Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 551 The Battle Book of the Qing Army

Not surprisingly, most of the more than 200 Mongolian arrows who crossed the river first became prisoners of the Northern Navy, except for a few who had the courage to escape.In fact, Mishran didn't want to catch them, he just ordered a platoon to go down the mountain and drive these guys away.Who knew that these Mongolian arrows had already been stunned by the previous shelling and the tragic scene on the other side, so after the dark green figure of the Beihai Navy appeared near the post station, all the two hundred Mongolians could do was kneel on the ground and chant sutras Kowtow, let Bei Haijun tie them up one by one.

Mishilang first ordered these captives to be locked up in the yard of the post station, and then notified Huji in the rear. Huji carefully understood the battle process, and he was a little nervous at first.He sent a platoon and two tracked vehicles to transfer all the prisoners to Bayanbulak, and deliver some supplies to Mishilang along the way.

After the remnants of the Qing army fled, it was still necessary to clean up the battlefield. At least the dead bodies had to be buried, otherwise the river would not be drinkable.Michelang asked the soldiers to collect some frightened horses that were running around, and brought them back to kill and eat meat; whether it was theirs or Huji's in the rear, the "Southern Detachment" these days were all compressed biscuits, dried meat and dehydrated vegetables. They're all about to vomit.

The corpses of people and horses and wounded soldiers were scattered on the narrow and long river bank of more than a mile on the west bank of the Tesi River, which was horrible.The 800 rounds of high-explosive bombs killed and injured more than [-] people in total. Due to the heavy smell of blood, the soldiers who were in charge of guarding or cleaning the battlefield covered their faces with towels.The soldiers in charge of digging and burying the pits vomited while working, not to mention horse meat, they might not even be able to eat dinner.

Those wounded soldiers struggling in a pool of blood let out hoarse groans from their throats, and when they saw the Beihai Navy, their eyes showed deep fear.The medical soldiers wearing red five-stars on a white background classified their injuries. The light ones were treated briefly, and the serious ones were rescued on the spot.Dozens of captives were picked from the post station, and they were asked to carry stretchers across the river and send all the wounded soldiers to the post station.

After the initial panic, the captives were very surprised that the North Navy would rescue their injured companions.The selected captives had no intention of resisting. Under the orders of several Buryat soldiers, they did whatever they said, but their eyes were a little dull.

The staff officer of the first battalion in charge of counting the results of the battle took a mobile phone that was issued, first recorded the video, and then snapped a dozen photos, while the soldiers searched through the corpses of men and horses, and finally put the The damaged deputy capital flag was brought back.Whether it is a photo or the enemy's flag is very important, this is the main basis for future statistics of military exploits.

The soldiers on the two hills didn't fire a single shot from the beginning to the end, so except for those who went down to clean up the battlefield, the others continued to work hard to expand the fortifications.

More than two hours later, the people sent by Huji arrived in the sidecar of the caterpillar.After handing over the supplies, the thirsty and hungry captives drank water, put their wounded companions into the cart, and then, under the escort of more than 30 northern navy soldiers, staggered towards Bayanbulak direction.

In this way, Mishilang was busy until it was dark. During this period, there seemed to be Qing army sentries in the dense forest several miles away, and there was no other movement.In order to guard against the sneak attack of the Qing army at night, Mishilang set up light and dark posts on the mountain and at the foot of the mountain.After nightfall, the bloody smell of killing during the day attracted a large number of nocturnal animals, and the howling of wolves could be heard from time to time in the wilderness, which made people feel dizzy.

In the early morning of the next day, as the first ray of sunlight shot out of the horizon and sprinkled on the grassland on the west bank of the Tesi River, a group of Qing army cavalry in bright armor suddenly appeared from the southwest.After hearing the news, Michelang put on his clothes and ran to the frontier observation post, and looked carefully through the artillery mirror.

The total number of these people is about 500, with ten people as a small team, all wearing iron helmets with black yaks hanging on their heads, white cloth neck guards and ear protectors, white cotton armor covered with copper nails, and chain mail inside; Wearing black boots, holding a three-foot-three-inch iron-bladed spear, and a bow and arrow in the bag on the saddle.

When these cavalry came to the location two miles west of Chahan Tuoluohai Post Station, they stopped and carefully observed the surrounding terrain. After about half an hour, half of the cavalry galloped towards the northwest.

In the field of view of the artillery mirror, the remaining 200 cavalry began to spread out on the grassland. The white nail armor on the cavalry made them look as if someone had painted a different line on the green field with a large brush. Too regular white lines.Afterwards, as the Xiaoqi school, the leader of each team, issued orders respectively, the whole "white line" broke again, and moved slowly towards the Tesi River section by section.

Mishilang on the battlefield knew that it was impossible for the Qing army to use such a small number of people to launch a suicide attack, so he asked the companies to notify that no one was allowed to shoot.

The horses of the Qing army were not fast, as if they were taking a stroll to enjoy the scenery.Suddenly, the leading general issued a series of shouts, and the sections of the "white line" began to accelerate.When the cavalry quickly charged forward for more than 200 meters, following the gesture of the leading general, the Qing cavalry reined in and stopped 50 meters away from the river bank.

Buzz~~! ! !

Although the North Navy had dug deep to bury the corpses yesterday and threw the remains of the horses away from the river bank, the blood of a large number of dead and wounded had seeped into the soil, attracting countless flies as a result.When these scavenging insects felt the vibration from the air, they flew into the air like a tornado.

The military attache of the Qing army who led the team drove away the flying insects in front of him with a whip, then jumped off the horse, took out a bow and an arrow from the bag, and then firmly tied an envelope to the shaft of the arrow.He walked to the river bank with a solemn expression, felt the direction of the wind, then raised the hard bow in his hand, and shot the arrow to the opposite bank.

Below the wide arrow of the feather arrow is a whistle made of bone with four holes, which is called "square whistle arrow" in the Qing army's standard weapons.A sharp whistling sound crossed the Tess River, shot to the gate of the post station and fell in the air.

Not long after, there was movement in the grass outside the station, and a Beihai soldier wearing a helmet and holding a rifle appeared. Hill ran over.His appearance startled the archery military officer. Seeing that there was a circle of weeds on the outside of the opponent's helmet, he thought he was a fucking thief!

After shooting an arrow, the military officer turned around and mounted his horse, and led his men back a hundred steps, as if to wait for Bei Haijun's reply.

More than ten minutes later, Mishilang got the letter, opened it and read it for a long time before he roughly figured out that it was a letter of war.

"The Medal of Honor for the Commander of the Beihai Army: My great emperor is holy tomorrow, deeply benevolent and generous, loving the people, resting and recuperating, the people are calm and prosperous, soft and far away from the barbarians, everything is invincible. Today, all the tribes in Khalkha are peaceful , the soldiers and the common people have their own affiliations, and the folk customs are simple and simple. However, you don’t think about being loyal to the emperor and patriotism, raising troops to cause chaos, and acting as soldiers to invade the land of my ancestors. Today, they brazenly invaded Khalkha for no reason. It is really unreasonable! Make tricks, provoke yourself, and the world will be clear. Occupy my Karen, kill my officers and soldiers, it is extremely unreasonable, and it is impossible to tolerate it again. My great emperor gathered a large army and summoned hundreds of thousands of Mongol elites to save the people. If you don't want to repent, you will strike head-on and wipe out all of you! Baoning, the left deputy general of the Dingbian of the Qing Dynasty, knows it!"

"Hehe, what you said is still a set, what the fuck is lorry!"

Although Mi Shilang is good at Mandarin and has learned a lot of Chinese characters, but he learned it under the almost modern education system in Beihai Town, and he doesn't understand the ancient people's literary stuff at all.Therefore, Baoning asked his staff to write this letter of war, which is purely winking for the blind.

After hearing Mi Shilang's words, the Second Battalion Commander Zhou Zhong on the side joked, "Your Excellency is right. Officials in the Manchu Qing Dynasty always don't speak human language well."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the headquarters laughed.The staff officer on the side said: "Those Qing troops haven't left yet, probably they want to wait for our reply."

"Reply?" Mi Shilang looked up and thought for a while, then sat down at the table, pulled a piece of white paper, and wrote a line of big characters on it with charcoal: "I advise you to surrender early, or you will lose your life! The Beihai Navy is going south." Detachment deputy captain Mi Shilang warns!"

Half an hour later, the same arrow book was shot by a Buryat soldier.The military attache of the Qing army who led the team took the letter and hurried away with his men.

At the same time, on the grassland thirty miles southwest of Chahan Tuoluohai Station, an army composed of tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry was like black ants moving forward, covering the entire field.They took each Zasak battalion head as a unit, and under the guidance of the banner of the headquarters, they moved forward slowly.In the middle of the marching team, dozens of Qing troops who were in charge of delivering orders were galloping back and forth on horseback.

When the vanguard of the Qing army arrived at a location twenty miles northwest of Chahan Tuoluohai Post Station, they stopped abruptly.Not long after that, with the sound of a dull and long conch horn, under the guidance of the galloping orderlies and the flags of each battalion, everyone stopped and began to set up camp.

Although the Qing army experienced a disastrous defeat yesterday, this loss was nothing to Baoning, who commanded an army of more than 2.The key is time and marching speed. More than 2 people consume an astronomical amount of food and grass every day. The main task of another counselor who is in charge of staying at Uliasutai and Tushetu Khan Chedendorji is to supervise the food and grass .Bao Ning knew very well that if his entire strategy was delayed by such a small number of enemies, even if he had a hundred heads, it would not be enough for Qianlong to cut him off.

When he saw Mishilan's reply, his face turned black with anger.Counselor Ailonga and others looked sullen.

"In the pond newspaper of the Ministry of War, it was mentioned that there is a "regiment, battalion, company and squad" in the Beihai Pirates, and the leading officers are also called "regiment commander, battalion commander" and other positions in turn, but who knows who the deputy detachment leader is? How big is the official? How many soldiers?"

Baoning's words made the Mongolian princes and Taijis present all confused, and even Eyidobdorji, who went to Qiaktu to negotiate in private, couldn't understand.

Ailonga thought for a while and said: "Marshal, this should be their new military position. According to the report from the previous outpost, there should be hundreds of people."

The military system of the Beihai Navy has been a headache for the Manchus over the years, because there is no reference and comparison at all, and it took several years to gradually grasp some of the situation.Now suddenly there is a structure called "detachment", what the hell is this?

The concept of "team" did not exist in the military system of the Qing court before the appearance of the Beiyang standing army; even if it appeared in official documents, it was only a quantitative adjective, no different from the "team" of a team of people.

"We have no time to procrastinate. The emperor's strategy is to let us fight Qiakta, cut off the back route of the northern pirates, and then attack from the north to the south. There are still more than 2000 miles to go from here. Even if we go fast, it will take more than 40 Genius will arrive!"

Baoning pondered for a moment, then suddenly slapped the edge of the wooden picture frame, as if he had made up his mind, he said sharply: "Whether he can support the detachment or not, just follow the strategy agreed by the previous army, and the Japanese soldiers will cross the river in three ways in the future." , the middle road feints to lure the enemy, the north and south roads cross the river from the upstream and downstream respectively, and go around behind the opponent to attack together!"

"Fubao!"

"The last general is here!" Fu Bao, the leader of the Mongolian left wing of the Zhengbai Banner and the general of the Chinese army, stood up after hearing the sound.

"You are from the Left Banner of the Central Left, you should be familiar with this area, right?"

"If you close your eyes, you will eventually find your way."

"Okay! I'll transfer fifty elite soldiers from the personal army to you. If we cross the river at night, we must find out the deployment of the Northern Pirates' troops."

"Marshal, it doesn't take fifty, I can bring twenty people! More people make more noise."

Bao Ning nodded approvingly and said: "If I find out, I will ask the emperor to give you credit!"

"Thank you, Marshal!" Fu Bao was overjoyed when he heard the words, and then knelt down on one knee to salute, a gleam of red light appeared on his swarthy cheeks blown by the wind.

At nightfall, under the leadership of Fu Bao, [-] Mongolian elites from the Eight Banners, wearing chain mail inside and gray-blue short-sleeve jackets on the outside, and holding bows, arrows and waist knives, swam ten miles north of Chahan Tuoluohai Post Station. Tess River.An hour later, these people quietly arrived at the foot of the hill one mile away from the Beihai Navy's northern position.

When one of his subordinates was about to move forward from behind the rock, Fu Bao suddenly grabbed him, and then he heard footsteps above his head.

"In this damn place, it's quite warm during the day, but it's so cold at night."

"Renren, change post and go back to drink some broth, warm and warm."

"Forget it, now I feel like throwing up when I hear the word meat." After the soldier finished speaking, he suddenly said: "My left eye has been twitching for two days, and 800 people are against [-]. Can we win?"

"What frustrating words are you talking about! Since the establishment of the Beihai Navy, when has it ever lost? I said what happened to you today?"

When Fu Bao and the others heard this, they were overjoyed. They dared to say that there are only so few people in the Beihai Navy!Fu Bao immediately thought of grabbing his tongue and going back.

"Go!" Fu Bao took advantage of the light and shadow of the bonfire in the distance to see clearly where the two sentries were standing, pulled out the dagger from his waist, and touched up with the two Qing soldiers.

Unexpectedly, when they crawled a few meters away from the two sentinels and were about to start, there was a clear gunshot in the dark night, and a Qing soldier was shot and fell to the ground.

In the blink of an eye, countless thoughts flashed through Fu Bao's mind, but he didn't care about that much anymore. He and another man jumped up from the ground with a hideous look, and with a "poof" of the dagger emitting a cold light, they stabbed It entered the lower back of a Beihai soldier. The soldier was stabbed in the kidney. The pain was so painful that he couldn't help gasping for air.

Beside him, the rifle in the hands of another Bei Haijun had been raised, and the moment the Qing army's dagger pierced his chest, a "bang" gunshot hit the Qing army's man. on the thigh.At the same time, a wound was drawn on the chest of the Bei Haijun by the dagger, and he let out a scream.

Just as Fu Bao was about to drag Bei Haijun, who was wounded in the chest, down the mountain, suddenly, a ray of light brighter than the sun lit up from the hill, within a radius of hundreds of meters, the twenty Qing soldiers were instantly captured. Shaking blind, unable to distinguish things.Afterwards, dozens of bullets headed towards where they were, hitting their heads and faces.

　The basic organization of the Qing army was the battalion, which was set up due to the responsibilities and the importance of the area to be guarded. The number of people was not fixed, and the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion were different.Taking the Eight Banners as an example, the number of each battalion varies, generally between 2000 and 1.5 people; the only exceptions are the Guard Army Battalion as the Son of Heaven's pro-army and the Infantry Battalion led by the Nine Gates Admiral. The number is as high as 3.2.Generally, the commander of each battalion of the Eight Banners is the deputy capital commander; below the battalion there are left and right wings, each with a commander, also called wing leader; below the wing leader are the participating leaders and assistant leaders.

　　
　
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