On May 24, 1902, the six field armies of the Dingbei Army launched a surprise attack on the Russian army on the border line in Russia, and the whole offensive process can be described as overwhelming, and on the 25th, the entire Russian border line defense line has almost been occupied by the Dingbei Army, and the 1.2 million Russian troops on the border line have suffered unprecedented heavy losses, and the field armies of the Dingbei Army began to advance in depth to Russia, including the two field armies that were originally used as reserves, and also entered the Russian territory to attack the city.

As a result, the losses paid by the various field armies of the Northern Army are not large, and compared with the losses of the Russian army, they are simply insignificant.

The Russians did not expect that the 1.2 million troops on the border would collapse so quickly, and the Russian War Minister Korrosky immediately ordered the 300,000 troops in the Siberian regions that were closer to the border to stop going to the border and quickly return to their original positions to defend the important towns and strategic points in the Russian-controlled regions of Siberia.

However, under the air cover of the Yellow Bird fighters and Blue Eagle bombers, many Russian troops were almost defeated in important towns and strategic points in Siberia, and the airship units of the Northeast Air Force delivered supplies to the various attack units, so that the Dingbei Army advanced very fast in Russia.

By June 10, 1902, that is, half a month after the war on the Northern Front began, the area east of the Yenisei River in Siberia of Russia had all been captured by several field armies of the Dingbei Army, and only some of the scattered Russian troops were still east of the Yenisei River, but they could no longer affect the entire war situation, and they were still facing the liquidation of the Dingbei Army at any time.

The Russian-controlled Kazakhstan region was also occupied by the Fourth Field Army of the Dingbei Army, which launched an attack from Xinjiang Province. A unit of the 4th Field Army had already reached the edge of the Aral Sea.

This is still the field army of the Dingbei Army's various attacks is limited by logistics and supplies, and has to slow down the speed of the march. Otherwise, the attack will advance longer distances and occupy more land.

Inside the Kremlin in St. Petersburg. Tsar Nicholas II of Russia was furious and shouted to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Witte, the Minister of the Admiralty, the Grand Duke of Vichi, and the Minister of War Gorrosky: "Where are the troops of our Russian Empire? Only half a month has passed since the start of the war, and our Russian Empire has lost millions of square kilometers of land, is this the rhythm of our Russian Empire's revenge? ”

The former Minister of War of Russia, Kuropatkin, was removed from the post of Minister of War because of the defeat in the war three years ago, and the former Chief of the General Staff of the Army, Gorrosky, took over the post of Minister of War.

Originally, Witt, Grand Duke Vechio and Gorrosky were also responsible for the defeat of the last war, after all, they were all staunch supporters of waging war against Lin Daxin's territory, but Tsar Nicholas II could not have pushed out all his cronies to become victims of that war, only poor Kuropatkin. Abandoned by Tsar Nicholas II.

Hearing the roar of Nicholas II, Gorrosky said embarrassedly and nervously: "Your Majesty the Tsar, it is really that the troops on the border line were defeated too quickly, and our rear troops were not well prepared, so that the Dingbei Army had almost no difficulty in occupying so much land in the Russian Empire, but now that our European troops have reached the designated position, from now on, the Dingbei Army should not think of advancing so easily and quickly to our control area, no, it is impossible for them to advance." He believed that our army would be able to hold the area west of the Yenisei River, as well as the western part of Kazakhstan. ”

Tsar Nicholas II continued to shout in anger: "Not enough! Not at all! Guarding alone is not enough! Now what we in the Russian Empire need is a counterattack! Kick the Qing Dynasty people out of our Russian lands! ”

When Gorrosky heard this, he stubbornly said: "Your Majesty the Tsar, the Dingbei Army under Lin Daxin doesn't know where to get some very advanced combat aircraft, these combat planes are different from gliders. It can fly in the air for long periods of time, is also very fast, and can shoot at the ground with a machine gun mounted on the aircraft. And being able to load bombs like airships, the reason why our troops on the border line were defeated so quickly. Most of the reason is attributed to the combat aircraft of these Dingbei Army. What's even more frustrating is that whenever the battle begins. These combat planes of the Dingbei Army will first blow up our army's artillery positions, leaving us without artillery support. With the existence of these combat aircraft, our army is really unable to counterattack the lost territory at present, and I ask His Majesty the Tsar to forgive me. ”

Tsar Nicholas II slammed his fist on the handle of the chair he was sitting on, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Witte, and the Admiralty, Grand Duke Vicky, hurriedly said: "Your Majesty the Tsar is angry!" ”

Tsar Nicholas II gritted his teeth and asked: "Gorrosky, what is the current situation of the army's losses?" How many troops are there left at the front? ”

Gorrosky wiped the cold sweat on his head and said: "Your Majesty the Tsar, most of the 1.2 million troops on the border line were annihilated by the Dingbei Army on the border line and on the way to evacuate the border line, less than 200,000 troops can successfully retreat to the east of the Yenisei River in the direction of Siberia, less than 50,000 troops can retreat to its western region in the direction of Kazakhstan, and in the next offensive of the Dingbei Army, our garrisons in the Siberian region and the Kazakhstan region also lost about 150,000 people. At present, there are about 1.2 million troops in the Siberian region, east of the Ural Mountains, and 200,000 troops in the western part of Kazakhstan. ”

Tsar Nicholas II heard about the loss of the army, immediately a little depressed, according to Gorrosky's report, it is equivalent to in just half a month, Russia has lost 1.1 million army, you must know that at the beginning of the war, the entire Russian army was only 3 million, and it lost more than one-third at once, so that Tsar Nicholas II was a little doubtful that his choice to join the Eight-Nation Alliance this time was not a mistake, could it be that this time it would be the same result as the last war?

Tsar Nicholas II shuddered at the thought of the loss of 5.12 million square kilometers of land and the 15 million pounds in compensation given to the Russian Empire in the last war, and if this war were lost again, the Russian Empire did not know how much land and money it would have to lose.

No, absolutely not! Nicholas II shook his head lightly and put his worries out of his mind, this time there are 8 countries at war with Lin Daxin, and almost all the powerful countries in the world will definitely not be defeated by Lin Daxin, and the current war situation is only a temporary difficulty.

Nicholas II then asked Gorrosky: "What about the troops of the other countries?" This time we are not a country fighting Lin Daxin. ”

Gorrossky was nervous because as Minister of War, the Army's war situation was so bad, he had to bear the main responsibility, and he was able to smile because Germany, France, Austria-Hungary, Italy, and Great Britain were a little worried about Russia's bad war, so as allies of the Eight-Nation Alliance, these five countries sent many more troops to fight in Russia than the troops that had been negotiated.

This is also the reason why Gorrosky is confident that he can hold the area west of the Yenisei River in Siberia and the western region of Kazakhstan, if you only rely on the Russian army itself, don't look at the 1.2 million Russian troops west of the Yenisei River in Siberia, and 200,000 Russian troops in the western region of Kazakhstan, but Gorrosky is not sure whether he can block the Dingbei Army, but with the armies of Germany, France, Austria-Hungary, Italy and Britain, it is different.

Germany and France were originally going to send 150,000 army troops each into Russia to join the fighting on the northern front, but now the northern front has become precarious, so the two countries have increased the number of troops sent a lot, France sent 250,000 land forces, through Germany, into Russia, and then by train to the Russian-controlled region of Siberia east of the Ural Mountains, and now a unit of the French army has been stationed in Krasnoyarsk, an important town on the Yenisei River.

Germany sent 200,000 troops directly to the western region of Kazakhstan, ready to help the Russian army resist the Dingbei Army troops attacking Kazakhstan.

Austria-Hungary increased its army from 80,000 to 150,000, Italy from 60,000 to 100,000, and the 250,000 troops of these two countries have also moved into the Russian-controlled region of Siberia east of the Ural Mountains.

In this way, east of the Ural Mountains and west of the Yenisei River, there are 1.7 million troops of the Eight-Nation Alliance, including the French Army, which is even more effective than the Russian army. The 250,000 armies of Austria-Hungary and Italy should be on par with the Russian army in combat effectiveness.

The Eight-Nation Alliance army in the western regions of Kazakhstan reached 400,000 troops, half of which were the German Army, which was no inferior in combat effectiveness to the French Army.

Even Britain had increased its army from 20,000 to 50,000, but the British army was preparing to land in Russia by transport ship through the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

Moreover, several European countries in the above-mentioned eight-nation alliance have promised that if the war in Russia is still unfavorable to the eight-nation alliance, several European countries are willing to continue to send reinforcements.

Gorrowsky recounted in detail to Tsar Nicholas II the dispatch of armies by Germany, France, Austria-Hungary, Italy, and Great Britain into Russia, and only then did Tsar Nicholas II's face, which seemed to be owed millions of pounds to him, smile a little relaxed. (To be continued......)

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