Wu Laosan wiped the hot sweat from his forehead, coiled his braid around his neck, looked at the earthen wall in the distance, swallowed his saliva, and couldn't help but speed up his pace when he remembered that his mother-in-law was nagging endlessly.

No way, since the fight against Andong Port suddenly came those strangely dressed, neither braided, nor hair-tied Pacific Army, here is almost a ruckus, those county lords and officials don't know where to go, let alone the soldiers stationed there, I heard that people don't come to Anton, but also laid down Lushun, even the entire Liaodong is now people's.

This world is really messy! After a while, he said that he was going to fight, and the Russians came again in two years, but in the blink of an eye, the Russians were also beaten away, and only this group of Pacific troops was left, and I didn't see anything going on in the Qing Dynasty if I changed left and right, I really don't know what the emperor in the court thought, how to let others toss in his own home?

But this matter has nothing to do with a small person like him, and he is here to recruit workers.

There is no way, I don't know who has spread the news in the past few days, saying that the Pacific Army in Andong Port is recruiting craftsmen on a large scale, not only providing three meals, but also five taels of silver a month's wages, and it is said that if you do a good job, you can also send them to the factory.

Wu Laosan in the factory doesn't understand, but the salary of five taels of silver a month can be regarded as the covetousness of his mother-in-law, those who have neither land nor craftsmanship have squeezed this place crazy, especially when I heard that several strong guys in the neighborhood have been recruited, and they began to eat and drink without worrying, and the mother-in-law was red-eyed, so she rushed him to try his luck.

Soon, he arrived at the gate of the dock, but he was dumbfounded at a glance, only to see that the entire gate was crowded, the long line extended inward from the door to see the end, and even the horse road at the door was full.

Wu Laosan hurriedly squeezed into the line, and was about to ask how long he had to wait in line, when a hurried horse hoof suddenly came from a distance, and he saw dozens of big men in military uniforms running from afar, so frightened that he hurriedly prepared to dodge.

Fortunately, these big men dismounted when they arrived at the gate, and the soldiers at the gate saw a few people, and hurriedly made a strange gesture of raising their hands, and the cavalry got back on their horses and ran towards the port area.

"See, it's the Pacific Army!"

"It's majestic."

"You know what? Now that Mukden is in the world, and I heard that they are heading north to Jilin and Heilongjiang, I guess the Russians will not be able to hold on. ”

"Hiss....... So fast? Hasn't it only been more than half a month? The Russians just lay down? ”

", I can still lie to you!"

"Hey, brothers, do you know? The Pacific Army is also accepting people! I heard that if you are chosen, you will have thirty taels of silver in a month! ”

"What, thirty taels!"

The eyes around him were red when they were brushed, and even Wu Laosan was panting, and the wages of five taels of silver were squeezed to the point that his head exploded, thirty taels! Oh my boy, that's a lot of money!

"I said, why don't we go to the Pacific Army."

"You're going? Are you willing to wear this braid? I'm not afraid that the army of our Qing Dynasty will come back that day, and when there is no whip, we will be killed! ”

"What to do! Grandma's, as soon as the Russians came, all his mother's scared away, and even the county magistrate took his family to Guannei, in my opinion, the Qing Kingdom is over. A seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man stared at a few Pacific Army soldiers with guns on their backs next to him, stars appeared in his eyes, and he suddenly gritted his teeth: "Don't platoon, I think about it, go to be a soldier." ”

After the young man finished speaking, he pulled his horse coat and walked to the recruiting office not far away, and several companions behind him gritted their teeth and followed after seeing this. There were suddenly a few fewer people in the team, Wu Laosan hurriedly took a few steps forward, looked at the backs of those young men, and thought of the monthly salary of thirty taels of silver, and his eyes were also a little hot.

Zhang Shun rode a horse, and when he saw a few young men in the recruitment team suddenly walking towards the recruitment office, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hook up a smile, and he turned back to Ouyang Xiu, who practiced horse riding together in the early morning, and said: "Ouyang Xiu, I think that soon your army is going to add new soldiers." ”

Ouyang Xiu, who was competing with the war horse, heard this, turned his head and saw several young people queuing up to sign up, and immediately forgot the hot pain on his buttocks, and said with a smile: "Hehe, our army has added people, and your marines are also indispensable." ”

Zhang Shun smiled, and he was also overjoyed, although the Marine Corps is subordinate to the Navy, they are also fighting in land warfare, so if the army is expanded, the Marine Corps will definitely be able to be wiped out.

"Come on, don't ride it, your ass will be worn out if you ride it any longer." Ouyang Xiu really couldn't stand this bump, dismounted and threw the reins of the horse to the orderly, patting the horse's head, "I don't think I can enjoy this horse, let's wait for Tang Xiao's car to promise me." ”

Seeing Ouyang Xiu dismount, Zhang Shun also turned over and threw the reins to the soldiers, deliberately glanced at Ouyang Xiu's buttocks, and sneered: "What? Butt frayed? Why don't you find someone to ...... and rub it for you tonight? ”

"Well, don't laugh at me." Ouyang Xiu smiled bitterly: "I really don't know how those cavalry came out, I heard that they can sleep on horseback, why do I feel uncomfortable after studying for seven or eight days." "Haha......."

Seeing Ouyang Xiu rubbing his buttocks and smiling bitterly, Zhang Shun laughed: "People have grown up on horseback since childhood, you grew up on the southern seaside since you were a child, and it's not your fault that you can't ride a horse, but I said that your fart is too delicate, right?" Like a. ”

"Fuck off." Ouyang Xiu kicked angrily before he said fiercely: "I said Master Zhang, isn't the mission of your marines to garrison Lushun and Jinzhou?" How did you get to Anton? ”

"Hey, don't mention it. The Chief of Staff saw that we were idle, and this did not allow us to send two battalions from here to Jeju Island and Tsushima Island this afternoon. Zhang Shun vomited bitterness, but his eyebrows were proud.

Ouyang Xiu frowned when he saw this, thought of the location of the two islands, suddenly lowered his voice, and asked excitedly: "The staff is going to move me?" ”

"I don't know." Zhang Shun rolled his eyes: "But it won't be so early to fight, right?" Ouyang Xiu was also a little suspicious, at this moment, the main force of the army was heading north to Jilin and Heilongjiang, and it was indeed not suitable to fight with Yuben again, so I was afraid that his second division would have to be a reserve for a while, not only sighed, but asked casually: "By the way, why don't you start from Lushun and come around here?" ”

"Wait for those birdmen." Zhang Shun replied angrily: "The staff said that Jeju Island found the garrison of the Yue army, and I was afraid that we would not be able to deal with it, so we sent them to support, damn, what does Lao Tzu want them to support!" ”

"Hehe......." Ouyang Xiu knew what Zhang Shun was angry about, having an army stationed meant that there was a war, and now the three northeastern provinces could no longer get soup, and it was not easy to go to Jeju and Tsushima Island, and he had to let the Nighthawk divide half of it, no wonder he was sulking.

Thinking of this, he patted him on the shoulder: "I think the staff is also kind." ”

"Damn, if it weren't for Boss Li personally leading the team this time, I wouldn't have on those guys from the General Staff." Zhang Shun continued to be indignant, Ouyang Xiu was afraid that he would say anything out of the ordinary if he continued, and he was about to stop him, but he heard that Li Qiang personally led the team this time, and he was also a little surprised, what is worthy of Li Qiang personally leading the team, and couldn't help asking: "Boss Li is here?!" Didn't they say they went to the South Seas? ”

"Who said that?" Zhang Shun glared at him and leaned closer: "They went to Iwo Jima to test new guns." ”

New guns?!

As soon as he heard the new gun, Ouyang Xiu forgot to continue to ask why he asked Li Qiang to lead the team in person, and pulled Zhang Shun and asked, "What is the new gun?" ”

"Want to see something?" Zhang Shun deliberately sold a relationship, and when he saw Ouyang Xiu nodding again and again, he smiled and said, "Get on the horse and take you to the shooting range." ”

"Get on the horse?! Spare me, I'd better go over there. ”

"Haha......."

Ouyang Xiu finally failed to resist the temptation of the new gun, and rode to a barren beach located in the southwest corner of the pier.

"Why are you here? I don't go to prepare, I'm going to leave in a while. Seeing Zhang Shun, Li Qiang, who was leading the team to practice shooting, handed the record book in his hand to his subordinates and walked in front of the two.

"Don't worry, you're ready." Zhang Shun pointed at Ouyang Xiu, who was watching shooting training, scratched his head and smiled: "Isn't it that Ouyang Xiu also wants to see the new gun." ”

"New guns?! He....... Li Qiang glanced at Zhang Shun, who was scratching his head, and glared: "It's your mouth fast again." ”

Hehe.......

Seeing the sneer on his face, Li Qiang didn't bother to bother with him, and said, "Forget it, anyway, this gun is about to be finalized, so it's nothing to let you know." With that, he immediately beckoned to a nighthawk.

After taking the gun under his hand, Li Qiang handed it to Ouyang Xiu, who ran over, and said with a smile: "Don't be greedy, try it yourself." ”

"Okay." Ouyang Xiu had been waiting for this sentence for a long time, and immediately walked to the shooting area, and several Nighthawks saw that the bosses had come to test the gun, so they hurriedly gave up their seats and stood aside.

When the gun arrived, Ouyang Xiu immediately found that it was a little different from the Type 91 rifle, although the weight was about the same, the barrel seemed to be slightly longer, and the shape had been modified a lot, making it more comfortable to hold. But at the same time, he pouted, if this is a new gun, I am afraid that the young master will kill Tang Xiao.

So immediately half-crouched, pulled the bolt and aimed at the target and pulled the trigger.

After the bang, before Ouyang Xiu could pull the bolt and prepare to withdraw the cartridge case, he saw the bolt retreat by itself, and the cartridge shell automatically jumped out, and the hand that was stretched out halfway suddenly stopped.

"You don't need to unload, you can continue to fight." Seeing that Ouyang Xiu was as shocked as when he first tried the gun, Li Qiang smiled and nodded.

With Li Qiang's words, Ouyang Xiu became more curious about this gun that could withdraw the shell by itself, and pulled the trigger on the target again and again, until there was a soft sound of the jam and could no longer shoot the bullet, then he stood up and asked excitedly: "Li Qiang, what kind of gun is this?" How can you return the shells yourself? ”

"This is called a semi-automatic rifle, which uses the flatulence of gunpowder after firing to push the bolt to unshell itself, I heard Tang Xiao say that this was the first proposal of the young master, and it took a year of hard work by several Austro-Hungarian gunsmiths to make it."

Li Qiang took the gun and handed the Nighthawk a hand, and asked him to demonstrate the process of loading the ammunition, only to see the Nighthawk take out a row of ten bullets fixed with the bullet bridge, pull the bolt and press it into the fixed magazine, and then pull out the bullet bridge, and the loading process was completed, which was very fast.

Although Ouyang Xiu was not a firearms expert, he also knew what it meant to be so simple and quick to reload and not have to pull the bolt to unload with every shot, and his eyes immediately burst into stars.

Li Qiang smiled: "Don't worry, our mission this time is to conduct actual combat experiments with the new gun, if there is no problem, it is estimated that this gun will soon be in your hands." ”

"That's great." Ouyang Xiu rubbed his hands, and was just about to ask Nighthawk to try the new gun for him again, when he suddenly saw his staff officer in the distance suddenly panting and running over.

"Report to the division commander, the staff department has sent an urgent telegram, ordering you to immediately lead the second division and the second regiment to enter Andong immediately, and be sure to ensure the safety of the Yalu River." Hearing the report, Ouyang Xiu's heart thumped: "What's wrong?" ”

The staff officer quickly closed the document and looked at the three of them with solemn faces: "I just received the news that two wings of the army have been stationed in Yizhou. ”――

"Sir Ogna, it looks like we're late again."

In the British Embassy in Yanjing, French Ambassador Francie took a telegram from his entourage, handed it to Ogna, glanced at the ambassadors of several other countries next to him, and said solemnly: "Yesterday afternoon, Honolulu has sent soldiers to land on Jeju Island and Tsushima Island in North Korea, and they said that in view of the possible deterioration of the situation in North Korea, these two islands will be temporarily managed. ”

"Is this true?"

The Austro-Hungarian ambassador seemed to be a little unconvinced, and the other ambassadors also looked worried when they heard the news, and everyone knew that the sudden announcement of the Pacific Army's takeover of the two islands was tantamount to cutting off the shortest route from Yokosuka and the main island to Korea, and forcing him to take a detour through the Cheongjin Strait in order to support the army stationed in Korea.

What's even more serious is that at this moment, it is only an army landing, and if they send warships to anchor at Tsushima Island again, then the navy, which has been crippled, will not be able to enter the Korean waters at all, let alone provide support!

Ogner slowly put down the telegram, a hint of confusion flashing in his eyes.

Even as the ambassador of the most powerful country in the world, he had to admit that Li Mo's move had put him in a dilemma, and the plan to encourage the army to enter Yiju was a plan jointly drawn up by various countries in the past few days, just to make the Pacific Army worry about not daring to continue fighting, but he didn't expect that as soon as the chess pieces fell, they slapped everyone present with their backhands.

"Escrow?! Typical diplomatic rhetoric. Ogener sneered, looked at the ambassador next to him, and sighed in his heart after finding that the other party's face had changed slightly.

Looking at the face of this ambassador, we can see that after the Tsushima Strait was cut off, the Japanese had no intention of continuing to make trouble, and now that the forces in the Russian Far East have been cleared up, if the Pacific Army really wants to fight, I am afraid that the troops stationed in the DPRK who have lost their support will not be able to hold out for long.

Could it be said that the use of the troops stationed in the DPRK to contain the Pacific Army was a mistake? Instead, provoked a strong reaction from the other party? This is how the new round of confrontation operations of the Pacific Army has begun?!

If the Pacific, which does not even have a capital ship at the moment, goes to war with the Pacific Army, which has just defeated the Russian fleet and captured several Russian ships and has almost doubled in size, I am afraid that everyone knows what will happen, let alone North Korea, I am afraid that Tokyo will be blown up by the other side!

This backhand slap is really too accurate and too ruthless!

Now that the Russians have been crippled, and they will not be able to launch an offensive in the Far East for at least the next three years, if they also retreat, will they rely on the Qing [***] team that cannot support them to contain the Pacific Army?!

"Everyone!"

Ogener slowly stood up in the eyes of everyone: "I don't think I need to retell it, I believe that a powerful Far Eastern New Deal axe and a strong army are what none of us want to see, and this is not in everyone's interests!" ”

"So I think it's time to join forces, and that Hawaiian young master must be restrained from continuing to expand in the Far East!" In his gaze, Ogna waved his arm slowly, but his speech, which had just begun, was interrupted by the sound of footsteps sounding again.

"Gentlemen, I think we are in big trouble, four warships of the Pacific Fleet have arrived off Tianjin!"

(To be continued)