Chapter 20: Blood Debt
Just when the tragedy of Wudaojiang had just occurred, Xinbin, Liuhe, Qingyuan, and Tonghua were attacked by the Russians almost simultaneously.
In the town of Yongling in Xinbin, the situation is almost the same as that of Wudaojiang. The mayor of the town also opened the gate with the same idea as Zhang Deqing, but the whole town was killed by the Russians, and a few dared to resist, and the Russians cut off their heads, chopped them into mashed meat, and wrapped them into dumplings at night, forcing the women they caught to eat.
Ma Wucai, the landlord of Dachuan in Tonghua, was very courageous when the Russians suddenly surrounded Tunzi, and led the militia to resist, and at the same time immediately sent people to ask for help from the county commander and Qian Yao's four regiments. Although Qian Yao was not there, the Fourth Regiment still sent reinforcements. The Tonghua County Commander also sent local officials to negotiate with the Russians.
The Russians ignored the prefectural prefectural envoys and killed the people sent by the prefectural magistrate. The four regiments rushed several times but were not able to break through the encirclement of the Russians. They did not give up, and instead mobilized all the nearby militia groups to come to support, hoping to rescue the old folks in Dachuan.
But the Russians did not give them this opportunity, and a heavy artillery fire turned Dachuan into ruins! The whole river was plunged into a sea of fire, including the women and children hiding in the tunnels, all of whom were shocked to death by the Russian artillery fire! The tunnel was not dug through, and of more than 1,000 fathers and villagers, only one deaf and mute old man who could not hear his ears survived.
The bandits of the fourth regiment had no choice, and seeing that Dachuan could no longer be saved, the Russians turned their heads and pounced on them, and in order to ensure that they would not be eaten by the Russians again, they could only retreat.
In Liuhe, the situation is slightly better.
The bandits of the 2nd Regiment fought fiercely with the Russians for half an hour, covering the retreat of the villagers into the mountains and forests, but they were obviously inexperienced in the organization of the retreat, and the whole scene was very chaotic. When the second regiment could not bear it, the Russians caught up, and more than 500 villagers who did not leave fell into the hands of the Russians.
It was completely different from the tactics of the Russians to capture Feng Delin. If the Russians beat Feng Delin if it was a sneak attack, then beating Yang Xiaolin was a standard hunt! And this time the hunting operation can be said to be quite perfect, they are like grabbing a fierce jackal, first quietly approaching, then surrounding, cutting off all the jackal's retreat, and then, slowly advancing forward, eliminating him.
An army of 50,000! That's enough for the Russians to launch a large-scale campaign against any country. Commander Kulopatkin obviously did not make the mistake of his predecessor, he attached great importance to this hunt, and he also maintained enough vigilance against Yang Xiaolin, the prey.
Qingyuan was also attacked by the Russian army, and Yang Xiaolin did not expect that one of his military exercises could turn into actual combat. The chance encounter surprised both sides, and after an exchange of fire, the attacking Russian soldiers left more than 100 corpses and retreated in a hurry. The Russian offensive was frustrated.
Yang Xiaolin took the opportunity to retreat with his troops to the nearest Tukanzitun, where there were some improvised fortifications for him to defend, and the Russians also redeployed their troops, staring at Yang Xiaolin while sending people to ask for help from the nearby Russian army.
At this time, they didn't know that the bandit they were facing was Yang Dagui.
Seeing that the enemy on the opposite side was not in a hurry to attack, Yang Xiaolin's heart was not at all relaxed. It can be seen from the actions of the Russians that this encounter must be a long-planned military operation by the Russians, and what is the situation of the other troops? Yang Xiaolin was a little worried.
He had already asked all the regiment commanders to return to their stations, and immediately after returning they would cover the transfer of the villagers, and then withdraw the troops into the Changbai Mountain. But he didn't know if it was too late to do this. …,
Sui Bing ran over from the side: "General, the villagers have almost left, and some young people in the tunzi are unwilling to go, they want to fight with us!" ”
Yang Xiaolin saw Sui Bing followed by a young man in silk, the young man's name was Liu Zhongtian, who was the head of the militia group, that is, the eldest son of this Tunzi Master Liu.
Liu Zhongtian hugged his fist at Yang Xiaolin: "The master, this time the old Maozi came to attack my tunzi, thank you for the help of the family, my father has evacuated with the old and weak in the tunzi, my father said, I can't let the head of the family resist the Russians alone, let me come to help!" ”
Yang Xiaolin looked at the resolute look on the face of the landlord young master, and smiled inwardly. He knows this kind of landlord young master best, the righteousness he said before the fight was awe-inspiring, and when the Russians opened fire, it would be good if he could hold the gun!
Having said that, it's okay for people to have this heart, which shows that Sui Bing has done a good job in this regard. Yang Xiaolin patted Liu Zhongtian on the shoulder: "Liu Gongzi, I took the gun to protect you, now the Russians are mobilizing reinforcements, it is estimated that it will not be long before their new attack will begin, if you really want to help me, just follow what I said, immediately send someone to contact the nearby tunzi, and let the villagers run to the mountains quickly!" Remember, you are doing me the greatest favor by taking the villagers to live. ”
These words made Liu Zhongtian's heart very uncomfortable, he felt a little despised and at the same time admired Yang Xiaolin for being so righteous, and when he was hesitating, Sui Bing said on the side: "Liu Gongzi, you better go first, go back and talk to Master Liu, stay in the mountains for a while, the Russians have not left, you must not come out." Also, your father's body is not very good, and it is too cold in the mountains, you have to take care of him, do you know? ”
Liu Zhongtian who said this with Bing could accept it, and the young master of the landlord glanced at Yang Xiaolin, and said with some embarrassment: "That...... I won't trouble the master. ”
Yang Xiaolin nodded: "Well, remember to help me inform the other tunzi, if you can go, go to the county seat, after all, it is the county seat of the Qing Dynasty, and the Russians should not go too far." Also, let Sui Bing write a letter to the county magistrate and ask him to be on guard. ”
Liu Zhongtian had just left with Biaozi's letter when a bandit rushed over from the front, shouting from afar: "Boss! It's not good, all the people in Liujiatunzi are dead! ”
Yang Xiaolin's face changed greatly when he heard this: "What's the matter?" ”
He knew that the lonely city was difficult to defend, so after retreating, he asked people to contact Liujia Tunzi, which was a few miles away, on the one hand, to let those villagers go quickly, and on the other hand, he also wanted to give himself another choice, put the brothers in the two tunzi to support each other, and the battle would always be better.
The brother ran to him and stopped for a while, then told Yang Xiaolin that he and several brothers were a step late, and by the time they arrived at Liujia Tunzi, the Russians had already broken the tunzi. The Russians tied up the villagers in the tunzi, opened their chests one by one with bayonets, and threw the entrails and corpses into the small river at the edge of the village, and the water to the small river instantly turned scarlet, and the river was blocked.
He was very excited when he said this, and Yang Xiaolin, who heard this, felt an irrepressible anger in his heart! He slammed his fist on the trunk of a nearby tree: "These brutes! ”
The brothers didn't speak, they stared at Yang Xiaolin's figure, and after a while, Yang Xiaolin turned around: "Follow Bing, you hold on to me here until dark, Nyerere, take our people, go." ”
Nyerere glared at him and dragged Yang Xiaolin back: "Yang, I don't think you should leave your brothers behind now, you know?" ”…,
When Yang Xiaolin heard him say this, he immediately knew that his words were a little too simple, and he had obviously misunderstood others. Look at Sui Bing again, although this kid didn't say anything, there was an unconcealable sadness on his face, and this sadness was the outpouring of the mood that could not be hidden after being betrayed and abandoned.
"You have misunderstood, am I the one who left my brother behind? It's just that the biggest threat to us from the Russians is their heavy artillery, those guys have a long range, we can't hit it at all! No matter how good our melee combat is, we can only be beaten if people don't come over. So I want to take out the artillery positions of the Russians. ”
The bandits next to him were relieved when they heard this, Yang Xiaolin knew that he couldn't go, because the team needed him here now, and only if he lived and died with his brothers here, the brothers could persevere!
He immediately changed his attention and pulled Nyerere over: "Nyerere, you can help me do the work of killing the Russian artillery!" ”
Nyerere nodded.
Yang Xiaolin patted his strong shoulder: "Of course I believe you, remember that the first shelling of the Russians will definitely leak the position of the heavy artillery, you have to find them there before the second shelling!" Also, the timing of the end of the Russian artillery should be grasped so that they can launch a second round of strikes, you know? ”
Yang Xiaolin had already sensed the hunting tactics of the Russians, so he was unwilling to be driven back to Yulun Mountain by the Russians! If you want to escape from the paddock, you can only risk killing yourself from the front of the Russians! This is also Yang Xiaolin's only chance, because in Commander Kulopatkin's combat deployment this time, the only thing that the Russians did not calculate was that Yang Xiaolin would be in Qingyuan at this time!
The Russians' first shelling would not be too violent, and Yang Xiaolin estimated that he would be able to resist. Then repel the first round of Russian charges, and the Russians will immediately launch a second round of artillery bombardment. This second round of shelling was the key to the whole battle, and Yang Xiaolin had to dodge this second round of shelling, and Nyerere took out the Russian artillery positions after the second round of shelling.
When the Russians launched the second round of charge, Yang Xiaolin led the team to fight out with a counter-charge! At that time, it was difficult for the Russians to stop him without artillery interception, but if Nyerere had not killed the artillery positions of the Russians, he could only take the team to bomb the Russians outside, it would have been miserable!
Also, if Nyerere had attacked early, the Russians would have no artillery support and would not have launched a second round of charge, and Yang Xiaolin would have been able to charge the positions defended by the Russian army, and he would have suffered heavy casualties. Therefore, the timing must be just right.
Of course, Nyerere understood Yang Xiaolin's intentions, and Nyerere was really a little moved by Yang Xiaolin handing over such a life-threatening matter to himself, and his thick lips trembled a few times: "Don't worry!" ”
Yang Xiaolin believed in Nyerere, and he believed that among his men, Nyerere was the only one who was most suitable for this task, because he was the only one who had received formal military training.
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