Updated: 2012-08-27

After Dragomilov arrived in Krasnoyarques, he began to rectify military affairs. Originally, these Tsarist Russian troops in the Far East were resistant to the sudden change of generals, but no one expected that Skobelev was replaced by Alexander III. Although the Far East's record in recent years was very unsatisfactory and almost lost most of the empire's territory, how much responsibility should Skobelev bear? At least in the eyes of these soldiers in the Far East War Zone, there was no credit and hard work, and even if he was punished, it should not be so heavy.

Alexander III also knew that these soldiers in the Far East were Skobelev's old subordinates. They followed him to fight Central Asia and fight Turkey. Ordinary people dropped there. They were likely to not even know how to die. But even so, the Tsar Majesty believed that Dragomilov could handle this matter well. First, he died. Alexander III gave him ten divisions of troops, with a total number of more than 100,000. Follow him to the front line. Second, Dragomilov's connections and prestige in the Russian Empire. Although he did not really participate in many battles, the position of dean of the General Session Academy represented the power behind him.

There are now more than 300,000 troops on the Far East front. There are more than 300,000 troops, and less. In fact, with the strength of Tsarist Russia, it is impossible to dispatch more troops, even millions of troops. The problem is that millions of people feed them by horses, even if the lives of Tsarist Russian soldiers are not worth much, but under the sand is gathered into a tower, the backward productivity of the Russian Empire is unable to bear it. The original more than 300,000 was already the limit. If there were natural disasters such as floods or other natural disasters, or if the Northeast increased the attack on logistics lines, these more than 300,000 people would be hungry.

Unfortunately, Alexander III, who was forced by the Northeast, devoted his national efforts to build the half of the railway, which greatly improved the logistics situation. Even half is better than nothing. And half is also a half of it. The airship troops in the Northeast cannot fly such a long distance to attack railway transportation. Of course, there is no need for the Northeast to do this. In the era without detection radar, any airship is invisible, and even paratroopers have the ability to be elusive. The logistics line of the Russian Empire was tortured by them and could not bear it.

In general, although Dragorov encountered some personnel problems in the Far East, it was not serious, and his morale was soon initially stabilized. Then he arranged several attacks on the defense line of the Northeast Insurance Team. Although he did not achieve much results, the debates arising from the army gradually eased. The officers and soldiers also began to accept the fact that Dragorov took over. As for the remaining loyalty to Skobelev, he was not polite. Those with high positions and power were sent back to St. Petersburg, and his confidants took over. If it was not important, they were directly demoted and entered the front-line troops, becoming the role of cannon fodder.

Dragomilov's military theory is indeed very suitable for the current situation of the Tsarist Russian army, and it emphasizes the role of courage and strength in spirit, even in the face of complete superior firepower in the Northeast. Only warriors can win the war, and a brave and strong heart cannot be stopped by the solid fortifications. Fighting with life is Dragomilov's most central military concept, but after several small-scale firefights with the Northeast, he suddenly found that the other party seemed to be too hard.

The battle between the Northeast Autonomous Region and the Russian Empire was always in a dynamic process. The Northeast army once fought as far west as west of the Ob River to Barnaul, but was immediately driven back by Tsarist Russia's counterattack. How could it be said that the Russian Empire had an absolute advantage in the number of troops, while the Northeast far surpassed the other in weapons and equipment.

When Zheng Haitao and Xiang Long met before last winter, they decided to make changes to the battlefield that had been stalemate for almost two years. The conditions for such a change in the Northeast are very simple. As long as the railway extends to the front line of the battlefield, the front line must continue to move forward. Now the current general base in the Northeast has two railways supported, one is to force the Qing court to agree to build, and the original starting station was planned to be placed in Beijing, but the Qing court never agreed. Perhaps he was afraid that Zheng Haitao, who was in the north, would take the train and head south to directly take the Qing court's nest. Later, after several negotiations, it was changed to Zhangjiakou.

This railway passes through Erlianhot, the economic lifeline port controlled by the later Celestial Empire, and passes Ulaanbaatar, Ulaanwude, and finally arrives in Irkutsk. The other one starts from Shengjing, passes through the Northeast Railway Network, passes Manzhouli, Chita, and also to Ulaanwude, and finally arrives in Irkutsk.

Wang Yi was very relieved to Zheng Haitao and Xiang Long. The only requirement was not to follow the old path of Napoleon I, and logistics must keep up. The Northeast has an absolute advantage in battlefield distance, and the current method is enough for Northeast China to transform its advantages into victory. He did not directly ask about the front-line command matters, at most the General Staff gave some guiding opinions, and Xiang Long and Zheng Haitao would not be polite if they had requirements on the front line, and would definitely raise them directly.

After Xiang Long returned to Vladivostok, he began to plan this military operation, which was divided into two parts.

The Northern Route Army, including the 15th and 16th Cavalry Divisions and the 9th Infantry Division, secretly used the North Sea Fleet to go north to Okhotsk, and then took the only section of railway in the north of the autonomous region to Handega, and then took the water route to the southwest along the Lena River, all the way to Killesk in the north of Lake Baikal. After a little rest, he moved west along the north bank of the Angara River, and the target of the attack was Lesosybirsk.

The Southern Route Army had three cavalry divisions and two infantry divisions. It used the railway network to reach Ulaanbaatar, and then passed west through Brgan and Ulyasutai, staying and resting, waiting for orders. Once Zheng Haitao ordered, they would attack in the northwest direction, with the goal of attacking the entire Tsarist Russian army and surrounding their retreat.

However, the first one to launch an attack was the old opponent of the Tsarist Russian army, Zheng Haitao, the Western Route Army. Their main task was to attract the attention of the entire Tsarist Russian front, but the attack time node must be sudden and concealed. A fierce conflict with the Japanese in the Hokkien in June just provided such an opportunity. Xiang Long ordered the entire North Sea fleet to be dispatched, and he acted as if he wanted to fight with the Japanese to die. East Asia's eyes gathered here instantly, and the world's intelligence community also began to communicate intensively.

Just as the Northeast people attacked and grabbed the Hokkien for Japanese fishing boats, and ordinary Japanese people were afraid of large-scale revenge in Northeast China, no one expected that at this critical moment, Xiang Long and Zheng Haitao, who had been planning for a long time, suddenly lit up the butcher knife in their hands with a cold light shining in their hands to the Tsarist Russian army.


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