At this time, the Manchurian Infantry Regiment can basically only be described as disorganized. Zhao Tingzhu is the commander of the 1st Infantry Battalion, Zhang Yahu is the commander of the 2nd Infantry Battalion, Hu Dalin is the captain of the engineering brigade, and Xue Changqing is the captain of the transportation brigade.
, Captain Matvey, whom Major Kornilov transferred from the Siberian Infantry Regiment, served as the battalion commander of the 3rd Infantry Battalion.
Apart from Captain Matvey, is anyone else really qualified?
Half of the fourteen squadron leaders are illiterate. Except for Huabaozi, who was born as a bandit, the other thirteen are all old brothers of the caravan. They have only fought in two small-scale battles today.
Song Biao could only cook whatever rice was available now. Everyone was a new recruit, so he had to rely on him as the squad leader to assign tasks. All tasks had to be meticulous enough to be distributed directly to the squadron.
He took the risk and went to Jinshan Village to build fortifications at night and secretly established a simple defense line. If he really wanted to fight the Japanese army in this area, his only choice was to continue to use the fortifications to attract the Japanese army to attack him instead of him.
to attack the Japanese army.
If he were really allowed to attack the Japanese army, he would be dead. As far as his combat qualities as an infantry regiment, just being able to hold on in the trenches would be considered a super performance. The fourteen squadron leaders he has here are basically useless, and the two infantrymen
There was no combat training for the battalion's tough battles and the two captains. All squadron orders were given directly by Song Biao, and everyone followed his orders.
The next morning, General Mishuchenko's lightly-armed Cossack cavalry arrived at the Taniguchi camp before dawn. When they heard that the Japanese army had deployed more than a dozen machine guns on an arc-shaped defense line less than one kilometer long outside Dongtaizi, their expressions changed immediately.
It's green.
After carefully looking at the schematic diagram of the new Japanese army's defense line deployment after Song Biao's survey, General Mishuchenko finally realized that the opponent was not a regular cavalry at all, but an infantry brigade on horseback. The firepower was so fierce that it almost surpassed
A Russian military division.
After the defeat of the Russian army in Lushun and the defeat in Liaoyang, a large number of Maxim heavy machine guns, which originally far outnumbered the Japanese army, were captured. At present, the entire Far East Army only has more than fifty heavy machine guns, while the Japanese army has surged to more than 200, so that
So many machine guns were deployed in such a crucial place as Shendan Fort.
To be on the safe side, General Mishuchenko, as the local supreme commander, immediately convened a military meeting. Only four people, General Mishuchenko, Lieutenant Colonel Seyensky, Major Kornilov and Song Biao attended the meeting.
This place at the mouth of the valley was originally a government-run grain store. That happened a long time ago. After the war reached Liaoyang, more than a hundred households here fled for refuge. Song Biao was fully prepared in advance and prepared for Mi Shuqin.
General Ke left a large courtyard of a lavish landlord's house as a military command post. The four of them sat down in the main hall of the landlord's house around an Eight Immortals table made of cypress. On the table was Song Biao's revised battle plan.
map.
Until this moment, General Mishuchenko still doubted the authenticity of Song Biao's new Japanese defense line layout map. For this reason, he sent another reconnaissance company to find out the situation. Before his reconnaissance company came back, he actually didn't want to
Post too many opinions.
It was only when everyone refused to speak that General Mishuchenko, who had always been very steady and imposing, took the initiative and said: "This may be the situation. Do you have any new countermeasures? Before you express your opinions, I must emphasize one point.
That is, the mission of the headquarters must be completed, and this is the honor of our Cossack cavalry."
General Mishuchenko looked extremely solemn when he said these words, and his thick white mustache was trembling slightly along with his cheeks. It was probably because he still felt troubled and panic deep in his heart.
After waiting for a moment, Lieutenant Colonel Sheyensky said: "It is foolish to attack such a defense line head-on. However, I really doubt whether the Japanese army has the ability to build such a defense line. I think they don't even have machine guns. They just do Just to show off, they deliberately exposed a circle of fortifications to make us think they had machine guns."
Song Biao immediately reminded: "I personally inspected it and found that it is only one kilometer away from the enemy's side positions. Major Kornilov can testify to this. I think the combat plan given to your army by the headquarters is no longer feasible. , if you use a cavalry charge to attack from the side position, it is basically the same as sending the Japanese army to machine-gun fire. It is meaningless. Now, I have two suggestions. The best option is to directly contact Cole of the Second Army. General Bass got in touch and readjusted the battle plan. Although Shendan Fort is a plain, its geographical location determines that it is the key to the confrontation between the two armies. If the Second Army mobilizes two infantry divisions to carry out siege, the Japanese army will definitely start from The Taizi Henan line mobilizes troops for rescue. Their best assault point is in the area of Heigoutai and Sumabao, connecting the entire defense line and facing the Russian army across the Hun River. Your army should use the speed and speed of the cavalry. With the advantage of flexibility, he quickly went south to Heigoutai to snipe and rescue the enemy. After annihilating the Japanese reinforcements, he detoured to Heigoutai and Yujiayao, attacked from the back of the Japanese Shendanbao garrison, and carried out a strong attack on the Japanese Xiaobaozi defense line, dividing the Japanese army. Three defense lines at Shendan Fort. This proposal is the best choice. The second proposal is to abandon the tactic of strong cavalry charge, advance the defense line to the Jinshan Tun area, and build a defense line in Jinshan Tun and two infantry divisions of the Second Group Army. Encircle the Japanese troops at Fort Shendan, and at the same time ask the Second Army and the Far East Army Headquarters to send an artillery regiment to support the operation."
General Mishuchenko carefully re-read the battle map, nodded slightly and said: "Both of these proposals are very good. The possibility of our army storming the Dongtaizi machine gun position is too low, so we will directly transfer all our troops to Jinshantun." Garrisoning is the appropriate choice. However, if our army is stationed in Jinshantun, it will actually give up our army’s cavalry advantage, and the headquarters may not be able to send artillery regiments to support. Therefore, I agree in principle. A proposal."
Lieutenant Colonel Sheyensky questioned: "The scope of our mobilization is so large. Isn't it too risky?"
General Mishuchenko replied simply: "War always involves risks!"
Years of combat experience have made General Mishuchenko understand that both of Song Biao's proposals are very correct choices. The first proposal is indeed a bit risky, but once successful, the Kuban Cossack Cavalry will lay the foundation for the entire Fengtian in one battle. The overall situation of the battle with the right-wing front; the second proposal is quite satisfactory, a safe choice under the premise of confirming that the opponent has a strong and heavy firepower network.
He looked at Song Biao carefully again, with a rather appreciative look on his face. He could say with certainty that Lieutenant Colonel Sheyenitsky, his adjutant for more than ten years, did not have the courage and wisdom to make the first proposal. , he can also say with certainty that based on his understanding of Commander-in-Chief Kuropatkin, the possibility of continuing to draw artillery from the reserve forces to support Shendan Fort is extremely low, even if he is already in Jinshantun, a better place. We must garrison at the position, and ultimately we have to bite the bullet and follow the headquarters' battle plan to carry out a forced charge.
Muscovites are just a bunch of "Дypak". This is the only experience General Mishuchenko has gained in these years.
He would rather risk taking a detour and leave all this nonsense to General Korbas to worry about. He neatly bypassed the heavy machine gun defense line and let the Muscovites charge into the battle on their own.
After thinking for a moment, General Mishuchenko asked Major Kornilov: "Has the Jinshantun area been reconnoitred?"
Major Kornilov nodded and said, "Song has been there."
General Mishuchenko was dissatisfied and said to himself: Then you, a senior staff officer, are useless.
He turned back and looked at Song Biao.
Song Biao replied: "I have secretly built some simple defense lines in Jinshantun, which can be regarded as two-hand preparation. If General Korbas does not agree, we will quickly penetrate to the Heigoutai area and attack the Japanese 1st Cavalry Brigade in a detour.
If the regiment's rear defense line is blocked, then we can only garrison on the spot at Jinshantun."
General Mishuchenko became more and more surprised. Deep in his heart, he even looked down on those guys at the Far East Army Headquarters, let alone these Asians. But the Song Biao in front of him was quite surprising.
.
He thought silently for a while, and told Song Biao: "Song, we must choose the former. Even if the defense line has been built in Jinshantun, we must treat it as if it does not exist. Hurry up and let your people go to Heigoutai first. You
The troops are not in the battle plan, so we can take the first step. I will personally talk to General Korbas about this matter. He must agree to my moving the troops south. There is no other choice, because I will not be stupid enough to lead the Cossacks to attack.
A position composed of twenty machine guns, but if we stay for a long time and the headquarters continues to act stupidly, we will have no choice. To a certain extent, Song Dynasty, we are all mercenaries of His Majesty the Tsar, and that
Commander-in-Chief Kuropatkin is still different."
Song Biao nodded silently and said: "Then I will make arrangements now!"
Song Biao really wanted it, and he consciously guided the Cossack cavalry to go to Heigoutai to catch a big fish with him.
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