At this time, Zhu Yaping said again: "Also, once the war begins, we must fight the Russian army with all our might. Therefore, we must also ask Zheng Junmen to send logistics supply, food, grass, ammunition, and supplies. We have to worry about you. This matter is of great importance and you should not underestimate it."

The main warehouse of the People's Army is now located at Shanhaiguan Railway Station, about 18 kilometers away from the Jiumenkou defense line, so a second transport is needed. In this regard, the defenders of Shanhaiguan also gave strong support to the People's Army. More than 150 carriages, more than 50 trolleys, more than 20 trolleys, more than 20 trolleys, and more than 20 trolleys in civil servants to carry out secondary transport for the People's Army. Of course, all wages for civil servants are paid directly by the People's Army, and are directly paid to individuals in civil servants, and are no longer subject to layers of harsh deductions. Therefore, the civil servants are very motivated and all the transport work is completed as scheduled.

Although the Qing army does not have to do the transportation matters by themselves, once the war begins, the work of supervising logistics transportation needs can only be handed over to the Qing army to manage. However, the Qing army in this era is extremely corrupt. As long as there is money and property management, it is definitely a geese who picks up their hair and pulls them out layer by layer. In the past ten days, there have been two times when the Qing army participated in transportation. When it was involved in transportation, it was just that the People's Army was not able to succeed. Once the supervision was relaxed, it is difficult to ensure that they would not make any mistakes. If they were to do it and treat the escort materials as a piece of fat, it would be troublesome. Therefore, it must be explained clearly before the war.

Zheng Caisheng is also an old fry in the officialdom. He couldn't hear Zhu Yaping's implicit voice. Moreover, he knew what kind of people he was like. He was the one who made money from the oil pan. Even the court's offerings dared to deduct 20% of the supplies, so why didn't he dare to do it? If he really wanted to hand over the food, ammunition and supplies of overseas Chinese to them, he would definitely get benefits from it. It would be better if ten cars of supplies could be sent to eight. Zheng Caisheng understood the priorities of the matter. Are overseas Chinese a force that is easy to mess with? Besides, there is Li Zhongtang involved in it. If something really happened, he would not be able to bear the responsibility. Therefore, he nodded repeatedly and said, "Please don't worry, generals, the brothers will send their confidants to the escort, and they will supervise them personally, and they will never miss the matter."

At this time, Song Qing said: "The transportation of materials is of great importance. Zheng Junmen still has heavy responsibilities in defending the city. I am afraid it is difficult to separate them. According to my husband's opinion, it is better to leave the transportation of materials to the eldest son and Mr. Zhang to take charge of it."

Song Qingji is an experienced person, so he doesn't understand the interests of this. He knows that Zhu Ya is not at ease with the Qing army. He has also been stationed in Shanhaiguan for several months. He knows that Zheng Caisheng and his subordinates are quite familiar with Zheng Caisheng and his men. He knows that these people are unreliable, so he suggests that Li Jingfang and Zhang Peilun be responsible for this matter. First, it was these two people who came to lobby Shanhai and overseas Chinese coalition to fight against the Russian army. The two of them can obviously be recognized by overseas Chinese. And if something happens, they will be in front of them, and there is still a certain amount of room for easing. Second, there is Li Hongzhang behind these two people, and they still have a certain amount of power, which is more deterrent to the soldiers and the Youjiao.

For this period of time, Li Jingfang and Zhang Peilun have been staying in Shanhaiguan, mainly to help the People's Army communicate with the generals of Shanhaiguan and play a lubrication role. So far, the People's Army and the Qing army of Shanhaiguan have got along well, and they are good at cooperating with each other. Among them, Li Jingfang and Zhang Peilun also played a considerable role. Therefore, Li Jingfang and Zhang Peilun were responsible for logistics transportation, which made Zhu Yaping feel at ease, at least reliable than Zheng Caisheng.

So Zhu Yaping nodded and said, "If this arrangement is made, it would be great. I just need to trouble the eldest son, Mr. Zhang."

Li Jingfang was very happy. His main purpose of coming to Shanhaiguan was to experience the battlefield in person. Although he had participated in some people's army's pre-war positions over the past period of time, he was just a fun event. The People's Army's military conference could not be participated in, and he did not need to automatically move the shovel on the positions. If he could be responsible for the logistics transportation of the People's Army, he could participate in the military discussions of overseas Chinese with just a legitimate reputation. Li Jingfang was naturally happy and said hurriedly: "As long as it is to resist the Russian army and strive to ensure that our China is not lost, we will be responsible for the responsibility."

Although Zhang Peilun did not make any noise, he thought of doing his best to resist the overall situation of the Russian army, and did not refuse. Therefore, he did come here. After the meeting, everyone went to prepare for it.

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The Russian army sent troops from Jinzhou to attack Shanhaiguan, specially drawn troops from the Far East army that invaded the Northeast, organized the Far East South Army, including the Fifth and the Eleventh Reorganized Divisions, as well as a cavalry regiment and a heavy howitzer regiment, with a total force of more than 32,000 people and a variety of artillery. The main generals of the Far East Legion were: Commander Lieutenant General Apalikov, Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Sokolov, Chief of the Staff Major General Mikhailov, Chief of the Military Chief of the Fifth Division Major General Obmochaev, and Major General Killiapa of the 11th Division. They also recruited more than 26,000 civil servants, more than 5,000 donkeys, horses and livestock from the Northeast to transport supplies to the Russian army. After all, there is no railway to connect from Jinzhou to Shanhaiguan, and it can only be transported by people and horses.

However, the Russian army's march was basically close to the lowest line expected by the Tianjin Military Commission, and it was not that the Russian army did not want to advance quickly. After all, the fighting nation could not understand the principle that soldiers are the gods, but they were really unable to meet the strength. On the one hand, this is the organization and execution ability of the Russian army; on the other hand, there are indeed considerable objective reasons.

Although Russia is a huge country spanning Eurasia 6, the European part is only a small part of Russia, but it is the core area of ​​Russia and the most social and economical area in Russia. The Asian part, from the far East and West Siberia region, is almost a wilderness. This time, Russia mobilized nearly 20,000 troops in order to invade Northeast China, but almost all the logistics supplies needed to be transported from the European part.

At this time, the Siberian Railway built by Russia was not yet completed, so it could only rely on manpower to accumulate strength to pass through the Siberian wilderness. This is an extremely difficult thing. One trip takes at least half a year, and it is greatly affected by the season. Because it is impossible to organize transportation in winter, the Russian army invading Northeast China has not been replenished for more than half a year.

Other materials may be plundered in Northeast China, but they cannot obtain weapons and ammunition, which can only be supported by the transported last year. It is still the season in early March, and the Siberian wilderness has just thawed, which means it has just begun to transport. Therefore, it will take about 3-4 months to wait until a new batch of logistics and supplementary supplies are delivered.

In the previous stage, the Russian army invaded Northeast China. Although there was no major war, it also consumed some of its ammunition. Later, it fought with Japan for the Korean Peninsula. Although it did not really fight with Japan, it still organized two military exercises to capture the Japanese army. Although the Russian army has not yet reached the point of exhausting ammunition and food, it is not enough to support a comprehensive battle.

Moreover, after learning that the People's Army entered Shanhaiguan, the Russian army did not dare to be careless. After all, the achievements made by the People's Army over the past six months have been there, and the terrain of Shanhaiguan is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Although the Russians are arrogant, they are not blindly arrogant. They must not be underestimated against enemies like the People's Army. They must be fully prepared.

So after capturing Jinzhou, the Russian army had prepared for another half a month, mobilized elite soldiers and prepared ammunition and medicine. This time, the Russian army dispatched more than 32,000 troops, accounting for only about 1/6 of the Russian army's total strength, and the ammunition prepared reached more than 60% of the current Russian army's ammunition. It can be seen that although the Russian army did not dispatch much, it was indeed doing its best.

After arriving at Gaoling Town, Commander Lieutenant General Apalikov also received a report that he knew that overseas Chinese had already set up positions outside Shanhaiguan, about 23 kilometers away from the Russian army. So Lieutenant General Apalikov decided to set up the Russian army's headquarters in Gaoling Town and the Russian army's logistics location in Qianwei Town. Major General Mikhailov, the head of the military commander, led two battalions of troops to garrison. At the same time, he ordered the Fifth Division to continue advancing and set out in Jiujianghe to a zone that was only about 15 kilometers away from the overseas Chinese positions, becoming the frontier position of the Russian army.

After a night of rest, Lieutenant General Apalikov came to the frontline position. At this time, Major General Obmochaev, the commander of the Fifth Division, had sent scouts to reconnaise the general situation of the People's Army's positions and drew a map.

The People's Army's defense line is centered on Jiumenkou, located southward and eastward along the north bank of Jiujiang River, extending about 5 kilometers away, and two positions are set up, which are generally in the shape of a "factory". The two positions arranged along the Great Wall are both based on mountainous conditions, with dangerous terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, while the positions set along the north bank of Jiujiang River are relatively gentle, because it is the easternmost position, located in a place called Zhangjiachang Village, and are arranged based on two small hills with not very high terrain. Therefore, Obmochaev suggested to the commander that he should attack overseas Chinese early tomorrow morning and capture this position first.

Lieutenant General Apalikov carefully read the map and thought that Obmochaev's suggestion was feasible, but Lieutenant General Sokolov, chief of staff, had a different opinion and said: "Commander, the three howitzers of our army have not arrived yet. At this time, the attack is too hasty. It is not too late to wait until the howitzers arrived. It is estimated that the howitzers will arrive in another three days."
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