Tuqing: My first love was Cixi

Chapter 282 Massacre! Russian surrender!
At this time, it is nearly summer, when the waters of Heilongjiang are most abundant.

The Russian fleet is heading eastward along the Heilongjiang River to the Tartar Strait. This river is frozen for half a year every year and was officially thawed about two months ago.

Since the withdrawal of the American fleet, the Russian navy was defeated by Su Yi's main navy. It first returned to the Vladivostok base for the simplest maintenance, and then returned to the river near Hailanpao for a series of supplies.

However, Russia's ports in the Far East are still too small, and it is difficult for these war-damaged ships to be properly repaired.

Therefore, many battleships in this fleet are in a worrying state at this time.

There are more than 200 ships, which is already the largest surface force that the Russian army can commandeer in the Far East. Most of them are merchant ships, and some ships are even used to transport troops because they are not suitable for ocean navigation.

For the Russians, troops are valuable and speed is important.

We must take advantage of Su Yi's army and Su Yi's navy to be contained on the southern battlefield, and complete the division of the 30,000-strong army to move south.

The commander-in-chief of the Russian Expeditionary Force and the Governor of Eastern Siberia made relevant judgments. It would take at least four months for Su Yi's more than 40,000 people to defeat the Hunan Army's 2 to 30,000 people.

This is still a very conservative estimate.

And there is precedent. The last time Su Yi led a large army to destroy the Taiping Army and the Nian Army, it took nearly half a year.

At that time, the total number of Taiping and Nian troops that Su Yi faced was almost 300,000. Moreover, the Taiping Army in Nanjing completely surrendered and had never experienced a major war.

Therefore, they feel that their time is quite sufficient.

"Buzzing..."

At this time, a harsh sound came from the sky.

Looking up, I saw two airships.

The Russian Navy absolutely hates this thing.

The key is that Su Yi's airship has made rapid progress in the past few years.

The biggest breakthrough is the continuous miniaturization of power systems and the continuous extension of battery life.

Moreover, in the Sino-British laboratory, the internal combustion engine has also been produced.

Of course, internal combustion engines have long appeared in this world, but the really mature internal combustion engines should have been the first to appear in Jiujiang laboratories, nearly ten years earlier than in Europe.

And gasoline has been refined for a long time.

However, it is difficult to mass produce it on a large scale. But even so, it was about three years before the French first refined gasoline in history.

However, at this time, airships still used steam engines, and their thermal efficiency was definitely not as good as that of internal combustion engines. However, the internal combustion engines of this era were not too advanced, so they were only about 20% lower.

The Russians are both annoyed and accustomed to the airships above their heads.

"The Qing Dynasty is obviously a backward and decadent country. Why do they have airships but we don't have airships?"

"It's all the British's fault. They gave the Qing too many things."

"With our whereabouts being completely monitored like this, there won't be any danger, right?"

"What are you afraid of? Su Yi's navy is thousands of miles away? And these airships cannot always follow us. As long as there is wind and heavy rain, they will have no choice but to return and land in despair."

I have to say, the Russians are really reckless.

His whereabouts were completely exposed, but he didn't take it seriously.

At this time, there were hundreds of ambushed soldiers on the land on both sides of the estuary, preparing to detonate mines.

This time, the Russians should pay a little more attention, right?

They had been mined twice.

The result... still nothing.

The Russian scout ship left the river, passed through the estuary, and immediately waved its flag after entering the Tartar Strait.

Then, the main ships of the Russian Navy in the rear, as well as troop transports, swaggered directly through the estuary and entered the strait one after another.

Su Yi's soldiers on both sides of the Taiwan Strait were stunned.

You have been hit by mines three times. At the mouth of the river, shouldn't you send someone into the water to check and see if there are no mines?
But this may be normal. Who knows that Su Yi's navy will come to the mouth of the Tartar Strait tens of thousands of miles away to lay mines.

The largest number of ships have entered the mine area.

Three, two, one!

It's ready to explode at any time.

These soldiers were waiting for a signal, waiting for orders.

However, this order was never given.

Just like this, they watched helplessly as the main force of the Russian navy and nearly two hundred troop transport ships left the river and entered the strait.

Su Yi's navy missed this golden opportunity.

Of course, this order was not decided by Su Yi, but by Xu Youren and Count Jurgen.

If it detonates, it will definitely cause huge losses to the Russian Navy, but it will also lead to a result.

That is, a large number of troop transport ships will be forced to dock, and a large number of Russian army troops will land on both sides of the bank.

At this time, the main force of the navy led by Xu Youren and Jurgen was only more than 5,000 people at best, and almost all of them were navy, not traditional marines.

Once more than 10,000 Russian troops forcefully land on both sides of the river, there is really no way to eliminate them.

Based on long-term aerial observations of the Russian naval fleet, Count Jürgen came to a conclusion.

The enemy fleet has not been completely repaired at all, and its combat effectiveness has not been restored at all, so it is more appropriate to conduct a decisive battle on the vast ocean.

In this way, the enemy's troop transport ship has no way to the sky and no way to escape.

Although Xu Youren was the Minister of the Navy, he believed in Earl Jurgen's professional judgment.

As a result, the mine was not detonated in the end.

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In this way, the Russian Navy entered the vast ocean with its troop transport ships and passed through the entire Tartar Strait.

Soon, we arrived near the Zonggu Strait. (Near Hokkaido, Japan)
This place is about a thousand miles away from Vladivostok.

"Attack!"

With an order.

The main force of Su Yi's navy suddenly crossed over from the Zonggu Strait.

When the distance is twenty or thirty kilometers.

Su Yi's fleet suddenly appeared within the sight of the Russian fleet.

"An unknown fleet appears, an unknown fleet appears?"

"Is it the Japanese fleet? Or the American fleet stationed in Japan?"

Because this sea area is close to Hokkaido, Japan, of course it was called Ezo at this time.

As the distance got closer and closer, I suddenly discovered that it was not the Japanese fleet, let alone the American fleet, but the Chinese navy.

"Enemy ship found in the south direction!"

"To the west, enemy ships were found!"

Su Yi's main fleet was divided into three, outflanking them from three directions: southeast, southeast, and west.

The airship in the sky looked at this scene extremely nervously. At least from the perspective of the field of view, this tactic was relatively risky.

Because, spread out on the sea, the number of ships of the Suyi fleet is not as good as that of the Russian fleet.

Of course, this is just an illusion.

In fact, the tonnage of the Russian naval fleet at this time was already much smaller than that of the Suyi fleet.

There seemed to be so many because most of them were troop carriers and had no combat effectiveness.

"Return, return, escape..." the Russian naval admiral loudly ordered, waving flags and blowing the horn.

Suddenly, this huge fleet began to change direction and fled towards the north.

However, there is no escape.

This fleet was already scarred and had not been completely repaired, so its speed could not increase at all.

Not to mention those troop transport ships, they are even slower.

Soon, the lagging fleet was directly bitten by Su Yi's fleet.

The two sides began to exchange fire.

The Russian fleet was almost entirely at a disadvantage.

One ship after another was sunk.

But soon, the Russian navy still showed a brave spirit. All the warships stopped fleeing and began to form a formation to meet Su Yi's fleet head-on and cover the escape of the troop transport ship.

After a brief period of chaos, the Russians began an orderly retreat. The naval battleships were behind and the troop transports were in front, desperately fleeing north.

Su Yi's navy also immediately divided its forces, leaving 70% of the fleet to fight with the Russian navy, and the remaining 30% of the navy fleet to pursue the Russian troop carriers.

So in this sea area, a tragic naval battle broke out again.

Dozens of warships were bombarding each other frantically.

The sound echoed throughout the strait.

The Russian Navy is very brave, but... it is really lacking in strength.

They came from Europe tens of thousands of miles away and went through several wars without adequate supplies and repairs. Their combat effectiveness has never been restored.

The last time near the East China Sea, after the Americans withdrew, they were no longer able to defeat the Chinese fleet.

At this time, it is even more difficult to defeat.

Moreover, they even ran out of artillery shells.

But even so, the Russian Navy still showed an extremely tough spirit.

In this crazy fighting, the Chinese navy's casualties were even greater than in the last battle in the East China Sea.

In that battle, after the Russians realized they were at a disadvantage, they immediately retreated and fled north.

But this time, it has evolved into a battle between trapped beasts.

The Chinese fleet pursued and bombarded all the way.

The more the Russian fleet fought, the fewer it became.

Chinese ships also began to suffer extensive damage, and both fleets seemed to become dilapidated.

The battle lasted from dawn to dusk, and a temporary truce was entered, but the Russian fleet still persisted.

"Whoosh..."

From time to time, a flare flew directly into the sky, illuminating the specific position of the Russian fleet.

No flares were even needed because the moonlight was so nice.

The next day.

It's just dawn.

"Fire, fire..."

The Chinese navy couldn't wait to open fire again.

The pursuit began again, and manpower was exhausted.

No matter how brave and elite the Russian Navy is, the objective strength of the battleships is far apart.

There are fewer and fewer Russian battleships, fewer and fewer.

In the end, only three lonely ships were left.

Everything was broken and even on fire.

"General, our battleship is taking on water and cannot be repaired."

The Russian naval commander faced a choice, should he surrender?

If you surrender, you should be able to save your life, and it is normal behavior.

If this was a European battlefield, then he would probably choose to surrender and find a way to have St. Petersburg find a way to redeem him later.

No problem surrendering to the European powers.

But right now, this is the Chinese Navy. Even if the main force is British pirates, it is still the Chinese Navy.

For such a weak and backward country, it would be a great shame and shame to surrender to it.

St. Petersburg probably won't forgive it.

Suddenly, a bloody courage rushed to the top of his head, and the Russian navy commander shouted loudly: "Turn around, suicide impact, suicide impact!"

With the flagship waving a semaphore.

The three warships no longer ignored them and no longer fled north, but turned around.

Drawing an arc on the sea, the three warships rushed directly towards Su Yi's fleet.

Use all your motivation.

It rushed towards the flagship of the Chinese navy.

When Xu Youren saw this scene, he was filled with admiration and anger.

Are you looking down on our navy? In such a desperate situation, you still don't surrender?
If you are about to hit me, I will not retreat at all. I will smash you to pieces. If anyone retreats, it will be my grandson.

However, Earl Jurgen stepped forward and said: "My Lord Governor, the fleet will change direction immediately."

Xu Youren said: "If we change the direction now, wouldn't we be afraid of the Russians? When we meet on a narrow road, the brave will win."

As the commander-in-chief of the Chinese navy, he would rather be broken into pieces than lose his prestige.

Count Jurgen said: "We are already going to win, so let's pursue the maximum result and avoid all battles of will."

"Immediately, change direction and avoid the enemy ship!"

Even though Xu Youren was the coach,...he stamped his feet and followed Count Jurgen's advice.

Several major warships immediately turned around to avoid the collision of Russian warships.

Next, under the command of Count Jurgen, the entire fleet completed the siege of three Russian warships.

then……

Fired violently.

"Boom boom boom boom..."

In a state of extreme unwillingness and anger, the last three Russian warships were hit in large areas.

Three large battleships were shattered inch by inch.

The water keeps coming in.

One side is sea water, the other side is fire. The last three battleships were in flames, and the people on board completely gave up putting out the fire.

Many Russian navy couldn't bear the raging fire, so they jumped into the cold water and swam towards the Chinese ship.

The top generals are unwilling to surrender, but there are still many lower-level officers and soldiers who are afraid of death.

Looking at the dense crowd on the sea, Count Jurgen asked: "My Lord Governor, do you want to save me?"

Regarding tactics just now, Count Jurgen was firm in his opinion, and in this matter, he completely obeyed Xu Youren's orders.

"This is a foreign enemy. We are not strong enough and we are not qualified to be merciful."

In this way, the Chinese navy did not come to rescue and allowed the Russian navy flopping in the sea to become exhausted and sink into the sea.

"Kill!" followed by an order.

The soldiers on the ship even began to indiscriminately kill the Russian navy on the sea.

Xu Youren is right, China is still too weak and not qualified to be kind.

The flagship of the Russian Far East Fleet is about to sink.

The commander of the Far East Fleet looked at the Chinese Navy in the firelight and sighed.

He took out a delicate gun, aimed it at his head, and pulled the trigger.

"boom!"

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At the same time, the Russian troop transport ships were still fleeing desperately.

Because there were so many of them, the other 30% of Su Yi's navy kept chasing them for a day and a night.

This is the most desperate battle.

These troop carriers are almost all cargo ships, without artillery or force.

You can only be beaten passively.

So, a completely one-sided massacre.

The Russians were too bold, too underestimated the enemy, and too aggressive, so now they are paying the price.

By the time they reached the mouth of the Tartar Strait, less than half of the nearly 200 troop transport ships were left, and the rest were completely sunk on the cold seabed.

Countless Russian army soldiers perished in the Tartar Strait.

We are finally entering the big river. If we follow this river to the west, we can enter Heilongjiang, return to Hailanpao, and then we can rush back to the base camp.

At the mouth of the river, the soldiers Su Yi ambushed here were slightly shocked.

The Russians are back?
Then, wouldn't the mines we planted not be wasted?

Then, these Russian troopships left the ocean and entered the river.

"Three, two, one."

"Detonate!"

"Boom boom boom boom..."

A series of dense explosions.

Dozens of Russian troop transport ships were blown over and broken.

Flames billowed.

They were all shocked, you...you actually deployed mines here?

And you didn’t detonate it when we came out before? Now when we escaped back, you detonated it?
After the detonation, the remaining Russian troop transports continued to flee along the river, desperately trying to find the most suitable place for forced landing. Only returning to land was safe.

But...it's too late.

Su Yi's squadron rushed up and began the final hunt.

"Boom boom boom..."

finally……

The hunt is over.

Four Russian troop transport ships completed the landing, and more than 200 Russian soldiers returned to the land.

More than a thousand soldiers from Su Yi's squadron, armed with rifles, immediately landed to pursue them.

The pursuit lasted for seven hours, killing all the more than 200 Russian army soldiers.

So far!

The Russian Navy's Far East Fleet was completely destroyed.

The second batch of transported troops, more than 10,000 people, was also destroyed.

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Earlier.

After a rapid march, the First Division, the Ninth Division, and the Tenth Division entered General Shengjing's defense area.

Among them, 25,000 troops entered Shengjing (also known as Fengtian, today's Shenyang), and another 10,000 troops were stationed in various surrounding cities.

However, it can only be near Shengjing
took over all defenses and began to quickly deploy defense lines.

"Slave Enhe, I would like to pay my respects to the prince." General Sheng Jing came with hundreds of officials to kneel down to greet him.

Su Yi glanced at this group of people.

When the local Eight Banners were abolished, Seng Gelinqin was in charge of the Guanwai and Mongolian departments, but Shengjing was handed over to Wo Ren.

At that time, there was a lot of noise and insidious tricks one after another, which almost ruined the Eight Banners military reform in Shengjing.

In the end, troops were directly sent to suppress it and countless people were exiled.

Just barely behaved.

And this Shengjing General Enhe was filled with panic.

The prince came to Shengjing in person, what... is he going to do?
Could it be that they think we are not miserable enough? Are you here to take care of us yourself?
"Prepare food. The Russians are in Dalian Bay in the south and will attack at any time." Su Yi gave the order directly.

General Shengjing was shocked?
what?
The Russians are actually here? Aren't they thousands of miles away? Wasn't there a battle near Aihui City?
Su Yi glanced at him coldly and didn't bother to pay attention anymore.

"Yes, yes, I obey your command."

"This servant will thank you for your great kindness."

"If the prince hadn't led his army northward, our Qing Dynasty's Longxing land would have been in danger."

"Your Majesty, is the war in the south over?"

The dignified first-rank General Shengjing bent down and stood on tiptoes, following behind Su Yi, desperately trying to please him.

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Just seventeen hours later.

Su Yi received the report.

"My lord, the Russians are coming."

Su Ye was shocked, so fast?

"How many people?" Su Yi asked.

"About, seven thousand people."

It seems that the Russians also pay attention to the importance of soldiers and speed. They have just established a foothold in Dalian Bay and immediately marched northward to attack Shengjing. Moreover, they still bypassed Liaoyang and went straight to Shengjing.

It can be seen that their food is far from enough, and they have to capture Shengjing to replenish it.

Su Yi ordered the army to wait for the Russians to attack Shengjing.

However, when the Russian army was still fifty miles away from Shengjing, it stopped advancing.

It's not that their intelligence was that good. They heard that Su Yi's army had entered Shengjing.

Instead, traitors appeared, bribed by the Russians, and said they saw tens of thousands of troops entering Shengjing.

I don’t know whose army it is, but this army has no braids and wears new military uniforms. Therefore, the Russian army commander judged that this was probably Su Yi's new army. Although he was frightened and shocked, he still sent scouts to Shengjing City to investigate. Finally, from the marks on the road and the Shengjing city defense, he was completely sure that a large number of Chinese troops were indeed stationed in Shengjing.

In this way, the Russian army of 7,000 stopped advancing.

However, it is also difficult for them to decide, what should they do next? Should we continue to attack Shengjing, or retreat back to Dalian Bay?

Or attacking other cities?

After only hesitating for a few hours, the Russian army immediately made a decisive decision and headed west to occupy other cities to obtain supplies.

Su Yi's strategy of sitting back and waiting was unsuccessful, and he could not wait for work.

However, he also made a prompt decision and ordered all armies to pursue them.

In this way, the 40,000-strong army formed an arc and desperately pursued the 7,000 Russian troops.

It becomes a contest of wills.

The two armies competed desperately for their strength.

What a pity, it came in such a hurry and there weren't many cavalry.

Otherwise, at this time, even a regiment of cavalry would be fine.

However, the Russian army's situation is more difficult because they are not familiar with the terrain here. After all, this is enemy territory.

Although dozens of traitor guides were arrested, it was a fact that they could not get enough food supplies.

Just like that, they kept running.

Su Ye's army kept chasing.

Two whole days and one night later.

The Russians were completely exhausted after running two hundred miles.

And to make matters even more painful, the airship above them would be discovered wherever they were.

In addition, these dozens of traitor guides began to flee or get lost in panic.

And Su Yi's army can attack from all directions according to the enemy's army, gradually narrowing the encirclement.

In the end, 220 miles away from Shengjing, the Russian army of was completely surrounded.

The Russian army's destination was Guangning County. After running for two days and one night, they were finally surrounded less than ten miles away from Guangning County.

Su Yi's army began to build a defense line on the spot and reinforce the entire encirclement.

The Russians also began to dig trenches and build positions in a certain village.

However, the people in this village had long since fled, taking away all the food and other items. They captured very little.

next day!

The defense line of Su Yi's army had not been completed yet. After the Russian army of 7,000 men took a short rest, they immediately launched a fierce breakout attack.

Very tough and brave.

Just a little bit.

The entire defense line was torn apart.

Chen Yucheng personally led the army and blocked the gap time and time again.

The battle on this first day was the most brutal.

Su Yi's army even suffered nearly two thousand casualties.

On the second day, the Russian army once again made a mad breakthrough.

The battle was still extremely fierce.

Still caused huge casualties to Su Yi's army.

However, the intensity of the breakout was no longer as strong as it was on the first day.

Day three.

Fourth day.

Day .

Russia's original army of seven thousand soldiers was reduced to less than two thousand.

Moreover, we have been without food for more than two days.

"Lord Baron, they will not blame us!"

"They are our compatriots and they would be very happy if they could save our lives."

The commander of this Russian army faced a difficult choice.

Because many of his comrades had been killed in the battle, he could actually feed his two thousand men if he wanted to.

However, this is too inhuman.

If they continue to go without food, they will starve to death in the future and lose their combat effectiveness in the next two days.

These thousands of corpses are enough to feed them for a long time.

But, does it really have to be this way?
This is a Tsarist Russian aristocrat who once studied in Europe.

"Take a bite. Take a bite. You will think it is pork or mutton. Close your eyes. There is really no difference." The servant handed over a piece of barbecue.

Many people's eyes were fixed on the commander, waiting for his move.

The viscount held the barbecue in his hand and struggled desperately.

Finally, he closed his eyes and threw the barbecue on the ground.

He can't.

He has received a higher education, and even if he starves to death, he cannot commit cannibalism.

Looking at the two thousand people around me, they all had injuries on their bodies, and there wasn't much ammunition left.

They underestimated the enemy so much that they blindly made the decision to attack thousands of miles and divide their troops to go south.

Take a deep breath.

The noble commander said: "Since no one wants to start this, let me start it."

"The entire army surrenders!"

"Contact the opposing commander, we surrender!"

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Note: I have been busy these two days, so there are not many words today. Sorry, thank you everyone!

(End of this chapter)