"What a guts!" Bao Meiying is really hot now, she pulled out the saber she was carrying: "The tiger is not powerful, so he thinks we are sick cats, it seems that these demons have a long memory, and the inspection of the few killings in Hangzhou Mansion is just because of his occasional kindness!" ”

Whether her judgment of Liu Chang is accurate or not, everyone doesn't know, but then she quickly began to order: "Li Guanglei! ”

Li Guanglei, as the commander of the first battalion of the independent infantry, had already been waiting below, and he stood straight: "Here!" ”

Bao Meiying has said unceremoniously: "You are the old man of the Dragon Lance Battalion, it stands to reason that you should be the leader of this detachment, I am just a general, and a woman, are you convinced?" ”

"Resolutely obey the inspection order!" Li Guanglei was also unambiguous: "Our second battalion of dragon spears is a reliable unit!" ”

That's right, although the number of Li Guanglei's battalion is the first independent infantry battalion, Li Guanglei and the cadres in the battalion all call themselves the "second battalion of the dragon lance", who calls them the first troops to develop from the dragon spear battalion.

And Bao Meiying also held the saber in one hand, and shouted: "Whether it is the second battalion of the dragon spear or whether it is a reliable infantry battalion depends on your performance on the battlefield, and now your battalion is responsible for attacking the Zhapu full battalion, do you have confidence!" ”

"Have faith!" The cadres who came out of the dragon lance battalion all had amazing self-confidence: "Even if we fight in Shanghai, our battalion will have confidence!" ”

"Good!" Bao Meiying immediately issued an order: "Battalion Commander Li Guanglei, order your battalion to immediately launch an attack on the Zhapu Manchu camp, and I will personally lead the cavalry to act as cover north of Pinghu." ”

He also said to Liu Ping, the commander of the 2nd Independent Battalion of Shaoxing: "Battalion Commander Liu, I order you to cooperate with the 1st Independent Infantry Battalion with a reinforced infantry company, and the main force of the battalion is responsible for the frontal defense north of the Zhapu Manchurian Battalion. ”

Liu Ping immediately replied: "Resolutely obey the order!" ”

He didn't dare to be like the commander of the teaching regiment, taking the orders of his superiors as a feather envoy, and only sent a reinforced platoon to Tonglu County, and now this ugly thing in the teaching regiment is well-known in the whole army.

He had already decided to control the main force of the battalion on the main road, and to use the fortifications to resist one by one, and strive to resolutely complete the task, but he asked, "Detachment leader, are we asking for support from the inspection point?" The strength of the detachment was a little smaller. ”

"No!" Bao Meiying has considerable confidence: "Please rest assured that the Jiaxing detachment can complete all combat tasks most resolutely, and if the inspection point is not at ease, an additional reinforced infantry company can be sent to Jiaxing." ”

"Good!" Li Guanglei was still a little unconvinced by Bao Meiying's little girl at first, but when he heard this, he nodded again and again: "With our battalion here, whether it is attack or defense, there is no problem!" ”

Bao Meiying may have made a condition: "Everyone work hard, when this battle is fought, I will fight for the inspection point Since the first battalion of the independent infantry is an old unit, it should be expanded into an infantry regiment, and the second battalion of the Shaoxing independent infantry can at least be developed into a battalion of class A!" ”

In the seven counties of Jiaxing Prefecture, even if the Hong Army invested an infantry regiment and an infantry battalion, the strength was still a little insufficient, and the two battalion commanders were very satisfied with such a promise.

"Do it well!"

"Yunji! Is this foreigner reliable? Our 4,000 soldiers don't seem to be able to do it! ”

When Xue Huan heard this, he could only kick Yang Fang and then said, "Aren't there foreigners in the back?" ”

"But that foreigner is also greedy for money!" Although Yang Fang, a tycoon, is not familiar with military affairs, he is an expert in making a fortune: "Although I brought big and small guns, I am always not at ease!" ”

"Rest assured!" Xue Huan, the prefect of Songjiang, the envoy of Jiangsu Salt Transport, said: "With foreigners bringing foreign guns and cannons, we have a way to do everything!" Besides, our 4,000 soldiers bravely got into this situation, isn't your responsibility small! ”…,

He is telling the truth, these four thousand soldiers have both Chao Yong, Min Yong, and Chuan Yong, but although there are many soldiers, they are all rabble, and the reason why this situation has been created is completely the responsibility of him and Yang Fang.

Strictly speaking, this is not a mercenary, but a tool for him to make a fortune with Yang Fang, he has made a lot of money, and Yang Fang has also made a lot of money, but Yang Fang is now telling the truth: "But the problem is that there are very few foreigners and real foreigners in the back, and most of them are little Luzon!" ”

Little Luzon was the Philippines, and the Philippines was a Spanish colony at that time, so people called Spain Greater Luzon and the Philippines Little Luzon.

But when Yang Fang said this, Xue Huan was really taken aback: "Yang Fang, you are too nonsense, I asked you to recruit thousands of foreign soldiers, but you said that in a hurry, only the French and the Russians supported us, and I also admitted it, but why did you recruit the little Luzon." ”

Xue Huan, the prefect of Songjiang, has a lot of contacts with foreigners, so he naturally knows that among the foreigners in Shanghai, Britain and France are the most knowledgeable soldiers, and Russia can also be the best, but the number is too small.

He knew very well that this little Luzon was not a soldier at all, and he had never heard of any strong soldiers, so he asked again: "How many real foreigners are there?" ”

Yang Fang smiled bitterly: "In a hurry, there is only so much money, who among the foreigners in Shanghai is willing to work for me, this is a real work, there are less than one hundred and fifty real foreigners, and the rest are little Luzon!" ”

As soon as he said this, Xue Huan was even more worried: "Then what should I do?" Obviously with the support of France and Russia, why are there so few real foreigners? ”

Of course, Yang Fang can't say that this is because his price is too low: "Now the foreigners who know the soldiers in Shanghai have secretly communicated with the red thieves, and often come and go between Shanghai and Ningbo, and it is these 400 people that I have worked hard to do." ”

"It's okay to have 400 foreign soldiers, with these 400 foreign soldiers to help, our 4,000 soldiers and horses will not be defeated!" Xue Huan immediately replied: "Presumably there is a way to everything!" ”

Behind these 4,000 soldiers was a mixed Chinese and Western army, including blonde Westerners, Filipinos and Japanese, and a small number of Chinese, who waved all kinds of banners and were in chaos.

Major Lange, who took the lead, frowned at his troops, and asked his adjutant, "Is there any hope of victory for our team to go to Jiaxing Mansion to fight against the Red Turban?"

His adjutant immediately replied: "In overcoming verbal exchanges, our troops do not have any hope of victory for the time being. ”

The unit was nominally a volunteer group of Westerners, but in reality it was a temporary mercenary, and more than a dozen languages were spoken throughout the unit, so much so that when Major Langer issued orders, he had to issue them in four languages at the same time: English, French, Spanish, and Russian.

Even Lange, the major, was self-appointed, he was just an ordinary British bookseller, and his bookstore could not survive, so he temporarily joined this mercenary army, and obtained the command of this volunteer unit with the rank of self-appointed major.

Compared to the real volunteers in the Shanghai Concession, as well as the British and French troops, this volunteer was just a circus, so Major Langer glanced at his troops and asked his adjutant again: "What should we do if we encounter a red turban?" ”

"What should I do?" The adjutant answered his question very cleverly: "Ask what kind of conditions they offer if we sell them weapons!" ”

In the past few months, due to the neutrality of the port of Ningbo, the Red Turban and the Rainbow Army have become very famous among Westerners in Shanghai, and many arms dealers have become the target of Westerners' criticism. …,

This is a successful person! This is the model of the Shanghai adventurer, this is the nouveau riche who has too much money to spend, and they all look forward to the time when they will be able to make a successful deal with the rebels, and make themselves such nouveau riche who cannot find the slightest aristocratic atmosphere.

When Major Langer heard his adjutant's answer, he was relieved: "You're right, we can sell weapons and ammunition to the Red Turban, I've heard that they have always been very friendly to arms dealers, even the enemy ones!" But can you give me a little operational advice? ”

"Your Excellency Major, we only have four hundred, and the Chinese in front of us have four thousand!" The adjutant immediately replied: "If even the four thousand men in front of us fail, can our four hundred men have any hope of victory?" Even if you get a lucky win, what a cost! What's more, our contract has been clearly written, and we are just providing help to the Chinese as much as we can. ”

As soon as he said this, Major Langer already understood: "That's right, it's just helping as much as he can, fighting tens of thousands of rebels, such a mission has exceeded the limits of his ability!" We need to preserve ourselves to a greater extent. ”

But the news that Xue Huan led the Huayang mixed army to help made Zhao Jingxian of Huzhou Mansion see a glimmer of life: "What? Governor Xue has already led foreign troops to aid Jiaxing Mansion? Great, great! Huzhou is hopeful! The heavens have eyes! ”

His staff also said in unison: "Yes! Xue Yunsi's soldiers out of Jiaxing Mansion, then the red thief will inevitably return to the division, if our soldiers take advantage of the victory to pursue, front and back, but a battle to break the enemy! ”

"Don't be careless, don't be careless!" Zhao Jingxian said repeatedly: "The red thief is cunning, don't hit him......"

However, Zhao Jingxian's face still had a very excited look: "But if the red thief really left in a hurry, he can indeed cover up the past!" ”

He ordered loudly: "Order me Jingzi Sixth Battalion, ready to go out of the city at any time to fight, Xue Yunsi is a good penman, and he can borrow foreign soldiers, so good!" ”

As he was talking, someone over there had already come to report the latest battle report: "The red thief broke Lujiazhuang this morning, and the damage was very great!" ”

Seems like a chance?

PS thinking is a bit stuck, only this one is more today, and I will make up for it tomorrow