"Your Excellency Oyama Iwa and Your Excellency Gentaro Kodama, you have worked hard to hold your position alone." Liang Huadian, who was armed with a steel helmet and a body of gunsmoke, came to the Japanese headquarters, looking at the tired two, Liang Huadian stepped forward to hold their hands and said: "The two of you have worked hard, the telegram asking for merit for your ministry has been replied, and the imperial court will award the two divisions of your ministry with collective second-class merit." ”

"Thank you, Lord Liang, thank you, Lord Liang." Da Shanyan did not expect that Liang Huadian, as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Front, would come to the front line and appear here through the enemy position before the artillery fire stopped, bringing a collective second-class meritorious reward. The reason why they left Japan with their soldiers to fight for other countries was not because life in Japan was too difficult, and the high salaries provided by China's conscripts in Japan were enough to make their families live better. Because of this, they have always thought that China is collecting cannon fodder for its own army, which is why they are reluctant to abandon their wounded soldiers and retreat alone. The reason why they fought hard was only to snatch extra income from the Russians, because they had never thought of receiving any reward other than the one, and now the appearance of this collective second-class merit was an additional joy. Kodama Gentaro hurriedly asked Liang Huadian to speak from below, and asked the attendant to serve tea.

"Hehe, if the war is in full swing, this official will not be polite." Liang Huadian enjoyed the hot tea with peace of mind, and the five days and five nights of rapid marching really needed to rest. But he didn't forget to get down to business: "This official came this time, one is to express his gratitude to your unit for fighting for our China, and the other is to convey the military orders of the General Staff Headquarters. ”

"Please show me, I will do it." The precedent of Oyama Iwa and Kodama Gentaro Station is straight.

"It doesn't have to be so formal. Please sit down and talk. Your unit's assault operation in the early stage can be said to be a great success, and if it weren't for the difficulty of supply, maybe your army would have already taken Omsk. So this time after our army defeated the Russian army here. Our 1st Division will rest here for two days, and then continue its march westward. I ask your unit to send guides and staff officers to provide guidance to our troops. After our army has advanced, your troops will continue to be stationed there to rest, and when the follow-up troops arrive, they will change their defenses, and then your army can lead the army back to Novosibirsk. In addition, the merits of your army in this battle are outstanding, please ask His Excellency Gentaro Kodama to draw up a list of military merits and report it to the General Staff Headquarters, and after the war, the emperor will follow the list to reward him. ”

"Thank you, long live the emperor—" Excited, Oyama Iwa and Kodama Gentaro knelt down to thank the Holy Grace.

Liang Huadian dared to hurriedly stretch out his hand to stop: "It doesn't have to be like this. It doesn't have to be that way. Now that it is no longer Manchu, I don't want to bow down. Your unit has now lost more than half of its value, and the General Staff Headquarters has decided that your unit will only be responsible for local garrison tasks in follow-up operations. However, this official thinks that His Excellency Dashanyan should return to China as soon as possible. ”

"Is something going on? I've been in a remote place for a long time, and I haven't heard from Japan for a long time. Please let me know. ”

"I don't know what the specific thing is. Before his departure, he heard that riots had taken place in many parts of Japan, and it was said that the Japanese government had asked the Japanese government to distribute the money to the five divisions of your army on his behalf had been embezzled by local officials and clans when they were sent to the families of the soldiers, thus causing the riots. At present, the imperial court has sent personnel to Japan to investigate, but the specific situation is not clear to the official. ”

In just ten minutes of Liang Huadian's conversation with Dashanyan, the 1st Division penetrated the Russian positions with a swift attack. Then he turned around and once again counterattacked the Russian army. The Russian army and Ben did not expect the Chinese army to appear so soon, so the field fortifications they built were all aimed at the Japanese army in the encirclement, so that the Chinese army attacking from the rear could not form an effective blockade against the Chinese army and Ben. More importantly, Russia has been blown up by the air force first, and then by the Chinese army. There was no establishment for a long time, and now the sound of the Chinese charge was heard in the west, so it completely collapsed.

"The morale of the Russians is very problematic." After a short conversation, Liang Huadian, Dashanyan and others came to the front line to observe in person. After seeing the situation that the Russian army was about to collapse at the touch of a button, he shook his head helplessly.

"Our army learned from the mouths of the prisoners captured in the early stage. The Russian people have been suffering for a long time, and most of these soldiers joined the army because they had no food at home. And corruption is rampant in the army. The guns and ammunition issued from above were insufficient, so they had little formal military training. It is still possible to fight a downwind battle with a numerical advantage, but once the war is unfavorable, it is a bird and beast that scatters and flees. So that's pretty normal. Dashan Yan explained on the side.

"In that case, if our army alternates and continuously advances in the manner of your army, coupled with uninterrupted supplies from the air, won't there be a chance to capture Omsk?" Cao Kun, chief of staff of the division on the side, asked.

"Never. The final defeat of the Japanese army was caused by the lack of supplies, but the Japanese army's surprise attack must have left a profound lesson for the Russian army. Therefore, it is even more necessary to change its path, and this time we will fight in the middle of the rules, but it will have a surprising effect. After Liang Huadian finished speaking, his face suddenly changed, and he said thoughtfully: "Since the air force can airdrop supplies, can it airdrop soldiers?" ”

Both Cao Kun and Dashanyan were shocked when they heard this. In the history of human warfare, the importance of supply to the victory or defeat of the war is self-evident, and all troops that are cut off from supply will only fail in the end. But the format of war has changed, and humanity is stepping into the skies that were once reserved for birds. The appearance of air supplies is equivalent to making our troops, which are surrounded by enemy forces, no longer a lone army, but one of the most dangerous bombs in the rear of the enemy army. If soldiers could still be airdropped from the air, wouldn't that be tantamount to saying that the enemy could appear anywhere? And then the whole country will become a battlefield?

Cao Kun and Da Shanyan looked at Liang Huadian in surprise, but Liang Huadian was full of vigilance. So the two of them said in unison: "My lord, please rest assured, we will never leak the slightest." ”

Hearing this, Liang Huadian nodded with satisfaction: "Cao Kun, the Russian army has been dispersed, let them go." The order was given to gather the troops and rest on the spot. ”

As the sun set, and by the time there was still the last ray of sunshine left on the horizon, the troops pursuing the Russian army had already returned. Subsequently. After resting for two days, the 1st Division, which had marched all the way, marched westward in the light of the rising sun. Another three days passed. The 2nd and 16th divisions marched west through Tatarstan. Two days later, the Japanese Fourth Division, which was carrying a large amount of war supplies, finally arrived in Tatarstan. After the handover of the two Japanese units was completed, the remnants of the Japanese 1st and 2nd Divisions began to evacuate eastward with the wounded, and the Japanese 4th Division continued to the west with all the supplies. Behind them were the Chinese army, which numbered nearly 70,000 and was part of the Northern Army under Liang Huadian, who continued to trek across the desolate Siberian wilderness. In the city of Novosibirsk, the Shoushan Northeast Army, which had completed its last replenishment, was slowly moving out of the city, and they would also march along the rudimentary path next to the Transsiberian Railway towards the battlefield. And beside them were nearly 100,000 prisoners and laborers rushing to repair the Trans-Siberian Railway under the supervision of the Construction Corps.

With the movement of a unit, the flags representing each unit on the central operational map of the General Staff Headquarters were constantly moving westward.

"Alekseev is such a waste, Omsk has 300,000 troops, and the Karachinsk front alone has more than 100,000 troops. In the face of three divisions of our army, there were only more than 30,000 people, but they only defended and did not attack...... Hey - I don't even know what to say. Feng Guozhang shook his head. With a look of hatred that iron is not made of steel, he sighed: "If I change my command, it will definitely be immediately outflanked by the two wings and cut off its rear road, even if the combat strength of the Russian army is thirteen times the strength of the troops, and the use of people can eat these 30,000 people." ”

"Who's to say it's not. However, Russia's combat strength is not ordinarily poor, and judging from intelligence, at least 350,000 of the 400,000 Russian troops are peasants who were temporarily recruited last year, and their training and weapons are insufficient. Coupled with the rout caused by the successive impacts of the Japanese army in the early stage, it is estimated that there is a shadow in my heart. Duan Qiduan also said helplessly: "But it is precisely because of this that we should choose to take the initiative." Even if you can't completely destroy the enemy, you can still knock them back head-on, and at least boost morale to a normal state. What's more, they have an absolute advantage in strength at the moment. If such conditions are still blindly adhered to, the Russian soldiers will completely lose the will to fight. ”

"Why is it so troublesome? As long as 50,000 troops are sent from each flank of our army and put on a posture of penetrating directly into the rear of our army, our army will inevitably choose to retreat when it gets this news. so as not to be surrounded. ”

"If our army chooses to retreat at this time, it will definitely boost the morale of the Russian army, and if our army holds on, we will concentrate all our forces to attack. Even if our army uses airdrops to replenish supplies, how much can be dropped in one airdrop? As long as the Russian army attacks day and night. Our army's airdrops can't keep up with the consumption no matter what. 400,000 against 30,000, it's also consumed. ”

……

Just when Feng Duan and the others were judging the Russian army on the sand table. He didn't notice the hateful eyes of the other staff officers looking at them.

"Which side the hell are you two?!" Wang Shizhen was very dissatisfied and slapped the telegram he had just received in Feng Guozhang's hand: "If all the enemies of our country can collapse the Russian army at one touch, how many unnecessary casualties can our army be reduced." Besides, if Russia wants to attack, it must first understand the strength of our army. The scouts sent did not look back, and the front of the position was also cold and cold. The Russian army does not know anything about our army, it does not even know how many troops are on the positions of our army, how do you let them surround it. ”

"Oh, good fellow." Feng Guozhang raised the telegram in his hand: "The three ghost teams almost wiped out a reconnaissance company of the Russian army, so Russia knows nothing about our army, and under the current situation, either it can't hold out or the whole army is pressed, there is no other way." ”

"Alekseev will definitely not dare to press up with the whole army, I estimate that Alekseev is most worried now that the advance of our army will bypass the Karachinsk front and attack Omsk directly. In terms of the mobility of our army, Alekseev is also absolutely convinced that we have this ability. Duan Qirui said decisively: "It's just that the Russian army's successive defeats made Nicholas II furious, in order to prevent Alekseev from being forced by the tsar to the point of jumping over the wall, it is necessary to put more pressure on Alekseev." Although the front-line forces of our army are insufficient, the feints in the early stage can be carried out as originally planned. ”

"I think it's a real feint. Ordered Liang Huadian to keep putting pressure on the Russian army and forcing the Russian army to fight according to our intentions. ”

"Have all the vassal troops on the northern front been withdrawn?" Wang Shizhen suddenly asked something that had nothing to do with the war.

"Chief Wang, please rest assured, all of them have been withdrawn, and now the forward positions and follow-up troops are all our Chinese army."

"This has to be in place. Similarly, as the emperor said, the victory of the Chinese can only be won by the Chinese themselves. The navy has established our country's position on the sea in just one major war, and our army cannot lag behind. Omsk is the place where the Chinese prove themselves, and even more so the place where our Royal Chinese Army proves itself. The army must draw a successful end to the Sino-Russian war. ”

The orders issued by the General Staff Headquarters were issued one after another, urging the troops in the front to speed up their march like a "life talisman" one after another. Liang Huadian was even more anxious, the entire Siberian garrison of the Russian army surrendered directly, and the original Middle Route Corps to which he belonged did not fight a battle after the start of the campaign, and the only battle in Tatarstan was a sneak attack with the enemy, which was enough to affect the upcoming founding reward. Now the more than 100,000 troops of the Shoushan Corps are advancing towards Omsk, if he can't capture Omsk before the arrival of the Shoushan Corps, then the future achievements will definitely be divided by Shoushan. Liang Huadian also believed that Shoushan was also constantly marching towards Omsk at the moment, because if he failed to enter the battle before Omsk was captured, it would affect his military merits. Therefore, without waiting for the arrival of the follow-up troops, Liang Huadian sent the first and second main divisions out to bypass the Russian defense line from both flanks and go straight to Omsk.

The march of a large division cannot hide from Russia, after all, this is still the home of the Russian army. Alekseev was shocked when he received this news, and he did not dare to transfer the front-line troops, so he sent 30,000 troops from Omsk to the north and south to block the attack, not wanting the two troops to be broken by the Chinese one after another. The 1st Chinese Division in the north had already reached a stop 40 kilometers from Omsk, and the 2nd Division on the southern front was still advancing 50 kilometers from Omsk.

What to do? Alekseev could only send reinforcements to the front to slow down the Chinese army's offensive and at the same time intensify the construction and reinforcement of the defensive line, and as for His Majesty's repeated orders to send troops to attack Siberia at once, he had long ago thrown aside. In his opinion, it would be good to be able to hold on.

But in just a few days, Chinese follow-up troops arrived on the Karachinsk front one after another. Liang Huadian, who had sufficient troops, in addition to sending reinforcements from one more division to the north and south, concentrated the remaining 50,000 troops on the front line and launched a fierce attack on the Russian army's Karachinsk front position. Because Liang Huadian could not wait, the main force of the Shoushan Corps was already close to Chane, and in his opinion, the victory of the Chinese should not only be won by China itself, but also by him. (To be continued.) )