Western countries are watching what countermeasures Yang Xiaolin will use to fight the Russians this time, and while paying attention to the battlefield, Commander Yang has two very unusual small actions that have also attracted the attention of Western countries.

First, Yuan Shikai suddenly announced that Sheng Huaixuan's telegraph company would be temporarily nationalized, and at the same time, the Germans announced that they would cooperate with the China Telegraph Company to develop new radio communication equipment.

Before the start of World War I, battlefield communications in various countries were not developed, not to mention the Eastern countries, even Western countries only required that orders be transmitted to the division commanders. Therefore, their war communication is a simple telephone, and the advanced one is equipped with a transmitter.

However, in the later stages of World War I, when the war became more and more intense, and every slight change on the battlefield was enough to cause the victory or defeat of a war, communication equipment developed rapidly, until the later digital warfare.

As Commander Yang of the People's Liberation Army, he was very aware of the importance of communications, and when he was in the northeast, he distributed telegrams to troops at the regiment commander or even battalion commander level.

Moreover, Commander Yang has a special operations brigade in his hands, and when communications develop, it is the most terrifying time for this unit! A special soldier destroys an army of the other party, not by the guns in the hands of the special forces. Rambo's kind of special forces only exist in movies.

If Commander Yang's action is understandable to Westerners, although they don't think so, then Yang Xiaolin suddenly ordered all clocks in China to be moved forward by one hour and daylight saving time was implemented. This really made those gentlemen very stunned, they really didn't understand what Yang Dagui was doing, and it made sense for the war to move the pointer forward by an hour?

The British intelligence services investigated in detail, and then their military departments conducted several days of research, but no conclusions were reached.

There was no time for the gentlemen of the West to study to their heart's content, and Yang Xiaolin's two orders had just been implemented for less than a week, and the Russians announced that all troops had entered the first level of combat readiness. At the same time, all the main forces of the front line stretched out towards the territory of China at once.

110,000 troops of the Third Army of the Russian Army rushed straight to Zhangjiakou, and the 240,000 troops of the Second and Fifth Army were killed in Beijing under the leadership of General Brusinov, and at the same time, the 130,000 troops of the Russian Siberian Army put on a posture of attacking Langfang.

The 480,000 troops were all thrown into battle at once, and the ferocity of Lao Maozi's arrival can be said to be aggressive.

The first to be attacked by the Russians was the early warning line of the Chinese troops.

Xifengkou.

Wu Zhaolin's troops, with his famous troops, dug trenches here for two weeks.

The Great Wall has always been a line of defense for the Chinese nation to resist foreign humiliation, and if it was Huang Xing, he would definitely put everyone on the Great Wall, counting on the Russians to fight hand-to-hand combat when they rushed up. But General Wu will definitely not do this, in modern warfare where artillery is rampant, the Great Wall gives the Chinese more of a psychological line of defense.

Even Commander Yang did not expect to be able to hold back the Russian troops with the Great Wall. Wu Zhaolin's own task is to watch here, and when Lao Maozi comes, they can know immediately, so that Beijing will not be suddenly attacked.

Therefore, Wu Zhaolin arranged his position a distance below the Great Wall, and he dug trenches in the manner of the volunteers, and arranged a large number of trenches, barbed wire, and mines in front of the trenches. There were also some soldiers left on the Great Wall, which were used to cover their retreat when the battle was right.

Wu Zhaolin knew how much there was a gap between his troops and the Russians, and he really didn't think that he could stop the Russians here. But he thinks he has such a good weapon in his hands. The soldiers were so motivated, and their positions were so strong, that they could fight the Russians for at least a few days.

He really wanted to fight with Lao Maozi for a few days.

But now he finally knows that the Beiyang Army was able to block the Russians at Shanhaiguan at the beginning. That's Duan Qirui, who is really better than himself!

The explosions around him came and went, and the earth seemed to tremble! There were fires everywhere caused by explosions, and the defenses that I had thought were impregnable were now shattered. Look up at the sky, it's 3:15 in the morning. It was Yang Xiaolin who asked him to dial it up to 3:15 an hour!

The sky was bright, and the countless cannonballs seemed to fall on him from the opposite side! General Wu swore to the heavens that Feng Guozhang's bombardment of Wuchang City was really nothing!

Xiong Da squad leader carried his rifle on his back and jumped left and right, rushing through the interception of the artillery fire and landing on Wu Zhaolin's side: "Wu." Angkor, what's going on? ”

Wu Zhaolin shook off the dirt in his neck and glanced at Xiong Bingkun: "Old Xiong, have you repaired that temple?" ”

Xiong Bingkun nodded: "I asked someone to rebuild it, and I wrote to me the day before yesterday to tell me that it was repaired." ”

Wu Zhaolin snorted: "Then it's done, stay long." ”

The Russian artillery fire seemed to be endless, and after bombarding the front position, it began to extend backwards, and some shells very coincidentally jumped into the trench where Wu Zhaolin and them were hiding, causing a lot of casualties to the troops.

After about five or six hours, the artillery fire gradually weakened.

Zhang Biao ran over from the side and said: "General Wu, it seems that Lao Maozi is about to attack, and the headquarters said that we can withdraw as soon as the Russians attack, can we leave?" ”

In fact, many soldiers thought like this at this time, Lao Maozi's artillery fire was too fierce and shocking! Not to mention that the position in front of them has been destroyed, and the little courage in their hearts is not much left. In fact, when they came out of Beijing, they had ideas in their hearts.

The Supreme Command said that it would transfer a unit from the middle of the revolutionary army from the south, why were so many troops from them? General Wu knew very well in his heart that this was because he had performed too brilliantly in the stage of the revolution, and their existence was a big trouble.

If Yang Xiaolin starts to reorganize the troops immediately, it is better to say that if the Beiyang Army is the boss, they are the Beiyang Army, and they are the volunteers who are in charge. But the problem is that Commander Yang did not integrate the troops, but put down this potentially controversial matter.

This let go hurt General Wu, because he really didn't know whether he was a revolutionary army or a Beiyang army. Lao Yuan didn't want to have conflicts with the south at this time, so he didn't mention these things. Huang Xing's revolutionary party has always denied General Wu, saying that he is a general in Beiyang and appointed by Yuan Shikai. And the Beiyang Army said that they came from the south and were considered revolutionary troops.

General Wu was so angry in his heart!

So when the high command said that it would send a force to Xifengkou. Wu Zhaolin immediately stood up: "I'll go!" ”

That's how he is, instead of staying in Beijing where his father doesn't kiss his mother and doesn't hurt, it's better to come out and break into the world alone! Although the high command said that the Russians could withdraw as soon as they attacked them, General Wu felt that he could not turn around and leave like this.

Others look down on you, and you have to fight even more at this time! So although I didn't think that I could block the Russians here, Lao Maozi left as soon as he rushed him, and he had no status after he went back.

Looking at that position, it is estimated that Russia will not be able to stop it for a day, and there is always a possibility for half a day, right?

Wu Zhaolin raised his head from the trench: "Brothers, we can't go like this. In the past, it didn't matter if it was from Nanjing or Beijing. Even the people in the Northeast said that it was our luck that we could kill the Manchus. Lao Tzu wants to tell them this time that we can kill the Manchus because our brothers are more seeded than them! ”

Xiong Daban was enthusiastic by this sentence, and immediately picked up his rifle that hit the entire Qing Dynasty: "Brother Ang, you say let's do it, brother listen to you!" ”

The figure of the Russians charging in front of him could already be seen very clearly, and Wu Zhaolin didn't say much nonsense: "If you want to go, you can go, and those who are willing to follow me will join me." Let's do another big thing. Isn't it for this face that people live? What will Lao Tzu say after seeing them, on! ”

In Beijing's operations command room, the telegraph was ringing non-stop. All kinds of intelligence were continuously delivered to Commander Yang's hands, and the early warning line played the expected role, and now the troops in the city had enough time to transfer to the scheduled trenches, and there was no confusion in the transportation of materials.

"The battle in Zhangjiakou has already begun. At midnight this morning the Russians began to attack our outlying positions, and although Sui Bing organized a counterattack, the disparity in strength could only delay the pace of the Russian attack. It is estimated that they will be able to completely surround Zhangjiakou tomorrow. At the same time, 240,000 Russian troops are advancing towards Beijing, and our alert troops have retreated on all fronts as planned. It's just that there may have been some accidents there at Xifengkou, and I don't know why, the defenders there did not withdraw from the battle. ”

Jiang Baili reported the current situation to Commander Yang, and Yang Xiaolin frowned after hearing this: "That army is guarding there?" ”

Jiang Baili was suddenly a little embarrassed, what kind of army is Wu Zhaolin? I can't really say this now. After thinking about it for a while, he reported two numbers: "The Eighteenth Town of the Beiyang Army, or the Shanghai Independent Division of the Revolutionary Army." ”

When he said this, Yang Xiaolin understood. However, Commander Yang didn't ask anything more, since he was sent out, it was expected that he would not come back. He would never say that he would send a force out to check on the situation, or even let his energy be held back again.

"Order the troops to enter the front line, from now on encounter any I give all operational command authority to commanders at all levels, and in every trench, commanders can decide to counterattack and retreat according to their own judgment."

Delegating the right to command the battle, Commander Yang adopted this method when he was fighting Japan, and the effect was still very good. This time he is the same, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and China has only one hope to win this war under the extremely unfavorable situation, and that is to seize all the opportunities given to it by its opponents!

And to do this, the front line must react quickly!

"Baili, you coordinate and command here, and I will lead the troops to the front line. Send me a thousand guns, we must find a chance to counterattack. ”

Jiang Baili was taken aback, at this time, Commander Yang was going to go to the front line in person? And he actually wants to fight back?

"Commander, proceed with caution!"

"There's nothing to be cautious about, this war is like this, how we defend is expected by the Russians, and the only way to disrupt their footsteps is to fight back! Hit them out, disrupt them! (To be continued......)