Nogi Noshinori still lost several hundred soldiers after entering Windy City, because Yang Xiaolin buried all the mines in the city when he withdrew. The Japanese soldiers who entered Windy City were so dizzy by the bombing that even General Nogi almost went to see his son.

The Battle of Windy City ended like this, the Japanese army finally got Windy City but did not get victory, if they wanted to destroy Yang Xiaolin, they had to attack forward, in front of them, Qian Yao's four regiments were already waiting solemnly.

Early the next morning, Nogi Noshinori found out that the Volunteers had set up another defensive position in the Buried Ridge, and immediately waved his army to kill him. As soon as the Japanese army set off, a light rain began to fall in the sky, although it was not large, but it was continuous.

It didn't take long for the roads to become muddy, and the Japanese had serious transportation problems with their baggage, especially their heavy guns. By noon, it was very difficult for the heavy artillery to take a single step forward, and in some places it had to be pushed by Japanese soldiers with manpower.

When Nogi Noshinori forced his march to the Buried Ridge, the Japanese troops were already exhausted, and in the face of this steep slope at an altitude of more than 230 meters, they could only temporarily rest their troops and wait until the soldiers had recovered their strength and the weather was better before attacking.

On the first of July, the rain was still falling.

The battle between the Russians and Zaitao was also forced to stop. Zaitao lost the first line of defense, but the second and third lines of defense were still in the hands of the Qing army.

There were only a hundred pieces of artillery left, but it didn't matter, and Lao Maozi was not easy, because in the battle a few days ago, their artillery fire could no longer cause much damage to Zaitao's defensive line.

Zhao Erxun ran in with a telegram: "Master, this is a telegram sent to you by Lafayette, the telegram said that Lafayette praised you and said that he is the pillar of the country!" ”

Zaitao took it in his hand and looked at it, Cixi was very happy that Zaitao could recapture Fengtian, at the beginning, under the pressure of various countries, the Qing Dynasty government assigned Fengtian to Japan and Russia as a battlefield, and the people outside scolded them, in fact, they also felt very wronged.

The northeast is the ancestral tomb of their Manchu Qing Dynasty, and if it is not a last resort, it really can't withstand the pressure of various countries. They don't want to do that. Now that Zaitao has recaptured Mukden, none of the princes and ministers in the court dare to say that Zaitao is wrong. If you don't support Zaitao, you are not only a traitor, but also a traitor! The traitor Cixi deserves it, but she is unwilling to be a traitor.

Cixi first praised Zaitao on the telegram, and then told Zaitao to defend Mukden no matter how difficult it was. The Qing Dynasty had already negotiated with the Western countries. All countries supported the Qing Dynasty, and as long as Zaitao could hold Mukden for a month, the Russians would inevitably be unable to withstand international pressure and withdraw their troops.

After reading the telegram, Zaitao stood up: "Our Lafayette is too merciful!" Expecting those foreigners to help us talk and make the Russians withdraw is pure nonsense! According to the master's intentions, the Beiyang Army will be transferred to Jinzhou, and 100,000 horses will be drawn from the south. ”

Zhao Erxun smiled. Zaitao's method is simply impossible, it is tantamount to declaring war on Russia. He didn't say anything either. Anyway, his heart is now letting go of the burden, and Zaitao has changed from a criminal to a hero. He'll be naked, too

It's good to stay at this stage, at least for now.

"Master, can you hold on for a month?"

Zaitao is now enthusiastic, after fighting with Russia for a period of time, he finally understands that Yang Xiaolin's troops are so difficult to fight, it turns out that the battlefield is the most haode training place!

The 150,000 troops have lost one-third, but the combat effectiveness of those surviving soldiers is really getting stronger and stronger, one day at a time, a few days ago, a Russian unit relied on a sneak attack to penetrate Zhao Yansun's defense line. There were more than 1,000 Russians, and the Qing army around Zhao Yansun at that time was 1,500 people. …,

If it had been in the past, there would have been no need to fight such a battle. The Qing army surrendered directly. But this time the Qing Dynasty army not only fought, but also fought very well, zuihou supported until the reinforcements arrived, and the Russians were beaten back, which Zaitao could not have imagined before.

At that time, he was afraid that Zhao Yansun would falsely report his war exploits, so he specially went to check that the corpses of more than 400 Russians on the battlefield were genuine! His own troops are already so good at fighting, not to mention a month, even a year, he can resist!

However, Zaitao knew that he could carry it for two months at most, because the supplies in the city were only enough for him to use for two months. This is far more than Galeries Lafayette asked for a month. Therefore, Lord Belle replied to Zhao Erxun with great confidence: "Call Lafayette back, and say that Fengtian will definitely be able to hold it!" ”

Zhao Erxun was overjoyed when he heard this, and ran to call back after answering. At this time, Zhang Dewu walked in from outside: "Lord Wang, it has been raining in the past few days, and the Russians have stopped attacking, I think we should let the soldiers be on guard to prevent Lao Maozi from sneaking up on us." Especially in the city, since Yang Dagui can dig a tunnel to come in, Lao Maozi may also use this method, we must be prepared. ”

Zaitao felt very reasonable when he heard it, and nodded busily: "Well, you should be careful, do you have any countermeasures?" ”

It was unthinkable for Zhang Dewu to dig a big pit and bury a tank inside to listen to the surrounding movements, but the Chinese have thousands of years of experience in attacking and defending cities, and they have the easiest way to prevent the other party from digging tunnels to come in, which is to dig a trench around the city along the city wall, that is, like a moat.

In this way, when the other party digs a tunnel, as long as the trench is over, the Qing army can detect it.

That is, the day after they just started, Lao Maozi really tried to dig a tunnel from outside the city. Zaitao's protection played a role, when the Russians had just dug the tunnel into the city, they were just stopped by the head of the trench, and the Qing soldiers were waiting on the trench, and the dozen or so Russians who rushed out of the tunnel were all shot by them congenitively.

Then Zaitao blew up Lao Maozi's tunnel, and more than a hundred Russian soldiers were buried alive inside. More than 100 casualties were nothing for this war, but the morale of the Qing soldiers was greatly boosted because they saw through the tactics of the Russians, and when the sky cleared on July 5, the killing on both sides was extremely fierce.

The battle for Buried Hill also resumed on this day.

This time the Japanese did not use heavy artillery to attack the hill. Nogi Noshinori paid a heavy price for attacking the Russians on the hills around Lushun, and after seeing that Yang Xiaolin's fortifications were almost no different from those of the Russians in Lushun, he immediately knew that artillery attacks on such fortifications were almost ineffective.

Now that the strategic materials of the Japanese army are already in great short supply, they did not expect that they would fight so fiercely with the Russians, let alone that Yang Dagui would be so difficult to deal with. The battle of a Windy City reduced the supplies carried by Nogi Noshinori by half, and if they didn't save a little use, even if they fought down and buried themselves in the mountain, there was no possibility of continuing to advance.

However, the supplies of the volunteers on the hill were quite sufficient. Aside from the need to save a little food, ammunition can hardly be considered.

Light machine guns and semi-automatic rifles are very ammo-consuming. But the volunteers started. At present, there are more than 300 workshops in the entire base area to provide materials for this battle, and the volunteers have invested a small number of troops, which is destined to have more ammunition than the Japanese.

The war between the Japanese and the Russians stimulated the development of the military industry in the base areas. Now little Japan has finally tasted this jar of bitter sake that they have brewed themselves.

Nogi Noshinori fought for three days and three nights on Mount Buried in the Mountains under such circumstances. The outcome was predicted, and the Japanese paid a heavy price, but the buried mountain was still in the hands of the volunteers. At this time, Nogi Noshinori suddenly received a telegram from the Japanese military headquarters, which asked him for detailed results and casualties. …,

Nogi understood that this was the group of guys in Japan who began to think about the gains and losses of this war. Face is very important, but losing vested interests for the sake of face seems to be a bit more than worth the loss.

There is a lot of quarrel in the Japanese military department at present, and the naval department has quite a lot of criticism about the war between the army department and Yang Xiaolin.

Now Japan's navy and army are very out of sync. The Navy considered the battle to be over, and in this battle the Navy was significantly better than the Army, and they won two large-scale naval battles perfectly. The Russian Navy, which claims to be the third in the world, was sent to the bottom of the sea.

In the opinion of the admirals of the Navy, it is time to digest the fruits of victory. The emperor should have invested all his money in building up the navy, rather than letting the army continue to fight the war for the sake of a little face.

What benefits can the Japanese gain from defeating Yang Dagui? Is it possible to sacrifice the lives of tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of Japanese soldiers for the sake of these interests? You must know that Nogi Noshinori has lost 20,000 people, but the war has not yet burned to Yang Xiaolin's base, and once the Japanese army steps into Yang Dagui's territory, the battle will inevitably be even more fierce.

Is it worth it to keep the Japanese soldiers sacrificing for a face-saving battle? Let the Japanese people tighten their belts a little more?

This problem has been exposed with the unhappiness of Nogi Noshinori's march.

Admiral Heihachiro Togo began to complain in front of the emperor, and the emperor's position began to waver. He originally thought that it would be easy to exterminate Yang and fight ghosts, but now the casualties of the Japanese army are so serious. The emperor had to think about some more practical issues. Isn't it time to stop this war and put money into something more useful?

Of course, the army was unwilling to do this, and Nogi Noshinori sent a telegram to the military headquarters, asking to continue fighting. The two sides quarreled in Japan.

Peace comes from this, and only when the other side knows that you have to pay a price for fighting, and when you pay a price that they may not be able to bear, can there be real peace.

On July 15, Cai finally put an end to the quarrel between the Japanese.

When Nogi Noshinori's army had not yet conquered the buried mountain, Cai Ye made a sneak attack on Dalian, and burned forty percent of the supplies of Little Japan! Life in the Japanese Army became more difficult, and they begged the Emperor to give them another sum of supplies, but this request was rejected by the Emperor.

The Emperor was no longer willing to invest the money he had borrowed from Britain and the United States to help his father and grandmother in a war in which there was no profit to speak of, and there was no hope of victory. rq