Chapter 573 The Peripheral Form of the Restoration Army (Part 2)
"President, the buffer zone between the Iniesei River and the Ob River west of Moon Lake has also been formed."
"The Amukhabai merchants had resumed commercial activities with the Tsarist Russians. The Tsarist Russians now use Tomsk as a forward fortress and are building a large scale of construction there. It seems that they are going to build a new fortress there."
"In response, we also expanded Novosibirsk, which is located upstream." Lin Wei introduced.
Well, Tsarist Russia wants to compare its construction capabilities with the infrastructure maniacs here.
"Since it has been handed back to them, they can build whatever they want. What you did is right. They built defense facilities, and we built them together with them." Dong Shuheng said.
"Is there any friction?" Dong Shuheng continued to ask.
"There is no friction. These Russians seem to be very eager to do business with us."
Dong Shuheng nodded to express his understanding, which was easy to understand.
The Tsarist Russians were one-way dependent on trade with the Baath Army.
What the Tsarist Russia had, the Renaissance Army did not need at all. But the tea, silk, porcelain, etc. provided by the Renaissance Army were all necessities of life for the Tsarist Russians.
If they don't import from the Renaissance Army, they can only buy it from transshippers in Europe at a price several times higher.
The money that can be saved is not saved, and the Tsarist Russians are not fools.
Moreover, the original trade with the Qing Dynasty was monopolized by some nobles of Tsarist Russia, and the two years of war had caused great harm to the interests of these people.
Now that the war is over, the serf rebellion in Tsarist Russia has basically been put down, and everything seems to have returned to normal.
During this period, it was normal for countries to fight and make peace with each other.
This is the long-standing practice in Europe. Countries that have just finished fighting a war may form alliances next.
There is no overnight enmity between countries. Fighting and peace are all based on interests.
Europeans can still accept it psychologically.
Many senior members of the Renaissance Army find it difficult to accept this situation.
Some people even accused Qi Bin of not resuming trade with Tsarist Russia so early. Some even said that he was siding with the enemy.
Dong Shuheng just looked at these things with cold eyes. Qi Bin was a lonely minister, so it was not surprising to be criticized like this.
In fact, this matter was originally instructed by Dong Shuheng.
This overseas trade is naturally beneficial to the Renaissance Army, and it cannot be said to be an enemy. There is no tea to drink and no silk clothes. The combat effectiveness of the Russian army will not be greatly affected.
On the contrary, such trade can ease the relationship between the two parties.
Dong Shuheng did not want to fight against Tsarist Russia yet. Especially now that he was in a secret war with the British Empire in South Asia and North America.
If Tsarist Russia is pushed into a hurry, they might join forces with the British to attack the Renaissance Army.
Although Dong Shuheng was confident in blocking them.
However, the Renaissance Army, which develops both land and sea, will also be threatened by land and sea threats at the same time.
"There is no problem with trade. The British are now our enemies, and we still need to trade. Otherwise, what will the workers in the tea mountains and silk workshops in the country eat? How much can our own people consume alone?" Dong Shuheng made the final decision,
Ended the public debate.
Next, Lin Wei reported on the formation of the cavalry division in the Mobei area.
In the Mobei area, Gao Yun and Wang Shaozhi's two cavalry brigades have completed their reorganization work.
After being converted into cavalry divisions, the number of cavalry in both divisions exceeded 8,000.
Cooperating with the herdsmen who assist in guarding the border, the mountain can basically control the long border from the Altai Mountains to Tangnu Ulianghai.
Compared with the Black Dragon Military Region, the Far East Military Region is not so peaceful.
In the Far North Province of China, the area west of the Iniesei River is a killing place.
The people here are even crueler than the Arctic climate.
The advance team fights every day here.
Most of the time it was with the hunters of Tsarist Russia. Sometimes it was with the natives who supported Tsarist Russia.
The people who suffered the most were the natives here. Those who surrendered to Tsarist Russia would be killed by the advance party of the Renaissance Army.
Those who joined the Renaissance Army would be killed by the Russians.
The temporary border between the Baath Army and Tsarist Russia can be divided into three sections: upper, middle and lower.
Because the upper section is a barren ice field with no one to monitor it, the armed forces of both sides fought unscrupulously, regardless of any ceasefire agreement.
The middle section is on the west side of the Mobei Grassland, where it is the junction of the grassland and the mountains.
The traditional Sino-Russian trade route is on this line. So now it is the most stable section.
The southern section is on the Central Kazakh grassland west of the Yibo Sea in the Western Regions. Although Tsarist Russia claimed to occupy the Kazakh grassland, no one recognized it.
The Baath Army only recognizes the Kazakh Khanate there. Therefore, the conflict here seems to have nothing to do with the ceasefire agreement.
In this way, the situation in the entire northwest direction will be clarified.
"President, there is something I hope you will consider." Wang Xiao, who was introducing the situation in the north, continued.
"Say it." Dong Shuheng signaled.
"It's like this. Canada's military is now under our military region. It's just that the distance from the Far East to Canada is a bit long. We feel a lot of pressure and are out of reach in terms of command, so I think we can separate it from Alaska." Wang Xiao
said.
Wang Xiao said this not because he was unwilling to command the war in western Canada.
He must be really afraid of not being able to balance things well.
"Is the North American format very tense?" Dong Shuheng asked.
"For the time being, it's okay. We sent a group of advance teams there in winter, and while the prairie Indians were spending the winter, we raided their lairs, basically solving this threat. However, the British next to our forward settlements are still hanging on.
They are not leaving, and the Governor of Canada, Sir Sir Hurd, is still sending more manpower to the midwestern and northern regions. I am worried that they may be preparing to take advantage of our unstable foothold in the coming year to launch an attack on our pioneering group." Wang Xiao
introduced.
"If they dare to live in peace, we will leave the best land of the Great Lakes to them. If Hurd doesn't understand, we will simply drive them away from Canada." A fiery Liu Qingnan patted the table.
said.
"Qingnan, don't be anxious, wait until Wang Xiao finishes speaking." Dong Shuheng stopped Liu Qingnan and motioned for Wang Xiao to continue.
"According to the information from the pioneering group, the prairie Indians who attacked the pioneering group before can be determined to be under the command of the British."
"Now there are more and more British strongholds around our frontier pioneering group. And the number has increased several times. Governor Hurd of Canada has almost ransacked all the prisons in the British mainland." Wang Xiao continued.
Dong Shuheng listened and frowned more and more.
After a few more months, when the weather warms up, a large number of immigrants will be sent to the strongholds opened by the pioneering teams.
If the British start trouble at that time, the immigrants will not be able to carry out production activities normally.
"Well, I understand. It seems that we have to prepare for a local war with the British in Canada." Dong Shuheng said.
He glanced at everyone present. The generals leading the army were all sitting upright, as if waiting for Dong Shuheng's order.
However, Dong Shuheng did not continue the topic of North America.
Instead, he looked at Yang Bingchun and Gu Keli.
There is nothing much to say about these two military regions.
Only the Southeast Military Region's war on Luzon Island has just ended. Niu Jie's Eighth Division is still stationed there.
However, this place is close to the mainland, and the fighting is not very fierce. Niu Jie's regular troops do not need to be dispatched. The Chinese militia on the islands alone can pacify the indigenous people on those islands.
And the Chinese militiamen are also happy to do such things.
It's just that in some places, the degree of development is low, and the indigenous people have taken refuge in the rainforest.
It brought some trouble to the overall pacification of the islands.
There is no fighting in Peng Yulin's Southwest Military Region, and the three new provinces of Indochina - Lancang, Mekong and Phnom Penh are now on the right track.
"President, the military port in Moulmein has just been attacked by the British fleet. You should know this news. I think the British have given up the siege of Dhaka." Peng Yulin was talking about the situation in India and Myanmar.
There is currently no fighting between the Renaissance Army in that direction, and the main task of Peng Yulin's Southwest Military Region is to guard against the British troops in the direction of India and Burma.
After the British gave up the attack on Dhaka, most of the army was transferred to counter the rebellion. The navy launched a raid on various ports in southern Myanmar.
The Burmese army only defends Yangon City, which is protected by forts.
Most other places simply evacuated people to the interior and abandoned coastal areas.
The British navy did not have enough ground forces and did not dare to rush to land for operations.
They had suffered great losses in the jungles of Myanmar before.
The British shelled them all the way, more like they were venting their anger.
Yangon has already rebuilt the fort, which is equipped with heavy artillery purchased from the Renaissance Army.
The fleet and the fort fired at each other, and both sides suffered losses, but in fact the British fleet suffered greater losses, because once their warships were damaged, even repairs were a problem here.
When the British saw that they could not get any bargains in Yangon, they rushed to the Tanah area. This narrow coastal strip did not have much strategic depth.
The most valuable target in the Tanah area is Moulmein, where many Chinese live and business is prosperous.
The British fleet felt that the Burmese would definitely not give up here.
But when their fleet approached Billu Island, they saw a huge fortress.
The British met with failure again in Mawlamyine, and then had to retreat to Singapore for repairs.
Since the Baath Army here did not use its own name, the British Navy still thought they were fighting the Burmese army.
"President, when will we declare our ownership of the Dana area?" Peng Yulin said for a long time. On the one hand, he wanted to introduce the situation there to other generals, and on the other hand, he wanted to ask this question.
Mawlamyine Port is located in the Indian Ocean. It can insert a nail into the British's back, which is very relieved just thinking about it.
"Not yet. I couldn't even predict the British reaction. Besides, we are not ready for a full-scale confrontation with them yet." Dong Shuheng poured cold water on the generals.
The ownership of Tanah cannot be announced for the time being. The Indian Ocean has been driven into a nail by the Baath Army, which the British will definitely not tolerate.
If the Burmese simply occupied this place, the British would also consider the cost of taking it back.
But if they knew that the Renaissance Army occupied this place, they would definitely take it back at all costs.
Everyone seems to understand this truth. If it were the Renaissance Army, they would not allow their core interests to be infringed upon.
"Let's do this, we must give Dana's army a title, let's call it the Chinese Independent Army!" Dong Shuheng said.
The British will definitely discover the difference between Tanah's army and the Burmese army over time.
There happened to be a lot of Chinese in the local area, so let's just say it was an army organized voluntarily by the local Chinese.
When the time comes, let Tan Na declare independence from Myanmar first, and then they can embed the Baath Army.
The reason why Dong Shuheng originally placed Confucian generals like Peng Yulin in the Southwest Military Region was because the scope involved here was too wide.
"Please continue to introduce the situation in India." Dong Shuheng gestured to Peng Yulin to explain the situation in India to all the officials. Dong Shuheng knew about these situations, but others did not know yet.
He hopes that each of his generals can have an overall grasp of the overall situation.
"Yes, President, the current enemies of the British in India and Myanmar are mainly the Kingdom of Burma, the Taiping Holy Kingdom, and the Indian rebel army. Among them, the rebel army is divided into the Northern Alliance and the Southern Alliance."
"The British Expeditionary Force had been fighting the main force of the Royal Burmese Army in Dhaka. They tried to recapture the city of Dhaka in Bangladesh. However, they changed their strategy because of the major uprisings in the northern and southern regions of India."
"I think this is because the Indian region is more important to the British."
After the British Expeditionary Force joined the counter-rebellion, those feudal alliances were no match for the British.
First, the Southern Tamil Alliance lost almost all of its coastal areas and retreated into the jungle.
However, because the Tamils retreated relatively quickly, the British were unable to surround and eliminate them close to the coast.
The Tamil king Purvekili was a shrewd man. He accepted Zhang Deshuai's suggestion and decisively retreated to the jungle to save his main force.
However, he also lost the channels for external communication. The army in Pwikili's hands increased, but the resources returned to their previous state, so their life in the jungle is now very difficult.
However, it would be difficult for the British to completely eliminate them.
Robert now regrets why he chose the southern route.
Before the campaign against the Tamils in the jungle had even begun, a disease broke out among the expeditionary force.
But the medical conditions here in India are almost zero.
Some veterans who came out of the Crimean battlefield even missed the original Crimean field hospital.
It's a pity that their Ms. Nightingale is now establishing her own women's health and nursing school in China.
The Chinese Expeditionary Force has also returned to China long ago.
Robert could only resort to siege tactics again, but the speed of blockade construction could not keep up with the speed of destruction by the Tamils.
Those building forts on the edge of the jungle were often attacked by Tamils.
Even if Robert could capture more Indians to repair the forts, he still could not make up for the damage done by the Tamils.
The Northern Alliance's southern side wasn't much better.
At the beginning, he was defeated by Brown.
Until Chen Yucheng's commanding army marched westward to attack the rear of the British army.
This decline stopped. Queen Bai took advantage of the respite rally to reorganize the rebel army, and then blocked Brown's counterattack.
This heralds the official merger of the Holy Army and the northern rebel army.