Chapter 14: Whose Knife Is Faster?

The lights of the German Legation in Beijing, Dongjiaomin Lane, have been on, and Mr. Mümmer has not rested since the beginning of the war, and has been exchanging information and opinions with Berlin.

Lao Maozi's attack really frightened the Germans, who had always thought that the Russians were at most causing them a little trouble in their rear, and that helping China was just to solve this problem.

But this war has just begun, Lao Maozi is 500,000 troops, and there are 200,000 troops stationed in Mongolia, and there are still a large number of troops being mobilized in Russia.

The polar bear's massive size finally caught the attention of the Germans, who immediately realized that there might be more trouble in their rear. The military department has carefully calculated that if the entire Russian people are fully mobilized, they can dispatch at least four million troops!

Four million! Even if these men were all armed with broadswords, they would be enough to break through the lines of the two armies that Germany had now placed on the border.

So Berlin immediately sent a telegram to Beijing, asking Mr. Mulmer what the Chinese were preparing for, and whether they had any hope of dragging the war on! When the Russians really go all out, can Yang Dagui create miracles again.

Mulmer knew that Berlin was going to adjust its strategic deployment, and the defense of the Eastern Front was definitely being strengthened. And if the Chinese can hold out for a longer time and let the Russians consume more strength, it is very important for Germany.

Now, no one thinks that China can defeat Russia, and the victory of the Chinese means to repel the Russian troops. Mr. Mümmer told Berlin that the situation in Beijing is not optimistic, and that there is an unusually low number of troops, ammunition, and weapons. Even all kinds of energy sources can't keep up.

Mümmer told Berlin that if the Russians were to shed their blood in China, Germany would have to immediately increase its aid to China. Yang Dagui is a ferocious beast, but this beast has no strength now, and if he wants to bite the Russians all over his body, he must provide him with food!

Mömmer also knew that the British blockade made it difficult to transport supplies, but he told Berlin that it was even more difficult here in China. Berlin had to come up with a solution, or if the Russians were given victory in China, their military power would immediately turn to the European theater.

To help China is to help yourself.

Berlin did not give him any reply. Because it was really quite difficult to break the blockade of the British, and even if the Germans were willing to start a war, their strength was land, and the Germans were not so stupid as to think that they could send a fleet over to send the British Empire's fleet in Asia to the bottom of the sea.

Berlin demanded that Mümmer send a telegram every two hours to inform him of the situation on the battlefield, and a group of German army staff officers studied the war, analyzed the movements of the Russian army on the basis of Mr. Mümer's messages, and sent their opinions to Beijing for the reference of the Beijing High Command.

It was as if they were fighting another war on their own, and all kinds of suggestions came from Berlin. It was not until the Germans received the news that Commander Young personally led his troops to the front line and would launch a counter-charge against the Russians, that the telegram stopped at once.

Half an hour later, the German Emperor Wilhelm II personally sent a telegram to Yuan Shikai: "Mr. President, I am waiting for the news that surprises me. ”

Counter-charge? This scheme did not occur to the Germans at all.

General Brusinov, of course, did not expect it either. When the first wave of his charging troops fell under the dense gunfire of the Chinese army, he did not panic much, and the force of the shock of the soldiers in front of him was obviously not enough. Just as he was planning to transfer the first wave of troops back and send the second wave up, the order to retreat had just been given, but a loud military horn sounded in the position of the Chinese on the opposite side, and thousands of Chinese jumped out of the trenches. A powerful assault was launched on the Russian troops who were really preparing to retreat!

Those Russian GIs have already received orders to retreat, where can they organize resistance at this time? At the same time, the Chinese artillery also spoke, and a round of intensive artillery fire fell on the heads of the second group of Russian soldiers who were preparing to attack. After smashing their formation, they began to bomb backwards, and at the same time, the Chinese did not wait for the shelling to end like the Russians, and then charged, they rushed over.

This is the first time that Commander Yang has let his troops step on the shell landing point to launch a charge against the Russian army, the coordination between the infantry and the artillery is not perfect, the artillery does not know the speed of the infantry, and the infantry is also afraid that the shells that follow too closely will fall on their heads.

The distance between the shells and the infantry was more than 100 meters, and this distance would have been a fatal mistake if it had been placed in the future, but now it is different to fight the Russians.

Lao Maozi had never seen such a charge, and he had just been blown up by the other party and rushed over, and many teams were attacked before they had time to adjust their defensive formations.

Moreover, although Commander Yang is now short of materials, he still has the resources to launch a counterattack.

Sun Chuanfang was really a little scared at first, but Commander Yang put him in the position of the second attack wave was really in line with his ideas. When he got here, he realized that this position was the place where the person commanding the charge should be!

Here he can keep a little bit of a cool head, and he doesn't want his mind to go blank like last time. He saw the situation of the Russians on the opposite side very clearly, and at the same time he also paid attention to the pace of the attack of the volunteer team next to him, and when he felt that there were more Russians on the opposite side, he sent another unit up, and when he felt that the fight was fast, he stopped for a while.

Moreover, this time, the Beiyang Army also studied the formation of the Volunteer Army's three-three assaults, although he felt that his pace was slower than the desperate running when he charged before, but the attack speed was really not slow.

If he really encountered any situation here, Qian Yao's fourth division would come to support him.

The battlefield is like this, if the opponent is already chaotic and you play the game again, then the number of people is basically not too much of an issue.

Lao Maozi is now only chaotic on the front line, and General Brusinov can also see where the Chinese troops are terrible. Their infantry is not as large as their own, and their artillery skills are not as good as their own, but the Chinese artillery and infantry can fight and cooperate, which is the most fatal thing!

"Artillery! Order our artillery fire to destroy the artillery positions of the Chinese! ”

As soon as Brusinov's words were finished, a Russian communications soldier ran in from outside the door: "Report to the general!" Our troops guarding the artillery positions were attacked by the Chinese, the soldiers could not resist, and the artillery asked to transfer positions! ”

Brusinov listened with great anger: "What? Don't move, tell them we're going for reinforcements right away! ”

The communication soldier's expression was extremely gloomy: "General, maybe, it's too late." ”

A Russian staff officer next to him put forward a rather pertinent opinion: "General, we have not built a position, the mood of the soldiers is already very panicked, I think we should now organize the troops to retreat in an orderly manner and get out of the battle!" ”

The correct opinion always sounds contrary to the ear, although now the Russian troops on the front line are indeed very passive, and as this staff officer said, Brusinov has made a lot of preparations, no matter how the Chinese defend him, he has a way to attack, but unfortunately he just did not think about how to defend if the Chinese attacked.

"Nope! Our troops are more than three times that of the Chinese! If we retreat, it will be a shame not only for us, but also for the entire Russian army! Order the troops to rush forward, order the boys to bravely rush up and fight with China! Look at their size, what is there to be afraid of! You should let them know that your bayonets are sharper than they are. ”

In fact, Brusinov knew very well that sometimes it is useless to have a large number of people. It's just that he has always been arrogant, and it is impossible for him to retreat. The reason is very similar to General Wu in Xifengkou, he retreated, and he had no life after he went back.

After the Russians frantically launched a hedge, the Chinese attack finally stopped, and the troops of both sides rushed together in an unobstructed wilderness.

The muscles of Commander Yang's face, who was watching the battle behind, trembled a few times, and the number of Russian troops in the telescope was obviously more than that of the Chinese, and the military formation was also thicker.

Yang Xiaolin's head shook slightly, he had heard of General Brusinov's name. The Russian general's assault on Austria-Hungary was a classic of the time, and was studied by all subsequent countries.

A battle that made Brusinov famous in history, not only because of the victory in the battle, but also for a more important reason, that blitzkrieg killed three emperors in one go!

First of all, the Austro-Hungarian emperor was already in poor health, and he was almost beaten out of his nest by Brusinov and died in fright. Then, the German Emperor Wilhelm II lost more than 600,000 elite troops because of his command errors in the battle, and the German troops doubted the emperor's command level, and Hindenburg and Ludendorff immediately vacated Wilhelm II's right to directly command the battle.

In the end, although the Russians fought well in this battle, the Russians had already been defeated one after another, and after six or seven million Russian soldiers died on the battlefield, domestic dissatisfaction with the tsar immediately broke out, and an uprising occurred. This battle left the tsar without the last elite troops, unable to suppress the uprising, overthrown by the great people's power.

This is the famous blitzkrieg, killing the Three Emperors.

The most surprising thing is that Nicholas II relied on General Brusinov very much, and it can be said that he listened to his words and trusted them. When he was surrounded by the rebel army in the palace, he hoped that General Brusinov, who had returned from the front, would save his country, but when this general returned, he was a different identity - a Red Army general!

In a word, this is the legendary Russian general. Yang Xiaolin originally thought that such an opponent would make him a little troublesome if he fought a war. But he's really a little disappointed now.

Hedging with yourself? There is nothing wrong with this trick from a formal point of view, the Russians have far more troops than themselves, but the problem is that they are not fools!

"Order all the troops to retreat slowly, Qian Yao, immediately enter the front line and set up a blocking position, and the artillery adjusts the ruler to blow them up for me!" (To be continued......)