Time in Tonghua County always flies quickly, and the second-line defense area in the war is so pleasant, with both military salaries to collect, business to do, and his own territory, Song Biao's life has never been so happy.

If he were a warlord, he would definitely be extremely satisfied with such a life, but he is a soldier, and the difference is still huge.

He was a born soldier who had this gene inherited from his ancient ancestors at the birth of his life, and he was always passionate about war, and he had an infinite desire to prove his worth as a male surname in war.

Even in these days when he was far away from the front line, he still hung a map of the front line in his conference room, and every day he learned about the deployment and news of the front line through various channels, and when he had nothing to do, he pondered the war alone in the conference room.

On this day, as usual, Song Biao continued to be unable to even gather the personnel for a regular meeting of military cadres, and after assigning today's work of various units through Lieutenant Bolev and Li Fugui of the Russian army, he went to the Maoshan campus outside Tonghua County to direct the training of recruits, and then left the training work to the chief instructor of the Russian army, and then returned to the conference room to ponder the front-line combat deployment map.

Far away from the war and lonely, he plays pretend to be a play-and-play game here, assuming that he is the shrewd and adventurous Oyamaiwa, and sometimes assuming that he is the indecisive Kuropatkin, and sometimes, he also plays Nogi Noshinori and Nozu Kanmichi.

No matter how he calculated, with his understanding of those Russian commanders, the Russian Far East Army would still be unable to escape, especially Lieutenant General Kirbas, should fall very dismal, unless Commander-in-Chief Kuropatkin would suddenly and wisely copy Song Biao's previous plans and concentrate two reserve armies to support the right flank of the Russian army.

If the situation develops into this situation, it will really be a complete strangulation war, both sides will have to roll around on the meat grinder of war, and no one will fucking want to take advantage of the fertile land of Kanto, they will have to die another seventy or eighty thousand to stop.

No matter how interesting the game is, it is very boring to play for a month, and after noon, Song Biao took out the Russian version of Clausewitz's "On War" that Brigadier Madenidorf had recently given him and studied it carefully.

The Theory of War is a very complete work of military science, from the strategic level to the tactical level has the most systematic analysis, except for trench warfare, it basically covers the anatomy of all types of war before the First World War, and gives a very exemplary variety of tactical planning and response strategies.

As soon as he finished reading the preface of the opening book, Li Fugui hurriedly walked in and saluted and reported: "Shizuo, a few people came, and they actually said that they were international students from this military academy, and they were still holding a letter of recommendation from Aoki Xuanjun's old turtle or something. ”

Hearing this, Song Biao was a little surprised and happy, so he got up and smiled: "Okay, let's go, I'll go see what it looks like." ”

Li Fugui replied hatefully: "It's still like a dog, wearing a suit, with a very spirited posture, and it seems that he still looks down on us a little." ”

"Oh?"

Song Biao was a little surprised, and glanced at Li Fugui carefully, figuring out the truth and intention of his words.

Although the Manchurian Infantry Division is not the main force of the Russian army, and even the mercenaries are in the second line, they have a network in the headquarters, and the materials and equipment are transported very immediately, and now they have begun to change the Russian military uniforms in the spring and autumn period.

The military uniforms of the Russian army themselves are very varied, which can be called a variety of shapes, and the M1897 cavalry spring and autumn uniforms they received this time are dark black and blue short clothes with yellow edges, with twelve brass buttons on the front chest of the jacket, and the cuffs have a very special Polish-style yellow V-shaped armband, which at first glance looks a bit like the horseshoe cuffs of the Qing army.

How one of their infantry divisions received this kind of cavalry uniform is a very strange thing in itself, but at this time in the Tsarist Russian Empire, the 1905 Revolution has already begun to break out in the country, and it is a mess, any strange thing can happen, the troops want ammunition, and it is normal to send you a wagon of saddles.

Li Fugui was wearing such a military uniform, wearing a somewhat large Russian-style military cap, carrying a Mosin Nagant M1891 rifle on his back, wearing a barge gun around his waist, and he also had a very common and well-textured Chakshi brass-handled saber, which he bought in a transaction with a non-commissioned officer of the Russian army.

Song Biao received a new white French high-necked military uniform, a fine thick canvas texture, twelve brass-colored cuffs on his chest, scarlet military trousers, and high-priced French deerskin hussar boots.

Because the Russian army has never had such a military rank as a Manchurian infantry colonel, his epaulettes are actually customized by the Russian infantry colonel.

As a soldier, wearing such a military uniform can be regarded as extraordinary.

Song Biao observed Li Fugui's indignation, and wondered in his heart what the actions and remarks of those foreign students in this country would make Li Fugui so unhappy, he could probably guess that it was nothing more than the Han annihilation theory brought about by the awakening of nationalism.

With a sneer of disdain, Song Biao walked out of his conference room directly, and when he arrived at the door, he instructed Li Fugui: "Let's go, let's go and meet these gentlemen who have drunk foreign ink." ”

"Bah, they can be regarded as having drunk foreign ink, what is the division, have they drunk foreign ink from a river?"

Li Fugui looked excited, more and more dissatisfied, but with a little schadenfreude, he quickly followed Song Biao out, and beckoned Li Dayun's guards to follow more than a dozen people halfway.

Song Biao took more than a dozen guards all the way to the reception room on the east side of the barracks, his barracks was a few large houses requisitioned at the north gate of the county seat, very close to the Maoshan camp, and the so-called reception room was the front hall of a squire's house.

Because the other party had a letter of recommendation from Aoki Xuanchun, Li Fugui still invited them to the reception room and asked them to sit down and wait first.

When Song Biao walked here, several recruits from the command camp were bringing tea and melon seeds to those people, which was regarded as a warm hospitality, so he asked Li Fugui to take over the errand, holding the teapot and melon seed plate and following him into the main hall.

This time, Song Biao looked up and saw two theoretically impressive people, these are two very young and handsome people, it can also be said that they are very handsome young and handsome, and their bodies are also a little thin, like two white-faced scholars, and the other is not tall, but it is stronger than the first two, the skin is slightly sallow, and there is a fine light in the eyes.

The first two, Song Biao guessed that it was Jiang Fangzhen and Cai Ng, Mr. Cai Ng's appearance, Song Biao couldn't guess accurately, but Mr. Jiang Fangzhen guessed accurately, because he had read this gentleman's "Theory of National Defense", although he personally felt that the level of this "Theory of National Defense" was really not high, but his judgment of agricultural and industrial countries was simply to the point.

If it is really such two heroes of the people, then Song Biao will really hit the jackpot.

His mood suddenly became very good, he nodded with a smile and the three officers in front of him, and was about to speak, only to find that there were still a few people in the study next door, and when they saw him coming, they hurriedly walked out to meet him in a panic.

These people in it are roughly old qualifications, they are all older, and they all look like they are about thirty, and after waiting for a while to see that no one entertains them, they went to the study to see the excitement.

There is a lot of excitement there, all the looted goods that Song Biao bought from the Russian army, and the calligraphy, painting and calligraphy that can be bought for more than a dozen oceans, as for whose work it is, Song Biao himself doesn't know, just hang it over there to make some decoration.

In the crowd, Jiang Fangzhen and Cai Ye had just graduated in the past two years, and they had the least seniority among their classmates, so much so that they did not speak, and the leading one was a sturdy man about thirty years old, who had regrown Manchu braids and wore a Manchu military attache uniform of the sixth grade.

The military attache stepped forward and replied: "In the Lower Beiyang Military Armament Accelerated Academy, the alternate general Jiang Yanxing, I don't know what this general is called?" ”

Without waiting for Song Biao to answer, Li Fugui had probably suffered a loss in front of these people before, and immediately shouted point-at-your: "Didn't you see the rank of colonel in our division?" In today's Tonghua City, apart from our division, who has this military rank? ”

Everyone was taken aback when they heard this, everyone knew Colonel Song's prestige, and everyone said it was powerful, but they didn't expect it to be so young.

Jiang Yanxing was the most surprised, and hurriedly arched his hand again: "We are all international students who graduated from this non-commissioned officer school, and we are all classmates. We have admired the general for a long time, but I never thought that General Song was so young, rude, rude! ”

It's all about talent, and it's not careless.

Song Biao smiled cautiously and said, "Since it was recommended by Aoki Daisa, they must all be the elite talents of our country among the graduates of the Non-commissioned Officer School, please sit down, don't be too polite." ”

Saying this, he also raised his hand and invited everyone to sit down, and then instructed Li Fugui: "Tell the kitchen to prepare a table of wine banquet, see if there is any steak, if there are any, prepare a few more, and invite the chief instructors, Major Denikin and Major Legovich, to come over." Well...... Let Zhang Futian prepare six more gifts for me. ”

Li Fugui scratched his head and said, "There are still a lot of steaks, that is, to prepare for the Russians, what are you preparing for the meeting gift?" ”

Song Biao thought for a moment and ordered, "Go and prepare six Mauser pistols." ”

Li Fugui was a little uncomfortable, and said: "No, Master, there are not many Mauser pistols in our warehouse, or last time I asked Major Tu Vaniere to help transport a batch of them, our reconnaissance company and Universiade guard company didn't say that they should be equipped, but they are not fully equipped yet." ”

Song Biao smiled and said, "Don't be so stingy, I've already asked Tie Sheng to buy a few boxes in Vladivostok, this time you must fill your reconnaissance company first, don't be wordy, go ahead." ”

Li Fugui laughed out loud at this time, and immediately turned around and ran out to do errands.

Song Biao continued to bow to Jiang Yanxing and said, "I'm sorry, but the little company commander of my reconnaissance company was the first to follow my brother in the caravan, and he suffered together, suffered crimes, and survived in the cave. I've always been very strict with other subordinates, but he's an exception, he likes to talk nonsense with me, I've treated him more than a dozen times and don't remember his surname, and now it's considered to be a given up, let him be. ”

Jiang Yanxing's expression became more and more rigorous and replied: "The general governs the army very strictly, and I can detect it when I enter the camp. ”

Song Biao said modestly: "I basically used the Russian army to fight the army, and I didn't really use my own subordinates on a large scale, so this is not a good thing." Everyone, please take a seat, you are all the best in the country, it is rare to meet here, you really don't have to be rigid and polite, please sit, please sit! ”

He invited him several times, and Jiang Yanxing and the others sat down one after another.

But as soon as he sat down, Jiang Yanxing immediately got up and sent Aoki Xuanchun's letter of recommendation, and introduced Song Biao one by one: "General Song, I am recommended by Aoki Dazuo, these two are Xu Baoying and Shu Fangde who are in the same period as me, and the three young people opposite are Cai Yi, Jiang Fangzhen and Zhang Xiaohuai, who only graduated in these two phases. Long admired the prestige of the general. ”

Song Biao looked at the six graduates of the military non-commissioned officer school in front of him with a smile, and felt very interesting in his heart, so he smiled with Jiang Yanxing, who was sitting next to him: "What, is it possible that I, the guy who helped the Russians fight, also have a reputation at all?" ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhang Xiaohuai, who was not tall but was a little brave and brave, couldn't help but snort softly, and several other people looked over one after another, signaling him not to be presumptuous here.

Jiang Yanxing is old after all, and he has not been good in the Beiyang Army in the past few years, he has had ups and downs in his life, and he has rich experience, so he immediately praised Song Biao: "The general can now be called a powerful Huaxia, and the people of the country know it, and it is said that everyone knows it in the book, and they all know that the general is the leading general in the Heigoutai Campaign, and he has hit many generals of the army several times. said that I gritted my teeth with hatred, but I also admired it. ”

Song Biao thought lightly for a moment, and then replied to Jiang Yanxing: "I think this situation is a bit exaggerated, the person who really led the Battle of Heigoutai is General Mishuchenko, without his trust and support, I, an Asian, want to command the Russian army, do you think it is possible?" As for me, I'm just not as arrogant as the Russians, and I know the Art of War by heart. Soldiers, treacherous ways. The army always makes good use of tricks, the Russian army knows but does not use it, I use it, the army is caught off guard, that's all. ”

Jiang Yanxing hurriedly replied: "The general is humble. Speaking from the heart, the fact that a general can command an army in the Russian army to defeat the Japanese army, and the fact that the people of the country can have such a talent can be regarded as very happy, which makes people in the army such as us admire. It's just that......! ”

Half of his words were unfinished.

Song Biao knew what he wanted to say, so he said, "I just don't understand why I'm helping the Russians, right?" ”

Jiang Yanxing sighed: "Yes, we all have such doubts. With the ability of a general, he actually helped the Russians invade China's Kanto region, which is inevitably a great condemnation of the world. ”

Song Biao glanced at the six people in front of him, and after a little thought, he replied to Jiang Yanxing: "Mr. Jiang Qian, with all due respect, I'm afraid this book is not as good as you imagined." The reparations they demanded from our country in one breath were only 300 million yuan, but now they have to spend more than 1 billion yuan, and they even do not hesitate to borrow from Britain and the United States and other countries to fight this war, do you really think that they are for us Chinese? After all, Russia is a country divided into two continents, and there are other countries in Europe to check and balance, and they can't exert their full strength in Asia, if they let the country develop, they have no other country to restrain them, in case they let them defeat the Russian army and enjoy the interests of the Kwantung region exclusively, I am afraid that something big will happen in the future, just as Liaomeng invaded the Central Plains and this dynasty entered the Central Plains with a full banner, I am afraid that the old things will be repeated, and even if the Russians are ruthless, they will definitely not be able to do this kind of thing to annex the Central Plains alone. These are my judgments, which is why I have to help the Russians. As for the theory of cooperation between Aoki and me, I think it is either his contrary to his will or his wishful thinking, and other people may not think so. You have lived in this book for a long time, and you must know that they are the same as other foreigners, and the foreigners are still calling us China, but they deliberately constructed the word "China" to insult us, and I don't know if other Chinese people are stupid, or I am worried, I always feel that Toyotomi Hideyoshi's continental thoughts are very influential in this book. ”

Hearing him say this, everyone seemed to be relieved all of a sudden, as if he was not the great annihilation he originally imagined, but his thoughts were different from others.

Zhang Xiaohuai still disagreed, and suddenly asked: "General Song, then I want to ask, if the Russian army wins a big victory, he can only turn his back on us and go, so that the Russians occupy Kwantung and this place falls into the possession of the Russians, so what will happen to you?" ”

Song Biao thought for a while and said, "You should ask the imperial court, the queen mother, the emperor, and the ministers of military aircraft." If the imperial court has troops here, why should I help the Russians? You don't understand me, I might as well tell you that just before I led my army to defect to the Russians, I had just killed a squadron of Russian troops in Nandiantun, where I was entrenched, and robbed them of the guns and ammunition they transported. It's just that at the moment, the lesser of the two powers, even if the Kanto region is temporarily occupied by the Russians, as long as the land of the Kanto region is inhabited by our Han people, we still have a chance to win, but if it is occupied by the people, so that they have a way to copy the set when the dynasty entered the customs, this world is not the same thing, I am afraid that you and my son will have to worship the emperor as the emperor, and respect himself as the minister of the country, under their jurisdiction, and now it is said that the people are in charge of the Han. ”

Song Biao knew very well that these people were basically the undercurrent of the revolutionary party, otherwise they would not have been recommended by Aoki Xuanchun, so he added more bluntly: "The grass people who have been a slave to the Manchus for three hundred years are already considered incompetent to my Han people, do you want to be a dog slave for three hundred years for myself?" If you think so, then I don't eat this meal at noon, where do you come from, where do you go back, anyone can eat my food here, if you are willing to make cattle and horses for me, get out, let's see you on the battlefield in the future, as long as I have one day, even if I still have a dozen brothers in my hands, I will not give up the battle. ”

At this moment, Cai Yi, who looked the most young, handsome and thin among the six, suddenly stood up, hugged his fists with Song Biao and said: "The general is reckless, can know the affairs of the world, and has this kind of courage, Cai admires it, if the general does not dislike it, I Cai want to eat your meal with shame!" ”

Just waiting for Cai Ye to finish speaking, Jiang Fangzhen and Jiang Yanxing also said: "It's rare to be able to have a heart-to-heart conversation with the general, so we naturally have to eat this meal!" ”

Song Biao laughed and said: "Don't say it's a meal, you can eat for a lifetime, I'm short of people to fight Xiaoyueben, maybe I will fight foreigners in the future, it depends on whether you want to or not, if you want to, just stay and eat for a few years!" One day, all of us will be reused by the state, become the backbone of China, and eat the country's military food. ”

Everyone laughed out loud when they heard this, Zhang Xiaohuai was refreshed, got up and hugged Song Biao and said: "I had a misunderstanding of the general before, and there were some conflicts and offenses in my words, and I ask General Song to forgive me, adults don't care about villains." ”

Song Biao waved his hand unmindingly, and said: "There are some things that we can only say behind closed doors among our Han people, and the Manchus can't say it, and now in my place, don't say it when we meet the Russians." If someone misunderstands me and scolds me in the future, don't explain it, they misunderstand me and scold me for being nothing more than two kinds of people, one is naïve, really thinking that it is good for them, and the other is really patriotic. ”

Jiang Yanxing couldn't help but praise: "The general is younger than me, but he can have such a mind and insight, which really makes Jiang feel ashamed." ”

Song Biao said: "Increasing knowledge is the same as growing tall, most Chinese men are actually about the same height, but some people grow fast, some people grow slowly, some people grow early, some people grow late, and in the end they are all the same." ”

Jiang Yanxing smiled: "I don't think so, the general is a cut taller than us." ”

Song Biao smiled and didn't explain.

(To be continued)