863 Catch a monster
Adkins then ordered a retreat, but his troops had been scattered, so many people could not be contacted, and Adkins had no ability to tell everyone, so he had to retreat to Kyakhta with the remnants of the defeated army that he could find, and the remaining Russian troops would either die or surrender.
By eight o'clock in the morning of October 6, when the sky was bright, no gunfire could be heard on the battlefield, and the fifteenth division of the Russian army had been completely annihilated.
When Lin Yuan saw those statistics, he couldn't help but be shocked, because he found that there were more than 4,000 Russian troops killed and more than 2,000 surrendered, plus the 102nd and 103rd brigades that were annihilated before, the number was nearly 17,000, and the number of enemies in the 15th division estimated before according to aerial pictures should only be 15,000!
Along with the statistics, there was also a list of captured senior Russian officials, the largest of which was a brigade-level staff officer, Lin Yuan thought to himself: "It seems that in last night's battle, the top brass of the Russian army fled halfway through the battle, so that is to say, they will also take some people, so the number is even more wrong." ”
Lin Yuan was very strange in his heart, so he called the brigade-level staff officer to interrogate, and this question revealed that the 15th Cossack Cavalry Division of the Russian Army was also equipped with two infantry brigades, and these two infantry brigades were proficient in civil engineering, Lin Yuan thought: "So that's the case, this time the number is right." ”
Lin Yuan knew from the aerial pictures that the remnants of the 15th Division fled in the direction of Kyakhta, Kyakhta is a city on the border between China and Mongolia and Russia, due to the trade between Jin merchants and Russians, the city has become very prosperous, according to the "Kyakhta Treaty" signed between China and Russia in 1728, with the middle boundary river as the boundary, the northern city belongs to Russia, called Kyakhta; The southern urban area belongs to China and is called the buying and selling city.
On the aerial map, Lin Yuan found some strange things on the ground, those things were long strips, and they couldn't be seen specifically, which was very different from the surrounding ground, and surrounded the urban area of the trading city, Lin Yuan thought to himself: "I don't know what these things are, it seems that they should be artificial buildings, but what are they?" ”
Lin Yuan was thinking about it, when a staff officer from outside came in and asked, "What are we going to do next?" ”
Lin Yuan thought to himself: "After several battles, a lot of ammunition has been consumed, now we should stop to replenish some ammunition, and some faulty equipment must also be maintained, so Lin Yuan said: "Let the troops stop advancing, rest in place for a day, and then march to Kyakhta at nine o'clock in the morning of October 8." ”
It is impossible for the troops to fight continuously like machines, and it is still necessary to recuperate after the war, although it is a holiday, but there are no people around, let alone a place to play, and Lin Yuan is not allowed to drink, so the soldiers can only eat more meat and sleep for a while.
In the turn of the day, Lin Yuan, who had spare time, took a look at the international reaction to his military operation, and found that due to the lack of means of communication, the current countries in the world only knew about the telegram sent by Lin Yuan and asked Zhebuzun Danba, and as for Lin Yuan being equipped with tanks and defeating the Russians many times in the war, the countries in the world did not know anything.
Lin Yuan thought to himself: "They don't know that our situation is the best, if necessary, I will show our strong strength again, let them be surprised!" ”
Lin Yuan was watching, Zhong Cheng actually walked in and said to Lin Yuan excitedly: "Lin Shuai, we caught a monster!" ”
Lin Yuan was also interested when he heard this, and asked, "Catch a monster?" What monsters? ”
Zhong Cheng said: "I'll take you to see it, this monster is also on four feet on the ground, much bigger than a horse, the most interesting thing is the back of this monster, two big meat balls grow out of the back, there are long hairs on the meat balls, its eyes are also very interesting, eyelashes can be ......"
Lin Yuan listened to his description, and a vague feeling of familiarity appeared in his heart, and when Zhong Cheng brought him to the monster, Lin Yuan exclaimed as soon as he saw the monster: "You're not playing with me, are you?" Isn't this a camel? ”
Zhong Cheng scratched his head helplessly and said, "So this is a camel?" It's the first time I've seen it. ”
Lin Yuan looked at the soldiers around him, they all suddenly realized, Lin Yuan then understood: "These soldiers all grew up in the remote countryside in the northeast, and it is normal that they have not seen camels, and there is no TV in this era, so it is even more impossible for them to see camels. ”
Lin Yuan stepped forward and said to the soldiers: "Yes, this is a camel, the eyelashes of the eyes are very long to resist the wind and sand, and the bulging ball of meat on the back is a hump, and the hump is stocked with food, so that the camel will not die if it does not eat or drink...... "The storage in the hump is actually fat, but Lin Yuan knows that they will not understand what he said, so he said that it was all food.
Lin Yuan felt that it was wrong as he spoke, because he saw that the hair between the two humps of the camel was particularly flat, as if it had been pressed by something, Lin Yuan noticed this detail and did not speak, Zhong Cheng and the soldiers heard that Lin Yuan did not speak, so they asked, "Lin Shuai, what's wrong?" ”
Lin Yuan pointed to the particularly flat hair and said, "Look at the hair here, is it different from other places?" ”
Zhong Cheng said: "Yes, so what? ”
Lin Yuan said: "This camel seems to be a camel carrying goods, and the hair here should be flattened by the goods." ”
Zhong Cheng said: "Lin Shuai, don't tell jokes, how can this camel be able to transport goods?" I have never seen a camel, but I have seen a horse, a donkey, a mule, and a camel must be the same as them, and if you want it to carry goods, you must bring it a bridle and a chew, so that it can be controlled by people, and if you look at this camel, there is no such thing. ”
When Lin Yuan heard Zhong Cheng's words, he immediately walked to the camel's mouth, touched its neck, lifted its lips, and then pointed to the indentation on the side of its lips and said, "You see, this trace is made by the armature, and the armature is the chew, so this camel was domesticated by man." ”
Zhong Cheng asked, "Then how did it get out?" ”
Lin Yuan shook his head and said, "It's not like it ran out by itself, if it ran out by itself, and it has no hands, how did it get rid of everything on its body?" ”
Zhong Cheng asked, "Could it be that it was released because of an infectious disease?" ”
As soon as everyone heard about "infectious diseases", they immediately retreated a few steps, and Lin Yuan said helplessly: "Animal infectious diseases will not be transmitted to people, what are you nervous about?" ”
After Lin Yuan finished speaking, he went to see the camel, although he didn't know the veterinarian, but he also knew that animals were the same as people, and they would definitely be in low spirits if they were sick, but the camel's eyes were very energetic, not like they were sick, Lin Yuan continued: "Go get some captured forage." ”
A warrior quickly brought a bag, Lin Yuan put the forage next to the camel's mouth, the camel immediately lowered its head and ate it in a big gulp, Lin Yuan said: "It's strange, this camel eats so much forage and is definitely not sick, how can it run out for no reason?" Could something big have happened? ”