Chapter Sixty-Eight: Passing By

With Tang Yulin's gunshot, General Akberlill put down his binoculars, but there was a smug smile on his face: "How about Mardinov, I said that it was one hundred and fifty meters!" You lose. ”

Major General Mardinov stood beside Akpolil with a look of disbelief on his face, and when he sent this man, the general said that he was going to die, which is not surprising, it is strange that Akberil actually calculated exactly where this person was going to die, which is really a bit unbelievable.

Mardynov played very well in the Russo-Japanese War, and he fought several very good battles in the face of the extreme disadvantage of the Russian army, and although he could not save the situation, he also shined his light in a group of mediocre talents.

Originally, according to his merits, he could have returned to Russia to seek a higher position, or he could have been directly promoted to lieutenant general. But the Russian army of this era was quite dark, and it was precisely because he was better than others that his merits were obliterated by others. Coupled with Mardinov's background, his parents were ordinary workers, so naturally there was no chance.

If it weren't for General Akpolil's efforts to fight for him in front of the Far Eastern commander, he might not even be able to mix up with the current major general. Therefore, Martinov had a lot of respect for General Akpolil, and after the war, he continued to play the role of staff officer by the general's side.

"General, I wonder what you guessed on the basis of this?"

Akpolir said: "It's easy, get to know your opponent!" Before the war, we collected a lot of information about the volunteers, and Tang Yulin's personality determined that he must be on the front line just now, and I also knew very well how accurate his marksmanship was. ”

Mardinov's eyes were full of admiration, and Akberil had already turned this matter over: "Tang Yulin must be waiting for me to attack him, and to be honest, I really want to defeat Liaoping immediately!" This is the beast's nest, and to lay it down means washing away the shame for us! ”

When the general said this, his eyes were very eagerly staring at the line of volunteers on the opposite side, but in the end he sighed: "It's a pity that we have to disappoint them this time." Map. ”

Martinov immediately put the operational map in front of Akperil. The general stared at the map for a while, and put his finger on the position of Jinzhou: "We are still six hundred kilometers away from Jinzhou, we must arrive within ten days, the time is a little tight, order Guregrevich to surround Liaoping immediately, and the other troops speed up, and be sure to pass the whole army before dark today." ”

The Russians were originally coming to Liaoping. According to the military intentions of Commander Kuropatkin before the war, the 200,000-strong army advanced steadily, first not giving the volunteers the opportunity to fight with the Russians, and then encircled Liaoping.

Their combat strategy for Liaoping was a long-term siege. This was complemented by heavy shelling. Do not seek to attack the city, but seek to attack the heart. It's best if you can beat it, but if you can't beat it, you definitely don't attack it. When the Japanese and Yang Dagui were exhausted, Yang Dagui would naturally jump into Changbai Mountain, and Liaoping would be at his fingertips at that time.

It was supposed to be a whole day of artillery bombardment today! But this operation suddenly changed when it was about to begin, because Yuan Shikai announced that he had entered Mongolia.

This is simply something that the Russians cannot accept! Although they are still saying that the Mongolian affairs are the Chinese's own affairs, when the Chinese really want to solve it themselves, how can they watch Yuan Shikai's 50,000 Beiyang army really enter Kulun?

The attitude of the Russians is quite resolute, and they do not go all out to fight Yang and ghosts. It's because they wanted the Japanese to touch this hard bone from the beginning, otherwise how could they say that they would also give up the interests of Liaodong to Little Japan? Are Russians really good?

But it's different for the Beiyang Army, in their eyes, the Beiyang Army is a soft persimmon, and Lao Yuan announced that he would send troops. The Russians suddenly felt that they had been greatly humiliated! It just so happened that they wanted to find an excuse so that Yang Dagui could do the Japanese with more confidence, didn't the Beiyang Army want to send troops to Mongolia? Good!

We're going to beat you up in Jinzhou! Yuan Shikai said that within ten days, the Beiyang Army would march into Kulun, and Lao Maozi planned to drive 200,000 troops to your Jinzhou defense line within ten days! The reason is that the Russians don't think about it, just make up one at will. It doesn't matter what expatriates are killed, what two armies clash, it doesn't matter if others believe it or not. As long as you can't beat me.

Lao Maozi is so virtuous, they are going to bully Yuan Shikai! In order to prevent Yang from beating ghosts to fight him, Lao Yuan set up several lines of defense from Jinzhou to Beijing, and Akberlir believed that as long as he broke through the two, Yuan Shikai would immediately panic.

It is unlikely that they will hit Beijing, and those European gentlemen will not agree to let the Russians mess around. The British will definitely come forward to negotiate, and Russia can withdraw its troops from Jinzhou at that time, but Mongolia, Yuan Shikai, don't think about taking it back.

General Akberlir is very confident in the battle with the Beiyang Army, but what he is worried about now is whether Yang Dagui will cause trouble for himself from behind! The volunteers can't do it now, but those guys like to destroy their own railways and bridges, and it's not once or twice that Yang beats ghosts to attack other people's supplies, so they have to put some of them.

"After passing through Liaoping, we will be able to reach Mukden in five days, and we must keep a force in Mukden to ensure that it can be a safe supply depot for us, and also to prevent the volunteers from attacking us from behind."

Martinov nodded in response: "I have already made arrangements, two regiments of the Siberian Army will be stationed in Jinzhou. ”

Akberil waved his hand after hearing this: "No! Two regiments are too few, at least one corps. ”

Mardinov was really shocked: "General! Even if Yang Dagui has the idea of attacking us, he doesn't have many troops in Liaodong anymore! ”

General Akberlir smiled bitterly, he was really worried!

This beast is a typical nationalist, even if he and Yuan Shikai have parted ways now, they can't help but guard against him! What's more, there is also a new guest thing happening during this period of time!

Akpolier can swear to God that the incident at Xinbin Primary School is really an unexpected accident! Before the Russian troops entered Liaodong, he and Commander Kuropatkin made a military rule that they would never aim their guns at civilians in Liaodong.

This is not because they are afraid of Yang fighting ghosts, and it is not because they are kind, but they have learned the lessons of the Russo-Japanese War. In the early days of the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese organized a large number of Chinese to fight with Russian troops, and although most of these people were taken in by Yang to Zuihou, it really made the Russians very passive in the early stage of the war.

Also, there are many Russian merchants in Liaodong today, and these merchants need labor, and they even protect the lives of local Chinese to some extent. Lao Maozi felt that it was no good to make the Chinese fight with them like they had a few years ago, so they even wrote this article in the military regulations, strictly ordering soldiers to target civilians.

Those GIs really drank too much!

After the incident, Akpolir had wanted to deal with the GIs and kill at least one or two people. But the resistance is too great! Although the military regulations are clearly written, they are quite difficult to enforce. Is there a price to pay for killing a few Chinese in the idea of Lao Maozi? So the Russians chose another way to solve this problem.

When this solution came down, Akpolil felt uneasy, and what made him even more disturbed was that the beast didn't say a word!

He immediately issued an order to raise the vigilance of all troops and let the Russian expatriates living in Liaodong evacuate immediately, so as to prevent Yang Dagui from launching a crazy revenge against them.

Akberlier knew that Yang Xiaolin was not Yuan Shikai, although Yuan Shikai was now very powerful, and he asked all countries to come out to uphold justice and send troops to quell the Kulun rebellion, but he didn't even dare to say the word declaration of war, and only sent 50,000 troops, do you want to have a friendship with yourself?

There is a saying in China that is very true, a dog that can bite people does not bark.

The actions of the Russians were really a bit unexpected by Tang Yulin! According to what the Volunteers knew about the Russian troops, when the Zuihou ultimatum failed, it must have been followed by heavy shelling. Tang Yulin also knew that Lao Maozi brought a lot of artillery this time, and the Russians knocked out dozens of tons of shells in the battle against the 11th Division!

According to this calculation, they will have to suffer at least a few hundred tons. Therefore, Ma You immediately let the large army into the tunnel, ready to hide from the fierce artillery fire of the Russians. But after they entered the tunnel, they waited for more than ten minutes, dozens of minutes, and they didn't see Lao Maozi's shells fall!

Two hours passed, and the Russians still did not fire their artillery and had no intention of attacking. Tang Dahu had already returned to the headquarters in Liaoping, but he couldn't hold his breath at this time, so he ran to the front line to take a look.

This look turned out to reveal that a large number of Russian troops passed outside the city of Liaoping! Coming from the east, it went to the west, and the same goes for the artillery, which has no intention of stopping here! They didn't even set up camp or build fortifications.

This really made Tang Yulin more confused the more he looked at it, and he couldn't figure it out!

"Ma You, what's going on?"

Ma You scratched his head: "It seems that Lao Maozi didn't plan to beat us, they surrounded us probably because they were afraid that we would go out and cause trouble for them, right?" ”

Feng Delin glared at him: "You still need to say this!" I'm asking you, what the hell are the Russians trying to do? ”

Ma You really couldn't answer this question, Feng Delin looked at it for a long time, until he was really sure that the Russians were indeed passing by, and felt that this matter was really a bit serious, and Lao Maozi's actions were beyond the expectations of the volunteers: "No, you are here to keep an eye on me, I will hurry up and send a telegram." ”

Feng Delin didn't stop for a moment, and hurriedly ran back to the division headquarters, explaining the situation here to Yang Xiaolin and Zhang Zuolin. Especially on Zhang Zuolin's side, the Russians went west, and Zhang Lao's five thousand people are now staying in Jinzhou! (To be continued......)