The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 362 Teng Yuzao's Confidence
Although Wei Jinghai had not finished speaking, Teng Yuzhao knew Liu Shijiu because of his understanding of him, he knew that there must be some new situation with Liu Shijiu.

However, Teng Yuzao was not worried.

Teng Yuzhao was absolutely convinced that Liu Shijiu would not simply point out the difficulties they were facing because he was worried about the heavy losses of the troops. There must be other reasons.

Teng Yuzao couldn't help but smile and said, "Ningbo, why are you being so fussy? Just tell me what's going on."

Wei Jinghai blushed slightly and said, "Captain Liu Zong said that the green tent where the troops were ambushing was 200 meters away from the main road. Even if they charged at the fastest speed, they would inevitably be shot at by the Japanese volleys. Zhu Kaishan thought of a way and he thought it was feasible."

"So, Captain Liu Zong suggested that we build more straw piles in the fields within a hundred meters of the main road and hide his broadsword team there. When the battle starts, the broadsword team will rush out from there and pounce on the main road, which will be much closer."

"As long as the big knife team rushes into the Japanese's baggage train, they will not be able to organize volley fire, and the follow-up troops will rush forward and the losses will be much smaller."

The so-called straw pile is straw standing upright that looks like a small tent.

The villagers stand the cut straw upright in their own fields, tying it together at the top and leaving the bottom loose so that it can stand up. It can be used for burning firewood and cooking in winter.

The advantage of this is that the straw is not easy to rot. In rural areas where coal is not used and wood is scarce, straw is the fuel for villagers. Such straw piles can often be seen in the north.

"Not bad!"

Zhu Kaishan's suggestion immediately made Teng Yuzhao excited.

In order to obtain this batch of weapons and ammunition, it can be said that Teng Yuzao has been somewhat desperate, even if it means huge casualties, Teng Yuzao will not hesitate.

But if there is a good way to reduce casualties, he will naturally not refuse.

Although the composition of his vanguard army was complex, with not only soldiers from the battalion he had originally formed, but also a considerable number of Green Camp and Training Army soldiers, the largest number of people were those who came from the Boxers. Even those who had initially followed Sixty-Nine to join the vanguard army had only a few months of military service at most.

However, these Boxers and recruits who had followed him since Tianjin could already be considered veterans after a series of battles with the coalition forces of foreign powers.

Even the fighters who were born in the Boxers and joined the vanguard army in the capital this time were tempered in the flames of war after the battles in Dongcheng where they attacked the German army, ambushed the Russian army, and defeated the British and French forces that came to rescue them.

It can be said that they already have experience in fighting against the coalition forces of the great powers. Each of them will be the backbone of his upcoming large-scale military expansion. Casualties, especially heavy casualties, are naturally something that Teng Yuzhao does not want to see.

"Ningbo, report the new information to all troops immediately. I have another request to make."

After receiving Teng Yuzhao's order, Wei Jinghai immediately ordered several staff officers to report the latest intelligence to the three mixed units, the assault column and the guards association, and asked them to make appropriate adjustments based on the deployment of the troops they were responsible for the ambush.

Then, the chief officers of each unit were asked to wait for Teng Yuzhao's telephone orders and requests.

Teng Yuzhao was the first to answer the call from the assault column, but before he could speak, Liu Shijiu's voice was heard from the other side.

Although Liu Shijiu tried his best to suppress the sound, Teng Yuzhao still frowned slightly. The sound was still a bit deafening, and he couldn't help but move the receiver away.

Teng Yuzao held the microphone in his other hand and said, "Brother, your suggestion is very good. I agree with your suggestion of close assault, but I want to remind you not to make the straw piles too concentrated, so as not to attract the attention of the foreign devils. If they come close to search and check, it may ruin our plan."

The handset and the microphone of the magnetic telephone at that time were separate. When speaking, one had to hold the receiver to one ear in one hand and speak with the other hand. It was very inconvenient, and Teng Yuzao, a time traveler, was particularly uncomfortable with this.

"Marshal, don't worry. Yannian, Chengde, Zhu Kaishan and I just had a look together. The Japanese transport troop is so far away, it's actually six miles long. This makes it much easier to deal with."

"There are still more than 600 people in the big knife team. We will erect a few more straw piles like this in the fields on both sides of the road. Only one pile should be erected every three meters. We must also try to stay away from the road as much as possible, about ten to twenty meters away from the road."

Liu Shijiu was still somewhat uncomfortable with the concept of meter and often used the familiar term "zhang".

The ten zhang he mentioned is a distance of more than thirty meters, and twenty zhang refers to a distance of more than sixty meters.

Liu Nineteen continued, "These straw piles should be deliberately scattered. There are only about 300 straw piles on each side of the six-mile-long road. They are not eye-catching. With these, they are enough to hide their people."

"Besides, there are such straw piles everywhere. I guess the foreign devils are used to them. They never thought that there would be a living person hiding in them. Moreover, in a month or so, the green tents where we are hiding now will be turned into such straw piles." "Also, I have given a death order to the Big Knife Team. Unless the foreign devils push the straw piles down and we can't hide anymore, even if the foreign devils shoot into the straw piles or stab us with bayonets, no one is allowed to make a sound. If anyone messes up, I will never forgive him!"

After listening to Liu Shijiu's arrangements, Teng Yuzao felt more at ease.

"Very good, tell Zhu Kaishan that if this method succeeds, I will give him credit."

Teng Yuzao then reminded him, "Brother, you have to remember that as soon as the cannon sounds, your assault brigade must launch a charge. There must be no hesitation. Even if the Japanese organize a volley of gunfire, the people in front must rush forward to face the gun muzzles and try to create opportunities for the people behind to get close to the foreign devils."

"Yes, Marshal, just wait and see."

Liu Shijiu's incongruous military terms made Teng Yuzhao laugh and cry.

There is no other way. It is extremely difficult to change these people from the Boxer Rebellion who have gangster habits. It takes time.

Next, Teng Yuzhao made demands to Liu Yuzhi and Li Xianze who were responsible for ambushing the British and French forces in the front, and Hu Dianjia and Wu Peifu who were responsible for ambushing the Japanese troops in the rear.

Their requirements are much simpler.

The First and Second Mixed Brigades were under the unified command of Liu Yuzhi, and the three mountain artillery battalions of the Artillery Brigade cooperated with them in the battle. The artillery brigade's mountain artillery began to fire, which was the signal for the battle to begin.

The troops of the Third Mixed Brigade and the Imperial Guard Brigade were naturally commanded by Hu Dianjia.

The reason why Teng Yuzhao let Hu Dianjia's 3rd Mixed Brigade be responsible for dealing with this Japanese brigade was mainly because he took into consideration that the 3rd Mixed Brigade had won great victories in several battles against the Japanese army. They had now established a psychological advantage over the Japanese army. If the Japanese army was handed over to them, everyone from officers to soldiers would definitely be able to display rare momentum.

The purpose of letting the Imperial Guards Corps follow the 3rd Mixed Cooperative Battle was to cultivate the Imperial Guards Corps' psychological advantage in fighting against the Japanese army.

Teng Yuzhao did not give them too many instructions, but only told Liu Yuzhi and Hu Dianjia that when the ambush began, they must have a powerful force to quickly insert into the middle area between the two coalition forces and the Japanese supply corps to ensure that they were separated and absolutely could not let them get close to the Japanese supply corps.

At the same time, he told Liu Yuzhi that after the battle started, the troops in the small village in front of the ambush circle and close to the main road must act quickly to avoid being seized by the coalition forces in advance, as many coalition forces in the ambush circle would escape.

This small village is right next to the main road. Although it is an excellent location to block the coalition forces head-on, there are no ambush troops here because the coalition scouts are likely to enter the village to check.

As the village was too small to accommodate too many troops, the plan was to only place one sentry, who would also be lying in ambush in the green tent outside the village.

The villagers in the village had been evacuated at night. If necessary, the village could be bombarded. Although the artillery units of Liu Yuzhi and Li Xianze had been temporarily handed over to the artillery assistant commander, Liu Changfa had already made arrangements in advance.

In order to concentrate artillery fire and exert the maximum power of the artillery bombardment, not only the artillery of the 1st and 2nd Mixed Brigades were temporarily handed over to the Artillery Brigade, but also the artillery of the 3rd Mixed Brigade, the Assault Column and the Guards Brigade.

Although there were three battalions left in Yanchang, Liu Changfa still had more than a hundred mountain cannons, not counting the mortars of the super-large mortar battalion that cooperated with Hu Dianjia and Wu Peifu in the battle and was regarded as a treasure by Liu Changfa.

Moreover, the thirty-six powerful and unscrupulous cannons were also divided into two, with eighteen cannons in each team, cooperating with Liu Yuzhi, Li Xianze, Hu Dianjia and Wu Peifu respectively.

Now Teng Yuzhao's understanding of the cannon, the god of war, is getting deeper and deeper.

The ambush on the Russian reinforcements the night before had brought an extremely strong shock to Teng Yuzao, a time traveler. The killing effect caused by the fierce artillery bombardment was so horrific that the results of the battle could not be counted.

According to Liu Shijiu and Wu Peifu, after the bombardment, more than half of the 20,000 Russian soldiers were killed or wounded, and almost every Russian soldier in the bombardment area was injured. Even when they rushed forward, some Russians were still dazed, obviously having been frightened by the intensive and fierce bombardment.

Although only two or three thousand people escaped, they only found more than 5,000 intact Mosin-Nagant rifles in the bombardment area, because a large number of rifles were destroyed by the intensive artillery fire, which made Teng Yuzhao very sad.

This was also the reason why he had the confidence to snatch this batch of weapons and ammunition from the Allied forces this time, even though there were an additional 50,000 German and Russian troops accompanying them.

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