On June 24, 1900, at 3:40 pm, in the command car of the Far East Field Army, Li Ningyu closed his eyes and rested, while Zhang Zuolin came over with a telegram and said softly in front of him: "Master, we are continuing to march.
In about an hour, we will pass by the China Eastern Railway!".
"Oh! Are we almost here?" After hearing Zhang Zuolin's words, Li Ningyu suddenly opened his eyes and asked with certainty.
"Yes! About 45 kilometers!"
Zhang Zuolin nodded seriously, while Li Ningyu stood up from his chair and walked to a military command map. Then he communicated with Zhang Zuolin beside him and said: "At present, the three vanguard corps have begun to send troops to the designated areas.
Although we have the largest number of troops, we have a very heavy task. We not only have to provide them with logistics, but also send troops to control various places. If we move forward further, we will have a lot of troops. At the same time, we have to do one more thing, and that is to send troops.
Take control of Luda!".
"Yes! The First Army Corps commanded by Deputy Commander Wang Hu adopted a forced march. The five field infantry divisions and one special armored mobile division led by them were rapidly advancing towards Beijing City in cooperation with each other. They have already passed through
Passed the China Eastern Railway!”
"The Second Army Corps commanded by Deputy Commander Peng De took the armored mobile division as the lead. He personally led ten field infantry divisions, and after crossing the Yalu River, they went directly to Changchun, preparing to build the first army in the three northeastern provinces.
The Daobei Defense Line mainly prevents sudden invasion by Tsarist Russia from the north!"
"The Third Army Corps, three infantry divisions and a special armored mobile division commanded by Chief of Staff Li Xihua also took the lead in the armored mobile division to rush towards Tianjin!"
"And our original five field armies, since entering the territory, have been constantly dividing their troops to station in various places, so three infantry divisions have been divided!"
Hearing what Zhang Zuolin said, Li Ningyu didn't know that although the five field armies seemed to have 750,000 people, they had to stand behind the three vanguard armies and constantly divide their troops to garrison in various places. The number of troops was very high, Li Ningyu thought to himself.
The next thing he said was: "I know all this, Zuolin, please tell me about the situation of the China Eastern Railway!"
"yes!"
"The Middle East Railway is a railway built by Tsarist Russia on Chinese territory in order to plunder and invade China and better control the Far East. It starts from Manzhouli in the west, passes through Harbin, and ends at Suifenhe in the east. After leaving the country, it connects to Vladivostok, and the branch line extends south to Dalian Bay.
, construction began in 1896!”
"The South Manchuria Railway is a branch line of the China Eastern Railway, running from Harbin through Changchun and finally to Dalian, with a total length of more than 940 kilometers!"
"As early as the 1940s, Tsarist Russia's aggressive forces had begun to extend into the Heilongjiang Basin. Especially from the middle of the 19th century, in the next short half century, Tsarist Russia successively forced the late Qing government to sign the "
A series of unequal treaties such as the Sino-Russian Aihun Treaty and the Sino-Russian Beijing Treaty incorporated more than one million square kilometers of territory north of Heilongjiang and east of the Ussuri River into the territory of Tsarist Russia!"
"Later, in order to enhance its external expansion strength and further invade and occupy the Northeast, Tsarist Russia decided to build the Siberian Railway in 1891. This railway was regarded by Tsarist Russia as a "tool to strengthen the Russian Pacific Fleet" and enable Tsarist Russia to "control
All international commercial activities in Pacific waters”!
"The Siberian Railway broke ground. By 1894, the railway had been built to the Baikal region. According to Tsarist Russia's original plan, the eastbound railway would zigzag along the north bank of the Heilongjiang River. After reaching Khabarovsk, it would then follow the east bank of the Ussuri River.
It goes directly to Vladivostok in the south, but Tsarist Russia, which is bent on occupying the territory of Northeast China, wants to take the Siberian Railway in a straight line, cross Northeast China, and directly reach Vladivostok. This will not only shorten the distance, but also make the construction much easier!"
"But the most important thing is to control the Northeast in the hands of Tsarist Russia, so Tsarist Russia looked for excuses, citing the location, complex terrain, and cold climate, and asked the late Qing government to borrow land for Tsarist Russia to build railways on Chinese territory!".
"Well, I know all these situations, so next, I'm going to give you your first combat mission!"
"Yes!" When he heard Li Ningyu assigned him a combat mission, he had long wanted to drive away the people in his hometown. Zhang Zuolin, a powerful man, replied excitedly.
"Zuolin, you should know that Luda is located at the southern end of the Liaodong Peninsula (Lushun, Dalian area). It is the key to controlling the Yellow Sea and the throat of the Bohai Sea. It is also a natural four-season port, so it is coveted by Tsarist Russia. In China and Russia
After the secret treaty was signed, although Tsarist Russia seized the right to build and operate the Middle East Railway, in order to monopolize the entire Northeast and further expand in the Far East and the Pacific, they deliberately wanted to find a military port on the coast of the Yellow Sea!"
"And Luda is their best choice. Since then, Tsarist Russia has continued to send people to the coast of the Yellow Sea to collect intelligence and prepare for the occupation of Luda!"
“In 1897, under the pretext of the Shandong Mission Incident, Germany sent ships to occupy Jiaozhou Bay on the Shandong Peninsula. This also provided a golden opportunity for Tsarist Russia, which was bent on occupying Luda University. Therefore, Tsarist Russia used the excuse to protect the late Qing Dynasty from German aggression.
Under the guise of the Qing Dynasty, troops were sent to occupy the port of Lushunkou. Subsequently, the Qing government was forced to sign the "Lvda Land Lease Treaty" under the pressure of Tsarist Russia.
"The treaty stipulates that Luda will be leased for twenty-five years, Lushunkou will be designated as a Russian military port, one port in Dalian Bay will be designated as a military port, and the rest will be a commercial port; Russia will be allowed to build the South Manchuria Railway, a branch line of the Middle East Railway, and Tsarist Russia will forcefully lease Luda
Later, it realized its ambition to hunt for an ice-free port on the Pacific coast, thereby extending its aggressive power to the southern part of Northeast China, making the entire Manchuria its sphere of influence!"
"But if Luda is in the hands of the Russians, there will be a potential crisis for us, so I order you to personally lead three field divisions and three special forces and immediately send troops to the Luda area, but it will not be a direct attack.
Adopt a roundabout strategy and wait for the attack order. In the early stage, you mainly secretly create rumors while trying to control the military port and major places! When we and Tsarist Russia are split, we will carry out a fatal blow to recapture Luda and drive away Tsarist Russia!"
After Li Ningyu finished his long words, he looked at Zhang Zuolin with solemn eyes. After knowing that he was sent by Li Ningyu to carry out such an important military struggle, Zhang Zuolin was speechless. Then he took three steps back and said to
Li Ningyu gave a standard military salute and said word by word: "We meet on a narrow road! The brave will win!".
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