The Far East Military Command ordered that after the Bohai War ended, it would immediately blockade the Port Arthur Sea Area. The Tsarist Russian Asia Fleet in the Yellow Sea must be completely annihilated and shelled continuously. After the Far East Navy took a series of emergency measures, the order was received
Pender also began deployment on land.
In the direct battle between the Far East and Tsarist Russia, in fact, Li Ningyu and Peng De, who had traveled through time, had already determined in their minds before setting off for the expedition. In order to have sufficient buffer time and the ability to deploy, the Second Army Corps commanded by Peng De
That's why they didn't immediately march to the northeastern border.
However, to strengthen the defense capabilities of the Northeast border, the Far East Northeast Field Army began deployment as early as the arrival of the Far East Northeast Field Army in Harbin. However, at that time, the forces in the Far East were relatively scattered and there was no centralized deployment of troops, so it took some time. But as Li Ningyu took charge of Beijing
After entering the city, he immediately reached an agreement with the late Qing government on issues such as the Boxer Rebellion incident.
The Far East began to withdraw its troops from many places and concentrated all its main forces on the northeastern front. It was ready for a full-scale battle with the Russian army.
In fact, comparing the strength of the Far East and Tsarist Russia, the Far East is slightly inferior to Tsarist Russia in terms of navy and army. After all, the oldest of the five empires, the Tsarist Russian Empire spanning Eurasia, has a total population base that is 6 times that of the Far East in Asia, reaching
There are 150 million people, the total strength of the Army's standing army is about 1.25 million, and the reserve force reaches 3.75 million.
The Far East needed time to assemble its soldiers who were originally scattered throughout the country, and Tsarist Russia also took advantage of this time to expand its military strength to 2.75 million. The original military strength in the Northeast region increased to 1.7 million. In the end, the Far East only had one Northeast Field Army reorganized
sequence.
Secondly, on the eve of the war, the Russian Navy had more than 270 warships, of which the Pacific Fleet had more than 78 warships with a total of 396,000 tons, followed by the Northern Fleet and the High Seas Fleet, with a total tonnage of 890,000 tons, which was not as strong as the French Navy.
In comparison, it is just that the firepower configuration and power system of the ship are relatively outdated.
But even so, the total tonnage of the Far East Navy was inferior to Tsarist Russia at that time. At the same time, the enemies faced by the Far East were not Tsarist Russia alone, but also France, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Of course, Li Ningyu had not thought of these problems, so he had already made arrangements.
The purpose is to separate the three main fleets of Tsarist Russia, but how can Li Ningyu command the navy of Tsarist Russia?
Li Ningyu thought a lot about this matter, but finally, with the help of several staff members, he came up with a good idea, which was to attack the east and west and mobilize the Tsarist Russian naval fleet. Among the three main fleets of Tsarist Russia
, the Northern Fleet is based in Vladivostok, the Pacific Fleet mainly patrols in the North Pacific, and the rest is the High Seas Fleet.
The Tsarist Russian authorities are not fools. If they want to successfully deploy two large fleets, enough things must happen. Therefore, before that, a secret force was deployed in the waters of the Pacific region. In addition to monitoring the Pacific Ocean, this force
The passing ships on the route also have the task of attacking Tsarist Russia's fleet, which is the submarine of the Far East Navy and the SEAL formation stationed near the Hawaiian Islands.
Frequent attacks on cargo ships in the Pacific Ocean cannot be concealed, and the staff of Tsarist Russia’s military department are not fools. It is natural to think that ships at sea are likely to be attacked by submarines, and there are several places in the Pacific Ocean.
On the major waterways, submarines from the Far East and the United States are most likely to appear.
In this regard, Tsarist Russia also sent a note to the Far East and the United States, but the Far East immediately denied it, and the United States naturally would not accept unfounded accusations. Now, the Tsarist Russian military department did not know what to do, but the attacks at sea were still there.
In progress, several or even dozens of Russian cargo ships were sunk in the Pacific waters every day. In the end, Tsarist Russia had to send a maritime force to escort the ships. After the strategic goal was achieved, the SEAL formation successfully completed its mission and
Secretly returned to the waters of Hawaii and stood by.
As troops were being built up in the Northeast, Tsarist Russia increased and adjusted its troops many times. Throughout the entire Northeast War, Tsarist Russia carried out nine mobilizations and recruited nearly 2.2 million people into the army. At that time, the Trans-Siberian Railway had troops every day and night.
Several special trains transporting soldiers passed by.
However, no matter how many soldiers Tsarist Russia gathered, it would not scare Peng De, let alone Li Ningyu, because the Tsarist Russian Army could not compete with the Far East Army. First of all, in terms of military command communications, the Tsarist Russian Army had wired telegraphs and telephones.
It is only equipped to military units up to the corps level, and all communications below the division level are carried out on foot or on horseback.
The entire command system in the Far East can be said to be very convenient. Basically, battalion-level units are equipped with two sets of wired telephone and radio communication systems. In addition to the difference in communication capabilities on the battlefield, there is also a section of the Trans-Siberian Railway that has not been completely repaired.
Pass, so the transportation capacity is very low, but I don’t know why, while Tsarist Russia continued to transport a large amount of troops, it forgot one thing, and that was logistical supplies.
According to information from the Far East Intelligence Department, the logistics support situation of the Tsarist Russian Army was in an astonishing mess at that time. There was a serious shortage of weapons, ammunition and living supplies. A large number of soldiers were still shipped in every day. At that time, the Far East not only had adequate logistics supplies, but also
Local people in the Northeast spontaneously went to the front lines in the Far East several times to send food and cotton-padded clothes to the Far Eastern soldiers who sacrificed their lives to defend the Northeast.
In the early stages of the war, the Far East greatly surpassed the Tsarist Russian Army in terms of morale and military strength. In addition, during the battle, the dominant military combat thinking of the Tsarist Russian Army at that time placed special emphasis on bayonet-to-bayonet hand-to-hand combat, which was extremely admirable.
The combat methods used by Kutuzov and Napoleon 100 years ago were completely vulnerable to the special armored vehicles facing the artillery fire from the Far East, let alone the hungry soldiers who were already hungry.
However, both Li Ningyu and Peng De knew that it was unrealistic to conquer the Far East. After all, Tsarist Russia still attached great importance to the construction of fortresses and fortifications. This was also of great strategic significance. After all, Tsarist Russian soldiers were hiding in the fortresses. Peng De
He was not stupid enough to send soldiers to die, and the orders Peng De received were mainly to carry out defensive counterattacks in the northeastern region.
In fact, there are several reasons: the Russian army commander Ropatkin commanding in the Northeast battlefield is actually a military bureaucrat with a very lack of practical experience. He is not only hesitant but also decisive, while the Far East commander Peng De
Not only was he wise in military command, but he was also strong and soft at the same time.
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