Chapter 526: Expulsion of the Russians
"Haha, Your Majesty, the Russians are too incompetent, it seems that I used to think highly of them. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info" The war is over, Zhao Liangong said to Zhang Wei with emotion.
Zhang Wei saw that even Zhao Liangong had the psychology of underestimating the enemy, not to mention the low-level officers and soldiers, this war was easy, and the next counterattack of the Russian army was not easy, so he decided to ring the alarm bell for them and said: "Chief of Staff Zhao, what is there to be happy about, we are a sneak attack, and we will take them by surprise, otherwise, we will have to sacrifice at least more than 10,000 people to completely occupy Irkutsk." ”
"Your Majesty, this is also the Empire's specialty, and no other country can compare with it, and they can't imagine how the Empire has quietly sent these troops here safely; This is our good start, and we should be happy about it. Zhao Liangong explained.
"Are the results out?"
"Your Majesty, not a single Russian soldier escaped, and all the city and state government officials were captured; Except for a few soldiers who accidentally injured their ankles, there was no battle damage, and it can be said that there were zero casualties. “
Zhang Wei said: "Okay, don't be too happy too early, let's build fortifications first, I estimate that after the Russian Siberian Military District receives the news, it will soon send reinforcements here, let's cut them into two sections from here, how can they give up here for such an important location?" What follows will be a tough resistance battle, and I hope you don't underestimate the enemy. “
Zhao Liangong said slowly: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, I have arranged everything, and the Praetorian Guard Division is making every effort to capture strong laborers to help build fortifications and houses." “
"How did you set up your defenses?" Zhang Wei asked.
Zhao Liangong said: "Your Majesty, the 1st Division of the Wehrmacht plus a regiment of the cavalry brigade of the army marched west along the railway line to build the first line of defense at Angarsk to defend against the reinforcements of the Russian Empire; The 2nd Wehrmacht Division went to Kurtuk and Slyudyanka to build 2 lines of defense to stop the retreating Russian troops; The 3rd Division of the Wehrmacht went to the shores of Lake Baikal to organize defenses to prevent the retreat of Russian troops from the lake; The Janissaries Division and the military headquarters were stationed in the city of Irkutsk. ”
Zhang Wei said: "The focus of the First Army is to block the reinforced Russian troops on the Western Front, and tonight we will go to occupy Ulan-Ude and deploy the Second Army there, and the focus of the Second Army is to advance eastward, and together with Xiao Xuguang, we will flank the troops of the Far Eastern Military District of the Russian Empire." So there is no need to deploy so many troops on the western shore of Lake Baikal, it is enough to send 2 regiments each. ”
Since Zhang Wei said this, Zhao Liangong hurriedly revised: "Yes, Your Majesty, then I will let the deputy commander of the First Army lead the First and Second Divisions of the Wehrmacht to the west, and arrange them in Angarsk and Usuriye respectively, so that there will be two lines of defense, and it will be safer." ”
Zhang Wei thought about it for a while and added: "However, the beautiful unmarried girls in the city are left to be daughters-in-law for the officers and soldiers of the army, and the strong ones go to build fortifications, and the rest of the people are all driven away." ordered the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the Wehrmacht to move west to occupy the towns along the route, plundering their supplies, burning their houses, and driving all the locals away; The remaining units of the cavalry brigade cleared the towns around Irkutsk and drove all the locals away; Of course, as long as they are beautiful unmarried girls, they will all stay, and the little girls in their teens will not let go if they are only beautiful, and you must know that the 100,000 officers and soldiers of the First Army of Siberia are all bachelors. ”
"Your Majesty, if you drive these people away, won't they leak the news of our occupation here? If we can delay it for a day, we can buy a day for Xiao Dudu's side. Zhao Liangong asked.
Zhang Wei explained: "If the Siberian Military District of the Russian Empire saves them, food alone will be a heavy burden, and if they are not saved, it will make their officers and soldiers feel cold." As for the leakage, I'm not worried, I guess they sent the telegram a long time ago, and we can't cover it up at all; Even if they let them go, they don't know how many of us came, and they won't know how we came, don't worry. ”
After listening to Zhang Wei's explanation, Zhao Liangong felt very reasonable, and hurriedly said: "Yes, Your Majesty, I will arrange it." The more Russians we drive away, the heavier the burden on the Siberian Military District, leaving them with a heavy burden and powerless to fight back. ”
The entire city of Irkutsk was surrounded by the Xia Imperial army, the officers and soldiers stationed there were lost, the residents and officials in the city obediently gathered in the streets according to the order, and those who dared to resist were directly killed.
In order to reduce resistance, the strong ones were first kept in solitary confinement, and told that as long as they were obedient and completed the assigned tasks, the troops would ensure that they had reasonable food and accommodation requirements, otherwise they would be killed.
For those unarmed Russian civilians, it is a matter of course to serve the rulers with labor, and besides, not many people dare to resist in the face of the black hole of the gun.
After the young and strong were selected and detained, the officers and soldiers of the unit selected beautiful unmarried girls from the crowd, and at this time the Russian crowd began to stir.
The officers and soldiers did not explain anything to them when they chose the girls, and as long as they fancied, they would be dragged away.
These Russians thought that the Chinese officers and soldiers were going to ruin their daughters, and many old people were holding on to their children, or begging at the officers and soldiers, and some even held the legs of the officers and soldiers, and all of them were slumped to the ground by the heavy blows of the butts of their guns.
The whole scene was like life and death, and there were weeping, scolding, pleading, and moaning everywhere.
How can ordinary civilians be opponents of officers and soldiers? As long as it was a girl who looked at it, all the girls were forcibly pulled away.
Those Russian officials can't do anything about it, in any era of war, women are weak and victims; You must know that when they treated the Chinese more cruelly than now.
The remaining tens of thousands of residents and officials were expelled from the city of Irkutsk after body searches; Those who survived the shelling, the able-bodied were pulled as free labor, and the wounded were thrown straight out of the city, and it was up to their luck to survive.
Long before they were driven away, the officers and men of the 1st and 2nd Divisions and a cavalry regiment of the Wehrmacht had already set out and marched west along the railway, plundering all the supplies of the inhabitants and burning their houses along the way.
The people who had been driven from Irkutsk traveled west along the railway line, seeing devastation and weeping people along the way.
Looking at the dead people who fell to the ground and the villages and towns that were still smoking, everyone had a feeling of the aftermath of the catastrophe, and unconsciously accelerated their pace, hoping to escape from this place as soon as possible.
Similar scenes are constantly playing out around the city of Irkutsk, where more than 300,000 people have become dispossessed and have been displaced westward along the railway line, starving and freezing along the way, and the infirm have died tragically on the way.
Wherever the displaced people passed, the news from the Xia Empire spread like the wind; After hearing the news, the residents of the west of Usuriya were also afraid of being persecuted by the Xia Empire's officers and soldiers, and were forced to join the ranks of the migrants, which made the ranks of the displaced people continue to grow.
Migration was not all smooth sailing, and looting could happen at any time due to the lack of supplies, otherwise what would the displaced people fleeing from east of Usuriya live on? I just don't know how many people will return to Europe safely.