Song Biao hadn't carefully considered the true mentality of Jiang Yanxing and the others, and he didn't have the time and energy to worry too much about this time, because they were still insignificant people at least at this stage in front of them.

After reaching an agreement with his subordinates, Song Biao made final negotiations with Lieutenant Colonel Seyenisky that night, and he put forward three conditions: first, he asked to be the commander of the front line, commanding at least more than 30,000 troops; second, he has priority over the loot; Thirdly, all rations should be given priority to his troops.

If these three conditions are met, he will not only return to the battlefield, but will also personally lead the army to the forefront of the Third Army.

Lieutenant Colonel Seyenisky had no right to agree to these three points, but he felt that His Excellency General Mishuchenko would not refuse, and Song Biao's judgment was roughly the same, so let Chen Wu stay in Tonghua County for the time being, and he would return to Mukden with Lieutenant Colonel Shechensky first.

Song Biao only took his new adjutant Jiang Fangzhen and Li Dayun's guard company, and marched all the way to Sujiatun, the front-line headquarters of the Third Group Army, at noon after three days.

Song Biao didn't even go to Yangguantun to see Lao Guo Tou and others, and went directly to Sujiatun to meet General Mishuqinke.

The Battle of Heigoutai led to heavy losses for the Yue army, and many main divisions were annihilated, forcing the Yue army to urgently mobilize again on the mainland, and the imminent battle of Fengtian was also delayed until May of this year.

In the same way, the Russian army is not ready for a decisive battle.

The Russian Far East Army has increased to 420,000 men, divided into five armies and distributed around Mukden City, the front line of General Mishuchenko led the Third Army to defend the Sujiatun area directly south of Shenyang City, the front line of defense is 20 kilometers wide, the right flank is deployed in the southwest of Shenyang City, General Kirbas's Second Army in the Shendanbao area, the front line of defense is 25 kilometers wide, the left flank is the First Army of General Lynevich deployed from Shahebao to Shiwen Town, the ring line is 45 kilometers wide.

The Fourth Army and the Fifth Army were deployed as reserve forces on the southeast and southwest sides of Shenyang City, ready to reinforce the three armies in front.

The prosperity of Sujiatun has long been a thing of the past, all the houses and houses have been requisitioned by the Russian army, and all you can see is a barren, flat and dark endless field overgrown with weeds, and there are residual corn kernels and sorghum particles sprouting in the field, growing so tall alone, as if still stubbornly proving that this was once a fertile field.

Song Biao took his guard company, rode dozens of millet Don hippos and galloped through the barren fields, swept past the lonely and deserted villages, the black land was full of wind and dust, and Russian soldiers could be seen everywhere training and patrolling in the field, and the sleepy and unmotivated soldiers hid in the grass abandoned by the locals, trying to find a temporary place to rest and sleep on this cruel battlefield.

Song Biao's tenacious heart also composed a song of national lament at this moment, when he led the horse to stand in this empty world, looking at all this in front of him, he silently vowed that one day he would make these two countries and nations pay the heaviest price.

He vowed that he would be the Napoleon of Asia and the last dragoon of the Chinese nation.

After arriving at Sujiatun, accompanied by Lieutenant Colonel Sheenissky, Song Biao went straight to see His Excellency General Mishuchenko, and when his feet in the exquisite and majestic black deerskin cavalry boots stepped on Sujiatun, he was the No.1 on this battlefield.

Before entering General Mishuchenko's office, Song Biao stopped and took the time to tidy up his military uniform, wiped the Chashik saber beside him with a handkerchief, straightened his military hat, and then walked in quickly.

He was different from all the other Russian generals, so that the soldiers who had not seen him would know his identity as soon as they saw him, his demeanor was always serious, almost indifferent, and his military uniform was so plain that there was no decoration other than the epaulettes of his rank, the gold star of St. Joseph's 1st class, and the Chashik saber hanging from his waist, but by his side, as long as it was on this battlefield, Even Lieutenant Colonel Seyenisky, who had the Tsar's saber and sapphire sabre, could only be a foil.

This is the embodiment of the value of a soldier.

When Song Biao suddenly walked into the courtyard of the office, all the Russian [***] officials were stunned, and everyone looked sideways, whether they were talking about business, smoking and resting in the corridor, or ordinary soldiers standing guard in front of the door, everyone looked at him with wide eyes.

Song Biao's keen eyes looked straight ahead, and he didn't care about the other people in the courtyard at all, except for General Mishuchenko, who had a special trust and promotion grace for him, he originally ignored the existence of these people from the depths of his dark heart.

All the Russian soldiers and officers seemed to have suddenly woken up and saluted him, and time passed, and Song Biao was already a colonel of the Manchurian infantry at this time.

Song Biao indifferently raised his hand in return, and continued to walk straight to the main hall of the office without looking away, and went to meet General Mishuchenko accompanied by Lieutenant Colonel Seyenisky, and Jiang Fangzhen, who followed behind him, was completely shocked.

It was only at this time that Jiang Fangzhen seemed to suddenly understand how powerful his reputation in the Russian army was.

To put it mildly, Song Biao almost single-handedly saved 300,000 Russian troops two months ago, saving the low morale of the Russian army, and in the Russian Far East Army, the Russians called him the "Asian butcher general", in response to his extremely terrifying massacre of two divisions and one brigade in the battle of Heigoutai.

General Mishuchenko, who noticed something unusual, walked out of the office and couldn't help but be surprised when he saw Song Biao walking over.

Walking quickly in front of General Mishuchenko, Song Biao paused and saluted coldly, and said, "Your Excellency General, Infantry Colonel Be'o. Vladimir. Song is here to report to you! ”

General Mishuchenko was so surprised that he was almost speechless, he didn't even return the salute, he directly shook hands with Song Biao and said: "This is really good, are you always like this, do you have to suddenly appear at our most dangerous moment?" ”

Song Biao replied calmly: "Your Excellency, danger always exists with opportunity, and a smart person will always appear in the right place at the best time. ”

General Mishuchenko stroked his upturned beard with a smile and sighed: "You still haven't changed, there will still be Commander Suvorov's theory and light in every sentence, enough to illuminate the lost in the dark." Song, I welcome you back, let's sit down and talk about your recent situation, I have always been worried that the army will give you a sudden retaliatory attack on the area where you are stationed! ”

Song Biao nodded slightly, followed General Mishuchenko into the small conference room of the office, and sat down at a conference table with a military map of the Shahebao area.

At this time, he and General Mishuchenko replied: "The army has not yet had the energy to take care of the Tonghua area for which I am responsible, and my defense in this area is very tight, as long as I have two regiments of troops stationed in Tonghua, it will be difficult for the army to retake Tonghua, unless they are willing to use the strength of one division to take risks." ”

General Mishuchenko replied with confidence: "That is certainly impossible, their forces on the front line are also very tight, let alone a division, and I guess even the transfer of an infantry wing needs to be extremely cautious." ”

After a pause, he added: "I heard that you have recently cooperated with our Cossack cavalry companies to clear out some bandit forces, and basically cleared the Huinan Line and the Tonghua Line. ”

Song Biao sneered slightly with a hint of sarcasm, and said: "Then I might as well return to the battlefield directly with the Manchurian Infantry Division, just to attract the opponent, and I can't take the opportunity to annihilate the opponent, this is not a situation I am willing to accept." ”

General Mishuchenko immediately said: "Then come back, I think Lieutenant Colonel Seyenisky has already told you some very important news, I am now responsible for defending the direction due south of Mukden, and at the same time to provide some reliable support and supplementary defense for the defense line of Linievich and Kirbas, considering the rapid reinforcement and reorganization of the army in the near future, I am worried that Lionevich will be defeated in advance, and his defensive line area is too long, so that the deployment in the Shahe Fort area is seriously insufficient." Worse than that, however, was the impact of the insurrection movement in the country, and the soldiers even suspected that the empire might be about to collapse, and even people like me had no idea what the future would become. ”

Song Biao nodded silently, and proposed to General Mishuchenko: "You know me, I have never been a guy who is willing to be lonely. If I want to return to the battlefield, I have to fight the army in the most direct way possible. Therefore, in my negotiations with Lieutenant Colonel Seyenisky, I put forward three conditions: First, I would serve as the commander of the front, and my plan was to form an over-staffed division, with five infantry regiments as the main force, with two cavalry regiments, one artillery regiment, two transport regiments, and two engineer regiments, plus the command regiment directly under the division headquarters, and the actual strength size would be 13 regiments, with a total strength of 40,000 troops. I want to use such an elite force to penetrate the loopholes between the Japanese army lines at the most critical moment, and use the most courageous and rapid attack to annihilate a Japanese army in the shortest possible time, and completely divide the Japanese army into two unconnected fronts. Second, I ask for priority over loot; Thirdly, I hope to have the full support of the entire Far Eastern Army, secretly preparing this plan, and having the highest level of material rationing. ”

General Mishuchenko pondered silently for a long time, and then got up and pointed to the map in front of him with his baton and Song Biao and said, "Can you tell me in detail about your plan?" ”

Song Biao also stood up, picked up a pencil on the table and drew a circle in the Liaozhong region, and said: "In the past two months, I have been trying to find out the ideas of the commander-in-chief of the Yue army, Dashanyan, this general is known as a 'wise general' in this book, which means that the general with superior intelligence is superior to his opponent, and he is known for being good at using strategy. Every commander is a stubborn self-conviction and will not easily change himself, and I believe that a commander like Oyama Iwa would not adopt a general offensive strategy like Nogi Noshinori who attacked head-on. Therefore, even if the current situation of the Russian army is different from that of two months ago, I still firmly believe in the previous judgment that if the Chinese army wants to end this war with the momentum of World War I, they must risk attacking the right flank of the Russian army, and only by defeating the second army on the right flank can the Chinese army make a detour to cut off the connection between the Russian army and the mainland. ”

He marked the possible assault route of the Yue army with two arrows on the map, and continued: "The Yue army has gathered five group armies in the entire Mukden battlefield, and after the fifth and eighth divisions suffered heavy losses, they were withdrawn to the Shahe town area to serve as general reserves, and the two divisions were rebuilt by urgently mobilizing retired soldiers and promoting non-commissioned officers and generals. If General Oyama Rock wants to implement his ideas, he must divide the main force into two parts, one part to storm the left flank, contain the 1st and 3rd armies of the Russian army, and at the same time concentrate the main force to attack the right flank. As a result, it is almost impossible for the army to have other troops in the middle position, except for the general reserve and the 11th division. If we tear apart the middle links of the Yue army, divide them into two parts, or even directly attack the headquarters of the Manchurian army with the momentum of capturing the thief and capturing the king first, forcing the main force of the Yue army to retreat. In this Armageddon, both sides have their own understandings and theories about war, and we have only one countermeasure, that is, to smash the opponent's weakest link with the fastest onslaught, destroy the opponent's plan, and force the opponent to fight hastily in a completely unprepared manner. ”

Observe, be fast, storm.

This is the simplest and most eternal law of war victory.

General Mishuchenko nodded silently when he heard this, and also participated in this kind of deduction, and pointed with his baton: "If this plan is really realized, the troops on the right flank of the Yue army must go back to reinforce the north, and the First Army can take the opportunity to advance south, flank the north and south, and crush the right flank of the Yue army." ”

Song Biao said: "The defense line of the First Group Army is too scattered, from the southwest side of Shenyang to the Fushun area, the layout of this defense line is a bit problematic, the defense line is appropriately retracted, forcing the right wing of the army to open the offensive depth, which will be conducive to our surprise plan, and in the process of the retreat of the army, because the right flank is mainly mountainous, the retreat of the army will be very difficult, and the depth of the attack is too large, and it will take longer to march for reinforcements." At that time, the superior forces of the Second Army and the First Army should be organized to take advantage of the opportunity to make a surprise attack and crush the right flank of the Chinese Army by attacking from the front and rear. At this point, I will lead the troops to quickly insert into the rear line of the left flank of the army, and attack Liaozhong, once our troops occupy Liaozhong, the army will completely lose its way to retreat, and its main force will be completely surrounded. ”

General Mishuchenko couldn't help but exclaim: "It is indeed a very good battle plan, but my only question is that with only 40,000 troops, can you completely cut off the main forces on the left and right of the army?" Whether or not Liaoyang can be successfully captured is a question. The reason why the army did not retain too many troops in the Liaoyang headquarters and completely relied on the strong fortifications in the Liaoyang area was that our army built very perfect fortifications here, but unfortunately it was temporarily abandoned and all of them were occupied by the army. ”

Song Biao resolutely retorted: "We think like this, and Yue Jun will think the same way, so there is a chance." Your Excellency, as you said, wars are always risky. General Jomini, who had served as an infantry general in Russia, commented on Napoleon's theory of warfare in his Introduction to the Art of War: All wars must be fought by attack, and even the best defense must be a prelude to preparing for an attack, and if there is no attack, there will never be any hope of victory. The essence of offense is to always hit your opponent's most fatal weakness and do whatever it takes, because no enemy will put their weakness in front of you for no reason. If we are to carry out such a bold battle plan, we must adapt and organize from now on, and do everything possible to serve it, and the more we work and prepare for it, the greater the chance. If we want to defeat our opponents, but are only willing to organize a line of defense to storm them according to their wishes, it is not war, because war is a stage for the brave and wise, and cowards do not deserve to appear on the battlefield! ”

Listening to these resolute remarks, General Mishuchenko's spirits were also lifted, and he vigorously slammed his iron fist against the hardwood table, and said: "Then let's do this, let's go to His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief together, and make sure that he approves such a battle plan, only in this way can we teach those wild dog-like people a hard lesson." ”

Lieutenant Colonel Seyenisky, who was accompanying him, also looked extremely excited, and only Song Biao's adjutant, poor His Excellency Jiang Fangzhen, was so confused, because he did not know Russian, so he had no idea what kind of plan Song Biao and the rough and majestic General Mishuchenko were talking about.

Even if he couldn't understand a word, Jiang Fangzhen at this time had an unprecedented recognizance of Song Biao, and once listened to the rumors, thinking that Song Biao was just from a horse gang, and he didn't believe that Song Biao could have much contribution and influence in the Russian army.

The first time they saw Song Biao, Jiang Fangzhen and Cai Yi knew that Song Biao was a very military person, not a bandit as they imagined, and he was very young and serious.

This time, Jiang Fangzhen was frightened, and he even began to regret his self-righteous attitude when they first met.

(To be continued)