The business that was originally going to make a lot of money ended up like this, a million marks was less than half a million taels of silver, and there was nothing else. Damn, Yang Rui said to Leo boredly: "Leo, do you say this radio is worth fifteen million marks?" ”

Leo said: "In my opinion, I am willing to give a tenth of the military budget in exchange for it." It is too important for the war, without which it transmits intelligence and orders, and many victories are impossible for us to achieve. Yang, don't think about this troublesome thing, we are about to go to war again, the Japanese soldiers have been active very frequently these days, and it is estimated that there will be another big war soon. ”

"Hmm. When will they start? Yang Rui asked, because of the butterfly effect, he had difficulty grasping the time of some things.

"The results of the staff analysis are before the snow melts, that is, at the end of this month." Leo said, "The dense rivers in southern Liaoning, especially the Hunhe River, are the biggest obstacle between the two fronts, and if the Japanese want to attack, they must do so before the rivers thaw." Once the ice on the river surface thaws, it is difficult to build a pontoon bridge because of the flowing ice on the river surface, so the attack can only be delayed until May, although the pontoon bridge can be built in May and June, but there should be a rainy season at that time, and it is impossible to attack when the river is surging. So we concluded that the Japanese would attack by April. ”

I have to say that the analysis of the General Staff is very reasonable, it is already March 17th, the weather is warmer than before, although the snow will still fall, but if it is sunny for several days, then when the wind blows, there will be a large area of yellow dust, Yang Rui does not know where the dust comes from, but there is dust It means that there is no snow in the place, and it seems that the winter is really about to pass.

At this time, both Japan and Russia were trying their best to replenish their troops and materials, and the Japanese side had already transferred all its domestic reserves under the age of 50 to Manchuria after half a month's replenishment, so that its total strength finally exceeded 200,000. Up to 210,000. It's just that many divisions and regiments of the Japanese army have been disabled, and many units, such as the Seventh Division, have been rebuilt at all, and most of the officers and soldiers in them have been replenished by reserves, and their combat effectiveness has declined greatly. However, the Russian commander-in-chief, General Kuropaquint, had no idea about this, and he even regarded the Japanese Third Army, which had only 20,000 men, as 100,000, and constantly worried about which direction these 100,000 troops would attack from. And the power in his hands, after overcoming the bombed Songhua River bridge at any cost, the number of Russian troops rose to 260,000, of course, this number does not include the Independence Army. Although there is a record of annihilating nearly one division of the Japanese army. However, in his telegram to St. Petersburg, Kuropagent wrote the results of the battle according to the number of the Japanese - only a small part of the 8th Brigade was encircled and annihilated.

Yang Rui is not interested in the neglect of the Russian army, he doesn't want to simply go to the front line and fight to the death with the Japanese army, it is a pure war of attrition, and his biggest hope for the Battle of Mukden is that he can get more things when the Russian army collapses. Then safely retreat to Tieling or Siping, for this. He constantly communicated with the old Zhang family, buying horses and mules in Inner Mongolia. The number of independent army livestock soared from more than 5,000 to more than 8,000 for a while, and the daily feed required made Zhu Luhe, who was in charge of logistics, scratch his head.

The decisive battle was imminent, and both Japan and Russia were making full preparations, but the soldiers were recuperating and doing nothing, especially the beards of the 2nd Division. He was even more complaining about the military orders of the headquarters, and according to the regulations of the headquarters, only 200 entry permits were issued every day, and more than 20,000 troops were issued. It takes ten days for each round to be one, which is too difficult for the soldiers to wait, and after the big war, they are lucky to survive, and they are sorry for themselves if they don't spend all the military salaries in their pockets and vent well. The first division was strictly disciplined, and the soldiers were all from wooden handles, many of whom had families, and in order to save money, they only relied on smoking and drinking in the army to vent, while the second division was very chaotic under the management of Russian officers, especially the fifth and sixth regiments that had been on the battlefield, and the camp was full of smoke and miasma.

Faced with this situation, Yang Rui had to double the quota for entering the city, and then overhauled the fortifications outside Zhangyi City. With such a two-pronged approach, the turmoil of the soldiers is a little better, but the daily tavern prostitutes in the city. When Li Erhu was born as a gunner and was decisive, when the gendarmes were too busy, he also asked the troops to help, and after arresting hundreds of soldiers who did not abide by military discipline, the soldiers who entered the city were separated.

Because of the prosperity brought by the consumption of soldiers, the boss of Yixiangyuan broke his head and smiled for a few days, but he couldn't be happy in two days, because he only had a dozen kiln sisters under him, hundreds of soldiers every day, and he couldn't take it at all. At a glance, the eyes of those big-headed soldiers were about to fall, and the price of thirty taels was not expensive at all.

The news of the handsome sisters in the city reached the barracks within a few days, and those who had tasted the taste of the camp went back to preach everywhere how coquettish and smart those sisters were, and the men in the camp were suddenly very anxious, and the price of the camp permit was once again speculated. Compared with the second division, the control of the first division is more strict, although prostitution is not allowed under Yang Rui's strict order, but the soldiers who have been on the battlefield are completely different from the soldiers in the training camp, these people who have experienced death need to vent, after several vicious incidents in a row, the political department made some adjustments, first of all, to help the soldiers take the women of the family over, and asked the immigration department to accept more women who fled the famine; And then there are the prostitutes who served the wooden handles before. women manage and do a good job of disease prevention and espionage; In the end, let the commissar start to go down the company, of course, because the number of commissars is not enough, only a small number of companies have it. The three-pronged form was much better, especially the promise of the troops to find wives for the soldiers next year, so that their restlessness calmed down.

At the time of lunch, Tao Changgui deliberately pulled his deputy to eat together, and the stone was very repulsive to him for such affection, because according to the previous law, Tao Changgui had to arrange for himself to do something.

"Uncle, what are you doing? If you have something to say, you can't eat so closely," the stone was tired of him, so he had no choice but to ask.

"Hehe......" Tao Changgui was embarrassed by him, but, "It's nothing." It is...... Hehe, stone, are you out of camp tomorrow? What to buy? ”

"Well, when Ming'er goes out of the camp, I will go shopping and want to buy books. Uncle, say whatever you want me to bring. You can't bring anything else except tobacco. ”

"Smoke?! What can I do? I don't touch anything and smoke. Stone, you buy books, what books do you buy, can I buy them for you? ”

"You bought it for me?"

"yes. I'll buy it, and I'll give it to you for free. As long as you give me the camp permit, I will buy it for you. Tao Changgui finally said his request, and he looked at the stone expectantly.

I was also surprised to hear Tao Changgui's request for a stone, "Uncle." You weren't ...... the day before yesterday Oh, I know. You're going to find Sister Yao. ”

"Nonsense. What do children know? The hair hasn't even grown. His plan was broken by him, Tao Changgui pulled him nervously, and wanted to close his mouth.

"Hmph, I know how good you are, you went out of the camp last time, right? No wonder there is a smell of girls on your body, and you are not afraid of being caught by red cloth. ”

"Adults and children don't care. Just ask you. Will you give me the camp permit? ……”

It took a lot of effort for Tao Changgui to finally get the camp permit from Shishi, but in the end, Shishi didn't ask him to buy books, let alone his money. This little cub has a lot of strange eyes. It is more difficult to repay the favor than the money, Tao Changgui muttered, he left the camp early the next morning, and he didn't want to waste the six hours on the camp card.

Tao Changgui entered the city after he arrived at the gate of Yixiang Courtyard, seeing that there were no gendarmes everywhere, he hurriedly erected his collar and shrunk his neck and walked into the guest hall, before he thought he was early, and when he went in, he saw that it was full of soldiers of the second division, and he was thinking about when it would be his turn, when he saw a big teapot look at him, his eyes deliberately stayed on the pair of shiny leather boots that were often wiped on his feet for a while, and then greeted him with a smile, "This lord, please here, please ...... here."

Tao Changgui was a little strange for a while, how could the people in the room pick on themselves, could it be that the corner of his eyes swept to his epaulettes - he was just promoted to a second lieutenant and deputy platoon - no, there were also lieutenants and even colonels among the soldiers who were waiting. Although he thought so in his heart, Tao Changgui still followed the big teapot into the back hall, and after a few turns, he was sent into a room.

Tao Changgui, who entered the house, suddenly regretted a little, this place was not the big kang he was familiar with at all, but the boudoir of the big girl, the furnishings everywhere in the house were all exquisite, and the decorations were all luxurious, that is, the brazier with charcoal fire was full of the style of a big family, coupled with the warm fragrance floating in the air, it really made the pores of the whole body feel as comfortable as eating ginseng fruit, but the sensory pleasure did not make Tao Changgui lose his mind, and the first reaction in his mind was not the wrong place for the big teapot, The second reaction is how much money does this sleep cost.

Just when Tao Changgui was anxious to escape, a handsome man in an emerald green shirt walked out of nowhere, and then lightly blessed him, and then said crisply: "Master Wanfu." Then he came up and took off his military coat. In a trance, Tao Changgui only felt that there was a person who looked like a fairy floating over, and he felt that the military coat had been taken off in the fragrant breeze, and when he was about to ask the price, a soft and fragrant little hand pulled him to the carved bed in the room......

At the beginning of the cloud and rain, Tao Changgui felt like he was in a dream, he didn't care about any silver money or not, and the comfort of this moment made him feel that the previous days were in vain. Hugging the white and tender person on his chest, Tao Changgui didn't want to get up anymore, according to the rules in the kiln, you have to get up after the good things are done, so as not to delay the business below, but ...... Tao Changgui was entangled, but he didn't know that the beauty in his arms had lit the cigarette gun by the bedside, and after a few puffs, he was going to stuff it in his mouth for him to suck, and the beauty's behavior made him frightened, but he knew how the army punished those who smoked big cigarettes - not to open the revolution, but to tie it up and close the number, and then let the rest of the people visit when the smoking addiction occurred, and when they saw those people looking like ghosts, everyone was terrified.

"I don't smoke! I don't smoke! You can't smoke this. Tao Changgui cried out in horror.

The beauty didn't listen to him, and was about to cross into his mouth with a puff of cigarette, but Tao Changgui didn't answer. He didn't kill the beauty, but the beauty was about to get angry, and he was about to get up and leave in an awkward atmosphere, but he was pulled by the beauty's hand, and then sobbed in an instant. "The slave family just wants the master to relieve his fatigue. But he is so fierce to the slave family......"

Tao Changgui, who had only slept in the big kang head and spicy kiln sister in his life, had seen the methods of attacking people in the Qinglou, and he didn't dare to move in a hurry, looking at the crying people to persuade them is not not to persuade them, and finally he stiffly hugged the crying people and said: "I am not lacking, I am not lacking, and I am in spirit." This...... The regulations in the army are strict, and big smoke cannot be touched. ”

Seeing that Tao Changgui would pity herself, the beauty suddenly burst into tears and laughed, and said coquettishly: "Since the master is not sleepy, let's tell the slave family about the affairs of the army." The slave family likes heroes the most in his life. As soon as I saw the lord today, I knew that the lord must be a good man. ”

Tao Changgui's admiration made Tao Changgui very proud, and he was telling Meiren'er about various things in the army all morning, and when it was time to return to the camp at noon, he reluctantly got up and went out. When I went out the door, I was blown by the cold wind. He had just recovered from the gentle township, but he was almost hit by a military horse on the road in a trance. Tao Changgui was about to scold. When he looked up, he saw a major general's uniform, and he broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly stood up and saluted. Seeing Tao Changgui saluting, the major general also returned a military salute casually, and then rode away on horseback. When he walked away, Tao Changgui remembered that this major general should be Zhang Zongchang, the commander of the second division. He patted his head and called it lucky, if it was Lei Yizhen just now, then he would have good fruit to eat.

It is indeed not easy for Zhang Zongchang to get from a Kanto guest to today's position, in addition to luck, the intelligence of others is also an important reason. It has always been his principle to gather his subordinates with righteousness and please his boss with good manners. For example, now, although there is the intervention of Russian Maozi, Yang Rui's orders may not be able to carry out the orders of the second division unhindered, but under the prestige of the first division, Zhang Zongchang still takes Yang Rui's military orders very seriously, and his subordinates have given him a lot of exit permits, which he has no use, and he only goes out of the camp once every four days, and even if the brothers who sit down are dissatisfied with Yang Rui's military orders, he will carefully advise. He had seen how the First Division fought, and when he saw their ability to fight the Japanese in chopping vegetables and melons and fighting with white knives, Lao Zhang was very convinced. He had long thought about the way out after the Russo-Japanese War, and before that, he also wanted to use the money he earned to take out the old mother of the family after the war, and then find a place to live his old life, but the war some time ago gave him another kind of enlightenment, that is, the life of the horse and the horse leather shroud, so that this life is not in vain. It's just that he doesn't know what the Independence Army will do if the Russo-Japanese War is over? Is it to recruit an or to go into the mountains to make a beard? Zhao'an is okay, if he is a beard, he thinks it is better to be a rich man. It depends on how the big boss chooses.

The choice of the official army and the beard has been thinking about Zhang Zongchang for a long time, but these thoughts will disappear without a trace as long as he arrives at the casino, he is now sitting in the largest casino in Zhangyi City to push Pai Gow, and the casino is popular, shouting five and drinking six. This time he bet on a Peugeot beauty, born with a jade face and red lips, thin eyebrows and apricot eyes, it is already very tempting to have such a beauty in the smoky casino, but it doesn't seem to be enough, but this little girl's skin jacket is taken off, wrapped in a close-fitting emerald green shirt, it seems that she can see her slender waist and the fullness of her chest, and the gamblers at the table are swallowing saliva. The flower was seductive, but it was a thorny flower, and the pistol handle and saber peeking out of her waist alone made everyone dare not act rashly.

Unlike the pervert around him, Zhang Zongchang's mind is on a pair of plum blossoms in his hand, and he has been gambling for a while, he is lucky today, winning and losing several handfuls, and finally the money he brought is lost to the beauty on the opposite side.

When Zhang Zongchang turned out the plum blossoms, he saw the little girl on the opposite side smiling, and the jade hand showed a pair of cards, and the brothers watching the game next to him were all deflated, and there was a long sigh in the smile of the little lady, "Spicy, evil!" ”

Zhang Zongchang saw that the little lady's pair of card hearts were like falling into the ice hole, mother, five thousand official posts were lost, he felt out a cigarette trembling and lit it under the service of the soldiers, took a long breath to settle his mind, looked at the smiling face of the woman opposite, Zhang Zongchang took a puff of cigarettes and said, "Go, take all the money in the box in my room, Lao Tzu doesn't believe that he can't win today!" Spicy handle. ”

The soldiers were thinking about how to persuade the division commander to go back, and now when they heard that Zhang Zongchang actually wanted to gamble, his face suddenly became embarrassed, "Marshal, are you still gambling?" Let's go back to camp, it's almost time to go back to camp......"

It's really a pot to mention which pot, as if it was deliberate, and the little lady on the other side said delicately: "Yo, handsome, I can't win anyway, I still won't play today, will I come back tomorrow." My little Jin Fengxing doesn't change his name, he doesn't change his surname, and the handsome man is still afraid that I won't be able to run away? Although Xiao Jinfeng was dressed strongly, she was very charming when she spoke, especially the commotion in her voice, which hooked the souls of many gamblers in the blink of an eye.

Zhang Zongchang was not seduced by him, but he lost his red eyes, especially in the face of the provocative eyes of the little girl, he couldn't wait to win the whole her, and then ravage her. Listening to her words at this time, Zhang Zongchang said angrily to his own soldiers, "Spicy one, don't go quickly, be careful of your skin." When the soldiers saw that the commander was angry, they fled back to the camp to get the money. (To be continued......)