Updated: 2012-08-15

Miliujin and Skobelev sat opposite him, and the servant gave him a refreshment. Hearing Miliujin's question, Skobelev looked out the window, and looked out of the window with a gray mist. All the scenes were not very clear and confused, just like his current life situation.

At first, he didn't have much feelings about the Northeast. He only knew that it was a part of the Qing court, and now he was in a semi-natural state. However, in the past two years, Skobelev had another feeling, well-equipped and dangerous, and even gave him an invincible illusion. As a soldier, Skobelev felt ashamed of his cowardice, but the continuous battles also made him feel the tragic of being enemies of the Far East and the Northeast.

This is the sorrow of the entire empire!

Finally retracted his eyes from the window, Skobelev said to Miliujin: "Mr. Minister, please be honest. Unless the Siberian Railway to the Far East can be built, it seems that as long as the Northeast has made efforts, our front collapse will only be a matter of time. Even if the railway can be built in time, we want to regain the lost territory, or, more sadly, it is very difficult to stop the pace of Northeast invasion. This is not only the Northeast's aerial advantage to destroy our railway supply lines."

Hearing this, Mi Liujin's eyes were a little surprised. He probably never thought that his confidant beloved general would be wiped out and he lost the hope of defeating the Northeast.

"Northeast...is it really as strong as you said?"

Mi Liujin is not stupid. He knows the elderly man in front of him very well. Before the Eastern Russo War, he was also extremely arrogant, scattered Central Asia, and destroyed and slaughtered countless empires like a lion. No one could despise his ability. In the entire empire, starry sky is like a sea, and Skobelev could also make it to the top ten, or even the top five. But such a person said what he had just said in front of his army minister today. Mi Liujin couldn't say how he should feel, angry, surprised, or sad.

"We are already at a complete disadvantage compared to the Northeast Insurance Team. If the Northeast had not concentrated all our efforts for Africa and Southeast Asia, I believe we can defend the Yenisei line now, no, it should be thankful that it is the Ob River!"

A cold light flashed in Mi Liujin's eyes, and she was almost slapped on the table with anger.

If the north-south mark crosses Lake Baikal, the territory of Tsarist Russia will basically be divided into east-west halves, which means that Tsarist Russia has occupied nearly half of its territory by the Northeast. Of course, although this half of its territory has suffered a great loss, it does not hurt Tsarist Russia, because their focus is still in Europe. In the Far East, except for the troops deployed on the border and ready to invade other countries at any time, the Russians have very few immigrants, and there are only a small number of indigenous people in the entire region. Not only can't talk about the industrial foundation, but they even have agricultural foundations, but only very primitive fishing, pastoral and hunting activities.

But even so, the Russians who have been invading for generations and have integrated their territory into their bone marrow blood suddenly realized that their country had lost nearly half of their territory, and finally began to pay attention to the wars that took place on the land in the Far East. They were shocked, sad, and looked at the east in anger, looking at the neighbor who suddenly descended like Satan and rose like a nightmare.

"If it were the Yenisei River, we would lose 60% of our territory. As for the Ob River... there is no difference between being driven back to Europe." Miliujin tapped the table with her fingers and suddenly said, "But General Skobelev, do you know what you are talking about?"

Mi Liujin finally controlled his anger. Skobelev shook his head at this time and felt that he was a little confused because of his emotions. He stood up, bowed slightly, and said, "Minister, I'm rude."

"Forget it, sit down." Miliujin also knew that Skobelev was very dissatisfied over the years. He was unable to cook without rice. He repeatedly asked St. Petersburg to increase troops and increase weapons and ammunition supplies, but they were like stones sinking to the sea. It is very common for three soldiers to use a gun. Many times, there is no bullet, and long-range artillery is even lacking, and only a very small number of air defense weapons are deployed.

The thing that made Skobelev most disheartened was the crushing defeat last year. All the Chinese people took the blame on him, but he had nothing to do with this matter. St. Petersburg finally sent three divisions to reinforce, and he was happy for a long time. At least with the joining of these three divisions, it could effectively alleviate the current tension in the army. As a result, the person who led the troops was a royal relative, who was probably very dissatisfied with Skobelev's defensive strategy before.

As soon as he arrived at the front line, he didn't even see Skobelev, so he led his troops to detour the Northeast Insurance Team and prepared to launch a so-called raid. In the end, he was lured and chased by the Northeast Insurance Team and got it into the encirclement. Although he tried his best to save it, he was unfortunately unable to make up for the situation. After the defeat, the royal family and the Army Department rebuked it and settled the account on Skobelev. Although he did not remove his position, he had the intention of defending himself when he returned to St. Petersburg this time.

"As the Minister of the Army, I hope General Skobelev will not lose faith in the empire, and His Majesty the Tsar has already understood the situation on the front lines."

The meaning of this is very simple, and it is also to give Skobelev a reassurance. The devastating defeat last year has nothing to do with you.

Skobelev stood up again and saluted Miliujin.

"Okay, don't just say that the Northeast Insurance Team is powerful. How powerful the method is? Let me explain it clearly." Mi Liujin is very concerned about the Northeast Insurance Team. Now that Skobelev is here, he of course needs to ask for first-hand information.

"First of all, in terms of command structure, it is completely different from us. At first we were still using the traditional war model, relying on military bands to command, and using the original platoon tactics, but in front of the impregnable military fortress in the Northeast, it was a hellish experience." Skobelev recalled the scene when he first saw the Northeast Fortress guns not long ago, and it was really unbearable to look back on the past.

"They don't use military bands to conduct?"

On the battlefield of this era, the main function of the military band is not to boost morale, but to command troops to attack and defend. There is also such an unwritten rule on the battlefield, that is, both sides are not allowed to attack the other party's military band.

"No, according to what I have learned, when defending positions, the connection between their troops is mostly made by wired telephones. In field battles, the connection between the troops should be made by the radio stations produced in Northeast China."

Mi Liujin is not unfamiliar with the phone number, but he has never heard of the radio station.

ps: The power outage started this afternoon until 10:30 in the evening. Fortunately, this chapter was kicked out, otherwise it would be interrupted. In addition, Zongheng suddenly revised the version and was really not used to it. It seems that I am not a person who is really tired of the new and tired of the old.
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