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Chapter 497 Attack on Vladivostok (6)

The People's Army arrived in Suifenhe at 4 pm. The Russian army had not many troops stationed in Suifenhe, not even a battalion, only two companies of defenders, and there was no preparation for combat, because the People's Army occupied Vladivostok yesterday, and Suifenhe was more than 200 kilometers away from Vladivostok, and the People's Army rushed over at once.

As a result, the People's Army occupied Suifenhe almost without bloodshed, controlled the railway station, and divided a regiment, occupying Dongning County adjacent to Suifenhe at 6 o'clock. Only then did the People's Army's attack on this day completely end.

And just early the next morning, the Russian army also arrived in Suifenhe. It turned out that Linievich, who was in Harbin, did not dare to neglect after learning that Vladivostok had fallen. He also knew that the People's Army would advance along the Harbin Sui Line and attack Harbin. The Russian army did not place too many troops along the Harbin Sui Line, which might not be able to stop the People's Army's attack. Therefore, he hurriedly drew a division from the Harbin garrison troops and dispatched a train to order them to rush to Shuangchengzi immediately. If Shuangchengzi was already captured by the People's Army, retreat to Suifenhe and must block the People's Army's march route.

However, although the Russian army was indeed fast enough this time, it was still one step late for the People's Army. As a result, even Suifenhe was lost, let alone Shuangchengzi. The Russian army also tentatively launched an attack on Suifenhe. If the People's Army had just occupied Suifenhe and was not ready, they might be able to defeat the People's Army in one fell swoop and recapture Suifenhe.

However, after the People's Army occupied Suifenhe yesterday, it arranged defensive positions on the periphery of Suifenhe overnight. This time, the People's Army attacked by train and carried a lot of ammunition and medicine with them. Naturally, it was not stingy with firepower, various machine guns, grenade launchers, and mortars fired one after another, forming a dense firepower network, which caused heavy casualties from the Russian army. It was impossible to break through the People's Army's positions in front of me, so I had to retreat from the battlefield and retreat to Muling Town to guard it, and report to Linevich.

After receiving the news, Linievich was shocked for a long time before he realized that the People's Army's attack speed would be so fast. In just 2 or 3 days, they fought from Vladivostok to Suifenhe. How many troops did they land in Vladivostok? But now Linievich had no choice but to do anything. The main force of the Russian army was on the front line of Shenyang to fight against the People's Army. Although there were more than 100,000 troops in the rear, they were all second-line troops, and there were still many key points to garrison. Linievich could not draw many troops. Therefore, Linievich could only order the Russian army to arrange positions in Muling Town to prevent the People's Army from attacking, and at the same time, they also sent a telegram to ask for help in Russia.

Just the day after the People's Army occupied Suifenhe and Dongning, the subsequent fleet of the Expeditionary Force arrived in Vladivostok, and at this time, all the Expeditionary Forces gathered in Vladivostok. At this time, the East China government planned the Vladivostok strategy that had been planned for nearly a year and achieved almost complete success.

However, although the army was all here, Luo Yue did not continue to launch an attack. The People's Army's front line has been too long. Although nothing happened yet, it cannot be careless. So Luo Yue immediately made arrangements, first ordering the 1st and 6th Divisions of the 1st Army to rush to Suifenhe to replace the defenders, and then ordered the 2nd Marine Division of the Marine Corps to garrison Shuangchengzi, set up heavy troops to guard the three current key points, and then attacked the surrounding areas of Vladivostok and both sides of the railway line, occupying key points, successively occupying Kuangouzi, Sucheng, Huangtuan and other places, and fought as far as the edge of Xingkai Lake.

In fact, these places were originally all the territory of the Qing court, and belonged to the jurisdiction of the Ningguta Deputy Duluo. In the [China-Russia Aihui Treaty] in 1860, they were ceded to Russia together with Vladivostok. Now they have been in Russia for nearly 50 years and have long been regarded as their territory by Russia. However, the Far East is too vast, and this area is a barren land with sparsely populated areas, often without population for dozens of kilometers. Therefore, the Russian army did not have many soldiers in this area, and wherever the People's Army went, they went down with the trend. Therefore, a few days later, the People's Army's control area expanded rapidly to reach 780,000 square kilometers, but the core area is still along the railway from Vladivostok to Suifenhe.

Five days later, another fleet arrived in Vladivostok, which sent 50,000 logistics personnel and 1,000 administrative personnel.

The arrival of this group of personnel not only liberated the People's Army from the complicated local administrative affairs, but also fully guaranteed logistics affairs. Although before this, the People's Army did not lack materials in Vladivostok, the cleaning and transportation of materials required a large amount of manpower. Although there were trains in Vladivostok, not all materials could be transported along the railway line. In addition, there were many places that needed material transportation, which required manpower. In addition, people were transported along the railway line, loading and unloading of goods also required people to carry them. Before the logistics personnel arrived, these things could only be done by the soldiers of the People's Army. In addition, the People's Army also had to maintain local public security and ensure order operation. There are more than 200,000 Russians in Vladivostok. Although not many, it also takes a lot of energy to control these people.

These things almost restrict nearly 40% of the People's Army's troops. Therefore, after the subsequent troops arrived in Vladivostok, Luo Yue did not continue to launch an attack. Maintaining order in Vladivostok took too much energy, which is also an important factor. Now, administrative personnel have arrived and taken over the political security work in Vladivostok, which has enabled Luo Yue to devote all his energy to the subsequent battles.

The person in charge of the administration of Vladivostok was Xie Tao. After taking office, he first accepted all the Russian factories and enterprises in Vladivostok, while the Russian residents were all concentrated, demarcated residential areas, and carried out unified management. Because the Russians have a rude temper and aggressive temper, and have developed the habit of despising the Chinese people over the past few decades, it is not easy to manage, so they must be concentrated and managed. In addition, the People's Army now needs a large amount of labor force in Vladivostok. Although a group of logistics personnel were transferred, it was still not enough. Among the Russian residents in Vladivostok, at least tens of thousands of young and middle-aged men can be drawn. This is a good batch of labor force and cannot be wasted. Other elderly, women, and children can also engage in other light physical work. Of course, if they are technical personnel, such as skilled workers, nurses, teachers, etc., they can still be treated preferentially, at least they do not need to be a labor force.

In fact, Luo Yue had thought about recruiting Russians to work as laborers. He was mainly Russians. If there was a problem, it was difficult to deal with it and was afraid that they would destroy it secretly. But now more than 50,000 logistics personnel have come, and with this group of personnel to assist in supervision, there is no fear that the Russians will not cooperate.

Another point is that after the war is over, the East China government will definitely immigrate to Vladivostok in order to change the population structure of Vladivostok and lay the foundation for the long-term stability of Vladivostok. Therefore, concentrating the Russians now will also help the East China government re-plan the urban layout of Vladivostok and free up housing to prepare for future immigration to Vladivostok.

Secondly, Xie Tao met with the leaders of other ethnic minority tribes. On the one hand, he thanked them for their support to the East China government; on the other hand, he invited these tribes to settle in Vladivostok. The East China government can arrange work for them and provide them with necessary education so that the residents of these tribes can have a stable source of income and also change the population structure of Vladivostok.

Some tribes agreed to the invitation of the East China government on the spot, some tribes had to go back to negotiate with the tribe and the people, while others refused. Xie Tao couldn't help but be forced and everything was left to voluntarily.

However, the Taier tribe, which initially contacted the East China government, was the first tribe of all who agreed to move to Vladivostok to settle down. Because the Taier tribe was not established for a long time and was composed of people from all over the country, it had not yet formed a strong cohesion. It was mainly because of the prestige of the tribe's head Muzhehu and his son. The old patriarch Mukulun had been the governor of the Qing court, and his knowledge and vision were above others. He knew that moving to Vladivostok to settle down was the last way out for the tribe. Although the tribe might be disbanded and his family could not become the clan leader, as long as they followed the East China government, the future they could get was far greater than that of a tribe's patriarch. Therefore, he advocated moving the entire tribe to Vladivostok to settle down.

So under Xie Tao's management, Vladivostok quickly completed the wartime reorganization, and a large number of young and middle-aged Russian men were organized to engage in heavy physical labor. The elderly and women were engaged in some light work, and everything served the war. Of course, at the beginning, some Russians were still dissatisfied and even contradicted and conflicted with the managers of the East China government. However, Xie Tao was not polite at this time, arrested all these Russians and locked them up with Russian prisoners. Not only did they still have to engage in heavy physical labor every day, but they also had no wages and freedom, and they could not even go back to their homes. The Russians with serious circumstances would even be whipped, even to the death penalty.

After dealing with more than 20 Russians who were dissatisfied, the rest of the Russians finally became honest. Bi Jing fought against the East China government in this way, and only he suffered losses. Although the Russians were impulsive and rough, they were not stupid. He still understood the truth that a hero did not suffer the loss in front of him, so he could only temporarily endure it and obey the orders of the East China government. Of course, most Russians still firmly believe that the current tolerance is only temporary, and the powerful Russian king's army will definitely fight back and regain Vladivostok, and then he will be able to turn over.
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