Krasnoyarsk City, an important town on the Yenisei River, is the confluence of the Yenisei River and the Trans-Siberian Railway, and a railway bridge was erected over the Yenisei River to connect the east and west cities of Krasnoyarsk, and the east city of Krasnoyarsk is the only foothold of the Russian Army, including the Army of the Eight-Nation Alliance, in the area east of the Yenisei River in Siberia, Russia.

Therefore, it is not so accurate to say that the area east of the Yenisei River in Siberia in Russia was occupied by the Dingbei Army, and the nail of the eastern city of Krasnoyarsk has not been removed.

On June 12, 1902, the Eight-Nation Alliance had gathered 800,000 troops in Krasnoyarsk, and on June 10, the strength of the Eight-Nation Alliance in Krasnoyarsk was only 600,000, and in just two days, 200,000 troops were stationed in Krasnoyarsk.

The 800,000 troops of the coalition army in Krasnoyarsk included 150,000 in the French Army, 100,000 in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, 50,000 in the Italian Army, and the remaining 500,000 troops in the Russian Army.

And in the east of Krasnoyarsk, 600,000 of the 800,000 troops were concentrated, and the army of the Eight-Nation Alliance wanted to rely on its strong forces to hold a foothold east of the Yenisei River to prepare for a future counteroffensive, while 150,000 French Army, 100,000 Austro-Hungarian Army, and 50,000 Italian Army all entered Krasnoyarsk? Dongcheng, the land forces of these three countries, will fight against the Dingbei Army for the first time.

The 150,000 French Army is made up of 7 French infantry divisions, the 100,000 Austro-Hungarian Army is made up of 5 Austro-Hungarian infantry divisions, and the 50,000 Italian Army is made up of 3 Italian infantry divisions.

The 300,000 Russian troops in the eastern part of Krasnoyarsk were the 3rd Army of the Russian Army. And it was a complete army group with 5 armies, which came to Krasnoyarsk from Europe. In addition, 200,000 Russian troops in the west of Krasnoyarsk. Belonging to the 5th Army of the Russian Army, part of the 5th Army was stationed in a number of important cities and strategic points west of Krasnoyarsk.

However, the Dingbei Army was determined to win Krasnoyarsk. It is not only to take the eastern city of Krasnoyarsk, but to capture the entire Krasnoyarsk city, and lay a support point for the next step to continue to march west of the Yenisei River in Russia, after all, with the Trans-Siberian Railway, the supply of the Dingbei Army is relatively easy to replenish.

For this reason, the first, second, third, fifth, and sixth field armies of the Northern Army have already come to the opposite side of the Russian army's position outside the eastern part of Krasnoyarsk, ready to wait for a sunny day before launching an attack on the eastern part of Krasnoyarsk. It would be better to take over the railway bridge connecting the eastern and western cities of Krasnoyarsk.

It began to rain here in Krasnoyarsk on June 9, although the rain was not heavy, but it did not stop for miles, so that the Yellow Sparrow fighters and Blue Eagle bombers of the Northeast Air Force did not risk taking off on such a rainy day, and the five field armies had to wait for the sky to clear up and get air support before launching an attack on the eastern part of Krasnoyarsk.

At the headquarters of the coalition forces in the eastern part of Krasnoyarsk, the commander of the French Army, Colonel-General Joyles, the commander of the 3rd Army of the Russian Army, Colonel-General Nikanorrovich. The commander of the Austro-Hungarian Army, General Gloria, and the commander of the Italian Army, General Hannaverde, gathered here to study the defense of the eastern city of Krasnoyarsk.

Joyles, the commander of the French Army, began by saying: "We now have the armies of four countries gathered here, and the first thing that must be solved now is the question of command. After the battle begins, because of the issue of command, let the Dingbei Army outside the city have a chance! ”

The commander of the Austro-Hungarian Army, Gloria, and the commander of the Italian Army, Hannaved, were quite self-aware. Knowing in the number of troops and in the combat effectiveness of the army, as well as in personal prestige. They were far worse than the other two, so they didn't squeak. Instead, he looked at the commander of the 3rd Army of the Russian Army, Colonel-General Nikanorovich, to see what his opinion was.

Nikanorovich didn't care about the question of command, so he said: "The Dingbei Army outside the city may attack at any time, General Joyls, I think you will be the commander of the coalition forces in the eastern city of Krasnoyarsk!" We, the 3rd Army of the Russian Army, will obey your orders. ”

The commander of the Austro-Hungarian Army, Gloria, then said: "General Joyles, we, the Austro-Hungarian Army, also approve of you becoming the commander of the coalition forces, and will obey your orders. ”

Hannaverde, the commander of the Italian Army, also nodded and said: "I have no problem with General Joyls as the commander of the coalition forces, and our Italian army will also obey General Joyles's orders." ”

The commander of the French Army, Joyles, nodded with satisfaction, and he raised the question of command, that is, he wanted to get the command of the four-nation coalition army in the eastern city of Krasnoyarsk, so as to make corresponding arrangements, as for the commander of the 3rd Army of the Russian Army, Nika Noorrovich, as the commander of the coalition army, Joyls was not at ease, after all, the Russian Army was really unsatisfactory in the first half month of the war on the northern front, and lost millions of square kilometers of land. The Russian army, which had more than a million troops, was annihilated by the Dingbei Army, so Joyls thought that the defensive battle of the eastern city of Krasnoyarsk was still in his own hands.

Joyls then said to the other three: "We have 600,000 troops in the east city, of which the positions outside the east city are currently guarded by the two corps of General Nikanorrović's 3rd Army, but I think our strength in these positions outside the city is still too weak, if the positions outside the city are lost, our hundreds of thousands of troops are only concentrated in the east city, and the Dingbei army will bomb us powerless to resist as long as they use artillery and their aircraft, so we must strengthen the positions outside the east city." ”

The other three looked at each other and nodded, then looked at Joyles, waiting for his order.

Joyls saw that the three had no objections, so he continued: "I am ready to transfer 4 divisions from our French army, and 1 more army from the Russian 3rd Army to strengthen the positions outside the eastern city, and the remaining troops of our 4 national armies, in addition to defending the eastern city, must be ready to support the positions outside the city at any time." In addition, I brought a lot of anti-aircraft guns from France with me for the planes of the Dingbei Army, and the rate of fire of these anti-aircraft guns is very fast, at least we cannot let the planes of the Dingbei Army bomb our positions so unscrupulously. ”

In a small village more than 20 kilometers east of Krasnoyarsk, the headquarters of the five field armies of the Dingbei Army's attack on Krasnoyarsk were located here.

In a brick bungalow in a small village, there is the commander of the five field armies of the Dingbei Army, and the commanders of the five field armies are all here at this moment, namely Wang Hongjun, the commander of the First Field Army, Zhang Limin, the commander of the Second Field Army, Deng Zichao, the commander of the Third Field Army, Wang Peng, the commander of the Fifth Field Army, and Duan Qirui, the commander of the Sixth Field Army.

Wang Hongjun said to the other four commanders: "This time we will attack Carat...... This...... What is the city of Ske, the name is so mouth-to-mouth, it took so long that I couldn't remember it for days. ”

Zhang Limin, Deng Zichao, Wang Peng and Duan Qirui couldn't help laughing, Zhang Limin said with a smile: "Lao Wang, it's Krasnoyarsk City, but it's really enough to bite your mouth." ”

Wang Hongjun himself said with a smile: "Yes, that's the name, our Dingbei Army has concentrated the strength of 5 field armies at once this time, and we are determined to win this carat!" As long as we take this city, we can continue to attack west of the Yenisei River along the Trans-Siberian Railway, but we still have a problem, that is, the railway bridge in the middle of the city, if we capture half of the city on the east bank of the Yenisei River, but the enemy, in order to prevent us from continuing to march west, if we blow up this railway bridge at once, then our next offensive west of the Yenisei River will be very troublesome. ”

Duan Qirui nodded and said: "It's been raining for the past few days, and I've been thinking about the issue of the railway bridge, I think that the Russian army, and even the armies of other countries of the Eight-Nation Alliance, will not blow up this railway bridge lightly unless it is absolutely necessary." You must know that we want to use this railway bridge to continue the offensive to the area west of the Yenisei River in Russia, and the army of the Eight-Nation Alliance, why does not want to use this railway bridge to attack the area east of the Yenisei River in Russia, and this gives us the opportunity, I think that we can send a capable force to occupy the railway bridge at the right time when we attack the eastern city of Krasnoyarsk, and only this elite force can defend the passage from the eastern city of Krasnoyarsk to the railway bridge, then the railway bridge will be saved. ”

Wang Hongjun nodded and said: "This is not a bad way, but the timing must be appropriate, otherwise the selected elite troops will seize the railway bridge, and there will be big trouble, the timing is early, this elite army will be attacked by the enemy troops on both sides of the strait, and may not be able to survive until the arrival of reinforcements, and the timing is late, maybe the railway bridge will be blown up." Let's do it first! ”

After a pause, Wang Hongjun continued: "I see that this rain is almost over, if tomorrow is a sunny day, the air force planes can take off, then we will launch an attack on this city tomorrow, and strive to open the passage to the west of the Yenisei River." (To be continued......)

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