The armies of the Russian Far Eastern Military District were divided and surrounded, and it was only a matter of time before they were annihilated. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The mixed fleet of 2 Western Zhou-class battleships and 1 cruiser supported by the Central Fleet has reached Peter the Great Bay; The artillery of the 5th Army established artillery positions on the western shore of the Amur Bay, and the Russian Pacific Fleet retreated in the military port of the Golden Horn.

Vladivostok (called Vladivostok in Russia) is located at the southern tip of the Amur Peninsula on the Pacific coast, surrounded by the sea on three sides; The city is built on a mountain, with highlands in the north, and Ussuri Bay, Great Peter Bay and Amur Bay in the east, south and west respectively, and the city and port area are located on the coast of the Golden Horn at the tip of the Amur Peninsula. Golden Horn Bay stretches into the interior from southwest to northeast, about 7 kilometers long, the width of the bay at the entrance is about 2 kilometers, the water depth is 20~30 meters, the width of the bay is less than 1 kilometer, the water depth is 10~20 meters, it is a very excellent deep-water port; The south side of the Golden Horn is separated from the East Bosphorus, with Russky Island as a natural barrier, and the bay is surrounded by low mountains and hills.

The Russian Empire operated Vladivostok for nearly half a century, and had built perfect defense facilities on the peninsula, as well as on the highlands north of the city and on Russky Island, and built numerous forts and fortresses, and the defense capability was very strong, which the Japanese army failed to conquer in the Russo-Japanese War.

In Vladivostok there are the command of the Russian Far Eastern Military District and the command of the Pacific Fleet, as well as officers and men of the regular army, local units and navy, totaling 150,000 people. The commander of the Russian Far Eastern Military District, General Pavel Lianniankampov, issued a conscription order, and veterans and healthy men between the ages of 18 and 45 in the city must join the army to defend their homeland; Urban civilians are subject to a quota system for food and fuel.

In order to fear the spies of the Xia Empire such as Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese living in Vladivostok, and to reduce the consumption of food and other materials, all the people of the above races were driven out of the city by the Russian army.

Admiral Pavel Liannian Kampf is very confident in the defense of Vladivostok, the Xia Empire cannot be overcome without paying hundreds of thousands of casualties among officers and soldiers, according to his understanding of the Xia Empire, they value the battle damage so seriously, the troops do not dare to launch a dense charge at all, as long as they hold on until the heavy snow comes, it is the moment of the Russian counterattack.

And the mood of the commander of the Russian Pacific Fleet is diametrically opposite to his, he is worried all day long, now the port is blocked, the Pacific Fleet is not the opponent of the Northern Fleet of the Xia Empire, if winter comes, the port freezes, then their warships will become the target of the warships of the Xia Empire, and they will definitely be annihilated; The enemy's failure to attack may be forcing them to surrender; With the strong strength of the Xia Imperial Navy, the range of its naval guns is farther than that of shore defense artillery, how can the Russian army defend it?

Due to the great difficulty of the attack, Governor Xiao Xuguang was unwilling to cause too many casualties, and he wanted to refer to the example of Hailan Pao to completely destroy Vladivostok, so that the Russian officers and soldiers and residents in it could bury the city.

Yuan Tiande, the commander-in-chief of the front line, felt that it was a pity to destroy such an ancient city, the buildings here were not all wooden buildings like Hailan Pao, and the reconstruction work after the destruction was too heavy, and now they had been surrounded and completely isolated, and there was no need to rush to occupy it for a while. If all the other cities of the Russian Far Eastern Military District are occupied, perhaps these Russian troops will choose to surrender in the event of no hope of victory.

What's more, in recent years, the Xia Empire has restricted the export of grain to Russia, and the grain in the city is all transported from the European mainland, and there is no autumn harvest yet, their grain storage will definitely not be too much, and the daily food consumption of hundreds of thousands of people in the city is very huge.

At Yuan Tiande's insistence, Xiao Xuguang also felt that it was a pity to destroy Vladivostok, so he approved his plan, and at the same time ordered other troops to speed up their march and occupy the territory of the Russian Far Eastern Military District except Vladivostok as soon as possible, so as to prepare for winter.

Another important and inconvenient reason is that Yuan Tiande is reluctant to give up the wealth in Vladivostok City, and after the intact occupation, the seized materials can subsidize the finances of the Lelang Special Administrative Region, so that the poor Lelang Special Administrative Region Government is much more relaxed; A beautiful unmarried girl can be a daughter-in-law of an officer or soldier; The unpretty unmarried maidens and married young women, the more beautiful ones are also valuable to sell to the brothels, and the uglier ones can be assigned to the miners' brothels, or married to the mine overseers from the South Seas; If it was sold to the Chinese Empire, each beautiful woman would be worth at least 100 yuan, which would be a lot of wealth for him.

The 5th Army of the Northern Theater has been reorganized, with a total of 100,000 troops, and its combat effectiveness and equipment are not comparable to those of mercenaries and garrisons; Yuan Tiande's headquarters was located in Trudovoye, 30 kilometers away from Vladivostok; A total of two blockades were built in front of it, completely encircling Vladivostok; Each of the two lines of defense is defended by mercenaries of one national defense division and one brigade; The Cavalry Brigade leads a brigade of mercenaries to occupy other towns and cities in the surrounding and coastal areas; 1 brigade of mercenaries is responsible for logistics, transportation of baggage, and security of towns along the route; The remaining troops served as reserves.

In view of the current confrontation situation, Yuan Tiande was reluctant to attack, and after thinking about it, he hoped to rely on the power of the sniper rifle to open up the situation.

Therefore, Yuan Tiande ordered the Bartre snipers of each battalion to take turns to lead the snipers of each company to the front line to practice marksmanship, and he believed that this long-range heavy sniper rifle would definitely leave a profound lesson to the enemy.

In order to cooperate with the actions of the snipers, the front-line artillery positions were prepared, and when they found the enemy's artillery positions, they immediately counterattacked, completely destroying them; Airships patrol the skies over Vladivostok non-stop, monitor the movements of the defenders in the city, and bomb enemy troops in open areas and exposed batteries and fortresses without asking for instructions.

The snipers of each company act as a small group, covered by a platoon of officers and soldiers, and the whole force revolves around the Bartley sniper rifle. They lurk in hilly terrain and rely on the terrain for concealment; Professional snipers train squad snipers, each taking turns practicing marksmanship with a Bartley sniper rifle, and a large number of enemy officers and soldiers are their targets.

The sniper team was hidden more than 1,000 meters away from the enemy's defensive line, and the enemy did not know where the bullets were coming from, but thought they were unlucky and were hit by stray bullets. However, they were still amazed by the power of the bullets, and those who were hit were severely disabled, and those who were hit would be blown off at the waist or their heads would bloom, which was very miserable; The number of people who are hit is getting bigger and bigger, the psychological pressure of the enemy is getting bigger and bigger, and no one is willing to get out of cover and become unlucky.

Interested Russian commanders will guess that this is a new secret weapon developed by the Xia Empire, which is too powerful.

The enemy has become more cautious, the results are getting less and less, and the bold sniper team will lurk behind the enemy's defense line, making it more convenient to snipe the enemy.

The number of mysterious casualties of officers and soldiers is increasing, and it is not safe even within the defense line, which has led to messages within the Russian army, and the morale of the army is very unstable.