After the outbreak of war between the Chinese Empire and Russia, the Allied Powers, the Entente Powers, and even Japan, which is next to the Chinese Empire, have vigorously expanded their armaments, and there is another country that is not idle, that is, the United States, which is separated from the Chinese Empire by a Pacific Ocean.

In the presidential office in Washington, US President Theodore? Roosevelt to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Navy, George? Admiral Dewey said with a smile on his face: "As I expected, the outbreak of war between the Chinese Empire and Russia depends on the attitude of the British and the French." ”

George? Dewey said with a smile: "God bless, that Emperor of the Chinese Empire, Lin Daxin, arrogantly and directly ordered the army of the Chinese Empire to launch an attack on the entire Russian border, although it currently occupies a very big advantage, and the Russian army is beaten very badly, but the Russian Tsar Nicholas II has announced an expansion of 6 million troops, oh God!" The Russians are really crazy, even if Britain and France do not join this war, the trouble of the Chinese Empire this time will definitely not be small. ”

President Theodore? Roosevelt touched his chin and said: "But I think the probability of Britain and France intervening in this war is not small, and Britain and France have already announced the expansion of their armies!" ”

George? Dewey nodded and said: "The British announced that the number of the army will be expanded from 2.1 million to 3.3 million, and they also announced that they are ready to build 8 new dreadnought battleships and a large number of other types of warships, these 8 dreadnought battleships belong to the category of super dreadnought battleships, and the French also announced that the number of land forces will be expanded from 2.3 million to 2.8 million, and the French will build 6 new super dreadnought battleships." In addition, it is not only Britain and France that have expanded their armies. The four countries of the Central Powers have also expanded their armies to varying degrees, including the German Army by 700,000. It will reach 3.5 million, and 8 new super dreadnought battleships will be built; The Italian Army was expanded from 550,000 to 800,000. 6 new super dreadnought battleships; The Austro-Hungarian Empire's army was expanded by 300,000 troops, bringing the number of troops to 1.4 million; Even the Ottoman Empire expanded the number of its army from 950,000 to 1.3 million, and the Ottoman Empire placed an order for two dreadnought battleships in Italy. Even Japan, which has received a huge sum of money from the United States, has joined the path of military expansion. ”

President Theodore? Roosevelt said with emotion: "Britain and France are still expanding their armies to deal with the Chinese Empire, and the Allies are completely ill-intentioned when they start expanding their armies at this time." It seems that our US Army must also speed up the pace of military expansion, otherwise it will be pulled further down by the armies of these countries. ”

George? Dewey asked, "Your Excellency." What is the Army's plan to double from 600,000 to 1.2 million? ”

President Theodore? Roosevelt couldn't help but rub his head, and when he mentioned the army's expansion plan, he always unconsciously felt a pain in his brain.

The Americans who live relatively well-off lives do not have too many young people who are willing to join the army, and the original 600,000 troops of the US Army were not easy to get out, and they still relied on the substantial improvement of the army's welfare policy. barely enough to bring the U.S. Army's strength to 600,000.

Now that it has to double its military strength, and the United States is not in the midst of a war, the US government cannot force young American men to join the Army, and the expansion plan has been implemented for almost a month. As a result, not many recruits for the army were recruited either.

President Theodore? Roosevelt sighed and said, "General, you also know the situation in our United States, and the army will be expanded by another 600,000 troops. It's really not too easy, our standard of living in the United States is too high. None of the lads were willing to join the Army. ”

George? Dewey smiled bitterly and said, "This problem also exists for our navy. Now we have 6 New York-class super dreadnought battleships and 6 Nevada-class super dreadnought battleships under construction in our American shipyard, and each of the 12 super dreadnought battleships needs nearly 900 naval officers and men, so that our US Navy must prepare more than 10,000 officers and sailors for 12 super dreadnought battleships, not counting a large number of other types of warships under construction in the shipyard, counting those warships, our Navy needs to come up with more than 20,000 naval officers and men. At present, the Navy has recruited less than 10,000 recruits, and there is still a very large gap. ”

President Theodore? Roosevelt said helplessly: "It seems that we have to adjust the welfare policy of the army further, not to mention the problem of the army, the navy must recruit enough troops, and now all countries have begun to expand their troops on a large scale, and our US army does not need to think about it for a while, and the air force cannot be expanded on a large scale because of the performance of fighters, so I think we should build more warships in the navy, so the navy should increase the number of recruits to be recruited." ”

George? Dewey heard President Theodore? Roosevelt was about to continue to build some additional naval warships, and immediately asked urgently: "Your Excellency, is there a new plan to build ships?" ”

President Theodore? Roosevelt nodded and said: "At present, our shipyards in the United States still have 4 docks that can build super dreadnought battleships, and considering the recent continuous expansion of armaments in countries around the world, I have submitted a bill to Congress to add 4 Nevada-class super dreadnought battleships, and Congress should be able to pass this proposal in the near future." ”

George? At this time, Dewey patted his chest and said: "Your Excellency, don't worry, even if you pull it hard, our Admiralty will also fully equip all the officers and men of the warships, and it will definitely not affect the service of these new warships of the United States." ”

Many countries in the world have started a new round of arms race because of the war between the Chinese Empire and Russia, but these have not affected the ongoing war between China and Russia, under the ruins of a two-story European-style building in Novosibirsk, there is a basement with a large area, which is the current headquarters of the commander of the Russian 7th Army, Klikoilev, and the commander of the 8th Army, Vichgsky.

The haggard Klykoilev said to the equally haggard Vichygsky: "Today is August 18, counting the day of the war, our 2 army groups have been holding out in the city of Novosibirsk for 4 days. If reinforcements don't come back, it's hard for us to hold on any longer. At present, the city of Novosibirsk has been controlled by at least two-thirds of the troops of the Chinese Empire, and the combined strength of our two armies may be less than 150,000. There is also not much left of weapons, ammunition and food, Vicgorsky, what do you say we should do? ”

From the daytime of August 16 to the evening of August 18, the 3rd Guards of the Chinese Empire and the garrison of Andong Province, besieging Novosibirsk City, with the support of air force fighters and their own heavy artillery fire, engaged in fierce street battles with the 400,000 Russian troops of the 7th Army and the 8th Army trapped in Novosibirsk.

Although the 3rd Guards of the Chinese Empire and the Andong Provincial Garrison adopted a step-by-step offensive tactic, that is, to capture a city. The Russian army completely cleaned up the Russian forces in this urban area, including cleaning up the underground tunnels in the occupied urban area, but the Russian army resisted very tenaciously and constantly launched counterattacks, especially at night, when the army of the Chinese Empire lost air superiority, which also brought a lot of casualties to the Third Guards Army and the Andong Provincial Garrison, and the street fighting lasted for 3 days, and the casualties of the Third Guards and the Andong Provincial Garrison Army have exceeded 30,000. And only two-thirds of the city of Novosibirsk was occupied.

However, the 7th and 8th armies in Novosibirsk were even more miserable, and on the day of the battle, after losing all the fortifications on the periphery of Novosibirsk, 100,000 troops retreated into the city. Coupled with the original 300,000 troops in the city, the Russian army defending Novosibirsk still had 400,000 troops, but after 3 days of tragic street fighting. The combined Russian army group was less than 150,000 men, and it was in the city of Novosibirsk. It was divided into 2 parts, one part of which was enclosed in the northwestern part of the city of Novosibirsk. Part of it is trapped in the southeastern part of Novosibirsk.

In the northwest city, where the headquarters of the 7th and 8th armies of the Russian army are located, the Russian army has more troops, with 110,000 troops, and in the southeast city on the other side, the Russian army has less than 40,000 people.

The commander of the 8th Army, Vechigsky, said with a wry smile: "The closest to us, the troops that can support us are the two armies of the 12th Army in Omsk City, but the telegram said that Omsk City is also surrounded by the Chinese Imperial Army that has invaded our territory in Russia from the direction of Kazakhstan, and the Chinese Imperial Army that surrounded Omsk City has also blocked the 14th Army and the 15th Army outside the city, and now we don't want to think about reinforcements, It was the city of Omsk where the army of the Chinese Empire was defeated, and the city of Omsk is also nearly 1,000 kilometers away from our city of Novosibirsk, and in a few days, the reinforcements did not want to rush to us from the city of Omsk, but can we hold out for a few more days? ”

Listening to Vichgsky's words, the commander of the 7th Army, Klikoilev, suddenly fell silent, now the Russian army in the city of Novosibirsk is almost to the point of exhaustion, and there are no reinforcements from outside to support in a short time, trapped in the city of Novosibirsk, except to be annihilated or to choose to surrender, there is no other way to go.

Klikoilev was silent for a moment and then said hesitantly: "It is no longer possible for us to hold on to the city of Novosibirsk, Vecchigsky, do you see if we are now ordering the troops to break out, and there is only a dead end to stay here." ”

Vecchiggsky nodded without hesitation and said: "I think it's okay, although the tsar has repeatedly sent telegrams to let our two armies hold on to the city of Novosibirsk, but we have done our best, and now we are about to face the state of running out of ammunition and food, if we hold on, there is no way to live, I agree to immediately organize troops to break through outside the city." ”

Khalkoilev then asked: "Then what will the tsar say?" ”

Vecchiggsky paused and said, "Let's make sure we survive, and then we'll study the rest!" ”

Karikoilev nodded and said, "Well, it happens to be dark now, and the fighters of the Chinese Empire cannot rise into the air to fight, so we can break through to the outside of the city at night." ”

Immediately, the two commanders of the Russian army gave the troops in the city of Novosibirsk an order to break through the siege and leave the city of Novosibirsk, which had become a ruin, at night.

However, the idea of the 2 Russian commanders is very good, but the reality is always so cruel, the 3rd Guards of the Chinese Empire and the Andong Provincial Garrison Army that surrounded the city of Novosibirsk fought these 3 days of tragic street fighting, although their own casualties were not small, but they also knew that the Russian army in the city was even worse, and they were ready to prevent the Russian army from breaking through.

When the Russian army launched a breakthrough, it hit the Third Guards of the Chinese Empire and the garrison of Andong Province, using the original fortifications outside the city of the Russian army, a fortification established, the Russian breakthrough force desperately carried out a surprise attack, and did not break through the fortifications established by the Chinese Imperial Army.

In addition, the 3rd Guards Army and the Andong Provincial Garrison Army in Novosibirsk took the opportunity to launch an attack on the 2 large urban areas entrenched by the Russian army after the Russian army broke through to the outside of the city.

After the Russian army in the northwest city suffered nearly 30,000 casualties in the breakout, the 2 Russian commanders reluctantly ordered the troops to retreat to Novosibirsk City, but at this time the northwest city they occupied was occupied by the 3rd Guards Army and the Andong Provincial Garrison Army, which is still the 2 Russian commanders did not put all their troops into the breakout battle, leaving 40,000 troops to continue to guard the northwest city, otherwise the troops who broke through would not even have a place to retreat.

It was only after the two Russian commanders ordered the breakout troops to withdraw to the city and strengthened the defense, which stopped the advance of the 3rd Guards Army and the Andong Provincial Garrison.

On the other hand, the Russian army in the southeast city was not so lucky, when the two Russian commanders ordered a breakthrough, a commander of the 7th Army, who was responsible for the command of all the Russian troops in the southeast city, knew the situation in the southeast city, if he did not break through, maybe tomorrow the Chinese Imperial Army would attack the city, and the remaining less than 40,000 Russian troops in the southeast city would have to be annihilated, so he ordered nearly 40,000 Russian troops to break through to the outside of the city together.

As a result, not only was the breakthrough unsuccessful, but the southeastern city was also occupied by the 3rd Guards Army and the Andong Provincial Garrison, and finally nearly 40,000 Russian troops lost more than 10,000 people in the breakout battle, and under the leadership of the commander of the 7th Army, they laid down their arms and chose to surrender to the troops of the Chinese Empire.

The Russian army in Novosibirsk City, as a result, only had more than 70,000 people left in the northwestern city. (To be continued......)