Compared with the drought and lack of rain in Gansu, especially in the western part of Gansu, this year's Suiyuan City can be described as smooth and rainy. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The lives of the nomads are quietly changing, the prices of all kinds of daily necessities they need are cheaper, and the cheese and dried milk powder that they used to have in their hands for their own consumption have become valuable. Many Mongolians sell their own cheese and milk powder from their homes to the military's purchasing stations, and then take silver dollars or paper money to the merchants to buy the grain and tea bricks they need.

It feels very much like the ordinary people in the Central Plains who sold the fine grains in their homes and bought coarse grains.

Compared with the past, the market of the towns around Suiyuan City is more prosperous, and the emergence of business opportunities has made a large number of Central Plains merchants represented by Jin merchants pour in, and there is a rumor on the grassland that there is a rumor in the 'rumor': the imperial court of the Central Plains wants to use iron to build a road connecting Zhangjiakou to Suiyuan City on the grassland, and the horse can pull a heavy cart to run fast on this iron road, and this road will also go north through the Ulanchabu League and the Xilin Gol League to continue to Kulen in Outer Mongolia.

But legends are just legends, and for the herders at the bottom, the real improvement of life is the tangible benefit. It's just that their lives really don't change as much as the lives of the Han people in Suiyuan City. Because fine-wool sheep are still in the process of breeding and breeding, they have not yet been entered on a large scale, and for ordinary herdsmen, they still lack another huge income.

For the Han people in Suiyuan City, being able to repay their arrears on the one hand, and still have enough food rations left in their families on the other side, is such a happy thing for many, many poor immigrants who only have one life left.

Lin Laohan is already very satisfied, and the current days are rare and good days for him, with rush and hope. So the third son doesn't do business, and when he goes to the barracks every once in a while, he will say two words at most. Because Lin Laohan knows very well that they still have to rely on those soldiers and the guns in their hands to protect their lives now.

It's one thing to agree with his son to get close to the garrison, and even during the New Year's holidays, if Tunli gives a reward to the military masters, every family will get together, and he will be willing to pay the money. But he would never allow his son to be a soldier! Isn't the family poor and can't open the pot?

No matter how much attention Chen Mingming put into propaganda and encouragement, he can't solve the thousands of old stubborns like Lin Laohan in China in just a few years.

"No, I can't. Absolutely not. Lin Fangyuan's idea of wanting to be a logistics soldier was vetoed by Lin Laohan. In this era, the elders in the family are the biggest, not because there are no animals who do not respect their parents, but it is far less than when Chen Ming was in his previous life. "The family has a good life, why go to eat that life-saving meal? The Lin family does not lack those few acres of land. ”

"Dad, that's not a life-saving meal. Without those who were soldiers, would we be able to live a good life now? ”

On the one hand, there is a generous military salary, and on the other side is the lofty concept of 'protecting the family and defending the country'. One is soft and the other is hard, the ideological education of the Fu Han Army, the political class of the Fu Han Army, whether it brainwashed all the officers and soldiers is not clear, but it brainwashed Lin Fangyuan.

But he didn't make sense with his father. "Why isn't it a life-saving meal? If the court doesn't want you to work hard, can you give you dozens of acres of land? You should be a meat bun falling from the sky, and the wind is blowing? So Lin Fangyuan's plan was in vain, today is the day when the garrison shoots, in the past, Lin Fangyuan had already gone to pick up the warhead, but today he didn't go, but went to the ground with a hoe.

"Third brother, why don't you pick up the warhead?"

"Where do you have the face? I gave Jiang Tuanzheng a promise that I would definitely go to transport the troops. Who are we? A grass people. There was green smoke coming out of the ancestral grave in my hometown, so I had a few words with Jiang Tuanzheng. Why is our father's brain so stubborn? "There are several formations in the garrison of Suiyuan City, some of which are strictly controlled, and it is difficult for Lin Fangyuan to even get close, and there are also relatively easy ones, such as the transport group. In fact, Lin Fangyuan also went there twice before he realized that the unit he touched was a transport unit! And it's a transport group that has never been complete. Because there is always a part of the army in this regiment that is running around the steppe.

Lin Fangyuan's entry into the transport regiment was not to be a serious transport soldier, but to be a civilian man with the army, or a militiaman, who was also equipped with a gun. Among them, only those who perform well and are willing to join the army can officially become a member of the transport force after completing the transportation tasks back and forth.

Lin Fangyuan was about to say something more, when he suddenly heard a rapid military horn from the north, he was stunned at first, and then Lin Fangyuan's whole face changed.

"Rally number?!" The rallying cry of the army, what happened?

It was from the transport regiment that the trumpet sounded.

Lin Fangyuan's next reaction was to throw away the hoe and shout loudly to the little sister: "The assembly horn is blowing in the army, I don't know what's going on, I'll take a look." After a while, Dad will come, and you will tell Daddy. ”

Lin Fangyuan quickly ran to the troops, and when he ran to the camp of the transport regiment with all his breath, he found that there were dozens of people running towards the camp with all their might, these people were wearing civilian clothes like him, and many people Lin Fangyuan still knew, it was their tun, or the neighboring villages, or the people in Suiyuan City, many of whom were people who were with him to pick up warheads for the troops.

Second, outside the entrance of the barracks, a sergeant officer stood there with a squad of soldiers. There was already a group of people standing in front of them, both Han and Mongolian. Lin Fangyuan slowly stopped, he now understood a little, the people running here at this time were all 'activists' similar to him, and the task of the transport group was afraid that it was ahead of schedule and was about to leave. Lin Fangyuan didn't think that the troops on the other side were joking, he thought of his father's resolute opposition at this moment, but a certain obsession in his heart made him quickly rush into the team.

Lin Fangyuan became the squad leader, and they had a total of twelve militiamen. Lin Fangyuan stood for twenty minutes after entering the column, and all the talents were all there. What hasn't arrived is never used. Then they lined up in tun and street units.

Everyone quickly changed their uniforms, except for no rank, and everyone received their weapons. It doesn't matter if you're not skilled or even know how to shoot, there is time to connect on the road.

The militia captain's surname is Ma, a single name is a Ming character, and he has the rank of sergeant. Not ashamed of his name, he opened his throat and said loudly to all the militiamen: "Our department has received an urgent notice today, and the delivery of supplies will immediately go to Kulen. From now on, you will be a militia with the army.

The monthly salary, allowance, and casualty allowance for each of you during the war shall be in accordance with the standards of the regular army. In addition, the government will also reduce the care of your family accordingly. ”

"Are there any questions now?"

The first time I was going to Kulen with the army, so far away, there was a sound of inhalation in the ranks. But there are also those who have bright eyes, and Lin Fangyuan is like this. Not only was he not afraid, but the hot gaze in his eyes made Ma Ming take a fancy to him at a glance in the crowd.

Lin Fangyuan has a strong sense of belonging to the current Chen Han. The fact that their family can live the current life is all due to the kindness of the imperial court in his opinion.

And Lin Fangyuan also understands a truth very well - being a soldier is not only for food, but also to protect the family and defend the country.

If an army can't fight, China and China will be ruined again. Just like the Mengyuan back then, just like the Manchu Qing Dynasty before.

Lin Fangyuan has a young heart, and being young means working hard and being aggressive. The days at home are not bad, they are well fed and warm, but they are too plain as water.

Lin Fangyuan's hard work did not let him go south into the Central Plains, but made him want to go to the army very much. Not because of that beautiful military uniform, but because becoming a soldier will raise a pride of 'dedication' in his heart.

More than 1,000 people from the transport regiment drove four or five hundred wagons, surrounded by one or two hundred cavalry, and advanced to the north, and the time was only past noon, Lin Fangyuan did not wait for his father, brother, and little sister. He was a little sad psychologically, but Jiang Tuanzheng's words echoed in his ears, "Fellow militiamen, from today onwards, you are no longer an ordinary person, an ordinary peasant. Until the mission is completed, you will be an official member of the 5th Transport Regiment of our Mongolian Military Region.

Militia is also a soldier!

I'm sure you won't lose face.

Delivering the military supplies urgently needed by the front-line troops to the front-line troops safely and on time is the greatest mission of our transportation troops. After completing this, your merits are not inferior to those of the front-line soldiers......" Tuan Zheng's voice seemed to be still echoing in his ears, Lin Fangyuan turned his head to look at Suiyuan City behind him, and looked at the grass-green hurried figures around him, he showed a smile: "I just want to be a soldier." ”

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The northern tip of Sakhalin has not changed much, and it is still the same desolate and vast appearance. More of Chen Han's manpower and resources were concentrated in the relatively warm south. The north is more of a subsistence, although this 'sustainment' has also brought good new development to several northern strongholds, which are already prosperous in the eyes of many of the natives of Sakhalin.

But this development is nothing compared to the various strongholds in the south of Sakhalin.

In the case of Oja, it is remarkable that about six or seven hundred acres of farmland have been cultivated in the surrounding area on the basis of being able to mine a large amount of coal. At least the General Directorate of Sakhalin Reclamation is satisfied with the work here.

Ships sailing from South Sakhalin passed through the narrow and slender Tatar Strait and went directly to the entrance to the Heilongjiang River.

A lot of people don't know what the Tatar Strait is. It was the dividing line between Sakhalin and the mainland, and it was also the narrowest place between the two sides, running 1,300 li from north to south, with a width of 1,300 li from north to south, narrower with 15 li in the north, and gradually widening to the south, and about 700 li wide in the south.

This is a very dangerous waterway, the shallowest point is less than three feet, and the deepest part they have not yet measured. The terrain at the bottom of the gorge is rugged, and the depth of the water varies greatly. However, there are many bays along the Tatar Strait that are suitable for building ports, and Lao Maozi of the last time and space found a series of deep-water ports here, forming the bay of Port Suvière, with a wide water surface and a natural barrier against wind and waves.

The fleet spent two days repairing in one of the bays, and at the same time replenished the stronghold in the depths of the bay with grain, meat, knives, axes, nails, ropes, and other utensils, as well as a small number of ploughing cattle, and a few carpenters.

Of course, there will be no ice floe in the Tatar Strait in mid-May, but in late March, two of Chen Han's ships were hit by ice floe in the Tatar Strait, one sank, and the other was lucky enough to return not far from a stronghold.

This place is a natural channel for cold and warm currents, the cold current of the Sea of Okhotsk in the north goes south through the strait, and the warm current of the southern Sea of Malay also crosses the Sea of Japan and goes north along the strait, the two currents meet in the Tatar Strait, and the inertia forms a dense fog in the Tatar Strait, especially at the turn of spring and summer, the dense fog is filled, which greatly affects the navigation of ships. Moreover, the dimensions are high, the temperature is low, and there are often ice floes in the strait before and after the ice melts, which adversely affects navigation.

Even in April, there are still some thin layers of ice floe on the surface. Although the ice floe is very small and thin, it's April, and it's really dementia-like.

After the beginning of spring, the ice and snow melted in Xinjiangkou, and the Qing-Russian coalition forces surrounded outside had to choose to retreat, because reinforcements from the Fu Han army arrived. Although the number of the latter is not too much, they have a strong Xinjiangkou as a support, relying on absolutely dense firepower to fight, always maintaining an appropriate distance, so that the Russian army and the Qing army, which have absolute superiority in strength, can only face the anal, and as a result, they will never be fooled again after suffering two losses.

After the snow melted, the local prisoners and soldiers continued to build the new estuary, and when a large number of Korean slaves and marines sent from the rear arrived, the construction of the new estuary was raised to a higher level. Now all the facilities it should have are there. The docks continued to expand, and even the docks were dug and they built their own boats. The catch of Heilongjiang is still very rich, which is a great supplement to the new Jiangkou.

Moreover, these small boats can be used as hauling equipment in the Heilongjiang River.

Just when this fleet arrived at Xinjiangkou, Deng Yun, the leader of Xinjiangkou, had already led two teams of soldiers on six small warships, none of which was dragging a small boat they had made themselves, and went up the Heilongjiang River.

Just as the Russians relied on rivers to traverse all of Siberia, the Fu Han army had to rely on rivers to conquer this vast and unfamiliar land.

At this time, Deng Yun didn't know that what he considered his main opponent, the Russians, had rushed to Lake Baikal in a hurry.

These people have received orders to return, and the core interests of the Russians in Siberia, Lake Baikal, are under mortal threat. No one could guarantee when the Mongol army would attack Irkutsk. And before the Russians left, the Turkuts left even earlier.

Running from the Trans-Khingan Mountains to Lake Baikal, from Lake Baikal to Lake Baikal, and then from Lake Baikal to the Outer Northeast in the face of wind and snow, the number of people killed and wounded in the battle was not as large as the number of losses due to illness, and the horses were even more skinny and skinny.

The main force of the 1st Cavalry Brigade of the Fuhan Army, which entered Inner Mongolia for the second time, has launched a new round of offensive on Lake Baikal. And this offensive not only had the first cavalry brigade of the Fu Han Army, but some tribes in Outer Mongolia also sent troops to follow Chen Kaishan to act together.

Because in late April, Chen Hui, who had just arrived in Beijing for a few days, had already set off for Chengde. And earlier than he set off was the Khalkha Mongol princes of Outer Mongolia.

You can see what will happen next.

Chen Hui warmly received the four nobles of the Khalkha Mongols in Chengde, and in a peaceful atmosphere, recognized the spirit boy found by the Khalkha, and just now the news came from Zhangjia III that Dase VIII has designated Jebuzundamba IV Lobu Zangtuba Tanwangshuk, who is the son of Dase VIII's uncle Sonomu Dash. Huh, huh?

As long as Chen Hui agreed with this issue on behalf of Chen Han, Chen Han's sincerity was revealed. The Khalkha Fourth Department will next express its submission to Chen Han. Then they will go to Beijing and then Nanjing......

"That Turgot, hasn't Zhang Jia been contacted yet?" Chen Ming looked at the large map in front of him. (To be continued.) )