Chapter 124: Earth Tank

Yang Xiaolin didn't expect that the enemy in Baishan would actually arrange the secret post so far, which made him believe that Baishan was the fulcrum of the enemy's attack on Changbai Mountain. By interrogating the secret post of the Qing army, this was indeed the case.

Originally, there was a large group of men and horses stationed here, and it was also a place for the Russians to hoard grain, grass and ordnance, but as Yang Xiaolin's battle outside became more and more intense, the status of Baishan was not so important, and now the Russians only put 500 Russian soldiers in this place, and 1,000 Qing troops to assist in the defense, Baishan's task has simply become a line of defense to prevent Yang Xiaolin from escaping back to Changbai Mountain.

This made Yang Xiaolin feel an opportunity. Now the Russian army is still in the direction of Liaoyuan, although Baishan is a county seat, but this county town does not have a city wall, only some fortifications built by the Russians. The Russians numbered only five hundred, and if they were quick enough to end the battle before Lopatkin could react.

After defeating the White Mountain, he can jump back to the mountain to rest, and if the enemy wants to fight, he can kill it again at any time.

Yang Xiaolin immediately began the attack deployment: "This is the first county town we want to fight, brothers must give me a beautiful fight!" Counting Brother Tang's men and horses, there are more than 3,000 of us, and there are only 500 Russians and 1,000 Qing troops in the city, so we won't play anything with him in this battle. Brother Tang, you take your people to Tai'an in the northwest direction of Baishan, Brother Gu, you take the second company to bypass Tai'an and occupy Banshi Town! ”

Gu Tianming and Tang Yulin nodded in response, and Yang Xiaolin shouted to Biaozi again: "Biaozi, take your men and horses around the mouth of the river and start attacking from behind the enemy." All the troops have a day off today, and they will start their departure tomorrow at noon, and they must arrive at their designated place at 8 p.m.! The 1st, 4th, and 5th companies followed me to occupy the Liudaojiang River and attack from the front to Baishan! Damn, the Russians have always bullied us and there are few of us, and this time I finally seized the opportunity to let me bully him! All the troops have all the grenades and machine guns on them, don't worry about those guys, we'll have them in the future! ”

Kong Landing was a little worried: "General, do you want to pay attention to concealment?" After all, the Russians still have a lot of firepower, and if they are prepared, I am afraid that things will not be so easy. ”

Yang Xiaolin shook his head: "There's nothing to hide, Russia has arranged all the secret posts here, and it doesn't make much sense for us to hide no matter how hidden." Let the brothers rest for a day, eat and drink enough, and tomorrow pick up the spirit to give them a hungry tiger to eat, the key is speed. ”

The troops rested until about two o'clock in the afternoon of the next day, and then began the rapid march again. This time, they no longer had any concealment to speak of, and rushed down the road to the White Mountain. At 5:18 p.m., Yang Xiaolin began to attack Liudaojiang, and the 200 Qing troops stationed in Liudaojiang and more than 100 local militia groups were killed by the bandits in one go.

Almost at the same time, Tang Yulin and Gu Tianming also conquered Tai'an, and the fifty Russian soldiers stationed in Tai'an could not resist and retreated into Baishan County. Half an hour later, Gu Tianming captured Banshi Town, and the three hundred Qing soldiers guarding Banshi Town had already fled into Baishan. When it was dark in the evening, Biaozi laid down the estuary, and the bandits completed the encirclement of Baishan on all sides.

At seven o'clock they began to clear the outlying positions of the Russians and Manchu troops one by one, and by eight o'clock the general offensive began.

The Russian troops in Baishan City were still very tenacious, and on the one hand, they organized Liliang resistance, and on the other hand, they hurriedly sent a telegram to Commander Lopatkin, telling His Excellency that they had found Yang Da Ghost here! And ask for reinforcements, reinforcements right away!

This really surprised Commander Lopatkin, who was unable to find Yang Xiaolin's whereabouts! Yang fights ghosts and fights Baishan! …,

The encirclement of the Russians has always existed until now, even if Yang Xiaolin was not in their encirclement most of the time. But once the White Mountain is lost, it means that the encirclement is broken! Lopatkin knows this very well!

"Akberil! Let's rush over now, let the boys rush over as quickly as possible, and we can't let Yang beat the ghost and escape back to Changbai Mountain!" ”

Lopatkin was very anxious, Akberil hesitated, to be honest, he didn't think that this encirclement and suppression could still be victorious, this result was doomed when this battle was launched, the Russians were wrong at the beginning, and the commander actually saw this battle as an opportunity to perform! And what about yourself? also treated the other party as a bandit, and as a result, he fell into the current passive situation.

Akberlir thought it would be wise to end the encirclement now, but he knew that the Commander would not agree, and that it would be almost impossible to get the Commander to admit defeat without a decent reason.

Akberil didn't say anything, he thought, maybe this time, it was his chance to find a decent reason to end the encirclement. This does not mean that he has admitted defeat to these bandits, on the contrary, he retreats first in order to make a more haode layout, and to lay out the battle with Yang Da Ghost as a real war, so that there is hope of victory.

"Okay General, I'll take the team out right away."

Lopatkin waved his arm: "Don't wait for those Qing Dynasty people!" That General Zeng Qi's anger has passed again in the past two days, and they have returned to their previous slow appearance! The message sent by the defenders of the White Mountain was very urgent! Ackberil, you have to get there before dawn tomorrow! ”

Akberlir nodded: "I will do my best general, God will bless those Russian lads in the White Mountain." ”

Baishan County, 8:15.

The armies of Russia and the Qing Dynasty have all shrunk into the county seat, some fortifications outside the city were easily seized by the bandits, and the four-way bandits were like four sharp knives against the enemy's chest, with Yang Xiaolin's order, rifles of various calibers and dozens of heavy machine guns opened fire together, and the two open spaces on the left and right of the West Gate were completely beaten into fire dragons. Guarding the first line of defense, the Qing army, supported by Russian artillery fire, held those firing points.

Judging from the distribution of firepower points and the firepower equipped, if it were the Russians who stayed here, then Yang Xiaolin might have to pay a heavy price. But the fighting consciousness of those Qing troops is really flattering.

At the beginning, they fought well, Sui Bing led the bandits to climb over the simple earthen wall by a human ladder, and then rushed towards them with grenades, and after blowing up one fire point after another, the Qing soldiers also organized Liliang to launch a counterattack under the supervision of the Russian officers, trying to drive the bandits out.

The two sides engaged in hand-to-hand combat in front of that earthen wall, and whether it was the assassination of Jishu or the courage to fight, the bandits were much higher than the Qing army. After nearly half an hour of fighting, when the Qing army was no longer able to organize a counterattack on Liliang, when the Russian officers in the Qing army were almost dead, and when Liu Xianhe's team was also engaged in the battle, those Qing troops could no longer hold on.

This half-hour of perseverance has been a miracle for them. What followed was the usual rout!

The bandits shouted and broke through the first line of defense formed by the Qing army, braving the Russian artillery fire and rushing towards the middle of Baishan City, like a fierce wind, like fury.

Those Qing troops who had not been able to flee surrendered one after another, but this did not mean the end of the battle.

The real bones were the nearly 500 Russian soldiers stationed in the center of the city. This was the first time that Yang Xiaolin attacked the position where Russian soldiers were stationed. In the middle of the castle are two-story buildings, which were originally built by the Russians as a trading post, but have been converted into temporary fortifications. …,

Biaozi was very excited when he saw the flag of the Russian army, and shouted: "Brothers, go and grab that flag for me!" ”

Dozens of brothers immediately rushed towards the flag, but a tongue of fire suddenly erupted from under a well on the side of the street, and a burst of machine-gun bullets knocked a dozen brothers to the ground. Biao Zi was shocked: "Get down!" Get down! ”

The well was converted into a bunker by the Russians, and although it was not very strong, it formed a three-dimensional defense line with the enemy machine guns in the buildings and the fortifications in front of it, and suppressed the bandits without heavy firepower.

Wei Hui used his marksmanship again, but although the machine gun on the roof of the building was dumb for a while after the two shots, his position became a key target for the enemy.

Biaozi looked at the Russian on the other side shouting arrogantly, although he couldn't understand the Russian, but he was sure that the other party must be speaking something provocative.

"Fuck! Rush with me again! ”

Biaozi was about to rush over again, and the second pole hugged him: "You are looking for death!" At this time, I don't dare to rush, where are you going? ”

Biaozi struggled for a while, but he also knew that rushing out had no other end than to die. Most of the bandits on other sides were also like this, and the battle situation was at a stalemate for a while, which was extremely unfavorable to the bandits.

Yang Xiaolin, who was on the frontal battlefield, was also very nervous in the face of such strong enemy firepower, and just when he was very anxious, he suddenly remembered the method of the earthen tank used by the Eighth Route Army when it fought the devil's turret!

"Someone! Go find the quilts, the more the merrier! ”

The bandits didn't care about any rules prohibiting harassment of the common people, kicked open the doors of the houses of the residents next to them, pulled the quilts over, a quilt, a layer of soil, and watered them. Another quilt, another layer of soil, and then watering.

A total of six so-called earthen tanks were made, Yang Xiaolin asked the two brothers to top one and go forward, to be honest, he didn't know if this method would work, when those machine gun bullets hit the quilt, Yang Xiaolin's heart was raised. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the quilts continue to move forward after being struck.

The Russians were obviously a little panicked about the first appearance of these tanks on the battlefield, and did not know how to respond when the bullets could not stop the bandits from advancing, and more than a dozen firing points were successively pulled out by the bandits. (Ask for a recommendation ticket!) )