Chapter 1297: The Big Picture Has Been Decided

In the face of the attack of hundreds of large-caliber artillery, for the defenders of Vladivostok, it is absolutely torment, not only do they not have counter-artillery fire, they can only be passively beaten, such grievances, there is no such aggrief, this is the biggest blow to morale, Vladivostok is a fortress-level defense, the area of defense and quite extensive, it is unlikely to be destroyed by artillery little by little, the other party is not in a hurry, according to the current means of attack, they have no way to resist at all, they can only be beaten passively.

Time passed minute by minute, a full 7 days, the other party's artillery, as if it did not want money, after all, although the 15-inch artillery is precious, but it is produced in China, under the reasonable formula and production technology, the success rate is not low, and the price is a little higher than the 14-inch It's just a little higher, compared with the huge casualties, such an investment is acceptable.

The life of 1,200 rounds, more than 200 guns are about 300 rounds a day, basically 4 days to change the barrel, but in 7 days, the entire periphery of Vladivostok was completely destroyed, received by the follow-up army units, about 400,000 troops, most of them were completely annihilated, and the rest fled into Vladivostok in a hurry.

However, under the threat of more than 11 inches of artillery, how much defense can the city wall provide, and the collapse of the outer defense line, Vladivostok has lost its last fulcrum, itself, in the months-long battle, their spirit has been under great pressure, and now, under the premise of not seeing the future, there is a commotion in the barracks, and people's hearts have begun to change.

Yes, no one wants to die, if there is a glimmer of hope, maybe it will not be so desperate, there is a blockade of warships outside, and the sea route is impassable. There is a siege of millions of troops here, and countless heavy artillery, which can no longer be described as hopeless, there is no way out at all.

The low morale made the losses of the Russian army continue to increase in the next few days, and the anger is accumulating. In the end, after the transmission from the bottom to the top, after careful consideration, the remaining 1.1 million Russian troops finally chose to surrender, and under the premise that they could not hold on, surrender became the only option.

After a liaison officer holding a white flag liaisoned with the Chinese siege forces, the battle in Vladivostok had come to an end, and the two sides had been entangled for several years. Language is no longer a problem, after some non-divided conditions, which were rejected one after another, the Russian army had no position, and at the request of the Chinese army, under the guarantee of personal safety and some personal belongings, laid down their arms and surrendered.

The Battle of Vladivostok, in such a situation. It's over, such a huge fortress. It is relatively complete in the hands of China, although it is somewhat damaged, but it is not big, at least under the construction efficiency of the Chinese, it is not very large, anyway, the city of Vladivostok. The construction standard was one or two hundred years ago, and the subsequent expansion did not have a big impact on it, and some of it was cleaned up, so that it can be according to the latest standards now. The rebuilding of the defense system will make it an important seaport city for China in the North Pacific.

The end of Vladivostok represents a new phase in the war for Siberia, and the Chinese migration to Eastern Siberia will also begin, from the beginning of farm migration, land reclamation, fighting to grow a season of food, to ensure sufficient output in Siberia, and then large-scale urban migration, which will take time.

The battle in the east is over, next, there will be a war, but the scale is not large, Chita in the middle, inspired by reinforcements, the Russian army launched the most fierce attack on Chita, but unfortunately Chita's solid defense line is not millions at all, just basic armament, most of the use of light weapons can be attacked by the Russian army, after futile losses, the Russian army began to retreat, as if since the war with China, no matter how big or small the war, there is no victory.

Chita did not pursue until the confirmed retreat of the Russian army, and only mobilized an army of 300,000 people to pursue along the Trans-Siberian Railway, and the battle situation of the base camp to attack Yekaterinburg has begun to start, they don't even need to pursue too close, naturally there are forces to deal with them, they just need to keep up, everything else can be put down, but near Lake Baikal, it must be taken, in the 1915 and 1916 plans, the north-south water diversion will begin to take shape, With the help of some rivers in Russia and Mongolia, digging some short canals, and adding some irrigation stations within a certain range, this is not a difficult task for China, once it can bring out the water source of Lake Baikal, which occupies one-sixth of the world's surface runoff, and lead out some of the water shortage problems in the northwest and the Loess Plateau, which can be greatly alleviated, and in this sense, the environmental problems can be delayed and improved.

Naturally occurring climatic conditions cannot be completely alleviated because of this, but they can be improved by afforestation, and with the increase of forest coverage in the vast areas of Northwest China, they can be slowly alleviated, and some of the environment in Northwest China can be subtly changed with forests.

Because of the performance of the Russian army, the base camp adopted a more radical method, itself, it was only preparing to take the East Siberian region east of Chita, by the way, to extend the battle line, and advance to Lake Baikal, which can be regarded as occupying about half of Siberia, but the offensive and defensive battle of Yekaterinburg, although because of the greater sacrifice, could not completely take Yekaterinburg, but it was not attacked, so that Yekaterinburg became an isolated city, and by the way, it was okay to clean up the entire Siberian region.

The chasing army is only 300,000 people, which makes the Russian army see the opportunity and rush up again, but unfortunately they were beaten more ruthlessly, and those who can be sent out to pursue are all motorized troops, the number of tanks is not much, but the number of armored vehicles is much more, in the Siberian wasteland dominated by the plains, which is not much undulating, on the Siberian wasteland dominated by the plains, for them, armored vehicles are enough, the Russian army, most of them are light infantry, and when attacking Chita, they threw only some artillery under the city of Chita, Facing the motorized infantry division armed to the teeth, it was impossible to resist at all, 600,000 against 300,000, but the Chinese army played a chiseling tactic, 200,000 were annihilated, 150,000 were surrounded, and the rest retreated.

This battle, completely knocked out the courage of the Russian army, the city storm, the other side is tightly defended, it can not be said, the encounter, obviously their own side still occupies the greatest advantage, but the defeat is even more miserable, when, China has grown to this extent, this is far beyond their imagination?

After defeating 600,000 Russian troops, the pursuing troops also stopped, 150,000 Russian troops did not surrender, and after a high-intensity war, they also needed to repair and resupply, and by the way, kill the besieged 150,000. 2 million troops, only 1 million fled in a hurry, they didn't even have the treatment when they came, when they came, at least, it was still a train, but most of the wagons were discarded, after all, the Trans-Siberian Railway, is not a very strong carrying capacity, you can rely on the transport of troops step by step before, when you escape, there is no time at all, maybe there are one or two trains, but under the premise of all the people fleeing for their lives, who will go first and who will go later, maybe, there will be friction, and even the last chance can not be saved.

At the marching speed of the Russian army, more than 30 kilometers a day, it may take a month or two to complete the road from Chita to Yekaterinburg, and the base camp can be sure that they will not stop on the road, and there is no need to pursue it from a long distance here, after eating up the remnants of the 150,000 Russian troops, they can attack Krasnoyarsk according to the set goals, and take this important city on the western side of Lake Baikal, which even has part of the industry, is a worthy target. As for the 1 million Russian troops, it was naturally dealt with by Yan Xishan from the Yekaterinburg side, who left almost 500,000 mobile troops and did not participate in the population migration to the whole of Siberia, in order to deal with the retreating army from Chita.

In the base camp, in the staff room specially organized for the Siberian war, at least 3,000 staff officers are busy in the huge war room, supported by aerial photography, ground mapping, plus some intelligence, a huge, Siberian panoramic sand table, located in the middle, every day there is a large amount of intelligence, from the front line, from the reconnaissance unit feedback, and then the staff officers on the sand table marked out, for the front line operations, and each strategic target to take, will be changed to a logo, now, whether it is the East or the West, are progressing quite smoothly, especially near Yekaterinburg, which is the rear of the whole Siberia, and it is also a relatively developed zone since the 18th century, especially after the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway, the population of this place began to grow, and these populations are different from the scattered settlements in Eastern Siberia, most of them live in settlements, which makes it convenient for the Chinese army to move.

With the help of a large number of reconnaissance planes, the map of Siberia was almost carpeted, and it may be very difficult to find a specific thing, but it is not difficult to find some obvious villages and towns, settlements, and even houses in the dense forest.

Although this inevitably exposes the plane, the future goal of this group of people must be Forte in China, or even Tibet, not where to transport it to Stalin, and it doesn't matter if it is exposed, because there is no way to transport millions of people back safely and quickly except by air. (To be continued.) )