As early as 1790, Japan and Russia began formal discussions on how to divide Sakhalin. From that time on, Japan and Russia began a long struggle over Sakhalin.

On April 15, 1870, the two countries' rivalry over Chinese Sakhalin Island officially came to an end with the official establishment of an anchorage in Vladivostok by the Chinese Navy's North Sea Fleet.

Beginning on April 19, warships of the North Sea Fleet began to manage around Sakhalin. The management method is simple: sink all non-Chinese ships when they see them.

On May 1, the main forces of the North Sea Fleet attacked the core Russian stronghold near Zimu Bay on Sakhalin. The heavy fire of 200 guns easily destroyed the poor fortifications on the Russians' shore, and the Marines began to annihilate the remnants of the enemy after landing. In the end, all the captives were shot.

As early as 1799, Tsarist Russia officially approved the establishment of the "Russo-American Company", whose task was to consolidate the territory of Tsarist Russia in the North Pacific and seize the Heilongjiang estuary and Sakhalin Island. By June, Russian-American companies had sensed that something was wrong. Too many strongholds have not been heard from, too many ships have not been found.

Although the Chinese emperor had made it clear in the previous paragraph that they only recognized the Sino-Russian border under the Treaty of Nebuchu, Russia really did not take the Chinese emperor's words seriously. The Chinese have not reached such a northerly area for more than two hundred years, and why can the Chinese emperor let Russia run the territory for more than a hundred years with a single word.

But the disappearance of so many strongholds and ships gave the Russians a strong warning that if it were not for the sudden appearance of a sea monster that only attacked the Russians, there was only one explanation for these things, the Chinese returned to the north.

By the time the Russians discovered the problem and were ready to send envoys to make diplomatic contacts with China, the situation was out of their control. On June 29, a Chinese fleet appeared at the mouth of the Heilongjiang River. The estuary of the Heilongjiang River is a place where Russian ships and shipyards are relatively dense. More than 60 percent of Russian ships in the Kuril Islands and Bering Sea are gathered here. When the Russians sent a warning signal, the Chinese warship rushed at a high speed that made the Russians fearless.

"Sink all the Russian ships!" The order was issued on board the flagship Qingdao. A total of four warships were dispatched for this sortie. In addition to the cruisers Qingdao and Wuzhou, two Xuzhou-class destroyers also joined the battle sequence of the North Sea Fleet. This is a destroyer with a displacement of 2500 tons, six boilers, two triple-type steam engines, five single-seat 125 guns. This fast destroyer is the new frontier of the Chinese naval fleet.

The officers and men on the warship were full of affection and high fighting spirit. The Russian wooden-hulled ships were powerless in the face of the 125-barrel rapid-fire guns, and the naval battle turned into a one-sided massacre. The destroyers had a shallow draft, they first reached the mouth of the Heilongjiang River at a speed of 15 knots, blocked the passage of the Russian ships escaping into the Heilongjiang River, and then divided into two routes, and cooperated with the cruisers to start a fierce bombardment of the Russian ships.

No matter what kind of good wood it is, it will all be pierced and smashed by these cannons. The blaster bomb contained ten kilograms of T. N。 T, as long as a burst bullet can enter the interior of these wooden hulls and detonate. The entire wooden ship was blown up from the inside.

At the end of the six-hour massacre, forty-seven Russian ships near the mouth of the Heilongjiang River were completely destroyed.

On June 30, the Chinese Navy shelled several shipyards near the mouth of the Heilongjiang River. After blowing up these shipyards and igniting the raging flames, the Chinese Navy did not fall in love with the war, turned around and left the mouth of the Heilongjiang River and turned south.

The conflict between China and Russia would have had a chance to make the biggest news in Europe, but when the Franco-Prussian War broke out on June 28, all of Europe's attention was focused on the war between the two countries.

France is an old European power, and after the Crimean War, it regained its position as the hegemon of Western and Central Europe. Prussia, on the other hand, was repeated several times by Napoleon I when Napoleon I dominated Europe. On the whole, European countries are relatively optimistic about France under Napoleon III.

Compared to the Franco-Prussian War, a war between the hegemons of continental Europe and the new powers of Central Europe, the war in the far east, or in the north, where birds do not lay eggs, could not arouse European interest in peacetime, let alone at a time when the Franco-Prussian War was in full swing. China did not announce its expansion of its army by 300,000 troops in 1870, and Europe lost interest in fighting between China and Russia.

Europeans showed no interest in China's war with Russia, and China's interest in the Franco-Prussian War was very limited. What the political bureau is really concerned about is whether the 300,000 troops can support themselves after they arrive in the northeast.

400,000 people have cultivated and cultivated 10 million mu of land, and they have to build railways, mines, and seaports. The area south of Shenyang soon became the world's largest industrial farming area.

While China was desperately engaged in domestic production, Prussia defeated the French army in front, captured Napoleon III, and began to attack Paris. The French bourgeoisie staged a coup d'état, overthrew the empire established by Nassan, and established a republic. Field Marshal Bazin, commander of the French Army Group Rhine, engaged in secret negotiations with Prussia, and this defection was a blow to republican France. As a result, one of France's most elite armies (170,000 men) surrendered without a fight on October 27, 1870, after 72 days of siege of Metz.

To borrow a poem written by Mrs. Hua Rui in China, it is really "170,000 people are disarmed, and none of them are men." ”

In Nanjing, Ruan Xihao, political commissar of the Northern Military Region, proudly announced, "The military reclamation outside the customs is 10 million mu, and the average yield per mu is 214 catties." per capita food production...... Five! Thousand! Catty! ”

It was the first time that most of the delegates had heard such a terrible number, and the per capita production of grain was five thousand catties, that is, one person could feed ten people. Everyone is suspecting that Ruan Xihao is talking nonsense with his eyes open.

But Weeser stood up and took the lead and began to applaud. Looking at the stunned expressions of the delegates below, Wei Ze simply raised his hands above his head and began to clap them. Now that Wei Ze took the lead, everyone also began to stand up and applaud. As the applause became more and more enthusiastic, many comrades also began to cheer.

In the thunderous applause and cheers, Ruan Xihao was a little stunned at first, and then his eyes turned red, and he actually shed tears. Nguyen Hi Ho had never received such warm treatment, and it was not the applause and cheers given to him by the troops under his command, but the recognition and support given to Nguyen Hi Ho by the national representatives.

Wait for Weser to wave everyone to quiet down, and take the lead to sit down. The inside of the venue finally calmed down for a while.

Ruan Xihao introduced his belief in the development of the border outside the border, and finally he said: "We, the Northern Military Region, have implored the central government to hope that every province can emigrate 1,000 to 10,000 households outside the border. We assure you that every household that arrives at our military region, regardless of men, women, and children, will immediately receive 10 acres of land. If they feel that 10 acres of land is not enough, and then apply to cultivate more land for cultivation, our military region will definitely be satisfied. We do not lack land, let alone jobs and education opportunities during the slack period, we only lack people now. ”

Many problems have been encountered in the land reform in various provinces, and the biggest problem is the shortage of land. One acre of land can harvest 214 catties, which cannot be regarded as bad land. Men and women, old and young, will be given ten acres of land, and if you have the ability to plant more, you can be encouraged to plant. In addition to the fact that immigration is more troublesome, the conditions are unimaginably better. If it weren't for the fact that Ruan Xihao said this in front of the national deputies, and the leaders, including Wei Ze, were listening to it together, everyone would never believe it.

A considerable number of leaders did not doubt this, and the more agricultural the province, the more everyone believed in Nguyen Hi Ho's words. As soon as the tractor entered agriculture, farming became easy. The key to farming is often those days or ten days, and the work that could not be completed by manpower in the past can be easily completed by tractors. With the popularization of iron farming tools, the depth of ploughing can finally exceed 20 centimeters, and as soon as the tractor appears, it is no longer a dream to plough to 30 centimeters. What's more, manpower consumption is greatly reduced.

In those areas where tractors are being introduced, the number of people who can be recruited when the reservoir is built is greatly increased. When the local government was looking for short-term workers at the forestry farms, the number of applicants increased significantly. I'm not so tired, and I can make more money, who wouldn't do it.

As soon as the central government appoints the task of resettlement, the localities immediately take action. At the time of the Paris Commune uprising in 1871, Liaoning welcomed a population of 200,000 households.

The Northern Corps showed the unique efficiency of the army, with a population of 200,000 and millions of people being resettled in the blink of an eye. These people may not really be willing to go to the border to farm, but after the immigration is dispersed to the grassroots level, it is nothing at all. There is pressure on it, and there are always families everywhere who are not very willing to stay in the local area. Most of them were on trains, ships, and trucks for the first time in their lives. It was also the first time that most of them really realized that what the government said actually counted.

After arriving outside the gates, they had decent accommodation, brand new farming tools, free seeds, their own land, and an army that was eager to help them. Rations for the first year are also free. There is only one thing to do, and that is to pick up the hoe and start farming. It didn't matter what they had encountered in the pass, and what kind of reason they had to leave. A whole new life unfolds before their eyes.

Nguyen Hee Ho also breathed a long sigh of relief when he learned that the migrant job had been resettled. Military reclamation is a matter of last resort, and the army does need its own farms, but it will never reach the point of 10 million acres. As soon as the land is divided, the food supply will be stable. All the Northern Military District has to do now is to start moving north, recapturing the Chinese territories occupied by the Russians.

It is very difficult to reclaim millions of square kilometers of land with 100,000 people, but when this task is undertaken by 400,000 people, the difficulty naturally plummets. Not to mention that behind the army are millions of Chinese people.