I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 411 Bloody Sunday

The supply ships of the Siberian Fleet also use steam power units and are faster than the cruisers of the Combined Fleet.

The key supply ship is also equipped with a 125mm rapid-fire gun, and it is a twin-mounted gun. It is not without resistance.

"Asami" was surrounded by dangers as soon as it left the port.

Although submarines can hide under the sea, the tracks of torpedoes on the sea are still obvious.

As soon as the "Asami" left the port, the observers shouted a warning.

"Starboard, torpedo found on starboard!"

"Asami" Captain Tomosaburo Kato ordered a snake-like evasion.

After finally dodging the torpedo, the cruiser "Wolf" of the Siberian Fleet took the initiative to bombard the "Asami".

"Asami" has a displacement of 9700 tons, an armor of 178 mm Harvey steel, and a maximum speed of 21 knots. It is Japan's first -ton armored cruiser.

Although the defensive power of the "Wolf" is not as good as that of the "Asami", the 203mm main gun can still pose a threat to the "Asami".

Fortunately, the distance was far away, and the shells fired by the "Wolf" did not hit the "Asami".

"Asami" immediately fired back, but also failed to hit the "Wolf".

The artillery battle lasted for 20 minutes. The "Asami"'s four 203 main guns fired a total of 80 shells, but both sides gained nothing.

At this time, the supply ship of the Siberian Fleet had already disappeared.

When the "Asami" returned to port, it escaped another wave of submarine torpedo attacks.

The "Asami" had just entered the anchorage, and before it had time to replenish its artillery shells, the Siberian Fleet supply ship left and returned.

Uemura Hikonosei immediately collapsed.

What the hell can I do?
Are you still a fearless navy? You are so stubborn! What a joke!

Peter was really not joking. The day after he sent out the supply ship, Kirov flew over Busan.

Since the air raid on Nagasaki, the Vladivostok Kirov airship has not been dispatched for a long time.

Compared with the last time, the Kirov now flies higher and farther, and carries more bombs.

Although the Kirov bombs were not accurate, they could not withstand the large number, so the "Yakumo" docked in Busan Port was unlucky. Four bombs were hit in a row. The superstructure of the warship was almost wiped out. The guns were severely damaged and unusable.

Although the main gun can be repaired if it is damaged, the cost is high because all spare parts for the combined fleet are imported from Britain at high prices.

甲午战争从1894年7月打到1895年4月，实际上大规模战斗在2月份就已经全部结束。

The Japanese fought and looted all the way. They captured Busan and looted, and occupied Seoul and looted again. When they arrived in Lushun, they looted and killed. They had not yet received the compensation, but they had actually looted a lot of things.

During the Russo-Japanese War, this approach no longer worked.

Since Korea had already been robbed during the First Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese army gained little in Korea.

Port Arthur has not yet been captured, and the Liaoyang-Fengtian line is still in confrontation. Not only has Japan not gained from the war, but its burden has become heavier and heavier, and the warships can hardly be repaired.

George was not worried that he could not afford to repair warships. Not only his own warships, but also the "Kasuga" were also repaired.

Although the "Kasuga" is only over 7000 tons, it is also an armored cruiser and is more resistant than Vladivostok's light cruiser.

If the Siberian Fleet repairs "Kasuga" and changes its name to enter service, then "Kasuga" will become an eternal pain in the hearts of the Japanese.

While the "Spring Day" was being repaired, the Siberian Fleet was still building ships frantically.

In early September, the Siberian Fleet had another armored cruiser laying the keel, and the number of armored cruisers under construction reached three.

The Yecheng Shipyard has completed its expansion and is in the process of acquiring destroyers and light cruisers. The heavy cruisers will have to wait because East India cannot manufacture armored steel.

The key difference between light cruisers and heavy cruisers lies in their defensive power, as their size and firepower are almost the same.

When the Siberian fleet was fishing and enforcing the law, the Kwantung Russian army took the initiative to attack the Japanese army.

After the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, the voice of opposition to the war in the Russian Empire became louder and louder. Encouraged by some so-called progressives, workers went on strike and peasants rioted. At the critical moment when the country was facing war, they did not choose to join the empire in the national disaster. , instead choosing to force the Empire to end the war.

On August 8, Interior Minister Pulkhva was also killed by a bomb after Sipiagin.

At almost the same time, oil workers in Baku went on strike, and the Putilov factory in St. Petersburg also went on strike. Within a short period of time, the number of strikers exceeded 8.

Not long after the 10 peasant uprising in Poland subsided, St. Petersburg suffered another heavy blow, leaving Nikolai in a state of despair.

In order to alleviate domestic conflicts, Nikolai ordered Kuropatkin to attack the Japanese army, hoping to boost military morale with a hearty victory.

At this time, Kuropatkin's Russian army had reached 21 men and 758 artillery pieces.

The Japanese army only had 12 men and 488 guns.

In terms of strength comparison, the Russian army has an absolute advantage.

Kuropatkin failed to turn his advantage into victory, and the battle was a mess.

The Japanese army was on the verge of collapse, and there were serious problems with logistical supplies. During the battle at Heigootai, the 8th Division led by Naofumi immediately ran out of bullets, and a conflict broke out between the Russian army and the Japanese army that was probably the largest in the world. The greatest hand-to-hand combat. At the most critical moment of the war, Kuropatkin's indecisive character once again became the main reason for the failure of the Russian army in Kwantung.

Just when the Japanese army was about to collapse, Kuropatkin ordered a retreat, and Dashanyan escaped.

George never had hope for Kuropatkin. After winter, the Amur Military District once again expanded two divisions. These two divisions were mainly composed of Koreans.

Before winter, the Circum-Baikal Railway was finally completed and the entire Trans-Siberian Railway was opened to traffic.

After the completion of the Trans-Siberian Railway, as many as 100,000 road construction workers of the Siberian Railway Bureau will be unemployed.

Like the Japanese workers, the Korean workers did not want to lose their jobs.

Following his usual practice, George sent some of them to the East Indies, while others joined the army to prepare for the counterattack next year.

George couldn't stand these two idiots, Alexeyev and Kuropatkin.

The war had been going on for more than half a year, and everyone already knew the qualities of these two idiots, Alexeyev and Kuropatkin.

If Nicholas doesn't want to accept failure, he can only ask George to come out.

Entering winter, the dispatch of the Siberian fleet was seriously affected.

The Japanese army also resumed their attack on Arthur's Fortress.

After the Liaoyang Battle, Japan mobilized again and recruited 20 people into the army.

On September 9th and October 19th, Nogi Nogi launched his second and third storms on Arthur's Fortress respectively.

Both attacks ended in failure, and Meiji couldn't bear it anymore and appointed Gentaro Kodama to replace Nogi Nogi as commander-in-chief of the Third Army.

From June to November, the six-month-long siege caused heavy losses to the Japanese army.

Heavy machine guns played a huge role in the attack and defense of Arthur's Fortress. The Japanese army's human wave tactics could not break through the Russian position.

Even if Nogi Nogi's heart is as strong as iron, he cannot withstand the pressure of huge casualties.

In order to reduce losses, Nogi Nogi had to strengthen civil engineering and relied on the stupidest method of digging tunnels to gradually approach the Russian position.

Kodama Gentaro was so lucky that when he took over as commander-in-chief of the Third Army, the tunnel was basically completed.

On November 11, the Japanese army detonated explosives in the tunnel and tore apart the Russian army's defense line on Heights 4.

The Japanese army took the opportunity to attack, and after a day of bloody fighting, they finally captured the most important high ground outside Arthur's Fortress.

After occupying Highland 203, the Japanese army could mount artillery on the high ground and directly attack Fort Arthur.

On December 12, the "Soul" Kondrachenko of the Russian defense force at Arthur's Fortress was shot and killed.

When Kondrachenko was still alive, the Army Commander-in-Chief of Arthur Fortress, Stessel, suggested surrender many times. However, Kondrachenko strongly opposed it, and Arthur Fortress has persisted until now.

When Kondrachenko was killed, Fortress Arthur still had 3.24 Russian troops capable of fighting, 610 artillery pieces, and 20.3 artillery shells.

On the 16th, just one day after Kondrachenko was killed, Stessel raised the white flag and Arthur's Fortress fell.

The fall of Arthur's Fortress was an important turning point in the Russo-Japanese War.

Before the fall of Arthur's Fortress, Dashanyan had to heavily surround Arthur's Fortress and was unable to concentrate all its forces against the Russian army on the northern front. The United Fleet was also unable to concentrate its forces against the Siberian Fleet due to the presence of the Pacific Fleet.

After the fall of Fortress Arthur, the Japanese army not only obtained a large amount of military supplies stored by the Russian army in Fortress Arthur, but also released a large number of troops. The Combined Fleet also learned that the Pacific Fleet had dismantled its naval guns.

More importantly, the loss of Fortress Arthur was a huge blow to the morale of the Kwantung Russian Army, and the idea of ​​failure began to spread among the Kwantung Russian Army.

On January 1, the Russian army in Arthur's Fortress officially signed the surrender document. The large amount of military supplies stored in Arthur's Fortress and the battleships docked in Arthur's Military Port were all captured by the Japanese army.

In the 222-day battle for Arthur's Fortress, the Japanese army suffered 1.54 killed and 4.4 wounded; the Russian army suffered 1.08 killed and 1.96 injured.

When the Japanese army opened the ammunition depot at Arthur's Fortress, they were overjoyed to see the mountains of ammunition.

In order to save his life, Stessel did not destroy the ammunition stored in Arthur's Fortress when he surrendered, nor did he damage the warships of the Pacific Fleet.

The news reached St. Petersburg. In the early morning of January 1, St. Petersburg workers gathered in front of the Winter Palace, asking Nicholas to carry out reforms and end the Russo-Japanese War.

Nicholas was not at the Winter Palace at this time, but in Tsarskoe Selo, a suburb of St. Petersburg.

By noon, the crowd in front of the Winter Palace increased to 20 people. People held icons and images of Nicholas, sang "God bless the Tsar" and asked to meet Nicholas.

At 1 o'clock in the afternoon, as people's demands were not responded to, the crowd gradually approached the Winter Palace. Some people began to throw debris at the Guards, and some of the Guards were injured.

The Guards fired warning shots.

This act caused wider chaos, panic among the people, and stampede and crowding. A total of 99 people died (some say 4000 died) and 333 people were injured. It was known as "Bloody Sunday" in history.

This "blood" is shed by civilians.

On February 2, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich was riding a carriage through the Kremlin when the carriage was hit by a bomb, killing Sergey on the spot.

(End of this chapter)