Chapter 418 Beijing Raiders (14)
By this time, the combat plan for the Russian army was basically clear, but in fact, there were still many details that were not perfected, such as setting up a blocking position there, and then landing 6 from there, etc., and there is no description yet, but these detailed matters cannot be improved now, because there is too little information, so I can only take one step at a time.
The most urgent thing now is to conquer Beijing first. If even Beijing cannot conquer, then everything else will be a cloud.
The battle to attack Beijing was scheduled to start three days later at around 4 and 5 a.m., because it was not dawn at this time, and night battles were the biggest advantage of the time travelers' special forces. Moreover, it was not far from dawn, only about 2 hours. Therefore, the battle started at this time. The special forces could take advantage of the night to first gain the advantage of the battlefield or completely disrupt the arrangement of the Eight-Nation Alliance. After dawn, they cooperated with the People's Army to completely defeat the Eight-Nation Alliance.
Moreover, Xiao Jianjun decided to go to Tongzhou Railway Station to command the battle himself. Qin Zheng stayed in Tianjin and organized personnel. Once the People's Army captured Beijing, he would immediately go to Beijing to take over Beijing's administrative affairs, and at the same time he had to check and confiscate the property plundered by the Eight-Nation Alliance.
At this time, Qin Zheng said: "I have another point to remind you that before attacking Beijing, we must emphasize discipline to the soldiers. The three major disciplines and eight points should be officially taken as the operational discipline of the People's Army, and we must strengthen supervision. In the old time and space, our ancestors proposed the slogan that we must never make the second Li Zicheng before entering Beijing, which also applies to us. Moreover, whether it is Li Zicheng or our ancestors, when they entered Beijing, they were the first time the world was decided and the great cause was about to be accomplished, and they were even more powerful and could look down on the world. Our great cause has just begun. The lyrics of the phrase "Shajiabang" are that "more than a dozen people, seven or eight guns" have no capital to be proud."
In fact, since the establishment of the People's Army, it has always attached great importance to the management and construction of military discipline. Through strict management and ideological education, the People's Army has maintained very strict military discipline. This is widely praised by the people, both in Tianjin and Qingdao.
However, this battle was different from the previous battles, because Beijing was the capital of the Qing court, with a generous place at the foot of the emperor, and a prosperous appearance, far from comparable to Tianjin, Qingdao and other places. In addition, the occupation of Beijing completely defeated the Eight-Nation Alliance, and the war had come to an initial end. In order not to affect the morale of the entire army, the news of the Russian army's southward movement was only conveyed to the military officers at the regiment level. Therefore, the officers and soldiers were inevitably a little relaxed and they might relax their military discipline.
In addition, the time travelers have another major goal to capture Beijing, which is to use the wealth plundered by the Eight-Nation Alliance from Beijing for their own use and make up for their own financial gap. However, this wealth will be public property of the entire time travel group, and it must not allow individuals to enjoy their own pockets.
But in the face of such a huge amount of wealth, it is inevitable that people will be moved. Time travel soldiers may be better, but local soldiers are difficult to guarantee. After all, the People's Army has not been established for a long time. Although the local soldiers have been ideologically educated, the soldiers' thoughts have not been fixed. It is difficult to guarantee that they will not have greed after seeing a large amount of wealth. Time travelers must not indulge in this behavior. Therefore, it is entirely necessary to give them a vaccination in advance.
However, although the People's Army's military discipline is strict, there is still no clear discipline rule. Generally, it is only based on traditional practices, commanders' orders, plus the traditional 17 bans and fifty-four kills of the Chinese affairs. In fact, the People's Army has been established less than half a year, and it is reasonable that many supporting rules have not kept up.
The three major disciplines and eight points of attention are the unified discipline standards of behavior summarized by the ancestors of time and travelers based on the development of the situation and the practical experience of the troops. The three major disciplines refer to: obey the command of all actions; do not take the masses one stitch at a time; all seizures must be returned to the public. The eight points of attention are: speaking in a gentle manner; buying and selling fairly; borrowing things must be returned to compensation; damaging things must be compensated; not beating or scolding people; not teasing women; not abuse captives. Not only is it concise, but it also has a wide coverage and contains rich and profound content. No matter which one is, it is completely applicable in this era and can be used directly. Moreover, it was also composed into songs in the old time and space to facilitate memory, and time-traveling soldiers will sing this song.
Discipline needs to be further emphasized now, so it is also completely feasible to formally use these "three major disciplines and eight points of attention" as the discipline rules of the People's Army to ensure military discipline after occupying Beijing.
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"Kill, kill, kill!"
With the deafening shouts, the two teams of soldiers were each holding wooden sticks and were conducting fierce bayonet battle training. The sound of "slap" wooden tools fighting was endless. From time to time, you could not hear the wooden stick hitting the body, screaming, and falling to the ground. However, the training enthusiasm of the soldiers on both sides did not diminish at all, and they continued to practice.
Luo Yue walked back and forth several times on the training ground and was very satisfied with the soldiers' training status. It was the third day of capturing Tongzhou, and as the battalion commander, Luo Yue had long known that the battle to attack Beijing would be held in the early morning of tomorrow, that is, tonight.
In the battle against Tongzhou Railway Station, since the first battalion joined the battle group in the end, the casualties were the least. A total of 21 soldiers were killed and 34 others were injured, of which 10 were seriously injured. After treatment, the remaining wounded have now returned to the team and started training.
However, although the first battalion suffered the least casualties, this battle still made Luo Yue realize the shortcomings of his troops. Compared with the Eight-Nation Alliance, there are still great shortcomings in bayonet skills. In the battle against Beijing, because it is a city battle, there is a high chance of bayonet warfare. Therefore, Luo Yue also asked the soldiers to strengthen bayonet training.
After this battle, most soldiers also realized the importance of bayonet battles, so the soldiers of the entire army also trained very hard. Of course, this is also due to the victory of Tongzhou Railway Station and the morale of the entire army is very high. Although the training time was not long, the entire army experienced a real bayonet battle. With this practical experience and targeted training, the soldiers' bayonet skills have also improved to a certain extent.
Of course, this battle to attack Beijing did not rely entirely on bayonet tactics. It was necessary to break through the city walls of Beijing. Although the first regiment was equipped with an artillery battalion, it was equipped with 77mm caliber artillery, which was limited in power. The height and thickness of the Beijing city walls were among the best in China. Therefore, the artillery may not be able to break through the city walls of Beijing, and it still had to use wooden ladders to attack the city in cooperation.
Just yesterday, a batch of wooden ladders that were rushed out were transported from Tianjin, and the first battalion was divided into 20 racks. Therefore, yesterday and today, the entire army also conducted ladder training.
Before he knew it, the morning training time had ended. So Luo Yue recruited all the officers and soldiers of the army and officially announced that he would gather at 3 a.m. tomorrow, leave at 3:15, enter the position before 4:45, and attack Beijing on time at 5 a.m., so the training this afternoon was cancelled, and the whole army would rest after lunch to prepare for the evening battle.
In fact, the soldiers basically knew that this battle would definitely attack Beijing. After all, they all came to Tongzhou, so it would be reasonable not to attack Beijing. And yesterday I practiced climbing a cloud ladder. What is the use of such a high cloud ladder except for attacking Beijing City? No one expected that this battle would come so quickly.
However, the sentiment of the entire army had no effect. After all, since the People's Army was established, the Battle of Tianjin and the Battle of Qingdao have been successfully defeated, and the Battle of Tongzhou has also been won, so there is no worry about attacking Beijing. In addition, there has been political education before, and they have conquered Beijing, drove away the Eight-Nation Alliance, and restored peace to China. Moreover, most of the soldiers of the People's Army are from Tianjin, which is basically the same as being right next to Beijing, and they all want to take this opportunity to go to Beijing to take a look.
When Li Zhuangyong and Jiang Haidong heard the news, they were even more excited because the main goal of joining the People's Army was to follow the People's Army to fight foreign devils and avenge the Boxer brothers. Although everyone's feelings were different after they joined the People's Army, this did not change.
It is Li Zhuangyong. He had had a Boxer Rebellion in Beijing and had fought with the Eight-Nation Alliance in Tongzhou. He saw his brothers fall in line with foreign guns. He also knew that the so-called magical power of the Boxer Rebellion was useless at all. Therefore, although Li Zhuangyong had many dissatisfaction with the People's Army, he had to admit that the organization, organization, training, tactics of the People's Army were definitely not comparable to the loose organization like the Boxer Rebellion. And only such an army could defeat the Eight-Nation Alliance.
Because of this, although Li Zhuangyong was not active in political studies, he was very hardworking and serious in training. After all, Li Zhuangyong was a person who had been on the battlefield and had practiced for several years. Therefore, his personal qualities were much better than those of ordinary local soldiers from peasants, and he was also highly valued by Luo Yue. If it weren't for his time in joining the People's Army and his achievements in political studies were too short, he would probably have served as the platoon leader instead of a small squad leader.
In the battle at Tongzhou Huodong Station, Li Zhuangyong was very brave. During the stalemate, he stabbed two Japanese soldiers to death by himself. In the later pursuit, he stabbed one Japanese soldier to death and one Japanese soldier. He was also quite famous in the army and established a certain reputation. Luo Yue had considered that if the People's Army expands again or has a new position, he would first promote Li Zhuangyong.
Chapter completed!