On May 31, 1855, the Second "Siege of Petropavlovsk" officially began, and the military forces of the two sides were compared as follows:

29 warships of the Anglo-Flesian and Flannesian forces, including 6 steam warships and 4 small steam ships of the vassal maritime merchants of Sanjiang & Co., while the Lucian navy did not even have a single warship;

In terms of numbers, the Anglo-Buddhist army had nearly 7,000 men, while the governor of Eastern Siberia in Lucia had only more than 4,000 soldiers in his hands.

Although the strength of the sailors ashore was greatly reduced, the strength of the opponents was more seriously mixed, so the battle began to be one-sided.

Through the captured captives, the coalition forces learned the reason why the opponent was so weak:

It turned out that after many weakenings, especially after last year's attacks, Lucia was already exhausted in the Far East, and there were serious divisions within it.

In fact, Rusya's strength in the North Pacific was not good in the first place, and it was only last year that Kamchatka was supplied with a thousand soldiers through the Wulong River, which could barely support it - but because of the white lord's resistance, the big supply down the river was carried out only once and had to end without a problem.

At that time, the Rusians did not think about a full-scale retreat, and the Governor of Eastern Siberia, Muravyov, believed that "only a strategic contraction, a complete abandonment of Petropavlovsk, and a withdrawal to Okhotsk are the right way." ”

However, because of two failures - the destruction of the stronghold at the mouth of the Wulong River in 1852 and the failure of the Wulong River supply in 1854, especially the latter, his prestige was greatly damaged, so a powerful figure came forward to challenge him, and this person was the envoy Pu Jiating.

Pugartin was sent from Europa to Fuso, accompanied by four warships, and far surpassed the Okhotsk District Fleet in strength, which was already inferior and was split in two by the Alaskan Gold Rush, so Pugartin was able to meddle in the affairs of the navy, relying on his strength and his previous experience in the Lucian Navy, to become the de facto commander of the fleet.

Although Pugarting did not deny that the Great Supply of the Wulongjiang River may have been carried out by the British, he still believed that "Kamchatka is remote, and it is impossible for England to attack in a big way" - the distance made communication inconvenient, and the Lusians in the Far East only knew that they had declared war with the British and Buddhists, but did not know much about the specific situation, so Pugartin seriously underestimated the risks.

At the same time, the Lu people were reluctant to leave, and this sentiment also affected Pujiating.

Everyone is living well in Kamchatka, and it is easy to say that this person has lost his family and business, but the loss of this person is real, who will compensate - the Governor's Office of East Siberia has no money, and it is not that there is suffering to swallow it yourself.

In addition, the big retreat is very troublesome to arrange, who goes first and who goes later, and in addition, Okhotsk is a small city of several thousand people, where to eat and live, what to do, do you continue to retreat? But now that the Wulong River channel is not safe, can everyone still go north along the wilderness and lofty mountains?

Therefore, in the eyes of everyone, there is no difference between retreating to Okhotsk and holding on to Kamchatka - in fact, the difference is quite large, at least in Okhotsk you can scatter and flee, while Petropavlovsk is surrounded by mountains and cannot escape.

In this dispute, Pugartin's side had the upper hand - since the Lucians had few merchant ships and few fishing boats in the Far East, they really had to rely on the naval warships to retreat, so Pugartin, who had firmly controlled the navy, had a great deal to say.

As the governor of Eastern Siberia, Muravyov did not really want to retreat without a fight, and the recent failure of the supply of the Wulong River also caused him to lose some self-confidence, so he eventually retreated, and the Lusians decided to hold on to Kamchatka.

However, Muravyov proved to be much more visionary than Pugartin, and in August-October 1854, the Anglo-French coalition attacked Kamchatka.

After a hard struggle and a large ransom fee, the enemy finally left.

But unexpectedly, an even greater disaster came after the war.

At that time, the Anglo-Buddhist forces easily swept away all the important ports of Lusia in the Far East, and Petropavlovsk, Okhotsk, Ayan, Nikolaevsk and Novomarinsk all escaped the net.

What's even more terrifying is that the Lucian naval army led by Pugarting was also wiped out, and most of the merchant ships and fishing boats sank to the bottom of the sea.

Because the coalition forces blocked Avacha Bay at that time, Muravyov did not know anything about this - the English Admiral Plath did not leak this information to his opponent because of strategic considerations, that is, he was afraid that the Lu people would jump over the wall.

Therefore, until November, when Petropavlovsk was closed due to freezing, Governor Muravyov did not wait for the return of the naval army, and he also received it from Novomarinsk

Bad news.

When the coalition forces attacked the area, a fish slipped through the net - the captain of a merchant ship suddenly became interested in going to sea to fish, and escaped the catastrophe.

As a result, before the ice fell, the captain came to report the loss of most of the merchant ships.

At that time, the Lucians were in an uproar, the navy did not appear for a long time, most of the merchant ships were lost, and many warehouses were reduced to ashes in the front offensive and defensive battles.

Governor Muravyov immediately adopted iron-blooded measures, placing all houses, food, medicines, and supplies under the direct control of the governor's palace, and adopting a strict distribution system.

However, the material is really tight, and the distribution system can only ensure that there is no waste but cannot increase the total amount, so this winter in Petropavlovsk is extremely miserable:

First and foremost were the local natives, who were already small in number due to years of harsh governance, and were completely wiped out in this disaster.

The next to suffer were the Cossacks.

Because of the lack of food, the horses of the Cossack cavalry were forced to serve on the table.

Unlike the natives, the Cossacks were armed, and the Lusians had many fierce clashes with them, with heavy casualties on both sides - not enough houses, scarce medicines, lack of food, and insufficient supplies to protect them from the cold, so most of the wounded did not survive this cold winter.

In addition, as the situation worsened, the civilians and merchants of Rusia did not escape the catastrophe - the rebels looted everywhere, violence continued to occur, and Governor Muravyov only focused on protecting the families of soldiers and merchants of noble backgrounds in order to ensure the loyalty of his subordinates, so Petropavlovsk turned into a living hell during this winter.

When spring came, the Lusians were on the verge of collapse - the organization was chaotic, the decree was not working, only force was the goal, and Muravyov was completely relying on high pressure to maintain the situation.

So, when five ships of the North Pacific and China Sea Expedition arrived in Kamchatka in mid-May, they saw an unusually tragic sight of ragged Rusians in the wilderness in search of food, sometimes starting a fierce battle with a few voles.

Moreover, when it became known that there were a large number of supplies on the Mi fleet, the two sides almost clashed, but it was Governor Muravyov who performed military law to suppress the situation that was on the verge of breaking out at that time.

At that time, Rogers, the commander of the Mi Naval Army, was ready to evacuate immediately, but Muravyov took out a lot of money and was ready to hire a rice boat to transport people away, and the total amount of ten dollars per person, plus the transportation of ordnance and other valuables, reached an astonishing amount of 100,000 dollars!

The money was appealing, and after selling the ship's supplies for a whopping thirty thousand dollars, Rogers agreed to the Lucian request.

But the Lucians had lost their organization by this time, because there were several fires in the order of evacuation, so when the English Xiangjiang detachment arrived on May 20, the first transport had not yet begun!

After receiving this information, the two admirals of England, Plath and Styrin, decided to attack immediately - although Petropavlovsk was surrounded by mountains and basically relied on sea routes, if Muravyov saw that the situation was not good, he decided to flee with hundreds of men with gold, and this would be a loss of both men and money.

As soon as the battle began, the Lucians surrendered.

The rice people brought a lot of supplies, but they were all firmly controlled by the Governor's Palace, and everyone was still starving. And the other side claims to be able to give enough food, so what are you waiting for, you can't fight anyway, let's talk about a few days of full food - later, later, later, now it's about survival.

Governor Muravyov claimed to have more than 4,000 soldiers, but many of them were civilians before, and were forced to take up their ordnance just to feed and find a place to live.

In fact, in the first Petropavlovsk siege last year, Rusya suffered nearly a thousand casualties, half of which were elite standing troops, and the Cossack cavalry and the Doge's palace had completely turned on the previous winter, so that Muravyov's well-trained soldiers at this time were no more than 700 men.

In peacetime, there was no problem, after all, Muravyov had the superior forces in his hands and was the governor of Eastern Siberia who had accumulated power for a long time, but when this large army pressed the border, the internal cracks were completely revealed, and after three days, the four thousand soldiers fell apart.

The losses of the coalition forces were minimal - most of the Lucians raised their hands and surrendered when they saw that the situation was not good.

After that, the coalition forces began to besiege the Lu people

The latter fortress - a group of fortifications built around the Doge's Palace.

After five days of fierce fighting, the surrendered Cossacks were the first to bravely storm the governor's palace, so Muravyov ordered arson to the enemy, but at this time the people were panicked, and the attendant in charge of lighting the fire was killed from behind by his companions, and the governor's palace fell.

However, to the regret of the coalition leadership, Muravyov, the governor of Irkutsk and Eastern Siberia in Lusya, who ordered the capture alive, was hit by a stray bullet during the battle and died instantly.

It is said that when Muravyov was dying, he shouted, "The Far Eastern dream of the empire should not be shattered like this!" The Amur River is the eastern flank of the Empire's take-off, and it deserves to be seized in my hands! St. Andrew's flag, you should always-"

The commanders of the coalition forces who heard these last words all felt sorry for Muravyov.

Of course, the regret quickly dissipated, and the coalition forces seized a large amount of gold from the Governor's Palace, which, together with the previous robbery from the rice boats, according to John Jr.'s estimates, added up to nearly 130,000 gold ounces - about four tons, worth about 500,000 pounds!

Around this huge amount of money, the upper echelons of the coalition army started a fight, and the intensity even exceeded the previous battle!

According to John Jr.'s later account, the two Admirals of England first joined forces to subdue the Frankish Admirals - after all, out of a total of 25 warships, the Francis had only one warship, the Constantine, and they were not strong without a soldier in their hands.

In the end, the Buddha received only 17,000 pounds.

And Little John of Sanjiang received 15,000 pounds sterling - he provided four small steam warships and a merchant ship, and the cost of the white lord's supply was also counted in the account of Sanjiang Foreign Company.

Of course, in private, John Jr. received a lot of compensation - after all, he was England's own people, but on the surface he shared less than the Francis.

Because Sanjiang provided a lot of supplies and made a great contribution, Captain Francie was blocked and had nothing to say.

As for the remaining gold, it was worth about 468,000 pounds, and how it was divided, Little John didn't know, but Admiral Plath of the Pacific Troop and Admiral Stellin of the Xiangjiang Detachment were all happy all day long, and it must have been a happy share of the spoils!

It's time to break up after the money is divided:

On June 13, Admiral Plath and his warship went to Alaska, the source of the gold, and the Constantine of France also went with him, presumably because he had not caught enough gold, and wanted to find an opportunity to make some money.

The English Xiangjiang detachment, led by Admiral Styrin, went to attack the port of Okhotsk - the gold is estimated to be unavailable, but it is not bad to mix up the battle with a few shots.

As for Petropavlovsk, the coalition left some supplies and left it alone - there were too many prisoners to manage, except for a few dozen important people who were captured on the ship, and the others were left to fend for themselves.

At this point, the Second Kamchatka Siege ended, and the time began with the surprise attack of the Xiangjiang Detachment in the early morning of May 20 to the departure of the Allied forces from Hong Kong on June 13, a total of only 25 days, and ended in the complete victory of the Allied forces.

But although this battle was short, the ripples behind it were indeed not small:

First of all, because neutral Mi had warships to participate in the Lucia military operation, which caused a high degree of vigilance in England, and as an excuse, the British began to suppress the development of Mi in China. And the rice people, who were not strong, were forced to retreat and lost a lot of benefits.

Secondly, after Admiral Plath led the Pacific team to Alaska, he participated in the attack on Alaska - the Quebec region, which was rich in gold, took the initiative to provoke a dispute in the summer of 1855, and after the Pacific team joined, the advantage was greatly increased, and finally the official invasion began.

Even in the spring of 1856, after the parties to the Crimean War began to negotiate peace, Quebec continued to attack, so that the successor Emperor of Lucia, Alexander II, had to reluctantly part his love and transfer the land to England for a low price of £1.45 million in the same year.

The cheap sale of the gold source exacerbated the discontent of the great nobles of Lucia against Alexander II, which led to a series of infighting.

To add insult to injury, the English began to pay attention to the mouth of the Oolong River because of this battle, which led to the serious curbing of Lucia's expansion in the Far East - after the Crimean War, Lucia abandoned its expansion in the direction of the Balkans and concentrated on the Far East and Central Asia. Due to the complete destruction of the territories along the North Pacific coast, Central Asia became the main offensive area of Lucia.

And the white lord where Naoxiu and the others are located was finally able to breathe, and thus entered a period of great development.