Chapter 249 Crossing the River

In Liaodong, Li Guoge experienced more than a dozen battles, and the scale of each battle far exceeded the battle of Songgufeng.

However, the result of each battle is far less than Songgufeng!

The so-called battle is just one defeat after another!

The incompetence of the Qing army completely infected the Wuyi army. This once known as the elite army has become timid and scattered like other armies in the Qing Dynasty after defeats again and again.

It is ironic that in this defeat, Li Guoge rose step by step from a trainee to a six-grade garrison. Now, he actually served as the commander of two battalions, and the court actually gave him a formation - the Gezi battalion, which belongs to Nie Shicheng Wuyi Army.

The reason is very simple. In the defeat of the Qing army, Li Guoge's troops were the most decent defeat. When his troops retreated, they did not lose their weapons, and they still maintained their formation and formation.

This was originally the minimum requirement of an army, but in the Qing Dynasty, this actually became a military achievement!

What's more ridiculous is that many soldiers and subordinate officers actually left the original troops without permission, found Li Guoge, and asked Li Guoge to take them in. They said that their lives would be guaranteed by following the Gezi camp.

Surprisingly, those admirals and generals actually acquiesced in the requirements of these officers and soldiers, and even a general officer begged Li Guoge to take in those officers and soldiers who left the team without authorization. Because if Li Guoge doesn't take them in, they will break up.

The Qing army became hopeless under the attack of the Japanese!

Li Guoge's Gezi Battalion has only two battalions with a strength of 1,000 people, but in fact, his troops are more than 2,000, and there are sufficient weapons and ammunition.

However, Li Guoge was very annoyed.

He regretted that he should not return home with Wu Yijun, but should stay in North Korea and follow Zhou Charter.

Follow Zhou Charter to fight, that's the real battle!

Li Guoge even fantasizes that if he is in Hufeiling, Tailifeng and Anzhou, there is no chance for Wu Peifu, Zhang Xun, Feng Guozhang and Naha to get ahead!

Regret is regret, and there is no regret medicine in the world!

Li Guoge put on fake braids, patted the snow on his body, walked to the river, looked around, took out matches and cotton from his armor, lit the fire cotton, and drew two circles towards the Yalu River.

Two rings of fire responded to the reeds on the other side.

There are ripples in the calm river.

A small boat came out of the reeds and sailed to Li Guoge.

After a while, the boat came ashore, and 50 soldiers jumped ashore from the boat, quickly launched a fan-shaped scattered line on the shore, and quickly searched around the beach, moving quickly and without dragging.

Li Guoge praised in his heart: "Good soldier!"

He now finally understands why Zhou Charter can win the war in North Korea!

The spiritual temperament and tactical literacy of these Zhang soldiers are very different from those of the Qing army. Before that, Li Guoge had only seen Japanese soldiers have such qualities.

An officer wearing a pistol came to Li Guoge and stood up to salute: "Guo Erchang, the company commander of Zhang Jun's guard company!" After returning to Pyongyang, Zhou Charter kept his promise and transferred Guo Er pole to the guard company as the company commander, and Yao Xi became his full-time adjutant.

"Li Guoge, commander of the revolutionary camp, welcome Brother Zhang Jun!" Li Guoge hurriedly raised his hand to return the salute. This kind of Western-style military ceremony, Li Guo often saluted Germany in Tianjin Wubei School and entered the barracks of the Qing Dynasty. It had not been used for a long time and was a little strange.

Guo Erpole asked, "Have you arranged it all?"

"No problem!" Li Guoge said, "The revolutionary camp is deployed in Hushan in the northwest of the mouth of Anping River, which is the only way from the mouth of the mouth to the south, and it is also the commanding height of the mouth of the river. The Zhang Jun brothers can safely pass through the path under the Tiger Mountain.

"It's a good job."

"Where is Master Zhou?" Li Guoge asked.

Guo Erpole lit the fire cotton and drew two circles to the south bank of the Yalu River.

More than 20 wooden boats rowed out of the reeds on the south bank and glide quietly on the river under the moonlight.

That is Feng Guozhang's division directly under the battalion.

After three months of recruitment, the division's direct battalion has expanded to 1,500, with four companies and a artillery team, each of which has more than 200 people. A considerable part of the weapons and equipment you bought from the Russians have been equipped with the direct battalion, including five Gatlin cannons. Therefore, today's direct battalion is the best equipped and most powerful unit among the Zhang army's troops, and its combat effectiveness is not weaker than that of a regiment.

The direct battalion was originally stationed in Pyongyang. Three days ago, Zhou Charter ordered Zhang Jun to gather in the Linjin River. The battalion directly under the division rushed to Wenshan as a reserve team and deployed behind Qingqiu.

The night before yesterday, Zhou Charter suddenly came to the direct camp and ordered Feng Guozhang to pull out the camp overnight and gallop across the Yalu River. Zhou Charter asked Feng Guozhang to leave all the weapons and equipment of the direct battalion in Wenshan and hand it over to Park Yonglie. Park Yonglie's 4th Regiment has the worst equipment and the most recruits. With the equipment of the direct battalion, the 4th Regiment has become the best equipped force of Zhangjun.

All officers and soldiers of the direct battalion acted empty-handed. Feng Guozhang was very angry, but he did not dare to disobey Zhou Charter's order and had to obey. The troops started overnight and rushed to the Yalu River after two days of rapid march.

When he arrived at the river, Feng Guozhang knew that Zhou Charter's guard company also participated in the operation, and the guard company also gave up most of the equipment, and only one platoon of officers and soldiers brought rifles and a small number of bullets.

This made Feng Guozhang puzzled. Looking at the posture of Zhou Charter, the direct battalion and the guard company were going to cross the Yalu River and go to Liaodong. However, the troops were not armed and equipped. Liaodong is now the world of the Japanese Second Army. Isn't an unequipped unit coming to Liaodong? What's more, the Qing army has blocked the Yalu River and prevented Zhang Jun from crossing the river. How can Zhang Jun cross the Yalu River with his bare hands?

Just as the direct battalion galloped through the Yalu River, Zhou Charter handed over the command of the Linjin River defense line to Luo Mingfang, and he and the guard company came to Yizhou in advance. Zhou Charter's action was strictly confidential. Only Luo Mingfang, Nahawu and Wu Peifu knew Zhou Charter's whereabouts.

In accordance with the instructions of the Zhou Charter, the local government of Yizhou prepared more than 20 wooden boats on the Yalu River, hiding in the reeds.

At the same time, Zhou Charter ordered Yao Xi to secretly cross the river and get in touch with Li Guoge in the Qing army on the other side, hoping that Li Guoge would make way and let Zhang Jun cross the river to Liaodong.

Li Guoge was very happy to see Yao Xi. In the battle of Songgufeng, Li Guoge and Yao Xi fought side by side. Later, the two of them cut their braids together with Zhou Charter. In the Qing Dynasty, the man who cut their braids together, just like the man who prostituted together in the 21st century, he was an iron buddy who had done bad things together and died.

Li Guoge didn't say anything and promised.

The Wu Yi Army, where Li Guoge belongs, is the most combative force in Song Qing's troops, and Li Guoge's Revolutionary Battalion is the strongest in Wu Yi's army. Although this so-called combat effectiveness is not combat effectiveness compared with Zhang Jun, it is just able to maintain the establishment in the retreat. However, for Song Qing, Wu Yijun and the revolutionary camp are the capital he can rely on.

Therefore, Song Qing deployed Wu Yi's army on the front line of Hushan, Weizigou and Liziyuan, which is facing the mouth of Anping River. If Zhang Jun wants to cross the river, he must break through from this line.

Nie Shicheng also handed over Hushan, which has the most important strategic position, to Li Guoge. Hushan is not far from the mouth of the Anping River, and the terrain is dangerous and condescending. The Anping River is a commanding point to control the Anping River, and it is also the throat of the throat of the mouth of the river to the inland.

Song Qing never thought that Li Guoge would make way for Zhou Charter.

More than 20 wooden boats docked at the mouth of the river, and nearly 2,000 officers and soldiers of the direct battalion and guards jumped off the wooden boat and gathered on the shore. The actions of more than 2,000 people were silent, and everyone kept silent and walked quickly and quietly.

Li Guoge noticed that the officers of each unit used the moonlight to command the troops with gestures, and all the soldiers stared at the officer's gestures. They understood the gestures accurately and acted quickly. Nearly 2,000 troops had no deviation!

This is simply unimaginable in the army of the Qing Dynasty!

What surprised Li Guoge was that the military uniform of this unit had completely changed. The officers and soldiers were no longer wearing the traditional uniforms of the Qing Dynasty, but gray Western-style tight military uniforms, wearing large-brimmed hats, belts on their waists, and leggings on their legs. This military uniform was worn on their bodies and looked new. If the color of the military uniform was not gray, Li Guoge would have thought it was a Japanese soldier.

Zhang Jun fought independently in North Korea, and the court did not supply the uniforms. The uniforms of the officers and soldiers had long been tattered. Each regiment battalion found a way to solve the clothing problem. As a result, the military uniforms in the army were all kinds, which was like a bunch of beglings.

Zhao Zhenglun donated tens of thousands of taels of silver, and Zhou Charter ordered him to open a clothing factory to make military uniforms. Zhou Charter has always looked down on the Qing army's uniform. Of course, Zhang Jun's new military uniform can no longer be made into a uniform. Hannagan designed a style according to the German military uniform. Zhou Charter felt very satisfied and let Shannian make it according to the style.

Hannagan even designed the military rank for Zhang Jun. According to the three-three system principles of the German army, Zhou Charter, the division commander, should be the middle. The deputy division commander is a major general, the regimental commander is a colonel, the battalion commander is a lieutenant colonel or major, and the platoon officers range from captain to second lieutenant.

The military rank system not only reflects the identity level of officers, but more importantly, it is convenient for command and coordination on the battlefield. In the event of death or absence of officers, officers with higher ranks can quickly take over the battlefield command, thus reflecting the efficiency of battlefield command. This is the universally applicable principle of the modern army. As a quasi-modern army, it is also imperative for Zhang Jun to implement the military rank system.

However, Zhou Charter did not agree to implement the military rank system in Zhang Jun. The reason is not military science, but politics!