The bombing of Vladivostok by the Chinese Air Force has been going on for 40 hours, and nearly 3,000 incendiary oil bombs have been dropped on Vladivostok. That is, in 40 hours, the Chinese Air Force dropped a total of almost 1,500 tons of oil on Vladivostok. The operation also stopped after 40 hours, and although the high winds caused by the high temperature on the ground made it dangerous for the airship to drop bombs, it was still possible to complete the normal bomb dropping operation at an altitude of 2,000 meters. The reason for the stop was that the sudden explosion of the burning Vladivostok destroyed the airbag of the No. 34 airship, which was just carrying out bomb dropping operations in the air. Fortunately, Vladivostok was on the beach, and although it made an emergency landing on the surface of the sea, the No. 34 airship still killed two and injured five of the seven crew members.

This is the first time that the Chinese Air Force has suffered combat damage, in addition to casualties in training, since its establishment. Before investigating the cause of the Vladivostok explosion, Ren Pengfei believed that nearly 3,000 oil incendiary bombs were enough to achieve the effect. Therefore, all the airships were withdrawn, and the nearest army was allowed to provide the situation on the spot, and then decide whether to carry out a supplementary attack on Vladivostok. However, the Army told the Air Force that there were no more people alive in Vladivostok after the fire.

The fire in Vladivostok burned for 48 hours before slowly extinguishing it, but the scorching ground and scorching air kept the army outside Vladivostok. Finally, after another 24 hours of waiting, the army entered Vladivostok under the guidance of special forces.

The whole of Vladivostok has turned a gray world, and all the buildings have been burned in the heat. A small shock is enough to cause a five-story reinforced concrete building to collapse in powder form. So much so that all the houses were no longer inspected, and things were directly destroyed. In the Far East, a place dominated by Chinese, it is obviously unrealistic to build such large fortifications, and it is obviously unrealistic to want to completely leave the Chinese alone. So the special forces took the detailed map and opened the underground fortification gates everywhere, and most of the fortifications were no longer alive. The small number of Russian soldiers and civilians who survived the extreme lack of oxygen were left with only the strength to breathe heavily.

The reason for the destruction of Airship 34 was found, and it was an arsenal that exploded. The soldiers in the arsenal opened the closed door due to a lack of oxygen, causing the burning oil to ignite the munitions. This arsenal is near-surface. The resulting huge explosion exploded into the sky due to the obstruction of the ground. This is not a mistake of military command, nor is it a mistake in the operation of the airship, and it can only be blamed on the unfortunate fact that the No. 34 airship happened to be exploded.

Makarov's body has been recovered, intact except for his own throat, but all the features of his body appear to be suffocation.

Ren Pengfei proved the possibility of letting the army take over the city with practical actions, and also proved the effectiveness of the air force against ground attacks for the first time in actual combat. For the first time, the Army, which has always been the main offensive force, cleaned up the battlefield for the fledgling Air Force.

50,000 soldiers, 40,000 citizens of Vladivostok. After more than 90,000 people burned for four days, only about 16,000 people were finally found alive by the Chinese army. Except for more than 2,000 who died directly from burning, almost all of them died of suffocation. After receiving the army's briefing, Zhou Haicheng turned around and left as soon as possible.

The last 5,000 Russian soldiers of the Twin Cities surrendered, and they suffered for four whole days in the fire. They didn't think anyone could survive such a fire, and they didn't want to experience it again, so they opened the gates and surrendered to the Chinese army on the day the fire was extinguished.

The battle report was quickly reported to the commands, and the army's report on the actual situation on the battlefield silenced all the generals who had questioned the emperor's necessity of strengthening the air force in such a way. Feng Guozhang, commander-in-chief of the Royal Chinese Army in Ulaanbaatar, held back for a long time and muttered to himself: "The fortress will be a fart in the future." And Wu Deren, who was far away in Lushun, directly began to scold his mother: "MD, in the future, the navy will change the warship into a troop carrier." Only Wang Shizhen, who was in the staff headquarters, said: "Air supremacy." ”

Five days after the Chinese Army entered Vladivostok. Vladivostok can no longer see the buildings towering above the ground. All the original buildings, including the port, were demolished, and the accompanying engineer wrote in the report after looking at the ruins of the port: Vladivostok can no longer be used as a port city, and all the completely destroyed cities need to be truly rebuilt, and it is estimated that it will not be able to use its capacity as a port within three years. The army also left only one reserve regiment after clearing the ruins of the city, which was used for subsequent clean-up and to help with recovery and reconstruction, and the main force all traveled west by train. However, they only boarded the train when they returned to China, because the Vladivostok railway station was also completely burned down, and even the tracks were burned out of shape.

Ten days after the launch of the Chinese offensive. China's left-behind government informed the world that with the effective cooperation of the Royal Chinese Navy, Army and Air Force, the Chinese army had gone through 10 days of arduous fighting. Completely recover the homeland of Vladivostok.

As soon as the news came out, the world was in an uproar, and the first to jump out and question it was the French. The Russians procured the main artillery and related facilities for the construction of the Vladivostok fortress from the French, so they were well aware of the basic parameters of the Vladivostok fortress. Although it is not fully built, it is impossible to throw it all away in ten days. The French say the same as Makarov, with all the supplies. The fortress of Vladivostok will last at least more than a year.

The fortress was built under the auspices of the French, and the countries of the world still recognized the ability of the French to build the fortress, so they expressed doubts about the Chinese's report. At the same time, because the Chinese once again cut off the circuit connecting Vladivostok with the outside world, military experts from all over the world questioned the ten-day occupation of Vladivostok Fortress without the fact that Vladivostok could not be realized.

Subsequently, the Chinese General Staff Headquarters showed several photographs. This was filmed inside the headquarters of the fortress and several main batteries. After the authenticity of the photos was confirmed by the builders of the fortress, the world was in an uproar again. Could it be that the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army is already as strong as this?

After constant inquiries from military attachés of various countries in China, the Chinese General Staff Headquarters finally presented another explanation: The reason why the Chinese army was able to occupy Vladivostok within 10 days was due to the air force, which dropped a total of more than 1,500 tons of bombs on Vladivostok in the first five days, completely destroying the unfinished defense system of Vladivostok. More than 1,500 tons of bombs are a little bigger than Vladivostok, and it is indeed possible to completely destroy the entire city with extremely dense shelling. The French, who were the most skeptical when the news broke, were the first to shut up. Because the Chinese did not give a more detailed explanation, military experts from various countries began to carry out various deductions on the shelling of Vladivostok.

The results of the French deduction showed that more than 1,500 tons of bombs could indeed destroy most of the Vladivostok defense system. But the bomb is not a panacea, the necessary land attack is still available, but they did not deduce in any case that they could capture the most core headquarters in five days, and it can only be said that perhaps the intensive shelling of the Chinese destroyed the Russians' determination to resist.

The results of the British deduction were comparable to those of the French, but the United States, which was far between the two oceans, could not even deduce the deduction, and the United States, which had not experienced war for too long, could not imagine what it would be like to shell such an artillery bombardment of such intensity.

The Germans are different. They had only been reunified for a long time, and because they were so late that Germany had lost its "place in the sun". For this reason, Germany has long been making various efforts to find a place in the sun, and they are extremely interested in any method of attack. When China occupied a fortress that could be held for a year in ten days, the Germans were very eager to know the truth. Although China declared war on Russia, the air force officers and men who were training in the Chinese army were still attached to Germany, so they did not participate in the attack to understand what was going on. So on the sand table of the German General Staff, Moltke Jr., the chief of the General Staff, could not deduce a plan to occupy Vladivostok within ten days, so he locked his eyes on weapons. Combined with the description of the huge barrel bomb in the intelligence transmitted by the Luftwaffe, it was agreed by the staff officers after deliberation. China has developed a new weapon that, when it explodes, will create a strong shock wave that will shock the Russian soldiers inside the bunker to death. Otherwise, it is impossible to occupy Vladivostok in ten days, you must know that occupation and capture are two different concepts. So Germany began to secretly develop this heavy superbomb.

China was the first country to send full-time spies to the rest of the world, and it was still powerless to deal with the top military secrets related to a country, but at least I heard that Germany had started a study on weapons, which was speculated to be related to the Battle of Vladivostok. The General Staff Headquarters was relieved at this point, but fortunately it was said that it would be ten days, if it was said that the army was only going to receive it, and the navy was just watching from the sidelines and left. Then the countries of the world have to come together to grab it. But that's fine, at least the status of airships in the Air Force has been established.

In the face of Germany, which was already studying in the Chinese Air Force. Britain and France have put aside their self-righteous attitudes, and Italy, the United States, and Austria have sent envoys to China one after another to propose the possibility of sending personnel to China to study, and various countries have also greatly increased their airship purchase orders in China. Germany was even more decisive, paying the money for the order of 100 airships in full at one time, and did not want the 20 airships that had not yet been delivered, as long as China handed over the complete set of drawings for the airships.

Why don't you make money if you have money? Li Hongzhang, who stayed in the capital, smiled toothlessly. This means that all countries in the world have confidence in China's final victory over Russia, so Li Hongzhang feels sorry for himself if he does not take this opportunity to reap the benefits of the National Congress at this time.

Kaiser Wilhelm II was convening a meeting of his ministers, and during the meeting, Moltke the Younger, the chief of the General Staff, was questioned by both the military and the government. Ask him why the soldiers sent to China for training failed to discover in advance that the Chinese had such a tactical idea. You must know that Germany's Schlieffen plan to seek a position in the sun was to require the German army to pass through neutral Belgium and attack France from the flank. As part of the basic tactics of the German attack on France, the Germans needed to quickly conquer the fortified positions at the Belgian forts of Liège and Namur, and then they needed super heavy artillery dedicated to destroying the fortifications. Now the Chinese have shown how to attack the fortress with airships, but why did the German General Staff not find out the Chinese's intentions before that?

"China is not using the usual bombs, because it is analyzed that it will take at least more than a ton of bombs to break through the concrete walls of the Vladivostok fortress, and even if such bombs are developed, the Chinese Air Force will still not be able to solve the problem of hit rate. From what we know, China is also developing such a superbomb, but it has also failed. Therefore, we are more inclined to China to develop a weapon that can cause a loud vibration in the interior space, because only in this way can it be possible to kill the soldiers in the fortress quickly, otherwise the Chinese army would not be able to occupy Vladivostok so quickly. Moltke defended himself, and perhaps the other ministers did not listen to other words, but the question of the hit rate of aerial bombardment made the other ministers reflect.

"Is it possible to buy such technology from the Chinese, which is extremely helpful to our military's strategy in the future." German Chancellor Bernhardt? Feng? Birlow asked.

"Personally, I don't think it's possible. This is a key technology for the Chinese, and China, which is still very backward in science and technology, will not sell this top-notch technology to others. After saying that, Moltke looked at Bilow sadly. The German military department exchanged five sets of design drawings for mortars and grenades in exchange for five precision machining machines (although they were ordinary models, but also represented Germany's world-leading equipment), and as a result, the drawings were stolen as soon as Germany began mass production. And then soon the British drove in the army with the same weapons. This has already made the Chinese complain countless times.

Barrow didn't speak again, because the super-heavy artillery deduced from the Battle of Vladivostok had already begun to be developed. The Germans all believed that Germany, which was more technologically powerful than China, did not need China's low-altitude bombardment that used quantity to compensate for the hit rate, and that the powerful German Ministry of Industry would definitely be able to develop a super heavy artillery with a high hit rate.

"It is necessary to have an in-depth understanding of the combat system and strategic concept of the Chinese Air Force, and it is necessary to involve the Luftwaffe officers and men in all subsequent attack plans of the Chinese Air Force. Only then did the Luftwaffe's training money not throw into the water. Wilhelm II listened quietly to the discussion of his courtiers. made their own decisions. His proposal was immediately unanimously supported by the courtiers, as it was considered necessary by all. When everyone was worried about whether it was illegal to allow German soldiers to participate in the war of the Chinese army, Kaiser Wilhelm II laughed it off: "As for the name of participating in the war, use the name of volunteers." Tell all the German navy, land and air soldiers who are training in China that they must volunteer to join China's war against Russia. Because the German army needed real combat experience. ”

"My Minister of the Admiralty, if the Russian fleet is determined to make an expedition to China, do you think it is possible for them to defeat the Chinese Navy?" At the end of the meeting, Wilhelm II asked a sharp question.

Alfred as Lord of the Admiralty? Feng? Tirpitz did not answer immediately, but after a careful thought, he replied, "Your Majesty." I can't answer that question for you at this time. On the surface, the entire Russian navy now has 30 capital ships, while China, including the 16 capital ships under construction, and the vassal states have only 20 capital ships. But China has the world's most experienced soldiers in naval warfare, and compared with Russian sailors who have less than half a year of training, this is equivalent to leveling the disadvantage in the number of warships. Moreover, Chinese warships often have advantages in firepower in terms of performance, but their protection capabilities are insufficient, but at present, China still has four capital ships that have not been launched. Therefore, it is not possible to know the actual parameters of these warships and make a final judgment. However, judging from the performance of China's past naval battles, Chinese warships tend to use a combination of long-range artillery bombardment and high speed. If China is willing to sacrifice the coastline at the expense. The Russian expeditionary fleet, which had lost Vladivostok, the only supply base in the Russian Far East, had to retreat to Europe or be dragged to death in the Pacific by China. ”

"Even if China uses attrition tactics, Russia can destroy all of China's coastal facilities. Russia, which had such a numerical superiority, was able to win the final victory. ”

"You can't think like that. Your Majesty, you must know that it is a place in China, and they can arrange supplies in advance in an inconspicuous place at will. The familiarity with the waters of the Far East is, of course, the first among the Chinese. ”

"And that's not all. Even if the Chinese Navy loses the entire Far Eastern coastline, they still have Hawaii at their disposal. Moltke Jr. stepped forward and continued: "Needless to say, the relationship between China and Hawaii is not to be said. China could store large quantities of supplies in Hawaii in advance and then rely on cargo ships to replenish warships. You must know that China can supply 70 percent of the world's equivalent cargo ships to supply warships. ”

"What if the Chinese fleet intends to defend the coastline and fight the Russian fleet?"

"According to the assessment of the Naval Staff, even if the Russian fleet defeats the Chinese fleet in a decisive battle. Russia's losses are certainly higher than China's. Although the Russian fleet can sabotage the Chinese coast, the remaining Chinese fleet is still a threat to the Russian fleet, not to mention the large number of fast torpedo boats on the Chinese coastline that can deal a fatal blow to the Russian ships near the shore. In our assessment, the Russian fleet is most likely to occupy Pontianak and carry out artillery damage along the southern coastline of China. After all, Russia could not find a place in the Far East where they could repair their ships. ”

"That means that China is definitely invincible?" Wilhelm II thought for a moment: "Then select elite officers and men from the navy and let them volunteer to participate in the battles of the Chinese navy." ”

"Your Majesty, do you mean that the Russian Navy is preparing for an expedition to China? However, Russia did not even have a port in the Far East where supplies could be carried out, which was not realistic for the Russian fleet. ”

"That cousin of mine is crazy."

Nicholas II was mad, but he was mad. News from all over the world has confirmed that Vladivostok is occupied by China, and even more so because German officers have already photographed Vladivostok, which is already empty. The precious vase was swept to the ground by Nicholas II with a wave of his hand, and the crisp cracking sound turned the precious vase into a pile of garbage. All the ministers in the audience bowed their heads and listened quietly to the roar of the emperor on the stage, but no one could share his majesty's worries at this time. Nicholas II went berserk with affection. To ensure the security of Vladivostok, the base of the Pacific Fleet, Nicholas II followed Makarov's advice. However, Makarov did not expect that Makarov would die after only ten days in the fortress he said would hold out for a year.

Nicholas II was not a 205 emperor who did not understand anything, he presided over the construction of the Far Eastern Railway when he was still a crown prince. He has also visited countries in the Far East, including China, and he has a good understanding of the terrain there. The loss of Vladivostok, which had been defended with all its might at the expense of Burli, meant that Russia had lost its access to the Pacific Ocean, and now the easternmost fortress in the whole of Far Eastern Russia was Chita on the Far Eastern Railway. However, the Chinese army's ability to storm the fortresses raised questions about the ability of the Far Eastern fortresses, including Irkutsk, to be held by the whole of Russia.

"Damn Makarov, he lost the face of the Slavs - the Chinese dared to sneak up on the great Tsarist Russia, and they were going to hang the infidels at the stake-" Nicholas II still roared, although seventeen minutes had passed since the declaration of war for the Chinese army launched, everyone could see that it was premeditated.

He ordered Zarubaev, the commander of the Western Front, to immediately lead a large army to launch an attack on China's Xinjiang. However, when Zarubaev and Nie Shifu broke up, it was reported that Zarubaev had lost his armor and lost his armor, and he lost more than 10,000 troops in the first contact battle. In fact, Zalubayev is already asking for reinforcements.

So His Majesty the Tsar, who was in the middle of his rage, vented all his anger on the accusations against the army, and at a critical moment lost the face of the Slavs.

Fortunately, Tsarist Russia still had loyal subjects, and the Russian Rear Admiral Rodzhistvinsky, who had always been "loyal", suggested to Nicholas II that he send a powerful navy, ranked third in the world, to attack the south of China, as long as the main force of the Chinese navy was destroyed before occupying Pontianak, and if it could further occupy Luzon or Taiwan, then the entire Chinese coast would be under the shadow of Russia. As long as you can achieve your goal, what is the difference compared to losing a Vladivostok?

There are still loyal ministers!

Nicholas II slapped his thigh and immediately accepted Rear Admiral Roger Stewinst's suggestion and prepared to send the Third World Fleet to completely wipe out the Far East. Nicholas II immediately ordered that the Baltic Fleet and the Black Sea Fleet begin to assemble in preparation for an expedition to China. At the same time, he ordered the military to immediately call up 500,000 soldiers to launch the most violent attack on China, and Nicholas II wanted his army to begin an expedition to China, preferably to the city of Beijing and to the Yellow River.

"I swear to teach those yellow-skinned heretics a hard lesson." Nicholas II said with a wave of fists. (To be continued......)