The village filled with refugees was like a hell on earth. In the chaos of war, no one was interested in listening to music, and even if they sold themselves, no one would patronize them. A group of people relied on a little savings to live a life of living in the open air and starving. Desire
They wanted to end the rebellion as soon as possible so that they could get on the road back to Nanjing. Unexpectedly, the village was not safe. Not long after the news of the fall of Dengzhou came, I heard that the rebels had captured Huang County again and destroyed the village everywhere.
The village was in chaos, and people were clearing away the outsiders who had no guarantees. Of course, no one was willing to provide guarantees for such a gangster, so they were driven out in the ice and snow.
Fortunately, the village was not far from Baima Pond, and their small group was taken into custody not long after they escaped. Otherwise, they might not have been able to walk for a day or two and they would have died of exhaustion and starvation on the road.
"General, do you want to be served like a flower?" Mr. Liu, who has spent half his life practicing the ability to read people's words, said softly to the old Zhu Mingxia.
"Ruhua?" This name shocked Zhu Ming and Xia Lei. He instantly thought of that awesome man with a booger and heavy makeup. His face didn't change much, and his stomach turned violently.
"That's the woman who showed the general the way just now."
"oh."
"How can such a lavish woman serve the general? She is too old, and she is still a broom star. My daughter Xiyu was trained by me since she was a child. She plays the pipa very well. She is only 13 this year, so she is a baby.
, General, if you don’t dislike it..." Mrs. Liu felt that Zhu Mingxia was not interested in Ruhua, so she immediately changed her words and promoted another one. Of course, this could not be her daughter. In order to get close to the Australian tree, in order to survive, she had to face her
It is necessary to add gold.
Zhu Mingxia interrupted her sales pitch and asked her to bring Ruhua. As an atheist, he wanted to know why Ruhua was called a broom star, so he had to ask himself.
He was thinking about whether he should purify Ruhua first, change his name to something that people would not associate with each other, and then have an in-depth conversation. Suddenly, a naturalized cadre hurriedly walked up to him and whispered to him.
said:
"Chief, Chief Lu, please come over quickly - it's an emergency."
"Huh! Oh?" Although Zhu Mingxia had already developed the early symptoms of spermatozoa on the brain, he was still able to control it for a while. When he heard that there was an "urgent" matter, he did not dare to neglect and immediately ordered:
"Separate the members of this team and detain them separately."
"yes!"
The Liu family has been a fireworks woman for many years and has an extremely thorough study of men's behavior, words and deeds. She knows that Zhu Mingxia has a strong interest in Ruhua, and after hearing that the team was separated, she knows that she has climbed to the top, at least in the past few months, she has food, drink and shelter.
I don’t have to worry anymore. I can probably save my life - if I’m lucky, I might even get a few taels of silver. I immediately said with great joy, "Thank you for your grace!"
When Zhu Mingxia returned to the village, Chen Sigen and Lu Wenyuan were already standing in front of the sand table in the war room with serious faces.
"What's going on?" Zhu Mingxia had roughly guessed that the rebels were coming to Qimu Island?
"Wang Qisuo just came back." Chen Sigen said.
Wang Qisuo performed outstandingly in the Battle of Baimatang. Although the overall battle was one-sided due to the firepower advantage of two infantry companies' Mini rifles and typewriters, and the battle was not fierce, he performed very bravely and not only took the initiative to
During the field reconnaissance outside Baimatang, several rebels were killed and captured during the pursuit.
Chen Sigen is very satisfied with his combat performance. He believes that this person's comprehensive quality can be selected into the special investigation team. However, he has not yet passed the appraisal and specialized political training of the General Administration of Political Security, so he has only been subject to some investigation work for the time being.
He was trained to serve as a scout in the advancing column.
A few days ago, he sent Wang Qisuo and some other local scouts from the advance column to operate near Huang County to cooperate with the special reconnaissance team to understand the movements of the Huang County rebels.
The sentry brought Wang Qisuo in. He was wearing a tattered cotton-padded jacket and a white snow camouflage cloak. His face and hands were dirty.
"Tell me again what you saw." Chen Sigen ordered.
"Reporting to the commander, a large group of enemy troops came from Dengzhou at noon today," Wang Qisuo said, "There are two to three thousand people, all of them soldiers!"
There is nothing to be afraid of when tens of thousands of troops come - Huang County now has "more than 10,000" troops, but most of them are civilians who have just been taken away recently - the number of fully equipped soldiers is the key.
He reported that the troops who arrived were all wearing cotton armor and were fully equipped. They also brought many firearms. What was particularly important was that the rebels used oxen to pull six "big guns" to Huang County.
According to historical data, the artillery carried by the rebels has participated in many battles against officers and soldiers in history, including the siege of Laizhou and several field battles with officers and soldiers. The rebels carried basically half-snake muskets, and the gun body alone weighed 2,000 to 3,000 kilograms.
, coupled with the heavy gun mount, it is very difficult to maneuver under primitive road conditions.
The opponent actually brought heavy firearms to attack, which shows that their firearms had left a deep impression on them during the Battle of Baimatang.
"Mao Chenglu, the commander-in-chief of Huang County, is preparing to attack Qimu Island tomorrow." Then he told some fragmentary news.
"Okay, you go down." Zhu Mingxia nodded. This did not surprise him. Although Qimu Island is located on the seaside, it is within Huang County after all, and Huang County is the passage for the rebels to Laizhou.
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If the "Xiang Yong" on Qimu Island are not active, then the rebels will indeed not come to deal with this seaside village, but now they are collecting refugees on a large scale in Huang County, and they have become a very powerful force in Huang County.
Great power.
If Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde wanted to ensure the safety of the road to Laizhou, they would not tolerate the presence of such a force on their flanks - not to mention that they had just beaten the rebels a few days ago, allowing them to see their combat effectiveness.
Chen Sigen said: "I have withdrawn all the spies who advanced into the column - they lack professional skills, and they will just die in vain if they stay outside. For the time being, only the cavalry is responsible for reconnaissance on the outside."
He pointed at the sand table: "If Mao Chenglu's men set out today, they won't be able to reach Qimu Island until noon tomorrow at least."
Huang County originally had about 2,000 rebels, but now there are 3,000 more. They are unlikely to mobilize in full force - after all, some people have to stay in the county, so the maximum number of people who come is only 4,000. Of course, the rebels will definitely take a large number of people with them.
The young men accompanying the army will be used as porters and cannon fodder. It is possible that the total number will exceed 10,000.
These ten thousand people, plus artillery and ammunition, mean that they will arrive at the fastest speed at noon tomorrow. After that, they will have to set up camp and secure their positions. If they can launch an attack, it will have to be at least the morning of the day after tomorrow. Chen Sigen does not think that the rebels will launch a night attack.
ability.
The three people looked at the defense system of Qimu Island. The defense of Qimu Island was very strong. There was a carefully constructed wicker edge on the long embankment leading to the mainland: not only trenches were dug, but also densely packed with various types of defensive horses.
, they also installed corrugated barbed wire and a large number of standard bamboo sticks transported from Lingao. The simple village gate on the long embankment was also converted into a bastion of civil structure, equipped with artillery of different sizes and calibers - the rebels wanted to use the embankment from
Shangzhu's invasion of the island will result in extremely heavy casualties.
In addition to the wicker border defense line on the front, the refugee camps, docks and cottages on the island also form a self-contained and mutually reinforcing defense system. Artillery and rifles can be used for cross-fire between the three.
"The main defense problem we face is the freezing problem in Longkou Bay." Zhu Mingxia said, "This greatly increases the difficulty of our defense."
As for the ice conditions in Longkou Bay, they only have hydrological data from the 20th century. December every year is the peak ice period in Longkou Bay, which lasts about 2040 days. The average ice volume is 2.2 levels, and the density is 57 levels, which has no impact on ship navigation. Year-round
When the ice conditions are at their maximum, the floating ice in Longkou Port is 1,015 centimeters thickest. When the ship berths on the south side, high-powered tugboats are used to break the ice. The berthing on the north side is basically not affected. There is broken ice in the channel, and the navigation of the ship is basically not affected.
According to the hydrological data of the 20th century, the biggest feature of Longkou Port is that it does not freeze or silt all year round. This was also taken into consideration when Qimu Island was chosen as the transshipment base.
Of course, it is not completely frost-free. Some years there will be severe freezes, making it impossible to use the port even with icebreakers.
But now is the Little Ice Age, and the freezing conditions in Longkou Bay may be much more serious than what they know about the situation in the 2021 century. Therefore, Thorpe made an effort in the logistics meeting to equip the northward detachment with icebreakers - after all, the winter in this time and space is still snowing.
Snow. Therefore, a Type 621 tug was urgently refitted as an icebreaking tug at the Bobu Shipyard.
Because the Type 621 is a tugboat, its overall structure is solid, and the hull is strong and suitable for icebreaking modifications. During the modification project, steel plates were used to reinforce the outside of the bow, and then steel beams were used to support the inside of the bow. The hull was then greatly reinforced with steel beams.
Make sure it won't fall apart when breaking the ice.
It was the end of December after the tugboat modification was completed, and it was immediately dispatched to Shandong, and then the modification project of the second ship started.
On Qimu Island, ice floes began to appear on a large scale in the bay in January, and now a large ice area has formed, extending nearly three kilometers from the shore, completely connected to the coastal system. By mid-January
By that time, the trestle was completely unusable, and the secret service boat squadron anchored at the Qimu Island Pier was forced to retreat to the sea three kilometers away from the trestle. The refugees boarded the ship and instead used a floating dock: the refugees set off from the island and passed through the ice.
Board the ship.
The arrival of icebreakers greatly improved the situation. The island consumed a lot of fuel for burning, and there was a lot of plant ash and coal ash. Lu Wenyuan ordered the refugees to go to the ice every day to pave the channel with ash, and then use icebreaking tugboats to break it.
Channel.(To be continued..)
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