The bandit leader Zhang Leshan has been frowning these days.
It seems that this guy is about to go to war with the government and the army. The troops are mobilized frequently, which scares all the merchants to go to the pass. Zhang Leshan and his brothers have not been able to make a fortune for two weeks. They go to the village to rob grain and grain.
Most of them were requisitioned by Mao Zi. The villagers hid the little winter food. Zhang Leshan ordered his brothers not to touch it.
Even though Zhang Leshan usually bullies the people to kill people and set fires, but most of the time, he still understands that he can't take advantage of the situation. When it's time to be ruthless, to be ruthless is to establish prestige, and at this time,
, you have to be gentle.
After all, Zhang Leshan is a man who has read books, so this trick is perfect. These days, the news has spread that the big bosses are not robbing food. When the common people who were robbed of winter food by other mountain bandits were compared, they immediately became confused.
Leshan's reputation has gone up.
But after Huairou, there was a problem that Zhang Leshan had to face: How could his gang survive the winter without robbing the people of their food?
This is the biggest headache for the bandit leader nicknamed Mountain Eagle right now.
At this moment, an old friend from Zhang Leshan's time when he broke into Guandong came to visit the bandit leader.
"He Laoliu!" Zhang Leshan couldn't believe his eyes, "When I said goodbye to Huludao, I didn't expect to see you again. Why, you also..."
As he spoke, Zhang Leshan made a gesture, which was one of the many agreed-upon secret codes of the bandits in the Northeast.
He Laoliu, who was dressed in a coarse cloth coat, immediately responded with gestures.
"Officers?" Zhang Leshan was even more surprised, "He Laoliu, He Laoliu, I can't believe it. Let me explain to you first, I will not help the officers and soldiers."
"Brother, you don't need your help. You just need to keep an eye on Mao Zi's movements and show us the way. The rest will be left to our Nanyang Army. We will pay the reward first."
After saying that, He Laoliu gestured to the people behind him, and several wooden boxes were carried to Zhang Leshan. He Laoliu opened the lid of the box, and the neatly stacked German rifles inside immediately blinded Zhang Leshan.
Eyes. The weapons of bandits in this era were very poor, and a head-on confrontation with the army was no different than seeking death. But with these guns, Zhang Leshan even rushed to pick Mao Zi's weak points.
"Really, as long as we bring the news and lead the way?" The cunning bandit leader narrowed his eyes and stared at his old acquaintance. Usually at this time, it meant that the deal was almost concluded. The last call was
"Breaking through the sky" means fighting for your momentum. If you fail, all your previous efforts will be wasted.
He Laoliu calmly accepted the pressure from Zhang Leshan without wavering.
**
In the Northeast at the end of 1900, the traffic conditions were extremely poor. During the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, the Japanese army underestimated the poor traffic conditions, resulting in the advance speed being far lower than the requirements of the Japanese high command. Several battles failed.
The main force of the Russian army fled, and the strategic goal of annihilating a large number of Russian troops in the field was never achieved.
In 1900, the Middle Eastern Railway had not yet been completed, and the mobility of the Russian army was even more affected.
In addition, since the beginning of winter, there have been several partial light snowfalls in succession, and the roads are terribly muddy. The speed of the Russian army's movement towards Fengtian is no different from that of a tortoise.
Then, an enemy more terrifying than the harsh natural environment came to them.
On November 6, the Russian vanguard was ambushed 150 kilometers away from Fengtian City, and nearly a regiment of infantry was wiped out. The defeated soldiers who escaped claimed that the Nanyang Army had mobilized at least a hundred machine guns to shoot at them, and also
Heavy artillery was dispatched.
Then, the Russian army's nightmare began.
Like ghosts, the troops of the Nanyang Army passed through the cordon of the Russian advance guard and launched a series of attacks on the advancing Russian army.
To make matters worse, the Russian military command had no idea how many Nanyang Army troops had crossed the cordon. The reports they received one after another were full of contradictory accounts. There were often widely differing accounts of the same attack.
Describe. The only fact that the Russian commander-in-chief Kuropatkin knows for sure is that the Chinese sent a large number of troops to attack the Russian army...
What is more regrettable is that the only fact he knows for sure is actually wrong, and he does not know that he is wrong.
The attacking troops of the Nanyang Army were actually small troops of less than a hundred people. Most of the troops were children from the mountainous areas. Some of them had a pair of Scuds who were used to drilling in the ravines. Under the guidance of the guides provided by the bandits, these troops avoided the Russian army.
Patrolling posts, crossing mountains and ridges to attack Russian troops everywhere.
The arm of the Nanyang Army's Northward Detachment was specially strengthened. The number of hand grenades and traps was much higher than that of the general Nanyang Army troops. Then the acting commander of the detachment also specifically ordered that the unit's traps be used intensively, so that the attack detachment had almost one manpower.
Such a small squad of the Nanyang Army has far more firepower than the average Russian army. It can often cause huge damage to the Russian army in the first few minutes of the attack. After this round of firefighting is over, the squad will use familiarity to
The advantage of the terrain quickly retreated, leaving the Russians unable to even touch their shadow.
Except for the first battle that directly annihilated a Russian regiment, the other attacks were the masterpieces of these small units who took off their uniforms.
In the past few days, the Russians have deployed cloud-walking machines and Shenji to conduct a large-scale search for the Nanyang Army's attacking troops. However, it is not easy to find a dozen small teams of less than a hundred people that have been broken into pieces in the deep mountains and old forests with a radius of hundreds of kilometers.
What's more, these squads have the support of the people. The Russians occupied Lushunkou for three years, and the crimes committed by them are everywhere in the Liaodong Peninsula. When the officers and soldiers come to beat Maozi, there is no reason why the people should not support it. In the last time and space,
In the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese enlisted the support of the common people under the pretext of helping China repel Mao Tse, and gained greater advantages in intelligence, guidance, etc. than the Russian army that was conducting defensive operations - originally these advantages should have been in the Russo-Japanese War.
Only in the hands of the defender.
Therefore, no matter which village the Nanyang Army's attack detachment arrived, it was immediately covered by the people. The detachment led by He Laoliu even stayed one night with a regiment of Russian troops in a village called Majiadian.
The Nanyang Army's tactics that blossomed everywhere disrupted the Russian army's entire advance plan, making the advance that was already seriously delayed due to weather even more sluggish.
The Russian army's baggage seemed to have become a key target of the Nanyang Army. A large amount of ammunition, food and clothing were burned on the road.
The Russian messengers seemed to be possessed by some kind of curse. Young Cossacks often disappeared into the mountains and forests together with their orders. The telegraph and telephone lines that had just been set up were often cut off within a few days. In the end,
, Kuropatkin had to send a company of cavalry to rush along the march route to collect intelligence and convey his orders.
This cavalry company was ambushed while performing its second mission. More than 30 people were directly killed by explosives pre-planted on the roadside, and the rest were "fired by hundreds of machine guns."
On November 15, Kuropatkin finally determined that he was attacked by a small group of well-equipped troops. For this reason, he was furious and ordered the troops to set fire to the mountains on the way forward, "burning all the places where these rats are hiding."
, while urging the troops to speed up the march, "Don't worry about those annoying attacks. They are like mosquitoes, annoying but not fatal. What we want is to march, march, and march again! All you need to consider is how to get there as soon as possible."
Under Fengtian City!"
But this time, Kuropatkin was wrong again.
The main force of the Nanyang Army's Northward Detachment, more than 4,000 men, has moved between Lianshanguan and Anshan, scattered and hidden down to the Dahe area.
**
Bahui Town, east of Anshan.
Chen Hongda, acting commander of the Northward Detachment, was eating hot pot with the mayor, his wife and their sons in the house of the mayor's family.
"Sir Chen." After two glasses of wine, the mayor, who looked rather like a scholar, asked Chen Hongda, "You guys dare to leave Fengtian Jiancheng because of your strong soldiers and horses. With all due respect, you are brave, but a little unintelligent."
ah."….
"You don't understand this," Chen Hongda said with a smile, "Our shopkeeper Lin...oh, even the Minister of the Navy Lin Youde, when he gave a lecture to us, he said that when the enemy is strong and we are weak, the most taboo thing is
To defend the isolated city, we must adopt the policy of active defense. Mr. Lin summarized it in sixteen words: when the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy is stationed, we harass; when the enemy retreats, we pursue; when the enemy is tired, we attack. In addition, there are a series of specific policies. According to our current situation
Case……"
Chen Hongda glanced at the several staff officers who had graduated from Japan's military service at the same table. These staff officers strongly opposed Chen Hongda's order to take the initiative, and the knot in his heart has not been resolved until now. So Chen Hongda deliberately raised his voice: "In the face of
The current Russian army, relying on the existing city defenses of Fengtian City, can indeed hold on for a period of time and inflict a lot of damage to the Russian army. However, the Russian army must have sent out troops to cut off the Jingfeng Road, and our army's reinforcements will arrive in a while.
No. In this case, if we stick to Fengtian, defeat is basically a foregone conclusion. We cannot sit back and wait for death. What's more, sticking to Fengtian will destroy our advantage."
"Advantage?" the mayor looked doubtful.
"That's right, advantages. First of all, our army's soldiers are mostly from mountainous areas and are very familiar with climbing over mountains and ridges. However, the Russian soldiers' hometowns are the plains, especially the Cossacks, and they have basically no experience in mountain warfare. Secondly, our army's equipment is better than that of Russia's.
Our army is better, and its firepower density is much higher than that of the Russian army. The last and most important point is that our army has the support of the local people and can understand the movements of the Russian army, while the Russian army has no popular support and can only rely on scouts and cloud-walking aircraft.
, but the war zone is mountainous and forested, the Russian reconnaissance cavalry are not familiar with the terrain, and we have the cover of the people. In addition, the bandits, driven by our attacks these days, have also begun to take advantage of the Russian army and attack small units of the Russian army.
Scouts, the Russians are like blind men and cannot find us at all. Look, we have been hiding in Bahui Town for several days, are the Russians aware of it at all?"
"But you can't win the battle just by hiding it." A staff officer was somewhat unconvinced and retorted.
Chen Hongda smiled and shook his head.
"Baili, do you think the attack teams we sent out are just killing and injuring the Russian army? Their more important task is to create chaos for the Russian army. This chaos is not only a chaos in the army's organization, but also a psychological disorder among the generals.
Chaos and roughness, once the commander falls into anxiety, loopholes and oversights will appear, and the Russian army's oversights are opportunities for us. We must seize the opportunity to strike at the Russian army quickly and hard.
Just hit the Russian army hard. This major victory will inspire the people across the country, create pressure on the government, and force them to send more troops north. This is the fundamental way to solve the crisis in Fengtian City."
The staff officer who retorted looked thoughtful, but said no more.
At this moment, the door to the mayor's house opened, and after the officer on duty tonight shouted a report, he ushered in a young man.
"Gouzi?" Chen Hongda immediately recognized that this was one of the many young men who served as liaison between gangs and the Nanyang Army these days. "What's wrong, Gouzi?"
"Go back to me, sir. The boss wants me to take the message. A big fish has appeared."
When Chen Hongda heard this, he slammed his chopsticks on the table and shouted: "Send the order to the entire army to assemble urgently!"