Dong Liu took his platoon to escort Deputy Regiment Commander Fan and several other officers to leave Fengtian and go south. The city of Mukden was already in chaos, and all kinds of rumors about the defeat of the Russian army were flying everywhere, but there were not many people who had destroyed their homes and fled. Including the Governor Yamen of Fengtian, the office is still open, but the two standard battalion soldiers wearing uniforms and standing guard with rifles are listless, and they do not look like soldiers at all.

That's right, it's what a soldier looks like. Dong Liu joined the South Manchurian detachment, not only learned a lot of military skills that he did not understand before, but also learned how to sit, stand, walk, eat, drink, and sleep as a soldier. If the sentry of the detachment is like this, he will definitely be punished, reprimanded at the least, beaten with a military stick or locked up. Dong Liu, who had been imprisoned for three days for stealing the householder's silver, would rather be beaten with a military stick than go into a black room as cold as iron and stay alone.

When passing by the Chenghe Pharmacy on South Street, Deputy Commander Fan got out of the carriage and stayed in the pharmacy for a long time. Dong Liu knew that this pharmacy must have some kind of secret relationship with the detachment.

Dong Liu was the first group of people to surrender to the South Manchurian detachment. He was one of the first to discover the unusual places of the South Manchurian detachment. He had told his "old leader" Yan Sigou, who was now the commander of the Seventh Company of the Second Battalion, about his discovery, but Yan Sigou warned him to keep his mouth shut and watch his head. Dong Liu originally felt that Yan Sigou was honest and lacked heart, but now it seems that no one is stupid, and the mysterious Yan Sigou of those Shandong people has already been discovered.

Yan Sigou has changed his name, and it is said that Chief of Staff Deng gave him the name Yan Jindong.

Most of them are old visitors from Shandong, not locals; They are hierarchical. There are many rules; They shoot accurately, calculate well, and rarely miss; They will lead the troops, especially the training of the troops, and the methods are one set of methods, which is an eye-opener for Dong Liuliu; What puzzled Dong Liu the most was that they didn't look like bandits at all, they were the government, and they didn't have as many rules as them, so they weren't allowed to do this. Not allowed that. It was unbearable for a brother like him who turned his beard around. It is forbidden to smoke big cigarettes, and anyone who has a smoking addiction will be expelled; It is forbidden to drink alcohol at will, and those who violate it will be punished with ten sticks and confinement for one day; It is forbidden to rob merchants and civilians, and serious ones will be shot; In particular, it is forbidden to bully women. This is almost non-negotiable. Whoever commits this article. Shoot them all! Dong Liu remembered that there were at least a dozen of them planted on this one, including their people—Dong Liu could easily tell which ones were theirs. Not only the spoken language, but also the demeanor can be easily distinguished, and it is by no means light.

Although there are many rules, Dong Liuzhi said that most of the brothers who joined the gang were still willing to stay and mix. As soon as the gang reasoned and demanded that the people below do it, the leaders took the lead in doing it; in the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the battalion and company commanders who stood guard and posted sentry, and even the Lu Da boss personally stood guard with guns. They fought without ambiguity, and they always took the lead and took the lead in rushing and killing. Just like in the Chen family's shack, that battle was called a tragedy, and the dead were densely packed, staining the snow all over the ground black. But the people were stunned and dared to take the lead in the charge, just like Fan Er, who led the death squad to brave the Japanese artillery fire and machine guns! This calmed the brothers in southern Liaoning, and I admired it to the bottom of my heart. As for the most important salaries and rewards, it is even fairer. Never deduct or say, the evaluation and reward are very fair, and you can bring it up if you think it is unfair. Even the promotion had to be made clear at a meeting, and it was very clear why such and such would be promoted to company commander and what would be promoted to platoon commander. This was the most convincing to the brothers in the Kanto region of southern Liaoning. Just like Yan Sigou's original guard, Gao Sanhu, is now the company commander of the third battalion, and there are 200 brothers under him, who are on an equal footing with Yan Sigou, but no one dares to say no. Gao Sanhu once bumped into Lu Da's boss in person, but people didn't care, no wonder Gao Sanhu's kid worked hard for the detachment, and was always willing to grab the most dangerous tasks.

They have roots in Shandong! Dong Liu had already come to a conclusion. Since two groups of old Shandong guests who appeared out of nowhere joined the team and served as officials at all levels as soon as they came, Dong Liu knew that they had roots in Shandong. After entering the guard company and becoming a platoon commander, Dong Liu heard those senior officials talk about the commander more than once, and it was definitely not Lu Da who was in charge, but someone else. Maybe they were officers of the Guannei Imperial Court who took refuge in Shandong after committing a crime? Anyway, among the people in the Guannai who went to the Kanto to make a living, there are the most people in Shandong, and among the Han people in the Kanto, the most are in Shandong. Therefore, later, countless beards and beards were forcibly incorporated into the gang, and they did not dislike a large group of Shandong people as their chiefs.

While waiting for Deputy Commander Fan, Dong Liu noticed that Fengtian City was full of Russian troops wearing military uniforms of various colors, including gray, black, and dark blue. The officers were easily recognizable, and most of them were very energetic, in stark contrast to the soldiers who were buried. Because the weather was too cold, many Russian soldiers wore local sheepskin jackets and even felt boots padded with indigo. These leather jackets and felt boots are estimated to have been snatched by the old Maozi, speaking of Lao Maozi, Dong Liuyi's stomach is not happy, they are simply robbers, they will rob whatever is good, and they can't walk when they see beautiful women, it's too sexual. Chief of Staff Deng always said how bad the little devils of the East were, and in Dong Liu's opinion, no matter how bad they were, they couldn't be as bad as Lao Maozi. Why do you want to work for Lao Maozi? This is what Dong Liu can't figure out the most. But after joining the army for more than a year, Dong Liu has already burned discipline in his heart, as a soldier, he will fight whoever he wants, and he doesn't have to think so much.

When Fan Deping came out of the pharmacy and got into the carriage, he gave an order, and the team that was postponed continued to drive south. In addition to his own platoon, there was also a company of the cavalry battalion that protected Zhao Hongsheng's team in the baggage battalion. The 100 wagons of the baggage battalion were full of good stuff, loaded with bullets, shells, and grenades allocated by the Russians, and the long-handled grenades were said to be Germans.

Dong Liu thought to himself, I don't know what Lu Da thinks, with thousands of people in the independent regiment, if he does it himself, who would dare to go against it on the Kanto Road? And why follow the Russians? But he didn't dare to say it.

At noon, when they arrived at the assembly area, the deputy chief of staff of Shang Fengchun, who had a gentle face, muttered to Deputy Commander Fan for a while, and Deputy Commander Fan conveyed the order that the baggage battalion should stay in Shangbao, and the rest of the troops would drive to Heigoutai with the raised shovels, hoes and other agricultural tools.

Dong Liu took his platoon and rode out of the fort with Deputy Commander Fan. Continuing south, we joined the brigade at about 3 p.m.

This place is completely a soldier's world, and everywhere you see is the men and horses of the independent regiment, all in a hurry, as if a big war is about to break out. To the northeast of the village, four cannons of the machine gun battalion had been erected around a wooded field, two of which were particularly large. What Dong Liu saw was only half of the artillery of the machine gun battalion, and four more were placed on the other side of the woods.

Of course, Dong Liu didn't know that there were two 76mm guns that had just been allocated to the Independent Regiment, and two guns of the same caliber plus the original four 57mm guns, which constituted the main suppressive firepower of the Independent Regiment.

Right now. The commander of the machine gun battalion, Huang Jinhui, was a little heartbroken. Follow Lu Shan's orders. The machine guns of the machine gun battalion were transferred to three infantry battalions along with the machine gun crew, and four mortars were also transferred to the village. Because Lu Shan clearly said that in the future, the machine guns will return to the infantry battalion, and the machine gun battalion will be an authentic artillery battalion in the future.

Huang Jinhui looked at the yellow cannonball under his feet. A 76-caliber shell can sell for 200 silver dollars. Such a battle. Only Lao Maozi and the little devil can afford to fight. News from home says that the arsenal in Jinan Mansion can produce all kinds of shells, but I'm afraid that such a costly guy can't afford to consume it, right? Huang Jinhui once again regretted agreeing to Lu Shangan artillery, he still felt that the infantry was more enjoyable. But the military order is like a mountain. He couldn't refuse, it seemed that he was going to learn artillery well.

"Battalion commander, go and take a look over there. The gun emplacements of the second company were already in place. Do you want to ask me to shoot a few shots above to proofread? "Deputy battalion commander Mu Changchun came with Shang Fengchun's fourth batch of personnel, and he was an expert in learning artillery at the battalion military academy.

"Oh, you'll have to ask the head of the regiment. Lao Mu, you will command this battle, and I will be responsible for doing a good job of logistics for you to ensure that there is no shortage of your shells. Huang Jinhui followed Mu Changchun towards the side of the forest and said to Mu Changchun.

"Okay," Mu Changchun said with a smile, "It's the first time to do it so really, it seems that it's the right time to come to Kanto." The commander said that the worse the battle, the better, and it was best to let both families lose. He glanced in the direction of Heigoutai Village, "You can see the power of artillery right away, it's much more enjoyable than infantry!" Think about it, a single cannonball can kill several of Dog's Day in one go! ”

Dong Liu accompanied Deputy Commander Fan to the headquarters, and Commander Lu greeted him with Chief of Staff Deng, Battalion Commander Huang of the Machine Gun Battalion, and several other officers.

"Deping, why did you come up?" Lu Shan threw away the half of the cigarette butt he was holding.

"Feng Chun said about the situation in Heigoutai, and he didn't feel at ease."

"It's okay, Feng Chun stays over there, you set up a reserve command post, in case something happens to me, you immediately take over the command of the whole army." Lu Shan glanced at Dong Liu, "Xiao Dong, you take your people to follow the deputy regiment commander, and quickly build a command post according to the place selected by Chief of Staff Deng, and dig into the ground!" You have to be able to defend against the devil's cannon. ”

"Yes."

Deng Qinghua waved his hand, and a staff officer had already come over and took Dong Liu away.

There were soldiers desperately digging fortifications everywhere, Dong Liu saw Gao Sanhu and shouted to him, but Gao Sanhu was reprimanding his soldiers but didn't hear it. Staff Officer Li urged, Dong Liu didn't dare to slack off, hurriedly shouted at his soldiers, and followed Staff Officer Li to the destination, "This is it, leeward, hidden, dig a hole, to be able to hide six or seven people." Staff Officer Li pointed to a dirt slope.

"Yes." Dong Liu agreed and commanded his subordinates to do it. Not far away, several soldiers were sawing two large trees, and a group of soldiers were dragging the sawed down trees away with ropes.

Dong Liuzhi said that it was a fortified artillery hole, "Hurry up, fuck, it's like you haven't eaten!" Dong Liu saw that Staff Officer Li was frowning, and seemed to be a little dissatisfied, so he hurriedly shouted at his subordinates to speed up the progress.

"Platoon Commander Dong, there is still a traffic trench to be dug here to connect with the position of the third battalion."

"Yes. Staff Officer Li, will the Orientals attack here? Dong Liu asked.

"Definitely! It is estimated that it will start tonight at the latest, you have to hurry, and I will accept it later. After speaking, Staff Officer Li walked towards the position of the third battalion.

Soon someone brought the food wrapped in quilts, and there was no meal at noon, and the soldiers were already hungry, smelling the smell of the food, and threw down their tools and rushed over.

Soybean beef sorghum rice, hot. Dong Liu looked at it and shouted, "Eat quickly, the work is not finished yet." ”

"You have to be strong when you're full." There are four platoons in the guard company, and there are more soldiers in his platoon. Dong Liu shook his head, he didn't stop the soldiers from eating, wait for the meal to be cold, okay, let's eat first.

While Dong Liu and his platoon were digging a backup command post, Lu Shan, Deng Qinghua, and Major Marinin, the liaison officer of the Russian army, were discussing the military situation with several major officers of the 4th Siberian Infantry Division of the Russian Army, who had been stationed in Heigoutai for several days.

Marinin stood beside Lu Shan, acting as an interpreter for his Chinese superiors. The exchange was simple and clear, and Lushan once again confirmed the defensive division of the two armies, which must be confirmed. Lu Shan reminded the 4th Division to pay attention to the bayonet charge of the Japanese, the Japanese did a better job in this regard, the Russian army used to always boast of being the first in hand-to-hand combat, but a series of engagements told the Russian army that their Oriental opponents were more tenacious and crazy.

"The Eighth Division is rushing to help, and they must not have much ammunition with them, so they must be in a hurry for a decisive battle......" Chief of Staff Deng, who is always very organized, emphasized.

"Hold on to yours, and leave us alone!" The officers of the 4th Division had an arrogant attitude.

"Okay, that's it." Lu Shan left the division headquarters of the infantry division of the Russian army with his men.

The dissatisfaction in Marinin's heart has completely disappeared. Although these Chinese are a bit of a scoundrel, they have to take the opportunity to extort a batch of very nervous cannons and machine guns. However, after receiving the supplies, they acted extremely quickly, sending reinforcements from the garrison to Heigoutai, showing the quality of an elite force. He was even more satisfied with the fact that they had taken on a defensive line about two kilometers southeast of the Fourth Siberian Division, and they completely remodeled the positions handed over to them by the Fourth Division, dug deeper trenches, and dug hiding holes on one side of the trenches. A second line of infantry trenches was erected behind the first line of positions, and communication trenches were dug between the two fronts. All machine-gun firing points have been reinforced with brought and improvised felled trees, making them stronger. Various shelters and medical clinics were set up, and everything was in order and in order. This all-Chinese team was not like a bunch of bandits, but like Germans, and not the construction of field fortifications - he had been to Germany and observed the construction of German fortifications.

The fortifications were still in full swing of reinforcement, and all the officers went into battle in person, and they were in full swing.

It is only now that Marinin believes that General Artemiev's importance to this Chinese team is justified, it is hard to believe that this is a group of bandit-born guys in command, who show qualities that amaze Marinin, more like officers who graduated from a regular military school. Before, he was a little dissatisfied with the 4th Division's handing over the main positions to the Chinese for defense, but now he was completely relieved.

Lu Shan put the second and third battalions on the first line, leaving the most elite battalion as a reserve, and the eight heavy machine gun groups drawn out by the machine gun battalion were assigned to the second and third battalions, and the three heavy machine guns of the first battalion were also placed on the first line. In this way, together with four light machine guns, the frontal line of defense totaled twenty-one machine guns. The cavalry battalion was left behind for the time being, he was reluctant to use the precious cavalry to fight positional warfare, in the Kwantung region, the role of cavalry was more important than infantry, if Shendan Fort was taken...... Lu Shan's gaze turned to the direction of Shen Danbao, where was there a cavalry brigade! If you defeat Shen Danbao, you will have to grab a batch of war horses fiercely! The weapons of the Oriental devils are very ordinary, but their war horses are better than those of China.

"Come on, let's try it." Lu Shan looked in the direction of the Heigou River and muttered to himself.

The night gradually enveloped the black ditch, and there was not a trace of fire on the position, only the sound of hoes and shovels digging.

Lu Shan went to the second battalion, Deng Qinghua went to the third battalion, and after inspecting the position at the rear, the two returned to the command post almost at the same time, and Fan Deping was also there. There was already a cold meal on the table, and Lu Shan hurriedly took a few mouthfuls of boiling water, still feeling a little unsure.

"Shang Fengchun is in charge of the machine gun battalion, and Deping is in charge of the cavalry battalion - it is easy not to move them, and if the enemy is defeated, let the cavalry attack. Lao Deng, you are in charge of the first battalion, focusing on the direction of the third battalion, I am in charge of the second battalion, and the guard company is with me. "He did the division of labor after the last time. (To be continued......)

PS: Brothers, for the sake of Aaron's serious codeword, can you give a few monthly passes?