Chapter 413: Lushun Strategy (10)

Although only a very small number of Russian prisoners were found with rifles, only more than 100 in total, the terrain in the prison was narrow, and the two sides fought in close quarters. In fact, in this era, the Russian army is also one of the best armies in hand-to-hand white-knuckle combat, although it is not like the Japanese army, which plays "jade shattering" at every turn, in white-knives warfare, mainly relying on the natural height of the Slavs, their strength, and their courage and ferocity, so they often become the final victors in hand-to-hand combat. Moreover, there was only one battalion of the People's Army that broke into the Lushun Prison, but the Russian army captured 3 or 4,000 people to participate in the battle, which was naturally a large number, so the fierce fighting between the two sides became more and more, and this battalion of the People's Army could not resist it, and was beaten out of the prison by the Russian prisoners, and 2 or 30 people were killed.

Outside the prison, however, the KPA had much more troops, controlled all the key points, and had the advantage of firepower to the fullest, so a burst of machine gun fire killed and wounded the Russian prisoners, and the Russian prisoners saw that the situation was not good, and retreated back into the prison.

However, such an unexpected incident also disrupted the rhythm of the KPA offensive, so the Japanese troops guarding the prison also got a chance to breathe, and actually stabilized the already collapsed defense line.

However, the commander of the Japanese army, Kotaro Omori, knew that the results just now were actually just a fluke, if it weren't for the Russian prisoners suddenly joining the battle and taking the People's Army by surprise, Lushun Prison would probably have been lost, and now there are less than 300 people left under his command, and most of them are wounded.

So Kotaro Omori immediately proposed to the Russian army to capture several officers, the two sides to fight side by side, resist the attack of the People's Army, and promise to release them after defeating the People's Army, and give them freedom.

At this time, the Russian prisoners had elected the provisional commander, Colonel Tolechakov, who was originally the commander of the 5th Regiment of the Arthur Garrison, and at this time the officers of the Russian captured lieutenant general were sent to Japan for detention, so the colonel was now the highest rank among the Russian prisoners, and Tolechakov was the person who had been the commander of the regiment, so he was promoted to the leader of the Russian prisoners.

Colonel Tolechakov surrendered with the Russian troops guarding Lushun when Lushun was breached, and since he was a colonel, he was treated better than other ordinary prisoners, not only could he live in a single room, but also had a special diet, and even arranged a woman for him every week, of course, Chinese. Therefore, Tolechakov had a good impression of the Japanese, and in addition, it also strengthened his sense of racial superiority, in Tolechakov's view, the Japanese army's respect for himself as a prisoner was due to his own racial nobility, he was a noble Slav, a fighting people, of course, not comparable to the yellow-skinned monkey.

Kotaro Omori asked Tolechakov to deal with the People's Army and defend the prison, but Tolechakov didn't think much about it at all and agreed to it. Of course, in Tolechakov's opinion, the Chinese and the Japanese are yellow-skinned monkeys, there is no difference, for the sake of the Japanese respecting themselves, I will help them.

Seeing that Tolechakov agreed, Kotaro Omori was naturally very happy, and hurriedly handed over the extra guns to the Russian prisoners for use, and at once assembled more than 300 Russian prisoners, and the others could only find a stick or something as a weapon.

At this time, the KPA organized an offensive again, first opening the gap with ferocious firepower, and once again entering the prison, but this time the KPA did not rush into the prison, and after entering the prison, it did not rashly expand the results of the battle, but arranged fire points in the prison, and then gradually advanced.

This time, it was naturally impossible for the Russian prisoners to engage in close combat with the People's Army as they had just done, and as a result, the Russian prisoners were beaten back again and again, and suffered heavy casualties, and the Japanese did not know where to flee. And Tolechakov knew that this was not a joke, and he couldn't help but secretly regret that the war between the yellow-skinned monkeys and his blind participation in something, so he hurriedly ordered a retreat and sent a soldier who could Chinese as a representative to negotiate with the People's Army.

The Russian army has been stationed in Lushun for several years, some soldiers have also learned some Chinese, basic communication is still okay, the representative of the Russian prisoners told the People's Army that the battle between the East China government and Japan has nothing to do with Russia, the battle just now is just a misunderstanding, the Russian prisoners will remain neutral in this battle, so from now on, the Russian prisoners will withdraw from the battle, hoping that the People's Army will not attack the Russian prisoners again.

At the same time, it also put forward three demands to the KPA: First, these Russian soldiers were captured in the Russo-Japanese War, but they were not prisoners of the KPA, so the KPA should not regard itself as prisoners, but should treat each other as Russian troops; second, the KPA must respect the rights of the Russian army, and the KPA is not allowed to enter the rooms where the Russian soldiers live in prison, and after the end of the war, the Russian army can freely leave Lushun; third, if the Russian army is temporarily unable to leave Lushun because of the war, the KPA will demarcate a residential area for Russian prisoners, and the Russian army will no longer be placed in prison, and the Russian army will enjoy absolute power in the residential area, and the KPA had to provide food and daily necessities to the Russian prisoners until they left Lushun.

It was the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Division that attacked Lushun Prison, and the regiment commander was named Zhang Dingsheng, who was also a crossing soldier, and after telling the Russian representative to finish speaking, Zhang Dingsheng only gave him one word: "Get out!" I still thought in my heart that Lao Maozi really thought that he was a character, wasn't he a prisoner of the devil? He actually pretended to be like an uncle, and it seemed that he had not fought enough just now, so he ordered an artillery bombardment of the gathering position of the Russian prisoners.

After suffering more than 10 artillery shots in a row, the Russian army finally couldn't stand it, so it sent another representative to negotiate with the People's Army, this time the attitude of the Russian army was much better, and it no longer asked for the identity of a soldier, or recognized himself as a prisoner, but asked to maintain the same treatment as when the Japanese army ruled Lushun.

It should be said that this time the request was much more reasonable, so Zhang Dingsheng could no longer refuse at will, so he immediately contacted Luo Yue and asked how to deal with the conditions put forward by the Russian prisoners.

And the reply was: no. Russian prisoners must surrender unconditionally to the KPA, and the KPA can only guarantee the basic rights of Russian prisoners in accordance with the requirements of the Geneva Conventions of 1 8 6 4, and will not agree to other demands.

After hearing this, the representative of the Russian prisoners offered to give himself 12 hours to think about it, but Luo Yue's reply was that there was not even one minute of time to think about it, and the People's Army should attack immediately and fight until the Russian prisoners surrendered.

Luo Yue's personality is actually relatively gentle, unlike most crossing warriors, who shout and kill at every turn, but a gentle personality does not mean that Luo Yue is a bad person, and when he should be tough, he will also be tough.

Of course, Japan hopes that it can be recognized by European and American countries and recognize itself as a civilized country, so it deliberately behaves like a civilized person, and even does not hesitate to give preferential treatment to Russian prisoners; however, the East China government's thinking is different from Japan's, and in order to be recognized by European and American countries, Guan Jian is his own fist is hard, after all, this era is still a jungle world in nature, the law of the jungle eats the strong, the harder your fist is, the more others look up to you, there is no need to whisper at all, and the captives are naturally as they should be, let alone be polite。 From the beginning of the Eight-Nation Coalition War, the East China Government acted in this way.

After Luo Yue and Zhou Weiying got married, they were taught by Qin Zheng's ear and example, and they also understood the truth that big sticks and carrots must be shared, so they took a tough attitude towards the demands made by the Russian prisoners.

Sure enough, after Zhang Dingsheng received Luo Yue's instructions, he slapped his thigh twice in a row, calling Luo Zhi happy, and telling Lao Maozi what politeness he said, so he told the Russian prisoner representative of Luo Yue's instructions, and then ordered an attack in front of the Russian prisoner representative.

And after listening to Zhang Dingsheng's words, the representatives of the Russian prisoners were also frightened and pale, they did not expect the attitude of overseas Chinese to be so tough, and they started to fight without a word, and they did not even leave time for the Russian prisoners to think about it, which is really too barbaric, in comparison, the Japanese are really civilized people. Why are they all yellow-skinned monkeys, but the gap between being monkeys is so big!

It's just that at this time, the People's Army opened all kinds of weapons and launched an attack on the room where the Russian prisoners gathered, and the representatives of the Russian prisoners did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly went back to report the news, but at this time the battle had begun, and it was certain that they could not return the same way, but could only go around. Fortunately, during the Japanese rule of Lushun, there was no restriction on the freedom of Russian prisoners, and they could move around the prison at will, so they were very clear about the layout, layout, and road of the prison, otherwise they really didn't know how to go back.

But that's it, the representatives of the Russian prisoners also went around for about 10 minutes before returning to the room where the Russian prisoners gathered. At this time, Tolechakov was almost crazy, and thought that the KPA would not accept the surrender of the Russian prisoners at all, and the Russian prisoners represented that they had been killed by the KPA and were ready to kill all the Russian prisoners. Therefore, I also regret and regret, I knew that the People's Army was so difficult to speak, I should have stayed in prison honestly, and helped the yellow-skinned monkey to get ahead.

However, after listening to the representatives of the Russian prisoners, Tolechakov knew that there was still a glimmer of life, although he was not sure what the result would be after surrendering, of course, it was absolutely impossible to expect preferential treatment like under Japanese control, but if he did not surrender, there was only a dead end, and surrender might still have a chance to live. So Tolechakov consulted with a few more officers, of course, at this time, who could have any other way, the shells were still falling from the top of his head one by one, and if he hesitated for a while, maybe he would go to God to report.

So Tolechakov no longer hesitated, and hurriedly called someone to find a few pieces of white cloth, and picked them out with bamboo sticks to express his surrender. Only then did the KPA stop the shelling, and let the Russian prisoners come out one by one, concentrate in the open area, and send troops to clean the other rooms in the prison.