(If you want to hear more of your voices and receive more of your opinions, search for the WeChat public account "qdread" now and follow it to give more support to "Rise 1892"!) In Vladivostok, the last stronghold of the Russian Far East, Alekseyev, the Russian Governor-General of the Far East, said to Vladivostok Commander Willistov and Makarov, Commander of the First Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy, in the office: "The Siberian Theater has formed an expeditionary force, that is, the Second Siberian Front, with a strength of 780,000 troops, including 10 heavy artillery divisions and 1 tank armored division, led by the chief of staff and deputy commander of the theater Oleg Lev, who is about to set off for the Far East, Destroy the Dingbei Army in the Far East and give us Vladivostok to relieve the siege. ”

When Willistov and Makarov heard this, they couldn't help but be overjoyed, although the Dingbei Army and the Northeast Navy were currently helpless against Vladivostok and could only besiege it for a long time, but the Russian army and the broken navy in Vladivostok were also powerless to break the siege. If the time is long, and in another half a year, the 500,000 Russian troops and civilians in Vladivostok will face the situation of running out of food, then there is no need for the Northern Army and the Northeast Navy to launch an attack, and Vladivostok will be in chaos without a fight.

Willistov said excitedly: "Great, the 780,000 Siberian Second Front Army will definitely be able to destroy these armies of the Dingbei Army in the Far East and rescue us from the encirclement!" ”

Alekseev nodded as if he was burdened, and asked Willistov: "What happened to those mountain fortifications on the periphery of ours?" ”

The mountain fortifications on the outskirts of Vladivostok were somewhat blown up by the airship units of the Northeast Air Force.

Willistov replied: "Of the 6 mountain fortifications on the perimeter that were bombed by airships, 2 of them were basically blown up. At present, I have only arranged a small number of troops to defend these two mountain fortifications with the help of some fortifications rebuilt on the surface of the mountain. There were also 2 mountain fortifications that were almost half blown up. After some reconstruction, at least the previous seven points of combat effectiveness will be maintained. The remaining 2 are not a big problem. The main fortifications of the entire mountain were not damaged. Your Excellency the Governor can rest assured that the outer mountain fortifications of Vladivostok are still impregnable, and now we are not afraid of even the airships of the Qing Dynasty, except for the 2 mountain fortifications that were blown up, the other 34 mountain fortifications, each of which has more than 6 anti-aircraft guns, the airships of the Qing Dynasty people will not come, if they come, I will definitely knock down those hateful airships! ”

Alekseev listened with satisfaction and gave Willistov an approving look. Then he shifted his gaze to Makarov, the commander of the First Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy, and asked in an instant: "How is the situation of the fleet?" ”

Hearing that the 780,000-strong Siberian Second Front was about to leave for the Far East, Makarov, who was beaming, immediately became a little decadent when he heard Governor Aleksayev ask about the situation of the fleet, and said with a wry smile: "Some of the injured small warships have already been disposed of at the repair plant of the Vladivostok Navy, but the repair plant of the Navy has no ability to repair the injured main warships, so they can only wait for the siege of Vladivostok to be lifted." Return these wounded capital warships to shipyards in Europe for repairs. ”

At present, the First Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy has been bombed twice by airships, leaving only the Borodino-class all-steel battleships Duke Suvorov and Borodino with a displacement of 13,500 tons, and the Retvizan-class all-steel battleship Feodot with a displacement of 12,912 tons. Joan of Arc class large fast armored armored cruisers with a displacement of 11,092 tons, the Mavrusa and Plaskovia, these 5 main warships.

Except that even the Russians recognized the auspicious ship Borodino only suffered some minor injuries, which did not affect the combat effectiveness of the warship in the slightest. The other 4 surviving capital warships were all seriously injured by the airship.

In addition, there are 3 protective cruisers, 20 torpedo boats and 7 small gunboats in the port. escaped the fate of being blown up.

Alekseev sighed and said: "I hope that the 2nd Siberian Front will reach Vladivostok as soon as possible and defeat the Dingbei Army besieging us." ”

But Alekseev knew it in his heart. Even if the Dingbei Army on the periphery of Vladivostok was defeated, these main warships could not be sent back to the shipyards in Europe for repair for a while, and the Northeast Navy could firmly control the sea, unless the army fought all the way to the hinterland of the Northeast, occupied the city of Shenyang, and won the war.

On the afternoon of 11 December, Li Kun, director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, trotted all the way from the headquarters of the Military Intelligence Bureau in Shenyang City and hurried to the office of Lin Daxin, the governor-general's office.

In the naval battle of the Ussuri Bay, although the losses of the Northeast Navy were much smaller than those of the French Navy and the Russian Navy, the First and Second Fleets combined sank 2 all-steel battleships, 2 large fast armored cruisers, 4 fast protection cruisers, 4 destroyers and 8 torpedo boats.

At present, the Dalian Shipyard and the Weihaiwei Shipyard under the Northeast Shipbuilding Department have completed the overhaul of the captured and wounded French warships and Russian warships, and the Weihaiwei Shipyard is only responsible for repairing a few warships captured by the Fifth Fleet.

Now these captured warships can join the ranks of the Northeast Navy, and a batch of anti-aircraft fast-protection cruisers, anti-drive destroyers and new torpedo boats newly built by the other two shipyards are also ready to be delivered to the Northeast Navy.

Therefore, in the past two days, Lin Daxin is studying how to distribute these captured warships and newly built warships in the shipyard to the various fleets of the Navy.

Lin Daxin saw that the weather was so cold, but Li Kun was sweating and panting, and knew that if he, the director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, could run over, something big must have happened, so he immediately asked: "Li Kun, what's wrong?" ”

Li Kun wiped the sweat from his head with his sleeve, adjusted his breathing and said: "Principal, the intelligence officers of our Military Intelligence Agency in the Russian Siberian Theater and Vladivostok have all sent a piece of information, the commander of the Siberian Theater of Operations, Kuropatkin, has formed 3 front armies in the Siberian theater, and he himself is also the commander of the first front. The Second Front was concurrently served by Oleg Lev, chief of staff and deputy commander of the theater, and the strength of the entire Second Front reached 780,000 people, including 1 tank armored division and 10 heavy artillery divisions. And in the next few days, the 2nd Siberian Front will launch an offensive in the Far East, which we occupy, from the city of Mai and Mai and the Haktu region. ”

Lin Daxin frowned when he heard this, and said in surprise: "The Russians are crazy, it's winter now, the temperature in the Far East is at least minus 30 degrees, and even the lowest can reach minus 40 degrees, this kind of ghost weather can't stand it outdoors, the Russians still want to walk more than 2,000 kilometers and come to the Far East to attack our Dingbei Army, grandma, the Russian soldiers deserve to be called gray cattle!" ”

Li Kun continued: "The Russians have also formed the Third Siberian Front, the commander of the Russian 6th Army, Ivanov, with a strength of 310,000 men in 10 corps, including 3 heavy artillery divisions, all of which will go to several important Russian towns west of the Lena River, which will not only block our attack west of the Lena River, but also cross the Lena River next spring and launch an attack on the millions of square kilometers of land we occupy east of the Lena River." The remaining 300,000 or so Russian troops in the cities of Mai and Mai and Haktu formed the First Siberian Front, but the Russian armies in Europe continued to strengthen the strength of this First Front. ”

After listening to the information sent by Li Kun, director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, Lin Daxin immediately spread out the military map on the desk, and after reading it for a long time, he said to Li Kun, who was still in the office: "The Military Intelligence Bureau has made another great contribution this time, otherwise we may really be caught off guard by the Russians, and I didn't expect the Russians to launch an attack in winter." ”

Li Kun said: "Principal, this is what our military intelligence bureau should do, and we also got news that the food of the Russians in Vladivostok is only enough to eat until June next year, and if we can besiege Vladivostok until July next year, the Russians in Vladivostok will have nothing to eat." ”

"Hehe, that's good news!" Lin Daxin showed a hint of a smile.

That night, Lin Daxin's order for the transfer of troops was transmitted from the Governor's Mansion to various places.

Lin Daxin ordered the 17th and 18th Divisions in Hailanpao to rush to the inner city of Svobod, the only way in the Far East, so that the strength of the Dingbei Army in the inner city of Svobod reached 6 divisions, ready to rely on strong fortifications to block the Second Siberian Front Army coming from afar.

The 24th and 25th Divisions of the 2nd and 25th Divisions of the B Division, which were on the outskirts of Vladivostok, were ordered to break away from the Dingbei Army besieging Vladivostok, use the Far Eastern railway to approach the area east of the Lena River, and join the 12th and 13th Divisions to deal with the Third Front in the Russian Siberian theater of operations. However, Lin Daxin did not ask for the speed of the march of these two B divisions, because there is still a part of the railway in the Far East that has not yet been opened to traffic, and Lin Daxin believes that these two B divisions only need to rush to the outer Xing'an Mountains area before next spring, and then advance in the direction of the Lena River in the spring.

And the Dingbei Army besieging Vladivostok also had the 2nd, 4th, 11th and most of the Guards Division, which was enough to trap the Russians in Vladivostok.

At the same time, Lin Daxin also ordered the airship unit of the Northeast Air Force to start transporting the bombs used by the airship to Kulen in Outer Mongolia and Hailan Pao in Heilongjiang Province, and set up ammunition supply points in these two places, preparing to provide air support to the Dingbei Army defending the city after the war between Darkhan City and Svobod Inner City in the future.

After being attacked by Russian anti-aircraft guns in Vladivostok, several airships returned to the Shenyang Arsenal, where they had repaired the damaged airbags, and also went to the Shenyang Chemical Plant to fill the airbags with helium, and in recent times, have been helping to deliver supplies to the city of Darkhan.

In addition, Lin Daxin also issued an order to mobilize a part of the independent garrison regiments and independent garrison battalions in various localities, and then form five new B divisions, the 36th to 40th divisions of the Dingbei Army, as the general reserve for next year's war with the Russians. (My novel "Rise of 1892" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lucky draw gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......) R1292