It was past seven o'clock in the morning the next day, and the sky was still not bright.
Song Biao didn't sleep well all night. He called Zhao Tingzhu and Xue Changqing to his room very early to discuss the matter. He believed that the establishment of the Manchuria Infantry Regiment was a certainty. The key was that Brigadier General Madnidorf lied that he had three thousand soldiers. Brother, he actually only has more than 800 people in his hands.
He did have more than a thousand people stationed in Wujiatun, but there were more than two hundred people there who were caravans recruited by Xue Changqing and Lao Jintou.
It is impossible to recruit people without money. The Manchurian Infantry Regiment has not yet been officially approved, and military expenditures have not been settled. Fortunately, Song Biao intercepted the Russian transport team twice, and together with the wealth of the dead, he seized 420,000 rubles. banknotes and more than 60,000 silver coins.
When he came to Shenyang this time, he had a premonition that he would have to spend money for activities, so he brought 420,000 rubles in notes with him and another 40,000 silver yuan, leaving only 20,000 silver yuan for Yang Tiesheng to use in Niujiapu.
He was actually worried that the risk he was taking was too great, and that the Japanese army might seize Niujiapu's lair. It was best to bring all the cash with him, as there would be opportunities to make money back in the future.
Xue Changqing often travels between Shenyang and Huichun and knows many people.
Song Biao gave Xue Changqing a sum of money and went to Shenyang City to do some activities and recruit as many literate people as possible, preferably translators who could understand Russian. Zhao Tingzhu went to buy a batch of paper to prepare around Shenyang City. Each town posted notices to recruit new soldiers.
As soon as Xue Changqing and Zhao Tingzhu went out, Brigadier General Madnidorf hurried to Song Biao's residence.
At this time, Li Fugui cooked a pot of hot noodles for Song Biao and cooked two poached eggs. Song Biao had just finished eating half of it when he heard that the Brigadier General was coming. He ran out of the room with the bowl and wolfed down the food in his mouth. Swallow the noodles.
Brigadier General Madnidoff was waiting in the yard, as was Major Turgenier, and there were four other Russian officers whom Song Biao didn't recognize. These four seemed to be officers directly under the Far East Army Command and Staff Department. , also around thirty years old.
Song Biao glanced at it and knew just by looking at the military rank insignia that among them there were three captains and one major. They should all be staff officers under Brigadier General Madnidorf, especially the major who was about thirty-five years old. They look very much like the Central Asians of Turkic origin in Xinjiang. They are not tall and are slightly thin.
Brigadier General Madnidov looked cheerful and seemed particularly happy. When he saw Song Biao coming out, he smiled and said in Russian with a strong Moscow accent: "Song, our matter is done."
Friends who learn Russian know that the Moscow accent is always the most annoying. Of course, this has never been the point.
Song Biao was greatly surprised and asked in disbelief: "So fast?"
Brigadier General Madnidorf nodded solemnly and made a gesture, asking Major Tuvanier to show Song Biao the official order from the headquarters.
Song Biao hurriedly threw the bowl and chopsticks to Li Dayun beside him, and hurriedly took the order from Tuvanier's hand and took a look at it. He was extremely happy when he glanced at it. He was simply overjoyed. Not only was it done very quickly, but the treatment was almost the same. Equivalent to the level of the Russian army.
This order, signed by Army General Kuropatkin, Commander-in-Chief of the Far Eastern Army of the Tsarist Empire, formally approved the appointment of "——" to form the Manchurian Infantry Regiment, with Major Kornilov serving as the infantry regiment's staff officer and senior advisor. , the infantry regiment is directly under the jurisdiction of the Manchuria Bureau of the Far Eastern Army Staff Headquarters. The staff will allocate materials and supplies for the regiment. After completion, in accordance with the standards of frontline troops, 250,000 rubles will be issued monthly as "excluding firearms, ammunition, artillery, and horses." "All military expenditures except
In addition to the personal approval of the Commander-in-Chief, the General Staff of the Russian Far Eastern Army also issued a Manchurian Infantry Regiment establishment plan signed by Brigadier General Madnidov himself, requiring the Manchurian Infantry Regiment to establish three infantry units before March 1905.
battalion, a cavalry battalion, a transportation battalion, an engineer battalion, and an additional artillery company directly under the regiment headquarters.
Slightly different from Song Biao's original idea, Brigadier General Madnidorf emphasized the addition of a cavalry battalion, which fully demonstrated that his requirement for the Manchuria Infantry Regiment was to wipe out the Kwantung bandits.
Brigadier General Madnidov stepped forward in person, pointed to the blank column on the approval order and explained: "This matter is indeed very urgent, so much so that when I finalized the approval order, I didn't even know your official Russian name.
.If you have it, just fill it out now and I will stamp it for confirmation."
Song Biao thought for a while and said: "Vladimir Song Shevchenko."
Shevchenko is such a happy name, Ukrainian nuclear warhead.
Brigadier General Madnidoff nodded slightly and motioned to Major Turvanier to fill in the name. Then he and Song Biao introduced the Russian major of Central Asian descent and said: "This is Major Kornilov. He was previously
He has been responsible for liaising with and organizing the local armed forces in Manchuria and is proficient in Chinese. It is the unanimous opinion of Commander-in-Chief Kuropatkin and I that he should serve as the staff officer and senior advisor of the Manchurian Infantry Regiment."
Major Kornilov seriously extended his hand to shake Song Biao's hand and said: "From now on, you are the commander of our Manchuria Infantry Regiment. I hope you can lead us to the final victory, and I and I
My colleagues will also do their best for this!”
Song Biao nodded slightly, looked at the Russian captains behind Kornilov, and roughly understood that these were the first batch of Russian advisers to the Manchuria Infantry Regiment, and immediately replied to Kornilov simply: "Together.
Work hard, everyone!”
Brigadier General Mardenidoff still had many things to discuss with Song Biao, so he pointed to the main room and entered the room with Major Kornilov, Major Turvanier and Song Biao.
He directly took out the combat map of the Shenyang area, spread it out on the table, and said to Song Biao: "The staff has issued a new combat and deployment order. Song, you must arrive five kilometers away from here before the 22nd."
Yangguantun is stationed far away, which was originally part of the Siberian Second Army. In the Battle of Liaoyang, the army suffered heavy losses. It reorganized the Second Army with other Siberian regiments and has now been largely deployed to the right-wing front west of Sujiatun. Yours
The task is to garrison Yangguantun in advance. Before 7 pm on the 23rd, General Mishuchenko's Kuban Cossack Cavalry will arrive at Yangguantun to join you. You must set out the next morning to transport supplies to the Taniguchi area in advance.
General Shuqinke's cavalry set off lightly on the night of the 24th, arrived at the mouth of the valley on the morning of the 25th, and launched a sudden attack on the Japanese Cavalry 1st Brigade garrisoned in the Shendanbao area at noon on the 25th. Your mission is
When transporting supplies, be sure to ensure the safety of the supplies and guard against attacks by bandit troops. After General Mishuchenko captures the Shenyang Fort position, you will continue to assist in the defense of Shenyang Fort. Before March, I will find a way to transfer you back to Shenyang
, continue to be stationed in Yangguantun, and at the same time be officially responsible for the work of suppressing bandits."
Song Biao nodded slightly and said: "Okay, I will arrange for people to go to Yangguantun in the afternoon. As for other things, you don't have to worry. It is not difficult for my troops. The problem now is that my people are too
Sir, the number you reported was 3,000 people. In fact, I only have 1,000 people on hand. As you know, I have to find a way to temporarily recruit some new soldiers in the past two days. In addition, if we are to be responsible for transportation and protection
, firearms and ammunition must be sent over first, especially horses and carriages, and the deployment must be stepped up."
Brigadier General Madnidorf said: "I have already arranged everything for you. Based on the material application you asked Turvanier to forward yesterday, I have made some adjustments. The urgently needed materials will be available before the 22nd.
Collect them all, and the rest will be replenished before March. This is the list of all the regiment-building ordnance I have re-approved. Take a look, this is the official approval document. In addition, if you need other supplies
, then we can only find other ways in military funding."
After saying this, he asked Major Turvanier to hand over a five-page list of regiment founding ordnance approval documents to Song Biao for review.
Song Biao took it over and glanced at it and was overjoyed. He could only say that the Russian army was very happy in this aspect, because it was established according to the establishment of six battalions, and the basis for building regiments ordnance was based on 3,500 people, that is,
The legendary strengthening group.
On this basis, the Far East Army Staff Headquarters allocated 4,200 Mosin-Nagant M1891 rifles at one time, including 700 cavalry version of the Mosin-Nagant rifles. The extra 20% is reserve supplies, and each gun is equipped with 500 rounds of ammunition.
.
There are a total of 520 Don and Siberian war horses, 330 locally requisitioned light and medium-sized draft horses, 75 four-wheeled carriages, 120 Guandong two-wheeled light carriages, 20 detachable sleds, and 200,000 kilograms of rough materials every month.
An additional 20,000 rubles will be deducted from the military expenditure and the matter will be requisitioned on the spot.
Other engineering and military fortification equipment, such as shovels, are included in the calculation, including marching tents, etc. More urgent supplies will be deployed to Yangguantun before the 22nd and collected on the spot.
Some supplies that are not very urgent and those that are temporarily difficult to mobilize, including 4,200 sets of winter military uniforms, medicines, sabers, multiple Japanese Trinity field guns, six Maxim heavy machine guns and grenades, can only be sent in
Completed before March.
After carefully reading the list, Song Biao was still very satisfied. With these basic supplies, he would not have to spend much money to replenish the arms in the future.
He put the list away and said, "Okay, that's about it."
Brigadier General Madnidoff said: "Considering that your side is tight on manpower, after the Battle of Lushun, some soldiers from the original defense area troops fled back and have not yet been formally reorganized. This afternoon, Major Kornilov
will allocate part of the troops to form an infantry battalion. Therefore, you only need to recruit hundreds more people to form two infantry battalions. The cavalry battalion does not need to be fully formed for the time being. The key is that the transportation battalion and engineer battalion must be properly prepared. This
This is your main task at this stage."
Song Biao thought about it in his mind and felt that it was still very difficult to organize a transportation battalion and an engineering battalion in two or three days. The best countermeasure was to urgently recruit a group of caravans and laborers in the Fushun area, especially if
Recruit some miners and they can be put to use without retraining. At least they can survive to complete the transportation and engineering work.
He nodded slightly and said: "I will find a way to solve these two problems. There is another thing. If there is no way to allocate machine guns to me for the time being, can you find a way to deal with more than a dozen boxes of ammunition? I have six in my hand.
The German-made Maxim machine gun snatched from the Japanese army was probably also a trophy captured by the Japanese army."
Brigadier General Madnidoff said, "This is not a big problem. I will try my best to arrange it for you. It is very difficult to submit some things directly to the plan for approval. The hand grenades we make in Harbin and Siberia are safer.
Low, your troops have not received complete training. It is more dangerous to use these grenades directly. The price of grenades imported from Germany is relatively high and the quantity is not large, so it is impossible to apply for approval directly. However, I have asked Major Turvanier to do it.
I have made arrangements and try my best to buy you a batch of supplies from other reserve units before the 22nd. You have to pay for it yourself. You can probably buy five or six boxes of 100 pieces each. You cannot buy machine guns.
, the reserve force will also conduct regular inspections, and the ammunition can be sold to you, so it doesn’t matter how much you buy.”
Song Biao understood what Brigadier General Madnidorf meant as soon as he heard it. The Russian army was in the same situation now, with internal chaos and chaos. The generals of the reserve forces secretly sold supplies to other troops.
This situation is a bit like buying food stamps in the era of planned economy. Each army is supplied according to the plan. The second-line army's plan is generally inexhaustible, so they secretly sell it to those troops who are in urgent need of supplies.
Song Biao estimated that the cost of such internal transactions would not be too high, so he nodded in agreement.
Brigadier General Madnidorf was the senior staff officer in charge of logistics. This was the busiest time at this stage and he was busy with official duties. After explaining something to Song Biao, he couldn't wait to leave first. Major Tuvanier stayed behind.
He came down and talked with Song Biao about buying supplies, and then he also said goodbye and left. Only Major Kornilov stayed and seriously discussed with Song Biao the issue of the formal organization of the Manchurian Infantry Regiment.
After discussing with Major Kornilov for a period of time, Song Biao felt that this Central Asian major was still a good candidate, probably because he was also a minority in the Imperial Russian Army, and he had no interest in Chinese and other Asians.
There is no obvious discrimination or arrogance. This Major Kornilov has been responsible for contacting and guiding bandit armed forces in various places. He can speak Chinese with a Kanto flavor very well, and he also understands the Kanto region and Northeastern people quite well.
It was easy to deal with both parties.
Because time was tight, many problems were basically too late to be solved. After a rough discussion, Song Biao made a simple division of labor with Major Kornilov. He was responsible for setting up a transportation battalion, an engineering battalion and two infantry battalions. Kornilov
Major Love is responsible for activities within the Far East Army Headquarters. Whether it is deployment or purchase, he first finds ways to obtain as many arms as possible. In addition, he also recruits as many Russian infantry as possible to form a third infantry battalion with an enhanced battalion size.
In fact, during the era of Tsarist Russia, the Russian army did not pay much attention to the construction of battalion headquarters. Its military system basically used companies as basic units. A dozen companies were organized into a regiment, such as the Cossack Cavalry and the Siberian Infantry Regiment. In many cases, seven
Eighty companies form an army.
Compared with the Japanese army, the Russian army still has strong ancient European military characteristics from the feudal lord period. Its soldiers are very brave in combat, and its officers are trained according to the army systems of Germany, France and other countries. It even has set up
The new military reform of the General Staff Department has been implemented, but on the whole, the Russian army has not yet established a modern army system like Germany's in a true sense. Once a large-scale battle occurs, the Russian army is extremely weak in overall command and combat scheduling.
chaotic.
During the conversation with Major Kornilov, Song Biao could clearly feel this. Major Kornilov actually did not have the concept of a battalion headquarters. Song Biao proposed to build a reinforced battalion to expand combat effectiveness.
Major Ernilov's understanding is to set up two more companies.
Song Biao did not discuss the issues in detail with Major Kornilov. After reaching an agreement on division of labor and cooperation with Major Kornilov, he took his people to Yangguantun.
At this time, Yangguantun was already an empty and lonely village. The villagers had been expelled by the Russian army. The surrounding land was barren and hundreds of houses and mud houses had been expropriated.
After hanging up the Russian official sign of the Manchuria Infantry Regiment Liaison Office and Garrison Station here, Song Biao returned to Fushun Wujiatun, where he recruited a group of caravans, and then went to Fushun Coal Mine to recruit more than a hundred miners.
The military pay offered was thirty silver dollars per month, and there were so many followers that even he himself did not expect that it would be so easy to recruit people.
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