Chapter 72 Blood Debt
The downpour did not rain until the middle of the night. After the rising sun rose, the sky was cloudless. (eng.com)
However, early in the morning, a sharp and sharp sirens sounded suddenly over the entire Russian cavalry camp. The sirens lasted for a long time, and the unique tranquility of the early morning was broken by the messy and dense footsteps in the Russian cavalry camp.
Witt, who got the bad news early in the morning, didn't even wear military uniforms, and hurried to the gathering place of the entire army.
I saw dozens of white cloth bags densely placed on a flat open space, and the scarlet blood stains on the cloth bags were shocking.
Witt's face was gloomy and terrible. He slowly walked to the row of corpses, lifted the white cloth covering the corpses one by one and began to carefully check: Major General Chekov, Colonel Rolfro, Colonel Jeff, Major Tofswick...
After seeing all the bodies one by one, a biting chill suddenly rose in his heart. Except for the thirty sentries on duty last night, the rest were all officers at the school level and above, and the proportion of officers killed accounted for half of the total number of senior officers in the Cossack Cavalry.
Everyone was killed in one blow, without much struggle, so there was no much pain, and everyone's death was only in a flash.
Such a fierce assassination! Such a terrifying method! Werte was shocked in his heart and secretly glad that these professional killers did not attack him.
Perhaps God blessed, these terrible killers did not find his residence, otherwise he would have turned into a cold corpse on the ground.
"Who is it? Who is so cruel?" Lieutenant Colonel Nick roared with a twitching corner of his mouth.
Witt turned around, raised his head and closed his eyes and said, "I think it is the Southern Army!"
"Impossible! How is this possible? I don't believe it!" Lieutenant Colonel Nick was a little furious
Witt shook his head and asked, "Nick, have you forgotten the fierce battle at Wafangdian when you were in Liaodong?"
Lieutenant Colonel Nick recalled a little, stared at surprise and said in a daze: "Commander, is it that Tang Jian's small army of 100 people fighting with our thousands of Cossack cavalry warriors? That small army is so powerful that it is simply unbelievable. A few hundred people suppressed thousands of Cossack cavalry. I remember that we suffered a huge loss in that battle!"
Witt nodded silently.
"The commander means that they were the ones who came to the camp last night to assassinate Major General Chekov and others?" Lieutenant Colonel Nick couldn't believe it, "Aren't they completely wiped out by us in Wafangdian?"
"Maybe they did not all die in battle, or maybe Tang Jian has reorganized such a team!" Witt frowned and looked solemn.
"O God, the terrible Southern Army!" Lieutenant Colonel Nick sighed, scanning the corpses all over the ground.
"Commander Witter, we might as well look at it from another perspective." said Major Ostov, the deputy of Witter.
"Oh, what do you think?" Witt asked, turning his head.
"It's very simple. We can think from the perspective of the Southern Army in Jingzhou, why did they assassinate the senior officers of our army?" Major Ostov asked with a confident smile.
Major Ostov was young and a Belarusian in his thirties. However, he was a top student at the Prussian Military Academy in Germany. After graduation, he served in the Army Department. He once made military achievements in Liaodong's battle against Japan. Witt cherished his talents, so he kept him by his side. This time he went south was no exception.
"They are scared! Yes, they are scared! The Cossack cavalry were so scared that they were extremely scared before they arrived in Jingzhou, so they would send killers to assassinate the senior officers of our army!" Lieutenant Colonel Nick replied with an excited look.
Witt bit his lips and hugged his shirt and said, "Ostov, do you mean that the troops in Jingzhou are now insufficient?"
"Haha, Commander Witter can see far! We can imagine why the Southern Army assassinated our senior officers? Isn't this what they have now? They want to use this method to delay our siege, because tomorrow 30,000 Cossack cavalry will be able to reach Jingzhou!" Ostov analyzed.
"It makes sense, it makes sense!" Lieutenant Colonel Nick shouted happily, "I will attack Jingzhou tomorrow, so that the Southern Army can know the power of the Cossack cavalry!"
Witt also clenched his fists. He felt that Ostov's analysis was very good. The Southern Army was about to arrive in Jingzhou to assassinate the senior officer of the Cossack cavalry, as Ostov said, was to delay the speed of the Cossack cavalry!
"Cunning Tang Jian!" Witt whispered in a low voice, "Okay, take a day off today and attack Jingzhou tomorrow!"
"Commander Witter, why not go today?" Lieutenant Colonel Nick followed and asked.
"You idiot, it rained so heavily last night, and the road must be muddy at this time. Let's go when it's smooth and dry tomorrow!" Witt turned his head and cursed.
Why would such a fool be assigned to his army? Is it just because Nick is the son of a declining Count? Witt said in his heart. At the same time, he also needs to report the situation here to Russian Emperor Nicholas II immediately.
Suddenly, so many senior officers were assassinated by the Southern Army. Once the news was heard back to the Army Department, those damn old guys would definitely laugh out loud! And how to deal with the corpses here, Witt felt a lot of things surrounding him.
Last time, he was scolded by His Majesty Nichola for the disappearance of Princess Terina. It is estimated that His Majesty Nicholas still holds a grudge against him. After all, Princess Terina is his favorite niece. Although Terina is naughty and willful, the princess is in his hands after all. After all, Terina's family is still staring at her? When she thinks of this, Witt is a little overwhelmed.
At the beginning, Yuan Shikai took the initiative to contact Witt to discuss dealing with Tang Jian. Wittman thought that with his ability and Yuan Shikai's assistance, it would be not very easy to deal with Tang Jian.
However, a series of events later showed that Tang Jian was far from as simple as Witt's surface. The failure of the Pacific Fleet alone made him extremely upset. Without the support of the fleet, his infantry and cavalry would obviously be difficult to deal with the Southern Army and would pay more costs.
The war has not officially started, but the senior officer has lost half of it! Witt breathed a sigh of grief.
But this is not a bad thing. Tang Jian was smart but was mistaken for intelligence. Last night's assassination directly exposed his lack of defense in Jingzhou. He could just take this opportunity to kill all the yellow-skinned monkeys!
After a brief period of distress, Werte instantly became the same as before, arrogant, confident and arrogant.
"Tread..." Witt returned to his command center with a swaying swaying. He had to accumulate energy, because tomorrow there would be a feast of blood and fire that he would enjoy.
………
When the first ray of sunlight in the morning hit the horizon, Wang Jianchuan had already met with the second company who was supporting him. Just when Vite decided to raid Jingzhou tomorrow, Wang Jianchuan's lone wolf had already returned to the city of Jingzhou.
Wang Jianchuan was riding a black horse in front. Ma Rushan, who did not participate in the direct operation, asked: "Captain Wang, how is the result of this battle?"
Wang Jianchuan smiled and said, "It's not bad. According to the statistics of the team members, the officers at the school level and above assassinated twenty-three people, and I also killed a major general of the Russian cavalry with my own hands!"
"Really?" Ma Rushan's eyes shone, and at the same time he thought secretly: I will fight for such a good opportunity next time, and I can't just let He Shan take advantage of him alone.
"Captain Wang, next time we must take on the attack mission!" Ma Rushan leaned over and said.
Wang Jianchuan held the horse's reins with one hand and nodded in agreement. At this time, He Shandui, who had not spoken last night, stepped forward. His eyes were covered with blood, and his expression seemed a little depressed. He Shandui drove his horse to go parallel to Wang Jianchuan and said in a deep voice: "Captain Wang, didn't you ask me yesterday why the original villagers in the Russian cavalry camp went there?"
"Yeah!" Wang Jianchuan nodded.
"Where have they been?" Wang Jianchuan was secretly wondering. When they arrived at the small mountain village last night, they did not find a local villager. He originally wanted to find a local villager to re-examine the local terrain.
"They..." He Shan choked and said slowly: "They were all chopped down under a small hill, and they were all chopped down with the sabers of the Cossack cavalry!"
Hearing this, Wang Jianchuan's body shook suddenly, then tightened his horse and stopped, looking at He Shan with shock.
He Shan said sadly: "These Russian Russians are simply not humans. None of the elderly, women and children in the village will be spared. Even the newborn babies were chopped off their heads!"
"Bastard!" Wang Jianchuan seemed to bite and bleeding from his teeth. "These damn Russians not only interfere in our civil war, but also burn, kill and loot on the land of our country. They are simply a group of robbers!"
"He Shan! You are going to send me a power to the commander now, saying that the lone wolf requires to participate in the battle against Russia!" Wang Jianchuan said word by word.
"Yes, I'll go right away!" He Shanhong's eyes turned his horse's head suddenly and went to find a correspondent to generate electricity for Tang Jian.
Wang Jianchuan clenched the reins tightly, his eyes seemed to spit out fire: "Russian Russians! I want you to pay your blood debts and blood! "
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A certain valley.
Feng Yuxiang and Jie Jiajun and Zhang Zuolin sat around the temporary command center. Jie Jiajun raised his hand and looked at his watch, saying, "It seems that the Cossack cavalry will not come today!"
Feng Yuxiang also looked at the watch and said, "The scouts from the Russian cavalry camp called and said that the Cossack cavalry was actively preparing food and grass. It seemed that they were about to start, but strangely, there was no movement yet."
Zhang Zuolin smiled and said, "Haha, don't worry, the two regiment commanders, I think if it hadn't been for the heavy rain last night that caused the road to be muddy and inconvenient, I think the Cossack cavalry would have entered our ambush circle long ago!"
"What Staff Officer Zhang said is reasonable, and he really ignored the reasons for this road condition. I see, the Cossack cavalry will arrive tomorrow. Let's wait with peace of mind!" Feng Yuxiang said leaning against the back of the chair and with his hands on his pillow.
Chapter completed!