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Volume 2: Bathing the Sea City with Blood and Casting the Soul of the Army 398 [Old Maozi will suffer a loss]

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    After the First Brigade forcibly crossed the Daning River, the terrain was mostly plains, and green rice fields and hard-working Korean farmers could be seen everywhere.  Somewhat different from the areas west of the Daning River, the officials in these places disappeared, and no one came to greet the Chinese army. The civilians did not prostrate on the ground in fear and respect. Instead, they fled when they saw the dark green and gray army arriving.  In the blink of an eye there was no trace.

    The first regiment is on the left, the second regiment is on the right, and the third company of the first regiment is at the far left front of the entire regiment, that is, the entire brigade combat search formation.  .

    The company commander, Lieutenant Ding Xianjue, went from the teaching corps to the military preparation school for a crash course. He just graduated at the beginning of the year and was assigned to the first brigade of the Second Army. He replaced Huang Tengxiao, who took over as the battalion commander, as the commander of the third company.  As a company commander who had received formal training in infantry and artillery coordination tactics at the Armed Forces School, and as a member of the Southern Revolutionary Party in the new army, Ding Xianjue made the three companies left by Huang Tengxiao presentable.  The regiment's main company was upgraded to the brigade's first main company.

    Dark gray-green combat uniform, a domed and wide-brimmed cloth combat hat, a thin canvas rucksack of the same color on the back, a briefcase, a revolver, and a bayonet scabbard on the left and right waists, and three cowhide bullet boxes on the front and back of the belt.  There was a yellow copper whistle hanging in front of him, and his hands were tightly grasping the 96 rifle with a 45cm bayonet.  Ding Xianjue is dressed like a standard frontline infantry company commander. Unless you look closely with a telescope, it is impossible to distinguish him from his brothers at the front, left, and right as officers and soldiers.

    The whole company slowly approached Highland 77 in front of them in a Y-shaped evacuation and search formation of two echelons. While keeping their eyes on the high ground, they also needed to step on as little as possible the rice that had begun to sprout, bloom, and become strong.  The so-called Y-shaped formation is that the first and second platoons advance in left and right trapezoidal skirmish lines, and the third platoon and the cannon unit assigned to the company by the battalion follow up in a relatively compact two-row column.  This is a common company detachment combat formation for searching and marching from open areas to mountains.

    Under the command and coordination of Ding Xianjue¡¯s gestures and brief commands, the third company gradually approached Highland 77 with an impeccable posture.

    "Qu Qu Qu Qu." The copper whistle sounded, and the machine gun unit stopped at a field about two hundred meters away from the take-off line of Highland 77, because the military factory had insufficient production capacity, even within the first brigade.  The equipment of Maxim heavy machine guns is still quite insufficient. The third platoon of the battalion machine gun company assigned to the third company only has one Maxim and two 60mm guns.  After observing the terrain, the platoon leader, Lieutenant Kan Wugong, left the mortar squad to build a firing position behind the field and led the machine gun squad forward more than fifty meters.  Establish a covering position with the third platoon behind another ridge, and support the first echelon's two platoons with firepower at any time to move towards the mountainside in a formation of left, front, right and rear.

    Ding Xianjue's command position is relatively forward, at the back waist on the left side of the first echelon. In his eyes, the dense vegetation of 77 Highlands is indeed suitable for blocking attacks, but compared with the open areas to the west and north of 77 Highlands, it is difficult to hide  An "ambush force" is really barely enough.

    A group.  The area spread out in the ambush operation is two square kilometers. Highland 77 is not that big, with a radius of less than one square kilometer.  There is no way to ambush the First Battalion with less than one regiment of troops. From the First Battalion Commander Huang Tengxiao to the ordinary soldiers, all the soldiers dared to pat their chests and say, I can come and go with ease, why are you ambushing me?  !

    The three squad leaders in a row suddenly fell down, and seventeen brothers looked for cover to lie down.  This movement caught Ding Xianjue's eye, and he hurriedly waved back, then waved his arm in the direction of Squad Three.  Suddenly.  The two guns of the mortar squad under the high ground immediately adjusted their direction and fired at the third squad.

    ¡°Company Commander, there¡¯s a situation!¡±

    Ding Xianjue followed the third squad deputy to the ridgeline and saw a group of Japanese troops retreating from the south slope to the south-east direction.  The visual distance is already more than 600 meters, and the enemy's retreat speed is about 50 meters per minute. Then, when the mortar squad fires at Zhuyuan and uses two artillery groups to fire rapidly to cover a small area, the Japanese have already  Escaped.

    "Damn, it happens every time! Come here. Report to the battalion commander that about 400 enemy ambush troops are retreating south! Each platoon is on standby and be alert!"

    At the edge of a mulberry forest about 800 meters north of Highland 77, the regiment leader Lieutenant Colonel He Zonglian saw through the telescope that the tactical movements of the third company were very orderly and decent. He nodded with satisfaction and said: "The second battalion takes over from the first battalion.  Suchuan is slowly approaching."

    Nearby and behind, the officers of the regiment were swearing and executing orders. After a while, He Zonglian also saw through the telescope that some of the officers and soldiers on Highland 77 were holding their hats to vent their anger, and some were jumping with their feet and pointing towards the south, obviously cursing.  The little devil has no courage.  Yes, I worked hard to form a battle formation and approached the enemy, but the enemy ran away. He simply ran away without leaving any tail, so that the gun didn't even fire, and the battle that was about to break out disappeared.  , this, how can the brothers who are eager to kill the enemy on the battlefield and achieve meritorious service not be anxious?

    "Chief of Staff Ge."

    "Captain." Major Ge Chengtai stood to He Zonglian's sideAfter.

    "Order the artillery battalion to deploy near the village and establish a position; the third battalion goes out to the small river south of the village to open up its line and assume a fighting posture. In addition, you go to the second battalion to watch. The forward speed cannot be higher than four miles per hour.  You won¡¯t be able to enter Suchuan until tomorrow evening.¡±

    Ge Chengtai entered the Military Academy in 1886, one year later than He Zonglian, and two years later than He Zonglian.  He Zonglian was assigned to serve as the sentry commander in the Gongzi Army, and Ge Chengtai joined the left-wing artillery team of the Yi Army. It was not until 1895 that they got together at the Military Fort.  During the Liaodong Army Reorganization, He Zonglian was the key officer of the First Brigade, and Ge Chengtai was one of the few officers in the Yi Army who had been trained in formal schools. The two of them cooperated quite well.

    As an officer who was born in the artillery department and had participated in artillery campaign organization exercises, Ge Chengtai was obsessed with using high-level infantry and artillery coordination in the battle with the Fifth Division. Unfortunately, the little Japanese did not give him a chance and slipped away too quickly.  Like the officers and soldiers of the battalion and company, he was suffocating and his teeth were itching with hatred.

    "Brother Chunjiang, tell me, what are the plans of Commander Dai and Brigadier Qin?"

    "We just carry out military orders, no need to ask any more questions."

    "You have to give your subordinates an explanation, right?"

    "Miao Xi, can't you tell?" He Zonglian turned to stare at the chief of staff, with a bit of suspicion and a bit of teasing in his eyes.

    "What do you think? The brigade commander is just afraid that we will be ambushed by the Japanese!"

    "Okay, okay!" He Zonglian clapped his hands and said with a smile: "You have seen it this way, and the Japanese must see it this way. It is reasonable for us to advance slowly, and the Japanese can retreat to Pyongyang less hastily. Our brigade is not the only one in the army.  The 7th Brigade is in Jiechuan, and the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th Brigades have also caught up. As long as we slow down and the 7th Brigade rushes southward from Jiechuan, we may be able to capture a group of Japanese and annihilate them under the walls of Pyongyang. Otherwise, this battle will end  Just keep fighting like this. Even if we fight to Busan, we won¡¯t be able to eliminate a few Japanese!"

    He Zonglian¡¯s guess was similar to the actual battle situation, but he did not include the 1st Marine Brigade. He could not understand the movements of the Japanese naval fleet from the position of commander.  It's pretty good to guess that the legion's campaign intention is to "seize the main force of the Japanese army in Pyongyang and try to annihilate it."

    Ge Chengtai thought about it for a while, his thoughts became clear, his face looked happy, and he strode away.

    The capital.  The meeting hall of the west courtyard of Xianliang Temple.

    Yinchang hung up a huge map composed of four full-format 1/100,000 military maps in the hall. Together with Li Hongzhang, Liu Kunyi, Song Qing and others, he greeted Prince Gong Yixin who was sitting in a soft sedan with a tired expression.  Take on the responsibility of giving lectures on the Korean War.

    "As of today, which is the fourth day after the emperor issued the edict to declare war, Japan still has not responded to our declaration of war. Its minister to the UK, Shuzo Aoki, is active in London in an attempt to restore the international strategic disadvantage. Goodbye  Consider the strategy for dealing with Russia and us. Yesterday, Zheng Bangyan led the first regiment of the Taiwan garrison to land on the main island of Ryukyu under the escort of the Nanyang Fleet. He killed more than 300 Japanese naval garrison personnel. Subsequently, the Nanyang Fleet's main ship Weiyuan  The "Flying Eagle" and "Flying Eagle" formations headed north and were scheduled to rendezvous with the main force of the Beiyang Fleet off the coast of Nampo in the West Korean Bay to jointly protect the four ships newly purchased by the Steamship Merchants Bureau: Yuli, Huili, Fengli, and Deli, as well as the old freighters Yihao and Tailai.  , as well as a transport fleet composed of two leased British and two German cargo ships each, are planned to berth in the sea of ??Mayongri north of Nampo on July 17, and the 1st Marine Brigade will land. At the same time, the main ship of our fleet will bombard  The Japanese defenders and fleet at Nanpu. The two ships Feiting and Feiying will sail up the Datong River to provide artillery support for the landing Marines."

    Hearing this, Li Hongzhang put his hand on his forehead and said: "At the beginning of last year, the Steamship Merchants Company planned to raise one million taels of silver to purchase merchant ships. If Yang Zhizhi had not tried his best to support Sheng Xingsun, there would not have been four new ships to carry the Marine Brigade at this time!"

    On the sedan chair, Yixin tilted her head and asked, "What? What did Li Zhongtang say?"

    Yi Xin is old and has poor hearing and vision. She can't hear clearly even when others speak softly. Attending this meeting is a bit like the Clay Bodhisattva of the Earth Temple.

    It is impossible for Li Hongzhang to repeat it in a loud voice.  Yin Chang was about to explain when he saw Li Hongzhang waving his hand. Song Qing and others also turned their attention to the map. Knowing that the old prince would not be ignored, he had no choice but to point to the map and continue: "  At present, six infantry brigades and one and a half artillery brigades of our Jiangdong Corps have advanced to the Suchuan and Jiechuan lines. It is expected to capture Shun'an on the 15th and Yongcheng on the 17th to advance to Pyongyang and cooperate with the landing of the Marine Corps. Eastern Front  The 9th, 11th, and 12th brigades and four artillery battalions directly under the Jilin Border Defense Command have assembled in the Maoshan area. The main purpose is to restrain the Russian army and prevent it from having any dissent when the battle situation is stalemate. The chief of staff made it clear in a call today  , if the Jiangdong Army can capture the Japanese Fifth Division in the Pyongyang area, the war situation is expected to be clear; if not, the Jiangdong Army will have no choice but to continue southward and advance towards Seoul. Considering the changes in the situation when approaching Seoul, the Fourth Division of the Khalkha Mongolia, Black  ?The Heilongjiang Border Defense Command must make emergency preparations before winter. The Guards Cavalry Division and the Inner Mongolia Cavalry Division immediately set off north; the Heilongjiang Border Defense Command will expand based on the 10th Brigade and the Provincial Defense Infantry Brigade and Cavalry Brigade.  One infantry brigade, one cavalry brigade, and the artillery brigade of the National Defense Forces' Foreign Legion Training Corps were transferred to the Heilongjiang Border Defense Command and expanded into a regiment-level artillery group.  "

    Weng Tonghe looked worried and asked in a low voice: "Wulu, do you mean to say that even if the navy covers the landing of the Marines at Nanpu, there is no guarantee that they will annihilate the enemy in Pyongyang?"

    "Yes, the commander of the Japanese Korean Army, Yama Hsien, is a cunning and cunning man. He is trying to retreat to Seoul on the west coast and attack Yongheung-ri on the east coast to cause the Russian army to be suspicious of our army, undermine the current situation of allied forces against the enemy, and then seek independence from Russia.  To make peace. Therefore, our army wants to coerce the Russians and the Japanese to continue fighting, leaving three brigades in Maoshan as nails. At the same time, we must beware of the Russian army launching attacks in the Heilongjiang and Baikal areas and harassing our border residents. Being prepared for contingency is just for the sake of peace.  A warning to the Russians. The Russian Far Eastern Army only has 50,000 troops in Transbaikal and the Amur region. If I fully mobilize them, the Russians will have no chance to take advantage of them and can only focus their interests on North Korea and the Japanese."

    Weng Tonghe sighed: "Oh, why am I listening and listening? I feel that this battle is going to get bigger and bigger!"

    Song Qing waved his hands with a smile and said: "Weng Zhongtang is half right. The scale of mobilization is large, but the mobilization is precisely to control the scope of the war. It is within my plan. If I don't mobilize, the Russians will take advantage of it."  For them, if they change their mind, they can negotiate with the Japanese to get more than half of Korea, and then do something in the Khalkha, Mongolia, and Heilongjiang, and get some benefits. It is not a loss at all. If I mobilize, Wulou! Russia  How many troops are there in the army?"

    "More than fifty thousand."

    "That means there are still 200,000 in Vladivostok, Shuangchengzi, and Khabarovsk?"

    Yinchang had a plan in mind and talked eloquently: "According to the intelligence analysis of the Jilin Border Reconnaissance Company, the Russian Far East Second Army has built a dock in Xinpu in the Posiete Bay area, and the other two divisions belonging to the First Army are namely  The Second Central Siberian Division and two Cossack brigades are located on the Tumen River. However, the east coast of North Korea has complex terrain and rugged roads. It can only provide supplies to 50,000 troops and cannot reinforce more troops to fight on the front line.  Based on this analysis, the Russian Far Eastern Army only has a maximum strength of 45,000 to 60,000 troops in Temple Street and Vladivostok."

    "What if the Japanese army attacks the Russian army with all its strength?"

    "Song Shuai has a keen eye. The Japanese army has exactly this intention. Its Sixth Division has arrived at Wonsan, and the Second Division is advancing towards Wonsan through Cheorwon. The Second, Third, and Sixth Divisions are all well-known in the Japanese army.  The main division of the Japanese Army has a combat capability far higher than that of the Fifth Division and the Fourth Division, which suffered heavy losses in the Sino-Japanese War of 1991. The General Staff estimates that between the 17th and 20th, the Japanese army will attack Yongxing with three divisions.  The Russian army launched a decisive attack here. At this time, it was impossible for the Russians to build port facilities in Xinpu and provide reinforcements and artillery fire for Linevich. Therefore, the situation of the Russian First Army in the Far East was quite dangerous, but it was also our  This is a result that we are happy to see. Therefore, we must implement the orders of the General Staff and Staff to reinforce the Khalkha Mongols and mobilize the reclamation corps in Heilongjiang to curb possible changes in the Russian army."

    Li Hongzhang, Song Qing, and Liu Kun looked at each other for a while, and Song Qing said: "Then mobilize Yongshan and Ba Zheer to go to Outer Mongolia! Heilongjiang Reclamation Army Mobilization, how to solve the problem of ordnance and ammunition?"

    "Using old-style firearms and ammunition can basically meet the expenses."

    "Well, I'll send you a telegram. Please call slowly and don't be in a hurry. It's rare to have such a good situation. We have to get something back." Li Hongzhang said softly, looked around with squinted eyes, and then deliberately  He nodded slightly to Liu Kunyi and said: "Everyone, the emperor has returned from Europe. The matter of the Constitutional Convention must be carried out. It will be best if the emperor comes back and we can explain the past. Military affairs will be left to Zhu San from now on.  , Yuting, Jianzhai, and Wulou will be in charge, and they will help Yang Ge, who is leading the army outside."

    " Once these words are spoken, it is equivalent to blocking the way for others to get involved in the military or make irresponsible remarks. People who have nothing to do with the military should handle the matter of the constitutional preparatory conference honestly!

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