Chapter 511 The Battle of Siberia Begins
As the world war progressed, the Tsarist Russian Empire continued to assemble troops on the Siberian battlefield and had already reached the scale of ordinary battles.
Tsarist Russia is a fighting nation. Only they invade other countries and devour other countries' territory, and do not allow other countries to devour the territory of the Tsarist Russian Empire.
The Tsarist Russian Empire invaded China during the Second Yabo War, but was defeated by the Chinese Empire and lost a large area of territory in the Far East. From then on, it became a shame for the Tsarist Russian Empire and the Romanov family.
The territory lost during the reign of Alexander III was dreaming of retaking, but he never realized his wish until his death.
So, Alexander III entered the coffin, and hatred continued to the next generation of Tsar Nicholas II. As his father died unwillingly, this hatred plot could no longer be forgiven and became the reason why Nicholas II insisted on confronting the Chinese Empire.
The Tsarist Russian Empire fought against Germany on the Western Front and did not gain much advantage. It took a little advantage when fighting against the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire, but it did not gain advantage when fighting against the Chinese Empire in the Caspian Sea. Instead, it suffered a great loss and suffered tens of thousands of casualties.
Roosevelt sent a secret telegram to Nicholas II, willing to provide military assistance to Tsarist Russia, hoping that Tsarist Russian team could restrain the Chinese Empire and delay the time for the Chinese Empire to fully retaliate against the United States.
On the one hand, he had a grudge against the Chinese Empire, and on the other hand, Americans gave money and supplies. So Nicholas II was moved and immediately mobilized a large army to attack the Chinese Empire.
Previously, the Tsarist Russian Empire encountered a wall on the battlefield in the Western Regions, so Nicholas II chose to start a war in the Siberian region, which was the endless Siberian prairie and the Mongolian desert, which was convenient for the army to unfold and suitable for large-scale corps to fight.
Nicholas II wanted to eat a fat man in one bite, directly defeat the Chinese Empire and achieve world hegemony, and directly ignored the fact that Tsarist Russia was far inferior to the Chinese Empire.
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When Li Weiguo learned that Nicholas II personally supervised the war and mobilized more than one million troops to launch it in the Siberian region, he also became angry and wanted to fight Nicholas II face to face, so he personally arrived in the Beidu Ulya Sutai to boost morale to the officers and soldiers of the Shence Army of the Chinese Empire.
Li Weiguo personally led the army to the Mongolian grasslands, mobilized the 38 Shence Army under the Central Theater, the Northern Theater and the Northeast Theater, with a total force of more than 80,000 people. He was sent to the Siberian battlefield and prepared to compete with the Tsarist Russian Empire.
Although the Tsarist Russian Empire was poor and backward and its industrial strength was at the bottom among the great powers, the Tsarist Russian Empire's military power was still very strong, reflected in the huge scale of the 6th Army.
This time, Nicholas II personally supervised the battle. The 6th Tsarist Russian Army dispatched 117 infantry divisions, with a total force of 1.42 million, carrying 582o artillery doors and 822 heavy machine guns.
It is worth Li Weiguo to be able to mobilize more than one million troops in such a short time.
Although Li Weiguo brought only more than 80,000 troops this time, they were all the 6th regular army of the Chinese Empire, with well-trained soldiers and well-equipped. There were 64oo cannons alone, 24oo heavy machine guns, 8oo tanks, and 48 reconnaissance aircraft.
The Chinese Empire's Shen Ce Army had elite troops, but the number was less than that of the Tsarist Russian Empire. Therefore, in the early and mid-term of the Siberian Battle, Li Weiguo made a defensive plan and launched a comprehensive counterattack in the late stage of the battle.
Therefore, the artillery of the Shence Army was mainly composed of 75mm infantry guns and 155mm heavy howitzers. In the early stage, the tanks were only reserved as mobile forces, and they would support wherever the battle was fierce or the troops were tight.
On the contrary, although the Tsarist Russian Emperor had more than 58oo guns, they were mainly attacking, with siege guns mostly accounting for about half.
This is because the Chinese Empire's Shen Ce Army focuses on defense, and its solid fortifications forced the Tsarist Russian army to increase the number of siege artillery.
In this way, the number of field artillery in the Tsarist Russian army was less than 3,000. Once the attack was setback, they would have to fight fiercely with the Chinese Emperor in the field. The shortage of field artillery would be very disadvantageous.
However, Nicholas II and his staff did not realize this. Their intelligence system in the Chinese Empire was very fragile and did not grasp how many artillery Li Weiguo brought this time.
The battle of Siberia in China-Russia was born in the area north of the Tanuwulianghai on the Sino-Russia border, southwest of Baihaier Lake and west of the Greater Xing'an Mountains, with an area of 15,000 square kilometers.
As the battle of Siberia, the Tsarist Russian Empire can be said to have deployed its strongest combat power. A large army of 1.42 million dispatched 1.11 million people to the front battlefield, and the remaining troops were used as reserves.
The main attack direction of the Russian Emperor of Tsarist Russia was Erkou City in the southwest of Baihaier Lake, which was the only pass on the Siberian Grassland to the Mongolian desert, and the only city on the plain of the Shence Army of the Chinese Empire.
As for the other two directions, the Tangu Wulianghai and the Daxinganling Mountains were both high and high mountains. The Shence Army of the Chinese Empire built fortifications on the top of the mountain, condescending to the top, defending the dangers, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Previously, when the Russian Emperor of Tsarist Russia was fighting in the Bukhara Khanate, a vassal state on the northwestern border of the Chinese Empire, the Russian army attacked the mountain fortifications defended by the Shence Army of the Chinese Empire, and suffered a great loss.
Therefore, this time, the Russian Emperor of Tsarist Russia only had 200,000 troops in the Tanguwulianghai and the Daxinganling Mountains. Although they were also attacking, they mainly used feint attacks to restrain them, and the main attack direction was all under Erkou City.
Li Weiguo had long anticipated this, so the 800,000 army brought by Li Weiguo this time was concentrated near Erkou City, and the other 200,000 were stationed on the side of the Tanguwulianghai and Daxinganling.
Although Li Weiguo guessed that these two places were both feinted attack directions by the Russian army, he did not dare to be careless.
To the east of Erkou City is Baihaier Lake and to the west is Tannu Wulianghai.
As time goes by late November, the northern hemisphere has entered a cold winter, and the Siberian region is even more cold.
When choosing such a ghost weather to start fighting, Li Weiguo had to admire Nicholas II's willfulness.
If it were in ancient times, sending troops in winter would be purely seeking death.
Even in modern times, sending troops to fight in winter will lead to a life-threatening death. Napoleon's disastrous defeat in expedition to the Tsarist Russian Empire was a bloody example.
But Nicholas II did this. Maybe he thought he was confident in sending troops at this time. He could capture Erkou City before the first heavy snowfall, and then the Russian army could live in a warm earthen kang house for the winter.
In Erkou Town, Li Weiguo led the army to the expedition and arrived here.
Early the next morning, Li Weiguo took a group of officials and generals to inspect Erkou City's defense in the cold morning in the north.
Twenty years ago, Erkou City was still a small border town with only garrison families. After twenty years of vigorous construction, Erkou City had become a medium-sized city with a population of 200,000.
These populations benefited from the Sino-Russian honeymoon period for a period of time. At that time, the Tsarist Russian Empire had not yet joined the Allies, so the Sino-Russian trade flourished, which made the border port prosperous.
But now, war is coming here, most of the non-combatants have been evacuated, and the houses have been acquired by the Chinese Empire government to resettle the Chinese Empire team, logistics warehouses, etc.
In the past, a large number of buildings were built here, all of which were reinforced concrete structures, and the labels were special cement and special steel, making the buildings here very strong.
If the Chinese Empire Navy battleship could collapse an American 2O-story building in the Battle of New York, it would take at least three to do it in Erkou City.
If we have to make a more appropriate comparison, it is that Chinese buildings are all military-industrial standards, and American buildings can only become shoddy projects.
For twenty years, no one knows why the Chinese Empire's government never criticized wooden houses for buildings in all cities. The people have always thought that this was the rigid rule of the Chinese Empire Emperor Li Weiguo, because in the Shanghai city, Li Weiguo personally ordered that reinforced concrete houses were completely replaced by wooden houses. Later, Li Weiguo became the emperor, and this rule was continued, and Shanghai became the template for major cities across the country.
It was not until after the outbreak of the World War, after experiencing the Battle of New York and the Battle of Erkou City that people understood what these high-grade reinforced concrete buildings actually had.
It is strong and resistant to beating. During the war, the building can be used as a city wall to block the enemy's bullets. When fortifications block the enemy's shells, even after the brutal shelling, the wooden structure houses were blown up and burned down, but the reinforced concrete structure buildings can still shelter from wind and rain, allowing soldiers and civilians to have a place to sleep.
Who can be so far-sighted is Li Weiguo.
Li Weiguo had done many strange things in the past, but now it has been confirmed in the 6th period, which are all far-sighted measures.
At the head of the back hall of the guard office, Li Weiguo was discussing military information with military generals and came to meet Mingyue.
"Your Majesty, Li Weijun just called!"
"I guess it must be that the navy's sneak attack was successful, and the good news is here!"
A general couldn't help but say, and he couldn't wait.
Mingyue looked straight and shook her head, "Mr. Li asked His Majesty for help!"
Forehead……
Everyone suddenly became petrified.
What's going on in this situation?
Is there any rice in our ears or is it wrong to hear?
It was not a good news, but a request for help!
"Mr. Li asks for help?"
"Is it not successful?"
"Backed by the US military?"
A group of generals were shocked, with shock and incredible faces.
Although Li Weiguo felt nervous, he remained calm and soon he smiled because he had a bright moon face, but there was no murderous intent in his eyes.
Any general who suffers a defeat will have a trace of murderous aura in Mingyue's eyes.
Li Weiguo then smiled and said, "Okay, don't scare them!"
Seeing that Li Weiguo exposed himself, Mingyue immediately smiled and said, "Your Majesty is still wise and powerful. He can see through a little joke from me at a glance! Although Lord Li asks for help, his sneak attack on the United States has been successful, and asking for help is only an unplanned plan!"
Huhu...
A group of generals suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the battle had been defeated, and they were all worried, but Mingyue deliberately joked and teased them.
"I mean, Lord Yue, are you deliberately making us happy?"
"Did Lord Mingyue know that we were so scared that we were so cautious!"
At this time, Li Weiguo smiled and said, "Let's just like the content of the good news first, so that everyone can relax and be happy!"
"Yes!" Mingyue received the order, so she said the content of the good news.
When Li Weijun asked for help in the telegram, he naturally had to report the victory first. Li Weiguo and the ministers had to be happy, and then talk about asking for help.
Therefore, Li Weijun reported in detail the results of this sneak attack on America.
"In this battle of revenge, the Imperial Navy fleet successfully attacked the three largest American harbor cities in Mobile, Norfolk and New York, destroying 1022 American warships, including 8 40,000-ton battleships, 8 40,000-ton battleships, 12 20,000-ton heavy cruisers, 24 10,000-ton large armored cruisers, 28 3,000-ton cruisers, more than 1 frigate, more than 27o gunboats, more than 2oo submarines, and hundreds of other types of auxiliary warships. Destroy more than 200,000 large and medium-sized shipyards, more than 5oo docks, and kill more than 200,000 American shipyard workers."
"After the mission was completed, the Imperial Navy continued to shell out these three large harbor cities, in an effort to carry out complete destruction so that it could not be restored and could no longer build warships for the American Navy."
"At present, the Imperial Navy 6 team has occupied the entire city of Mobile, half of New York City, and Norfolk has occupied one-fifth of it. The US military has begun a large-scale counterattack. Our army is brave in combat, but its troops are too small to completely control the entire city. In order to achieve the purpose of complete destruction, we ask His Majesty for reinforcements."
After saying that, everyone was happy. These generals praised it, as if the results achieved by Li Weijun and other naval officers and soldiers were theirs.
Li Weiguo nodded with satisfaction, and expected that the effect was very good, especially killing more than 200,000 shipyard workers. This was not the task Li Weiguo asked at the beginning. Now it seems that Li Weijun did a very good job, because only by killing all the shipyard workers in the United States can the cure.
"I thought I would retreat after a sneak attack, and then chose the American combat location at the time of choosing the opportunity to land on the 6th. Now it seems that Li Weijun wants to use New York, Norfolk and Mobile as the location at the 6th."
Zhang Xiaoliu said at this time: "Your Majesty, the main force of the American Navy no longer exists. After this sneak attack, the main battleships under construction of the American Navy were destroyed. Within a few years, the United States will not have the power to fight against the Imperial Navy. Therefore, the Caribbean battlefield and the Panama battlefield can be temporarily given up and transferred the troops there to Li Weijun. If it can gain a foothold in these three largest harbor cities, then the empire's plan to attack the American mainland will be easier to implement. Even if it cannot, using these three cities as a battle site is enough to destroy them and severely hit the American economy."
Li Weiguo nodded and asked other generals again, basically all agreed with this strategy.
Chapter completed!