Chapter 250: The East-West Coalition Forces Converge
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After Jiang Youxiao, the orthodox leader of the Qing army of the Western Route Alliance, came out of the tent, looking at the red sun rising in the east at sunrise, he burst out his heart with a mouth, it is really not easy, since he secretly set off from Murgen City in the early morning of the 22nd, more than 50 hours have passed now, Jiang Youxiao's heart has been spent in fear all the time.
But this time, God seems to take special care of their Western Road Alliance, all the way, more than 100 kilometers away, actually all the way smooth, no waves, not even a thief, cough cough, of course, the thief did not dare to offend their tiger might, but the Black Dragon Army did not appear once, which was very different, which made Jiang Youxiao a little uncomfortable.
Of course, Jiang Youxiao was glad, but Nikola Cage, the commander-in-chief of the Western Route Alliance, was depressed for the past two days.
Why is that?
Because after Nicola Cage suffered a loss, he suddenly woke up, so he kept arranging rear hands along the way, constantly ambushing people, even if it slowed down the speed of the march, he did not hesitate, but, as a result, people did not come at all.
If you want to talk about people, it is cheap.
If you don't come to hit him, if you don't come to attack him, you still feel itchy bones.
How did they know that at this moment, the Xigang Army Division had already set off for Moling Town, and as for the people and soldiers of the Black Dragon Army who were slaughtered in Henong Town, this revenge would be handed over to the Wolf Domain Headquarters to avenge.
"How far is it from the second station?"
Jiang Youxiao stretched his waist and moved his slightly stiff body, and then casually asked the guards beside him.
"Lord Dutong, this place is still more than 30 miles away from the second station town, and there are still more than 40 miles away from the second station of the Tsarist Russia's station in Xiejiaao, if we want to rush there for lunch, I'm afraid we have to hurry up, otherwise, most of the time it will be too late." The guard replied.
"Well, is Lao Maozi on the road ahead of schedule again?"
"Yes, an hour ago, Lao Maozi pulled out the camp." The guards replied, after all, the whole team of fifty or sixty thousand people, it is impossible to go with everything, there will definitely be firsts and lasts, and Lao Maozi is basically in front, and every time he is the first to set off.
"What about Liu Zhong's department, are you still following behind Lao Maozi's ass?"
Liu Zhong, Ziyi, deputy commander of Qihar, has been resisting Russia in the Hulun Beier steppe before, after the surrender of the Qing army, he merged with Tsarist Russia, and this time he returned to Morgan City with the main force of Tsarist Russia and joined the Western Route Coalition Army.
It stands to reason that Jiang Youxiao is orthodox, and if he has a single round grade, it is also from the first grade, and he is the same as the governor, although it is a little lower than the first grade of generals such as General Sheng Jing, but it is also one level higher than the deputy capital of the second grade, but this Qihar deputy capital Liu Zhong, along the way, does not give Jiang Youxiao any face, even if Jiang Youxiao gives up his old face and wants to win over, Liu Zhong is cold-spoken, which makes Jiang Youxiao hurt his self-esteem.
Actually, speaking of this, Jiang Youxiao is looking for uninterestingness, although you Jiang Youxiao is orthodox, one level higher than Liu Zhong, but you are from Guannei, you will have to return to Guannei sooner or later, and Liu Zhong is from Guannei, even if he wants to take refuge, he will choose Shengjing General Zeng Qi, no matter what, Zeng Qi's legs must be much thicker than Jiang Youxiao.
"Yes, Lord Totong."
"Hmph, this foreign dog thing, sooner or later Lao Maozi will sell it." Jiang Youxiao snorted coldly and said, "Let's set off for the herald." ”
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September 24, 1900, 12 o'clock sharp.
The main high-level leaders of the Western Route Coalition Army of the Tsarist Qing Dynasty successfully arrived at the Tsarist Russian garrison in the two-station town of Xiejiaao, which also marked the smooth meeting of the Eastern and Western Coalition Forces.
"To use a Chinese saying, today is really a double happiness."
The commander-in-chief of Tsarist Russia, Kuzosco, was in a very good mood today, Nikola Cage led the Western Route Coalition Army to arrive smoothly, so that his hanging heart finally landed, plus the 87th and 88th Divisions won the first line of defense of the Black Dragon Army overnight, which can be regarded as really opening up the situation for Tsarist Russia and achieving the first victory of Tsarist Russia.
Although it is said that the 87th and 88th divisions, which won the first line of defense, are its internal opponents, Kirilenko, but, as the commander-in-chief, when reporting the credit, he must be in the first place, so he is not jealous, it should be said that Kuzosco is a broad-minded person, or a commander with a strong sense of the overall situation.
"General Cage, let's go, let's go to the barracks and talk about it in detail."
Nikola Cage has royal blood, is the cousin of the current tsar, can be regarded as a real power figure in the royal family, if the encirclement and suppression of the Black Dragon Army is not for the tsar some strategy, I am afraid that the position of Cuzuosco and Nikola Cage will be lost, don't look at Kuzuosco is now the commander-in-chief of the lieutenant general, in fact, before the formation of the coalition army, Kuzuosco and Nikola Cage are also major generals.
In fact, when it comes to the military ranks of Tsarist Russia, sometimes it is really confusing, or they don't attach so much importance to military ranks, in the troops of Tsarist Russia, the brigade commanders are generally major generals, but the division commanders are also major generals, and even the commander of a group army can also be a major general.
Therefore, for Nikola Cage, Cuzosco still attaches great importance to it, no, as the commander-in-chief of the two coalition forces (after the convergence of the eastern and western coalition forces, Cuzuosco is still the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, and Nikola Cage is the deputy commander-in-chief. ), Kuzuosco personally greeted the three-mile road.
"The commander-in-chief is gracious."
Seeing that Kuzosko was holding Nikola Cage's hand, it was so hot that Kirilenko and other officers who came to greet him could hardly even greet him, and he could only smile in return, which could be regarded as a greeting.
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The Qing army garrison near Xie Jiaao.
Although Jiang Youxiao was a little reluctant, he still took a few co-capitals to visit the station of Shengjing General Zeng Qi, no way, Zeng Qi was in the position of General Shengjing, not only the highest military attache level, but also the military and political power of the entire Fengtian jurisdiction, and because Shengjing was the ancestral land of the Qing court, General Shengjing was actually half a head higher than General Jilin and Heishui General.
Therefore, in the Qing army of the Tsarist Qing court alliance this time, it is naturally headed by Zeng Qi, the general of Shengjing, even if the Jilin general Changshun arrives here smoothly, it will be at the disposal of Zeng Qi, so even if Jiang Youxiao is reluctant, even if Zeng Qi has only two dissatisfied associations under his hands, Zeng Qi is also his boss, and he Jiang Youxiao has to come to see him in person, otherwise, you will be cut off from the court.
"Brother Yuanfeng is here, oops, but let Ruitang wait, come, hurry into the camp to talk."
However, what Jiang Youxiao didn't expect was that as soon as he stepped into the camp of the Qing army, Zeng Qi, the general of Shengjing, personally greeted him with a group of subordinates, including Liu Zhong, the deputy commander of Qihar, who had always been cold to him.
"Lord Zeng is polite, please first."
Zeng Qi gave himself face, Jiang Youxiao had to give Zeng Qi face, and after making some courtesy to each other, Jiang Youxiao didn't dare to go ahead, but respectfully asked Zeng Qi to go first, it was completely a scene of hello, me, everyone, and happy.
After entering the camp tent, Zeng Qi was the first seat in the middle, Jiang Youxiao was pulled by Zeng Qi and sat on the left hand side, while Liu Zhong, the deputy commander of Qihar, sat on Zeng Qi's right hand, and after the other generals were seated one by one, Zeng Qi turned from joy to sadness: "I am looking forward to it day and night, and finally I am looking forward to the two right-hand men, hey, Zeng is ashamed of Lafayette." ”
Life is like a play, it all depends on acting skills, hey, even in the accounts of military generals, sometimes it is inevitable that this is the case.
Zeng Qi said this, I'm afraid even he didn't believe it, of course, after the defeat of the Eighteen Lianbao, there were only six or seven thousand remnants of the 30,000 elites left, Zeng Qi should really miss these two, after all, there is a shortage of major generals at the moment, and he can't even sleep well at night, and he doesn't even dare to attend the coalition meeting, as for before, I'm afraid it's not like that.
"Humble to death, ashamed of Lafayette, ashamed of Your Majesty, ashamed of the general."
In terms of acting skills, no one is really worse than anyone else, Zeng Qi Zeng said sorry to Lafayette with a sad face, and immediately knelt down collectively, even Jiang Youxiao knelt down involuntarily, without any reluctance, not dragging at all, if Yue Weihua saw it again, he would definitely think that this was acting in a TV series, but in fact, this is really the case, after all, everyone has been acting for decades, and whoever has honed their acting skills for decades, as long as they are not too stupid, they are enough to transform into an actor.
Zeng Qi looked at the generals who knelt down, and finally had a lot of confidence in his heart, well, you can go to the luncheon held by Tsarist Russia, after all, Jiang Youxiao has 15,600 people under his hands, and Liu Zhong's subordinates also have more than 8,000 soldiers and horses, plus his own subordinates, the total is more than 30,000.
Then Zeng Qi was polite again, nothing more than condolences for the fatigue of the journey, and then there were all kinds of complaints, especially when it came to the matter of being locked in a cargo ship like a pig, Jiang Youxiao and his subordinates all burst into tears, as for Zeng Qi's subordinates, it was similar, although the train was taken from Boli, but the previous journey was also stuffed in the ship, as for Liu Zhong's subordinates, it was to tell about the boring of the grassland and so on.
Anyway, there are all kinds of complaints, but no one mentioned the war, I have to say that everyone is very sober, very conscious, they all know what can be said and what can not be said, and finally after the grievance meeting, Zeng Qi's personal guards reminded him in his ear, and then said: "Hey, it stands to reason that a banquet should be held here at noon today to receive the wind and wash the dust, but it is really difficult for the Tsarist Russia to be gracious, so let's go to the general headquarters." ”
"Do as your lord commands."
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Wolf Domain Headquarters.
Although the Black Dragon Army has not attacked the Western Route Coalition Army along the way, it has not given up paying attention to them, it should be said that the general itinerary of the entire West Route Coalition Army is basically under the control of the Black Dragon Army, so the West Road Coalition Army got the news as soon as it stepped into the Aihui territory, and every move after that was also under the surveillance of the Black Dragon Army.
However, even if you guess, you can guess what the other party is going to do at noon today, which is nothing more than to wash the dust, have a good meal, drink some wine, listen to music and the like.
The coalition forces wanted to entertain reinforcements so leisurely, how could Yue Weihua let them get their wish?
The Western Route Coalition Army landed at Nenjiang Bawang Beach, and Yue Weiyun not only ambushed a member of Jiang Youxiao's soldiers and horses as a meeting gift, but also launched a large-scale camp attack that night, killing more than 8,000 Lao Maozi, which was a big gift to the Western Route Coalition Army.
On the night of the arrival of the East Route Coalition Army in the town of Erzhan Town, Yue Weihua also gave Kuzuosco a big gift, burying a large pit in and around the town of Erzhan Town, more than ten tons of explosives and a large amount of flammable and explosives, and completely annihilating the strength of one brigade each of the Tsarist Russia and the Qing Army, which can be regarded as a big gift.
Now, the West Route Coalition Army has come from afar, and along the way, Yue Weihua has not given them half of the difficulties, and now that the two Route Coalition Forces have successfully met, Yue Weihua will not say anything about it, so it is somewhat impossible to say.
Since he wants to express it, he naturally has to prepare carefully, and Yue Weihua also gave this gift a name, called Ten Thousand Cannons.
"Shen Yin, go and ask all aspects, how are you prepared?"
Seeing that it was almost half past twelve, the banquet on the coalition side should have begun, and Yue Weihua, who was standing in a gunboat on the second line of defense, couldn't help but be a little anxious.
After a while, Shen Yin returned to Yue Weihua and replied: "The heavy artillery regiment has locked the Xie Jia Ao area, and the field artillery regiment has also locked the Tsarist Russian garrison area in the original first line of defense area, but some of the mortar crews of the other regiments are still not in place, mainly because the troops of Tsarist Russia are advancing towards us, and there are still some teams that have not stopped, so they may have to wait a little." ”
The so-called 10,000 cannons, of course, can't have 10,000 cannons, but a thousand, there are still some.
First of all, the artillery used to bomb the Tsarist Russian and Qing garrisons in Xiejiaao, which was more than ten miles away, could only be 150 mm howitzer heavy artillery, because only this caliber of heavy artillery could have an effective firing range of about 10,000 meters, and the heavy artillery regiment had 34 heavy guns of 150 mm caliber.
Of course, in addition, Yue Weihua also used a super killer weapon this time, that is, four 250 mm caliber coastal defense guns captured from Hailan Pao Port, but now they have been successfully installed on four scrapped gunboats by military engineering, and it may be more reasonable to change the name to super naval guns now.
The 250 mm caliber cannon, the shell alone weighs nearly two hundred kilograms, and its effective firing range can reach thirty or forty kilometers, as for the power, well, the killing radius can reach at least seventy or eighty meters, that is, a shell goes down, within a radius of seventy or eighty meters, it should be difficult to leave a living thing, this power, think about it, it's scary.
Of course, the price is not cheap, a cannonball is worth 10 merit points, which can be described as very valuable.
Secondly, because Tsarist Russia now occupies the first line of defense, and about one division of soldiers and horses is stationed there, which is the temporary station of the 87th Division, and the straight-line distance is five or six miles, so to bombard the targets in this area, Yue Weihua chose two field artillery regiments, although they are two field artillery regiments, but the total number of 105 mm field artillery can be as many as 150 (45 of which have just been captured in the 18th Lianbao).
At present, the number of mortars in the Black Dragon Army, in addition to the First Fleet of the Navy Division, 101 to 105 regiments, cavalry regiments, engineer regiments, marines, and wolf's tooth special combat teams, a total of nine regiment-level units, each unit has almost 100 mortars, a total of more than 900 mortars.
In this way, it should be more than 1,000 cannons.
Hearing Shen Yin's answer, Yue Weihua was silent for a moment before he said: "Although it is difficult to coordinate with many people, but our meeting ceremony can't be too late, notify all departments, no matter if it is in place or not, ten minutes later, ten thousand cannons will fire in unison, and after the shelling is over, the 101st Regiment and the Cavalry Regiment will simultaneously launch a charge against the 88th Division of Tsarist Russia." ”
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief."
…… (To be continued.) )