Back in August 1911, because the Xia level in eastern Russia was about to enter winter, and the Xia Empire was still busy with the war in South America, the Russians would never have dreamed that the Xia Empire would choose to start a war at this time. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The Russian Empire was vast and populous, the Cossack cavalry charged, the sound of killing was shocking, fierce and cruel, and the Russian croppers were strong, tame and obedient, and regarded death as home, and were called "steamrollers".

At this time, the Russian Empire had more than 1.4 million regular troops, which could be increased by more than 3 million once mobilized and conscripted; In addition, there is a local army of two million men, which can be used as a reserve force for conscription; This brings the total number of available troops to 6.5 million.

The Russian army is a behemoth, inevitably bloated and sluggish at first, but once fully mobilized into action, it will be indomitable and unyielding, no matter how large the casualties, rolling forward.

Since the rise of the Xia Empire, under military pressure from the east and west, the Russian Empire has begun to reorganize its army, purging its incompetence and malpractice, and it is believed that it has achieved success.

According to their analysis of the Xia Empire, according to the Xia Empire's greed for land, war between them was inevitable; Together with the Xia Empire's Northern Theater, the Western Xinjiang Special Region, the South Asian Theater and the Qin Kingdom, it had already imposed a semi-encirclement of its territory in the Asian part; In the face of the Xia Empire, which was even more extensive and populous, Russia felt huge military pressure and had been preparing for war all along.

The Far Eastern Military District, where 300,000 regular troops were stationed and 300,000 local troops were formed. 300,000 regular troops are stationed in its Siberian Military District, which can be reinforced.

Just when anyone thought that war was impossible, on August 20, 1911, Zhang Wei led the chief of the General Staff of the Vietnamese People's Republic of China, General Zhao Lien Gong, to land in a plane to Arthur Air Base, and then transferred to an airship in the direction of Lake Baikal.

Xiao Xuguang, the governor of the Northern Theater, was also ready to attack. The military forces of the Northern Fleet have been strengthened, with 2 Lanfang-class battleships and 2 battlecruisers each; The army has also been reorganized in accordance with the latest establishment, with the number of officers and men in each corps reaching 100,000, and the Northern Theater has a total of 1.2 million men in 12 armies, as well as 300,000 mercenaries and 200,000 garrisons.

Such a large-scale military movement in the Northern Theater of Operations was not easy to conceal, and it was soon learned by the secret agents of the Russian Empire, and Rochevsky, the Russian Imperial Ambassador to Shangjing, went to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to question: "Your Excellency, the frequent troop movements in the Northern Theater of Operations of your country are a threat to the Russian Empire and have undermined regional peace and stability. “

Hua Guoqiang said with a smile: "Your Excellency, this is just a normal military movement, or it is only counted as a small-scale military exercise, and it is not aimed at your country. “

They were skeptical of the Xia Empire's explanation, the Xia Empire was only a military transfer, but the materials mobilized were very few, unlike launching a large-scale war against Russia; In addition, as long as the commander of the Xia Empire was not stupid, he would not have chosen this season to launch a war against the Russian Empire, otherwise, just the cold climate would have caused serious casualties to the enemy.

General Pavel Lianniankampf's point of view is to welcome the Xia Empire to attack the Russian Empire at this time, which is a good thing for the Russian Empire, as long as the Xia Empire dares to come, just the logistics materials will stop the Xia Empire's army, which is a good opportunity to strike at the enemy.

At 3:30 a.m. on August 22, Zhang Wei's airship crossed Lake Baikal and landed on the outskirts of the city of Irkutsk.

At this time, the temperature is only about 3 degrees Celsius, and it feels very cold.

The city of Irkutsk is strategically located in the southern part of the Central Siberian Plateau, west of Lake Baikal, and its occupation of it cuts off the connection between the Siberian Military District and the Far Eastern Military District.

The city of Irkutsk belongs to the Siberian Military District, and Russia has stationed troops of one army here, about 50,000 officers and soldiers, organized as the First Siberian Army, ready to support the Far Eastern Military District at any time.

Zhang Wei did not hesitate, and in accordance with the method discussed with Zhao Liangong, he first released the military headquarters from the system, and then successively released three national defense divisions, allowing them to launch attacks from the north, east, and south directions of Irkutsk City, and finally released the Praetorian Guard Division and the troops directly under the army.

At 5 o'clock in the morning, the troops completed the siege of the city of Irkutsk, before dawn, and there was still 1 hour before the general offensive was launched.

Zhang Wei ordered General Zhao Liangong to take charge of the troops on the ground, and he was supposed to take off in an airship to prepare to support the artillery fire of the ground troops to bomb the enemy.

When Zhang Wei flew over the city of Irkutsk in an airship in the morning, the whole city was under his control, and he had already marked the location of the Russian military camp on the map.

At 6 o'clock sharp, the divisional artillery and army-affiliated howitzers of the four divisions began to launch artillery shelling according to the location of the barracks marked on the map.

Dense shells flew like locusts towards the Russian barracks, and at this time the enemy was sleeping, and no one would think that they could be attacked, and besides, there was no intelligence that the Xia Empire or the Chinese Empire would attack them at this time.

"Boom, boom, boom......" The huge explosion sound was endless, waking up all the people in the city.

The barracks were in ruins by the explosions, and most of the people were killed and injured before they could fully wake up.

The explosion ignited a raging fire that lit up the night sky.

Many of those who were lucky enough to escape the collapsed barracks naked, were instantly torn to pieces by the splatters of shrapnel and the huge shock wave.

Zhang Wei's airship stayed 5,000 meters above the city, and in the entire controllable area, he would release bombs from the system to bomb any blind spots of bombing, and he would drop incendiary bombs directly at any enemy officers and soldiers who wanted to escape from the barracks.

With Zhang Wei's assistance, no one could escape from the barracks, which greatly improved the efficiency of the ground artillery bombardment and aggravated the casualties of Russian officers and soldiers.

According to Zhang Wei's instructions, this artillery battle was only aimed at the enemy's barracks, and it was not possible to bomb urban residential areas, and those houses should be reserved for the first Siberian officers and men stationed there, otherwise the cold winter was approaching, and there would be no time to build a large number of houses, and the officers and men of the troops would not be able to survive the cold and long winter.

After 30 minutes of bombing, the Russian military camp became a hell on earth, and there was not one in ten officers and soldiers alive, even the survivors were all wounded.

When the shelling stopped, the infantry began to charge, and by this time there was no enemy left in the city to stop. The officers and men of the three defense divisions went to clean up the Russian barracks, and the officers and men of the Guards Division cleared the police and administrative cadres in the city, maintained order in the city, and waited for the military headquarters to enter the city.

For this kind of sneak attack battle, Zhang Wei has already exercised it handy, and there is no difficulty at all.