The Governor-General of the Amur River was a new territorial body established by the Russians after the end of the Tenth Russo-Turkish War in response to the Chinese threat in the East. The Amur River refers to the Heilongjiang River, with its center in Boli and the jurisdiction of the Amur Territory, Primorsky Territory and Transbaikal Territory. Governor General for Andrei. Baron Colf!

These three provinces are the targets of the Qin army's assault!

"The Russians have a total population of only 50,000 in the entire Heilongjiang River basin. The local natives were exterminated by them, or they fled to the northeast of our country, and tens of thousands of our people and some Koreans who originally lived here were also expelled by the Russians. The Russians here are completely dependent on Transbaikalia for food. The Russians had only just begun to cultivate the land, and there was no animal husbandry at all. Every summer, after the start of the shipping season, merchants of the Transbaikal region travel to this place, supply the region with all the necessary goods, buy local furs and other goods, and return to Transbaikalia in the month of Ba every year. The province of Primorsky is also known as the generation of Vladivostok. There are also some Chinese and North Koreans here. In addition, there are 10,000 or 20,000 banner people living in Boli, Vladivostok and other places, and the total population does not exceed 80,000. In addition to the fragile Siberian fleet, there were less than a thousand soldiers stationed there.

But we must not underestimate the Russians from this. The Russians living in the Trans-Khingan Mountains are soldiers when they pick up guns and cavalry when they are on horses. Boli and Vladivostok, when drawing up an operational plan, it is necessary to fully assess the strength of the Russian army in order to draw up an operational plan.

We cannot afford the slightest negligence or mistake in this war! ”

Just in the diplomatic note sent to Andrei. When Colf was in his hands, Liu Xian was in Shenyang and held a pre-war meeting of the Northeast Military Region. The Qin army with the information provided by the British in their hands. A thorough understanding of Russian power in the Far East.

Amur Territory, Primorsky Territory. Transbaikal Territory, three destinations. The combined population of Russia in the Amur and Primorsky Provinces does not exceed 80,000. If we add up the bannermen, local natives, Chinese and Koreans who have remained there to this day, there will definitely be no more than 150,000 people.

The total number of troops garrisoned in the two places, including the fleet in Vladivostok, was less than 3,500 men. Counting the war potential, the full battle is 20,000 people. And the 'militia', which occupies the absolute main force among them, cannot be compared with the regular Russian army in terms of armament and combat effectiveness.

The Transbaikal Territory is a different story. It was under the control of the Russians long before the signing of the Treaty of Aihui and the Treaty of Beijing. The operating time is far from being comparable to that of the Outer Khingan Mountains and the coastal areas. There are close to 600,000 people here, and there are 10,000 regular Russian troops.

The military governor of Transbaikal Luca. Major General Ilyashevich, with the Governor-General Andrei. Baron Korf had a very good relationship, and when the war broke out in the future, Luca Korff had a very good relationship. Ilyashevich was definitely the commander-in-chief of the Russian army in the Far East. This is a good military man. The British rated him as having a certain command ability and a stern and irascible personality.

Because of the severity, the 10,000 Russian infantry cavalry in Transbaikal has quite good combat effectiveness. Because of his irritability, Luka stayed in Transbaikal for five years. Ilyashevich. Luca, who is over fifty years old. Ilyashevich was never able to return to the West as he wished, and he did not have the opportunity to make military achievements in the war.

Throughout the 10th Russo-Turkish War, Luca. Ilyashevich sent six petitions to St. Petersburg. But it has always been forgotten in the Far East, watching from the wall.

Transbaikalia has a certain ammunition stockpile, and the local population generally owns horses, knives and guns. But a long period of comfortable life will surely wear down the fighting spirit of the Russians, and it is estimated that an additional 20,000 militia can be added here.

So Russia faced three integrated infantry divisions of the Northeast Military District. With two cavalry divisions as the main force of the 100,000-strong army, Tsarist Russia was really Alexander in the Far East. Their estimated military strength of 50,000. The combat power is too much moisture. And on the Mongolian plateau, there are also Chinese cavalry divisions active.

Russia has now put the Siberian railway on the agenda, but Outer Mongolia is the biggest drawback of this railway!

It rested like a dagger in the center of Siberia.

"Your Majesty, in the war against Russia, our northeastern border army is divided into four routes. All the way, hit Vladivostok and Shuangchengzi; All the way to attack the central city of Tsarist Russia in the Far East, Boli, all the way to Hailanpao, and finally to Manchuria into Nebuchu and Chita.

The cavalry division, with battalions as units, set out from Boli and Manchuria, and searched and killed the enemy in a dragnet style, so as to ensure that the large number of Russian troops could not escape.

At most, in September, heavy snow will fall on the outer Khing'an Mountains, and it will be icy and snowy. It is difficult for a small group of people to survive under the harsh climate environment of the Outer Khing'an Mountains. ”

After Liu Songshan, one of the deputy commanders of the Northeast Military Region, sat down, Du Chun, the commander of the Beiyang Navy who attended the meeting, stood up, took over the conversation and continued:

"At the same time as the army is attacking, our navy will also launch an attack on the Russian army on Sakhalin. With the power of our navy, it should be effortless to destroy the Russian Siberian fleet. The navy would then attack Temple Street from the sea. At the same time, it carried marines to land at Chumikan, blockaded the junction of the Trans-Khing'an Mountains and the Zhugzhur Mountains, and completely blockaded the Russian troops and Russians in the Heilongjiang River valley and the coastal area to the south of the Trans-Khingan Mountains.

Our navy will also attack Russia's coastal cities and settlements further north, and turn back to the south before the sea freezes in September. ”

The strength of the Beiyang Fleet led by Du Chun was less than one-third of that of the Nanyang Fleet. Three Saxon ironclads and one British-built second-class ironclad were all left in the South Seas Fleet. The only capital ship of the Beiyang Fleet, a French-made second-class ironclad ship, is also based in Shanghai, and Du Chun's own flagship is only the Zhiyuan!

But this is the kind of fleet, which can easily accomplish strategic tasks by suppressing both the Japanese and Russian Siberian fleets on the one hand.

When Du Chun said these words, he was full of confidence. Even the army is in trouble on land, and they are invincible on the sea. After all, the 'Hengshan' French-made ironclad ship based in Shanghai is completely indestructible in East Asia today. Baya-class second-class ironclad ships, with a displacement of nearly 6,000 metric tons, are equipped with 8 boilers, two-shaft propulsion, output horsepower 4400 horsepower, speed 14-14.5 knots, equipped with 4 French M1870 239mm main guns, side armor 152-254mm, deck armor 203mm. Du Chun was ready to take the Hengshan directly to attack the Russian naval defense line in Vladivostok.

"Before winter, the task is absolutely complete!" At the meeting, Xiang Fa once again said such affirmative words to Liu Xian.

"Then I am waiting for you to get good news. Don't be preempted by Mongolia's Wei Ming. Liu Xian stood up as he spoke, and the meeting was over, and he only had to wait for Bo Li's reply, and the war could begin.

The combat mission in the Baikal direction does not need to be bothered by the Northeast Military District, there is Wei Ming's task. The 20,000 cavalry had been marching for more than a long time, and at the slightest order, they could sweep across the shores of Lake Baikal like the wind. Do not give the Russian army time to reflect and assemble at all.

There were hundreds of thousands of people in the whole of Transbaikalia, and the fighting base of the Russians was not comparable to that of the newly created Mongolian military districts. Liu Xian didn't want to send troops to reinforce Mongolia and fight offensive and defensive battles with the Russians in the ice and snow.

He asked Wei Ming for the word 'fast'!

With the unprepared, the Russian army was caught off guard, and the Russian army was caught off guard.

Wei Ming's available troops were less than two cavalry divisions. It is the main force of the Russian army that is dealing with it, and if he wins a great success first, the entire Northeast Military Region will be shameless.

The Qin army has been loaded with bullets and is ready to fly!

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Burleigh, also known as Khabarovka. Located on the east bank of the confluence of the Heilongjiang River and the Ussuri River, it is the heart of Tsarist Russia in the Far East and the largest city.

In 1858, Russia forced the Qing government to sign the "Aihun Treaty", and then the Russian Governor of Eastern Siberia, Muravyov, led the army to arrive, and used this place as the cantonment camp of the 13th Russian Siberian Frontier Battalion, established a military outpost, and named Boli Khabarovka after Khabarov, the leader of the Tsarist Russian invasion of the Heilongjiang River Valley in the mid-17th century. In 1860, Tsarist Russia forced the Qing government to sign the Treaty of Peking, and Boli was legally occupied by Tsarist Russia.

The master of the city, the Governor of the Governor-General of the Governor-General of the Amur River, Andrei. Baron Colf, an emergency meeting is being held. This was the second emergency meeting of the Tsarist government in the Far East after the Qin army sent troops to Sakhalin Island, and it was also the second emergency meeting after they forced the Manchus to sign the Treaty of Peking.

"Gentlemen, the Chinese are provoking great Russia, they want to provoke a war." Andre. Colf waved his arms. "Nope. It's to start a war! ”

"Don't put your hopes in diplomacy. That's a coward's table! And even if St. Petersburg agrees to negotiate with the Chinese, do you think they will go and prepare the negotiating table? No, it won't. What they wanted was war, a war to start immediately, to fight for the precious lands that belonged to Russia before the great Russian Empire had recovered from the wounds of war. We must be ready for battle, call up militias, distribute ammunition, and use the short time to store food, rather than foolishly wasting five precious days. ”

"War is coming. Leave behind the ridiculous thoughts and get ready for battle. Russia is not afraid of war. We are a fighting people, let bayonets and bullets teach the Chinese, they need to maintain the necessary respect and reverence for the great Russian Empire, the great Tsar. ”

"It was my decision. Andre. Baron Korf's decision. Decision of the Supreme Military and Political Governor of the Governor-General of the Amur River. I don't care what you think in your heart. Quickly do what I say.

Every day I have to see the results happen.

Do you understand? Gentlemen? ”

The waving arms showed the anger and determination of His Excellency the Governor at the moment. The officers and government officials present at the meeting bowed their heads respectfully one by one. "Yes, Your Excellency the Governor. We will act in full accordance with your decision. There will be no mistakes. (To be continued......)