[Today's second update, the update is a little late, I hope you will forgive me. 】

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The Beiyang Army crossed the Songhua River to attack the Russian army in Hulan, and after five hours of fighting, about 30,000 troops of the two infantry divisions of the East Manchurian detachment of the Russian army were defeated. After that, the first town of the Beiyang Army pursued the victory, and the two cavalry regiments followed and killed the fleeing Russian army. After three days of chasing operations, the Russian Dongman detachment was annihilated a total of 4,330 people, 19,428 people were captured, and the rest of the Russian troops fled back to Longjiang Mansion in disarray. Due to the surprise attack tactics, the Beiyang Army suffered only 32 casualties, and only more than 100 people were wounded.

Most of these casualties were caused by lack of combat experience, and many elites who were trained in peacetime were suddenly nervous and scared on the battlefield, resulting in being injured by the Russian diehards. However, these small costs are worth the comparison. Compared with the Beiyang Army as a whole, it proves that the combat effectiveness of the army trained by Wang Chenhao is very strong.

On July 6, Lieutenant General Zasulich, commander of the East Manchurian detachment of the Russian army, who had fled back to Longjiang Province, gathered the remnants. After counting, there are only more than 5,300 people left in the East Manchurian detachment of the Russian army, and more than half of them are unarmed and unarmed, and one-third of them are injured to varying degrees. According to the report given by the Beiyang Army, more than 3,000 Russian troops were missing or missing in this battle.

After the Battle of the Songhua River, the main force of the East Manchurian detachment of the Russian army that invaded Heilongjiang Province was disabled. The Beiyang Army recovered Hulan, Hailun, Anda, Suihua and other places, and captured a large amount of military supplies from the Russian army.

After discussing with Liang Huadian, Feng Guozhang and others, Wang Shizhen decided that this was the best time to recover Heilongjiang Province, and decided to continue to pursue the enemy.

Li Hongzhang was very happy when he learned that the Beiyang Army had won the first battle, and he thought that he would accept it when he saw it, and he was ready to order the march to be stopped. However, it was only under the persuasion of Yang Shixiang, Zhou Fu, Zhang Peilun and others that they were able to change, and finally instructed the first and second towns of the Beiyang Army to take advantage of the victory to pursue and drive out all the remnants of the Russian army that had invaded Heilongjiang Province before the arrival of Russian reinforcements.

After receiving Li Hongzhang's approval, the first and second towns of the Beiyang Army advanced to Longjiang Province on 7 July.

At this time, the Russian army in Longjiang Prefecture could occupy only more than 3,000 troops, about the size of an infantry regiment of the Russian army (at this time, the first division of the Russian army had five infantry regiments of about 16,000 people). Due to the destruction of Caijiatun, the supply base of the Russian army, Zasulich did not think that he would be able to hold Longjiang Province without ammunition. Moreover, Zasulich has a new understanding of the Beiyang Army at this moment, and it can be said that he has a bloody surname.

The Beiyang Army is all equipped with the most advanced German weapons, the same division of strength, the first town of the Beiyang Army 12,500 people, using 7.92 Mauser 95 magazine rifles, with 36 80 infantry guns, 18 150 heavy howitzers, and 50 heavy machine guns. The Russian army has an infantry division of 16,000 people, mainly using 10.7 Bodan II M1880 rifles and a small number of 8.89 Nagan M1890 rifles, with 35 75 infantry guns, no heavy artillery, and only 12 heavy machine guns.

In contrast, the gap between the equipment of the Russian army and the firepower of the Beiyang Army is too large.

When Zasulich took the comparative list of the equipment and strength of the two armies, he felt ashamed of his carelessness.

Zasulich did not dare to engage the Beiyang Army head-on, so he led the remnants to withdraw from Longjiang Province. The Beiyang Army took advantage of the victory to recover Longjiang Province, and claimed to have defeated the Russian army defending the city.

Five days later, Zasulic retreated to Aihui, Heihe Province. At the same time, the Beiyang Army also chased after it.

Due to the strength of Russia, there were as many as a dozen Russian gunboats on the Heilongjiang River, while only two gunboats of the Qing army were captured by the Russian army, and one was sunk by the Russians. In the absence of gunboats, the Beiyang Army could only retreat in the face of the ferocious firepower of the Russian gunboats on the river.

However, Zasulich in Aihui City is not having a good time, although there are gunboats to support, but the south gate of Aihui is facing the fierce bombardment of the Beiyang Army Artillery Regiment, and it is a matter of time before the city is broken.

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In Vladivostok, in the headquarters of the Far Eastern Military District, the roaring and cursing voice of the Russian Far Eastern Commander, General Kurbertkin, could be heard in the entire building.

In the First Battle of the Songhua River, the Imperial Russian Army lost its ground operations in the Far East for the first time, and was defeated by the Qing Army, which had always been unknown, which caused Russia to lose its military superiority over China in the region, disrupted the plan of the war of aggression against China, and even lost the face of the Imperial Russian Army.

"Pass my orders and kill Zasulich!"

General Kulbertkin slammed the table, his forehead bruising in anger.

The Governor of Amur, Lieutenant General Stessel, and the Chief of Staff of his command, Major General Reis, hurriedly persuaded Kurbert King to calm his anger.

Major General Reis persuaded: "Your Excellency, Commander, please calm your anger, although Lieutenant General Zasulich lost this battle, he is the wife and brother of Lord Witt after all, and shooting him will probably make Lord Witt's side difficult to explain." ”

Lieutenant General Stessel saw that Reis gave him a look, so he also came forward to persuade him: "Yes, please be cautious, Commander. After all, Zasulich is a lieutenant general, only one level below you, and it is unreasonable for you to kill him. It's better to hand him over to a military court for trial, and give those old politicians a headache. ”

General Kurbertkin also knew that he could not be reckless in shooting Zasulich, but he really couldn't swallow it.

"He has disgraced the face of the Imperial Army, and if he is not killed, how can I explain to the tens of thousands of soldiers in the Far East? He lost the battle and lost Heilongjiang, and the empire's hard calculations for so long came to naught. If His Majesty the Tsar is held accountable, how can I explain it? ”

Lieutenant General Stessel said: "This is indeed a difficult issue. The empire had already drawn a large army from Central Asia to reinforce it, and the sea reinforcements were not yet ready to go. The Empire's strategic encirclement of Northeast China has been completed, and the Qing army in Northeast China that was originally intended to be annihilated has now been beaten with a stick by the family, which is indeed very shameless. ”

Reis said: "It's better for us to start from the Korean side first, as long as the surprise attack occupies Shengjing, the Qing Empire will definitely compromise!" ”

General Kurbertkin shook his head and said, "No! The Qing Empire has sent the veteran general Song Qing to lead the troops to garrison the Yalu River, this person is one of the rare generals in the Qing Empire, and has had the experience and lessons of the Yalu River defensive battle before, and at this moment we have lost the East Manchurian detachment that contains the Beiyang Army, so if we start from the Yalu River, it is easy to cause a counter-encirclement. ”

Reis frowned, "What then?" His Majesty the Tsar will definitely blame His Excellency the Commander, and if he can recapture Heilongjiang before His Majesty is held accountable, it is better to explain to His Majesty the Tsar! ”

Lieutenant General Stessel said: "Aihui is in danger, Lieutenant General Zasulich asks for instructions to withdraw from Aihui, if the commander makes any moves, it is best to act quickly while Aihui is still in our hands." Although Heilongjiang Province was lost, fortunately, Aihui is still in our hands. ”

General Kurbertkin sighed and said, "Our troops have been transferred to Hunchun and North Korea, and we can't reinforce Aihui at all. ”

Everyone was silent for a while, the battle of the Songhua River had messed up their original deployment, and now several people didn't know what to do.

After a long time, Lieutenant General Stessel said: "It's really not good, I'll go to Aihui in person, I still have the 11th Infantry Brigade of East and West Villa in my hand." ”

Reis asked, "Isn't that going to stay in Vladivostok?" That's our reserve team, and taking it out now may have an impact on the future battle situation! ”

Lieutenant General Stessel frowned and said, "The question now is whether you can either give up Aihui, or keep this stronghold and wait for reinforcements to arrive, do you have a better choice?" ”

After weighing the pros and cons, General Kurbertkin said: "If we give up Aihui and the Qing Empire recovers Heilongjiang, then they will definitely come forward to demand an end to this local war when all countries sympathize with the Qing Empire." If the empire does not agree, wait until reinforcements arrive before fighting, and then there will be international pressure. Extremely bad for the Empire. ”

Reis asked, "Did Your Excellency the Commander agree?" ”

General Kurbertkin turned to Lieutenant General Stessel and encouraged him: "So please! ”

Lieutenant General Stessel nodded, and said with a straight face: "Without further ado, I'll set off." ”