Liaozhong Qingmakan.

"Cubs, they are all open to me to eat, open to drink, catch up with Ming, our fathers are also officers and soldiers, he is rampant with a little man, we are not afraid of him!"

"It's good to be an official! In the future, we will also be officers and soldiers, what is he a little man, and we will be in charge of it in the future. The cubs below catered.

"Brother, thank you so much for saving your life today! If it weren't for you, my brother's little life would have been given to him Zhang Zuolin to be promoted and make a fortune! Du Lisan said excitedly to Na Zhiwu.

That Zhiwu is not good at words, in He Tianci's opinion, he is the general existence of the Sha monk next to him, and he can't see his smile, although he doesn't say that the senior brother is right, but what he says is basically the fourth brother is reasonable, so in the face of Du Lisan's gratitude, Na Zhiwu is still expressionless, and tends to calm down: "In the future, they will all be officials in the same dynasty, Du Tong will not be polite, if you want to thank you, thank us for our commander He Tianci, before leaving, I specially instructed me to keep Du Lisan, think you are a talent!" ”

Speaking of He Tianci, the two fought in the Russo-Japanese War, of course, they were not head-to-head with each other, at that time, He Tianci helped the Russians to encircle and suppress the Japanese "East Asian Righteous Army", which can be regarded as having a holiday, but this time his life was saved.

Thinking of this, Du Lisan stood up all of a sudden, and said to Na Zhiwu: "In the future, when Commander He comes back, I will trouble the brother to tell him, saying that I Du Lisan owes him a cheap life, and there is nothing to repay him. Following the Japanese is a lot of offense to your army. I also ask for your forgiveness, brothers. ”

It is hundreds of kilometers away from Qingmakan in Jilin Yanji Tumen River.

At this time, the Tumen River, China and Japan faced each other across the river. War is on the verge of breaking out.

"Quick! Speed up! Before it gets dark, I must make artillery position bunkers, and launching a night attack is a consistent practice of the Japanese! Give me a lift! ”

"No, the distance between the machine gun positions is too far, so it will not form a deterrent to the Japanese."

As the sun sets, the afterglow of the setting sun reflects the crimson of the river, and this time is the time for the fishermen to collect their nets, but due to the continuous intensification of relations between China and Japan, there are no fishermen who have rushed out to fish.

Standing on the edge of the Tumen River, Zhang Xiaozhun couldn't calm down for a long time. At this time, after returning to China, he went to the battlefield for the first time, and it was also the first time in his life, he studied in Japan and knew that the fighting quality of the Japanese army was strong, and this time was definitely a test for himself, He Tianci not only handed over the command of the engineer battalion to himself, but also gave himself a battalion of soldiers to defend the position in the westernmost part of the Tumen River.

This is He Tianci's own investigation, his future future depends on his own performance in this war, and the entire fortification of this battle is in charge of Zhang Xiaozhun.

Zhang Xiaozhun's defense plan was to build fortifications along the Tumen River. Midsummer was the time when the Tumen River was vigorous, and the Japanese army was going upstream, which was bound to be affected by the water rush, so the Chinese fortifications. This reduced the speed of the Japanese charge, and the Japanese set the five shoals on the banks of the Tumen River as the breakthrough point, so he aimed at the five shoals. A powerful network of vitality was arranged around it, and a Maxine machine gun was arranged separately.

If everything goes according to his plan. The Japanese army is bound to return with a crushing defeat, and at this time, the sortie positions arranged on the east side of the Tumen River will be the first to face the scattered Japanese army. Carry out the pursuit.

Zhang Xiaozhun excitedly watched the progress of the engineer battalion, the artillery position, the reserve bunker, the attack position, the machine gun bunker, the front support point was constructed one by one, and the ravines were densely pushed together, he showed a rare smile, the scheduled plan was finally completed, at this time his heart was complicated, both from the unswerving belief in his own ability, and from the fear of the Japanese combat effectiveness, but looking at the solid position, he had one more chance of winning.

The night was as solemn as water pressed down on the Tumen River, and everything was so quiet, only the sound of gurgling water.

Yanji Longyu Yamen, the Yamen is built along the river, just on the riverside, so everything outside can be clearly seen in the Yamen, He Tianci looked at the busy soldiers, pacing back and forth at the Yamen, before coming I really didn't expect that Yanji's troops were so scarce, so important at the border, the Qing government's border troops in Yanji were only three battalions of the Jiqiang Army, most of them were hereditary Eight Banner soldiers, after screening and removing the old, weak, sick and disabled, no more than 1,000 people could go to the battlefield.

Moreover, under the attack of the Japanese army, the city was in chaos, and soldiers were needed to maintain law and order, 4,000 people were not many, but it was a little difficult to deploy defenses on such a long Tumen River. At this time, He Tianci was a little at a loss, he must have known that the Japanese would launch an attack, but after the 4,000 troops were so dispersed, they would suffer a lot.

Just when He Tianci was at a loss, he suddenly thought of a person, that is, Han Zhiwai of Jiapigou, which is close to Yanji, and can arrive within a few hours, the most important thing is that he has assisted Han Jing with a batch of Japanese golden hook rifles, and the militia of Jiapigou is originally from hunters, and there is no marksmanship, and at this time, the only thing he can use is this Han Jiajun who is called his brother Han Dengju.

He Tianci hurriedly ordered to go down and let the herald bring his own handwritten letter and hand it to Han Dengju.

In the face of the complicated situation in Yanji, He Tianci also took necessary emergency measures to keep the old and weak of Jiqiang's army in the city to maintain law and order, so as to prevent emergencies from creating a pretext for Japanese invasion. In addition, 100 people left behind sent troops to protect the Longyu Yamen, and instructed the local governor not to leave his post and handle affairs as usual; At the same time, notices were posted all over Yanji to expose the aggression of the Japanese gendarmerie led by Saito and appease the local people.

The Tumen River is turbulent, the northeast has begun to cool down at the end of August, and it is about to enter autumn, the strong wind on the riverside blows the surrounding birch trees rustling, and in the face of the Japanese army that has not launched an attack for a long time, the border guards began to have a chill, which is not only blown by the strong wind by the riverside, but also the fear of the Japanese army who has never met before, because no one knows when the Japanese army will attack.

"Brothers, they are all good, come, everyone drink less wine, warm up their bodies, and after a while, they will start working with the little devils! Don't be afraid of them, you ask us old brothers who have been on the battlefield, we have fought little devils and old hairies, as long as our brothers work together, the little devils don't want to step into our Yanji half a step! ”

He Tianci led the people in the city to bring some food and wine to these soldiers stationed along the river, and also encouraged these soldiers.

"Go back, folks! This little devil doesn't know when to attack, it's dangerous here! With us here, we will never let the little devil step into our Yanji half a step! He Tianci shouted at these fellows.

These fellows looked at each other one by one, and they had no sense of being ready to leave.

"We understand the intentions of the adults, but we can't go, we are fed up with the nest of this bear devil, from the First Sino-Japanese War, and then to the just-ended Russo-Japanese War, we haven't seen any reaction from our Qing Dynasty, today we look at you posterity, dare to fight with the little devils, we are happy, we still have hope in the Qing Dynasty, old man, I am dead today, and I want to see you kill these beasts."

"Yes, let's not leave, we want to see you kill these Japanese brutes!" All of a sudden, the atmosphere became tense.

He Tianci glanced at Wu Luzhen beside him, and motioned Wu Luzhen to come forward to solve it, He Tianci still has confidence in Wu Luzhen, after all, this Wu Luzhen is the leader of the Northern Revolutionary Party, full of revolutionary education ideas, and it is no problem to settle these fellow villagers.

Wu Luzhen stood in front of the villagers, raised his hands, and said with a bright face: "Fellow villagers, I understand your mood at this moment, but the duty of a soldier is to protect the family and defend the country. ”

After Wu Luzhen said this, these villagers were reluctant to leave the riverside, and said unwillingly when they left: "Descendants, good job, we are waiting for your good news!" ”

Looking at these reluctant fellows, He Tianci was also full of emotion, maybe this is the cohesion of a nation in the war, even if you don't want your life, you just want to see how your soldiers are and teach the little devils a lesson.

"Brothers, cheer me up, behind us are tens of thousands of compatriots, behind us is the hot land where we live, we must not let the Japanese plan succeed, we will beat me hard for a while, the Jedi will not let the Japanese step into Yanji, we will live and die with Yanji!"

"Coexist and die with Yanji, the city is in the people! The city is forgotten and people are dying! The sound shook all over the world, and even the water of the Tumen River was jubilant.

At two o'clock in the morning on August 23, 1907, this moment was destined to be remembered by posterity.

"Boom"

The Japanese army's consistent night raid operations, the Japanese army's Meiji 31 75mm artillery shells fell on the positions of the Yanji defenders, the Japanese fired the first shot of the Tumen River defense battle, although hiding behind the bunker, but under the strong shell momentum, there were still soldiers who were blown away from time to time.

The Chinese defenders on the opposite side were waiting for the first shot of the Japanese, and the soldiers who had been prepared for a long time immediately entered the battle state, and the entire Tumen River was suddenly filled with the sound of all kinds of guns. (To be continued......)