Chapter 179: The Prelude to the Great Counterattack

Vladivostok port, Russian Pacific Fleet base.

In the Navy Club, there was a bleak cloud and all entertainment activities had been cancelled. A long table was placed in the main hall, and officers from the Russian Navy and Army were listed.

The Amur Coast Governor of Russia is under the jurisdiction of Amur, Outer Baikal, Marina and Sakhalin Island. It is under the jurisdiction of the Governor and the Military Region Commander. The military region commander is the depressed Lieutenant General Grodjkov.

Vladivostok is the capital of Binhai Prefecture. Binhai Prefecture was originally commanded by Lieutenant General Alexeyev, the command of the Pacific Navy. Due to his death, the command was handed back to Grodjkov.

The Russian army defeated Sanxingcheng and the navy lost half of its combat power. Both of them were garrison troops in Binhai Prefecture. In view of this, Vladivostok had to adjust its strategic layout and began to turn off attack to defense.

Tonight, the commander of the coastal artillery, the governor of the Coastal State, Gerroni, the commander of the interim naval force, Major General Vizofort, and some other officers of all sizes gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

The officers were bowing their heads and talking without saying a word at this time.

Gerroni sighed softly and spoke first: "Lieutenant General Grogerkov has conveyed his instructions to ensure that we can stabilize the front in Jilin, China. After he sent troops to occupy Heilongjiang, the two armies would then attack forward and backward, occupying the two northeastern provinces of China in one fell swoop. What is the situation with the fleet?"

"The situation is not good. Not long ago, I sent a fleet to sea and found that there were warships in the Beiyang Navy that had been cruising around, staring at it, and laying a large number of mines at the port. The fleet that was going to sea was forced back to the port, and a destroyer unfortunately sank from the mine." Vizofert said slowly weakly.

"Did the Navy stay in the port for no reason?" Gerroni asked with some displeasure.

Vizoffer ignited a cigar and asked, "Not so, should I lead the remaining fleet out to find the main force of the Beiyang Fleet to fight?"

The rest of the people, especially those naval generals, were silent. With the current strength of the fleet, even if they could go to sea, they would have no choice but to die.

After looking around, Vizofort continued: "Of course, the navy is not without a solution. They can arrange mines, and we can do it. A few days ago, I ordered the fleet to secretly arrange a large number of mechanical mines in the waters where the Beiyang Navy is frequently active. As long as winter comes, the Beiyang Navy will naturally retreat."

Although Vladivostok is known as Russia's unfrozen port in the Far East, it is actually frozen for five months of the year. But where is the winter? It's only July now, can you wait until that time?

However, even such nonsense reasons made everyone present feel a little relieved. At least they had hope, right?

The commander of the coastal artillery, Bulsky, thought for a while, suddenly spoke: "Since the fleet cannot leave the port and we have to defend Vladivostok, it is better to remove the cannons from the ship and install them on the port coastline, which will give you a little more confidence."

Several naval generals looked indignant, but did not object, so the matter was determined.

Bursky turned his head and asked Gerroni: "General, how many army are there in the city? The Chinese team has been continuously increasing troops to North Korea. I am afraid that the sea and land will attack at the same time."

"There are less than 10,000 troops in Vladivostok, and less than 5,000 troops in the two cities. For some reason, Sakharov lost more than 20,000 people, so that I could no longer draw soldiers from the front line."

Speaking of this, Gerroni became angry and continued: "Now we know that the Zhong*** team guarding the Sanxian City is their elite ace force. They have fought with the Germans. Sakharov, a idiot, told me not long ago that they were weak and dared not attack."

When others heard this, most of them rolled their eyes. If you hadn't urged Sakharov to fight to the decisive battle and attempted to open up a path with Heilongjiang, he wouldn't have been so careless.

Bulsky persuaded with a helpless look on his face: "Such small force may not prevent the Chinese from landing, and I'm afraid there will be some soldiers."

"There is no other way, so I have to let the merchants and farmers respond to the empire's call and take up weapons to fight the enemy. Otherwise, if Vladivostok is broken, everyone will be dead."

The peasant who had not received any training turned into a soldier when fired a gun. The Russian team did not do much, but now with the victory of the Chinese team, these generals have lost a lot of confidence.

Fukejinzhong *** team stationed.

In the battle of the three surnames, the Chinese team annihilated more than 20,000 enemies. Russian commander Alexeyev abandoned Fu Kejin and retreated to Rahasusu, and was no longer able to launch an attack.

Feng Guozhang, Duan Qirui and others dispatched troops and fought in a constant small battle, compressing the Russian team to the generation of Lahassu and Su, and did not dare to move. The Chinese team's victory was frequent and the recovery of a large amount of land was not only made General Changshun of Jilin, but also made the confidence of the military and civilians in the three eastern provinces to an unparalleled level.

Now, according to the General Staff’s policy, they will cooperate with Nie Shicheng’s Korean army to attack on both sides, encircle and annihilate the Russian army west of Jilin, and regain the occupied territory that China had been occupied a hundred years ago.

Therefore, in the commander's tent, all the generals were excited and their excitement was beyond words.

"Everyone, in the battle of the Three Kingdoms City, our army annihilated more than 20,000 Russian troops. We should take advantage of the victory to pursue and seize the lost land. In the future, the combat strategy will change from defense to offense." Feng Guozhang said loudly at the map of the three eastern provinces.

"Here, Marshal Nie has gathered 20,000 troops in Yuanshan, North Korea, and is waiting for the navy to survey the Russian coastline and find a landing place. When we are in the building, we divided into two groups, attacking up and down, ensuring that the Russian army has no way to retreat."

Song Pinglan frowned and said, "If Jilin General Changshun can send troops with us, the chances of winning will be greatly increased by the time the three armies will be."

"Hmph, Changshun, an old man, has been shirking his responsibilities and only guarding but not attacking. This has led to the Russian army gathering 30,000 people to attack our three surnames. Fortunately, we have a solution, otherwise the Grand Marshal would have to kill him."

"This old guy had no choice but to raise an army to resist the Russian army, but he had always complained about our military government and put the preservation of strength first. This time, the Grand Marshal ignored the strong opposition of officials from the three eastern provinces and set up the Governor's Office of the three eastern provinces, which aroused his anger. Not only did he stand still, but Chichagov also sent some troops to support Rahassusu. Otherwise, our army would have captured this city long ago, and he didn't have to worry about him. After the war, the Grand Marshal would naturally settle the accounts with him."

After hearing Duan Qirui say this, some former Jilin guards, such as Zhou Baolin, did not look very good-looking. After all, they were all Changshun's subordinates before, and they kept thinking that Changshun was indeed suspected of preserving his strength, so they did not refute it.

"I'm afraid that when our army goes south, he intends to ask the Russian army in the western route Chichagov to trample our army's rear route. The situation will be bad at that time." Song Pinglan said slowly.

Feng Guozhang smiled slightly and said disapprovingly: "I believe Changshun is not as brave as this thief. If even Chichagov's army is not delayed, how should he explain? Tang Zizai has been sitting in Jilin City and watching him! Besides, even if Chichagov leads his army, he will not affect the overall situation and will only delay the failure of the Russian army."

"Everyone, we will start with us, with great honor and at your fingertips. What are you waiting for? Go down to rectify the army and horses, and wait for good news from General Nie."

At the provincial capital Jilin General's Mansion, after dinner, Jilin General Changshun was twisting a small kettle to water the flowers in the back garden.

"Master, that Lord Tang is here again." The butler hurried over and reported.

It was really dark, Changshun put down the kettle and whispered: "I just say that I am busy with official duties and have no time to meet him."

The housekeeper said helplessly: "I'm afraid it won't work. Lord Tang said that if the master is busy with official duties, he will keep waiting."

Holding the chicken feathers as a command arrow, Changshun was a little angry, but said helplessly: "Then let's go and go to the living room to see what this Lord Tang has to say."

In the living room, Tang Zizai closed his eyes and rested his mind. His expression was neither happy nor sad. Behind him were several men in black.

Changshun, if you dare to miss the military government’s major affairs, I will kill you first after fighting this life today. Tang Zizai couldn’t help but say in his heart hatred.

Perhaps he knew that Tang Zi was not easy to mess with here, so Changshun did not dare to come to see him alone, so he led seven or eight confidants into the living room.

Before the person entered the door, laughter came first: "Lord Tang came to the humble house, and the brilliance shone brightly."

Changshun walked in with a smile on his face.

Tang Zizai neither stood up to greet him nor said much, but just clasped his fists and said, "It's easy to say."

"I wonder what important things are there when Tang Dazhao arrives?" Changshun sat down and asked knowingly.

"On the 25th of last month, the Russian Chichagov army returned to the aid of Rahasusu, and the military power was greatly reduced. Why didn't the general take the opportunity to pursue him?" Tang Zizai asked without any haste.

Changshun's face slightly pulled down and said coldly: "Young man, I eat more salt than you eat, so I don't need you to teach me how to fight the enemy."

"I don't need to teach you how the general fights. Tang is just afraid that someone will deliberately preserve his strength and refuses to attack. General, do you think?"

Changshun was thought about it by him, but he was not panicked. He replied without changing his face: "I don't know if the Bao Bao doesn't preserve his strength. I only know that our army is a little worse than the Russian army. Therefore, it is a blessing to defend the three and a half acres of land."

Tang Zizai was too lazy to argue with him and said bluntly: "The General Staff planned a large-scale counterattack, and it will be implemented in a few days. When the general dares not attack, it will cause friendly troops to be in danger. Even if the general has a high position and a high power, it will be difficult to escape the military law."

Changshun snorted coldly and said, "Are you threatening me? Ye Zhikui didn't dare to talk to me like this. You, the baby who has not yet been weaned, actually spoke wildly."

"Please see the situation clearly. The 30,000 new soldiers of the military government have arrived in Changchun and can go to the Ningguta line from time to time. If the general is still so lazy, he will ask the Grand Marshal to dismiss you for the crime of dereliction of duty."

"You," Changshun opened his eyes slightly and said angrily: "I don't welcome you here, I'll see you off!"

Tang Zizai was too lazy to talk about it anymore. He swayed his clothes and walked out steadily.

"Sir, will Changshun still be lip service to the military government's orders?" asked Tang Zizai's escort.

"Although this old man has a little prestige in Jilin, as our military government becomes more and more powerful, even if he has a different intention, his generals may not be as loyal as him. You and I will go to Ningguta front line to see how the front-line commander and deputy commander do it."
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