Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Far Eastern Fengtian Independent Division (II)
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Major Kikolov nodded and said, "Well, you're right. In fact, even if the establishment of the Far Eastern Fengtian Reading Brigade is approved, it is a bit difficult to get a sufficient number of military uniforms, and our supplies in this area are a little difficult to keep up, and it is even more difficult for officer uniforms. Fortunately, we are the headquarters of the Far Eastern Army, as long as the colonel nods, it is definitely not a problem. However, these clothes definitely have no military rank, and even if you have an establishment, you still belong to the local mercenaries in the Mukden region, and that's it, and you will not officially declare it to the Imperial War Department. ”
He Tianci nodded with a smile and replied, "It's okay, it's not a problem, as long as you have a military uniform." In addition to military uniforms, in terms of specific allocation of materials, I think we should make a list in advance, get it early, and go back early to arrange other work, so that we can prepare for the war. ”
Major Kikolov looked at He Tianci and then said slowly: "There is no problem with this, we can now roughly calculate how many people, various equipment, guns and ammunition are needed." ”
He Tianci's brain was running rapidly, he frowned, and the wrinkles on his head also floated up and down, and the corners of his mouth raised a touch of arc and said: "We are recruiting people according to the establishment of a division here, a total of about 7,000 people." Let's calculate according to this establishment scale, first of all, 12,000 Mosin Nagant rifles, of which 5,000 are used as reserves, each gun is equipped with 400 rounds of ammunition, 300 pistols, and it is better if there are German-made Mauser pistols, and another 20,000 grenades and 10 heavy machine guns, each machine gun is equipped with five boxes of canvas bullet chains, each box of 5,000 rounds.
In addition, there are relatively more officer uniforms, and I will always keep more people to recruit troops in various parts of Fengtianfu, because I expect that the scale of my loss of troops on the frontline battlefield will be relatively large. ”
Major Kikolov nodded again and again, seemingly without any pressure and didn't seem to find these things difficult to do, and only after He Tianci finished speaking in one breath did he say: "Except for the problem of heavy machine guns and grenades, which are more difficult to handle, everything else is not a problem, I will try my best to equip you before you set off." ”
Then he paused and said: "Heavy machine guns are very difficult to do, grenades are not so easy to distribute, there are artillery, we have captured more than a dozen Trinity mountain guns, the current plan of the staff is to form four mountain artillery companies, but there are still a lot of arguments, because the 75 mm shells used in this kind of artillery are not available to us, and the only few hundred shells are all captured materials." If you want, I might be able to get you some of it and send you some artillery. ”
He Tianci knew that what he needed most was not a machine gun, and he couldn't afford to use a machine gun, but a mountain gun was a good thing, and he had more cavalry troops, so he would run away when he started a battle, and this thing was much more cost-effective than a crane gun.
He Tianci hurriedly said to Major Kikolov: "Thank you, there will be a lot of trouble for Major in the future, fight for us!" ”
Kikolov smiled and said: "Lord He, you don't have to be polite, just like Lord He said, we are people in the same boat, just like that, I will try my best to fight for you." ”
He Tianci's requirements are definitely not low, but Kikolov is very sure to do it, first of all, because he is in charge of logistics, and secondly, as long as the establishment of the Far East Fengtian Reading Division is personally approved by the commander-in-chief, He Tianci's troops are different from Feng Delin and other bandit arms, but the mercenaries in the official establishment of the Russian army, which is not different in principle from the Cossack cavalry, and this Colonel Madmaddorf and General Mischinko are very important, and the most important thing is that the current Russian army is in the northeast but the people are betrayed. doesn't even have a reliable ally, this is a golden pimple now!
He Tianci was ready to organize his original Mabu Sixth Battalion into the First Cavalry Regiment of the Fengtian Reading Division, of course, this is also his main force, and the two thousand miners were organized into the Second Infantry Regiment of the Fengtian Reading Division, and the original Rehe bandit armed group was organized into the Third Regiment of the Fengtian Reading Division, but the grassroots officers of this unit were uniformly replaced by the cronies of the former Mabu Sixth Battalion, and secretly sent people to closely monitor them, refused to repent, and killed them directly. In addition, if the number is insufficient, after Na Zhiwu and Hu Wenyong recruit troops, they will be filled up.
Although the number of his regiments is not full, and there is still a big vacancy, the strength division of 7,000 people is now only 5,000 people, and the team of less than 3,000 people has suddenly expanded to several thousand.
At this time, Senior Colonel Madriddorf had already entered Liujiabao, and Major Kikolov was also there, in addition to the other four Russian officers He Tianci did not know, these four people also seemed to be direct officers of the Far Eastern Army Commander's Staff, and most of them were about thirty years old.
He Tianci glanced at it, and just by looking at the rank and collar badge, he knew that there were three captains among them, and one major should be a subordinate staff officer of Colonel Madrid Dórdf, especially the very young officer, who seemed to be about twenty years old, and he was very much like a Central Asian of Turkic descent in Xinjiang Province, tall and slightly thin.
Colonel Madrid Daofu looked excited, and laughed happily when he saw He Tianci come out, and then hugged He Tianci and said, "Big brother, our affairs are done." ”
In fact, this was originally expected by He Tianci, and then he still pretended to be a little disbelieving and asked, "So fast?" ”
Senior Colonel Madriddorf smiled and nodded, expressing his affirmation, and made a gesture to show the official approval of the headquarters to He Tianci.
He Tianci hurriedly took this approval order in Major Kikolov's hand, and when he saw that he couldn't understand the Russian on it, he skipped it directly, but fortunately, Madrid Doff personally made a note in Chinese below to take care of himself, He Tianci carefully read every detail, He Tianci couldn't help but be happy when he saw it, now he is all Cossack cavalry equipment.
This signature, signed by Marshal Kuropatkin, commander-in-chief of the Far Eastern Army of the Tsarist Russian Empire, officially approved the establishment of the "Far Eastern Mukden Reading Division", with Alpha serving as the staff officer and senior adviser of the Reading Division, which was directly under the jurisdiction of the Manchurian Bureau of the General Staff of the Far Eastern Army, and belonged to the Mischinko Cavalry Corps of the Second Army of the Right Wing in wartime, and the General Staff Department allocated materials and supplies for the construction of the division, and after completion, according to the standards of the front-line troops, 300,000 rubles per month were issued as "reissue of guns, ammunition, artillery, and horses" all other than military spending.
Of course, at this time, the ruble is still called gold ruble, and a gold ruble is equivalent to the Chinese silver dollar, and it is enough to give yourself 300,000 yuan a month, which may be why Colonel Madrid Dorf wants to hold on to himself.
In addition to the commander-in-chief's personal approval, the Second Army Headquarters and the Tsarist Far East General Staff also jointly issued a plan for the formation of the Far Eastern Mukden Reading Division, signed by Senior Colonel Madrid Dórdiff and General Mischinko, requiring the Far Eastern Fengtian Reading Division to organize two cavalry regiments, one infantry regiment, and an additional artillery battalion directly under the brigade headquarters by mid-February 1905.
Similar to He Tianci's original idea, Colonel Madrid Dorf put his main force on the cavalry and gave himself the establishment of two cavalry regiments, which also shows that his future task is more to clear out the bandits in Manchuria.
Colonel Madrid Astoria walked next to He Tianci in the aisle, picked up He Tianci and said loudly: "Big brother, we are really here this time, come and sign here, we will be brothers in the future." ”
This problem is stumped He Tianci, if you sign it, then you will be a big Han annihilation, although the father-in-law Zhang Xiluan is a second-class member of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but this white black thing is seen by the imperial court, no one can save himself, if he doesn't sign, he is desperate now.