Chapter 169: The Battle of the Rich County Towns

Yu Busheng's meeting with Dai Kewsky, commander of the Western Road of Tsarist Russia, lasted only a few minutes, and Dai Kevsky did not talk to the Qing army about food and salary, nor about assisting in defense, but only chatted casually and casually, and was sent out.

When they returned to the temporary camp of the Qing army at the north gate, it was already about half past seven in the evening, and after the two of them had a hasty dinner, Zhou Dabiao summoned Busheng, Li Mengsheng, Tie Erji and Sheng Tianbao to make the final arrangements and mobilization before the station.

"Several, I won't say anything superfluous, you sincerely surrender to the sincerity, Zhou also has a deep understanding, Zhou and the Black Dragon Army, including our commander-in-chief, have long regarded you as a member of the Black Dragon Army, so I hope everyone can do their best tonight to defeat Tsarist Russia."

"Deputy Captain Zhou, don't worry, although I admit that the combat effectiveness of the Qing army is not good as a whole, especially the equipment, but our standard is by no means an ordinary Qing army, and we will not let Deputy Captain Zhou down."

Yu Busheng first expressed his position, Li Mengsheng and others also echoed, in fact, the success or failure of tonight's operation, the actions of the Qing army will be crucial, if Yu Busheng and others cannot block all the Tsarist Russia in the north gate in the barracks before the Black Dragon Army enters the city, then it will affect the Black Dragon Army's entry into the city, thus affecting the success or failure of tonight's battle.

To tell the truth, Zhou Dabiao was very uneasy about the Qing army, but he had to gamble, after all, the Tsarist Russian troops in the rich county town exceeded 6,000 people, the Xigang Army Division of the Black Dragon Army plus the independent battalion was only in his early 3,000s, and the two senior brothers of the Boxers combined were also in their early 2,000s, and the Qing army was only more than 1,500 people, so in general, the strength of the two sides was almost the same, but in terms of overall combat effectiveness, the Qing army and the Boxers were afraid that they would retreat, but this opportunity was really rare, Yue Weiyun and Zhou Dabiao had to gamble.

"I think you should know the importance of you in this battle, so Zhou has to be a villain, I hope you can understand, but the commander-in-chief has personally promised that as long as you can successfully complete the task in this battle, then it will be reused." Zhou Dabiao promised.

"Deputy Captain Zhou, what kind of wicked person is not evil, since Yu Mou and your brothers have chosen to join the Black Dragon Army, then naturally everything is obedient, if there is any task, you just have to order, and the brothers promise to obey the order." Yu Busheng said that they had already boarded the ship of the Black Dragon Army, and they had reached this point, where did they still have a chance to regret it, even if Zhou Dabiao had any unreasonable requirements, they could only pinch their noses and admit it.

"Yes, that's good." Zhou Dabiao breathed a sigh of relief, at least Yu Busheng's attitude was still good, and after a pause, he continued: "It's not that Zhou doesn't trust you, but because tonight is destined to be a hard battle, a life-and-death contest, therefore, Zhou will never allow the existence of escape, in view of this, Zhou will transfer a team from under his hands, as a battlefield gendarmerie, the gendarmerie will have the right to directly kill any deserter who tries to evacuate the position, including you." ”

Although Zhou Dabiao had been vaccinated before and promised to reuse it after the war, as soon as this gendarmerie was proposed, it still made the faces of Yu Busheng and others instantly ugly, because this was a clear distrust, and battlefield supervision, life and death, even including a few of them, this face can be good.

The scene was deadlocked for half a minute, and Zhou Dabiao broke the deadlock and said: "If you don't agree with this plan, then Zhou will not be reluctant, as the so-called business is not benevolent, tonight's task will be canceled, Zhou can leave quietly with his subordinates, of course, if you want to take Zhou and hand it over to Lao Maozi, then it is up to you." ”

"Where is it, Deputy Captain Zhou thinks too much, and we will resolutely implement it."

Li Mengsheng hurriedly expressed his support, and tried his best to think that Yu Busheng and the others were at this juncture, could they still regret it, although it was a little ugly on the face, but as long as it passed tonight and won the trust of the Black Dragon Army, it would naturally be able to get compensation from the other party, but tonight's battle would be doomed to be defended, and there would be no luck in any of them.

"I'm waiting for your support."

"Well, your task tonight is to be responsible for containing the Tsarist Russia in the opposite military camp, I hope that within the first fifteen minutes of the battle, not a single soldier of the Tsarist Russia will rush out of the barracks, and after fifteen minutes, the battlefield can be appropriately moved back in the direction of the county government in the center of the city."

"Yes."

"Then, now you can go back to do the pre-war mobilization, I don't think Zhou needs to say more about the reasons and excuses, but you only have one hour to prepare, and our battle will start on time at nine o'clock."

……

As soon as Yu Busheng and the others left, Zhou Dabiao called the three squad leaders in again and began to make final preparations.

"Baishun, a detachment will be drawn from your squad in a while, and you will personally lead the team to be responsible for the implementation of the discipline of the Qing army on the battlefield. Zhou Dabiao issued the first order.

As soon as Nie Baishun heard this task, he showed a depressed face, and after a long pause, he asked weakly: "Deputy captain, it is enough to directly send a detachment to enforce battlefield discipline, can you let me participate in the beheading operation?" ”

"What, if you want to disobey your order, you can't do it?" Zhou Dabiao glared at him, and saw that Nie Baishun pursed his lips and said nothing, so he continued: "Baishun, I really don't feel at ease with the Qing army, and here is the most active in your brain, both Wuda and the big country belong to the rectum, and they are not very good at dealing with each other, although I let you kill them, but if you can inspire the Qing army through other means, let them fight bravely and swear to the death, wouldn't it be better, I choose you, but out of trust in you, you don't know what to do." ”

Hearing Zhou Dabiao say this, Nie Baishun's face looked better, and then he reluctantly accepted the order, comparing this high hat, especially if the superior leader gives you a certain high hat, if you are unwilling, you have to follow it.

"Wuda, you will lead your team to take the north gate as soon as possible, and launch signal flares to lead the main force into the city." Zhou Dabiao then commanded.

"Yes, Commander."

Although Feng Wuda regretted that he could not personally participate in the beheading operation, he didn't want Nie Baishun to bargain like that, but directly accepted the order.

"The remaining two detachments of the Baishun squad, as well as the big country squad, will be led by me personally and will be responsible for the decapitation operation."

"Now start to check the table, nine o'clock, start the action on time, as for the Qing army, ten minutes in advance, by Baishun to notify, in addition, immediately send a telegram to Commander Yue, let them get ready, we will act at nine o'clock, it is expected that the city gate will be taken in about ten minutes, let them be optimistic about the signal flare, and hurry up to enter the city."

"Yes."

……

Time passed slowly, and the night gradually thickened.

At 8:40 a.m., the wealthy county town was already pitch black, except for a few military camps in Tsarist Russia, and there were basically no people on the road, except for the Tsarist patrols, and Zhou Dabiao led five heavily armed detachments, like ghosts in the night, from the Qing army camp quietly to the county government in the center of the county.

After fifteen minutes of stealth, Zhou Dabiao successfully arrived at the periphery of the backyard of the county government compound, and Zhou Dabiao's plan was to attack from the backyard to the front yard; according to intelligence, the fighters in the entire Tsarist Russian headquarters were mainly a guard company, about 110 people, and of course, there were other non-combatants such as signal corps, medical corps, logistics civilian personnel, and other non-combatants, about 200 people, totaling nearly 400 people.

In addition, there is still the regimental headquarters of the artillery regiment in a manor next to the county office, and there are already fifty or sixty people here, so Zhou Dabiao's combat mission this time is to try to completely annihilate these more than 400 numbers, and at least to kill the main commanders of Tsarist Russia, which is the so-called decapitation operation, so as to paralyze the command system of Tsarist Russia in Fufu County.

"It's a pity, if the commander-in-chief is here, where is there such trouble."

There were still two or three minutes before nine o'clock, and Zhou Dabiao at this time naturally thought of the convenience of carrying out the task with Yue Weihua, if Yue Weihua was again, then directly put dozens of mortars outside the county government compound, and then send people to guard a few entrances and exits, so that this temporary headquarters could be easily taken.

However, Zhou Dabiao also knew that with the growth of the Black Dragon Army, Yue Weihua, as the commander-in-chief, was afraid that there would be fewer and fewer opportunities to personally participate in the implementation of tasks in the future, and the current combat mode was the norm.

"It's time, act."

With Zhou Dabiao's order, the 50th person of the special combat team climbed over the wall of the county government compound in an instant, and then quickly pounced everywhere like a tiger out of the cage, although he could not carry a large number of artillery pieces like Yue Weihua, but each grenade still carried seven or eight grenades.

Thundered!

Thundered!

Thundered!

The battle started at this moment, according to the consistent experience of the Black Dragon Army, wherever there are lights, there must be places where there are people, and these places will undoubtedly be attacked by grenades at the first time.

Bang bang bang!

Bang bang bang!

The Thompson submachine gun's powerful firepower is the most obvious advantage in this kind of close-quarters street fighting.

"Enemy attack."

"Enemy attack."

As soon as the powerful explosion and the fierce gunfire broke out, it instantly broke the tranquility of the rich county town, and at the same time when the battle broke out in the direction of the county government, the battle for the city gate of the north gate also started at this moment, although there was only a team of thirty people from the wolf's tooth special combat team here, but the guards on duty at the city gate were also fewer, only two squads, and the other guards were killed by more than a dozen grenades in the dormitory next to the city gate at the moment of the battle.

At the same time as the battle between the county government and the north gate began, the Qing army's temporary camp also launched a charge, Nie Baishun had already killed several Tsarist Russian sentry posts at the first time, and the Qing army was ready to go to the Tsarist North Gate camp for the first time, when the Tsarist soldiers reacted, it was already a few minutes later, and the Qing army also used this short time to establish a simple position, and completely blocked the three exits of the North Gate temporary camp.

Bang bang bang!

Dadada!

…… (To be continued.) )