Chapter 67: Defending Liaoping
This really made the people of Beijing feel very happy! Not to mention anything else, as soon as Lao Yuan announced his march to Kulun, those who posted big-character posters on the walls of his house, smeared feces, and wrote slogans stopped coming immediately. Yuan Shikai's popularity among the people has risen a lot.
Lao Yuan knows that this is called the hearts of the people, and if he wants to win the world, he must first win the hearts of the people. With the support of the people, he can kill Sun Wen! After killing Sun Wen and controlling the whole of China, he can really handle the affairs of Mongolia.
Therefore, his movements were also quite rapid, and immediately after the press conference, he ordered Feng Guozhang to go north immediately, and 50,000 soldiers were transferred from the Jinzhou front, and the order had been sent to Cao San.
There should be no problem in Jinzhou, Yang Dagui must be exhausted after a fierce battle with the Japanese Second Army, he now has to face the Japanese Third Army, and the 200,000 troops of the Russians are also approaching Liaoping, so he should no longer be able to threaten himself.
Liaoping.
General Gulegrevich's vanguard was only twenty kilometers away from Liaoping, and the rest of the Russian forces were moving in an encirclement.
Tang Yulin knew that Liaoping was a piece of fat for the volunteers to attract Russian troops. Use a Liaoping to drag the Russians' army in Liaodong as much as possible, so that they cannot participate in the battle in Liaoxi, avoid the possibility of launching a second wave of operations with the Russians after the Volunteers complete the attack on the Japanese army, and win enough time for the large army to retreat into Changbai Mountain for repair.
This battle is its own task is to defend to the death. Liaoping is different from other cities, this is a city built by Yang Xiaolin himself, and when the city was built from this place, it was built according to the concept of strategic defense! Not only are the trenches and barbed wire layer upon layer, but even many of the pillboxes are built of steel and concrete, and even Lao Maozi's heavy artillery is difficult to destroy with one shot.
The layout of the houses inside the castle and the factories outside the castle also fully considered the possibility of war. In addition, the reserve of strategic materials is also very sufficient, so Tang Yulin is very confident in guarding Liaoping.
Although the Russians concentrated all Liliang three-way killing. But Tang Yulin believes that he has a division here, and Lao Maozi will not have to spend a month and leave behind 20,000 or 30,000 people, and they will not be able to enter!
The soldiers were already gearing up for the Russians to come, and the townsfolk began to move.
In order to ensure that the villagers were able to withdraw smoothly, Tang Yulin conducted several drills in advance. There were more than 20,000 people in Liaoping, and it took only half an hour for Zuihou to evacuate all the villagers in a drill.
But drills are drills, and when the enemy really kills them, panic is still inevitable.
Gou Sanwa stood in the middle of the tunnel and watched the crowd passing by her. Sweat broke out on his forehead: "Hurry up!" Hurry up! Except for food and clothes, you are not allowed to bring anything else! Those in front are not allowed to stop, and those in the back are not allowed to push! ”
He is now the commander of the militia battalion in Liaoping, and the troops outside are already preparing for battle, and the task of the militia is to organize the safe withdrawal of the villagers from the battlefield before the battle begins, and they are responsible for guarding and carrying supplies after the battle starts, and will also participate directly in the battle if necessary.
The anxiety before the war made Gou Sanwa feel that his emotions were fluctuating, and there was a period of time when the speed of the crowd was obviously too slow, which couldn't help but make him very angry. Pushing away the crowd and running over: "What's going on over there?" Turtle or Wangba? ”
After a few steps to the middle of that section of people, he finally brought out the guy who affected everyone's speed: "Oops! Great Immortal, what do you say you are an immortal messing with us ordinary people? Isn't it over when you draw the fairy talisman? ”
Although everyone was nervous, these words caused a burst of laughter in the tunnel. Liu Banxian was very embarrassed. The empty eye socket looked at Gou Sanwa: "Third master, isn't this invisible?" Can't walk. ”
There were too many bends in the tunnel, and they went up and down, although there was a young man in front of him who was pulling the half-immortal. The half-immortals really can't go fast.
Gou Sanwa dragged him out of the crowd: "Okay, okay, don't follow the guys, you won't do it if you let you go first a few days earlier." Will it cause chaos for people! ”
Liu Banxian was also very helpless, a while ago, the volunteers asked some old people to retreat to the mountains first, but he went for two days. But when everyone didn't go, he was blind and asked those old people to take care of him, which was really inconvenient, so he came back.
Now following these able-bodied people, he is obviously a burden, which makes his heart unhappy. After hesitating for a while, he said, "Third Master, do you think I will go back and walk behind everyone?" ”
Gou Sanwa glared at him: "Behind?" There are dead people in this tunnel, are you going to go out? Forget it, you just stay here and don't go. When the army retreats, the third master, I will carry you out. ”
This is also a way to be in the middle of nowhere, and now the half-immortals are really dragging down the team.
Liu Banxian himself understood, so he didn't say anything more: "Alas! Third master, don't worry, I promise not to cause chaos to the troops, if there is anything I can do, just ask. ”
Gou Sanwa mocked with a face: "Nacheng, even if you stay here, it's okay to help the third master calculate a hexagram, calculate whether the third master can live to be a hundred years old." ”
After he finished speaking, Liu Banxian took out the set of fortune tellers he had been carrying very seriously. Just as he was about to ask about Gou Sanwa's birthday, a militiaman outside rushed in: "Third brother, the division commander asked you to go, the vanguard of the Russians has come." ”
Gou Sanwa pulled her clothes and got out of the tunnel.
Tang Yulin stood in the observation post of the first trench of the volunteers, looking at the Russian army with a telescope waving flags on the opposite side, the lineup that stretched for several miles, and the muzzles of the black holes, all of which made people shudder.
But Tang Dahu's face was full of smiles, and the horse friends on the side followed closely behind him: "Big brother, Lao Maozi may be about to fight, you better go back first, it's dangerous here." ”
Tang Yulin's footsteps did not move in the slightest: "Hehe, Ma You, do you think Lao Tzu is old?" ”
Ma You explained: "No, I didn't mean that! Just have me here! ”
Tang Yulin put down the binoculars and jumped off the observation post: "Guray Grevich, there was such a person when we were besieging Yulu Mountain in the past, and we were not volunteers at that time, so we didn't have a chance to fight him." I heard that Li Debiao used a battalion to block him on a small hill for five whole days. How many days can you kid stop? ”
Ma You patted his chest full of ribs: "Don't worry, big brother, when did my brother lose face for you?" ”
Tang Yulin smiled at him: "You didn't give me a fight when you chose the division commander last time, and you were overtaken by Wang Jinhan and the second pole, I originally wanted to see you as the division commander, but it seems that you are still almost hot." ”
In the last exercise organized by Yang Xiaolin, Ma You lost to Ergongzi and Wang Jinhan, and he has always been haunted by it. The three of them all ran out of Changbai Mountain from the first group, Wang Jinhan won't talk about it, they are good at it, and they just broke out of the blockade line of the special operations brigade, which is not acceptable!
But in Ma You's opinion, the second pole is really a little luckier than himself.
Tang Yulin looked at him silently. patted him on the shoulder: "Tell you Ma You, if you fight well this time, Lao Tzu, the division commander, will let you do it, and I will tell you a few commanders." ”
Ma You was taken aback when he heard this, although they were all division commanders, the independent division was one level higher than the other divisions in the Volunteer Army. All of this is thanks to Tang Dahu's righteousness, whether it is Feng Delin, Zhang Zuolin or Yang Dagui, they have a good impression of him.
"No, big brother, you're doing a good job. Why do you want me? ”
Tang Yulin smiled: "Let's be honest with you, the eldest brother is almost forty years old this year, although Commander Yang and they let them sit next to them every time they have a meeting, what good equipment do we have for the volunteers, and a few of them have to fight to the death and rely on the big competition." As long as I open my mouth here, Commander Yang has not said a word. The boys weren't convinced. ”
Tang Yulin is also telling the truth, Yang Xiaolin really takes care of him, but it is precisely because of this care. It made him feel a little like he couldn't stay. If the division commanders of other units were about the same age as him, they could have opened their voices and quarreled, but except for him. The rest were all young people in their twenties and thirties, and Tang Yulin felt that he had nothing to quarrel with them.
And every time those people have a little opinion about themselves, either Feng Delin or Yang Xiaolin, or Zhang Zuolin comes out to help him speak. Tang Yulin knew that these old brothers looked up to themselves and wanted to take care of themselves, but this care really made him a little unbearable.
Thinking of this, Tang Yulin sighed and patted Ma You's shoulder: "Fight well!" If you make a little color, you can also help the big brother. To be honest with you, Jin Dadao and I plan to open a factory together, didn't we just want to grab a good food and clothing when we were in the mountains before? ”
Ma You really didn't know what to say, but Tang Yulin looked very open, and turned his eyes to look at the position of the Russians in front of him: "In the future, the troops will be handed over to you, and now your embarrassed big brother can still carry it for you, if you can't compare to Wang Jinhan and Li Debiao's gang, there will be no place for your own face!" ”
Ma You straightened his waist: "Big brother, don't worry, my brother's life can be lost, and my face will not be lost!" ”
At this time, Gou Sanwa ran over from behind: "Gou Sanwa, commander of the Liao Civilian Battalion of the Volunteer Army, report to the division commander!" ”
Tang Yulin immediately asked, "How is the work of the militia progressing?" ”
"Report to the division commander, the villagers have been safely transferred, we have also blocked all entrances and exits of the tunnel, and all militias have entered combat positions."
Tang Yulin snorted: "Very good!" This time we will hold out in Liaoping for at least a month, and attract the Russians here. Commander Yang has already called, they will come over after the battle in Liaoxi is over, you all give me a good haode to fight this battle! ”
The surrounding commanders and fighters responded in unison: "Yes!" ”
Tang Yulin exhaled lightly, his eyes looked at the position of the Russians opposite, his mood was really a little complicated at this moment, his eyes narrowed into a small slit, and he whispered to himself: "I have been bullied by the Russians for decades, this time, Lao Tzu wants to find some face to come back!" ”
At this time, suddenly a Chinese came out of the Russian army on the opposite side with a white flag, and when he walked to the position of the volunteers, the man began to shout: "Brother the volunteers on the opposite side, don't shoot!" I'm here to send you news! The Russian general said that as long as you lay down your arms and surrender, the Russians promised not to kill you! ”
The corners of Tang Yulin's mouth smiled, he took a rifle from the hand of a soldier next to him, and aimed it at the guy, this is not a sniper rifle, but when the person just walked to a distance of one hundred and fifty meters, Tang Yulin pulled the trigger, and the guy fell to the ground in response, with a bloody hole on the top of his head!
Ma You gave a thumbs up: "Big brother is good marksmanship!" ”
Tang Yulin threw the gun to the soldier: "This is our old business!" Get ready for battle! (To be continued......)