"Manpower, transporting machines to Shuifeng, these are not problems, but the army has no food stockpiles, which is the most serious problem at present; When the main force of the Japanese army advanced north, it left less than 2,000 rations in the cities of the Yalu River. ”

Xu Ru said with a worried face: "Now the army in Shuifeng has more than 2,000 people, and for the time being, it is barely maintained by the rations left by the Japanese army to Shuifeng, and the 700 traitor troops in the two cities of Shuozhou; The local people are very poor, and some time ago, the Japanese army brutally requisitioned grain everywhere, and many people have already starved to death these days, and when the grain is cut off in the spring of next year, there will only be more people starving to death. ”

Speaking of this, the thin Xu Ru couldn't help but feel a little gloomy, but she couldn't do anything about these things, so she could only harden her heart and watch silently.

"And we don't have any forage and bean cakes to feed the war horses, so many of your war horses, alas-"

Shen Yuedong just thought about the large amount of grain and grass that was burned when Shuifeng fell, and he felt a pain in his flesh, and he was even more anxious about what to do with these war horses?

This should be the last field cavalry cluster in the entire Qing Dynasty!

"These are not problems, all the staff has already made arrangements, and the 'Nilske' has purchased about 1 million catties of grain in Qingdao, as well as forage, vegetables, pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks, eggs, poultry, cotton clothes, quilts, and medicinal materials."

Qu Desheng looked at Xu Ru, Shen Yuedong's row of soldiers' cotton uniforms were all puddings stacked with patches in tatters, and some of the damages revealed a piece of wool grass, obviously the cotton ran out of hay instead.

You don't have to think about it to know how hard they were some time ago.

What Qu Desheng didn't know was that these military uniforms were still the effect of Xu Ru deliberately gathering the military uniforms that could be worn in order to meet friendly soldiers.

When the reinforcement army withdrew from North Korea, it was still the beginning of autumn, and the soldiers were wearing thin summer clothes, and the soldiers were now all local homespun tattered cotton jackets to keep out the cold.

"Great!"

Hearing Qu Desheng's words, a group of Shuifeng soldiers suddenly shouted happily.

Although these padded jackets are not military uniforms, the new cotton of the white flowers will definitely be a hundred times stronger than the torn jacket on his body that can't retain a little temperature.

"What do you do with all this food? I mean that for 3,000 of us, 100,000 catties of grain a month is enough. ”

Xu Ru looked at Qu Desheng and asked, and couldn't help but think of Shuifeng, the two cities of Shuozhou, and the people who were dying of hunger.

However, without the order of the General Staff, who would dare to distribute this precious grain indiscriminately.

"Fang Dahai is also short of food there, otherwise the staff asked them to come 500, and they would have 800 people at once; As for the rest of the grain——, you are the logistics minister of the anti-Japanese army, and this ship of supplies will be handed over to your logistics department, and you will contact the Lushun Staff Department and the Dagu Commander-in-Chief Office. ”

Seinfeld, who was standing on the side, smiled and said to Xu Ru: "Minister Xu, if you don't object, let's get on the ship now and count the handover." ”

"Huh?"

Xu Ru, who has been drilling in the mountains and forests in Shuozhou these days, only then did he remember that he still had such an identity.

However, she did not want to hand over the military power immediately, because those comrades who died in the battle were still waiting for her to take revenge.

"Minister Xu, this is your duty, and I also have my duties and tasks, please hand them over immediately."

Seinfeld certainly guessed what Xu Ru wanted to do, so he insisted uncompromisingly, and he did have his own mission.

"The operational order of the General Staff at this stage is to quickly and quietly capture Dagushan, Andong, Jiuliancheng, and Yizhou; After that, I estimate that the troops will encroach on Phoenix, Xiuyan, Yingkou, Liaoyang, and Jinzhou step by step, and finally capture Fengtian. ”

Meng Zhou saw Xu Ru's hesitation, so he explained to her in detail: "In this way, the entire Liaodong will be completely restored, and after the Qing army troops north of Fengtian are liberated, the imperial court will definitely order them to go south to Shanhaiguan and join forces with the Zhili armies to attack the first army of Youpeng in Shanxian County." ”

"And our anti-Japanese army can take advantage of the victory, return to southern Liaoning, and participate in the general decisive battle with the Second Army."

Seinfeld said with a look of hope, as if he had already defeated Matsuzaki Rikuma in Mukden and wanted the army to return to Jinzhou.

"Then the army divided into a detachment, united with the sea to level Korea, and the rest of the army directly across the Bohai Bay, from the northeast of Lu to attack the first army of Youpeng in Shanxian County."

Lu Tiejiao also couldn't help his desire to perform, and shouted excitedly: "It's easy for 100,000 troops to destroy the dogs!" ”

Shen Yuedong listened enthusiastically and asked curiously: "Is this determined by the commander-in-chief or the general staff?" How do you know? ”

"Hey, we guessed."

Lu Tiejiao said with a 'take it for granted' conceit: "Our brothers have talked all the way on the road and have come to this conclusion. ”

"Uh-"

The people next to him wanted to roll their eyes when they heard this.

On the morning of the same day, after a little rest, the cavalry regiment of the anti-Japanese army immediately pulled out the camp and marched towards the march with horses' hooves on the thick ice of the Yalu River.

There, it is Yiju, Jiulian City.

Lushun.

In the second half of the night of the 18th, the Beiyang Naval Division ship group arrived off the coast of Lion's Mouth.

The artillery on the defense battery of Lushun Port discovered the approach of this huge ship group very early, although because of the previous telegram exchanges, they guessed that the 19th was the return voyage of the Beiyang Naval Division, but each battery was still in strict combat readiness of the whole battalion according to the system.

When the Beiyang Fleet was about four nautical miles away from the Lushun coast, the Golden Mountain Fort opened fire to warn it, and the Beiyang Fleet Fleet immediately turned on the electric lights outside the ship to facilitate the Lushun Fort to confirm its identity.

Soon, the Golden Mountain Fort salute roared to welcome the return of the Beiyang Naval Division.

At three o'clock in the morning, under the light of the electric lights on the shore, the Dingyuan ship first slowly approached the Xigang wharf.

"We don't dare to bet, if we dare to risk driving 'Nilske' directly into this ice-free port, and the troops are equipped with those fast guns and grenade shotguns, after Makqin, we can immediately counterattack the second army in Dashanyan."

Chen Shijie looked at Ding Ruchang, and Liu Buyun walked down the long bridge to the dock, whispering regret on his face.

Shen Zhaoao glanced at Chen Shijie: "The purpose of military operations is ultimately to serve the larger design; You should do your job as the Attorney General and the Minister of Propaganda, for you don't understand these things. ”

"Hehe, you mean I'm stupid?"

Chen Shijie knew that he was not a character like Shen Zhaoao, so he was pointed out by Shen Zhaoao, and he was very unhappy in his heart.

"Hehe, that's what you said."

Shen Zhaoao obviously enjoyed the fun of arguing with Chen Shijie.

"Don't say it, come here; Chen Shijie, you go and sing blackface. ”

Wu Weiyang stood straight to the right of Chen Shijie and said in a low voice: "But don't be too dark." ”

"I'm dizzy, your requirements are really not low."

Chen Shijie smiled bitterly on his face: "I'm good at black face, but don't be too dark, it's really hard to grasp." ”

Ding Ruchang and Liu Buyun walked down the bridge, and when they saw that the dock was full of soldiers with steel helmets, they couldn't help but secretly stutter, these anti-Japanese soldiers really have silver, and they show luxury everywhere.