Chapter 185: Dumb Loss
The sky gradually brightened, and the Northeast Security Army stepped on the first glimmer of the morning sun and entered their own camp. If it weren't for the fact that there were almost 30,000 prisoners in custody, Liu Hei would not believe that he could so easily take out half of the Russian Far Eastern Army.
"What about troop casualties?" Feng Delin came out of the big tent and asked. The captive he has seen. The number of captives was completely beyond Feng Delin's expectations. It also let him know that something was wrong, and he would definitely win. He now fears heavy casualties in the Northeast Military District. After all, the Northeast Military District is the northern gateway to the three eastern provinces, facing the main Russian power in the Far East. It can't be guarded without strong soldiers.
"Two thousand troops were killed, two thousand were seriously wounded, and three thousand were lightly wounded. In addition to prisoners, very few weapons and ammunition were seized, but quite a few military supplies such as food were seized. Liu Hei said helplessly. Who would have known that the enemy of more than 50,000 people on the opposite side turned out to be a paper tiger. Although there was no shortage of troops in the Far East, there were few guns, and many soldiers did not even have guns in their tents. The absence of firearms in a modern army is equivalent to the absence of teeth and claws in a tiger. It's not much of a threat at all. Of course, the ferocity of the Russians should not be underestimated, after all, the Caucasians and the yellow race have a natural physical advantage over each other.
"How so?" Feng Delin was shocked. Even if the Northeast Public Security Army has the advantage in numbers, it is a sneak attack, but the result should not be like this, you know, the Northeast Military Region dispatched 60,000 elites last night. And the Russians also have an army of 50,000. Looking at the military aura on those captives, they are definitely not impersonating ordinary people. But judging from the battle loss ratio of the Northeast Security Army and the captured enemy, this result is also too weird.
"I've asked these soldiers. It turned out that some time ago, the governor of Siberia reorganized the Far Eastern Army and found that the arsenal of the Far Eastern Army was almost sold out privately by the quartermaster. In the entire Far Eastern Army, even with the addition of old rifles, it is impossible to reach one manpower, and the latest Mosinagan rifle is less than one-tenth of the original. Later, the governor of Siberia gathered guns and ammunition and equipped them with the Mongol troops, and it was only paper tigers who came south to deter us. Liu Hei said with a smile. When the incident was discovered, the Governor of Siberia was furious and killed more than a dozen officials in charge of the quartermaster on the spot. Even so, the arms lost over the years cannot be recovered. The Governor of Siberia, Count Jeffrovsky, did not dare to report this matter to Moscow, which hurt his own face. In order to maintain his own face, he had to complete the tasks assigned by the tsar. Count Jeffrovsky accepted the advice of the intelligence officer Xu Zhiliang and concentrated most of the guns in the army and equipped them with the Mongolian dispatch army of the Far Eastern Army, while the other half of the troops had 50,000 soldiers, but the number of guns was less than 5,000. The latest rifles are available only in the officer convoy. This is also why when Liu Hei led the army to attack the camp, only near the commander's tent would there be fierce gunfire.
"Hey! I didn't expect that in just ten years, the Russian Far Eastern Army would decay to such an extent. Feng Delin said with some sighs. In the Russo-Japanese War more than 10 years ago, although the top echelons of the Far Eastern Army were extremely corrupt and their strategic and tactical command was in shambles, the middle and lower echelons of the Far Eastern Army were still very combat-effective. At that time, the Imperial Japanese Army, which was extremely well prepared, also dispatched 700,000 troops and more than 300,000 troops of Tsarist Russia into a stalemate battle, and finally barely defeated Russia with more than half of the losses.
"Hey, hey! The Russians are digging their own graves. If it weren't for the young marshal's order, I would have led my elite to continue northward this time, even if I couldn't completely annex Siberia, I would have to bite off a large piece of his territory! "Liu Hei originally had a fanaticism for expanding the territory from the bottom of his bones, and under the nationalist propaganda of the political commissar, he completely became a nationalist. Liu Hei, who knew Chinese history, knew that millions of square kilometers of land north of Heilongjiang were originally Chinese land, and he always thought about going north and snatching this land from the Russians. Usually, the Northeast Military Region is also concerned about exterminating the small stream of troops of Tsarist Russia, in addition to protecting the territory and the people, it can be regarded as constantly weakening the strength of Tsarist Russia and preparing for the northward movement in the future.
Unlike Feng Yong's grand strategic plan, Liu Hei's small plan only relied on an instinct, an instinct to restore China's territorial integrity.
"Yong'er has his own opinions, we just need to do what he says. Now that we have taken such a big advantage, the Russians will probably not give up. We should be ready in advance for a full-scale development with Russia. "Overall, Feng Delin's mood is still very good. After all, 30,000 Tsarist Russian prisoners were captured at once, plus thousands of light and seriously wounded people who were carried back, what a large amount of labor force, if it is sent to the Northeast, with these tall laborers, the infrastructure construction in the Northeast can be accelerated.
As soon as the railway network in the northeast is completed, the northeast security army will be able to mobilize troops in the entire three eastern provinces in the shortest possible time, and at that time, the three northeastern provinces will really be connected as a whole.
Changchun Marshal's Mansion.
"Commander. This is an urgent message from Tokyo, Japan. Jing Tong walked into Feng Yong's war room and gave him the latest information from the Assassination Headquarters.
Feng Yong was stunned, and then hurriedly took it, thinking about whether something big had happened again? In the past two days, he has been busy with the overall layout of the entire Northeast Security Army, and he lives in the war room every day. Although there was a small bed in the war room, Feng Yong would lie down for a while when he was extremely tired. After all, the military situation ahead is urgent, and there is no delay for a moment.
"Huh?" Feng Yong's brows couldn't help frowning.
Jing Tong's face was more worried, and the matter on the telegram this time was not big or small. If the young marshal really valued that woman, it was a matter more important than war, and if the few did not value her, they would be reprimanded for sending the telegram at this time.
"Got it!" Feng Yong put down the telegram, neither angry nor next instructions, but turned around and continued to look at the huge military map behind him, thinking about whether the grand strategy he wanted to achieve needed to be modified.
Jing Tong didn't dare to disturb and slowly retreated. As Feng Yong's confidant, he knew that Feng Yong meant to let him watch it. In other words, the young marshal doesn't value that woman very much. Although Feng Yong has always felt strong and sharp to outsiders, only Feng Yong's personal people know it. Feng Yong is an emotional person. The people he cares about, even if they are in danger, he will come to his rescue. But if it was someone he didn't care about, even if he knelt down in front of him, he wouldn't frown. Feng Yong values feelings but does not mean that he is soft-hearted, in his position, the most taboo is soft-heartedness.
Walking out of the war room, Jing Tong also made a decision in his heart, after all, it was a woman who had a relationship with the young marshal, even if the young marshal didn't care, but he didn't say that he didn't care, he couldn't pretend not to know. It seems that it is time to dispatch the forces of the Northeast to respond. But Jing Tong will never waste a chess piece in Japan for Han Xiangling, a brainless woman who has abandoned a young handsome, and they spent a lot of energy to bury in Japan.
"Our people will meet you overseas in Japan, and whether you can escape from Tokyo, Japan depends on your creation." Jing Tong looked at the direction of Japan and said faintly. In his heart, he is very optimistic about Han Xiangling. After all, according to his understanding, this Han Xiangling is not particularly outstanding except for being beautiful, and the current Beize family is not even qualified to be compared with the Feng family, if it weren't for their dead and dead not to return the dowry. I'm afraid that the Beize family has long been destroyed by those forces who want to curry favor with the Feng family. After all, there are definitely many people who want to find an opportunity to hug Feng Yong's thighs in the three eastern provinces.
Far East, Siberian Governor's Palace.
"It can't be!" Governor Jeffrovsky looked at the telegram in his hand with a look of disbelief. This was a telegram from the commander of the Far Eastern Army, Petreich, on the border of the Heilongjiang River. Jeffrovsky ordered Petroch to go south to the border of the Heilongjiang River, hoping to use the prestige of the Russian army to deter the troops in the northeast and prevent them from taking advantage of the fire to loot and invade the Siberian region. In Jefftrovsky's mind, even if the Northeast Security Army was strong, it would not dare to cross the border and invade the entire territory of Russia. You know, if the Northeast does this, it will be an invasion of the Russian Empire, which the Russian tsar cannot tolerate in any case.
But what he thought was impossible happened to him. This made Governor Jeffrovsky a little panicked at the same time as shocked. You must know that Vladivostok, where the current station is located, is the territory of the original China, and it is only 60 kilometers away from the northeast border defense line at most. If the Northeast really wants to send troops, you can fight here in less than a day. Now the security forces have suffered heavy losses. The first section of the Far Eastern Army was bombed because of the Trans-Siberian Railway, and the entire team was trapped in a small station near the railway, neither advancing nor retreating. And the rest of the Far Eastern Army was unexpectedly defeated by Feng Yong. According to Petreich's telegram, they now have less than 10,000 people left. And the people are panicked, afraid that the Northeast will attack again.
"Someone, find Mr. Xu." Jeffrovsky was a little confused. He thought of the resourceful yellow man. Although Jeff Trovsky looked down on the Chinese in his bones, thinking that they were ignorant and ignorant. But Governor Jeffrovsky did not resist using these people for his own ends. Anyway, with the powerful Russian Empire as the backing, what kind of storm can he make as a small yellow person.
Xu Zhiliang came to the study and saw the gloomy face of Governor Jeffrovsky, and sighed in his heart, could it be that something happened?
"Mr. Xu, please be seated!" Jefftrovsky put away the arrogance on his face, and greeted Xu Zhiliang very warmly, it turned out that when he was concentrating firearms, Xu Zhiliang suggested that the Far Eastern Army, which lacked weapons, should stay in Vladivostok, and then concentrate financial resources to buy arms and ammunition from foreign businessmen to equip the troops, anyway, he killed those corrupt quartermasters, and Jefftrovsky gained a lot of money. If this money is used to buy arms dealers, although it may not be possible to equip all the remaining troops, it is still no problem to equip them and improve their combat effectiveness.
It's a pity that he is humble and contemptuous. After seizing a large amount of property, the Doge's Office kicked him aside and ignored him. How could Xu Zhiliang, who saw the governor's greedy appearance, not know that the governor was greedy and wanted to keep all these belongings for himself. For the entire Siberian Governor's Palace, although he has now gained the trust of the Governor step by step and has certain power in his hands, he is not an ethnic Russian after all. There is an old Chinese saying: "If you are not of my race, your heart will be different." Mixed with Caucasians, although Feng Yong is very low-key, it is still easy to attract attention. So when the governor of Siberia kicked him away, he was also happy to be quiet. But now that the Governor has come to him, it seems that something has really happened.
"Mr. Governor, I don't think your face is very good, is something happening?" Although there was already speculation, Xu Zhiliang still asked.
"Hey! Regret should not have disobeyed the words of the gentleman, causing the Far Eastern Army to suffer huge losses in the south. This is a telegram from the Far Eastern Army going south, sir, please take a look. ”
"What? How did the Northeast know that our Far Eastern Army lacked weapons and ammunition? Is there a spy in this governor's palace? Xu Zhiliang said in surprise. He expected that something might be wrong with the Far Eastern Army. But I didn't expect the problem to be so serious, the Far Eastern Army going north lost four-fifths of its losses, and it can be said that the Far Eastern Army going north is finished.
"This needs to be thoroughly investigated first!" In fact, Governor Jeff also considered whether this matter was Xu Zhiliang's secret, but according to the information in his hands, Xu Zhiliang has always been in-depth and simple during this time. It's impossible to ventilate at all. So Governor Jeff excluded him.
"My lord, I watched the actions of the Northeast, and it seems that I don't want to make trouble. Otherwise they would not have had the slightest news after the victory. If the Northeast chooses to publicize this matter, I am afraid that in less than a day, the whole world will broadcast this event with front-page headlines. But now it's all right. It shows that the attack in the northeast is only for defense, and it wants to weaken the power of the empire by attacking the camp. It's just that I didn't expect that the crooked attack was right, and it happened to meet the weak strength of our Far Eastern Army, which caused such serious consequences. Xu Zhiliang analyzed.
"That makes sense, Mr. Xu, do you have any way to solve this matter?" Governor Jeff looked at Xu Zhiliang with hopeful eyes.
"The most important thing we should do at the moment is to block the news and then re-recruit soldiers in the Far East. In this way, even if there is any unfavorable situation in the future, our Far Eastern Army will be fully equipped, and we will not be afraid of anything at that time. The second method is to negotiate with Tohoku in secret, and redeem the captured soldiers through a deal, so that we don't have to go to great lengths to recruit soldiers. Xu Zhiliang knew that Governor Jeff did not want such a disgrace of the Russian Empire to be known. So Xu Zhiliang gave two conditions.
(To be continued)