Gu Nanshan took all the heavy equipment, braving the pouring rain to wind along the muddy mountain road, the strange rocks on the mountains along the way seemed to be a monster with equipment to choose people and devour people, and it looked even more hideous and terrifying at night. After entering the mountains, Gu Mazi couldn't help but be secretly frightened, there were good places to ambush everywhere. The rain finally stopped, and it was dark and deep, and the advance army marched towards Mukden with difficulty with pine oil torches. After entering the mountain, it is very close to Fengtian City, the straight-line distance is less than fifteen kilometers, and the mountain road is only about thirty kilometers.

If the Second Garrison Brigade of the Railway had chosen to ambush itself in the mountains instead of fighting itself in the open field, the 30-kilometer mountain road would probably have been able to hold off the advance army for three or five days, and it would not have been able to pass through the troops it had lost one-third of its troops. In order to get to Mukden earlier, Gu Mazi didn't even chase and kill the remnants of the enemy, but only sent two cavalry companies to cut down dozens of fleeing soldiers and disperse the Second Railway Garrison Brigade.

Gu Mazi secretly said that he was lucky, saying that he was too light on the enemy, and with the firepower of only six artillery pieces and four Hatch Chase machine guns, he dared to fight himself in the wilderness. In addition to showing his own arrogance, it also fully shows how low the combat effectiveness of the previous [***] team was. In the First Sino-Japanese War and the Gengzi National Revolution, except for the Beiyang Naval Division that fought a decent battle on the Yellow Sea and Nie Shicheng's battle in Tianjin, the other battles were almost one-sided massacres, and most of the time the foreign soldiers could not even see the shadow of the Qing army. China's military has always been on the verge of collapse, and more often than not, they have fled. No matter how many warships, artillery, and foreign guns were put in their hands, they were all burned sticks. The Eight-Nation Coalition even re-armed the Mauser with Chinese abandoned Mauser guns according to the unified system.

The Hunan Army and the Huai Army, which were old armies with personal dependence, met the modern armies of foreigners, and the results were self-evident. The idea that slaves and slave owners, who never belonged to the same country, expected slaves to defend slavery was stupid and ridiculous.

The Sino-Japanese War and the Gengzi National Revolution are two steel needles pierced in the hearts of Chinese, and even if the wound heals after many years, the hidden pain still reminds everyone. It was these two fiascos that awakened many Chinese, especially the new armies in the provinces, regardless of the level of training and the quality of equipment, at least with the germ of nationalism. Both the North and the South of the New Army are all thinking about the fate of the country and the nation.

During the Wuchang Uprising, Feng Guozhang's Beiyang Army and the Hubei New Army launched a house-by-house street battle in Hankou, and hand-to-hand combat with every inch of the country and every inch of blood. This was not possible in China in the past, and once there was a close engagement, one side would definitely collapse immediately.

Both the North and the South believe that they are saving China, and the new armies on both sides feel that they are fighting for the country and the nation, which is also the source of their spiritual strength.

After fighting with the 2nd Railway Garrison Brigade, the morale of the advance army was greatly boosted. Although Barnes and other instructors have always been very disdainful of Yue's combat effectiveness, and the captain of the Gurkha Guard's Suopan even sneered at Yue's army, the soldiers of the Jianghuai Army still have an inexplicable fear of Yue's army. The legendary army, even if it fights to the last man, will not break and flee, let alone surrender. Through a real battle, the myth of the army was broken, not only will the Kawamoto brigade break and flee, but more than a dozen people will be frightened by the artillery fire of the advance army, kneel on the ground, raise their guns above their heads and surrender!

Along the way, Gu Mazi was also introspecting. In the army non-commissioned officer academy, the instructors have taught a lot of tactics, and the middle and lower officers of the Jianghuai Army have also been trained together with the Gurkha Guards. But when faced with a real battle, the young officer, who was carried away by the blood, made countless mistakes. For example, when Zhang Shuyang was luring the enemy, the distance between him and the Yue army was too close, and many cavalrymen straightened their waists on horseback and brandished their sabers to shake their majesty, and as a result, they were targeted by their own sharpshooters.

After the first battle, the advance army suffered more than 200 casualties, most of which were Zhang Shuyang's forward battalion that lured the enemy. Gu Mazi only had a total of 2,000 soldiers, and the losses exceeded one percent. In the future, the opponent was only the local garrison of the Hiroshima Army, and in the future, the officers and soldiers had to quickly improve their technical and tactical qualities. Although the army is not as tough as the legend, they only collapse after more than 30% casualties, while the average army will have an uncontrollable rout as long as the casualties exceed 10%.

The army is worthy of being called the strongest force in the Far East, and even the strength of the local garrison forces far exceeds that of the ordinary squadron.

In this battle, the courage of the officers and men of the advance team was certainly commendable, but the combat experience was too lacking, and in particular, the army had not fought a tough battle since its founding, and this was the biggest defect of the Jianghuai army. However, Gu Mazi thought about it, his army lacked combat experience, how good could the army be? Seven or eight years have passed since the Russo-Russian War, and apart from a very small number of middle- and high-ranking officers, the soldiers in this army have never fought a war. Anyway, the Jianghuai army has also suppressed bandits and beaten the cavalry of the Mongols, and most of the soldiers have never even been on the battlefield with real swords and guns!

"Report to the Deputy Commander! There were still sporadic gunshots in Fengtian City, and the west gate was not closed, so it seems that he did not completely eliminate the resistance of the army in the city. ”

The scouts sprinkled in front reported what they had observed, and Gu Mazi suddenly lifted his spirits, the city gate had not been closed yet, and there was still resistance in the city, which showed that the number of soldiers in Fengtian City was definitely not much, and the command was also relatively chaotic.

"The light cavalry will follow me and quickly take the west gate! Defend the west gate at all costs and cover the main force into the city! ”

Gu Mazi smiled at a round-faced officer behind him: "Yu Xiaobao, Lao Tzu's belongings are here, and these cannons and machine guns are all shown to me." We'll rely on these treasures to fight wars in the future! ”

Yu Xiaobao said with a smile: "Deputy commander, don't worry, I'm in the cannon, even if I'm not there, the cannon is still there." ”

"Well done, I believe you!" Gu Mazi nodded with a smile, and then whipped the horse's buttocks, sweat and blood BMW pain Herod screamed violently, and rushed out like an arrow off the string. Yu Xiaobao licked his lips enviously and said, "What a good horse, no wonder it's worth a cannon money!" ”

"Pay attention to Lao Tzu, break a cannon, and Lao Tzu will kick you to death!" Yu Xiaobao yelled at the artillerymen.

Yu Xiaobao's surname is relatively rude, and the soldiers are not afraid of him. He was the most famous sharpshooter of the Anhui New Army, and he tried to compete with German instructors when he was in the autumn of Zhangde, and he fired three shots in a row, and each shot was sure to hit, which shocked the Germans. Zhang Zhidong, who was the governor of Liangjiang at the time, and Zhang Biao, the aunt who served as the commander of the Southern Army, were very proud. When Chai Dongliang attacked Anqing, Yu Xiaobao, who had already joined the Restoration Society, killed Li Gang, the pipe leader of the defenders, and opened the gate to let the Wuhu regiment enter the camp of the Anqing New Army. Chai Dongliang's Wuhu regiment was able to take the Anqing New Army camp without blood, and Yu Xiaobao made great contributions. He is now the commander of the artillery regiment, and he has made a lot of meritorious contributions with the artillery regiment in this dispatch to Mengjiang, and the officers have discussed one after another, thinking that he may be the next to be promoted.

The wheels of the gun carriage were so muddy that every step forward seemed very difficult, and the horse pulling the cart was so hard that he knelt on his two front legs in the muddy water, and could not get up even if he was whipped. Yu Xiaobao was so anxious that he simply jumped off the horse and personally helped push the cart with muddy water. Seeing that the regimental commander had come to push the cart, the cavalrymen jumped off their horses and rolled up their sleeves to help the people push the cart. Several gun wagons stuck in the mud were pushed out, and the road was finally cleared again. Yu Xiaobao looked at himself and the war horse, both people and horses were splashed with mud, and he grinned in distress when he saw the new military uniform become like this.

Xue Zilin's hands were covered with calluses, his little white face was blown rough like tree bark by the wind outside, and his hands and face were covered with thick oil, but they were still cracked by the cold. Fengtian at the end of autumn was already quite cold, which made Xue Zilin, who grew up in Anhui, very uncomfortable. Ever since he entered the ranks of the people and followed the advance army out of the fortress, he felt that this army was different. He followed his teacher Zhang Huitao to raise troops and organized the Huaishang Army to recover more than ten prefectures and counties in northern Anhui. The Huaishang Army also said that it was a revolutionary contingent and also advocated equality between officers and soldiers. But what Xue Zilin saw was that only the officers beat and scolded the soldiers, the soldiers poured night pots for the veterans, and even some officers from the party bullied men and women, and it was even more common to rob the people's property. But these things are absolutely impossible to happen in the advance army, and soldiers are also beaten here, but they must be convicted by the military law, and there is a system for how many hits are given, and officers who violate military law will be punished the same as ordinary soldiers, and they will neither be punished lightly nor doubled. Moreover, no matter how tired the squad leader and veterans are every night, they must wash the feet of all the soldiers, and there is a special officer inspection system at night to fold the quilts for those soldiers who do not sleep well, including them, and the officers also have officers to inspect to ensure their sleep quality.

The officers did not open small stoves, they ate exactly the same as soldiers and people, and they also had to line up to eat, and even the military uniforms they wore were exactly the same as those of soldiers, except that there were officers' marks on their epaulettes.

The people do not suffer from inequality, and the same is true of the soldiers. The officers of the advance army are very young, and Gu Mazi is only twenty-six or seventeen years old, they are only because they were the first to tend to the anti-Qing revolution and made great contributions in the defense of Anqing, so they were promoted quickly, and now they are at the rank of major general. Kuang Haishan, Lu Kai, and Gu Nanshan are the hope of ordinary soldiers, and all soldiers believe that as long as they can make great contributions, they will also have the opportunity to serve as division commanders and brigade commanders, and they will also have the opportunity to wear the rank of general.

The equality of officers and soldiers does not mean that everything is the same for them, at least the salaries of officers are much higher than those of soldiers. The so-called equality of officers and soldiers reflects the equality of opportunity, the better the treatment of officers, the stronger the incentive effect on each soldier, and the priority of the invalids farm and the soldiers is to give them a guarantee for the future, which also makes the soldiers no longer have worries, thus stimulating a stronger combat effectiveness. In the Jianghuai Army, no officer dared to take the credit of his subordinates for himself. The matter of eating empty quotas and drinking the blood of soldiers is even more unheard of, and now that there are more soldiers, it is impossible for Chai Dongliang to personally distribute the military salary to every soldier as he did at the beginning. But this tradition has still been preserved, and now Kuang Haishan, Lu Kai, Gu Mazi and others personally pay their military salaries.

The system of monitoring each combat unit ensures that they will not be held hostage by officers, and if an officer dares to come to the court, the military court will never give face. Not to mention ordinary officers, even Fang Qingyu, the head of the Judge Advocate General's Office, was also beaten with 20 military sticks and imprisoned for half a month for threatening the patrol police with a gun on the road. Chai Dongliang can be fined to sweep the street, who else can't be dealt with by the court?

Xue Zilin is even a little glad of the failure of Huai Shangjun now, if his teacher Zhang Huitao really succeeds, he will be the governor of Anhui, will he do as well as Chai Dongliang? Xue Zilin shook his head, his answer was no, not only could he not do better than Chai Dongliang, but he was not even as good as Zhu Jiabao, the governor of the Manchu Dynasty, at least Zhu Jiabao was a well-known Qing official, and the punishment for corrupt officials was also extremely severe. And Zhang Huitao has always been quite conniving with those who will be party and bandits.

Xue Zilin saw Yu Xiaobao wiping the sweat on his face with his sleeve, and quickly took out a snow-white handkerchief and handed it over. Yu Xiaobao saw that it was a silk handkerchief, and there were mandarin ducks playing in the water embroidered on it, and he smiled and said, "Brother, thank you!" This is a younger sibling, right? I don't dare use it. ”

Hearing Yu Xiaobao joking with himself, Xue Zilin suddenly blushed, this was given to him by a female classmate with a red face when he followed the teacher to raise the army, he still clearly remembers that the girl stuffed the handkerchief into his pocket and ran away.

"Brothers, the 300,000 fathers and elders in Fengtian City are looking forward to it, if we can arrive in Mukden one minute earlier, they will be able to suffer one minute less sin, and the brothers of the cavalry will shed one less drop of blood??? I order, all the cavalry dismount, help the Minfu brothers push the artillery cart! ”

The cavalrymen jumped off their horses one after another, and pushed the carts hard in the muddy water, and the tired horses seemed to be motivated, and got up from the muddy water, pulling the gun cart as fast as possible.

Gu Mazi led a regiment of light horsemen to gallop along the mountain road, and from time to time someone fell from the horse, climbed up again covered in water and mud, and continued to advance towards Fengtian. These cavalrymen, to put it bluntly, are mounted infantry, and when they fight, they still dismount and fight on foot, and the war horses only improve their mobile surname.

A cavalry company of eighty men rushed to the front, and when they had seen the city from afar, the company commander noticed through the telescope that the city gate was slowly closing.

At the west gate, there was also a team of soldiers, and there was also a banner of the army on the city wall.

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