Chapter 110: Cutting the Heart
In this war, Yang Xiaolin fought psychological warfare with the Russians in many places, such as when he first entered Mongolia, he set the first target of annihilation on Akpolier, because after defeating Kulen, the already passive Russian troops could have a sense of despair that wanted to retreat.
Many people think that psychological warfare is a tactic first invented by foreigners, but in fact, this understanding is completely wrong, and we Chinese are the ancestors of tactics in war.
We won't talk about the classic psychological warfare of the empty city plan, some people say that it is wild history. Let's talk about the official history, as early as the Warring States Period, Zhao attacked the important city of Maiqiu, which was a classic psychological breakdown!
King Huiwen asked Zhao Hao to take Maiqiu within a month, but because there were many Mo disciples in the city who were good at defending the city to help defend it, the Zhao army failed to capture it even after several days of heavy casualties. Zhao Hao interrogated the captives strictly, wanting to ask about the situation in the city, but the soldiers of Qi were very strong and did not say anything about their death.
At this time, Zhao Kuo came out, and he was the one who talked about it on paper in the future.
Zhao Kuo gave these captives food every day, was very polite to them, and gave them food to take back to the city for their families to eat. So, someone among the captives quietly told Zhao Kuo that there was not much food in the city, and it was all controlled by the Qi army. The people have long been out of food and have begun to eat people. Zhao Kuo asked how long the Qi army could hold out. The captives said they could hold on for a few months. So Zhao Kuo suggested that the attack be stopped and all the prisoners should be put back.
After the captives returned, they said that this Zhao army was very polite, did not insult them, and let them eat enough. Let them bring back the food. Some of the people in the city wanted to come out and surrender to Zhao Hao.
When the Qi generals saw that the captives had caused a commotion in the city, they locked them all up. Both the soldiers and the people complained about this, and the defense, which was originally an iron plate, appeared from the inside.
Zhao Kuo came up with an idea at this time and asked Zhao Hao to use a stone thrower to throw grain into the city. After the Zhao army threw food into the city every day, he went back to the camp to rest, and did not say anything to the city, let alone attack the city.
In the first few days, the Qi army defending the city sent representatives to send the grain back, telling Zhao Hao that the Zhao army would attack if they wanted to fight. Don't throw any more grain. Zhao Hao asked him to go back to the city and wait. But they didn't attack, they just continued to throw food into the city.
A few days later, the Qi generals defending the city sent representatives to negotiate with Zhao Hao to choose a decisive battle. I'm not guarding the city, how about we have a fight outside the city? Zhao Hao listened to Zhao Kuo's opinion. Refused to meet with him. Keep throwing food. A few more days passed. Maiqiu's soldiers killed the Qi generals defending the city and surrendered.
That's the standard heartbeat!
Yang Xiaolin now adopts the same method against Kilingsky's heavy army group, Kilingsky is also short of food, and the soldiers can only eat one porridge a day. It was still made of unpalatable chaff, and a few pieces of black bread were in the hands of the officers.
Yang Xiaolin asked Duan Qirui to put hundreds of catties of white-flour steamed buns in front of the Russian position every day. What are these hundreds of catties of steamed buns enough for those Russian soldiers to eat? So it's up to who's got it!
The Russian soldiers had now become accustomed to the fact that every morning at six o'clock many troops gathered at the forefront of the position, not to prepare for battle, but to grab steamed buns. That time period can be said to be the most courageous time for the Russian soldiers, at first it was a single act of individuals, and later it was seen that there were too many people, and one person grabbed and suffered, and the Russians came over as an organization.
The scene was like an American-style football game, as the Chinese put the steamed buns on the ground, those Russians were like those desperate players, desperately rushing up, really moving guys to hit people!
In addition, under the steamed bun frame, Commander Yang will stuff some leaflets, written in Russian, these leaflets are meaningless, nothing more than to say to those Russian soldiers, don't give your life to the tsar anymore, don't listen to your superiors anymore, your wives and children are still waiting for you at home.
When the Russians were facing a military predicament and the soldiers were already feeling a little hopeless about the war, the role of these means was quite obvious, and a large number of Russian soldiers came to surrender every day.
Lao Maozi didn't spare his hands in order to snatch steamed buns, and there were many Russian soldiers who were injured during the robbery, and it was not uncommon to seek revenge afterwards, and it even happened that two companies occupied each other because of this incident.
Although Kilingsky wanted to control the situation, he ordered the officers to take charge of getting the steamed buns back, and then distribute them according to the head. Unfortunately, the Russian soldiers did not trust their officers now, believing that once the food reached the officers, they might not even see the scum.
Yang Xiaolin believed that when he killed the Stessel Corps, it would not be long before the hundreds of thousands of troops around Kilingsky would collapse.
Stessel's progress is very smooth, defeating him is no longer any problem, and even in time it must be much earlier than Yang Xiaolin expected, but the problem now is that Yang Xiaolin wants Stessel to surrender, and he asks Zaitao to send a letter to Stessel every day, as long as the Russian troops surrender, he guarantees their treatment.
This is also to do the work to kill Kilingsky more smoothly, although Commander Yang already has an Akpolil in his hands, but the meaning of a commander being captured on the battlefield or voluntarily surrendering is completely different, Akpolil was captured with all his strength, although the Far Eastern Army was completely annihilated, but they fought to the last moment.
Surrender is different, the surrender of generals often means that they have lost hope in the war, and the effect is equivalent to declaring directly to the enemy and their own soldiers: "We have no hope, we are the losing side." ”
Then the vast number of ordinary soldiers and ordinary generals will not fight bravely in the face of a terrifying battlefield.
There are still more than 500,000 Russian soldiers around Kilensky, and if they really have hope for the war and the courage to fight, each of these more than 500,000 people will fight hard with the Chinese troops, and it will also cause a lot of losses to the Chinese side.
Yang Xiaolin is now firmly convinced of victory, he is already planning how to go next, and naturally he is not willing to shed too much blood for a battle without suspense. Just like with Yuan Shikai, Yang Xiaolin has already planned what he will do after killing Lao Yuan and Sun Wen.
Beijing.
After Yang Du put down today's newspaper, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, Sheng Huaixuan, who was sitting next to him, hesitated for a moment, and finally said worriedly: "Huizi, as soon as Sa Daoyi's words came out, he was immediately unanimously supported by Beiyang and Sun Wen, should we restrain ourselves a little at this time?" The matter in the martial arts hall is not over yet, Lei Zhenchun seems to smell something, he has been running into the militia camp for the past few days, in case he finds out something, I'm afraid we can't afford either of us. ”
Yang Du's hand shook the teacup gently, blew away the tea leaves floating on the water, and took a small sip, Sa Daoyi suddenly came to China at this time, and released such a remark, which really made Yang Du not expect.
Originally, his plan was implemented very smoothly, you must know that there are many people in the Ludao Revolutionary Party who are very radical, and after the bombing, their trust in Yuan Shikai has dropped to the extreme, and Yang Du believes that as long as he can add more fire, the two sides will definitely fight.
But at this time, Sun Wen and Yuan Shikai actually led the topic to Sa Daoyi, and they seemed to be trying their best to dilute the smell of explosives that had not yet subsided.
"Convergence is not good, Sheng Lao, there is no way to turn back after some steps have been taken, we can only continue to walk."
Sheng Huaixuan didn't speak, Yang Du found Sheng Huaixuan and said two questions, the first is that he and Yang beat the ghost to kill Yuan Shikai and Sun Wen, and the second is that after killing Yuan Shikai and Sun Wen, China will focus on economic development and army building.
Yang Du said, Yang and I have a different attitude towards fighting ghosts than Sun Wen and Lao Yuan, they are pursuing democracy and autocracy, and for us, it doesn't matter whether it is democracy or autocracy, the important thing is that we take the construction of two aspects as the goal, "gold" and "iron".
At that time, Sheng Huaixuan was really hesitant, and the person who persuaded Sheng Huaixuan was Yang Xiaolin.
After listening to Yang Du's words, Sheng Huaixuan asked for an interview with Commander Yang, and during that conversation, Sheng Huaixuan asked Yang Xiaolin a question, that is, how to solve the land problem of China's current peasants.
The land in China was concentrated in the hands of the landlords, and the peasants lived a very hard life, but during the war they not only had to serve as people's husbands, but even directly joined the army. In today's words, they are gnawing on cabbage sticks, but they are doing errands that cost their lives.
This contradiction is now covered up by the victory of the war, but Sheng Huaixuan knows very well that no matter who sits in the country, it depends on whether he can solve this problem!
He also asked Lao Yuan and Sun Wen, and Lao Yuan's answer to Sheng Huaixuan was to redivide the land according to the head. This is the practice of previous dynasties, there is nothing new, and it treats the symptoms but not the root cause. Mr. Sun Wen said that it is necessary to learn from the Western model and turn those peasants into workers. This is very innovative, but it is too idealistic, China simply does not have so many factories that can accommodate more than 300 million peasants, and it is not in line with China's national conditions to drive the peasants off the land.
When Sheng Huaixuan questioned Yang Xiaolin, he also had the attitude of giving it a try, to be honest, he really didn't believe that Commander Yang, who rushed all the way from Yulu Mountain, would have a better way than President Yuan, who had been in politics in Beijing for many years, and Mr. Sun Wen, who had returned from studying abroad.
Yang Xiaolin said that if they win this internal dispute, the first thing they have to do is land reform! It is urgent for more than 300 million farmers to live a stable life!
Restrictions must be placed on the land of landlords, and the maximum amount of land that can be owned by each household must be clearly defined by the laws of the country. What about the extra land? Carry out land reform.
Rest assured, Yang Xiaolin's land reform will never use Taizu's set, and he really admires Taizu's old man's ability to fight the world, but he doesn't dare to compliment him on his governing policy. (To be continued......)