After a brief conversation, Leo and Von Toftav left. He wanted to go to General Billy Gerlinger to find out the latest news. If the offensive plan has not been approved by the commander-in-chief, he would properly disclose some news about the occupation of Lushun to the Russians a few days later to promote the approval of the plan. Before leaving, he asked Yang Rui to recruit more soldiers, regardless of whether he had completed the training or not, whether there were enough officers, and if he was an individual, he would pull him.

Come here. According to the current situation of the Russians, because the railway was bombed, there was a huge shortage of soldiers. As long as it was an individual, they would send money to send weapons. Russia gave Yang Rui a very high treatment. Each person had twenty-five rubles per month, which was more than ten taels of silver. Of course, these rubles in the Northeast were not worth this price at all, and everyone was unwilling to accept rubles (Qiang Tie). Therefore, Yang Rui couldn't help but think that if he collected all the rubles in the Northeast and sent them to London to exchange, he would probably earn a lot.

After Leo left, Yang Rui was thinking about Leo's proposal. There are still more than 5,000 training soldiers. Apart from Linjiang who have a grudge against the Russians, it is estimated that more than 3,000 people can be recruited. Although these people have completed the training of recruits, they have not entered the active service because there are not enough officers. It is better to pull them over first and be a logistics force.

On the second day, when Yang Rui was transferring the last three thousand new recruits, Madlitov brought other news. As soon as he entered the Confucian Temple, he said, "Dear King, it's great news. Our plan has been approved."

Yang Rui was not surprised by the approval of the plan. According to history, this battle was originally present. In history, he also understood why there was only the Second Army in this battle. "Oh, this is really good news." Yang Rui said, "What about my troops? Will it belong to the Second Army?"

"Yes, Kuropatkin has agreed," Madlitov looked happy, as if he had seen Kuropatkin step down. "But that coward did not add new troops to us."

"No new troops were added?" Yang Ruiqi said, "The Second Army now has only two armies plus the Jembawsky detachment, which is only about 60,000. This... the force is too small." Yang Rui originally wanted to say that according to history, there should be 100,000 people, but now there are only 60,000, but fortunately he held it back.

"Yes, conspirators are always playing conspiracies, but now... Dear King, you have been appointed as the commander of the Russian Kanto Independence Army. Congratulations!" Madlitov said, smiling on his face but unable to hide his dissatisfaction.

After accidentally turning from brigade commander into army commander, Yang Rui laughed, "Are you drunk, colonel?" Yang Rui's first reaction was that this guy was drunk again.

"No. It's true. Dear King, it's true. The appointment will come tomorrow." Madlitov shook his head, proving that he was completely awake. "The headquarters didn't know who came up with the idea. They said that since General Billy Jerlinger was sure that the yellow race was also a good soldier, then in a situation where European troops could not reach it. So merge you and another unit into the Kanto Independence Army, and then divide this army into the command of the Second Army. The Jembovsky Detachment, which originally belonged to the Second Army, will be transferred to the General Reserve Army. Do you know that the conspirator exchanged more than 15,000 Russian regular troops with 24,000 yellow races. The strength of the Second Army was once again weakened. Last month, he exchanged the new Eighth Army with combat experience with the 17th Army."

Yang Rui ignored the open and secret struggle between Kuropargent and Billy Jerlinger, and asked: "Sir Colonel, according to the report I reported to the General Command last time, I only have one division of 12,000 at most (the Russian army is organized. Each division is organized. Two brigades and four regiments). According to the Russian army, two divisions can be organized into one army, and where does the other division come from?"

Seeing Yang Rui's surprise, Madlitov said, "They will transfer the Kanto Detachment to the rear. This army was mainly to protect the railway line in the rear. But it turned out that it was difficult for them to complete this task, so Kuroparkint was preparing to send a regular army to arrange the railway line in the rear, and then the troops were transferred."

Kanto Detachment?! Yang Rui knew about this team. It was a unit opposite to the Japanese Manchu Volunteer Army. It is said that this army has 20,000 people, all soldiers are Chinese, most of the officers are Russian, but the leader is a beard. It usually protects the railway line in the rear, but unexpectedly, it was transferred to the front this time.

"So when will this Kanto detachment arrive in Fengtian?" Yang Rui asked, "The war will begin soon. I also received a notice from the headquarters that it was preparing to deport."

"They will come from Jilin, and you will see theirs soon." Madlitov spoke and took another sip, then opened his mouth and sniffed the wine. "Wang, have your cavalry discovered anything new in the past few days? Have the Japanese defense changed?"

The Russian cavalry was basically in General Misichenko's cavalry army, and this unit was directly under the jurisdiction of Kuropatkin. Therefore, the task of reconnaissance of the Japanese army was basically completed by the cavalry battalion of Xiang Xiang's second brigade. Many of the cavalry battalions were from Liaodong people and were very familiar with the ground near Fengtian.

"As before, there is no change. Each reconnaissance report has been handed over to the staff officer of the Second Army." Yang Rui said, "Are you worried that with this little force, you cannot smash the Japanese left wing?"

"Yes, I'm very worried about this. You know, be sure, besides the full 8th Army, the 10th Army suffered a lot in the last battle. They now have less than 20,000 people, and the Eighth Army has only about 43,000 people." Looking at Yang Rui staring at him, Madlitov added, "Of course, there are 24,000 independent troops led by you, but I'm very worried about the combat effectiveness of the Kanto Detachment. Really, I think they are only suitable for the volunteer army to deal with the Japanese in the rear."

Yes, his 10,000 people are still combat-capable. After all, many of them are elite recruited by the First Brigade, but I don’t know what the situation is like. According to the previous information, it is said that it is basically all bearded and farmers from the Guanlin who have fled to famine. Perhaps many people have the ability to fight alone, but when it comes to cooperation and tactics, they can only catch them blindly. Yang Rui suddenly had an indescribable hatred towards Kuroparkint. Grandma, what’s this? To do such a big thing, you have to drag yourself down, and then let yourself drag the Second Army back. Who is this person? No wonder Madlitov calls him a conspirator.

On the second day after Madlitov arrived, Yang Rui received an appointment letter from the Russian General Command. He was appointed as the commander of the Kanto Independence Army, and Colonel Madlitov was appointed as the chief of staff of the army. The original Second Brigade of the Fuxing Army was appointed as the First Division of the Independence Army. The Kanto Detachment, which had not arrived, was appointed as the Second Division. According to the plan, the Second Division will arrive on January 28, but its actual arrival time was two days later than scheduled. On the 30th, Yang Rui saw his future

The subordinates, a group of long-braided troops with crooked ranks, drove to the civil servants. It was obvious that the reason why this unit could keep the queue neat was because of the command of Russian officers. Once they arrived at the camp, the team immediately became scattered. No matter how the Russian officer shouted the order, it was useless. Seeing this, Yang Rui was covered in cold sweat. This was really a teammate like a pig. The pleasure of being the commander immediately flew away in the chaos of the Second Division.

Although the Second Division's troops were scattered, the leader of the troops was very understanding. Before the troops were settled, the commander of the Second Division came to the headquarters to meet the commander.

I saw a Chinese man wearing a Russian military uniform and an old Russian officer walked over from the temple gate. When the tall Chinese saw Yang Rui, they knelt down on one knee in the Qing Dynasty, and then shouted, "Zhang Zongchang has seen the general, but he has no choice but to do so. I'm late. Please forgive me for his crimes." And the Russians who accompanied him just saluted.

Yang Rui was shocked by his behavior, and was shocked by the sound of "Master" again. What did this mean? He had to give a greeting to the Russian officer after replying, "If you don't make a promise in the army, you can get up first. What did you say you are called?" He just thundered, and he didn't understand what his name was.

Seeing that Yang Rui had no intention of punishing him, he said, "He is a humble person, Zhang Zongchang, a native of Ye County, Shandong."

He heard his name again. Yang Rui said "Oh..." and finally remembered who Zhang Zongchang was. Although he was a little strange how he encountered this kind of thing, he could not ask. He had to get up and sit down again. After being polite, he asked Zhang Zongchang to introduce the specific situation of the Second Division.

"Report to the Grand Commander," Zhang Zongchang seemed to have received some military education. After learning that Yang Rui was not a man of the Qing Dynasty, he acted according to the Russian military style. He stood upright like a primary school student who recited texts, and looked ahead and shouted loudly, "The Second Division has a total of 12,000 soldiers, and another 537 soldiers, but during the march, more than 1,000 soldiers were reduced due to injuries and illnesses. There are currently 10,000 soldiers..." I don't know if it's a calculation or there is no real number, but when Zhang Zongchang was carrying it here, he suddenly stopped and saw Yang Rui looking at him. He was anxious and knew what to say, and said, "Subor... I don't know how many people there are in the Second Division now."

After hearing him, Yang Rui couldn't help laughing. Zhang Zongchang was said to be the "Sanwuzhi General" in later generations. He had already had this habit now, but he immediately felt that this was too unserious, so he pretended to drink tea and covered his face with his hands. After calming down, Yang Rui said, "Sit down. You know, you know, but you don't know, you don't know. It's better to say you know. Tomorrow I will ask the Chief of Staff to take people to verify the situation of the Second Division. And I also want to know, how long have the soldiers of the Second Division been trained? Are there artillery, machine gun troops, and how many mules and horses are there in the logistics?"

The question Yang Rui asked was more profound than the number of people in the entire division. Zhang Zongchang knew nothing about it, only said, "The Second Division has no artillery, how many months have been trained, I..." He couldn't answer it by himself. He immediately spoke to the Russian officer next to him in Russian, and then he saw the Russian officer speaking a lot of Russian. He immediately translated it, "The Second Division has only received ten days of shooting training and queue training, while the others are gone, and there are more than two thousand mules and horses in logistics. As for artillery machine guns, there have never been any." What Zhang Zongchang said came from Lieutenant Colonel Fedolovsky, the chief of staff of the Second Division. He was a retired Russian officer. This time he was rehired.

I knew that the Second Division was in a bad situation, but I didn't expect that it was so bad before. I guess the Russians didn't plan to let him do anything. They just taught them how many bullets and marching in line to end. Yang Rui asked again: "Then how many people are from beards in this team?"

There is no need to ask the Chief of Staff for this question. Zhang Zongchang said, "Report to the commander, there are more than 2,000 beards inside, and the others are all people who have entered the Guandong. I heard that they were recruiting soldiers and getting paid."

No wonder Yang Rui knew this boneless look. It seemed that the Second Division could only be used as a logistics force for the logistics force. He never spoke again and sent Zhang Zongchang and the other one away in a while.

After Zhang Zongchang left, Yang Rui found Lei Yi Town, "You will take some people to the Second Division tomorrow to see how this team is like, the number of people, skills, morale, non-commissioned officers, officers, discipline, etc. must be investigated."

The day before the Spring Festival, Yang Rui received a formal transfer order. The General Command ordered that the Independent Army under his jurisdiction would be under the command of the Second Army from February 6. The materials and ammunition required will be fully replenished in one go in the near future. The war is about to begin. Yang Rui completely gave up the Second Division. After several days of investigation, he had fully understood that this team was the one used by Kuropatkin to cheat Billy Geerlinger. How could General Biligellinger make a right hook punch when there were only 55,000 people?

On the day of the Spring Festival, several groups of people came to pay New Year's greetings. One was that Zhang Zongchang brought a lot of gifts. If it weren't for the strict discipline in the army, he would have brought Yao Jie'er. In addition, the Russian General Staff sent some pigs and sheep to the logistics in accordance with the Chinese customs. Finally, Colonel Madlitov, who brought the military pay for the next month in advance in order to establish a good relationship with the independent army. Yang Rui was thinking about the war later and was not interested in the money for gifts of pigs and sheep. He called Leo and pulled him over to discuss the war arrangements.

"There are only three armies in the Second Army now, how did we arrange it?" Leo was deeply trusted by General Billy Jerlinger. Because Yang Rui was a yellow man, he was not favored by the Russian army at all, so he had to catch Leo and ask.

Leo pointed to the map of the left wing of the Japanese army and said, "The Second Army has more than three armies. Misichenko's cavalry will also be transferred to the command of the Second Army, but it will only be built after harassing the Japanese logistics line. This army is already very tired before pursuing the Japanese cavalry in the rear. I guess the harassment effect of his breakthrough into the rear of the Japanese army is not very good. In terms of cavalry, the army, the commander is ready to use the 10th Army as a reserve force. This army has participated in the Battle of Shahe. With experience in combat against Japan, they can deal with some unexpected situations. He will arrange it near Ertaizi to suppress the Japanese garrison troops near Li Darentun and Hanshantai; as for the Eighth Army, it will be the main force of the attack, and its breakthrough points are Heigoutai where the Hunhe River and the Jiucai River converge, and Shendan Fort."

The Japanese army's arrangement on the left wing is very similar to a parabola from east to west. On the east, on the top is Li Darentun. A little down to the west is Hanshantai, and a little further down to the west is Chendan Fort. On the west, it is Heigoutai, and the last place is Sanjian Baba, Touba, and Bahuangdi. Such a front line of about ten kilometers protects the left wing of the Japanese army. It only has the Japanese First Cavalry Brigade and some engineers and reserve troops garrisoned. These people are only about 8,000 people. Originally, there were three rivers in this area, Hunhe, Jiucai River and Honghe, which could enhance the defense of the Japanese army, but in winter, these rivers freeze.

Seeing that Leo had talked for a long time but it was useless to mention the Independence Army, Yang Rui was a little anxious and asked: "How did we make arrangements? Are we also a reserve team?"

Leo smiled and said, "You are anxious. You are actually having arrangements. He knows Curo Patkin's intentions, but he also wants to attack Curo Patkin hard. According to the general's ideas, the most unreliable arrangement is at the farthest place. You, no, should be us," Leo corrected, "Our offensive targets are Sanjianbu, Headbuster, and Bahuangdi."

After Leo finished speaking, Yang Rui looked at the map and was a little stupid, "How is this possible? Could it be that we are the second group of attacks?"

"Yes, we are the second group to launch an offensive." Leo affirmed, "Only after the Eighth Army occupied Heigoutai, we can launch an offensive. The specific arrangement is for the 14th Division of the Eighth Army to attack Heigoutai, and the 15th Division to attack Chendan Fort. We attack Sanjianpu, Toupa, and Bahuangdi to the south."

"This arrangement basically uses the Eighth Army to the extreme. The Sanjianpao and other places we attacked were just covering the right wing of the Eighth Army. The 24,000 people plus the 12,000 people on our side, and 35,000 Japanese troops in Chendan Fort, Heigoutai, and Sanjianpao still have a chance of winning, but there is a premise that we should prepare quickly before the war and capture quickly, otherwise when the reinforcements from the diary come, the battle will soon fail." As we were talking about the Russian army's layout, Yang Rui asked again: "The 10th Army suppressed the Japanese troops from Li Da Rentun and Han Shantai, and the Eighth Army occupied Heigoutai and Shendan Fort. We occupied the vicinity of Sanjianpao. The forces of the three armies were used. After the hole was torn open, who would break in and give the Japanese a knife?"

Looking at Yang Rui with a smile, Leo hoped that Yang Rui would become a commander. Since he was a commander, what he was considering was the entire battle situation. He smiled and said, "Guess?"

Seeing Leo laughing, Yang Rui also laughed, and he said, "I understand. Cavalry, Misichenko's cavalry army."
Chapter completed!