Russia is almost a scoundrel, so that Britain and France finally as a guarantee, exempted part of the arrears, for the arrears of Russia is lice are not itchy, the United States commitment is the most important, even in the middle of the rolling, it is considered to let the United States reach the promise, get the materials of 3 million troops, otherwise, with Russia's family background, under the premise of the tsar's non-subsidy, it is completely impossible to form an army of 3 million.

These troops plus the reorganization will take at least one winter, and it will not be possible until the beginning of spring next year at the earliest, when it is possible to complete the reorganization, and the real large-scale attack will be placed next year, and at that time, even if the 3 million troops are exhausted, they will have to take Chita.

This is all next year, according to Peterwich, Chita, I have to test it, let China get Chita for nothing, without a trace of reaction is not good, if there is a chance, it is also a good thing to take back Chita, but this possibility is extremely low.

No matter how low the probability is, it must be tried, because the loss of contact with Brusinov's ministry has made the Russian side completely ignorant of the situation in the Far East, especially the situation near Chita on the middle line.

This suggestion is also more in line with the appetite of the tsar, Nicholas II is bound to report, immediately deployed this order, when the order reached the Far East, Xinjiang and the northeast of the Russian army, no longer entangled with the Chinese army, take the initiative to retreat, draw elite forces, both sides need to draw at least 500,000 troops, jointly attack Chita, can take Chita the best, the worst, but also test the extent of Chita's damage. Look at the level of defense of the Chinese army.

The two armies were mobilized, and they did not hide from the all-pervasive eyes of the intelligence bureau. After all, the two armies took the initiative to retreat, and the northwest also wanted to figure out what they were going to do. After all, the armies on both sides have at least 2 million, and if they are pressed together, there will be some pressure.

In the investigation of the Intelligence Bureau, after the Russian army returned to the station, only part of the army moved, although there is no precise figure, but whether the whole army is pressed, the pressure on the Chinese side is much smaller.

From both sides to Chita, the road is always not short. This obviously hostile and purposeful army, of course, attracted the attention of the Northwest, and before the replacement of the planes, such a rapid march, at most to inform back an intention, detailed information is unlikely.

However, when it has high-altitude reconnaissance planes, and Russia has no detection or countermeasures, the entire Russian airspace is almost the same as China's own territory. The two hostile Russian forces launched a large-scale operation, and not only did the eight reconnaissance planes of the entire Northern Mongolian Military Region monitor the whole process, but also urgently mobilized 28 reconnaissance planes in the General Military Region. Almost the entire sky over Russia was filled with various high-speed flying reconnaissance aircraft.

Such a high density, if it had been replaced with the core of the European war in full swing, would have been discovered a long time ago. It may attract some people's attention, but this is Siberia. Or into October Siberia, lost Chita and a million troops. These were ordered to go to Chita and had no leisure at all to pay attention to the overhead.

The high-altitude reconnaissance planes spent several days on reconnaissance and confirmed that at least 500,000 troops, in two directions, had begun to move towards the Chita side, and the targets and numbers were basically determined, and the radio waves almost immediately notified the news to the place where the notice should be made.

Russia's actions were fast and resolute, but for China, their movements were still a little too slow, and the steps of the Mengbei Army were correct, with the help of the field power of the 1st Armored Division, to suppress the strongest Brusinov's division, and then storm Chita.

Of course, when Yan Xishan made the plan at the beginning, the time of the Battle of Chita might last 15 to 20 days, so he would be lured at that point in time, in order not to give Russia time to react, because when Chita was conquered, it was already the time of the ice and snow in Siberia, and at this time, Russia could not do much.

The appearance of incendiary bombs solves the problem of casualties and frees up time, for this, Yan Xishan is not worried at all, as long as it is kept secret for half a month, the Mengbei Army can build a solid enough defense in Chita, even if it doesn't work, the two sides are responsible for blocking the Chinese army, and they can also buy enough time for Chita.

In fact, the response of the Russian army is too late, Chita has already passed more than half a month, and by the time they arrive nearby, it will already be a month, at the pace of construction in the northwest, in a month, a magnificent city can be built, not to mention itself, only half of Chita has been destroyed, and at the speed of construction in the northwest, the basic system has been completed.

If someone can overlook the entire Chita from the mouth now, the Chita has been further expanded, the area is further expanded, and half of the original city wall was destroyed when the Mengbei Army attacked the Chita, plus the expansion, it was not rebuilt, and the remaining half was not demolished, it was still in tatters, and he didn't care about it. In the core of the city, not only a large number of reinforced concrete fortifications have been built, but also a large number of underground fortifications have been dug in the city, and what is thicker than the earth, as long as the thickness reaches a certain level, even 350 mm naval guns cannot attack them.

In the quiet half of the month, almost every minute, every second of Chita's defense was rapidly improving, and in a month's time, it reached its peak, and then, throughout the winter, although it will be improved, but only in thickness and defense intensity, the growth rate has also decreased.

For the time being, after adjustment, the final number of the defenders of the entire Chita is 230,000, of which about 150,000 are arranged on the ground and 80,000 underground, which seems to be a small number, but all kinds of technical equipment are almost armed to the teeth, all kinds of artillery more than 10,000, including 12 305 mm guns, which are difficult to transport from Baotou in the northwest, although the northwest has a larger 15,16-inch artillery is more powerful, but after modification, the power of the 305 artillery is not small, on land, The strength is really not low, and it is no problem to strengthen other artillery and hold the city.

Since its establishment, the Northwest has always paid attention to firepower, not only light firepower, but also heavy firepower, and the Northwest, which can develop a 16-inch naval gun, is absolutely the best in the world in terms of artillery, Chita is an important town, and it is also the focus of the Russian army's attack in the future, and it is impossible not to strengthen it. It's not that he doesn't want to add artillery, the scale of Chita City is placed there, no matter how much it increases, Chita City will not be able to accommodate it, it should be a total of 230,000 people, tens of thousands of artillery, and tens of thousands of control personnel, especially larger ones, more personnel are needed, and if it continues to grow like this, maybe the entire Chita City will be artillery.

Of course, it is impossible to defend the city with all artillery, artillery is only a part of the strong city defense, and the rest is the basic infantry and a large number of light and heavy machine guns, with tens of thousands of artillery, the same or even multiple amounts of light and heavy machine guns, as well as well-trained soldiers, even if the regular army in the northwest, according to conventional means to attack, it is at least 3 times the number of people, it is possible to attack down, measure the combat effectiveness of the Russian army, under the conventional level, the Russian army is almost impossible to break, which is also the reason why the northwest is relieved.

At this time, the Russian army has mobilized 500,000 troops in the east and west, and there must be only one purpose, the news of the fall of Chita has been exposed, which is a key intelligence and information, which is quite important to China.

From the beginning of the attack on Chita, China has no hope, the news that Chita was conquered, forever protected, that is impossible, this is not the news of the ancient times, there is the existence of telegraphs, especially after Britain has built the entire world's telegraph network, the northwest said that the Siberian railway was cut off, but in other directions, it is not that there is no telegraph, it must be the Far Eastern Military District, after finding that it is impossible to contact the Russian mainland, with the help of Japan's telegraph line, the speed of the telegraph is the speed of electronics, 300,000 kilometers per second, The difference between going around and not going around is not very big, but the difference is a fraction of a second.

The most critical half a month has passed, the defense of Chita City, to a certain extent, has been perfected to a certain extent, not afraid of others to attack, it has been October, at most more than half a month, around Chita, after November, the temperature will drop significantly, the minimum temperature in the field will drop to about minus 40 degrees, such a temperature condition, with the level of science and technology in this era, it is impossible to let the large army fight, because it is very likely that the cold will come down overnight, and more than half of the personnel will be reduced.

In terms of logistics, the Northwest has paid enough attention to logistics, but in the face of the power of nature, the Northwest is not good. Although it is said that the special forces can fight further north and in lower temperatures, a large part of the equipment of the special forces is produced by the all-in-one machine, and the kind of high-sealing and high-insulation materials are far from being comparable now, below minus 40 degrees, and they can not affect their own actions, and the army will not be able to do it, and the production capacity of the all-in-one machine is limited, even if it is a special forces, there are only the Mengbei Military Region and a small number of equipment for performing tasks, not all the equipment, which shows the high cost of these equipment.

Success is also cold, defeat is also cold, a large part of Russia's strength, lies in the huge territory, the climate is cold, Napoleon was defeated here, in the future time and space, indispensable, swept across Europe, even France surrendered Hitler, also defeated on this point, history can be learned, Yang Yuanzhao, who knows this clearly, of course will not make such a mistake, and even he will take advantage of such a thing, no matter the time to conquer Chita, or the fortifications consolidated in Chita, only firmly hold Chita in his hands, in order to achieve strategic intent. (To be continued.) )