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In 1901, at this time, Tsar Nicholas II, Chancellor of the Exchequer Witte, and Foreign Minister Ramsdorff, they all believed that the Russian Navy had more than 200 warships, a total strength of about 1.05 million army standing forces, and 3.75 million reservists, which could be proud of the world, and for centuries, the tsarist government advocated aggression and expansion, and even Napoleon failed to conquer Tsarist Russia. Moreover, the system of the republic is not as good as that of the monarch**, and he is also immersed in the illusion that the tsar is the "little father" of 140 million people in Tsarist Russia.

Witte and Ramsdorf and other belligerent Slavic ministers, although they have some concerns, look down on the yellow race from the bones, they are ignorant people, immersed in extravagant and rotten life and unrealistic fantasies all day long, the impression of China, is still in the Opium War period, never seriously analyzed the strength of the Chinese army under the leadership of Song Xiaofei, let alone what is the power of science and technology, and the arrogant Russians do not understand what is called a tank corps, I don't understand the difference between Russia's 13,000-ton warships and China's 13,000-ton heavy-gun fast ships, so I say that in order to protect the interests of Siberia and the Far East, I went to war with China.

Song Xiaofei knew that the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway of Tsarist Russia was in full swing, and every day or even an hour of delay would enhance Russia's chances of victory, and when the Belga section of the Trans-Siberian Railway was opened to traffic, the transportation capacity was improved, and Vladivostok and its peripheral fortresses were completed, it would be too late for China to fight Russia, and even if it had an advantage in science and technology, it would be difficult to have a certain victory. International relations at that time were complicated, but Britain, Germany, and the United States all supported China's war against Russia. In 1895, Russia temporarily eased the conflict between Britain and Russia by demarcating the border with Afghanistan, a semi-colony of Britain and Russia, so Britain supported China. Germany and Austria-Hungary continued their policy of pushing Russia eastward, hoping to make Russia in the northeast, in Siberia, in Central Asia, and in the Middle East. Even the conflict with the British and the Chinese intensified, forcing Russia to transfer the Russian army on the western border to indirectly weaken the military pressure of the Russian-French alliance on Germany and Austria and support China. The Americans have not yet left the Americas militarily, but their willingness to support China is strong. After all, China's economic cooperation with the United States at this time is very strong, much stronger than that of Tsarist Russia. The overall situation is in favor of China. So, Song Xiaofei signed a presidential decree on February 6, 1901, announcing that China officially broke off diplomatic relations with Russia, and on February 7, Song Xiaofei appointed Duan Qirui as the commander-in-chief of the operational command and instructed the squadron to declare war on Russia.

Tsar Nicholas II was not a complete stupor, having learned the lesson of the crushing defeat of Rozhdestwinsky, a favorite of his appointees in the last war with Japan, and appointed Stepan, who came from a naval family. Osibovi. Duke Makarov was the commander of the Pacific Fleet of Tsarist Russia, and ships were drawn from the Black Sea Fleet. The "Pacific Fleet" was organized and sent to the Far East for reinforcements, and this mixed fleet has 38 major warships of various types, about 20 auxiliary ships, and a total tonnage of about 300,000 tons. Minister of Far Eastern Affairs Alekseev was appointed commander-in-chief of the army and navy, and about 200,000 troops were transferred to the Far East.

Song Xiaofei transferred 100,000 new troops to the Northeast Battlefield, plus Xu Shichang's 50,000 New Army in the Northeast, the total strength of the army was about 150,000, and 50,000 reservists were mobilized to suppress the formation. Song Xiaofei has not yet selected a group of outstanding young officers in the tank corps, among which Duan Qirui recommended 21-year-old Xu Shuzheng, who is good at calligraphy. He is good at poetry and ancient writing, and Duan Qirui is a fellow countryman, and he is appreciated by the principal Duan Qirui of the China Non-commissioned Officer School. Liang Qichao also recommended his student Cai Yi to Song Xiaofei, who also studied military affairs at the Chinese Non-commissioned Officer School. After Song Xiaofei inspected the two, he felt that they were both good, so he appointed Tan Sitong as the commander of the tank corps. Xu Shuzheng and Cai Ye each commanded fifty tank combat vehicles to go to the Northeast Battlefield Force.

At this time, under the personal guidance of Song Xiaofei, the Ministry of Defense Industry also developed the latest weapon: airship! In fact, China was back in the Five Dynasties period. He invented the "Kong Ming Lantern", which uses hot air to lift into the air, for military liaison. This kind of military airship is a new type of hot air balloon, elliptical, about 3 meters in diameter, more than 10 meters long, under the huge cable, fixed on the big winch by the soldier swing axis rotation lifting, people in the hanging basket by the balloon to the sky, can be seen in the distance, can also condescendingly command the actions of the ground troops, can carry 15 tons of people and goods, at a speed of 40km/h flight for several hours. Song Xiaofei let the army set up a balloon reconnaissance team, by the commander of each engineer battalion concurrently captain, equipped with an airship, the Navy Department, the Ministry of War officially promulgated the "Army Balloon Preparation Law", the Army University compiled and printed "Balloon Science", taught some of the principles of balloon lift-off, and taught the soldiers how to control the balloon, thus China's most primitive air force was born, although this team is not very mature, but Song Xiaofei decided to let them also go to the Northeast battlefield to experience, grow up in actual combat!

In terms of the navy, Song Xiaofei sent Navy Chief Liu Buyun to personally take four 10,000-ton warships, the "Beijing," the "Science," the "Democracy," and the "Republic," to Weihai Port, and mobilized a total of 25 large and small warships to meet the Russian Navy. In addition, he sent Zhang Zuolin deep into the Far East to sabotage the Russian army's Trans-Siberian Railway, and funded and instigated the opposition of the tsarist government to launch a revolution, which made the Russian hinterland uneasy.

The first major battle between China and Russia was a great battle at sea, which took place in Port Arthur on the Huludao side. Jeffan. Osibovi. Makarov and the former commander of the fleet, Alexander. Vissarionovic. Stark handles the handover ceremony. Before leaving, Stark reminded Makarov not to attack Port Arthur, because once the Russian fleet is stationed in Port Arthur, the inner harbor of Port Arthur is relatively narrow and shallow, and there is only one entrance and exit, and large warships can only enter and exit the inner harbor at high tide, and there must be tugboats to tow them, which is extremely inconvenient to enter and exit the port, there are no ship maintenance facilities in the port, and the warships that come from afar will not be maintained and treated with rust prevention, and they will be completely surrounded and monitored by the Chinese naval fleet. Therefore, Lushun is a place of great evil, once the Chinese fleet blocks the entrance and exit to the sea, without the support of the Lushun coastal defense points, the fate of the Pacific Detachment to Lushun will only be completely annihilated.

Tsar Nicholas II, who was fanatical and belligerent and preferred to command personally, but had no tactical acumen, sent a telegram to Aleksayev, the Russian commander-in-chief in the Far East: "Russia must undoubtedly have the port of Arthur, which is accessible all year round, and this port should be in the southeast of Korea on the mainland, that is, at the mouth of the Tumen and Vladivostok seas, and must be connected to the strip that Russia had previously owned!" ”

Alekseyev, Russia's commander-in-chief in the Far East, was also only a politician, and he also believed that Arthur was the only ice-free port that Russia could seize in the Far East, and that it should be used as the main base of the Pacific fleet. So at the beginning of the Sino-Russian war, Makarov had to order the Pacific Fleet to storm Port Arthur, and he pinned his hopes on breaking the cauldron and fighting against the water, so that the Russian fleet could be saved from the doom of destruction!

Liu Buyun then used the strategy of catching turtles in the urn, first putting the Pacific Fleet into Port Arthur, and then using the method of "sinking ships to block the port" to blockade Port Arthur on the spot. Then, the powerful Chinese Navy, together with the fortified batteries of Arthur, flanked the Russian ** ships in it. During the period of the Beiyang Naval Division, Song Xiaofei built three shore artillery forts on the 203 Heights of Lushun Houhou Shishan, and formed a joint force with the heavy batteries of Dagushan and Xiaogushan, and the Chinese coastal defense artillery unit was equipped with Krupp heavy artillery of caliber to form a full-coverage blow to the entire port, and after the Pacific Detachment entered Port Arthur, there was not even a chance to break through, and the entire fleet fell into a fear of being shelled and wiped out, and had no intention of responding to the battle.

Liu Buyun rode on the "Beijing" and calmly commanded the "Science", "Democracy", "Republic" and other 10,000-ton warships, plus the "Dingyuan Ship" and "Zhenyuan Ship" and other warships, ordered a big turn in front of the enemy, arranged the famous "U" shaped turn, and then launched a fierce artillery attack on the Russian Pacific Fleet in Port Arthur, because the Russian ships were relatively concentrated in the narrow port, and the shells of the Chinese ships almost reached the effect of "every shot must hit". Six battleships, including Nicholas I, Admiral Ushakov, Admiral Apraksin, Admiral Xeniavin, and Eagle, were heavily damaged and sunk in less than an hour after the start of the war.

In this battle, 21 of the 38 Russian warships were sunk, 9 were captured, a total of 270,000 tons of ships were lost, 4,830 were killed, and 5,917 were captured; Our troops lost only 2 torpedo boats, less than 300 tons, 17 killed, 58 wounded, and achieved an unprecedented victory. Moreover, soon after the new Russian took office, Vice Admiral Makarov, who was recognized as the best admiral of the Tsarist Russian Navy, sank with the flagship of "Alexander III". His death was an irreparable tragedy for Tsarist Russia, and since then the morale of the officers and men of the Russian Pacific Fleet has plummeted, and they do not want to and dare not fight with the Chinese on the sea.

Vladivostok is Chinese territory, and in the mid-17th century, the Treaty of Nebuchu signed between the Qing government and Tsarist Russia during the Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty clearly stipulated that the area where Vladivostok is located belongs to the Qing Dynasty. During the Second Opium War, in 1858, the Qing government and Tsarist Russia signed the unequal Treaty of Aihui, which also stipulated that the area east of the Ussuri River, including Vladivostok, was jointly administered by China and Russia. However, in 1860, Russia forced the Qing government to sign the unequal Sino-Russian Treaty of Beijing, in which the Qing government ceded about 400,000 square kilometers of territory east of the Ussuri River, including Sakhalin Island, including Vladivostok. At this time, Vladivostok was an important Russian military base in the Far East, but its development was slow due to its distance from the Russian headquarters. In 1871, Tsarist Russia built a military port here, moved the Pacific Fleet from Nikolaevsk here, and in 1888 became the administrative center of Tsarist Primorsky Province.