Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 304 Order 1

Time: January 1896, 1 Location: Qianqing Palace, Beijing Weather: Yuxue Guan Xuqing personally presided over a secret meeting in front of the imperial court. The participants were Feng Xianghua, the highest officer of the Imperial Military Supreme Command, Xu Shichang, Chief of Staff of the Imperial Army, and Cao Cao, Deputy Chief of Staff Kun, Chief of the Army Operations Department Wang Shizhen, Commander of the Northeast Military Region Dong Liang, Commander of the Southeast Military Region Lu Yiwei, Commander of the Southwest Military Region Liu Mingchuan, Director of the Imperial Security Bureau Zhao Bingjun, and other senior military officers were all present. Army, unable to attend the meeting, had to ask the military secretariat to telex him the content of the meeting after the meeting.The participants are discussing the next step of the battle plan and tactical details.Because just yesterday, the Eastern Expeditionary Army led by Zhang Zuolin reached a border town 15 kilometers away with such force, and at the same time, Liu Jintang's Western Expeditionary Army also broke up the Russians' western siege in the county and was heading towards Yekater Linnaburg set off.After occupying the city of Novosibirsk, the Central Army captured Tomsk, an important town in south-central Russia, and is about to cross the Vasyugan Plain to west Russia.

This is exciting news, but at the same time, Guan Xuqing's heart is slowly tightening due to the deepening of the war. Unlike the United States, Russia's political, cultural, and economic centers are mainly in the western region. The most important cities such as Katerinaburg are almost all clustered in the far west, and they are very close to the border. If there are no countries such as Poland, Ukraine, and Belarus as buffer zones, St. Petersburg will be directly under the guns of Germany.Therefore, from the beginning, the general strategy of the Imperial Army was to sweep from west to east, and finally to the main cities in the west.Right now, the first one is in front of the Chinese army. Nicholas II will definitely organize the most powerful fortifications to defend here. This will be an extremely tragic battle.

At the meeting, Chief of Staff Xu Shichang's proposal was characterized by not considering the surrounding satellite cities, and letting the Eastern Expeditionary Army carry out a particularly violent main attack on this Soviet political and transportation center as soon as it came up.

Dong Liang, the commander of the Northeast Military Region, disagreed with this suggestion. He advocated clearing the surrounding defense forces first, and finally took the city in one go.

Both Xu Shichang's plan and Dong Liang's plan have always believed that in order to launch a full-scale offensive in the shortest possible time, it is necessary to prevent an orderly retreat like Russia's confrontation with Napoleon, and finally let the French lion fall. on the ruins.At the same time, both the Army and the Supreme Command agreed to occupy as much Russian territory as possible, which would eliminate the danger of Russian airships entering Chinese territory, and at the same time allow Chinese airship groups to approach Russian industrial cities for bombing to the greatest extent possible.

Guan Xuqing stood at the side of the long table with a gloomy expression. The chandelier above his head shone light on his face from top to bottom, leaving two black shadows in the lower part of his eye sockets. From a distance, he looked like a majestic statue of an emperor. , but from the mouth of the statue came out a passionate, cadenced voice: "Today, I want to sign the No. Yes, it is the strongest fortress built by Tsar Nicholas II. I have never had a good impression of Russia. It is ignorant, backward, conservative, selfish, and greedy. It has repeatedly invaded the territory of our country and neighboring countries in history. Being a neighbor will be the biggest obstacle to the development of the empire!"

As he said that, Guan Xuqing started to walk along the long table. Following the change of the lights above his head, the generals sitting opposite saw the fire-like light emanating from the two big shadows. "Don't be intimidated by its superficial size." Guan Xuqing walked to the other end of the long table and continued, "Tsarist Russia is rotten, and the Russian army is rotten to the bone. There was no need to send so many outstanding soldiers to the Bloodshed and sacrifices on the front line. However, this is the responsibility and mission of soldiers, and only they are qualified to defend the dignity of the empire!"

Although there was no sound in the hall, the hearts of every senior general were excited by the emperor's words.

Guan Xuqing sat back on the emperor's throne, picked up the teacup subconsciously, and glanced at Xu Shichang: "Now, I would like to ask Xu Shichang, chief of staff of the army, to introduce the specific battle plan."

Xu Shichang stood up, first saluted the emperor with a standard military salute, then nodded to the generals and marshals on the left and right, turned over the thick battle plan on the table, and glanced at it.Although he dare not say that he has memorized the content of this plan fluently, at least he has memorized it by heart.

"The Imperial Armed Forces must crush the main Russian army in one quick campaign. The basic idea of ​​this campaign is to use the largest formation of airships to carry out a series of powerful and far-reaching assaults in several directions on the battlefield, dividing the front cut off the connection between the frontier positions of the Russian army and the important towns in the rear, and annihilate them before the arrival of Russian reinforcements." At this point, Xu Shichang paused, swallowed his saliva, and glanced at the generals around him. He listened attentively, and then continued.

"Specifically speaking, it is to use cavalry units to quickly and deeply wedge, fight boldly, and destroy the main force of the Russian army on the western front. And send an infantry unit to block the retreat of the Russian army on the western front and prevent enemy troops capable of combat Withdraw to the vast regions of Russia.

Second, the Western Expeditionary Army should quickly launch a pursuit, advance beyond the line where Russian airships cannot attack the territory of Xinjiang, and establish a broad line of defense from the Ob River to the Irtysh River, completely dividing St. Petersburg and other major cities.

Third, at the beginning of the war, it is necessary to quickly find out the location of the Russian airship base and deal a heavy blow to prevent its effective operations. "

Xu Shichang took a sip of water and continued in a slightly hoarse voice: "In view of the fact that the Sino-Russian battlefield is too long, the war in the final stage will be carried out simultaneously in the three independent strategic directions of Yekaterinaburg and St. Petersburg. Generals, please look at the sand table for the specific troop deployment and attack route.” After speaking, Xu Shichang turned around and walked to a huge sand table, turned on the ceiling light on the sand table, and did it in a graceful manner. With a "please" gesture, the generals gathered together silently with serious expressions.

"The central group, under the command of Zhang Zuolin, led the first to fourth armies, and with the support of the second airship brigade, carried out an assault from Sektfukar to Yarosyavl, and wiped out the Russian guards stationed there. Eighth, No.14 and No.15 armies, capture." Dong Liang looked at the situation marked on the sand table, and then looked forward to see the distance to attack, he couldn't help frowning, and secretly squeezed a hand for Zhang Zuolin. Sweating, but still nodded.

"The Northern Group, under the command of Zhang Yu, has the 5th to 10th Army Groups, four Cavalry Divisions, and an Airship Battalion. They launched a pincer offensive from the Vasyugan Plain to the South and North, encircling and annihilating the Russian Guards. Army five legions."

"The Southern Group, under the command of Liu Jintang, has jurisdiction over the 12th, 17th, and 20th Army Groups, two cavalry divisions and an airship formation, attacking Yekaterinaburg as the general direction, and annihilating the Russian army west of the Irtysh River .”

"In addition, our current allies Germany and Ottoman Turkey have also promised to carry out flanking auxiliary assaults. This operation, together with our allied forces, has a total of 853400 people. The empire will dispatch 20 army groups, 500 airships, and even when necessary Planes will also be dispatched to carry out a devastating blow to Russia on the vast land west of the Irtysh River!"

"Generals," at this moment, Guan Xuqing spoke in a tone that sounded like Kaiser Wilhelm II, "this is the point of the war against Russia. Winter in Japan is cruel and merciless. Therefore, imperial soldiers must also be cruel on the battlefield." Ruthless. This is a war of national dignity. If we lose, all past efforts will be in vain. On the contrary, Russia will completely disappear from the list of world powers. All preparations for the war must be done secretly and secretly. Proceed, all preparations are completed and the last date is January 1!"

Guan Xuqing's eyes were gloomy, and he supported the edge of the sand table with both hands, looked from left to right, straightened up abruptly, and said to the people present: "There must be no mercy for attacks from three directions. However, I emphasize again, The attack of the central cluster pair will be the focus of the entire battle. After the meeting, Zhang Zuolin was telegraphed, ordering him to use the most powerful attack force to smash Russia, the most important transportation and defense industrial center. Starting today, I declare this battle The project's codename is 'Lion'."

He cast his eyes into the distance, as if he was talking to himself: "It's time for the lion to wake up. At that time, the whole world will be shocked, and the invincible Russians will also be attacked by the most powerful Chinese iron fist." Bash!"

It is the largest city and economic, cultural and transportation center in Russia.It is located in the middle of the Eastern European Plain, on both sides of the river, connected with the Volga River by a canal, and its strategic position is extremely important.

In 1147 AD, it was first seen in the annals of history.It was originally just a small village. The castle was built in 1156. It was destroyed by the Mongolian Tatars in 12371238. In 1480, the people got rid of the yoke of the Mongol-Tatars.Since the second half of the 13th century, it has been the center of an independent principality.Around the middle of the 14th century, the principality expanded into a grand duchy. In 1547, Ivan won the title of Tsar. From then on, until 1711, it became the capital of Tsarist Russia, which was constantly expanding outward. In 1711, Peter I moved the capital to St. Petersburg (now Leningrad), and since then it is still an important city, and the Tsar always spends part of his time every year. In 1812, Napoleon occupied and set fire to it.The Russian army and people led by the famous general Kutuzov defeated Napoleon's invading army and forced it to retreat hastily.After the reforms of Alexander II in 1861, the construction of the city underwent a huge development.It is not only the center of all-Russian railways, roads and transportation, but also becomes a port navigable by five seas (Baltic Sea, White Sea, Black Sea, Azov Sea and Caspian Sea).Now, the huge Chinese army is approaching here, and the cold will surely accept a severe test.

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