Chapter 103: Difficulty in marching

Wang Maoru originally wanted to drive his Great Wall Haval H3 off-road vehicle and lead the army all the way east, but this car was much more than the cars of this era. As a last resort, Wang Maoru had to leave the car in the cave and led the team forward on a tall horse. After a few days of riding, his butt was a little unbearable, which made him miss his off-road vehicle very much. Fortunately, they had ten American Ford trucks carrying ordnance and military supplies, and the marching speed became faster.

Five days later, the entire army successfully arrived in Luan County, and then boarded the Beijing-Feng Railway train of the Ministry of Transport. A team of nearly 4,000 people also required several special trains to take the train. Fortunately, the Army Department communicated well with the Ministry of Transport and sent additional train locomotives and carriages overnight, loaded by three trains and took them in three batches. The first batch was the cavalry battalion, the baggage brigade, the engineering brigade and the civilians first arrived at Shanhaiguan first. The second batch was the second infantry battalion, the third infantry battalion and the military police brigade, and the third batch was the headquarters and the first infantry battalion. The entire marching took one day and one night, and the train speed in this era was extremely slow. It took a day to drive from Luan County to Shanhaiguan.

Arriving at Shanhaiguan, the army took a short rest. Since the purchased arms and equipment had arrived and sent to Shanhaiguan, the entire army also accepted it here. At this time, Wang Maoru's subordinates had eight 75 Japanese Krupp field cannons and three thousand shells, five thousand E1 fire bead rifles, and the rifle bullets were nearly three million. The black military uniforms and winter clothes were also distributed to the soldiers. No one had a black winter uniform, a black tweed windbreaker, a pair of quilts, two pairs of cotton boots, a black pointed cotton hat with cotton ears hanging on both sides, the hat badge was inlaid with five-color stars, and a pair of cotton gloves. This set was twenty kilograms, plus the thirty kilograms of individual equipment on his body, and the soldiers were simply overwhelmed. So everyone got on the train and didn't have to carry these items at all times.

After passing Shanhaiguan, it is the territory of the Feng army. Now the troops stationed in Shanhaiguan are the troops of a battalion of Feng Delin's 28th Division. The battalion commander is Dai Maoshen, and he is also an old-fashioned officer who fought against the Russians with Feng Delin in his early years.

Wang Maoru knew that the Feng army could not neglect in the northeast, so he took his men to visit Dai Maoshen. Battalion Commander Dai received a notice and knew that they were going to Hulunbuir. He sighed and said, "You will die if you go like this." Wang Maoru could only be surprised. Dai Maoshen said, "This way, there will be bandits rampant along the way. There are beards everywhere outside the pass, and there are beards everywhere."

"Brother Dai will give me some advice?" Wang Maoru said, handing over a check.

Dai Maoshen did not recognize words. The secretary next to him looked at it and whispered in his ear that it was a check of 1,000 yen that he could exchange it at the Bank of Japan. Dai Maoshen then said seriously: "There are many places outside the gates, and there are no one people in the villages. A few horse bandits can make you feel a headache. You have few people, and you have to be greedy for a large number of bandits. You have to be greedy for a large number of bandits, and you must be worthy of a horse."

"Brother Dai asked me to recruit soldiers here?" Wang Maoru asked.

"Well, if you don't buy a horse, it's not certain whether you can get to Longjiang Mansion. But if you really want to go, it's actually not impossible." Dai Maoshen smiled softly, held his back and said, "Brother, find the Japanese, cooperate with the Japanese, and let the Japanese train take you north, and they can at least send you to Changchun. Further north is the Russian railway, and the Japanese can't help you. But this Japanese can carry ordinary Chinese people and have never carried Chinese soldiers. If you can establish a good relationship with the Japanese, you will enjoy it."

Wang Maoru said regretfully: "I am not familiar with the Japanese. Will Brother Dai introduce him?"

Dai Maoshen looked like I was familiar with the Japanese and patted his chest to recommend the Japanese. After some exchanges with Dai Maoshen, the army of Hulunbuir's guardian successfully rested in Shanhaiguan for a day and night, and then called other stations to give convenience to the brothers of the 28th Division. The others naturally agreed, which saved Wang Maoru from being embarrassed along the way.

After Wang Maoru met with He Rufei and others, he gave him a task to accompany Dai Maokun to drink and pour Dai Maokun's Fengjun officers down. The commanders of the two armies were happy. However, he received a telegram from Pu Ji that the wealthy dragon robe and Fengshan ceremony for Yuan Shikai had to beg for 100,000 taels of silver. Now there is no place, Yuan Naikuan asked him to beg for alms and repay it with benefits. Pu Ji asked every question, and then he learned that Yuan Shikai's suspicion was getting worse and he did not trust Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, Cao Kun and others. Instead, some reserve fellow villagers gave rewards. If this time was done well, they might be given a sequence of Beiyang Army. Wang Maoru didn't care about that amount of money, so he asked Pu Ji to get 200,000 taels from Ma Xiaoshui and offer it to Yuan Shikai for the production of dragon robes and the consumption of Fengshan. Of which 50,000 taels were given to Yuan Naikuan, the director of the Emperor's Procurement Office, who was responsible for the production of dragon robes.

Yuan Naikuan had previously received the benefits of Wang Maoru, but the Fengshan ceremony cost more than a little, and he was also troubled by where to raise the cost of making dragon robes. He originally borrowed money from Liang Shiyi, but Liang Shiyi's Ministry of Transport did not dare to blatantly use money to get dragon robes for Yuan Shikai, so he was unable to pay the money, so he begged everywhere.

It just so happened that Wang Maoru's money had arrived. Yuan Shikai was very happy after hearing this. Yuan Naikuan helped Wang Maoru say good things and asked for a formal army organization, otherwise he would lose his loyalty to his subordinates. Yuan Shikai said that it needed to be considered a little, although under the instigation of Yang Du and others, Yuan Shikai was not confused.

After the First Year of the Republic of China, the Army announced the restructuring of the entire ** team, the formal army had a total of 15 divisions, sixteen mixed brigades and ten border defense brigades, and the rest of the garrisons of various provinces and old patrol battalions. In addition to the local troops in the south listening to the proclamation and not obeying the order, the patrol battalions of the old soldiers in various places were also a major threat to Yuan Shikai. Because there were always a small number of officers loyal to the Qing Dynasty thinking about restoration at any time, among which the patrol battalions were the most, Yuan Shikai had to treat these huge number of patrol battalions carefully. So after thinking about it, Yuan Shikai gave the 17th mixed brigade number to Wang Maoru, who was the contribution of offering dragon robe this time, and appointed him as the commander of the Hulunbuir, Heilongjiang Province. At the request of the Russians, he removed the position of Guardian Envoy.

Since he won the 17th Mixed Brigade of the Central Army, Wang Maoru's army has since been under the jurisdiction of Lieutenant General Xu Lanzhou, the Heilongjiang Army advisor, and is not under the jurisdiction of Zhu Qinglan, the Heilongjiang Governor. In Heilongjiang, he can be on par with Xu Lanzhou.

At this time, the political arena of Heilongjiang was also in a stalemate. Although the Heilongjiang Governor was Zhu Qinglan, the entire province's army was controlled by Xu Lanzhou, the commander of the Heilongjiang Army Division. He under his command were the First Infantry Brigade, the Second Infantry Brigade and the Third Cavalry Brigade, the Fourth Cavalry Brigade, the ** Cavalry Brigade, and the Infantry Brigade Commander were Chen Fugui and Ren Guodong, and the Cavalry Brigade Commander were Ba Ying'er, Zhao Bufang and Yingshun respectively.
Chapter completed!