Chapter 5 Customs Clearance Actions (5)
After stabilizing Boli, Liu Tie immediately commanded the 2nd Division, marched along the Amur River, and launched an attack on the city of Amur.
The Heilongjiang River was originally an inland river in China, and it is the third largest river after the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. However, after Tsarist Russia forced the Qing Dynasty to sign the unequal "Sino-Russian Aihui Treaty" and "Beijing Treaty", the upper and middle reaches of the Heilongjiang River were divided into the boundary rivers between China and Russia. The lower reaches of Khabarovsk (Boli) became all of Russia's inland rivers and flowed into the Okhotsk Strait from Nikolasev (Temple Street), which Russia called the Amur.
The city of Amur is located in the middle of the Amur River in Russia, about 280 kilometers from Boli and about 380 kilometers from the temple. However, in the old time and space, the city of Amur had another well-known name, which was Komsomolsk-on-Amur. It is an important military aircraft production base of the former Soviet Union and Russia, and the famous Sukhoi Aircraft Design Bureau is located here, and the Su-27, Su-30, Su-33, Su-35, Su-37, Su-57 and other well-known fighters of the old time and space took off from here.
Although the city of Amur was actually only a small town with a population of several thousand at this time, due to its geographical importance and the central hub for controlling the Amur River valley, the KPA had to capture the city in order to stabilize Boli and further threaten Temple Street.
However, when the KPA marched along the city of Amur and reached the city of Amur, it did not meet any resistance, and the Russian army had withdrawn from the city two days earlier, and now the city is completely undefended.
It turned out that after Makavich retreated to Amur City, there were less than 100 soldiers around him, and the Russian army only stationed one company in Amur City, adding up to only more than 200 people, if the People's Army attacked Amur City, relying only on this force, it would not be able to resist at all, so when Makavich learned that the People's Army really launched an attack on Amur City, he immediately led the remaining army, retreated from Amur City, and fled to Nikolasev, in fact, the Russian army did not have many troops in Nikolasev, only two companies were stationed, if the People's Army really hit Nikolasev, it would not be able to hold it, but it could also hide for a while, staying in Amur City is completely looking for death, fleeing to Nikolasev, maybe there is still a way to live, maybe the People's Army will stop when it hits Amur City?
The People's Army occupied the city of Amur without blood, and Liu Tie was indeed emotional, I wonder if there is still the appearance of the Sukhoi Design Bureau in this time and space, and whether there will be those famous planes in the old time and space?
Although Liu Tie is not an air force, he still has a very special affection for the Sukhoi Aircraft Design Bureau, because the combat aircraft of the Chinese Air Force in the old time and space have a strong Russian blood, which can be said to be inherited in one line, but in the first 30 years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, it took the road of the MiG series, and in the next 30 years, it was transferred to the door of Sukhoi, and from purchasing, learning, imitation to self-research and development, not only completed the counterattack on Sukhoi, but also caught up with the world's advanced level, reaching the peak, at least one of the peaks. Therefore, Liu Tie stood in this old time and space, the land where the Chinese Air Force took off, and naturally had a lot of thoughts, perhaps the Su-27 fighter plane that China purchased from Russia flew from the land under his feet and flew to China in the south, thus opening a new era of the Chinese Air Force.
But in any case, in this era, this piece of land has been recaptured by the traversers, and it will not be lost again.
After taking Amur City, the goal of sending troops this time has been achieved, and whether to continue to attack the temple rank or not depends on the further instructions of the theater command, so Liu Tie ordered to rest in the garrison of Amur City, and sent a telegram to the headquarters to ask for instructions on the next move.
Of course, not only the offensive of the Eastern Route Army, but also the progress of the Western and Central Routes also achieved results, not only accomplishing the objectives set before the war, but also successfully crossing the Heilongjiang River and establishing several strongholds on the northern bank of the Heilongjiang River, that is, in the territory of Russia. And there were not many losses in the forces of each of them.
Although none of the KPA bases have penetrated deep into Russian territory, since the Russian garrison in this area is very small, the KPA can develop into the depths of Russian territory at any time.
However, the Northeast Theater Command saw that all units had completed their respective combat missions, and although the troops of all lines had suffered almost no losses, they still felt the weather factors, so the headquarters decided to end the operation of the closed customs plan, and only told the troops of all lines to allocate their own troops and guard the occupied areas.
The decision of the Northeast Theater Command was also approved by the Military Commission, after all, the main purpose of this operation was to put pressure on Russia, force Russia to return to the negotiating table, and accept the conditions of East China, not necessarily how much land to recapture. And the war has been fought like this, it is completely sufficient, and now it will be up to Russia to react.
On January 20, East China received a diplomatic letter from Germany, hoping to send a delegation to East China for an official state visit and negotiate with East China to further strengthen cooperation between the two sides. At the same time, it also conveyed to East China that he hoped to mediate the war between Russia and East China. The representative of the state visit will be Prince Heinrich, who is in Qingdao.
Prince Heinrich turned out to be the head of the German Military Observation Mission, and after the expeditionary force attacked, the military observation team returned to Germany, but the prince stayed in Qingdao and was responsible for liaison and communication between East China ** and Germany. He has been staying in Qingdao for almost a year.
It turned out that after the end of the battle of the Taiwan Strait, Germany also caused a great reaction, because before the start of the war, the German General Staff Headquarters also conducted many war games on this war, and the best result in East China was to give up sea supremacy, retreat to land and fight a long-term war of attrition with the expeditionary force, and finally give in and shake hands and make peace. But no one expected that East China ** would achieve a great victory and almost completely annihilate the fleet of the expeditionary force.
The German Emperor Wilhelm II was shocked, but he was overjoyed, because before the Portsmouth negotiations, Wilhelm II had the idea of forming an alliance with East China to counter the Franco-Russian and Anglo-Japanese alliances, but the Portsmouth negotiations broke down, and Britain and France decided to organize a coalition to participate in the Far East to participate in the war, and Germany temporarily terminated this plan, but now East China has defeated the expeditionary force, if Germany can cooperate with East China ** An alliance can not only gain a strong ally in the Far East, but also plant a sharp blade in Russia's back and completely disintegrate the threat of the Russian-French alliance to Germany.
But just when Wilhelm II was going to negotiate an alliance with East China, another important event once again interrupted the process of implementing this plan, it turned out that in order to resolve the Moroccan crisis, Britain and France decided to hold an international conference in Algeciras, Spain, to discuss the Moroccan question, and the participating countries were in addition to the five countries of Britain, France, Germany, and Seymour, as well as the United States, Russia, Austria, Italy, Belgium, Belgium, and Sweden, a total of thirteen countries.
Since the Moroccan crisis was originally provoked by Germany on its own initiative, and Wilhelm II planned to use the Moroccan crisis to put pressure on Britain and France, and test the bottom line of the Russian-French alliance, of course, he also wanted to occupy some convenience in Morocco, so he naturally had to deal with it seriously, so he could only temporarily put aside the plan to negotiate an alliance with East China.
However, the course of the Algeciras Conference was greatly unexpected by Wilhelm II, and among the thirteen countries present, only Austria-Hungary supported Germany's claim, and the others supported France, and Italy, which was an Entente with Germany and Austria-Hungary, also turned against the water at this conference and supported France's claim, while Austria-Hungary, although it supported Germany, opposed the use of war to solve the Moroccan crisis, and should be resolved through negotiations.
In this situation, Germany was forced to make concessions and renounce its demands, and finally the conference decided to recognize the independence of Morocco, but provided that the Moroccan police organization and security powers were to be administered by France and Spain, and that Moroccan finances should be subject to international supervision. The National Bank of Morocco was established with the financing of several participating Powers, but France held a majority stake, so that the Bank's activities were governed by French law.
As a result, Germany dismantled for a long time, not only did it not get anything, but it brought Britain and France closer, and even Italy separated itself from Germany, which can be said to be the biggest bookshelf in the Moroccan crisis.
After the Algeciras Conference, Wilhelm II immediately decided to start the process of alliance negotiations with East China, which was not to get back the face lost in the Moroccan crisis, but after the Moroccan crisis, Germany's diplomatic environment deteriorated considerably, not only did the Russian-French alliance not be dissolved, Britain was still getting closer to France, coupled with Italy's backlash, Wilhelm II found that Germany had no friends other than Austria-Hungary, and at this time with East China An alliance is the best way to alleviate Germany's strategic pressure.
The Emperor's decision was first fully supported by the Admiral Secretary Tirpitz, because in December 1906, Britain announced that the newly built battleship Dreadnought had officially joined the Royal Navy, and held a grand induction ceremony for this purpose, and called it the strongest battleship in the world, and a battleship twice as strong as any old warship.
It turned out that after the total destruction of the expeditionary fleet, although the Minister of the Navy Fisher resigned, the cabinet also announced the collective resignation, and the British will hold a new general election, but the anger of the people has not subsided, so at this time, there needs to be a new event to stimulate the people, to divert the attention of the people, and preferably to boost the confidence of the people in the navy.
The entry of the battleship Intrepid obviously met all these conditions, so the British Cabinet and the Admiralty decided to carry out a grand publicity on the entry of the battleship Intrepid.