At 2:15 p.m., Lu Hua ordered the Chinese army to launch a general attack, the battlefield within a radius of ten kilometers was full of gunfire, the Russian army was divided into more than a dozen disconnected parts by the armored forces of the First Army, the Cossacks who rushed left and right rushed to the armored car brandishing their sabers, and then were torn to pieces by bullets and shells, and the trembling Russian infantry huddled together and waited for the judgment of fate.

On a small hill in the center of the encirclement, Pajerov and other officers hid in a small cave, and everyone realized that this was the last moment, and panic spread all over their faces, and the top of the cave was constantly falling dust and rubble due to the bombardment of Chinese artillery shells.

"Generals, I am afraid that the last moment is coming, albeit very unwillingly, but we have to admit the defeat of the Far Eastern Army. As the commander of the army group, I was willing to take responsibility for the defeat and recommended surrender to the Chinese army. "Pajerov didn't worry much, he surrendered if he couldn't fight, what's the big deal? After returning home, he could easily clear his name and regain the trust of His Majesty the Tsar by virtue of his connections.

"No, Your Excellency General, the defeat of the Far Eastern Army this time is not your responsibility, I think it is because of the rash advance of the 17th Army Lieutenant General Andrei, which caused the whole army to fall into a passive situation, and Lieutenant General Andrei should bear all the responsibility for the defeat." Immediately there were henchmen who defended Pajerov and received appreciative glances from Pajerov.

"Yes, I am also willing to testify on behalf of General Pajerov after returning home and testify against Lieutenant General Andrei's mistakes. As the commander of the 15th Army, I am outraged by the childish mistakes of Lieutenant General Andrei, who must pay for his mistakes! Zaitsev also joined the ranks of shifting responsibility and looking for scapegoats.

Not to be outdone: "I propose that now, just like domestic power generation, through relay stations in Manchuria, Vladivostok and other places, the situation of the Far Eastern Army can be reported to St. Petersburg, so that His Majesty the Tsar will know what is happening here at the first time." In addition, the news of our imminent surrender will be transmitted back to China, so that St. Petersburg will be ready to negotiate with China. ”

Wonov's proposal was immediately approved by everyone. There is no longer any controversy about the fact that he and others became prisoners, the key question is when these high-ranking officers will return to the country and put the blame entirely on Andrei.

Being able to rationally analyze their responsibilities on a battlefield full of artillery shows that these officers have a good mind and a calm quality, but these excellent qualities have been used in the wrong place, and they can become excellent officers by virtue of this quality. At least it can bring more trouble to the Chinese army.

Lieutenant General Andrei was betrayed by his colleagues without knowing anything, and he was staying in a makeshift detention facility, a small thatched hut guarded by a dozen soldiers, unaware that he had been convicted of a dozen crimes. The guards looked at Lieutenant General Andrei with pity, disdain, and ridicule, but in the end, it was Andrei who lost his position at this time who had the last laugh.

The top brass of the Russian Far East Army, which was sure to surrender, quickly took action, but in fact, before they issued the surrender order, many middle-level officers on various battlefields had already led their subordinates to surrender to the Chinese army. After the order was issued, the Russian army laid down its arms and stopped resisting as soon as possible, which made the First Army of the Chinese Army, which hoped to kill all sides, feel very unpleasant.

The operation to retract the battlefield continued until the next morning, when the surrendered soldiers and officers were guarded separately. The First Army set up improvised concentration camps on the battlefield - camps surrounded by barbed wire. More than 70,000 surrendered soldiers made the Chinese soldiers and guards very nervous, but in fact, these soldiers behaved very docilely after getting enough food, but those senior Russian officers were very domineering, and they didn't seem to realize that they were already prisoners of the Chinese army, and shouted at the Chinese soldiers guarding them.

After this battle, the Russian Far Eastern Army was completely annihilated, and all the senior officers, including the commander of the army group, Pajerov, were captured. The Chinese army annihilated more than 31,000 enemies and suffered 423 casualties. The night after the battle. The commander of the First Army, Lu Hua, met with Lieutenant General Andrei, commander of the 17th Army of the Russian Army.

"Andrei D.J. Romanmov, forty-four, was the commander of the 17th Army of the Russian Far Eastern Army. Born in Moscow to a military family, his father retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel, and his mother was the daughter of a Moscow tea merchant. After graduating from the military academy, he made many meritorious contributions because of his superb tactical literacy and tenacious work style, and was promoted to lieutenant general at the age of 43. Prominent within the Army. However, because of a conflict with the son of a nobleman on the way to promotion, he was transferred to the Far East as the commander of the 17th Army. Lu Hua closed a document provided by the Investigation Bureau, and then sighed: "Another victim of political corruption!" ”

Andre, who was sitting opposite, snorted lightly and tilted his head without saying anything, but he was still surprised by the completeness of Huaguo's intelligence in his heart. In fact, all the intelligence departments that have done so should collect the intelligence of the main generals of various countries. Especially enemy countries. Japan, which was on the rise at the time, and China, which is now lawless, are very concerned about intelligence, that is, Russia, which considers itself the "gendarme of Europe," does not take the enemy country seriously, and only collects intelligence on the European powers.

"I heard that you were ostracized by Pajerov and others in this battle? Do you want me to help you get revenge? Lu Hua teased.

"Don't be pretentious, your tactics are as childish as a child's play in my eyes, and only a fool like Pajerov would fall for them!"

"Ah, it's some luck in it, compared to it, the shortcomings of my tactical literacy lie in the adaptability and combination of reality, which should be the gap with the master of tactics. However, I have always admired opponents who are stronger than me, and you are one of them. If you want to stay in China, I can get you a good job at the military academy, and I can also take your family from Vladivostok unscathed. Compared to the insults you're going to have when you return home, that's a good future. ”

"What an insult, you make it clear!" Andre grasped the key words in Lu Hua's words.

"You don't know yet, Pajerov, Zaitsev and others have already put together a message to put all the responsibility for the defeat of the Far Eastern Army on your head, and now the telegram sent to St. Petersburg is estimated to have reached Siberia!"

Pajerov's shamelessness made Andrei tremble, he still underestimated the degree to which people can be shameless, and after a few minutes he seemed to have made a lot of determination, and suddenly raised his head: "You promise to take my family over?" ”

"I'm not a professional agent, but I heard from the liaison officer who stayed in our army that the agents of the Investigation Bureau in Vladivostok have already connected with your family, and will soon board a ship bound for the United States, and then land from the port of Shanghai after a circle on the sea. I have to complain that your forces in Vladivostok and Manchuria are extremely weak, the soldiers and police in Vladivostok have a hard time maintaining order, and your family is not under any surveillance, which makes the agents less difficult to move to the level of an outing. ”

"Well, I promise you, but I have one condition."

"Please."

"I hope you don't release Pajerov back home, such a person will become an even bigger moth when he returns home. Although I promised to stay in your military academy to impart knowledge, it does not mean that I have betrayed the country, in my bones, I am still a patriot. ”

"We accept your conditions, great patriot, and today you can see the bodies of Pajerov and other high-ranking officers."

Not only Pajerov, Zaitsev and other high-ranking officers, but in fact a large-scale reporting campaign was being carried out among prisoners of war, as long as a report of a Russian soldier who had killed or robbed a Chinese, the amount of labor as a prisoner would be reduced, and ten of them could be released on the spot and sent back to Russia. The same goes for the officers.

More than four-fifths of these surrendered officers and soldiers had been involved in the killing or robbery of the Chinese, and the remaining one-fifth were Chinese soldiers recruited by the Russians from the Far East and Manchuria, or a very small number of Russian soldiers who had good intentions and did not plunder, who were fortunate enough to escape the purge and benefited greatly from not participating in those evils.

However, the fate of those who were reported was very tragic, and it turned out that they were not untargeted, and the larger crimes were executed on the spot, and the rest were arranged to join the death road construction army, engaged in road construction work in remote and dangerous areas, and in the end there was not one survivor.

Yuan Shikai, the emperor of the Chinese Empire, soon got the news that the battle was close at hand, so that the Beiyang Army could obtain information on the battlefield at any time, and the total annihilation of the Russian army made Yuan Shikai panic. Without the loss of the Russian army, the Beiyang Army will face the front of the Chinese army, and it is less than 200 kilometers from the battlefield to the Beijing-Tianjin area, and the Chinese army can come to the city in one day.

Beijing can't stay any longer! This is Yuan Shikai's first thought, he doesn't want to be the emperor for only a few days, and he will face the dilemma of the imperial city being besieged, he is not Liu Bang, and now in the early Han Dynasty, the enemy is not a Xiongnu who can be bought.

"Move, move!" Yuan Shikai's instructions in a hurry were revised by Yang Du at the first time, and His Majesty the Emperor wanted to hunt west, and the destination was Taiyuan, Shanxi, which was exactly the same as the Empress Dowager Cixi's escape under the oppression of the Eight-Nation Alliance. The difference is that it is estimated that Yuan Shikai will not be able to come back this time, so it is more appropriate to describe the move.

Since it is a move, that plank cannot be left to the Chinese army, from the wealth left by the Manchu royal family, to the factories in the Beijing-Tianjin area, to the dragon chairs in the palace, in short, everything that can be moved must be taken away. The Beiyang Group forcibly requisitioned 100,000 local people to participate in the move, and it was best to complete the relocation before the Chinese army arrived. (To be continued.) )