A small group of humanoid beasts quietly came to the city. They grabbed the long pole extended by their teammates and, pushed by their teammates, walked vertically up the city wall.
The long pole held under their arms pushed forward to counteract the gravity on them.
Their feet stepped on the rough wall, stabilizing their bodies and allowing them to move upward smoothly.
The four- to five-meter-high city wall reached the top in a matter of seconds. I saw them pressing the top of the long pole with their hands, and when they pushed it back, their bodies changed from being perpendicular to the wall to perpendicular to the ground.
Immediately following the first batch of team members who climbed onto the city wall, the other team members followed closely behind.
This team is a special operations team operating with the Second Regiment of the Fourth Division.
In the distance, Tengzi was illuminated by the faint moonlight. When he saw that a dozen members of a team had all climbed up to the city wall, and there was no movement, he let out a long sigh of relief.
"I didn't expect that these special operations team members, who usually practice all kinds of tricks, would really come in handy at critical moments." Teng Ziquan thought in his heart.
Even his most elite reconnaissance platoon cannot do this. The president was really foresight when he set up the special forces unit.
About half an hour later, lights flashed three times from the city wall.
Teng Ziquan knew that the special forces team had succeeded.
He looked at the sky. The black pine forest to the east was completely dark, but a faint halo of light could be seen at the edge of the treetops.
He looked down at the precious pocket watch in his arms again. Fujiko knew that it was almost dawn.
"Set off!"
There was no loud announcement, and as Teng Ziquan moved forward, the soldiers who had already been prepared quietly walked toward the city gate with long strides.
They tried their best to control the sound of their feet touching the ground.
Before they reached the city gate, they saw four special operations team members working together to open the city gate from the inside.
Soldiers poured in from the city gate, and according to the established plan, some soldiers went up the city wall. There were various watchtowers guarding the city gate.
All the remaining people rushed towards the city.
At this time, the Russians in the city had been awakened by the footsteps of soldiers entering the city.
Some of the men who lived at home took out their muskets and stood guard behind the door.
There were also some hot-blooded Tsarist Russian men who shot from the windows at the Huai Navy soldiers crossing the street.
Of course, soldiers would immediately rush over, kick open the door, and eliminate everyone in the room.
This kind of unorganized resistance is like scratching an itch in front of the regular army.
Huai Haijun's soldiers ignored those residential buildings that showed no resistance. Their targets were the city lord's palace, military camps, and arsenals.
According to observations during the day, there should be nearly five hundred soldiers in the city.
Sure enough, before the soldiers from the rear team ran up, the sound of musket shooting could already be heard from the center of the town ahead.
The soldiers in the military camp were finally alerted. They relied on the military camp to shoot at Huai Haijun, blocking Huai Haijun's soldiers in a corner of the street.
The soldiers of Huaihai Navy hid on both sides of the street.
If the surprise attack fails, the only option is to attack by force.
Teng Ziquan saw that their military camp was not big, and was densely packed with barracks.
Perhaps because the space in the city is limited, this military camp does not have a training ground, only dormitories for soldiers to live.
"Everyone, wait a moment, the mortars and grenade launchers are deployed here." Teng Ziquan shouted to his men while standing two to three hundred meters away from the military camp.
Soon the artillery battery following behind rushed over. Mortars and grenades from each battalion also gathered around Teng Ziquan.
Teng Ziquan wanted to concentrate his artillery fire on the general camp first, blinding the people inside, and then let the infantry rush in at one go.
"Ready, release!" Following Fujiko Quan's order, dozens of mortars and grenades were fired into the city.
Small grenades rained down into the crowded camp.
Suddenly, gunpowder smoke and sawdust flew everywhere, and the shouts of people and the neighing of horses resonated.
The entire camp fell into chaos.
A large number of soldiers were killed, and before the remaining people could react, Huai Haijun soldiers rushed in with rifles equipped with bayonets.
There were also individual soldiers carrying Huai Haijun's unique shotguns. When they encountered a complete barracks, they first fired a spray gun into it from the window.
After suffering the casualties of more than a dozen soldiers, Teng Ziquan finally led his men to capture the military camp.
Once this place is captured, the city of Nerchinsk will basically belong to the Huai Navy.
Teng Ziquan looked at the mortars with gunpowder smoke still emanating from the muzzles, and felt very happy in his heart. Without these little guys, Huai Haijun would have to pay at least as many casualties as the opponent in order to capture this barracks.
The next thing will be simple, he needs a leading party.
No matter which ethnic group you are in, there are such soft bones.
Soon a wretched Uncle Ivan was brought over by the soldiers.
After communicating through the translator, this man was willing to assist Huai Haijun on the condition that he would not harm him. He would also give him a bottle of wine and five loaves of bread every day as a reward.
Teng Ziquan sent a team of soldiers to go door-to-door with him, knocking on doors and asking the residents to gather at the military camp.
At the same time, he ordered the general camp to be cleaned up and used to hold these Russian prisoners later.
Of course, this process was not smooth, mainly because these Russians did not believe Teng Ziquan and other foreigners.
They were worried that they would all be killed if they surrendered.
They Tsarist Russians often did this before. So they thought others would do the same to them.
Teng Ziquan had no time to argue with them or reason with them. His order was simple: all residents who refused to surrender should be cleared out.
In this way, the remaining people will basically be honest and obedient.
There were also some people close to the city gate who took their family savings and prepared to escape from the city gate.
However, they were all driven back by the soldiers guarding the gate, and when they found themselves trapped in the city.
Most of these people chose to surrender at the military camp in the center of the town.
In the end, there were probably more than 2,000 people who surrendered in the city. Most of them were women, and many of them had children.
There are also some elderly people, but not many. Most of the men showed resistance during the cleaning, even some old men.
All these people were eliminated without exception.
Look at these Russian women wearing sarafin dresses made of linen or cotton.
Some of the boys were a little jealous, but no one dared to take any action.
Teng Zi fully knew what the soldiers below were thinking. They had all been outside for nearly a year, and they were all vigorous young people. Some of their reactions were normal.
But they were regular troops. Teng Zi did not pity these Tsarist Russian women, but he did not want these women to ruin the spirit of his soldiers.
If collective rape happens, his men will gradually lose their humanity.
They can't stay here forever, every soldier has his own future.
The soldiers of the Huai Navy usually had the opportunity to receive cultural education, but Dong Shuheng followed the route of elite soldiers.
These soldiers may become officers in the future, and those who fail to pass the military academy can also become non-commissioned officers. They are not qualified to be soldiers. After the three-year period, there is a corresponding career change policy.
After leaving the army, they can also work in factories, military governments or other places.
Managing so many prisoners is also a big trouble.
The main reason is that Teng Ziquan still has important things to do, and time is very tight now.
He must expand this small town of a few thousand people into a large city that can accommodate tens of thousands of people.
Fujiko had people clean the houses in the city carefully and collected some bedding and daily necessities for the prisoners.
Then he separated these women and children and specially selected a dozen women to take care of the children.
Other women were organized to work.
The women of Tsarist Russia were very capable, they were very strong, and they were no worse at work than men.
After their children were held in solitary confinement, these women became much more honest.
They can see their children, see that their children have food to eat, and there are a dozen women who are responsible for taking care of them.
This reassured the women who were organized to work.
As the two sides got along together, what surprised these Tsarist Russian women was that these yellow soldiers did not invade them.
And they didn't look like Qing soldiers or Tatar soldiers.
Because they all have short hair and their military uniforms are different from other armies.
Of course, none of these timid women dared to ask.
The next day, these people were divided into several teams and began to work according to the division of labor under the supervision of soldiers.
In order to build more residences, all the walls of residential buildings in the city must be demolished.
Fujiko is not planning to build a new city for the time being. He will directly add buildings to the city, as long as they have pointed wooden buildings that are convenient for keeping warm and are not easily collapsed by the thick snow.
This kind of house designed by the Tsarist Russians is very good. After all, they have lived here for hundreds of years and should have summed up a lot of valuable experience.
Experience is something worth learning, whether it is from the enemy or from our own people.
Because it takes a lot of time to accumulate experience, and learning from other people's experience saves time.
So things like building houses became a matter for the Tsarist Russians.
The soldiers were not idle either. The fleet took some people to continue exploring upstream, just exploring.
If you are preparing to attack the Chita area, you have to wait for the arrival of large troops. Especially the cavalry. Most of the area there is grassland, which is a natural battlefield for the cavalry.
The soldiers of the second regiment were divided into two waves by Teng Zi. One wave was responsible for defense and guarding the prisoners. The other wave of soldiers took off their equipment and joined the labor force.
They worked together with these Russian women. They were responsible for the hard work of felling and moving wood. The Russian women were responsible for building houses.
The construction of a wooden house is actually similar to building a building block. The branches are directly cut off from the sawn logs, and then cut into fixed lengths.
It is best to add a simple mortise and tenon structure at the connection between the horizontal and vertical logs so that the built house will not be easily deformed.
After preparing the wood, it’s time to build it. First, set up the foundation. The foundation must be a certain distance away from the ground, otherwise you may not be able to go out in the winter.
Then build the walls and roof, and use wooden boards to fall on the roof layer by layer like tiles.
The floor must also be laid on the base, and a fireplace must be built in the room. You cannot use wood for the fireplace, and you must pay attention to fire prevention issues.
Finally, all the gaps between the wood were sealed with dried moss.
After spending a few days together, these Russian women were very surprised by these yellow men.
They found that these men did not like to drink or beat women like Russian men.
Most Russian women endure domestic violence at home, and they are accustomed to it.
Most of the husbands of these women were brought to the front line, and they did not know that their men had been killed or captured.
Now they work honestly, partly because their children are being held hostage in the city.
On the other hand, they are also waiting for their husbands to come back and rescue them.
In fact, if they use their brains a little bit, they can understand that if the attack downstream had not failed, how could they have reached here?
On the Heilongjiang River, most of the Fourth Division and a cavalry regiment from the Far East Military Region were riding a transport ship up the river.