Siberia.

One hundred kilometers southeast of Irkutsk, the Fifth Army and the Sixth Army, which fought on Upper Ukinsick, left a small number of main attack troops with great losses, and dispatched less damaged troops to cooperate with the First Cavalry Army of the Chinese Army on the Western Front to attack and advance westward along the Siberian Railway.

The Russian army fought to the death of the Eastern aid troops, opened the Irkutsk arsenal, and later prepared the temporary armed infantry forces to form the new Russian Baikal First Army. Major General Alekseev, who was responsible for military supplies, was temporarily promoted to Lieutenant General to be responsible for command, but his troops were only five infantry divisions and one cavalry division. Faced with the attack of the Chinese army's superior troops and firepower relying on the railway line, although the Russian army resisted tenaciously, they still felt deeply troubled and retreated step by step along the railway line around Lake Baikal.

In the cold winter, the ice layer of Lake Baikal was more than 60 cm thick. In order to shorten the attack distance, the Chinese army directly opened roads on the snow field with tracked bulldozers and paved a rapid railway on Lake Baikal, and followed the attacking troops of the attacking troops to attack Irkutsk.

The Tsar Palace in Irkutsk was already in chaos when the Chinese army launched a large-scale attack on Ukinsk and the defenders were retreating step by step. Although the Tsar imitated Tsar Alexander I during the Napoleon invasion and announced that he would fight until "there is no more enemy in the sacred territory of Russia." Everyone close to the Tsar knew that the emperor had long been in vain.

Admiral Alekseyev, who was deeply in tune with the idea, proposed that "the great tsar must not be humiliated by prisoners." Emperor Lou immediately grabbed the life-saving straw and proposed that he was determined to "attack westward" for Russia.

Attacking westward, this is actually true.

The railway line to the west is now broken in the Chinese army's righteousness and the Chinese cavalry units crossing the border from Altay and Kobdo in northern Xinjiang. The reinforcements drawn by the Russian army from the Volga River and the western lands fought against the chaotic domestic railway transportation lines while braved the wind and snow. Although the railway line from Irkutsk to Novosibirsk is far away from the border, the omnipresent Chinese army's volunteers, including the herders of the local ancient tribe, still attacked the railway line at any cost.

What is even more terrifying is that the Chinese airships, these powerful aerial weapons, were bombarded with the help of the signal guidance of the Chinese guerrillas.

His Majesty the Tsar refused to keep the defending generals despite all these difficulties and obstacles, and still insisted on taking an infantry division and a cavalry division on the journey of "attacking" westwards.

The departure of the Tsar and the Guards made the defenders of Irkutsk even more desperate.

But at this moment, an extremely violent blizzard suddenly fell, and the outdoor temperature dropped sharply to below minus fifty degrees Celsius. The soldiers and military personnel on both sides could not bear such a low temperature, and the battlefield where the battle was in full swing fell into silence for a moment.

The Russian defenders, who were celebrating each other, immediately seized this favorable opportunity to rectify their defense, especially the fortress in Irkutsk, where they were collecting food, wood, military supplies, rectifying their troops, and preparing for a long-term defense.

"Change a counterattack next spring!" This slogan, no matter how many people really believe it, it at least gives people a hope.

On the Chinese side, after the battles of Shangwujinsik and Chita ended, troops were reorganized immediately.

In addition to the Fifth and Sixth Armies and the First Cavalry Army, the Second Royal Guards and the Fourth Royal Guards were transferred back to China and transported by railway to Vladivostok in the Far East Coast, respectively, and joined the Far East Front.

The Dongxianbei Army re-allocated its troops and used all the Second Group to the Heihe direction. With the support of the inland gunboat troops and train gun troops, they forced their way across Heilongjiang and attacked Hailanpao (Bragoveshensk), while the Second Cavalry Army attacked eastward from Chita along the railway line, swept across from Nibchu, Mogocha and others.

Taking into account the logistical burden and the demand for combat forces, the Eighth Army was transferred back to China and transferred to the Northwest Front Army to join the Central Asian operations.

In Central Asia, the improvement of the war in the north has allowed Lin Suren in the northwest to receive more military support and his hands are suddenly widened. This powerful general who has always been in power immediately formed two clusters in the north and south, and advanced towards Lake Balkash and Dushanbe respectively.

To the east of Lake Balkash, it has been under the jurisdiction of the Qing Dynasty's Ili General since the middle of the century, and was later seized by Tsarist Russia. The ethnic minorities in these places are mainly Kazakhs, Uzbeks, etc., and now there are more Russian and Ukrainian Cossack immigrants. Due to Russia's colonial policy, local ethnic conflicts were violently suppressed. With the collapse of the Russian ruling order, this long-accumulated anger was released, which soon triggered a chain reaction.

Many ethnic forces that have been dormant in Central Asia, including some who have long been in contact with the General Information Administration of China. Seeing the Chinese army advancing and the Russian army retreated, they finally broke out of hibernation and raised anti-flags. On the territory of the former territory of the Kokhan Khanate and the territory of the Qing Dynasty, various uprising troops launched a group of attacks on Russian immigration and even carried out bloody "revenge".

A large number of Russian immigrants were beheaded, broken into pieces, exposed to the wilderness, the women were jiānyin, and the children suffered inhumane atrocities. The rebels who sang the name of "Allah" formed a "culture army" under the organization of the Imam. Announced to "restore Allah's rule over this land in the name of the Lord Allah" to "bring light" to all Muslims.

Faced with this situation, the Russian garrison could only retreat to a few military fortresses and garrisons, and tried to move Russian immigrants in to protect them.

Guided by the locals and lurking agents of the General Information Bureau, Lin Suren's troops themselves have also done a lot of effort. The maps and hydrological and meteorological data are very complete. With these "rebels" restrained behind enemy lines, they are immediately unstoppable. Many Russian defenders were already in panic under the attack of local armed forces. Seeing that these "enemy troops" from the east still belong to civilized society, rather than the barbarians who beheaded and killed corpses, they even began to actively contact Lin Suren's troops, hoping that they would "come to rescue them as soon as possible."

At sea, the Chinese army mobile fleet that annihilated the Japanese-Russian joint fleet. In addition to receiving Japan, the main forces were divided into several routes and formed three northbound detachments: the first detachment, responsible for covering the Second Marine Army, which was mainly composed of the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Third Divisions of the Marine War, landed on Miaojie (Nicolievsk) in Sakhalin Bay, and attacked from the north along the Miaojie-Boli Railway Line to completely cut off and isolate the main force of the Russian Far Eastern Front. Since the main force of the Russian army had shrunk to the front line of BOLI-Boli and Vladivostok, the rear troops were empty, the Chinese landing cluster successfully carried out the battle with the support of powerful naval artillery fire, and attacked all the way to Amursk, and was about to reach an encirclement against Khabarovsk.

The second detachment landed in Korsakov in the south of Sakhalin Island (Sakhalin Island) and Nogliki in the north. The Marines were mainly composed of the former Ryukyu garrison troops and swept across Sakhalin Island. The Russian military and civilians, who were already panicked, quickly chose to surrender. They left a small number of garrison troops and entrusted the task of public security and "collecting military supplies" to the North Korean special-controlled troops. The main force of the Marines advanced westward like a whirlwind, landed in Vanino, and attacked Khabarovsk from the west.

The other detachment, with two battalions of Marines, carefully avoided the ice floes on the Okhotsk Sea, landed in Magadan, occupying the sparsely populated southern foothills of the Korema Mountain.

The third detachment, with the Marine Corps in Lushun, directly landed in Petropavlovsk, south of the Kamchatka Peninsula, and sent a small number of troops to occupy the Kuril Islands.

A battalion-level team led by Xiao Yaonan even risked the danger northward with the cooperation of an icebreaker, landed on the Chukchi Peninsula in the Bering Strait, and climbed Mount Ishodnaya, and raised the flag of the Chinese nation and the battle flag of the army and navy at the top of the mountain with an elevation of 1,158 meters.

In Vladivostok, the Far Eastern Front reorganized by the Korean Front, commanded by Deng Ning, who swept across North Korea and was commanded by the general of Jin, and gradually surrounded Boli with the First Army, while the Seventh Army surrounded Shuangchengzi and advanced to Vladivostok on both sides. It is increasing its material forces to conduct fire reconnaissance and attack preparations.

After the Battle of Jinske Chita of Upper Ukraine, a large number of heavy firepower and air force of the Chinese army were transported to the combat direction of the Far Eastern Front. In January, the Chinese army bombed and shelled Shuangchengzi and Vladivostok more and more fiercely, and the fire reconnaissance scale of infantry was getting larger and larger, and the frequency was getting higher and higher.

Vladivostok. Russian Far Eastern Front Command Station.

Under Liu Mengxiong's suggestion, Russia changed its password and paid attention to the streamlining of the telegrams in daily exchanges. Sure enough, the accuracy of the Chinese army's response to Russian military operations has decreased significantly.

Perhaps out of appreciation for talents, perhaps out of guilt, or both, Grand Duke Nikolayevich's trust in Liu Mengxiong is no longer greater. This yellow-skinned Russian colonel has been promoted to major general and has taken over as deputy chief of staff of the Far Eastern Front, and is actually responsible for staff operations.

However, facing the continuous victory of the Chinese army, the Russian army retreated step by step and was trapped in the lonely city, especially the loss of Shangwujinske and Chita, the Siberian Railway was cut off in half, and the fleet was wiped out, the Chinese fleet had already reached the gate of Vladivostok, and the Russian army in the coastal area was shrinking in several key points, and the cut off foreign aid was already unstable.

At this moment, the air inside the headquarters was solidified.

Grand Duke Nikolaevich was above the main position, and although his expression was as calm as ever, his white hair was added to his temples, his slightly haggard god, and his black bags in his eyes. Everyone could not help but feel a little sad.

Lieutenant General Kangtrachenko, who is in charge of the city defense organization, is still confident and optimistic: "...At present, in the entire Vladivostok region, our army's forces have reached five infantry divisions, of which three are the main infantry divisions active in the pre-war service. In addition, up to ten regiments of reserve infantry have been mobilized to supplement the situation, and the total force has reached 96,000. At present, our army's fortress artillery and field artillery have a total of 660 fortress artillery and field artillery. In terms of food, the rationing system has been launched, which can fully support defensive operations for more than half a year..."

Grand Duke Nikolaevich nodded and said with a smile: "Lieutenant General, your effective work is the luck of Russia. Please convey my gratitude for all your patriotic enthusiasm and hard work. In addition, please convey the order of the headquarters. In order to celebrate the preparations for defense operations, the entire army will add double portions of food for the two days today and tomorrow, and a portion of A-level materials will be allocated." The officers present were excited when they heard this.

"Gentlemen, generals" Grand Duke Nikolaevich looked around the audience with a calm expression "I have some good news to you."

Everyone looked at the emperor with anticipation.

"The French side has stated that we will provide us with another billion franc loans to purchase military supplies produced by France." Grand Duke Nikolaevich said, "In addition, there is news from the British side that the British House of Commons is considering putting pressure on the Chinese people to stop military operations and negotiate with our country. There is also news from the United States that the Republican government is deeply dissatisfied with China's exclusive possession of Japan and North Korea and further expanding the war, and is urging the mission to China to put pressure on China.

"Sigh, please believe that we are currently in the short night before dawn."

Grand Duke Nikolaevich said majestically, "The Chinese have gone too far, they have crossed the line!"

Believe me, the Western world is about to unite under the banner of the New Crusaders to launch an expedition against the greedy Eastern invaders, punish them, block them, defeat them, and fight them back to their prototype!”

The grandfather clapped his hands, and the adjutant immediately handed the wine glasses to the officers, filling them with the best vodka.

"For the great Tsar Nicholas II, for Russia"

"Ula!"

Grand Duke Nikolaevich looked at these faces and his eyes began to shine with some kind of hope, and his heart felt sad.

Russia has actually fallen to the point where it is necessary to rely on other powers to interfere and rescue to ensure its own safety. Although there are reasons such as Kropatkin's report, poor command, Nicholas II's command is in chaos, and suspicion of himself, even if he has full command, how good will the result be?

Judging from a series of battle reports and personal observations, the firepower, tactics and organizations of the Chinese army are no longer comparable to those of the Russian army. The military reforms carried by reference to the information carried by defectors in China seem to be far from enough. China has obviously made greater progress in recent years, especially those highly mobile combat vehicles, motorcycle tools, airships, aircraft, train guns, new warships, as well as their refreshing infantry attack infiltration and motorized columns, air force raids, barrage shooting, and even their army showed strong morale, efficient organization, and tactical qualities demonstrated by officers, all reflect the country's all-round leadership.

It is not just equipment, but the overall victory of the entire country's industrial foundation, culture, military education, military thought and mobilization system.

He turned his eyes to the silent Liu Louxiong.

The trusted staff member who had just been promoted to major general, had an unhealthy blush on his face and a look of hatred and fear flashed in his eyes.

Nikolaevich believed that this hatred and fear were not directed at Russia, but his motherland, China, or the people currently in charge of China. Grand Duke Nikolaevich felt a little sympathized with this military talent who went to exile in the country, and even felt quite regretful.

He could not fully understand the rules and logic of the political power struggle of the eastern country in the south, but he knew that for a military elite who was deeply educated in a systematic military and once determined to fight for the country, defected to the enemy country, pointed the finger at his motherland, and was likely to suffer failure and be tried again, such a fate cannot be described as tragedy.

This is a complete tragedy on earth.

Will I have such a day? Will I be captured and humiliated by the Chinese? Will I become the first Romanov royal family member to be captured in thousands of years? Will I become the laughing stock of all Russia and be despised?

How is St. Petersburg? Moscow? I heard that the country is also in chaos, and there are also those ambitious social Democrats, constitutionalists full of constitutionalism and defeatists everywhere in the army...

Grand Duke Nikolaevich trembled slightly.

Russia, Central Siberia, and four hundred kilometers west of Irkutsk.

In the white snow, a train was parked ten kilometers apart. The snow around the train car was trampled in a mess, and the fire was on the bottom of the carriage. There were also many Russian Imperial Guard soldiers wrapped in black sheepskin bags and cotton lapels robes busy cutting down branches and carrying them back to keep warm.

After a storm, the temperature outside at night had dropped to more than minus 30 degrees Celsius. Some Don Cossacks, who were chopping wood, accidentally frostbite their feet and kept sucking pus, causing great pain.

"Holy Virgin, let me die..."

"Why can't the coal in the rear car be used to make fire..."

"That's what to do, and the train needs to be used..."

"Isn't it good to bring more kerosene?" Baku hasn't transported oil for a long time..."

"The war that should be cursed! Kropatkin, it was this old bastard who harmed the Guards and Russia!"

"I see that general..."

In the royal box, the kerosene stove was burning warmly, and the Tsar Nicholas II was exhausted and his eyes were unconscious.

"Your Majesty, it's just that the bridge beams were blown up. They have used spare rails and steel for emergency repairs. Please endure it anyway." Moribonov, commander of the First Infantry Division of the Guards, said respectfully, "The situation outside is very complicated. If you are on foot..."

"Aren't the guards' cavalry already searching for the Chinese?" Admiral Alekseev next to the Tsar said dissatisfiedly, "Is this matter not handled well? How long does your Majesty have to wait! He has only walked four hundred kilometers in a full half month! If he drags on, he may be the Chinese who will fight Irkutsk!"

As soon as this sentence was spoken, the Tsar immediately felt as if he was punched in front of him, and his face roared pale: "I must not let Huang Monkey humiliate you! Never!"

He stood up and stared at Senbonov: "Major General, I authorize you to take all measures to repair the damaged bridge within two days, no, within one day. In addition, for all traitors and untouchables around the railway who may be "Chinese people and spies", please arrest them directly. In any case, I will rush back to St. Petersburg immediately!"!
Chapter completed!