After leaving the battalion headquarters of the Kuban Cossack Cavalry Regiment, Brigadier General Madniedorf took his adjutant, Major Tuvanier, and rode to Wujiatun on horseback, wanting to see the specific situation of Song Biao's army with his own eyes.

At this time, the Hunjiang brigade had been stationed in the grain depot on the east side of Wujiatun under the leadership of Hu Dalin and Zhang Yahu, several of which had long been empty, and could be used by hundreds of brothers to temporarily live in a little cleaning, while the rest were arranged to live in the homes of villagers in Wujiatun or set up tents in the surrounding area.

There is a very flat drying field in front of the grain depot, which is just suitable for regular practice.

Song Biao also wanted to show the strength of the troops, and when he returned to Wujiatun, he arranged for Zhao Tingzhu, Zhang Yahu, and Hu Dalin to organize the brothers of the three infantry squadrons, first gather on the drying field for queue training, and then leave the drying field, and find an idle field in winter to organize an offensive and defensive tactical exercise, with Zhao Tingzhu's first infantry squadron as the defender, and Zhang Yahu and Hu Dalin's third and fourth infantry squadrons responsible for attacking.

Brigadier General Madenidov was still very interested in such an exercise, so he took his adjutant Major Tuvaniel to find a high slope, stood on the slope and observed every detail with a telescope, and Xue Changqing and Lao Jintou, who were in charge of entertaining them, were also very careful, prepared tables, chairs and tea for them, and temporarily built a large shed out of felt cloth.

The three infantry squadrons under Song Biao were his main force, and after a period of training, they were much stronger than the hundreds of new brothers recruited on the way, but there were still too many shortcomings.

In order to avoid exposing too many mistakes, Song Biao served as the commander-in-chief of the three squadrons at the same time, personally guiding the first infantry squadron to build fortifications, and the third and fourth squadrons to implement offensive cover and other tactical coordination.

Under his careful design and arrangement, the first infantry squadron preemptively organized the construction of defensive fortifications, each infantry dug individual pits and 60 cm arc trenches on the spot, and piled up high points on both sides.

The whole exercise process was only half an hour, but it still showed the results of various simple training received by the Hunjiang Security Brigade as much as possible, at least in Song Biao's view, the overall tactical arrangement was correct, and the four basic tactical actions of the brothers, such as shooting, advancing, dodging, and covering, were also passable, including conventional tactical actions such as rolling forward and crawling forward.

After the exercise, Song Biao took the three squadron leaders to step forward and salute Brigadier General Madenidorff with a fist, and said: "Your Excellency, the tactical offensive and defensive exercise of our infantry regiment has ended, and if there are any deficiencies, please give guidance to the brigadier general." ”

Brigadier General Madenidov watched it with great interest, he actually saw this form of simulated battlefield training for the first time, it was very interesting, he also watched the whole exercise carefully, and gave a high evaluation in his heart, at least he was sure that this group of troops was definitely not as simple as bandits, and they had indeed received a certain degree of Western-style training.

Song Biao said that this team was a regular unit of the Qing army that was routed during the First Sino-Japanese War, and that it had been operating in the eastern Liaodong region of Huichun and Hunjiang since then, and now, Brigadier General Madenidov fully recognized this.

Brigadier General Madenidorff happily stood up and shook hands with Song Biao, all the original suspicions were dispelled, and he praised very enthusiastically: "There is no doubt that this is a very valuable and wonderful tactical training, except that the tactical movements of many soldiers are still rusty, there is almost nothing to find fault with." ”

After saying this, he shook hands with the three squadron leaders behind Song Biao one by one, and praised "Remichichena" every time he shook hands.

Major Tuvaniel stood behind Brigadier General Madenidov, observed his words, and at this moment also made an appropriate proposal: "Brigadier General, if the subordinates of the Song Dynasty have such a level of training, they can serve as the second-line reserve of our army in this great war, it seems that we need to give them more special attention, at least we should give them a regular establishment first, and make full use of the advantages of the local population of Manchuria." ”

There is an old Chinese saying that "if you take a man, you will have a short mouth", and since Major Tuvaniel accepted bribes, he naturally wanted to make some special contributions to Song Biao and others.

Brigadier General Madenidov agreed with Major Tuvaniel's opinion, and he took the initiative to invite Song Biao to sit down, and formally proposed to Song Biao: "You have such a level of combat training, and you can indeed act as a second-line reserve force of our army, and you can also provide more help to our army. In this case, you can wait a while and go directly with me to the headquarters of the Far Eastern Army in Mukden, and I will personally report this matter to Commander-in-Chief Kuropatkin, and if all goes well, you will be able to officially activate the strength of the Manchurian Infantry Regiment in these two days, and I will be personally responsible for all your military movements and material supplies thereafter. ”

Song Biao agreed and said, "Okay! ”

Brigadier General Madenidov made a gesture and asked Major Tuvanier to take out the battle map, draw a few circles on the map with a French pencil, and reminded Song Biao: "The current situation is very urgent, you have come very timely, the headquarters has ordered a number of Kuban Cossack cavalry regiments stationed in the Wujiapu area to assemble and form a cavalry army, which must arrive in the Shendanbao area at noon on the 24th at the latest, and fight a decisive battle with the first cavalry brigade of the Yue army, and flank the army from the flank and the two infantry divisions of the Second Army in the Far East. You don't have a lot of time left, and in order to get as much as possible the Commander-in-Chief to agree to this, I will declare that you have a strength of three thousand, but only a thousand rifles for the time being. Then, you must cooperate with me to recruit as many local Manchurians as possible before the 20th, and first increase the manpower to the level of three battalions. In terms of specific transfers, you will have to take two battalions to follow General Mishuchenko to the Shendanbao area to participate in the battle, and at that time, you will fully accept General Mishuchenko's transfer and arrangement, and during this time, I will arrange for Major Tuvanel to serve as your department's staff officer and senior adviser. After the battle in the Shendanbao area, I will consider transferring you out and mixing with several cavalry companies to take charge of the supply and transportation in the rear and the extermination of the bandit units in the rear of our army. You can rest assured, I will guarantee all the supplies of your troops within the General Headquarters, and all you need to do is to obey my deployment with full authority, and I will definitely not treat you badly, and I will give you twice as much treatment as I can give Feng Linge to those big bandits. ”

Speaking of this, Brigadier General Madenidov paused for a moment, thought for a moment before continuing to add to Song Biao in a low voice: "Moreover, I promise that after the end of the war, I will fully recommend you to the Qing Zheng Axe in the name of His Excellency the General Staff and Commander-in-Chief of our Far East Army, to ensure that your troops can be stationed in a safe area and hold a higher regional officer position in the Qing Zheng Axe, so as to ensure your livelihood and future future, including in the issue of firearms and materials, we will still give you certain support conditions, The only condition is that your ministry will maintain cooperation with me and obey all my arrangements. ”

Brigadier General Madenidov did not make it clear how much money, how many guns, ammunition and artillery would be given to Song Biao, but does all this still need to be discussed carefully? Madenidov has made it very clear that as long as Song Biao follows him and listens to his command, it is what he wants.

After the Russian War, the brigadier general will personally come forward to arrange a more suitable official position for Song Biao, sit on one side, have the Tsarist Russian Empire blatantly support him, and stand in the position of the great Han of the Tsarist Russian department, Song Biao can do whatever he wants, and he doesn't have to care about the grandsons of the Qing Zheng axe.

Isn't all this what Song Biao wants?

Tsarist Russia is now the aggressor, and their goal is to occupy the entire northeast and to compete with the Japanese for the colonial rights of Korea, which is under the banner of defending China's territorial integrity, and has the support of not only Britain and the United States, but also the Qing political axe and the bandits and heroes of the northeast.

As far as the current special stage is concerned, helping China is to help China, and helping Tsarist Russia is the real Han annihilation, but what is the truth of the facts?

Song Biao hoped that Tsarist Russia would expel the forces of the Russian Federation from the Northeast, and only wait for the outbreak of the October Revolution in Russia that he could take the opportunity to expel the forces of Soviet Russia from the Northeast, which was the real best choice.

Even if Russia had not had the October Revolution, it would still be contained by Germany, France, Britain, and other countries in Europe, and if its forces in the northeast developed to the extent that it was difficult to contain them, it would also be contained by Britain and the United States.

In contrast, Russia's internal strife is much more difficult to deal with.

Killing first and then killing Russia is China's best policy.

After Brigadier General Madenidorff put forward a very tempting condition, Song Biao slapped the table almost without thinking, and replied to Madenidorff: "Okay, I'll follow you!" ”

That's what I'm waiting for.

Brigadier General Madenidorff smiled very happily, immediately got up and shook hands with Song Biao, and said: "Then let's officially start the cooperation between the two sides, here, I sincerely wish our cooperation can be successful!" Time is pressing, you have to take a team of people with me to the general headquarters now, maybe tomorrow this time, you will be the commander of the Manchurian Infantry Regiment of the Far East Army of the Tsarist Russian Empire, at that time, you will have to transport the approved supplies back to this place, and after the rearmament, you will immediately set off to the theater of the Second Army in the Far East to follow General Mishuchenko to fight together! ”

Song Biao also laughed and said, "Please rest assured, Brigadier General, I promise that I will show my true strength on the battlefield, and I will surprise you and other Russian generals." ”

Brigadier General Madenidov also smiled, he didn't have much hope in this regard, if it weren't for the urgent need for personnel on General Mishuchenko's side, he really wouldn't consider letting Song Biao, a well-trained bandit unit, go to the battlefield as a second-line reserve, what he really wanted to use Song Biao was in the logistics problem, especially to assist the Russian army in clearing out the many northeast bandits who dared to be enemies of the Tsarist Russian Empire.