Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 538 The Outer Mongolian Campaign launched in advance

It was already afternoon when Lin Ruoyu and his daughter arrived at the west gate of Hunchun City.

The carriage carrying passengers stopped at the gate of the city, and the coachman yelled for everyone to get off.The passenger carriage from Ningguta to Hunchun runs every two days, running in both directions.

Yongba pointed to a wooden house on the left side of the city gate and said, "Master Lin, you and Miss Lin have to go there first to apply for a temporary identity card."

Lin Ruoyu nodded slightly, he had already heard what Yongba said on the way here.There are many rules in Beihai Town, there is no temporary ID card, not to mention renting a house, even the inn is not allowed to live; moreover, silver and money cannot be used, and they must be exchanged into Beihai Yuan at the Beihai Trading Company.

In addition, there are many rules that are confusing.The most incomprehensible thing is that no one can defecate and dump garbage on the streets and roads at will, and spitting is not allowed. If caught, they will be fined two taels of silver. Lin Ruoyu's father and daughter smacked their tongues and said to themselves Could it be that the land in Beihai Town is paved with gold?

Lin Ruoyu is no stranger to identity cards; Li Chao has been implementing the identity plate system intermittently, and it has been revived and abolished repeatedly.Since Li Yu succeeded to the throne, the number plate system has been restored, and the government requires men over the age of 15 to wear a number plate containing specific personal identification information.Those who do not have real property are not allowed to move; those who undertake military service cannot hide;

But when he saw the clothes and hairstyles of the Beihai soldiers, he couldn't help showing a trace of contempt on his face.Hufu and hair, how decent!

"Name?"

"Lin Ruoyu."

"Where did it come from?"

Lin Ruoyu remembered Yongba's instructions, and didn't dare to say that it was Huining, so he said, "Xunzhencheng."

"age?"

"He was born on Geng Yin's day in Bing Zi month in the year of Xin Chou."

The soldier in charge of the registration was taken aback for a while, but then he quickly dialed the abacus a few times, and then wrote "Xuanyuan born in 4437."

Lin Ruoyu felt very strange and asked, "What kind of calendar is this?"

"The Year of the Yellow Emperor."

ah? !Lin Ruoyu was stunned, feeling that the Zhao Wang in Beihai Town had great ambitions.

However, what surprised Lin Ruoyu even more was that the Beihai soldier who wrote the registration opposite had written neatly from the beginning to the present, without even a single typo.It's just that the way the other party holds the pen is really strange, and the pen is also very strange, and it doesn't need to be dipped in ink. He, who claims to be well-informed, is secretly surprised.

What puzzled Lin Ruoyu the most was, since this soldier can read and write, what can he do?Even if you don't pass the exam, it's good to go to a shop and be a bookkeeper who writes and calculates. Why bother to be a killer?

This is the next sentence of the soldier in charge of registration, which immediately stopped Lin Ruoyu's wild thoughts: "Occupation."

"Uh, teacher."

Who would have thought that the soldier's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said to Lin Ruoyu with a smile on his face, "Mr. Teacher?"

"Exactly."

"Ah! How good is the teacher! Our lords often say that the teacher is a gardener. This, this... the spring silkworms will die when the silkworms die, and the wax torch will turn into ashes and tears will dry. It's amazing!"

A soldier next to him said, "Mr. Lin, the government schools in the city are now recruiting teachers, and the salary is good. Are you interested?"

"Huh~~~" Not to mention Lin Ruoyu, even Sanyue behind her not only widened her eyes, but looked sideways at the soldier.I really didn't expect an ordinary soldier to be able to speak well, which made the father and daughter feel bad about Beihai town.

But the next second.
When Lin Ruoyu stood in front of a blue cloth with a height mark according to the instructions of the soldiers on duty, and took the first photo of himself in his 50-year life, and was shaken by the flash, the old man was shocked immediately .

When it was Lin Sanyue's turn to register, the little girl lowered her head shyly and did not dare to lift it up, especially when taking pictures.

"Girl, please take off the clothes on your head."

"Girl, please raise your head, you always keep your head down, I can't take pictures of anything."

Sanyue hesitated for a moment, saw his father nodding slightly, then blushed and took off the clothes covering his head.With black hair like clouds and a beautiful face, several Beihai soldiers secretly clicked their tongues.

Although Lin Ruoyu raised his heart in his throat, none of these soldiers from the Beihai Navy spoke out to tease them, nor did they do anything wrong.What he didn't know was that the Beihai Navy had extremely strict discipline in this area; during the war, molesting women and damaging the image of soldiers would be punished with a three-year prison sentence at the beginning, and even severe cases would be shot.

However, it is precisely because of this that the Northern Navy, which has committed no crimes against the local people, has won the support of the people in the outer and northeastern borders; you must know that this is an era where "bandits are like combs, soldiers are like shavings, and officials are like shaving". I've lived my whole life and never seen, let alone heard of, an army that Qiu Wu committed.

Half an hour later, the father and daughter of the Lin family finally got a temporary ID card with a transparent plastic casing. The one-inch photo on the top was eye-catching, and there were a few lines of personal information and codes on the bottom; the exquisite workmanship and ingenious intentions made Lin Ruoyu Shocked.

With their identity certificates, the Lin family, with the help of Yongba, went through the accommodation procedures at an inn outside Hunchun City and rented two rooms.The proprietress who was in charge of the reception knew that the father and daughter of the Lin family were not ordinary people when they saw how they were dressed, and her eyes would look at Sanyue from time to time.

"Who are they?" The proprietress pretended to ask Yong Ba casually.

"It's two shifts."

"What are the two classes?"

Yongba didn't know how to explain it in Chinese, so he held back for a long time before saying, "That's right, just like a banner man, a rich man."

"Oh~~~" Bannerman's proprietress then smiled at Lin Ruoyu and Sanyue, as a greeting.

After entering the guest room and washing up, Lin Ruoyu finally felt at ease. He recalled what the Beihai soldier said before, and planned to go to the city to learn from officials in the morning. If he could stay as an instructor, he would temporarily stay in Hunchun City stay for a while.At the very least, the earl general of the Qing Dynasty would definitely not dare to come to the territory of Beihai Town to act wildly.

In late June, as several Canton ships ordered by Deng Fei from Siam arrived in Hoi An one after another, He Xiwen, who was appointed as a lieutenant colonel of the navy, took [-] men who surrendered with him and headed northward in the summer southwest monsoon until Ben Ryukyu.

In order to strengthen their armaments, Deng Fei distributed fifty revolvers to He Xiwen's troops, and allocated two 75mm guns from the Beihai No. [-], and sent a company of soldiers from the Marine Battalion to accompany them.

The order He Xiwen got from Deng Fei was that all the influence of the Shimadzu family in Ryukyu must be eradicated; he understood this by heart, and knew that another important meaning of the other party's words was to eradicate the roots.

Right now, Deng Fei, Wang Yuanfang and Hong Tao have been completely entangled in Batavia's affairs and have no time to separate themselves.The land defense of the entire Bacheng is maintained by [-] special warfare battalions and [-] Chinese recruits transferred from Hoi An, and the situation is also fraught with danger.

After the Battle of Batavia, the Dutch reluctantly signed the surrender agreement under the threat of the ferocious combat power of the Marine Battalion and the Thor and the No. [-] sailing ship outside the port.

According to the fifth agreement agreed by the two parties, all Dutch and German residents in Bacheng must leave by boat within three days, and they can go wherever they want, but they are not allowed to return to Bacheng within ten years.

Despite protests from the Governor of Altyn and other members of the Council, they finally agreed after another strangulation of Dutch soldiers by the Special Operations Battalion.

Because of the limited space on the ships, the Dutch who left could only bring a small amount of belongings; as for those Dutch who did not want to leave Bacheng, Wang Yuanfang was not polite this time. He ordered the soldiers to drive them out of their homes and Wuhuada was escorted to the port and boarded the ship.If it weren't for the fact that 50 years had passed since the Hongxi tragedy, and the average life expectancy of the Dutch in Bacheng was no more than 60 years old, Wang Yuanfang really didn't mind shooting the Dutch in a group.

In the month after the Dutch left, except for the dozens of poor Chinese laborers who joined the Northern Navy headed by Jiang Asheng, most of the Chinese businessmen in the Tang Dynasty outside the city were extremely indifferent to the arrival of the Northern Navy.

They believe that these short hairs have destroyed local commerce, and they are most worried that the departure of the Dutch will affect the local sugar trade.Some Chinese businessmen even planned to follow in the footsteps of the Dutch and go to Banten, the stronghold of VOC in Central Java. For this reason, they did not hesitate to sell the sugarcane plantations that had been in operation for many years.

Regarding this situation, Deng Fei kept his composure, and secretly assigned Jiang Asheng to come forward to contact the Chinese businessmen, so as to swallow up the two plantations at a low price.

The reason for this is that he received an order from Zhao Xin to acquire a large amount of land in Bacheng and plan to start planting rubber in March next year.Sugar is a fart, rubber is an indispensable strategic resource for industrialized countries!

Compared with Deng Fei's playful and Wang Yuanfang's ruthless, Doctor Hong Taohong's reputation in Bacheng has gradually improved. The 15-member medical team he led has already caused a sensation in the Tang Dynasty.

Nothing else, both the Chinese and the local aborigines outside the city now know that among the short-haired masters of the North Navy, there is a "Saihua Tuo" in a white coat and a cloak. It can be changed to a pack of small white pills, which is more effective than expensive cinchona cream.

Don’t think that locals are free from malaria. In Southeast Asia these days, no matter whether they are Westerners, Chinese, or local aborigines, the average life expectancy is less than 50 years old. Plasmodium infection is the biggest killer.

In fact, before the French extracted quinine from cinchona bark in the 20s, the cure rate of cinchona cream was not very high.Moreover, due to the low output and high price, ordinary people can't afford it at all.Even if Fu Kang'an's father, Fu Heng, was seriously ill due to malaria contracted in Burma, it would be useless for Qianlong to send people all the way to send Cinchona cream.

Just for fun, many of us have had tonic water, a carbonated drink with a slightly bitter taste, the bitterness of which is due to the addition of a small amount of quinine.But you'd better not expect to treat malaria by drinking drinks containing quinine. To achieve the therapeutic dose of quinine, you need to drink at least about 10 liters of tonic water.

In the cool night breeze, Hong Tao, who was eating in the garden of the Governor's Mansion, took a big sip of the iced gin and tonic and nodded with satisfaction.

The wine was brought over from the Thunder God, as were the ice cubes. Being able to drink a glass of iced drink in the tropics at the end of the eighteenth century is definitely the ultimate enjoyment in life, and even Qianlong can't compare it.

But the only thing that makes Hong Tao feel uncomfortable is that the Chinese woman serving him is really ugly, with dark skin, no matter in appearance or figure, it is far worse than the beautiful lady Ruan Fuying gave to Deng Fei. I knew that I was in Annan However, he immediately thought of Director Liu's appearance when his brows were upside down, and he shuddered.

Deng Fei, who was shoveling seafood barbecue into his mouth, said, "What's the matter? Have you caught a cold? Doctor Hong, you have to pay attention to your body. Right now, the stability of people's hearts depends on you."

Hong Tao didn't want to discuss the issue of "a few people have a disease" with the other party, so he decided to concentrate on dealing with the salt-roasted prawns in front of him.Ten minutes later, Wang Yuanfang, who had been busy all day, also joined in, chatting while eating.After a while, the topic of the three turned to the upcoming battle of Outer Mongolia.

"Hey~~~ Big Liu is having fun this time. More than 1 troops, 2000 armored vehicles, and more than [-] cavalry, crossing the desert, and the sword is on the horse."

Hearing Wang Yuanfang's words, Deng Fei said, "Other things are easy to say, fifty armored vehicles are enough for him and Fan Tong to drink a pot!"

Wang Yuanfang was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a "hehe" smile.

Hong Tao was puzzled and said, "What are you two doing? Fifty armored vehicles aren't many? Why do you think Mr. Zhao is so stingy? He only gave you fifty. It's not enough!"

Deng Fei said: "Doctor Hong, have you ever driven a car? Any mechanical engine has a service life, and it is called a motorcycle hour on tanks and armored vehicles."

"Motorcycle hours? What do you mean?"

Deng Fei said: "I remember that Zhao Xin mentioned to me that the batch of BMP2 armored vehicles he obtained are almost all in stock. Although the design life is 25 to 30 years, they have actually been stored in the warehouse for at least 20 years."

"And then?" Hong Tao still didn't understand.

"Let's say that Zhao Xin has had an overhaul when he bought it, and there is no problem at all. But the BMP2 uses a UTD-20 six-cylinder diesel engine, and its motorcycle hours are only 1000 hours. Calculated at 45 kilometers per hour, it is 45000 for a full load. Kilometers. But if there is no maintenance, you can't run that far. Outer Mongolia is so big, it is definitely impossible to finish as fast as before."

"And then what?"

"I have been looking at the map for the past two days. The straight-line distance from Kulun to Uliasutai is 750 kilometers, and the straight-line distance from Kyakta to Kulun is 270 kilometers. This is 1020 kilometers. The actual route must be longer than that."

The more Hong Tao listened, the more confused he became. Wang Yuanfang interrupted: "Xiao Hong, what Deng Fei meant was that the service life and maintenance of the engine determine the use of the fifty armored vehicles. Zhao Xin will not follow this time. If Liu has prepared enough for maintenance and logistics, based on the road conditions in Outer Mongolia this year, I dare to conclude that at least one-third of his fifty armored vehicles will be lying in Kulun."

"Ah! So serious?" Hong Tao couldn't help opening his mouth wide, with a look of astonishment on his face.

In the North Navy's forward headquarters in Kyakhta, Fan Tongtong sent three telegrams every day, asking about the progress of the agricultural crew dispatched by the Ministry of Civil Affairs.At present, the 30-member mechanic team headed by Mosuke has passed Yaksa, and it is estimated that it will arrive in seven or eight days.

In fact, the date Zhao Xin chose for the attack was not good. Seeing that the autumn harvest in the Sanjiang Plain was coming soon, the civil affairs side had done their best to spare [-] people to support them.

Fan Tong has been busy for so many days, and he has deeply realized the importance of logistics to the armored forces. The recent frequent training alone has caused the tracks of a large number of armored vehicles to break, and the daily fuel consumption also makes him shudder.Fortunately, these are easy to solve, but if the engine fails, those armored soldiers in the Beihai Navy who can only drive but not repair will be blind.

However, if the number of armored vehicles is reduced, Fan Tong is really not reconciled. The speed of this thing is there, it is much faster than riding a horse!If he was really asked to ride a horse for eight hours a day, Fan Tong felt that he could knock himself apart, and after getting off the horse, he could do nothing but sleep.

Since Fan Tong arrived in Kyakta, he has always had a dream, that is Le Shi Yanran.The so-called Yanran Mountain is the name of the Han Dynasty, and now it is called Hangai Mountain, which is located in the southwest of Kulun.

It was already past eight o'clock in the evening, and Fan Tong was about to send someone to tell Polya that he might have to go back later, when Yu Jinshui, the staff officer in charge of intelligence, rushed in.

"Report to the chief, there is a change in the trading city!"

"what happened?"

"According to the news just sent back from the inside line, Wu Yi and Dai Peng received an urgent order from Songyun, Minister of Affairs of Kulun and Yunduan Dorji, an hour ago, to order all personnel in the trading city, whether it is the garrison or Jin Merchants must all evacuate within three days, and those who violate it will be punished as a crime of capitalism!"

Fan Tong was taken aback immediately, and asked, "What else?"

"Dai Peng asked Tian Tonghe to tell us that all Karen's arrows around Qiaktu will also withdraw southward, and he will have to send someone to notify them one by one tomorrow morning. In addition, according to what he learned from the messenger, Kulun's Qing army It is likely to withdraw as well!"

"Where are you going?"

"He doesn't know that either."

Fan Tong thumped in his heart. Although he was the second-in-command of the Eastern Front of the Northern Navy, he was only [-] years old and had never experienced a major war. He couldn't hold back, and blurted out: "It's broken! The news of our attack must have leaked out." , The Mongols are trying to escape! Send a report to the commander-in-chief immediately!"

Half an hour later, Liu Sheng saw the message.He pondered over the map for a long while before ordering someone to send a report to Zhao Xin.In the telegram, Liu Sheng relayed the news from Chakhtu, and suggested that the date of the army's attack should be advanced, and the [-] Mongolian cavalry in Kulun must not be allowed to flee westward.

In the middle of the night, Zhao Xin called back.In the telegram, he agreed to Liu Sheng's request, suggesting that the launch date of the attack be changed to before July 7th, but the specific time is up to Liu Sheng to decide.

After reading the telegram, Liu Sheng sent an order to the staff on duty, ordering the six regiments stationed south of Ulan-Ude to assemble urgently and enter a state of combat readiness. Tomorrow morning, the regiments will set off for Kyakta, [-] kilometers away.

Then, he sent a telegram to Fan Tong, ordering 2000 cavalry regiments stationed in the north of Qiaktu to seize the Lemogteyi Station 370 miles south of Maimai City before dawn the day after tomorrow, and prepare to attack Kulun We will cut off the route for the Kulun defenders to flee south, and we must not let the [-] Mongolian cavalry escape into Hang'ai Mountain!
(end of volume six)
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