Chapter 14 Both sides of the Liaohe River

In the year of 4603, 1905, at dawn on March 9, the bank of the Liao River was still shrouded in a thick fog. From time to time, the rumbling sound of artillery came from the east bank of the Liao River. This was the sound of gunfire between the two Russian armies fighting on the east bank.

Tie Gangliang, dressed in a coat, walked out of the shelter. In the morning fog, the soldiers in the trenches sat on the shooting platform with guns. On the top of their heads, they could occasionally hear the roaring of flying bullets. Eight years ago, in the evening, they complained about the suffering in the shelter, and at noon the next day, the Liaohe River, when the first Japanese cavalry appeared. On the east bank and trying to cross the Liaohe River, the front, which had been silent for several months, finally sounded with gunfire. The excited soldiers completely annijud the invading army in just dozens of seconds, and did not even give the other party a chance to fight back.

And the enemies they annihilated were three Japanese cavalry!

Later, the large army of the Japanese army that appeared on the east bank strictly obeyed with Nogi's orders and stopped on the east bank. At the most critical time of the Fengtian Campaign, even the arrogance of Nogi probably did not want to provoke tens of thousands of [***] troops on the other side of the river to attack his first army at this time. At that time, the most I'm afraid it's the Russian who is happy, and he has to face the dilemma of two-sided attacks.

The tacit understanding is often born in helplessness, just like the tacit understanding on the Liao River, although those soldiers build artillery positions and field hospitals, and even headquarters on the anti-slope of the dam on the east bank of the Liao River, and the guards across the river, although from time to time they aim at those soldiers in navy blue military uniforms with guns, even He was an officer, but no one pulled the trigger.

In the past few days, for Tie Gangliang and his soldiers in the trenches, it is simply a kind of torture. There is nothing more worrying than facing the enemy but not being able to fire.

Looking at the plaster flag on the other side, Tie Gangliang only felt annoyed all over his body. Every day, when he opens his eyes, his first feeling is anger. Now, when he looked at himself on the other side of the river less than half a kilometer away through the faint fog, his anger surged more violently and his breathing became rapid.

"Turtle's grandson's little book!"

When Tie Gangliang scolded like this, he heard a sound of horses' hoofs from behind. He looked back and saw that the regimental commander rode to the front line.

In the eyes of the soldiers, the regimental commander was wearing a straight tweed military uniform, with a field telescope hanging on his chest, and his left hand wearing white gloves on the handle of the saber. It was a Western-style saber made by Ma'anshan Gun Factory after His Majesty ascended the throne. It was a gift from His Majesty to senior officers. On the copper guard of the saber, there was a five-clawed golden dragon figure.

With the rank of the commander of the lieutenant colonel, he held the sword given by His Majesty. He is not only the only one in the 52nd Division, but also a very young master in the Guangfu Army. As the head of the fourth-phase cadet of the Huangpu Military Academy, he got this sword with the military achievements of a new Shaanxi regiment to recover Lanzhou, and the thirth regiment was deployed at the forefront. Along the way, it is also regarded by many people as the importance of the commander to the regimental commander.

Xiong Kewu, who was riding on the horse, felt the muscles of the grumpy horse trembling, and the thick air from his mouth stirred up the cold air in winter. The sun slowly rose, a ray of sunlight fell on his thick body, and his right cheek felt itchy and warm under the sun.

As a native of Sichuan, Xiong Kewu is not used to the cold moon days in Kanto, but although he is not used to it, he does not wear his military tweed, the coat in camel velvet, but wears a tea brown tweed military uniform and rides on a horse.

Seeing the officer, Tie Gangliang and his brothers in the trenches hurriedly stood up and saluteed with their boots.

"Good, sir!"

The thick Qin accent sounded in the trenches. Xiong Kewu lowered his whip and returned the military salute. Then he stared at the cold children he had trained with one hand. These Shaanxi children, like him, may not be able to get used to the severe cold of Kanto. Although he wore a dogskin hat, his cotton military uniform was still received in the customs, although They were all wearing coats, but many soldiers still had blue frozen lips. Seeing many soldiers shivering, he spit out a sentence between his lips.

"Cold or not!"

"Sir, the cold baby in Shaanxi is not afraid of the cold!"

Tie Guoliang replied in a positive way.

He nodded, and immediately Xiong Kewu turned his eyes to a young soldier, who was still swinging on his body when he was standing upright.

"It's cold!"

Seeing the officer asking himself, Zhang Bo quickly straightened his chest and replied.

"Report, sir! I'm not even afraid of death, and I'm a cold bear..."

As soon as the words came out, Zhang Bo's intestines turned blue. Cold bear, the officer in front of him was surnamed Xiong.

Xiong Kewu was not annoyed by the soldier's words, but laughed loudly.

"Okay, you're a cold bear. You're a man. I'm a bear, but we don't have a bear at all when we fight. If we fight later, I'll fight fiercely and let these Dongyang Xiaobi see the strength of our Shaanxi cold children!"

"Yes, sir, as long as the little boy comes, we guys will definitely clean up these bitches! Even his mother can't recognize him!"

The soldiers laughed. They drove thousands of miles from Shaanxi to Kanto in order to clean up those bitches.

"Your officer, please speak!"

In the laughter, a soldier shouted.

"Tay!"

"Sar, when do we have to sit? Sitting all day long, everyone is scratching!"

"Bit down first! He nourished his energy and fought straightly, pointing to you guys like evil tigers, do you understand?"

"Yes! Sir! Just take a look! Leng Wazi, you will never lose the face of Shaanxi!"

When the soldier's words fell, Xiong Kewu saw a sentence written by someone on the wooden wallboard of the trench.

"Born in Shaanxi, dead in Kanto!"

When Xiong Kewu looked at this sentence and couldn't calm down for a long time, a white-bearded officer riding on a black war horse on the other side of the river could not calm down for a long time. Nogi Xidian, who was riding on the horse, finally saw the fortifications on the other side of the river when the fog faded, and there were not many [***] people in front of him, more It is a continuous fortification.

Generalnai mu, who carried the coffin and vowed to be buried together for a long time, could not calm down for a long time. It was the fortifications on the west bank of the Liaohe River. Originally, he was just passing by the west bank of the Liaohe River. He was preparing for the last blow to Fengtian, but the fortifications that accidentally fell into his sight attracted his attention.

"Fortunately, it's not the [***] team that guards Lushun!"

In any case, just the dense barbed wire and staggered dark castles on the other side clearly tell him a reality that the [***] team is far better at defensive warfare than the Russians.

"Your Excellency Commander, although Zhong [***] is good at building fortifications, Zhong [***] has a weak will to fight, which is far from comparable to the Russian army. If it is replaced by Zhong [***] to guard Lushun, maybe we only need 15 days to beat Lushun!"

Nan Chenbing, the commander of the 5th Brigade, heard the commander's approval and said categorically that he, who had participated in the Qing War, was deeply impressed by the [***] team, which was more due to the cowardice and incompetence of the Qing army.

It may change everything, but it can't change the cowardly surname of a nation.

Nogi Hinori did not directly refute the views of his subordinates, but directly raised another question.

"Southern Major General, what do you think of the anti-Russian army!"

"Your Excellency, most of the anti-Russian army are from the Hu bandits of Kanto. Their savage, aggressive and ferocious surnames are far from the Guannai army. In the past, they were stationed here as the second legion of the anti-Russian army, but now they are the first legion. Most of their soldiers are timid and weak. The Guannai soldiers lack the savage and aggressiveness of Guannai bandits in their bones. The fierce and bloodthirsty surname, so the lower officials think that all Chinese troops must not be measured by the anti-Russian army!"

When Chen Bing in the south mentions the anti-Russian army, he has a rare respect in his words. In his opinion, the soldiers of the anti-Russian army may be the real soldiers, cruel, belligerent and bloodthirsty, all of which have the spleen and surnames that soldiers should have, but he has no respect for the Guan's internal army.

Nogi Shiten shook his head and looked at the flying Chinese flag on the other side of the river.

"In the south, when the emperor of China founded the Huangpu Military Academy, there was a school motto: there are no indestructed soldiers, only indestructed generals. The Chinese army emphasized the bravery of officers, awakening the bravery of sergeants, supplemented by torture, and forcing officers and soldiers to retreat, so it had the success of resuming China for several months. Perhaps the anti-Russian army, with the soldiers of Hu bandits as the main force, can be the elite of the Chinese army, but these people... I don't think it's too bad!"

In the past few months, when he was transferred from the first unit of the First Army to Kanto, Naiki had ordered the enemy's rear mission squad to spy on it. As a result, a number of members of the enemy's rear mission squad were captured and directly executed by the Chinese in the name of "horse bandits". Nomu, who had lost his teeth and swallowed his stomach, also got some information. Guan The military discipline and vigilance of the internal army are far greater than that of the anti-Russian army. Although Naimu does not know the army in front of him, he can at least know from a few pieces of intelligence that the combat effectiveness of this army may not be inferior to that of the anti-Russian army, at least not much worse than them, which is by no means comparable to that of the Qing army in the past.

What's more, even Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army in the past, its combat strength has been considerable. I think the Guangfu army that can force Yuan Shikai to surrender will not go there.

"This army is still too strange!"

When he shook his head and sighed helplessly, Nogi Xidian had driven his horse away from the dam and headed for the new site of the headquarters. From beginning to end, in the field hospital under the dam, the wounded soldiers with bloody gauze wrapped around their waists and faces stared at the general from the beginning, even after he left. The crutches are shouting in Japanese.

"I want to kill the Chinese people! Kill the Lu people!"

As he shouted, he walked in the direction of dozens of war horses. Although there were many Japanese officers and soldiers coming and going on the battlefield, no one noticed such a bloody gauze wrapped in his face, like a madman, a soldier whose head was injured by shells like this, or Xu Zai has gone crazy.

(to be continued)