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Early in the morning of December 11, 1898, Oleglev, chief of staff and deputy commander of the Russian Siberian Theater of Operations, gathered together the commanders of 25 armies and dozens of division commanders belonging to the Second Siberian Front in the city of Hacktu, and officially announced the order of Commander Kuropatkin to form the Second Siberian Front Army and make an expedition to the Far East occupied by the Russian Dingbei Army.

Oleg said in a deep voice to more than 100 senior officers of the Second Siberian Front: "You should know that the cold weather is not suitable for marching now, but Vladivostok, the last city in our hands in the Russian Far East and the most important city in our Far East, is in danger because of the lack of food reserves. His Majesty the Tsar and His Excellency the Commander Kuropatkin ordered us to exterminate the Qing Dynasty occupying the Far East and rescue Vladivostok at any cost. Therefore, as the commander of the Second Siberian Front, I order you to prepare for departure within two days, and on the 13th the whole army will be marched to Ulan-Ude to take the train. ”

More than 100 high-ranking officers of the Second Siberian Front had long known that the formation of the Front Army was to go to the Far East to rescue Vladivostok, so no one was surprised and said that they would be ready to go out within two days in accordance with Oleglev's orders. :

Oleg nodded and said: "If we want to destroy the Dingbei Army in the Far East and relieve the siege of Vladivostok, the most important step is to defeat the Dingbei Army in the inner city of Svobod. The inner city of Svobold is our gateway to the Far East. If you don't get to Guò from the inner city of Svobod, you have to take a detour of hundreds of kilometers of mountain roads. That would be unimaginably difficult. The only way to get to Ulan-Ude by train is to Tegda, which is almost 400 kilometers away from the inner city of Svobod. Therefore, we still need to walk another 400 kilometers, and this time we will go on an expedition to the Far East of the Empire, not only to fight against the Dingbei Army, but also to overcome many difficulties such as severe cold and long supply lines. ”

Chekryv, the commander of the Russian 19th Army, stood up at this time and said excitedly: "Your Excellency, your Excellency, our newly formed Second Siberian Front has 25 corps, 10 heavy artillery divisions, and 1 tank armored division, with a strength of an astonishing 780,000 troops. Even some difficulties could not prevent our Siberian Second Front from destroying the Dingbei Army in the Far East! ”

The Russian 19th Army was also classified as part of the Second Siberian Front, which made the commander Chekryv very happy, and finally did not have to face the annoying former commander of the First Siberian Front, Ivanov, and the original First Siberian Front has been canceled, and the new commander of the First Siberian Front is currently the commander of the theater of operations, Kuropatkin.

More than 100 other high-ranking officers of the Siberian Second Front also nodded one after another, saying that the Dingbei Army had only a total of troops, and that it would have to fight against the Russian army at the same time in Outer Mongolia, the Lena River, and Vladivostok, and it was believed that the 780,000 huge troops of the Siberian Second Front Army would definitely be able to defeat the Dingbei Army in the Far East. Regain the entire Far East. Even the 2nd Siberian Front could, after recovering the Far East, join forces with the defenders of Vladivostok and launch an attack on the Heilongjiang River in the northeast, perhaps with good luck. It could directly attack the city of Shenyang and occupy the center of Shenyang, the political, economic, and industrial center of the northeast, so that Russia could achieve the final victory in this war.

2 days later. The mighty Siberian Second Front began to advance from the vicinity of the cities of Madu and Haktu. Walk to Ulan-Ude.

In the inner city of Svobod, Yu Lichen, the commander of the 14th Division of the Dingbei Army, received a telegram from Lin Daxin to him about the Second Siberian Front. Instead of being frightened by the 780,000 troops of the Second Siberian Front, he was very excited, and immediately sent someone to find the headquarters of the 14th Division in the inner city of Svobod.

After the three division commanders of the 31st, 32nd and 33rd divisions rushed to the headquarters of the 14th Division, Yu Lichen laughed and said to them: "Our divisions are not working in vain near the inner city of Svobod, the Russians are finally coming, this is the telegram sent to us by the principal!" ”

After speaking, he handed the telegram sent by Lin Daxin to the three people, and after the three division commanders read it, they all showed a look of surprise in their eyes, but they didn't expect that if the Russians didn't come, they would come to the 780,000 Siberian Second Front.

However, the commanders of the 3 divisions did not show any frightened looks, they were just surprised, the 4 divisions had not been in vain in the past few months in the inner city of Svobod, they had already established a complete defense system by relying on the terrain around the inner city of Svobod.

The entire defense system of Svobold can be divided into out-of-town fortifications and fortifications, of which the out-of-town fortifications refer to a connected hill about 10 kilometers north of the inner city of Svobod, and a road between these hills must be used to reach the inner city of Svobod.

Therefore, the four divisions of the Dingbei Army used the hills on both sides of this mountain road, as well as the steep slopes of the mountains connected to them, to build a series of criss-crossing trenches and a large number of light and dark pillboxes built with reinforced concrete, forming layers of firepower points, and even digging a large number of tunnels inside the mountain, so that each mountain fortification is combined with light and dark, up and down, and connected inside and outside.

There are more than a dozen hills on both sides of the mountain road, and together with the hills connected by these hills, the four divisions have built nearly 100 mountain fortifications, which are even larger than the mountain fortifications on the outskirts of Vladivostok. If it weren't for the large amount of explosives, cement and steel bars from the northeast, plus the mobilization of more than 100,000 Russian prisoners of war, it would have been impossible for the four divisions of the Dingbei Army to build such a huge mountain fortification in a few months.

Of course, the mountain fortifications built by the Dingbei Army were not as fierce as those on the periphery of Vladivostok in Russia, and even the heavy artillery was placed in the fortifications inside the mountain.

The other four divisions also turned the inner city of Svobod, which was no longer free of ordinary Russians, into a large fortress, and the ordinary Russians in the city were forcibly relocated to other places, and the entire fortifications were divided into two fortifications outside the city and inside the city.

The two fortifications outside the city were built with a large number of pillboxes and many trenches, while the fortifications inside the city were built from the houses of the inner city of Svobod in preparation for the final street fighting.

In addition to the four divisions' own artillery units, Lin Daxin also allocated 80 155-mm howitzers and 120 105-mm howitzers to the four divisions in the inner city of Svobod, as well as the artillery to operate these guns, to strengthen the artillery strength of the inner city of Svobod, which is equivalent to adding 2 heavy artillery brigades and 3 heavy artillery regiments to these four divisions.

Therefore, the defense system of the entire Svobod Inner City has been built, which is also the reason why the four division commanders of the Dingbei Army knew that the 780,000 troops of the Russian Siberian Second Front were going to attack the Svobod Inner City, and they were not frightened by the huge force, and they were confident that they would use the fortifications they had worked hard to build in the past few months to break the blood of the leaders of the Siberian Second Front Army from afar.

Liu Genbao, the commander of the 31st Division, put down the telegram sent by Lin Daxin in his hand and said: "The principal said on the telegram that the 16th and 17th divisions of Hailan Pao will also come to our Svobod inner city, so that we have 6 divisions, plus the additional artillery assigned to us, our entire defense has more than 140,000 troops, although the Russian Siberian Second Front is more than 5 times our strength, but relying on the entire defense system of the Svobo inner city that we have built in the past few months, it is still certain to block the Russian army. Moreover, we have our back to Heilongjiang and can get reinforcements at any time, and the airship troops have also stockpiled bombs in Hailan, and we can still get air support at that time, so let a few of our divisions and the newly formed Siberian Second Front Army of Russia have a good fight! ”

Yu Lichen, who was uncomfortable without fighting for a day, said with a red face at this time: "Aren't our divisions waiting for the Russians to come after working hard to build so many fortifications on that hill and inside and outside the city of Svobod?" Now as long as we can block the Russians, the Second Siberian Front, until June next year, the Russians in Vladivostok will have nothing to eat, and Vladivostok will be self-defeating at that time, so several of our divisions must be mentally prepared, even if they are exhausted, they must also block the Russians in the inner city of Svobod, and absolutely not let the Russians step on the inner city of Svobod! ”

Liu Genbao, Sun Xingwen, the commander of the 32nd Division, and Wang Guizhong, the commander of the 33rd Division, nodded solemnly at the same time, they all knew the importance of blocking the Russian Second Siberian Front in the inner city of Svobod.

Yu Lichen then rubbed his hands and said: "But it's been so long, Russia is coming, I'm scratching my heart and liver, this time I have to have a good fight, my gun hasn't been opened for a long time!" ”

Sun Xingwen immediately said: "Lao Yu, you are the commander of the entire Swobod Inner City this time, you can't go directly to the front line with the soldiers like before, otherwise the principal will know about it and will definitely not let you go!" ”

It turned out that among the 15 integrated divisions of the Dingbei Army, there were 2 recognized fierce general division commanders, namely Zhang Daxiong, the current commander of the armored division, and Yu Lichen. These two division commanders were both masters who led the troops to directly lead the charge, and never considered what would happen to the tens of thousands of commanders of the entire division if something happened to the commander of the first division.

This time, of the 4 divisions of the Dingbei Army in the inner city of Swobod, plus the other 2 divisions that were about to arrive, only Yu Lichen was the commander of the A integrated division, and the other 5 division commanders were all division commanders of the B division. Moreover, the commanders of the 5 divisions of the B division are currently only in the rank of colonel, and only Yu Lichen is in the rank of major general, and the commander of the inner city of Svobod naturally falls on Yu Lichen's head. (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