November 4, 1890

Novorossiysk railway station

The area around the train station was full of soldiers with guns, three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry were heavily guarded, and not a single mosquito could fly in without permission.

The steam locomotive dragged the long train into the platform, and the locomotive boiler opened the pressure relief valve, and in the harsh pressure relief sound, a large cloud of white steam enveloped the body, carrying a warm water mist.

His Royal Highness Li Siyuan, the eldest prince who came to pick up the station, His Royal Highness Nicholas, the crown prince of Tsarist Russia, His Royal Highness the Prince of Greece, and the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Conrad Adenauer, lined up outside the door of the carriage with a red carpet in turn, waiting for His Majesty the King to arrive.

The doors open

The first to come out was Lieutenant General Fu Peng, the chief of the royal family, who looked around with an awe-inspiring expression and stepped sideways.

The tall king Li Fushou then appeared in front of everyone, holding the six-year-old seventh prince Li Sixuan in his hand, followed by the nine-year-old third prince Li Siyuan, and walked in front of everyone.

Except for His Royal Highness Nicholas, the crown prince of Tsarist Russia, he bowed slightly, and the rest of the people touched their chests and bent down to salute, and the Ocean Kingdom explicitly abolished the kneeling etiquette, which is the official etiquette of meeting His Majesty the King, Li Fushou waved his hand to show that there was no need to be polite.

"Your Highness Nikolai, I'm glad you came to meet me."

"It is my pleasure, Your Majesty the King."

"Let's talk as we go!" Li Fushou nodded in agreement with everyone, took the lead and walked forward, and said to His Royal Highness Nikolai, who was following closely; "I heard that His Highness has been very active during this time, and it annoys my front-line commander, to be honest, it makes me wonder if His Highness was specially sent by the Southern Federation Army to make trouble?"

"Your Majesty, I am angry with my frank answer, I hate those anarcho-liberals more than you do, whether they are French or American or British, these flies that move against the tide of history are not liked from the bottom of my heart."

"Well, they are indeed the natural enemies of the feudal kingship."

"Yes, they spread dangerous ideas everywhere like a plague, and they must be nipped in the bud, for that...... The Russian Empire was willing to make a modest contribution. ”

"Does this mean sending troops to help us fight?"

"Oh no...... Your humor really embarrassed me, after all, this is the traditional sphere of influence of the British, and the invincible army of the Tsarist Empire is not suitable to set foot on this land, but I am willing to contribute my part......"

"Well, Your Highness Nikolai, that's exactly what I'm going to say." Li Fushou stopped, turned his face and said to His Royal Highness Nikolai solemnly; "I believe in my commander, just as the monarch of the Tsarist Empire trusts his generals, and as a distinguished guest, I want you to take only your eyes and ears, listen more, look more, and leave sweet words to coax the beautiful women at the noble drinking party, do you know what I mean?"

"Your Majesty, of course I understand, but I really want to ......"

"Okay, I know what you mean, Your Highness Nikolai, but this is my territory, and everyone has to act around my will, is that clear?"

Under Li Fushou's strong power, the young Highness Nikolai seemed to lack confidence, and could only nod and reply with some grievances; "Your Majesty, your will will be observed, I have no offense to intend to offend, and I sincerely apologize to you for any trouble this may cause."

"I accept your apologies, and now it's fine." After Li Fushou finished speaking, he took a step forward and continued to drive forward.

His domineering suppression made the noble Colonel Nikolai, the crown prince of Tsarist Russia, not have the slightest temper, which made the attachés, who had been sneered at by His Royal Highness the crown prince, feel very angry, and secretly glanced at each other, with smiles in their eyebrows and eyes.

Return to your accommodation

After settling down, Li Fushou immediately summoned the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Conrad Adenauer, to report on the current battle situation.

From his mouth, I learned that it has been twelve days since the outbreak of the Civil War, and fierce battles of all sizes have taken place on the frontline battlefields every day, bloody and cruel.

There were three large-scale artillery battles between the two sides, and the Ocean Kingdom suppressed the Southern Union Army with advanced artillery technology, destroying more than 700 enemy artillery pieces of various types, destroying two enemy artillery divisions and six other artillery regiments, losing more than 100 artillery pieces and more than 1,300 officers and men.

infantry offensive and defensive warfare;

The main force of Corps A, which was on the defensive, killed and wounded a large number of the enemy's living forces through defensive battles, and occasionally launched counteroffensives in local areas, and the battlefield battles between the two sides were brutal and bloody, and they did not stop all day long.

As of now

A total of more than 37,800 enemy soldiers were killed and wounded, more than 2,700 were captured, and their own losses exceeded 21,000, of which nearly 10,000 officers and soldiers were killed, and the overall battle losses showed a pattern of 2:1.

To sum up, there are both shining points and shortcomings in the battle.

The Chinese soldiers grew up rapidly in the tempering of the war, became more bloody and daring to fight, and a large number of outstanding commanders and heroic groups emerged, which deserved to be written by the newspapers and public opinion in the rear, and established a tall image of soldiers defending their homes and defending the country.

The shortcomings are also obvious, many of the basic militia born in the new immigrants were originally honest peasant backgrounds, have never seen blood, have never fought a war, do not know a single big character, although the performance in training is acceptable, but many people are thin when they arrive on the battlefield.

In this respect, the performance is much worse than that of the Southern White militia.

Whether it is the will to fight or the spirit of sacrifice, it is slightly inferior to the white militia in the south, and it lacks the strength of the wild and fierce people who are not afraid of death.

The greatest losses in the battle also occurred in this way, the positions on the western front held by the Central Kalimantan Militia Division were broken by the white-knuckle charge of the enemy group, and the Chinese militia suffered a rout under extreme panic, and thus affected the adjacent positions, which was an important reason for the loss of the Beilun defensive line.

Before the situation deteriorated, Corps A immediately dispatched the Tiger Cavalry Division to carry out a strong counterattack, trying to regain the lost position and stabilize the defensive line. As a result, heavy losses were suffered under the enemy's machine-gun and line infantry platoon gun fire, and they had to withdraw from the battlefield to rest.

Forced by desperation, Corps A could only choose to shrink strategically and exchange space for time.

According to post-war statistics;

The Central Kalimantan Militia Division suffered more than 6,100 casualties in this battle, and the Tiger Cavalry Division suffered more than 1,300 casualties.

"What about the tank battalion I gave him, why didn't he use it when he counterattacked?"

"Your Majesty, the tank battalion belongs to the Second Kalimantan Division, and it is the trump card held in the hands of Major General Liu Shan, deputy commander of the corps, this main infantry division, together with the Beilun militia division and several other miscellaneous militia regiments, is stationed in Beilun City, and is making every effort to resist the attack of the Victorian Corps, according to Deputy Commander Liu's plan, it is ready to use this tank battalion to assault the heavy artillery division of the Victorian Corps, and strive to destroy it in one fell swoop, so as to solve the most dangerous enemy in the defensive battle of this city."

"Well, there's an idea."

Li Fushou replied noncommittally, and looked at Lieutenant General Conrad Adenauer's body, which brought him tremendous pressure, and a layer of white sweat appeared directly on his back.

Brigadier General Suvaz Kopf, commander of the Tiger Cavalry Division, was one of the original five-member German officer corps, retired from active duty after the Franco-Prussian War with the rank of lieutenant colonel, and was a typical Junker military aristocratic family, and was a friend of the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Konrad Adenauer, for decades.

Don't think that it is a Chinese group, the Germans are also very grouped, and they do a better job than overseas Chinese.

In the United States, it is common to see German immigrant communities, German immigrant towns, and areas with German immigrant concentrations, who are quite hostile and indifferent to outsiders, and only welcome white German immigrants to join, not the British and French, let alone Italians.

The Central Kalimantan Provincial Militia Division was defeated, it was originally a division composed of basic militia that had not been trained for a few months, and its combat effectiveness was barely average, which was inferior to the level of the Australian native militia.

However, the Tiger Cavalry Division is a veteran cavalry division with a long history, and its training and equipment are all first-class and tough, and the General Staff Headquarters has specially equipped the cavalry division with 60-millimeter field guns that are easy to carry, and this cavalry division has a certain ability to attack fortified positions.

Such an ace unit was beaten to the ground by the enemy in the first battle, and it is unreasonable to say that the commander is not responsible.

Fortunately, this was just a report on the battle situation, Li Fushou stared at Lieutenant General Conrad Adenauer tightly and warned him not to do anything in it, and gently let it go.

The specific merits and demerits will have to be investigated carefully after the war.

The farming people and the nomads are different, and the temperament lacks that kind of fierce energy.

More than 200 years of enslavement in the Qing Dynasty erased the blood in the bones of the Chinese, and the waist was bent and the legs were weak, which was not something that could be changed in a while.

Although the artillery equipment of the Ocean Kingdom is advanced, the rifle is basically on the same level as the Southern Union Army, and there is no obvious generation difference, and the differences between individuals in battle accumulate into group differences.

This is evident in the battle statistics, the Ocean Kingdom's artillery has an obvious advantage, and more than 20,000 enemy troops were annihilated in the battle, accounting for more than half of the total number of enemies destroyed, which is extremely dazzling.

The performance of the infantry was not satisfactory, and in the defensive battle, it played a 1:1 exchange ratio with the opponent, which can only be said to be barely qualified.

Li Fushou did not have the luxury of expecting these militias to become a world powerhouse in one fell swoop, that was purely a fool's dream, and it was too unrealistic.

He thought about it for a moment and said; "It seems that the step-by-step training will not be successful, but it is necessary to use war to teach the militia to fight, so let's immediately pull up the second-phase militia that has been half trained, replenish the battle losses of each division, and leave enough reserve soldiers, so that they can grow rapidly in the cruel war, and they must replenish 50,000 men in three days and 80,000 in a week."

There was a pause

Li Fushou said word by word; "Since we cannot overwhelm the other side in quality, we will overwhelm them in quantity, pass on my orders, prepare for a large battle at once, and mobilize Corps B to press forward, and break the deadlock with both fists when necessary.

We don't have more time to grind and chirp with them, and since the 100,000 white militia in front of us are out, don't go back, leave them all on the battlefield for me! ”

His words struck Lieutenant General Conrad Adenauer like a hammer in the heart, causing him to shake his whole body, and he replied resolutely with his hands clenched into fists; "Obey Your Majesty's orders."

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