Verse 121 Initial Formation

Yang Chao first went to Beijing to tell Zaifeng about the current situation and report the results of appeasing the bandits in the northeast. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Yang Chao is not stupid, this kind of political mistake will not be made, he has already started to play before recruiting troops, and he has been agreed.

When Zaifeng heard that 100,000 people had surrendered, of which 50,000 were usable soldiers, the other 50,000 were not at ease, and 100,000 people did not listen to the announcement, he was surprised, are there so many bandits in the Northeast?

There really is, there are not many others in the Russo-Japanese War, and the most bandits were created.

However, Zaifeng is not at ease with the combat effectiveness of these bandits, he can't rest assured, and the Boxers are an example.

Don't talk about him, Yang Chao is not at ease, he came to Zaifeng to discuss the loan.

"I have to borrow it!"

Yang Chao sighed.

Zaifeng is quite resistant to borrowing, he didn't have money to borrow in the past, why do he have a balance now, and he still has to borrow, and the interest is really distressing.

Yang Chao said: "Your Majesty, this loan is not just a loan, the Japanese borrowed money from Britain and the United States, and Britain and the United States supported Japan. The French supported Russia, and Russia borrowed money from France. If we can borrow money from Britain, the United States, and Germany at the same time this time, the international situation will be greatly favorable to our country. Besides, there is no need to really borrow, release the news, and let the Russians weigh it. ”

Zaifeng heard the taste, Yang Chao is using razing again, he can't play.

sighed: "Aiqing just do it." ”

Yang Chao said: "The minister obeys the order." ”

Then Yang Chao conveyed an order to the ministers of the three countries in Britain, the United States and Germany through the end side, asking them to contact the bank groups of these three countries, inquire about the loans, and ask them to show these bank groups our latest customs data, I believe the bank groups will be interested.

If the banking group is interested, they will naturally lobby their government, and at the same time, they will soon meet the newspaper, and then the outside world will think that the Qing government is really going to explode this time, and has already begun to borrow, which is preparing for a big battle.

In fact, he is still showing his attitude, but he still really has to fight, not to win, at least not to lose too badly.

Yang Chao immediately sent a telegram to Wu Peifu and asked him to take practical action and fight the Russians.

The Russian army in Fengtian City has made up their minds to be turtles, hiding in Mukden City and refusing to come out.

"When I entered the army, I was ten miles away from Mukden, and the artillery would barely be able to hit it by then, although it would not lead to anything. As long as our shells are next to the walls of Mukden, we will take the initiative to attack the Russians. ”

Wu Peifu received the order and immediately organized the march.

He held more than a dozen maps in his hand, all of which were marked in detail by him, and on the original empty map, the names of places were densely packed, accurate to every well in every village.

It can be said that Wu Peifu has already run all over this area, and those coordinates are high and low, and the curves and straight lines have formed a three-dimensional image in his mind.

The map shows not only villages and cities, but also some trench positions.

During the Russo-Japanese War, when the two sides first started fighting, Wu Peifu would go to observe as long as he had the opportunity, hiding in the distance and holding a telescope to watch and record while studying, and studying the tactics of both sides.

Soon the herald came back and reported that the trenches dug by the Japanese were still there.

"Great!"

Wu Peifu sighed and immediately gave an order.

"Zhongguo, Fuguo, you two brothers, take a thousand men to occupy the Japanese trenches at once, and machine guns must be set up here, here."

The brothers Ma Zhongguo and Ma Fuguo were ordered to lead the troops to open the way, while Wu Peifu commanded the formation and advanced step by step.

In the evening, Wu Peifu reported that the troops had already entered the Hunhe River, but the Russian army had not yet been dispatched.

Wu Peifu's telegram was sent back by the German communications corps that followed the German artillery in the past, and the wireless telegraph was a new thing, and there were not many things to play, and there was originally a large group of German advisers in the Russian army to help them train telegraph personnel, but as soon as the Russo-Japanese War broke out and the German advisers withdrew, the radio communications of the Russians were almost paralyzed.

This time, the Germans sent artillery, so they brought their signal corps, so that Yang Chao could contact him by telegraph.

When Yang Chao received the news, it was on the airship, and the radio signal was received through his watch, and he immediately asked Wu Peifu to start building a position, digging deep trenches, and multiple machine guns.

Yang Chao flew to Jinzhou.

There was a problem here in Jinzhou, and the group of soldiers refused to leave, and when their time came, they had to go back to repair the railway.

Yang Chao originally said that it was one hundred taels of silver for half a year, but the time for half a year has arrived, and he will give them money to leave.

Yang Chao was sad to send money, and tons of silver dollars were pulled on the airship.

"What the official said naturally counts. But now that the war is fighting, how about doing it for another half a year and giving another hundred taels? ”

Yang Chao first asked the officers to bring the right money to receive the salary, and then asked him to inform the soldiers.

When recruiting troops, where could Yang Chao have thought that it would take half a year to use troops, he thought that Japan and Russia would reach an agreement soon, and then he could do it himself, who knew that the Japanese and the Russians had been grinding for so long.

And Yang Chao's previous plan was not to roll up his sleeves, these soldiers originally only wanted to use them to bluff people, and even the officers were borrowed from the Germans, who would dare to use such soldiers, so he only planned to let them pretend to be and follow Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army to bluff people within half a year.

Who would have thought that in the end, he was forced by Yuan Shikai to take the lead, although these soldiers can't be used, but it's good to stay in the northeast to scare people, if the Russians don't come really, then taking them to the front line is also a deterrent, at least these people walk neatly, each with a rifle, who will know if there is combat effectiveness.

No one is willing to do it, they have already earned a hundred taels, and now they are going to war, and only fools are willing.

"Pick out all the people who will **. Give two hundred taels, don't let them really fight, and it will be done far away. ”

When Yang Chao was training, he asked the German artillery to teach a group of people, although he couldn't read foreign yards and couldn't aim, but after the German artillery helped to align the size, there was no problem just firing the artillery, and there were not 1,000 but 800 in the army.

But there are only three hundred people who are willing to earn Yang Chao's silver, and three hundred is three hundred, and it is also useful to take them to Fengtian and hand them over to Wu Peifu.

The rest of the people will be given silver, ten taels a month, to build the railway on the spot, from Jinzhou to Fengtian, anyway, this section of the railway has been planned for a long time, and even the foundation in many places has been laid, and the track is almost laid. Now let these soldiers build the railroad with guns on their backs, and create a false impression to the outside world that these soldiers will continue to advance with the railway.

At the time of the Battle of Mukden, the Russian army finally retreated to the Hunhe River, and the Japanese army pursued here, but the Japanese army was in an offensive posture at that time, so it did not build a complete position.

There were only a few improvised positions and artillery positions.

Wu Peifu took over these positions, and then organized people to reinforce them, and formed three positions, all of which were left over from the Russo-Japanese War, and the latter two were much more complete than the first, because those two positions happened to be built when the Japanese and Russian sides were fighting in the Shahe area.

Wu Peifu's plan was to engage the Russian army at the Hunhe River, and if the battle was unfavorable, he would immediately retreat to the second line of defense, and if the second line of defense could not withstand it, he would retreat to the third line and block it layer by layer.

On the second day after Wu Peifu arrived in Hunhe, Yang Chao sent 300 artillerymen, which were very unqualified artillery.

In this way, Wu Peifu had 600 artillery, 300 German artillery, and 300 artillery that could fire artillery, mixed with the Germans, one belt and one belt, and set up artillery on the artillery positions left by the Japanese.

But Wu Peifu did not fire the artillery immediately, but waited for the defensive position to be repaired before attacking, otherwise as soon as the war started, the Russians counterattacked, and their side did not resist, it would be a joke.

On the third day, Wu Peifu went to issue another ultimatum to the Russians, but the Russians still did not agree.

Then Wu Peifu immediately ordered the rear artillery to open fire, and the artillery of various calibers that had already been aimed at Fengtian City roared.

As Yang Chao and Wu Peifu expected, the Russians waited for the Qing army to fire first, and they did not want to lose the reputation of taking the initiative to start a war, so they let the Qing army fight first, trying to save their barbaric reputation.

The Russians were probably prepared and planned for a long time, and as soon as the artillery fired, their artillery began to return fire.

In this Russo-Japanese War, both the Japanese and the Russians frantically increased their artillery, and both sides had four or five thousand cannons, and two thousand were left here in Mukden.

As a result, at the beginning of the artillery battle, Wu Peifu's side was suppressed by the Russians, fortunately, their artillery position was built strongly, and the front was used to dig a trench with soil to dig a three-meter-high ridge, and it was impossible for the Russian artillery to destroy Wu Peifu's artillery before opening this earthen ridge.

But those soldiers who had only fired artillery before, but had never been artillery, were stupid one by one, lying on the ground and not standing up, and being thrown to their grandmother's house in shame, next to the Germans.

The Germans fought well and returned fire in an orderly manner, but they were also unable to destroy the Russians' well-equipped artillery positions, so the two sides shelled each other, and when they found that there was no result, they soon turned into a bombardment mainly aimed at the opposing infantry positions.

The infantry couldn't grab anywhere, they nested in the trenches, and when they heard the sound of artillery, they exploded nearby, and none of them dared to raise their heads.

At this time, if the enemy rushed up, the consequences would be really unimaginable, Wu Peifu was angry, personally ran to the forward position, and fiercely drew a few timid soldiers, forcing them to the edge of the trench, so that they could be optimistic about the enemy.

"Maozi's cannon is very fierce!"

In the temporary command post, seeing Wu Peifu coming back with a disgraced face, Yang Chao smiled.

Wu Peifu hugged his fists and said, "Let the adults laugh." Your subordinates are not in a good position! ”

Yang Chao said with a smile: "The first time you go to the battlefield, it is inevitable. I haven't trained rigorously, so it's good to survive the first day. ”

Wu Peifu laughed miserably: "With this ball, can it last for a day?" ”

He thought of countless results, but he never thought of this one, and he had even informed each company of the retreat order and route, and planned this step, but he did not plan that the soldiers would panic like this when they saw the sound of artillery.

"When it gets dark, I'll go and blow up the Russian artillery emplacement!"

Yang Chao said.