This issue has actually been discussed before we set out.
In this war comparable to a world war, what role does the Renaissance Army play?
First of all, it cannot be a vanguard, as this will not be of any benefit to the Renaissance Army.
Secondly, not doing coolies will lower the status of the Renaissance Army and further damage the image of the Chinese in the hearts of Westerners.
Dong Shuheng's final decision was to become a savior. In fact, he acted as a medical soldier on the battlefield.
What bad intentions can a paramedic have?
What we want to do is to be a good person and a person who makes people grateful.
The construction of the underground nest continued. On the first night, the soldiers of the expeditionary force could only squeeze into the tent.
Fortunately, the expeditionary force carried sleeping bags, which did not take up much space.
"Squad leader, do you think the distance we walked this time is further than the distance Monk Tang walked to study in the West?"
In the camp, there was a heart-to-heart time as usual before going to bed, and the soldiers could chat together.
These soldiers knew that the place they were visiting was the Ottoman Empire, but where exactly was the Ottoman Empire? Where in China was Crimea? How far away was it from home? No one had a very intuitive understanding.
"Our current place is much farther than the place where Monk Tang went to study for Buddhist scriptures. But they walked, how far have you walked?" After all, the squad leader has more knowledge than ordinary soldiers.
"Have you noticed? Many of those Ottoman women have their faces covered, and their eyes are really big. I haven't seen a woman with small eyes." Another soldier interrupted.
"Haha, Zhang Daniu, do you like big eyes? Cows have big eyes, so I'm afraid you won't be able to boast. If you like a woman here, then you can marry one and take her back with you. I heard there is a custom here.
"
Zhang Daniu was about to fight back, but unexpectedly, this guy raised another question, which attracted everyone's attention.
"What custom?" Everyone followed the sound and looked.
"Do you know why the women here cover their faces? That's because whoever sees her face must marry her home. Regardless of beauty or ugliness, if you see it, you must marry her away. If you dare to go back on your word, she
The brothers at home will cut you in half." The soldier vowed.
"You are just bragging. You have listened to too many books." Someone immediately stood up and retorted.
The sound of cannons from the fortress in the northeast could be heard from time to time.
The soldiers of the Renaissance Army were not worried about being attacked. The Tsarist Russian army in the fortress was already a turtle in the urn.
Liu Qingnan organized the military information he had and conveyed it to officers at all levels.
The next day, the soldiers continued to build the camp. The medical staff accompanying the army began to build a field hospital.
Part of the underground shelter is already available for use, and the vacant tents can be used to build a field hospital.
Liu Qingnan inspected the camp in the morning, and then took the guards and several officers to the Balaklava coalition headquarters.
There is an important military meeting there today, concerning the arrangements for several batches of reinforcements. Liu Qingnan must go there in person to attend.
Balaklava is a small town on the edge of the Sevaspor Fortress. As the headquarters of the coalition forces at this time, some multi-faceted forts were built around it as fortifications.
Similarly, there are many such multi-faceted forts around Sevastopol, which were built by the Russian army.
Liu Qingnan stopped and observed carefully. This kind of multi-faceted fortification seemed to have never been used in China.
The Huai Navy was more keen on using trenches.
However, after observing it, Liu Qingnan felt that this kind of multi-faceted fortress was indeed unique. If the enemy did not have artillery, it would require at least several times the casualties to capture such a fortress.
Another point is that this kind of multi-faceted fortress does not require a lot of manpower. Its attack surface is very small.
The meeting was held in the largest house in the town. The two-story building was built of stone and painted with whitewash.
The residents of the town seemed to be under centralized management. The most common people on the road were British light infantry wearing red military uniforms. Occasionally, cavalry wearing red coats and domed iron helmets could ride by on horseback.
Liu Qingnan would carefully observe the details of these soldiers and cavalry and keep them in mind.
The current Renaissance Army does not have an intuitive concept of the strength of the British and French armies, especially in terms of land forces. In the east, neither Britain nor France has deployed any land forces, and there have been no conflicts between the two sides.
The appearance of Liu Qingnan and others in the town attracted the attention of many British soldiers. Some even pointed at them.
Except for the top brass, the officers and soldiers at the bottom did not know that the Chinese army was participating in the war. Many people did not even know that China existed. The people at the bottom at that time had very little geographical knowledge.
Yesterday, the location where the Renaissance Army landed was the French army's camp, and there were basically no British troops there.
Although the two sides are coalition forces, their defense zones are clearly defined.
Therefore, the British soldiers did not know that a Chinese reinforcement force was coming.
Liu Qingnan walked towards the small building with his men, translator and Ramon.
As usual, Ramon contacted the officer in charge of reception at the door.
Liu Qingnan kept shaking his head when he saw the British officer saying something he didn't understand.
"What is he talking about?" Liu Qingnan turned to ask the translator beside him.
"Commander, the man said that only the chief officer can go in. Mr. Ramon said that your accompanying officers can stand behind, but the man disagreed." The translator explained while listening carefully.
At this time, Ramon turned around and walked towards Liu Qingnan, like a cock that had lost a fight.
Just as he was about to explain to Liu Qingnan, Liu Qingnan raised his hand to stop him.
"Ramon, I understand. No need to explain. This is not your fault. I will go in with a translator. You take a few of my men for a walk around the town. If possible, take them to the edge of the battlefield.
"Liu Qingnan said, he has always had a bad temper, but now he is very calm.
"The president is really good at predicting events. He already knew that we would be treated coldly when we came here." Liu Qingnan sighed in his heart, and his admiration for Dong Shuheng increased a bit.
The reason why Liu Qingnan held back his anger several times was because Dong Shuheng warned them before they left that they had analyzed with him the situation they would encounter after arriving in Crimea.
At the same time, Dong Shuheng warned Liu Qingnan to be good at forbearance.
"I'm really sorry, Mr. Commander." After saying this, Liu Qingnan followed the officers on the way and told them to follow Ramon for a walk and observe the battlefield carefully.
After speaking, Liu Qingnan walked into the small building with the translator.
When you enter the lobby of the small building, you will see a long table covered with a red tablecloth. Around the table are high-backed chairs painted with exquisite patterns.
An old white man in his sixties was wearing a red military uniform with a golden badge on his chest. He was talking to several officers attending the meeting and did not seem to see Liu Qingnan come in.
In fact, Liu Qingnan was very tall. He wore a green Fuxing Army uniform and a skullcap of the same color on his bald head.
Logically speaking, Liu Qingnan's appearance should be very conspicuous.
But after more than ten seconds, the old general was still talking to others with his head tilted.
Liu Qingnan had guessed from the empty sleeve on one side that this was Baron Raglan, the commander-in-chief of both armies.
As expected, he is very personable and well-mannered, which is really awesome.
It is said that in previous battles, he would lead his staff wherever it was most difficult. In critical moments, he was always steadfast and unyielding.
He is indeed an old fox who is very good at acting.
Liu Qingnan thought in his heart, and at the same time warned himself to pay attention to this old guy.
Speak less and be careful!
After about thirty seconds, the old man turned his head. The moment his eyes glanced at Liu Qingnan, the old general's expression suddenly became full of apology.
Liu Qingnan kept looking at him, so he could clearly see the changes in the expression on his face, just like changing his face during an opera performance.
Baron Raglan then stood up and walked towards Liu Qingnan.
"Hello, if I guess correctly, you should be the commander of the Chinese army, right?" Baron Raglan stretched out his hand and showed an approachable smile.
Although Liu Qingnan couldn't understand what he was saying, the expressions of white people and yellow people seemed to be similar.
Liu Qingnan also stretched out his hand, stepped forward, and held Baron Raglan's hand together.
The translator behind him followed closely and translated Baron Raglan's words.
"Yes, dear general, I was supposed to come over yesterday to report to you, but I had to settle my men." Liu Qingnan also said politely.
"It doesn't matter. You don't have to worry about this during the war. Please take a seat!" Baron Raglan pointed to the end of the table and said.
Liu Qingnan didn't care about his seat. He sat down calmly. The translator he brought also wore the military uniform of the Fuxing Army and stood behind him.
He looked at the commanders sitting around the table. Some of them were wearing red military uniforms, some were wearing blue military uniforms, and some were wearing khaki military uniforms. Liu Qingnan couldn't tell which country they were soldiers from their appearance.
, but their camps can be distinguished from the military uniforms.
After scanning around, he found that he was the only one wearing a green military uniform, and there were at least two generals sitting here in other colors of military uniforms.
It seems that among all the reinforcements, the Renaissance Army is not the smallest in number.
Several officers present smiled and nodded to Liu Qingnan, and Liu Qingnan also smiled and nodded.
Two of the officers were Prussian officers, and Liu Qingnan recognized their nationalities.
There were many retired Prussian officers in the Renaissance Army, and these two people should be the leaders of the Prussian mercenaries hired by the British.
These mercenaries usually live in Prussia and must have read reports about China in newspapers.
With the relationship between the two countries, Prussian newspapers should have many positive reports about China.
Therefore, it is not surprising that these two people showed goodwill to Liu Qingnan.
The content of the military discussion is very simple, which is the division of labor.
The 8,000 men of the Renaissance Army serve as the reserve force of the French army. Since the French army has the largest military strength, it will expand the defense area eastward. The British army, Prussian and Swiss mercenaries will shrink part of the defense line eastward and give it to the French army.
Liu Qingnan had no objection to this arrangement. The Renaissance Army was not prepared to go to the front.
Through the battle report, Liu Qingnan knew that the battle between the two sides was very cruel and the casualties were huge.
"General Liu, if I remember correctly, the document our minister sent back said that you will be responsible for battlefield rescue?" Baron Raglan finally spoke to Liu Qingnan.
One army after another had just been arranged, and now it was finally Liu Qingnan's turn.
"Yes, General, we have brought a battlefield medical team of more than 100 people and a large amount of medicine." Liu Qingnan replied.
Baron Raglan nodded. He knew that Prussia had released a special medicine for inflammation - allicin. This medicine was said to be made in China. But Baron Raglan was doubtful about the medical skills of Chinese doctors.
In Baron Raglan's mind, medicine belongs to the category of science. Is it possible that a country like China is still in the stage of witch doctors?
As for Prince Adalbert’s claim in Europe that his acute pneumonia was cured by Chinese doctors, such remarks may just be propaganda for this kind of medicine.
However, Baron Raglan did not object to the establishment of a field hospital. At least the injured soldiers did not have to be placed in the camp to die.
Liu Qingnan took the opportunity to tell Baron Raglan that he lacked tents to set up a field hospital.
Fortunately, Baron Raglan's situation is not low enough to block the supplies used to save people.
It was already noon when the meeting ended, and all the participants had lunch together.
Liu Qingnan took the opportunity to chat with the two Prussian mercenary officers.
"General Liu, my friend Hans went to China. I wonder how he is doing now?" From the exchange just now, Liu Qingnan already knew that this man was the commander of the Prussian mercenary army. His name was Deco, and he was a very good man.
A straightforward Prussian man.
"General Deco, Mr. Hans is now the deputy chief of staff of our army. He can be ranked among the top ten in our country's army."
"Well, actually what I'm most concerned about is how much money can he make in a year?" Deco said with a smile.
"Haha, General Deco, Chief of Staff Hans's salary is kept secret, but he said that he can already buy a manor on the outskirts of Berlin. How much does a manor cost, Mr. Deco," Liu Qingnan said with a smile.
"This... this is so unfair. I still have to charge into the battle now, but he can earn so much by hiding in the rear. It seems that when this battle is over, I will also go to China for a walk, and then I will invite General Liu
Give me a recommendation."
"Easy to say, easy to say, Mr. Deco."
After the meeting, Liu Qingnan walked out of the small building. Ramon and several Renaissance Army officers were already waiting for him at the door.
The meeting and lunch had already taken several hours.
Ramon and the others had already turned around in a big circle.
"Have you eaten yet?" Liu Qingnan asked, looking at several people.
"General, we have eaten." Several people replied.
Back at the camp, Liu Qingnan found Captain Liu who was accompanying the medical team. Captain Liu was a senior surgical doctor. He had excellent medical skills and later entered the medical school to study surgery. He applied acupuncture to surgery and created a new method.
New surgical auxiliary medical model.
"Captain Liu, we have built a lot of shacks. I want to build a field hospital first. If necessary, we can expand it later," Liu Qingnan said.
"Commander Liu, we have no problem here. We just need to make the operating room a little cleaner. We also have to send an interpreter to us. You know that doctors have to communicate with patients. Our foreign languages are very poor, and there are
There are people from several countries, and it is impossible for us to speak so many languages." Captain Liu sighed and asked all his questions.
Liu Qingnan thought for a while and said, "Okay, let's do it like this." In the next few days, setting up a field hospital will be the main task of the Renaissance Army's expeditionary force.
ps: I got up at three o'clock in the morning, and I have been dozing off now. I will change the section to sleep for a while. I will go over this section of the expeditionary force quickly, and then go back and finish writing the anti-Qing war in one go.