Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 243 The Demise of the Tsarist Russian Expedition ([-])

Reyberdorf's joy did not last long.When the sailors on the mast of the Nicholas saw a tall white building with countless windows suddenly appearing at the exit of the lagoon in the distance, they hurriedly shouted to the people on the deck.

Reberdorf handed over the rudder to the officer on duty, and opened the binoculars to check, only to see a huge red and white strange ship appearing in the distance.

"God! What do I see?! That's, that's a boat?" At this moment, everyone on the deck of the Nicholas was terrified.They had never seen such a huge ship, and there was not a mast to be seen in the middle of the deck, let alone a sail.

"Have you ever heard of such a ship?" Reberdorf turned around and asked.

Everyone on the deck shook their heads in bewilderment.If this goes back to Lower Kamchatka, it will be an anecdote to the people in the tavern.

"Captain, what should we do?" The first mate of the Nicholas suddenly came to his senses and shouted eagerly to Reberdorf.

"Maybe it's just a hallucination?" Reberdov quickly denied this thought as soon as he thought about it.Even if it is hallucinations, it is impossible for everyone to have hallucinations. "Don't care about him, raise the full sail and rush over! The artillery is ready!"

The first mate heard this, and immediately walked back and forth on the deck, pushing and shoving the demented sailors one by one. "You lazy pigs! Didn't you hear the captain?! Let down the sails!"

On the lower deck, more than thirty sailors began to load the cannons on both sides, ready to shoot.

Ten minutes later, as all the sails were lowered or raised, the sails of the fierce sea wind rattled.The Nicholas continued to speed up, and rushed towards the exit of the lagoon.

The Nicholas belongs to the third-class heavy-duty ship among the sailing warships. It was built in 1755. It was originally supposed to be equipped with 64 naval guns, a total of 32 26-pound guns, 18 26-pound guns, and 9 12-pound guns.But in order to transport more coal, Ryberdorf removed most of the 32-pound guns and 18-pound guns, and only kept all the 9-pound guns; he felt that this artillery was enough to deal with accidents at sea, but this decision made him Regret for life!
The firing range of artillery in this period was not very far. Taking the 24-pound or 32-pound artillery as an example, when the firing angle was raised by four degrees, the firing range could reach 1350 meters; when the firing angle was raised to eight degrees, the firing range could reach 2250 meters.Of course, this is only a theoretical value and an ideal result.

In real naval battles, sailboats are often launched quickly at a horizontal angle of fire within a distance of one to two hundred meters.In this day and age, rate of fire is far more important than range.At a distance of 200 metres, a solid shell from a 100-pounder could penetrate 24 feet of oak.

Therefore, the gunner on the Nicholas would never fire at a distance of 500 meters unless it was necessary to deter the opponent.Sure enough, when the Nicholas was 800 meters away from the Thunder, Ryberdorf ordered the 18-pound gun on the ship to raise the muzzle and shoot once, intending to shock the Thunder and make it get out of the lagoon's exit.

The 18-pound gun, which was padded with a few pieces of cork, fired in the direction of Thunder!

"Boom!" There was a loud noise, and a puff of white smoke spewed out from under the starboard side of the Nicholas, and the whistling iron ball flew over hundreds of meters of water, hitting a big splash 200 meters away from the Jinglei.

The PKM general-purpose machine gun equipped on the deck of Thunderbolt has an effective range of 1000 meters and a gauge range of 500 meters.Deng Fei didn't know that there were not many heavy artillery on the Nicholas, but he was worried that once the opponent's firepower was fully fired, the big iron ball would smash a big hole in the hull of the ship.Although it can't sink, it's also disgusting!
(Note: The steel plate thickness of the hull of modern ocean-going cargo ships is generally 2 to 5 cm. The Jinglei belongs to the 6-ton class, and the steel plate thickness is 4 cm. The larger the ship, the thicker the shell.)
"All machine guns on the port side fire according to the preset targets!"

The Nicholas's cannon was considered to have stabbed a hornet's nest. Following Deng Fei's order, eight purple-red electric lights began to spray out from the left deck of the Jinglei.Under the guidance of tracer bullets, hundreds of rounds of 7.62mm bullets hit the Nicholas, and ghosts and wolves were howling on the deck.

On the surface of the sea, the roar of machine guns kept ringing, and Deng Fei on the compass deck couldn't help covering his ears.

On the deck of the Nicholas, countless oak chips flew up with flames and shot in all directions. Reberdorf and a group of sailors crouched or lay on the deck with their heads in their hands, avoiding the splashing wood.And Reberdorf also tried to control the rudder in order to continue to rush outward.

In the gun deck on the lower level, several naval guns fired by four electric lights shot sparks, and occasionally ricocheted bullets flew in and danced in the cabin.The screams of the shot sailor were ignored at all, and the other gunners stuck to the floor tightly and did not dare to move.

"My God, they are enemies!" the mate shouted at Ryberdorf.

"Oh my god! What kind of artillery are they, how can they fire so densely!"

"Fool! It's not a cannon, it's a devil's whip!"

On the Jinglei, Deng Fei looked at the blazing sailing ship, thinking that he still had to use armor-piercing incendiary bombs to fight this kind of oak ship.A few minutes later, a fire broke out on the mainmast, which was hit continuously, and the flames raged freely on the huge sail.

The sailors on the Nicholas tried to fetch water to put out the fire, but as soon as they got up, they were shot with blood from several bullets, and fell to the deck like a lump of rotten meat.

"Woo~~Woo~~" A huge siren sounded from the Thunderbolt, and a man's voice in Russian began to sound: "Listen to the boat in front! Anchor immediately and stop the boat for inspection! You have nowhere to escape! I repeat, there is no escape for you!"

After a while, when the sailors on the Thunderbolt began to replace the barrel and reload the PKM, a white flag was slowly raised on the foremast of the Nicholas.At this time, the fire had already ignited the main mast, and the surviving sailors, including the captain, began to fetch water from the sea and kept pouring fire on the mast.

"Zhao Xin, Zhao Xin! The fleeing boat has been intercepted by us! The other party has surrendered with a white flag! It's over."

On the pier, Zhao Xin, who had been anxiously waiting for more than an hour, finally got the news of Jinglei.He couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief. Finally, they were all caught, and none of the Tsarist Russians escaped.

At this time, more than 100 migrant workers under him had just begun to salvage the Tsarist Russian sailor who had been shot and fell into the water on the pier; and the captain of the Natalia who was shot by Zhao Xin with a point shot had already drowned.

Several migrant workers injured by muskets have been treated by Zhao Xin quickly. Zhao Xin has done everything he can do. Except for one who has injured his internal organs, the rest of them have no serious problems.As for the injured Tsarist. I'm sorry, Zhao Xin said that he was exhausted physically and mentally and had no energy to take care of it anymore.

The Natalia, which was basically unscathed, was seized, but when Zhao Xin just wanted to enter the cabin to have a look, he was driven out by the strong smell of sweat and rats inside.

"Damn it, it won't work without a thorough cleaning!" Zhao Xin squeezed his nose and fled the Natalia in a hurry.

On the other side of the coal mine, a scene of identifying criminals is being staged.Ukanbe and several soldiers dragged the Cossack who had been shot in the thigh, first identifying the dead bodies one by one, and then looking for them among the living.

"It's him, and that person. We went to the other side together." Cossack endured the severe pain of his wound, pointing feebly at a dead body on the ground, and a guy squatting among the captives.

Wukanbei couldn't bear it anymore, he rushed over, raised the butt of his gun and hit the captive on the head.

The Cossack soldier fell to the ground screaming and kept shouting: "Orlov told us to go, it's Orlov! Orlov!"

Ukanbe didn't care about this, he took the rope from a soldier, and tied the Cossack's hands and feet like a prey.

"Orlov?" Liu Sheng understood that the other party was really calling someone's name, and then sternly shouted at the prisoners: "Who is Orlov! Stand up!"

At this time, a prisoner suddenly raised his hand, Liu Sheng walked over and asked, "Are you Orlov?"

The prisoner got up and pointed to the camp in the distance, talking non-stop.Liu Sheng scratched his head, and thought to himself, who can understand this shit!He suddenly had an idea, and said to several soldiers: "Take this guy to the camp and look at those dead bodies."

At this time, Wu Kanbei walked up to Liu Sheng and knelt down, and said with red eyes: "I, Wu Kanbei, will follow you to the death! If it weren't for you and Mr. Zhao, I would have no hope of revenge in this life!"

Liu Sheng helped Wukanbei up, and said, "The enemy has been found, how do you want to take revenge?"

"Dig out their hearts and livers to pay homage to my wife and children!"

Liu Sheng gulped his saliva with a "gulp" and thought, why is he more violent than me?However, this kind of thing really cannot be persuaded. Thinking of what happened to Wukanbei, Liu Sheng nodded helplessly and said: "Well, you take them outside the coal mine and find a place to do it. I won't accompany you."

Wu Kanbei saluted Liu Sheng gratefully, and said to the comrades around: "Which brother is willing to help? I, Wu Kanbei, will remember his great kindness!"

"I'll go with you." A soldier came out.Liu Sheng saw that it was the soldier who touched the whistle with Wukanbei.

"And I!"

"Count me in!"

Meiergua and the others came over.

"Brother Wukanbei, no matter where we go, the Hezhe people are one family. I will help with this. As for En, you can keep it for the master!"

Ukanbe clasped his hands to Ergua gratefully, and several people immediately stepped forward, dragging the two Cossacks out.

The two Cossacks knew that something was wrong, but they were all tied up, and one of them was injured and couldn't move at all, so they had to scream and beg all the way to be taken down by Wukanbei and others.

Liu Sheng didn't want to stay here, so he ordered his men to tie up all these captives, string them up and take them to the pier.But before everyone had gone far, a heart-piercing howl came from the depths of the woods, and everyone who heard it felt their scalps go numb.And those dozens of captives were so frightened that some of them even peed their pants.

The prostitute Liu Baxia was also crying and walking among the captives. Now she is covered in bruises, with several big bumps on her forehead, the corners of her mouth are torn, and the dress she was wearing was torn to pieces.These are the masterpieces of those Feyaka women.

After a while, the soldiers who took the prisoners to identify the corpses followed.One of them said to Liu Sheng: "Chief, Orlov has been found, the one you shot and killed first."

alright!Liu Sheng nodded, indicating that the prisoner should also be escorted to the pier.

When they arrived at the pier, all the prisoners were put under centralized custody, and several soldiers began to count the number of people.In the final calculation, there were 52 captives, and the two enemies taken away by Wukanbe were deducted, which happened to be a whole.

"What are you going to do with these people?" Liu Sheng asked Zhao Xin.

"We can't let them stay here, and none of us understands Russian. We took them all back to Beihai Town to do coolies, just to be with the two priests."

"The coal mines are all ready-made, what are you going to do?"

"Turn a few thousand people over later, and build the roads between the two places before winter, so that the carriages can be used. On the other boat." Zhao Xin pointed to the Natalia, and said: "Drag Go back to Beihai Town, clean it up, add a motor and propeller, and you can use it as a sailboat."

Two hours later, the Thunder approached the pier, towing the Nicholas with its mainmast blown out.However, because the Thunderbolt could not dock, it took a long time for the Nicholas to dock and berth.Deng Fei also went ashore in the rubber speedboat on the Jinglei.

Escorted by the armed sailors of the Thunderbolt, Ryberdorf and a group of sailors walked off the gangplank; a dozen migrant workers waited by the gangplank, coming down one by one to tie them up.

"I protest! We are a merchant ship under the command of the Governor of Irkutsk. You attacked us for no reason, killed and wounded my crew, and detained two merchant ships! This is an offense to Her Majesty the Empress! "

Deng Fei sneered: "No reason? This is China's inherent territory. Who gave you the right to mine here? And who gave you the right to wantonly massacre the border residents on the island?!"

As soon as he said this, the jaws of Zhao Xin and Liu Sheng almost dropped to the ground.

"You can speak Russian? Why didn't you speak it earlier!"

Deng Fei spread his hands and said, "I said it before."

Zhao Xin slapped his head, thinking that it seemed to be the case.But it's been too long, I've already forgotten about it! "Come on! The task of interrogating the prisoners is all entrusted to you!"

"I don't have time to spare, I have to go back and sail!"

Zhao Xin patted Deng Fei's shoulder with a smile: "Help me! Let's have a general interrogation first, and then take them back to Beihai Town for careful interrogation."

Deng Fei nodded helplessly in agreement.

At night, everyone in Beihai Town set up tents near the pier for the night.At this time, Wukanbei, who had returned to the station, had avenged his vengeance, and his mind was over, so his face was no longer gloomy, and his mental state improved a lot.

However, Liu Sheng and Zhao Xin didn't ask what happened to the two captives, and pretended not to know.

Zhao Xin is still worried about the other prisoners.So he took out another pile of plastic lashing straps, and asked the soldiers to add another lock to the prisoners, and then stuffed them into the cabin of the Nicholas and imprisoned them.

After Deng Fei had dinner, he began to bring the prisoners one by one to the office on the pier for interrogation.Because it was only a preliminary interrogation, only the name, age and identity of each person before capture were registered.

Only then did he, Zhao Xin and the others know that most of these prisoners were from Siberia, and they were not only habitual thieves, but also robbers; and the only woman among the prisoners, Liu Baxia, was actually a death row prisoner!

"This woman used to be a little nobleman. According to her own account, because her husband used to drink heavily and beat her, he poisoned him to death in a fit of anger." Deng Fei explained to the two gossip men.

"I'll go! Isn't this Pan Jinlian from Tsarist Russia!" Liu Sheng expressed his amazement.

Zhao Xin chuckled and said, "It's not Pan Jinlian, it should be considered domestic violence. But if it's in the Manqing next door, you'll be beaten with a hundred sticks first, and then executed Ling Chi!"

At night, Zhao Xin and Liu Sheng quietly went to the coal mine together while most of the people were asleep, and swept away the coal that had been mined.

At dawn the next day, the migrant workers from Beihai Town first dug a big pit outside the Tsarist camp and disposed of the corpses.Then they ransacked the camp from house to house, and took away the captured long and short flintlock guns in addition to the Cossack saber.As for the clothes and bedding left by the Tsarist Russians, they were left to Mergua and the others.

Thunderbolt towed two sailboats and left with the prisoners. Its next destination was Beihai Town, and when it came back, it would bring more refugees.

Zhao Xin and Liu Sheng did not leave. They returned to the Aoha camp with their troops and brought much-needed coal to Zhang Bo.Zhang Bo, who was overjoyed, then arranged for people to build an earthen kiln and prepared to start coking with the earthen method.

In late May, Thunder returned to the mouth of the Oja River with the next group of 3000 refugees.At this time, Zhao Xin learned that the two battalions stationed in Fuldan City had gone south and returned to Beihai Town.So he ordered the guard company to be renamed the "Oja Garrison Battalion" to put up the airs first, and at the same time, the guard battalion was responsible for carrying out military training among the refugees who had arrived.

Tsarist Russians will not give up, they will come again!

　From the beginning of the 19th century, the social order in Russia began to be in turmoil.First of all, Britain, France and other countries developed rapidly. In contrast, the serfdom in Russia has fallen behind the trend of the times. The oppression of serfs has become more and more serious. Many serfs choose to flee, which has become a factor of social instability.Secondly, the Russian army participated in the anti-French alliance, entered France, saw the prosperity of France with their own eyes, and brought back revolutionary ideas from France.A wave of revolution began in Russia.Since then, exiling criminals and revolutionaries to Siberia has become the mainstream.It can not only isolate revolutionaries from society, play a role in purifying the social atmosphere, but also colonize and develop Siberia.Historically, Chekhov, the author of "Chameleon", was exiled to Sakhalin Island.

　　
　
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