Chapter 102 opens

The imperialist powers, despite their contradictions, on the whole, connived at the aggression of Japanese imperialism against China. China, as a neutral country, demanded that Japan and Germany limit the war to the territory of the Lend-Lease. However, the Japanese command ignored this request and carried out military operations far beyond the lend-leased territory. The Japanese attacked Qingdao not from the sea, which had been fortified by the Germans, but from the rear, through the fortified Jiaozhou area. The battle of Tsingtao between Japan and Germany was inevitable in every way.

Yuan Shikai also felt powerless about the arrogance of the Japanese, and the country's weakness could not be improved overnight. However, the connivance of the Japanese also made many common people and gentry very dissatisfied. Yuan Shikai himself knew that as the president, he couldn't defend the national territory, so he had to learn from the ostrich to stick his head into the soil.

What he did was not to see, not to listen, and to engage in the imperial system behind closed doors, probably thinking that Wang Maoru was about to set off, and had made many contributions to the imperial system in the past, so he ordered the War Department to promote Wang Maoru to the rank of major general of the army.

Wang Maoru went to Beijing to receive his military rank, returned to the Huairou station, and asked He Rufei to order the Makqin heavy machine gun in Tianjin, but learned that the European Central Bank had transferred all the supplies to China and could not get the Makqin machine gun. Only Japan's foreign companies have it, and the Japanese fever suddenly raised the price at this time, and the original 8,000 taels of Makqin heavy machinery was bought at this time for 12,000 taels. Wang Maoru asked He Rufei not to pay attention to the Japanese, and the Makqin water-cooled heavy machine gun was not suitable for use in the cold north, so he went to various foreign companies to raise Hatch Kaisi air-cooled heavy machine guns. Since the European continent was obviously more welcoming to water-cooled machine guns than air-cooled machine guns, the air-cooled heavy machine guns in China were not shipped back to Europe, and they were also cheaper than the 11th Defensive Reserve Brigade. At the same time, because of Wang Maoru's efforts, the Russians gave in and allowed the 11th Frontier Army Garrison Brigade to enter Hulunbuir, which gave the Beijing government a big face. Although Duan Qirui, the chief of the army, and Xu Shuzheng, the deputy commander, had a lot of problems with Wang Mao, it can be said that in the face of national righteousness, they never really pulled him back.

On August 15, 1914, the commander of the 11th Garrison Brigade of the Border Army, the acting escort envoy of Hulunbuir, Major General Wang Maoru announced in Huairou County that 3,400 soldiers and 500 people of the 11th Garrison Brigade of the Border Army would immediately set off to the north to go to Hulunbuir to expel the Hulunbuir Autonomous Government supported by the Kulun Government of Waili, recover the country, and return China.

The whole army is composed of three infantry battalions, one cavalry battalion, and the headquarters base camp, of which the headquarters is composed of more than 1,000 soldiers from six brigades, plus 500 people, the cavalry battalion is the vanguard and scout of the whole army, and the first infantry battalion is the last army to be opened.

The route of action of the army on this trip is to arrive at Luan County from Huairou County in Zhili Province, through Pinggu County, Ji County, Yutian County, Fengrun County, take a train to Shanhaiguan, take a short rest and rectification, take a train from Shanhaiguan to Shenyang City, Fengtian Province, and then go north to Jilin Cheng, Jilin Province, and then take a boat along the Songhua River to Harbin City, Jilin Province, take a train and then go north to Longjiang County, Heilongjiang Province, and after meeting with Zhu Qinglan, the governor of Heilongjiang Province, take a train to Gannan County. Since Gannan County bordered Hulunbuir, it was bound to encounter sniper attacks from the Kulun government army in Outer Mongolia, so it fought with the army of the autonomous government here, attacked Yalu County and Arong Banner, and then went north to recover Suolun Banner and Hulun City (now Hailar City).

The whole march started from Yuhuai County and arrived at Hulun City, which is expected to take a month, and if it is good, it can reach Hulun City before the harsh winter comes. Wang Maoru also asked He Rufei, the director of military affairs in Tianjin, to purchase four more Japanese-style 75-caliber Krupp field guns and 2,000 rounds of artillery shells to expand the army.

But in North China in August, after the great drought, it rained heavily, fortunately Wang Maoru's whole army wore raincoats and boots, marching unhurriedly, not too wolf-like. Along the way, He Rufei, the director of the General Affairs Division, and his subordinate Bai Baotian and others tried their best to ensure the supply of food, and Zhu Huailong, director of the Military Justice Division, sternly ordered the army not to loot. And Wang Maoru even ordered the 11th Garrison Brigade to have five military orders, one of which is not to take a stitch from the people, but as for stationing, it will inevitably disturb the people. After all, there was a marching force of 3,900 people, and how to rest and how to station was also a problem. The more you go back, the longer it gets, the colder it gets, and it's not a good place to live in the wild all the time. It was only because of the strict military law of the 11th Garrison Brigade of the Border Army that there was no rape, yin, abduction, or plunder, and after forcibly requisitioning private houses for accommodation, they were often given food and copper coins as compensation.

After all, the army of this era, if you want to do not disturb the people and do not loot, it is the army of benevolence and righteousness, and it has to be the army of the grandfather of the Northern Song Dynasty army god Yue Feiyue.

Pu Ji, who was in Beijing, probably thought that as a banner man, he should immediately fight the world, so he didn't care about Tianjin's affairs, and personally ran to Luan County with four artillery pieces to wait for the army, so he had to be a soldier.

Wang Maoru is very helpless about this sworn brother, Pu Ji can't endure hardships, and even the military training has only lasted for a week, except for finding out news and winning over relationships, he really has no strengths. Wang Maoru saw that he only cared about his own identity and really didn't want to stay in the army, so he appointed him as a lieutenant and adjutant of the adjutant office, and set up the Beijing office of the 11th Garrison Brigade, with him as the director.

Pu Ji learned that since he had become an officer and could stay in Beijing, he returned to Beijing in a hurry, and he couldn't even wait to say goodbye to Wang Maoru. He went to the most famous Jiqinghe tailor shop in Beijing, and made himself a bright blue Lisuo military uniform, wearing a big cap, the braid at the back of his head was also cut off, and a big cap on his head was very powerful. Because the weather was cold, I got a blue cloak again, and wore this back and forth every day, so it was not chic. Those ruffians in Beijing also expressed great envy when they saw his outfit.

When Puna learned that his younger brother had become an officer, he also begged Wang Maoru to let him join the army. Thinking that he helped him find the credit of the Zuo family sisters, it was difficult to repay the favor, Wang Maoru appointed Pu Na as the second lieutenant adjutant of the adjutant office, and served as the director of the Tianjin Office of the 11th Garrison Brigade, so that Pu Na went to Tianjin to develop, and also gave him a place to show off.

is made of].