Beiyang 1917

[Text] Chapter Two Hundred and Four

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The first wave of offensive of the participating army came from flyers flying all over the sky instead of cannons and machine guns, which caused the entire Far East to be in a state of great turmoil. Lieutenant Colonel Alexis Jr. ordered all the troops as soon as the plane flew overhead. The battalion moved into position and pushed the train car full of guns that was parked on the side track onto the main line before entering the station. (download.floor)

Little Alexei's command position is on the commanding height at the top of the train station building, on the attic of a clock tower, behind the bunker piled up with sandbags, Maxim machine guns are waiting, and several Cossack boys are nervously lying next to their battalion commander. Holding the grip of the machine gun, the temperature at the end of February is still very low. The traditional Chinese Spring Festival and Lantern Festival have just passed three days. I didn't expect the opponent to attack!

The tall and thin deputy battalion commander Dmitry Leonidevich, a cavalry major, climbed up the bell tower holding a leaflet panting heavily!

"Battalion commander, battalion commander! Have you read the Chinese leaflets? They say that as long as you lay down your weapons, you can enjoy civilian treatment... Brothers are talking a lot... Do you think we should send someone to contact the other party!"

"Dimitri! Are you afraid! You coward! Dare to shake the morale of the army! Never believe the Chinese propaganda, we will become meat on the cutting board when we put down our weapons! We are brave Cossacks, we are not thanking Myonov, that Cossack traitor and his mob! We are the glorious Cossack ** Cavalry Battalion! The duty of a soldier is to protect the family and the country!"

Lieutenant Colonel Alexis turned around with a livid face, and kicked the deputy who had left the command post and climbed up the clock tower panting to the floor, and several orderlies and machine gunners from the battalion headquarters lay down on their stomachs. Standing up on the ground, he looked at his deputy battalion commander in astonishment.

"Alexis! Who are you calling cowards? Those pig heads in Khabarovsk are cowards! When did I, Dimitri, be a coward! But now the Chinese leaflets say, to protect the lives of the people The property is safe, as long as we put down our weapons, we will enjoy the treatment of civilians! You said you want to defend your home and country! This place now belongs to China, what country are you protecting?!"

The deputy battalion commander raised his sleeves and got up from the ground while yelling, this little Dimitri is the distant nephew of Horvath, the former director of the Eastern Railway Administration who fled to Khabarovsk, and he is very interested in China. Everything that happened in the territory knew more than his own battalion commander.

This guy knows that last year when the Chinese army recaptured the Middle East Road, they also distributed leaflets along the way first. Civilian treatment!This has been confirmed in the past few months, but to be honest, whether it is an official of the Tsarist Russian government or a military officer, there has never been any doubt about the fact that the Middle East Road is in China, so the Chinese take back the Middle East Road while protecting the local people It makes sense.

But the Suifenhe side belongs to Russian land in Lao Maozi's concept, and the residents are all Russians. Whether the Chinese-government's propaganda is reliable or not is a matter of no precedent. How can you use 400 people to deal with tens of thousands of squadrons?

"Who said this is China's land?! This is Russia's land! We are Russians, and we have to shoulder the heavy responsibility of defending our country! Why don't you hurry back to the command position for me?!" Little Allie Kesai Xueliang's leather boots kicked towards the deputy again, but was hugged by the orderly Sasha Mishka next to him, and he didn't kick for nothing.

The furious battalion commander pushed away the orderly who was holding him back, whipped him with the whip in his hand, and cursed, "Mishka, are you crazy! Even you want to rebel?!"

"Battalion commander! You should think about what the deputy battalion commander said! Our Cossack hometown is in the beautiful Don River prairie, not the icy and snowy Far East. I miss my mother, I want to go home, and I don't want to die here for other people's land! "

Just when the bell tower was full of hustle and bustle, the first line of checkpoints not far away remembered a sharp whistle, and then a Cossack scout cavalry galloped along the railway line from outside the town on horseback. Kesai placed the Rangers at the border. Obviously, after the Chinese planes overhead dropped leaflets, the squadrons had already followed!The atmosphere on the bell tower suddenly became tense!

"Battalion Commander! Battalion Commander! The Chinese are coming!" The Cossack cavalry galloped straight to the bottom of the bell tower, and the strangled Don horse stood up, neighing and snorting continuously, and both the knight and the horse were steaming Hot sweat!

"Polkin, you son of a bitch, where is your weapon! Where is your saber! Also, where are all the Cossacks in your squad?" Aleksey, the battalion commander on the bell tower, saw the clue at a glance, and his heart jumped. Anger, but also a tight heart at the same time!The few Cossacks around were even more nervous and couldn't breathe!

"Commander, battalion commander! We have been captured! Who knew that the Chinese would sneak in and ambush us in the snow behind our post before dawn. The brothers were caught off guard and disarmed! The Chinese asked me to come back and give You bring a word, as long as you lay down your weapons, you can enjoy civilian treatment. We will never be taken as prisoners, and we will not be restricted from freedom! Life and property are protected! We can all go home!

Battalion Commander Battalion Commander!You decide quickly!The commander of the Chinese Communist Party said that we would only be given 10 minutes to think about it!Their vanguard is less than 2 kilometers away from here!All over the mountains and plains!Countless! "The reconnaissance squad leader Polkin pulled his horse in a circle and roared towards the sky towards the clock tower. At the same time, he was ready to dodge the bullets of his companions at any time. This guy didn't dare to dismount. What if the battalion commander wanted to shoot himself? Do it, you have to run!

"Battalion Commander! Don't hesitate any longer. Polkin and the others have been captured. Our details and arrangements are clear to the Chinese. It is estimated that the Chinese will not be fooled by the trap of that train, or let's put down our weapons." , or we will retreat north to Khabarovsk, staying here to stop the Chinese is completely crazy!" Deputy Battalion Commander Dimitri yelled loudly!

Alexei picked up the binoculars, and the sound of rumbling engines came from the direction of Suifenhe, three kilometers to the west. They all have an armored reconnaissance battalion. According to the Dongdong road guard team who ran back, there are tens of thousands of soldiers in one brigade of the participating army, and the armored reconnaissance battalion of the brigade alone has 36 vehicles equipped with Browning water-cooled heavy machine guns. Wheeled armored vehicles, as long as the firepower of heavy machine guns is 8 times that of a battalion on our side. . .

Looking back at the deputy battalion commander, orderlies, orderlies, and machine gunners surrounded by him, everyone's eyes were full of apprehension and expectation, but they obviously didn't want to follow him to the end!

At this moment, Vasilyev, the town mayor and station master in mink fur robes, panting, also climbed up the bell tower from behind, followed by the church priest Tobuyevsky and Habaye, the largest businessman in the town. Husband, the three came up and yelled:

"Lieutenant colonel! Lieutenant colonel! The town council has made an urgent decision. In order to avoid the loss of life and the safety of the residents, please order the Cossack battalion to lay down their weapons or evacuate the town. We will be responsible for the blame! This must not start! We have all read the leaflets, and it is the same as last year when the Chinese took over the Middle East Road. No matter who the land belongs to, this battle must not be fought in this town! It’s the town’s people who will burn everything together!”

"You cowards! You don't deserve to be Russians!" Lieutenant Colonel Alexis Cavalry felt his heart was bleeding. Could it be that the group of fat-headed old men in front of him who he wanted to protect at the expense of the Cossacks It is meaningless to shed blood and sacrifice for these people!

"Lieutenant Colonel! You must order to stop the resistance. Everything will be negotiated with the Chinese in the Far Eastern Military Region and the Primorsky Krai. If your reckless actions cause the residents of this town to fall into the flames of war, you will be personally responsible for everything! You will go to a military court! You will be hanged!"

"Battalion Commander! Don't hesitate any longer! Time is running out!" the deputy battalion commander shouted anxiously, stomping his feet!The Chinese leaflets disintegrated the fighting spirit of the deputy battalion commander and several company commanders within 10 minutes. Everyone came to ask the base camp to withdraw from the battle, it was a good time to step down!In the future, there will be an explanation for Shangfeng's questioning of crimes!

"Pass my order! The whole battalion withdrew from the position, under the command of the deputy battalion commander Dmitri, and quickly retreated to Khabarovsk!" Little Alexei gritted his teeth and gave the order!