Chapter 125 Liaoning Subsupeed Bandit Detachment

Xinminfu is located in the west of Fengtian. Although this place can be said to be a barrier to the west of Fengtian, considering that it is located in the vast northeast plain, in fact, its strategic value is quite low. It is a place that cannot be defended and attacked. The strategic value is far from comparable to that of soldiers such as Jinzhou, Liaoyang or Jinzhou. In parallel.

However, with the construction of the railway, the importance of the new people's government is becoming more and more important. With the gradual completion of the railways inside and outside the customs, the new people's government along the railway has become a necessary passage to Fengtian in the east, especially the rapid development of modern military equipment, and the logistics supply is increasing day by day. When there is a large-scale land war, there must be railway transportation to provide logistical support.

This can be seen from the fact that the Japanese army specially built a number of military railways in order to solve logistical problems in the Russo-Japanese War.

Although the railway from Xinminfu to Fengtian has not been completed, the railway from Jinzhou to Xinminfu has been completed. As one of the ends of the current railway inside and outside the customs, the importance of Xinminfu has also become important over time.

However, the new Minfu is located in western Liaoning, even if it is close to Fengtian, even if it has a certain strategic value, but because it belongs to China's actual control area, neither Japan and Russia have yet sent soldiers here.

However, this place is also related to the road traffic in Fengtian, Jinzhou, Guannei and other places. Although he did not directly send troops across the Liaohe River, he penetrated and controlled the area through the recruitment of northeast bandits, and destroyed the Russian military forces and supply lines in the area.

This kind of thing is logically between Japan and Russia, but the problem is that this move also undermines the arms trade between Zhao Dongyun and the Russians!

"The total value of the ordnance we lost in Xinmin last month is more than 100,000 taels of silver, which is enough for us to make another infantry marker!" Zhao Dong flat showed a fierce look: "This time, we must completely clean up the new people's government. No matter whether it's Zhang Zuolin or Wang Xiao's braids, it's all over!"

Wang Xiaobrazi, as mentioned above, this person is also one of the leaders of the bandits in Northeast China, but he is also a Japanese person. During the Russo-Japanese War, he actively cooperated with Japan's solicitation and launched the so-called Manchurian Volunteer Army in Liaoxi, and he personally led hundreds of bandits to be active in Xinminfu and Fengtian. In the northern region, any harassment of the Russian army was carried out.

According to the information obtained from multiple sources, he intercepted two batches of ordnances that Zhao Dongyun sold to the Russians, resulting in Zhao Dongyun's heavy losses.

Although Zhang Zuolin did not personally participate, he was also secretly better with Japan himself, providing a lot of information and logistical support to Wang Xiao's horse bandits. After all, the new people's government is Zhang Zuolin's territory. Without his acquiescence and support, Wang Xiaozhuozi could not be so unscrupulous, more It is impossible to accurately know the ordnance transportation route of Lv Shuanggun several times in a row, so as to ambush in advance.

"They all deserve to die!" Although Meng Enyuan is not very clear about the detailed trade between Zhao Dongyun and the Russians, he is not a fool. In the past six months, the small treasury in the third town has been continuously funded to support the expansion of the third town and the Jinzhou patrol battalion. Where did this money come from?

In addition to the search of the territory in Liaoxi and the results of suppressing bandits in the early stage, there are definitely other income channels, and when Zhao Dongyun told him that goods up to 100,000 taels of silver were robbed by the new people.

He immediately had a great connection with the Russians, but he was puzzled, but he expressed his political attitude at the first time.

That's because he didn't care how Zhao Dongyun used to make money. He only knew that the money was used to expand the army from his third town, and the money was robbed.

So, like Chen Guangyuan, when Zhao Dongyun said that he would send troops to the new people's government to carry out large-scale suppression of bandits, he immediately expressed his opinion, that is, strong support.

With this incident, Meng Enyuan and Chen Guangyuan also vaguely knew about the ordnance trade between their third town and the Russians, but others still did not know it.

For this military operation in the new people's mansion, Zhao Dongyun used the same reason, whether internally or externally: that is, the bandits in the new people's government are rampant, and Zhang Zuolin was rehabilitated. He not only plundered the villagers's business brigade, but also robbed the armored materials of the third town. The new people's bandits are immortal, and it is difficult to return a Langlang universe in western Liaoning.

The hidden meaning of this is: Zhang Zuolin and other horse bandits who are active in the new people's mansion robbing villagers' business trips, but they dare to rob the ordnance materials of my third town. If they don't clean them up, then the third town will not have to say anything about bomb the ground in western Liaoning.

In the face of Zhao Dongyun's obvious posture of retaliating, even Zeng Qi, who has a good impression of Zhang Zuolin, is not easy to say, or he actually can't say anything. He can't control Zhao Dongyun, let alone offend Zhao Dongyun for a small bandit leader who has just been touched, and then offend him. Beiyang.

According to reason, this matter could only be regarded as an infighting in China and had nothing to do with the Russian army and the Japanese army. However, Zhao Dongyun dispatched more than 2,000 troops and went to the new people's government not far from Fengtian City. Naturally, this will attract the attention of the two countries, and even some people have been seriously killed and fantasized that the patients have It's shouting that China has entered the war or something.

On an official road of the New People's Mansion, countless Beiyang soldiers in earthy military uniforms are striding forward, and the infantry are still mixed with mortars and heavy machine guns carried by horses. After these infantry, there are horse-pulled artillery, carefully counting more than a dozen guns in a whole battalion, in the artillery battalion Later, there were nearly 100 four-wheeled vehicles pulled by mules and horses. These logistics vehicles carried many combat materials, mainly ammunition.

At the rear of the logistics force, there is another infantry battalion, but the clothing of this infantry battalion is slightly different from the infantry clothing of the third town in front. Although the style is similar, the color is slightly different. Most of the soldiers' military uniforms are earthy gray, and the officer clothing on the high horse is the same as that of the third town in front. It's almost the same.

The guns of the soldiers of the battalion are also very easy to distinguish the Type 88 rifle. The Type 88 rifle is obviously different from the Type 88 rifle of other domestic factories and the Type 88 rifle imported from Germany, that is, the barrel sleeve is removed, the above handwood is replaced, and many details such as the clip and aiming are designed. It also prefers the Mauser 1898 rifle.

In addition to the same rifle as the third town, it is also equipped with organic guns and mortars, but the number is more important.

This infantry battalion is the second battalion of the Jinzhou patrol battalion. Due to the shortage of funds of the Jinzhou patrol battalion, it is slightly worse than the third town in terms of heavy weapons and equipment and other treatment. In the small faction of Zhao Dongyun, it is generally the relationship with the Wuwei Right Army and the vanguard of the Right Army in Gengzi. Almost, both belong to Yuan Shikai's direct forces, but one is the main combat power and the other is the secondary combat power.

This time, he sent troops to the new people's mansion. Because he needed to face not only bandits, but also semi-official troops such as Zhang Zuolin. With the attitude of fighting with lions and rabbits, Zhao Dongyun did not have any contempt, but a large army of more than 3,000 people.

In addition to the troops mainly sent by nearly 2,000 cavalry in the early stage, Zhao Dongyun later dispatched a battalion and a artillery battalion of the Jinzhou patrol battalion to support the operation.

This led to more than 3,000 troops who went to Xinmin to participate in the fight against bandits.

This temporarily formed 'Liaoxi Bandit Subsupe Detachment' was drawn from the second battalion of the first battalion, the third battalion and the ninth standard of the fifth group of the step brigade under the third town riding team. At the same time, there are nearly 700 cavalry battalion of the Jinzhou patrol battalion, the first battalion of the foot team, the first battalion of the artillery team and other troops.

Generally, there are about 1,500 people in two battalions of infantry, about 1,300 cavalry battalions in two small battalions and a large battalion of cavalry, 16 artillery in a battalion of artillery and some logistical supplies and heavy troops. Therefore, the upper army also has more than 30 80mm and 60mm mortars, and 18 Maxim heavy machine guns.

If only the combat troops are counted, the combat strength of the 'Liaoxi Bandit Squadron Detachment' is about 2,300, and the remaining more than 1,000 people are auxiliary personnel such as the heavy troops and the chiefs of each unit.

Combat troops and logistics personnel are added, and the so-called 3,000 troops are still OK!

The 'Liaoxi Anti-bandit Detachment' is the ninth standard unit with Kong Xiaobei as the highest commander. Among them, the two battalions of the Jinzhou patrol battalion of Lv Shuanggun and the three battalions of the cavalry team are formed by the forward force. The third standard gang of the cavalry team is also the first battalion management, that is, Zhao Dongyun's decent direct line Hua Zhenji as the forward command. Officer.

The remaining two infantry battalions, one artillery battalion and the heavy logistics force are personally commanded by Kong Guanbei.

From this appointment, it can be seen that Zhao Dongyun is extremely partial to his direct officers. Both Hua Zhenji and Kong Guanbei are his direct subordinates. In fact, not only these two main commanders, but also several other battalions are basically Zhao Dongyun's direct subordinates.

Why do they all send their direct subordinates to the battlefield to fight?

You should know that they are all soldiers. What is the best thing for soldiers to promote? Naturally, it is military merit. In addition to military merit, you must also have qualifications. When China does not break out a large-scale war with foreign countries, if the officers want to be promoted, they will suppress bandits. The task of suppressing the ground has become the main way to military merit and accumulating qualifications.

Just as Duan Qirui was responsible for suppressing the Guangzong People's Revelation and led Zhao Dongyun, so that Duan Qirui's faction took almost all the credit. Zhao Dongyun was going to eliminate the bandits of the new people's government. Naturally, he gave priority to his direct hands. Whether it was Hua Zhenji or Kong Guanbei, they are in urgent need of more now. Military merit and qualifications, so that Zhao Dongyun can arrange their subsequent promotion.

Although the size of the third town has been determined, with Zhao Dongyun's decision to expand the Jinzhou patrol battalion on a large scale, there will be a mixed association in the future. The position of a leader of the mixed association and two infantry belts is enough to make many third towns. Many middle-level officers inside competed.

When the large troops are moving forward, there are dozens of horses on the side of the road. Bypassing the horses, you can see a backy hill with a small table composed of several empty ammunition boxes covered with a map. This map is different from the landscape painting map commonly used by the domestic army in the past. The sub-map is a standard military map, which includes other detailed military maps in Fengtian Province, but they are the result of the efforts of many surveying and mapping officers in the third town in the past year. Only with the help of folk maps published by foreigners can the detailed military map of Fengtian Province be quickly drawn. Otherwise, it may be more difficult for a small number of surveying officers in the third town.

Around the map, there are a group of officers dressed in local officers. Half of these officers are bald heads, with long command knives hanging around their waists, and six rings at the same time. Judging from their armbands and epaulettes, there are three arms of cavalry, infantry and artillery, from the auxiliary military academy to Zhengseng. All collars are available.

In this army, of course, only Kong Guanbei, the ninth standard, has the rank of leader. He saw him saying: "Brother Fang Caihua has already said that if our army fights so carelessly, I'm afraid Zhang Zuolin and Wang Xiaobi will run away from the wind, and I will not only take down the new people in this battle. More importantly, take back the goods!"