As the war progressed, the preparations made before the war between Japan and Russia were immediately apparent, and the attack of the small Japanese was very sharp, and after the two sneak attacks were successful, the Russian Pacific Fleet suffered heavy losses, and it was impossible to defeat the Japanese when they went out and fought with the small Japanese, and the remnants of the warships were cowering in the two ports of Lushun and Dalian and did not dare to move, and the sea control had completely fallen into the hands of the Japanese himself.

The Russians only realized the strength of their opponents at this point, but they believed that there was still a chance. Because the defense of Lushun was very strong, according to Commander Kulopatkin's algorithm that one Russian soldier could withstand three Japanese soldiers, he himself had to send at least 200,000 troops if he wanted to capture Lushun.

They believed that they would be able to hold on, and as long as Port Arthur was still in the hands of the Russians, the little "sun" could only float in the sea. What's more, the Russian Tsar has already formed the Second Pacific Fleet, under the unified command of Vice Admiral Rozhdestvinsky, the Russian Navy, and is rushing to the battlefield, as soon as this batch of reinforcements arrives, the situation will immediately change.

Of course, the Russians did not sit there waiting for reinforcements to arrive, on the one hand they strengthened the fortifications and prepared supplies, and on the other hand cleared the surrounding hostile shili.

After the Manchu Qing withdrew from the Northeast, the Liaodong and Liaoxi Plains were considered the world of the Russians, and only the three shili did not listen to their orders. Zhang Zuolin wants to win over, and if he is willing to surrender, the Russians are very welcome. But Feng Delin must be exterminated!

Because Feng Delin is the leader of the Northeast to resist Russia. In the eyes of the Russians, Feng Delin is even more hateful than Yang fighting ghosts. Now his troops have been reorganized into the East Asian Death Army, which is under the leadership of Japan himself. A brigade in Songyuan was also stationed in Gaojiatunzi. How can you allow others to sleep before they lie on the couch? Not to mention the people who want their own lives.

Commander Kulopatkin mobilized heavy troops to encircle and suppress this military force, and Zhishang Songyuan and Feng Delin did not have much to worry about, because the Russians had fought Gaojia Tunzi once, and that time there were only a few thousand bandits in the tunzi, and more than 1,000 people themselves, and the Russians could not defeat them.

Now they are newly equipped, with sufficient personnel and supplies. There is also a regular brigade of the Imperial Army of the Great Japanese Army. In addition, the terrain of Gaojiatunzi is also very dangerous, like a natural fortress, and the heavy artillery of the Russians cannot exert firepower, so although the Russian troops killed them violently, Zhishang Matsubara believed that he would be able to hold on until the imperial army entered Liaoxi.

Not only did he believe it, but the foreign journalists believed that the Russians would inevitably return home with this attack. It's not that they look down on the Russian ** team, it's that the Russian ** team's performance is really bad for a while, and it doesn't matter if they can't exterminate Yang Da Ghost, even the Manchu Qing can't beat it. Can you still fight down a regular fortress that the brigade will hold onto?

But war is what attracts the attention of others. The most important point is that there are many surprises about her.

Commanding this battle was General Akberlil, who concentrated 70,000 heavy troops on the front of Gaojiatunzi and fought for it hill by hill with the East Asian Death Army of the Japanese and Feng Delin.

The battle was fought very bloody. It is worth mentioning that in this battle, the two sides coincidentally chose Yang Xiaolin's unconscionable cannon as the main firepower to bombard the enemy. After three days and three nights of fighting, the Russians suffered more than 10,000 casualties, and the Japanese and Feng Delin also lost seven or eight thousand men and horses.

Most of them were Feng Delin's East Asian death armies, because Naogami Matsubara had placed them in the most dangerous places when he set up his defensive positions. And every time reinforcements are needed, the East Asian Death Army is the first to be considered. …,

If the battle continued like this, the Russians would have to pay at least 50,000 casualties and a month to take Gaojiatunzi. This was enough to affect the defense of the Russians against the Japanese army, and it was enough to contain the frontal battlefield, and Naokami Matsubara was very satisfied.

But the battle was fought on the fourth day. The situation changed suddenly, and a capable Russian squad crossed the Liao River and pounced on Gaojiatunzi from the rear when the front line was in full swing. A Japanese brigade placed behind Naogami Matsubara was completely annihilated by the Russians, and all the war materials prepared by Gaojia Tunzi fell into the hands of the Russians.

The tide of the battle took a turn for the worse, and the troops fighting on the front line could not even guarantee bullets, so Naokami Matsubara could only choose to break through. The breakout battle was even more tragic, and the front could not be rushed, where the six or seven Russian armies were waiting for them.

Naokami Matsubara had no choice but to venture across the river.

General Akberlir had already made preparations, and when he crossed the river straight up Songyuan, he was constantly bombarded by the Russian heavy artillery, and the two dozen heavy machine guns on the other side of the river were almost constantly ringing, and the battle lasted for eight hours, and the corpses were floating on the water surface of the Liao River, and the river water had turned scarlet, and more than 30,000 people died under the fire of the Russians.

After finally getting rid of the Russian pursuing troops, the morale of the troops was already quite low. Not only was the fighting spirit of the East Asian death army blown away by the Russian artillery fire, but even those big Japanese imperial troops were also depressed one by one.

The entire brigade was formed, and now there is less than one wing left. The news of Japan's victory kept coming from the front, but they ushered in a defeat here, and they didn't even have a place to stay, which really hit the confidence of Naokami Matsubara.

Naokami Matsubara sat beside a campfire with his command knife in his arms, his eyes looking at the raging flames, his fingers rubbing his fingers on the knife soldiers irregularly, according to psychology, his action showed his inner panic and uneasiness.

Nao Aso walked over from the side: "Brigade commander, telegram from the military headquarters." ”

The small "Japan" is quite attached to the army of "Shogami Matsubara", and now the "Japan" himself is also very short of materials, for this war they specially equipped the troops with wireless telegraphs, but this thing has only just come out, the price is very expensive, only the division and regiment headquarters can be equipped. The brigade headquarters is equipped with wireless telegraphy, and it is said that they are the only ones.

Naokami Matsubara took the telegram and looked at it, and the Russians were now having a celebration party. The military headquarters does not need to inquire and knows that the battle has been lost here. Therefore, the military department was very dissatisfied with Naogami Matsubara's performance.

They demanded in stern terms that Naokami Matsubara must continue to fight, not to mention that there was still one wing left, and more than 10,000 men, even if he was the only one in the whole army, and he had to make enough trouble for the Russians.

After reading it, Naogami Matsubara crumpled the telegram in his hand and let out a thick breath, and a light came out of his eyes. It's like she's making up your mind.

Aso asked, "Brigade commander, what should we do next?" ”

Naokami Matsubara slowly stood up, and walked around the bonfire with a command knife: "Aso-kun, I want to ask something, do you feel anything?" ”

Aso was stunned for a moment: "What? What do you mean by your Excellency the Brigade Commander? ”

Naokami Matsubara raised his head: "Ackberil's attacks in the previous few days were all fake, from the very beginning of the battle, they formulated this policy to defeat us, that is, to raid our supplies, and then force us to choose to cross the river. He set the trap here from the beginning. Waiting for us to get in. ”…,

Aso Nao thinks. Although the Russians' frontal attacks have always been ferocious, they have never had that kind of life-threatening jiashi, and now I think about it. I think what Naokami Matsubara said makes a lot of sense.

"But I don't understand how the Russians know where our supplies are?" Aso asked.

The corners of Matsubara's mouth raised: "That Russian ** team only has two thousand people, and Akberil dares to send them to attack." It shows that he came for supplies, and I am sure that among the East Asian death armies, there must be Russian spies. And the identity of this spy will not be too low, otherwise he would not have known about it. ”

Aso Nao took a step forward and whispered, "That." What does the brigade commander mean? ”

Naokami Matsubara's hand touched the handle of the knife: "We don't have a place to stay now, Aso-kun." I want you and Feng Delin to take a group of men and horses to Yulun Mountain first, and then we will settle down there. ”

"But, will that Yang Beat Ghost let us go to him?"

Straight to Songyuan's yin smiled: "You and Feng Delin can just bring some troops over first, and you don't have to think about other things." ”

Although Aso Nao had a stomach full of doubts, he didn't say anything more: "Hayi." ”

Feng Delin didn't think as much as Aso, he was a bandit, a bandit who hated the Russians very much, he could leave a lot of things behind in order to fight the Russians, and he would cooperate with whoever could help him.

This defeat caused his East Asian death army to suffer heavy losses, but those old brothers are still there, which is somewhat a comfort to him. Hearing that Nao Aso said that Naogami Matsubara was going to Yang Xiaolin, Feng Delin thought it was a good idea. Just like when Lao Maozi surrounded and suppressed Yang Xiaolin, he said that Yang Xiaolin could go to him at any time, everyone walked on the road and helped each other as it should be.

So he immediately handed over the team to the two brothers Lu Lao Liu and Lu Lao Qi, and he and Aso Nao left first with a few hundred people. Lu Lao Liu is still very steady, he has been with him for many years, Feng Delin is very relieved to do things, and there is also Zhishang Songyuan here, there should be no mistakes.

As soon as Feng Delin left the team, he sent someone over again and asked Lu Lao Liu to bring a few people to him for a meeting, saying that he wanted to discuss some things. Lu Lao Liu's heart was a little strange, weishenme went straight to Songyuan and didn't say it just now? Is there anything to discuss that you can't let your eldest brother know?

This thought only flashed through his mind, and he immediately stopped thinking about it, because Naogami Matsubara and he had known him for many years, and he felt that he might be thinking too much.

Lu Lao Liu immediately called the brothers over according to the list.

Li Hong was injured in the arm by a bomb when he broke through today, and his face was a little pale when he came: "Brother-in-law, what's the matter?" ”

He called Lu Lao Liu to call his brother-in-law, but in fact, Lu Lao Liu and his sister were not married. This matter has to be said fifteen years ago, at that time, Lu Lao Liu was not a bandit, but just a long-term worker in a rich man's family, and Li Hong was too, Li Hong's sister worked as a maid in the rich man's house.

Lu Lao Liu and Li Hong's sister are very eye-to-eye, and both of them have been engaged for life in private, but the rich man who killed that day was over sixty years old and actually wanted to marry Li Hong's sister as a child. Li Hong's sister swore to die, and in order to protect her innocence, she plunged into the Liao River and never came up again.

Lu Laoliu, Lu Laoqi and Li Hong killed more than 20 members of the rich man in one go, and became bandits from then on.

Although he and Li Hong's sister are not married, Li Hong has always called his brother-in-law, and in Lu Laoliu's opinion, Li Hong is also his other brother.

"I don't know what's going on, so let's go to Songbara, let's go."