Chapter 315: Jinzhou (3)
The Russian troops guarding the dock were very interested in not preventing the People's Army from going ashore, so there was no conflict between the two sides, and after the two companies of the People's Army went ashore, a company commander negotiated with Dudayev, but the other soldiers occupied the key points of the dock and soon formed a simple position, and the Russian soldiers could only watch from the dock in a daze, not that they didn't want to do something, but they didn't know what to do at all, and the disparity between the two sides was too great.
After the KPA took control of the wharf, the transport ships also lowered their dinghys to transport the landed troops to the shore.
After Deng Zhonghan went ashore, he met with Dudayev, and did not mention that the Russian army did not send a guide ship, but showed his identity and came to receive Jinzhou, and asked Dudayev to recruit the Russian troops guarding Huludao and lead the People's Army to receive Jinzhou. In fact, Huludao was handed over to the People's Army to garrison.
Although Dudayev received an order that Russia would only hand over Jinzhou to the People's Army, but did not say that Huludao would also be handed over to the People's Army, the current situation did not allow Dudayev to refuse. Of course, this is due to the fact that the number of the People's Army is much larger than that of the Russian army, and on the other hand, the attitude of the Russian army towards the People's Army is different from that of the Qing army. The Russian army naturally despises, contempts and ignores the Qing army, don't look at Dudayev only brought more than 6 0 Russian soldiers, but if it is against the Qing army, it is even against 6 0 0, even 6000 dare to be tough, but the People's Army is different, because 5 years ago, the Russian army had a crushing defeat at the hands of the People's Army, that was also the battle between the Eight-Nation Alliance and the People's Army, the army lost the worst battle, but also left a deep impression on the Russian army, although the time has passed 5 years, but the Russian army has not forgotten, so the Russian army does not dare to play in front of the People's Army, because it is at a disadvantage.
So Dudayev immediately recruited Russian soldiers to guard Huludao, and Deng Zhonghan led two battalions of troops to set off from Huludao and rush to Jinzhou.
The distance from Huludao to Jinzhou is about 50 kilometers, which is not close, so the team arrived in Jinzhou until more than 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
Jinzhou-Ningyuan area is one of the main battlefields in the alternating period of the Ming and Qing dynasties, so the construction of tall and strong city walls and city defense facilities, although after the Qing army entered the customs, there was no war in this area, but Jinzhou is after all an important stronghold connecting the inside and outside of the pass, although the Qing court did not strengthen the city defense of Jinzhou, but the original facilities have been maintained, although to the middle and late stages of the Qing court, the maintenance has also become a perfunctory, but Bi Jing is still there, and there will be some effect, although the current Jinzhou city wall is also somewhat damaged, but it is still very tall and thick。
Deng Zhonghan led the army to stop at a distance of about 1,000 meters from Jinzhou City, and asked Dudayev to go to the city to inform the defenders of the city that the People's Army would enter the city tonight to rest and go through the handover procedures for the city tomorrow. Although Deng Zhonghan's words were polite, his tone was very firm, which gave Dudayev a feeling that if the defenders of Jinzhou refused to allow the People's Army to enter the city, then the People's Army would unceremoniously launch an attack on Jinzhou City immediately.
The defender of Jinzhou City was called Captain Mikhaichenko, and the defenders had 5 platoons and about 220 soldiers. Three days earlier, Captain Mikhaichenko had received an order from Shenyang to hand over Jinzhou to the People's Army and then return to Shenyang to report for duty. The captain was relieved that he could finally get out of this hellish place. Jinzhou City is actually not big, about 1000 meters long, but the southwest corner of the city has to be made into an oblique angle due to the direction of the Xiaoling River, so it looks like a right-angle trapezoid, but only more than 200 soldiers, it is impossible to hold Jinzhou City.
Of course, if it was before the war between Japan and Russia, Captain Mikhaichenko was not in a hurry to leave Jinzhou, but now Russia has suffered successive defeats on the battlefield, and has lost Lushun and Liaoyang in a row, so it can only retreat to the front line of Shenyang. Although the captain is not proficient in the art of war, it can be seen from the map that the Russian army is moving away from the western Liaoning region step by step, that is to say, he is becoming a lone army, and at this time he can abandon Jinzhou and return to Shenyang, and the captain is naturally willing.
But after Dudayev entered the city, he told Mikhailchenko that after the People's Army went ashore on Huludao, it almost semi-forcibly took control of the port of Huludao and drove away all the Russian troops guarding it.
Of course, it is impossible to know the identity and status of the captain, and the high-level military wants to hand over Jinzhou to the people's army, but the idea of the low-level soldiers is simple and direct, since he has received an order from the headquarters, and he does not want to stay in Jinzhou for a long time, what if the people's army is good or not? It will be fine to hand over Jinzhou City to them, and it is necessary to hand over Jinzhou as soon as possible; in case a new order comes from the Fengtian Command, it will be difficult for him to do so. As for Huludao, it is not its own jurisdiction, so it doesn't matter if it has been captured by the People's Army!
Thinking of this, the captain did not hesitate any longer, and immediately ordered the city gate to be opened and let the People's Army enter the city. He also met with Deng Zhonghan, saying that he had received an order from the Fengtian Headquarters to hand over Jinzhou to the People's Army garrison, and that the relevant materials had been prepared, and that he could hand over the matter that night, and that he would be able to leave Jinzhou early tomorrow morning, and that he would have no responsibility for any new orders from the headquarters.
In fact, the city of Jinzhou is not large, and the Russian army does not take much care of things in Jinzhou, and the daily order and administration are actually managed by the officials of the original Qing court, and the requirements of the Russian army are realized through these officials. Therefore, the so-called handover is actually that Mikhaichenko called these officials together, met with Deng Zhonghan, and gave an explanation.
The captain's cheerfulness made Deng Zhonghan also a little surprised, and even doubted whether this Mao Zi was playing some tricks, so after the handover, Deng Zhonghan returned to his own troops, and did not dare to be careless, first occupied a city gate, and then divided a battalion of soldiers to camp outside the city, and arranged a large number of soldiers to keep vigil in case of accidents.
However, Deng Zhonghan's arrangement was superfluous, nothing happened overnight, and early the next morning, Mikhaichenko and Dudayev left with the Russian army, leaving the city of Jinzhou to the People's Army.
Three days later, the second batch of the People's Army landed at Huludao, and the remaining battalion of the 1st Regiment and a group of administrative and police personnel arrived in Jinzhou. By this time, the KPA had taken control of the area from Huludao to Jinzhou, and had transported 1 division of troops and more than 1,000 other personnel to this area, and began construction on a large scale.
Just when Deng Zhonghan was in full control of Jinzhou City, the East China Government also officially announced that in order to protect the territory of China, the People's Army would be stationed in Jinzhou, and would take further actions according to the development of the situation.
Because the time for the negotiations between Russia and the East China Government was too short, and the implementation was too fast, the countries did not even hear the slightest rumor, so when the East China Government announced the news, the whole world was also taken aback, of course, many countries estimated that the East China Government would sooner or later enter the big chess game of Northeast China, but not so many countries would have thought that the point of intervention would be in Jinzhou. And with the involvement of the East China government, the situation in Northeast China has become more complicated.
Of course, most countries are holding the mentality of watching the excitement and not being afraid of big things, but Japan is like being slapped with a stick, originally thought that they could get rid of the East China government and let go of themselves, but they did not expect that the East China government would give themselves this hand, originally Japan is now full of confidence in winning this battle, not only because of Japan's current advantages, but also because of the internal turmoil in Russia, in addition, the intelligence officer Akashi Motojiro sent by Japan to Europe is also preparing to add another firewood to this fire, so Japan unanimously believes that now is the best time, but did not expect such a big accident at this time。
Although Jinzhou is still far from the main battlefield of the war between Japan and Russia, it is precisely because of this that the East China Government is in a favorable position of attacking and retreating, and once Japan launches an attack on Shenyang, it will be tantamount to exposing its flank and rear to the East China Government's troops, so Japan is now powerless against the East China Government, and it is difficult to attack the Russian army with all its might, so it can be said that it is in a dilemma.
In Japan, however, a small number of officials who insisted on cooperating with the East China government at the beginning strongly criticized the cabinet's decision-making mistakes, which not only left Japan with one less friend with whom it could have cooperated and one more powerful enemy, but also advocated that, based on the current situation, the fighting should be stopped immediately, and the war should be stopped.
After all, at this time, Japan has no way back, because at this time the armistice, Japan can obtain extremely limited benefits from the war, and the huge debts owed for the war will bankrupt the Japanese government, so it can only continue the war again, and the gamble will not be able to stop once it has begun, either to win a full bowl or lose a fine loss.
The Japanese government summed up four ways to deal with it: First, it expressed its strongest protest to the East China government and demanded that the East China government withdraw its troops from Jinzhou; second, it put pressure on the Qing court to come forward and put pressure on the East China government, or send troops to take over Jinzhou. Of course, it can be seen from these two articles that the current Japanese government has been a little confused, and this method, which has almost no effect, has actually been proposed.
Of course, there are two more reliable ones, that is, to ask Britain to come forward and put pressure on the East China Government, preferably to force the East China Government to withdraw its troops from Jinzhou, or to have Britain supervise Jinzhou and monitor the actions of the East China Government; and finally, to continue to collect troops in Japan and increase the production capacity of arms, and if necessary, to fight against the East China Government and Russia at the same time.