Chapter 539: The Battle of Outer Mongolia started in advance
It was already afternoon when Lin Ruoyu and his daughter arrived at the west gate of Hunchun City.
The passenger carriage stopped at the city gate, and the driver shouted for everyone to get off. The passenger carriage from Ninggu Tower to Hunchun runs every two days, running in both directions.
Yongba pointed to a wooden house on the left side of the city gate and said, "Mr. Lin, you and Miss Lin must go there first to apply for temporary identity cards."
Lin Ruoyu nodded slightly. He had heard what Yongba said on the way here. There are many rules in Beihai Town. There are no temporary identity cards. Let alone renting a house, they are not even allowed to stay in an inn. Moreover, they cannot use silver or make money, so they must go there.
Beihai trading company exchanged it into Beihai dollars.
In addition, there are many rules that are confusing. The most confusing one is that no one can urinate or dump garbage at will on the streets and roads. Spitting is not allowed. If you are caught, you will be punished.
Two taels of silver, Lin Ruoyu and his daughter clucked their tongues when they heard this, wondering if the land in Beihai Town was paved with gold?
Lin Ruoyu was no stranger to identity cards; the Li Dynasty had been implementing the identity plate system intermittently, and it had been revived and abolished repeatedly. Since Li Zuo succeeded to the throne, the number plate system has been restored, and the government requires that men over the age of fifteen must wear
Those with personal identification number plates were not allowed to move without permanent property; those with military service could not hide; and men without number plates were not allowed to farm, which immediately controlled the people.
However, when he saw the clothes and hairstyle of the soldiers of the Northern Navy, he couldn't help but show a trace of contempt on his face. He was so handsome in his uniform and his hair.
"Name?"
"Lin Ruoyu."
"Where did it come from?"
Lin Ruoyu remembered Yongba's instructions and did not dare to say it was Huining, so he said: "Xun Zhencheng."
"age?"
"A person is born on the Gengyin day of the Bingzi month of the Xinchou year."
The soldier in charge of registration was stunned for a moment, but then he quickly made a few calculations, and then scrawled "Born in Xuanyuan 4437."
Lin Ruoyu felt very strange and asked: "What kind of calendar is this?"
"Yellow Emperor Chronicles."
Ah?! Lin Ruoyu was shocked, feeling that King Zhao of Beihai Town was so ambitious.
However, what surprised Lin Ruoyu even more was that the soldier from the Northern Navy who wrote the registration on the other side had written neatly from the beginning to the present, without even a single typo. It’s just that the way the other person held the pen was really strange, and the pen was also very strange.
No need to get wet, he was secretly surprised by the fact that he boasted of being well-informed.
What puzzled Lin Ruoyu the most was that since this military man was literate, what could he do? Even if he couldn't pass the exam, he could just go to a shop and work as a bookkeeper doing calculations. Why would he have to be a killer?
This was the next sentence of the soldier in charge of registration, which immediately stopped Lin Ruoyu's random thoughts: "Profession."
"Uh...teacher."
Unexpectedly, when the soldier heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up and he said to Lin Ruoyu with a smile: "Teacher?"
"Exactly."
"Ah! Well done, Mr. Teacher! Our prince often said that Mr. Teacher is a gardener, this and this... The spring silkworms will not dry up until they die, and the wax torch will not dry until it turns to ashes. It is amazing!"
A soldier next to him said: "Mr. Lin, the official school in the city is recruiting teachers now, and the salary is generous. Are you interested?"
"Eh~~~" Not to mention Lin Ruoyu, even March behind him not only widened his eyes, but also looked sideways at the soldier. I really didn't expect that an ordinary soldier could actually speak in perfect order. This made the father and daughter have no idea about Beihai.
The bad feeling caused by the town immediately subsided a lot.
But the next second...
When Lin Ruoyu followed the instructions of the soldier on duty and stood in front of a piece of blue cloth with a height mark, took the first photo of himself in fifty years of life, and was shaken by the flash, the old man Lin was immediately frightened.
Jump.
When it was Lin Sanyue's turn to register, the little girl lowered her head shyly and did not dare to raise it, especially when taking pictures.
"Girl, please take off the clothes on your head."
"Girl, please raise your head. You always lower your head and I can't take a picture of anything."
After Yue Yue hesitated for a moment, he saw his father nodding slightly, then he blushed and took off the clothes covering his head. His black hair and beautiful face made several soldiers of the Northern Navy secretly smack their lips.
Although Lin Ruoyu had his heart in his mouth, none of these Northern Navy soldiers made any teasing words or did anything inappropriate. What he didn't know was that the Northern Navy's discipline in this area was extremely strict; during the war, molesting women,
The initial penalty for damaging the image of a soldier is three years in prison, and in serious cases, he may be shot.
However, it is precisely because of this that the Beihai Navy, which has done no harm to the local people, won the support of the people in the outer northeast. You must know that this is an era where "bandits are like combs, soldiers are like goads, and officials are like shaves." Many people
In my entire life I have never seen, let alone heard of, an army that does not commit any crime.
Half an hour later, the Lin family father and daughter finally each received a temporary ID card with a transparent plastic shell. The one-inch photo on the top was eye-catching, and below were a few lines of personal information and codes. The exquisite workmanship and ingenuity made Lin Ruoyu so excited.
Shocked.
With their identity certificates in hand, the Lin family and their daughter then went through the accommodation procedures at an inn outside Hunchun City with the help of Yongba and rented two rooms. The landlady in charge of the reception knew that the Lin family and his daughter were dressed as soon as they saw them.
Not a commoner, her eyes would look at Yue Yue from time to time.
"Who are they?" the landlady asked Yongba pretending to be casual.
"It's two shifts."
"What is Yangban?"
Yongba didn't know how to explain it in Chinese. He held it in for a long time before saying: "That's right, that's right... similar to banner people, rich people."
"Oh~~~" Banner Boss's wife smiled at Lin Ruoyu and Sanyue as a greeting.
After entering the guest room and washing up, Lin Ruoyu finally felt at ease. He recalled what the Northern Navy soldier had said before, and planned to go to the official school in the city early tomorrow morning to inquire. If he could stay as an instructor, he would first stay in Hunchun City temporarily.
Stay for a while. At the very least, the count general of the Qing Dynasty will definitely not dare to come and run wild on the territory of Beihai Town.
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In late June, as several Cantonese ships that Deng Fei had ordered from Siam arrived in Hoi An one after another, He Xiwen, who was appointed as a naval lieutenant colonel, took two thousand of his subordinates with him and took advantage of the summer southwest monsoon to go northward.
Heading to Ryukyu.
In order to strengthen their armament, Deng Fei distributed fifty revolvers to He Xiwen's troops, transferred two 75mm guns from Beihai No. 2, and sent a company of Marine battalion soldiers to accompany them.
The order He Xiwen received from Deng Fei was that the Shimadzu family's influence in Ryukyu must be eradicated. He understood this clearly and knew that the other side of the other party's words meant that it must be eradicated.
At present, Deng Fei, Wang Yuanfang and Hong Tao have been completely entangled in the affairs of Batavia and have no time to spare. The entire land defense of Batavia relies on 400 special operations battalions and 1,000 troops transferred from Hoi An.
There are many Chinese recruits being maintained, and the situation is also perilous.
After the Battle of Batavia, the Dutch reluctantly signed a surrender agreement under the fierce combat power of the Marine Battalion and the threat of the Thor and North Sea sailing ship No. 1 outside the port.
According to Article 5 of the agreement between the two parties, all Dutch and German residents in Bacheng must leave by boat within three days and go wherever they like, but they are not allowed to return to Bacheng within ten years.
Although Governor Altyn and other members of the Council protested against this, they finally agreed after another strangulation of Dutch soldiers by the special operations battalion.
Because of the limited space on the ship, the Dutch who left could only take a few belongings with them; as for those Dutch who were unwilling to leave Bacheng, Wang Yuanfang was not polite this time. He ordered the soldiers to forcibly drive them out of their homes and
Wu Hua was kidnapped and escorted to the port to board the ship. If it weren't for the fact that fifty years had passed since the Hongxi Massacre, and the average life span of the Dutch in Bacheng did not exceed sixty years old, Wang Yuanfang really wouldn't mind a mass shooting of the Dutch.
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In the month after the Dutch left, except for the dozens of poor Chinese workers led by Jiang Asheng who had defected to the Northern Navy in the early days, most of the Chinese businessmen in the Tang guard outside the city were extremely indifferent to the arrival of the Northern Navy.
They believe that these shorthairs have destroyed local business. What worries them most is that the departure of the Dutch will affect the local sugar trade. Some Chinese businessmen even plan to follow the footsteps of the Dutch and go to Banten, the VOC's stronghold in Central Java.
, for this reason they did not hesitate to sell the sugar cane plantation that they had been operating for many years.
Regarding this situation, Deng Fei remained calm and secretly assigned Jiang Asheng to contact the Chinese businessmen. He then took advantage of the two plantations at a low price.
The reason for this is that he received instructions from Zhao Xin to acquire a large amount of land in Bacheng and prepare to plant rubber starting in March next year. Sugar is nothing, rubber is an indispensable strategic resource for industrialized countries!
Compared to Deng Fei's cunning and ruthless ways and Wang Yuanfang's cruelty, Dr. Hong Taohong's reputation in Bacheng has gradually improved. The fifteen-member medical team he led has already caused a stir in the surveillance cameras of the Tang Dynasty.
Nothing else. Right now, both the Chinese and the local aborigines outside the city know that among the short-haired men of the Northern Navy, there is a "Saihua Tuo" wearing a white coat and a dagger. As long as he is suffering from miasma, a Dutch guilder will be paid.
You can replace it with a pack of small white tablets, which are accurate when taken and are more effective than the expensive cinchona cream.
Don't think that local people are immune to malaria. In these days, the average life expectancy of people in Southeast Asia, whether Westerners, Chinese, or indigenous people, is no more than fifty years old. Plasmodium infection is the biggest killer.
In fact, before the French extracted quinine from the bark of the cinchona tree in the 1820s, the healing rate of cinchona was not very high. Moreover, due to its low output and high price, ordinary people could not afford it.
Even if Fu Heng, Fukang'an's father, contracted malaria during his expedition to Burma and became seriously ill, it was useless even if Qianlong sent people all the way to deliver cinchona cream.
For fun, many people have drank tonic water, a carbonated drink with a slightly bitter taste. The bitter taste is due to the addition of a small amount of quinine. But you'd better not expect to treat malaria by drinking drinks containing quinine.
To achieve a therapeutic dose of quinine, you need to drink at least about 10 liters of tonic water.
In the cool night breeze, Hong Tao, who was dining in the garden of the Governor's Mansion, took a sip of ice-cold gin and tonic cocktail and nodded with satisfaction.
The wine was transported from the Thor, as were the ice cubes. Being able to drink an ice drink in the tropics at the end of the 18th century was definitely the ultimate enjoyment in life, and even Qianlong could not compare with it.
But the only thing that makes Hong Tao feel unhappy is that the Chinese woman serving him is really unattractive. She has dark skin and is far worse in appearance and figure than the beautiful girl Ruan Fuying gave to Deng Fei. If he had known that he was in Annan
...However, he immediately thought of Director Liu Da's eyebrows standing straight up, and he suddenly shuddered.
Deng Fei, who was eating barbecued seafood in his mouth, said, "What's wrong? Are you catching a cold? Doctor Hong, you have to take care of your health. The stability of the people's minds is at your fingertips right now."
Hong Tao didn't want to discuss the problem of "a few people have diseases" with the other party, so he decided to concentrate on dealing with the salt-grilled prawns in front of him. Ten minutes later, Wang Yuanfang, who had been busy all day, joined in and chatted while eating. After a while, the three of them
The topic turned to the upcoming campaign in Outer Mongolia.
"Hey~~~Da Liu is really happy this time. There are more than 10,000 troops, 50 armored vehicles, and more than 2,000 cavalry, crossing the desert with swords and horses."
Deng Fei said: "Otherwise, fifty armored vehicles are enough for him and Fan Tong to have a drink!"
When Wang Yuanfang heard this, he smiled and nodded.
Hong Tao said in confusion: "What kind of riddle are you two playing? Fifty armored vehicles are not many? Why are you so stingy about the rich Zhao? He only gave fifty armored vehicles? It's not enough!"
Deng Fei said: "Doctor Hong, have you ever driven a car? The engine of any machine has a service life. On tanks and armored vehicles, it is called motorcycle hours."
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Deng Fei said: "I remember Zhao Xin mentioned to me that the batch of BMP2 armored vehicles he got are almost all in stock. Although the design life is 25 to 30 years, they have actually been stored in the warehouse for at least 20 years."
"Then what?" Hong Tao still didn't understand.
"We assume that Zhao Xin has already undergone maintenance when he bought it, and there is no problem at all. But BMP2 uses a UTD-20 six-cylinder diesel engine, and its motorcycle hours are only 1,000 hours. Calculated at 45 kilometers per hour, the full mileage is 45,000
Kilometers. But if there is a lack of maintenance, it will not be able to run that far. Outer Mongolia is so big, it is definitely impossible to finish it as quickly as before."
"What happens next?"
"I have been looking at the map for the past two days. The straight-line distance from Kulun to Ulyasutai is 750 kilometers. The straight-line distance from Kyaktu to Kulun is 270 kilometers. This is 1020 kilometers. The actual route must be
It’s longer than that…”
Hong Tao became more and more confused as he listened. Wang Yuanfang saw this and interrupted: "Xiao Hong, what Deng Fei means is that the life and maintenance level of the engine determine the use of the fifty armored vehicles. This time Zhao Xin will not follow,
If Liu's side hadn't made adequate preparations for maintenance and logistics, based on the road conditions in Outer Mongolia these days, I'm sure that at least one-third of his fifty armored vehicles would be lying dormant when they arrived in Kulun."
"Ah! Is it so serious?" Hong Tao couldn't help but open his mouth with a look of astonishment.
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At the Northern Navy's forward headquarters in Kyaktu, Fan Tong sent telegrams three times a day to inquire about the progress of the agricultural crew dispatched by the Ministry of Civil Affairs on their way north. At present, a thirty-man maintenance team headed by Shiosuke has passed Yaksa, and it is estimated that
It will arrive in another seven or eight days.
In fact, Zhao Xin's choice of attack date was not good. Seeing that the autumn harvest in the Sanjiang Plain was approaching, the Civil Affairs Bureau had tried its best to spare thirty people for support.
Fan Tong has been busy for so many days, and he has deeply realized the importance of logistics to the armored force. The recent frequent training alone has caused the tracks of a number of armored vehicles to break, and the daily fuel consumption also makes him terrified. Fortunately, everything is fine.
Solve it, but if the engine breaks down, the armored soldiers of the North Navy who only know how to drive but not repair will be blind.
But if the number of armored vehicles is reduced, Fan Tong is really unwilling to do so. The speed of this thing is so much faster than riding a horse! If he is really asked to ride a horse for eight hours a day, Fan Tong feels that he will fall apart.
After dismounting, I couldn't do anything except sleep.
Since Fan Tong arrived in Kyaktu, he has always had a dream, that is, to Leshi Yanran. The so-called Yanran Mountain was the name of the Han Dynasty, and is now called Hangai Mountain, located southwest of Kulun.
It was already past eight o'clock in the evening, and Fan Tong was about to send someone to tell Polya that he might have to go back later when he saw Yu Jinshui, the staff officer in charge of intelligence, hurried in.
"Report to the chief, there is something strange happening in the Trading City!"
"what happened?"
"According to the news just returned from the inside, Wu Yi and Dai Peng received an emergency order from the Kulun Minister of Affairs Songyun and Yunduan Dorji an hour ago to buy and sell all personnel in the city, whether it is the garrison or Shanxi
All merchants must evacuate within three days, and any violation will be punished as a crime of aiding the enemy!"
Fan Tong was surprised and asked: "What else?"
"Dai Peng asked Tian Tonghe to tell us that all Kalun's archers around Kyaktu will also withdraw southward, and he will have to send people to notify them one by one early tomorrow morning. In addition, according to what he learned from the messenger, Kalun's Qing army
It’s very possible that we have to withdraw too!”
"Escape to where?"
"He doesn't know this either."
Fan Tong's heart skipped a beat. Although he was the second-in-command of the Northern Navy's Eastern Front Force, he was only thirty years old and had never experienced a war. He couldn't hold himself back and blurted out: "It's bad! The news of our attack must have been leaked."
, the Mongols are trying to escape! Send a report to the commander-in-chief immediately!"
Half an hour later, Liu Sheng saw the message. He pondered over the map carefully for a long time before ordering someone to send a report to Zhao Xin. Liu Sheng relayed the news from Kyaktu in the message and suggested
By advancing the date of the troops' attack, Cullen's 7,000 Mongolian cavalry must not be allowed to flee westward.
Late at night, Zhao Xin's call back arrived. In the message, he agreed to Liu Sheng's request and suggested changing the launch date of the attack to before July 5, but the specific time was left to Liu Sheng's discretion.
After reading the telegram, Liu Sheng immediately sent an order to the staff officer on duty, ordering the six regiments stationed south of Ulan-Ude to immediately assemble urgently and enter a state of combat readiness, and set out in regiment units for Kyaktu, a hundred kilometers away, tomorrow morning.
Then, he sent a telegram to Fan Tong, ordering the 2,000 cavalry regiments stationed north of Kyaktu to seize the Lemogoteyi station 370 miles south of the city before dawn the day after tomorrow, and prepare an attack on Kulun.
Prepare for the attack, cut off the southward escape route of the Kulun defenders, and never allow the 7,000 Mongolian cavalry to escape into Hangai Mountain!