It is the season of recovery of all things, the people of the Central Plains have been busy for spring ploughing, but Xinjiang is still cold and steep in spring, although the temperature of the desert rises very much under the direct sunlight during the day, but at night it is still necessary to wrap in thick cotton clothes to sleep. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

In the long cavalry procession, the camels at the bottom of the queue were particularly eye-catching, and the long camel bells rang from time to time, letting the cavalrymen in front know that no partners were left behind.

Yongshan rode on horseback, his face wrapped in a yellow scarf to protect him from the wind and sand, a cavalry gun on his back, and a twenty-shot barge gun of love stuck in his waist

Since the recovery of 30,000 Mongolian cavalry, officers of the 1st Cavalry Division like him have been transferred to the three cavalry divisions one after another, so as to enrich the officer strength and accelerate the formation of combat effectiveness of the three cavalry divisions as soon as possible.

Riding beside him was the Mongolian deputy battalion commander Agula, whose name in the Mongolian language means mountain.

Even if it is not expressed in Mongolian, this guy is really like a mountain, tall and burly, with a red face, clear drums and hills, and he is like a Mongolian man, especially when he is riding on horseback, it really makes people wonder if this guy will crush the horse.

From the original reluctance and unwillingness, and even forced to join the Chinese cavalry, to today's recognition, willing to even take the initiative to communicate with the Han comrades-in-arms, willing to undertake difficult and arduous tasks, this 180-degree turn is not so much the strict ideological and political education in peacetime, but the constant letters from the grassland have changed them.

Agoura is a clear example of this, although he used to be a centurion, but his family was poor, and several younger siblings grew up in the grassland to herd horses and sheep, and even then some of them were distorted by the old men.

Originally, he wanted to leave when he joined the Chinese army, but when he learned that Li Mo had liberated all the serfs and sheep herdsmen, and forced him not to levy taxes on cattle and sheep from ordinary herdsmen, he "stayed with the idea of giving it a try."

A few months later, when a letter from home arrived, it completely changed him, although he was in the army's cultural class at that time, he didn't know a few words, and when the instructor read it to him, "he became a die-hard supporter of the Chinese army."

Because the letter said that now that free education has begun to be implemented on the grassland, many Han gentlemen have come to the gathering areas in various places, and together with many literate Mongolian gentlemen, they have begun to teach the children, although it is a bit hard to learn both Mongolian and Chinese, but it has solved the big problem that the children on the grassland cannot read and write, "A large number of ordinary serf brothers like him can also have the opportunity to study, and several younger brothers and sisters of school age have gone to school."

In addition, the government officials who came began to implement the animal husbandry law, so that everyone changed the traditional nomadic way, and no longer had to pay cattle and sheep to the head, so the family also had a lot of income, and recently used a small loan provided by the government to start a family breeding base.

Although the letter was vaguely written, it undoubtedly strengthened the determination of Agoura and others to follow Li Mo and Hua, especially since most of the 30,000 Mongolian cavalry were born poor, and these policies were almost exclusively aimed at them and helping them.

This made them all understand the difference between the Chinese and the Manchu Qing, and the resistance slowly turned into active integration, which also made the combat effectiveness of the three cavalry divisions improve rapidly. Coupled with their excellent riding skills, a large number of Mongolian officers quickly emerged in the cavalry division, "They all have one thing in common, they are all serf brothers who were originally born poor."

After embarking on the road to the west from Jiayuguan without hesitation, they all became real Chinese soldiers.

Cantonese!

A hurried shout rang out from behind, and Nagayama twisted his neck almost at the same time as Agoura, only to see the correspondent running towards him on horseback with the radio on his back.

"Report." Before the telegraph operator approached, he immediately saluted and shouted: "Twenty miles to the north, Qianfoshan" The 2nd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division has encountered the enemy, and the command has ordered us to rush to the aid of the enemy......."

"Tell the command that "the fourth battalion of the second division, the first regiment and the fourth battalion have been on the road*......" The news of the enemy army shocked the hearts of Yongshan and all the soldiers, "All of them were excited, and Agora glanced at Yongshan, nodded, and took the elite two hundred men to take the lead in galloping north according to the plan. 【 I want: super fast update 】

Since it is not as easy to send a message on horseback as it is on flat ground, the signal corps of the cavalry division carries the radio station on his back, and at the same time carries a listening earpiece on his ears, he also ties the electric key to his arm, so that even if he is riding on horseback, he can smoothly emit radio waves.

At the same time as the signal corps sent the news of the departure back to the headquarters, Yongshan led the remaining 800 cavalry to accelerate abruptly, and the dust kicked up by the horses' hooves flooded their backs after a moment.

Outside Daban City, a convoy of nearly 100 trucks and thousands of horses, under the protection of 16 wild cats, slowly marched towards Urumqi, dozens of kilometers away.

"Report, the second division, one regiment and four battalions have set out, the third division, one regiment and one battalion, and the third battalion are also moving closer there."

"Report that the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the 2nd Division has discovered two thousand cavalry of the enemy in the West Sea (present-day Bosten Lake), and is currently in the middle of the attack*......"

In the narrow cabin of the rickety command vehicle, Sun Jiugong and several division commanders huddled together, and when they heard that Xihai had also found traces of the enemy, he immediately asked, "What troops are nearby?" "The 4th Battalion of the 1st Division, 2nd Regiment and 4th Battalion were 20 kilometers north of the West Sea, the 5th Battalion was 10 kilometers to the east, and the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Division was about 15 kilometers to the west. ", the staff officer immediately replied.

"Order the three battalions to be sure to hold them back, and the remaining three will speed up and get closer, and strive to eat these two thousand people!"

"Yes*......"

Before the staff officer's words fell, another communications officer shouted again: "The 1st Division, 1st Regiment, and 2nd Battalion have discovered enemy traces in the Baiyang River, about 500 people, are in battle, do you want to send support?" "The first division, one regiment and five battalions are here, give orders to support, and be sure to annihilate them all!" ”

"Yes*......"

When the tick-tock sound sounded, Sun Jiugong had already circled the position of the Baiyang River with a pen, erased the original two dotted lines on the side, and drew two arrows in the direction of the Baiyang River.

Ouyang Xiu, the commander of the second division, nodded, Sun Jiugong's wolf pack tactics are actually not too unusual, it was born from the Mongolian cavalry tactics that crisscrossed Europe and Asia in the past, and took advantage of the 40,000 cavalry in his hand to "break them up according to the battalion as a unit, take the car as the center line, spread out to the two wings, and each computer * visit ~ ask O battalions are only about ten kilometers apart, and in the middle of the battalions, each battalion sends a large number of reconnaissance cavalry to fill it."

In this way, the two wings were spread out for a full hundred kilometers, and the outposts were also focused on the surrounding rivers and lakes, so that basically all the range of activities along the way was covered, unless the rebels were willing to enter the desert where water was scarce, or sooner or later they would encounter the scattered battalions.

A battalion, 1,000 heavily armed cavalry is not much, but less is not less: "If you encounter a small number of rebels, you can attack directly, and if you encounter a larger one, you can use guerrilla tactics to drag the opponent, then the surrounding fraternal troops can arrive in more than half an hour to launch an encirclement and annihilation."

In addition to maximizing the mobility advantage of the cavalry, this tactic also saw the precious water source in Xinjiang and the fact that the cavalry could not do without it, and made use of it to "strive to consume the opponent's strength as much as possible before reaching Ili and to strike at the opponent's confidence in fighting."

What really made Ouyang Xiu and other division commanders feel admired was that almost all of the locations where the enemy's traces were found were in Sun Jiugong's prediction before the war, which shows that he was fully prepared for this western expedition, otherwise how could a big man who grew up in the northeast know so well about the territory of Xinjiang."

With the 2nd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division taking the lead in discovering the enemy's traces, the wolf pack tactics have begun to enter the substantive stage, and now it depends on whether the Mongolian cavalry in the formation is the opponent of the Northwest Cavalry.

They are only decision-makers, and whether they can hold back the enemy or not, and wait until the brother troops arrive and launch the encirclement and annihilation battle, it will depend on the officers and soldiers on the front line!

In the port of Pontianak in Borneo, Hipper stood on the bumpy traffic boat, looking at the dozens of pennants of the Second Fleet of the Chinese Empire in the distance, and the battleships that were wiped in a column waiting for review, and a strange feeling suddenly rose in his heart.

At that moment, "he seemed to feel that it was not the Chinese Imperial Fleet anchored in the distance, but the German High Seas Fleet, which was working together at home, striving for self-improvement, catching up, and already had a surpassing woman!"

Under the leadership of His Majesty Wilhelm and General Tirpitz, the German Empire is getting rid of the embarrassment of walking on one foot, and the high seas fleet is being revitalized under the stimulus of the Naval Act, in addition to the four old Saxony-class ships that are still in full play, four Brandenburg-class and five Braunschweig-class battleships have also been fully commissioned, and five Deutsche class based on the Duke class of the Chinese Empire have also started construction, and the first ship will join active service next year.

In addition to the main battleships, nearly a dozen large armored cruisers have joined active service in recent years, and many more are still on the slipway. The mighty German Empire is expanding its navy at a rate second only to Britain, even slightly larger than that of France, and when the German class is fully commissioned in the next few years, Germany will become the world's first-rate navy.

Maybe it's not as good as Britain, but compared with the French, who are known as the second in the world, they have gradually changed their weaknesses, and the important thing is that the German study officer corps led by himself will officially leave here today and return to China with the world's strongest and rich ironclad battleship combat experience!

Even the British didn't get these things!

In the past three years, in addition to some technical restrictions and concealment, the Chinese Navy has not made too many difficulties in tactics and experience sharing, but has also actively cooperated, not only teaching itself the experience of the four naval battles they have gained from blood and fire, but also their young officers and students often discuss tactics with themselves.

What amazes Hipper is that in terms of comprehensive national strength, Li Mo's China is far inferior to Germany, although he tried his best to improve industrial capacity, but after all, the time is too short, and the industry established entirely by foreign aid is like a castle on the beach, but Li Mo used the huge funds he had in hand that no one knew the source, and forced this castle to take root, and the industrial support plan he proposed was jaw-dropping in Europe, and he was very concerned about creation, when this wind of creation blew to the navy, Some tactics and equipment were constantly proposed for research, and finally turned into the fruitful results of the Jinghai class.

Although the Jinghai-class is not a battleship, and there is even a gap between them and large cruisers, only these officers and students who have gone deep into the internal training understand that from the beginning, this type of cruiser has no intention of being used as a capital ship, and their work is mainly to patrol their own side and harass the opponent's sea shipping lines, carry out sabotage warfare, and use them to support ground operations.

What a catastrophe it would be when a big guy with a range of nearly 20,000 meters, which fires seventy-two shells per minute, participates in the mission of a second-class cruiser of various countries!

Moreover, according to his observations in the past three years, in fact, Hua already has the ability to build battleships and large armored cruisers, but what is strange to him and the whole world is that Li Mo has no idea of starting construction at all, except for the construction of the next four Jinghai-class and the twelve large torpedo ships that have been launched, there is no sign of building capital ships at all.

What the hell was he thinking? Or does he think that the current capital ship is enough? Or is he recently busy with army and domestic construction, and the funds have broken down and can no longer support the construction of capital ships?

Hipper shook his head, not only him, but all countries are paying attention to the Chinese Navy's every move, you must know that the appearance of the Jinghai class is too amazing, causing everyone to be reluctant to withdraw their eyes from this fleet full of mysteries.

Everyone is guessing what they're going to build next?

As the transport boat slowly passed the lined line, Hipper searched for the large white ocean-going ship, and his breath suddenly shortened as his eyes rested on the figure standing on the high place.

"Your Majesty, the German Navy trainee has arrived." In Yan Fu's reminder, Li Mo turned his head and saw a naval officer in his thirties with a small beard leading more than 20 newly graduated German naval interns onto the viewing deck.

"Welcome Percian ......"

"I am very honored to see His Majesty the Emperor*......" Hipper, who bent over his chest and raised his head, immediately corrected: "But I think Your Majesty probably doesn't know that your interpreter has made a mistake, and my name is Franz Hipper." "Franz Hipper! ”

Li Mogang's outstretched hand suddenly froze and looked back at Yan Fu, who immediately explained: "Your Majesty, when Colonel Hipper first came, our translator made a mistake and translated Hippel into Persey, plus everyone usually calls him Pel, so I didn't find out until I changed it when I gave them a graduation certificate a few days ago." "it! This is ridiculously wrong! ”

Although Master Li continued to smile and shake hands with Hipper, the waves were already rolling in his heart, this Dogge sandbank became famous in World War I and launched a suicidal charge in the Battle of Jutland, and the famous German admiral who saved the German High Seas Fleet with one hand actually came to his navy for an internship!

The important thing is that it doesn't matter if this guy has studied for a few years, but if he learns everything that the young master prescribes that can be revealed, will he lead the German High Seas Fleet to victory in Jutland in the future?

Reverie!

When Li Mo's small abacus was ticking, the Second Fleet in front also began to sail slowly, as part of the pre-visit, this was arranged a long time ago, in order to cheer up the Nanyang soldiers and men of a parade.

"Pinghua, Navy!" "Everywhere the ship goes, it is a sea frontier that needs to be guarded!" Whenever a majestic warship, from the Oriental Princess more than a hundred meters away slowly sailing, the moment the ships meet, the officers and soldiers under review will chant these two naval slogans at the same time, although because of the lack of good amplification equipment, the sound is somewhat distorted under the whistling of the sea breeze, but this craze still burned all the people who accompanied the review, even Hipper and other German officials, at the intersection of the can't help but raise their hands to salute, to pay tribute to this group of young soldiers who have lived with them for three years.

They came out of the fire and blood and fought a huge sea in the Far East, regardless of ideology, regardless of the state and nation, just from the point of view of the navy, they are worthy of respect!

Looking at these warships, the hearts of Hipper and all the German ** officers beat more and more intensely, looking forward to the scene of His Majesty Kaiser Wilhelm inspecting the high seas fleet in the future, but when the black shadow of the latter ship appeared in front of them, their eyes suddenly straightened, and they didn't even care about the top hat, and suddenly crossed Li Mo and the others, and rushed to the deck.

Hipper gasped for breath, watching the dark shadow approach little by little, and slowly pass by the Oriental Princess, the stick bones of the hand holding the railing began to turn blue

"What about that?"

"Five twin-mounted twelve-inch naval guns!" "This is one of our test ships, mainly used to test the structure and type recoil reduction technology, it will go to Europe with the emperor and you ......this time."

"And what about the test results?" As soon as Yan Fu finished speaking, Hipper turned his head suddenly, ignoring politeness, his eyes were staring at each other tightly, with his eyes, he naturally knew very well what this type of battleship would change!

"It's a little regrettable, mainly because the speed is a little worse, but other aspects are very." , Yan Fu smiled, pointed to the Zhonghua that had been far away and was waiting in front, and said the last two words as if he had an appetite: "Perfect!" "Perfect! ”

Hipper's saliva hadn't finished swallowing, but the corners of Yan Fu's mouth hooked up violently, as if he was talking to himself: "Hey, it's a pity that we have paid too much for this test ship, which has caused a serious shortage of naval military spending, so we contacted France and prepared to sell it ......." ”

As soon as Yan Fu said a word for sale, Tang Shaoyi on the side hurriedly pulled his sleeve, as if to remind him not to talk nonsense, Yan Fu also pretended to wake up at this time, quickly put aside the topic, smiled, and pointed to another passenger ship that was approaching: "Mr. Hipper, the ship arranged for you has come, we have carried out special modifications, increased the living cabin, and hired a German chef, I must regret it."

*……”

Hipper didn't listen to the latter words at all, there was only one word left in his head.

Sell!

They want to sell this warship that can change the development of battleships, and even become a turning point, to the French!

Is this possible?