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Piaotian Literature of the Fourth Empire of China www.piaotia.com Chapter 383: Defending the Enemy Outside the Country

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    In Beijing, near Beihai, close to the Imperial Palace, there is an unattractive compound.  However, outside the compound, there are heavily armed soldiers guarding it. There is also a sign posted at the intersection outside with the words "Military Restricted Area" written on it. Anyone who wants to get close to this place will be persuaded to leave.  If you want to force your way in, you will have to be shot.  A barricade was set up at the street entrance outside the compound, and the machine guns set up were guarded 24 hours a day. Anyone who dared to trespass into the military restricted area would be beaten into a honeycomb.

    In the compound, thick antennas have been set up to maintain close contact with troops from all over the country.  Here is the General Staff Headquarters and the headquarters of the Imperial Army during the war.  After the war began, all roads near the General Staff Headquarters were under martial law. No one could approach here except those with orders from Emperor Wang Yuze and special passes issued by the General Staff Headquarters.  Otherwise, you will be charged with espionage.

    In the war room of the General Staff Headquarters, there is a huge sand table, which is exactly the landscape of North Asia.  There are small red and blue flags on it, marking the specific situation of the Chinese ** team and the Russian ** team.  There are also large maps hanging on the walls, and busy staff officers will come in at any time to change these labels to indicate the latest progress.

    Wang Yuze stood in front of the huge sand table, his mood surging.  The Chinese Army's 900,000 men and all equipment and supplies have all arrived at the front line, and the battle against Russia is about to begin.  This will be a battle that determines China's fate, which makes the empire's top officials very nervous.

    "Your Majesty, the Chief of Staff has arrived in Jilin and has taken over the command of the Northeast Theater. The Minister of Army has also arrived in Kulun and is fully responsible for all military operations in the Northern Theater!" Minister of Defense Jiang Xingguo said to Wang Yuze.  In addition to serving as Minister of Defense, Jiang Xingguo also served as Deputy Chief of General Staff. During this war, he was responsible for the logistics deployment of the army and fully supported the frontline operations.

    Wang Yuze nodded, and then asked: "When will the attack start?"

    "The weather has been very good these days. The snow in the northern area has melted and the roads have dried. It will no longer affect the attack! The specific attack time is 6 o'clock tomorrow morning. After an hour of artillery fire,  After preparation, the infantry and cavalry will attack!" Jiang Xingguo replied.  Tomorrow, March 25, 1899, is the time for the Chinese Army to launch its attack.

    "How prepared are the Russians?" Wang Yuze asked.  Although he sincerely looked down on the Russians of this period. Although the Russian soldiers were tall and strong, most of them were just farmers who had just learned how to shoot.  It is still not enough to fight against the elite Chinese Army.  In order for the empire to rise, a huge amount of military investment has been made since the empire was founded.  China's economic and industrial strength has far surpassed Russia's.  Therefore, if nothing unexpected happens in this battle, the outcome is already decided before the war even begins.

    "The Russians are constantly strengthening their forces in the Baikal region. Now, the number of Russian troops gathered in this area has exceeded 350,000. And this number is still increasing. According to what we have obtained  According to intelligence, Russia is still sending troops to the Baikal region from Europe. However, many of the troops are just newly formed soldiers. Their combat capabilities are worrying!" Jiang Xingguo said.

    "That's good! Send a report to the Chief of Staff and the Minister of War, and if nothing unexpected happens, launch the attack on time. We cannot passively defend, we must defend the enemy outside the country! Let the war burn on the land of other countries, and  Not on the land of the empire!" Wang Yuze said.  Although fighting locally will have great advantages, it is also a sign of weakness and helplessness.  The war is being fought on one's own land, and only the people of one's own country are injured.  Didn¡¯t the Chinese people also pay a huge price during the eight-year war of resistance in later generations?  Of course, there is no way. The disparity in national power is too great, so we can only adopt that method.

    "Yes, Your Majesty!" Jiang Xingguo replied.  The role of the military is to protect our country.  What would it look like if the flames of war were to burn on the land of one's own country?  Jiang Xingguo strongly agreed to conduct the war on Russian soil.

    In order to ensure the victory of this war, Chief of Staff Xiong Wu and Army Minister Cai Yun went to Jilin and Kulun respectively so that they could understand the dynamics of the front line in a timely manner and make the fastest response.  For the Imperial Army, this battle can only be won, not lost.  Now, the Chinese team has completed preparations, but Russia has not completed the final preparations because it is too far away.  The Chinese Army's offensive will catch them off guard, which will be of great help to China in gaining battlefield advantages.

    Jilin, a compound provided by the provincial government has been carefullySharp soldiers stood guard.  Now, this place has become the headquarters of the Northeast Theater Command.  Chief of Staff Xiong Wu was personally stationed here to direct the battle between the First Army and the Second Army.

    Xiong Wu stood in front of a large map. The comparison of strengths between China and Russia, as well as possible changes on the battlefield, were all in his mind, as if they were rehearsing.

    "Record the order!" Xiong Wu said suddenly.

    "Yes, Chief of Staff!" The staff officer following Xiong Wu immediately took out paper and pen.

    "Order all frontline units to start the battle at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning! The main force of the First Army, the 3rd Division, 47th Division and 55th Division, crossed the Chulguna River and attacked Chita. The 13th Division and  The 54th Division attacked Khabarovsk. The 48th Division attacked Hailanpao. The army's artillery brigade supported the attack on Chita. The cavalry brigade was responsible for cutting off the connection between Chita and Ulan-Ude. The main force of the Second Cavalry Army was the 10th  The Fourth Division, the 21st Division, the 46th Division and the newly formed 56th Division and the 57th Division attack Shuangchengzi. They must capture Shuangchengzi within three days and then attack Vladivostok. The 25th Division  Attack Dalnerechensk and block the Russian Far Eastern Army's northward escape route. The army's artillery brigade supports the attack on Shuangchengzi, and the cavalry brigade cooperates with the 25th Division!" Xiong Wu said seriously.

    The staff officer recorded all the orders, and after confirming that there were no other orders, immediately issued the order to the two armies on the front line.  The atmosphere in the headquarters was a little tense. Everyone knew that the war was about to begin.

    At the same time, in Cullen's headquarters, Cai Yun was doing the same thing, issuing orders to the Third and Fourth Group Armies in the northern theater.

    "At six o'clock tomorrow morning, artillery preparations will begin. At 7 o'clock, the infantry will launch an attack to tear apart the Russian defense line. The Third Army is responsible for breaking through the Russian Kyakhta defense line and attacking Ulan-Ude. The Fourth Army will move toward Baikalsk.  March forward and block the reinforcements heading towards Ulan-Ude from the direction of Kurtsk. The Third Cavalry Army cooperates with the Third Army to attack Ulan-Ude and must completely annihilate the 150,000 Russian troops near Ulan-Ude!" Cai Yun  ordered.  Now, Russia has gathered 350,000 troops in the Baikal region. Among them, 150,000 are deployed in Ulan-Ude, and the other 200,000 are in Kurtsk. The two places are at the horns of each other, and the defense forces are  attack.  At the same time, Russia is still dispatching a large number of troops to Eastern Siberia to ensure victory in this war.

    The third battlefield is the northwest battlefield.  The Fifth Group Army and the First Cavalry Corps organized by the Northwest Military Region are ready.  Tomorrow morning, they will cross the border and launch an attack on the Russian army entrenched in Central Asia.  The Russian army does not have many troops in Central Asia. It is foreseeable that they will not be able to withstand the attack of the Chinese army.  However, Central Asia is further away from the Russian hinterland and can more quickly receive military support from Russia's European part.  Therefore, the battle in the northwest theater is also difficult to fight!

    As both sides mobilize their troops, the clouds of war in North Asia are getting thicker and thicker.  Both sides have deployed a large number of troops on the border, and anyone with a discerning eye knows that war is about to break out.

    On the Russian side, the person commanding the army in the Far East was the Governor-General of the Far East, Alekseyev, a Russian nobleman and a confidant of Tsar Nicholas II.  However, Alexeyev's military ability was average, but he was good at flattery, which made him deeply loved by Tsar Nicholas II. This was also the reason why he was able to serve as governor of the Far East.  However, it may not be a good thing for Alexeyev to serve as governor of the Far East when the war is about to break out.  The aristocratic life in Moscow is the most suitable for him.  Of course, Governor Alexeyev was also very ambitious and wanted to establish some achievements in the Far East, so he agreed to serve as the Governor of the Far East.

    In this war, the most important battlefield is the northern battlefield, which is the battlefield in the Baikal region.  On the Russian side, the person who serves as the supreme commander of the Russian army in the Baikal region is Grand Duke Nicholas. His full name is Nicholas?  Nikolayevich was the uncle of Tsar Nicholas II and the current director of the Russian Cavalry. He has a very high prestige in the Russian Army.  Now, it is Grand Duke Nicholas who is sitting in Kurtsk and has full command of the Russian army's operations in the Lake Baikal region.  Although Tsar Nicholas II was arrogant, he also knew his shortcomings. He did not want to lose the war, so he gave the war to the command of Grand Duke Nicholas.  The former Eastern Siberian Russian Army was only Lieutenant General Vladimir, who became the commander of the Russian Army in Ulan-Ude and was responsible for commanding the Russian Army in Ulan-Ude.  However, Lieutenant General Vladimir does not think this is a good thing. Once the war breaks out, Ulan-Ude will become the first target of the Chinese Army's attack.

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