As soon as the Eastern Front Command and the Western Front Command were formed, the Northern Army immediately moved around these two commands. The ministries began to assemble towards the intended targets, and large quantities of war materials were also transported to the front by rail and road. Throughout the seven northern provinces, everything revolves around the impending war. It can be said that the northern government and the northern army will focus on this war next.

In this war, the Northern Army cannot afford to lose, and cannot afford to lose. If it wins, the Northern Army will soar into the sky. If you lose, then all these years of hard work will be in vain.

In order to support the war, the northern government administered the provinces and mobilized the common people to form front teams to transport weapons, ammunition and food for the troops on the front line. In order to protect their happy life, the common people are also doing their best. More than three million people from the entire seven northern provinces participated in the campaign, three times more than the number of troops who participated in the war. They used horse-drawn carts and donkey carts to transport supplies for the troops, which effectively ensured the war attrition on the front line. Especially in the Mongolian steppe, herders from both Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia are enthusiastically supporting the front line.

While the war was preparing to continue, Wu Haoxuan's eyes were already on another thing.

On the map of the Tohoku, you can see a railway in the shape of a T-shape. The railway network in the Northeast is built on this railway. The name of this railway is called Middle East Road. It is also called the Dongqing Railway or the Eastern Provincial Railway.

Tsar Nicholas II attempted to establish a so-called Yellow Russia in northern China, and in order to carry out this evil plan, the Russian imperial government forced the Qing government of China to sign a series of unequal treaties and plundered more than 1.5 million square kilometers of China's territory. In 1891, the tsar began to build a large railway through the whole of Siberia. The railway, considered the "spine" of Russia, runs from Moscow in the west and spans eight time zones and 16 Eurasian rivers. It traverses the Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces in northeast China, with a length of more than 8,000 kilometers and leads east to Vladivostok.

On June 3, 1896, Li Hongzhang signed the Treaty of Mutual Assistance against the Enemy (also known as the Sino-Russian Secret Treaty) with the Russian Empire, allowing Russia to build a railway through the Chinese provinces of Heilongjiang and Jilin to Vladivostok. Both wartime and peacetime. Russia has the right to use the railway to transport the wounded, food and ordnance. Under the guise of jointly defending against the enemy, the "Sino-Russian Secret Treaty" coerced and defrauded the privilege of crossing the border and building roads, laying the root of the catastrophe in China. The railway is known as the Eastern Railway. In the process of building the China Eastern Railway, the entire Northeast was plunged into a sea of fire. The slaughter of the Russian army, the breadth of the invasion, and the magnitude of the conspiracy are outrageous.

Later, according to the 1898 Luda Land Lease Treaty, the branch line of the Middle East Railway from Harbin to Dalian via Changchun was built, thus forming a "T" shaped "T" shaped China Eastern Railway composed of more than 2,800 kilometers of main line and branch lines. This railway, which runs through the three northeastern provinces of China, has become a tool and base for Tsarist Russia to carry out economic, political, and military aggression against Northeast China, and has actually created a situation in which Tsarist Russia controls Northeast China.

In the Russo-Japanese War, the Russians suffered a crushing defeat. The railway south of Changchun, as well as the interests along the railway line, had to be transferred to the Japanese. On this section of the railway, the Japanese built the South Manchurian Railway, and planned to further improve these railways to facilitate Japan's invasion of Northeast China. However, the war between the Jilin Army and the Japanese army broke out immediately afterwards, and Japan was defeated. According to the armistice agreement between the two sides, Japan gave up all its interests in Northeast China and returned them to Jilin. That is, the later government of the North. The northern government also took advantage of the situation to take over the southern section of the Middle East Road. However, the northern section of Middle East Road. But it is still under the control of the Russians. The Russians also stationed a part of their troops along the railway.

However, with the strong rise of the Northern Army, the Russian army deployed in the northeast and north has been greatly threatened. As a result, the Russian army had to withdraw its main forces out of northeastern China, leaving only a small part of the army. Right now. The Russian army deployed less than 10,000 troops in the northeast, scattered along the railway.

"Middle Road, you have to get it back. Our attack on the Russian Far East must rely on the Middle East to transport troops. Otherwise. The logistical pressure will directly weigh us down. Wu Haoxuan said solemnly. In order to eliminate the Russian troops hiding in the fortresses and pillboxes, the heavy artillery brigade of the Northern Army, except for one who remained behind, handed over the rest to the command of the Eastern Front. This included two brigades of large-caliber heavy artillery, one of which had not yet been formed and was still waiting for the Germans to deliver the artillery. However, the need for logistical supplies in heavy artillery brigades is very large. Without a railway line, it would be almost impossible to transport shells weighing one or two hundred kilograms to the front line with manpower alone.

"Young Marshal, the various departments are ready, as long as we give an order, we can attack immediately. Those old hairy people, none of them can run. Lieutenant General Shi Deshan, commander of the Eastern Front Command, patted his chest and assured. The Middle East Road is directly related to the supply of the army of the entire Eastern Front Command, so he can't afford not to pay attention to it!

"Hmmm! In order to imitate the Russians who jumped over the wall and blew up the railroad, we had to do it first. "Now that we have decided to start a war with Lao Maozi, there is naturally no need to pay attention to some other things.

"Young Marshal, we can announce the resumption of the Middle Road while letting the army do it. Even if Lao Maozi wanted to prepare, it was too late. Yang Du said.

"Well, let's do it then!" Wu Haoxuan nodded.

On May 18, 1908, Yang Du, secretary general of the Political Affairs Committee of the Northern Government, summoned the Russian consul in Shengjing, Luo Baifu.

"Your Excellency, do you want to agree to our ultimatum? It's just that it's too late. His Majesty the Great Tsar is very dissatisfied with your ignorance. If you want to compromise, the conditions are not the same as before, you have to increase them! A smile on Guoluo Baifuku's face.

Yang Du was stunned, these old Maozi imaginations are too rich. It's all come to this, how can the northern government compromise with Lao Maozi? I am afraid that there is no other way for the two sides than to fight.

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency, you guessed wrong. This meeting is not a compromise. I would like to solemnly inform Your Excellency that the threat of war by Russia against the Northern Government has seriously affected the security of the Northern Government. Therefore, the government of the north announced that from now on, it will unconditionally take back the Middle Road! Yang Du said.

"What? Reclaiming the Middle Road? This is absolutely not a no-go! The Middle East Road was built by the Russian Empire, which is in close agreement with your government. You have no right to take back the Middle Road. Guoluo Baifu immediately jumped up.

"Your Excellency, I am not seeking the opinion of the Russian side, but merely informing you. If nothing else, you can leave. Yang Du said with a cold face.

"Bastard! You, by doing so, you are offending the Russian Empire to death. The Russian Empire will never let you go! By the time the boots of the Russian Army step into Shengjing, you will regret what you did today! Guoluo Baifu said viciously.

"Hmph, Your Excellency will never see this day. Because, we will be the victors! Yang Du said confidently.

When Yang Du summoned Guoluo Baifu, the commander of the Eastern Front, Lieutenant General Shi Deshan, had already given the order to attack. The 10th Infantry Division and the 11th Infantry Division under the Eastern Front Command have already been deployed along the Middle East Road. Immediately after the order was given, an offensive was launched against the Russian troops deployed near the railway line.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

Mortar shells flew towards the camp of the Russian army. The dense artillery shells caused the Russian army to suffer heavy losses under surprise. The Russians simply did not expect that the war would come so quickly. They knew that war was inevitable. However, in their impression, how could cowardly Chinese dare to take the initiative to attack them unscrupulously?

The same scene played out along the entire Middle East Road, where one Russian military camp after another was fiercely attacked by the Northern Army. Without preparation, the Russian army could not resist the attack of the Northern Army at all, and one military camp after another was breached. A large number of Russian officers and soldiers were either killed, or raised their hands and surrendered to the Northern Army.

The Russian Middle East Road Administration, located in Binjiang, was immediately attacked by a company of the 10th Infantry Division of the Northern Army.

"Oh God! What do those yellow-skinned monkeys want to do? When the Russian guards guarding the Middle East Road Administration saw the Northern Army rushing towards them, their faces changed dramatically.

"Bang bang!"

The shots rang out, and the two guards immediately fell in a pool of blood.

"Rush in, take control of it, grab all the Russians, and kill them all if you dare to resist!" The captain company commander who led the team ordered.

In the office of the director of the Middle East Road Administration, the director was also awakened by the sudden sound of gunfire.

"Come on, what's going on?" The Director asked aloud.

It was only a moment later that his secretary came running to report to him.

"Director, something is wrong. The Chinese attacked, and the guards were killed by them. The secretary reported in a panic.

"Damn! How dare those yellow-skinned monkeys do this? The director was furious.

But then, the door to the office was slammed open. A squad of heavily armed soldiers rushed in, their guns aimed at the people in the office. The secretary immediately raised his hands in surrender without any hesitation. And the director collapsed on the chair, and his eyes were full of despair. (To be continued......)

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