organized personnel, and as soon as the People's Army captured Beijing, he immediately entered Beijing and took over Beijing's administrative affairs, and at the same time checked and counted the property plundered by the Eight-Nation Alliance.
At this time, Qin Zheng spoke: "I also need to remind that before attacking Beijing, we must emphasize discipline to the soldiers, and we should formally take the three disciplines and eight points of attention as the operational discipline of the people's army, and strengthen supervision. What's more, whether it is Li Zicheng or our ancestors, when they were stationed in Beijing, they were all at the beginning of the world situation and the time when the great cause was about to be completed, and they were even stronger and stronger, and they could be proud of the world, and our current great cause has just begun. β
As a matter of fact, since the founding of the People's Army, the People's Army has always attached great importance to the management and building of military discipline, and through strict management and ideological education, the People's Army has maintained very strict military discipline.
However, this battle is different from the previous battles, because Beijing is the capital of the Qing court, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, the land of generosity, the style is prosperous, far from Tianjin, Qingdao and other places can be compared, plus the occupation of Beijing, completely defeated the Eight-Nation Alliance, the war has come to an initial end, in order not to affect the morale of the whole army, the news of the Russian army's southward movement is only conveyed to the officers at the regimental level, so it is inevitable that the hearts of the officers and soldiers will be a little relaxed, and it is possible to relax military discipline.
In addition, the traverser captured Beijing, and there was another big goal, that is, to take the wealth plundered by the Eight-Nation Coalition from Beijing for their own use and make up for their own financial gap, but this wealth will be used as the public property of the entire traversal group, and individuals must not be allowed to enrich their own pockets.
But in the face of such a huge amount of wealth, it is inevitable that some people will be tempted, crossing soldiers may be better, and local soldiers are difficult to guarantee, after all, the People's Army has not been formed for a long time, although the local soldiers have been ideologically educated, but the soldiers' thinking is not yet stereotyped, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not be greedy after seeing a large amount of wealth, and the traveler must not indulge this kind of behavior, so it is completely necessary to give them a preventive shot in advance.
However, although the military discipline of the People's Army is strict, there is still no clear discipline rule, and it is generally only based on traditional practice, the commander's orders, and the Chinese military tradition of 17 prohibitions and 54 beheadings.
The three major disciplines and eight points of attention are the unified standards of behavior and discipline summed up by the ancestors of the traversers in the old time and space in accordance with the development of the situation and the practical experience of the troops. The three major disciplines are: obeying orders in all actions, not taking a stitch from the masses, and returning all seizures to the public. The eight points of attention are: speaking kindly, buying and selling fairly, paying back borrowed things, compensating for damaged things, not beating and scolding people, not damaging crops, not molesting women, and not abusing prisoners. Not only is it concise and to the point, but it also covers a wide range of topics, including rich and profound content. Either way, it is completely applicable in this era, and it can be used directly. And in the old time and space, it was also made into a song, which is convenient for memory, and the soldiers who travel through it will sing this song.
Now it is necessary to further emphasize discipline, so it is completely feasible to formally adopt these "three disciplines and eight points of attention" as the discipline rules of the People's Army to ensure military discipline after the occupation of Beijing.
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"Kill, kill, kill!"
With the deafening shouts and roars, the soldiers of the two teams each held wooden sticks and were engaged in fierce bayonet combat training, and the sound of "popping, popping" wooden weapons was also endless, and the sound of wooden sticks hitting the body, screaming, and falling to the ground could not be heard from time to time. However, the training enthusiasm of the fighters on both sides has not diminished at all, and they still continue to practice.
Luo Yue walked back and forth on the training ground several times, and was very satisfied with the training state of the soldiers. It was now the third day of the capture of Tongzhou, and as the battalion commander, Luo Yue had long known that the battle to attack Beijing would take place in the early hours of tomorrow morning, that is, tonight.
In the battle against the Tongzhou railway station, the first battalion was the last to join the regiment, so the casualties were the least, a total of 21 soldiers were killed, another 34 were wounded, of which 10 were seriously wounded, and the rest of the wounded have now been reunited and started training after treatment.
However, although the casualties of the first battalion were the least, this battle still made Luo Yue realize the shortcomings of his own troops, and in terms of bayonet skills, compared with the Eight-Nation Alliance, there were still great shortcomings, and in the battle to attack Beijing, because it was an urban battle, the probability of bayonet battles was very high, so Luo Yue also asked the soldiers to strengthen the training of bayonet skills.
After this battle, most of the soldiers also realized the importance of bayonet warfare, so the soldiers of the whole army also trained very hard, of course, this is also due to the victory at the Tongzhou railway station, and the morale of the whole army is very high. Although the training time was not long, the whole army experienced a real bayonet contest, and with this actual combat experience and targeted training, the soldiers' bayonet skills have also improved to a certain extent.
Of course, this attack on Beijing is not all about bayonet tactics, first of all, to break through the walls of Beijing, and although a regiment is equipped with an artillery battalion, but equipped with 77 mm caliber artillery, the power is limited, and the height and thickness of the Beijing city wall is one of the best in the whole of China, so the artillery may not be able to bombard the city wall of Beijing, or use the wooden ladder to attack the city to cooperate.
Just yesterday, a batch of 15-meter-long wooden ladders were transported from Tianjin, and the first battalion was assigned to 20 of them, so yesterday and today, the whole army also carried out ladder climbing training.
Before you know it, the morning training time is over. So Luo Yue gathered all the officers and men of the army together and officially announced that they would assemble at 3 a.m. tomorrow, set off at 3:15 a.m., enter the position before 4:45 a.m., and launch an attack on the city of Beijing at 5 p.m. on time.
In fact, the soldiers basically knew that this time the battle was definitely going to attack Beijing, after all, they all hit Tongzhou, so there was a reason not to attack Beijing, and yesterday they practiced climbing the ladder, such a high ladder, in addition to attacking Beijing City, what is the use, but no one thought that this battle would come so quickly.
However, the mood of the whole army did not have any effect, after all, since the formation of the People's Army, the Battle of Tianjin and the Battle of Qingdao have been fought very smoothly, and the Battle of Tongzhou has also been won, so there is no worry about attacking Beijing. In addition, he had carried out political education before, and he had the idea of conquering the city of Beijing, driving out the Eight-Nation Alliance, and restoring peace to China. Moreover, most of the soldiers of the People's Army are from Tianjin, which is basically equivalent to being on the edge of Beijing, and they all want to take this opportunity to go to Beijing to have a look.
And Li Zhuangyong and Jiang Haidong, members of the original Boxer Rebellion, were even more excited when they heard the news, because the main goal of these people joining the People's Army was to follow the People's Army to fight foreign devils and avenge the Boxers. Although their feelings are different after joining the People's Army, this has not changed.
He had fought against the Eight-Nation Allied Army in Tongzhou, and he had seen his brothers fall in rows under the guns of foreigners, and he also knew that the so-called miraculous skills of the Boxers were useless at all, so although Li Zhuangyong had a lot of dissatisfaction with the People's Army, he had to admit one thing, that is, the organization, establishment, training, and tactics of the People's Army were by no means comparable to the loose organization of the Boxers, and only such an army could defeat the Eight-Nation Alliance.
Because of this, although Li Zhuangyong was not active in participating in political study, he was very hard and serious in training, and after all, Li Zhuangyong was a person who had been on the battlefield and had practiced for several years, so his personal quality was much stronger than that of ordinary local soldiers from peasant backgrounds, and he was also quite valued by Luo Yue; if it were not for the fact that his time in joining the People's Army was too short and his political study results were average, he would probably have served as a platoon commander instead of a small squad leader.
In the battle of Tongzhou Huodong Station, Li Zhuangyong's performance was very brave, in the stalemate stage, he stabbed two Japanese soldiers to death, and in the later pursuit, he stabbed a Japanese soldier to death, killed a Japanese soldier, and was also a little famous in the army, and established a certain reputation. Luo Yue had already considered that if the People's Army was expanded again, or if there was a new position, Li Zhuangyong would be promoted first.
This time, Li Zhuangyong also made up his mind that he must kill a few more foreign devils in Beijing to avenge the brothers and sisters of the former Boxers.