Chapter 205 Backhand Slap

Wu Laosan wiped the hot sweat on his forehead, coiled his braids around his neck, looked at the dirt wall in the distance, and swallowed his saliva. Thinking of the endless nagging of his mother-in-law at home, he couldn't help speeding up his pace.

There's nothing we can do. Since the sudden arrival of those strangely dressed Pacific troops in Andong Port, who neither braided nor braided their hair, it almost turned upside down. Those county officials didn't know where they had gone, let alone the garrison soldiers. I heard that they didn't come in to Andong, and they beat them down. Lushun, even the whole Liaodong is now someone else's.

This world is really messy! After a while, he said that he was going to fight. In less than two years, the Russians came again, but in the blink of an eye, the Russians were also beaten away, leaving only this group of Pacific troops. If they changed left and right, they didn't see anything about the Qing Dynasty. I really don't know what the emperor in the court thought. How could he let others to toss around at home?

But this matter has nothing to do with a small citizen like him. He is here to recruit workers.

I can't help it. I don't know who came from these days, saying that the Pacific Army in Andong Port is recruiting craftsmen on a large scale, not only serving three meals, but also five taels of silver for a month. It is said that if it is done well, it can be sent to the factory.

What does it mean that Wu Laosan in the factory doesn't understand, but the labor of five taels of silver in January can be regarded as gluttonating his mother-in-law to death. Those who have neither fields nor skills have squeezed this place crazy, especially when I heard that several strong young men in the left and right neighbors have been recruited and began to eat and drink. My mother-in-law's eyes turned red. Hurry him to try his luck.

Soon, he arrived at the gate of the dock, but he was dumbfounded at a glance. The whole gate was full. The long queue stretched inward from the door and couldn't see his head. Even the horseway at the door was full. If it hadn't been for the soldiers in those strange clothes next to him, they would have been in order, it would have been a mess. .

Wu Laosan hurriedly squeezed into the queue. When he was about to ask how long it would take, a burst of chaotic horses' hoofs suddenly came from a distance. Dozens of men in military uniforms came from afar, which scared him to prepare to dodge.

Fortunately, these big men got off their rein when they arrived at the gate. When the soldiers at the door saw several people, they quickly made a strange move of raising their hands, and the cavalry got on their horses again and ran to the port area.

"See, that's the Pacific Army!"

"It's really majestic."

"Do you know? Now Fengtian is full of people's world, and I heard that they are going north to Jilin and Heilongjiang. I guess the Russians can't stand it.

" Hiss... So fast? Isn't it only been more than half a month? The Russians lay down?"

"Bullshit, I can still lie to you!"

"Hi, brothers, you know? The Pacific Army is also receiving people! I heard that if it is selected, there will be 30 taels of silver in a month!"

"What, thirty taels!"

The eyes around him turned red, and even Wu Laosan gasped, and the labor of five taels of silver was squeezed out, thirty taels! Good boy, how much money is that!

"I said, let's go to the Pacific Army."

"Are you going? Do you want this braid? I'm not afraid that our Qing army will come back that day. If there is no whip, we will kill the head!"

"What back! Damn, as soon as the Russians came, his mother was scared away. Even the county magistrate took his family to the customs. In my opinion, the Qing Dynasty was over. A 17- or 18-year-old young man stared at several Pacific soldiers on guard with guns next to him. A star appeared in his eyes and suddenly gritted his teeth: "No more. I've decided to go to be a soldier."

After saying that, the young man pulled his coat and walked to the recruitment office not far away. After seeing this, several companions behind him gritted their teeth and followed him. Suddenly, there were a few people missing in the team. Wu Laosan hurriedly took a few steps forward and looked at the backs of the young men. Thinking of the monthly sage of thirty taels of silver, he was also a little eye-eyed.

Zhang Shun rode a horse. When he saw a few young men in the recruitment team suddenly walking to the recruitment office, he couldn't help smiling. He turned back to Ouyang Xiu, who practiced horse riding together in the morning and said, "Ouyang Xiu, I'm afraid your army will add new soldiers soon."

After hearing this, Ouyang Xiu, who was competing with the war horse, turned his head and saw several young people queuing up to sign up. He suddenly forgot the hot pain on his buttocks and said with a smile, "Ha ha, our army is also indispensable for your marines."

Zhang Shun smiled and was also happy. Although the Marine Corps is affiliated to the Navy, they also fight in the Marine War, so if the army is expanded, the Marine Corps will definitely benefit from it.

"Come on, I won't ride it. If I ride it again, my buttocks will wear out." Ouyang Xiu couldn't stand this bump anymore. He got off the horse and threw the rein to the orderly and patted the horse's head. "I don't think I can enjoy this horse. Let's wait for the car that Tang Xiao promised me."

Seeing Ouyang Xiu unimagined, Zhang Shun also turned over and threw the reins to the soldier. He deliberately looked at Ouyang Xiu's buttocks and sneered, "What's wrong? Is your buttocks worn out? Why don't you find someone... and rub it for you tonight?"

"Yes, don't laugh at me." Ouyang Xiu smiled bitterly: "I really don't know how those cavalry survived. I heard that they can sleep on horseback. Why have I been learning for seven or eight days and still feel uncomfortable?" Haha..." .

Looking at Ouyang Xiu rubbing his buttocks and smiling bitterly, Zhang Shun laughed and said, "He grew up on horseback. You grew up on the southern seaside since you were a child. It's not wrong not to know how to ride a horse, but I said that your fart is too delicate, right? Just like a woman."

"Get out of here." Ouyang Xiu kicked angrily, and then said fiercely, "I said, Captain Zhang, isn't the mission of your Marines stationed in Lushun and Jinzhou? Why did you come to Anton?

"Oh, don't mention it. The chief of staff looked at our idle wilderness, which didn't allow us to send two battalions. This afternoon, we will depart from here to Jeju Island and Tsushima Island. Zhang Shun complained a lot, but his eyebrows were full of pride.

Ouyang Xiu frowned when he saw this. Thinking of the position of the two islands, he suddenly lowered his voice and asked excitedly, "Is the staff going to move me?"

"I don't know." Zhang Shun's eyes were white: "But it won't be so early to fight, will it?" Ouyang Xiu also has some doubts. At this moment, the main force of the army is going north to Jilin Heilongjiang, which is indeed not suitable to fight with Japan immediately, so I'm afraid that his second division will have to be a reserve team for a while. He not only sighed and casually asked, "by the way, why don't you start from Lushun and come here?"

"Wait for those bird people." Zhang Shun replied angrily, "The staff said that the Japanese army was stationed on Jeju Island. I was afraid that we could not cope with it, so I sent them to support them. Damn, what do I want them to support!"

"Hehe..." Ouyang Xiu knew what Zhang Shun was angry about. If there was a Japanese army stationed, it represented a war. At present, the three northeastern provinces could not get soup. It was not easy to go to Jeju and Tsushima, and they had to let the night eagle share half of it. No wonder he was sulking.

Thinking of this, I patted him on the shoulder: "I think the staff is also kind-hearted."

"Damn it, if it hadn't been for Boss Li's personal leader this time, I wouldn't have urinated on those guys in the staff." Zhang Shun continued to say angrily. Ouyang Xiu was afraid that he would say anything out of line. He was just about to stop him. He was also a little surprised to hear that Li Qiang led the team this time. What was worth leading the team by Li Qiang himself? He couldn't help asking, "Is Boss Li here?! Didn't you say that they went to Nanyang?"

"Who said that?" Zhang Shun stared at him and got closer: "They went to Iwo Jima to test the new gun."

New gun?!

As soon as he heard of the new gun, Ouyang Xiu even forgot to ask why he let Li Qiang lead the team in person. He pulled Zhang Shun and asked, "What is the new gun?"

"Would you like to see it?" Zhang Shun deliberately sold his relationship. Seeing Ouyang Xiu nodding repeatedly, he smiled and said, "Get on the horse and take you to the shooting range."

"Join the horse?! Give me a break. I'd better walk over."

"Haha..."

Ouyang Xiu finally failed to reach the new gun**. He rode to a barren beach in the southwest corner of the dock. As soon as he got there, he heard a series of bangs, and his eyes were suddenly attracted.

"Why are you here? I don't have to prepare. I'm going to leave in a while. Seeing Zhang Shun, Li Qiang, who was leading the team to practice shooting, handed the record book in his hand to his men and walked to the two of them.

"Don't worry, I'm ready." Zhang Shun pointed to Ouyang Xiu, who was watching the shooting training, scratched his head and said with a smile, "Isn't Ouyang Xiu also want to see the new gun?"

"New gun?! He..." Li Qiang looked at Zhang Shun, who scratched his head, and stared: "You are fast again, aren't you?"

Hehe...

Seeing his smile on his face, Li Qiang didn't bother to argue with him and said, "Forget it, anyway, this gun is about to be finalized. It's nothing for you to know." After saying that, he immediately waved to a night eagle.

After taking over his gun, Li Qiang handed it to Ouyang Xiu, who ran over, and said with a smile, "Don't be greedy. Try it yourself."

"Good." Ouyang Xiu had been waiting for this sentence for a long time, and immediately walked to the shooting area. When several night eagles saw the boss coming to test their guns, they quickly gave way and stood aside.

When the gun arrived, Ouyang Xiu immediately found that it was a little different from the Type 91 rifle. Although the weight was similar, the barrel seemed to be slightly longer, the shape was modified a lot, and it was more comfortable to hold. However, he also curled his lips at the same time. If so, it would be a new gun. I was afraid that the young master would kill Tang Xiao.

So he immediately squatted down and pulled the bolt to aim at the target and pulled the trigger.

After a bang, before Ouyang Xiu pulled the bolt and was ready to exit the shell, he saw the bolt retreat by himself. The shell shell automatically jumped out, and his hand stretched out halfway stopped.

"You don't need to retreat, you can continue to play." Seeing that Ouyang Xiu was as stunned as when he tried the gun, Li Qiang nodded with a smile.

With Li Qiang's words, Ouyang Xiu was more curious about this gun that could withdraw the cartridge case by himself. He pulled the trigger repeatedly at the target. It was not until he could no longer shoot a bullet with a slight sound. Then he stood up and asked excitedly, "Li Qiang, what kind of gun is this? How can you withdraw the shell case by yourself?

"This is called a semi-automatic rifle. It uses the flatulence of gunpowder after firing to push the bolt out of the shell. I heard from Tang Xiao that this was the first proposal proposed by the young master. It took a year of efforts of several Austro-Hungarian gun designers to get it out."

Li Qiang took the gun and handed a night eagle, asking him to demonstrate the process of loading the bullet. The night eagle took out a row of ten bullets fixed with the bridge, pulled the bolt and pressed it into the fixed magazine, and then pulled out the bridge, and completed the loading process, which was very fast.

Although Ouyang Xiu is not a gun er, he also knows what it means to load such a simple and fast bullet and not having to pull the bolt and retreat every time he shoots, and the stars immediately appear in his eyes.

Li Qiang smiled and said, "Don't worry, our mission this time is to carry out the actual combat experiment of the new gun. If there is no problem, it is estimated that this gun will be in your hands soon."

"That's great." Ouyang Xiu rubbed his hands and was about to ask Ye Ying to give him a new gun again. Suddenly, he saw his staff in the distance and suddenly ran over out of breath.

"Report to the division commander, urgent telegram from the General Staff, order you to immediately lead the second regiment of the second division to enter Andong immediately, and be sure to ensure the safety of the Yalu River." Hearing the report, Ouyang Xiu's heart suddenly thumped: "What's wrong?"

The staff quickly closed the document and looked at the three people with solemn faces: "I just received the news that the two coalitions of the Japanese army have entered Yizhou." -

"Sir Ogner, it seems that we are late again."

In the British embassy in Yanjing, French Ambassador France received a telegram from his entourage and handed it to Ogna. After scanning the ambassadors to China of other countries nearby, he said seriously, "Yesterday afternoon, Honolulu has sent soldiers to land on Jeju Island and Tsushima Island in North Korea. They said that in view of North Korea The situation is likely to deteriorate, so the two islands are temporarily under trusteeship.

"Is this true?"

The ambassador of Austria-Hungary did not seem to believe it. When other ambassadors heard the news, they were worried. Everyone knew that the Pacific Army suddenly announced that it would take over the two, which was equivalent to cutting off the shortest route from Yokosuka and Japan to North Korea, forcing me to take a detour through the Qingjin Strait to support. Army stationed in North Korea.

What's more serious is that it's just the landing of the army at this moment. In case they send warships to berth in Tsushima again, the crippled navy will not be able to enter the Korean waters at all, let alone support!

Ogner slowly put down the telegram, and a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes.

Even as the ambassador of the most powerful country in the world, he had to admit that Li Mo's trusteeship put him in a dilemma. It was a plan jointly formulated by various countries in the past few days to encourage the Japanese army to enter Yizhou. It was to make the Pacific Army worried and dare not continue to fight. Unexpectedly, the chess pieces had just fallen. They slapped everyone here with their backhand.

"Hosting?! Typical diplomatic rhetoric. Ogner sneered and looked at the Japanese ambassador next to him. After finding that the other party's face had changed slightly, he also sighed from the bottom of his heart.

Looking at the face of the Japanese ambassador, you can know that after cutting off the Tsushima Strait, the Japanese army was not in the mood to continue to make trouble. Now that the Russian Far East forces have been cleared, if the Pacific Army really wants to fight, I'm afraid that the Japanese army stationed in North Korea that has lost support will not last long.

Is it wrong to use the Japanese army stationed in North Korea to contain the Pacific Army? Instead, it aroused a strong reaction from the other party? That's how the new round of the Pacific Army's battle begins?!

If at this moment, there is not even a capital ship to go to war with the Pacific Army, which has just defeated the Russian fleet and captured several Russian ships that have almost doubled in size, I'm afraid everyone knows what will happen. Not to mention North Korea, I'm afraid that Tokyo will be blown up by the other side!

This backhand slap is really too accurate and fierce!

Now the Russians have been disabled. At least in the next three years, they can no longer launch an offensive in the Far East. If Japan also retreats, do they have to rely on the Qing [***] team that can't afford to curb the growing Pacific Army?!

"Guys!"

Ogner slowly stood up in the eyes of everyone: "I don't think I need to restate it. I believe that a powerful Far East New Deal axe and a strong army are not what we all want to see, which is not in everyone's interest!"

"So I think it's time to unite and limit the young Hawaiian master from continuing to expand in the Far East!" In his eyes, Ogner slowly waved his arm, but the speech he had just begun was interrupted by the sound of footsteps again.

"Sirs, I think we are in big trouble. The four warships of the Pacific Fleet have arrived off the coast of Tianjin!"

(to be continued)