Chapter 1143: Unite
In the Russian Hunting Palace, the tsar looked at the blue sky, turned back to his attendants and asked: "Brusinov should have arrived, I hope this time, he will not let me down again!" ”
In the 1911 war, a general Samsorov committed suicide, a general Brusinov was almost given to death, in the end, Brusinov saved himself with wit, and in the next few years, he also tried his best to save, whether in the Turkish battlefield, or in the Austro-Hungarian battlefield, he did quite well, and therefore, to save the trust of the tsar, this time in the Far East, the commander-in-chief is still him.
Of course, Nicholas II could not have fully trusted him, and among the five armies, he was considered to be in the middle of the coordination, and the others were relatively independent, for example, in charge of the border between Denikin, Chita and Vladivostok near Xinjiang, and the commander was Kornirov. They are all young forces of the future Russia, and now is the time for them to show their strength.
For this time China, the tsar can not be said to have paid no attention to it, the five-way army, more than 3.6 million troops, it can be said unceremoniously that it did not take so much effort to deal with Germany, in order to be ashamed. In the Mongolian War of 1911, Russia was defeated, and it was defeated very badly, but it was only the Far East, and the tsar's heart was not defeated, and he still wanted to continue fighting. It's a pity that its own strong thirst was forcibly stopped by Britain and France, which made Nicholas II very dissatisfied, but unfortunately in terms of strength, Russia was inferior to England, and in terms of money, it was limited by France, and when the two countries opposed it together, even Nicholas II had a tough personality. I can't do more.
This matter has always been on the mind of Nicholas II. I thought it might not be possible until after the end of the war in Europe. Who knows, things are changeable, and something that excites him appears, Britain and France lifted the ban, so that they can attack China with Japan, and their combat missions in Europe are reduced, as long as they hold the Eastern Front.
This demand is tantamount to directly unleashing the tyranny of the tsar, in this case. Directly exerted all their efforts, not only mobilized 2.5 million troops, but also raised a large amount of munitions, of which more than half were Lend-Lease materials supported by the United States. It has been raised several notches, especially for Russia, which does not pay attention to weapons and equipment, and previously Russia pulled up gray cattle. Give at most one gun, for now, a full set of equipment. There are quite a few guns, and there are also a lot of artillery. The strength has risen by at least a few notches.
Perhaps it was in 1911 when Mongolia was defeated by China. Let the tsar still be quite wary of China, China is not the decadent and backward guy of the Qing government now, the northwest not only has a considerable number of troops, but also unified the whole of China, how rich the huge China is, the tsar knows, can unify China, the Japanese beat the head of the China, must be paid attention to, in case the revenge is not avenged, but made a joke, this is not what the tsar wants to see.
The location of Chita is in the north of Mongolia, in the middle of the entire Trans-Siberian Railway, which is an important transportation hub, and the future headquarters of the Chinese Front is here.
Brusinov looked at Chita's familiar and unfamiliar arrangement, it was here that he made a wrong decision, burying hundreds of thousands of Russian troops at once, a few years later, he walked back again, although a few years, he used his own efforts, gradually won back the trust of the tsar, but he knew that what was lost was lost, the defeat of the year, it can be said that it has always been in his heart, this time to go to the Far East, he also took the initiative to ask for help.
Brusinov just wants to use the huge military power this time, a shame, by the way to help the tsar, get the yellow Russia he has been looking forward to, in one fell swoop to occupy a natural port with ice-free ports, or even 50 degrees, or even more than 60 degrees, in addition to the port, facing the balance of Yang, and even China's huge land, will bring Russia to a new level.
If it is replaced by the previous China, Russia must start by itself, because by itself, you can get all the benefits, but China's strength makes Russia dare not be careless, in order to attack China, of course, it will not do it alone, invited Japan, Japan, before that, was frightened by the great changes in Southeast Asia, a German task force, with 9 capital ship class, the main fleet of more than one million tons, can almost pick up the Japanese archipelago, fortunately, the other party's target is Indonesia and India, They were relieved that they did not take care of the barren Japan, which was born in an island country, is very aware of the sorrow of the island country, and in the island country, if there is no navy as a protection, it is even more sad.
Attacking China, carelessly, so that all the naval strength is folded in China, very unwilling, it took decades to win the first Sino-Japanese war and the two major wars of Japan and Russia, but in the gutter of China capsized, fortunately, in Japan's country, there is still a heritage, with the support of Britain, France and the United States, now Japan has restored 6 cruisers, 2 old battleship specifications, and in the Japanese shipyards, 3 Kongo-class are also gradually laying keels, once completed, the power of the three Kongo-class is enough to protect Japan's waters.
In itself, for Japan, it should continue to develop at this moment, but Russia used a large number of troops to attack China, so that Japan saw the opportunity, under such a premise, Russia's invitation came, Japan could not refuse, it was he who took the initiative to invite Russia, when at the stall of the Shandong Campaign, the Japanese invited Russia, Beiyang and the revolutionary party to do it, in order to make the northwest unable to react, so that he could take advantage of the chaos to take advantage of the situation, but Russia did not send troops at that time, and he Japanese had no choice, so he went up hard, the later development, made him dare not do more.
Now, almost five months later, in September, the Russian army arrived, and this preparation took too much time, and even said that once the attack began, it was a harsh winter, how to fight. When learning about the total number of soldiers sent by Russia, the Japanese began to wake up to the fact that the army of 2.5 million does need to be prepared for so long, Japan is an island country, and there has always been a desire and expectation for the land and the land on the mainland, and he did not do it before, because he knew that the strength of the Japanese alone could not deal with the northwest at all, as China's close neighbor and the biggest peep into China's territory, Japan spent a lot of effort to investigate the current situation in the northwest, and the reality told Japan that China was too powerful, Allowed to continue China's development, combined with a powerful industry and a huge population, China is probably the country with the most powerful military potential in the world, and as long as there is no internal turmoil and no internal friction, Japan will not have the slightest chance.
This is the sadness of the island country, he is eager to change his fate, enter the mainland, and obtain a huge living space, but the island country is congenitally insufficient, only after the mainland is weak, can it obtain benefits, once the mainland is strong, even if the development is not as good as the island country, it is enough to block the invasion of the island country, not to mention far exceeding.
In the eyes of the Japanese, this is the best opportunity, Russia actually recruited 2.5 million troops, plus Japan, it may exceed 3.5 million, such a huge team, as long as it is steady and steady, victory should be expected, at least, it is also possible to stabilize Japan in the three northeastern provinces.
In the end, Japan did not hesitate for long, they formally signed an agreement with Russia, and began to prepare, the news that Japan also entered the war was through the intelligence department, in Japan, inextricably linked, some of the more fortunate insiders, with the help of the intelligence bureau, have gradually moved from the original small staff to the middle level, and even one or two lucky ones, into the top level of management, even if they are not decision-makers, but can still grasp a lot of information.
After repeatedly confirming the accuracy, the Northwest had to add another 1 million to the enemy, which belonged to the Japanese, 2.5 million, plus the more than 4 million troops that Russia had left in the Far East, to say that there was no pressure, that would be a lie,
The Northwest General Staff, at this time, represents the sand table of Southeast Asia, has moved to other places, the Russian invasion, closer to the northwest core region, the other party is also more powerful, in the center of the sand table, replaced by the Siberian sand table, for Siberia has been studied at least for more than 5 years, everything about Siberia, here in the northwest has very detailed information, because of the plot to seize Siberia, but also prepared a lot of things.
In fact, if there is aerial photography, it can be clearly seen that in China, there are at least 40 railways, in the border generation, especially Mongolia, is concentrated 17 railways, vertical and horizontal railways, so that the original inconvenient Mongolia, has become a smooth road, if there is any emergency, from Baotou, from Beijing, in these places to urgently transfer hospitals, up to 36 hours, will arrive at Kulen, if the time is expanded to 54 hours, This part of the army can already enter the fortress of the trading city.
Convenient transportation, is the northwest for the future battle of Siberia, the best weapons prepared, now stationed in various places, in addition to the army, there are also a huge construction team, as long as the border is occupied, repelled these troops in the front, the next road construction can be carried out along the way, the 17 railways located in Mongolia, and the future Siberian artery is completely connected. (To be continued.) )