Two days later, on March 23rì, Emperor Wang Yuze secretly left Běijīng with Chief of the General Staff Cai Yun and Minister of National Defense Jiang Xingguo and took a train to the front. For the sake of secrecy, no special trains were used, at least the Department of Homeland Security people found an ordinary train and emptied three of the carriages. Except for the conductor on the train, the others didn't know that His Majesty the Emperor was actually on this ordinary train!

Now is the time of the war, if the emperor leaves the capital, it will inevitably cause domestic turmoil, so Wang Yuze is not prepared to make a big fanfare! The accompanying guards are also good hands among the more than a dozen palace guards led by Wu Hao, the chief of the guard. Of course, there must have been a lot of agents from the Department of Homeland Security and the Military Intelligence Agency among the ordinary passengers on the train. Wang Yuze can not care about safety, but they, the important ministers of the empire, are not fully prepared, how can they rest easy?

Among the three carriages, the middle one was occupied by Emperor Wang Yuze, Chief of General Staff Cai Yun, and Minister of National Defense Jiang Xingguo, and on both sides were guards. Anyone who enters the middle section of the carriage will go through a strict check!

Trains depart from Běijīng and go all the way to Astana in Central Asia. Since the end of the war against Russia, China has been trying to strengthen its control over Central Asia. Not only the Northern Xinjiang Railway was built, but also the Southern Xinjiang Railway was specially built along the Kunlun Mountains. Coupled with the Trans-Siberian Railway, which is controlled by China, China's control over Central Asia has been strengthened a lot. In addition to railways, roads have also been built, making it much easier for China to transport troops and military supplies to Central Asia.

Originally, after China established the Xijiang Province in Central Asia, it divided the other Central Asian regions to the five Central Asian tribes, allowing them to establish their own states. However, the people of the five ethnic groups in Central Asia are not stupid, they have already offended the Russians severely, and if there is no China as a backer, the Russians will definitely not let them go. Therefore, the five Central Asian peoples have begged China, they are not willing to establish their own state, and hope to be able to live under China's protection. In the face of their request, the Chinese zhèngfǔ acceded to their request after consulting the Imperial Emperor Wang Yuze. This is what now has five autonomous regions in Central Asia. Local civil administration was managed by the five Central Asian tribes themselves, but was subject to the guidance of the Chinese zhèngfǔ. The appointment of officials at the autonomous region level also needs to be approved by zhōngyāngzhèngfǔ! The armed forces of the autonomous region are under the management of the General Staff of the Chinese National Defense Forces. Commanders at the general level are also appointed by the General Staff, while officers at the rank of colonel are regularly trained at the Chinese Army University. It can be said that the armies of the five Central Asian ethnic groups have been completely controlled by China. These ethnic minorities are very brave in battle, and with their horsemanship, they are often rare cavalry. After the Chinese Army has begun to strengthen the construction of mechanized troops, the cavalry will gradually withdraw from the stage of history. However, in the current war, cavalry still has a lot to offer!

There are quite a few cavalry of the five ethnic groups in Central Asia, except for the Kazakhs, each of the remaining four ethnic groups has two cavalry brigades. The Kazakhs have 7 cavalry brigades, a total of 5 cavalry brigades, and nearly 130,000 people. In this campaign against Russia, these cavalrymen were also called up, and after opening the chūn, they would rush to the front to serve!

The speed of trains in this era has always been an important factor restricting railway capacity. Although China is now able to manufacture advanced weapons such as tanks, there is still a long way to go before the internal combustion engine can be applied to trains. However, increasing the speed of the train is still what the engineers of the Chinese Academy of Sciences are trying to do! How to increase the speed of the train without sacrificing safety is not an easy task! Decades ago, the British increased the speed of trains to forty or fifty kilometers per hour, but there were no small safety risks.

Since China began to build railways on a large scale, speeding up trains has also become a top priority. Fortunately, China does not seem to be worse than the Western world in the research of steam engines, and the xìng energy of China's train locomotive is not inferior to the West at all! After two speed increases, the average train in China is now running at more than 50 kilometers per hour. Military trains can even maintain a speed of 70 to 80 kilometers per hour, which greatly increases the capacity of the railway!

From Běijīng to Astana, the train runs for a full week. This is also the result of the railway side knowing the importance of this train and deliberately deploying it. Otherwise, even if Wang Yuze was the emperor, he would probably have to stay on the train for three or four more days. If it weren't for the fact that the airfields in Central Asia were still frozen and the reliability of the planes had not yet been guaranteed, Wang Yuze might have gone directly to Central Asia with a passenger plane converted from a bomber.

It's just that, because the range of bombers is still relatively short, plus God! The ministers of the state would not agree to him doing this!

He could only think about it, so he had to honestly take the train to the front line in Central Asia!

After getting off the bus in Astana, Wang Yuze summoned General Liu Zhiye, commander of the Army's 5th Army. As the war approaches, the six armies that will participate in this war have also arrived at the front line.

Even at the end of March, the temperature in Central Asia was still below freezing, which made Wang Yuze, who is accustomed to warm climates, a little unbearable. In addition, after being the emperor for more than ten or twenty years, he has not suffered any more crimes, and now that he is older, he is naturally not as good as when he was young!

After a day in Astana, Wang Yuze drove to Kokshetau, where the Army's 5th Army is now staging. One hundred and eighty kilometers north of Kokshetau is Petrobanovsk, which the Russians occupied. The Russian army has deployed 200,000 troops here, but in the face of the 5th Army of the Chinese Army, as well as the Ko Infantry Division and ten divisions of mercenaries, these Russian troops are completely at an absolute disadvantage. After briefly listening to General Liu Zhiye's report in Kokshetau, Wang Yuze went directly to the front line to inspect the combat preparations of the troops!

At present, the defense line of the squadron has advanced to an area less than 30 kilometers from Petrobanovsk, and the two sides are facing each other in the ice and snow. The Russians are much more hardy than the Chinese, and the icy winter is undoubtedly a great test for the squadron. Fortunately, Wang Yuze had long expected that the winter in Central Asia and Siberia would be more difficult, so he specially asked the logistics department to prepare enough winter materials for the front line, warm clothes, and coal and fuel oil for heating, all of which are indispensable!

On April 1, Wang Yuze arrived at the front line, the defense area of the 5th Division of the Chinese Army. The 5th Division is one of the Jīng Rui units of the Chinese Army and one of the ace units of the 5th Group Army.

At 12 noon, Wang Yuze, Cai Yun, and Jiang Xingguo, accompanied by General Liu Zhiye, commander of the 6th Group Army, Lieutenant General Lin Bin, chief of staff, and Major General Zheng Guangping, commander of the 5th Division, went to the position of the 5th Regiment at the front. The area less than three kilometers north of the position is the position of the Russian army. Through the guò telescope, you can clearly see the movement of the Russian army on the position. At this time, there was silence on the Russian position, and it looked like the eyes were full of white. However, Wang Yuze knew that those Russian troops were hiding in the trenches, and once they attacked, they would definitely be attacked. However, now that the snow has begun to melt, according to the current weather, it will be a week at most before the snow melts, and after a few days of climbing, and when the roads are dry, it will be time for the squadron to attack. Anyway, the attack on Russia is not in a hurry.

After a walk around the front, lunch was settled at the regimental headquarters of the 5th regiment. Wang Yuze did not agree to open a small stove alone, but chose to eat the same things as ordinary soldiers. The food of the squadron is already good, and after the empire became stronger, it has never treated these soldiers who have worked for the country badly in this regard!

A large bowl of rice, a few large pieces of fatty meat, a small portion of green vegetables and a portion of pickles, it was the soldiers' lunch. In Wang Yuze's eyes, such a lunch is very simple. But ordinary soldiers are very satisfied with this. After lunch, there is also a little bit of fruit, sometimes apples, or other fruits. The front line is too far away from the country, and the transportation of many materials is very difficult, and it is very difficult to ensure the supply of weapons and ammunition and food and oil to the front line, let alone improve the food for the front line.

After Wang Yuze finished eating, he called a few soldiers at random and had a brief exchange with them. These soldiers were very restrained, but the results of communicating with them made Wang Yuze very satisfied. Although these soldiers were frozen and red in the ice and snow, the kind of jīng god who fought for the country was worthy of admiration. It's just that what made Wang Yuze wonder why these soldiers were wearing thick cotton clothes, but when he shook hands with them, he found that their hands were as cold as iron rods!

"General Zheng, is there a lot of non-combat attrition in the troops?" Wang Yuze called the commander of the 5th Division over and asked.

Major General Zheng Guangping hesitated for a moment and looked at General Liu Zhiye, commander of the 5th Group Army. His behavior made Wang Yuze very dissatisfied, and what he hated most was that kind of behavior of bullying and concealing his superiors and subordinates. Seeing Wang Yuze's face darken suddenly, the rest of the people's hearts suddenly tightened! General Liu Zhiye glared at Major General Zheng Guangping even more hatefully!