Chapter 44 The Japanese Army Attacks Vladivostok
The Chinese army pursued the Tsarist army all the way, and the Tsarist army retreated to the rear like a lost dog, but unfortunately the Chinese army did not catch up with the Tsarist army in time.
The Russian army retreated to its intended destination, and soon their second reinforcements arrived, and Grand Duke Nikolai's heart finally relaxed a little. Since the reinforcements had just arrived and had not rested, and the retreating army of Tsarist Russia was also very tired, Grand Duke Nicholas did not dare to attack the Chinese army that was chasing them.
After Jiang Fangzhen learned that those reinforcements had arrived, he immediately ordered the Huaxia army closest to the Tsarist army to immediately attack and retreat the Tsarist Russian army that had been completed, and to give a blow while the enemy was still tired, and also to give the Tsarist Russian reinforcements who had just arrived a dismount.
Xu Shuzheng's army on the eastern route launched an attack after receiving the order, and the tired Tsarist army had no intention of fighting, but only passively defended and lost a lot of troops.
The Eastern Route Army, which had little offensive effect, changed to harassment warfare according to the order of the headquarters, but unfortunately the enemy's reinforcements had arrived, and the harassment tactics did not make much gain.
The reinforcements from China and the Russian reinforcements arrived at their large army at the same time, and the reason why they were so late was because they had to escort the entire army fighting with Tsarist Russia all the way for half a year's supplies, and the rear would transport supplies one after another.
The Tsarist army immediately began to improve its defenses after arriving at its destination, although there were already some defenses before, but Grand Duke Nicholas was still not at ease, the strength of the Chinese army was too fierce, and he was not stable without adequate defense facilities.
The Tsar was disappointed by the successive defeats in the Far East, and the demon monk Rasputyan kept proposing to replace the marshal of the Far East and summon Grand Duke Nicholas back, trying to suppress Grand Duke Nicholas as much as possible.
"Your Majesty, the war in the Far East is so unfavorable that it is better to summon the Grand Duke back, so as not to cause any harm to the Grand Duke, after all, the battlefield is changeable." Rasputyan said with a worried expression.
Rasputyan said very vaguely, turning the corner to get the Grand Duke Nicholas back, ostensibly worrying about the safety of the Grand Duke, but in fact harboring evil intentions. If Grand Duke Nikolai comes back at this time, the defeat in the Far East will be completely pressed on him, and there will be no room for turning over, and the future wars in the Far East will have nothing to do with him, which shows the viciousness of this method.
Tsar Nicholas II was very angry when he heard this, and frowned and said: "Nonsense, after the imperial reinforcements arrive, they will definitely be able to resist the army of the yellow monkey, and the emperor himself has not asked to come back." What's more, the only one who is most familiar with the hateful Yellow Monkey Army now is Uncle Huang, and the previous defeat is not Uncle Huang's fault, they don't have an empire in their hearts at all.
Or that sentence I believe in Uncle Huang very much, when more reinforcements arrive, it will be time for us to counterattack, but it's a pity that the Japanese didn't fall out with them, otherwise I would have made the yellow monkey look good. ”
Seeing that he couldn't get Guò to get the Tsar back to Archduke Nicholas, Rasputyan had to leave it alone, and it seemed that he had to go to the Empress for a long walk. Rasputyan had long known that the tsar would say this, after all, he himself was still inferior to a member of the royal family like Grand Duke Nicholas, and to put it bluntly, he was an outsider. But he also planted his pawns on the Far Eastern side, and he wanted to turn the Far Eastern battlefield into a cemetery for Grand Duke Nicholas.
Hundreds of thousands of troops gathered in a corner of Outer Mongolia, instantly attracted the attention of all countries in the world, compared to this time the front is just an appetizer, this will be a key war that directly determines the outcome of the Sino-Russian war, the armies of both countries are full of energy to kill each other.
The general of the second batch of reinforcements of the Tsarist army seems to be at odds with Grand Duke Nicholas, and General Airry was single-handedly raised by Rasputyan, and there was no such figure in the original history.
Admiral Irry did not have any outstanding military talents, he was only a small colonel before, and when he did not come to the Far East, he was still a lieutenant general, and the general was temporarily promoted. A large part of the fact that he was able to sit in his current position in a few years was due to Rasproyan, so he was very loyal to Rasproyan rather than to the Tsar, and of course he would not give a good face to Archduke Nicholas, who opposed his boss.
More than forty percent of the soldiers in this reinforcement were temporary recruits, that is, untouchable recruits in the Tsar's mouth, and no one with the slightest status would enter the army at this time and rush to the Far East to die.
The 200,000 Chinese troops on the expedition to Vladivostok and Sakhalin had already diverted to the border between Outer Mongolia and Heilongjiang and headed straight for Nebuchu, and the commander-in-chief was General Han Ming, deputy commander-in-chief of the army and count of the empire.
Nebuchu's Tsarist army was only about 2,000, and the troops stationed there before had been transferred to the city of Buyingcheng, and they surrendered very well after encountering the siege of the Chinese army, and they did not want to be sent to death. Nebuchu's Tsarist army sent a telegram to Grand Duke Nicholas asking for reinforcements before surrendering, which was nothing more than a reason for their surrender, and they were not stupid.
Grand Duke Nikolai, who received the telegram, was also powerless for a while, where are the reinforcements coming from to support you now, Nebuchu can't keep it. He knew that Huaxia was going to attack the easternmost army of the empire, and he could only hope that the troops in the east could hold on, and there were not many troops attacking Huaxia, plus the fortified city there should be able to hold on.
However, after thinking about it for a while, Grand Duke Nikolai sadly felt that the troops in the east were very likely to be unable to hold it, because he had neglected the Chinese navy before, and no matter how hard the city was, it would not be able to withstand the long-term blow of that kind of giant cannon, not to mention those damn airship troops.
He immediately sent a telegram to the Russian troops in Vladivostok and Sakhalin to prepare for battle, and to build military defense facilities and store all supplies to avoid the bombardment of the Chinese navy and the bombing of airships.
After receiving the telegram, Lieutenant General Schönn in Vladivostok knew the danger and hurriedly mobilized his army to make preparations, and in order to prevent Zhang Zuolin's army, he also transferred part of the army to the Jilin border to guard.
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, the Huaxia army has already begun to move, shouldn't the empire's plan also be carried out?" War Minister Yusaku Uehara's eyes flashed with a gleam.
"It can indeed be carried out, the time has come for the light of the empire to shine on the entire Far East, and we will witness this glorious moment, and this time we must clean up all the forces of Tsarist Russia in the Far East." Prime Minister Katsura Taro looked up and said proudly.
War Minister Yusaku Uehara immediately rushed to Korea by boat on the same day, and the strategic significance of Vladivostok was even greater than that of the Kata region, where Japan also occupied a part of the area, which was fought over by Japan at the end of the Russo-Japanese War.
The Japanese troops stationed in Korea and part of the Korean indigenous army were secretly transferred to the vicinity of Vladivostok, and the Japanese troops who had previously confronted Zhang Zuolin in Jilin were largely directed towards Vladivostok.
Just when the Japanese troops stationed in Korea secretly rushed to Vladivostok, Han Ming's army was almost in Yaksa, and the Russian army in Yaksa had already withdrawn, and the merchants and so on inside were basically gone.
After receiving the information that the Japanese had been given to him by the empire to carry out the operation, Han Ming sped up the speed of the new army, and galloped along the way, and without encountering any obstacles, they entered Yaksa very smoothly, and then rushed to Vladivostok.
When Han Ming was in Yaxa, he telegraphed Xu Lanzhou and asked to go straight to Vladivostok through Heilongjiang, Xu Lanzhou refused Han Ming's request, God knows if the Chinese Empire would take the opportunity to even pack him up. Han Ming, who borrowed the road to no avail, cut off the purpose of going straight to Vladivostok from Heilongjiang, and he sent a telegram to Zhang Zuolin asking to borrow Jilin, and soon received a reply to allow him to borrow the road, so that he could only march to Jilin.
Xu Lanzhou refused and then sold the news to Japan, and in the current form he can only take refuge in the Japanese, the Russian army is finished this time, and he does not dare to continue to take refuge in Tsarist Russia.
After receiving the news, Yusaku Uehara accelerated preparations for the attack on Vladivostok, and the Japanese naval fleet also sent a large number of fleets to help the army seize Vladivostok. Vladivostok has become a huge fortified city under the construction of Tsarist Russia, and its towering walls are intimidating.
Vladivostok, as the most prosperous outlet of Tsarist Russia in the Far East, has been ruthlessly transformed, and its strategic significance is also very important, the reason why it was built so strong is to prevent the Japanese from sneaking attack, after all, the Manchu Qing at that time did not have the strength to attack Vladivostok.
Groups of Japanese troops wore the uniforms of the Chinese army, and they were ordered not to use Japanese during the battle, but only a few simple Chinese words that had been taught. The warships on the navy side are all hung with the flag of the Chinese Empire and the flag of the navy, and even the Japanese painted on the battleships are painted in Chinese, and they will disguise themselves as Chinese troops to rob Vladivostok and the Twin Cities of Tsarist Russia.
That night, when the soldiers of the Tsarist Russian army were standing guard, yawning and holding their guns, they were about to enter a sweet dream, when a group of Japanese troops dressed in Chinese military uniforms rushed towards them, and one after another warships flying the flag of the Chinese Empire rushed towards Vladivostok.
Japan's so-called ninja intelligence officers were dealing with the Russian soldiers standing guard, and the darts accurately eliminated the Russian soldiers, and the Japanese soldiers behind followed closely.
Just as the Japanese army was preparing to rush to the trenches defended by Tsarist Russia, it was still discovered, and for a time the warning of the enemy attack in the Tsarist army spread throughout Vladivostok, and one by one the sleeping Russian soldiers jumped up, quickly dressed and immediately took their guns to block the enemy.
"Boom! Rumble! ”
One after another, the shells rushed towards the barracks behind the Russian trenches, and the flames crossed the sky and fell into the Tsarist Russian barracks, and then the sound of shell explosions continued to sound, and screams and shouts sounded one after another after the explosion.
Those shells were shelled by the Japanese artillery behind after setting up the cannons towards the bright Tsarist Russian barracks, and some of the Russian troops who were caught off guard were killed by the shells before they even got dressed.
"Rush! For the great Chinese Empire! ”
"Rush! Kill all the old hairymen! ”
A sprint slogan in the Chinese language burst out of the mouths of the Japanese soldiers, which made the Russian army under attack think that it was the army of the Chinese Empire attacking.
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