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The black lines of the desolate land are intertwined, it is the trench dug by the soldiers, and there is a little new green on the edge of the trench, and in the trench that is nearly one person deep, the soldiers have begun to take off their thick coats, and have welcomed the arrival of spring.

But everyone had an inexplicable worry on their faces, and the older soldiers would always remind the younger ones to pay attention to it, not to show their heads, everyone knew that hundreds of meters away, maybe the Chinese were aiming at them, and they couldn't even hear the gunshots, and the people fell.

The confrontation on the battlefield has given the war a new form, on this vast land, and for the Russians, everything seems so new, in fact, from the very beginning of the war to the Russians, there are classrooms everywhere, they are like students, they come to the previous classrooms, and the price of learning is death.

"Your Excellency, no one dares to go out, no one dares to raise their heads, and no one knows how many Chinese snipers there are on the front, but it is certain that as long as you show your head, you are likely to be knocked down by one shot from the other side......"

As if to confirm his words, Nikaev lifted a fur hat with a stick and slowly poked it out of the trench.

But it was only a few seconds of effort, and with a "boom", the leather hat was pierced by a bullet and fell to the ground.

"Hmm!"

Kurobatkin, with an expression on his face, picked up the leather hat that had fallen to the ground, and looked at the bullet holes in the leather hat, without a doubt. If it is worn on the head. Now that man is probably lying on the ground with his brains bursting out.

"Snipers? How did they hit so accurately? ”

"The captives we captured confessed. The rifles used by their snipers, unlike ordinary rifles, are carefully selected for the best accuracy, and they are also equipped with telescopic scopes......"

Confrontation is not the same as a truce, in fact small-scale infiltration and reconnaissance operations are staged almost daily, and the capture of prisoners is also inevitable.

Through the interrogation of the captives. The Russians have more or less learned some information about snipers, after all, snipers in the Northeast Army are not a secret, but like machine gunners, they are the most ordinary members of the grassroots troops.

Although for the Russians, the sniper is new and, of course, no less deadly.

"Your Excellency, I, and every soldier on the front line, are curious. When will we go on the offensive? Now here we are, like rabbits, hunted at will by the Chinese. If it goes on like this, I'm worried, I'm worried about morale...... will be affected......"

As an officer, he was afraid that his words would affect the morale of his soldiers, but even as an officer, he had enough of it.

In fact, everyone has had enough! I'm fed up with staying in the muddy trenches like this next time, like a rabbit, waiting, and I don't know which direction the bullets will come in.

Kurobatkin did not give an answer to his subordinate's question, but chose to remain silent, and after a moment of silence, his gaze glanced towards the top of the breastwork.

"Soon, soldiers!"

Noticing that everyone's eyes were on him, Kurobatkin said with a smile.

"We will soon attack like the Chinese, and then we will not only be able to fight the Chinese back, but even only need a month or two to reach Dalian, and then end this war, I think the question we need to be concerned about at that time is whether the benevolent tsar will let us fight Dalian!"

Kurobatkin's words were quite confident, and he sounded extremely relaxed, like a conversation and laughter with friends by the fireplace, and when he said it was light, he even raised his horsewhip!

"If the Tsar lets us fight Dalian, then we will put that Chinese in a cage and give it to His Majesty the Tsar."

The commander-in-chief's words made the soldiers laugh, and in this moment, the soldiers seemed to forget the threat of the sniper, the airship flying overhead, and the scorching tongue of fire of the "Raging Dragon's Flame".

But not everyone forgets, or many people do not forget the real threat because of the words of the commander.

"Your Excellency, we seem to be in a very high position right now, and if you can, I think it's time to attack Chinese, after all, His Majesty the Tsar has urged us to attack more than once......"

After leaving the front, in the carriage with the carriage, Linevich looked at Kurobatkin and said.

"Your Majesty, in St. Petersburg, he does not know what is happening here? I don't know what we're up against? ”

Kurobatkin's tone was a little heavy, if he could, he would immediately attack, but he knew that compared to the Chinese, the Russian army only had a slight advantage in strength, and as for artillery and machine guns, it was completely behind the Chinese.

"Look at what we have, more than 1,200 artillery pieces, and Chinese has more than 2,000 ......"

Before coming to the Far East, he thought that it would be very easy to end the war, but now as he got to know his opponent better, he became more and more cautious, just as he carefully laid out the defensive line and constantly increased his troops to strengthen the defense.

But not everyone knows the opponent and the strength of the opponent, at least for the people of St. Petersburg, they simply do not know the power of the Chinese, and His Majesty the Tsar is one of them. Of course, once Kurobatkin was one of them.

"Our railway is hundreds of versts from the front line, but the Chinese railway has been built all the way to the front line. They can deliver a steady stream of bullets, shells to the front line, in contrast, us? ”

The jolt of the carriage made Kurobatkin glance out the window. Look at the muddy dirt road full of potholes.

"We had to use horse-drawn wagons to bring in the supplies that the soldiers needed."

After a pause, Kurobatkin continued.

"If our railroad had reached the front line, I think I would have ordered the troops to attack a long time ago. But ......"

His brow furrowed suddenly. Kurobatkin said suspiciously.

"What's going on now? The Chinese railway has been repaired to the front. But until now they have not attacked. Otherwise, we are watching us constantly strengthen our defenses, a month ago, the Chinese had an absolute superiority in forces, but now, the advantage is in our hands, why is this? ”

"Your Excellency, could it be that the Chinese are pinning their hopes on diplomacy?"

Lynevich said without doubt.

"After all, the Chinese know very well that unless they hit St. Petersburg. Otherwise Russia will never surrender, will they hope for a diplomatic breakthrough, after all, now the British ......"

Briton......

Kurobatkin muttered softly, a wry smile on his face. Since the day Russia occupied Japan, the contradictions between Russia and Britain have become increasingly stimulating, and after the Russian occupation of the Philippines, the most important issue for Britain is probably how to prevent Russian expansion, but even if the British stand on the side of the Chinese. Will giving support to the Chinese make Russia make concessions?

Could it be said. With the temporary battlefield advantage that the Chinese have now achieved, Russia will give the Viceroyalty of Nikolai, as well as the Philippines, Primorsky, Amur this large area of land to the Chinese?

Even an idiot would not believe that Russia would make such a big concession.

But if the Chinese are not trying to make a diplomatic breakthrough, then what is their confrontation now for?

Unable to see through the fog of war, Kurobatkin had to deal with all this cautiously, believing that behind this fog there was an unknown conspiracy!

But what kind of conspiracy will it be?

Suspicious, Kurobatkin turned his gaze to the south, taking the image of the rival he had never met.

"It's almost time......"

Spit out a puff of cigarette, Tang Haoran spoke.

"I think now, it's about the same, and the troops should be trained about the same......"

After the outbreak of the war, the three eastern provinces mobilized a full 1 million reserves, and now the total strength of the Northeast Army has exceeded 1.7 million, which is 1/3 of the mobilization potential of the Northeast.

Over the past two months, the newly mobilized units have been training, and after two months of training, the units have been largely formed, and it is time to go into battle.

"Dashuai, my suggestion is to wait for another half a month!"

Shang Dequan cautiously said that after the Battle of Vladivostok, he returned to the northeast and was ordered to form the First Army Group.

"If I could, I would like to wait two months! It's better to wait until June of this year and then ......"

"I know!"

Nodding understandingly, Tang Haoran said as he walked.

"That's just a thought, in that case, we only have three or four months to attack, and when winter comes, we'll face more difficulties."

The Russian winter is a nightmare for the invaders, whether it is the French in this time and space, or the Germans in another time and space, they have conquered all of Europe, and they all think that the broken grass shed in Russia will fall down with a gentle push.

But in the end they were all defeated in the Russian winter, for which the winter is better than the army of millions.

Just like during the Primordial Campaign, the battlefield casualties of the Northeast Army were 37,500, of which as many as 25,000 were frostbitten, and the non-combat attrition was twice as high.

"But the railroad ......"

Turning his head to look at the handsome, Shang Dequan said worriedly.

"Fighting in Trans-Baikal, the advantage is on our side, our railways are built all the way to the front, what is needed at the front, what can we transport by rail? And the Russians have to transport even a piece of straw paper by horse-drawn cart from hundreds of kilometers away......"

As soon as the words sank, Shang Dequan continued.

"Every ten kilometers we advance westward, we will be ten kilometers away from the rear, and then the Russians will be nearly ten kilometers away from the railway, and under the advantage of one another, our advantage will be exhausted little by little, and the Russians will regain the advantage little by little, and it is very likely that there will be frequent new confrontations at that time......

Obviously, this is an extremely cautious statement, in fact, in Shang Dequan's heart, he hopes to maintain his current advantage,

"So what if we stop the front here?"

Smiling and asking, Tang Haoran continued.

"Maybe I'm not a soldier......"

"Handsome ......"

Stretching out his hand to interrupt Shang Dequan's words, Tang Haoran continued.

"But I know very well that our superiority on the battlefield cannot be turned into a strategic advantage."

Campaign and strategy, this is the difference between Tang Haoran and others, he is better at thinking about problems in strategic direction.

"We now think we've gained a little advantage, but really? The Russians will not negotiate with us and make substantial concessions because we have gained such a small advantage. ”

Taking a puff of cigar and exhaling a puff of smoke, Tang Haoran's gaze turned to the north.

"Before the time comes, no one will think of negotiations, let alone a truce, unless we can clean him up fiercely, otherwise those Russians will not make concessions at all!"

Looking back at Shang Dequan who was following behind him, Tang Haoran raised his eyebrows slightly.

"So no matter how difficult it is, we have to clean them up fiercely, completely dispel their ambitions, and completely crush their confidence in victory."

It's not that Tang Haoran is willing to carry out the war to the end, but because he understands better than anyone else that he has no way out, either win or lose, and there is no other way to choose.

"Only then will the Russians obediently sit at the negotiating table and discuss the armistice with us, and ......"

Continuing to walk forward, Tang Haoran didn't speak again, he just smoked his cigar silently, smoking one cigarette after another. Occasionally, he would stop and cast his gaze into the distance, as if he was pondering something. But what do you seem to be hesitating about?

"This is probably our last chance!"

The last chance to bite off a piece of meat from Russia, the change of history, made it difficult for Tang Haoran to predict the future, he couldn't predict whether he would still remember the cannon in the winter 15 years later, so he could only pin his hopes on the present.

Taking advantage of the current weakness of Russia's strength, we should squeeze as many benefits as possible from Russia.

"After all, we need to devote more attention to the customs when the time comes, and as the unification steps unfold, the time will ......"

Because he couldn't tell his inner thoughts to others, Tang Haoran gave the simplest excuse.

"The reunification of the country, as well as the construction of the country after reunification, will be the overriding topic, as for external issues, what we need at that time is a stable external environment, so if possible, I hope to lay a solid foundation for future reunification through this war, especially to create a stable external environment!" (To be continued.) )