When Tsar Nicholas II heard the words of Chancellor of the Exchequer Witte, he couldn't help but shake his head, and hesitated in his heart before saying: "Since the finances of the empire are no longer allowed to continue the second phase of the wartime mobilization and expansion plan of 1 million, then just wait, the private treasury of the Tsar Ben is not endless, then wait for the empire's finances to be better!" ”

Chancellor of the Exchequer Witte and Chief of the Army Staff Gorros were basically full of hope that the young Tsar would still take money from his private treasury to implement the second phase of the wartime mobilization plan, but unfortunately Nicholas II did not want to keep spending money from his private pocket into the bottomless pit of military spending.

In addition, the main purpose of expanding the army by 1 million is to warn the Germans not to form an alliance with Lin Daxin, and now the Germans have completely abandoned the idea of forming an alliance with Lin Daxin, so the second phase of Russia's wartime mobilization, the expansion of the army by 1 million is not so urgent.

And now, although Russia has continuously lost more than 1.5 million land forces in the war with Lin Daxin, the entire Russia still has a huge army of nearly 2.5 million, that is, the strength of the entire Siberian theater still reaches 1.4 million, and Lin Daxin's Dingbei Army still has an advantage in terms of troops.

In this way, Tsar Nicholas II was not willing to take out this huge amount of money from his private treasury for the expansion of the army by 1 million, which was definitely not a small amount of money.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Witte and Chief of the Army Staff Gorrosky heard that Nicholas II would not pay out of his own pocket for the second phase of wartime mobilization, and knew that the plan to expand the army by another 1 million troops this time had to be put on hold for the time being.

Witte doesn't care, as the Minister of Finance of the Russian Empire, as long as His Majesty the Tsar forces him to take out the 1 million military expenses for the expansion of the army, he doesn't care too much about whether the army is expanded or not, but the Korrosky next to him frowned, if the Siberian Second Front was not surrounded and annihilated by 720,000 troops, the War Department did not care too much about the second phase of wartime mobilization, but the problem now is that there is a 720,000 army less at once, so that the strength advantage of the Siberian theater is not so obvious, Coupled with the strong combat effectiveness of the Dingbei Army, if the Russian army does not have an absolute superiority in strength, Gorrosky is worried that the battle situation will get worse and worse.

In the Vladivostok Governor's Palace, the Governor of the Far East, Alekseyev, said in a pale voice to the commander of the Vladivostok city defense, the commander of the 4th Army, Willistov, and the commander of the Russian First Pacific Fleet, Makarov: "His Majesty the Tsar sent us a telegram to Vladivostok that the Second Front, which had come from the Siberian theater of operations to relieve us, had suffered a devastating defeat, and that near the inner city of Svobod, 720,000 troops were surrounded and annihilated by the Dingbei Army, The deputy commander of the Siberian theater of operations, Oleg Lev, led the remnants of the troops to surrender to the Dingbei Army. The Empire has no time or way to send another expeditionary force to relieve us of the siege of Vladivostok, which will be left alone. ”

When Willistov heard the shocking news, he was shocked and cried out: "Oh God! So what about us in Vladivostok? Without reinforcements, we in Vladivostok will not last 3 months, and we will have nothing to eat! ”

Governor Alekseev said with a wry smile: "His Majesty the Tsar ordered our army in Vladivostok to immediately break through in the direction of the Siberian theater of operations. ”

Makarov then asked: "Breakout? And what about the warships in our harbor? ”

Governor Alekseev sighed and said: "His Majesty the Tsar ordered that all the warships in the port of Vladivostok should sink by themselves, and they could not be left to the Northeast Navy under Lin Daxin, and then the officers and men of the Navy and the army would break through together. ”

After that, the 3 decision-makers in Vladivostok fell into silence, and each of them understood in their hearts that it was so simple to break through, not to mention anything else, from Vladivostok to the area controlled by the Siberian theater of operations, they had to walk thousands of kilometers, and all along the way were the Dingbei Army, even Vladivostok was surrounded by the heavy corps of the Dingbei Army, and even worse, their Vladivostok army was to break through the blockage of the Dingbei Army outside Vladivostok, and if you want to break through to the Siberian theater, you must pass through the inner city of Svobod, It was built like a turtle shell by the Dingbei Army, and the Russian army had just been annihilated there with an army of 720,000, and Vladivostok added up to only more than 200,000 troops, which could be stronger than the strong Siberian Second Front!

Such a road to break through is basically no different from the road to death, but if you want to continue to stay in Vladivostok, it is also a dead end, the food in Vladivostok is only enough for 500,000 Russian soldiers and civilians to eat until June, this is still the limit of rations that have been implemented in Vladivostok, especially Governor Alekseev ordered to compress the rations of civilians to a minimum, otherwise Vladivostok may not have a grain of grain now.

After a long silence, Willistov spoke: "Governor, what shall we do?" Did he really choose to break out according to the orders of His Majesty the Tsar? That's almost the same as sending you to death! ”

Alekseev said with a wry smile: "We just don't break through and stay in Vladivostok, and in less than 3 months, we will all starve to death!" ”

Willistov hesitated for a moment and said, "Governor-General, we can also choose to follow the example of His Excellency Oleg Lev, Deputy Commander of the Siberian Theater of Operations. ”

Listening to Willistov's meaning, it was to let the Russian naval and land armies in Vladivostok surrender to Lin Daxin, Governor Alekseev frowned, but did not reprimand Willistov, but turned to Makarov and asked, "What is your opinion?" ”

Makarov glanced at Willistov next to him, and then said: "Your Excellency the Governor, it is simply impossible to break through to the area controlled by the Siberian Theater of Operations, and we may not go far before the army of the Dingbei Army will be surrounded from all sides like wolves meeting sheep, even if the Dingbei Army does not mobilize a large army to encircle and suppress us, if we want to go to the area controlled by the Siberian Theater of Operations, we must also pass through the inner city of Svobod." The more than 700,000 troops of the Second Siberian Front were surrounded and annihilated there, and our combined Vladivostok only had more than 200,000 people, and it was impossible to get through there. I don't think it's really the best way to lay down our arms when we have no hope. ”

The two commanders of the army and navy in Vladivostok, facing the current predicament, were already planning to surrender in their hearts, after all, there was no hope in Vladivostok now, and no one wanted to be buried with Vladivostok for the Russian Empire.

Willistov continued: "Governor, although I don't want to admit it, but the current situation, whether it is to break through or hold Vladivostok, is a dead end for us, and the only way to survive is only surrender, please consider this way for the 500,000 Russian soldiers and civilians in Vladivostok!" ”

Governor Alekseev's expression was gloomy and he didn't speak for a long time, he had been entangled in his heart about surrendering to the Dingbei Army, he was the uncle of Tsar Nicholas II, a member of the royal family of the Russian Empire, so he chose to surrender to the Dingbei Army and became a prisoner of the Qing Dynasty that he looked down on, he was really a little unwilling in his heart, and felt that he had tarnished the honor of the imperial family of the Russian Empire.

But as Willistov said, whether to break through or stay in Vladivostok, it is a dead end, and he does not want to lose his life in this war, and the current situation is that Alekseev can't think of any way to save his life except to surrender.

In the end, Governor Alekseev still did not make up his mind, and said in a deep voice: "Anyway, we still have time, let me think carefully about breaking through or laying down my arms!" ”

After a pause, Alekseev turned his head to Makarov and said: "The warships in the naval port can start to sink themselves, whether they break through or surrender, these warships should not be left to the Northeast Navy under Lin Daxin." ”

Originally, Governor Alekseev ordered those who knew the news of the defeat of the Second Siberian Front not to spread the news, so that the army and civilians in Vladivostok would know the terrible news and cause chaos in Vladivostok.

But Alekseev's order did not work, and it is not known who revealed the news, and it did not take long for the entire Vladivostok to know that the Second Siberian Front, which had rescued them, had been defeated and had been surrounded and annihilated by the Dingbei Army with 720,000 men, more than 200,000 more than the entire Vladivostok army plus civilians.

Now there are no reinforcements to rescue Vladivostok, because of the daily ration quota restrictions, some Russian civilians who can't eat enough first make trouble, demanding that the rations must be the same as the army's standards, and even began to storm the material warehouses in Vladivostok, ready to rob the food inside, and some villains took advantage of the chaos in Vladivostok to start robbing other civilians of their belongings, and even harmed young women among the civilians.

Even some Russian soldiers took advantage of the chaos to rob civilians of their belongings in Vladivostok, and vented the ** of these Russian soldiers to some young and beautiful women, and the whole Vladivostok suddenly became chaotic, and messy gunshots rang out in Vladivostok from time to time.

Governor Alekseev quickly ordered Vladivostok City Defense Commander Willistov to send troops to quell the chaos in Vladivostok, so Willistov immediately sent troops of his 4th Army, first suppressed the civilians who wanted to rob the material warehouse, directly at the gate of the material warehouse, set up a machine gun at the civilians with sticks, suddenly strafed, shot nearly 300 people, and the other Russian civilians who attacked the material warehouse scattered and fled.

And the Russian soldiers and civilian villains who took advantage of the chaos in Vladivostok to do evil everywhere were also restrained by the army sent by Willistov, because of the disastrous defeat of the Siberian Second Front, the chaos caused by Vladivostok was quickly quelled, but the entire military and civilians in Vladivostok knew that they had no reinforcements outside, and the food in the city could not be eaten for long, and the entire Vladivostok became an undercurrent.

Vladivostok City Defense Commander and Commander of the 4th Army, Willistov, rushed to the Governor's Palace after the chaos in Vladivostok was brought under control, and saw Governor Alekseev saying with a wry smile: "Governor, the chaos has subsided for the time being, but the news of the crushing defeat of the Siberian Second Front has spread throughout Vladivostok, and as our food becomes less and less, something worse may happen." ”

Alekseev said angrily: "What's the matter? Didn't I give the order to block this news? How did it spread throughout Vladivostok? ”

Willistov didn't know what was going on, so he could only shake his head helplessly, indicating that he didn't know either. And in an office in the Governor's Palace, the Russian army captain staff officer Pagilitov, that is, Hu Dayong, an agent of the Northeast Military Intelligence Agency, was very satisfied with the chaos in Vladivostok after he spread the news, and he believed that Vladivostok would not last long, and he was not far from returning home.

Alekseev leaned weakly on the chair he was sitting on, and now the whole of Vladivostok knew that it was too late to say anything.

Willistov looked at Alekseev's appearance, hesitated for a moment and said: "Governor, the defenders of the mountain fortification group on the outskirts of Vladivostok also know the news, and now the morale of the army has become impetuous, so ...... go on like this."

Alekseev didn't speak for a long time, his eyes were fixed on a photo on the table, which was a picture of his second wife and a pair of twin daughters, then Alekseev gritted his teeth, looked up at Willistov and said: "There is no need to hesitate, Willistov, you send someone to contact the Dingbei army besieging Vladivostok, and tell them that I am willing to lead the soldiers and civilians of Vladivostok to surrender to them, but they must promise to guarantee the personal safety and personal property of our Russian officers and soldiers not to be confiscated." ”

To hell with the royal family of the Russian Empire, the honor of the royal family of the Russian Empire, if his life is gone, then his wife, who was called the flower of St. Petersburg when he was young, is now 38 years old and is still beautiful, I don't know whose arms he will lie into.

Their 18-year-old daughters are more beautiful than their mothers when they were younger, and they are versatile, which is their greatest pride, and they are even called Russian twin flowers by some young Russian nobles, and young Russian nobles who want to be their sons-in-law can form a royal guard. If he dies in battle, who will take care of his precious daughters, you must know that there are many people who are eyeing their precious daughters, even Tsar Nicholas II, looking at the eyes of these two cousins, he can't wait to swallow them in one bite. If they are gone, the twin daughters, known as the Russian Geminis, are likely to be taken in by their cousins. You must know that Nicholas II has a queen, so his twin daughters can only see the light for the rest of their lives.

Hearing Alekseev's decision, Willistov sighed, but felt relaxed in his heart, "Yes, Your Excellency the Governor, I will immediately send someone to contact the Dingbei Army, and the entire Vladivostok 500,000 soldiers and civilians will be grateful for the Governor's decision." ”R1152