This year's winter came extremely early and was extremely cold. In mid-September, a snowstorm had already swept across the Far East.
The imperial court said that the areas outside the Pass and the Far East were not the same concept. Although these two places were in the same dimension and on the same continent, their climates were completely different.
Broadly speaking, the Far East is the far east of the Russians, while in the Chinese concept, the Far East is the vast land beyond the Heilongjiang and Ussuri rivers.
Needless to say, the area north of Heilongjiang is a truly bitter and cold place, while not many people know about the area east of the Ussuri River. Take Vladivostok as an example. Drawing a line according to the dimensions of the earth, the dimensions here are actually the same as Fengtian is about the same as Shenyang today, but the winter in Vladivostok is much colder than Fengtian.
Because the east bank of the Ussuri River has been affected by the humid airflow from the Sea of Japan, the cold air from Siberia and the humid air from the ocean collide, naturally causing more snowfall than inland, and the feeling of cold is also very different.
Most of the cold in the interior is dry and cold. As long as you wear more clothes, thick cotton or fur can isolate the cold outside and make people feel very warm. In Xiao Letian's words, this is called a physical attack.
The cold in coastal areas is cold and humid, and the water vapor content in the air is very high. This water vapor easily accumulates inside cotton and fur, forming a small moist area. Then the clothes cannot form a dry insulating air layer, and the feeling of coldness is naturally greater. , Xiao Letian calls this a magic attack.
It’s not just the Russian Far East. In fact, looking further south to see the climate of the Korean Peninsula can prove this. The Korean Peninsula is typically affected by the ocean climate, so there is a lot of snow in winter.
This is especially true in Japan. The warm and humid air currents in the Pacific and the cold currents in Siberia combine to create countless snow countries. This is also an important reason why Japan has sufficient fresh water.
The weather in the Far East is the biggest enemy in combat. If the Volunteer Army wants to fight in this white mountain and black soil for a long time, it must adapt to the climate here. Long Ye ventured alone to meet Ningguta Hunchun and asked for the opening of the Ussuri River border. The purpose is to allow the Volunteer Army to Get through the first year of winter safely.
The frozen Wusuli River is still not suitable for large vehicles, but there is no problem for people on foot. The Qing army wearing old sheepskin jackets and cotton coats stared at the groups of soldiers walking on the ice with their mouths open.
The green cotton-padded clothes were very dazzling among the snowflakes in the sky. All the soldiers were struggling forward on one foot of snow. They knocked down one of them within two or three steps, and the people around him quickly helped him.
No one dared to ride a war horse. Nowadays, war horses are more fragile than humans. Just a few hundred meters across the ice, six war horses fell into the snowdrift and never got up again.
The veterans of the Qing army were dumbfounded. "What the hell, this is the volunteer army that the general said. Just because they can defeat Lao Maozi, damn, it's true. They'll freeze to death..."
"Don't look, it must be those people. Look at the guns behind them. We have never seen them before... Look at the cages hanging around their horses' necks to see if there are human heads inside."
"Oh, it's really a human head. Look, it's Lao Maozi's head. It's really the volunteer army that killed Lao Maozi. Good man...hurry up to meet them and heat up the hot water..."
As soon as the horse whip of the Qing soldiers at the west bank checkpoint was fired, a long-haired mule rushed out of the checkpoint pulling a sledge.
This is a walking mule that grew up outside the customs. It has adapted to the cold climate since childhood. Its long mane even covers its eyes. The sledge behind it ran extremely briskly on the snow, and soon rushed to these thirty-odd people. In front of the volunteers.
"These are the men from the Volunteer Army. Damn you, you don't want your life. How dare you go out to march in this gray-haired weather? Put your frostbitten brothers on the sledge. I will take you to the village to hide... …”
Ye Qiu cupped his hands and thanked him, "Thank you for your kindness. I won't have any other gifts to thank you when we get to the village later. We have brought good wine. Brother, come and have a drink. That's enough."
As soon as he heard that there was drinking, the veteran smiled and his eyebrows and beard floated up. "Okay, with your words, I will definitely arrive. You are the commander, right? I will give you a ride on the sledge..."
Ye Qiu shook his head, "Wounded soldiers can't get on the sledge. As an officer, I can't get on it. Our volunteer army has discipline. Wounded soldiers are extremely serious, and officers can't be special. If a soldier doesn't eat, an officer can't eat. If a soldier doesn't rest, he can't. , The officer cannot rest, brother, please go ahead, we will follow soon..."
The old soldier was stunned at that time, thinking that this was an official, it couldn't be possible, but when he looked at the frostbite on the young soldier's face, he knew that this was definitely not an act or a way to gain fame.
Looking at the golden stars exposed on the cotton clothes and the pistol at his waist, he knew that ordinary big-headed soldiers would never have such things.
These are the volunteers who came from the south. They are so stupid and they just follow this officer's behavior. I also believe that they can fight. I have never seen an officer who loves soldiers so much in my life.
There was a crack of the riding whip, and the old soldier headed straight for Xiaotumen Village five miles away with a sledge and wounded soldiers.
Ye Qiu led a platoon of soldiers struggling to move forward along the sledge tracks. The blizzard facing them drove ice slag and cold wind down their necks and collars. All the soldiers' eyebrows were already covered with ice.
The rest of the soldiers at the checkpoint did not dare to neglect, and sat directly outside the big pot, with a spoon in the hot water that was 70% to 80% boiling. "Thank you for your hard work, men. Take a quick drink of hot water. There will be a village five miles away." Okay, it will be no problem to accommodate the thirty or so of you..."
The soldiers of the Volunteer Army were so cold that they could not even speak. They lined up and drank a spoonful of hot water each. Before leaving, they did not forget to solemnly give these Qing soldiers a military salute and say thank you.
The ancient people were honest. They had never seen a soldier salute and thank him after taking a sip of hot water. At that time, each of them was so panicked that they had nowhere to put their hands and feet, "Thank you for nothing, thank you for this... a sip of hot water won't do anything."
After all the soldiers had finished drinking the hot water and left, a soldier who was cleaning up the stove suddenly shouted, "My ancestors, silver, there is silver here..."
Everyone gathered around to take a look, and sure enough, there was a shining silver Ryukyu dragon-patterned silver coin placed beside the iron pot.
Everyone suddenly had sore noses and burst into tears, "What the fuck, what kind of soldiers are these? Are you looking down on us? This is looking down on us. Throw them back. Isn't this a curse?"
The young soldiers were so shameless, who wanted to lose face in front of these heroes who killed old men? Just when they wanted to chase after them and smash the silver coins into those people's faces, the old soldiers sighed and stopped them.
"Don't go. They are pushing us into the good people. We have to be grateful if they respect us. Prepare the firewood. Don't turn off the pot for now. I guess someone will have to cross the river in the next few days. …”
"Damn it, no wonder these people are so good at beating old men, benevolence and righteousness, this is the teacher of benevolence and righteousness sung in the opera."
