Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 2354 Continue to Squeeze

On October 1698, 10, on the north bank of the Songhua River, Colonel Wei Wendu marched slowly surrounded by a large group of troops.

October in Manchuria is already a bit cold, and the horseshoes step on the soft soil beside the Songhua River, causing the dead branches and leaves to groan in pain.

The size of the team is very large, with more than two thousand riders, which is a rare and luxurious lineup in the land of Manchuria.Colonel Wei Wendu was wearing a brand-new woolen military uniform, with a group of maroon horses under his crotch.Behind him, there are a total of [-] guards. These people are roughly divided into two parts, one part is the elite selected by various departments in the army, and the other part is the warriors donated by the Tungus tribe who took refuge in Northern Manchuria.

The [-] guards are all cavalry, strictly speaking, they are somewhat similar to the cavalry soldiers of the ancient feudal towns.The most important task on weekdays is to protect the safety of Jieshuai (the captain of the Manchurian pioneering team) and his family. Sometimes he also accepts some security patrol tasks, but generally speaking, it is not heavy, so as not to affect their own work.

Behind these guards, there were a full [-] cavalry.This is the team established by Lu Xiaofeng, the captain of the Manchurian Pioneering Team who has left office. The designation is the Second Independent Cavalry Regiment, which echoes the Independent First Cavalry Regiment stationed in Naowen City.After Wei Wendu took office, he made a major decision, which was to transfer the ruling center of the Manchurian pioneering team from Vladivostok to Harbin Fort.This means that not only the corresponding government agencies will be transferred there, but also many directly subordinate troops will be transferred there. After all, the main attack direction of the Manchurian pioneering team will still be in the west in the future.

The current Manchurian pioneering team, geographically speaking, is basically divided into two groups, east and west.The East Group gathered the vast majority of elite soldiers and generals, including a new military division, two independent cavalry regiments, an advancing brigade and several local garrison troops, with a total strength of nearly 2.The Western Group is mainly led by the Mongolian Self-Defense Forces, and the three front armies plus the Barhu people. The total strength exceeds 5000, and they are basically Mongolians. The main combat method is cavalry raids.

Compared with the Eastern Group, the Western Group not only has relatively fewer troops, but its equipment and combat effectiveness are also much inferior.Of course, this is also relative. After the Mongolian Self-Defense Forces changed new equipment and accepted the guidance of the East Bank consultants, their combat effectiveness has actually been greatly improved, at least in the Mongolian territory.This can also be seen from the previous series of battles. The Mongolian Self-Defense Forces penetrated the territory of the Chechen Khan from east to west and entered the traditional pasture of Tushetu Khan. Urg in the center is showing signs of being invincible wherever he goes, and his record is brilliant.

But then they may encounter a little difficulty.Because the three Mobei Mongolian tribes that were forced to go south by Galdan at the beginning are about to return north one after another. They have received a large amount of equipment from the Qing court, and there are thousands of Manchurian Eight Banners to help out. After going north, there is a high probability that they will meet with the East Bank The Mongolian Self-Defense Forces controlled by human beings exchanged fire, and the result is still unknown.Before Lu Xiaofeng left office, he had made a plan, which was to put all the Barhu Mongolia on the Mobei grassland. The flanks of Southern Mongolia echoed with Naowen City, leveling the front line.

This plan undoubtedly required the Eastern Group to deploy troops to the west, deploying more troops along the Songhua River along the lines of Naowen City and Harbin, and continue to squeeze the Qing court's defense line in Manchuria, forcing them to be unable to support the war on the Mobei grassland.In this case, the Mongolian Self-Defense Forces advancing westward may have a first-line chance of victory. After all, in terms of military strength, there is a big gap between them and the three Khalkha Mongolian tribes returning north. If they fight, they will be under great pressure.

Colonel Wei Wendu, the new official, agreed in principle to the plan formulated by Lu Xiaofeng.Therefore, he decisively moved the ruling center away from the coastal port of Vladivostok, and personally took command of Harbin, a central place.For this reason, he not only used the summer navigation period to clean up all kinds of military materials in the Vladivostok warehouse, and transported them to Harbin by boat, but also brought over [-] people from the Guards and the Second Independent Cavalry Regiment to increase the number of troops in Harbin. The thickness of the troops on the front line of the fort.

After the arrival of these troops, there will be more than 5500 troops in Naowen City and Harbin, enough for them to cross the Songhua River to the south and launch several large-scale raids.Considering the number of Qing troops stationed in Jilin, they may have to call in the nearby Mongolian cavalry to help, which objectively reduces the threat of Lieutenant Colonel Sun Wu’s Hulunbuir advance detachment and its affiliated forces, allowing them to concentrate on fighting—for Colonel Wei Wendu was still very affectionate when Hulunbuir advanced into the detachment. After all, this was the army he built by himself, and he poured countless efforts into it.

In fact, according to Colonel Wei Wendu's original intention, he would recruit an additional 1 militiamen from the counties in the rear and gather them on the front line of Fort Harbin.After the materials were prepared, all the [-] people were thrown out, brazenly crossing the south of the river, and attacking the territory ruled by General Jilin of the Qing Dynasty, regardless of what happened to the Mongolian grassland in the west.This is to tell you to hit yours, and I will hit mine, to see who can't hold it first!However, such a large-scale battle needs a substantial material foundation to guarantee it. Considering that the Manchurian and Mongolian pioneers have been vigorously cultivating immigrants in the past few years, a railway has just been launched on the Golden Horn Peninsula in Vladivostok. There are many places for money, and they cannot complete the war preparations by themselves, so in the end he had to give up.

Lu Xiaofeng, who has already taken office in Yantai, told Wei Wendu very clearly that Denglai's Pingrong Railway has officially broken ground, and it will always be a key financial guarantee project for the Denglai development team in the next few years. They will not have too much money to support the full Montblanc team.They have been looking forward to the Pingrong Line (Pingdu Prefecture-Rongcheng County) railway for many years. It is a major event in Denglai. Once it is opened, it will form a cross with the Jiaoyan Line Railway and radiate most of Denglai.The manpower, materials, and army of the whole region can appear anywhere within two days if necessary. This is undoubtedly a qualitative leap for the entire society, so I can only say sorry to the Manchurian pioneering team. Temporarily out of money.

For their answer, Colonel Wei Wendu was also "convinced"!You, Lu Xiaofeng, have also been an official in Manchuria and Mongolia for many years, starting from the county magistrate of Hailanpao County and the commissioner of the Yakesa District Administrative Office, step by step to the position of captain of the Manchurian and Mongolian pioneering team.As a result, Gao Sheng is now the captain of the Denglai Pioneering Team, and his ass is suddenly crooked, and he doesn't even consider the Manchurian area where he started. It is really speechless.

As for the sponsorship of the Southern Pioneering Team, the possibility is very small.They now have several oil bottles hanging on their bodies. The biggest oil bottle is the area under the jurisdiction of the Lianwu Management Committee. This area is large and poor. So far, the finances are not self-sufficient, but they are still building large-scale construction projects, and need to allocate a large amount of funds every year. them.In addition, like Brunei and Dili, the Southern Pioneering Team will also work with the Bank of Taiwan to give a little money every year so that these two key fulcrums can grow faster.

Even at some point, they have to give some sponsorship to Rabaul and Tahiti. Although the amount is not too large, it is still an expense.Not to mention, the central government now has to collect 300 million yuan in taxes from the area under the jurisdiction of the Southern Pioneering Team every year, which is not a small amount!There are more than 200 million people in Ningshao District, who have to pay 500 million yuan in taxes every year for things that are beyond their reach, which almost drains their financial potential.You know, they also need to build themselves, support the army, and engage in other activities, and the expenditure on this is also huge.God is sorry, Ning Shaofan, the most profitable of the Five Families in the Far East, is now an oversized cow, constantly giving blood transfusions to others. If other regions cannot get up quickly, they will be dragged down sooner or later. In fact, the finances of Heishui and Denglai are Self-sufficient, Denglai even has to pay 150 million yuan in taxes every year-so they simply rejected the request of the Manchurian Pioneering Team, telling them to stay calm, don't think about eating fat in one go, and temporarily Conservation is the main priority, and do not engage in large-scale wars.

Wei Wendu was also psychologically prepared for this result.There is no way, the finances cannot be independent, it is just so helpless.The Manchurian Pioneering Team has such a vast jurisdiction and such an important strategic position, but it has suffered financial losses for decades and has to rely on the assistance of Denglai, Ningshao, and Heishui San Francisco.Wei Wendu knew that this ending could not be changed in a short time, so he could only lament, gave up the idea of ​​gathering tens of thousands of troops to fight across the Songhua River, and honestly started the "active defense" policy.

Now I can only hope that after joining the Barhu Mongolian forces, the Mongolian Self-Defense Forces with well-equipped and high morale will have about 1.5 soldiers—if necessary, they can carry out extreme mobilization and expand their strength to about 4 ——Can resist the Khalkha Mongolian tribes returning from the north.These people were beaten to death by the tens of thousands of people in Galdan, and fled all the way south to Duolunuoer in embarrassment, where they took shelter under the wings of Kangxi.Although I have more combat experience now (I have also repeatedly fought with the Galdan tribe in the past few years), and I have lost a lot of foreign guns and cannons, but I will definitely be able to beat Mongolia, which was "enlightened" by the people on the east coast. Self-Defense Forces?I'm afraid not necessarily!

But no matter what the Mobei Grassland looks like, the posture that Harbin should put on has to be put on.Although it is impossible to mobilize a large army, it is necessary to send hundreds of cavalry across the south of the river to continuously harass, win over the local tribes, and continue to squeeze the strategic space of the Qing court in Manchuria!Just in time, let's also test the quality of these troops!Since the conquest of the native tribes along the Pingwusuli River in the east, many old people have retired from active duty and landed as civilians in order to consolidate the local rule of the people on the east bank.Therefore, the current army is filled with a large number of recruits. At this time, if they are not allowed to go into battle to see blood, is it possible to keep them for the New Year?

(End of this chapter)