Zaitao is still very good at artillery battles, although Belle Ye doesn't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick, and he dares to poke any hole, but he knows that there is a gap between his artillery and the Russian artillery.

So during the artillery battle, he played a small trick, that is, he first used part of his light artillery to smash the heads of the Russian infantry, and when Lao Maozi's heavy artillery revealed its position, he immediately attacked the Russian heavy artillery with more than 200 heavy artillery that he had been hiding!

Lao Maozi was accidentally smashed by a round of bombardment by Zaitao, and more than 70 heavy artillery pieces were smashed, which greatly boosted the morale of the artillery of the Qing army! Although these guys are not as good as the Russians in terms of tactical literacy, and their jishu level is not good, they are actually very brave at this time!

In the past, as long as the enemy smashed a shell, they would immediately disperse as birds and beasts, but now the artillery of the Qing army dared to shoot at the Russians, and the soldiers who were responsible for carrying the shells braved the Russian artillery fire to shuttle back and forth in the middle of the position, and from time to time the flesh and blood were blown up, and no one escaped.

This is first of all due to Zaitao's training, and secondly, the most important point is that Zaitao has guaranteed their military salary. Military pay is really important, in the traditional concept of the Chinese, it is a matter of course to be a soldier to eat food and carry a gun to get paid. It's not about the money, it's about telling the soldiers that you care about them and that you want them to have a better life. If you can't do that, don't expect the soldiers to die for you.

Of course, Commander Yang's bandit team was different before, because they had no way out. Now that he is a volunteer, Commander Yang is also paid.

The artillery battle lasted a whole day. Zaitao lost more than 400 pieces of artillery, and by the evening, the Qing artillerymen could not keep up with the rhythm of the Russians, and the artillery fire gradually thinned out.

The Russians were not easy either, losing more than 300 pieces of artillery in the first day of fighting. This annoyed Commander Kulopatkin, who was in command of the battle.

"Is it true that the combat effectiveness of our Russian troops has declined to this point? Even the useless guys of the Manchu Qing can show their courage in front of us, everyone, I think this is a shame for us, an even greater shame for losing at the hands of the Japanese! ”

The commander sat on the chair, his face like a pool of water, although he was not alarmed, but the Russian generals felt his dissatisfaction and anger. None of the generals dared to speak.

"Major General Gulegrevich."

Seeing that he didn't answer his words, the commander turned his eyes to Mr. Major General beside him. Gulegrevich stood up at once: "Here! ”

"I wonder how your ground assault is going today?"

Gulegrevich said: "Your Excellency, Commander. Our army launched five charges against the Qing Dynasty under the cover of artillery fire today, and one of them had already broken through the Qing army's position, but those Qing Dynasty troops were very tenacious, and they quickly launched a counterattack against us. The soldiers really did their best. We suffered more than 3,000 casualties in one day, but we annihilated at least 7,000 Qing Dynasty troops! ”

The commander shook his head when he heard this: "This achievement is not something to be proud of, and it can even be said to be a shame. Five years ago, we only used 3,000 men to fight Mukden, and I think you know Mr. Major General. ”

Guregrevich's face was embarrassed: "Commander, the current Mukden is not the Mukden of five years ago. Now Mukden has strong fortifications, and my opponent is Zhang Zuolin, this guy is an outlaw, I saw him actually take it to the battlefield himself......"

The reasons that the Major General found were very correct. But it made the commander very angry: "Your opponent himself went to the battlefield, and you watched him with a telescope from a distance?!" ”

Gulegrevich realized that he had said the wrong thing. He lowered his head and remained silent. Commander Kulopatkin let out a long sigh. He pulled a cigar from the middle of the cigarette case on the table: "I've always wondered that we would get to where we are today, and now I kind of understand it." The equipment of the Japanese is inferior to ours, and the tactics of the Qing Dynasty are not as good as ours, but we have no way to deal with them. weishenme？ ”…,

His eyes swept around, and then he stood up suddenly: "Because when the Japanese death squads charged, their commanders rushed to the front!" The commanders of the Qing Dynasty dared to go to the front in person, and you generals knew to hide behind and command! Command! Command! ”

He almost roared, and the voice shook the eardrums of everyone in the room! After Kulopatkin finished roaring, his eyes stared at the others one by one: "From now on, attack Mukden with battalions and companies as units!" The second lieutenant rushed to the front. Every general has pushed me forward with your command post! My command post will move forward as well! ”

Kulopatkin really played with his life, and he knew that he couldn't do it if he didn't. Before the war, the Russians said that they were borrowing Mukden from the Qing Dynasty, but Lao Maozi never planned to pay it back.

He had received a telegram from Mr. Rysel in Beijing, the minister told him that the current situation was very tense, and at first various countries had some different views on the war between the Qing Dynasty and the Russians, but after Zaitao conquered Mukden, those countries almost unified their caliber, they said that Mukden was originally from the Qing Dynasty, and in order to avoid the expansion of the situation, please withdraw the Russians immediately!

Those countries in the West are very shrewd in their calculations, the Russians have lost most of Liaoxi, if Fengtian is also returned to the Qing Dynasty, Liaoyang is an isolated city, existence is meaningless, and the Russians' shili will all retreat into the Heilongjiang region. This is good for those countries, and it is impossible for Lao Maozi to threaten the interests of Britain and France in the South Seas in the future.

And they also don't want to see the Japanese shili too strong, Mukden is in the hands of the Manchus, and the footsteps of little Japan will be stopped in Liaoxi. Therefore, they were very supportive of the Qing Dynasty's reoccupation of Mukden.

Yue Raysel said that the Russians are almost isolated diplomatically, and there is no way to withstand pressure from so many countries. The only thing that can change the situation now is a military victory, and only by retaking Mukden and taking out the Qing forces in Mukden. Forcing the Qing government to sign an agreement to recognize the interests of the Russians in Mukden is the only way to silence those Westerners, and they must do it quickly!

The situation of the Russians was very unfavorable, and to Commander Kulopatkin, he felt comforted that little Japan had really made a move on Yang. The main force of the Japanese army has already started the battle in Windy City, so that at least he has no worries and can clean up Zaitao wholeheartedly.

The next day, the commander's order reached every unit of the Russian army. This order immediately had an immediate effect, and the attack power of the Russians immediately became much sharper, and the days of Zaitao became even more difficult.

The situation of the Windy City Volunteers also became quite dangerous, and after the Russians launched an attack on Mukden, little Japan seemed to see the tacit understanding between the Russians and them. The Fourth Army was immediately put into the field.

Biaozi faced the siege of more than 100,000 Japanese troops with the strength of a regiment, and although the volunteers fought very bravely, some positions on the front line were still lost one after another.

Yang Xiaolin is now in the Windy City, and the Japanese army broke through the first line of defense in three days with more than 4,000 casualties. Now the second line of defense has also been torn apart by the little Japanese, and the volunteers are still holding on in some sporadic fortifications, Yang Xiaolin estimates that they can only hold on until tonight at most, and tomorrow, the Japanese army will launch an attack on a defensive line outside the city. As long as they break through here, they can directly attack the city.

Yang Xiaolin looked at the trench in front of him with a telescope, and Biao Zi was standing beside him: "Commander, it's a bit dangerous here." You'd better go down. ”

Yang Xiaolin snorted: "I'm not so delicate!" Biaozi, what about the casualties of the 1st and 3rd battalions? ”

Biao Zi said in a deep voice: "The third battalion has already suffered two hundred casualties. Sacrificed a company commander. The first battalion is a little better, and the second pole is even worse. He had already offered me three times to withdraw to the city, but I did not promise him, and I told him to hold out until to-morrow evening. ”…,

Yang Xiaolin nodded: "This battle will definitely be very hard, but as long as the brothers dare to fight hard, we can definitely win against the Japanese!" The hundreds of thousands of people in small Japan sound terrible, but it is impossible for them to come up together with hundreds of thousands of them every time they charge, let's fight them one by one, no problem. ”

Thousands of people fought more than 100,000 people, although it is said that Yang Xiaolin built strong fortifications, when it comes to victory, I am afraid that few people believe it, but Li Debiao believes it. There is no reason, he just believes that Yang Xiaolin will definitely be able to do it, because the commander has never let them down.

Biaozi said: "Commander, don't worry, if you want to break the Windy City, I guarantee that they can't do it if Little Japan doesn't give more than 20,000 people!" ”

Yang Xiaolin nodded, of course he was relieved about Biaozi, and if he didn't worry, he wouldn't let him come. He stretched out five fingers: "I won't let my brother die here with the Japanese, fight for another five days, and after five days, we will withdraw from Windy City!" ”

Biao Zi replied: "Yes! ”

Yang Xiaolin suddenly said: "Biaozi, now that I let you read and write, do you still have any opinions?" ”

Biao Zi was stunned for a moment, and immediately said, "No." ”

When he answered this question, his voice was obviously a little weak, and Yang Xiaolin couldn't help but hear it. Yang Xiaolin patted him on the shoulder: "We used to carry guns to live, and it doesn't matter if we can't recognize words." But now it's different, we are carrying guns for the people in the Northeast, we not only want to protect their lives, but also make their lives better! If we can't do this, we might as well go back and become bandits, you know? ”

Biaozi nodded: "Understood." ”

Yang Xiaolin looked at him for a while, he saw that Biaozi was a little evasive of his eyes, and said at the moment: "I've been studying recently, and I didn't take that British reporter with me for anything else, just because he can speak the languages of six countries!" I'm learning English and Russian from him. ”

"Maybe you don't think it's necessary, but I think it's very necessary, look at the Japanese generals, and then look at the Russian officers, who doesn't speak three or four languages? But what about us? ”

When Yang Xiaolin said this, Biaozi was silent, and lowered his head: "What the commander said is that I will definitely read well in the future." ”

Yang Xiaolin shook his head: "It's not enough to just know how to read, you also have to learn other cultures, after this battle, I plan to send you to develop Liaoxi, you must have the ability to deal with the Japanese without suffering losses, and you must have the ability to take charge of yourself!" You don't even understand what they say, do you think I can let you come?! ”

Biao Zi was surprised when he heard this, he always thought that Yang Xiaolin would not send people after putting Zhang Zuolin and Feng Delin in Liaoxi, but he didn't expect Yang Xiaolin to come over by himself, and in Yang Xiaolin's words, he was alone and blocked the Japanese!

He felt his blood boiling for a while: "Don't worry, commander, I will definitely learn Japanese well!" ”

Yang Xiaolin nodded: "I'm also studying, I will come to you in two months, and I will talk to you in Japanese at that time, I hope you can answer me." ”

Learning is a must. Learning from your opponents is even more essential. You can only defeat your opponent if you study him thoroughly.