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The Chinese Empire and Russia did not negotiate any armistice, and the countries of the world knew that a large-scale land war was about to break out in that region of northern Asia, and the protagonists of the war were Russia, the world's largest land area, and the Chinese Empire, the second largest in the world, respectively, with a population of more than 100 million and capable of arming millions of troops.

When the nations thought of this scene, their hearts trembled.

The Chinese Empire had an air force unique in the world, and under the deterrence of airships, even Britain and France could only beg for peace with the Chinese Empire.

Now Russia may soon face the bombing of the Chinese Empire's airships.

However, Russia is not a country that is struggling, there are Britain and France behind the help of Russia, all kinds of industrial equipment, weapons and equipment, food and materials are constantly being transported to Russia from Britain and France mainland, and the most important thing is the weapon against the airship - anti-aircraft artillery.

Britain and France modified a large number of anti-aircraft guns, all of which were shipped to Russia, and then Russia deployed these anti-aircraft guns in Moscow and other important Russian cities, and at the same time, Russia has built a large number of bomb shelters in various cities to resist the bombardment of airships.

With the arrival of a large number of advanced weapons and equipment from Britain and France, the Russian Army also began to reequip, and the Russian Army mainly replaced the previously used "singles one" rifle with a faster rate of fire Lee-Metford magazine rifle, but the Lee-Metford magazine rifle used black powder as the propellant bullet.

In addition, the Russian army is also equipped with a batch of Makqin heavy machine guns, because the Makqin heavy machine gun is too logistics-intensive, so the Russian army will be equipped with an average of one Makqin heavy machine gun per 100 people.

There was also indispensable artillery, a large number of British and legal artillery of various calibers arrived in Russia and were installed in the Russian army.

If it weren't for the fact that the Russian army of 100,000 troops had been defeated in the Chinese Empire before, I am afraid that the Russian-dominated military thinking still focused on bayonet and white-knuckle warfare, advocating the combat methods of Kutuzov and Napoleon about 100 years ago, but in the face of the more advanced equipment of the Chinese Imperial Army, the Russian Army failed one after another, and the Russian Army had to begin to change its thinking.

War was approaching, the transformation of the Russian Army was still somewhat slow, and the officers of the Russian Army did not know how to use the new tactics of the Russian Army, which was equipped with advanced weapons.

But one problem has always tormented the Russians, that is, Russia's territory is too large, the essence of Russia is in Europe, and Russia wants to go to war with the Chinese Empire in the Asian region, Russia needs to mobilize troops from Europe to Asia and the Chinese Empire to go to war, the Russian Army has traveled a long distance, there is no railway, the supply problem of the Russian Army will be very serious, Russia can only start building the Trans-Siberian Railway in advance with the help of Britain and France, and then invest a lot of manpower and material resources. It is hoped that the Trans-Siberian Railway will give Russia some help in this war.

At the time of the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway, Russia also used a large number of horse-drawn carriages to transport huge quantities of supplies to Asia, all in preparation for the imminent outbreak of war.

More than 200,000 Russian troops are being transferred from Europe to Asia.

It's just that with the current transportation conditions in Russia, the Russian army is moving slowly and pitifully.

On the other side, in the Mongolian steppe, the Suzaku Regiment of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire is massing towards the border area between China and Russia.

The Vermilion Bird Legion is second only to the Qilin Legion, which is responsible for the security of the emperor, which is in charge of the emperor's security, in the ranking of the major legions of the Imperial Chinese Army.

The Suzaku Legion and the Kirin Legion have never fought against each other, and the strength of the two legions is unknown, but the actual number of Suzaku Legions is the largest among each legion.

The Vermilion Bird Legion will have two integrated divisions, Zhao Gang's first division and Lin Hao's eighth division, each division has more than 15,000 people, and the two divisions have a total of more than 30,000 people, in addition to the two integrated divisions, the Vermilion Bird Legion will also have 20 cavalry divisions, each cavalry division has more than 5,000 people, and 20 cavalry divisions are more than 100,000 people, and the cavalry is the main force of the Chinese Empire in this Sino-Russian war.

Together, the total strength of the Vermilion Bird Legion will reach 130,000, which is more than the total number of the Blue Dragon Legion and the Fire Phoenix Legion after the completion of the expansion.

(Note: The establishment of the integrated division is the same as that of the main division of the Han Army in the past, and now some of the main divisions and second-class divisions of the army have all been changed to 15,000 integrated divisions)

For this Sino-Russian war, the Suzaku Legion recruited a large number of Mongols in the Mongolian steppe, and now the total number of Mongols is only about one million, and 100,000 people is one-tenth of the total population of the Mongols.

In the past, the Mongolian princes and nobles also oppressed the herdsmen under their rule very much, and a large number of Mongolians joined the Suzaku Legion under the high welfare of the army.

They put aside their bows and arrows and picked up rifles and pistols instead, and the cavalry, modified with advanced equipment, will be active again on the battlefield, and with the mobility of the cavalry, which far exceeds the infantry, the cavalry will become the magic weapon of the Chinese Empire.

However, at present, the Suzaku Legion has only completed the reorganization of ten cavalry divisions, and these ten cavalry divisions are undergoing run-in training and have reached the level of going to the battlefield.

The Suzaku Legion still has ten cavalry divisions left, and the five cavalry divisions that are being recruited are already more than half of the personnel, and the ten cavalry divisions are expected to be recruited in the middle of the year.

The recruitment of the twenty cavalry divisions of the Suzaku Legion proceeded relatively smoothly, not only because the Mongols were attracted by the welfare of the army, but also because of the cooperation of the Mongol princes and nobles.

You must know that the herdsmen are the wealth of the Mongolian princes and nobles, how could the Mongolian princes and nobles be willing to let these herdsmen join the Vermilion Bird Legion?

The reason is simple, because Yan Xueyi ordered that if the Chinese Empire conquered the area north of Mongolia, it would be left for the Mongols to graze.

Times had changed since the Chinese Empire replaced the Manchu Dynasty, and the Mongol princes and nobles had to find ways to make money to buy the goods produced in the factories, and the only advantage in the hands of the Mongol princes and nobles was that they had a large number of cattle, horses, and sheep.

Horses were used for riding, but cattle and sheep were used for food, and cowhides and sheepskins were also of great value, which were the wealth of the Mongol princes and nobles.

It's a little cold in the north of Mongolia, but the rest of the winter can be used for grazing, which means they will get more cattle, horses and sheep, which is all money for moving.

And this world belongs to the Chinese Empire, if the Mongolian princes and nobles are unwilling to cooperate, there is only a dead end, just look for a crime, you can arrest the Mongolian princes and nobles who are unwilling to cooperate, and the most cooperative person among those princes and nobles is Mu Hao, the father of Concubine Zhen.

As a result, the recruitment of cavalry divisions of the Suzaku Legion is proceeding rapidly, but the cavalry divisions that have completed training are already assembling in the Sino-Russian border area.

The Chinese Empire did not want to fight a war of attrition in positions, and Zhao Gang, the commander of the Suzaku Legion, decided to launch a surprise attack on Russia while Russia's defenses in Asia were still low!