Chapter 100: The Second Battle of Mukden

This Zhang family is proficient in various martial arts and advocates martial arts, but the only exception in this Zhang family is Zhang Yun's eldest son Zhang Chuanwen, this Zhang Chuanwen is not only not proficient in martial arts, but also a scholar, but although Zhang Yun advocates martial arts, he not only does not oppose his eldest son's study, but also strongly supports it.

Zhang Chuanwen, whose name is Yaxuan, was born on the fourth day of the eleventh lunar month in the seventh year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty (1881). Since childhood, he has been bright and studious, has a strong knowledge and knowledge, has remarkable achievements, has a dignified character, is knowledgeable, is gentle and elegant, gets along with his clansmen and fellow villagers very well, and is loved by the township and his family. In the thirtieth year of Guangxu (1900), he took Zhongli Sheng, and soon after, he took Zhongen Gongsheng and received the edict of Cixi and Emperor Guangxu.

After returning to his hometown, just in time for the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Alliance, he deeply felt the corruption and incompetence of the country, and went to the United States to study economics at his own expense.

He Tianci inquired, only to feel that this biography is a talent, in this era can study abroad is not simple, and the study is still economic, although his own army said that the second brother Li Enyi is building an industry, but Li Enyi is just a businessman after all, doing a little business, it's okay, but once the career starts in the future, there is no professional management talent.

In the Zhang family, He Tianci has not been idle in the past few days, and he is in contact with Zhang Chuanwen every day, this Zhang Chuanwen is a patriotic young man, and he is also full of enthusiasm for the country, but he has no way to serve the country.

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Zhang's compound, west wing. A young man dressed in a gray robe, covered with a flowered horse coat, and a pair of black leather shoes at his feet, talked eloquently. This young man is Zhang Chuanwen.

A white face, with thick eyebrows, single eyelids, and single phoenix eyes, commonly known as longan. Zhang Chuanwen sighed and said: "The pain of the country, there is a cavity of blood in the air below, full of economy, useless!" ”

Through the exchanges in the past few days, He Tianci also found that Zhang Chuanwen is an ambitious person, and he is familiar with the road of economic development, and it is time to show his attitude, He Tianci stood up, and then said to Zhang Chuanwen with a straight face: "In this case, is Brother Yaxuan interested in joining my door and helping me manage my factory?" ”

Zhang Chuanwen was taken aback when he heard this, showing a puzzled expression, thinking that this He Tianci was just the commander of the patrol battalion of the Qing Dynasty, could there be such a trendy idea, and asked: "How can you say this?" Could it be that Huchen, you have already started to set up an industry? ”

He Tianci smiled slightly: "I won't tell you, I have already set up an oil mill in the Xinmin area of Fengtian, and introduced eight hydraulic oil presses through the American compradors, and two flour machine tools, and opened a flour mill." ”

I was even more shocked when I heard this biography, I didn't expect this Lord He to be so advanced in thinking, amazing! Then he gave a thumbs up and said to He Tianci: "Lord He, what you have done makes you deeply admire, admire!" When I was in the United States, the United States planted a large number of soybeans, and Northeast China has roots in the United States, which is about the same latitude as the United States, so I think we should introduce American soybeans and plant them in large quantities on the land of Northeast China. ”

He Tianci couldn't help but admire Zhang Chuanwen even more, after all, he had crossed over, knowing that the future of Northeast soybeans would account for more than 80% of the world market, but Zhang Chuanwen didn't know this, and had to admire, people who stayed abroad were not the same and well-informed.

He Tianci stood up excitedly and said: "Okay, Brother Yaxuan, I also have this intention, this year I have planted a thousand soybeans in the jurisdiction of my Liujiabao in Fengtian Xinmin, and I will be able to see the results in the autumn harvest this year." ”

"I didn't expect that Lord He still has a thousand days of land, and he is still a big landlord like this!" Zhang Chuanwen quipped.

The two of them talked all night, from the country's economy, to politics, and to the relationship between the world, because He Tianci was originally a person who crossed over, so these things were talking about the head and the head, which made Zhang Chuanwen admire, and he made a decision to help He Tianci set up an industry.

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On June 20, 1905, due to the severe situation of the revolution in Russia, Nicholas II also instructed the commander-in-chief of the Russian army in the Far East, Kuropatkin, to launch an offensive in advance in an attempt to quickly resolve the Russo-Japanese War. The Second Battle of Mukden broke out.

The Russian army was integrated from the original three army groups into two army groups. The 2nd Army was incorporated into the First Army, with Lynevich as the commander of the 1st Army, responsible for the Liaoyang-Heigoutai Belt Defense Line on the left flank, the 3rd Army on the right flank, and Bilderlinger as the commander of the 3rd Army, responsible for defending Mukden and Fushun. The total strength of the Russian army reached 200,000, 1,066 artillery pieces, and 56 machine guns, in an attempt to rely on the powerful terrain of Mukden to launch a general attack on the Japanese army.

The Japanese army quickly assembled the ace of the army, Nogi Noshinori's Third Army, and the Second Army launched an attack on the right flank of the Russian army, and the first army blocked the rapid advance of the Tsarist Russian First Army, and the Japanese army in the Mukden area gathered 3 armies, 150,000 people, 800 guns, and 200 machine guns on a front of more than 100 kilometers.

In the first Battle of Mukden, the Russian army occupied the advantage, seized Heigoutai, Shendan Fort and other fortresses, in the early stage of the second Battle of Mukden, rapid advance, because the Japanese army itself was less than the Japanese army in numbers, and the Russian army occupied a favorable terrain, the Japanese First Army was defeated on the Western Front on the whole front, but a week to retreat to the area of Dashiqiao (Yingkou).

Compared with the Western Front, due to the existence of the Japanese ace unit Nogi Noshinori Third Army and the assistance of the Second Army, the Japanese army had an advantage in the Eastern Front battlefield and pushed back the Russian army on the Eastern Front to the Faku area.

Compared with the first Battle of Mukden, the Second Battle of Mukden was more intense, because both sides knew that the first battle was related to the fate of the two peoples at this time, but the Japanese army attached more importance to this war, because as the saying goes, the Japanese army was fighting for the survival of World War II, and the Russian army was just fighting for dinner.

The Japanese First Army, holding out for a week at the lampstand, suffered more than 30,000 casualties under the artillery attack of the Russian army, and the Russian army pushed the battle line to the big stone bridge at the cost of 40,000 people.

In contrast, the Eastern Front was even more tragic, and the Japanese army Nogi Noshinori captured the Third Army of the Russian right flank of Fengangel at the cost of 50,000 people, and at the same time retreated to the area of Faku. In contrast, the Russian army still had the advantage at this time, because once the First Army of the left flank annihilated the Japanese First Army, it was about to complete the encirclement of the Japanese army in Mukden.

At this time, He Tianci was also paying close attention to the trend of this war, and he didn't know whether to aid the Japanese army or not?