While everything in the south of the Yangtze River has begun to recover, the grass is growing and the orioles are flying, spring in the outer northeast has just begun.
Although the rhododendrons in the wilderness have begun to show smoke before the migratory birds return, the Heilongjiang, Songhua, Nen, and Ussuri river basins are still frozen for thousands of miles, with no sign of thawing. The cold wind from Siberia has not yet receded, and the howling wind
The cold wind blows through the mountains and fields, bringing up the layers of fallen leaves in the mountains and forests. However, those who are careful at this time will find that the buds growing on the branches are tenaciously upward, and the buds are about to emerge, and another season of alternation between the old and the new has arrived.
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On the night of March 24, under the unified command of Wu Siyu, the two infantry regiments and two mortar battalions of the Northern Navy stationed on the west bank of the Lafa River were divided into north and south routes. Using the cover of night, they headed towards the south bank of the Namuluga River and Iraq.
Advance to the preset attack position on the south bank of the Han River.
Tens of thousands of feet marched quickly on the narrow path in the mountains and forests. No one spoke. Apart from the rapid breathing, the sound of faster and faster footsteps and the friction of gravel on the ground could be heard.
When each group left Changbai Mountain, everyone's pace immediately became fast.
Xu Funan, the newly appointed cultural instructor of the Second Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 17th Regiment, was marching in the team like everyone else, his legs rolling forward like wheels. He was breathing heavily. He was carrying nothing but rifles and bullets.
, as well as dry food bags, backpacks, grenades, water bottles, etc. Although the squad leader beside him offered help several times, he refused.
"No, it doesn't matter! Run, just run and sweat!" He took back the rifle that had been taken away by the other party on his shoulder, and walked quickly while panting. This move made everything around him
Complaints and strange words suddenly disappeared.
Now everyone in the Northern Navy Staff knows that it is really painful to serve as an adjutant or guard for Zhao Xin, and Xu Funan has been no exception in the past two years. The boss will often throw his subordinates aside and then disappear.
He disappeared without a trace, and when he showed up again a few days later, he was suddenly thousands of miles away.
However, it was not Xu Funan himself who brought up the idea of being dismissed from the army, but Zhao Xin's opinion. As one of his most trusted subordinates, Zhao Xin felt that he must let Xu Funan go and train for a period of time, and then he could be promoted after he had achieved military exploits.
After Shen Xuan learned about it, she was a little worried at first, but after three months, she saw that Xu Funan was obviously much stronger after returning from vacation, so she gave up her worries.
The company Xu Funan belongs to is a recruit company. It was only formed last summer, and he has been here since the beginning. Some of the soldiers are from Jiaodong, some from Sichuan and Zhili, and some of them are veterans. After half a year of recruit training,
Last winter came to the front line of Lafa River to replace the garrison.
Although he was walking under the starlight at night, he could still clearly see that after a winter of hard work, the team at this time was much neater and more powerful than half a year ago.
While resting on the way, he stood next to company commander Li Quan and whispered: "Company commander, we feel that our company is much stronger than it was six months ago."
"It's hard to say! Whether it's steel or iron, earth or stone, it all depends on how the battle goes.
"After marching for so long, the soldiers are still in high spirits."
"The Chinese New Year has just passed, everyone is eating fat and fat, and of course they are in high spirits!"
"Xiao Xu, I heard that you went back to get engaged during the Chinese New Year? Is this girl willing to let you go to the front line?"
"Is there anything you can't bear to part with?" A playful and beautiful figure appeared in front of Xu Funan's eyes, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of warmth in his heart.
"Our Teacher Xu's unmarried daughter-in-law is so beautiful! Just like the fairy girl in the New Year pictures." A platoon leader next to him suddenly interjected and smiled.
Xu Funan strangled the neck of the platoon leader. The guy frowned and twisted his mouth, saying hurriedly: "Ouch~~! I can't stand it! I can't stand it!"
Xu Funan let go, and Li Quan smiled and said: "Xiao Xu, where is your little lady from?"
"Xiangyang, Hubei."
You guessed it right, 19-year-old Xu Funan and 16-year-old Wang Cong'er got engaged two years ago. This made Wan Zao's son Wan Haiyang very depressed, but Wang Cong'er didn't look down on the silly boy from the Wan family at all.
The matter was proposed by Fang Hua and Zhao Xin. This person really couldn't stand Wang Conger's mother nagging her all day long, so they pushed around and finally chose Xu Funan.
First of all, Xu Funan's parents are both gone, so he only has one younger brother. Wang Cong'er married and took charge of the family without having to serve his parents-in-law. Furthermore, Zhao Xin and his wife both treated the Xu brothers as their own family members, and Shen Xuan treated the two children as if they were her own.
Like his younger brother, Xu Funan also served as Zhao Xin's aide-de-camp, and he would definitely not run away when he became a general or a prime minister.
Zhao Xin also intends to deepen his relationship with Fang Hua through marriage. This man has been in Beihai Town for many years. He does not compete with others, works hard, and has brought out several students. He is really a rare talent.
Naturally, Xu Funan was absolutely willing, and Wang Conger also reluctantly agreed. When they were studying in the past, the two of them often took Wan Haiyang and Xu Shounan everywhere to get into trouble. Many small animals in the mountains around Beihai Town were turned into barbecue.
Entering Wang Conger's belly, Xu Funan's contribution is among them.
Although the two were engaged, because Wang Conger was not yet eighteen and was currently studying at an administrative school in Deli, Zhao Xin and Fang Hua agreed to wait until the other party was over eighteen before holding a wedding ceremony, and Xu Funan could also take advantage of the opportunity.
Let's use this time to train the troops.
After more than five hours of long-distance marching, Xu Funan's 17th Regiment arrived at the predetermined position at dawn. The Qing army checkpoints and fortresses along the way were annihilated by the reconnaissance company that set off in advance. Mortar shells and bullets were roaring.
, the officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty panicked and did not choose the route. They did not resist at all. Along the way, from time to time, they could see baggage and flags thrown down by the Qing army's retreat.
After the reconnaissance company reached the predetermined position, it advanced another five kilometers in one breath, defeated a Qing army battalion of more than a thousand men, and seized a hill with a wide view.
At nine o'clock in the morning, when the Qing troops on the Jilin defense line were confused and the generals in the city were at a loss, following Wu Siyu's order on the walkie-talkie, thirty-two mortars took the lead in attacking Daxiu La and
The Qing army's positions outside Jilin City launched an artillery bombardment, and the thick smoke quickly obscured the sunlight from the various forts on the Qing army's defense line.
Almost at the same time, Li Rui, who was in charge of commanding the troops on the northern front, also issued an order. Tens of thousands of Northern Navy troops were divided into four groups and rushed directly towards the city of Mergen. When the leading troops of the Northern Navy appeared five miles outside the city of Mergen
At that time, the more than 3,000 Qing troops stationed here were all stunned.
"Report to the army! The pirates from the North Sea are already ten miles away from the east of the city, and they are coming from all over the mountains and plains!"
Vice-capital Commander Eledimbu had the courage to shout angrily: "Nonsense! There are less than 500 Beihai pirates in Heilongjiang City. Where did they come from..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard a loud "boom" outside. Eledimbu was so frightened that his legs trembled and he almost collapsed on his chair. In the battle with the Russian army at Karen Mountain, the opponent's explosive ammunition
Let him suffer a lot.
Not long after, his subordinates came to report that one of the Beihai Pirates' explosive shells landed on the edge of the oar tower at the east gate of the city, killing three Qing army gunners on the spot, and the flying wood chips made the others scream.
Immediately afterwards, the Zuoling stationed at the east gate sent someone to report that thousands of northern navy troops had appeared three miles away from the east gate. Only then did Eldemubu feel that something was wrong, and hurriedly brought his generals and soldiers to the east gate.
View from the oar above the door.
Like most of the cities built by the Manchus in the Northeast, Mergen City was built with logs as walls, and the middle was filled with rammed earth. The city was divided into an inner and outer city structure, with a circumference of ten miles, and oar towers were built on the wooden walls of the outer city.
It is used for defense. This kind of wall can block solid bullets, but it will not work when encountering explosive bullets, let alone the artillery shells of the Northern Navy.
Some people say that the Qing Dynasty could use brick walls, so why do they have to use wooden walls? Not to mention that this requires a lot of manpower and firewood. Just building a brick kiln and burning bricks is a technical job. In addition, a lot of manpower must be recruited to build city walls.
It's not something that hundreds or thousands of people can do.
It is said that when Eled Mubu climbed up to the oar tower, he didn’t even need a telescope, and his heart immediately skipped a beat. He saw that on the wilderness from the northeast to the southeast, the Northern Navy wearing dark green coats were dotted all over the place. With his many years of experience in commanding troops,
The number of people on the other side is at least 2,000.
At this time, the Qing troops on the city wall were almost scared to death, thinking that the Beihai pirates really valued us. Their prince only used 600 people to fight Rakshasa in Aihui City, but thousands of us came to fight!
Eldemubu was just about to aim and fire the mighty invincible cannons on the two forts at the east gate, when someone else came to report that there were also pirates from the North Gate and the West Gate.
God! Eledimbu is really panicking now. The Nenjiang River is frozen right now, and there is no chance of escaping by boat. If he takes his men and escapes from the south gate, let alone whether the North Sea pirates can chase him or not. In this weather, even if he reaches Qiqihar, he will not be able to escape.
There are not many left.
At this moment, a thought suddenly came to his mind, how about surrendering?
The main reason why he thinks so is that Beihai Town has not treated the border residents of all ethnic groups harshly in recent years and treats them equally. After taking Heilongjiang City, it also recruited some injured Qing troops to join the Beihai Navy. In addition, he
I also heard that anyone who resisted and refused to surrender would be sent to the Bitter Leaf Island in the far east to work as coolies after being captured.
Thinking of this, he took two deep breaths to make himself look less nervous, and then looked at the generals around him. Unexpectedly, his subordinates, assistant leaders and even the shotgun soldiers were all looking at him eagerly.
Those eyes revealed the desire for life...
Finished bird!
On March 26, Eldemubu, the defender of Mergen City and the deputy commander of Manchuria with a blue flag, led more than 3,000 soldiers and civilians in the city to surrender. However, the Northern Navy, which launched the attack, fired artillery from beginning to end.
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On April 5, two battalions of the Northern Navy marched more than 500 miles forward at a speed of fifty miles per day, crossed the Numin River and Arun River, tributaries of the Nen River that were still frozen, and headed towards Qiqihar thirty miles away.
Crossing the Nen River in the east, they blocked all the five gates of Qiqihar City with lightning speed.
At this time, the Heilongjiang general stationed here by the Qing government had been replaced by Duerjia. This man had been a prisoner of the Northern Navy in the 50th year of Qianlong's reign, and was later redeemed with gold by the Qing government along with Fukang'an.
Although this person belonged to the clan, he was a descendant of Nurhachi's six sons, Tabai, who was a commoner among Nurhachi's sons. Therefore, after returning to Beijing, Qianlong deeply resented his inability to suppress bandits when he was the general of Jilin, and gave him to Beihai Town.
As he had the opportunity to become powerful and powerful, he followed the rules and planned to "hang him in prison" and hand him over to the clan to be imprisoned. His son and grandson were dismissed from their posts and sent to serve in the Shengjing army.
By the way, Du Erjia did not end well in history. In the 10th year of Jiaqing, he was ordered by Jiaqing to hang himself in front of his ancestor's tomb because he had embezzled money when he was serving as minister of affairs in Xining.
Ordinarily Duerjia should be doomed in this life, but who knows that after Fukang'an replaced Qinggui in Jilin, he picked him here and there and picked him out again. You must know that the senior generals of the Manchu Qing Dynasty had fought against Beihai Town.
At the same time, not many people were familiar with the situation in Northeast China. Based on the idea of using waste, Qianlong asked him to perform meritorious service and succeeded Hengxiu, who was also a member of the clan, as the general of Heilongjiang.
Duerjia had no chance of escaping death. Who thought he could turn around, but even so, he was still very upset. After the Northern Navy captured Kulun with a thunderous force the year before last, from Qiqihar to Mergen and then to Hulunbuer
The Qing army became panicked all the time. At that time, Duerjia thought that Beihai Town would attack Qiqihar next.
Unexpectedly, after the attack on Khalkha, they suddenly stopped. After that, Fukang'an was transferred to attack Gurkha. At the same time, news came from the capital, which made Duerjia think he had escaped.
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When he learned that the Beihai Navy had blocked all the roads out of the city, he angrily cursed Zhao Xin for not being trustworthy.
For Durga, surrender was impossible. Not to mention that he was a direct descendant of Nurhachi, he did not dare to surrender even for the safety of his descendants. He immediately ordered the city gates to be strictly guarded, and the forts in the city to be prepared.
If the navy comes close, they will fire their guns and cannons.
In addition, he asked his men to demolish several shops and block the four city gates with wood and stones, leaving only the Nanxun Gate in the south. At the same time, the whole city was mobilized, and all men, old and young, were issued bows, arrows, swords and guns, and they made a clear stance to force the city to conquer.
The whole city's soldiers and civilians were buried with him.
There are quite a lot of artillery in Qiqihar, including 27 cannons including four invincible general cannons, and they are also equipped with explosive ammunition produced by the Ministry of Industry. In addition, after the Ninggu Pagoda was lost, the Qing government in Jilin
A large number of gunners were trained and stationed in various garrison cities.
The problem is that the Beihai Navy will not fight head-on. They built a position five miles away from the city gate and then released drones.
The soldiers and civilians in Qiqihar have never seen this! The drone flew around a few times, immediately panicking the people in the city. Some people were so frightened that they even lost their swords and guns, and knelt on the ground kowtowing. During this period,
Although Erjia ordered his shotgun soldiers to fire at the drone, the range was really limited and Mao couldn't hit it.
On the night of April 6, Duerjia ordered his generals to lead a thousand men out of the city to attack the position outside the south gate. The result is self-evident. With the help of the eighteen-bead flashlight, the Qing army who attacked at night was defeated by the south gate.
The two consecutive beatings left them with bloody buttocks and heavy casualties. Less than 800 people escaped back to the city.