Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1645 Rising Winds and Clouds ([-])

"Fire! Fire quickly!" With a hoarse roar, Lu Xiaofeng was lying on the bricks of Hailanpao County, pointing at the enemies wriggling on the field outside the city like repelling insects, and commanding loudly.

"County magistrate, the cannon barrel is too hot, we can't fire anymore, we must cool down first." The artillery commander resolutely rejected Lu Xiaofeng's order. He couldn't make fun of his brothers' lives. No one can survive.Taking a step back, even if the gun does not explode, the extreme use of the gun under continuous high temperature will greatly damage its lifespan.Now that they have been raided by the Russians, the messengers have been intercepted, the news cannot be delivered, and most of the outside aid cannot be brought in, so each of these cannons is precious and cannot be willful.

Lu Xiaofeng didn't say a word when he heard the words, he also knew that he had lost his composure, he was a little annoyed by the sudden attack by this Russian guy, because the loss this time was really too big: Beigou Township was said to have been breached, This town, which was newly established for less than two years, was raided by tribesmen who came out of nowhere and asked for help from the county seat. Lu Xiaofeng immediately ordered the head of the county security regiment to lead a hundred soldiers eastward to rescue, but was ambushed by Cossacks on the way , Playing around the spot to fight for aid, the entire army of 100 people was wiped out and suffered heavy losses.When the news came, hundreds of Russian Cossacks had already cruised nearby. At the same time, there were thousands of tribal soldiers of various ethnic groups who followed them to pick up bargains. The fifty militiamen guarding the treasury were also surrounded and wiped out, which made Lu Xiaofeng vomit blood with anger.

Nowadays, there are not many battle-ready soldiers left in the county. In desperation, Lu Xiaofeng found the deputy head of the former county security regiment and asked him to temporarily act as the head of the regiment. At the same time, he summoned some of the militiamen who lived in the city, gathered 40 people, and then distributed weapons, went to the city to be on duty, and repelled the first Russian attack, and did not allow Hailan to be killed. The city is taken away, making an even bigger joke.

This is actually the second time the Russians have attacked Hailanpao County.After the first raid failed, the Russians did not love to fight, but gave up resolutely, and then divided their forces to plunder the area, looting many villages on the east bank, and even broke through the newly established Birch Forest Township, killing the East Of course, they also carried out raids on Yongsheng Township and other places. Fortunately, the local soldiers and civilians responded calmly and killed dozens of enemy troops, forcing them to retreat and plunder the surrounding villages. I don't know what's going on there now.

All in all, the troops of the people from the east bank in Hailanpao County are now extremely empty. It is not an exaggeration to say that there are not many soldiers who can fight. There are only dozens of soldiers in a town. Attacks by Russians and Tungus.And such a situation basically means that the people on the east coast have given up the wild, the reclamation system that has been established over the years, and the Shandan tribe that has spent a lot of effort to naturalize. The loss is extremely heavy.

But who can blame this?I can only blame myself!Who told you to gobble up such a huge amount of land all of a sudden, and then adopt a tougher policy against the local native Shandan people?It is only one's own fault for causing today's bitter fruit!Of course, then again, if the people on the east bank adopted such a radical expansion policy in the outer northeast, if there hadn’t been this wave of unexpected offensive actions jointly carried out by Russia and the Manchu Qing, they could still barely survive, and eventually Slowly annex and digest the local tribes, and fill every key node of the reclamation village, so that the situation will become achievable.

It's just a pity, a pity, that the Russians and the Manchus didn't give the people on the east coast this time.When they had just set up the second counties of Jieya and Wu on the east bank, encircled hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land, and used strong means to target the local native tribes, they suddenly opened the door, which immediately aroused the attention of the East. The chain reaction on the Anren's side has greatly magnified the loss, and years of hard work have been ruined. I don't know what Liao Xiaoyao in Denglai will think when he finds out.

Commander Liao of Denglai has not received news for a while because of the freezing of the Sea of ​​Okhotsk and Liaohai in winter and spring, but he has just received reports that the counties of Jieya, Udi, and Hailanpao in the upper reaches of Heilongjiang were raided by Russians Liu Jianguo, the leader of the Blackwater Pioneering Team, was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a while.

In his impression, on the land of Northeast China, both the Manchu Qing Dynasty and Russia have been on the defensive for many years, and the East Coast people took advantage of their advantages in transportation and logistics to gradually erode their sphere of influence and squeeze them through fortress tactics. Living space, life is not to mention how difficult it is.Which of the seven counties in the Northeast and Outer Northeast under the jurisdiction of the east bank was not taken from these two families in the past, or through war, or through diplomatic negotiations. However, when this day really came, he still found it very difficult to accept.

"It's tolerable, which is unbearable!" In the back house of the Heishui Security Command in Temple Street County, Liu Jianguo, who was woken up by his secretary late at night, threw a cup angrily and cursed loudly.

The snow is still falling outside the window, and the world is completely silent.It has been more than a year since he took office in the Blackwater Pioneering Team. At this moment, Liu Jianguo finally realized that he is not in a relatively safe rear, but in a border area where the situation is complicated and the enemy and us are mixed. The previous set must be put away. However, in this dangerous and bitterly cold land, the military must come first in everything, otherwise it may fall into a predicament like this one.

"Where is the third infantry regiment now?" Liu Jianguo's face was a little feverish when he asked this.As the highest military and political officer in the Heishui area, he actually didn't know much about the movement of the most combat-effective unit under his command, and also the only unit "qualified to wear the yellow uniform". This is a huge problem. Satire.

Liu Jianguo's secretary was also speechless.However, the secretary who has followed him since the South Chile era is also very clear about the nature of his "boss". Although this man's father is Liu Ang, one of the veterans of the army, he has not inherited much of his father's military skills. He is good at construction, so after he came to the Blackwater Pioneering Team, he has been focusing on the construction of local government and economic development.Especially on Sakhalin Island, the most important site of Heishui, Liu Jianguo devoted countless efforts to the construction of primary factories, the introduction of technology, the cultivation of talents, the improvement of the system, etc. The article objectively also played a considerable role in the regularization of the five counties of Sakhalin Island.In addition, Liu Jianguo sometimes spends a little energy on the naturalization of the natives, such as the expansion of the Hanmeng School, the promotion of Taoism, and the business relationship with the natives. Many practical measures.

But as we said earlier, Liu Jianguo, who came to serve in the Far East under the shadow of his father, made a small mistake, that is, he did not understand the threat of the Russians enough, and he did not pay enough attention to the construction of the army.In all fairness, he has not reduced his investment in the military for more than a year, but in other words, he has not increased it; and he has invested two-thirds of the population (although not a lot) he gets every year in Sakhalin Island This was the earliest developed area, but it was not allocated to the land of the outer northeast—although there was nothing wrong with doing so from a development point of view, but obviously after this incident happened, he would inevitably be criticized by people, Accused him of not hoarding more people, setting up more fortresses, raising more soldiers, etc. in the upper reaches of Heilongjiang.

In short, now that the Russians have brazenly launched an offensive, the situation in the upper reaches of Heilongjiang has become very dangerous for the people on the east bank. Zeya County was ravaged by the Stepanov gang, and Hailanpao County was led by Yugovich. The army was swept up badly, Udi County was also dilapidated under the attack of the Tungus army led by Chief Gentemur, the Huma Gold Mine produced gold in a few months was looted, and the machines were damaged. Beacon fires and alarms everywhere, it is time to take decisive measures, otherwise the situation will become even more critical.

"The Third Infantry Regiment is currently stationed in the Harbin Fort area." The secretary immediately replied: "Before, there was a Qing army cavalry from Naowen City, which continued to threaten our army's reclamation camps in the Harbin Fort and Model Fort area, and fought against the local militia for several times. Each time, the scale is getting bigger each time. As a last resort, you personally approved the order to transfer the [-]rd Infantry Regiment to the south to assist in the defense, so now the [-] soldiers of this unit should still be stationed in Harbin. Of course, according to the previous reports According to the summary of incoming news, the Third Infantry Regiment may have fought a battle with the Qing army, but the news has not come yet."

"Hiss..." Hearing what the secretary said, Liu Jianguo also recalled it a little bit. The Qing army and the Russian army joined hands this time and played a coordinated battle!At worst, even if they don't have an alliance, they must have a tacit understanding with each other, otherwise how could they cooperate so well!As soon as the [-]rd Infantry Regiment left, the seven counties in the outer northeast were attacked by lightning from the Cossacks. This was simply rehearsed according to the script!

"First send someone to contact Harbin Fort and Model Fort to inquire about the battle situation there. If the battle is not tight, transfer the [-]rd Infantry Regiment to the north to reinforce the three counties of Jieya, Udi, and Hailanpao; if the battle is tense If so, forget it, organize the defense locally, it’s too much trouble to mobilize soldiers and horses in this cold weather, it’s icy and snowy outside.” After Liu Jianguo settled down, he began to order one by one, only listening to him say: “ In addition, can you find a way to get in touch with Liaodong? We need their help now."

"I'm afraid it's a bit difficult." After thinking about it carefully, the secretary replied truthfully: "It's basically impossible to send people to contact Liaodong directly, because we have to cross a large area of ​​Qing territory along the way, and it is almost impossible not to be discovered, so we can only try to get in touch with Liaodong." Passing through the former Ninggutadu area that was partially abandoned by the Qing army, avoiding the eyes and ears of the Qing army and the eyes of some tribes with malicious intentions, and entering the Gaima Plateau area of ​​North Korea. There is a series of North Korean troops stationed in that area City, if our people identify themselves, the North Korean side should be able to provide assistance. Well, it is impossible to go directly to Yantai by boat, because the Liaohai Sea is also frozen, so we can only use boats to start from North Korea, arrive at the south side of the Shandong Peninsula, and then Then we made a detour to Yantai and passed the news to Commander-in-Chief Liao."

"This is really complicated, but this is the only way to do it. How about this, the messenger should be dispatched as soon as possible, and the most capable personnel should be selected. We will take the North Korean route and report what happened to us to Commander-in-Chief Liao as soon as possible. There are at least five or six months before the sea thaws, and we can’t just wait here forever.” With the help of his secretary, Liu Jianguo put on a leather jacket to keep out the cold, and then asked his servant to boil a pot of hot water. Tea, and then continued to order: "Now the Russians and Manchu Tartars on both sides of the Heilongjiang River have been dispatched, which caught us off guard. But I don't believe that the Manchu court's skills are limited to this. This is a well-planned conspiracy. They We will definitely launch support offensives on other battlefields, so it is very necessary to inform Denglai in time."

"The rest is how to take care of our affairs here in Heishui." After speaking the above paragraph, Liu Jianguo sighed softly, and said: "There is no other way, the enemy has already attacked, we can only Let’s see what happens. So let’s send messengers to Jiangdong, Gonghe, Khabarovsk and other counties immediately, and notify the county heads and security chiefs to come to Miaojie County for a meeting to discuss the next stage of military operations. Uh, forget it, I'd better go to Khabarovsk County, let the representatives of all counties gather in the county, and once the discussion is over, they can also gather people nearby to start action."

Liu Jianguo's order was delivered quickly at that time. The messengers rode on their horses, braved the wind and snow, and rushed on the road overnight, regardless of casualties, in order to buy more time.And the next morning, Liu Jianguo, accompanied by the head of the security regiment of Miaojie County, took about [-] militiamen gathered from the county seat, got on a sled, and walked along the frozen Heilongjiang river all the way towards the city. Go to Baili County.

On October 1672, 10, Liu Jianguo braved the wind and snow to arrive at Khabarovsk County, which is located at the confluence of two rivers (Songhua River and Wusuli River) and has a very critical geographical location.At this time, 20 militiamen from the Gonghe County Security Regiment and [-] Jiangdong County Security Regiment militiamen also arrived here one after another. There are still more than [-] trained militiamen from the three counties of Gonghe, Jiangdong, and Miaojie. Even considering local defenses, we should not relax, and it is not appropriate to take time off.

These soldiers and horses, together with the 500 people drawn from Khabarovsk itself, have a total of more than [-]. Although it cannot be said that they are better than the Russians (after all, the militia is not a professional soldier), it is also an extremely large force. After entering and supporting counties such as Hailanpao and Jieya, it will definitely play a huge role.

(End of this chapter)