The surrender of the Russian army in Vladivostok temporarily put an end to the large-scale war in the Russian Far East. However, there are still some scattered Russian troops, hidden in the mountains and mountains of the Far East, and stubbornly resisting the squadron. For this reason, the Second Army deliberately left a division responsible for the elimination of these Russian troops in order to ensure stability in the Far East.

The end of the Far East campaign left the Second Army of the Chinese Army idle and ready to devote itself to the next battle plan. According to the plan of the General Staff, the Second Army will take a half-month break to replenish its troops and ammunition, after which it will deploy the next phase of operations according to the actual situation. However, the plan that was originally determined was that the Second Army would be engaged in the war against Japan. The General Staff deliberately started the war against Japan in advance and occupied an forward base in the Japanese archipelago. The preliminarily selected target was the island of Kyushu in southern Japan. Occupy the island of Kyushu first, and then wait for the decisive advantage in the war against Russia to be established, and then launch a war to destroy Japan.

In addition, the victory in the Far East campaign also enabled China to obtain more than 40,000 free laborers. These more than 40,000 Russian prisoners of war, all of whom are tall and tall, are suitable for the construction of infrastructure in the Far East. In addition, after taking Vladivostok, all the grain and other strategic materials stored by the Russian army in Vladivostok will also be owned by the Chinese side, and China can hire Russians staying in Vladivostok to participate in the construction of infrastructure in the Far East. The most important task was to build a railway from China to the Russian Far East, connecting the railway in the Northeast with the railway in the Russian Far East. In this way, it is convenient for China to control and immigrate to the Far East.

In the case of a growing population in the country and increasingly scarce land. These fertile lands north of the Heilongjiang River. It is just right to house at least millions of Chinese immigrants. Although because of geography and climate. It's cold, and crops can only grow once a year, but the land is vast enough to feed tens of millions of people. After the end of the war, the government can organize resettlement to the Far East and completely recover these lands.

The First Group Army, which also belonged to the Northeast Theater, attacked very smoothly, and the enemies encountered by the First Army were relatively weak. Except for the slightly tougher defenders in the Chita direction, the rest of the Russian army is not the opponent of the squadron at all. By the time the Russian army in Vladivostok surrendered, the First Army had already taken Chita, and in addition to leaving a division to continue to encircle and suppress the Russian army in these areas, the main force had already begun to advance westward and was ready to join the northern theater.

Similarly, in the northern theater, a big war is also being prepared. War Minister Cai Yun is sitting in Kulun and is actively deploying troops. Prepare for another decisive battle to completely defeat the Russian army in Eastern Siberia. In one fell swoop, he established an advantage in the war against Russia. The only thing that affected the fighting in the northern theater was the logistics support. The train could only reach the trading city, and after passing the trading city, it had to rely on automobiles, mules and horses to transport all kinds of war materials, and in order to ensure that the Third Army and the Fourth Army, as well as the First Army, which was about to join the battlefield, the logistics department could be said to be fully strenuous. Fortunately, after the end of the fighting in the Far East, the logistics support units originally used in the northeast battlefield can be put into the northern theater. At this rate, the decisive battle in the northern theater will soon begin.

While the Chinese Army was actively deploying troops in the northern theater, Russia was not idle. The surrender of Vladivostok made Tsar Nicholas II furious, if it weren't for Prime Minister Sergei? Witte, Minister of War Alexey? Nikolaevich? The persuasion of Kuropatkin and others may have ordered the families of those generals who surrendered to be sent to the gallows. It's just that now that the East Siberian region is preparing for a big war, attacking the families of those generals at this time will obviously affect everyone's enthusiasm for combat.

It's just that Tsar Nicholas II also issued a death order, demanding that Grand Duke Nicholas must ensure that he defeats the squadron in the battle of Eastern Siberia and wins in one fell swoop. The successive defeats have made Russia lose face in front of all countries, and the whole of Russia has almost become a laughing stock, which makes Tsar Nicholas II unbearable.

In order to ensure victory in the Eastern Siberian campaign, Tsar Nicholas II had exhausted all means to support the combat readiness of the Eastern Siberian region. Now, the army gathered in Ulan-Ude has reached 200,000 people. In addition to the initial 50,000 men, Grand Duke Nicholas sent reinforcements of 100,000. At the time when the squadron began to prepare for war, Grand Duke Nikolai once again sent 50,000 men from Irkutsk, increasing the number of Russian troops in Ulan-Ude to 200,000. At the same time, Grand Duke Nikolai personally arrived in Ulan-Ude to command this vital battle. However, since Baikalsk in the Nizhny Baikal region was occupied by the Fourth Army of the Chinese Army, Irkutsk's support for Ulan-Ude was only possible by detouring from the Verkhnito Baikal region to Guò or by boat crossing Lake Baikal. This has greatly affected Ulan-Ude's preparations for war. At the same time, the Trans-Siberian Railway is also very busy, and every train is like a sardine can, crowded with Russian troops and their equipment transferred from Europe to Eastern Siberia. After more than ten days of hard work, the defenders of Irkutsk have once again increased to 100,000 men, and are still increasing by 30,000 per week. In order to win this battle, Tsar Nicholas II desperately sent troops from Europe to Eastern Siberia. Many of the troops that were originally used to defend Germany were also transported to Eastern Siberia. Of course, there was also the tacit approval of Germany. Germany hopes that the Russian army will shed as much blood as possible on the Asian battlefield, and all German troops will take the initiative to retreat, so that the Russian army can calmly transfer the troops deployed in Europe to Asia. Although this would be detrimental to China's interests, the Germans would only consider their own interests at such times, and even China was regarded by them as a tool to weaken Russia.

In addition to the fact that the Northern Theater was actively preparing for a major war, the Northwest Theater, or rather the Central Asian Theater, also achieved a decisive victory. On the 25th of the month, the First Cavalry Corps set out from Huocheng and entered Central Asia along the Ili River. At this time, Central Asia was under the jurisdiction of the Russian Viceroyalty of Turkestan and the Northern Viceroyalty of the Steppe. The 1st Cavalry Corps took the lead in attacking the Seven Rivers Oblast, which was under the jurisdiction of the Turkestan Governorate, and attacked Almaty, where the Governorate was located.

The Turkestan Governorate has jurisdiction over a vast area in the southern part of Central Asia, including the Gully-Rivières region, the Syr Darya region, the Samarkand region, the Trans-Caspian region and the Fergana region. In the north, the steppe governorate mainly includes the Akmorinsk region, the Semipalatinsk region, the Turkichi region and the Uralsk region, which governs the Kazakh steppe region.

The Russian army has only more than 100,000 troops in the entire Central Asian region, and after the start of the war, it is mainly concentrated in Qihe Prefecture, which is adjacent to China, to prepare for the attack of the squadron in Central Asia, under the full command of Alex, the governor of Russian Turkestan.

On 27 July, the First Cavalry Corps of the Chinese Army defeated the Russian 75th Infantry Division at Aydarre, annihilating more than 10,000 men of the division and losing less than 500 of its own. On the 0th of the month, the 1st Cavalry Army defeated the 25th Cossack Cavalry Division of the Russian Army at Kurchilik, destroying more than 3,000 enemies. And, in April, the Japanese army came to the city of Almaty. It's just that the First Cavalry Army, which lacked heavy weapons, could not conquer Almaty, a fortified city in Central Asia, and had to wait for the arrival of the follow-up Fifth Army. The Fifth Army, carrying a large number of heavy weapons, was relatively slow and arrived in Almaty only on 4 April.

Almaty has a long history, and the ancient Chinese Silk Road to Central Asia passed through here. The city was founded in 54 and became the administrative center of a satrapate in Turkestan in 67. At this time, the Russian army concentrated more than 50,000 people in Almaty, ready to gather into a stubborn resistance.

The Fifth Group Army has a total strength of 130,000 troops, including the 2nd, 5th, 38th, and 39th Divisions of the Northwest Military Region, as well as the newly formed 66th Division, as well as the artillery brigade, cavalry brigade, guard brigade, engineer brigade, baggage brigade, and military field hospital, with a total strength of 130,000 troops, plus more than 40,000 men of the First Cavalry Corps attached to the operation. The commander of the Fifth Army is Lieutenant General Liu Zhiye, commander of the Northwest Military Region, and the chief of staff is Major General Lin Bin. The commander of the First Cavalry Army was Ma Fulu of the former Ma Jiajun.

As the administrative center of the Turkestan Governorate, Almaty's defense is still very strong, surrounded by walls up to 10 meters, where the Russian army has deployed a lot of artillery and heavy machine guns. Therefore, the Turkestan Governor Alex had the confidence to resist the attack of the squadron here.

Of course, the Russian side is also aware of the critical situation in Central Asia and is sending reinforcements from Europe. It's just that the entire capacity of the Trans-Siberian Railway is to meet the operations in the East Siberian battlefield, and the reinforcement of troops in Central Asia can only be drawn from the Ukrainian region. Given the geography of Central Asia, the Russian troops were reinforced, mainly the Cossack corps. The Russian army transferred three Cossack regiments and four infantry divisions from the Ukrainian region, totaling 100,000 people, to form the first batch of troops to support the Central Asian region. These troops, having crossed the Ural River and into the Kazakh steppe, are galloping towards Almaty. Follow-up reinforcements are still being organized. However, it takes a lot of time to get from Europe to Central Asia. (To be continued.) )

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