evil slave

The person Hu Wang sent was Zhao Qiang's old acquaintance, and also his old partner Lin Jiafeng from Sichuan. Therefore, it was affectionately called "Old Wu Camp" by many generals from the former Wu Army in the Guanning Army. 【】

Because of rushing for several days, and came to see Zhao Qiang as soon as he arrived in Yasike, Lin Jiafeng's face was still covered with dust, his ears were red from the cold, and his hands were covered with cracks. .

"Why are your hands so cold?"

Zhao Qiang held Lin Jiafeng's swollen hand like a steamed bun with some pity, and he couldn't help but sigh. From the frostbite Lin's hand suffered, one can imagine how much he has suffered and suffered.Since leading the army to the north, Zhao Qiang has followed the principle of "sharing the joys and sorrows with the sons and daughters". His life is the same as that of many subordinates, and it is somewhat special. Whenever he goes to war, he also practices it. He hopes to tell his subordinates clearly in this way: Dashuai is just like you!But now with his intact hands, and looking at Lin Jiafeng's terribly frozen hands, Zhao Qiang was filled with emotion like a thing in his throat, and blamed himself for not doing enough. Frozen hands showed that it was the same as that of his subordinates, but that he did not take enough care of the Dongjin detachment. Some methods of preventing cold and keeping warm that had been implemented in the Guards Division and Cavalry Division were not communicated in time due to his own negligence.Lin Jiafeng is a senior military officer, his hands are frozen like this, it is not difficult to imagine how the officers and soldiers below him are frozen.Thinking of the many soldiers who suffered unnecessary injuries due to improper protection against the cold, Zhao Qiangxin blamed himself, and at the same time reminded himself that he should not be the shopkeeper just because the avant-garde division is not around, and Hu Wang should be reminded of some things in time.

Lin Jiafeng hadn't seen Zhao Qiang for a few months. This time, he heard that Hu Wang was going to send someone back to report to the commander-in-chief about the affairs of the East Road Detachment, so he invited this errand to come back. First, he wanted to come back to Zhao Qiang, Qi Zhuang and other old brothers. I want to ask Zhao Qiang, when will the army go south to compete with the Qing army.

Lin Jiafeng is from Sichuan, and he is not used to this bitter and cold place. Ever since he followed Zhao Qiangbei, he has never thought about the day he would go south and return to his hometown. My heart also became hot.He didn't know that Zhao Qiang had told Qi Zhuang and others that next year he would go south to fight against the Qing army, and he was afraid that Zhao Qiang would lead them to take root in this extreme land in the future.

Seeing Zhao Qiang's first words when he met him was to care about his frostbitten hands, Lin Jiafeng's heart warmed up, and he smiled indifferently: "It's nothing, it's just frostbite, it will be fine after a few days." After finishing speaking, he withdrew it. The hand held by Zhao Qiang hung down his waist. He was not used to being held by a big man, and felt a little awkward.

"Frostbite little thing."

Zhao Qiang ignored Lin Jiafeng's words, but turned his head and told the guard: "Go, get some ointment and apply it to Lord Lin."

"Yes, sir."

The guards rushed out of the house to get the medicine after hearing the order. The caravan organized by Min Cao once bought some medicine in Sanxing, and used it as frostbite ointment commonly used by the people outside the country.The main components of this type of ointment are mostly animal fats, which are very similar to the lipsticks used in later generations, and are also very effective in preventing and treating frostbite.Except for the Avant-Garde Division of the current army, the rest of the divisions use oil to prevent freezing during training. The civilians who participated in the construction of Yask also used this method to prevent freezing, and the effect is very obvious.

"Thank you, handsome!"

Lin Jiafeng naturally accepted Zhao Qiang's kindness, and he was very clear about Zhao Qiang's character, knowing that it was not an act of trying to win people's hearts, but he was really concerned about his own frostbite.

Not long after, the guards brought ointment for Lin Jiafeng to apply, and according to Zhao Qiang's instructions, carefully wrapped his palms in white cloth, tidied up and retreated.

After glancing at his hands in satisfaction, Lin Jiafeng cupped his hands slightly, and said to Zhao Qiang: "Commander, under the order of Hu Wanhu, this subordinate is here to report to the commander the results of our East Road Detachment's eastward advance. Let me show you the specific method of reorganizing our East Road Detachment into an avant-garde division."

After Zhao Qiang nodded, Lin Jiafeng gave an overview of the situation of the Dongjin detachment after the eastward march.

The Dongjin Detachment consisted of the entire First Wing, two brigades of the Second Wing plus a thousand civilians as the main force, totaling 900 people.After advancing eastward, four small tribes were wiped out along the way, gaining a population of 700, and capturing Duolun Chan, killing and wounding 99 Russian troops, gaining a population of 690.Afterwards, the troops were divided into two groups and marched separately along the east and south directions. The East Route Army advanced as far as 190 miles east of Duolunchan, taking a total of 600 people abducted.The South Route Army advanced to the Vladivostok area, occupied two Russian strongholds, killed and wounded 73 Russian soldiers, and captured 700 people.Afterwards, Hu Wang led the First Infantry Regiment to raid the garrison of the Korean Navy in Hamgyong-do, killing and injuring 360 Korean sailors, and taking 570 prisoners. In the four weeks, 700 Koreans were captured.

After seizing the warship of the North Korean Navy in Hamgyongdo, Hu Wang sent 3000 troops to the direction of Sakhalin Island according to Zhao Qiang's instructions, together with three Korean sailors, to land on Sakhalin Island. There are more than 1000 fishermen of all ethnic groups.A landing point has been established at the southernmost tip of Sakhalin Island, with [-] troops stationed permanently, and plans to recruit [-] Han people and fishermen of various ethnic groups on the island to join the army.

When Lin Jiafeng was ordered to come to the west, the eastward detachment killed or wounded 170 Russian soldiers, 360 Korean soldiers, and more than 400 people of various ethnic groups who resisted. People, it can requisition 400 men, and together with the strength of the Eastward Detachment itself, there are a total of 700 combatable soldiers.

After listening to Lin Jiafeng's narration, Zhao Qiang was very satisfied. The results of the Dongjin Detachment were beyond his expectations. He thought it would be the best if he could capture 6000 or 1 people, but he didn't expect more than [-] people.Immediately, I praised Lin Jiafeng and the Dongjin detachment for their performance.Then he told Lin Jiafeng about the pre-prepared reorganization plan of the avant-garde division.

According to the current situation of the Dongjin detachment, Zhao Qiang formulated the method of forming the front guard division as follows: four regiments under jurisdiction, the two firecracker brigades of the original First Infantry Brigade upgraded to regimental regiments, and the two regiments of the original Second Infantry Regiment Combined into a wing, the newly captive Koreans were organized into a wing.Each wing is divided into four brigades, and each brigade has four teams, each with 25 soldiers, and each team has four small teams, each with 400 soldiers.According to this plan, the reorganized strength of the Qianwei Division will be 1000.Another [-] captured Korean soldiers from the Hamgyong-do Navy and fishermen from Sakhalin Island were transferred to form the Guanning Army Navy, which is under the direct control of the General Government and is now managed by the Qianwei Division.The remaining personnel were reorganized into various local security teams and logistics transportation forces.

Except for the four regiment captains, Hu Wang is responsible for the appointment of officers.The candidates for the four captains are: Lin Jiafeng, Zhao Guo, Zhang Yi, and Luo Er.Except for Luo Er, who was from Oroqen, the other three were all from the former Wu army.

After finalizing the reorganization plan of the Qianwei Division, Zhao Qiang stayed with Lin Jiafeng for dinner, and called Qi Zhuang, He Manchuan and other old brothers over for a gathering.The dinner was really good, a newly slaughtered yellow dog was stewed together with some spices, and everyone gathered around the cauldron and started gobbling it up.Somebody mentioned the dog that was skinned in Yongling last time, because that dog Zhao Qiang was almost skinned alive, thinking about it now, it's really interesting.It's just that there were 31 people eating dog meat together at that time, but now more than half of them will never eat dog meat. Thinking of the dead comrades, everyone was filled with grief and indignation, Qi Zhuang was even more sad and shed tears.

On the second day, Lin Jiafeng bid farewell to Zhao Qiang and led them on the way back.But when they came, they came empty-handed, but when they went, they brought more than [-] vehicles, big and small, full of white flour and vegetable oil, and a lot of antifreeze cream, and Zhao Qiang had some rhubarb leather hats made overnight.These yellow leather hats were improved by Zhao Qiang based on the big hats worn by a certain army when they entered the customs. They are very thick.Half of the finished ones were brought back by Lin Jiafeng and imitated as they were, so that the soldiers could get one of them, and the rest were made immediately by Min Cao, so that they could be used by the army within half a month.