Chapter 208 Death Battle: The two "Feng Ru III" wooden biplanes circled a few times above Yue Jun's head in an extremely arrogant manner, and then flew out of the field. Watching them run around in horror while shooting in vain, they smirked and waved their fists in the cabin. But before they could laugh, they couldn't laugh at the same time, and the fuel gauge showed that the fuel tank was about to empty. British pilots Tony and Patterson flew out of the field while silently saying God bless, after landing, it was the Chinese who met them, but themselves.

There were two screeching sounds, the engine stalled, and they struggled to control the plane's slow taxiing, trying to keep the flight steady and the nose slightly raised, so that it would not plunge headlong to the ground when it landed. A field of harvested sorghum became their landing ground, and the plane crackled over the tall straw.

Click, after a loud bang, Tony's plane tilted to one side, and the left wing suddenly broke into a pile of broken wood, and he was almost thrown out of the cabin, his head hit the dashboard, and he passed out. Patterson, the shorter pilot, had better luck than he did, and brought the plane to a steady stop.

He climbed out of his plane and struggled to pull Tony out of the cabin. He called out Tony's name vigorously, but there was no response, and the blood on his forehead had stained the flight jacket red.

Patterson dragged the unconscious Tommy aimlessly through the sorghum fields, unable to distinguish the cramping of the stalks with his leather boots, but his face was cut by the sharp edges of the blades. After walking for a long time, I didn't turn out, and this sorghum field seems to be boundless.

"Damn sorghum fields, stupid order! What a fool I am, why accept such a task! Patterson tugged at the collar of Tony's flight jacket with both hands, cursing as he searched for his way. It has been difficult since takeoff, the wind in the air is very strong, the plane is difficult to control, it rains for a while on the way, and Tony is knocked unconscious when he lands, so it's no wonder that Patterson is in a bad mood.

"Stop, what are you doing!"

Patterson heard someone shouting, he didn't understand Chinese, hurriedly raised his hands and walked in the direction of the sound, just four or five meters out of this seemingly endless sorghum field.

"Don't shoot, I'm not a bad person!" Patterson shouted desperately in English.

In front of him, there were three or four young Chinese, with old-fashioned shotguns in their hands, and the muzzles of black holes were pointed at Patterson's chest.

When Patterson saw these Chinese, he immediately felt much better, and thanked God that he did not fall into the hands of the barbaric Yue himself.

"I'm British, I'm your friend!" Patterson kept saying in English, but the other seemed to be more emotional, and their hands were already on the trigger.

Patterson hurriedly raised his hand above his head again, and then kept explaining, but the more he did this, the more hostility grew in the other party's eyes. Patterson suddenly remembered a few Chinese behind him, and hurriedly turned around and gave his back to these people.

"Brother Gouzi, that seems to be our Chinese character." A young man of seventeen or eighteen years old.

"Nonsense, of course I know it's a Chinese character, but it recognizes me, I don't recognize it!" A slightly older young man next to him pouted.

"Brother Dog, look at this foreign devil, I'll go to the village to call someone!" A young man of seventeen or eighteen years old ran to a nearby village.

Patterson squirmed, but the person on the other side didn't understand what he meant, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead in a hurry, and his nose became redder. He wanted to take the men to the sorghum field and help him pull Tony out. As soon as he took a step forward, the other party's finger immediately put on the trigger, and he hurriedly retreated in fright.

After a while, the young man hurried over with an old man with glasses and a goatee, like a literate and hyphenated person. The old man's legs and feet didn't seem to be neat enough, and he almost fell down on the ridge several times.

"Mr. Hao, look at what is written on the back of this foreign devil." The young man asked.

Mr. Hao pushed his glasses and read out word by word: "I am a soldier of the Chinese Jianghuai Army, please help us??? Ah, this foreign devil is our man! ”

The young man said in surprise: "Jianghuai Army, isn't that the advance army of Mongolia to recover Mongolia?" I've heard people talk about it in town! Beat the Mongolian Living Buddha and the Mongolian cavalry crying dad and mother, very angry! ”

Mr. Hao arched his hand at Patterson and said, "It turned out to be the brother of the advance army, disrespectful!" ”

He heard the old man with glasses pronounce these two words, and then looked at their expressions, and knew that this must be a friend and not an enemy, and he arched his hand as he did, and then immediately stepped forward to grab Mr. Hao, and dragged him into the sorghum field without saying anything.

"What are you pulling me to do? Sven some, Sven some??? I'll just take this one gown, don't tear it up! I still have to wear it when I teach! Mr. Hao couldn't laugh or cry.

When they walked to the sorghum field, they found that there was still a blonde and blue-eyed foreign devil here, and his head was still bleeding, Mr. Hao hurriedly said: "Quick, pick him up and send him to the village." Dog, you go to a doctor and treat this foreign brother of the advance army! ”

The dog said with a bitter face: "Where does my family have the money to invite Mr." My mother is sick and can't afford to hire a husband. ”

Mr. Hao glared and said: "People have come to China to help us recover Mongolia, and now they are here to fight Xiaoyueben, we don't even invite a doctor, are we still a person?" ”

The dog drooped his head: "But I don't have any money, why should I hire a doctor?" Put me in a drugstore? People have to ask me too, and they think I eat too much! ”

Mr. Hao gritted his teeth: "Okay, I don't want this Sven today!" ”

After saying this, he took off the long shirt on his body and folded it squarely, handed it to the dog with his own hands, and reluctantly touched two more handfuls before he said resolutely: "Go, send it to the pawnshop for a few dollars, and ask this foreign brother for a doctor." ”

Tony had been half-asleep and half-awake, he felt as if he was walking through a dark forest, countless demons were roaring at him, stretching out long tentacles to take him, he was very frightened, but a ray of light penetrated his whole body from the top of his head, making him feel warm and hopeful. In the daze, many figures shook in front of him, he seemed to return to his childhood, lying in his mother's arms, there was a sweet taste in his mouth, it was the taste of mother's milk, so familiar and so warm.

It's cold, it's really cold, the feeling of wind and frost swords entering the bones, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it seems like a steel drill splits its head.

His eyelids seemed to be covered with glue, and after a few struggles, he finally saw a glimmer of light, and the blurred shadow in Tony's eyes finally focused into a clear scene.

This is a house that can no longer be described as dilapidated, with four walls. Half of the dry earth wall collapsed, and even the four walls were not complete. Holes in the roof and walls let the cold wind run unobstructed, and the thatch on the roof drooped down the hole-ridden ceiling. The bitter north wind carried black dust and whistled sharply into the house, and the hut was foggy and dim, and it felt like the house would be swept up by the wind at any moment.

At this moment, Tony was lying on a kang made of rammed loess, covered with a broken quilt with patches everywhere, the quilt was very thin, the quilt was very old, but it was clean. I don't know how many years this quilt has been used, and when I touch it with my hand, the cotton inside is knotted. There was no mattress on the bed, only a straw mat spread on the bare kang, and the cool air ran up his backbone, and he instinctively curled up into a ball, but he was still shivering from the cold.

There was only a low table with almost peeling paint, a broken leg, and a few half-cut bricks, which was the only furnishing in the room. A homespun curtain of barely visible color divides the house into two. What is this place? Tony felt that the place seemed familiar, but he couldn't remember anything, his head still hurt, and there was no heating on his body, as if the body had been separated from the spirit and no longer belonged to him.

Several Chinese walked in, and at the front was an old man carrying a suitcase. Seeing the dress of these people, Tony hurriedly said in English: "I am a pilot of the Jianghuai Army, please help me." ”

The men obviously didn't know English, and the old man pulled out a glittering silver needle from the box. Tony was shocked, what were they doing here? Oriental-style interrogation, pricked nails with needles?

"No, I will tell you all about what you want to know, and I beg you, don't hurt me!" Tony's face was frightened.

The old man exchanged glances with a few people, and the others immediately held Tony down, and the old man took the silver needle, smiled maliciously, and approached step by step.

"I'm a British citizen, you can't do this to me, damn it!" Tony cursed.

Obviously, scolding would not have any effect, but the needle was still pierced, and the old man did not stop, and inserted more than a dozen silver needles in a row before nodding with satisfaction.

Tony didn't seem to feel much pain, and although he wasn't trained to endure pain as a spy, he could endure the pain.

"Thank God you're finally awake!" Patterson walked in with a goat.

"Oh God, where is this? What did they do to me? Tony asked weakly.

"This is outside Mukden City, you were injured, it was the kind Chinese who saved us, this is an ancient Chinese medicine, but it seems to be effective, aren't you already awake?" Come on, eat something. Tony said as he led the goat.

Patterson was stunned: "Do you eat mutton?" ”

Patterson grinned: "No, drink goat's milk, you can't even pour water into it after you fall unconscious, someone came up with the idea to put the goat's nipple to your mouth, but I didn't expect you to really drink it!" Ha ha! ”

Patterson suddenly fainted: "Damn it! ”

It turned out that the mother in a coma turned out to be this skinny dairy goat!

??? Dividing line ???

Chai Dongliang was restless in the Military Advisory Office, and as a person who came to cross, Chai Dongliang knew too well the importance of Northeast China to China's status in the future. I also fully know that after the successful adventure of the soldiers sent by the young Zhuang faction, in case the situation of the puppet Manchukuo really appears in the northeast. As long as China does not respond properly, it is likely to lose the Northeast! He knows too well the style of the young Zhuang sending soldiers to take the lead, and the politicians who really hold the power of the army look at the style in the back, not to mention that there are still a large number of old and young people of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in Kwantung Prefecture who are dreaming of restoring the Qing Dynasty behind closed doors.

At present, the Western powers have obviously adopted a blind attitude towards Chai Dongliang, and they have cautiously supported the expansion of the Jianghuai army and the expansion of Chai Dongliang's own prestige. Chai Dongliang's style, they have some understanding, he doesn't mind cooperating with the great powers, but first of all, to ensure the dignity of the Republic of China, compared with other countries, he is still more inclined to the United States' open door policy, and the relationship with the United States is also the closest, and recently openly asked for the internationalization of the Manchurian issue, which is very tempting for Britain and the United States to export capital. Once it is implemented, the treaty signed between Ben, Russia and the Manchu government will become a pile of waste paper that exists in name only. Ministers and consuls of various countries believe that he has a considerable understanding of the international situation and the situation of various countries, and is not like the previous Chinese bigwigs, who are either stupid and arrogant, or have no shame in their servile faces.

"Where is the first division?" Chai Dongliang asked.

"A regiment of the vanguard arrived in Tianjin by boat, and the follow-up troops have now reached the vicinity of Anyang, Henan."

"It's too slow, tell them to speed up, if it doesn't work, give up the heavy equipment for the time being, move forward lightly, and be sure to rush to Fengtian within fifteen days??? Kuang Haishan, Gu Nanshan, their form is very dangerous! ”

"Is there any movement from the War Department?"

"The War Department sent the Beiyang Third Division out of Shanhaiguan."

"Oh, Yuan Shikai has made a profit? The third division of the heart and liver baby was also taken out? It seems that he still knows the importance and is not old and confused. Chai Dongliang's heart was a little relieved.

The Third Division is the descendant of Yuan Shikai's lineage, with the best equipment, the most well-trained, and the strongest combat effectiveness. In particular, Cao Kun is a confidant of Wu Peifu, who has a high attainment in both strategy and tactics. Wu Peifu, who was born in Xiucai, not only has a set of wars, but also has a very hard bones, no matter how hard it is, he never relies on the power of foreigners, even if it is a win-win thing in the eyes of others, he never has too much to do with foreigners. It's just that this person's surname is too strong, and the so-called rigidity is extremely easy to break, and he was later calculated by the villain. During the Anti-Japanese War in another time and space, he wanted to pull him into the water many times, and the sugar-coated cannonballs were fired one after another, Wu Peifu pretended to be crazy and stupid, and ate the sugar-coated unceremoniously, and the cannonballs were returned. There are no doors.

When Wu Peifu pulled out his teeth, he died of a bacterial infection, and it is said that he assassinated him by his own hands and feet.

Makino Yingyang, a hundred-year-old meritorious service is only half a year; Luoyang is a tiger, and the wind and rain in all directions will be in Zhongzhou!

Chai Dongliang really wants to meet such a character, but it's not the time yet??? Manchuria is in danger, and the advance army is in danger!

I hope that Wu Peifu and Cao Kun, as said in the history books, can put the national righteousness above the grievances of the group, and will not do stupid things that make relatives and enemies happy at such a critical time, right?

Tanggu Wharf. A boatload of soldiers was transported down from the pier, this was the front unit of the 1st Division of the Jianghuai Army, they came by boat, and the follow-up troops changed to a land route in order to prevent interception by the Navy. Although most of these troops transferred from the south have undergone a full year of training, they still lack the experience of fighting in the ice and snow of the north.

Kuang Haishan urgently dispatched a group of veterans who had saluted the war against Mongolia to Tianjin to serve as instructors for cold-zone operations and impart some experience in cold-zone combat areas. How to keep warm, what to eat every day. How much water to drink, what to pay attention to on the march, how to camp and rest. Teach them all they know as much as they can. After a slight correction in Tianjin, these soldiers will leave the Shanhaiguan and set foot on the land of Manchuria. In Yanjing, Yuan Shikai was also urgently dispatching troops, and he was determined to send the third division, which had the strongest combat effectiveness in Beiyang, to Fengtian. Cao Kun did not dare to openly disobey orders, so he soaked mushrooms with the War Department every day and bargained for military salaries and equipment. To Cao Kun's surprise, Yuan Shikai really got five million military expenses, even with the surprisingly high expenses of Beiyang, these funds were enough for the Third Division to support in Mukden for more than a month.

At the same time, the War Department purchased a large number of necessary materials such as cotton clothes, cotton hats, and cold-proof face polish, which were continuously sent to Yanjing City. Cao Kun wondered where the president got the money, and when his men found out, he couldn't help but be amused and pathetic. Yuan Shikai secretly got the national treasures in the Summer Palace to sell them in the Liuli Factory, and for a time a large number of treasures in the inner palace attracted the attention of cultural relics dealers all over the world.

Cao Kun couldn't help but feel a sense of sadness, the old man had exhausted his donkey skills, and even resorted to such a trick. Cao Kun decided to fight a good battle, not only to gain political capital for himself, but also to repay the old man for his kindness over the years. Even for the sake of the old man's personal kindness to him, Cao Kun had to go to Manchuria, otherwise the whole Beiyang would look down on him and the Third Division. Especially Xu Shuzheng, the little fan of the deputy head of the War Department, was waiting to see Cao Kun's jokes.

Cao Sanye can't afford to lose this person!

With sufficient weapons, ammunition and extraction fees, Cao Kun personally served as the commander, and asked his confidant Wu Peifu to assist as his deputy, and a division of 18,000 people carried all the heavy weapons and went out of Shanhaiguan in a mighty way.

Cao Kun rode on the horse and said earnestly: "Ziyu, this time out of the plug, you must give me an example, and also show the majesty of our Beiyang." ”

Wu Peifu replied stiffly: "As long as no one restrains me, I will definitely be able to recapture Mukden and expel myself." Cao Kun smiled: "Ziyu's words, I naturally believe it, but I'm afraid that you will be too brave??? Can't you see the situation now? The old man has long been angry about the dominance of the Senate, and in this election of the two houses, if Liang Qichao forms a cabinet, everything will be closed, and if Song Jiaoren forms a cabinet, I am afraid that there will be a big incident. ”

Wu Peifu was shocked when he saw his gloating expression: "It's rare that the president wants to kill Song Jiaoren?" ”

Cao Kun immediately shook his head and said: "The president is not so stupid, if he wants to kill Song Jiaoren, there is a way, why wait until now?" Besides, it's not something you should be afraid of. Now Chai Dongliang of Anhui is shouting and shouting and killing in Manchuria, and he is addicted to being a national hero, Sun Wen is eyeing Shanghai, Song Jiaoren is bent on forming a cabinet and forming gangs everywhere, and there is a Yanjing railway station, as long as you are a councilor, there will be forces from all over the world, please eat, drink, and send money, it is complicated, too complicated! ”

Wu Peifu said arrogantly: "I'm a soldier, I just know how to fight well, and I'm not interested in politics." All I know is that if anyone gets in the way of Beiyang, I'll let it disappear. ”

Cao Kun smiled bitterly: "It's a troubled time now, if you have a gun, you are the king of grass, and if you don't have the strength, it's not a fart." "Even people like Sun Wen, who don't know the times, cling to the military power in Hunan and Guangdong??? Ziyu, if we are disabled, do you think the president will make up for us? No way! ”

Wu Peifu glared and said, "Division Commander, do you want me to fight, or don't you let me fight?" You give me a word of approval, I am a soldier who likes to go straight and go straight, and I don't like to go around in circles. ”

There are obviously nails in these words, piercing people into the flesh for three points, Cao Kun has long been accustomed to his stinky temper and is not angry, and said slowly: "This battle can't be fought, the old man personally points this bit of face still has to be given, but he can't be ruthless, let me remember us, and the third division will be endless??? This difficult battle was left to the advance army, and didn't they shout for the recovery of the territory and the abolition of the privileges of the foreigners? Just let them do it, we don't envy them for eating meat, and we can't blame him for being unlucky. ”

Wu Peifu pouted: "There are two teams in total, they all have 18,000, we are also 18,000, Xiao Yue has 34,000, both sides work together, and he himself is also evenly matched, if each brings a team and does not belong to each other, it will be broken by each of them!" This is not called fighting, this is sticking out your face to give people to pump! ”

Cao Kun said with a smile: "You don't care so much, just fight your battle, if you unify the command, will they listen to our Beiyang, or will we Beiyang listen to him?" ”

"Naturally, they listen to us, we are the center, they are the locality!" Wu Peifu sneered.

Cao Kun smiled: "Yes, look, people take care of you, you can't stand it, let's take care of others, and people will definitely not want to!" Or are they fighting on their own?? However, no matter whether it wins or loses, our third division can't lose it at all, let alone be defeated by Xiao Yueben, I just have such a little family background, and I can't afford it! Wu Peifu's lips squirmed a few times, and finally he just sighed, and whipped his war horse fiercely, the war horse was in pain, and Herod screamed, and ran quickly.

Cao Kun used the whip to tip Wu Peifu's back, and said helplessly, "Ziyu, Ziyu, you are still such a style!" ”

Mukden is located on a plain. Eight miles east and south of the city are low hills. The Hunhe River rushes from the mountains of the far east. Crossing the plain between Mukden and the hills. It's only a few kilometers from the city. Surrounded by dilapidated walls, the city of Mukden is not large. A thick wall with battlements built during the reign of Nurhachi. Highest: It's only about 10 meters. The soil under the walls was several meters thick.

At Mukden Station in the south of Mukden City. To a certain extent, it is the artery of Mukden. In November of the eighth year, the Tsarist army that invaded the area of northeastern China built the South Manchurian branch of the Eastern Qing Railway to Mukden, for the convenience of transportation. This was built as a station. The Russians call it "Maogudian". The Russo-Russian War broke out. 31 of the following year. The army occupied Mukden, and the South Manchurian Railway began to serve in person. Soon the Russo-Russian War ended. Tsarist Russia ceded this station. At the same time, it was renamed "Fengtian Station of the South Manchuria Railway" in 1907. Mukden is already a city with a population of 300,000. The number of passengers boarding and landing each year is even higher than 500,000. Due to the increase in footfall. Four more temporary board houses were erected outside the brick houses in Mukden, but this was not enough. The "Manchurian Railway" began to build a new station. On October 1, 1910, a ceremony was held to move the station. Since then, the location of Mukden Station has been determined.

8:15 p.m. A smoke-spewing train slowly drove into Mukden. The locomotive is a high-power MKL-type locomotive that is often rare on the South Manchurian Railway. He was enough to tow four and a half thousand wagons. It is the locomotive with the strongest carrying capacity on the entire South Manchurian Railway. The fire at the pit stop slowly stopped at a platform in a guard forest.

As soon as the train entered the station. The door of the cargo was opened by the soldiers of the Kwantung Army on the platform. A soldier with a loaded gun came out from behind the door. It's a special train to transport troops! The soldiers on the train wore military uniforms. Tool. On his shoulders he carried a golden hook and a rifle. Out of the officer's compartment stepped a swaggering middle-aged man, who, like many of the officers, had a delicate French beard and a short, stocky two-legged leather boot that was spotless. Epaulettes and military uniforms illustrate his status as a large sa.

"Yaga, I finally smell the earth!" Osa took a deep breath of cold air.

Groups of soldiers jumped out of their carriages and began to assemble under the command of the officers, gradually forming a line according to the belonging of their respective troops.

Morita Brigade, which belonged to the Hiroshima Division, was a hero in the Russo-Russian War, and once in the autumn, he led the surveyors to swim naked across the icy waters of the Yalu River, making the military attaches of Western countries watching the battle dumbfounded. When attacking the 203rd Heights, he also led his troops to charge forward, and he was lucky not to die with two rifle bullets in his body. After less than two months, he returned to the army.

After the war, he was commended by the military department, and was promoted by Shaozuo like a rocket, and became a Dazuo in less than six years. As a "lawless group" who has not studied Lu University, it is very difficult to become a big commander at the age of less than forty, and it is the fifth division of the elite of the imperial army, and it is very difficult to disagree, and Morita Nobuo is also very satisfied with himself. Last night, he received an order from the division headquarters to lead a team to Mukden to assist the Yue army, which had already entered the city, to defend against the counterattack of the Chinese army.

Morita, I feel that this order is ridiculous, will the people of China fight back? Defending the city should be a matter for the garrison troops, and Morita's brigade will expand the results of the battle and occupy the entire Mukden Province, and even all of Manchuria, in the shortest possible time!

(To be continued)