Chapter 323: The Rich Outer Northeast

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Song Tao saluted Li Ming, and then took the lead with the mountain company onto the deck barge on the shore. They were followed by hundreds of stout natives, who drove their horses and dragged their carts, and brought nearly a hundred Huzun cannons and small Furang cannons onto the boats.

Groups of indigenous militia stepped onto the boat, and the steam engines of the deck barges began to roar. These barges are more than 50 meters long and can transport more than 2,000 people across the river at a time. The lower reaches of the Tumen River are more than 200 meters wide, and there are many islands and sandbars in the middle of the river, and the flow is relatively stable.

The barge soon sailed to the south bank of the Tumen River, and as soon as the bow of the barge reached the shore, Song Tao did not wait for the pedal to catch the river beach, he jumped off the boat with an arrow step, with night vision devices, holding An-94 rifles, and several fighters of the mountain squad rushed to the shore, occupying a favorable position to guard the landing force.

As the barges hit the beachhead, more than 2,000 indigenous militiamen rushed down, began to form a formation on the shore, and then held various positions on the south bank, waiting for the arrival of the indigenous militia and supplies behind.

It was about three o'clock in the morning, and it was still dark, and visibility was very low, but each of the nearly twenty barges was equipped with two searchlights, and the landing personnel were still holding torches, and the boarding place was as if it were daytime, so it did not affect the boarding. The landing site chosen by Li Ming and Song Tao is also a very remote area. Therefore, the process of crossing the river by the troops was very smooth.

It's just that when the war horses were transported in the end, the speed was a little slower, but fortunately, the Tumen River was only more than 200 meters wide, and the speed of the steam deck barge was not slow, so the entire river crossing operation was a complete success. Thousands of indigenous cavalry, nearly a hundred artillery pieces and ammunition. Thousands of war horses were sent to the south bank of the Tumen River.

After all the troops landed, Song Tao rode a war horse and rushed directly to the county seat of Wencheng County with thousands of cavalry. When Li Ming and Song Tao made a plan, they planned to take the county seat directly and then sweep the coastal villages and towns.

This time, Song Tao did not bring military rations. Only two packets of compressed biscuits and one canned whale meat were distributed to each indigenous militia. The purpose of their first trip to the county town was to use Wencheng as their forward base, and use the supplies there to support their battle plan this time.

Munseong-gun is located in North Hamgyong Province, North Korea, and is the northernmost county in North Korea. With the Tumen River basin, it forms a salient with the Nuer Gandusi of the Ming Dynasty. Munseong-gun was established in 1440 as one of the "Six Towns" established by Sejong of Joseon.

At this time, the sky was already dark, and Song Tao led thousands of indigenous militiamen to gallop desperately. Occasionally, North Koreans who get up early on the road will die under the arrows of the indigenous militia.

The county seat of Wencheng County is not large, there is not even a moat, and the city wall is only six or seven meters high, which is very close to the Tumen River. When Song Tao and the others arrived at the county seat of Wencheng County, the county town of Wencheng County was still immersed in silence. North Korea's armament was lax, and the army was already in chaos from top to bottom, and most of the guards at the head of the city were not on duty at this time. Even the few that were sporadic were all curled up under the women's wall and sleeping soundly.

Officers and men of several engineering companies jumped off their horses. Under the leadership of Zhang Haoyang, deputy commander of the engineer battalion of the Far Eastern Division, he rushed to the city gate with explosives and began to arrange explosives and ammunition devices. This time, Gao Jianguo specially transferred an engineer company, which was personally led by Zhang Haoyang, the deputy battalion commander with the best blasting skills.

Song Tao and several platoon commanders with modern weapons were holding automatic rifles with mufflers, aiming nervously at the city tower. Keep a close eye on the city walls. A North Korean soldier who was woken up by the noise under the city rubbed his eyes and got up, and just poked his head out, he heard a "poof", and the North Korean soldier was shot in the head by Song Tao.

Zhang Haoyang only took ten minutes. After setting up the explosives device, he threw off the wires connecting the explosives device and came to a safe place. Song Tao walked over and asked, "No problem, right?" ”

"Don't worry, it's a fart to break the city gate, Lao Tzu also blew up the door of the anti-nuclear and anti-chemical warehouse back then. Get ready, I'm going to do it......"

After he finished speaking, he pressed the detonation device, only to hear a loud "boom", and the gate of Wencheng County was blasted open. A group of indigenous militiamen who had been prepared for a long time rushed over with swords and quickly took control of the city gates.

A loud bang just now broke the silence of the early morning, and everyone in Wencheng County was awakened. In particular, the Korean soldiers defending the city hurriedly put clothes on their bodies and got up in a panic to see what was going on.

But thousands of native cavalry had already roared into the city. Before the Far Eastern Army crossed the river, there were already natives who had infiltrated Wencheng County and reconnoitred the situation here.

Song Tao first captured the four city gates and then cleared the city walls. Then they began to attack the military camps, county guards, treasury and other important positions in the city. In the event of resistance, they used the Tiger Zun cannon and the small Fulong cannon to approach and carry out a fierce bombardment.

At such a close distance, the North Korean army's fortifications were useless, and they were breached by the fierce indigenous militia. Faced with the attack of nearly 100 artillery pieces, as well as the accurate archery skills of the natives, the shotguns and grenade launchers of the mountain company soldiers, the Korean troops in the county town were basically crushed at the touch of a button, and the battle lasted less than an hour before they began to surrender in droves.

When the sky was bright, the guns and shouts in the city gradually subsided, and Song Tao led the indigenous militia to easily take the county seat of Wencheng County. Song Tao asked the indigenous militia to kick open the street restaurants and the doors of large households, and let them make a hot breakfast for the troops.

Everyone was well fed and drunk, and several thousand cavalry began to split up and go out of the city, sweeping all the way to the villages and towns along the Tumen River. At this time, nearly twenty steam-deck barges on the opposite bank, as well as countless knife boats made of resin bonded birch bark, began to pull the indigenous young men of each village across the river.

This time, Li Ming's strategy was to rob and burn the whole country, and as long as the Koreans along the Tumen River did not resist, they would be plundered to the north bank of the Tumen River.

The construction of the more than 100-kilometer highway from Vladivostok to Shuangchengzi will start next year, and the Bac Ninh Coal Mine, the Dongfanggang Iron Mine, several newly built quarries, as well as several enterprises with harsh environments, such as brick factories and cement factories, now need a large number of laborers.

Although Li Ming's order was to rob people on a large scale. But this group of indigenous militia only left young and strong, and the remaining old and weak women and children were brutally slaughtered by this gang of fierce natives. In the end, Han Guang, the company commander of the mountain company, couldn't stand it anymore, and hurriedly contacted Song Tao on the radio, which brought the situation under control and stopped the large-scale killing.

When Song Tao arrived at the south bank of the Tumen River. The sky was already full of blood, and even the Tumen River was dyed red. When Han Guang saw Song Tao, he complained: "These two Tartars are too ruthless, even a few years old children are not spared." ”

Song Tao walked all the way, and he also saw a tragic scene everywhere, and his heart was also panicked. He couldn't help but recall Li Ming's words, these natives must be released in the future, and let these things harm others.

He did not rebuke the indigenous militia, but only strictly ordered all people not to kill innocents indiscriminately. The vengeance of the indigenous militias has been avenged. The next action is to seize the south bank of the Tumen River and leave not a grain of grain for North Korea.

The entire county of Wencheng was caught off guard by a surprise attack by the indigenous militia. Thousands of indigenous militias mobilized in the Far East, as well as thousands of natives from nearby villages, swept through the southern banks of the Tumen River. A large number of North Koreans were bundled into a city and sent to the north bank of the Tumen River, where countless grains and other supplies were piled up.

Just when Song Tao swept Wencheng County. Li Ming led the company's engineering team to build woodcarving flutes for these villages in the mountains. More than a dozen newly annexed indigenous villages. At least more than 1,000 rooms are needed, and the process is very urgent.

Fortunately, the natives of each village, regardless of men, women and children, will follow them and take care of all the heavy work. After all, this is to build a new home for them, and the whole indigenous village is very lively. It's like it's a holiday.

It is already late autumn, and the engineering team must finish the construction of all the woodcut flutes before the winter, and the amount of work is still very large. The conditions for the construction of woodcarved flutes in the mountains naturally cannot be compared with those of Vladivostok, and can only be compensated by a large number of people.

Li Ming knew that time was urgent. I had to ask for help from the natives of the surrounding villages, hoping that they could send some people to help the new natives build the woodcarved flutes for winter.

The surrounding villages heard Li Ming's call, and each village sent a large number of people to participate in the construction of the new village. Thanks to everyone's efforts, the construction of the new village has accelerated dramatically.

Li Ming mobilized a large number of militia to cross the river to take revenge for the sake of a few ordinary natives, so that the newly annexed tribes had a sense of belonging to the Far East. They now consider themselves part of the Far East, and take it for granted that they can help the newly annexed villages.

Woodcarved trees have risen in the mountains to form new villages, which have made all the natives who have moved into their new homes overjoyed. From today onwards, they are part of the Far East.

In the vast mountains of the outer northeast, there are treasures everywhere. There are deer, roe deer, wild boar, brown bear, sable, lynx, arctic fox, flying dragon, gray squirrel, stick chicken, snow hare and countless other rare birds and animals, and large and small rivers flow with fish such as sturgeon, fine scale, crucian carp, sturgeon, eel, catfish and so on.

There are also hazel mushrooms, yuan mushrooms, winter mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, flower mushrooms, lion's mane mushrooms, black fungus, pine nuts, hazelnuts, mountain grapes, blue indigo fruits, mountain red, mountain pears, honey, pecans, forest frogs, wild hawthorns, mountain wild vegetables, forest frogs and other mountain goods.

There are also a variety of pure natural wild herbs in the mountains, including wild ginseng, licorice, codonopsis, skullcap, astragalus, parsnip, bupleurum, gentian, northern bean root, schisandra, unicorn, aracea, cimicifuga, epimedium weed, ephedra and so on There are nearly 100 kinds, in addition, there are sika deer antler, deer whip, deer tendon, deer placenta paste, tiger bone, bear bile, forest frog oil, snake gall, musk and other animal medicinal materials.

The people living in this land, if there is no harsh exploitation, as long as they can afford to pay the hardship, can live a good life. The newly annexed natives, even if they only rely on going into the mountains to collect herbs and mountain goods, can exchange various production and living materials from the Far Eastern Company to meet their daily needs. (My novel "Far East 1628" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)

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