Chapter 17 Tiger's mouth grabs food

When he put down the telegram in his hand, Witt smoked a cigar, and his expression was still full of anger. Kurobatkin shamefully ordered the troops to withdraw from Fengtian. The battle of Fengtian failed, as the special envoy sent by the Chinese emperor, failed!

That was an extremely shameful defeat.

More than 100,000 Russian [***] troops retreated all the way to Tieling along the Nanman Railway, which was saved by the Second Army of the Manchurian Army. Moreover, due to the approaching of the east and west lines, the retreat to the rear was very narrow. The retreating Russian army scrambled to retreat, and the order was completely in chaos.

They left hundreds of cannons, tens of thousands of rifles, tens of tons of ammunition, and hundreds of thousands of army spring clothes in Fengtian. They lost more weapons and equipment along the way, which was an unprecedented failure in Russian history, and all of this was caused by Kurobatkin.

"You must send Kurobatkin to court, try him, and hang him!"

But after a moment of impulse, Witt calmed down again. Kurobatkin, the former chief of staff of the Russian army, said that the commander-in-chief of the war, was his cronies. It was with him who built Russia's Far East strategy. If it hadn't been for his interference, how could Russia lose Manchuria?

Maybe others can blame Kurobatkin, but he can't. Kurobatkin is his cronies and supporters. No matter how much resentment there is, he must keep him!

"That Chinese!"

With a cigar in his right hand, the young man of the Chinese emperor's special envoy appeared in Witt's mind, but he always smiled. Even in the face of his anger, Zhang Hao, who still smiled unchanged, and what he said, or the predictions he made, kept echoed in their ears.

"Please don't doubt that the failure of your army in Fengtian is only a matter of time, and it will be a big defeat!"

"One day, two days, hmm! In three days at most, everything will be over. I can take my honor as a guarantee that your army will be defeated!"

"Maybe, General Kurobatkin can withdraw his troops to Beiman, but what will he lose?"

"Nearly 100,000 troops were killed or captured. When they retreat, they will lose their rifles and cannons to save their lives. When they retreat to Beiman, you will have a heroic and fighting Russian army. At that time, they will have to use their fists to face the enemies they need to face. "!"

"What? It is said that my logistical problems will make them unable to continue to attack Beiman! Dear Chairman, Your Excellency! He said that I hit Fengtian across the sea and the whole Liaodong without any hindrance!"

"Once again, I repeat China's unwavering resolution: the Chinese Empire will defend the territorial and sovereign integrity of the Chinese Empire with the most resolute actions!"

"What does this mean! Maybe we can acquiesce to the outside neutrality promulgated by the Qing Dynasty. Maybe we can identify the war zone they have demarcated. Of course, we do the same, but please believe that once our army, of course, including the Russian [***] team, crosses the war zone, we will have to be involved in this on Chinese territory for self-defense. War!"

"Declaration of war on Russia? Of course not! Our enemy is not Russia!"

"Mr. Chairman, we are engaged in a forced war of self-defense! This war is caused by your trampling on China's territory and sovereignty! We can acquiesce to the war zone demarcated before, but when you cross, we will have to use force to ensure the rights and interests of our country, or use force to ensure the status of a neutral country, and use force to isolate your army and the Japanese army by force, so as to end this war!"

"We may not have the ability to defeat two powerful countries, but Mr. Chairman, please don't doubt the sacrifices we are willing to make to safeguard our national rights and interests!"

"Anger, can you solve the problem? No!"

"What kind of country is it? In the face of brilliant victory, they are doomed to be overwhelmed by victory. This country is greedy, small, and belligerent... There is no more terrible or hateful enemy in the world than them!"

"I think for Russia, what you need to consider is how to end this war, rather than completely losing this old capital!"

"I think, Mr. Chairman, should consider my opinion, whether to completely lose the old capital or accept my proposal!"

"I think Russia must make its own choice, right?"

Thinking of the first contact between the three little two unhappy people, Witt couldn't help sighing. Is there any possibility for Russia to win this war?

There may be another possibility, and for the miserable reality of the army, Russia can only hope on Roth Stevensky's Second Pacific Fleet, but the problem now is... Suddenly, Witt's eyes suddenly lit up, the original sad face suddenly dissipated, and there was even a smile on his face. He found that Some stupid Chinese actually gave Russia a big gift at the most critical moment.

"Fellviskey, prepare the carriage. I'm going to the Imperial Village to visit Your Majesty!"

A few minutes later, getting into the carriage, Witt, with a light expression, couldn't help learning Zhang Hao's tone and talking to himself in German.

"Yes, Russia is facing a choice. Why don't they?"

It's not just the Russians who face the choice. China and Japan also need to face a choice.

At noon on March 9, the 1st Army of the Japanese Army captured the old station of Fengtian, forming a tendency to surround the Russian army under Fengtian City with the 3rd Army approaching Fengtian City. At this time, the Russian army was already under siege. Almost at the same time as the First Army, the commander-in-chief of the Russian Army ordered the Second Army of the Manchurian Army to counterattack with all its strength. Suddenly, the counterattack hit the Japanese army. At the same time, Kuropatkin ordered to retreat to the north and retreat to the Tieling line. The Russian army fell into chaos during the retreat and abandoned a large number of military supplies and thousands of Russian soldiers who had not yet retreated in Fengtian.

It is said that during the fierce battle in Shenyang, the crops in the war zone were destroyed, houses were burned, the people were slaughtered, and the property was looted, and heavy losses were heavy. Outside Shenyang, fierce battles took place in the corner bridge, Zhaohuatun, Sitaizi, Guanyintun, Mama's Tomb, Liguanbao, Shili Wharf, Xita, Zhaoling, Shahezi and other places. In the city, there are street battles in Chang'an Temple, Bawang Temple, Wanshou Temple, the Forbidden City and other places.

The Mountain Tower of Chen Xiangtun Tower in Sujiatun District and the White Tower in Dongling District were suspected by the Japanese army that they might become a lookout point for the Russian army and were destroyed. The Guangci Temple complex of the South Pagoda was destroyed by the Russian army as an artillery position. At that time, the vast Bawang Temple, the Great Buddha was decorated with gold. It was stripped off, the doors and windows were burned; the scrolls of Wanshou Temple and Chang'an Temple were burned, and the palace was smashed; the Russian army destroyed the Cuisheng Academy; the Forbidden City became the headquarters of the Russian army, and the Russian army also raised war horses in the Forbidden City in Shenyang.

After World War I, countless houses in Shenyang were destroyed and the people were displaced. In Shenyang City, where there are only more than 100,000 residents, more than 50,000 homeless refugees have flooded in. "The old department of shophouses and temples is filled with them". The dead are full of hunger, coldness, and death, which is terrible.

At 9:00 a.m. on March 10, after a fierce battle between the Japanese army's siege troops and the Russian army, the Japanese army held a ceremony to enter the city. As the command of the campaign, the mountain rock rode on a high-headed horse and inspected the troops. The Japanese army was about to enter Fengtian. Reporters from various countries took photos of him and the Japanese army. The officers were proud one by one. Yang talked to the observers around them, and they won again. In just ten days, they won the largest battle since Lushun.

Although riding on the horse, Dashanyan's face was full of pride, he sighed somewhat in his heart. This battle did not have the "sedang" siege and annihilation war he hoped for. In fact, this was also the original purpose of his command of five armies to carry out this battle across almost the whole Nanman. He hoped to rely on the battle of Fengtian. , forming a siege of Lucia's Manchurian army, so as to determine the universe in the first battle. However, in the end, although Kurobatkin's reaction was slow, he withdrew from Fengtian under the desperate cover of the second army of the Lu army, and the siege and annihilate war turned into nothing.

"Marshal Dashan, are you satisfied with the results of the Japanese army's actions?"

Ian, a British observer who is also on horseback? Hamilton asked the mountain rock beside him. He remembered that what the mountain wanted was a victory, and now the Japanese army was desperately chasing the Russian army, while the second group of the Russian army was covering the retreat of the main force, and the victory had turned into nothing.

"But it's not! The Lu army retreated too skillfully!"

Dashanyan did not show any emotion in front of Hamilton.

"Marshal, this battle is decisive for the whole situation. Any foreign military officer unanimously believes that Russia has failed in this war!"

Dashanyan nodded with satisfaction, pointed the rifle on his shoulder with a whip, and was ready to accept the performance. The officers and soldiers who were ready to enter the city said.

"We have the best soldiers in the world. They can defeat any enemy!"

When he finished his words, he ran out of the Great North Gate with a war horse on his back, a communication soldier. It was only more than ten minutes. The news brought by the communication soldier was brought to Dashanyan through other officers.

"Marshal, Xie Cheng'an, Mayor of Shenyang, China, asked our army to stop entering the city immediately. The troops have been withdrawn from Fengtian immediately. Now my troops have confronted the Chinese army outside the Fengtian Office!"

"What, how did the Chinese army enter the city!"

Dashanyan almost fell down from the horse to shock the news. He stared at the officer in front of him. The Chinese army appeared in Fengtian City. Aren't they in the west of Liaohe?

"Marshal, this is the official document of the Chinese political axe forwarded by Xie Cheng'an!"

While they were talking, Ian? After Hamilton learned the news through the translator, while being surprised, he was more gloating. The previous pride of Dashanyan made him somewhat unwilling. At this time, he was naturally happy to see the Marshal Dashan in trouble.

"Any army..."

Smile, Ian? Hamilton couldn't help thinking, would the marshal of Dashan be so proud to order the troops to attack?

General Fengtian's Office - No, it should be the municipal axe of Shenyang City now. Although the Russians broke the contract and did not fulfill the withdrawal agreement two years ago, they still agreed to the restoration of the civil governance of Manchuria in the Qing Dynasty, but because the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not build a province in Northeast China. Before the year of Gengzi, it was General Fengtian, General Heilongjiang and General Jilin. The military civil property that has jurisdiction over the three places, but the Russians occupy this place and obviously will not agree to the appointment of generals by the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, in the past two years, the Qing Dynasty has only appointed local officials. After the restoration of the customs, due to the control of the northeast by the Russians, the ruling axe has not been able to appoint officials from the three places.

It was not until China and Russia established diplomatic relations that China and Russia reached an agreement that the anti-Russian volunteers were strictly restrained and reorganized by the Chinese political axe. In return, Russia agreed to return the civil affairs of the three places to China. Because of this, local officials were sent to receive the civil affairs of various places. This is why the Shenyang municipal axe was born.

Unlike the former Fengtian magistrate who stayed in the abandoned and dilapidated government offices of the Russians after taking office, according to the agreement, the Russians handed over the Fengtian General's Office to Xie Zi'an, the mayor of Shenyang a month ago, that is, after the establishment of Shenyang Municipal Axe City. In the past month, Xie Zi'an used the workers to help the victims in the city. He repaired the dilapidated General's Office with work, and even built more than a dozen refugee camps in the city. Even Kurobatkin has praised his work. After all, he has stabilized the environment in Shenyang. Those refugees are restrained in the refugee camps, which can prevent Japanese military spies from spying around the city, so they also give I gave support.

Perhaps Kurobatkin never dreamed that it was in the 16 refugee camps in Shenyang that Xie Zi'an built the "camp police" on the grounds of maintaining order. When the Russian army retreated, he changed and became the imperial guard army. Although he failed to control the whole city when the Russian army retreated, he controlled the city. In many key areas, at least more than 800 Guard soldiers and more than 5,000 temporarily recruited refugees, together, showed the existence of the [***] team in Fengtian.

Now, these temporary soldiers are facing the Japanese soldiers entering the city in many places in the city. Some are broken through the wall and open at any time, but some are to the point where their noses are attached to bayonets, but the most fierce is only more than 200 meters away from the north gate, wearing tea green military uniforms. The Japanese soldiers in the Tibetan blue uniform confronted the bayonet against the bayonet on this street. The only obstacle between them was a barbed wire mesh.

The soldiers recruited temporarily can't be compared with the soldiers who have been strictly trained. Although the soldiers selected from the refugees are holding the Mosinagan rifle abandoned by the Russians, they can be forced by bayonets on both sides. Some people tremble from time to time, and even some people's trousers are wet, thirty in rows. The famous officers and soldiers, only a few soldiers in military uniforms, stood there motionless, pointing at the soldiers who ordered them to retreat with bayonets.

"Hon!"

The officer standing behind the soldier shouted loudly. Not far from him, there were several corpses lying down. They were the corpses of deserters. In the previous confrontation, several young men tried to escape and were directly shot by him. In front of the door of the municipal axe, Xie Zi'an, dressed in new black clothes, stood there with martial arts around his waist. The canvas holster of the Type 02 pistol is hung on the canvas armed belt, which looks like it is ready to fight at any time.

"Thank you, Mayor, please withdraw! No one will say you are timid!"

Across the barbed wire, a middle-aged man wearing a melon skin hat and a dog wallet shouted there. He is a prosperous boss in the city. He has a really good relationship with me, and he is also a face-headed role in Shenyang City. Well, there is a stalemate here. Someone over there asked him to come out to persuade Xie Zi'an. After all, he is also a member of the preparatory meeting of the Shenyang Consultative Bureau.

But I never thought that Xie Zi'an didn't even show him a face, and this barbed wire net did not allow him to go there. The reason was that civilians were forbidden to enter the wartime land and were entrusted with loyalty to others. The mountain pass that invited him said that if the confrontation went on like this, the army would bombard the city and attack.

"Mr. Sheng, although Zi'an is a civil affairs official, but since ancient times, officials have the responsibility of guarding the land. Although Zi'an has no soldiers to say that the army is outside the city, he also knows the responsibility of defending the land. He also knows that he needs to be loyal to the king and the country. Mr. Sheng can have no country without a king. Some people use it. Zi'an eats the salary of the king and receives the salary of the people! I have the determination to protect the land and become benevolent! If Zi'an was martyred, he should be the first literary minister of the imperial Jianyuan, and please Mr. Sheng not be the first Han anniper of the Chinese Jianyuan!"

"Good! Thank you for your good work!"

There was a shouting of men and women from the buildings on both sides of the street. Although most of them were hiding at home, Xie Zi'an's shouting still reached their ears. He was a Chinese man with a bloody surname! Almost everyone said so in their hearts, and naturally called for him.

Accompanied by the cheers of the people, Sheng Yaxun's face was blue and white, and he was so annoyed that he almost didn't spit out a mouthful of blood.

"Fack!"

Colonel Takejiro Yamashita looked at this scene and gave a cold look at the second lieutenant Yamaguchi Heiji, who took the initiative to come to give advice. He was a member of the special class behind the enemy and had been collecting information in Fengtian City. Didn't he have any information about the Chinese before?

When he walked to the barbed wire, on the other side of the barbed wire, the Chinese major with a pistol also walked to the barbed wire and saluted each other.

"Song battalion commander, now inside and outside Fengtian City, there are hundreds of thousands of imperial troops of this empire, but there are only a few hundred people in your army. The others are innocent young and strong. The Song battalion commander and his subordinates are unyielding to tens of thousands of imperial troops, which has proved the bravery of your army. Please don't fall into the lives and disregard of your subordinates, and involve thousands of innocent people. Husband!"

"Dako Yamashita, what is the responsibility of the soldiers?"

Song said Cai asked a question calmly, and then smiled faintly.

"Your army has dispersed the Russian army and won this battle. Why do you need to seize this city to show the bravery of your army?"

"That's different. Our army paid tens of thousands of casualties and entered Fengtian, which is the fundamental proof that our army won this battle!"

Takejiro Yamashita shook his head.

"Dad Colonel at the foot of the mountain, Mr. Song is standing here today, which is also a proof that Shenyang is the territory of our country. If your army is entering the city, there is only one possibility, that is, stepping on Song's body to enter Shenyang, and he can die in the national war. Although Song's death is glorious!"

(to be continued)