Early in the morning, the people in Baotou City spontaneously poured out of the north gate to see off the cavalry that was about to go north to Kulun.
But I saw that the wilderness outside the north gate was already crowded with pack horses, camels and laborers. The voices of people were mixed, and the air was filled with the smell of horse dung and camel dung. In order to transport as much tea as possible, Baotou Tea Trade
The company mobilized more than 2,000 packhorses and more than 1,000 camels through various methods such as borrowing, renting and buying.
More than 3,000 large livestock and hundreds of laborers were crowded together, making it extremely lively.
Originally, Ma Gongfu wanted to mobilize more horses and camels, but unfortunately, Suiyuan really couldn't find more camels and pack horses.
Rome was not built in a day. The prosperity of the Baotou Tea Road took hundreds of years. Therefore, restoring the scene of the Baotou Tea Road in its heyday will definitely not be accomplished overnight. Regardless of other things, this alone
The expansion of the camel team, horse team and laborer groups will take time.
Looking at the bustling horse team and the tea bricks piled up on the horses and camels, all the folks in Baotou smiled. This scene in front of them made every Baotou person feel proud, especially those in Baotou.
Those elderly people have experienced the heyday of Baotou and know what kind of time it was like.
If Baotou is revived again, it will not only benefit the merchants in Baotou, but also all the people in Baotou, and even the people of Suiyuan! By then, their lives will be much easier.
When the time came, Ma Gongfu, the general manager of the Baotou Tea Trading Company, personally led a group of small shareholders of the company to worship the God of Wealth at the Temple of Wealth in the northern suburbs of Baotou. After completing all the rituals, he personally led the first
The reins of the horse walked forward for a while, and then handed the reins to Xu Rui's hand.
"Captain Xu, I'll leave it to you for this first tea trip," Ma Gongfu said.
"Shopkeeper Ma Da is out of business." Xu Rui said with a smile, "To be honest, our Chahar Independent Group is the largest shareholder of Baotou Tea Trading Company, so we are working for ourselves."
Ma Gongfu laughed out loud, bowed his hands and said, "Then I wish Captain Xu a safe journey."
Xu Rui handed the reins of the leading horse into the hands of the steward, then turned over and climbed onto the back of the strong man led by Zhuo Ligetu. He bowed to Ma Gongfu and others on the horse, and said solemnly: "Everyone, let's say goodbye.
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"Cherish it!" Ma Gongfu and the merchants who came to see him off all handed over his hands.
Immediately afterwards, the sound of crackling firecrackers was heard outside the north gate of Baotou.
Amidst the overwhelming sound of firecrackers, the pack horses and camels had been lined up and strung together, and they were driven by the servants to embark on the journey. The trip to Kulun was thousands of miles away, and it would take at least a month to arrive in Kulun.
The journey was spent in the open air, so driving the camels was a very hard job, but the rewards were generous.
Of course, it should be noted that there was a convoy accompanying the cavalry.
It was the Soviet Red Army convoy led by Zhukov's adjutant Shakhsky. After transporting the machinery and equipment to Baotou, they did not return north immediately. Instead, they waited in Baotou for a few days until the tea bricks shipped from Guanzhong arrived in Baotou.
Then we return to the north together, and we can also help transport a considerable part of the tea bricks.
The only drawback is that there are too few trucks.
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The journey was really boring, so Shaskih came over to chat with Xu Rui, or to provoke him.
After losing the last battle, most of the officers and soldiers of the Soviet Far East Front were not convinced. Especially Shaskikh, who took the initiative to ask Zhukov to lead the troops to escort equipment south. Shaskikh's motive was very simple.
, I wanted to use this trip to Baotou to show the power of the Soviet Red Army and regain the self-esteem of the Soviet people.
The intuition of animals is much sharper than that of humans. As soon as Shaskih approached, the king sensed his hostility.
After sensing the hostility, the king who was following the macho man immediately stopped and turned his head. A pair of cold and fierce wolf eyes immediately locked onto Shaskih. Shaskih was startled and quickly raised his hand, then
He shouted to Xu Rui on horseback: "Davarich, Davarich, Davarich..."
Xu Rui laughed and said, "Your Majesty, don't scare the children."
After hearing what Xu Rui said, Zhuo Ligetu, the sweet potato next to him, almost suffered internal injuries while holding back his laughter.
Shaskih is over 190 meters tall, but the group leader actually called this guy a kid.
After hearing Xu Rui's words, the king's wolf eyes immediately showed extremely anthropomorphic disdain, and then he turned and walked away, no longer bothering to pay attention to Shaskih. Shaskih breathed a sigh of relief and wiped his forehead.
Breaking into a cold sweat, he walked up to the macho man and said to Xu Rui: "Davarixi, your pet is too scary."
Naturally, Xu Rui couldn't understand the Russian that Shaskikh spoke.
At that moment, the two of them subconsciously turned to look to the side, waiting for the translator to translate. When they turned around, they discovered that the two translators accompanying them were missing. Ulantoya from the Independent Regiment was missing. The man named
Yelena's Chinese translator didn't know where she had gone, and the two of them stared at each other with big eyes.
After a long while, Shaskih finally reacted and said angrily: "Yelena? Yelena?!"
After shouting for a long time, Yelena finally ran over in a panic. Her face was as red as red cloth, her breathing was rapid, and her clothes and hair looked a little messy. Shaskih
He looked at her suspiciously for a long time, and finally asked: "Where have you been? I haven't seen anyone for a long time."
"Just now, I..." Yelena did not dare to look directly into Shaskih's eyes and whispered, "I went to relieve myself."
"Relieve yourself?" Shaskih said with a frown, "Don't run around alone in the future, it's not very safe here."
Yelena hummed softly, and Shaskih said to her again: "Tell Captain Xu that they should form a fleet, and if possible, pour asphalt or cement on the dirt road from Kulun to Baotou, so that Baotou
Only then will the transportation volume on the tea road increase, and the tea from Baotou to Kulun will be competitive."
After listening to Yelena's translation, Xu Rui smiled bitterly: "My dear Dawalishi, I also want to build a fleet, and I even want to solidify the road from Kulun to Baotou with asphalt or cement. Unfortunately, we
There is no money and no conditions, unless your Soviet Union can provide equipment for cement plants and enough trucks."
Shaskih shrugged and said, "Just pretend I didn't say anything."
After a pause, Shaskih said again: "Davarisi, I heard that the last time we escorted equipment south, the Japanese sent a cavalry brigade to the Sino-Mongolian border to intercept us. Is this true?"
"That's right." Xu Rui nodded and said, "But let us wipe them all out."
"What?" Shaskih looked at Xu Rui blankly for a moment, then burst into laughter.
Obviously, Shaskih didn't believe Xu Rui's words at all and thought Xu Rui was joking with him.
"Davalishi." Shaskih smiled and said to Xu Rui, "You Chinese always like to brag. You actually said that your Chahar Independent Regiment wiped out a Japanese cavalry brigade. Oh my God, you
Only one regiment actually annihilated a brigade of Japanese troops. How many idiots must we have to believe the nonsense you said?"
Xu Rui shrugged and said, "It's up to you whether you believe it or not. Anyway, it's a fact."
"Okay, okay, I completely believe it." Shaskih smiled, "So this time, will the Japanese army send another cavalry brigade to intercept us?"
"No." Xu Rui shook his head and said, "At least not until now!"
The Eighth Route Army had a huge intelligence network in Peking and even Zhangjiakou. In addition to the agents who risked their lives to infiltrate the Japanese and puppet troops, the intelligence network was woven into the network by members of the children's corps, women's corps and old men's corps in various guerrilla zones.
With thousands of non-combatants, any actions of the Japanese and puppet troops would be completely invisible in front of this huge net.
Of course, what we are talking about here is a large-scale military operation by the Japanese and puppet troops. If it is a small-scale military operation, this intelligence network will still have flaws, because so far no agent has been able to penetrate into the top brass of the Japanese and puppet troops, so people like Okabe
When Naozaburo sent the Machida Brigade to the Sino-Mongolian border, the intelligence personnel of the Eighth Route Army had no way of detecting it.
In this regard, Xu Rui and the others are also considering whether to follow what they did in Nanjing and develop a senior spy among the senior Japanese officers in Peiping. However, due to the tight time schedule, they did not start to implement it, but they will wait until they are free.
, Xu Rui will definitely go to Peking.
Back to business.
After hearing Yelena's translation, Shaskih smiled and said: "I knew it, there would definitely be no such thing."
After a pause, Shaskih continued: "Davalishi, I am not bragging. As long as our Red Flag Battalion is present, it is impossible for the Japanese army to send troops to seek trouble for themselves. I'm afraid you don't know the origin of our Red Flag Battalion."
?Our Red Flag Battalion was the first Red Army unit to invade the Winter Palace, and even captured the Tsar's Empress alive."
Next, Shaskih rambled on about the achievements of the Red Flag Battalion.
Obviously, the Red Flag Battalion that followed Shaskikh to Baotou this time was a legendary unit of the Soviet Red Army. It made a lot of achievements during the October Revolution and in the battle against the White Army, and also emerged
Many senior generals, like Zhukov, grew up in the Red Flag Camp.
Finally, Shaskih patted his chest and said: "Davarisi, how I hope the Japanese army can come. If they can come, our Red Flag Battalion will definitely give them a painful lesson that they will never forget, letting them know that we are strong and tall."
The Slavs are definitely not something that little Asian yellow-skinned monkeys like them can mess with!"
Yelena did not dare to translate literally, so she translated the yellow-skinned monkey as Asian.
But even this made the Langya team members very angry.
