Lin Daxin is still in the future time and space, accompanying Song Keer, who has just recovered physically, a big event occurred in another time and space, on the border between the Chinese Empire and Russia, a large-scale battle broke out, which suddenly made the Chinese Empire and Russia, the army units of the two countries on the long border, enter a state of combat readiness, and the Sino-Russian border, which had been calm for several years, was suddenly full of gunpowder, and a cloud of war shrouded it.

In the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, the capital of Russia, after receiving the situation of the exchange of fire on the border, Russian Tsar Nicholas II urgently sent people to summon Russian Finance Minister Witte, Navy Minister Makarov, and War Minister Gorrosky to the Winter Palace to discuss the border firefight.

Tsar Nicholas II said in a deep voice: "What do you think of this exchange of fire in Novosibirsk? ”

Novosibirsk is a city that straddles the Ob River, and it was not built for a long time, the Russians only started building it here in 1893, but the city area of Novosibirsk is not small, and most of the city is located on the land west of the Ob River. Because after Russia's defeat in the Eight-Nation Alliance a few years ago, the land east of the Ob River is currently occupied by the Chinese Empire, so the city of Novosibirsk across the Ob River has also been divided into two, most of the cities west of the Ob River are controlled by Russia, and a small part of the urban area east of the Ob River is owned by the Chinese Empire.

At the same time, Novosibirsk City was also an important city through which the Trans-Siberian Railway originally passed, but in order to prevent the Chinese Empire from using the Trans-Siberian Railway to attack Russia, Novosibirsk City was originally a railway bridge across the Ob River. It was dismantled by the Russians themselves, so that the Trans-Siberian Railway was cut off from here, and the railway in the territory of Russia. To the Russians.

The Trans-Siberian Railway, controlled by the Chinese Empire, started from the city of Novosibirsk east of the Ob River, passed through the original Russian cities of Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Chita, and Boli, and reached the port city of Vladivostok on the Pacific coast, with a total length of thousands of kilometers.

After the end of the last war, both the Russian and Chinese empires built the cities of Novosibirsk under their respective controls, making the cities of Novosibirsk on both sides of the Ob River. They all became a huge fortress, guarding each other against each other's attacks, but because of the obstruction of the Ob River. The troops of both sides in their respective cities of Novosibirsk have been at peace all these years.

But some things are so coincidental that maybe a small thing can cause an uproar.

On the afternoon of July 23, 1908. On the banks east of the Ob River. When the soldiers of the 1st squad of the Royal Chinese Army were patrolling the shore according to the usual walking route, on the bank west of the Ob River, there was also a group of Russian soldiers patrolling as usual, and suddenly the rifle of a new soldier in the infantry squad of the Royal Chinese Army went off, and it was very unfortunate that the bullet from the rifle flew more than 300 meters and hit a Russian soldier who was patrolling on the other side of the Ob River.

The Russian soldier was also unlucky. The bullet hit the location of his body, which happened to be the heart. So the hapless Russian soldier was killed in an instant.

The remaining Russian soldiers in this group, thinking that the soldiers of the Chinese Empire on the opposite side were shooting at them, immediately picked up their guns in a panic and shot at the soldiers of the squad of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire on the east bank of the Ob River, and the soldiers of the squad of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire, when they saw the Russians on the opposite bank shooting at themselves, immediately fell on the ground and launched a counterattack, and at the same time used the walkie-talkie to ask for support.

The troops of the Chinese Empire and Russia in the eastern and western cities of Novosibirsk immediately received the news that the other side was attacking them, so they came to the shore of the Ob River one after another, and even used large-caliber artillery on both sides.

The exchange of fire continued until the evening of July 23, when it stopped, and although both sides used heavy firepower, they did not send troops to cross the Ob River, but only exchanged fire across the Ob River, but both sides suffered considerable losses, with the Chinese Empire losing 125 men and the Russian side losing 427 men.

Later, the Chinese Empire conducted an investigation and found that this border conflict was caused by a recruit's rifle misfire, but the Chinese Empire still claimed to the outside world that this border conflict was completely provoked by the Russian army first, and it was the soldiers of the Russian army who first shot at the soldiers of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire patrolling the coast, and the Russians need to take full responsibility for this border conflict, compensate the soldiers of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire for the deaths, and severely punish the executioners of the Russian Army who gave the order to open fire.

When the Russians heard this, they immediately exploded, isn't this reversing black and white! The Russians themselves investigated the cause of the incident and found out that one of the Russian patrol soldiers was hit in the heart by a bullet on the other side of the river, and the remaining Russian soldiers of the patrol opened fire on the other side of the river!

You people of the Chinese Empire want to be shameless, obviously you shot first, but in the end you relied on us Russians to provoke the incident, is there such shamelessness!

Hearing Tsar Nicholas II inquire about the crossfire in Novosibirsk, War Minister Gorrosky said indignantly: "Your Majesty the Tsar, this crossfire in Novosibirsk was completely provoked by the Chinese Empire, and our War Department has investigated it clearly, but the country of the Chinese Empire, like its emperor, is a scoundrel, not only does not admit that it fired at the soldiers of our patrol first, but instead frames our Russian Empire, saying that our soldiers fired at them first, which is extremely shameless!" ”

Tsar Nicholas II had a very bad face and was also angry, it was originally the incident provoked by the Chinese Empire, which led to the crossfire in the city of Novosibirsk, but now the Chinese Empire has beaten a rake, framed Russia, and asked Russia to compensate the dead officers and soldiers of the Chinese Empire, this is not blackmail! The Chinese Empire is tantamount to riding on the head of the Russian Empire and, which is tolerable or unbearable, as Nicholas II, who has been bullied by Lin Daxin, this time he can no longer control his anger, and there is a rhythm to explode.

Tsar Nicholas II gritted his teeth and said: "That Lin Daxin, and what bullshit Chinese Empire, really think that our Russian Empire is easy to bully!" Gorrosky. What is the current situation at the border? ”

War Minister Korrosky said: "Your Majesty, at the moment we have mobilized two army groups in Novosibirsk to defend the city, and the rest of the troops on the border line. It has also all entered a state of combat readiness, and if the Chinese Empire is shameless to the end, our army of the Russian Empire is willing to fight until the last moment for the dignity of the Russian Empire! ”

Tsar Nicholas II let out a long breath and said: "Although the strength of our Russian Empire is now weaker than that of the Chinese Empire, the dignity of our Russian Empire cannot be lost, and the war is for our Russian Empire. Definitely not something to be afraid of, Gorrosky, what happened to the newly formed 4 armies? ”

Russian Finance Minister Witte and Admiral Minister Makarov looked at each other. They all saw a trace of helplessness in each other's eyes, listening to the tone of Tsar Nicholas II, he was preparing to take advantage of the conflict on the border this time. Wage war again. And this time the opponent chosen by Nicholas II is still Lin Daxin, but now Lin Daxin is stronger than before, and behind him stands a powerful Chinese Empire.

Russian Finance Minister Witte and Admiral Minister Makarov were both angry at the exchange of fire in Novosibirsk, but if war really broke out over it, would Russia be able to win? They were very skeptical, knowing that the Chinese Empire was now almost the most powerful country in the world, even the former world hegemon Britain. In the face of the powerful Chinese Empire, it also had to retreat and give up the position of world hegemon.

War Minister Korrosky immediately said: "These 4 newly formed army groups. The formation began last month, and the reserve forces of our Russian Empire are in the millions, and in addition to the fact that our Russian Empire has stockpiled a lot of weapons over the years, as long as there are two more months, these four newly formed army groups can be formed. ”

Last month, Tsar Nicholas II allocated 10 million pounds to the Russian War Department from the Russian treasury, which were loans from Britain and France to form four new army groups, so that after the completion of these four army groups, the standing strength of the Russian Army reached 17 army groups, with a total of 5.1 million people, exceeding the 4.3 million standing army of the Imperial Chinese Army and becoming the country with the largest number of standing armies in the world.

At this time, the Minister of the Navy, Makarov, also said: "Your Majesty, although the strength of our Russian Imperial Navy is much worse than that of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, as long as we fight for the dignity of the Russian Empire, we naval officers and men are also willing to fight until the last moment." ”

The Russian Navy currently has 6 Russian-class dreadnought battleships and 3 Valdo-class dreadnought battleships, as well as 4 Peresvet-class all-steel battleships and 4 Borodino-class all-steel battleships, 16 large fast armored cruisers, more than 30 protective cruisers, 8 submarines, more than 40 destroyers, as well as a large number of torpedo boats, gunboats, and minesweepers.

The 6 main fleets of the Imperial Chinese Navy have a total of 18 Dragon-class dreadnought battleships, 12 Phoenix-class dreadnought battleships and 7 super dreadnought battleships from the future time and space, a total of 37 dreadnought battleships, completely destroying the Russian Navy. 6 main fleets, plus many garrison fleets, and more than 60 all-steel battleships, as well as many other types of warships, according to the total displacement, the total tonnage of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire surpassed that of the British Navy, ranking first in the world, and the strength of the Russian Navy was simply not enough.

Tsar Nicholas II nodded when he heard the words of the Minister of the Navy Makarov, Nicholas II also knew that his country's current naval strength was a world of difference compared to the strength of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, fortunately, Russia and the Chinese Empire had a long border on land, that is, a war broke out, and now it is mainly a war on land, as long as the Russian Navy does not look for death and runs to Asia, under normal circumstances, the probability of fighting with the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire is not great.

Tsar Nicholas II said to Admiral Makarov: "If a war breaks out between our Russian Empire and the Chinese Empire, we will mainly rely on the army to fight, but your navy should not be slack, and be ready to go to the battlefield at any time to fight for the dignity of our Russian Empire!" ”

Admiral Makarov said solemnly: "Yes, Your Majesty the Tsar! ”

Although Makarov's mouth is impassioned, he has already experienced 2 Russian naval defeats, and Tsar Nicholas II is preparing to launch a war with Lin Daxin, that is, with the Chinese Empire, Makarov is not very optimistic, but he understands Tsar Nicholas II's temper, so he has to echo it, anyway, the current strength of the Russian Navy is much worse than the strength of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, and Tsar Nicholas II will not force the Navy to fight, One can only hope for a single outbreak of the Russian Army and victory in the war with the Chinese Empire.

Tsar Nicholas II turned to Chancellor of the Exchequer and said: "Werther, you have a good relationship with the British and the French, and this crossfire in Novosibirsk City, you go and communicate with the British and the French, so that they know that the ugly face of the Chinese Empire is best supported by the British and French." ”

Chancellor of the Exchequer Witte said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty the Tsar, although our Russian Empire is an ally of the Entente with the British and the French, but the provisions of the Entente of our three countries are only to jointly deal with the threat from those countries of the Central Powers headed by Germany, and the Chinese Empire is excluded from the entente of our three countries, and if a war breaks out between the Russian Empire and the Chinese Empire, the British and the French will not stand with our Russian Empire." ”

Tsar Nicholas II waved his hand fiercely and said: "The British and the French are an ostrich policy, if the Chinese Empire is allowed to continue to develop, the Yellow Peril will surely sweep Europe again in the future!" These countries are afraid of the Chinese Empire, and we in Russia are not afraid! Witte, even if we can't convince the British and French to fight side by side with our Russian Empire, we must also persuade them to provide large-scale financial and weapon assistance to our Russian Empire, if we Russia break out into war with the Chinese Empire again, it will be a war that will determine the fate of our Russia, we can only win, and we will never allow another defeat to be lost, we Russia cannot afford to lose! ”

Chancellor of the Exchequer Witte hesitated and nodded, Tsar Nicholas II also knew the difficulty of breaking out a war with the Chinese Empire, but this time he was ready to play really, he had endured it for a long time, and he didn't want to endure it any longer! (To be continued......)

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