Chapter 319: The World Shocked
"Your Excellency the Governor, you are very clever, and I have come to invite His Excellency the Governor to Beijing as a guest on the orders of our commander." The cold, almost emotionless voice rang out again.
"Beijing? You ~" Before Alekseev finished speaking, two wolf-like soldiers had already rushed over, and then involuntarily snatched Alekseev's gun away. Then a strong soldier directly carried Alekseev's fat body on his back and ran towards the nearby mountains and forests.
"You can't do this to me, you put me down~!" Alekseev couldn't help but shout, but no one paid any attention to him.
In the headquarters of the Tiger Ben Army in Jilin City, Ren Chao looked at a map in front of him expressionlessly, as if he was thinking about something. At this time, Zhou Tai strode up to Ren Chao and reported loudly, "Marshal Qiqi, our army has successfully defeated the Russian army completely, and now our army is struggling to pursue and kill the Russian army." ”
"Hmm!" Ren Chao nodded slightly and said, "It is advisable to chase after the poor man with the remaining bravery, and not to become a scholar overlord." Ordered all troops to pursue the Russian rout with all their might, and these old hairmen must not be given any respite. ”
"Yes!" Zhou Tai responded, and then continued, "Another special combat team has reported that they have successfully captured Alekseev's old guy. What is the boss going to do with this old guy? ”
"Although this old fellow deserves to die, but it is useful to keep him for now, so let's spare him a dog's life for the time being! Send someone to send him to Beijing secretly, and remember to save the old guy's dog's life. Ren Chao commanded casually.
"Yes!" Zhou Tai hurriedly responded.
"In addition, Yiketanga, Guo Buluo Changshun and others have also been captured by our army, but Enze died in the chaos." Zhou Tai then reported.
"Hmmm! Escort Yiktanga and Changshun and others to Beijing. The Ministry of Justice stepped in to organize a special tribunal to try these rebellious generals. Ren Chao said after thinking about it. Originally, Ren Chao wanted to kill these rebellious ministers and thieves directly, but he thought that his future goal was to build a society ruled by law. Therefore, it is better to have the trial and public announcement of the verdict by the special court.
"Yes! The lowly position is written. Zhou Tai nodded in response.
That night, after the latest battle results were counted, Zhou Tai immediately found Ren Chao, "Marshal Qiqi, the latest results have been counted, our army killed more than 40,000 Russian troops in this battle, captured more than 20,000 people, and seized a large number of guns and ammunition and other military supplies. The armies are still pursuing the Russian rout with all their might, and I believe that the final results will be even richer! ”
"Yes! I know! Ren Chao nodded and said. And what about the casualties of our army? ”
"Returning to the commander, the casualties of our army are not small, and the total number of casualties has exceeded 10,000 people, of which about 7,000 people have been killed and more than 6,000 have been injured. According to humble estimates, the final casualty result will be more than 20,000, of which the number of casualties will reach about 10,000. Zhou Tai replied honestly.
I saw a trace of sadness flashing on Zhou Tai's face. Ren Chao couldn't help but feel distressed, "How can there be such a big casualty?" ”
"Returning to the commander, as far as I know, more than one-third of these casualties were caused by accidental injuries from our artillery." Zhou Tai said with a sigh.
Ren Chao nodded silently. Although the effect of the artillery offensive tactics was very obvious, the Tiger Ben Army defeated 100,000 Russian troops in one fell swoop, but the casualties paid by the Tiger Ben Army itself were also extremely heavy. But relatively speaking. It's worth it to be able to achieve such a victory. After all, war? Casualties are inevitable.
"This time, we want to strike while the iron is hot and recover Heilongjiang in one fell swoop. Jilin and all the lost territories will completely drive Lao Maozi out of our land. Ren Chao thought about it and said with a stern face.
"Is it just to recover the lost territories of Heilongjiang and Jilin? Don't you continue to attack the Russian Far East, which was originally ours, and now it is time to take advantage of the opportunity to retake it. Zhou Tai hurriedly said loudly.
"I don't want to regain these lost grounds, but the time has not yet come, and we don't have the strength to start a full-scale war with Russia. It is already somewhat a fluke to be able to defeat the Russian forces in the Far East, and if the main forces of the Russian army in Europe massively increase their forces in the Far East, then we will be in big trouble! So we can only be patient for the time being, and after the domestic situation stabilizes, it is not too late for us to find Lao Maozi for revenge! When the time comes, the new and the old hatred will be counted with them, and the debts owed to us will be repaid, and Lao Tzu will bite off a piece of meat from him. When Ren Chao said this, his face couldn't help but flash a look of anger, in fact, Ren Chao is also very helpless now, and now the domestic situation is unstable. And Ren Chao's foundation is still too weak after all, this battle Tiger Ben army has done everything in its power to win, if it drags on any longer, in case the Russians increase their troops in the Far East, and the domestic situation is changing, then who wins and who loses is really not certain.
Two days later, the major domestic newspapers scrambled to publish the victory of the Tiger Ben Army outside Jilin City with front-page headlines. In this battle, the Tiger Ben army defeated the main force of the Russian army in one fell swoop, killed more than 55,000 Russian troops, and captured more than 43,000 Russian troops. So far, the main forces of the Russian army in the Far East have been almost completely annihilated by the Tiger Army. The news immediately caused an uproar around the world, and then the big newspapers and tabloids around the world also rushed to reprint the shocking news. For a time, the focus of the world was all concentrated on the Far East, on the declining Qing Empire, on the Tiger Ben Army, a hundred battles of the lion, and on Ren Chao, a legendary general.
Regarding the reaction of the outside world, Ren Chao was expected. Whether it was the local princes in the country, or even the officials in the Beijing government, there were many people who would have thought that the Tiger Army could really defeat the mighty Tsarist Russia. In their opinion, Ren Chao rashly started a war with Tsarist Russia, which is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, and it is tantamount to looking for death! Even Li Hongzhang and the others are waiting for Ren Chao to be defeated by Tsarist Russia, and they are jumping out to clean up the mess! But this battle outside Jilin City completely disappointed them. They really didn't expect that the seemingly powerful and invincible Tsarist Russian Empire would really be defeated by Ren Chao.
This is still the case at home, not to mention those foreign powers, who have always looked down on the Qing Dynasty. Even those enemies of Tsarist Russia, such as Germany, Austria-Hungary did not expect that the Tiger Army could really defeat Tsarist Russia. So when Ren Chao really defeated the powerful Tsarist army, everyone was shocked, and these arrogant whites had to start to re-examine this rejuvenated Qing Empire. (To be continued......)
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