September 10:

Commander of the Governorate of the Far East: Colonel-General Kuropatkin

Chief of Staff: Major General Sobolev

The First Russian Siberian Army in front of the Imperial Praetorian Field Army:

Commander: Lieutenant General Shtakliberg

Chief of Staff: Colonel Muraserov

Jurisdiction:

* 1st Siberian Army, Commander Lieutenant General Greengelsloy, including:

1st Siberian Division, division commander Major General Glasco

2nd Siberian Division, division commander Major General Zaremenko

1st Cavalry Division of the Trans-Baikal Cossack, Major General Migach

* 2nd Siberian Army, Commander Lieutenant General Zasulitsy, inclusive

3rd Siberian Division, division commander Major General Selenov

4th Siberian Division, division commander Major General Taliano Bersky

The 2nd Cavalry Division of the Trans-Baikal Cossacks, the division commander was Major General Shensribek

In September 1903, the immediate enemy of the Imperial Janissary Field Army was the Siberian First Army of Lieutenant General Shitakliberg of the Russian Army, under the jurisdiction of the Siberian First Army, the Second Siberian Army, as well as 3 independent brigades and a number of independent artillery, with a total strength of 125,000 people, along the left bank of the Amur River (Heilongjiang River), of which the First Army was assembled in the area of Blagoveshchensk (Hailanpao), relying on this local fortress group to carry out defense. Blagoveshchensk is located at the confluence of the Jieya River and the Amur River (Heilongjiang), with a population of more than 100,000, is an important hub for Russia to control the Heilongjiang River Basin, here, the Russian army built a defensive line around the city, built 3 fortresses, 2 batteries and a number of support points, equipped with more than 100 large and small fortress guns, the 1st Siberian Division is responsible for the defense of the city, and the 11th Baikal Cossack Brigade and the 2nd Siberian Division cover the left and right flanks of the division respectively.

Svobodny is located in the middle reaches of the Jieya River, with a population of 60,000, is an important supply station on the southern line of the eastern section of the Trans-Siberian Railway, the city has a coal yard, a locomotive maintenance station and a spare carriage, because it is close to the Jieya River, the water transportation is convenient, in order to defend the city, the Russian army relied on the terrain to build a fortress and a number of support points, equipped with 50 fortress guns, and later the 10th Baikal Cossack Brigade defended the city. In September, the headquarters of the First Siberian Army was stationed here, and the Second Siberian Army was assembled here as the mobile striking force of the group army, and the independent artillery brigade of the group army was also on standby, which could quickly maneuver on the east-west side by means of the railway line, and could also provide support to Hailan Pao, 140 kilometers to the south, by virtue of the convenient water communication on the Jieya River.

Located at the southern foot of the Trans-Khingan Mountains, hundreds of kilometers northwest of Hailanpao, Tengda is an important supply point for the eastern section of the Trans-Siberian Railway, and from July of that year, fortresses and defensive positions were set up near the city, equipped with 30 to 40 artillery pieces, and defended by the 9th Transbaikal Cossack Brigade.

The First Army of the Russian Far East in the face of the Second Field Army:

Army commander Lieutenant General Ivalov

Chief of Staff: Colonel Lebemenkovich

Jurisdiction:

1st Infantry Division of the Far East, division commander Major General Karem

2nd Infantry Division of the Far East, division commander Major General Varostov

7th Siberian Cavalry Division, division commander Major General Radosevich

According to the pre-war and last enemy briefing sent by the base camp to the field army headquarters on September 8, the Russian troops deployed in front of the Second Army are the 1st Army of the Russian Far East, which has the 1st and 2nd Infantry Divisions of the Far East and the 7th Cavalry Division of Siberia under its jurisdiction, as well as the garrison units of Khabarovsk (Boli) and Nikolaevsk (Temple Street), about 5 independent battalions, with a total strength of about 53,000 men, mainly relying on the Khabarovsk fortress group for defense. The Khabarovsk fortress complex consisted of 11 batteries and 6 fortresses, connected by a number of support points and a system of barbed wire trenches to form a circular defensive line, equipped with more than 140 large and small fortress guns.

The Russian Primorsky Naval District of the Third Field Army:

* The 1st Army of the Far East

Commander Lieutenant General Stessel, Chief of Staff Major General Kontrachenko

Jurisdiction:

The Second Army of the Far East, Commander Lieutenant General Fock, including:

3rd Division in the Far East, division commander Major General Khvostov

4th Division in the Far East, division commander Major General Dmitrivsky

6th Siberian Cavalry Division, division commander Major General Mischenko

The 3rd Army of the Far East, commander of the army, Lieutenant General Nazarubayev, including:

5th Division in the Far East, division commander Major General Inevich

The 6th Division of the Far East, the division commander Major General Na Yingjie

4th Siberian Cavalry Division, division commander Major General Mijie

* Twin Fortresses: Commander Major General Putilov, Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Khvostov

* Vladivostok Fortress: Commander Lieutenant General Kreel, Chief of Staff Colonel Reis, Commander of the Fortress Artillery, Major General Bere

The Primorsky Naval District, with the Governor-General of the Far East Aleksayev as its commander (the Commander-in-Chief of the Far East, Kuropatkin, has not yet arrived), the main forces include:

* The 1st Army of the Far East, under the command of Lieutenant General Stessel, the chief of staff, Major General Kantrachenko, under the command of the 2nd and 3rd armies of the Far East and a number of independent cavalry and artillery units, a total of 4 infantry divisions, 2 cavalry divisions, 2 separate artillery brigades and 3 separate cavalry regiments, 109,000 men, 346 field guns and 90 machine guns.

* Garrison of the Ussuriysk fortress: 13,000 men, 36 field guns, 127 fortress guns and 36 machine guns.

* Vladivostok fortress garrison: 38,000 men, 72 field guns, 546 fortress guns and 100 machine guns.

A total of 160,000 people, equipped with 442 field guns, 673 fortress guns, and 216 machine guns.

The deployment of the 1st Army of the Russian Far East was as follows:

The 3rd Division of the 2nd Army in the Far East was deployed in a vast area on the right bank of the Ussuri River between the Bikin River and Lake Xingkai, and its mission was to prevent the Chinese troops from crossing the river from that area, and to ensure communication with friendly forces on the Khabarovsk (Boli) side, and if it could not stop the Chinese army, to retreat to Spaskdalny, southeast of Lake Xingkai, to hold on to the reinforcements.

The 4th Division of the 2nd Army in the Far East was deployed on the Sino-Russian border from Xingkai Lake to Suifenhe, with villages and towns such as Tuligro and Pogranichny as outposts, and Khoroli, Kopovchi, and Pokrovka as second-line strongholds.

The Fifth Division of the Third Army in the Far East was deployed on the Sino-Russian and Sino-Korean borders from the Suifen River to the mouth of the Tumen River, in an attempt to rely on the outposts of Kraskino and Kolfovka to block the offensive of the coalition forces.

The 6th Division of the 3rd Army in the Far East and 3 cavalry regiments under the direct command of the Army Group were stationed in Ussuriysk (Shuangchengzi) as a general reserve, ready to launch a counteroffensive against the coalition forces.

The 2nd Cavalry Division of the 2nd Army of the Far East was responsible for supporting the 3rd Division, and the 3rd Cavalry Division of the 3rd Army of the Far East was stationed in Vladivostok (Vladivostok) as a mobile unit in case the coalition forces launched a landing operation from the east of Vladivostok and cut off the Russian field troops from the fortress of Vladivostok.

The Russian army in front of the 1st Field Army:

* 2nd Russian Siberian Army, commander Lieutenant General Bilgerlinger, chief of staff Major General Ivanov.

Subordinate

Directly subordinate to the 7th Trans-Baikal Cossack Brigade,

Third Siberian Army, Commander Lieutenant General Gel Sheliman: Yes

5th Siberian Division, division commander Major General Putilov

The 6th Siberian Division, the division commander, Major General Selemyivich

The Fourth Siberian Army, commander Lieutenant General Sluchevsky

7th Siberian Division, division commander Major General Kachermendov

8th Siberian Division, division commander Major General Kiryansk

Successive years of Kampf cavalry group (50 cavalry companies),

Trans-Baikal 1st Artillery Group (10 artillery batteries);

There were 72 infantry battalions, 50 cavalry companies, 116,000 men, 326 field guns and 120 machine guns.

* Russian Chita Fortress Garrison: about 15,000 people, 32 field guns and 125 fortress guns, 20 machine guns.

* Border guards of the Trans-Baikal Military District: about 9,000 people, 32 field guns.

* Garrison of the Russian-Ulan-Ude fortress: about 10,000 people, 16 field guns and 90 fortress guns, 16 machine guns.

* Third Russian Siberian Army, commander Lieutenant General Grypinberg.

Subordinate

Directly subordinate to the 5th Trans-Baikal Cossack Brigade (7,000 people), the rest of the troops were not in place before the war.

The above Russian army has a total of 157,000 men, which is more numerical than the First Field Army of the Chinese Army, but the above-mentioned Russian troops are scattered on a broad front from Lake Baikal to the Ergun River, and its right flank is oppressed by the Chinese Janissary Field Army, and the left flank is attacked and harassed by the Outer Mongolian Front of the Chinese Army, and the only force really deployed on the front of the First Field Army is the Third Siberian Army, about 48,000 people, which is centered on the town of Krasnokamensk, 80 kilometers north of Manchuria and 70 kilometers west of Montenegro. The best route for the movement of the 1st Field Army of the Chinese Army to Chita was closed.