"Your Excellency Commander, do you believe the explanation of the Liaodong Army?" After listening to the explanation brought back by the lieutenant general, the chief of staff of the Russian army asked rhetorically with a look of disbelieving. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"I believe it, and I believe it very much...... The Liaodong Army is an insatiable army, as long as they are given silver, there is nothing they dare not do......" The commander of the Russian army replied in a firm tone.

"And according to the reports of the soldiers who came back from the battlefield, whether it is the combat style or the equipment they use, it all points to the Japanese."

"And according to the report of the observation post in the direction of Liaozhong, in the past few days, the Liaodong Army in various places has not been mobilized......"

The chief of staff was stunned for a moment, and then reminded with a worried face: "If this is true...... Then the Japanese army can come once and come a second time, and we must immediately send at least two divisions from the front line to deploy defenses on the front line in Liaozhong to guard against a surprise attack by the Japanese army. ”

"No, not to mention two divisions, we can't even draw out one division now." The commander of the Russian army decisively refused.

"The Japanese have just eaten three of our artillery regiments and inflicted heavy losses on several of our infantry regiments. Now is the time when we are at our weakest. The cunning Japanese will not miss this opportunity, and we must concentrate all our forces and heavy firepower to meet the deadly attack of the Japanese army at any time. ”

"Then what if the Japanese army sends a small force from the direction of Liaozhong to attack our hinterland and attack us secretly?" The chief of staff asked rhetorically with a worried look on his face.

"Silver ......" the commander of the Russian army blurted out without thinking about it.

"The Japanese can buy the road with silver, and we can also buy the news with silver."

Just when the chief of staff opened his mouth in shock, and before he could react from the commander's absurd thoughts, the commander had already ordered.

"Chief of Staff, you immediately draw 500,000 taels of silver from the military expenses and send it to the Liaodong Army. Tell the Liaodong Army that we will not buy the road for the 500,000 taels of silver, but only the news. As long as the Japanese enter our hinterland through Liaozhong, we should send someone to tell us as soon as possible. ”

"500,000 taels of silver to buy the Liaodong Army, Commander, is it too expensive......" The chief of staff, who finally reacted, hurriedly asked.

"It's not expensive at all...... the commander replied helplessly.

"How greedy the Liaodong Army really is, how big their appetite is, we have seen it more than once. If the silver sent is less than 500,000 taels, I am sure that Yang Xingguo of the Liaodong Army will not even look at it......"

"I'm just not reconciled to ......," the chief of staff quickly explained.

"500,000 taels of silver, for a few news, just give it to the Liaodong Army, it's really resentful......"

The commander shook his head and replied, "No, these are temporary. ”

"In order to win the victory in the end, we will compromise first and make the Liaodong Army happy. When we win the battle against the Japanese, not only the silver that the Liaodong Army took from us, but also the silver that the Liaodong Army took from the Japanese, are all ours. ”

The Russians suddenly sent him 500,000 taels of silver, and Yang Xingguo didn't understand what was going on at first.

As soon as the Russians said the reason, Yang Xingguo shouted in his heart: surprise, it was an unexpected joy.

Seeing that the Russian army looked at him and waited for his reply, Yang Xingguo hurriedly agreed: "Yes, as long as the Japanese army passes through the defense line of our Liaodong Army again, I will definitely inform you of the news as soon as possible, as long as you want, I can inform you of the strength and equipment of the Japanese army." ”

Yang Xingguo's reply to the lieutenant general of the Russian army so affirmatively is not because Yang Xingguo is so arrogant and does not look at the Japanese army in his eyes.

It is because Yang Xingguo knows that no Japanese army will pass through his own defense area now, and no Japanese army will pass through his own defense area in the future.

No matter how much you promise the Russian army in this matter, it will be false and worthless.

Of course, for the lieutenant general of the Russian army, Yang Xingguo's promise made him very happy.

The lieutenant general of the Russian army, who had overfulfilled the task, hurried back as soon as he got Yang Xingguo's promise, wanting to report the good news to the commander as soon as possible, so that the commander would also be happy.

Yang Xingguo sent so many weapons and ammunition to Zhou Zhongju at one time, especially the equipment of two field artillery regiments and a howitzer regiment, which directly made him unable to sit still in Liaozhong.

With so many good things in his hands at the beginning of the operation of picking up bargains through the Battle of Liaoyang, Zhou Zhongju couldn't imagine how much benefit the Liaodong Army could get from the Japanese and Russian armies after the Battle of Liaoyang reached the final stage and the Liaodong Army really joined the battle.

There is more and more confidence in this action, and more and more expectations for the midweek move. Directly divide the logistics office into two, bring half of the people to personally sit in the forward command center, and wait for the army to get the high place back from the Japanese and Russian armies.

Therefore, Yang Xingguo's meeting with the lieutenant general of the Russian army just now was also attended by Zhou Zhongju.

As soon as the Russian lieutenant general left the conference room with a satisfied smile, Zhou Zhongju asked Yang Xingguo with a face full of incredulity.

"Commander, are the Russians crazy, just for the sake of no news at all, they sent us 500,000 taels of silver, did they take the wrong medicine?"

Yang Xingguo shook his head and replied: "If it was really the Japanese who attacked their three artillery regiments, Lao Maozi was not only not stupid, but also very smart......

"500,000 taels of silver for several main divisions concentrated on the front line to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese army, if the news is urgent enough, the Russian army can also send heavy troops to fight a few ambush battles in their hinterland to eliminate the Japanese sneak attack troops......"

"If I were the commander of Lao Maozi, I would also be willing to take 500,000 taels of silver out......"

Zhou Zhongju was stunned suddenly, and immediately reacted: "I understand...... Commander, you mean to say that the Russians have already believed that it was the Japanese who attacked their three artillery regiments and inflicted heavy losses on several of their infantry regiments......"

Yang Xingguo nodded in affirmation: "If we don't believe it, they won't send us silver......"

"However, this matter is not over yet, and we still have to do something to convince the Russians that this matter is a conspiracy planned by the Japanese."

"Destroying the three artillery regiments that the Russian army did not have much, and also severely damaging several infantry regiments, now is the time when the Russian army is at its weakest."

"If this thing is really done by the Japanese, then the Japanese will definitely not let go of this great opportunity to inflict heavy damage on the Russian army. Therefore, the Japanese army on the battlefield must move and launch one or two large-scale attacks on the Russian army, otherwise, the Russian army will still suspect us. ”

Zhou Zhong's eyes lit up and said: "We can inform the Japanese army of this news, as long as the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army, Dashan Yan, is not a fool, he will not let go of this opportunity, and this also tells the Russian army that the sneak attack was done by the Japanese, and the whole operation is a conspiracy planned by the Japanese." “

"There's another benefit......," Yang Xingguo continued.

"Since I received one million taels of silver from the Japanese, and I didn't do anything, I would be so sorry for the silver. With this result, we will be able to accept the one million taels of silver with peace of mind, so that the Japanese will not be able to say a word of nonsense. “

The more he talked, the happier Zhou Zhongju exclaimed again: "Commander is wise, so that we don't owe the Japanese......

"It's not good, the Japanese will still take out the silver, let us go and attack the Russian army......"

"Don't do it, before the winner is decided, this kind of thing will not be done, after all, we have promised the Russian army." Yang Xingguo shook his head and refused.

"Of course, we can tell the Japanese that if they are willing to pay the money, I can ask him to send troops from my Liaodong military defense area to bypass the battlefield and directly attack the Russian army in the hinterland of the Russian army. In this way, we not only collected the silver, but also made the Japanese completely sit on the matter of buying roads with silver and sneaking into the hinterland of the Russian army from Liaozhong. (To be continued.) )