Chapter 227: Meeting Gift
September 20, 1900.
At around twelve o'clock in the morning, Yue Weihua and his party finally rushed back to Aihui.
After returning to Aihui, Yue Weihua did not return to the headquarters of the Wolf Domain, but went straight to the Four Seasons Fishing Village on the outskirts of Aihui, although Yue Weihua took away all the battleships, but the temporary command of the front line is still there, the battlefield intelligence department led by Shen Yin is still there, Wang Hankun, deputy chief of general staff, is also in charge of the overall work here, more than 3,500 officers and soldiers of Luoqing's naval fleet, and 1,500 marines from Qiao's third department, are still stationed here.
After Yue Weihua entered the temporary headquarters, he gathered Wang Hankun, Luo Qing, Qiao San, Shen Yin and other officers together, ready to understand the first-hand situation, although Yue Weihua always carries a telegraph, and any major event in the wolf domain will be known as soon as possible, but the information relayed by the telegram is sometimes inevitably inaccurate and incomplete.
"Shen Yin, tell me how the situation is now?"
"Commander-in-chief, the Tsarist Qing Dynasty East Road Coalition Army completed the crossing of the river at about six o'clock this morning, after our preliminary statistics, the number of the East Road Coalition Army is about 80,000, the Tsarist Russia is 50,000, and the Qing Army is 30,000, which is basically consistent with the intelligence." Shen Yin said.
"Yes, go on."
"Since the completion of the crossing of the river in the morning, the coalition forces began to advance towards our side, although their advance speed is very slow, but it is very steady, the head of the cavalry regiment Yue Xiaodong personally watched on the front line, and did not find a good opportunity to start, and has now advanced to the area of Mojiatun, only about ten kilometers away from the position of the 102nd regiment in our front line." Shen Yin continued.
Tsarist Russian Lieutenant General Kuzuosco is not only the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Route Coalition Army, according to intelligence, if the Eastern and Western Coalition Forces successfully converge, then Kuzuosco will be the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, and Nikola Cage of the Western Route Coalition Army is the deputy commander-in-chief, of course, the deputy commander-in-chief is Zeng Qi, the general of the Qing Army.
From this point of view, Kuzuosco and Zeng Qi are really old foxes, step by step, advancing layer by layer, steady and steady, much more difficult to deal with than the Western Route Coalition Army, of course, the Xigang Army Division was able to achieve yesterday's results, and it is not unrelated to Nikola Cage's light enemy.
"Ten kilometers?" Yue Weihua nodded and said, "In other words, it's about twenty-five kilometers away from here, and less than seventy kilometers away from the Wolf Domain?" ”
"Almost, if the Eastern Route Coalition chooses to take a shortcut to the Wolf Domain, it should only be about sixty kilometers away." Shen Yin added.
"Yes." Yue Weihua continued: "How are the people in Aihui City and along the way to the Wolf Domain evacuated now? ”
Evacuating Aihui City and the people along the way to the Wolf Domain is a top priority, firstly, to prevent the surrounding people from being bullied by Tsarist Russia, and secondly, to make it impossible for the coalition forces to collect food on the spot.
"I'll tell you about this."
Although Wang Hankun, deputy chief of the general staff, seems to have a very high position, most of the time he has no sense of existence, which is of course related to Yue Weihua's deliberate support for him, after all, Yang Fengxiang took refuge at the beginning, and the Qing army had a lot of people, accounting for a large proportion, and even Yang Fengxiang was only appointed as the general adviser with no real power, but now that the Black Dragon Army is getting stronger and stronger, the relationship between all aspects has been slowly sorted out after this period of time, and Wang Hankun, who has rich experience in leading troops, will naturally come in handy, so he was pulled down by Yue Weihua to the front line and fill in the gaps for himself, when he is not there, he can also sit in command.
"The headquarters just gave feedback on the situation half an hour ago, at present, the people of the villages in the radiation area of the 102nd regiment have all been evacuated, and the people of Aihui City and the surrounding villages have also completed the evacuation work under the auspices of Fei Qing, and more than eighty percent of the villages along the way from Aihui to Erzhan Town have completed the evacuation, and it is expected that all the evacuation work should be completed before dark today." Wang Hankun said bluntly.
"Yes, that's good."
Yue Weihua also breathed a sigh of relief, to be honest, for the evacuation work, let the people run away from home, the strong walls are cleared, especially the people within a radius of several miles on both sides of the road are all evacuated, involving tens of thousands of people in the scale of the action, Yue Weihua's confidence in his heart is a little insufficient, after all, the Chinese people pay attention to the homeland is difficult to leave, and the shadow of Lao Maozi has not been seen, so you let them evacuate, under normal circumstances, it is difficult to do.
Fortunately, the current reputation of the Black Dragon Army is in full swing in Aihui, and in the past two months, it has built fortifications on a large scale, and hired a large number of people in Aihui, which has also made the people of Aihui see the strength and integrity of the Black Dragon Army.
"How are the preparations for the meeting gift we prepared for the coalition forces now?" Yue Weihua asked again.
"It's ready, just waiting for the ceremony." Wang Hankun smiled.
"Very good, since that's the case, let's let the 102nd regiment take the lead in evacuating, and the other regiments can also prepare to withdraw to the Wolf Domain headquarters, as for the cavalry regiment, tell Yue Xiaodong and let him act when he has the opportunity for the time being."
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief, I'm sending a telegram."
……
There are more than 80,000 people in the eastern coalition army of the Qing court of Tsarist Russia, of which the Tsarist army is basically the elite troops who have participated in the battle of invading the three eastern provinces, as for the Qing army, it is the most elite unit under the command of Zeng Qi, the general of Shengjing.
From Maocun to Aihui City, and then to the second station, there were no complete fortifications built by the Black Dragon Army along the way, and there were not too many precipitous places during the period, so if the people could be transferred smoothly, Yue Weihua would certainly not choose to start a war now.
After the 102nd Regiment received the evacuation order, the regiment commander Nie Youcai was also relieved, although their position was still nearly ten kilometers away from the coalition army, but the big battle was about to start, and the imminent momentum of the storm had already made the officers and men of the 102nd Regiment a little breathless.
After all, the real veterans of the 102nd Regiment only have one battalion of soldiers and horses, and the other two battalions are also supplemented from the recruits, although the equipment is good, it has not completed the redressing of all members, so the combat effectiveness really needs to be tested, and Nie Youcai is naturally relieved to be able to evacuate in advance.
After the 102nd Regiment withdrew, the 103rd, 104th and 105th Regiments behind them were also evacuated from each other, and at about four o'clock in the afternoon, the naval fleet and the marines in the Four Seasons Fishing Village on the outskirts of Aihui City, under the leadership of Yue Weihua, also withdrew directly to the Wolf Domain.
The East Road Coalition Army, still step by step, the Black Dragon Army withdrew ten kilometers, they advanced five kilometers, so steady advance, until about eight o'clock in the night, the 253rd Brigade of the Tsarist Russia's forward force entered the second station town, a co-forward unit of the Qing army, also two people on the edge of the second station town went to the empty village to station, stopped the intention of advancing forward.
After all, it was already dark, although they also had a leading party, but after all, they were unfamiliar with life, so they had no intention of "taking advantage of victory" to pursue, and the main force of the East Road Coalition Army also advanced to Taoyuan Town at this time, Taoyuan Town is located about twenty kilometers north of Erzhan Town.
Taoyuan Town, in the temporary headquarters of the coalition forces.
Lieutenant General Kuzuo Sike, commander-in-chief of the Eastern Route Coalition Army, and Zeng Qi, General Sheng Jing, as well as important generals of the two armies, all gathered together at this moment, but the faces of these people did not show too much joy because of the smooth progress all the way, on the contrary, they all showed solemn expressions.
All the way from Maocun, dozens of kilometers away, the people within a radius of ten miles or even twenty miles on both sides of the way, all of them went to the empty building, and what is even more odious is that there is not a single grain left, and even in some places, there are traces of burning grain.
Such a rapid mobilization of the people to evacuate shows that the Black Dragon Army has a strong control over Aihui, and the Black Dragon Army does not resist at all along the way, and directly retreats to the wolf domain's lair, which also makes Kuzuosco and Zeng Qi feel very uneasy, which is completely unreasonable and unpredictable.
"Report, Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, Brigade Commander Major General Maxim has led the 253rd Brigade to settle in Erzhan Town, and at the same time, Tong Li, the general of the Qing Army, has also led his troops to stationed in Fengjia Village and Bortun on the edge of Erzhan Town."
"Well, what's going on over there?" Cuzosco asked.
"The telegram said that the same people had gone to the empty building and had not seen a single person." The correspondent replied.
"Oh, according to intelligence, the second station town has already become the outpost of the Black Dragon Army, and after several times of construction by the Black Dragon Army, the fortifications inside are also very complete, so why did you give it up directly?" Cuzosco wondered.
"Hehe, why else, it must be the Black Dragon Army that is frightened, and it is estimated that they have slipped into Buren Mountain to hide at this moment." A Tsarist general chuckled, his face full of disdain.
"Yakov, if you still have this attitude, I think you can go home directly." The commander-in-chief, Lieutenant General Kuzuo Sisco, said angrily.
The combat effectiveness of the Black Dragon Army has been thoroughly proved with the blood of the Russian soldiers and the face of the Russian Empire, but I didn't expect that there would be such a person under his command, if he didn't want to offend the backer behind Yakov, Kuzuosco wanted to directly blast this person out and take his position.
"What I'm saying is the truth, look at it, we have come all the way, where there is half a figure, didn't they run away." Yakov said to himself.
"Yakov, get out, you get out of here." Kuzosco couldn't hold back his roar anymore.
Seeing that Kuzosco was so angry, and looking at the contemptuous glances around him, Yakov realized how stupid he was, and then slipped out quietly.
"General Zeng Qi, let you laugh."
Kuzuo Cisco smiled at Zeng Qi and smiled, Zeng Qi also smiled in return, and did not say much, it can be seen from here that Zeng Qi and Kuzuo Cisco have a good relationship, at least, Kuzuo Cisco respects Zeng Qi on the surface, and is not as domineering as Nikola Cage.
"Intelligence from the city of Morgen, the Western Coalition Army was attacked by the Black Dragon Army last night, and lost more than 10,000 people overnight, if there is anyone who doesn't know whether they are alive or dead, and is as light as Yakov, just go back to St. Petersburg for me." Cuzosco yelled at the side of the Russian generals.
"Yes."
"Yes."
The Russian generals hurried to answer.
"Now that you understand, let's all go down and arm, don't give the other party a chance,......。"
……
About five or six miles south of the second station town, many generals of the Black Dragon Army gathered on a mountain, their eyes fixed on the faintly lit second station town.
"Are you sure that it is a full brigade of Tsarist Russia stationed in the town of the second station?" Yue Weihua asked again.
"Commander-in-Chief, very sure, and sure." Shen Yin replied.
"Hehe, in this way, this meeting gift is not small, by the way, I took down the Qing army's soldiers and horses, and this Ma Wei is not weaker than Xigang." Yue Weihua smiled.
"Commander-in-chief, in fact, in my opinion, if we wait a little longer, until tomorrow, I estimate that the main force of Tsarist Russia, and even the temporary headquarters of the coalition army, will be located in the second station town, if so, then this net should be able to catch more big fish." Yue Xiaodong, the commander of the cavalry regiment, said.
"You all think so?" Yue Weihua looked at everyone and smiled.
"I think this is probably inappropriate, because this battalion of Tsarist Russia is a forward force, and it is a second-station town that entered when it was dark, so some places were not well checked, so nothing abnormal was found, but if the main force of the Tsarist Russian coalition army is stationed, or even if the temporary headquarters is stationed, it will inevitably be carefully searched, and when the time comes, it will be exposed if it is not moved, so I tend to do it according to the original plan." Chen Qian, the head of the 101st regiment, replied.
"I support Head Yue."
"I think Head Chen's suggestion is more prudent, according to the original plan."
……
The commanders of the field regiments and some battalion company commanders of the Wolf Domain Headquarters all gathered here, of course, the soldiers only had the 101st Regiment and the Cavalry Regiment, the two most powerful regiments in the Black Dragon Army, and the purpose of everyone gathering once was just to observe the battle of the Lingering Meeting, and now it happened that Yue Xiaodong raised an objection, and Yue Weihua naturally took the opportunity to let everyone express their opinions.
"Okay, if you have reservations, let's act according to the original plan, solve it early, rest early, and start preparing for a series of fierce battles starting tomorrow, and today can be regarded as a lottery." Yue Weihua looked at his watch and found that there were only ten minutes left until nine o'clock, and the lights in the second station town in the distance were getting less and less, so he ordered: "The cavalry regiment and the 101st regiment are ready, they will be ignited on time at nine o'clock, and we will watch the ceremony in a while." ”
"Yes."
Nine o'clock sharp.
Thundered!
Thundered!
Thundered!
Suddenly, the earth-shattering explosion sounded in many places in the second station town, and after the explosion sounded, the entire second station town, as well as Fengjia Village and Bortun on the edge of the town, completely ignited the explosive barrel list, causing a series of explosions, and the whole area shook the mountains, and even the location of Yue Weihua and others five or six miles away could clearly feel the tremor.
The sky-high firelight, the second station town within a radius of ten miles is like daylight, this is the Black Dragon Army for the Tsarist Russia to prepare a meeting gift, a full ten tons of gunpowder, ten tons of gunpowder buried in the four sides of the town, in addition, there are a large number of flammable materials such as gasoline.
The sky-high fire and the earth-shattering explosion also spread to Taoyuan Town, twenty kilometers away, seeing this scene, Kuzuo Sike and Zeng Qi were both pale, night attack, or night attack, didn't the Black Dragon Army dare to fight head-on?
Boom!
Boom!
At the moment when the explosion sounded, the 3,000 soldiers of the 101st Regiment and the Cavalry Regiment rose up and galloped all the way towards the second station town.
"Let's go, let's get closer, and in a while, give me a good look at how the 101st Regiment and the Cavalry Regiment fought."
…… (To be continued.) )