The way the Battle of Shendanbao ended almost surprised everyone. Although the Japanese army lost the defense line at the brigade headquarters and Liuhekou, they still insisted on gathering their troops in the Dongtaizi area and continued to fight the Russian army for two days. In the end, their arms were twisted. However, they were forced to break out towards the waist fort, and were attacked by the Cossack cavalry brigade that had been blocked here for a long time. They suffered heavy casualties, and about 1,600 Japanese soldiers surrendered.
Song Biao's Manchurian infantry regiment followed behind and robbed the baggage. They robbed twenty heavy machine guns alone, four 31-type rapid-fire cannons, and the most vicious thing was that they robbed all the war horses.
They made the quickest move and captured Shendanbao Village in the afternoon. In the evening, they took advantage of the chaos and asked Xue Changqing to lead the caravan brothers to take away all the 6,000 horses and riding equipment and send them all the way back to Yangguantun.
The Russian army cares more about heavy machine guns. They have a sufficient number of war horses themselves. In addition, their intelligence level is poor, and they are somewhat discriminatory towards the Japanese war horses. General Mishuchenko basically ignored the Manchurian infantry regiment's pursuit of war horses. See.
The First Brigade of the Japanese Cavalry was equipped with a total of forty-two heavy machine guns, of which thirty-four were Maxim machine guns captured by the Japanese army. Song Biao snatched twenty, the Sk Infantry Regiment snatched eleven, and the rest Mainly on the Dongtaizi position, it was really not their turn to take action.
As for other trophies such as the 30-year-old rifle, the Russian army did not want them, but Song Biao did not want too many. He took them all and exchanged tens of thousands of rubles for a large amount of trophies with the Second Siberian Army.
After the battle at Shendan Fort, Lieutenant General Korbas of the Russian Second Army immediately relocated the headquarters temporarily to Shendan Fort, deployed two additional infantry divisions, a cavalry brigade southward and more than a hundred field artillery pieces. After crossing the Hun River, we prepared to engage in a decisive battle with the Japanese Third Division and the Fifth Division in an area of 30 kilometers around Shendan Fort. We used four times the strength of our opponents to try to encircle and annihilate one of these two divisions. The entire battle of Heigoutai came to a perfect end.
Ideas are always beautiful.
Song Biao's Manchurian Infantry Regiment continued to return to garrison in the Jiayao area, and the Sksk Second Infantry Regiment was still garrisoned in Datai Village. The large force in front of them blocking the torrent of Japanese troops was the "outstanding military exploits" of the Siberian 3rd Infantry Division.
The situation on the battlefield is always ever-changing. After the capture of Shendan Fort, the main force of the Russian army was concentrated in the area of Shendan Fort and Heigoutai. There were a total of six divisions and two cavalry brigades. The Japanese third division was located in Liutiao Village, and the fifth division was located in Liutiao Village. The division is located in Tong'er Fort. There is a distance of ten kilometers between the two places. It happened that on these ten kilometers, the Russian army deployed two divisions.
With two consecutive loud attacks by the Russian army on the right wing, the Tsarist Russian Far East Army Command had a premonition that the Japanese army was "coming to an end". Commander-in-Chief Kuropatkin immediately made adjustments and no longer retreated, asking Bildlinger of the Third Army to The general sent the main force to attack the Japanese Third Division, trying to concentrate the elites of the two armies to strangle the small Japanese Third Division.
General Mishuchenko of the Second Army was responsible for containing the Fifth Division so that the main force of the Russian army could have enough space and time to completely annihilate the Japanese Third Division.
War is a special kind of chess game. If one move fails, all others will be passive.
It was originally a very clever move by Dashanyan to seize Shendan Fort first. Unfortunately, his luck was so bad that he not only lost a main division and the most important cavalry brigade, but also trapped the third and fifth divisions. surrounded by Russian troops.
Before Kimonori's Third Army arrived in Liaoyang and the Japanese Manchurian Army's Fifth Army was formed, Oyama Iwa actually could not mobilize many troops to attack the Russian army. His strategy was to continue to gamble and insert the entire Second Army. He made a posture of wanting to fight to the death with the Russian Third Army of the Far East, forcing General Bildlinger not to send too many troops to attack the Third Division.
The situation was related to his own destiny. Song Biao had been studying the changes in the situation. Based on the consistent performance of the entire Russian army in the Russo-Japanese War, he had a very bad premonition that the Third Army was likely to retreat.
Suppose the Third Army suddenly retreats, the Japanese Second Army and the Fourth Army will form a counter-encirclement against the Russian Second Army that rushes out. This is truly dramatic.
withdraw.
For the sake of the brothers, we must withdraw.
Song Biao knew very well that he was taking a big gamble in the two battles at Heigoutai and Shendanbao. 30% was trickery, 50% was luck, and only 20% was strength. He really wanted to fight the Japanese army head-on. Especially in such a large-scale legion battle, the probability of him being beaten to pieces is too high.
He is like a gambler. When he had a small gambling capital, he could go all-in. Now that he has made two huge profits, he must stop when he is good. If he continues to gamble, he will lose everything.
Luck is something that doesn't last forever.
Song Biao was fully prepared on both sides. His priority was to find a way to evacuate from the battlefield, but he also had to consider dealing with situations where evacuation was impossible.
Just in case, he went beyond the orders of the Second Army and deployed an extremely strong and complex 1.5-kilometer-long defense line at Jiangjiayao on his front line, and set up a large number of cat-ear holes inside to deal with possible artillery attacks. He personally measured and designed the defense line, and then handed it over to Hu Dalin's engineering brigade for construction. At the same time, Major Kornilov and the Russian Army Staff Group were arranged to be responsible for the training of the troops.
After that, he quietly led a team of people back to Shenyang at night. The two places were 35 kilometers apart and could be traveled back and forth in one night.
Returning to Shenyang, Song Biao first went to Yangguantun.
Lao Jintou and Xue Changqing are both in Yangguantun, which is now completely no man's land. The brothers have hoarded various materials captured on the battlefield here, which is enough for Song Biao to form a division and a cavalry brigade. The Japanese Trinity alone There were fourteen old-style field guns, but unfortunately there were no shells. He also had eight more in Yujiayao, where he kept more than 600 shells. Some of them were captured by himself, and some of them were obtained from various units of the Russian army. Purchased at a price.
When they arrived at Yangguantun, Song Biao realized that old Guo Tou had also arrived.
This was very strange. Song Biao got off his horse and went directly to where Lao Guo Tou lived to find him. He came back in the middle of the night. Lao Guo Tou had gone to sleep long ago and was woken up by his brothers at the last moment.
When he saw Song Biao, Old Guo Tou was filled with emotion and said with a smile: "Master, I finally meet you!"
Saying this, Lao Guotou prepared to get off the kang.
Song Biao sat cross-legged on the kang, and stopped Old Guo Tou and said, "It's so cold, so don't get off the kang. I have to get on the kang now. What's wrong? Why did you think of running to Shenyang City to find us?"
Lao Guotou poured himself a pot of dry cigarettes, lit the cigarette, and replied: "Actually, it's nothing. You just left without making a sound for a month. A few days ago, Xue Changqing sent two people back. The announcement was made, but it was not mentioned. Tiesheng and I discussed it, and we felt uneasy, so we came over to have a look. I really didn’t expect that the big boss is the big boss, and he is so capable, and he is actually among the Russians. It's really amazing to get such benefits right under your nose."
He lit up the cigarette with a smile, took two puffs happily, and said, "If we tell the brothers this when we go back, I don't know how happy the brothers will be!"
Song Biao laughed loudly, just as Zhang Yahu, Li Fugui and others also came in with the curtain opened. When they entered, they laughed with Lao Guotou. These were all young and old men from the same hometown, so they were naturally happy to see each other.
Song Biao asked everyone to sit down and ran all night. The cold wind and snow were blowing, and the whole body was about to freeze. The hot kang in Lao Guotou's room was very warm, so he didn't wait for Song Biao to say anything.
After a few words, Lao Jintou and Xue Changqing also came in, and brought more than a dozen bowls of old ginger tea to the brothers, as well as several hot buns and porridge.
Song Biao took this bite first and continued with Old Guo Tou: "Then let the brothers be happy. By the way, I haven't asked you yet. Is our bungalow still safe? Is there nothing going on?"
Old Guo Tou smiled and said: "What can be the matter? The Japanese don't know that our Hunjiang Brigade is actually hiding in the Russian army's formation. It was just that some time ago, two more Russian transport teams were taken over by Little Japan. I
I originally thought it was a bandit, but the other party was indeed dressed as a bandit. I thought that the person who dared to do such a thing on our territory was the Fourth Master Guo of Hongtuya, so I asked someone to ask.
I know that Mr. Guo has no intention of offending the Russians. He said that the Japanese dressed up as bandits and were having trouble with the Russians in the Hunjiang and Tonghua areas. We are local snakes in the Hunjiang River. The Japanese think that we have not taken care of this matter.
They sent someone to give us some money, food and silver, saying that as long as we ignore this matter, they will continue to take care of us. By the way, the Japanese military officer named Aoki Nozumi wrote a letter to you, and I also
Brought to you!"
After saying this, Lao Guotou took out the letter hidden several layers from under the pillow and handed it to Song Biao.
When Song Biao opened it, his first impression was that Aoki Nobujun's calligraphy was really beautiful, and he was really particular about using words and sentences. He cited classics and scriptures, which was quite elegant. It seemed that this person had a really deep understanding of Chinese middle schools.
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Song Biao sighed and read the letter carefully. Then he realized that Aoki Xuanzhun was lobbying him to personally deal with the Russian transport team passing by the Hunjiang River, and asked him to be careful that the Russian army might send Cossack cavalry to clear the Hunjiang River and the Tonghua area.
of bandits.
Damn it.
The Russian army's attempt to suppress the bandits was not just a bad thing instigated by the Japanese army.
Song Biao cursed and told Lao Jintou: "Tomorrow, you will recruit a scholar with profound knowledge of Confucian classics in Shenyang City alone. He should not be too old, not a rigid elm-headed person, and should be shrewd.
, the calligraphy must be beautiful. If you stay here as a copywriter, you will receive a monthly salary of thirty oceans per month as usual."
Lao Jintou nodded repeatedly and agreed to this matter.
Song Biao then said to everyone: "Little Japan caused a lot of trouble in the Hunjiang River area of Tonghua. He deliberately pretended to be a bandit and ended up pissing off the Russian army. He might send troops to clear out our family's lair. I'm back now."
Exactly, I need to make it clear to Brigadier General Madnidorf immediately."
Zhang Yahu exclaimed: "The little Japanese are just a setback. We can kill thousands of them in a sudden burst. We will continue to fight them when we return to Yujiayao tomorrow, and there will be tens of thousands more little Japanese setbacks."
Song Biao chuckled and said: "I'm worried that brothers think so. Our two victories were half due to luck and half to shotguns and machine guns. We really have to fight hard against Japan.
, our team may not be able to defeat half of other teams. This is the principle of gambling. If you win two games in a row and make money, you must learn to build it and stop it. Others are gambling with money, but we are gambling with the lives of our brothers.
I can’t afford to lose. I’ve thought about it, since the Russian army can’t wait to clean up the bandits, let’s take the opportunity to find a way to evacuate the battlefield. We have experienced strong winds and waves, is it still difficult to fight the bandits?”
Xue Changqing immediately sighed: "Master, you are right. In fact, we are also worried these days. If the Russians really treat us as good guns and force us to go to the front to fight against little Japan, we may be
If your vitality is going to be seriously damaged, you might as well take the opportunity to run away, after all, you have made a lot of money."
Song Biao hummed and said: "This matter has been settled, there is no need to discuss it anymore. I will go to Brigadier General Madnidorf early tomorrow morning and ask him to help us find a way to evacuate. Besides, should we
Have you forgotten, our original idea was to sell grain in Shenyang City, but now we have everything we should have, including horses. There are more than 8,000 horses, and one horse can carry two loads of grain in one go.
Our grain has been transported to Shenyang City, and maybe we can go to Huichun and Huinan to buy some more grain and sell it there."
Xue Changqing smiled and said: "That's the truth. However, boss, the horses we grabbed this time are all good war horses, but they are not necessarily good animals. They may not be able to save heavy work. At most, they will be forced to bear. Speaking of these horses
There is so much food to eat. The Japanese have to eat soybeans when they are fed semen. If we really want to be used as livestock for the caravan, it will be a loss-making business."
Song Biao smiled and said: "Just use it now, and you will use it as a war horse later. We now have guns and cannons, everything is available, but we have no money, so we have to find a way to make money."
Upon hearing this, everyone felt that it couldn't be better.
At this time, Lao Guotou said: "Master, my third son is doing small business in Tonghua City, and he is also a skilled businessman. Since we want to sell grain in the city, I am thinking of calling him over to you.
Give me a hand."
Song Biao smiled and said: "Those who know how to do business are talents. Please hurry up and write a letter and ask someone to send him a message. I am in urgent need of him."
Old Guo Tou smiled and said, "Okay, I'll find a fellow countryman to send him a message."
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