The Russians finally arrived, and of course, it was at this time that Qin Lang could understand what had happened in Tianjin after he left. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Very interesting thing - although the commanders of the coalition forces agreed that Nie Shicheng's forces should be eliminated immediately, Tianjin should be captured, and then speed up to catch up with the American army, in order to reduce their own losses, they still waited for two days until Nogi Noshinori's reinforcements and the British Chinese army arrived on the battlefield.

However, the battle that followed was no different from the one that had taken place. Nogi continued to use his hand-to-hand tactics, directing his troops to launch massive group charges again and again against the positions of the former army of the Takei Guard, and at most once, he even committed two brigades - regrettably, none of these charges were successful.

Every time a Japanese soldier broke through the fire net into the trenches, Nie Shicheng's soldiers would greet them warmly with sapper shovels and broadswords. In that small space, the rifles and bayonets of the Japanese soldiers did not play any role, and they could only be driven out of their positions again and again by their opponents, and they retreated to the starting point in disarray, and then made the next charge.

However, since they did not succeed once, in fact the Japanese soldiers always faced their next one. And in the process, most of them fell victim to Nogi Noshinori's meat-and-bullet tactics, including even the eldest son of the lieutenant general, Nogi Katsunori.

This is a tragedy, and all the commanders of the coalition forces think so. But the grief-stricken god did not change his tactics, and so the tragedy continued.

Then Nie Shicheng retreated.

He had to. While the Japanese army was fighting fiercely with his troops, Linivich commanded the rest of the coalition forces to successfully capture Tianjin at a small cost, causing the Wuwei front army to become a lone army without supplies and retreat. And it is very likely, at least Qin Lang thinks so, that Nie Shicheng has received the news of the fall of Beijing, so that it makes no sense for him to continue to hold back the coalition forces near Tianjin, and retreat can preserve strength.

Moreover, in any case, he had already achieved very objective results, Nogi Noshinori had lost tens of thousands of soldiers in his positions, and the losses of the former army of the Takei Guard, since only more than a thousand corpses had not had time to be buried, the coalition command estimated the figure at three to four thousand, while the published figure was six to eight thousand.

There is no doubt that the losses of the former army of Wuwei were overestimated, but even so, Vice Admiral Seymour did not save face as his ally - so, in order to restore the honor of the Japanese samurai and himself, and at the same time to avenge his son, Nogi Noshinori did not lead his troops towards Beijing, but remained in Tianjin to wait for new reinforcements, and then set out to pursue Nie Shicheng's troops.

For the god of war, this war has become a personal feud between him and Nie Shicheng.

Qin Lang thought this was a good thing: the Japanese Army and the Russian Army were the two largest in the coalition and the two with the least military discipline outside of the German Army, and if they entered Beijing together, they would have frequent clashes with mercenaries over issues such as robbery, murder, and rape, and it would be quite difficult to deal with.

In fact, even if only the Russians entered Beijing, there would be enough trouble.

……

Li Nivić looked angrily at Qin Lang, who was leisurely, tapping his fingers rhythmically on the armrest of the chair, trying to suppress the urge to pull out his pistol and blast this hateful guy from the depths of his heart; The general's muscles were tense, and his face was flushed.

He was angry, and even the dullest of people could see this, and it was apparently only Qin Lang's series of actions that could have aroused his anger - he left the coalition forces and marched to Beijing alone, without any problems; He alone possessed the merits of rescuing besieged diplomats, which was acceptable; The unbridled robbery of his troops in Beijing was tolerated; But he shouldn't prevent others from getting the benefits.

It was the last point that led to Linivich's anger. Qin Lang ordered his troops to take control of the palace, the treasury, the official residences of nobles and officials, government agencies and commercial banks, looting the valuable things there, but forbidding his soldiers to participate in the robbery, and even, when his soldiers tried to rob the civilians, Qin Lang's soldiers would stand up to protect the Chinese civilians, even at the expense of using force against his soldiers!

Of course, the accusation that one of the coalition forces used force against another of the coalition forces on behalf of the civilians of a hostile country may sound like a joke with a hint of black humor, but in reality it is a fact, not an unfounded accusation: in the past twenty-four hours, there have been more than 100 such clashes, 75 Russian soldiers have been wounded, and 164 have been arrested.

In a way, the actions of the American military are a naked, undisguised provocation of the Russian Empire that could directly trigger a war.

But Russia cannot declare war on the United States, and of course the reverse is also true. Lynivich cannot expand the problem indefinitely, and can only see what has happened as an insult to him, which is also unacceptable to him.

Qin Lang and his army must pay for it!

Of course, Qin Lang is a brigadier general of the United States Army, and he is a member of the coalition forces, and Lynivich cannot take revenge on this person in the traditional Russian way, and he cannot afford to do so. For the time being, he can only push the problem back on the table and solve the problem through negotiation.

However, although Qin Lang agreed to participate in the negotiations, he did not seem to have any sincerity - from the beginning of the talks until now, he has been rhythmically tapping his fingers on the armrest of his chair, ignoring every accusation against him, making Linivich feel that he is only here because of diplomatic etiquette, and not really to solve problems.

Li Nivic thought that he had been humiliated again, and the urge to pull out his pistol and blow Qin Lang's head off became stronger and stronger.

His right hand slowly rested on the grip of the pistol.

At this moment, Qin Lang suddenly stopped tapping and raised his head to look at Li Nivic. "General, I have a question. Do you really care that your soldiers don't get the benefit here? ”

"I don't understand what you mean." He really didn't understand. Moreover, is this question related to the topic of negotiations? Linivich looked at the chief of staff who was sitting on the sidelines, but he didn't understand it either.

However, Qin Lang had already begun to explain his problem.

"Grey livestock." He gestured to stop Lynivich from interrupting him, "I know, that's what you always call your soldiers. Personally, I don't think anyone cares if his livestock gets an extra benefit while working, does it, general? ”

"This is not the same thing as our negotiations, General Qin." Linivich paused for a moment to sort out his logic, "Yes, in the Russian army, soldiers are called gray animals, but this is not a reason for your soldiers to interfere in their private affairs and take military action. ”

"My soldiers are merely exercising the power of the gendarme." Qin Lang retorted and put forward this reason for the first time.

"Gendarme?" Not knowing whether he should laugh or make angry accusations, Linivich had no choice but to hand over the right of speech to his chief of staff. "I must remind you that General Qin, the Coalition Command and Feng . Marshal Wadsey has not even granted such authority to your troops. ”

"Yes, they don't." Qin Lang did not deny it, but he also did not deny the power that mercenaries have, "My troops are not under the jurisdiction of the coalition command, but are directly under the command of Washington. Of course, after our arrival in Peking, the command had been delegated to Minister Conger. ”

"So?"

"Minister Conger and the diplomats in Peking have agreed to authorize the exercise of the powers of the gendarmerie by my troops, to maintain social order and to put an end to all criminal acts."

"It's ridiculous!" Linivich shouted angrily, both at Qin Lang and at the diplomats: any unit of the coalition army should accept the command of the coalition army and Feng . Marshal Wadsey managed, and they had no power and should not meddle in the affairs of the army - and at such a special moment, it was also a special power granted.

Of course, it is certain that this must be Qin Lang's ghost! The anger that Linivich had just subsided began to burn again.

Noticing his reaction, his chief of staff, Vasilyevsky, secretly tugged at the corner of his coat to remind him of the occasion. Then, the chief of staff replied: "If this is the case, General Qin, I still need to remind you of the fact that our troops are not under the command of diplomats, and even if they grant you the power to exercise the gendarme, your troops still cannot interfere with our operations. ”

"I'm sorry." Qin Lang stretched out his hand and made an apologetic gesture, with a completely commensurate expression on his face.

"In that case, you should immediately release the captured soldiers and guarantee that something like this will not happen again in the future." Vasilyevsky took advantage of the victory and pursued.

"I can release your soldiers." Qin Lang said. But just as the chief of staff of the Russian army was about to smile, he suddenly added: "However, you must ensure that you restrain your soldiers and ensure that they do not carry out any kind of criminal activities in Beijing." ”

"Why are we accepting your request?"

Qin Lang did not answer Linivic's question head-on. Like any time before, he likes to get around it and enter from the other direction. "Let us turn to another matter, then, gentlemen." His fingers began to tap rhythmically on the armrest of the chair again, "How is Northeast China?" ”

Neither Linivich nor his chief of staff figured out what he meant, but Qin Lang noticed with the corner of his eye that Ben, who played the role of a mediator in the negotiations. Colonel Strauz and Shibagoro Osa, they have woken up from their previous lethargy.

The dangerous smile of the hunter when he saw his prey fall into the trap appeared on his face again. (To be continued.) )