He drank the wine with Zheng Lanting until midnight, and then Yang Rui was carried back by the orderly soldiers. After this wine, Zheng Lanting's group no longer had any nagging. The next day, he followed the cavalry battalion commander Xiang Xiang directly to Fengtian to help Big Nose to reconnaise the enemy situation. The boss cared for him and everyone understood that although he was helping Big Nose now, he was also a small Nose. Anyway, the small Nose was not a good guy, so he could just spread his anger on their heads.

Leo, Xiang Xiang and Zheng Lanting's cavalry went there for more than a month, and it was already Laba when he came back. Seeing Leo back, Yang Rui looked happy and accompanied him to the war room and asked: "What's the situation with the Russian army? When will their attack start? What are we going to arrange?"

Faced with Yang Rui's series of questions, Leo smiled and said, "It's all good news! Yang, don't worry, most of our requests have been agreed." He pointed to the map and said, "We will form a brigade and belong to a new mixed army of the Russian Second Army."

"Newly formed mixed army?" Yang Rui didn't know why, in the historical records, he had only the impression of the Battle of Heigoutai, the 8th Army, the 10th Army and the cavalry army of Misichenko. As for the origin of this mixed army, he didn't know what it did in this war.

"It was the Jembawsky detachment that had been dispersed before. After the Battle of Shahe, the Second Army now has the tenth and seventeenth two-unit army, with only more than seventy battalions, fifty-six artillery companies, and more than two hundred and twenty artillery units. The total number is about 60,000, and its strength is relatively weak among the three armies. General Billy Jerlinger is trying to increase the strength of the Second Army, but Commander-in-Chief Kuropatkin does not allow it, and the excuse is that the Songhua River Bridge in the rear was bombed and the support troops could not arrive." Speaking of this, Leo asked, "Yang, was it our people doing it?"

"Yes, it was done by the Liaoxi guerrillas. If the Russian army's logistics is not cut off, then our importance cannot be reflected. There is only this way to go to the battlefield." Yang Rui explained.

Alas! Leo sighed and said, "I understand, but if the Songhua River Bridge was bombed, the Russian army's support will be cut off. It's okay now in winter, and you can transport supplies on the ice, but the bridge has not been repaired when the ice is melted next year. Then the Russian army's logistics will be completely cut off."

Before the bridge was blown up, Yang Rui had already estimated that there was no Songhua River Bridge, and the Russian army's logistics and military sources increased. It was difficult to repair the piers under the ice when the bridge was blown up. Even if the Russians could find enough workers, the construction was still extremely difficult at minus forty degrees.

Seeing that Leo was a little sorry for the Russian army's logistics line, Yang Rui said, "Leo, even if the railway bridge was not bombed, the Russian army's failure is inevitable. Has General Billy Jerlinger's plan been approved by the Russian General Staff?"

Seeing Yang Rui asking the point, Leo looked dark and said, "No! The internal problems of the Russian army are quite serious. General Billy Gerlinger wants to launch an attack on the right wing to win and squeeze Commander-in-Chief Kuro Parkinte away. Now the Japanese defense on the left wing is extremely weak. Only cavalry mainly from the First Brigade of the Japanese Cavalry, as well as some infantry and engineers, are stationed on the ten-kilometer defense line. As long as our offense can be quickly and resolutely, it is extremely feasible to encircle the Japanese army from the right wing."

Seeing that Leo was trapped in the war itself again, Yang Rui smiled again. "Leo, I dare to promise that once the Second Army attacks on the right wing, the First Army on the left wing will not launch any offensive to oppress the central and left wing fronts. They will even use the excuse of the Japanese army's attempt to attack the central and left wings to order the Second Army to stop the attack so that General Billy Jerlinger could not achieve any results. You told me before. The combat cooperation of the large corps is the first. Now the commander-in-chief and the commander of the army are guarding against each other, afraid that the other party will win. I think I lost without fighting this battle."

Yang Rui finally understood why in history, the second army on the right wing was only the second army on the right wing. The first army on the left wing had no intention of fighting, and even had a symbolic feint. It turned out that it was a mismatch between the Russian army. In this way, then Billy Jerlinger would need his own thousands of people, and the Russian commander-in-chief Kuroparkint ordered the second army to stop the attack. There was no other tricks, and he still had security guarantees to take his people over. The large corps combat orders were strictly and rigid. As long as the commander was interested, who could not cheat?

"You're right." Leo also turned around, "It's just a pity that I feel, a war that can win but cannot, and we are still on the losing side."

"We don't go with the Russian army, we only go with our own side. Whether the Russian army wins or the Japanese army wins, it is not our honor. All we want is to hone our will." Yang Rui said, "What else did the Russians say?"

"They are short of soldiers. The last battle was too much. Now they have more guns than people. Maybe what we want to send can be not limited to a brigade. If the non-commissioned officers and officers are enough, a whole division is completely feasible." Leo said.

"One whole division? More than 20,000 people?" Yang Rui was surprised. "There are too many. This cannot be achieved. It is not that there are not enough soldiers, but that there are not enough non-commissioned officers. Now we have drawn a lot of officers from old troops. The number of people in the first few batches of military academy is too small, and the livestock required for logistics is insufficient. According to estimates, an infantry division needs more than 5,000 horses or mules, but we only have more than 3,000."

Because there were few students, the South African military academy was too small in the early days. Fifty people in the first phase were not enough. Although the number of graduates increased from the fifth phase to more than 100, there were only 300 officers in total. The non-commissioned officers are now mainly trained by the military night school. Although there were more than 600 graduates, only about half of the truly qualified and experienced non-commissioned officers. Now the normal organization of the Fuxing Army is in one group, three groups are in one squad, four squads are in one row, and four ranks are in one company. The above are in the three-three system. A full-stage division requires at least 360 officers. If the non-commissioned officers are not counted as squad leaders, they need 300. As of the end of December 2004, the Fuxing Army had more than 18,600 soldiers (including new recruits) and more than 5,000 trained soldiers. Although there are not many of these people, it is already the limit of the current officers.

Leo also knew the actual situation of the Revival Army officers, and he asked, "Then how many people can we send? Is there a brigade?"

Yang Rui obeyed, nodded for a while and said, "Well, it's almost the same, at most it won't exceed ten thousand people, which is the size of a large brigade. Why is General Billy Jerlinger so anxious?"

"Yes. He was very anxious after summarizing the Japanese military intelligence some time ago, but Kuroparkint took advantage of the excuse to delay and refuse to approve his plan, and the previous promised supplement was not fulfilled." Leo said, pounding his forehead with his hands. The Russian army's affairs were really troublesome.

What Leo could not be sure of, but Yang Rui was confident. He said: "According to the news from Lushun, the 203 Highland has been lost."

When he heard Yang Rui suddenly said Lushun, Leo shouted, "Ah, when did it happen? Haven't we discussed the defense method before? Your people didn't tell the Russians this information?"

"It's useless to tell. The outer positions of the Lushun Fortress were lost too quickly. The fortress lacked food, and it won't be defended for long only by relying on those internal positions. If the 203rd is lost, Jiguanshan and Pine Fort will be lost." Yang Rui said. Everything he did for Lushun before was only to help the Russian army support it for more than a month. "I guess the Russian army in the fortress will eventually surrender, and the time will be around February 1. As long as Lushun is lost, under the pressure of St. Petersburg, the Kuropatkin will agree to General Billy Jerlinger's offensive plan, and the right-wing combat will begin in mid-to-late February."

Leo was already immune to Yang Rui's inexplicable accurate judgment. "Thus, will we start this month?"

"Yes, the departing will be started at the end of the month. We are going to celebrate the New Year in Fengtian. The troops have been prepared long ago, it is a mule or a horse, so it is time to take it out for a walk." Yang Rui said affirmatively.

Seeing that Yang Rui was about to set off the camp immediately, Leo said, "Are you going too? So what should I do with the First Brigade in Tonghua?"

"The First Brigade was handed over to Qi Qingyuan. He will be responsible for the contact with the Japanese. Today, he should have arrived." Yang Rui said.

Qi Qingyuan stayed in the foreign medical hall in Tianjin for many days, but he shouldn't have woken up in the end. Others were young, and as long as they woke up, they would naturally recover quickly. However, this time the injury was too serious, and the injured area was internal organs. Therefore, he was taken care of for three or four months before returning to Tonghua. However, when he returned to Hongtuya, Yang Rui's headquarters had already moved to Wengquanling in Liuhe County. After he worshipped Chen Ximin's cemetery, he came straight to Wengquanling.

Looking at Qi Qingyuan standing in front of him, Yang Rui couldn't help but think of Chen Ximin. It's really... Yang Rui was a little confused and pulled back. He pulled Qi Qingyuan's salute hand down and said, "You, don't be polite. You will be out of the hospital so soon. If the war was not urgent, I would have thought you would come out after the New Year."

Seeing that the gentleman was polite to him, Qi Qingyuan was happy, but he did not reveal anything on the surface. He was no longer the student in Shanghai who liked to ask everything. He is now an officer, an officer of the Revival Army who regards honor as more important than life. "Sir, the etiquette and law in the army should not be abandoned easily. As long as I wear this military uniform, I will salute and respect the military rules."

Seeing Qi Qingyuan so serious, Yang Rui laughed, and replied with a military salute to him solemnly, and then said, "Discondon. Sit down."

Qi Qingyuan quickly sat down calmly. Seeing that he was a soldier, Yang Rui had to say, "The Second Brigade is about to set sail to Fengtian. I want to hand it over to you..."

Before Yang Rui could finish his words, Qi Qingyuan stood up, "Student qualifications are still low..."

Before he could finish his words, Yang Rui suppressed him again, "Listen to me first. An army has not experienced bloody battles and it is difficult to form an army. Before, I have avoided the troops fighting hard battles, but that was only at the beginning of my growth. Now, after more than half a year, the troops have already reached a scale. If we fight guerrilla wars again, the ambush war is afraid that it will be difficult to improve. Now the Lushun Fortress is about to fall, and the Russian-Japanese war is coming to an end, so we have to take advantage of this rare opportunity to hone our hard training. If we miss this opportunity, we can only be a few years later. Now after several months of deployment, the new recruits of the Japanese hatred are basically in the Second Brigade, while the new recruits of the Russian hatred are in the First Brigade. Because the Second Brigade is the first battle of the troops, I have to personally suppress the formation to prevent the morale of the troops from being unstable, so the First Brigade can only be handed over to you."

Although Qi Qingyuan knew the situation facing the army, he still refused and said: "Mr. experienced life and death, and he felt more and more that this command was related to the survival of the entire army. In the past, when Xiong Yuecheng fought and Yongfan's death were also my reconnaissance was not carefully studied. If so..."

Although Qi Qingyuan was reborn, he knew that Chen Ximin was extremely guilty after his death in battle. Yang Rui felt what he said and felt. He knew in his heart that he had not yet walked out of Xiong Yue City. If he really had such emotions as the commander of the brigade, it would be very unstable. "Hey! If you blame yourself like this, Yongfan would be afraid that he would be unhappy if there was any knowledge in the fountain. There will always be sacrifices in the war. As a commander, he can only see how much he paid and how much he gained. In Yongfan's opinion, he fought for more than a dozen Japanese people alone. It must have made a profit; in my opinion, although dozens of people were sacrificed, the Japanese army was severely weakened, so we also made a profit. Besides, no matter what, there is no perfect result. Sesame seeds and watermelons can only choose one of them. This is the commander's decision."

Qi Qingyuan listened to Yang Rui's voice silently. In fact, he was just blaming himself. After learning about Yongfan's death, he kept dreaming of the battle. Smart people are always slender, while slender people are always more sensitive and have poor ability to withstand blows.

After Yang Rui finished speaking, he held his shoulder with his hands and looked at his eyes and said seriously: "Qingyuan, I'm actually very tired this year. In the past, I just had to go to class and write articles, and then I could listen to operas, drink tea, bask in the sun for a day in the Shanghai Concession. How relaxed and comfortable that day was. But now, look at us, staying in the deep mountains and forests, eating, drinking, defecating and urinating can be compared with those in the Concession, but we did that. And we planned to continue doing it for a long time. Why, why did we come outside the Pass? Because we still have a little thought in our hearts, thinking about changing this country and changing this nation, so we are here, so we persist.

Now, everything has just begun. No matter how hard or tired we are, we must persevere. If we don’t do that, we will be sorry to Yongfan. If we don’t die like this, we will go to the underworld. Those soldiers who sacrificed their lives asked us. How are the bosses now? Is New China good? What do we say? Can we say that we retreat after they die? Can we say that their sacrifices are of no use? No! No! Can’t say that we must continue to work, and do it more energetic than before. We cannot let Yongfan down, we cannot let those who sacrificed before!"

Yang Rui was moved by the words. Qi Qingyuan's eyes became wet for some reason, and his glasses were also white. He sobbed and said, "Sir, I understand. Leave the First Brigade to me, I can take him well."

Yang Rui's eyes were wet, and he was happy to hear him turn around. What he said just now was actually what he thought these days. The war was about to start. This battle was no longer as good as before. If you could control casualties by yourself, how many people could come back? Is the fifty dollars and five hundred kilograms of food he gave me really worth a life? As a person in later generations, he knew it was not worth it at all. How much money was it? In the future, it was only 5,000 yuan in pension and 1,000 yuan in family support fees every year. What could this little money do? It was not enough for those successful people to have a meal. Faced with such a cheap life, he could only comfort himself and say, I will not let you down, all your sacrifices will be valuable... I will not let you down, all your sacrifices will be valuable...

In the next few days, the handover with Qi Qingyuan went very smoothly. Although Qi Qingyuan was emotionally unable to accept the behavior of surrendering to the Japanese army, rationally he fully understood why he did this. He recorded all Yang Rui’s explanations in his notebook in detail.

"Sir, the officers of the First Brigade are still insufficient after being transferred. If they contact the Japanese army, it is probably inappropriate to fight against Russia." Qi Qingyuan said.

"The sixth batch of officers will come back in early March, and all of them will be transferred to the First Brigade. Before the Japanese army conquered the Lushun Fortress, they will not take the initiative to launch an attack. According to the intelligence, it is inferred that the time when the Japanese army took Lushun down should be at the beginning of next month. Waiting for the third army in Lushun to head north and collect ammunition to launch a decisive battle should be around the end of March. Although the First Brigade helps the Japanese, it must fight independently, and its attack is only aimed at the left wing of the Russian army, that is, the Fushun area. It is particularly noteworthy that in addition to letting the Japanese army divide Kuandian, Badman, Tonghua, Xingjing, and Fushun into our sphere of influence, they also have to occupy the two coal mines in Fushun and the iron ore in Benxi." Yang Rui said. After thinking about it, he was still worried about Fushun Coal Mine and Benxi Anshan Iron Mine. This is actually the biggest reason for helping the Japanese army besides training.

"Why do the Japanese disagree? These counties are too big." Qi Qingyuan asked, and he was not sure what chips the Japanese could accept.
Chapter completed!