In the Indian Ocean in May, the sun is dizzying, and the cruiser HMS Glasgow, with its mast flown with a rice flag, is lazily sailing westward with heavy soot spewting out heavy soot from its two chimneys (all three) in the front.

The Glasgow set sail from Dagu Pass in Tianjin, China, two weeks ago, and after completing its six-month mission, sailors missing their families headed for Portsmouth Harbour in Britain.

In a slight departure from the usual events, the VIP cabins on the warship were closely guarded, and three times a day, meals for three were brought in through the small opening and closing hole in the lower right side of the hatch, and besides, no one except the captain was allowed to enter the cabin, which even the portholes were covered.

What kind of passengers are living in it?

The sailors talked a lot: some said it was three yellow people; Some people talk nonsense, and I still know that they are Chinese; Others say they are Chinese officials who have asked for political asylum; Some people say that they are actually Chinese scientists who have been bought; Others say that they should be military personnel, because only military personnel can endure this kind of confinement for weeks on end......

In the VIP cabin, which is separated by steel and decorative oak planks, the sailors themselves could never be heard – and even if they did, it would be meaningless.

"Damn, how long are you going to stay in this cell......

Chen Xingyun, the former commander of the Third Field Army of the Chinese Empire, was pressing his stomach with his hands at this time, moaning weakly, and the spittoon in front of him was already filled with a full mixture of gastric juice and food.

"Suffer hardship, only to become a master, our destiny is to fight with Liu Yun, not only to destroy Liu Yun, but also to eliminate Liu Yun's lackeys together, in order to achieve this goal, what is a little physical pain?" Wu Dingguo, the former director of the logistics department of the General Staff of the Chinese Empire, said gloomily, it seems that the kind of fate he claimed did exist as early as when he was born, but in the past few years, he relied on his own cleverness and courage to cover the heavens and the earth, and more importantly, due to Liu Yun's indulgence or negligence, personal corruption and bribery amounted to 3 million Chinese yuan, equivalent to more than 600 million yuan in another time and space.

"I can finally go to the UK, away from those corrupt people, away from that filthy country, away from the damn Liu Yun...... I want to make him worse off than dead in the distance......" Ma Chengwu, the former chief of training of the General Staff of the Chinese Empire, muttered nervously, he seemed to have completely forgotten that there was a huge greed sitting in front of him, and the so-called "let him live better than die in the distance" This sentence shows his subconscious cowardice and extreme inner chaos.

Probably in order to boost morale, Wu Dingguo put on a leader's demeanor, pacing around the cabin with his hands behind his back: "Everyone must remember that this time we were able to escape from China smoothly, although thanks to the decisive decision of Prime Minister James and Minister Landsdowne, but we are not grovelling lowly lackeys, we are a dazzling wealth, and we should be treated with extraordinary courtesy when we go to any civilized power, if James and Landsborn look down on us and don't take us seriously, with our ability, It is also necessary to escape from England and assist other masters. Everyone must remember that when the time comes, we must not be humble or arrogant, and slowly adjust their appetites, so that they cannot be hollowed out of us all at once, and let them see that we can not only provide them with intelligence, but also have the potential to become China's future leaders......"

"If we can get there alive...... ...... vomit," Chen Xingyun held the spittoon and vomited wildly.

Ma Chengwu closed his eyes and began to count the sheep.

In front of the "Glasgow", a gray-black cumulonimbus cloud suddenly appeared that obscured the sky.

The Indian Ocean in May, arranged by God, is alternating between the theme of sunshine and tropical storms.

In May, Chita, arranged by humans, is cooking a feast of the Shura realm with steel and blood as the main ingredients.

Since 20 March, most of the Russian Fifth Army, together with the Chita garrison, a total of more than 100,000 people, including the main force of the retreating Far Eastern Army, and the garrison of Chita Fortress have been taken into the Chita encirclement by the three armies of the Western Front of the Allied Army.

From April 1 to May 1, the Korean army group paid the price of 18,000 casualties, seizing only a few outlying positions in the Chita fortress defense area, and the losses of the Russian army were less than 10,000.

On 1 May, General Deng Jian, acting commander of the Western Front, appointed Lieutenant General Zhao Feixue, commander of the First Group Army, as commander-in-chief of the Chita Fortress Assault Force, and ordered him to take unified command of the Korean Group Army and the First Field Army of the Chinese Army to besiege Chita with a total of 300,000 troops, and strive to conquer it before 1 June.

This day was May 19, the nineteenth day of Zhao Feixue's tenure, and before that, the 300,000-strong army under Zhao Feixue had launched several assaults on the enemy in Chita, annihilating more than 20,000 enemies and further shrinking the encirclement to less than 40 square kilometers.

However, the Russian troops in Chita did not lose their fighting spirit, relying on the perfect fortress defense system, they shot entire rows and companies of Chinese and North Korean soldiers again and again in front of the reinforced concrete solid breastwork and the wide trench five or six meters deep.

The construction of Chita Fortress began in 1894 and was completed in 1902, the entire defense system was built around the city of Chita, with a total length of 26 kilometers and a depth of 2 to 3 kilometers, consisting of 6 permanent fortresses and 4 permanent batteries, with a total of 15,000 garrisons, equipped with 32 field guns and 125 fortress guns, and 20 machine guns. After the outbreak of the war, the fortress urgently built a large number of bunkers and semi-permanent fire points, and arranged obstacles such as electrified barbed wire, deer barricades, and traps in front of the main defensive areas. As of 20 March, the total strength of the Russian army in the Chita encirclement was more than 101,000 men, equipped with 278 field artillery pieces of various calibers, 125 fortress guns, and 110 machine guns.

For Zhao Feixue, Chita is really a hard bone, and it is also the first time he has commanded a siege of a fortress, and it is not easy to complete the task within the specified time limit. Fortunately, due to the temporary confrontation situation on the Ulan-Ude side, more than half of the heavy field artillery and all the siege artillery of the front army were able to concentrate in the hands of Zhao Feixue, and with the artillery units promised by General Deng Jian and the baggage teams transporting shells continued to rush to the city of Chita, by 18 May, an artillery unit second only to the Vladivostok Fortress Raiders had been assembled around Chita.

Early in the morning of 19 May, Lieutenant General Zhao Feixue, commander-in-chief of the Chita Fortress Raider Army, boarded the large command airship of the "Western Division Zhizhi No. 1" directly under the command of the Front Army Headquarters, accompanied by his chief of staff, Major General Qin Feiye, and several other senior staff officers.

"We, the people, will roam the battlefield high above the ground, enjoying the magnificent scenery of the destruction of the fortress and the collapse of the earth...... "The Fall of Chita", by Zhao Feixue, 1925, Zhonghua Book Company.

In the center of the airship's main pod, the floor icon spread out on the large square table was full of red, red, blue, and blue troop numbers and countless red arrows gathered centripetally.

To the north of Chita, the 6th and 8th Reserve Infantry Divisions of the DPRK Army, which had been reduced by nearly 30% of their troops, took a defensive position, and their main task was to monitor and contain the Russian troops in front of them.

To the south of the fortress, the 2nd Infantry Division and the 7th Reserve Infantry Division of the DPRK Army, which had lost more than 30% of their troops, faced the Russian army with the Yinda River.

To the east of the fortress, the Janissary Division, the 1st Infantry Division, and the 1st and 2nd Mixed Artillery Brigades of the DPRK Army, which are close to full strength, are also strengthened with the Reserve 27th Infantry Division of the 1st Army of the Chinese Army and the Independent 3rd Artillery Brigade as the reserve of the Front Army, forming an Eastern Attack Group, under the unified command of General Kim Yong-nyeong, commander of the Korean Army, with a total strength of nearly 100,000 people, equipped with heavy artillery including 9 305 mm siege guns, 5 240 mm fortress guns captured from the Russian army, 27 150-mm heavy field guns and 72 105-mm cannons.

To the west of the fortress, the main force of the First Army of the Chinese Army was assembled, including the 1st and 3rd Infantry Divisions and the 25th Reserve Infantry Division, in addition to the 1st Artillery Brigade attached to the army, the Praetorian Guard Artillery Brigade of the Praetorian Guard and the Independent 6th Artillery Brigade of the 4th Army and some independent artillery and engineering units directly under the Front Army, with a total strength of more than 100,000 people, equipped with 18 305 mm siege guns, 72 150 mm heavy field guns and 108 105 mm cannons.

Because the base camp planned to launch a "final" attack on the Vladivostok fortress, most of the combat strength of the Western Front Army's air floating group was transferred to the Eastern Front, and it was even more impossible for the air floating group directly under the base camp to provide support to the Western Front, so before the launch of this general offensive, Zhao Feixue only picked out 20 planes and 6 airships from his boss Deng Jian, all of which were relatively old reconnaissance and school shooting planes, and there was not a single aircraft specially designed to attack the ground.

After commanding the airship to take off, Zhao Feixue comfortably admired the yellow-green earth covered by the elaborate explosion flashes, turned around and smiled at the staff officers: "Let's bet and see if the problem can be solved in a few days, I'll be conservative, exactly one week, seven days." ”

"Bet on what?" Chief of Staff Qin Feiye reminded.

"Money and everything are too vulgar, so let's do it, whoever wins, who presides over the surrender ceremony of the Chita defenders, and whoever hands over the swords handed over by the enemy commander will also accept and collect them."

"I'm more conservative, ten days." Qin Feiye was obviously looking forward to presiding over that ceremony.

"In any case, you have to take it before June 1st, I'll be ready for eleven days." Gao Shenjia said.

"It won't be that long, I see that the enemy will wave the white flag in three days." Gao Shenyi said.

"Five days, I have carefully estimated, this is the most reasonable." Gao Shen shook his head and shook his head thoughtfully.

The huge airship slowly climbed, and under the red hull painted with a golden dragon, the color of hell was spreading unhindered.