Alexander III was at the end of his crossbow, and he forced himself to finish what he wanted to say: "...... I have heard that there is a saying in ancient Chinese people that one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, if the weak Qing court still controls China, but if the strong Hu Zhen controls this China, this Eurasian continent looks very large, but it will definitely not tolerate an Oros Empire and a Chinese Empire, and there will inevitably be a war between the two tigers. ”

"Yes, Father, I see what you mean!" Nicholas II now looked resolute, and he finally understood where he was headed.

Immediately after leaving the palace of Alexander III, Nicholas II summoned a meeting of his ministers.

At this time, the top leaders of the Oros Empire were divided into two factions in order to decide whether to start a full-scale war with the Chinese Empire. One faction was led by the Minister of Finance Sergei. Witte, as a representative, saw the difficulties and suggested that instead of lightly starting a war against China, we should make certain concessions, and at the same time strengthen preparations for war, and wait for an opportunity to fight a decisive battle when the Trans-Siberian Railway is opened to traffic and the transportation capacity is improved. The other faction, represented by the Imperial Minister Alexander Bezobrazov, the Minister of Internal Affairs Vyacheslav Previ, and the Minister of War Alexei, advocated an immediate war.

As soon as the meeting began, the two factions quarreled.

Nicholas II didn't want to waste time, he said directly: "My father and I have decided that the Oros Empire will immediately go to war against the Chinese Empire!" ”

"Your Highness, this is ......" Chancellor of the Exchequer Witte was greatly surprised, and he had been encouraging Nicholas II to start a war against the Chinese Empire only after the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway, but he did not expect Nicholas II to make a decision so quickly.

Nicholas II waved his hand and said: "Don't discuss the question of whether to start a war against China, what we want to discuss today is the question of how to conduct a war." ”

As soon as Alexei heard this, he immediately played the role of a mouthpiece, but he still had a little vision of the Minister of War in military arrangements: "Your Highness is wise, this battle must be fought, and it is more advantageous to fight early than late, in order to unify the command, we propose that the army forces in the Far East be organized into two fronts, and the army in the Far East Pacific Primorsky region will be unified into the Far Eastern Front, with Amur Governor Gorodikov as the commander of the front, commanding the 470,000 troops in the Amur and Primorsky regions."

All the armies of the immediate Baikal region were organized into the Baikal Front, with the commander of the Front, Archduke Nikolai Nikolayevich Romanov Nicholas, as the commander of the Front, under the unified command of the cavalry, infantry and artillery units of the entire Baikal vicinity.

The Siberian army was unified into the Siberian Front, with Colonel-General Vladimir Alexandrovich Sukhomlinov as its commander, commanding all cavalry, infantry, and artillery units in Siberia. ”

Gorodikov was a bit reluctant to be the commander of the Front, but with the big war imminent, it would be taboo to change positions, and Alexei considered it a stopgap measure.

But Nicholas II did not think so, Grand Duke Nicholas was his uncle, and his military command ability was recognized, he had no opinion, but was very dissatisfied with Gorodikov: "Well, this plan of dividing the army into two fronts is very good, but Gorodikov, a fool, is not suitable to be the commander of the Far Eastern Front. ”

"Ah, Your Highness, there is now a full-scale war, and it is too late to send commanders from Moscow." Alexei was taken aback, he could not think of a high-ranking commander in the distant Pacific Coastal Region who could be the commander of the Front.

Nicholas II had already chosen someone in his mind: "Appoint the commander of the Pacific Fleet, Admiral Yevgeny Ivanovich Alekseev as the commander of the Far Eastern Front!" ”

"Your Highness, Aleksayev is an admiral, and he is not necessarily familiar with the affairs of the army." Alexei was not familiar with the affairs and personnel of the Navy, and he felt that this was inappropriate.

Nicholas II was already determined to be a resolute emperor, and no one else could easily influence his decision:

"Although Admiral Aleksayev is an admiral, he has served in the Far East for many years and is familiar with the affairs of the yellow-skinned monkeys, and with the assistance of the staff team, there is no problem in completing large-scale land military operations. What's more, he has always been extremely tough on those yellow-skinned monkeys in the Chinese Empire! Therefore, the Far Eastern Front was commanded by him, and he continued to serve as commander of the Pacific Fleet, "

Everyone knows that this Aleksayev, like Grand Duke Nicholas, is the younger brother of Alexander III and the uncle of Nicholas II.

Nicholas II had already decided in his mind that after seizing the land north of the Yellow River, Aleksayev would be the governor of the military, finance, and diplomacy trinity, and would rule over the damned yellow-skinned monkeys.

Hearing Nicholas II say this, War Minister Alexei Nikolayevich Kuropatkin immediately returned to his true nature as a human flesh mouthpiece, and there was no longer any objection, and others were even more reluctant to go against Nicholas II's dragon scales.

Nicholas II sees "Where is the main direction of attack of our army?" ”

The Minister of War replied: "The Far Eastern Front aims to destroy the Huaxia Army in the Heilongjiang and Liao valleys, and seize the Liaodong Peninsula to control all areas east of Shanhaiguan; The Baikal Front should focus on the capture of the capital of the Chinese Empire. ”

"The capital of the Chinese Empire?"

From Nicholas II onwards, everyone was stunned, from Siberia to the capital of the Chinese Empire, it was a long distance, to cross this long distance, although Oros already had the intention of seizing the north of the Yellow River, but this was not an easy thing to implement.

"Yes, that's right, the Siberian Front fully supports the Baikal Front, crosses the vast steppe with cavalry, crosses the Great Wall, advances into the capital of the Chinese Empire, captures the emperor of the Chinese Empire, and forces him to sign an alliance under the city, we can achieve complete victory in this battle, not only can we get the land north of the Yellow River, get a lot of indemnity, and even the land north of the Yangtze River may be in the hands of the Oros Empire!" In addition to being a human flesh microphone, Alexei is actually a teacher, and eloquence is his specialty, and now he has eloquently painted a moving scene for everyone.

"Okay, the operation to seize the capital of the Huaxia Empire is decided, but what about the Far East Coast, what should we do?" Nicholas II was very pleased to hear this. (To be continued.) )