Chapter 62: Into Siberia
The arrival of Tsarist Russian reinforcements surprised Jiang Fangzhen, he could not have imagined that the newly appointed Tsarist Russian War Minister would be so bold and bring some of the elite troops stationed in the Caucasus to come over to support, aren't they afraid of problems in the Balkans? However, Jiang Fangzhen knew that the reason why Tsarist Russia dispatched these elite troops was because they were pressing too hard, and the army was about to march into Siberia, which was a shame that Tsarist Russia had not seen for many years, and how could it be explained to the Tsarist Russian people without making some moves.
However, he also knew that it was impossible for Tsarist Russia to really get the troops that looked at the Balkans and Germany to the Far East, the threat of the Chinese Empire was not as great as that of Germany, and the form of the Balkan Peninsula was too complicated to be easily transferred. Therefore, the Tsarist Russia dropped the troops near the Caucasus and came to Siberia only to prevent their Chinese army from continuing to advance westward, and the other was to support the Russian guerrilla army and deter the Chinese army.
Also surprised was Xu Shuzheng, the Tsarist Russian guerrillas had already given them a headache, and they had just solved one and came again immediately, a bit like fighting a small old man, and he was probably not the opponent of the two. Fortunately, their mission is basically completed, and they just need to go to Siberia and search for it.
The battered Russian guerrilla army did not continue to harass the Chinese army, and Xu Shuzheng's army took 10,000 Russian prisoners into the land of Siberia, which had a fertile soil and one of the most developed in the entire Tsarist Asian region.
Since the opening of the Siberian section of the Far Eastern Railway, the development of Siberia has reached a new climax, and a large number of bankrupt peasants have taken root here. Especially in the vicinity of the railway, villages and cities are dense, so Xu Shuzheng's purpose is there.
The Chinese army that entered Siberia did not encounter any resistance, not even the officials who maintained order in the village, only the closed doors, and the whole village was frighteningly quiet.
The occasional sound of a baby crying lets people know that there are still people in the village, but the baby's crying only rings for a moment and then stops abruptly, and I don't know how it stopped.
"Commander, the people of the village are hiding, do you want the soldiers to gather them in one place?"
Xu Shuzheng shook his head and sighed: "We are the enemies of their country, it is normal to hide, human nature, I don't want to massacre civilians indiscriminately, otherwise don't blame me for being polite." If anyone does not cooperate, teach them a lesson, and if they dare to resist fiercely, they can be dealt with appropriately, and each family can leave a third of the grain, and the rest will be confiscated. By the way, let those Tsarist Russian prisoners who eat white food go to collect them, send people to watch that nothing happens, don't talk much, and shoot those who dare to run away. ”
"Yes, Commander!"
The soldiers took the captured Russian soldiers to collect food, and it was best for the Russians to do it, after all, there were not many people in the Chinese army who knew Russian, only those high-ranking officers and soldiers of some border residents knew a little.
"This situation is very similar to the situation in our country at the beginning, but unfortunately our sharp spirit has been cut to the point that we have no temper, if it weren't for the rising countries of the empire are still in a civil war, maybe Beiyang goodbye!" Xu Shuzheng muttered to himself on his war horse.
Some of the officers nearby were also very touched when they heard it, if it weren't for the fact that the empire was still cultivating those few thin fields at home under the exploitation of the landlords, how could they have the opportunity to go abroad to fight today, and they all thanked the great emperor in their hearts.
Groups of soldiers went to the doors of the houses and knocked on them, and the Russian soldiers shouted to open the door, but no one came.
"Knock Knock ......"
"Open the door, open the door!"
“……”
"Hurry up, I know you're in there, if you don't open it, you'll set it on fire, damn it!"
"Knock ......"
"Why did the sir, knock me, if you don't be cruel to these damn pariahs, they won't come out, that's what we did before."
"Our army will not harm civilians for no reason, please don't ruin our reputation, do you want to know so?" After saying that, the Huaxia officer kicked open the door and walked in.
The Russian soldiers next to him have big eyes, this is not to hurt the people, uh, it really didn't hurt.
The captured Russian soldiers rushed in and arrested the peasants who were hiding in the room, and they all cried loudly in panic, and some even cried out something.
"What are you going to do, what are you going to do!"
"Don't kill me, I don't want to die!"
"Daddy, Mommy!"
“……”
"Shh The Chinese officer who came in stretched out his index finger to his lips and watched the peasants blow and signal them to shut up, and the peasants also stopped with great interest, and some of them directly covered the children's mouths to prevent them from making a sound.
"Hand over two-thirds of all your grain, including two-thirds of your cattle and sheep, and if you resist, confiscate them all, or even die, you choose!" After the officer finished speaking, he went out, leaving a few Tsarist and Chinese soldiers inside.
"Devil, you are devils, and God will not let you go!"
"You have helped the enemy to loot your own people, and you will not die well!"
There was a sound of ping-pong, and then there was the shouting and scolding of the Tsarist soldiers and a miserable shout, and it was obvious that the peasants' words angered the Tsarist soldiers and were beaten, while the Chinese soldiers next to them pretended not to see them.
"What are you going to do, my daughter is not an adult, you devils!"
"Assistant, don't do this!" The Chinese soldiers went up to these white girls who were tearing at a well-developed white girl who was only thirteen or fourteen years old, and then the Russian soldiers went honestly, leaving only the little girl shivering in the corner, and her mother kept comforting her.
The Chinese soldiers just glanced at it and then stopped looking, because they knew that the people of their country had also been abused by the great powers like this, and there was nothing to pity these Tsarist women, and weakness was a crime!
Soon the looting of the entire village was completed, and truckloads of supplies were gathered together, and there were many cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock, which were basically used as means of transportation. During this period, some peasants took up shotguns to resist, but they were all killed without exception, and most of the peasants handed over their grain and did not resist.
The Huaxia army was concentrated with supplies, and the looting of several nearby villages was completed, and they continued to rush towards the denser villages.
On the way, an officer asked Xu Shuzheng in puzzlement: "Commander, why only two-thirds of the confiscation is collected instead of all of it, is it just to prevent these peasants from resisting fiercely?" Several officers nearby also craned their ears to listen.
"Colonel Kohan, do you analyze why?" Xu Shuzheng said to Xing Han with a smile, he was very interested in this twenty-three-year-old colonel, although he was not the youngest colonel in the Huaxia Empire, but he was also the current highest-ranking among the graduates of the first batch of the Imperial Military Academy.
Xinghan is the designer of the imperial flag, graduated from the Imperial Military Academy with the rank of lieutenant colonel, and his military talent is also one of the strongest in the same class.
"I don't know much, I don't know if it's right, so let's help correct it. Two-thirds of this should be an order of the Empire, and from the scolding of these peasants, we can know that the Tsarist army has come to loot, although the means are gentle, but the peasants' grain can be said to be just enough to survive the winter, of course, maybe more.
Take two-thirds of the grain of the Russian peasants, at least one-third of them will not starve to death, and will not fight us desperately, and the other is that the peasants' food is no longer enough to survive the winter, so these peasants will increase the burden on the Tsarist government, and they must help these peasants, otherwise these peasants will riot or even rebel.
There are also ways that this will not cause too much damage to the image of the empire, and will even be praised and so on. ”
In fact, he still hasn't said it, because being too smart is sometimes not a good thing, and if you want to integrate into the collective, you have to keep a low profile, not be too sharp, and give some steps to everyone.
Xu Shuzheng was very satisfied after hearing this, this colonel is really good at being a man, and his future achievements will definitely be extraordinary, and a general star of the empire is rising.
"Yes, this is exactly what Commander-in-Chief Chiang decided after discussing with His Majesty, Colonel Xinghan said it very well, but it still missed a part. These Tsarist peasants will not give them a good look when they see the Tsarist army in the future, after all, it is their own soldiers who help us collect the grain. More importantly, this will be more conducive to the Empire's control of this place in the future, and this may be the Empire's territory in the future, and I hope I can see the day when this fertile land becomes the territory of the Empire. Xu Shuzheng sighed, in fact, there are still some things he can't say, so he can only rely on them to experience it themselves.
Become the territory of the Empire! This shocked the officers next to them, they couldn't imagine that the empire would leave such a hand, if the empire's territory expanded here, it would become the world's largest country in terms of territorial area, this is the supreme glory!
Colonel Xinghan was also shocked in his heart, he didn't expect this level, he was still too young and didn't think deeply enough. However, he also knew that the current empire had no intention of fighting for Siberia at all, otherwise it would not just send them to sabotage, but attack on a large scale.
"yes, I wish I could have my own farm here when I'm old, it's a good place to retire! But now is not the time, the empire is too young and surrounded by too many enemies! Xinghan sighed as he looked at the vast Siberian plain.
Xu Shuzheng glanced at Xing Han very interestingly, he knew what Xing Han should have seen, but he didn't want to ask, the reason why he said these words to them was to point them out and make them think more.
The news of the entry of the Chinese army into Siberia soon spread in Siberia, and some of the panicked nobles and rich people rushed to leave the place, and even many of the rich peasants fled to their relatives in Europe to take refuge.