Chapter 134: The Fallen Old Maozi
Hearing these objections, the commander of the Liaodong garrison immediately showed an anxious and nervous expression on his face. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Because, the Liaodong Army was just stuck on the flank of its own army, and it was at the forefront of the fight against the Japanese.
Only he knew that in the event of a battle between himself and the Japanese, this Liaodong Army might pose a formidable threat to him.
Therefore, whether it is for himself or for the Liaodong garrison, he must eliminate this Liaodong army that may threaten his flank in the shortest possible time. Otherwise, he would not have been able to concentrate on dealing with the Japanese at all.
However, after losing almost one division's strength, the Liaodong garrison simply could not use extra troops to deal with him......
On the surface, there were more than 100,000 troops stationed in Liaodong, but these 100,000 troops were stationed opposite the Japanese army. As long as they draw any army on their own, the Japanese, who are across the river from the Russian garrison, are likely to take advantage of the fire to loot.
Under such circumstances, the commander of the Liaodong garrison could only pin his hopes on the Far Eastern Command.
However, he did not expect that some people in the Far East Garrison Command, as if they wanted to see their defeat, not only did not help themselves, but also created all kinds of reasons and excuses in front of the commander to prevent them from borrowing troops from the headquarters.
The commander of the Liaodong garrison guessed correctly, these people were indeed deliberately embarrassing him.
You must know that the positions of the army are all a turnip and a pit......
If you want to be promoted, you can only have a chance if you drive others away.
The commander of the Liaodong garrison, a position where you can earn both military merit and money, of course, there are many people staring at it.
The current commander of the Liaodong garrison finally made some mistakes because of the appearance of the Liaodong Army, and some old Maozi officers who were jealous of this position naturally wanted to expand this mistake and let the current commander get out of the way because of this incident.
As long as the current commander gets out of this position, they have the hope of becoming the new commander of the Liaodong garrison.
As a result, the small Far East Command appeared in front of him.
As soon as the idea of the commander of the Liaodong garrison asking for heavy troops to encircle and suppress the Liaodong Army was proposed, it was opposed by many people......
Nikolayevich, General of the Russian Army, Commander of the Far Eastern Army.
Looking at the picture in front of him fighting for me, he can be said to be both angry and helpless......
With the continuous decline of the empire, many generals in the army gradually lost their enterprising spirit. became like those politicians in the country, and began to fight for power.
In particular, those garrison officers located in the Qing Dynasty, without exception, were using their identities to loot wealth in the Qing Dynasty.
As the commander, Nikolayevich wanted to take care of it, but because the army was like this, and a large part of the wealth they looted eventually fell to the royal family, and even some of it fell into his own hands, Nikolayevich could only open one eye and close one eye in the end.
As for the present, the reason why this picture appears is very simple, the headquarters, and even in the country, some people are eyeing the position of Lieutenant General Kondrachenko Commander of the Liaodong Garrison, which can also be called the position of the commander of the Lushun Land Defense.
As the commander of the Far Eastern garrison, Nikolayevich did not care how the people below him fought.
However, he has a bottom line, that is, no matter how the fight is fought, it must not affect the security and overall interests of the Far East garrison.
As the commander-in-chief of the Far Eastern Army, Nikolayevich did not know the specific situation in Liaodong.
However, from the report of Lieutenant General Kondelachko, he could still feel that the situation in Liaodong had reached the point where it had to be changed. Especially when he heard the news that there were probably Japanese standing behind the Liaodong Army, he was even more sure of the sinister situation in Liaodong.
And now, some people in the headquarters are obviously gambling with the lives of more than 100,000 garrisons in Liaodong for the position of commander of Lushun land defense.
Such a situation is absolutely not tolerated by the commander-in-chief Nikolayevich.
Seeing that some officers in front of him were still ready to speak out against it, Lieutenant General Kondelachchenko was blushing because he was not good at speaking. Nikolayevich had to open his mouth to remind: "Lieutenant General Kondelachko, I want to know the size and equipment of this Liaodong Army...... Also, is there a Qing court and the Japanese behind the Liaodong Army......"
Lieutenant General Kondrachenko's eyes lit up, and he quickly replied: "Your Excellency, commander, according to intelligence, the total strength of the Liaodong Army has exceeded four thousand, and it is not only equipped with 18 mountain guns that captured us, but also a large number of heavy machine guns and Madsen light machine guns, and the firepower is very powerful......
"In addition, we also learned from secret sources that the Liaodong Army has always had dealings with the Japanese...... Many of the light and heavy weapons they were equipped with were given to them by the Japanese......"
"From this, I judge that the real master of the Liaodong Army is likely to be the Japanese......"
"If we don't destroy them, when a war breaks out between the Empire and the Japanese in the future, this army with strong firepower will definitely attack our flank and threaten our flank......"
"Therefore, I humbly implore Your Excellency the Commander to immediately dispatch heavy troops to encircle and suppress the Liaodong Army and get rid of the threat lurking behind us by the Japanese......"
At this time, the officers of the command were fools and also realized the attitude of the commander-in-chief Nikolayevich in this matter.
Since General Nikolayevich agreed with the dispatch of troops, and after Lieutenant General Kondelachchenko's explanation, everyone also realized that the Liaodong Army was not as weak as everyone imagined. Those officers who have their own careful thoughts, even if they are unwilling, can only agree.
The final decision was that General Nikolavich would send a field infantry division with a mountain artillery battalion and a heavy machine gun battalion from the Far East Command to reinforce Liaodong......
The Liaodong garrison also tried to transfer a division, totaling 18,000 elites, under the personal command of Lieutenant General Kondelachko, commander of the Lushun land defense, to encircle and suppress the Liaodong army......
Because there were too many troops involved in the encirclement and suppression, they carried a large number of heavy weapons, and many troops were directly drawn from the front line.
Therefore, from the beginning of preparations to the beginning of encirclement and suppression, it will take at least a month of preparation time.
A month later, Liaodong has entered the coldest season of the year.
In the case of heavy snow blocking the mountains, it is simply impossible for the troops to conduct operations.
Therefore, General Nikolavich directly set the time for the dispatch of troops in March of the following year, that is, two months before the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War.