Chapter 369 Russian cavalry found!

The yellow sand is full of autumn wind, and the wilderness is cold at night.

Sitting in the bumpy cab, Song Bing really felt the meaning of these two words. Even if the sun was still stubbornly hanging in the west at this moment, the cold wind still poured into the window of the car.

In addition to the cold accident, he felt that the whole person seemed to fall apart. The magnificent northwest scenery outside the window could not make people feel relaxed at all. Although the Northwest Army urgently recruited local people and flattened a large number of rebel prisoners for the first time on this road, it still let the convoy taste it all the way. I have suffered a lot.

There is nothing we can do. There is no road here, and it is vast. How useful can it be just by relying on thousands of prisoners and civilians? Seeing that the 300 truck teams that set out from Jiayuguan have now lost more than 50, his quartermaster is also sweating anxiously.

Bang. thout.

Another violent bump, the heavy ammunition box on the car bucket was swinging, causing a burst of curse from the driver, and even Song Bing sucked his nose. This damn northwest Woyuan is really too difficult to go!

The only thing that can make him a little relieved is that the horse-to-handle team organized from Shaanxi and Gansu is about to arrive, and 100,000 people from the Sixth Construction Corps will also arrive. Finally, there are sufficient human resources, but the weather will change again. By October, I'm afraid it will snow in Xinjiang.

Deserts, grasslands, mountains and canyons, plus this damn weather, it is no wonder that the emperor and the chief seng have to call to inquire about the situation in the northwest. It is not so much that the soldiers are fighting, but that their quartermasters are fighting.

As the front is getting wider and wider, there are more and more logistics lines, getting longer and longer, which is really hard for him.

The bumpy lane made everyone lift their hearts and opened their eyes wide. The more seemingly flat the place is, the more they can't reassure everyone. The vehicles lost before were basically caused by the driver's excessive tension and human accidents, so Song Bing would rather slow down the speed of the convoy than rushing it too much.

Fortunately, the Yili front-line camp is only more than 60 kilometers away from Urumqi, which has been listed as a material distribution base camp. Even if it is four or five hours slower, it can be reached. When rows of tents appeared in sight, Song Bing and all the motor soldiers were greatly relieved.

The huge barracks tent was trained, and the arrival of the car team brought laughter to the soldiers. Many people spontaneously walked out of the resting tent to help the convoy carry ammunition and supplies.

Seeing the Song soldiers, Sun Jiugong also took a breath. The most worrying thing in the northwest is logistics. In order to maintain the smooth flow of materials from Jiayuguan to Urumqi, the two provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu have invested no less than 50,000 people to guarantee it. The Prime Minister's Office has sent two construction regiments of 200,000 people to build railways, but if you want to The railway in Urumqi has also been opened, and it will take at least two years, so at present, it mainly relies on horses and trucks.

The large-scale application of trucks has indeed helped the logistics, but it has also brought other problems. Although the truck can also walk on the dirt road, it needs to keep the road level, so he also ordered for the first time not to kill prisoners, which is specially used to level the road.

After meeting Sun Jiugong, Ouyang Xiu and other officers, Song Bing immediately handed over the material list this time. After reading the list, everyone frowned and there was no shortage of food and drink, but there was too little ammunition, especially cannonballs, which were only enough for two bases per gun, which was not enough to launch a big offensive at all.

In the face of this, Song Bing also has no way. The road from Jiayuguan to Urumqi is too difficult to walk, and the shells are heavy big guys. They can't carry much at a time, so they have been in short supply.

After seeing the commanders and the division commanders frown, Song Bing hurriedly said, "Commander, don't worry, we have received a telegram. The horse team from Shaanxi and Gansu can arrive in Urumqi tonight. They carry 10,000 shells of all kinds this time, and the Sixth Construction Corps can also arrive in three days. Each of them When I came, I was ordered to carry a few kilograms of ammunition on my back.

After listening to Song Bing's words, the worry on Sun Jiugong's face immediately faded a lot. Although the construction corps that came on foot must have brought bullets and other small things, the 10,000 shells of the horse team could be regarded as solving his urgent needs.

In Xinjiang, there has never been a quick battle. Zuo Zongtang has been so powerful that he has fought for nearly ten years. Although he has the help of artillery trucks, he must first compress the scope of the enemy's activities and finally fight decisively.

Fortunately, I took the risk of recruiting tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry before, otherwise the first step alone would not be completed in a year and a half.

After following Sun Jiugong and others into the camp, Song Bing immediately shook his head with a wry smile. He only saw a few soldiers tied to the center of the camp with ** upper body and traces of whipping on their backs. However, these guys seemed not to be very painful. They were still staring at a faded fat yellow sheep in the hands of the group and licking their lips.

This is not the first time he has seen such a scene. It is the time to wear a cotton-padded jacket during the day and night in September. It is now evening, and the wind has been much cooler. It is really not a good thing to be tied up naked like this.

Especially when the north wind roars at night, it will still make people feel cold, so fighting in such a sparsely populated desolate place, in addition to the need for adequate supplies, how to maintain morale will test every officer.

They are all energetic men, and there are extremely strict punishments for anniperation and abuse of women in the military regulations, so wine and delicious food are the best way to vent these soldiers.

From the expedition to now, there are many soldiers who can't even control their crotch. Something inevitable happens, but most of the officers close their eyes as long as they are not making a fuss about this kind of thing. As long as they don't harm the ordinary people, they will tie up and whip a few whips like this.

Some particularly naughty guys are even proud of who was whipped.

"What a helper!"

Song Bing scolded secretly, but he only dared to scold in his stomach, but he did not dare to really speak out. You know, these division commanders and regimental commanders are more and more powerful. If he scolded their precious pimples, he didn't know what kind of shoes to wear in the future.

This is the army! The real army!

It's different from what he saw in the army military academy when he stayed in Germany, because there is no clean army in the world. There are hundreds of people. You can't guarantee that every soldier can be strict with himself. Just like what happened after entering the Forbidden City last time, there are always thieves who are lucky, but they appeared that time. There were so many that the emperor couldn't stand it, so he let the second division be a reserve team for several months.

After entering the tent, Song Bing immediately handed Sun Jiugong a summary of weekly information just received from Jiayuguan. Due to the distance, it is impossible to maintain communication every day unless there is an emergency telegram. In addition, there is a lack of large generators on the front line, so he occupied Urumu. After Qi, the Northwest Army used it as an intelligence center and set up a high dedicated long-wave communication antenna.

The orderly soldiers had just made green tea for the officers, but Sun Jiugong, who was reading the telegram, suddenly patted the table, which scared everyone to think that something was wrong and asked one after another.

"The southeast is going to fight!"

"Is it fighting in the southeast?"

"Great, it's finally time to clean up Britain and France!"

"This time, it's time for the navy bastards to have meat again."

"It's hard to say that the British and the Boers are stroking to death. Didn't you say that 400,000 people were pulled over last time? Take all the soldiers from all over the world. How can you work hard!"

"400,000? Grandma, I said, why are the thousand of them gone? Their feelings are not enough!"

"Take advantage of his illness and kill him. In my opinion, we should attack immediately, clean up these foreigners, then turn around and go to Tibet, and go straight to India!"

"Say, boy, that's a good idea, that group? How about being my staff officer?"

"Cai Laoliu, get out of here. The corners of the wall have been dug to my Yan San. Isn't the skin itchy again!"

The news that was just received attracted a burst of laughter from everyone. Ouyang Xiu was calm and immediately asked, "Commander, what did you set? Is it a wind or thunder?

"September 6th, the eighth day of the eighth lunar month, thunder!"

Wind and Thunder are two code names.

Long before the formation of the Northwest Army, the general staff actually summoned the staff of the whole army and senior officers to deduce the Battle of the Southeast, and made several different plans, and the wind and thunder were the two most important of them, so Ouyang Xiu asked this question.

"It's thunder."

Sun Jiugong slowly put down the intelligence summary and handed it to every officer for circulation.

Thunder is an action code, but it also represents a combat idea, that is, to play a heavy hammer and drum! The most important thing is to ensure the fierce surname of the attack! Strive to solve the southeast as soon as possible with an overwhelming advantage, so that European countries dare not fall too deep.

But this is just an idea. War is unpredictable. Although Britain has been dragged down most of its energy and troops by the Boers, Britain still has a Far East fleet after all, so you can imagine how much pressure there is at this time.

Fight two land battles at the same time, of which the northwest needs to consume a lot of materials, which is a big problem for anyone. Therefore, at this time, as one of the fists, the Northwest Army, must take action to speed up the pace of the clean-up and force the rebels to fight!

Thinking of this, Sun Jiugong immediately picked up the teacup and walked to the big map. Before the war, the officers stopped their mouths one after another, and their eyes lit up.

"Report, there is always an emergency call."

Suddenly, a voice made the atmosphere in the big tent tense.

You should know that the general seng rarely interfere in the decision-making of the Northwest Army. Since its departure, it is only because of the emperor's visit, all troops are required to be careful and send an urgent telegram. Even if the northwest is about to start a war, it will be sent in a weekly summary, for fear of affecting the decision-making on the front line.

So as soon as they heard the word "urgent electricity", everyone's breathing suddenly stagnant.

"Report, on September 4, the reconnaissance company of the 9th Infantry Division of Cullen had a brief exchange of fire with the Russian army while patrolling the border. After that, it went deep into Irkutsk on the shore of Lake Berga and found that an unidentified Russian cavalry had arrived there, and the 9th Division had entered the red guard, so the 3rd Cavalry Division immediately went to Cullen to help strengthen the defense. "Royal!"

"Irkutsk found Russian cavalry!"

The earliest news was that Russia began to send more troops to Central Asia and Siberia on a large scale, but no one expected that the speed would be so fast. Where did this cavalry come from? Is it the most elite Cossack, or other troops? Is this the prelude to a large-scale attack?

Questions suddenly surged into everyone's hearts, and Sun Jiugong suddenly turned his eyes and aimed at Irkutsk in Kulunwai!

September 4th, that is, two days ago!

It is not a big problem to transfer a cavalry division from the northwest, because most of the cavalry in the hands of the rebels have been exhausted before, and the rest is only more than 20,000 at most, and they are only equipped with long guns and sabres, which is no longer a big threat. What's more, there is a strange soldier in my hand that has not been used so far, but the problem is that it is now far away. There are only two days left before the southeast thunder. At this time, a large group of unidentified Russian cavalry was found. Will it affect the southeast?

"Song Bing."

"Ado!" In the voice, Song Bing suddenly stood up.

"You set out immediately and take the truck team to meet the horse team. Let them not go to Urumqi, but come here directly. Be sure to send the shells before noon tomorrow!"

"Yes."

"Cai Wenqi!"

"Adoes."

"The third cavalry division immediately set out to return to Kulun to help the Ninth Infantry Division do a good job of defense, especially to be careful in the direction of Mulun!"

"Yes."

With Sun Jiugong's orders, every named officer immediately became busy. The atmosphere in the camp, which was still leisurely just now, suddenly became solemn. Even the soldiers who were tied up were spared from freezing for a few hours and immediately entered a state of preparation.

"The eighth day of the eighth lunar month!"

Sun Jiugong and Ouyang Xiu looked at each other and saw through each other's thoughts. Since Jinglei is this word, the Northwest Army can also use this word to let all those who are eye on Xinhua understand the power of this country! ——

Irkutsk is located on the beautiful Lake Berga Lake. Standing high above the castle and looking at the sunset, Kuropatkin, known as the "blue eyes of Siberia", does not feel a trace of excitement.

It's all because of the damn Li Mo that he was sent to this damn place. Although he kept the position of Imperial Army Secretary, what's the use of that? In the next few years, I must stay in this damn place, be the commander-in-chief of the Far East, and directly face the Xinhua Army!

Damn it, this is not a good idea!

And it's too desolate here. What's the use of beautiful scenery?

As the sky gradually darkened, Kuropatkin seemed to feel that his whole body was about to rot, so he had to retreat to the house, but he didn't notice that a dark shadow followed him into the room.

More than ten minutes later, the shadow drilled into the balcony again, and then jumped down from the castle balcony nearly ten meters high without thinking. When he was close to the ground, he suddenly turned around like a harper soaring in the sky. His toes flew more than ten meters horizontally on the wall, rolled twice and hid in the castle. In the woods outside.

A few minutes later, seven or eight shadows quickly flashed through the woods and quickly disappeared next to the "Big Siberian Blue Eyes" that Emperor Kangxi had been "forgotten" by the Treaty of Nebucchu

(to be continued)