Chapter 69 Teacher

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the border trade between China and Vietnam has been very frequent, but the trade is mainly concentrated in Yunnan, Guangxi border passes, the Qing Dynasty has never been the concept of taxation, this is not even the customs tariffs are invited to the British Hurd in cooking, but these years Hurd has done quite well, the annual customs tariff of more than 30 million, can be used everywhere Dong Qing Dynasty to fill a lot of holes.

In this land of Yunnan and Guangxi, and the opposite side is a vassal country, this tariff has never been implemented, so in this era, the big merchants who travel back and forth between the two places are all trading to make fires, and they only need to get rid of the border troops on the pass, and a little toll is much cheaper than the difference between the two places.

The Dongxing Pass, which is located in the south of the 100,000 mountains, is the only pass for trade between Guangzhou and Vietnam, because it is separated by a Beilun River, but there is no prosperity of border trade here. This Dongxingkou Pass is on a high ground near the mountain by the river, guarding the Dongxingkou Pass is a border army of 1oo people in Vietnam, if it belongs, it is under the jurisdiction of Quang Ninh Province, and it has always been transported by the river juniper.

The guard here is a Vietnamese general Wu Jin, who has not seen the river juniper escort food for more than half a month, at this time he is pointing to a few soldiers and scolding, because the day before yesterday he remembered the matter of urging the salary, and sent a military commander to the river juniper, who knows that at this time the Wu chief ran back in despair and said that the river juniper was stationed in the army, and it was definitely not his own soldiers and horses, he was also a little smart, and saw that the situation was not right, so he ran away and came back to report the news.

This Wu Chang was dressed in tattered clothes, and he felt that something was wrong when he ran outside Hejuni City, and none of the servants who used to lean on the door to exploit the people could not be seen. At the gate of the city, a group of soldiers with foreign guns were replaced, looking at the people's clothes, brand new blue clothes and kùzi, the fierce foreign guns on their backs, and other long straight-edged knives on their waists (in fact, that thing was the bayonet of the AKO2 rifle), no matter how he looked at it, he felt that this should be an army that did not exist in Vietnam.

At this time, a team of CAO training soldiers who ran out of the city were also carrying temporary AKO2 rifles, and they were shouting passwords while running, it was the commander of the first battalion, He Xiaojun, who was training, He Xiaojun was not the Xiao captain who led 9 soldiers when he first came, and now all the 9 soldiers under him were promoted to Xiao captain. He followed at the back of the line, but his eyes were drawn to the Vietnamese military commander who was peeking from the sidelines.

The dirty and tattered military uniform of this Vietnamese soldier saved him, and He Xiaojun also felt that this guy not far away was a little strange, and it was a little familiar, but after thinking about it, he didn't see who the guy in this dirty, dark clothes, and tattered clothes was. When he ran too far, he remembered that this guy's clothes were not the same as those worn by the Vietnamese soldiers in the sailor camp outside Hue, but they were dirtier and more torn. If you want to go back and find someone, the shadow of the person will be gone a long time ago.

He hurriedly reported this matter to Zhang Kui, this news obviously surprised Zhang Kui, there was also an army that he didn't know about to find the county commander Pang Qing to ask, Pang Qing remembered, "My lord, I didn't say that I had forgotten about this matter a long time ago, in the past, I had to transfer the Dongxingkou Pass grain and salary sent by Guangning Mansion every two months, and this soldier must have been sent over there to urge the salary, because this matter was personally managed by the former Chen County Commander, so he forgot about this stubble."

Zhang Kui laughed, isn't this what he wants, there are no clues to his case of being attacked in the wild, and the county commander Pang Qing and the inspector Lu Li have also put a lot of thought into the investigation, but they only heard some trivial news, and there is no progress in the case, and after inquiring carefully, there are really no bandits in this river juniper and Xian'an, and he thinks that there is nowhere to land for training, and now he can find the target.

At present, Zhang Kui has the first elite battalion, the second and third battalions of the security regiment, and the first team of the recruit battalion, of which the officers of the elite first battalion are all student soldiers of the Mawei Ship Master School, while the second and third battalions are expanded on the basis of the security regiment, and the recruit battalion is a newly recruited young man who must go through a one-month intensive training.

That night, Zhang Kui ordered that three Xiao teams be left to be responsible for the security of Hehui County, and he personally led 1oo people from He Xiaojun's first, second, and third battalions to conduct long-distance actual combat training.

From Hejuni to Dongxingkou Pass, the distance is also more than 8o miles in a straight line, and this side is a bypass at the foot of the mountain, calculated that there should be a hundred and twenty miles, Zhang Kui immediately summoned the officers to make arrangements. ,

To tell the truth, this army of 5oo people, less than a month of training, in addition to 14o student soldiers and security regiments, more than half of the people dispatched this time are recruit eggs, although these recruit eggs are local mountain people, before enlisting is also carefully selected, the physical foundation is OK, but a month of intensive training is not completed because of time relations, this is undoubtedly the time to test the results of training on weekdays, you have just been promoted captains, the generals are full of energy.

"It's a total of more than one hundred miles, two and a half days, and in the morning of the day after tomorrow, I'm going to have breakfast at Dongxingkou Pass, you can see if you can do it" Zhang Kui gave an order with raised eyebrows.

Which officers bowed their heads and calculated, this calculation, aside from the time to eat and sleep, can run up to 5o miles a day, if it is the Mawei Security Regiment or the student soldiers' Su zhì, there is no problem at all, it is the result of a year of daily uninterrupted training.

"No problem" He Xiaojun of the first elite battalion was the first to agree in the stunned eyes of everyone, "I'll separate the recruits and veterans, and take the camp of more than 100 Vietnamese boys, I think 1o people are enough"

"This method is good, He Xiaojun really has you," Immediately, several officers coaxed happily.

Next, He Xiaojun's ears were immediately deafened by Zhang Kui, "He Xiaojun, I said that you should take 1o people to go, none of these 35o soldiers can be left behind, the members of the Xiao team didn't keep up with the team, don't blame me for being unkind, captain, I will always come to me as a personal soldier for half a year, Lao Tzu will let you clean the toilet every day"

"......" The officers looked innocent, and their eyes were directed at He Xiaojun, a rising bird.

However, He Xiaojun was also stunned, "Report that the first elite battalion guarantees a complete mission, someone in that xiao team has fallen behind, I will clean the toilet for Boss Zhang, and I will send him to pour a niao pot for the whole battalion for a year."

Seeing that He Xiaojun was full of courage, Zhang Kui smiled, "Okay He Xiaojun, don't you forget, the weight of thirty catties per person can't be less Qi Fang, Ma Desheng and the two of you?" ”

Seeing that the elite first battalion had rushed up, Qi Fang was naturally not to be outdone, and immediately stood up and shouted loudly: "Our security regiment has never been wrong, we can't complete the task, let's go back to the Mawei Artillery Bureau to see the gate for another three years."

Ma Desheng scratched his head next to him and smiled, "Instructor, one battalion and two battalions are fine, there is no reason why our third battalion can't do it, you can rest assured" This sentence immediately caused a reaction......

"Ma Orion, what do you mean by this, just rely on your pole ako2 to hit accurately, can you dare to slander our elite battalion like this" He Xiaojun on the side immediately jumped up and slapped the table and counterattacked.

"What's the matter, I'm still not convinced" Ma Desheng stood up across the table, not to be outdone, "Don't look at your battalion of 8O submachine guns, to be honest, 1oo meters away, let's pick three again, how"

As soon as these words came out, He Xiaojun was also angry, but there was nothing to say, there was naturally a history of struggle between the first battalion and the third battalion, a few days ago it was the turn of the third battalion to guard the city gate, and as a result, a team of officers from the first battalion passed by, these officers from the student soldiers were all the backbone of the Qin Kai Academy, and they were all equipped with Type 8O submachine guns, and when they saw that the security regiment was also equipped with an AKO2 single rifle, out of a joke, they mocked it a little.

However, Ma Desheng, who was passing by, heard this, and this guy immediately jumped out like an elite battalion challenge, saying that he was alone, and the three people in the elite regiment were shooting target marksmanship, and the number of target rings was calculated within the time limit of his three shots

This is Chi Guoguo's provocation, at that time, the three student soldiers who were conceited to be the high-level apprentices of the Qin Supervision Office of the Mawei Ship Administration School were angry, and immediately jumped out to compete with Ma Desheng, this competition to shoot bullets, your AKO2 rifle with a bolt dares to compare with our 8o submachine gun, count this bullet, let's beat you ten or almost three of them knew that there must be something greasy in this, or jumped in without hesitation.

The result is naturally tragic, Ma Desheng is also qualified to be equipped with 8O submachine gun officers, but this guy is holding his AKO2 rifle all day long, he has already cooked these two guns in the army, AKO2 This firearm has high chamber pressure, long barrel, and great power, the effective range is more than 4 times that of MP18, reaching more than 8oo meters, and now the AKO2 rifle processed by the horsetail is very advanced, so the shooting accuracy is also extremely high, which is his favorite.

As a submachine gun, the MP18 requires a low chamber pressure, focusing on the low failure rate and the firing degree of the company, so the range and a certain accuracy are sacrificed, the MP18 can be connected as long as the trigger is pulled, of course, the trigger can also be single, but there is no shift setting for later submachine rifles. Of course, in the case of aiming, a qualified military man should be able to lightly click on a canned box 5o meters away. ,

But for targets 1oo meters away...... This is a problem of egg pain, MP18 in order to reduce the pressure of the chamber, and the use of pistol bullets, these 1oo meters is definitely a watershed in shooting accuracy, the result is ...... Naturally, it was miserable, and the three student officers were all good marksmanship, but under the pressure of time and the weakness of this firearm, the result was that the MP18 was the highest 4 rings in 100 meters, and the lowest did not miss the target.

Ma Desheng completed the grand slam of 3o rings with the standard action of 3 seconds and three guns, and the three student soldiers and officers together were only 28 rings, the result of this contest was definitely a sensation, and also won the old horse a nickname of "horse gun god", and now he is a big golden sign of the third battalion.

After this incident, He Xiaojun was so angry that he trained the three officers who participated in the challenge for half a month, and at the same time required all officers to be proficient in mastering and using various weapons in the army. The armed forces assessment is carried out every month, and those who fail to pass will go down to become team members. The defeat in this contest naturally has the shortcomings of submachine guns, but obviously these officers are still not as good as Ma Desheng, who was born in hunting, and this is also the only thing that convinced the officers of the first battalion.

However, He Xiaojun admired and admired the defeat this time, and he always wanted to save face, and immediately replied loudly: "Our battalion is an elite battalion, and when we practice with the superintendent every day, your three battalions are still digging in the ground Ma Desheng, listen, this time our elite battalion will compare with you."

"It's better than it, Xiao He, don't worry if you lose."

The men and horses of the three battalions received the immediate order and roared out of the meeting hall to organize their own barracks and equipment.

On 15 May, Mawei Harbor was very lively, and Zhang Peilun, governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and Ding Richang, governor of Fujian, personally came to the port to see off the fleet patrolling the South China Sea. After Liu Kun, the minister of Nanyang, ordered to inspect the South China Sea, Liu Shen, the commander of the naval division, was a few hundred heads white.

These warships in his hands, although they can't be compared with the Beiyang Naval Division, are all steam clippers of thousands of tons, but they have no experience in sailing deep into the South China Sea...... It seemed to him that it was almost two years ago.

Yesterday he specially went to a Mazu temple in Xishan that is said to be very effective to invite Gao Xiang, bless the sea all the way to the sea, the French do not come to find trouble, it is best to be calm 1ang quiet, and there is the piggyback of the sī goods can go to the port of Vietnam to earn a vote, before leaving very boldly donated 1o taels of silver donation, the host hurriedly asked him to ask for a sign, and it was really signed.

After coming out of the temple, he was in a good mood, but when he arrived in the barracks, he was not happy again, and he was going to send "Yuankai" and "Wu" two ships to travel with him, but he didn't expect the pipe belt of the two ships to run to make trouble, saying that it was three boats to go to the place where Jiao was fighting, it was really unsafe, and he asked to send more warships.

In addition to his personal leadership, the flagship is the "Chengqing" iron-clad wood-hulled warship just completed this year, with a displacement of 1268 tons and a crew of 19o, but this ship cannot be equipped with the large-caliber guns of the Mawei Artillery Bureau, and the main gun is 1 German Krupp 178mm breech gun, the secondary gun is 13omm Krupp gun, and there are 6 Green guns.

The "Yuankai", "Wu", and "Dengyingzhou" warships are all the largest 125o tons of warships of the Nanyang Naval Division, and their firepower is slightly worse than that of the "Chengqing" Tiewei ship, but the main guns are all 178mm Krupp guns, but because these three ships were launched early, they are all cannons in the front hall.

Coupled with the "Jingyuan", a 6oo-ton Xiao ship, the tonnage has reached 57oo tons, which is more than 60% of the tonnage of the Nanyang Naval Division and almost all the warships, Liu Shen sat in the command cabin of the flagship of the "Chengqing", and ordered with great ambition: "Raise the flag, order to leave the port in order"