At seven o'clock in the evening, Yang Xiaolin received the battle report from the front, the volunteers successfully broke through the second line of defense of the Japanese army, and now the entire Jiuben Wing has been suppressed by them on the top of the nameless mountain, the strongest Japanese fighting wing has now been isolated, Li Debiao only waited for tomorrow dawn to eat them in one bite.

This was just eleven hours after Yang Xiaolin's forty-eight hours to Li Debiao, and Yang Xiaolin was really a little happy: "Good job!" I knew that kid could do something. What were the casualties of the Liaoxi detachment? Can Li Debiao fight again? ”

The staff officer sent by Biaozi to deliver the message said, "Report to the commander! The casualties of our detachment were also very large, especially the regiment that broke through the Japanese defense line first, with more than 800 casualties. ”

This casualty figure made Yang Xiaolin's heart sink, but the battle was like this, and now his own casualties were larger, but once he broke through the opponent's defensive line, the Japanese would lose far more soldiers in the rout of the whole line.

Especially those puppet troops on their two flanks, Yang Xiaolin's attack tomorrow will focus on those people.

After Biaozi breaks through, he will definitely adjust the second line of defense immediately, and that line of defense will be opened with Iwayama County as the center. And if Naokami Matsubara wants to have enough time to adjust the defense of the Japanese army, he must throw these puppet troops to himself, at least 10,000 people, otherwise he will not be able to hold it off.

Tomorrow's battle looks like there is no suspense, and Yang Xiaolin is now thinking about how to fight Yanshan County.

If this line of defense were to be conquered by itself, the entire defense system of little Japan would collapse. At that time, the troops of Naokami Matsubara will be in a rout, and they will be hunted down all the way by themselves, and whether this old friend can survive or not depends on his luck.

Mark walked in from the outside, and he was now wearing a Minuteman uniform, as it would make it easier for him to move.

"Commander, I heard that your troops are about to make a breakthrough, right?"

In Mark's opinion, Yang Xiaolin, this guy is indeed much more open than the commanders of those armies in the West. Although the West allows military journalists. However, the actions and speeches of military journalists are subject to certain restrictions.

For example, during the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese side censored the manuscripts of the reporters accompanying the army and found that there was news unfavorable to the Japanese army. will politely ask for a change, otherwise they will kick you out of the army.

But Yang beats ghosts differently. This guy came out with some military secrets that he couldn't leak to himself, and basically didn't restrict Mark's activities. Moreover, he did not ask himself to change the sentences on his manuscript that were written to cater to Western readers.

Yang Xiaolin raised his head: "Of course! I told you that Naokami Matsubara can hold out for three days, even if he has the ability, it's only a day and a half, right? Tomorrow I will be able to take the Nameless Mountain, and his first line of defense is over. Definitely not waiting until the morning after tomorrow! ”

Mark believed Yang Da's words, took out a pen and paper to prepare to make a record, and raised his eyes to look at Yang Xiaolin: "First of all, please allow me to congratulate you, and then please answer two questions, first." If the Japanese were defeated, would they really be slaughtered? Second, when do you think you won the war with the Japanese? ”

Yang Xiaolin smiled, this can be regarded as a routine interview, he first answered Mark's first question. And the answer is so crisp. Others are very taboo about such things as massacres, and they don't say anything about them. But Yang Dagui is different, he has not done it, he began to say: "The massacre is certain, you can write it in the newspaper, my aim is to never issue an ultimatum to the Japanese." If they surrender now, I might have spared their lives, but once the shots rang out, they would have lost their chance to live forever. ”…,

Mark's pen recorded quickly, without interrupting Yang Xiaolin's words. Yang Xiaolin then said the second question: "As for when victory is won, I think that when all the Japanese and Japanese troops with guns disappear on Chinese soil, I can say that I have won." ”

Mark didn't look up at all: "Commander, Japan is very strong, even if they are experiencing some difficulties now, I believe they will be able to solve it soon." I'm a little worried that your base is so small compared to the whole of Japan. ”

Yang Xiaolin smiled: "I know Mr. Mark's worries, but don't worry, I'm not alone in this regard." ”

Mark raised his head curiously at this time, and the fast-flowing tip of the pen paused slightly: "Oh? Does the Commander have allies? Can you tell me about whether the Russians are supporting you in a war? ”

Yang Xiaolin's eyes looked at Mark, and a hint of cunning suddenly flashed in his eyes: "No, it's not Russians." I want to thank you, the British Government, for the tremendous support it gave us in this war, and that it was unrequited, and I was very touched by it. Mr. Mark, I ask you to express for me in the newspaper my gratitude to the British Empire for this help. ”

Mark was already stunned: "The British government ......"

Yang Xiaolin smiled slightly: "Yes." ”

Mukden.

Zhang Dewu, Chen Tianhua, and Zou Rong walked side by side into the meeting place of their makeshift council, where forty or fifty people were already seated, most of them were Fengtian squires, landlords, and merchants.

After seeing Chen Tianhua and them come in, these squires immediately stood up from their chairs, and some of them came over to kowtow according to the Manchu Qing rules.

Chen Tianhua hurriedly said: "Everyone sit down, our volunteers are not the Qing Dynasty, we fight the country so that everyone can stand and speak in the future, in our place, no matter who you meet, you don't have to kneel for him." ”

The few people who had already flashed out were suddenly a little embarrassed, and they didn't know what to do after looking at each other. Chen Tianhua continued: "Kneeling is a sign of submission, and as a member of the volunteers, we demand that everyone never give in! ”

The squires finally said nothing more and turned and walked back to their places.

Chen Tianhua and Zhang Dewu also walked to the seats reserved for them in advance and sat down. Zou Rong opened his folder, turned the first page and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, you must remember what Chairman Chen said to you just now, and not giving in is our only criterion. Not only do you not give in to the enemy, but we also want you to stand up to your own ideas. As we discuss things in the future, I hope you will stick to what you think is right. ”

Those squires were obviously still a little uncomfortable, and Zhao Zhanyuan coughed lightly at this time. looked at Chen Tianhua: "Chairman Chen, since you said so, then I will talk about my own opinion." ”

Zhao Zhanyuan spoke. The squires breathed a sigh of relief. This is when they came to discuss haode matters, and there are some issues that they have to figure out, but they don't dare to say it themselves, so they will find Zhao Zhanyuan to come forward.

In the eyes of these people, Zhang Zuolin is now a member of the Volunteer Army, and Zhao Zhanyuan should be able to speak. Originally, Zhao Zhanyuan didn't want to be this up-and-coming bird to pick things up with Chen Tianhua, but later Yang Du took the initiative to find Zhao Zhanyuan, and Yang Du said that he supported Zhao Zhanyuan.

This suddenly emboldened Zhao Zhanyuan a lot.

Chen Tianhua glanced at him, nodded and said, "Okay." Director Zhao has something to say. ”

Zhao Zhanyuan said: "It stands to reason that your volunteers have defeated Mukden and can protect the property of our people, and we should be grateful for what will happen in the future." No more finger-pointing. But since Director Chen has asked us to speak, I will say a few words on behalf of you. ”…,

He was very slippery, and he conveyed three signals to Chen Tianhua with this sentence, first, he didn't want to say it. Second, it was Chen Tianhua who asked him to say it. Third. He said it on behalf of everyone.

Of course, Chen Tianhua understood, and smiled slightly: "Old man, please speak up." ”

Zhao Zhanyuan got to the point: "I heard that the squires of Liaodong are all engaged in buying and selling, and they can do it if they want to come to us, right?" ”

Chen Tianhua snorted: "Naturally, everyone treats everyone equally, and the policies of Liaodong can be implemented here." ”

Zhao Zhanyuan immediately said: "We don't know much about doing business, but we feel that it is a bit inappropriate to implement such a policy in Mukden now." You Liaodong people have been doing business for several years, there is a market and a way, what do we have here? ”

Chen Tianhua somewhat understood what these people meant, and he glanced at Zhao Zhanyuan: "What does Old Man Zhao mean?" ”

"I don't mean anything else, I just hope that those roads in Liaodong can give us some."

When he said this, his confidence was also a little insufficient, he had done business, he naturally knew that since it was a business, he would buy and sell everything, but the only thing that was not sold was the way. If they hadn't seen that the merchants of Liaodong were very rich now, they would not have put forward such conditions.

Just like that Chen De, who took him seriously as a small landowner in the countryside when Yang Dagui didn't go before? Now it's good, and the five people and six people make these big families in Fengtian City very unhappy.

But there is no way to be unhappy, Zhao Zhanyuan said this, Chen Tianhua can agree best, if he doesn't agree, it is also in his expectation, after all, Liaodong won the war.

Unexpectedly, Chen Tianhua hadn't spoken yet, so Zou Rong said first: "If you feel that you need to do this, you can write a proposal to Chairman Chen, and then Chairman Chen will arrange for those directors in Liaodong to sit with you and discuss, as long as the majority agrees, let's not discuss this issue now." ”

Those squires in Fengtian were stunned for a moment, let them talk to the people of Liaodong by themselves? Just talk about it? Is it really possible?

Before their questions were asked, Zou Rong continued: "Today we are mainly here for three things, first, to elect the Fengtian Council, and you yourself will elect the members of the Council and the chairman, and this chairman must be responsible for all things in Fengtian in the future. ”

His eyes looked around: "Of course, there are two people missing among you, one is the local representative of the people in Mukden, and the second is the representative of the workers. ”

"The second question is about the current order in Mukden, how to quickly return the lives of ordinary people to normal, which is what we must solve urgently. I hope that you will have a detailed proposal submitted tomorrow morning, and we will discuss both issues here until he adopts them. ”

Zou Rong's words shocked these squires, although they already knew the model of Liaodong, but really let them make a plan for how to manage Fengtian? This seems to be something that the old men only did.

There was some trepidation in their hearts, some excitement, a little bit of disbelief that this was true.

Zou Rong closed the notebook: "What we have to deal with tonight is the problem of those officials of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. (To be continued)