He Tianci and Major Alpha led the guard company to continue to reconnoitre, and stopped on a high ground, which was only 500 meters away from the forward position of the Japanese army, and He Tianci could even clearly see that most of the machine guns of the Japanese army were actually German-made Makqin heavy machine guns captured from the Russian army.

Observing at such a close distance, no one may not be able to see those murderous weapons, and Major Alpha can also confirm that the army has arranged a large number of heavy machine guns, and asks very suspiciously: "You said that they are a cavalry brigade, how can they have so many machine guns?" Is it necessary? ”

He Tianci couldn't help but think that the Russian's thinking was really old-fashioned, and then patiently explained: "In fact, they are just like us, just a brigade on horseback, not a simple cavalry brigade. As for whether you say this is necessary, I think you don't understand the military thinking of our Chinese, in China the cavalry is the fastest branch of the army, often can give a fatal blow, and we China are Japan's teachers in this regard, and many of their ideas are learned here in China. ”

Major Alpha on the side was still very puzzled, with a hesitant expression, and He Tianci did not continue to explain to him.

At this time, in order to hold Shendan Fort, the Japanese army spared no cost, and fifteen Makqin cross-arranged on a defense line only one kilometer long, which could strangle almost everything.

From this point of view, General Dashanyan has to gamble on Shendanbao in the case of a serious shortage of troops, and General Kuropatkin also has a hunch that the Second Army will besiege Shendanbao, both of them are very correct and clever in decision-making, but it is a pity that the rigidity of the senior commanders of the Russian army, as well as various defects within the Russian system, as well as supply and internal problems, including General Kuropatkin himself also has the defect of not being resolute enough to fight, afraid of excessive losses, gains and losses, Even if they make the right decision, they don't dare to follow through to it.

It should be said that the great rout of the Russian army in the Battle of Mukden basically stemmed from this inconspicuous Shendan Fort.

After some reconnaissance, He Tianci thought that if he attacked the Japanese army with his own troops, he would definitely be annihilated, not to mention the fighting quality of the Japanese army, with the fifteen Maxine heavy machine guns on the opposite side, he could only kill himself by rushing over. Let's build trenches and other fortifications as planned.

In the evening, He Tianci ordered the soldiers to secretly build an improvised defensive line, and if he really wanted to fight with the Yue army in this area, his only choice could only be to continue to use the fortifications to attract the Yue army to attack him, rather than him to attack the Yue army, although he really wanted to defeat Akiyama Haogu with his own hands covered in Chinese blood.

In the early morning of the next day, General Mischinko's Cossack cavalry marched lightly and arrived at the Shendanbao camp before dawn, and as soon as he sat down to rest, he received news that the army had placed fifteen Maxine machine guns on a kilometer-long arc defense line around Shendanbao.

After all, General Mischenko is a battle-hardened veteran, and according to the information provided by Major Alpha, he realized that the other side was not a regular cavalry at all, but an infantry brigade on horseback, and the firepower was almost superior to that of a Russian division.

After the defeat of Lushun and the defeat of Liaoyang, the Russian army, which was originally far more than the Makqin heavy machine guns, was captured in large quantities, and now there are only more than 50 heavy machine guns in the entire Far Eastern Army, but the number of the army has increased to more than 200, so that so many machine guns have been deployed in such a critical place as Shendanbao.

After thinking about this, General Mischenko realized the complexity of Shendanbao, the original commander-in-chief of the Second Army, Kaulbas, planned to let his Cossack cavalry corps blitzkrieg attack the Akiyama Kogu Department of the First Brigade of the Japanese Army, and now it seems that this plan is so stupid, if he really rushes forward like this, he will not become a living target of the army, his own defeat is a trivial matter, and the traditional honor of the Cossack cavalry has not been thrown into it.

Therefore, General Mischenko planned to immediately gather He Tianci's troops, abandon the original blitzkrieg plan, and prepare to wait for the two infantry divisions on the Heigoutai side to arrive at Shendan Fort and encircle and annihilate them.

After a while, He Tianci and Major Alpha came to General Mischinko's headquarters together, because General Mischenko's headquarters was also very simple, it used to be a large courtyard of a rich and noble family, and then the Russo-Japanese War broke out, and this area became a war, this large courtyard was empty, and General Mischenko's headquarters was arranged in the main house.

The decoration in the room was also left from before, a table of eight immortals, a row of benches, and General Mischenko could only sit on the benches, helplessly lit a cigar, and waited anxiously for He Tianci and Major Alpha.

When General Mischenko saw He Tianci and Major Alpha coming in, he immediately stood up, and hurriedly said while inviting the two to sit down: "You have basically understood what you are saying, so what we have to do now is to wait for the two infantry divisions of the Second Army to come from Heigoutai to form an encirclement of the Akiyama Kogu Division of the Japanese First Brigade, and we must hold our position until reinforcements arrive, and we must only succeed and not fail, which is related to the traditional honor of our Cossack cavalry." Do you have any comments? ”

He Tianci noticed that Mischenko's expression was extremely solemn when he said this, and he was even a little excited, and his cheeks trembled slightly with his white beard, perhaps feeling tricky and flustered in his heart.

He Tianci has not read much of "The Art of War" recently, and as soon as he heard this, he thought that General Mischinko's thinking was also a little conservative, and he was ready to surprise the Japanese army. So he said confidently: "We just need to closely monitor the movements of the Akiyama Kogu Division, as for the task of holding the position, I want to hand it over to the Fourth Infantry Division, your army should give full play to the rapid and flexible advantages of the cavalry, and quickly go south to Heigoutai to snipe the rescue troops of the Yue Army, instead of wasting time on encirclement, this kind of thing will be handed over to the two infantry divisions of the Second Army." ”

General Mischenko asked the adjutant to take out the battle map, looked at it carefully, and then nodded slightly, expressing his approval of He Tianci's point of view, and motioned He Tianci to continue.

He Tianci pointed to the location of Heigoutai on the map, and then said slowly: "I think the army that went to the aid should not be fully prepared, and our unit arrived in advance, just enough to wait for work, and after annihilating the Japanese reinforcements, go around to the flank of the Akiyama Kogu Department and launch an attack." ”

General Mischenko was stunned when he heard this, a little unbelieving that He Tianci, a Manchurian predecessor, would come up with such a novel plan, and there was a gesture of appreciation in his expression, feeling that seeing this young man was somewhat similar to his own youth, full of adventurous spirit. But as I grew older, I didn't have the courage to come up with such a risky plan.

General Mischenko changed his mind and said: "Okay, although your plan is a bit risky, if we can arrive before the Japanese reinforcements meet the 8th Division of Shangwen and hit the enemy their way, then I think our right flank 2nd Army will immediately open a gap through here, and the whole trend of the war will be tilted in favor of our army." ”

General Mischenko couldn't help but flash a trace of worry, because his boss, the commander-in-chief of the Second Army, Kaulbas, was a very stubborn guy, he would not agree to his request so easily, and time waits for no one, it is estimated that at this time, the 8th Division of the Japanese army supporting the vanguard of the Japanese army should also set off.