Respectfully

The sun leaped over the horizon, and in Manzhouli on the Sino-Russian border, gunfire sounded again.

Different from the past, this time, it was the Huaxia army who launched the attack first.Four 150mm howitzers and eight 120mm howitzers roared at the same time.Every time a shot goes down, a large pit with a diameter of tens of meters will be left behind.A Qiwushan cannon in the artillery position of the Russian army was directly overturned, and the barrel was twisted.The Russians lying on the ground had nothing to do but pray to God.

The ground was too frozen, and there was no way to dig trenches to avoid shelling. Even if there was a bunker, it could not withstand the bombardment of heavy artillery.What's more, the Russians' idea from the very beginning was to attack and seize Manchuria, and they never thought that they would suffer such a violent attack.

The Russians were almost stunned by the bombing, and the commander of the border army Mikhailov's ears were buzzing, and he couldn't believe his eyes.

"God, that's impossible!"

Russia is a huge empire. Before World War I, the number of troops that could be mobilized reached 600 million!However, Russia's weapons production capacity is extremely backward. More than half of the rifles and artillery in the army are imported from various countries.Germany, England, France, Denmark, Italy and even Belgium!

Every country that can buy weapons can see the shadow of the Russian ruble.Even so, compared with the European powers, Russia is still far behind. The most obvious sign is that Russia has more than 7000 artillery pieces, but there are almost no heavy artillery pieces!

According to the standards of European powers, only artillery with a caliber of 150 or more can be called heavy artillery. Those with a caliber below 150mm are all medium artillery and light artillery.

Measured by this standard, the Russians are really "poor".

Russia today is in a similar situation to the Chinese army during World War II.People, yes, weapons, no!

After World War I entered a stalemate, the Russian army became even more scarce in weapons, almost to the point where three to five people used one rifle.A Russian soldier said to a reporter: "Sir, this is not war, this is massacre!"

The massacres were the Allied troops who fought against Russia. These Russians who had just put down their hoes and went to the battlefield were just a group of animals waiting to be slaughtered.

The situation of the Chinese is not much better than that of the Russians.The confrontation between the North and the South, the melee between the warlords, and the foundation left by the Westernization Movement in the Qing Dynasty have almost been consumed.

Domestic light industry has developed, but heavy industry has stagnated.

Without the batch of weapons sent by Li Jinyan, the first and second divisions in Manchuria would also have "run out of food."

However, the situation has changed now, and the Russians, who were flaunting their might before, finally tasted the taste of revenge.

On the artillery position, Deng Haishan shouted loudly: "Give me some energy! Let those old men have a good drink!"

Needless to say, the artillerymen also used all their strength.The weather was dozens of degrees below zero, but the artillerymen were sweating profusely. They even took off their shirts and were shirtless. They kept repeating the same action, reloading, firing, reloading, and firing!

Many artillerymen had their hands and arms peeled off from the scald. The entire artillery position, including Deng Haishan, was almost all scalded to varying degrees, but no one cared.

These Chinese artillerymen have only one idea, to kill the group of Russians on the opposite side!Let them have a good experience of the level of the Huaxia men's guns!

The infantry and cavalry were standing in line, waiting for the moment when the order to attack was given.After this batch of arms and ammunition was transported to the border, the Manzhouli Military Command formulated a bold plan to counterattack!

Thousands of years ago, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty could say, "Those who offend the great Han will be punished even if they are far away!"

Thousands of years later, the people on this land were crushed by the enslaving rule of the Qing Dynasty. They no longer had the pride of bending their bows in the desert, nor the ambition to stand on the barbarians, only to be bombarded by foreign artillery. The shame of opening the country, the tragic scene of the common people letting themselves be fished by mermaids!

The humiliation of the past century will be washed away from today, and the Chinese soldiers will regain the glory of their ancestors!

The artillery finally stopped, but the thick smoke rising from the Russian position in front of them lingered for a long time.A lucky artillery hit the Russian arsenal!The resulting martyrdom caused heavy losses to the Russians.

Lou Xiao rode on the horse, like a prairie wolf preparing to ambush its prey.He raised the saber in his hand, with snow-white gloves, a black handle, and a bright blade, but a smear of blood flashed across it.

Finally, the saber pointed forward forcefully: "Kill!"

It's just one word, but it's deafening.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The sound of rumbling horseshoes sounded, and before the Russians had time to retaliate against the artillery of the Chinese army, the Chinese cavalry had rushed up.

The cavalry emptied all the bullets in their cavalry guns without hesitation, and waved their bloodthirsty swords.

The Ninth Cossack Cavalry Regiment led by Semyonov suffered nearly one-third of the casualties in the previous battles.Hearing the sound of rumbling horseshoes coming from ahead, the eagles on the Don River trembled.

Seeing the familiar iron gray and the saber shining in the sun, Semyonov's first thought was not to go up to fight bravely, but to turn his horse's head and run away!

The Russians were also frightened by the sudden counterattack of the Chinese.The low-level commanders in the army didn't even have time to organize an effective defense. They could only watch the saber swung to the front. The next moment, their necks felt cold, and their heads fell off their necks and fell on the vast land of Siberia.

Fresh blood spewed out from the severed neck, and the ground was frozen solid, and the blood that could not seep down dyed the land as far as the eye could see into a deep red.

Finally, the Russians who reacted began to fight back. They used rifles, bayonets, and even attacked the Chinese cavalry with their bare hands. Cry: "No! I can't take it anymore!"

He dropped the rifle in his hand that had already been emptied of bullets, turned around and ran!

With the first, there will be a second, a third, and more.

The Russians seemed to be infected. Even if the officers used pistols and riding whips in their hands, they could not drive these Russian soldiers back to the battlefield.

Lou Xiao yanked the reins fiercely, the horse neighed, and every time the saber in his hand swung down, it would bring a rain of blood, "Kill!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

All Chinese soldiers are red-eyed.

This is a massacre.

No controversy.

An American reporter wrote in a telegram sent back to China: "Chinese soldiers, like driving flocks of ducks, drove the Russians back to their hometown. The incompetence and cowardice of the Russians, in this battle fully exposed.”

Unfortunately, for some reason, this report was not published.The editor-in-chief of the newspaper even reprimanded him for talking nonsense.

"You thought you saw Caesar on horseback?"

If this reporter knew that in a few years, the British Secretary of the Navy Winston Churchill would say the same thing as him, and would be recognized by most people, how would he feel?

The Russians never stopped running away. Their guns ran out of bullets, and most of their cannons were lost in the shelling of the Chinese. They fought the Chinese with bayonets and fists, but to no avail.They can only run away.

Ironically, not so long ago, the Huaxia repelled their attacks again and again with bayonets and fists.

"Young commander, if you go further, you will enter Russia!"

"So what?" Lou Xiao's voice came coldly: "I said, sooner or later, call!"

The cavalry battalion commander was stunned for a moment, and then his chest boiled, and he hit him?Hit the old man?

The Chinese people have been oppressed for too long in the past hundred years, and the glory of their ancestors seems to be far away from them. The vast country is even bullied by a tiny country!Sign unequal treaties that humiliate the country one by one!

Lou Xiao's words gave these Huaxia soldiers an outlet to vent their anger.

Hit it!

All the Huaxia soldiers shouted at the same time: "Fight!"

No one can bully them, despise them, insult them, no one!

If you do something wrong, you must pay the price!

The infantry were cleaning the battlefield, but found that the cavalry had no intention of stopping at all, and even some infantry rushed up behind the cavalry with their guns raised.A regimental commander of the first division hurriedly reported to Qian Boxi. Qian Boxi was stunned at the time, turned to Du Yuzhang, the commander of the second division, and said, "Old Du, the young commander has chased Lao Maozi into Russia..."

"what?!"

Du Yuzhang's jaw dropped to the ground in shock.

Lou Xiao led the cavalry in pursuit all the way. The Russians who fled in front had no idea that these Chinese soldiers would chase after them all the way, and they didn't intend to stop at all.Even Mikhailov, the commander-in-chief of the border army, thought that it would be safe to return to the country, but who would have thought that this group of bold Chinese people would cross the border and chase them all the way to Russia!

The sound of horseshoes was getting closer and closer, and Mikhailov felt a burst of despair. The last Russian soldiers fell down one after another. Finally, before the saber was swung down, someone fell to his knees on the ground, raised his arms, and shouted: " I surrender! Don't kill me!"

Perhaps the Huaxia soldiers couldn't understand what he was saying, but the action of raising their hands and kneeling in surrender was very clear.

The power of "models" is infinite. When the Russians found that soldiers who did this could escape unharmed, they all fell to their knees and made the same actions.

Mikhalov had no time to take care of these soldiers who surrendered. He didn't want to die, let alone surrender. As the heir of the earl family, if he was caught by the Chinese, it would be a shame that the family would never be able to wash away!

Semenov despised the surrendering Russian infantry: "A bunch of cowards!"

A sentence flashed through the mind of the Cossack cavalry running beside him at the same time: "Aren't you also running away?"

Finally, after most of the Russians ran past Transbaikal, Lou Xiao gave the order to stop the pursuit.

The cavalry gathered the team, only to realize that more than [-] prisoners had been captured along the way!The Russians seemed so frightened that none of them fled even though they were unguarded.

When Marshal Lou's cavalry escorted these Russian captives back to Manchuria, another commotion was caused.

Liao Xiwu, the head of the frontier army, supported his injured body and ran to the front of the barracks regardless of the obstruction of the military doctor. Looking at a group of Russians squatting on the ground with their heads raised, this man from the Northeast couldn't help crying and crying. With a full face, "Brothers, brothers! You can close your eyes in heaven!"

No one laughed at him, and many people around him had red eyes.

There are more than 1000 border guards, and now there are only more than 20 people left including Liao Xiwu... This tough man is crying like a child.

Lou Xiao got off the horse, walked up to Liao Xiwu, patted Liao Xiwu on the shoulder, and said nothing, but Liao Xiwu thumped, knelt down to Lou Xiao, and kowtowed three times: "Young commander, this is me!" I gave it to you for the brothers who died! From today onwards, I, Liao Xiwu, will give you over 100 catties!"

"There is gold under the man's knees." Lou Xiao looked down at Liao Xiwu: "Get up."

"Young commander," Liao Xiwu said with reddened eyes, "I, Liao Xiwu, am a rough man, I can't speak, me!"

"Get up." Lou Xiao's eyes were like two sharp swords, piercing Liao Xiwu's body, and piercing into the hearts of every Huaxia soldier present: "The injury is healed, go chop off the enemy's head!"

"Yes!"

Liao Xiwu stood up abruptly from the ground, snapped to attention, and saluted as a soldier.

Seeing this scene, Qian Boxi and Du Yuzhang exchanged glances. From today onwards, the lives of Liao Xiwu and the remaining [-] or so border guards belonged to the Young Marshal.

As long as Liao Xiwu is still in the frontier army, as long as he does not die, the frontier army belongs to Young Marshal Lou.No one can shake it.

Afterwards, both Qian Boxi and Du Yuzhang said that Lou Xiao was a bit reckless and shouldn't go deep alone, and if something happened, they couldn't explain it to Marshal Lou.

Lou Xiao hit his military cap with a horsewhip, "If you want to end the war as soon as possible, you must do this."

Qian Boxi and Du Yuzhang were taken aback at the same time: "Young commander, you mean?"

楼逍放下马鞭，摘下染血的手套：“被打疼了，才知道挨揍的滋味。”

"Great victory in Manzhouli! Great victory in Manzhouli!"

The news of the victory, as if it had grown wings, was sent back to the country.

The people of the country were all rejoiced when they heard the news, and the northern government immediately issued a commendation and allocated another 20 yuan for military expenses.The southern government also sent a telegram, praising Marshal Lou and the troops of the six northern provinces.

Marshal Lou's reputation rose again.However, at this moment, Marshal Lou couldn't laugh, looking at Zhan Changqing standing in front of him, Marshal Lou's expression was a bit bitter: "Brother-in-law, is it really so serious?"

Zhan Changqing nodded, and put the report in front of Marshal Lou: "So far, the military expenditure for the Manzhouli war has reached 2000 million silver dollars. If the war cannot be ended as soon as possible, there will be financial problems for the military government."

In fact, Zhan Changqing's words were already considered polite. It was more than a problem, it was simply "bankruptcy".

If the war cannot be ended as soon as possible, the military government's fiscal deficit will reach a terrible level. In order to maintain expenditure, it can only increase taxes or issue a large number of coins.This is very likely to cause inflation and political turmoil.

Marshal Lou doesn't know much about economics, but he does know that if ordinary people can't afford food and don't have enough to eat, accidents will happen.

"I see." Marshal Lou nodded, thinking of the telegram that Marshal Lou had sent before, he had to sigh, he was old after all, this world would belong to young people sooner or later. "Brother-in-law, think of a way, as long as we can survive these few days, we will have money."

After Lou Dashuai said it, he was already gnashing his teeth a little bit. This time, the old Maozi dared to slap Lou Shengfeng in the face for the idea of ​​Manchuria, and it was time for them to bleed.

Just when Marshal Lou and Marshal Lou were discussing by telegram how to end the war as soon as possible and cut off a few pieces of meat from Lao Maozi, Li Jinyan had already negotiated with the American firm to buy a sewing machine.

At the beginning of the [-]th century, the sewing machine market was almost monopolized by the American Singer Company.If Li Jinyan wants to buy a good-quality sewing machine, he has to deal with the Americans, and the price is determined by the other party.

However, even if he has money now, he won't spend it carelessly.He came and went with the big class in the foreign firm, bargained, and finally settled on a price that both parties were quite satisfied with.

"Twenty pedal sewing machines."

Li Jinyan's first order was not big, but the people in the foreign firm knew his identity, knew that the deal was done, and there would be bigger deals waiting for them in the future.For greater benefit, it is not a problem to earn less temporarily.

No business is not rape.

Li Jinyan pouted.

Prior to this, Li Jinyan, Li Bing, and the shopkeepers of the cloth shop had discussed that except for keeping two cloth shops and continuing to sell homemade cloth, all other cloth shops would be closed. Continue to work in the quilt factory after the camp change, and the salary will increase by one or two oceans compared to before.

Except for Li Bing, the cloth shopkeepers were not too happy.But now they work under the third young master and eat the third young master's food. When the third young master speaks, they can only listen.It's not that no one wants to rely on the old and sell the old, Li Jinyan made a quick move and sent the shopkeeper 200 yuan directly, asking him to go home and take care of his life.After that, no shopkeeper spoke out again.

"The clothing factory mainly supplies military supplies in the early stage. In the later stage, other items will be added according to the operating conditions."

Li Jinyan handed the drafted articles of association to Li Bing and distributed them to the shopkeepers below, "You are all my elders, but in business, I will arrange positions according to their abilities when the clothing factory is completed. Of course, my subordinates This factory will never be the only one, and I, Li Jinyan, will never treat anyone who is capable."

In other words, if you are incapable, just hurry up, get your pension, and go home.

Li Sanshao's calculations are very smart, not because he doesn't care about human relationships, but because he has no time to care about human relationships.He had to accumulate enough capital before the guns rang out in Sarajevo.The four years when Europe was in a mess was the best time for him to show off his skills and make a lot of money!

Didn’t the United States and Japan in history use World War I to make a fortune and become a world power?

Such a good time is missed, but there will be no more!