At this moment on Tangwan Mountain, the Russian army's organizational structure has completely collapsed. No one is interested in fighting. Officers can't find their soldiers, and soldiers can't find their superiors. People simply identify their ranks through military uniform badges and barely maintain their ranks. Boost the morale of the army.
If Luo Huo launches a large-scale attack at this moment, then this is really a good opportunity to annihilate the Russian army. Unfortunately, the battle plan formulated by Xiao Letian, Luo Huo and others before the war was to siege and win with the minimum cost of casualties. , which gave the Russian army a chance to breathe for more than half an hour.
Vinya, Hermansky, and Exon, the three of them were the highest-ranking officers in the trapped Russian army and the backbone of the entire army. When they heard the cries from the entire mountain top, they knew they could not go on like this. Otherwise, it would be impossible to defend this fortress.
Wenya said to the soldiers in the guard company, "Get out. We are going to have a meeting to tell the soldiers outside that crying can't solve any problems. If you want to survive, you have to continue fighting."
The soldiers rolled out the temporary command post one after another, which was the A-shaped warehouse where gold was stored, and spread out military maps on the scattered gold boxes.
"The matter has come to this. Complaining will not solve any problems. We must find a way out for our brothers. Anyone who cares can speak freely!"
After a moment of silence, Aikeson spoke, "The general is right. Although the situation is harsh now, it is not desperate. In fact, we still have hope of leaving alive."
"What we can't get on the battlefield, we can get from the negotiation table. Now I'm sure that Xiao Letian will definitely block the news from the outside world, because he wants to make plans in advance to enlarge the fruits of victory. He is good at expanding interests! I I heard that the domestic paper currency crisis in the Qing Dynasty was very serious, so victory in this naval battle is destined to be a good opportunity for Xiao Letian to shear his sheep!"
"He wants to get rich, but at the same time he doesn't want our diplomats to start negotiations with the Manchus. Don't think that Xiao Letian has nothing to fear. From my analysis, Xiao Letian now has two weaknesses!"
"Oh? Those two?" all the officers asked in unison.
Aikeson hesitated for a while and finally spoke, "Actually, what the two generals said before was correct. I came to East Asia this time with His Majesty the Tsar's secret order. His Majesty appointed me as the Governor-General of Eastern Russia before the expedition, with full authority to deal with the Far East." Local matters! Of course, this appointment should be announced after we successfully reunite, but unfortunately this task can no longer be completed!"
"Before the expedition, I had a conversation with His Majesty. We had deduced some countermeasures if the situation went bad. His great Majesty was very wise. He once said that if you are unfavorable in the war, there are two forces that can save you. Yours!"
"The first one is the British! Don't look at me like that. Although the British are our enemies, they also don't want another powerful force to appear in East Asia, especially they don't want the Chinese to challenge the maritime interests of the British Empire! "
"If Xiao Letian wants to defeat the expeditionary force, victory in the naval battle is indispensable. But think about it, if Xiao Letian has the strength to defeat the Russian navy, is he also a hidden danger to the British?"
"So if the situation goes bad, we can temporarily form an alliance with the British. Don't worry, the British will definitely help us. They want to support hunting dogs to check and balance our Tsarist Russia, but they are not supporting a wild wolf that can turn back on themselves! The newly appointed Prime Minister Benjamin I don’t have a good impression of Xiao Letian at all!”
"His Majesty is indeed wise. It's amazing that he could make such an arrangement before departure!" Everyone sighed.
"The second force is the Manchu and Qing Dynasties! Don't think that the Manchu and Qing Dynasties are weak. In fact, even if they are just a bunch of local dogs, they can be effective as long as they are used properly! Those thugs in the Far East must rely on the manpower and material resources of the three provinces outside the Qing Dynasty to solve them. Are you expecting Xiao Letian’s navy to transport supplies? That’s impossible.”
"Xiao Letian's transport ship can only ensure the transportation of military supplies, and that must be done with caution. Food, cloth, medicine, leather goods, and even war horses and other items
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They all need to be transported from the northeast. If we can reach an alliance with the Manchus and cut off Xiao Letian's supply line, then the crisis in the Far East will be easily solved! "
"If it is even possible, we will give up our layout in Xinjiang and use this bargaining chip to exchange with the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. In exchange for the Manchu and Qing Dynasties sending troops, as long as the Manchu and Qing Dynasties send troops to attack the enemy at the most critical moment of the battle, it will definitely be a very wonderful scene!"
"In a word, in order to preserve the Far East, we can give up our interests in Xinjiang, and even the border line in the Far East can be renegotiated, as long as we can preserve Vladivostok, as well as the mainland passage to Vladivostok, and leave land for the future Siberian Railway , that’s enough!”
"Nine years ago, when we were following the civil strife in the Qing Dynasty, we got one million square kilometers of land. It was all for nothing. Now we can give them three to four hundred thousand square kilometers. It doesn't matter! As long as there are mainland passages and seaports It’s enough in our hands!”
"When the railway is successfully built in the future, millions of troops will naturally be able to fully attack the Northeast. By then, not to mention the more than one million square kilometers, even the entire Northeast will be ours."
"When I come to the Far East, His Majesty's wish is for me to spend my whole life running the business, and finally lead the troops to attack Shanhaiguan, and sign a new national border with the Han people across the Great Wall. This is the only purpose of my coming to East Asia!"
"Haha, the ideal is very lofty. It may take me my whole life to complete it! But everything in front of me must protect the port and the future railway channel. This is the foundation of everything!"
Aixon completely showed off his cards, and the eyes of all the officers present lit up. "Oh God! Divide the territory with the Chinese across the Great Wall? Your Majesty has such a great strategy! We will not hesitate to be smashed to pieces for this plan! The whole army will be annihilated." never mind!"
"Yes! All the land north of the Great Wall is our Tsarist Russia's land, and it all belongs to His Majesty! Hahaha, by then half of the Bohai Bay will be our military port, and the entire North Korea will also be our sphere of influence! Ula!"
Aikeson licked his chapped lips and said with a smile, "If the timetable is correct, there should be one hundred thousand Cossack cavalry from Central Asia heading to the Far East on the prairie. In less than two months, one hundred thousand Cossacks will appear in Heilongjiang and Heilongjiang." In the Ussuri River Basin, our crisis will be solved by then!"
"The only thing we have to do now is to hold this place for as long as we can, until the breakout warships pass the news to Beijing, and until Ambassador Ulan Geli successfully conducts diplomatic mediation for us, or until directly Defend until 100,000 Cossack cavalry have detoured to the Far East."
"As long as we can hold on, as long as we can hold on!"
