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Although Yu Lichen, the commander of the defense system of the inner city of Swobod and the commander of the 14th Division of the Dingbei Army, is a fierce general, it does not mean that his command ability is not good, you must know that the fortifications inside and outside the inner city of Swobod, as well as the huge mountain fortifications 10 kilometers away in the north, are all designed by Yu Lichen according to the terrain situation, and many of them are borrowed from Lin Daxin's lectures when he once taught the teaching team.

Lin Daxin once commented that Yu Lichen was attacking like a tiger and defending like a rock, so Lin Daxin was relieved to hand over the inner city of Swobod, the only way to enter the Far East, to Yu Lichen to guard, but Yu Lichen had the problem of going to the front line in person, when he was in the northeast to suppress bandits and Manchu nobles, he personally took a guard company to capture a history of bandit cottages, and was slightly injured.

Yu Lichen heard Sun Xingwen, the commander of the 32nd Division, persuade him not to go to the front again, and waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, I am free to measure." ”

The three division commanders of the B division couldn't help but smile bitterly at each other, for fear that this fierce general and brother would be unable to control the proportions of the war together, and they would be on the front line of the battlefield again.

After that, several divisions in the inner city of Svobod began to continue to prepare for the upcoming Russian Second Siberian Front, and at the same time, a large number of weapons, ammunition and other supplies continued to be transported from the northeast to the inner city of Svobod to prepare for the upcoming major war.

On December 13, the 16th and 17th Divisions from Hailan Pao arrived in the inner city of Svobod, and with the help of the other 4 divisions, they began to familiarize themselves with the fortifications of the entire inner city of Svobod.

In a small town not far from the river east of the Lena River, the division headquarters of the 12th Division of the Dingbei Army was located in this town, and at this time, Zhang Zuolin, the commander of the 12th Division, and Li Yuandong, the commander of the 13th Division, were both in the headquarters of the 12th Division.

Zhang Zuolin held a telegram in his hand and said, "Brother Yuandong, this is the principal's telegram, take a look!" ”

After reading the telegram, Li Yuandong frowned and said: "We will face the counteroffensive of the Russian Siberian Third Front next spring, although their strength reaches 310,000, but I am not worried that we can't beat it, the principal has ordered the 24th and 25th divisions to rush to us next spring, so that we have 110,000 troops, that is, only one-third of the strength of the Russian Siberian Third Front, with the combat effectiveness of our Dingbei Army, we are not afraid of them, but the Lena River is thousands of kilometers, We don't know where the Russian army will cross the Lena River and launch an attack on the area east of the Lena River that we occupy? This is more troublesome, starting next year, a large number of immigrants from the customs will come to the areas we occupy, and if the Russian army penetrates our defensive line, it will pose a very big threat to our immigrants. ”

Zhang Zuolin nodded when he heard this and said: "Brother Yuandong, the problem you said is really worrying about me, the entire Lena River is too long, our 4 divisions can take care of it here, but not there, if the Russian Siberian Third Front Army crosses the Lena River from the weak area we defend, it will have a very adverse impact on our work of religating to the area east of the Lena River, so I consider whether to attack instead of defend." ”

Li Yuandong asked in surprise: "Brother Zhang, do you want to defend with offense?" Could it be that we took the initiative to attack the Russian army? ”

Zhang Zuolin spread out the military map on the table, pointed to the map and said: "Brother Yuandong, look, the five armies of the Russian army opposite us are concentrated in several important towns on the west bank of the Lena River, Yakutsk, Zhigansk and Oryokminsk, and one brigade of our 12th Division has crossed the north side of the Yablonov Mountains next to the Trans-Khingan Mountains, and is approaching Bodaibo City, another important town in Russia. That is to say, the other five armies of the Russian Third Siberian Front will also be concentrated in the four Russian towns mentioned above, and if we can take the lead in attacking one or two of the four important towns next spring, the Russians will inevitably think that we will continue to attack the area west of the Lena River, so I don't believe that the Russians still have the energy to attack the area west of the Lena River that we occupy. ”

Li Yuandong looked at the map, thought about it for a while and nodded: "This is also a way, but our four divisions together only have 110,000 troops, while the Russian Siberian Third Front has 310,000 people, and the Russian Siberian Theater may also support the Siberian Third Front at any time, is our strength a little weak." ”

Zhang Zuolin nodded and said, "In this way, we will send a telegram to the principal with the plan to take the initiative to launch an attack next spring, and apply for the support of the troops by the way." ”

Li Yuandong looked at the map again and sighed and said: "Now that Russia and us are fighting on multiple fronts, our troops are already a little tight, and several divisions guarding against the Japanese in Yalujiang Province can't move, I wonder if the principal can draw troops to support us?" ”

Zhang Zuolin didn't care and said: "We still have so many garrison regiments and garrison battalions in the northeast, adding up to 300,000 troops, plus millions of militia troops, it should be no problem for us to support tens of thousands of people, I will immediately draft a telegram to the principal in the name of the two of us." ”

Zhang Zuolin and Li Yuandong didn't know that Lin Daxin had already taken into account the problem of insufficient troops, and ordered to expand 5 B divisions again.

Subsequently, Zhang Zuolin and Li Yuandong sent a telegram to Lin Daxin, reporting their ideas to Lin Daxin, and at the same time hoping that Lin Daxin would give them another batch of troops to prepare for the offensive next spring.

After Lin Daxin received the telegram from the two people, he thought about it for a while, and asked the adjutant of the Governor's Office to send a telegram to Ding Ruchang, the commander of the Fifth Division of the Dingbei Army and the Beiyang Naval Division in the Weihaiwei area, asking the Fifth Division to immediately pack their bags and assemble at Weihaiwei Port, and then take a transport ship to the northeast, and at the same time let the Beiyang Naval Division send warships to escort it.

After the Fifth Division left, the Weihai Acropolis, Yantai City, and Dengzhou City, where it was originally stationed, were handed over to the garrison regiments of the three places, and Lin Daxin believed that it was the three garrison regiments with less than 6,000 troops to guard the areas of the Shandong Peninsula that he occupied, and they were also impregnable, and he did not believe that the Manchu court dared to risk the condemnation of the world and launch an attack on the Weihaiwei area when he was at war with the Russians.

Even if the imperial court dares to take advantage of the fire to rob, the three garrison regiments can also hold out for a period of time, and there is also a base garrison brigade of the navy in Weihaiwei, plus the Beiyang Naval Division in Weihaiwei Port has been basically in their own hands, and the worst result is that Yantai City and Dengzhou City were captured by the imperial army, and their own troops retreated to Weihaiwei, relying on the Beiyang Naval Division to resist the attack of the imperial army, waiting for reinforcements from the northeast. However, Lin Daxin believes that such a situation should not occur, and the magnates of the imperial court should not have the courage to provoke themselves before they are completely defeated by the Russians.

Lin Daxin saw Zhang Zuolin and Li Yuandong's plan, he felt very agreed, he had already discussed with his cousin Wang Yan, next year will increase the intensity of immigration work, to the newly occupied Russian areas and Mongolia to carry out large-scale migration, if the Russian Siberian Third Front Army is prepared to fight the area east of the Lena River, it will have a very bad impact on the immigration work, no one wants to immigrate to a place that will be affected by the war, that is, Lin Daxin gave the preferential immigration policy, which is 3 times and 4 times that of the Northeast region, Even 5 times, there won't be too many immigrants willing to go.

You must know that the vast East Siberian region east of the Lena River occupied by the Dingbei Army belongs to the subarctic coniferous forest climate, because the latitude is very high, the temperature is very low, and the winter time is very long, of which there are at least 7 months when the average monthly temperature is lower than 0 degrees Celsius, and the cold center of the northern hemisphere is formed in January every year, during this time, most of the area will be completely blocked by ice and snow, which is also the reason why the East Siberian region occupied by the Dingbei Army of more than 4 million square kilometers has only more than 100,000 Russians.

In order to make the immigrants in the Guannai willing to go to the difficult East Siberian region, Lin Daxin formulated a very generous immigration policy.

The preferential immigration policy in the Northeast gives 10 acres of land, food rations for the first year, and seeds and farm tools regardless of the age of the immigrants. All taxes are exempted for the first three years of 10 acres of land, and only one-fifth of the harvest needs to be paid as agricultural tax after three years, and all other exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes are exempted.

Immigrants to Mongolia and the Far East will be given 20 acres of land, other conditions remain the same.

The immigration policy promulgated by Lin Daxin in the East Siberian region is more favorable, better than the immigration policy to Mongolia and the Far East, as long as the immigrants to the occupied areas east of the Lena River will be given 30 to 50 acres of land, and the higher the latitude of the place where the immigrants go, the more land will be given. In addition, food rations will be given for three years, seeds and farm tools will be distributed, all taxes on the land will be exempted for the first five years, and only one-fifth of the harvest will be paid as agricultural tax after five years, and all other harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes will also be exempted.

The endurance of the Chinese can be said to be very strong, and it is foreseeable that under such a favorable immigration policy, there will be a very large number of immigrants in the Guannai, who will choose to go to the East Siberian region, which spends most of the time in ice and snow all year round, to open up space for the Chinese nation to survive. However, the bad natural environment can be overcome by the immigrants in the Kannai, but if the war burns to the areas of the immigrants, most of these immigrants may not dare to stay in the occupied areas, and in the end, life is more important than things outside the body.

Lin Daxin decided to agree with Zhang Zuolin and Li Yuandong's plan, and transferred Weihaiwei's Fifth Division, the main division, back to prepare to strengthen to the east of the Lena River. (My novel "Rise of 1892" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be 100 lucky draw gifts 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! )R1152