"World War I solves problems"

In the early morning of March 22, two gray-green cars seemed to have a lot of mud as if they had leprosy, and the cars were driving on the muddy dirt road.

In front of an open-top car sat the guards. In the back of a canopy, in the compartment was a group of staff officers.

Xiao Xinren sat next to the driver in the cab.

He wore a gray cloth military hat with two buttons and a guard insignia, wrapped in a green tweed coat, and leaned against the backrest.

He seemed to have no interest in the frosty earth outside the window, and he seemed indifferent to the bumps in the body, and under the two impressive thick eyebrows, a pair of small eyes seemed to be open, this was a thin, delicate, white face, which looked a few years younger than the actual age of 30 years old.

"Today, I'm going to enter Fushun City!"

When the car was driving on the road, on the road, groups of soldiers with loaded guns and leggings were forcibly marching in one direction on the road, which was the reinforcement of Fushun's troops.

Last night, he had given a death order, and before six o'clock this afternoon, he must take Fushun.

"Annihilate the Yalu River Army!"

Although the Yalu River Army is the one with the least strength and the worst combat effectiveness among the four army corps, if it can completely annihilate the Yalu River Army within two days, then ...... The whole world will reconsider China.

The bayonets of the Guards will shock the whole world!

Disgrace!

When Xiao Xinren was in the car and rushed towards the direction of Fushun, in the far away headquarters of the Manchurian Army in Tieling, there was a mess, and all kinds of news gathered from all directions, first the Chinese [***] shelling of Mukden, and then the Chinese army launched a tentative control attack on the Tieling line.

But at this time, although the headquarters of the Manchurian Army was flooded with all kinds of ominous news, everyone was concerned about Fushun.

Disgrace! Shame!

Yesterday, however, two divisions and regiments were annihilated in just six hours, and the banners of the three wings were lost, and nearly 40,000 officers and men were killed or their whereabouts were unknown.

In just one day, the number of casualties of the Yalu River Army exceeded everyone's imagination.

Gas!

In the headquarters of the Manchurian Army, from yesterday to today, everyone talked about only one thing, the poisonous gas that the Chinese army relied on to break through the defense line of the Yalu River Army.

The yellow-green mist of death, hundreds of rumors from the mouths of the soldiers who escaped the catastrophe, were finally gathered in the headquarters of the Manchurian Army, and these rumors interfered with the decision-making of the generals and staff officers, no one knew what the poison gas was, did not know how powerful the poison gas was, and their knowledge of the poison gas completely relied on the telegrams of the Yalu River Army.

"In the evening of last night, when the Sendai Wing, which is known for its incomparable combat bravery, was attacked by a tentative attack, because smoke exploded in front of the position, a brigade that had shown bravery in the night attack on Gongchangling immediately abandoned the defensive line, and the retreating soldiers, and even abandoned their weapons, and were trampled to death by their own people, more than the Chinese army killed! It's ......."

When Admiral Kuroki reported to Admiral Zhen, he even had a trace of luck in his heart, fortunately, the Chinese were only trying to attack, otherwise the defense line would have the possibility of breaking through, but such a rout was far beyond his imagination.

When Kuroki mentioned the ugly appearance of the Sendai Wing, the commander of the Second Division, Nishijima Sukeyoshi, was full of redness, he did not expect that his troops were crushed by more than a dozen smoke bombs, three people were killed and five were injured, this is a battle casualty, but as many as six people were trampled to death, and more than 20 people were injured.

When Kuroki reported to Zhen, Oyamaiwa, who was dressed plainly and didn't even look like a soldier, just sat there quietly, as if he was listening to a report that didn't matter.

But his appearance will never cause dissatisfaction among others, and no one will doubt his ability, and he has proved himself to be the best general in this army in the first large-scale international war of the early 20th century. And he was able to combine German strategy and tactics with the traditional bushido spirit, precisely because he was proficient in artillery tactics and admired offensive tactics, so that he won the war.

A year ago, the Russian Empire was known as the world's largest army, and the leaders of the military and political circles were very nervous, and even the Meiji Emperor himself was restless. But the Russian Army encountered him in Manchuria. The arrogant Russians still despised him before the war, and they felt that he was nothing more than a group of yellow-skinned monkeys, and it was easy to clean up a group of monkeys. However, he was not arrogant or impatient, he spoke with facts, and he commanded the army to launch four rounds of fighting with the Russian army, which gave the Russians a taste of the power of "monkeys".

And now?

There was a slight pain in Dashan Yan's heart, and under pressure from Tokyo, he sent the 6th Division to reinforce the Yalu River Army, and what would happen to the 6th Division? Is it just the blocking mentioned in the telegram? Believing that it would never be that simple, he had sent several telegrams to Okubo Murano to warn him to pay attention to the flanks.

"Gas!"

Dashan Yan spat out two words lightly.

"The Tokyo headquarters has asked us to fight back against the Chinese army, and I want to ask you, do we have a way to fight poison gas now?"

No one answered him, even those who were clamoring to show the Chinese colors to the generals before the Chinese army attacked Fushun, would have been silent.

"Your Excellency Marshal, maybe we can withdraw from Tieling from the gap between the Chinese branch and break the First Army of the Chinese Army with all our might, according to the information obtained by the advance team, at present, the Chinese Army is in the direction of Fushun, and only six divisions have appeared! The Second Army was willing to be the vanguard of the whole army and break through the Chinese defense line, so that Manchuria could defeat the Chinese army in a beautiful roundabout operation and use the rapid attack of the imperial army to defeat the advantage of the Chinese army's poison gas! ”

Da Shanyan raised his eyes and looked at Ao Baogong, who made this suggestion, and he did not give a stern rebuttal, but said it tepidly.

"Admiral Ao, do you know, the Chinese army, why did you leave more than 30 kilometers of junction gap for our army?"

Asking rhetorically, he swallowed.

"Since the Chinese army intervened in the war between Ben and Lu on the pretext of "protecting neutrality by force," every day, hundreds of planes have patrolled the skies over our army, how could they not have found such a large gap in defense, and the terrain in that area is a complex mountainous area, which is already a favorable place for defense, how could the two generals Xiao and Lin ignore this terrain and let the gap be controlled by our army? ”

"From the current point of view, that gap should be the lifeline that the Chinese army specially left for our Manchurian army,"

Far away in Lushun, Kodama Gentaro, who was originally ordered to report back to report on the battle situation, lay on the map and looked at the gap in the hundreds of kilometers of iron barrels encircled by the Chinese army with 21 divisions in the direction of Tieling, and said to Yamaguchi Suchen that in the year-long Yulu War, as the chief of staff of the Manchurian Army, he was actually the first hero of the army in the war against Lu, and now Kodama, who was already exhausted, was even panting when he spoke.

In fact, he was called back to China this time to report back to China, also out of consideration for his health, and the emperor, Otaro, Ito and others did not want to see him die of exhaustion in Manchuria.

"The terrain near this gap is complex mountainous, and most of the roads are muddy, if our army replenishes supplies here, it is difficult to guarantee even the grain and grass to maintain the livelihood of the 230,000 army, if you break through here, hundreds of thousands of people pour into this place, but it is tantamount to jumping out of the tiger's mouth of Tieling, and into the wolf's den here, the Chinese army only needs two to three divisions to build a solid defense line, and divide our army with mountains, and then completely annihilate ......"

"Your Excellency, this is inevitably too long Chinese ambition, destroying the prestige of our imperial army, and the Chinese army ......"

"Is it time to speak in anger?"

Kodama Gentaro suddenly shouted a loud scold, perhaps because he spoke too loudly and consumed too much physical strength, and when the words fell, some cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

"We 30,000 people went to Dalian, but we lost nearly 10,000 people, and only then did we break through a defensive line of the Chinese army, in Lushun, nearly 40,000 soldiers and two division commanders have used their lives to prove things, why are you still talking here now!"

When Kodama rebuked Yamaguchi Suchen, his expression was extremely ugly, not only because of his slightly morbid expression, but also because of his stubborn insistence in the past, Manchuria was obtained by spending more than a billion yuan on war expenses and 100,000 dead, and China must shed blood if it wants to recover Northeast China, but now, the Chinese have shed blood for the Northeast, and the most bleeding is Yuben, and in the face of the Chinese's attack, the Yue army has no room to fight back.

"The main force of the Manchurian Army was divided and surrounded by the Chinese in three places, among which the Yalu River Army will fall into the realm of total annihilation, and the Chinese army does not have the ability to conquer Mukden? No! They have the ability to inflict heavy losses on the Yalu River army in one day, and they have the ability to end the attack on Mukden in a week, and now, for Yuben, we simply do not have the ability to continue the war, we must end the war! The land war must end! ”

In the military circles of Yomoto, Kodama Gentaro is known as the reincarnation of Toyotomi Hideyoshi because of his special emphasis on the cycle of military power and economic power, and because of this, he knows better than anyone that Yomoto's combat power has long been exhausted, let alone winning two enemies, and now even if the Chinese withdraw from the battlefield, the army can only maintain the front at most.

"Yamaguchi, in two hours, I will return to Yuben by boat, now for China and Yueben, in fact, from the beginning of the war, the biggest problem is to end the war, at this point, the Chinese began to do very well, but now they are trying to completely annihilate the Yalu River Army to prove their military strength, but they are intensifying the contradictions, if they completely annihilate the Yalu River Army, we must fight a war that is impossible to continue, President Ito should have arrived in Nanjing, You shall now immediately send a telegram to Commander Kawamura in my name, ordering him that he must defend at all costs, and must hold out until at least six o'clock in the afternoon, and then we will have any hope of ending this war, and if this war does not end, it will be impossible for us to end the war with the Russians! Do you understand? ”

After saying this, Kodama Gentaro only felt as if his strength was about to be exhausted, the development of the war was completely beyond his imagination, the intervention of the Chinese army, the use of poison gas, even as the first wise general of the army, in the face of the dangerous Manchurian battlefield, there was no other way than to end the war as much as possible.

"I hope Ito can ......"

"Tom......"

A fierce cannon sounded, a huge cloud of smoke rose up in Dagukou, this is the test firing of the train cannon, on the beach side of Dagukou, holding a telescope in his hand, his eyes stared at the sail target propped up by the wooden boat ten kilometers away, ten seconds later, a huge column of water rose from the sail target 100 meters away from the sail target on the sea.

"Who fired this cannon?"

Seeing that the shell missed, Niu Yongjian's brows furrowed sharply, as the commander of the North China side of the Guards, although he did not need to be responsible for the victory or defeat of the entire theater like Xiao Xinren, but what he needed to be responsible for was the defense of the weakest North China region in China's coastal defense. In the event of opposition from various countries, it is common to negotiate with other countries.

"Sir, it's commanded by Captain Xue Tian!"

"You can call me now and ask, can he hold North China with this kind of cannon, and he is not as accurate as a three-year-old doll fart, a cannonball is thousands of yuan, is it just for him to play!"

For Niu Yongjian, those two train guns may be his last support to guard the coastal defense of North China, in addition to the two train guns, there are only 26 152 mobile fortress guns, two days ago, a light cruiser appeared off the coast of Dagukou, which can not help but worry him.

Once the army landed in North China and fought outside the Guan, the two corps and 33 divisions would fall into the trap of cutting off the back road, and at that time, he Niu Yongjian would be the sinner of all China!

As the staff officer conveyed his instruction, Niu Yongjian turned his head to look at the chief of staff beside him.

"Shaoyan, when will the 20th Division arrive in Qinhuangdao?"

"Expected to ...... tomorrow afternoon"

"Dogs, what are the bunches doing? Walks like a woman with small feet! ”

Perhaps because of the heavy responsibility on his shoulders, Niu Yongjian suddenly became angry when he heard this, and Chen Mo just smiled when he heard this.

"Commander, if Nagaoka Gaishi hears your words now, he will be extremely depressed?"

"Huh?"

"Now even if he wants to send troops, he can't draw out troops, the main force of the army of 340,000 is trapped in the northeast, and there are less than 100,000 mobilized troops on the mainland, a war between Russia and Russia, so that they have exhausted their forces to defend the homeland, not to mention taking the initiative to attack North China, if we have a navy, it would be more practical to copy his hometown, but he wants to copy our back road, it's difficult!"

As he spoke, Chen Mo threw a cigarette into the sea.

"Now, the most important thing is not the war situation in the Northeast, but how to end the war! Yes to them, yes to us! ”

(To be continued)