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Tan Shaoguang took the fort on the south bank of Weihai Sea by teaching the brigade, and then used the ready-made giant artillery in his hand to confront the Tsarist Russian warship group in the military port, and after stirring up the Tsarist Russian warship group in the port into a pot of porridge, he took advantage of the situation to move the military artillery regiment to the foot of Motianling. Relying on the unique favorable terrain of Motianling, the observation post set up on the top of the mountain guided more than a dozen heavy artillery of the artillery regiment to destroy the Tsarist Russian batteries on Ridao in one fell swoop, and then the two forts at the south and north entrances of Liugong Island were also half-disabled.

It was not until near noon that Cai Changrong, the commander of the artillery regiment, received an order from the military headquarters to reluctantly stop the shelling of Liugong Island. At the same time, although the two forts of Longmiaozui and Lujiaozui were still roaring, the momentum was gradually slowing down a lot. It seems that there is some kind of spiritual rhinoceros, and the group of Tsarist ships that are cowering on the north shore of the military port has also weakened the intensity of the firing. Both sides seem to want to catch their breath.

Seeing that in addition to the two batteries on the north shore of the Weihai Tsarist Russian Military Port, the other batteries that could pose a threat to the Red Navy's surprise attack basically no longer existed, Tan Shaoguang pulled the string of the kite of Balushka, and it was time to loosen it. He can't stretch the thread too tightly, it's easy to break if it's tight.

According to the scheduled deployment, the 1st Red Division, after inflicting a large number of casualties on the Tsarist Russia that was engaged in the counterattack operation, took the initiative to abandon Naigu Mountain. And the Red Army banner of the Celestial Empire on the south bank that Barushka saw was moving south, and it was also an established arrangement. The two regiments stationed on the periphery of Weihaiwei in Tsarist Russia have been wiped out cleanly and completely, and they have lost the ability to counterattack on land against the batteries on the south bank. In addition to the 2nd Regiment, which remained on the south bank, the 1st and 3rd Regiments and the Special Service Battalion crossed the Wuzhu River to the west bank of the Xiaoyao River for temporary rest, and at the same time undertook the task of being a campaign reserve of the 4th Red Division in the vicinity of Boyu and Qiaotou.

This arrangement is obviously because Tan Shaoguang took into account the enemy who would come to reinforce from the direction of Rongcheng, but he really did not expect that the reinforcements from Tsarist Russia could come in such a timely manner.

An army, the commander may be a fool, or incompetent to get home. However, there are hundreds of people and all kinds of people, and it is impossible for the Tsarist Russian army in Weihai to be a group of incompetent people. Colonel Minabjesky, commander of the Fifth Tsarist Regiment stationed in Rongcheng in the Weihai Special Region, considered himself one of the best among them.

Like the major battalion commander of the 1st Battalion of the 6th Regiment who had already died at the guns of the Red Army of the Celestial Empire, Minabjeski was a participant in the Russo-Turkish War of 1828 and since then has participated not only in the armed suppression of the Tsarist revolt at home, but also in the armed intervention of Tsarist Russia in the Hungarian Revolution in 1849 during the European Revolution. It can be said that he can be regarded as a veteran soldier with rich combat experience.

On the night of the 19th, all sorts of strange things were happening endlessly on the west side of the White Horse River, and Minabjeski was more or less reported and alerted. Although he did not expect that this would be a large-scale "armed invasion" by the Taiping Red Army, he was not a mediocre person who slept when he was full, at least he already felt that there were some "people with ulterior motives" making trouble.

As soon as dawn came, the west bank of the White Horse River (Shijia River) also entered a calm, and the reconnaissance team sent by Minabujeski to verify what had happened was intercepted by unknown militants at the same time in the vicinity of the anchorage and the bridgehead. According to the description of the frightened remnants of the soldiers who fled from the front, the opponents who intercepted them were extremely fierce, although they were not many in number.

Minabjeski was stunned. It's not because his opponent has been portrayed as redundant and tough by his men, but because he suddenly has a bad sign. How could there be an army on the main road between Rongcheng and Weihaiwei for no reason? When Minabjeski looked closely at the map, goosebumps began to form all over his body. Not good, this group of people who came will definitely not be a rabble, but they came prepared, with the intention of seizing the "uninvited guests" of the entire Weihai Special Economic Zone. The reason is very simple, if it is a small group of bandits, they will never dare to enter the line of the White Horse River, because this is a zone surrounded by Weihaiwei, Wendeng City and Rongcheng on three sides, and a fool will also know that he will not be able to stand here in Genbi Fun Pavilion. Then, it is obvious that this is a large force of men and horses who are prepared and planned, and what appeared in the White Horse River is their alert force, with only one purpose, that is, to block the Russian ** team in the direction of Rongcheng to reinforce Weihaiwei.

Minabjeski is really old-fashioned. As soon as he thought of this, he immediately informed him of the temporary unified command, and the Seventh and Eighth Regiments, which were still scattered in several strongholds along the coast, quickly moved closer to Rongcheng and assembled.

Sure enough, on the afternoon of the 19th, Minabjesky received an urgent order from the commander of the Weihai garrison, Barushka. Although the directive did not clearly tell him that Weihaiwei had been heavily attacked by the Taiping Heavenly ** team, Barushka made it clear that Weihaiwei was in critical condition, and Minabujeski was appointed commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front Army, responsible for commanding the 5th and 8th regiments of Rongcheng and the 7th Regiment stationed on the Jinghaiwei front, and asked him to gather troops to march west to relieve the urgent need of Weihaiwei Military Port.

When Barushka's order arrived, Minabjeski was already sitting at Rongcheng's headquarters, discussing with Lieutenant Colonel Morsey, the commander of the 7th Regiment, and Colonel Valaki, the commander of the 8th Regiment, who had just arrived, whether Weihai should be reinforced.

Now, there is no longer a question of whether you should go, but you have to go, and how to go.

There are two roads to choose from from Rongcheng County (now Chengshan Town) to Weihaiwei at that time, one is the South Road, which passes through Qiaotou, Hot Spring Tang, Hushan and other places, and then goes north to Weihaiwei, this road is called Zhifu Avenue. The other is the North Road, which is called Weihai Avenue by the folk, which passes through Beigang West, Baojia Village, Gushanhou and other places, and then crosses the fort on the south bank of Weihai Sea, and finally arrives at Weihaiwei.

According to the geographical conditions, the south road is relatively easy to walk, while the north road is rough and difficult to walk. The reality was that not counting the 7th Regiment, which was rushing to the south of the county seat, had a total strength of more than 3,000 men, and the 5th and 8th Regiments had more than 3,000 men, plus all kinds of artillery to be brought with them, and Lieutenant Colonel Morsey and Colonel Wallaki both thought that they should take the southern route. This advantage is that once it encounters strong resistance from the enemy, it will at least facilitate the deployment of your own army. In addition, due to the urgency of time, the Seventh Regiment obviously could not get close to the main force, and had to cross Tianfu Mountain through Dashuibo alone to aid Weihaiwei.

However, Morsi and Valaki's construction was rejected by Minabjeski, who had already done some deliberation. Yes, even Morsey and Valaki could think of the army coming to the rescue of Weihaiwei from Weihai Avenue as soon as they patted their heads, could it be that his opponents would have neglected this? The more people are prone to negligence and feel that the more difficult the place, the safer it is, and that is to take the north road. I can't deploy my forces, and likewise, if there are enemies, they can't do it. Of course, it can't be so simple, take the north road, and the south road can't be relaxed. Morsey and Valaki were right, the 7th Regiment going north through Tianfu Mountain had to be flanked and protected, and it also needed to have a momentum to cover up the real movement of the main force.

As a result, Minabjeski made up his mind and quickly moved north through Tianfu Mountain with the 7th Regiment assembled at Datuan. In order to coordinate the actions of the 7th Regiment and the main force, a battalion of the 8th Regiment commanded by Wallaki, together with more than 500 Qing troops stationed in Rongcheng County, entered and occupied the bridgehead. And he personally led the main forces of his 5th and 8th regiments to the north, and he wanted to attack the east and west.

The chessboard of the battle is set again.

Being young has the benefits of being young. Chen Tingxiang seemed to have inexhaustible strength, he handed over the command of the south bank battery group to Liu Mingyuan, and he came to the west bank of the Xiaoyao River with the main force, and without even entering the temporary brigade headquarters, he crossed the river and entered the headquarters of the Red Fourth Division set up in Cao Wenyuan, the back village of Jinji Mountain.

"Hehe, my brother is really timely," Cao Wenyuan saw Chen Tingxiang, whose face was washed by the sweat and showed mud stains, and smiled a little bit of the map spread out on the table made up of several wooden boards, "These Tsarist ghosts, come so quickly, I was about to send someone to inform your brother." As he spoke, he gave Chen Tingxiang a comprehensive introduction to all the situations that had been detected.

"The vanguard of the Tsarist ghosts was found in the direction of the bridge?" Chen Tingxiang muttered in his mouth, his eyes staring at the map, "Brother Cao, do you think this is their main force?" ”

"It's hard to be sure for the time being," Cao Wenyuan smiled, "The men and horses that the Tsarist ghosts can gather in Rongcheng in a short period of time have a total of two regiments, and the heavy equipment will obviously not be less. In order to do their best to relieve Weihaiwei, and also because they will not know that we have appeared on the front line of the White Horse River. Although they still couldn't figure out how many men and horses we had gathered here to wait for them, in order to avoid an ambush on the way, it was safer to take the bridge than to moor. ”

"If it were me, I would do the same," Chen Tingxiang straightened up, looked at Cao Wenyuan, raised his arm and wiped the sweat on his face with his sleeve, "This is convenient for the deployment of large troops and firepower, and you can attack all the way forward." But...... I still think that the northern route may be the key route of Tsarist Russia's march. ”

"Oh?" Cao Wenyuan looked at Chen Tingxiang suspiciously, "Why?" ”

(Note: Armed intervention of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia in the Hungarian Revolution.)

In 1848, spurred on by the February Revolution in France, a major revolution broke out across the continent, which was also the largest revolution in modern European history. At the beginning of March 1848, a group of patriots such as the outstanding poet Pei Duofei put forward a political program for national independence, known as the "Twelve Demands". The "Demands" proposed to guarantee freedom of belief, assembly, and press, equality before the law, the abolition of servitude and aristocratic privileges, the establishment of the Hungarian Parliament, the responsible cabinet and the National Guard, the withdrawal of the first qiē foreign army and the release of political prisoners, etc.

This programme played an important role in advancing the struggle of the Hungarian people. On the morning of March 15, the people of the capital, Pest, led an uprising under the leadership of Pedolfi, and in the afternoon of the same day, thousands of people gathered in the square of the National Museum, where they issued the "Twelve Demands". Then, Pei Duofei recited his new work "Song of the Nation" with great enthusiasm. After the meeting, the demonstrators surrounded the city hall and the governor's palace, forcing the mayor and governor to accept the "Twelve Demands" and prosecute the entire capital. In the Hungarian parliament, Kossuth proposed a bill to abolish feudalism and establish an independent Hungarian government, which was approved. Kossuth immediately led a delegation to Vienna to ask the Austrian Emperor for approval.

At this time, the revolution had also broken out in Vienna, and on 17 March, King Ferdinand I of Austria had no choice but to appoint Count Batiani to form the first responsible Hungarian cabinet. The next day, the parliament and the government passed a series of resolutions declaring that the cabinet was accountable to parliament and that it would be militarily and financially independent, abolishing servitude, tithing, abolishing tax exemptions, and introducing universal taxation. After suppressing the Prague Uprising and the Italian Revolution, Austria sent troops into Hungary on 11 September. The Hungarian Revolution entered the stage of the war of national liberation.

On 22 September, parliament removed the weak and incompetent Batiani cabinet and established a National Defense Council headed by Kossuth. Under the leadership of Kossuth, the Hungarian army and civilians bravely resisted the enemy, and after a month of fierce fighting, drove the enemy army out of the country and began a counteroffensive. However, after suppressing the October uprising in Vienna, Austria soon mobilized 200,000 troops to invade Hungary again, and captured Pest in early January 1849. In order to regain lost territory and defend their independence, the Hungarian army and civilians persisted in resistance under the command of Kossuth, and turned the tide of the war in early April. On 14 April, the Hungarian parliament issued a manifesto officially declaring independence. Kossuth was elected Head of State. On May 21, the capital was recovered.

Defeated Austria hurriedly appealed to Russia for help. On 8 May, Tsar Nicholas I issued a reactionary manifesto interfering in the Hungarian Revolution. Soon, 140,000 Russian troops invaded Hungary. In the Battle of Komarom in early July, the Hungarian army suffered a crushing defeat. On August 13, Gorgai, the commander-in-chief of the Hungarian army, was forced to surrender to the Russian army, and the vigorous Hungarian revolution failed. Pedolfi and thousands of other outstanding Hungarian sons and daughters gave their lives in the fight to defend the independence of their homeland. Engels once pointed out: Hungary was the last nation to take up arms to defend the revolution of 1848! ）

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