In the Xinuan Pavilion of the Forbidden City in Beijing, the three people, Empress Dowager Cixi, Emperor Guangxu and Prince Gong Yixin, did not rejoice because of the series of victories in the recent war, but because of the strong strength of the Northern Army and the Northeast Navy under the command of Lin Daxin, they became a worried trio.

The three bigwigs of the imperial court found that in order to deal with Lin Daxin's efforts over the years, in the face of the strong strength of the Dingbei Army and the Northeast Navy, they were like paper paste, and they could only hope that Lin Daxin did not have the will to be the emperor in the future, the question is is that is possible?

It's just that Lin Daxin himself doesn't want to be the emperor, and his subordinates must also want to be the founding heroes, and the addition of the yellow robe has not happened in history.

Empress Dowager Cixi sighed and said: "It seems that this war between the Qing Dynasty and the Eight-Nation Alliance, our Qing Dynasty is almost won, but after the victory of the war, Lin Daxin's power is even more irrepressible, what should our court do?" ”

Emperor Guangxu and Prince Gong Yixin looked at each other, and shook their heads helplessly, how powerful the Eight-Nation Alliance is, it is almost an alliance composed of 8 countries in the world, and the result is that Lin Daxin is fighting miserably, and this bit of strength of the imperial court does not need to be taken out to be embarrassing.

Prince Gong Yixin hesitated for a moment and said: "To deal with Lin Daxin, the imperial court will not have to consider the issue of force in the future, and the old minister wonders if he can think of some ways in other aspects." ”

Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu then fell into contemplation because of Prince Gong's words, and Prince Gong's words also caused Lin Daxin a lot of trouble in the future.

In contrast to the worried trio of the Manchu court, some countries of the Eight-Nation Alliance were not worried when they received the results of the battle for Krasnoyarsk in Russia. And frightened.

You don't need to be so cruel! It's only been a few days, and Krasnoyarsk has more than 1 million elite armies of various countries. It was completely defeated by the Dingbei Army, with only a hundred thousand troops. Under the leadership of the commanders of several countries, they finally escaped from the western city of Krasnoyarsk, and fled to the direction of Novosibirsk along the Trans-Siberian Railway, and the Northern Army did not let them go, and soon after occupying the Krasnoyarsk City, they sent a large army to pursue the Novosibirsk City along the Trans-Siberian Railway, of course, it may also be that the Northern Army will continue to capture the Novosibirsk City.

But whether the Dingbei Army was in pursuit or in order to continue the offensive. After all, after the loss of Krasnoyarsk, the Russian region west of the Yenisei River began to open its arms to the Dingbei Army, indicating that Russia would lose a large piece of land again.

In the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, the capital of Russia, Tsar Nicholas II sent people to find the Russian Minister of Finance Witte, the Minister of the Navy Grand Duke Vichi, and the Minister of War Korrosky, three of his confidants.

Tsar Nicholas II said with a gloomy face: "Now that the city of Krasnoyarsk has been lost, what should we do now?" ”

Gorrosky as Minister of War. He was in charge of the entire Russian army, and when he heard Nicholas II's question, Gorrosky said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty the Tsar, between the Yenisei and Ob rivers. Our Russian army is no longer able to stop the Dingbei Army, there is basically no suitable place for our defense in this area, and we cannot concentrate many forces in this area. Only the city of Novosibirsk on the Ob River may still be able to hold back the Dingbei army. However, our War Department plans to take the city of Novosibirsk inside. The railway bridge across the Ob River was blown up, and then we concentrated our forces to defend the city west of Novosibirsk, and the city east of the Ob River had to be abandoned, and all the ships were transported to the west of the Ob River, and with the natural danger of the Ob River, we should be able to stop the Dingbei army from continuing its westward advance. ”

Tsar Nicholas II's brows were almost furrowed, Gorrosky's method was tantamount to giving up millions of square kilometers of Russian land east of the Ob River, which made Nicholas II extremely unwilling, he said: "Our newly formed 13th Army and 14th Army 500,000 troops have been formed, and your War Department still plans to continue to form a new group army in the next step, and even plans to form another 8 group armies of 2 million troops, aren't these all for the future counteroffensive?" Having blown up the railway bridge over the Ob River connecting the Trans-Siberian Railway, how will our Russian troops launch a counterattack in the future? ”

After the meeting of the Eight-Nation Alliance in London, Russia received strong support from the European and American countries in the alliance, especially the support of arms, so that Russia was ready to rely on the arms supported by European and American countries to build up another 2 million troops, which would be used in the future for counteroffensives against the occupied Russian lands, and even for attacks on the territory under Lin Daxin.

Gorrosky shook his head helplessly and said: "Your Majesty the Tsar, now is not the time for us to consider a counteroffensive, if we can't stop the Dingbei Army's advance, I even doubt that the Dingbei Army will always fight through the Ural Mountains and enter our Russian European region, it will be absolutely unbearable for us Russia, Your Majesty the Tsar, the Dingbei Army has the help of those planes, our army and the Dingbei Army are in an absolute weakness, and even the artillery units cannot play a role, We can only rely on the flesh and blood of our army soldiers to resist the aircraft, artillery and tanks of the Dingbei Army. It can be seen from the loss of Krasnoyarsk, which was defended by a million-strong army, in just a few days that in such a mode of war, it is impossible for our Russian Army, or even the armies of other countries of the Eight-Nation Alliance, to resist the attack of the Dingbei Army in a normal offensive and defensive war, and it is not easy to rely on the natural danger of the Ob River to block the Dingbei Army. ”

Tsar Nicholas II also knew that this was true, and the example of Krasnoyarsk was right in front of him, but what about the Russian lands that were lost in this war? According to the current situation of the war, Tsar Nicholas II was worried that these lands would not be done well and would leave Russia, which he absolutely could not agree, so he was unwilling to blow up the railway bridge, and fantasized about a large-scale counterattack by the Russian army in the future.

Seeing that Nicholas II was a little hesitant, Gorrosky continued to persuade: "Your Majesty the Tsar, although other countries in Europe have promised to send a total number of 1.5 million troops into our Russian territory to fight, but these troops will not be able to reach the battlefield in a short period of time, and now our Russian territory is mainly relying on our own Russian troops to fight, only near the city of Zarkamels in Kazakhstan, there are 270,000 German troops, As for the land forces of other countries that fled from Krasnoyarsk, it is almost negligible. If we only rely on the current strength of our Russian Army, not to mention that the Dingbei Army still has planes to help the war, even without those headache planes, it will be difficult for our Russian Army to resist the attack of the Dingbei Army with strong combat effectiveness, and can only rely on blowing up the railway bridge and relying on the Ob River to resist the Dingbei Army. ”

Tsar Nicholas II let out a long sigh and said: "Well, then do it according to the plan of your War Department!" However, how many troops can we mobilize for defense in Novosibirsk City now, don't blow up the railway bridge and fail to defend Novosibirsk, then we will be embarrassed. ”

Gorrosky said: "Novosibirsk City now has about 50,000 people from the 1st Army of the 5th Army, and the 12th Army, which was originally prepared to support Krasnoyarsk, is not far from Novosibirsk, so that the 250,000 troops of the 12th Army can also rush to Novosibirsk, and in addition, the troops of various countries that escaped from Krasnoyarsk are also fleeing to Novosibirsk, so that there can be 13 or 40,000 troops to strengthen to Novosibirsk City, but these 13, The 40,000 troops have just undergone a major defeat, their morale is low, and there should be nothing left of their weapons and equipment, so there is no need to report too much hope for combat effectiveness. His Majesty the Tsar, Novosibirsk City will be able to gather these troops in a short period of time, and if you don't blow up the railway bridge, you don't want to hold Novosibirsk City at all, I believe that as long as the railway bridge is blown up, these troops will strictly defend the city west of the Ob River, and the Dingbei Army should have no way to continue to advance westward. ”

At this time, the Russian Minister of Finance next to him, Witte, hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty the Tsar, the battle of the city of Krasnoyarsk, it has been seen that the Dingbei Army with aircraft to assist in the battle is no longer something that ordinary armies of various countries can resist now, although we can rely on the natural danger of the Ob River to prevent the Dingbei Army in the direction of Siberia from continuing to advance westward, but we must know that the Dingbei Army in our Russia is not only that way, the Dingbei Army in the direction of Kazakhstan, It is quite possible to storm into our Siberian region, east of the Ural Mountains, and even continue to attack our regions of Europe. Shouldn't we think about ending the war? ”

When Tsar Nicholas II heard this, his eyes immediately stood up and he said loudly: "Impossible, we in Russia will never end the war under such circumstances!" If the war ends now, our Russia will have to lose millions of square kilometers of land, and it may not be able to satisfy Lin Daxin's greedy appetite, maybe we will lose more land and money, we Russia must persist this time, by the way, the new anti-aircraft artillery and new anti-aircraft shells, the research institute of the arsenal has not made a breakthrough? Let the research institute speed up research and development, and when the new anti-aircraft guns and new anti-aircraft shells are produced, we will have the means to deal with the aircraft of the Dingbei Army. (To be continued......)

PS:Finally got the second chapter out today.,There's been too much going on lately.,I can only update it as much as possible.,I hope the brothers are considerate.,I'll try to find more time and more.,Quack quack...... Is it possible to ask for a ticket?