Chapter 248 Missing Division Head

Luo Mingfang walked to Lai Chuanwu and shouted, "Lai Chuanwu, are you going to expose the position of the division headquarters?"

Lai Chuanwu Lizheng saluted: "Deputy division commander, I dare not be inferior. I was just anxious for a moment. I forgot the military order of the division commander. Please ask the deputy division commander to be punished."

"Forget it!" Luo Mingfang waved her hand and said, "You are not in your own position. What are you doing here?"

In the Anzhou Campaign, the second regiment of Nahawu suffered the least and recovered the best, and the army was expanded to 3,000. Therefore, in the Linjin River operation, Zhou Charter ordered the second regiment to be responsible for the front of Wenshan, which is the main force of this operation. If the Zhang army crosses the river, the second regiment will take the main attack; if the Japanese army counterattacks and launches a river crossing, the second regiment will also bear the brunt.

The 201 battalion of Lai Chuanwu is the main battalion of the second regiment. Lai Chuanwu really has two skills and has some ability to lead troops. After three months of rest, the tactical literacy and coordination ability of this battalion have been greatly improved. In the whole Zhang army, it has even surpassed the first regiment that Zhou Charter has always valued. It is comparable to Feng Guozhang's division directly under the battalion, and it is one of the two most combative battalions in the Zhang army.

In this operation, Zhou Charter intended to let Lai Chuanwu perform and arranged him under Qingqiu, which was the Wenshan ferry, which was the focus of the competition between Zhang Jun and the Japanese army.

Lai Chuanwu said, "Deputy Division Chief, I want to see the division commander."

"The teacher is not feeling well and is resting. Let me know if you need anything!" Luo Mingfang shouted.

"Deputy teacher, it's not that I don't respect you. I'm afraid you can't make the decision on this matter."

"Bulls!" Luo Mingfang shouted, "Zhang Jun, I can't make the decision!"

Lai Chuanwu shook his head: "Deputy division commander, just let me in. I will meet with the division commander for no more than five minutes at most, which will not delay the division commander's rest." Lai Chuanwu glanced at the northwest of Qingqiu, where there was a pass, where the division headquarters was located, and Zhou Charter should be there.

Luo Mingfang's face sank: "Lai Chuanwu! Listen to me. Don't think that there is a teacher covering you, and you don't know the depth of heaven and earth! In Zhang Jun, the division commander is not here, and Lao Lu Mingfang is the division commander! Damn, Zhang Xun doesn't dare to fool around in front of me. You're just a little battalion commander!"

Lai Chuanwu hurriedly said, "Yes! Deputy teacher, humble words abrupt, offend the deputy teacher, please forgive the deputy teacher! The humble position also knew that at the beginning, on the peak of the fetus, the division commander once entrusted the deputy division commander to command the whole army, and the deputy division commander lived up to expectations and successfully completed the task! I'm convinced!"

"If you have something to say, just make it clear here!"

"Deputy division commander, when the division commander conveyed the combat order, he made it clear that my 201 battalion was responsible for attacking the Wenshan ferry. Our battalion has entered the attack position and prepared the ship equipment for the ferry crossing. However, just now, the deputy division commander suddenly ordered Battalion 201 to retreat to the second-line position and hand over the attack position to Battalion 202 together with ship equipment. Damn, I prepared everything to cross the river, but the 202 battalion inserted a pole. Then Ha Wu is going to rob me of my head! I don't accept it!"

Luo Mingfang smiled and said, "So it's because of this. Lao Lai, you'd better go back and carry out the deputy division commander's order. You should know, he is the deputy division commander and regimental commander, or the emperor's uncle!"

"Uncle, fart!" Lai Chuanwu shouted, "There is no uncle in Zhangjun, only a division commander!"

"It's okay!" Luo Mingfang patted Lai Chuanwu on the shoulder: "To tell you the truth, the deputy division commander is also carrying out the division commander's order."

"What? You mean, it was the division commander who asked the 201 battalion to retreat?

Luo Mingfang nodded.

"Why is that? Deputy division commander, as you know, the bridge and river ferry was knocked down by me. In Zhangjun, who the hell has the experience of crossing the river? This task of forcibly crossing the Linjin River is the only one! Deputy teacher, you still let me meet the teacher!"

Luo Mingfang's face sank: "Lai Chuanwu, do you really don't recognize me as a deputy division commander?"

"I'm sorry, deputy teacher, I'm convinced by the deputy teacher!"

"In that case, go back to your position!"

Lai Chuanwu saluted Luo Mingfang, turned down Qingqiu, and hurried back to the position of Camp 201.

Battalion 201 has retreated to the position three miles away from the ferry in accordance with Nahawu's order. Behind the 201 battalion is the position of the artillery team directly under the division, hidden in the jungle behind the hills. Today, the artillery team has 20 wild guns, which can organize dense firepower to block the riverbank.

Lai Chuanwu drilled into the bunker of the battalion headquarters, which was a bunker built under the cliff, surrounded by jungle and in the corner of Japanese shelling.

In the bunker, a burly man sat on a marching chair. The man was wearing a gray cloth military uniform with no need under his jaw and a majestic face.

Lai Chuanwu bent down and said, "Chief Cui, please rush back to the capital immediately and report to the Empress Dowager that Zhou Charter is not in Linjin River!"

Sitting on the marching chair is Cui Yugui, the second chief of Empress Dowager Cixi!

Cui Yugui stood up slowly and said, "Are you sure?"

"Yes!" Lai Chuanwu said, "I didn't see Zhou Charter on Qingqiu. Luo Mingfang has taken over the command of various departments of Linjin River. This is the usual method of Zhou Charter. As long as he is not in the army, he will give the command to Luo Mingfang! Moreover, Feng Guozhang's direct camp is not known. The camp of the direct camp is north of Qingqiu. I went to see it. Although it is under the banner of the direct camp, the camp is full of Koreans!"

Cui Yugui nodded: "Where do you think Zhou Charter went?"

"I don't know." Lai Chuanwu said, "However, it can be confirmed that the purpose of Zhang Jun's march into the Linchuan River is by no means to attack Seoul!"

"Why?"

"My battalion is the most powerful battalion in Zhang's army. If you want to attack, my battalion should naturally be at the forefront. However, Hawu ordered the 201 battalion to retreat, which is to let the 201 battalion focus on defense! I'm sure that although the 202 battalion took over the offensive position, it did not put the whole battalion in the position, at most only one company! Moreover, the position of the artillery team directly under the division is on the back side of the 201 battalion, four miles away from the ferry. Its artillery coverage is just on the north bank of the Linjin River and the heart of the river. That is to say, the task of the artillery team is not to provide artillery support for the offensive troops, but to provide artillery support for the defensive troops! Zhou Charter is in a defensive posture! He has no intention of going south!"

"You mean he is deliberately hiding his true intentions?"

"Yes!"

"So, what is his real intention?" Cui Yugui walked and asked in a low voice.

"Maybe..." Lai Chuanwu's heart sank. He vaguely guessed Zhou Charter's intention, but when it came to his mouth, Lai Chuanwu swallowed it again: "I really don't know the humble position."

Is that right? Even you can't figure out his intention. Doesn't he trust you very much?"

Lai Chuanwu was chagrined.

Zhou Charter not only trusts him, but also has the grace of life-saving and knowing!

However, when it comes to the kindness of knowing the encounter, no one is as good as the Empress Dowager Buddha!

Zhou Charter only promoted him from a thief who stole horse materials to a battalion commander, while the Empress Dowager Buddha sent him from an unknown pawn to Germany and trained him to be the first modern soldiers educated in the most advanced military science in the Qing Dynasty!

The Empress Dowager's kindness, Zhou Charter's kindness, which is more important, and Lai Chuanwu is not clear.

However, as an official of the Qing Dynasty, he should first be loyal to the imperial court! Loyal to the Empress Dowager!

"Incompetent!" Lai Chuanwu sighed.

"This week's charter is really deeply hidden!" Cui Yugui said, "Then I will go back to the capital to restore my life to the empress dowager. Lai Chuanwu, you should remember that without the Empress Dowager, there would be no you today! The Empress Dowager can make you go to heaven or hell!"

"I understand!"

Cui Yugui strode out of the bunker and disappeared.

In Lai Chuanwu's mind, the vague feeling suddenly became clear - Liaodong!

Is it really possible for Zhou Charter to go to Liaodong?

Lai Chuanwu shook his head.

All the troops of the Zhang army were deployed on the front line of the Linjin River. Only Feng Guozhang's division directly under the battalion disappeared with Zhou Charter, and there was the elite second army of the Japanese army in Liaodong. Even if the Zhang army was dispatched, it was difficult to compete with the second army of the Japanese army.

What's more, Song Qing's army has been guarded on the front line of the Yalu River and stuck in the land passage to Liaodong.

As for the sea, it has long been the world of the Japanese joint fleet. Zhou Charter's way to the sea is tantamount to finding his own death.

Lai Chuanwu gave up this idea.

However, if Zhou Charter doesn't go to Liaodong, where will he go?

Why did he pose for attacking Seoul?

Is he just trying to contain the Japanese attack on Shandong? Or, do you show loyalty to the court?

Lai Chuanwu shook his head and once again denied this idea - Zhou Charter will never be so boring!

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January 22, 1895, the 27th day of the twelfth month of the first lunar calendar.

At night, Anping estuary.

A curved moon is in the clear sky, and the moonlight shines on the snowfield, showing a hazy silver white.

The Yalu River is calm and calm.

This is a rare good weather in winter. The wind and snow have stopped roaring, and the mouth of the Anping River is quiet.

Wu Yi's army guarded Li Guoge along the path of the estuary, stepped on the snow and came to the river. His feet slipped, fell to the ground with a plop, and the braids on his head fell far away.

Li Guoge got up, picked up his braids, put them on his head, and scolded, "Dastard! This thing is really in the way!"

Li Guoge was a survivor of the battle of Songgufeng. Compared with the battle he experienced later, it was just a small encounter. He fought side by side with his classmates Zhou Charter, Sindrin and Yu Guangxin to compete with the Japanese army of at least one squadron. They killed dozens of Japanese soldiers, and Xindelin and Yu Guangxin stayed on Songgu Peak forever.

After the war, the survivors cut their braids in the valley under the pine bone peak!

Later, Li Guoge followed Nie Shicheng Wuyi's army to withdraw to the Yalu River, and then transferred to Liaodong. In Wu Yi's army, he had to wear fake braids. According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, it was rebellious not to have braids! Even Nie Shicheng can't keep him.