On the afternoon of June 22, 1854, the White Lord, with four steam ships as the main force, routed Lucia's garrison at Miaotun.

Next, the land group began to further build fortifications to prepare for the battle - because the battle was actually only halfway here, and there was a large army of Lucia going down the Wulong River, and the garrison of the Lusia people in Miaotun actually did not lose much, most of them fled, if the opponent gathered the remnants and attacked at night or something, this would not be okay without precautions.

But why did Rusia organize a large army to come to the temple at this time, was it because the governor of Eastern Siberia, Muravyov, did not change his mind and insisted on occupying the eastern outlet to the sea, didn't it mean that many of the great nobles in St. Petersburg were opposed to provoking disputes in the Far East at a time when the situation in Europa was tense?

In fact, the two are not contradictory:

As the situation on Europa becomes more serious, Lucia finds that her fears are right - the supporters behind her direct rival, the Ottoman Empire, have finally taken the initiative to emerge: the two great powers of England and France.

On January 4, 1854, 25 warships of the two powerful forces entered the Black Sea to escort the Ottoman convoy.

On 6 February, Lucia announced the severance of diplomatic relations with England and France.

On 10 February, Nicholas I received the English mission in St. Petersburg, after which talks broke down completely – war continued to draw.

On 21 February, Lucia declared a state of war with England and France.

At the same time, Nicholas I and his ministers carefully studied the map and discovered that there was a possible battlefield beyond the continent of Europa, and that was Alaska in North America, which bordered Quebec, the English colony in North Mi. And if the adversary sends a fleet to attack Alaska, will it attack the neighboring Kamchatka Peninsula and the Pacific Littoral?

Well, you have to be on guard.

In fact, this concern is justified, in this war, England and France did attack Kamchatka later, but the reason is completely different from what the Rusians thought - the English side was worried that the Lusia would attack their caravans in the Far East from Kamchatka south, so they attacked Kamchatka, not because they wanted to attack Alaska and attack Kamchatka, which is a typical fear of the wolf with a twine, and both sides amplified their fear in the shadow of the war.

Under this fear, St. Petersburg agreed to the plan of the Governor of Eastern Siberia, Muravyov, for a large supply, but put two iron hoops on his head, one is not to provoke the Tang people when going down the Wulong River - you must not go to war with the whole world, and the other is that you can raise the manpower and material resources needed for the big supply yourself.

In fact, this second article is not intended to embarrass Muravyov, mainly because at this time the essence of Lucia was in Europa, and the transportation between it and distant Siberia was inconvenient, and it was too difficult to supply - at that time, there was no railway in Siberia, only a Siberian post road, which was not only far away but also in extremely bad condition.

The post road from St. Petersburg to the important city of Nerchensk in Eastern Siberia is about 7,000 kilometers long, "muddy in spring, watery in summer, potholed in winter" - the famous writer Chekhov once described the Siberian post road: "This is probably the most unseemly road in the world...... Extremely difficult to walk, but very long. ”

Now it's winter again, plus the plateau march, it is estimated that the infantry has not yet arrived, and the road will have to lose thirty percent, who will suffer this - as for the summer supply, then wait until the summer, we were beaten by a group in Europa, who knows what kind of bird we can beat?

In addition, Muravyov was really able to get his own supplies - because his full official title was Irkutsk and Eastern Siberia, in addition to the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Okhotsk region, he also managed the Irkutsk province in the Far East, which is the upper reaches of the Oolong River, colonized and developed since about 1652, and the mining industry is relatively developed, in short, he can really spare some forces to support Kamchatka and other coastal territories.

In fact, Governor Muravyov has always been obsessed with his imperial plan for the Pacific outlet to the sea - Emperor Nicholas I also privately supported him, the so-called great supply to the Pacific coastal area, he was worried about the attack of the fleets of England and France, but at the same time he also wanted to take the opportunity to prove that the Far East of the empire could be linked through the Oolong River, otherwise why did he deliberately make so many preparations in advance - Lucia's shipping industry was backward, and he worked hard to get three steamships, in order to open up the Oolong River basin.

In a world without Naoxiu, Muravyov's 1854 Great Supplies to the Far East was successfully completed, and he made four voyages along the main route of the Wulong River, which fully proved his vision and the importance of the Wulong River to the empire, and when Rusia was defeated in the Crimean War, he finally turned his attention to the Far East, and began to expand continuously.

But now that Naoxiu has appeared, Muravyov's big supply plan has naturally been greatly challenged.

On the afternoon of June 22nd, the battle of Miaotun ended, and by half past eight in the evening, it was already obvious that the moonlight was very good tonight, and the fog was not thick, so the four steam ships of the white lord pulled anchor and set sail, and took the initiative to meet the fleet of the Luya people upstream - it is good to be the boss himself, and there is no need to explain the source in detail, a secret guard of Xianheng Foreign Bank dispelled all the doubts of his subordinates.

As for why he was not afraid of the rout, he warned Lucia's supply fleet in advance, of course, because of the power of science and technology - although the white lord's steamship did not run as fast as a horse, this refers to the situation that the Pirov winter camp is only 80 kilometers from Miaotun. Horses can't run at high speed for a long time, and they will be exhausted after a maximum of 200 kilometers a day, but the steamship will not be tired.

The staff officer has estimated that the speed of the Lusia supply fleet is about 128 kilometers per day, and according to the calculation of June 25 to Miaotun, there are at least more than 300 kilometers away from here, considering that there are barren mountains and mountains in the vicinity and there are no official roads, even if the luck of the Cossack cavalry is against the sky, it will take more than a day to see the supply team - it can be calculated at night, and the speed of the white main steam ship is eight knots, and it can run 356 kilometers in 24 hours, even if the countercurrent is a little slower, but the steam ship can reach the front when it departs late, so it can't be missed.

Besides, in this wild land, even if the Lucian people received a warning in advance, there were only two ways to go: one was to turn around and go north, and the white lord would not continue to chase, and more than seventy small boats could run away; The second is that the Lu people get off the ship, but they can get off the ship in this kind of place, and the supplies are enough? If you don't bring enough, you'll have a lot of fun, and you can support yourself for a few days by hunting.

Therefore, as long as the steamship of the Lucian is destroyed, even if the trip is successful, after all, according to the current strength of the white master, it can only be involved from the side and not just head-on - it is okay to make trouble, but it is not allowed to completely block the strength.

Manjiro Nakahama, the head of the navy, also understood this, so he also agreed to the strategy of destroying the ship.

But before he led the fleet away, Naoxiu still made a special suggestion:

"People are in the boat, and the ship is on my side, so don't be greedy."

Manjiro said in his heart, "This still needs to be said", but he was still happier that Naohide didn't follow him to make trouble, so he set off proudly, "Meritorious service is today!" ”

In fact, Zhixiu still can't rest assured, because this time in Miaotun did not block the two steamships originally found, the steamboat is not enough, but there is a sail steam hybrid warship, if it also goes north in advance to meet the supply fleet, there will definitely be a fight.

But it was useless to worry, Naohide had to take the others to start boarding the ship and retreating - the navy was defeated, the white lord couldn't hold it, more than 110 soldiers and 44 sailors, against 800 infantry, 100 Cossacks, 1 artillery detachment and more than 200 routs, 1 to 8, it's not easy to do; Moreover, the debate boat is sail powered, and the power on the river road is insufficient, and it may not be able to run at that time, and the scalp is numb when you think about it, so Naohide and the others can only evacuate first.

Around 8 a.m. on June 24, Manjiro Nakahama took it

With four steam ships catching up with the convoy of scholars on the way to retreat, Naohide will rush to the vicinity of the mouth of the Wulong River.

Seeing that the four steam ships were unscathed and the sailors were all smiling, everyone knew that this was a complete victory, and they did not know who would take the lead, and the cheers came one after another, startling countless birds on both sides of the strait.

It turned out that Manjiro went north overnight, and finally blocked the supply fleet at about half past one in the afternoon of the next day.

Because of the smoke of the steamer, the White Lord Navy revealed its whereabouts in advance, and the first thing they encountered at that time was the steam-sail hybrid warship of the Lucian people.

The water was about 400 meters wide, but Nakahama Manjiro did not engage the enemy ships, and he ordered the four steam ships to fight and retreat in two echelons, and it took more than half an hour to force the opponent to abandon the ship. Then the White Lord's naval army approached and sank the hybrid warship with live ammunition.

After that, it's a chase.

The enemy's reaction was also very fast, and when the white lord's steam ship saw the large fleet of the Lu people, the other party had basically landed on the shore, but the firing range once again became the fatal wound of the other party, and the artillery detachment was quickly killed and wounded, and the black medicine was also detonated, and the remaining enemies hid in the woods on both sides, and the materials that were too late to take away were also burned by nine-pound grenades.

But the two steamships mentioned by Naohide are gone.

After thinking about it, Manjiro ordered to continue the pursuit upstream, and he was not bad, four and a half hours later, at about seven o'clock in the afternoon, the white main naval army finally caught up with the two steam freighters, and the result after that was self-explanatory—it was not easy for the warships to beat the cargo ships, and soon the two wooden ships were filled with smoke, and then they were also sent to the bottom of the river with live ammunition.

It was still dark at this time, and Manjiro quickly returned home after announcing his victory.

That night, it was also the bright moon, and Wan Jiro chased all the way, and after more than 20 hours of sailing, he finally caught up with the Biancai fleet near the mouth of the Wulong River.

After receiving the ten remaining soldiers in the Pirov winter camp, the eight ships immediately headed south—they took it when they saw it, and withdrew when they were done.

In this northward attack, the white lord dispatched a total of four steam ships, four defense ships, accompanied by a standing army of 180 men and 44 sailors, and the results and losses were as follows:

The immediate results included the capture of a camp, the Perovdon camp, the uprooting of one outpost, the Nikolaevsk outpost (Miaotun), the sinking of a hybrid warship and two steam cargo ships, and the sinking of several small boats—because of the pursuit of the steam cargo ships, the navy did not attack more than seventy small ships in a big way, and the number of enemies killed is unknown—the ten Cossack cavalry of the Perovdong camp, the more than thirty corpses of the Miaotun, and the artillery crew of a Lusia are quite vague.

More importantly, the strategic purpose was achieved, and the Governor Muravyov's great supply plan was basically in vain - without steamboats, the speed of supply through the Wulong River would be greatly reduced, and it might be canceled.

As for Muravyov, Naohide believes that this stoic bandit leader will definitely be able to get out of the wilderness - the future is long, and everyone will have to fight in the future.

The only regret is that there is no trace of other ships of the fleet in the Okhotsk district in Miaotun - in fact, Naoxiu is a little greedy, and it is impossible to think about it, at this time, the ice period in the northern part of the Whale Sea has not completely ended, since it did not appear in October last year, it is very unlikely that it will appear now.

As for the battle damage, it was insignificant, there were no casualties, it was just that some ammunition and charcoal were expended.

So this expedition is another big victory!

And Naohide is also preparing to play ruthlessly again in August this year, when the combined fleet of England and France will attack Kamchatka, will he also take the opportunity to add some fierce material?

When Naoxiu was immersed in the infinite reverie of the future, the Fanshi on the ship was looking forward to returning to the white lord as soon as possible and seeing their relatives as soon as possible.