At this time, the land in the Northeast has been completely frozen, and the vast Great Northern Wilderness seems to be covered with a layer of silver-white carpet. Although the wind is as cold as a blade, the morale of the marching team is high. On a large wasteland under the jurisdiction of Lindian County in the southwest of Qiqihar, long yellow dragons were rolling forward, and the infantry with rifles and machine guns on their shoulders, the cavalry on horses and sabers on their waists, the mountain artillery and field artillery pulled by eight or twelve large mules, and the baggage troops mixed with the people in old cotton jackets and drove the carts with pack carts, all headed northwest.

The brigade of the Northeast Anti-Russian Army seems to be covering the entire Great Northern Wilderness, boundless, rolling north!

Jiang Jshi's commander-in-chief of the Northeast Anti-Russian Army did not wait for the 221st victory at the front in a comfortable office building in Harbin to come. He was now also dressed in military uniform, standing on a high ground in the Great Wilderness. Holding a telescope and looking in the northwest direction, there was also a group of staff officers carrying picture bags on their backs, and from time to time there were rumors and horses, loudly reporting the latest military situation. The staff officers wrote and drew on the map to mark the changes in the battle lines of the two sides.

Although Chiang had already informed his allies in the upper echelons of the Nationalist government that Chang Ruiqing was planning to use his victory to tear up the unequal treaties signed with the Great Powers. However, the actions of the Northeast to resist the Russian army did not delay in the slightest. Three days ago, the Westward Advance Corps, which was composed of the main force of the First Army and the New First Army, had made all the preparations before the war, and then there was information that "the Russian army was going to retreat" came from Qiqihar. Jiang Jshi, who personally served as the commander-in-chief of the Western Advance Corps, did not hesitate at all, and immediately drove the Westward Advance Corps, which numbered more than 80,000 people, to board the westbound train and go directly to the Saltu Railway Station, which was controlled by Wu Junsheng's department of the Feng army (the Third Army of the Anti-Russian Army). Then he launched a direct attack on Qiqihar, which was controlled by the Russian army, on the Great Northern Wilderness!

Behind the army of the Western Advance Corps, there were also the first, second and fourth army brigades of the anti-Russian army composed of the original Feng army and the Jilin Provincial Army. If the 221st won the 21st and the Russian army resisted fiercely and the two sides fought into a stalemate, their troops in the northeast would also be put into battle, completely crushing the White Russian army with absolute superiority, and winning the victory of this foreign war for China!

In addition, the Zhao Zhen Independent Brigade in Outer Mongolia also received a telegram from Jiang Jshi, asking them to send a small force of cavalry to harass the rear of the Russian army. It is even possible to infiltrate into the territory of Russia, as long as there is no conflict with the intervening forces of Britain, the United States, Japan and other countries. Also the ragtag armed forces that had gained a foothold north of the Amur River, which were secretly controlled by Chang Ruiqing and now called themselves the Far Eastern National Autonomous Army, were also instructed. The attack on Birobidzhan, a stronghold of Jews in the Far East, began.

Zhang Qun, chief of staff of the Western Advance Corps, received the latest information and reported loudly to Jiang Jshi: "Brother J Shi, the vanguard has come into contact with the Russian army and is on the front line of Zhalong . After a little resistance, the Russian army had already retreated to Qiqihar, and it was found to be the Cossack cavalry to which the White Russian commander Semenov belonged...... Now the vanguard has been deployed on the front line of Zhalong and is waiting for the main force to arrive! ”

Jiang Jshi put down the telescope in his hand and looked indifferent. I couldn't see the joy and anger, and after a while, I waved my hand: "Okay, the first battle was won...... The herald ordered the whole army to speed up, and be sure to arrive at the designated place before dark today to complete the deployment! It's time to let these Russian devils know how good the best of us are! It is no longer the end of the Qing Dynasty, and our land in China is no longer for them to come and leave whenever they want! ”

Listen to the words of your top boss. Zhang Qun smiled and glanced at this mighty male division that could not be seen from head to tail. Oh, yes. China is no longer the Qing Dynasty, and Russia is not the thriving Tsarist Empire. Those White Russians entrenched in Qiqihar are nothing more than a bunch of bandits who are not capable of doing their best! It is just used to establish the national government, as well as the prestige of Jiang Jshi!

And at this time in Qiqihar, the White Russians entrenched there had completely become a pot of porridge. The development of the situation was completely unexpected by the two White Russian commanders, Semenov and Horvat. Kolchak there in Ufa did not know for what reasons and did not support their invasion of Chinese Manchuria at all. A vigorous telegram demanded that they quickly withdraw their troops back to Chita, and that they should transfer their troops to the west to fight the Red Army. For such an order. Of course, the two White Russian commanders ignored it, and now the Provisional Government's side was in a bit strained in the civil war. At this time, it would not be wise to send troops to Kolchak! It is better to occupy a piece of territory in China and use it as a way out in the future...... This is what Yoshiichi Tanaka, commander-in-chief of the Japanese Dispatch Army, meant. You can't go wrong thinking about it, right?

But they never dreamed that the attitude of the Japanese would suddenly take a 180-degree turn! Not only did he deliver an ultimatum to Kolchak's provisional government, but he also removed the intervening forces that had been stationed on the front line of Chita Birobidzhan! At this time, the Red Army guerrillas, which had been suppressed, as well as the miscellaneous armed forces of various banners, suddenly became active, and they seized territory one after another to support their troops and stand on their own. On the territory of the original Semenov, more than a dozen provisional governments have emerged in just a few days! But this is not the worst, the most frightening thing for the two commanders-in-chief, Semenov and Horvat, is that the Chinese suddenly mobilized heavy troops to resist the Russian army and began to move west. According to the report of the White Russian spies in Harbin, the Chinese mobilized a brigade of 17 divisions of six armies this time, with a total strength of no less than 200,000 troops! Moreover, this army also had strong support from the Japanese, who were most likely instructed by the Japanese to advance westward.

If the 60,000 troops in the hands of Semenov and Horvat were the Tsarist Russian army before World War I, let alone the 200,000 squadrons, even if they doubled, they were confident of winning. But now these armies in their hands are just a rabble of temporary patchwork, of which the real Maozi is less than 30,000, and the rest are some Tatars or Jews who have made up a number. And even if it is a real Maozi, he may not be willing to work for Semenov and Horvat. The two tsars who had pledged their allegiance had been executed by the Bolsheviks in July, and the Provisional Government had no approval of their invasion of China...... Not to mention that their rear is now in a mess, and their families don't know what is going on, who has the heart to help Semenov and Horvat?

Therefore, in the location of the headquarters of the White Russian Army, which was converted into the headquarters of the White Army in Qiqihar County, there is now a panic. The two commanders-in-chief, Semenov and Horvat, also had a fierce quarrel over the question of whether to fight or leave.

"No more! No more! My Cossacks are homesick, and they are going back to Transbaikal...... Dimitri. Leonidevich (Horvat), let's withdraw before the Chinese finish unfolding! ”

Semenov strode in from the outside, and the ataman (chieftain) of the Transbaikal Cossacks was now somewhat unable to control even his own closest Cossack regiment. He wore a dark green military uniform from the Tsarist period, a leather hat on his head, and a horsewhip in his hand. Apparently just returned from a front-line inspection.

Horvat snorted, let out another long sigh, and said to Semenov with a straight face: "Our warriors of the Russian Empire let the Chinese flee in fear like this?" Will a defeated Cossack ataman still be embraced? Kolchak can now remove you, the self-appointed commander-in-chief and consul, from his post with a single order! And our supplies are now in Qiqihar. If we want to retreat, we will have to give up all of them, and by the time we reach Chita, our army of 60,000 will probably have a problem even having food. Moreover, there are more than 100,000 Russian nationals in Qiqihar and Hailar who have been evacuated from Harbin. We can't give them up! Dear Gregory. Mikhailovich (Semenov), we now have to fight with the Chinese, and only by repelling them can we calmly withdraw to the country. ”

Semenov also just shook his head and smiled bitterly, and lifted his spirits a little: "Dimitri. Leonidevich. I understand what you're saying. But...... The number of squadrons is three times that of us! Although their combat effectiveness was far inferior to ours, the huge numerical superiority could still cause my Cossacks to suffer heavy losses...... Without these Cossacks, how could I, the commander-in-chief, still be? ”

He's already told the truth, and Horvat has nothing to say. Semenov's gaze swept inside the headquarters, and he didn't find outsiders, so he lowered his voice and said: "Now the attitude of the Japanese is very intriguing, I suspect that they are planning some conspiracy against Russia!" So we can't stay in China anymore and have to rush back to Chita immediately! ”

Horvat was stunned. Think about it. also felt that Semenov's analysis was reasonable, and a layer of sweat suddenly appeared on his bare forehead. He hurriedly asked, "Gregory. Mikhailovich, did you hear something? ”

Semyonov sighed and said lightly: "That's not true, but looking at the recent movement of the Japanese intervention army, it is not difficult to find the problem...... They have now retreated from the territory of the Trans-Baikal and Amur provinces, and all of them have been concentrated in the Primorsky Province south of the Amur River! We don't have many troops there! ”

Horvath gasped. He looked straight at Semenov: "You, you, what do you mean...... The Japanese are going to occupy our Primorsky province! God, that can't be. Impossible, Britain, France, the United States they will not allow it! They won't agree! That's impossible! He said it couldn't be. But in my heart I already believe seven or eight points! Although he is a corrupt Russian aristocrat, he knows what the international axiom of the world is now...... The territory of Russia can only be defended by the Russians themselves, and no foreign country can be expected to uphold justice! Does Russia still have the strength to protect her Far Eastern territories now? There must be none, since there is none, then it is normal for the Japanese to have bad thoughts! Besides, weren't these territories snatched from them by Russia while China was weakening? Now the Japanese are just doing the same thing.

Seeing Horvat's face, Semenov already knew that the other party believed his analysis, so he took a few steps closer to Horvat and said in a low voice: "Primorsky Province and Sakhalin Province are estimated to be unable to be saved, but Zabaikal Province and Amur Province cannot be lost anymore, otherwise we will become lost dogs." ”

Horvat hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded: "It's okay to retreat, but the Russian expatriates in Qiqihar and Hailar must be evacuated together, and the supplies must also be pulled away, otherwise we won't be able to sustain ourselves in Chita!" ”

Semenov frowned and said: "Chinese's attack is only a matter of these two days, if you want to pull away all the expatriates and supplies......"

"Let's fight! As long as we can hold Qiqihar for a week, our supplies and personnel can be safely transferred. It's just some opium-smoking sick men of East Asia, and our Russian warriors won't be able to withstand it for even a week...... Brother Zixiu, how is the plan of the Northern Expedition doing? According to the intelligence, Xu Youzheng had borrowed military salaries from the Japanese and was preparing to divide his troops into two routes to the south, and the two former enemy commanders were Wu Ziyu and Feng Huanzhang...... They are the most capable generals in Beiyang! We can't afford to take this lightly. ”

Chang Ruiqing stood in the war room of the Military Commission at the foot of Guanyin Mountain in Guangzhou, and asked Lu Yixuan, who replaced Bai Chongxi as deputy chief of staff, very high-spiritedly. Now the revolution is very good. His whole body is also radiant. Although a thousand things are pressed on his shoulders, he is busy to death every day. There are endless people and things to do, but his spirit is surprisingly good, this is probably the so-called people are in good spirits at happy events, right?

Lu Yixuan's spirit is not as good as his. He has nothing to say about the staff business of the deputy chief of staff, and in the end he is a talent trained by the Berlin Military Academy in Germany. However, he was somewhat isolated in the staff department, where the head was Xu Chongzhi, and most of the people used were Cantonese people. It is not Baoding Sheng Lu Dasheng, but some characters from Guangdong Army Primary School and Shaoguan Lecture Hall. It is no problem for such a person to be a company commander or platoon commander in the army, but if he is placed in an organ at the level of the General Staff, he is very incompetent. And that Chief Xu didn't take care of things very much, he mixed with the alcoholic beauties all day long, and the work of the entire staff department was all pressed on Lu Yixuan. You have to do everything yourself...... Otherwise, things will definitely mess up, and I really can't handle it.

He glanced at Chang Ruiqing, and wondered in his heart why this guy's spirit was so good? He still has four women in his house to deal with! But the thought was only fleeting. He walked over to the map table, pointed to the map and began to give a brief report.

"The initial plan was to divide the troops into a three-way northern expedition and form a three-front army. The First Front Army was composed of four armies, namely the Second Army, the Seventh Army, the Eighth Army, and the Ninth Army, and the chief and deputy commanders were Bai Jiansheng and Wang Zizhi. The route of the First Front's Northern Expedition was to attack from Jiangxi, Shanghai, Zhejiang and other places to attack Nanjing. After capturing Nanjing, he then went north along the Tianjin-Pudong Railway and advanced the battle line to the south of the Huai River.

The Second Front Army has four armies: the Fifth, Sixth, Tenth, and Eleventh Armies. The chief and deputy commanders will be Liang Hongkai and Xu Ji. The route of the Northern Expedition of the Second Front Army took Huguang. First, the army will be concentrated to attack the three cities of Wuchang, Hankou and Hanyang. After succeeding, he crossed the Yangtze River north and advanced to the Huai River along the Jinghan Railway.

The Third Front Army was composed of the troops of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Hubei provinces now stationed in Sichuan, and was called the New Third Army, the New Fourth Army, the New Fifth Army, and the New Sixth Army. The commander-in-chief is Gu Pinzhen, a famous general of the Yunnan Army, and the deputy commander-in-chief is Lan Jihao. The northern expedition route of this road is out of Hanzhong, attacking Shaanxi, where there is also the new Seventh Army (Shaanxi People's Army) of Yu Youren. Yang Huchen, Hu Jingyi, Li Yunlong, etc.) can cooperate.

In addition, we will organize a reserve front army, consisting of four corps: the third, fourth, eleventh and twelfth armies. The duty of the Reserve Front was to act as the general reserve of the Northern Expeditionary Army. and is responsible for guarding the safety of Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou and other large rear. ”

He said so much in one breath, but he didn't mention the plan for a decisive battle with Wu Peifu and Feng Yuxiang. Chang Ruiqing seemed to be a little impatient. He interrupted him and said, "Zixiu, what should we do after our three-way Northern Expeditionary army has advanced to the designated position?" Where do you think the decisive battle with Beiyang will start? Xuzhou? Or Henan? ”

Lu Yixuan smiled: "This is the first phase of the Northern Expedition plan...... The construction of the General Staff is that when the first phase of the Northern Expedition is completed, we will pause and digest the fruits of victory. We have all of a sudden acquired territory in six provinces, including Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Anhui, and Shaanxi, so we have to rectify it for six months to a year, right? Moreover, the millions of troops of the Northern Expedition also had to be reorganized and trained, and the weapons and ammunition consumed in the first phase of the Northern Expedition had to be replenished, which required time and energy.

There are also two issues that need to be addressed. The first is to move the capital, after the completion of the first phase of the Northern Expedition, it is not appropriate for the capital of our national government to be placed in Guangzhou. His subordinate Jianyi moved the capital to Nanjing, which was the capital of our Xinhai Revolution and close to Shanghai, the economic center of the south, which was the best place to set the capital.

Second, the special rights and interests of the great powers in the Yangtze River valley also need to be recovered. We have millions of troops to sustain! At least 20 million or 30 million a month! It is not possible to have tens of thousands a year. The subordinates have already calculated, and in order to raise so much money, the only way to raise them is to recover the customs duties, salt taxes, and all the concessions in the Yangtze River basin! Readjust the method and timing of the repayment of China's foreign arrears and reparations...... In this way, we will inevitably come into conflict with imperialism. Therefore, the second phase of the Northern Expedition can only be postponed for a while, and then implemented after we have straightened out the south. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )rv！！！