Chapter 55 Return to Camp
The Japanese army must be prepared. Although there were only more than 1,000 Japanese troops and many beards in the valley, they still had to be guarded. The first battalion was at the entrance of the north valley at the beginning of the encirclement and annihilation to prevent the Japanese from intervening in the battle. At the same time, after the artillery fire was prepared, all the mortars were staring at the Japanese in the west. When the Fuxing Army broke into the Russian army's encirclement and annihilation just now, Hanada Nakasa also understood the situation and planned to rush over to catch fish. However, when the artillery soldiers were about to rush out of the trenches, they fired a rapid fire a hundred meters in front of them, and more than a dozen shells blocked the entire entrance of the northern valley. When Hanada Nakasa saw this situation, she immediately canceled the order and planned to sit in the mountains to watch the tiger fight. Now that the Fuxing Army was completely in control of the situation, she immediately sent someone to spy on the intention.
In the last ray of afterglow, there was a huge smoke in the valley north of the Prince River, and a mess. Piles of Russian prisoners were gathered together under bayonets. Wang Laishun and a group of soldiers were looking through the corpses. After a long time of struggle, they were barely seen. This made Wang Laishun and others very unwilling to accept it.
Sha Bao, who was familiar with Wang Laishun, said, "Uncle, I think the person who killed Qiandao probably ran away. Didn't you say that Erlian chased him earlier? It's probably there."
As if he was venting his anger, Wang Laishun stabbed a Russian army who had already died with a bayonet and cursed: "Damn, don't let me catch this killer."
Before he finished speaking, a roar suddenly came from the front, "Catch Ma Da's nose, grab Ma Da's nose..." Hearing this sound, Wang Laishun didn't even bother with the gun, and ran directly to the front, and saw a bunch of people around there. Wang Laishun rolled and crawled in, and two dead dog-like noses were shrouded in the mud in the circle. One of them was wearing a Russian officer's coat, which seemed to be the Madlitov that Wang Laishun was looking for. His eyes immediately turned red and he rushed up...
Standing on the small high ground on the side of the river valley, Lei Yi Town looked at the second battalion commander Tao Dayong and asked, "Is it just that these two officers and colonels? This is an old Russian officer and colonel."
Tao Dayong had long regarded these two Russian officers as dead people in his heart. He said, "If this is the case, what else can you do? Who made those guys with big noses not a good person? When he opened a timber company in Yalu River, he had a deep grudge with these wood kids. If he killed them, he would have to kill them. If they really want their lives, they might have a mutiny tomorrow. Why do you think these Russians came to us for? They don't want their wives and children at their own homes?"
Tao Dayong, like the first battalion commander Li Liezu, was born in a factory protection team. He was from Jinhua, Zhejiang. He was promoted to company commander in the first battalion because he was literate and brave in combat. Now he has become the battalion commander of the second battalion after the troops are expanded. However, he will soon be on-the-job training. In order to improve the tactical qualities of in-service officers, Yang Rui specially selected some materials for non-military academy officers and arranged to study at Lorenzo Maguis Military Academy. Although these people do not understand German, the military academy textbooks are now fixed. With the Chinese version of the textbook and a simultaneous translation, you can still barely understand the course, but there cannot be more than five personnel per issue, otherwise there will be insufficient translators.
Lei Yizhen could not explain colonization to him, and only said: "What are the Russians doing here? Come here to grab the place. Who would think that they have too much land? Didn't the land in the north be snatched away in the early years?"
When Lei Yizhen spoke, Tao Dayong's concern went elsewhere. Because he wiped out the Russian army, many were seized. Four of the six mountain cannons were good. The two that were blown up by the Japanese army were intact except for the missing wheels, and the shells were even more numerous. In addition, there were thousands of rifles. Of course, Tao Dayong was not interested in the old Russian rifles. The rifles he used were much better than theirs. What should he do? What he was concerned about now was whether he had caught a Maxim machine gun. This treasure was in revival for a small number of military forces, especially after the expansion of the army, each battalion was divided into less than two.
Lei Yizhen was speechless when he saw Tao Dayong telling his subordinates that Maxim machine gun power was speechless. He hoped that these hunters understood the profound things of the country and nation. They were delusional. They joined the army now not because of the anti-Qing revolution, but to fight against foreign enemies. Thinking of this, Lei Yizhen felt a little better. Even though these people did not understand the profound truth, at least they could distinguish between their own people and foreigners.
At 7:30 pm, the results of this battle came out. The ambush killed 2,100 Russian troops, including more than 930 people and more than 1,200 prisoners. Only 100 Cossack cavalry who explored the way and escaped north. There were no need to worry that the left-behind troops of Huajianzi would solve them. Four Russian mountain cannons, more than 800 shells, and more than 2,300 rifles were seized. The bullets have not been counted for the time being, but there are estimated to be more than 400,000.
As for the losses of the Fuxing Army, 153 people were killed in battle and 310 were injured. These losses were basically caused by chaos in grassroots command after breaking into the Russian army. After the troops split the Russian army, they did not attack according to Cao Dian, but rushed forward. 80% of the casualties were caused by the chance of winning and blindly engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Russian army. Although the Fuxing Army attached importance to hand-to-hand combat, the physique of the yellow race was there, and a Russian army needed at least two or even three soldiers to deal with it. However, there was nothing to complain about Yang Rui's damage to such a war.
After all, it was the first time that the recruits were in actual combat. No matter how well they trained, they would always get angry on the battlefield. But some problems had to be solved - in order to strengthen firepower, each squad was set at ten people and each squad was set at four squads. But now it seems that according to the quality of these soldiers, it was difficult for ten people to be commanded by the squad leader in the melee; and there was also the problem of hand-to-hand combat. The Japanese veterans in the valley just now did not use the bayonet technique of European opening and closing, but the sting similar to Japanese kendo. For small orientals, this was better than using European fancy sword techniques.
While Yang Rui was thinking about this, the command center on the mountain moved from the mountain to the bottom of the mountain with torches. The entire army was packing, packing up the seized supplies, and preparing to retreat overnight. The Fuxing Army and the Russian prisoners were cleaning up the bodies in the place where the hand-to-hand combat in the river valley, but the Russian army was the one who took action. The Fuxing Army was responsible for the logistics forces.
All the Russian corpses were stripped off, but unfortunately it was not winter yet. Otherwise, there would be two or three thousand sets of woolen coats in this battle. The Japanese army holding torches not far from the East River Valley looked at the Fuxing Army soldiers wearing green flower clothes with some resentment. It was nothing strange. These beards of unknown origin not only snatched their prey, but also took away all the supplies in the Russian camp before. In fact, this was because Yang Rui did not want to provoke the Japanese before the railway was repaired, otherwise it would not only be the Russians who were ambushed.
However, under the strict order of Hanada Nakasa, these Japanese soldiers were very restrained and did not make any provocative moves. They might not know their situation. But Hanada Nakasa knew that he must be under the other party's gun. Recalling this strange cannon that had no sound when it was fired, he felt creepy. Apart from the sound of some sounds when it fell, there was no way to prevent it, and there was no way to find it to be launched from there. In the mountains, this thing would be so terrifying and terrifying. If it weren't for knowing that the opposite side was the Bluebeard who had been contacted several times before, Hanada would have been like Colonel Madlitov, suspecting that the army in front of him was a demon summoned by the sound of the horn.
"Are you sure the other party has different opinions?" Huatian asked his messenger. He had once again sent people to contact the other party's boss, hoping to meet with the other party to discuss joint combat against Russia. Of course, alliance is just an excuse. The ultimate goal is to attract this powerful force through guidance and assistance, and it is best to work hard for the Japanese under the command of Lord Huatian. It was dusk just now. Although he did not see the Russian army being killed by these beards and could not resist, the battle ended so quickly. Bluebeard's combat effectiveness was still very good.
"Yes, Lord Nakasa. The other party said it was too late. If you have the chance, I will chat next time." The messenger repeated the online chat language of Yang Rui's later generations. After hearing this, Nakasa Hana helplessly waved his hand and sent the messenger away.
At about 9 p.m. on October 9, 1904, the Fuxing Army returned to the camp from the Prince Valley to the north. The Russian camp was already unusable after several wars, and it was too close to the Japanese army and was not able to sleep well. After packing up, he went to the camp north of the valley, Beimen Guanzi. The troops had to sing routinely after winning the battle. Under Leo's strong request, the guerrilla song did not start, but sang the Italian folk song "Goodbye, Girl" with a southern European style.
That morning, I woke up from my dream
Ah, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye!
One morning, I woke up from my dream,
Foreigners broke into my hometown.
...
The Revival Army was gone with singing, but Huatian Nakasa looked sad at the Russian empty camp, like a locust passing through the border. Under his compromise, all the things that could be used and removed in the Russian camp were removed, including the barbed wire that had been blown away by artillery shells and the bullet shells on the ground, leaving only a piece of gunpowder smoke for him.
"Hissar Nakasa, this horse thief is too arrogant. We should teach them some lessons." The person who spoke was Manchu Taro. His task was to assist Hanada in recruiting Huban. Bluebeard was his key goal, but his incorporation work had not made any progress. He had always persuaded Hanada to be friendly to Bluebeard, but Bluebeard's rudeness and disregard for the Japanese army just now made him change his view. He now believes that this beard should be solved as soon as possible, otherwise they would be detrimental to the empire's occupation of Manchuria in the future.
Hanada Nakasa said, "No, Hegang Jun. Although this bandits are very combat-capable, they are very scarce and can only obtain materials by annihilation of the enemy. As long as they are blocked, no matter how brave they are, they are only some natives in the mountains and forests. Now we have to worry about whether the attack of Luguo can be repelled this time, and whether Lushun is occupied by the empire. These are the most important things. The Baltic fleet of Luguo has already set sail, and time is getting less and less for us."
Manchu Taro was silent, Lushun was too far away, and now the Russian army is in a 70,000 army is approaching, and the First Army can fight less than 40,000 people, and there are not enough shells. It is very likely that our side will fail in this battle. Then, if you have a headache about these beards in the future, it will be revealed to the people of the country.
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The Russian-Japanese Shahe River is fighting fiercely, and the outcome is unknown, but Yang Rui no longer has any interest in it. Now he is discussing immigration with Zhong Guanguang. This is a century-old plan. If the immigration is done well, then the northeast will be a spark and will become a prairie fire. Yang Rui asked: "What do you say from the Reclamation Bureau?"
"What else can you say? You don't know those officials, you can just have money. This official can only be a year. If you don't take it, you won't take it." Zhong Guanguang is already very familiar with things like connecting with each other, and stuffing red envelopes. From the beginning of running the railway, the money from him has been out of his hands. "Now, the entire Northeast seems to have to be divided into nine reclamation bureaus. However, Heilongjiang and Jilin are not ready yet. There are only three that are starting to operate. The right bank of the lower reaches of the Yalu River, the right bank of the Yalu River, and the right bank of the Tumen River."
Yang Rui knew that if he didn't turn on the map in these three places, the entire Yalu River basin is full of deep mountains and dense forests, with sparse populations, but it is bordered by North Korea, and the same is true for Tumen River. It was fine when North Korea was under China's control. Now Koreans always cross the border and reclaim it. If the Chinese don't go, then sooner or later something will happen to the border. Moreover, these three places are in their own controlled areas, the more people come, the better.
Yang Rui was curious about the Qing court opening up those places, so he asked, "What are six more places?"
Zhong Guanyu remembered these key news very clearly, saying, "There are also the Taoer River Basin, the left and right banks of Heilongjiang River, the upper reaches of the Mudan, Suifen, and Mulen Rivers, and the two farthest places, one is the left bank of the Ussuri River and the right bank of the Erguna River."
Except for the three on the left and right sides of Heilongjiang and Taoer River. The other three are all on the border. The upper reaches of the left banks of the Ussuri River and Mudan, Suifen and Mulen Rivers are not bad, but the Erguna River is too far away, and the places are all in the Taixinganling area.
Yang Rui thought about it and said, "Let's ignore those six first. Now we need to take care of the Yalu River and Tumen River. Also, we need to change the immigration plan. I don't think we should care about how it is going on on the immigration road. My people are only in Shandong and only in Dongying and Huangxian. Just identify the personnel and send some dry food. From Andong, Liaodong has organized a group of households every few dozen miles, and set up a camp to pick up the place where the cultivation is settled. Also, we need to find more boats. Whether it is a sailboat or a fireboat, try to find more people. Try to get as many people as possible every month."
The Revival Society has insufficient staff and has to immigrate more in a short period of time. This may be the best way. Even so, there are probably many people in Dongying, Huangxian and Andong.
Zhong Guanguang said: "Then how many people do we immigrate every year?"
Yang Rui said: "It depends on how much money it is. The railway company cannot move one million this year and two million next year; the military expenditure this year is only 300,000, but it needs to purchase equipment and infrastructure, so there is no budget for the two million this year's membership fee; the membership fee will be two million next year, but the military expenditure will be expanded next year, with a minimum of 800,000 yuan. In addition, the railway company's 500,000 yuan was misappropriated last year, and the money will be compensated, so... "
Zhong Guanguang said: "The infrastructure will cost money next year. Don't say 500,000, 300,000 is the least. Isn't it just 400,000 for immigration?" Thinking of next year's funds, Zhong Guanguang was very anxious, "It's done, is this treasure matter clear?"
Seeing that he was anxious, Yang Rui said, "The treasure must be a good idea, but I don't know when I will find it. Don't worry. The more than 200,000 stones of grain we saved last year are still there. We will be able to sell it at a good price in a while." When we collected grain last fall, the Northeast Office was trying hard to collect grain. Some of these grains were used for their own use, while the others were planned to be sold to the Russians.
When Zhong Guanshi learned about the grain, he said, "It only costs 70,000 to 80,000 shi. How much can it be sold?"
Speaking of the tens of thousands of stones of grain, Yang Rui laughed and said, "Don't worry. I promise to have an additional one million for immigration next year."
Zhong Guanguang was not satisfied with this quantity and said: "Northeast grain can only be grown for one season a year. On average, we need to raise every immigrant for more than ten months. One kilogram of rice a day is counted as four hundred kilograms of rice. Including territory and other miscellaneous things, it is estimated that one person will cost five or six yuan or even more. One million immigrants are less than two hundred thousand, which is too little."
Yang Rui knew he was dying and smiled and said, "You are the vagrants who have no savings at all. In fact, many people who come to Guandong have some savings in their family business. If they really don't have a penny on their bodies, they can't walk to the beach. Also, the railway will start next year, recruiting so many workers. The wages given to them are also immigration funds. This railway cannot be built for a lifetime, and most people will save money to make a living. In addition, there is a bank. Ningbo merchants are very famous in Shanghai, and Adde is also very influential in Shanghai. This bank can absorb a lot of funds, and these funds can be loaned to these immigrants in the form of loans. I estimate that next year's immigration will probably achieve 300,000, and it will double within the next few years."
Chapter completed!