On February 19, 1901, from early in the morning, the Russian troops began to assemble in Nikolai Square from all directions, and the winter sun was in the sky, the weather was clear, and a warm wind with moisture was blowing on the sea - spring seemed to be coming. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

...... in Vladivostok No, from today it should be called Vladivostok, in the streets of the city, patrols with loaded guns patrol along the streets, maintaining order, the Chinese have occupied the city, the sun and moon flags are flying over the city, the Chinese army has held ceremonies.

Again and again! Battalions and regiments of Russian troops, like a tide, were constantly walking slowly along the ruined streets of the city, among them there were tens of thousands of wounded soldiers, some of them had been discharged from the hospital, some of them had simply bandaged and ran out of the hospital, some things were so weak that they even needed the help of the people around them to move around, they could hardly be seen, even one officer, only these soldiers, as for those officers in the ranks, they were all wearing sick wool and looked sick, many of them were limping and walking forward on crutches.

Suddenly, the sound of military music came, and a military band walked down the street, and the sunlit instruments were shining! The group music of the military band player G Yang, this is the East Siberian Infantry Regiment, on the march, although there are many wounded soldiers among these people, but they are still stepping on a strong step than you, striding forward, a colonel walked in the front with a serious expression, she was followed by a lieutenant colonel on the head, his hands were wrapped in bandages, and he was limping step by step, and several officers were hobbling around, supported by the video, saying that the large army was moving forward.

As soon as the military music stopped, a lieutenant colonel made a gesture. Thousands of soldiers immediately began to sing in chorus. They sang military songs loudly. Chinese soldiers on patrol. Instead of stopping them, he looked at these former enemies with a smile on his face, and watched them assemble in the square and place their weapons in the designated place according to the instructions.

"Which unit is this?"

A Chinese officer walked up to the group and asked,

"It's the 25th Infantry Division of Eastern Siberia under the command of General Kontrachenko!"

A Russian officer replied with a look of pride.

"You may have heard of this force,"

The officer smiled slightly. He nodded slightly, and then said in a praising tone,

"You are all very brave soldiers, worthy of the honor of soldiers!"

This is the winner, the praise of the loser. Praise for the loser is not only a reflection of the winner's demeanor, but also a symbol that the winner is better than the loser, and only those who do not have self-confidence will despise the former enemy. As the officers say, now is the time to embody the demeanor of the Chinese military. So they don't skimp on their verbal compliments.

Not icy, followed by artillery and fortress soldiers. Behind them were sailors in black uniforms, these sailors always looked back at the direction of the port every step they took, their brows were furrowed, their expressions were solemn, it seemed that they saw those Chinese again, yesterday those Chinese entered the port, like ants in the port activities, they market those warships in the port, extinguish the flames on the warships, divers immediately began to work, Wu Qi those captured warships, although there are not a few warships in the port, but for the Chinese Navy, even a torpedo boat is very precious, so they will not spare a single warship.

"Hey, we actually left the warship to the Chinese!"

"We should use all the explosives to blow up the warship to scrap metal!"

"Well, it's too late to say anything! They will still be able to float our warships! ”

"Our warships will soon be resurrected on the sea with the Chinese flag, which is a great shame for us!"

A naval officer said with regret.

"The surrender was really too hasty, we didn't even have time to destroy everything. The army handed over at least 500,000 rounds of artillery shells, as well as thousands of tons of gunpowder! Although they were all small-caliber shells, they were all handed over! ”

A lieutenant said with pity on his face.

"The Chinese will soon fix it, those shells they can use to hit our people! That's the worst thing to do! ”

"Those of our commanders, neither the army nor the navy are very smart!"

"It seems to me that they are simply a bottle of sinners! Sinners of Russia! Everyone is, they should all be pulled out and shot! ”

One of the sailors said excitedly and loudly, and not far away there was a small tent with the words "Oath Office" written in Russian, and all officers who asked to return to Russia had to go there and declare that they were not going to participate in the war and sign the declaration.

When Colonel Najian came, a Chinese officer invited him into the tent and took out a form for him to sign, but he finally refused, and said with great grief and indignation,

"Sir, I have served in the army for 50 years, I have fought with the British, the French and the Turks! But I have never made such a shameless promise to anyone, not yesterday and not now! Thank you, Mr. Captain, for your kindness, I stand with my soldiers! ”

He walked out of the tent in a rage, walked to the middle of the soldiers, and smiled at his soldiers.

"Hey, big guy, I'm with you old bones!"

He shouted at the soldier, then smiled again.

"Hey, you can get me some wine to drink, maybe I won't be able to drink it again."

As soon as his voice fell, someone handed him a bottle, which was vodka, Russian liquor. Drinking the wine, he looked at the city in front of him, at the disarmed soldiers, tears clouded his eyes.

"Vodka, Russian, here...... Not anymore! ”

So that the city no longer belongs to Russia. No. Now the city is nothing more than a re-introduction to its true masters, and Free Russia is nothing more than a bunch of stealers.

As these Russians looked gloomily at the city they were destined to lose, in all corners of the city, the soldiers of the Northeast Army in black military uniforms. But with curiosity. Excited eyes look at this strange city. For them, this city has a different meaning, it is the first big city they have reclaimed, just yesterday, the whole world was talking about when they will be able to take this city, and now they have returned this city to their homeland, to their own people.

Now is the time for them to enjoy the victory.

"Nope. It's not time yet! ”

Standing in the combat map room, facing the huge military map, Tang Haoran said in a firm tone,

"Until the Russians are completely defeated, none of us will have time to rest! At least not yet! ”

In the past half month, he has been in the battle map city like the staff officers, sleeping on the sofa when he is sleepy, and the people around him are always persuading him to go back to rest. But he always said that he would wait for news of Vladivostok to arrive. Now the news has come, the news of a doomed victory. But he didn't want to leave here, he knew it. This is just the beginning, and the next step is even more critical. In fact, every step is crucial.

"Marshal, now that the first phase of the combat objectives have been basically achieved, the second phase of the combat mission will be carried out according to the actions of the Russians, so for now, the current campaign has ended, and you can rest assured that you can go back and rest!"

A staff officer said politely. Seeing these young officers who also stayed up until their eyes were bloodshot, Tang Haoran suddenly realized that they also needed to rest, and now the more severe test had not yet come, and everything was just the beginning.

In the end, Tang Haoran still left the combat map room, he knew that he couldn't help himself here, but the worries in his heart still made him dare not leave there, after all, he knew better than anyone what he had bet on?

What is on the stake is the national fortune of this country for a hundred years!

It is precisely because of this that he can't afford to lose, not him, but this country, can't afford to lose!

As soon as he went out, he ran into Tang Zhaoyi, and without waiting for the other party to report, he asked a little anxiously.

"Is there an eyebrow for peace talks now?"

As soon as the words fell, he asked anxiously again.

"Britain, what do the British say now?"

When he heard him say that he didn't have eyebrows yet, Tang Haoran scolded almost immediately:

"Once a war starts, the biggest question is how to end it. You don't even understand this, what do you do? What do you do as a diplomat? ”

Tang Haoran, who was unscrupulous, continued to reprimand.

"Fighting a war is the business of soldiers, raising war funds is the business of banks and finance officials, diplomacy is your business, and you can't even do this thing, what do I want you to do as a foreign minister?"

Tang Zhaoyi was stunned by Da Shuai's reprimand, and after a long while, he realized what happened to Da Shuai? Da Shuai, it's not that he's angry, but that he's worried about the future of this war, because Da Shuai knows better than anyone else that the real strength of the Northeast is true. The strength of the Northeast is far from comparable to that of Russia, which is one of the world's great powers and one of the largest empires in the world.

What does the Northeast have in comparison? 32 million people, 2.1 million tons of steel, only a million tons of merchant ships, and a little bit of pity is really not worth mentioning heavy industry.

This is what the Northeast has, if the marshal can own the whole country, he may not be as out of shape as he is now, but what the marshal has is only the Northeast, and even at this time, the Northeast not only can't get help from the Guannai, but also needs to worry about the possible threat in the Kannai, after all, for the others, the eight governors, the threat of the Northeast is real, compared to Russia, they are more willing to be Russia's allies, and give the Northeast a fatal blow when necessary.

This is by no means impossible. Even the so-called British diplomatic protection is only a kind of protection for the victors, and if Tohoku loses on the battlefield, then the threat from Russia and Kannai is not something that Britain can prevent.

Who will be able to help the Northeast then? None of them! Who is the Northeast fighting for? How many Chinese know that the Northeast is fighting for this country, this nation!

"Our world is lonely, maybe a hundred years from now, someone will know what we are for? Why to challenge a huge empire, no one will understand now! Of course, we don't need their understanding! ”

The words that had been planned flashed in Tang Zhaoyi's mind again, looking at the tired handsome. In the face of his anger and resentment. Tang Zhaoyi smiled helplessly.

"Great. It really has nothing to do with me! ”

What doesn't matter to you? Who does it matter? Just when a burst of anger surged in his heart, Tang Haoran listened to him again.

"Who would have thought that we would take Vladivostok in such a short time and make the Russians surrender so quickly."

Quite a clever patter of the fart, looking at the handsome man who was a little surprised, he continued.

"Dashuai, you have been in the combat map room for the past few days, you don't know, now it's very lively outside, and the big guys can't believe it. I can't believe it, we will win so neatly, those foreigners can't believe it, they can't believe it, the Russians will lose so quickly, and some people even say that it is to catch 100,000 ducks, and it will not be just for a few days,"

Belch!

The anger and dissatisfaction in Tang Haoran's heart all disappeared invisibly because of his words. He looked at Tang Zhaoyi for a while before asking.

"How's the reaction from outside now?"

Maybe for someone else. None of them thought of it, none of them thought that the Russians would lose so quickly? But he later knew this very well, and he believed that his troops could win the battle, because the Northeast Army was not comparable to the Russian army in terms of training and equipment. To a certain extent, the Northeast Army is the army of the 20th century, and its training, equipment, and tactics are close to the standards of World War I.

"I'm going to be stunned by our victory now!"

His anxious tone became a little excited, and his expression seemed a little excited!

"None of them expected us to win so neatly, so neatly. The most immediate reaction is in London! Our bond rates are coming down, which of course requires further victories as a stimulus. As long as we're winning a battle! ”

Looking at the handsome Tang Zhaoyi said with a smile.

"Every year, it is interest, and you can save tens of millions! We won, Dashuai! ”

We won? No, this is just the beginning!

In fact, this is exactly what Tang Haoran is worried about, because the Northeast Army does not rely on real strength to defeat the other party, but relies on the leadership of equipment and tactics to catch the enemy off guard, if this person is a Manchu country, then there is nothing to worry about, but now the Northeast has to face a huge empire like Russia.

If the country recovers from the initial panic and shock and adapts to the Northeast Army's style of play, then who will be the real winner?

He couldn't laugh at the victory in front of him, he knew what he wanted, and he also knew the price he had to pay for those benefits.

Unlike Japan's limited strategic goals in history, Tohoku's strategic goals are more ambitious this time, and they are destined to be more difficult to achieve.

In another time and space, in the face of a crushing defeat on the battlefield, the Russians were still stubbornly refusing to pay war reparations, and what did Japan, which won the war, gain?

The South Manchurian Railway, the Kanto state, and half of Sakhalin, that's what the Japanese got. Except for Sakhalin, the others were Chinese, and even then the Japanese paid a heavy price.

Compared to the Japanese people in another time and space, what are you pursuing? That was a strategic goal that far exceeded that of the Japanese.

That strategic goal is very simple, it is nothing more than to cut off the claws of Russia's eastward advance, but it is so difficult to achieve. Under what circumstances will the Russians agree to their terms?

Of course, the answer is very simple, and that is to beat them completely! It is possible to win the goal of the war only by completely crushing their confidence in the war, which is possible, forcing them to make fundamental concessions at the negotiating table.

"One more victory! No problem with this! ”

Tang Haoran said quite confidently.

"If all goes well, in a month or two, there will be an unprecedented victory waiting for us, waiting for us to celebrate!"

The handsome's words made Tang Zhaoyi's eyes widen in surprise. A new victory? When? What location? Of course, he knew that it was a military secret, and he didn't ask out loud. Just said in surprise.

"I'm mentally prepared this time, handsome!"

It's not just you who are prepared! The Russians are also mentally prepared, and what they are more afraid of is that they are prepared.

Thinking of this, Tang Haoran regretted it, regretted that he didn't pay attention to any gentlemanly demeanor, he didn't pay attention to any international practice.

If all those Russian officers were to be detained in prisoner-of-war camps, then Russia might not know how the Chinese army was fighting, and they would fight the Chinese in the same way as before, where countless death traps awaited them. At that point, it will be a one-sided victory!

But now Tang Haoran doesn't have that confidence, although he believes that he will still win this battle! But it will come at a terrible price!

But in any case, there is no other option for China? Fighting is the only option in the end.

"It doesn't matter if you are mentally prepared or not, the most important question now is how to end this war through diplomatic efforts, in a way that is more beneficial to us! It's not time to end the war! Sometimes, though, we have to be prepared! ”

Unlike another time and space, on the issue of the war against Russia, the Northeast did not receive widespread support from the international community! At least the United States will not stand on China's side, so it is impossible to ask the United States to stand on China's side as it did in another time and space, mediate between it, and then end this war.

So how do we create opportunities for peace talks? It was up to diplomats to do their best.

After a while, Tang Haoran spoke.

"This war has just begun! Tomorrow the war will be more brutal and intense! (To be continued.) )