Chapter 1271: Crossing the Heilongjiang River
In the open sea of Vladivostok, the Northern Fleet showed its might, and cleared the periphery of Vladivostok at a fixed point, one by one the fortifications built by Russia, in Vladivostok, the commander of the Pacific Fleet and the commander of the Far Eastern Military District did not have any way, watching the batteries being cleared one by one, they were at this moment, the only thing they were fortunate about was that the other side only had a navy, no army, if they had a large number of land forces that could be registered, just by virtue of this huge fleet, Vladivostok would be in danger.
They don't know that at this moment, on the side of Heilongjiang, the troops mobilized from many sides are also ready for the final attack, it is already April, with the return of spring to the earth, a whole year, the snow in the northeast began to slowly melt, it cannot be said that it is the best time to attack, the natural environment will no longer affect the attack, at least in terms of logistics.
For the whole of Eastern Siberia, China has a set of systematic methods of warfare, this time, not only to destroy the living forces of the Russian army, but also to completely occupy Siberia, which requires a lot of preparations, and there are many aspects that need to be considered.
As a traveler from later generations, Yang Yuanzhao knows very well that land is important to a country, huge strategic depth, or resources and wealth, and China in later generations, with 21% of the world's population, only owns 7% of the arable land, and even most of the arable land, still has to stay, for no other reason, the pressure on food is too great, whether it is hybrid rice, or the red line of arable land, it is to solve the problem of losing food.
Right now. With the complete occupation of Southeast Asia by Lanfang, China is no longer short of food. Just the good operation of the cultivable land in Southeast Asia is enough to keep the whole of China from lacking food. However, sufficient strategic depth is still needed, and the national border between China and Russia is too long, and in the long national border, once the armored corps is in the world in the future, maybe an armored breakthrough can threaten the core of the northwest, so the Siberian strategy must be completed.
Judging from last year's capture of Chita, China is no longer worried about fighting Russia excessively. It will lead to undesirable consequences, which were not triggered by last year's operations, and as a result, the General Staff knew that Britain, France, and the United States of the Entente were using Russia to consume China and strive to drag China down, obviously, even if China hid a lot of things, in the eyes of the Entente. China remains a formidable threat.
It has been more than a year since the start of this war, which is far larger than in history, almost two years, and in these two years, not only the major countries participating in the war. War losses and attrition are far more powerful than in previous lives, and countries are becoming more and more closely integrated with each other.
Now the major countries in the world have also formed two different systems. It was the same even if it was nominally neutral, it was either the Entente. Either the Allies, the industrial countries of the world. Only China did not join the war, and Yang Yuanzhao's previous plan was to use the benefits of neutrality to gain benefits from both the Entente and the Allied Powers.
At the beginning of the war, it was correct to do so, whether it was the Entente or the Allies, they all had the idea of a quick victory over the opponent, at this time, not to mention the contact between countries, as long as they could obtain weapons to a large extent, any country, even Russia, which was still in a state of war at that time, could obtain weapons from China. However, with the gradual deepening of the war, the commercial behavior between countries has gradually changed its appearance, and there have become more stringent conditions. At first, the Northwest did not know that with the significant reduction in the orders of the Entente, they also found out, but there was nothing they could do.
The natural advantage of the United States, even before it entered the war, obtained a large number of orders from the Entente, and even now, due to the United States' entry into the war, under the premise of reducing industrial production, it is impossible to meet the orders as much as possible, but Britain, France and Russia are not even willing to give China, that is, some orders for merchant ships, but in the huge war orders of the Entente, it is nothing at all, and now it has been greatly reduced.
The time for China to join the world war cannot be said to be ripe, and if it does not join the world war, there will be no more benefits, so it is quite necessary to increase the intensity to a limited extent, occupy the Russian East Siberian region, and prepare as much as possible for the future, to enter Central Siberia, and even Western Siberia.
The Northeast is the most suitable and suitable place for the environment in China, and Russia, where millions of troops have begun to train in adaptation, and the railways have been built to the extreme, and some have even crossed the border line between the two sides, the vast and sparsely populated Russia, coupled with the harsh environment in winter, they don't know, and now, it is being used by China.
Not to mention the railways and highways, the scouts and the engineering division, with the help of the winter, began to carry out field surveys of various places, on the drawings of the survey team, on the route of this attack, on the selection of various aspects, has successfully designed a lot of railways and highways, these constructions, with the continuous deepening of the troops, began to extend, for the future of the Chinese army into the territory of Siberia to provide sufficient logistics.
A newly occupied land, only when the railway and highway are extended, only when the people are completely stabilized, even the army is stationed, can become a real, controlled land, not a piece of flying in, time is running out, although the First World War and the Second World War are divided into spheres of influence, but compared to the World War I that can be monopolized, or even re-demarcated the national border, World War II has not changed much, many countries are even occupied, after the war is also restored, and after the Second World War, set off a large area of national liberation movement, What turned out to be a world with only a few countries has now become a complex world with hundreds of countries.
On April 12, 1915, four days after the Northern Fleet attacked Vladivostok, late one night, a million troops crossed the Heilongjiang River together, and more than 10,000 sailing ships and some motorboats, carrying the first batch of at least 240,000 troops, crossed the river and started China's war against Russia's eastern Siberian region.
As the border between Russia and China, Heilongjiang should have become a key place for Russia, but the border between China and Russia is too long, from the Xinjiang region of Central Asia, Mongolia, all the way to the northeast, more than 11,000 kilometers of long border, China's defense of Russia is a problem, Russia's defense of China is still a problem, since last year, the focus of both sides has been on the vicinity of central Mongolia, especially after China conquered Chita, they all thought that the Chinese side would break through there, didn't think about being in the Northeast.
This time's negligence was fatal, Heilongjiang should have become the focus of the defense line, did not hinder the footsteps of the Chinese army, after the 240,000 vanguard troops crossed the river first, and then, it was the successive troops to cross the river, China in the entire Heilongjiang main road into the bag, along the Heilongjiang River to the north of the advance, the speed of the mechanized corps is extremely fast, before the detection of the front, can travel on the convenient trail, keep to the north.
From the high altitude, it can be seen that the Chinese army from the northernmost Mohe, the central Heihe, and the southern Hulin, showing three directions, rushed to Eastern Siberia, crossed the current actual dividing line between the two countries, Heilongjiang, and then took on a zigzag shape, constantly extending northward.
If it is necessary to attack Vladivostok, the core of the Siberian Far Eastern Military District, it is not necessary to send troops in Heilongjiang, it is best to send troops to Hunchun in Jilin, which belongs to the Ussuri River, but this time China's plan is not to defeat Russia again, but to occupy the entire Russian East Siberia.
The current Siberian region is extremely empty, it is already vast and sparsely populated, not the most important place, and the population is sparse, after the Chinese army cut off the Trans-Siberian Railway last year and took Chita, even more so, in order to guard against China's attack on Russia, except for the cities, there are very few garrisons in other places, and in the Siberian Military District, after a large number of personnel have been transferred, the rest are old, weak, sick and disabled, and they have no threat to the Chinese army.
It's a pity that the fully prepared Chinese field army, even such a little diversion and confusion, did not let the Russians enjoy, even in the face of ordinary civilians who are too weak to work, the Chinese army is also quite careful, in the past few years, the Siberian region, all the settlements have been clearly investigated, the army entered these settlements in batches, there is almost no resistance, scattered garrisons, simply can not stop the powerful Chinese field army, cities and settlements have been occupied.
The Chinese army was supposed to continue the attack, but after occupying the city, it stopped, did not cross the city, marched with great triumph, and attacked the city, but temporarily stationed there, and waited until the follow-up second-line troops and task forces were stationed, and then continued the attack, and the speed was not fast.
In the perfect attack routine formulated by the General Staff, the capture of territory is only a foundation, and cleaning up the Russian garrison in the Far East as much as possible is only the first step to occupy Siberia, and the next step is to emigrate, emigrate the Russian people, immigrate the Chinese, and let them take root, so that they can occupy this land to the maximum.
After the task force and the second-line troops were stationed, they began to deal with the local population, according to the order of the occupation authorities, not a single Russian citizen was allowed to stay where they were, every citizen and family could bring their own belongings, for this, China would protect it, and then, it was necessary to emigrate out of here, this was not negotiable. (To be continued.) )