Two regiments of foreign legions, having penetrated into the flames, quickly advanced and occupied the port. Then start building a line of defense!

When Duke Peter learned that the port of St. Petersburg had been attacked, he immediately panicked.

St. Petersburg, which is the largest port in Russia. Also the closest port to Moscow!

If St. Petersburg falls, then next. The coalition forces will definitely open up the northern front, and Russia, which is already overstretched in terms of troops, is simply unable to open another front.

After the successful landing of the coalition forces, they can fight all the way to Moscow.

Almost all the country's troops were deployed at the front, and only one or two thousand troops were stationed in the capital, Moscow. As soon as the coalition forces approached Moscow from St. Petersburg, Catherine had only one way to go.

The most troublesome thing is that the Russian army simply cannot afford the consequences of losing Moscow.

In recent years, Moscow has not only become the hub of Russian transportation, but also almost the entire Russian heavy industry is located around Moscow.

Having lost the industrial base on which they depended, the soldiers on the front line had no material support. The guns ran out of bullets, the cannons had no shells. It's a fart in this fight!

Moscow cannot be lost, absolutely must not be lost.

Once Moscow is lost, there is only one way for the whole of Russia to surrender. At that time, Russia will be like a fish on a chopping block, at the mercy of others!

"Take it back, you must take the port back." Duke Peter's roar made the entire town hall tremble.

No one spoke, and everyone looked at Duke Peter in a daze. Wait for the grown-up to roar, and then issue the order.

"Assemble the army!" Duke Peter roared like a lion, grabbed the pistol on the table, thrust it into his waist, and walked out of the town hall first.

In fact, it is needless to say that the army around St. Petersburg has already begun to build. After all, the sound of artillery is an order.

The city of St. Petersburg is actually quite far from the port.

The 120-millimeter guns on an ordinary destroyer could not hit the city of St. Petersburg at all. However, seeing the billowing smoke rising in the distance, the citizens began to panic.

Some of the fast-moving ones have already begun to pack their belongings, preparing to flee to the countryside for a while.

Anyone with a bit of brains knows that since the coalition forces have landed here, the next step is siege warfare.

"Take back the port!" A team of more than 5,000 people was organized, and Duke Peter had some confidence.

He drew his pistol and let out a roar.

"Lord Duke, no!" Who knew that as soon as he roared angrily, he heard the voice of opposition. A small but stocky fellow grabbed the reins of Duke Peter's horse.

"Why not?" Duke Peter asked suspiciously.

If it had been a different guy, he would have been shot in the head by Duke Peter a long time ago. But this guy in front of him can't get a headshot, because he is a general under Duke Peter, and in the war with the Ottoman Empire, he only led a company and defeated a battalion of the Ottoman Empire.

Therefore, he was promoted directly from captain to colonel.

The colonel's officer's name was, Konstantinovich.

"Konstantin, you know I don't have time to debate with you here, if you have something to say, hurry up." Duke Peter looked at Konstantinovich with a blushing face.

"Lord Duke, there is no doubt that there can be such a huge fleet, it must be the Ming army. I have seen the Ming army fight, and they often fight with artillery first.

If you go out of the city with your army like this, and you don't get close to the port, you will be torn to pieces by the artillery of the Ming army. Look outside, the artillery fire of the Ming army is ploughing as if it were ploughing in the port area.

You go out of the city with people, and there are no field fortifications to rely on at all. Can there still be living people in such a place? ”

Konstantin pointed to the smoke-filled harbor in the distance, and finished his words in one breath, still clutching the reins of Duke Peter.

Duke Peter looked at the harbor in the distance and swallowed heavily. Konstantin was right, he knew that such intensive artillery fire must be a masterpiece of rocket artillery.

Because, Russia now has something like that.

"So what do you say?" After thinking about it, Duke Peter decided not to become cannon fodder.

"Send someone to Moscow at once and report the situation here to Her Majesty. Also, take advantage of the fact that the other party has just landed. The men of the city of St. Petersburg were quickly organized, weapons were issued to them, and they were sent to fight.

Evacuate women, the elderly, and children. This will be a battlefield, and it is not for them to stay here.

In addition, the granary should be well protected. It is better to store the grain in the basement so that it will not be destroyed by artillery fire. "Several suggestions were made in a row, and these were all the suggestions that Konstantin could think of in a hurry.

Duke Peter stared at Konstantin for a long time, and then said: "Konstantin, now you are the commander of the city defense of St. Petersburg.

Everyone, including me, is under your command. I hope you will take us and withstand the attack of the Ming people. "Duke Peter is still very jealous of the Ming Dynasty, after all, the Ming army's achievements are obvious to all.

From Asia to Europe, no country is the opponent of the Ming Dynasty.

In the spring, the Ming also sent people to attack Tashkent. I heard that in the end, not even one of them survived. Today, Tashkent has become a dead place.

As for how many catties and taels he had, Duke Peter had a good idea in his heart. In that case, simply give the power to those who can fight. And the person who can fight in the eyes of Duke Peter is none other than Konstantin.

Because what he just said was exactly what he needed right now.

With the order of Duke Peter, Konstantin immediately got busy. He commanded the army and quickly laid out fortifications on various streets.

At the same time, ordered the officials of the city hall. Quickly recruit the city's old people over the age of 16 and under the age of 60 to enlist in the army. At one point, Duke Peter wanted to lower the age to fourteen, but was vetoed by Konstantin.

"Children are the hope of the future, and even if we are defeated, the Russian nation will continue to survive, they are our hope."

"Do we really have hope?" Duke Peter wondered why Konstantin had such strong self-confidence.

"There will be hope for Russia, it's just ......! I can't see it anymore. Konstantin smiled and went on to get busy.

Duke Peter looked at the busy crowd and shook his head helplessly.

What the future holds, perhaps only God knows.

With Konstantin's busy, St. Petersburg was moving fast.

All the food was taken care of, and women, the elderly, and children were escorted to the countryside by a small number of troops. The peasants in the countryside still have food there, and these people will not starve to death.

Five men, riding fifteen of the fastest horses, rushed out of the gates of St. Petersburg and went to Moscow to report this urgent matter.

St. Petersburg, almost in a day, completed the transition from peace to war.

Li Xiu at sea did not yet know what was really going on in St. Petersburg, and he did not care what was happening there.

Because the task of the Ming Navy was to seize the port of St. Petersburg. Then go out and occupy the landing ground within five kilometers.

As for the assault on St. Petersburg, this was not the job of the Ming Navy.

No matter how arrogant Li Xiu was, he would not be so arrogant as to use two regiments to attack St. Petersburg, which has a population of nearly one million.

In just one morning, Li Xiu completed all the campaign tasks.

Destroyed the coastal battery, successfully captured the port. Two Marine Corps Foreign Legions marched forward five kilometers away to establish defensive positions to imitate the Russian counterattack.

All of this was done very well, and Li Xiu even thought that if the Russian army came out of the city, he would try to recapture the port. The Ming Navy will use artillery to send these bastards home.

But the arsenal ships, destroyers, cruisers, and two Shanzi-class battleships waited on the surface of the sea all day, and they did not see any movement of the people in St. Petersburg.

St. Petersburg is a fortress city as you know by its name. The delta where the Veliky Neva and the Lesser Neva converge was a swamp a long time ago. With the construction of the city of St. Petersburg, artificial canals crisscross the city.

To soothe the water that flows into St. Petersburg due to the shallow waters of the Gulf of Finland. There are forty-two small islands in St. Petersburg, connected by four hundred and twenty-three bridges.

To the east of St. Petersburg, there is the vast Ladoga Lake. Lake Ladoga is a vast area, larger than fifty St. Petersburg.

It can be said that St. Petersburg is a large fortress with countless small fortresses.

If you want to conquer these fortresses, you have to gnaw one after another.

Where did Sun Zhijie, who had this idea, know this, he just relied on the map and saw that this was the closest port to Moscow.

As for what St. Petersburg was like, he had not even heard of it.

For the people in St. Petersburg did not come out to fight, which made Li Xiu a little surprised. But there is no way, in the entire fleet, only the triple main guns on the battleships can hit the city of St. Petersburg.

Li Xiucai didn't want to waste the expensive front main artillery shells, anyway, Lao Tzu's task had been completed, and all that remained was to figure out how to make Prussia and the French pay off the final payment.

For landing battles, the Ming people are no strangers.

The main thing is to occupy the landing ground, and then quickly transport many landing troops over.

After consolidating the landing field, an active offensive began. Occupy nearby cities!

It was just one morning, and everything was done. This was something that no one expected, and the imaginary Russian counterattack did not really happen.

Everything was ahead of schedule, and the Ming cargo ships full of soldiers entered the port one after another.

The coalition soldiers quickly disembarked along the rope ladder.

Such a thing, starting at noon, continued throughout the night.

By the next morning, St. Petersburg's scorched land was crowded with Prussian and French soldiers.

The transportation of troops continued for another day and night, and soon the port of St. Petersburg was occupied by a dense crowd of soldiers.

The number of soldiers of the coalition army exceeded 60,000. There were also a lot of various artillery pieces and mountain supplies piled up in the harbor.

The commander-in-chief of the coalition was a Prussian general named Schlieffen.

The guy wore a pair of round-rimmed eyes, which seemed to contrast with the image of a powerful Prussian soldier.

But anyone who has fought in Europe knows that this is a cunning general like a fox. In the last war, France suffered heavy losses under Schlieffen on several occasions.

So, when choosing a commander. When Napoleon heard that the commander proposed by the other party was Schlieffen, he immediately agreed.

Inside Schlieffen's tent for the temporary headquarters was a topographical map of St. Petersburg sent back by spies.

From the first time I saw this map, Schlieffen's head hurt a little. He knew what it would cost to conquer so many tiny fortresses.

Although he had 100,000 Prussian troops, 50,000 French troops, plus 30,000 Swedish troops, 20,000 Norwegian troops, and 5,000 Finnish troops.

According to intelligence, the opponent has only more than 30,000 people, and the equipment does not seem to be very good.

Or the British chicken thieves, this time, they only sent 200 large cargo ships to help transport supplies and soldiers.

"Tomorrow, we will tentatively launch an attack on St. Petersburg. The original goal is to conquer the walls, General Hawke, General Sith, tomorrow, you will attack together from the south and from the west. ”

Inside the tent, now sit the generals of various countries. Everyone sat in front of the map and watched carefully as Schlieffen explained to the map.

"Let's go to war, so what are you Prussia and France doing." Hawke is distinctly Nordic and has unusually well-developed hair. In addition, he was wearing short clothes, and the whole person seemed to be moving when the majesty blew.

No one is stupid, siege warfare is obviously a cannon fodder job. No one wants to be cannon fodder first.

"The Swedish army and the Norwegian army are only responsible for capturing the city walls, and for the rest of the time, you will have no combat mission." The meaning of Schlieffen's words was clear: once the city walls were captured, the rest of the work would be done by the Prussians and the French.

"Okay!" Hearing Schlieffen's promise, Hawke had nothing to say.

The first battle is that you have fought the hard bones, and you don't have to fight the rest of the battles. After all the calculations, it seems to take advantage.

"Attacking the walls is the first battle, and we must win it. For this reason, all the artillery of the whole army had to be mobilized to the front line to bombard the city walls. ”

"Why don't you send out the airship?" French General Grouchy asked, looking at the map.

For this campaign, France and Prussia mobilized ten airships to support the army.

"In a city like St. Petersburg, there will definitely be such equipment as anti-aircraft guns. We can't let the airship go on an adventure, so we might as well let the airship help the troops land.

Also, it would be nice to scout at a high altitude in the distance. ”

Schlieffen glanced at Grouchy, and once again confirmed that the guy was an idiot.

Li Xiu also attended this meeting, but he didn't come to the meeting, he was just curious. How can the armies of so many countries be integrated to fight?

After reading it, I realized that this is also a union of ghosts.