Chapter Eighty-Seven: Burning

One hundred and fifty miles north of Coulomb, there is a small camp. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The exterior walls of the Info camp were made of steel and cement, which was sufficient to withstand direct fire from ordinary small-caliber artillery. There are more than 10 105mm howitzers and below guns of various caliber deployed in the camp, as well as four water-cooled heavy machine guns.

However, one of the four heavy machine guns was no longer usable due to a lack of spare parts, and these were originally thrown here by Li Dingyuan because he was too old. At the end of the day, this is just an outpost to control the surrounding territory and to serve as an early warning.

He expected that if the Russians attacked in large numbers, they would be able to retreat after running out of shells and machine-gun shells. Not to mention here, even if it is Coulomb, it can be abandoned in the plan.

It's just that the Russians are not stupid and did not send troops directly because those vassals were eliminated. Crossing five or six hundred miles of wilderness to attack a country that can make its own artillery is probably something that only the Japanese can do.

The Russians are now holding their breath and focusing on building the railway. Only by building the railway can we support the offensive operations of hundreds of thousands of troops. Otherwise, in this desolate land, at most, it will be able to support the military operations of tens of thousands of people. It is also necessary to eat the local tribes cleanly.

The high-ranking officers of Russia were no different from those of the upper echelons of Japan, and they did not care much about the lives of their soldiers. Grey animals usually nibble on black bread mixed with sawdust, so can that be considered a thing? But the Russians were not real cattle after all, and it was impossible for them to travel hundreds of miles to fight a war by eating grass.

If tens of thousands of people can successfully enter the hinterland of China, it will be fine, and if they can't fight and then return, then there will really be no place to die. But you want to rely on tens of thousands of Russian troops to kill all the way to Shanxi? Ten years ago, Russian generals dared to say this, but now, at most, they say that "one Russian soldier can beat two Chinese soldiers."

Well, by the way, the Russians are now very keen to say that "one Russian soldier can top five Japanese soldiers".

The Qiaokou detachment of more than 700 people, horses and other cattle numbered more than 1,000. The soldiers were all dressed in white sheepskin coats, but the wool had been covered with a layer of dust and turned gray. From a distance, the group looked like a flock of sheep mixed in with mules and horses.

After the last replenishment in this northernmost camp, the Qiaokou detachment continued north. In front of them lay a no-man's land of nearly 300 miles. This no-man's land was created by the armies of both sides. With such a vast area, no one could defend it, so they simply turned this place into a no-man's land.

Their aim was to map the geography of the mountains and rivers further north of the no-man's land, and secondly, to clear the Russian settlements in the area. The so-called clean-up is similar to what the Russians did when they marched eastward. If you can grab it, you will grab it, and if you can't take it, you will burn it clean.

How did the Russians clean up Jiangdong Sixty-four Tun back then, and they did the same.

Coulomb was already farther north enough, and if he continued to walk a few hundred miles north, he had already entered the world of ice and snow. Here, dripping into ice is not an exaggeration. All the soldiers, including Taro Kashiguchi who led the team, Li Shuangdan who accompanied him, and Chen Erpi, they had never acted in such a cold place.

The wind howled, taking away the last shred of heat from a person. Chen Erpi, who was covered with grease on his face, trembled and said, "Captain Qiaokou, we've gone far enough, right?" Do you want to go back? ”

Taro Kaguguchi's face showed a fierce look, and he strained his neck and said, "It's not enough!" ”

"Not enough?" Chen Erpi didn't understand, most of the food they carried with them had already been eaten, and if they continued like this, they would only have to eat those accompanying livestock.

"Of course it's not enough," the muscles on Taro Kaguguchi's face twitched, "I'm just done mapping the map now." We're just getting started! ”

“？” Chen Erpi didn't understand, "What else is there to do?" ”

"Of course I'm going to get rich!" Qiaokou's smile looked extremely weird, "Everyone has worked hard for so long, of course go out and open a few villages, so that everyone can relax!" ”

Subsequently, after hearing the latest order, the troops thundered with joy and boosted their morale. Most of the supplies they had brought with them had already been consumed, which made them move much faster. The Qiaokou detachment turned westward, breaking through several tribes and Russian settlements along the way.

The tribes and settlements did not have as many men as the Qiaokou detachment. The weak resistance was quickly crushed, and then burning, killing and looting. Even the Russians in the settlements were brutal, and under heavy machine-gun and mortar fire, the wooden houses were torn to shreds along with the people inside.

Chen Erpi's face was gloomy, and he watched as the soldiers dragged Ruoren out one by one, and then brutally killed them. He held back his anger, found Qiaokou resting in a house that was not very good, and said coldly: "If you kill someone, you will kill someone, why are you so perverted?" ”

"Perverted?" Qiaokou was stunned for a moment, walked out to take a look, and then said, "No." ”

"Yet?" Chen Erpi said: "Just give them a good time, what is it to cut people into pieces?" ”

"You mean this?" Qiaokou said strangely: "Have you forgotten........ They're rakshasas! ”

"Okay, good, good," Qiao Kou saw that Chen Erpi's face was not good, and hurriedly said: "I'll let them kill all the men, are you satisfied?" ”

By the time the Qiaokou detachment, which had reduced more than a dozen people, left, there was no longer a single living person here. The only thing left was the flames that had been burning for two days in a row.

In this sortie, the Qiaokou detachment made a round trip of almost 2,000 miles, and the harvest was great. Not only was a map of more than a hundred miles north of the no-man's land, but more than a dozen hostile tribes and Russian settlements were burned. Tens of thousands of people were killed and injured, and many more were displaced by the burning of their homes.

In the following winter, if there is no special luck, most of these Russians who have lost their homes will freeze to death and starve to death in the ice and snow of the north.

"Second Brother Chen, why don't you look so happy?" Li Shuangdan leaned over and asked curiously: "Is it really like what those Japan said, you can't do anything to those people?" ”

"Why don't you do this?" Chen Erpi smiled dumbly, he shook his head, and said, "I'm just thinking that this method of sending small groups of troops to each other to burn and kill cannot achieve a decisive victory at all. Besides, if the Russians reacted and armed all those nomadic tribes, we would not be able to make a wave with less than a thousand people. ”

"What are you doing with all that?" Li Shuangdan said disapprerovingly: "That's all things that the generals have to consider, we just have to fight!" ”

"That's right!" Chen Erpi thought about it, sure enough, now that he is a lieutenant, where do he need to think about so much. Even if the Russians came to retaliate, they would have died only those Mongols on the periphery. If they want to kill Kulun, the Russians must be prepared to die at least tens of thousands. (To be continued.) )