Surrounded by a group of staff officers and guards, Cao Kun swaggered into the largest foreign-style building in the center of Borgia town. As early as when the army surrounded the city, he had taken a fancy to this foreign-style building on the small high ground in the south of the city.
, this place should be used as the forward headquarters of the Federal Army's 3rd Division.
Because of this, Cao Kun specifically asked the division's artillery to be careful not to hit this small foreign-style building when attacking the city.
However, the Russian troops defending the city were veterans of the first Sino-Russian War. Seeing the Chinese army's Phoenix flag, they lost half of their fighting spirit. The Third Division opened up its airs and attacked with firepower, and these people just
Surrendered very simply.
The Third Division is one of the old foundations of the Federal Army. It has fought against the Revolutionary Party and the Japanese. Its skills, tactics and desire to fight are no worse than those of the Russian army. Now it is armed with weapons produced by Lin Kee. It has been gaining momentum since the beginning of the war and its morale is high.
, many people in the army have begun to think about using the rewards to fuck big Russian girls after a big victory.
Cao Kun was not as optimistic as his subordinates, but he also felt that the Federation's final victory was almost certain.
Although Cao Kun is nicknamed Cao Sansi, he actually has the unique "smartness" of a dull person. He feels that the Federation is so obvious about helping the Russian rebels. If the old man is really so arrogant, he thinks that he can definitely win against the Federation.
, they have declared war a long time ago. Instead of declaring war, Lao Maozi asked us to declare war. It is obvious that Lao Maozi has given up. War is actually the same as fighting. The side that gives in first will not be able to win.
of.
What's more, now, the federal army is supported by Master Lin's weapons.
Cao Kun has a deep respect for Master Lin in his heart. Cao Kun actually doesn't care much about the political intrigues in the country. Although he knows that Master Lin and Master Yuan are not dealing with each other, this does not prevent Cao Kun from admiring this man.
"A strange man from South China", it's just that Cao Kun didn't show his admiration as conspicuously as Wu Peifu.
When attacking North Korea, Wu Peifu showed so much appreciation for the weapons of the Nanyang Army, so now that the war is about to begin, Wu Peifu, a fierce general who fought in Shandong and North Korea, is sitting on the bench in China.
Thinking of this, Cao Kun felt a little proud. Back then, he supposedly did well in defending Dezhou, but due to current political needs, this matter was downplayed. However, Wu Peifu became famous because of his good fight in North Korea. Now it is his turn.
Cao Kun.
Thinking like this, in Cao Kun's eyes, the portrait of the tsar in the hall of the small foreign-style building became more pleasing to the eye. Of course, Cao Kun didn't know that it was the tsar, he only thought it was Mao Zi's senior official.
The owner of the foreign-style building, a small noble family who was entrusted to this place, gathered in front of the stairs in the lobby of the foreign-style building. The male owner held his head high and looked at Cao Kun without fear, who was surrounded by guards armed to the teeth.
It smells like a pure man, but all of his female relatives looked frightened. Even the most calm-looking hostess bit her lips until they turned purple.
Looking at this family, Cao Kun suddenly felt extremely satisfied.
"It's so refreshing!" he said, "In the past, we all provided services to foreigners, but we never thought that one day they would tremble in front of our soldiers."
Cao Kun's words aroused a chorus of approval among his subordinates. There were many ruffians in Old Beiyang's army, and they liked this tone.
"translator!"
Cao Kun shouted, and immediately a Russian wearing a less formal federal army uniform came to him, bowed his head and made a respectful gesture, and listened to Cao Kun's instructions.
"Tell them that China is an ancient civilization with thousands of years of history, and our federal army is a civilized army. As long as they obey orders and cooperate with our combat operations, I, Cao Kun, will guarantee the lives and property of his family after the war is won."
After listening, the translator said "I understand" and turned to face the owner of the mansion and his family. The moment he turned around, his back straightened and his face changed...
If Lin Youde were present at this time, he would definitely translate the Russian words spoken by the translator like this: "Listen, Taijun said..."
In fact, this Russian aristocratic family was lucky. The army adapted from the old Beiyang was no better than the Marine Corps, and its military discipline was not as strict. Before Cao Kun entered the small foreign-style building he had chosen, the plundering had already begun, and the family fled.
A calamity passed.
**
Almost at the same time as Cao Kun entered the small bungalow, Major Wang Erlei led his battalion to capture a small station on the Siberian Railway. As the vanguard of the Third Division, this battalion strengthened a mortar company and a cavalry reconnaissance company.
In addition, there is a platoon of generals Feng Jia to cooperate with each other.
"Report," a messenger rode a brown Mongolian horse and galloped to Wang Erlei who was standing on the train platform looking at the map, "We captured the railway bridge not far away, and the Russian army did not have time to blow up the bridge."
The Army's radio popularity is far less than that of the Marine Corps. Even the Sharp Knife Battalion is only equipped with one high-power radio, so it can only continue to use traditional methods to convey orders.
"Very good," Wang Erlei nodded to the messenger, then turned around and shouted, "First company commander! Take your company out immediately, set up defenses at the head of the bridge, and prepare to erect pontoons on both sides of the railway bridge."
"Floating bridge?" The first company commander looked a little confused, "The bridge has not been..."
"You expect hundreds of thousands of troops to cross the river just by relying on a railway bridge? Hurry up and go!"
"yes!"
After the first company commander took the order and left, Wang Erlei's deputy battalion commander spoke: "This guy is more vulnerable than I thought."
"Not necessarily. I think we just haven't encountered serious resistance from the Russian army yet."
"So what if we resist seriously?" The deputy battalion commander shrugged nonchalantly. The calf who had just graduated from the military academy did not hide his contempt for the Russian army at all. "Our army has never been defeated since the commander-in-chief's training at the station.
, and now that we have far better weapons and equipment than Maozi, there is no reason why this attack will fail. We have been oppressed by the foreigners for so many years with their strong ships and cannons, and now it is our turn to show off our power."
Wang Erlei looked sideways at his deputy and didn't say anything for a long time. Finally, he sighed and said: "With your mentality, you will suffer losses in war. Sun Tzu said in the Art of War that arrogant soldiers will be defeated..."
In fact, this is not mentioned in "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu, but in Ban Gu's "Book of Han". But Wang Erlei, the battalion commander who climbed up from the grassroots to lead the army, absolutely does not know this. In his opinion, what ancient military teachings are there?
Of course it should all come from "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu.
Unfortunately, his deputy battalion commander didn't seem to know the origin of this old saying. The young man just snorted contemptuously: ""Sun Tzu's Art of War"? What's the use of that kind of antique nowadays? Now we have to look at land strategy.
For Jomini's "The Art of War", for maritime strategy, you need to read old antiques such as Mahan's "On Sea Power" and "Sun Tzu's Art of War"..."
Before the deputy battalion commander finished speaking, a sharp whistling sound came from above their heads.
"Artillery attack!" Wang Erlei shouted and threw himself to the ground at the same time, and then the heavy artillery shells fell one after another.
The shelling lasted for about twenty minutes. Wang Erlei lay on the ground and counted the number of shells with his heartbeat. He vaguely estimated that at least three Russian artillery batteries were firing at this small station.
"Be good." After the bombardment stopped, Wang Erlei stood up and patted the dirt on his body while shouting at the top of his voice, "Look at this firepower. At least one brigade will come up. Set up all the machine guns for me. Stand at the commanding heights! Find someone to bring the machine gun."
Go up to the bell tower of that chapel..."
Wang Erlei paused, because he found that the bell tower of the chapel was gone, so he changed his words: "Go to the roof of the chapel and sweep away people when you see them. Don't worry about the distance! The bullets are fired from the open. If you can withstand it, you will win!"
After shouting, he turned around and looked for his deputy battalion commander - the deputy battalion commander was in charge of the radio.
As a result, he found that the young man who had been talking loudly just now had fallen into a pool of blood and had long since expired, while the radio team fell not far behind the deputy battalion commander.
"Damn it," Wang Erlei cursed, and then raised his voice again, "Commander!"
At this time, the machine gun set up in the railway switch house north of the village began to roar. Almost at the same time, the Russian skirmisher line appeared in Wang Erlei's sight.