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Of course, there is also the great uncle of the Chinese emperor, Wilhelm II, who made Nicholas II feel a little fear in addition to hatred. Who can be sure that the Germans will not launch a fatal attack on the core of the empire from Europe?At that time, facing the dilemma of the East and the West at the same time, how should this empire deal with itself?From this point of view, the peace talks are in the interests of Russia. Although the navy has lost face in East Asia, the foundation is still there, and more than half of the bargaining chips are left in their hands. If there is no peace talk, no one dares to imagine that Whether more than half of the ships whose damage is close to being scrapped can escape the murderous Far East waters.For this reason, Nicholas II really wavered for a few days.

The British envoy confidently declared that as long as the Tsar was willing to negotiate peace, the Chinese army would withdraw from East Siberia, and the British Empire would also be responsible for ensuring the safety of the Baltic Fleet.To tell the truth, the Tsar was very suspicious of the British being good on both sides.

Facing the expectant eyes of the British, the Tsar was vacillating violently between talking or not, and between war and war.This is not only a matter of face and practical considerations, but also a matter of imperial interests.For many years, Russia has been looking for a direction to release its huge energy, Europe, the Balkans, the Black Sea, Central Asia, and the Far East.The Empire has tried every direction except the frozen seas of the north and the Arctic.But every time the result is failure.If this war with the Chinese still fails to achieve a breakthrough, the various contradictions that have been highlighted in the country are likely to overthrow the foundation of the empire.Of course, war is no different from gambling.It is possible to win a big ticket, or it is possible to lose the rest of the chips.

After studying for a few days, the Tsar flatly rejected the British request, which made the British extremely displeased.

"Your Majesty, we hope that you will seriously consider the fate of the Baltic Fleet." British special envoy Matt Wimson reminded Nicholas II in a slightly threatening tone.

The Tsar's angry roar made him tremble with fear: "Does the fleet of the Russian Empire need the protection of your country to feel safe! You are not welcome here! You are not welcome in my empire!"

In this way, Matt Wimson was expelled from Russia. In a telegram to the country, he expressed his anger like this: "The Tsar is intoxicated by a kind of inexplicable self-indulgence. Besides, there is something else that can calm him down."

After the mediation failed, the British notified Beijing of the news by telegram at the first time. The British mediation gave the Chinese frontline troops precious time to prepare for the war. 50 southern troops arrived at the Sino-Russian border one after another. The materials were sent to the front line like an assembly line.

"The Russians are playing with fire." This is what Guan Xuqing involuntarily said from his heart.

Soaring Brilliance: Chapter 286 of the First World War broke out

On the last day of December 1895, when the New Year's bell was about to ring, the Sino-Russian all-out war kicked off.In the two countries with the largest territories in the world, a male lion and an elephant began to bite crazily. The hatred has already planted seeds in the hearts of the soldiers of these two countries.

The Russian army on the central battlefield took the lead in launching the offensive, and went south from the two northwestern routes almost at the same time. At six o'clock in the morning, when it was almost still a little light in the hazy night, two Russian artillery regiments launched an attack on Zhang Yu's forward position. Violent shelling, until 10 minutes later, no one expected that the old man had concealed so much artillery fire. The routine airship inspection report during the day showed that the enemy's artillery on the front line was only about one battalion, so these Either the artillery was transported overnight from Irkutsk, the logistics distribution center in the rear, or the concealment work was done well.In any case, the Central Army was indeed stunned at the beginning.

A regiment at the forefront, after having survived the artillery attack for half an hour, faced the charging large group of Russian cavalry, and began to retreat while fighting (the line of defense was already exposed to the enemy's artillery fire. In the case of coverage, it is an act of courting death).Although the enemy does not have an airship, the detection work is also not weak.At least the artillery found the position of the line of defense accurately at the first time.The number of casualties of our army exceeded 200. After withdrawing [-] kilometers to the south, we joined the two regiments from the south in the Mundzvik Valley in the south and established a new line of defense.

On the other hand, the Russian army on the western front was more cautious. The small-scale testing of a few groups of seven or eight people was obviously trying to find out the firepower deployment of the Chinese defense line.

On the Eastern Front, the Eastern Expeditionary Army led by Zhang Zuolin was in full swing. The temporarily scattered Russian army was no match for the Eastern Expeditionary Army. Instead, after a series of small-scale failures, they handed over their weapons and equipment to the Chinese for nothing.After a brief adjustment, the Eastern Expeditionary Army began to march toward the Russian central zone on a large scale.

Guan Xuqing immediately ordered the Ninth Corps, No.15 Corps, and No. [-] Corps ambushing on the eastern border to immediately march northward, divide into several strategic formations, and occupy major cities in Eastern Siberia.

Before the arrival of the front battle report, the telegram room first received a telegram from the British. The British almost gave up all the politeness and expressed the situation in the simplest terms and words: The Baltic Fleet filed an application with the British Empire today, They want to stop at the military port in northern Australia for supplies and maintenance, but the British answer is that it takes time to consider.

Guan Xuqing smiled. He didn't make any reply to the British telegram, but he already knew what to do.The Russian Admiralty must have been stunned by the fiasco of Vladivostok, and even let the Baltic Fleet go halfway around the world to attack southern China. Such behavior can only be described with an idiom: moths to the flame.

It can be seen from this telegram that Russia has been abandoned by the Allied ally, Britain, and even his series of reckless actions are being abandoned by the whole world.Although the British know that China is very close to its mortal enemy Germany, China has never made it clear in the world that it is on the side of the Axis powers. This ambiguous attitude makes Britain have hope for this eastern power.

The British Empire is making a trade-off. In their future layout, Russia's role is and only to contain the needs of Germany.Apart from this little good, there is nothing worth mentioning about this barbaric country, which has been the enemy of the British Empire for a long time.

Now, with the rise of a new power in the Far East, the British Empire has surpassed Russia, which is also at the beginning of industrialization, in the evaluation form of the British Empire. If the Russians fail in this war, they may completely withdraw from the ranks of the top countries in the world. ranks.How much role this country will have at that time, this account does not need to be calculated for too long.If the power of this country cannot be used for the purposes and uses that the British Empire needs, then destruction may be the best direction.

Of course, in this dispute between the Russians and China, it is not that the British did not think of helping Russia to suppress China, and tried to use diplomatic pressure to make the Chinese bow their heads to Russia, but considering that the Chinese emperor had already made positive It is inconvenient for the British to make more demands, and no matter how the Chinese win, they will not pose a threat to the core interests of the British Empire. Perhaps what they want is to restore the glory of their ancestors. As for The Asian interests of the British Empire, under the rule of an increasingly enlightened Chinese government and a bureaucratic class with experience in the UK, this country will not deviate too far from the British Empire's course.Although the Germans are desperately trying to win over this country with great potential, there are good reasons to believe that the Germans just hope to use such a country to accomplish their goal of containing the Russians.

Therefore, on the eve of the Sino-Russian land war, Britain made an important decision, that is, to stand on China's side in the Sino-Russian conflict.Notifying the Chinese side of the whereabouts of the Russian fleet is the first manifestation of this decision.In view of the fact that the difference in military strength between the two sides is not very huge, Britain did not devote too much energy to this war. After all, its army was being overwhelmed by German tanks. At the same time, the British still had one important thing to do. Do, it is in the diamond producing area at the southern tip of Africa, they are preparing to set off a war of revenge in Buer.

The world is so unstable, one crisis after another is gradually dragging this planet into the abyss of total war, every crisis is solved no matter through war or peace, it is the pot of total war that is about to boil in the end Add a fire under the soup pot.Except war.This earth has no other way.

Just like the front line of Novosibirsk, the Russians had the upper hand for a while. Although the artillery fire and cavalry group charge opened a big hole in the forefront of the Chinese defense line, a regiment that immediately occupied it had not had time to count the results. The Chinese in the south immediately Revenge artillery fire covered this densely populated place.After leaving nearly half a regiment of casualties, the Russians retreated back to their original position in desperation, leaving the position that had been bombed to pieces. The two sides resumed their confrontation again, but the Chinese front seemed to be facing The south has taken it in, and the center of the front lines of both sides is the dangerous area covered by artillery fire.

The stalemate did not last long.Half an hour later, on the oblique defense line from east to west, all the key points of the Chinese defense were impacted by the Russian army to varying degrees, and they were all in the same pattern. Although the cavalry assault after the artillery fire was not large in scale, the largest was the regiment level However, after one morning, the total number of troops invested in the offensive has reached more than 700 people, and there are eleven key defense points along the entire line. During the morning's defensive battle, almost all casualties were caused by artillery fire.The total casualties reached more than 3000 people. Fortunately, the Maxim machine guns on the defense line played a huge role. When facing the cavalry group charge, dozens of Maxim machine guns on the entire front harvested more than [-] lives like harvesters. , This also makes the pre-built line of defense in the face of a charge, except for Novosibirsk, which has no convenient location, and because of the customs clearance for many years.In addition to the loss of any secret place in front of the Russians, none of the other ten points showed signs of defeat.

Soaring Front: The First World War Chapter 287 Sun Yat-sen

The large number of wounded also made Zhang Yu very troubled. There are many outstanding generals under his command, but there are no medical talents around him, and there is no fixed system for taking care of the wounded. , The wounded of more than 2000 people were also slowly being transported by horse-drawn carriage to Kulun in the rear, and many wounded died on the way.Zhang Yu immediately reported this issue to the military department.

After Feng Xianghua received the battle report, he was a little annoyed at Zhang Yu's performance. Compared with the impregnable Yili line of defense and the shattered Eastern Expedition Army, he was a little disappointed in the performance of the Central Army.According to his opinion, the Central Army has superior strength and armaments, and Zhang Yu did not notice any signs of such a large-scale artillery attack by the enemy. This shows that he must have a problem with the use of the scout airship.The Central Army has a reconnaissance formation consisting of 15 airships, including an artillery command airship. Such a large-scale movement of artillery positions has not been discovered.

As for the issue of the wounded, Feng Xianghua was also concerned. In his reply telegram to Zhang Yu, he first asked to strengthen the investigation and combat readiness, and then immediately ordered the military medical battalion in Uliasutai to go to Kulun for support, and also to Dihua (now Urumqi). A medical company of the German army made a request, asking them to go to the front line of Ili and prepare for field rescue.As far as this incident is concerned, he faintly felt that the experience of military doctors in traditional Chinese medicine accumulated in the cold weapon era was a bit powerless to deal with today's battlefield.Fortunately, all the medical teams sent to the front are now western-style medical teams. Regardless of the German army, even the military medical battalion sent to Kulun is headed by Sun Wen, who was trained by Western-style medicine. There is a new type of military doctor, so the pressure on this side is not too great.

Sun Wen, a young man favored by the emperor, did not have the usual arrogance and arrogance. He did not lose himself because of the emperor's favor, and he still voluntarily stayed in the army to do medical work.As soon as he arrived in Kulun, he only stayed for more than ten minutes before rushing to the front line of Novosibirsk to meet Zhang Yu.

After noon, Zhang Yu found that the battle reports had almost stopped, and the Russian army didn't seem to have any plan to fight continuously.In his handsome tent, he specially called Sun Wen over to arrange tasks, and comforted him by the way: "Yixian is very energetic, doesn't it feel hard to take the train all the way?"

"Returning to the general, it's not hard to take the train." Sun Wen couldn't figure out what this powerful young general meant, but seeing his kind expression, it should be out of concern. He thought the front line was ready. For medical affairs, the military doctors at the rear should not be of much use, and they regretted not being able to go to the front line, so they took the lead and asked Ying: "General, the medical officers of the military medical battalion have all arrived in Kulun, and I have come to ask you for instructions. If you want to bring them to the front line, only the military doctors on the front line will be useful."

Zhang Yu nodded: "Don't worry, if you have a place where you can use force, you can report it to me first. How many military doctors are there in your battalion?"

"About 150 people to the left!" Sun Wen quickly replied: "We are ready. We can go to the front line at any time!"

Zhang Yu nodded: "There are almost [-] more wounded on the front line today. With the development of the war in the future, there will be more and more wounded. Can your military medical battalion handle it?" He smiled and continued: " Although Chinese medicine and Mongolian medicine have many skilled doctors, the efficiency of treatment is not high. You are a Western doctor. I want you to treat the wounded while bringing your people with you, so as to train a batch of Western doctors who can be used on the front line. Come on. Can you do it?"

"can!"

"I'm afraid you'll have to travel back and forth between Novosibirsk and Kulun these days."

Sun Wen said in a passionate tone: "It's not hard work. The soldiers in front shed blood and died. We just made a few more trips, which is nothing! General, I will go visit the wounded." After finishing speaking, he saluted and left. tent.

Looking at Sun Wen's back, Zhang Yu nodded in satisfaction, young people must have such vigor.

It was indeed a strange day. The Russian army only made a surprise attack in the morning, and the artillery fire was also very violent, but when they encountered hard defenses, they stopped moving, and there was no action throughout the afternoon.I can't understand what the commander is thinking at all.If it is said that the desire for war is not strong and the attack is only to respond to orders, then there is no need to expose your own large-scale artillery fire, which will easily lead to retaliatory attacks by the enemy on the artillery positions. It would be irresponsible to the artillery to stop the attack.

If there is a conspiracy, it is difficult to guess what kind of conspiracy the Russians are preparing. This kind of attack has no substantive meaning at all. The defense line is still motionless, and the front line has not advanced a foot.Zhang Yu really couldn't figure this out. In his opinion, after the artillery attack, there should be a large-scale and continuous assault by the sea of ​​people. The Russians' actions like this are not at all a normal way of fighting, but rather like giving up on themselves. the behavior of.

At this time, the role of the reconnaissance airship came to the fore. Just after the conversation between Zhang Yu and Sun Wen ended, an airship immediately launched from the Chinese position, trying to observe the enemy situation on the opposite side.

Since China has been invincible in the air for a long time, this kind of travel is familiar to the pilot and crew, and there is no sense of danger.In the past flight process, I occasionally encountered ground rifle shots, but they were all blocked by the baffle at the bottom, and when the bullets were approaching the limit of the killing distance, they could not cause any effective damage to the airship.Therefore, the pilot, Major Lin Yizheng, lifted off calmly, and there were five other crew members heading north at the same time.

It was already winter, and the dark sky was the same as usual. Lin Yizheng had been working in this safe and important position for two years, thinking that the battle was over, and relying on the experience he had accumulated over the past few years With an income of [-] yuan, go back to his hometown in Shanxi to buy some fields, and end his military career as a small landlord. He is the backbone of the family, and it is time to dedicate this bone to his family.

Under the dim sky, Lin Yizheng's airship slowly headed west.

After the half-day offensive and defensive battle, there were more than 2000 casualties on the front line, of which nearly 700 died.Of course, the Russian army was even worse. Due to the great power of the Maxim machine gun, the Russian army dropped nearly [-] casualties on the central front, and the wounded were almost completely unable to climb back to their positions.At this time, neither China nor Russia has the kind of friendly atmosphere and consciousness to allow them to take in the wounded, so the wounded who are struggling amidst the wailing, as soon as the sun goes down, all that awaits them is death.

Lin Yizheng looked at the wounded in the air, and occasionally felt sad in his heart...

ps: I'm sorry, the number of words in these two chapters is wrong, it should be [-] words, I will pay attention to it in the future.

Soaring Front: World War I Chapter 288 Naval Chief Instructor

The atmosphere of war on land has become more and more tense. As the Baltic Fleet enters the Philippine waters, the Chinese navy is also heating up across the board.After receiving the emperor's order to fight, Liu Buchan felt so heavy that he couldn't breathe.In his concept, the navy still needs to fight more wars. Training and fighting are almost two different concepts. A few years ago, it didn't take much effort to fight Japan. This time, it is a hard bone of Russia, which can be regarded as a comparable opponent. Therefore, he was both happy and apprehensive when he received the order to attack. This battle can only be won but not defeated. Although the emperor didn't express his position clearly, that's what he thought.

When he circulated the emperor's decree to several senior generals, his confidence was restored immediately. He was such a person. He might feel a little uneasy before the battle, but he was never afraid when he really faced the enemy.

"The entire Far East believes that Manila Bay is indestructible." At the pre-war preparation meeting, the words of the British Lang Weili, the chief instructor of the Imperial Navy, were very interesting, as if he was testing several of his students. "It's full of mines, and there are dense coastal defense batteries on both sides of the channel in the south of Corey Hill Island. My friends, in terms of mines, the military map will solve this problem for you. As for the coastal defense, it may depend on Yourselves. There is another regrettable news to tell you in advance. Maybe after this battle, I will leave you. We have established a deep friendship in the past few years. I hope you will not forget me in the future. A A bit stubborn British old man." The smile on his old face faded, replaced by a kind of sadness.

Everyone was taken aback, the sun in the west was gradually sinking below the sea level.

It was originally the last mobilization meeting before the war to discuss the blockade of Manila Harbor and how to take advantage of torpedo boats in night battles, but after the old man raised a question about the waterway, he said such amazing words.

The Governor of the Navy, Liu Buchan, had conflicts with him. After resolving, he deeply regretted the recklessness of the year. First, he came out of the surprised mood and said, "Mr. Lang has made up his mind? You know we can't bear you." Left Fang looked around, everyone nodded.

Lang Wei Li slightly nodded emotionally and said: "There is almost nothing worth noting about the tactics of this battle. Remember, you will eventually be the masters of this sea area. Be confident. Since your Majesty has an order, Then do your best for him! The military is the machine of the country, and the navy is the most powerful arm of the country. You have the responsibility to put your country in the most favorable position. When fighting the Russians, the military should serve the diplomats Contribute a lot. Therefore, this battle will be the last answer sheet you give me, and I would like to draw your attention to a few points..." The old man calmly asked him a few questions: "How to take advantage of this battle to prepare for the future Leave the best of the action on the Philippines. Also, what if the French show up there?"

"We have declared war on Russia. If the French dare to enter the waters of the Philippines, they will be enemies of our country. What's the big deal if they destroy their wooden boats?" Fang Boqian patted the table and said.

Liu Buchan glanced at him, shook his head and said, "Can't Mr. Lang teach us?"

"This is an exam." Lang Weili said with a smile: "You are already the governor of the navy, and you are still like a child. As I said just now, this is the last time I will participate in this kind of meeting."