Karsakov and Kohl were ready to fight for peace, and Gohinga actually planned to do the same. Moreover, the strategies of the two sides are basically the same, both of them want to fight a quick battle and force the other side to sue for peace with their absolute superiority in the war situation. However, the timing of the two sides was different, with Karsakov preparing to start in the spring, while Gohchena was preparing to end the war before winter came.

In order to be able to achieve a thunderous blow, Guo Xinga also made a bloody investment, he gathered all the active troops, and even the Japanese mercenaries also received orders to go north, and the rear was all guarded by recruits and police. Li Zhi, Kan Changcheng, Nash and others all remained in the rear, and they were ordered to form new divisions and regiments, and to ensure the stability of the rear of Guoxinga. Only a few of them, who have no intersection with the imperial court and are absolutely loyal to Guoxinga, can they rest assured that Guoxinga and Pi Runmin can be reassured. The possibility of the British sneaking up on the back is very low, but the possibility that the imperial court will take the opportunity to do it behind the back is very likely. The officials of the Qing Dynasty did not have much awareness of national righteousness, they attached more importance to the righteousness of the monarch and the ministers, and joined hands with Lao Maozi to kill the feudal town of Guoxing'a, and the imperial court would definitely do it. It is precisely for this reason that Bi Yuntao, Bo Ritu, Ji Ying and others must go with Guo Xing'a, otherwise in the middle of the battle, there will suddenly be a situation where the left-behind generals will be attached to the imperial court anyway, and Guo Xing'a will be in trouble.

Strategically, Guoxinga arranged a total of six route armies, which were organized into five group army groups. Bi Yuntao, commander of the First Army Group, had the 1st, 7th, and 11th Divisions under his command, and had two artillery brigades, one cavalry brigade, and two special infantry brigades. It is planned to march into Yaksa and directly target Yakutsk, an important northern town in the Russian Far East, in an effort to eliminate Russia's northern base camp. The commander of the Second Army Group was Acton, with the 2nd and 6th Divisions under its command, and two artillery brigades and four task force infantry brigades. It was planned to send Fuyuan to attack Boli, and at the same time outflank from the east, conquer the line from Hongke to Miaojie, and recover all the lost territory north of Heilongjiang and east of the Ussuri River except for Sakhalin Island.

Ji Ying, commander of the Third Army Group, had the Fourth, Seventh, and Eleventh Divisions under his command, and had an artillery brigade, two cavalry brigades, and two task force infantry brigades. It was planned to attack Nebuchu out of Manchuria, and continue to advance to the northwest, capture the line from Kiliansk to Yeniseisiansk, and cut off the connection between Eastern Siberia and Russia proper. Cheng Tai, commander of the Fourth Army Group, was also personally commanded by Guo Xing'a and Tan Shaoguang, and had the 3rd, 9th, and 10th divisions under his command, and three special infantry brigades. At the same time, the Special Task Force of the 1st Guards Brigade and the Strategic Artillery Group directly under Goxinga also fought together with the Fourth Army Group because of the relationship between Goxinga and the General Staff Headquarters on this road. The task of the Fourth Army Group was to cross the Heilongjiang River to recover Hailanpao, and in the follow-up eastward advance, cooperate with the Second Army Group to complete the encirclement and annihilation of the main forces of the Armu and Primorsky Territories in the Russian Far East. The main forces and population of the Russian army in the Far East are concentrated here, as long as Lao Maozi here is completely annihilated, not only will all the homeland be recovered, but there will be no one left for Russia in the Far East.

The commander of the Fifth Army Group, Bo Zhitu, had the newly formed 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Mongolian cavalry divisions under his command, and four light cavalry brigades. Bozhtu did not have to be small in number of people along the way, but it was much weaker in terms of firepower, except for a few heavy guns belonging to the division, almost all of them were small-caliber artillery, and the number was not very large. But the task of Bo Ritu is also different from others, others are tough battles, and Bo Ritu is a surprise attack behind enemy lines. His troops were all cavalry, and they were quite fast. Goxinga wanted to take advantage of the Mongolian cavalry's ability to run long distances, allowing them to cross the border at high speed and go straight to Irkutsk, the capital of Eastern Siberia, Russia.

The Sixth Route Army was not organized into army groups, because they came from the sea and were not land forces. Since even Baikal is going to be brought back, Gohin has no scruples, and he is ready to make a big deal out of it. The north of Siberia is very cold, and there are not many people in Russia, so Gohinga is ready to let the army of the sea and land cooperate to eat all of it. Therefore, he planned to have the Yellow Sea Fleet take the lead in attacking, with the North Sea Fleet cooperating, and the 3rd Marine Brigade as the main backbone to carry out landing operations and completely occupy the far north. The main task of the North Sea Fleet was to annihilate the Russian Pacific Fleet, which had only a few broken ships in the early stage, and to recover Sakhalin Island. The Yellow Sea Fleet, which was heading north, transported the 3rd Brigade in Vladivostok to the Kamchatka Peninsula and cooperated with the 1st Army Group to completely annihilate the Russian northern cluster.

At four o'clock in the morning of July 27, the sixth year of Tongzhi, Guo Xing'a gave an order, and the armies of all walks of life began a general attack on the Russian army at the same time. Because the two armies were only facing each other across the river, the battle was the most intense. Taking advantage of the dim light at dawn, Tan Shaoguang's old team, the Third Infantry Division of the Army, crossed the Heilongjiang River lightly, landed near the 64th Tun in Jiangdong, and after establishing a beachhead, it prepared to erect a pontoon bridge to welcome the follow-up troops across the river. However, during the crossing of the 10th Division, they were spotted by the cruisers of the Russian Almu River River Flotilla.

The main force of the Heilongjiang fleet, which was covering the crossing of the river, immediately sank the patrolling Russian ship, but the army had already exposed the target. The Heilongjiang fleet quickly approached the port of Hailanpao, and with its absolute firepower superiority, the Russian fleet was sealed in the port. At the same time, six huge helium airships rose into the sky, and the North Manchurian strategic artillery group began to cover the Hailan Pao City on the other side of the river and the positions of the Russian army along the river.

Guoxinga is a staunch supporter of artillery doctrine, so in addition to a large number of exclusive artillery brigades in North Manchuria, there is also a strategic artillery cluster directly under Kong Zhen led by Kong Zhen. The biggest feature of this artillery group is that there are many guns, and there are many large-caliber artillery, in addition to artillery, they are only equipped with infantry self-defense weapons, and even shouted the slogan that artillery is the only weapon. However, they did not only have artillery, the first combat spacecraft of the North Manchurian Air Force were equipped with them.

Guo Xing'a likes to use the golden finger the most, and he can't make an airplane under the current conditions, but the treasure of the Zeppelin can't be wasted. Under the personal auspices of Guo Xing'a, North Manchurian has built twelve huge aluminum alloy skeleton electric helium airships, laying the prototype of the North Manchurian Air Force. The main task of these airships is to reconnoiter the enemy's situation and reorganize the firing coordinates for strategic artillery clusters, but they also have very strong combat effectiveness. Although completely powered by diesel-electric power, they can reach speeds of more than 100 kilometers per hour, carry two air tons* with their boats, and are ready for tactical bombing.

The war between North Manchuria and Tsarist Russia, the first Far Eastern war known internationally as the International, began with such a one-sided artillery fire.