Ma Quanyou's troops were very efficient. In the early morning of the next day, a team of carbine cavalry appeared on the other side of the river in a show of force.
Moreover, a simple wooden fence and sacks of sand and soil were soon piled up at the other end of the wooden bridge.
At noon, a soldier on horseback came running over the wooden bridge.
On the bridge side, the infantry battalion of the Tangyang Brigade also set up a checkpoint. The other cavalry reported that their superior, Captain Ma, wanted to meet with your superior to discuss the demarcation and defense zone issues. He also asked which unit of the Montenegrin Army your unit was from and who was your superior
At this moment, inside the RV, Lu Ming was frowning as he looked at a telegram.
The Japanese garrison in Haixi increased to two divisions, the 12th Division and the 15th Division, namely the Yagido Division and the Okuoshido Division.
A Japanese division has nearly 30,000 people, which means that the Japanese garrison in Haixi has increased to more than 50,000 people.
Moreover, the families of the commanders of these two divisions have old grudges against him.
The Yakimichi Kato family, whose member Kato Shoichi committed suicide out of fear of crime when he was about to be sent to the gallows in the East China Sea.
The Okugoshi Kawamoto family had a direct descendant who died at the hands of Qing'e in Shengjing.
Both families were loyal supporters of the expansionist Japanese Prime Minister Yamamoto Osamu, and important members of the Kansai Group.
The telegram from the Military Intelligence Department also said that in Haixi, the Japanese set up the Haixi Expeditionary Army Headquarters. The commander-in-chief was Kawamoto Tsuyoshi, the younger brother of Lord Kawamoto of Okugoshi Province. He was young and strong, and was one of the famous generals in Japan.
The Military Intelligence Department also learned that the Japanese had recently had intensive interactions with senior officials of the Northern Frontier Province, and that the Northern Frontier Province was likely to reach a secret agreement with them. At least in the operation to divide Anshan, the two sides would cooperate to avoid having a larger sphere of influence seized by the Black Mountain and Longbei coalition forces.
Lu Ming slowly put down the telegram.
There are no eternal enemies or eternal friends, only eternal interests.
This sentence clearly describes the current situation in the Northern Territory.
While he was thinking about it, a red-feathered guard got on the RV and mentioned that an envoy had come from the other side of the river.
"Oh, the other side is a cavalry company. We will also send the company commander to meet with him. Isn't the checkpoint in the charge of the third company? Let the third company contact them. However, we do not recognize Ma Quanyou's rule over Songshan Road. Therefore, except for illegal armed personnel, our side will unconditionally open the ferry and bridge to facilitate the exchanges between the people of both sides. At the same time, we ask Ma Quanyou's troops to withdraw from Songshan Road." Lu Ming smiled, "Tell Captain Gao of the third company to say this to the other side. Don't think that his words are ridiculous because he is just a small company commander. Since he has come forward to deal with Ma Quanyou's troops, his every word represents our official attitude."
Hong Ling stood at attention: "Yes!" and turned around to get out of the car.
Lu Ming looked at the Kan sisters beside him and said, "Write a letter to Kan Santai in Songshan City. According to seniority, he is your uncle, but he couldn't curry favor with you sisters before, right?"
The sisters Kan Shouxi and Kan Shouyi both received modern education, but due to family pressure, they married the same person as co-wife. They both wore the same light blue dress with butterfly collar, pale yellow socks and black high-heeled sandals, and they were both equally comfortable and beautiful.
Lu Ming had never come into contact with the Kan sisters. They were new women of the Republic of China who received modern education in the Northern Territory. Their family background was very good, but Anshan was closed and backward, so they had very traditional thinking. Overall, they were probably a bit like the girls from ordinary families in small towns in the early 1980s in his previous life, right
Kan Santai of Songshan City was not affected when Songshan was massacred, and was appointed by Ma Quanyou as the chairman of the Songshan City Maintenance Association, which was equivalent to the mayor of Songshan City. However, his power was very small and he had to obey Ma Quanyou's garrison in Songshan City.
"There's nothing to say in this letter. Just express your affection for him. I'll have someone deliver it to him." Lu Ming said thoughtfully.
Originally, the city where the governor of Ansan was located was naturally connected to the outside world by telephone lines, but when Ma Quanyou committed the Songshan Massacre, external communications were interrupted and have not been restored to this day, and even the telegraph office's operations were paralyzed.
The Kan sisters all nodded gently: "Yes."
…
The negotiations between Gao Dagou, the company commander of the third company of the infantry battalion of the Tangyang Brigade, which was temporarily code-named "Xiaotanghe Battalion", and the other party soon ended in a bad mood. The other party's company commander surnamed Ma was very arrogant. When he heard Gao Dagou say that Heishan did not recognize Ma Quanyou's troops' legal management rights over Songshan Road, he immediately started cursing, and the two sides almost came to a fight.
In the afternoon, gunshots suddenly rang out in Lijiaying on the other side of the river, and thick black smoke soon rose up.
Upon hearing the news, Lu Ming came to the river bank. When he was looking at the situation on the other side of the river with a telescope, the old patriarch of Pengjiazhai, Peng Zhengwang, also hurried over.
At this time, a small boat happened to float over from the other side of the river. There was one dead and one injured on board. The injured was quickly taken to the river bank by soldiers. He was a young man. The medical staff helped him bandage his gunshot-wounded arm, but he kept crying and making a fuss. When he saw Peng Zhengwang, he immediately rushed over, knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly, "Master Peng, Master Peng! Please save us! Those beasts are killing people and setting fires!"
Peng Zhengwang coughed and looked away.
They were mortal enemies of Lijiaying, and they were probably gloating over their misfortune. What's more, the ones who committed murder and arson were foreign soldiers. I heard from the people in Heishan these days that Songshan Road was occupied by a group of vicious bandits. Wouldn't Pengjiazhai be bringing disaster upon itself by offending such a group
It’s okay now that the Montenegrin soldiers are here, but what if they are gone in the future
What's more, there are not many Black Mountain soldiers, only about 1,800 at most. If the main force of the bandit soldiers come together to kill them, the Black Mountain soldiers will have no choice but to escape.
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw the senior officer of the Black Mountain soldiers, that very young man, suddenly made a gesture and said, "Let's start the war."
Peng Zheng was stunned, and saw several officers around the young official gathered together immediately, probably making battle plans very quickly. Most of them had excited faces and showed no fear of facing the terrible enemy.
"We must wipe out all the enemy bandits! It's just one company." Lu Ming said to the guard company commander Chang Lei and Hong Ling team leader Hong Ying.
He waved to the young man again, "Tell me what happened? Oh, what's your name? Come on and tell me, there's no rush. My people are ready. It doesn't matter whether you speak fast or slow. It won't affect the time they take to launch the attack. So, come on, tell me, um, bandage the wound first."
The young man was stunned. He was injured again due to anger and fear. He didn't know how he got ashore from the boat, and he didn't pay attention to the shadowy figures here. He only saw the familiar face of Master Peng from Pengjiazhai. He immediately felt like he had found a life-saving straw. After all, the only people nearby who could still help Lijiaying were the militia from Pengjiazhai. Although they might just die, the young man was so confused that he had lost his normal thinking. He rushed over to kowtow to Peng Zhengwang and ask for help.
I just noticed now that there were a lot of men and women in military uniforms.
The medical staff bandaged the gunshot wound on his arm in a daze. It was just a scratch, but there was no bullet in it.
He looked at Lu Ming. He didn't know the young man's identity, but as soon as he saw his demeanor, he knew he was an important person.
"My name is Li Moyu..." The young man suddenly got inspired, "I, I want to go too, I want to kill those beasts!"
At this time, several people who looked like officers had dispersed. Some soldiers carrying strange boxes followed them, and they seemed to be talking about something while holding black boxes.
Lu Ming looked at him and waved his hand: "You don't have to go. Why do the bandits on the other side want to kill people and set fire? You, the Lijiaying, should be considered to be obeying them, right?"
The young man's eyes flashed with anger. "They are not human, they are a bunch of beasts. If you don't go their way, they will shoot and kill people in the street, and then..."
Lu Ming waved his hand and understood. It was either molesting women or stealing things that caused the conflict. How could Ma Quanyou's bandits have any scruples in this small village? I'm afraid they were preparing to massacre the village and kill everyone, so no one would know what they did.
In fact, he did not want to fire the first shot at the Northern Frontier armed forces. After all, there was still room for coordination with the Northern Frontier to prevent the Haixi Army and the Japanese from interfering in Anshan through the Northern Frontier.
But in the current situation, I really cannot turn a blind eye to the tragedy happening right under my nose.
As for the flood in the future, I will deal with it myself.