Chapter 16 Plan ahead
These two Russians did not dare to stop along the way, for them, that gun is really important, and time is just as important! The news from Japan is that Japan has begun to issue public bonds, and although it is not said that it is for the purpose of fighting a war with Russia, there is no need to say that this is not at all. The Japanese people bought it with great passion, and the Americans and the British subscribed to a large amount of Japanese public debt, and Russia, on the contrary, had only one France in Europe to support him, or that kind of moral support.
No one can say when the quasi-war will start, but the colonel and the military industry experts know that as long as the Russians are given more than half a year, they will be able to equip all of this semi-automatic rifle to the Russian troops in Liaodong.
If, in the time of war, the Russians could fire four or five shots while the Japanese fired one shot, this would undoubtedly increase their chances of victory.
Although he had already heard this from several officers, when the man he sent came back to confirm it with Commander Kulopatkin, the commander could not believe that it was true!
"Oh my God, it's a fantasy that those bandits have come up with a rifle that we haven't developed in years, Akberil, is that true? I'm still a little skeptical. ”
Akberil didn't speak, his heart just as shocked as the Commander. It was the military expert who answered the commander's question: "Your Excellency, I couldn't believe it before I went, but they did, and the performance of that gun was very good, and the colonel can testify to this." ”
Kulopatkin stood up from his chair: "No, I'm not doubting you, I'm just doubting my own ears, and I think you gentlemen should understand my current feelings. By the way, how much does that Yang beat ghost cost? Five million rubles, yes? ”
The colonel nodded: "Yes, commander-in-chief, this is a huge amount, and we are not in charge, so come back and ask you." And looking at the meaning of that Yang fighting ghosts, it seems that there is a smell of wanting to make a truce with us, I think I should ask for your opinion? ”
Kulopatkin's eyes widened: "He wants a truce?" My jihua to encircle and suppress him has been formulated! As soon as our army is in place, I will immediately crush him, and now it is too late for him to think of a truce! ”
Akberil didn't say anything, and although Commander Kulopatkin was only one syllable behind his predecessor in the name, he was indeed much better at fighting than the one who went to Siberia. The surprise attack on Gaojia Tunzi was his deployment, and although Zuihou Tang Yulin was rescued, that battle was perfect.
It's the same with Yang Xiaolin, the Russians have already been good, just waiting for a suitable time to give Yang Xiaolin a move to Taishan to overwhelm the top, and solve the uneasy factors behind this Russian before the war between Japan and Russia.
Commander Kulopatkin sat down in his chair and took a big drag on his cigar, then exhaled a thick smoke: "Okay, we promise him. ”
The colonel was a little embarrassed when he heard this: "General, please forgive me for saying that if you reach an agreement with this group of bandits, it will be quite unfavorable to you, both at home and in international public opinion. Tsar Bixia would not have promised to live in peace with these bandits. ”
Ordinary bandit Russians might agree, or even immediately arm, as the Russians counter Von Delin's liliang. But Yang Dagui is different, this guy started by killing Russians, and if he talks with him now, his hometown father will not forgive him. Kulopatkin knows this very well.
Moreover, Yang Xiaolin is wanted by more than a dozen Western countries, and if the Russians really sign any agreement with him, they may not even have the spiritual support that the French have now. Kulopatkin smiled: "Promise him, get the gun in your hands, and then what to do and do it." And a bandit, no need to talk about any promises. Colonel, you are still in charge of the negotiations, remember to talk to them about the price, so that we can be more sincere. ”…,
Negotiate the price, in order to make yourself look more sincere, that is, the Russians do not care how much. Kulopatkin is very confident in his method of encircling and suppressing Yang Xiaolin, just like his sneak attack on Feng Delin, it will definitely be very exciting. This time, he would learn a lesson and kill Yang as soon as he caught him, so even if he gave Yang Xiaolin five million rubles, he didn't have the life to spend it.
The Russians want to eat black.
Yang Xiaolin looked at the team in front of him in Liudaojiang, and he obviously felt that Biaozi had really worked hard for a while.
The last time Biao Zi threw everyone away at the martial arts competition held by Yang Xiaolin, Jin Dadao was very angry. Because in Biaozi's three regiments, those who led the troops were basically Jin Dadao's former brothers. The three regiments lost very badly, and the misery made them a little embarrassed, so Biao Zi inquired about what Sui Bing did in the past two days, and he had to work harder than Sui Bing in each of them.
This is also the meaning of Yang Xiaolin asking Zuihou to wash clothes for the first place, just to wash clothes, it would be really embarrassing.
"Biaozi, well done. Will you be sure to earn your face back in the next competition? ”
"Yes! Don't worry, next time if I can't win, I'll cut off my head and give you a night pot! ”
Yang Xiaolin smiled: "That's not necessary, at most, I will get you down and replace it with someone who can bring good brothers." Seriously, Biaozi, Baishan is the gateway to our Yulun Mountain, whoever wants to beat me, the nearest way is to go from you, I handed over this place to you, but you actually made me look like that last time, I wanted you to come down! ”
Biao Zi scratched his head: "I know it's wrong, I've really changed it!" If you don't believe me, ask my brothers, I haven't entered the county seat since I came down from the mountain! ”
Yang Xiaolin nodded: "If I don't believe you, how can I let you continue to do it?" Brother, I'm still at ease with you. By the way, it's not right not to go into the city, you have to keep in touch with your brother often. ”
Biaozi said: "Alas! Got it. ”
While speaking, they had already walked to the tunzi, and Yang Xiaolin pointed to the tunzi: "How is the tunnel and the militia training?" ”
Biao Zi smiled and said quite proudly: "Boss, brother, don't say anything, you go in and see!" ”
The so-called militia is all the middle-aged men in this tunzi, there are a total of seven or eight tunzi near the Liudaojiang River, and there are more than 2,000 men in the age group of 15 to 50.
Chen De, now the captain of the Liudaojiang militia.
Of course, this captain is only a relative title to Yulu Mountain, and externally, Chen De is still the head of the tun and the head of the militia group. After Biao Zi gave them the guns he had withdrawn, Chen De himself spent money to buy some guns, which basically ensured that every family had a gun, and the strength of the militia was really enhanced.
When Yang Xiaolin walked into the tunzi, he saw that there was a sentry outside the tunzi, and there were people standing guard. At the intersection of the road into the tunzi, fortifications were also built, there was a heavy machine gun at the mouth of the tunzi, more than a dozen young and strong men stood behind the machine gun, all the people who entered and exited the tunzi had to be simply searched, and the vigilance was still good.
"Biaozi, is it like this on weekdays?"
Biaozi didn't hide it at this time: "No, usually there are only people in the sentry, and only one or two people are standing at this gate on weekdays, and they will only go up to check when they see people they don't know." Today, Chen De knew that you were here, so he made something to show you. ”
Yang Xiaolin smiled, he knew that half of the land in Liudaojiang belonged to Chen De, and these old fortunes were oil extractors, if it was said that dozens of young and strong people were usually placed here, Yang Xiaolin would not believe it. He didn't say anything, after all, it was enough to have a sentry on weekdays. Seeing Yang Xiaolin smiling, Biao Zi knew that he didn't say the wrong thing this time, so he took Yang Xiaolin into Tunzi at the moment: "Mr. Put, I'll take you to see the tunnel, Chen De said at noon today that he invited you to dinner at home, I hope you can go there." ”…,
Yang Xiaolin nodded: "It's time to go, he has helped us a lot, at least say xiexie, by the way, you say hello to him first, just say I don't drink, just eat a little, I have to go to Xianhe Qian Yao in the afternoon." "Chen De is the head snake here, and if he does his job well, Liudaojiang will be able to come and go freely.
Yang Xiaolin, who dug the tunnel, was not very satisfied, he asked that the tunnel of each tunzi should be the same from house to house, and there should be two exits to go out, one is connected with other tunzi, and the other leads to the nearest mountain. But these villagers are obviously a bit of an errand, as if digging tunnels is digging for Yang to show ghosts, and there are almost no tunnels that every family can figure out, and several neighboring families can be connected together. And the authentic exit is too simple, and some of them have changed the cellar where they store their goods in winter.
As for the exit to the outside, only the tunnel of Chen De's house is OK, but it is too narrow, and the exit is too close to the village. People are like that, they only dig seriously if they realize that digging tunnels can ensure their safety.
Yang Xiaolin felt that he should go to Chen De to talk about it, and not really wait to pay the price of blood.
In Chen De's opinion, Yang Xiaolin is the one who can decide his life and death now, if Yang Dagui gets angry, he can only leave this family business and fly away, of course, he may not fly away, so he doesn't dare to eat a little casually.
The two-meter-square Big Eight Immortals table was full, and Chen De stood respectfully for a while, even though Yang Xiaolin asked him to sit down several times, but after he sat down, he stood up again. Later, Yang Xiaolin didn't bother to talk about him, and asked about some of the situation in the tunzi, as well as whether Biaozi had caused trouble for Chen De here, Yang Xiaolin quickly said the topic: "Master Chen, I see that you don't seem to have dug the tunnel here." ”
Chen De hurriedly said: "Forgive me Yang Dangjia, the soil is too hard this winter, and some places can't be dug at all, so I will dig it again next year, and I will dig it all according to what you said." ”
The soil is hard, it's just a reason, if you really work hard, the stones can be dug up, let alone the hard soil? Yang Xiaolin shook his head: "No, Master Chen, do you know that the Russians and the Japanese are going to war?" ”
Chen De nodded: "Now the wind is spreading outside, everyone is guessing when the fight will start, waiting to see the excitement." ”
This is the state of mind of the Chinese people, who are as neutral as the Qing government was to the war that took place on their own soil. None of them helped, because in the eyes of these ordinary people, neither the Russians nor the Japanese were good things.
However, Yang Xiaolin knew that during the Russo-Japanese War, more than 100,000 Chinese were killed and wounded on the land in the northeast, and as much as 30 million taels of silver were lost. To Zuihou the Russians and the Japanese reached an agreement, the two sides divided the interests of the Northeast, they both won, lost, the neutral Qing Dynasty, the most seriously injured, these Qing Dynasty people who wanted to see the excitement.
Yang Xiaolin didn't want this ending, at least he didn't want to see the corpses of hundreds of thousands of Chinese as trophies of Japan and Russia in the Russo-Japanese War!
"Master Chen, if I say a word here, there is really a fight, and the Russians will not let go of our folks. Maybe they won't wait for a war with Japan, and they will come to fight us first! Do things well now, and then you will be able to live with your fellow villagers! ”
Chen De was stunned for a moment after hearing this, he really didn't take this seriously, he was not Russian, nor Japanese, what did they have to do with the war? But since this Yang Dagui said it so seriously, then let's dig it for a few more days, anyway, there is no farm work now, and those tenants are idle.
"Good! Since Yang Dangjia said it, then I'll start digging in the afternoon! (Ask for a referral vote!) Brothers, give some motivation and support! )