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In addition to the 3rd Army originally stationed in the Inchon and Seoul areas of the Northern Theater to besiege Chita, the 5th Army stationed in Cheongjin was transferred to Vladivostok, and the 2nd Army took a train from the southern area of the Lelang Peninsula to Shuangseongzi and then to Boli; The 9th Army stationed in Sinju Province landed in Busan, and the 11th Army in Taiwan Province landed at Incheon; Depending on the situation, it is possible that the 1st Army will have to move north to Chita to support the Siberian Army in countering the Russian winter counteroffensive.

At this time, the mercenaries of the 5th Army and 5 brigades had completed the encirclement of Vladivostok, and its open sea was blocked by the navy, and it was already a turtle in an urn at this moment; The 2nd Corps of the garrison, 5 mercenaries of brigades and 3 cavalry divisions have surrounded Shuangchengzi, and at the same time sent 1 cavalry division to advance in the direction of Boli; The chief of staff of Ezo Province led some officers and soldiers of the 7th Army to go up the Heilongjiang River and reach a place less than 200 kilometers away from Boli, plus one cavalry division sent by Ge Zhennan and Wu Junsheng's infantry division, which was about to encircle Boli.

The siege of Shuangchengzi was commanded by Wang Dajun, chief of staff of Taiwan Province.

The commander of the 2nd Garrison Army was Lieutenant General Ma Longtan, and Zhang Wei admired his character. He is 65 years old this year, and he was originally going to retire, but in order to satisfy his desire to serve the country, Zhang Wei specially approved him to retire after playing in Russia, and the old guy who was moved burst into tears.

Shuangchengzi was a railway hub where the Eastern Qing Railway (now called the Manchurian-Sui Railway, which ran from Manchuria to Suifenhe) and the Trans-Siberian Railway intersected.

The chief of staff of Wang Dajun took the 2nd Army of the garrison as the main force to occupy Shuangchengzi, and the mercenaries of the 2 brigades had surrounded the Shuangchengzi regiments, and the mercenaries of the other 2 brigades surrounded the city of Spaskedarini, and the mercenaries of the 2 brigades were used as reserve forces; 2 cavalry divisions were on alert to the north and south, and 1 cavalry division was responsible for clearing the Russian officers and soldiers stationed in the surrounding towns; After the 5th Army completed the encirclement of Vladivostok, the cavalry divisions on alert to the south would clear the Russian troops in the coastal port towns.

Lieutenant General Ma Longtan was very satisfied with this arrangement, and thought in his heart that he must fight this battle well and have a perfect ending for his retirement, so he didn't want to destroy the city, and he didn't want to cause too much battle damage, in this case, it was very difficult for the Yu army.

A long time ago, there was news that the Xia Empire was going to attack in the Russian Far East, and the tsar and the cabinet would not believe that the Xia Empire would choose this season to attack, but the people did not understand the military, most of the civilians and merchants had fled, or hid in Vladivostok, and even the commander of the Far Eastern Military District moved the headquarters from Boli to Vladivostok, which was better defended, not to mention ordinary people.

Due to the fact that the Russian Far East 3rd Army stationed in Boli defended fewer cities, so the troops were more concentrated, and the number of Russian troops in the city reached more than 80,000, and only more than 20,000 were stationed in the city of Spaskedarini and the coastal port towns, which made the occupation more difficult than Hailanpao.

However, this is a large plain with a flat river, which is easy to attack and difficult to defend, so Ma Longtan still found a good way to conquer it. Shuangchengzi is located at the confluence of the Suifen River, the Rakovga River and the Suputiga River, and the terrain is low-lying.

Ma Longtan decided to block the Suifen River, let the river pour into the enemy's defense line, and forced them out of the semi-underground fortresses, losing the protection of these trenches and fortresses, and the Russian army was vulnerable under dense firepower.

In order not to flood the city, the water level of the backfill must be strictly controlled.

Now that the temperature is still very good, and the river will not freeze at night, this strategy can be adopted; Since ancient times, water and fire have been ruthless, and water and fire are sharp weapons of attack in the hands of military strategists, which can strike at the enemy advantageously, and their own losses are relatively small, so the chief of staff of the Yu army approved this plan very happily.

Therefore, the chief of staff of the Yu army ordered two mercenary brigades and a cavalry division as reserves to capture a large number of young Russians from the surrounding towns to build a barrage and block the Suifen River.

The location of the dam was chosen to be southeast of Shuangchengzi.

The scout quickly reported the movements of the Xia Empire's army to the commander of the Russian 3rd Army, and he quickly understood the purpose of the Xia Empire, and urgently ordered the front-line officers and soldiers to build a dirt slope in front of the fortress to block the backflow of the river.

Ma Longtan was waiting for this opportunity, as long as the Russian army dared to walk out of the fortress, it was immediately hit by overwhelming artillery fire, and no one dared to risk building an earthen slope.

The enemy commander had no choice but to order the officers and soldiers to take advantage of the cover of the night to build a breakwater, but on the second day, it was heavily bombarded by the artillery fire of the Xia Empire, and this earth-stone breakwater was quickly razed to the ground.

With the unremitting efforts of thousands of free laborers, it took only 3 days to close the dam, the water level began to rise slowly, overflowing the embankment and flooding in the direction of Shuangchengzi, and the periphery of Shuangchengzi became a flooded country, and the Russian army's two and a half underground fortifications began to seep water, and personnel could only be arranged to transport the infiltrated water from the back of the fortress without stopping, but the water in the trenches could not be removed.

The commander of the Russian 3rd Army was worried, although the fortress was not flooded by the river for the time being, but the humid environment was obviously not conducive to the permanent presence of officers and soldiers in it, otherwise it would be a serious injury to the body; Besides, the trenches lost their effectiveness, and the defense was greatly weakened by fighting alone by the officers and soldiers in the fortress.

Since the front of the fortress is a firing port above the ground, and the rear is the entrance, the Russian army has already blocked it with earth and stones, which can only be a temporary measure and will not last long. Even the water level in the city is slowly rising, and the Shuangchengzi is a flat and straight road, once the water level rises, only the sandbags on the street cannot stop the spread of the water.

The chief of staff of the army Yu observed the embarrassed appearance of the enemy army in the city through the telescope, and the effect of the water attack was very good, and said happily: "Commander Ma's strategy is good, as long as the water level continues to rise, the Russian army will become a fat fish in the water, and we can occupy this thousand-year-old town without blood." ”

Ma Longtan's face was as happy as a flower, and he said with a smile: "Haha, Chief of Staff, I hope to preserve this town built by my ancestors intact, after all, this will be our territory in the future, and it is a pity that the artillery fire will destroy it." “

"What Commander Ma said makes sense, our own things can be carefully protected."

Ma Longtan said: "Haha, so that I can retire with peace of mind." “

Being able to occupy Shuangchengzi completely, the chief of staff of the Yu army was also very happy, and said: "Commander Ma, after the war, I will definitely ask the Metropolitan Governor for your credit, and if you can save Shuangchengzi, you will be indispensable, so that you can retire with dignity." “

Ma Longtan said politely: "The chief of staff is polite, this is the credit of all the officers and soldiers." But he was still happy in his heart, and even if he was not rewarded, he was content to participate in the war to recover his land.

Yu Dajun's chief of staff ordered the laborers to continue to raise the dam to allow the water level in Shuangchengzi to rise a little more.

The commander of the Russian 3rd Army was very frustrated, he had already learned that Irkutsk and Ulan-Ude were occupied by the Xia Empire, Hailan was burned, Vladivostok was surrounded by water, and the troops of the entire Russian Far Eastern Military District were divided into several cities that could not support each other, and the arrival of winter was still far away, even if winter came, the first to freeze into popsicles were the defenders in the twin cities, and they could not wait for the arrival of reinforcements anyway.