Usurping the Qing Dynasty: My first love was Cixi

Chapter 282 Massacre! The Russian army surrenders!

It is almost summer now, and the waters of the Heilongjiang River are at their most abundant.

The Russian fleet is marching eastward along the Heilongjiang River, heading for the Tatar Strait. This river is frozen for half a year every year, and it was only officially thawed about two months ago.

Since the withdrawal of the US fleet, the Russian navy was defeated by Su Ye's main navy and returned to the Vladivostok base for the simplest maintenance, and then returned to the river near Hailanpao for a series of supplies.

But Russia's ports in the Far East are still too small, and these damaged ships are difficult to be properly repaired.

So, many warships in this fleet are in a worrying state at this time.

More than 200 ships are already the largest surface force that the Russian army can requisition in the Far East. Most of them are merchant ships, and some ships are even not suitable for ocean voyages, but are also used to transport troops.

For the Russians, speed is the most important thing.

We must take advantage of the fact that Su Ye's army and navy are tied up in the southern battlefield to complete the division of 30,000 troops to the south.

The commander of the Russian expeditionary force and the governor of East Siberia have made relevant judgments. It will take at least four months for Su Ye's 40,000 people to defeat the 200,000 or 300,000 Hunan troops.

This is still a very conservative estimate.

And there is a precedent. The last time Su Ye led the army to wipe out the Taiping Army and the Nian Army, it took nearly half a year.

At that time, the Taiping Army and the Nian Army that Su Ye faced added up to about 300,000, and the Taiping Army in Nanjing surrendered completely without experiencing a major war.

So, they felt that they had more time.

"Buzz buzz buzz..."

At this time, a harsh sound came from the sky.

Looking up, it was two airships.

The Russian Navy completely hated this thing.

The key is that Su Ye's airship has made rapid progress in recent years.

The biggest breakthrough is the continuous miniaturization of the power system and the continuous extension of endurance.

Moreover, in the laboratories of China and Britain, internal combustion engines have already appeared.

Of course, internal combustion engines have long appeared in this world, but the truly mature internal combustion engines should have appeared first in the laboratory of Jiujiang, nearly ten years earlier than Europe.

Gasoline has also been refined a long time ago.

It's just that it is difficult to mass-produce it. But even so, it is about three years earlier than the first time the French refined gasoline in history.

However, at this time, the airship still used a steam engine, and the thermal efficiency was definitely not as good as that of the internal combustion engine, but the internal combustion engine of this era was not too advanced, so it was only about 20% lower.

The Russians were both annoyed and accustomed to the airships above their heads.

"Qing is obviously a backward and corrupt country, why do they have airships but we don't?"

"It's all the British's fault. They gave Qing too many things."

"We are being watched like this. Will there be any danger?"

"What are you afraid of? Su Ye's navy is thousands of miles away. And these airships can't always follow us. As long as there is wind and heavy rain, they can only return and land in disgrace."

It has to be said that the Russians are really reckless.

Their whereabouts were completely exposed, but they didn't take it too seriously.

At this time, there were hundreds of soldiers ambushing on the land on both sides of the estuary, and they were ready to detonate mines.

This time, the Russians should be a little more careful, right?

They have been bombed by mines twice.

The result... still nothing.

After the Russian scout ship left the river, crossed the estuary, and entered the Tatar Strait, it immediately waved its flag.

Then, the main ships of the Russian Navy and the troop transport ships in the rear swaggered directly through the estuary and entered the strait one after another.

Su Ye's soldiers on both sides were stunned.

You have been bombed by mines three times. Shouldn't you send people to check at the mouth of the river to see if there are any mines?

But this may be normal. Who knows that your navy, Su Ye, will come to the mouth of the Tatar Strait tens of thousands of miles away to lay mines.

The largest number of ships have entered the mine area.

Three, two, one!

It can be detonated at any time.

These soldiers are waiting for signals and orders.

However, this order was not given after all.

Just like that, they watched the main force of the Russian Navy and nearly 200 troop transports leave the river and enter the strait.

Su Ye's navy missed this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

This order was certainly not decided by Su Ye, but by Xu Youren and Count Eugen.

If it is detonated, it will definitely cause huge losses to the Russian Navy, but it will also lead to a result.

That is, a large number of troop transports will force their way to the shore, and a large number of Russian troops will land on both sides.

At this time, the main force of the navy led by Xu Youren and Eugen had only more than 5,000 people at most, and almost all of them were navy, not traditional marines.

Once the more than 10,000 Russian troops forcibly landed on both sides of the river, there was really no way to destroy them.

Based on long-term aerial observation of the Russian naval fleet, Count Eugen came to a conclusion.

The enemy fleet had not been fully repaired at all, and its combat effectiveness had not been restored at all, so it was more appropriate to fight a decisive battle on the vast ocean.

In this way, the enemy's troop transport ships had no way to go up to the sky and no way to escape to the ground.

Although Xu Youren was the Minister of the Navy, he believed in Count Eugen's professional judgment.

So, the mines were not detonated in the end.

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In this way, the Russian Navy entered the vast ocean with the troop transport ship and crossed the entire Tatar Strait.

Soon, they arrived near the Zonggu Strait. (Near Hokkaido, Japan)

This place is about a thousand miles away from Vladivostok.

"Attack!"

With an order.

Su Ye's main naval force suddenly crossed from the Zonggu Strait.

When it was 20 to 30 kilometers away.

Su Ye's fleet suddenly appeared in the sight of the Russian fleet.

"An unknown fleet appeared, an unknown fleet appeared?"

"Ask if it is the Japanese fleet? Or the US fleet stationed in Japan?"

Because this sea area is close to Hokkaido, Japan, of course it is called Ezo at this time.

After getting closer and closer, it was suddenly discovered that it was not a Japanese fleet, let alone an American fleet, but the Chinese navy.

"Enemy ships were found in the south!"

"Enemy ships were found in the west!"

Su Ye's main fleet was divided into three branches, encircling from the southeast and west.

The airship in the sky looked at this scene nervously. At least from the perspective of vision, this tactic is more risky.

Because, on the sea, the number of ships of Su Ye's fleet is not as many as that of the Russian fleet.

Of course, this is just an illusion.

In fact, the tonnage of the Russian naval fleet at this time is much less than that of Su Ye's fleet.

The reason why it seems so many is that most of them are troop transport ships, which have no combat effectiveness.

"Return, return, escape..." The Russian naval commander ordered loudly, waving flags and blowing horns.

Suddenly, this huge fleet began to turn around and flee to the north.

But it couldn't escape.

This fleet was already scarred and had not been fully repaired, so the speed could not be increased at all.

And those troop transport ships were even slower.

Soon, the lagging fleet was directly bitten by Su Ye's fleet.

The two sides began to exchange fire.

The Russian fleet was almost completely at a disadvantage.

One ship after another was sunk.

But soon, the Russian navy showed its bravery. All the warships stopped fleeing and began to line up to meet Su Ye's fleet head-on and cover the troop transports.

After a brief chaos, the Russians began to retreat in an orderly manner, with the navy warships in the rear and the troop transports in the front, desperately fleeing north.

Su Ye's navy also immediately divided its troops, leaving 70% of the fleet to fight with the Russian navy, and the remaining 30% of the navy fleet to chase the Russian troop transports.

So a tragic naval battle broke out again in this sea area.

Dozens of warships bombarded each other frantically.

The sound resounded throughout the strait.

The Russian navy was very brave, but... it was really not strong enough.

They came from Europe tens of thousands of miles away, and after several major battles, they could not get sufficient supplies and repairs, and their combat effectiveness had not been restored.

The last time they were near the East China Sea, after the Americans withdrew, they could not beat the Chinese fleet.

At this time, they could not beat it even more.

Moreover, they did not even have enough shells.

But even so, the Russian Navy still showed an extremely tough spirit.

In this crazy fight, the casualties of the Chinese Navy were even greater than the last East China Sea War.

In that battle, after the Russians found themselves at a disadvantage, they immediately retreated to the north.

This time, it has turned into a fight of trapped beasts.

The Chinese fleet pursued and bombarded all the way.

The more the Russian fleet fought, the fewer it was.

Chinese ships also began to be damaged on a large scale, and both fleets seemed to become broken.

From dawn to dusk, they entered a temporary ceasefire, but still held on to the Russian fleet.

"Swoosh..."

From time to time, a flare flew directly into the sky, illuminating the specific location of the Russian fleet.

There was no need for flares because the moonlight was very good.

The next day.

It was just dawn.

"Fire, fire..."

The Chinese Navy couldn't wait to fire again.

Once again, the pursuit began, and manpower is limited.

No matter how brave and elite the Russian Navy is, the objective strength of the warships is too far apart.

The number of Russian warships was decreasing.

In the end, only three were left.

All of them were damaged, and some were even on fire.

"General, our warships are taking on water and cannot be repaired."

The Russian Navy commander faced a choice: to surrender or not?

If he surrendered, he should be able to save his life, and it was also a normal behavior.

If this was on the European battlefield, he would choose to surrender, and then find a way to let St. Petersburg find a way to redeem him in the future.

There is no problem with surrendering to European powers.

But now, this is the Chinese Navy, even if the main force is British pirates, but... it is still the Chinese Navy.

It is a great shame to surrender to such a weak and backward country.

St. Petersburg probably won't forgive it.

Suddenly, a bloody spirit rushed to the top of his head, and the Russian Navy commander shouted loudly: "Turn around, suicide collision, suicide collision!"

As the flagship waved the flag signal.

The three warships no longer cared about anything and stopped fleeing north, but turned around.

Drawing an arc on the sea, the three warships rushed directly towards Su Ye's fleet.

Using up all their power.

Crazy collision, rushing towards the flagship of the Chinese Navy.

Xu Youren saw this scene, admiring and angry in his heart.

Are you looking down on our navy? In such a desperate situation, you still don't surrender?

If you want to crash into me, then I will not retreat at all, just blow you to pieces, whoever retreats is a grandson.

However, Count Eugen stepped forward and said: "Governor, the fleet will turn around immediately."

Xu Youren said: "Turning around now, aren't you afraid of the Russians? When two brave men meet on a narrow road, the brave will win."

As the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Navy, he would rather be torn to pieces than lose his prestige.

Count Eugen said: "We are about to win, so let's pursue the greatest results and avoid all disputes."

"Immediately, turn around and avoid the enemy ships!"

Although Xu Youren was the commander-in-chief, but... he stomped his feet and listened to Count Eugen's advice.

Several major warships immediately turned around to avoid the collision of Russian warships.

Next, under the command of Count Eugen, the entire fleet surrounded the three Russian warships.

Then...

Fire fiercely.

"Boom boom boom..."

In great reluctance and anger, the last three Russian warships were hit by bullets on a large scale.

Three large warships were broken into pieces.

The sea water continued to pour in.

On one side was the sea water, and on the other side was the flames.

The last three warships were burning fiercely, and the people on the ships completely gave up on putting out the fire.

Many Russian naval forces could not bear the raging fire, and they jumped into the cold sea water and swam towards the Chinese ships.

Senior generals were unwilling to surrender, but there were still many low-level officers and soldiers who were afraid of death.

Looking at the dense crowd on the sea, Count Eugen asked: "Governor, do you want to save them?"

Just now, Count Eugen firmly believed in his own views on tactics, and in this matter, he completely obeyed Xu Youren's orders.

"This is a foreign enemy. We are not strong enough and are not qualified to be merciful."

In this way, the Chinese Navy did not help, and let the Russian Navy struggling in the sea become exhausted and sink into the sea.

"Kill!" With an order.

The soldiers on the ship even began to indiscriminately kill the Russian Navy on the sea.

Xu Youren was right. China is still too weak and has no right to be merciful.

The flagship of the Russian Far East Fleet is about to sink.

The commander of the Far East Fleet looked at the Chinese Navy in the firelight and sighed.

He took out a delicate pistol, aimed at his head, and pulled the trigger.

"Bang!"

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At the same time, the Russian troop transport ships were still desperately fleeing.

Because there were too many of them, Su Ye's other 30% of the navy kept chasing and killing them for a day and a night.

This was the most desperate battle.

These troop transport ships were almost all cargo ships, without artillery and force.

They could only be beaten passively.

So, it was a completely one-sided massacre.

The Russians were too bold, underestimated the enemy, and were too aggressive, so now they paid the price.

When they reached the mouth of the Tatar Strait, less than half of the nearly 200 troop transport ships were left, and the rest completely sank in the cold seabed.

Countless Russian land forces were buried in the Tatar Strait.

Finally, we are about to enter the river. If we follow this river to the west, we can enter the Heilongjiang River, return to Hailanpao, and rush back to the base camp.

At the mouth of the river, Su Ye's soldiers who were ambushed here were slightly surprised.

The Russians are back again?

Then, wouldn't the mines we buried be wasted?

Then, these Russian troop transport ships left the ocean and entered the river.

"Three, two, one."

"Detonate!"

"Boom boom boom boom..."

A series of dense explosions.

Dozens of Russian troop transport ships were directly blown up and broken.

Flames rolled.

They were all stunned. You... you actually deployed mines here?

And you didn't detonate when we came out before? Now when we escape back, you detonated?

After the detonation, the remaining Russian troop transports continued to flee along the river, desperately trying to find the most suitable place to force a landing. Only returning to the land would be safe.

But... it was too late.

Su Ye's fleet rushed up and started the final hunt.

"Boom boom boom..."

Finally...

The hunt was over.

Four Russian troop transports completed the landing, and more than 200 Russian soldiers returned to the land.

More than 1,000 soldiers of Su Ye's fleet also landed with rifles and chased them.

After a full seven hours of hunting, the more than 200 Russian army soldiers were killed cleanly.

So far!

The Russian Navy's Far East Fleet was completely destroyed.

The second batch of army transported, more than 10,000 people, were also completely destroyed.

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Earlier.

After a rapid forced march, the 1st Division, the 9th Division, and the 10th Division entered the Shengjing General Defense Zone.

Among them, 25,000 troops entered Shengjing (also known as Fengtian, now Shenyang), and more than 10,000 troops were stationed in various surrounding cities.

However, they could only be near Shengjing

took over all defenses and began to quickly deploy defense lines.

"Your servant Enhe, I pay my respects to the prince." The general of Shengjing came to kneel and greet him with hundreds of officials.

Su Ye glanced at the group of people.

When the local eight banners were abolished, Senggelinqin was in charge of the Outer Pass and Mongolian Department, but Shengjing was handed over to Weiren.

At that time, it was called a mess, and the tricks followed one after another, almost destroying the military reform of the Eight Banners in Shengjing.

In the end, troops were sent directly to suppress it, and countless people were exiled.

Only then did they reluctantly behave.

And this Shengjing general Enhe was filled with panic at this time.

The prince came to Shengjing in person, what... what is he going to do?

Could it be that he thinks we are not miserable enough? Come to deal with us in person?

"Prepare food, the Russians are in Dalian Bay in the south, and they will attack at any time." Su Ye gave a direct order.

The general of Shengjing was stunned?

What?

The Russians actually came here? Aren't they thousands of miles away? Aren't they fighting near Aihui City?

Su Ye glanced at him coldly and was too lazy to pay attention to him anymore.

"Yes, yes, I obey your command."

"Your servants thank you for your great kindness."

"If it weren't for your leading the army northward, the birthplace of our Qing Dynasty would be in danger."

"Your Majesty, is the war in the south over?"

The first-rank general of Shengjing bent over, tiptoed, followed behind Su Ye, and tried his best to curry favor with him.

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Only seventeen hours later.

Su Ye received the report.

"Your Majesty, the Russians are coming."

Su Ye was surprised, so fast?

"How many people?" Su Ye asked.

"About 7,000 people."

It seems that the Russians also pay attention to speed. Just after gaining a foothold in Dalian Bay, they can't wait to march north to attack Shengjing. And they bypassed Liaoyang and went straight to Shengjing.

It can be seen that their food is far from enough, and they have to take Shengjing to replenish it.

Su Ye ordered the army to wait for the Russians to attack Shengjing.

However, when the Russian army was still fifty miles away from Shengjing, it stopped advancing.

It was not that their intelligence was so powerful that they found out that Su Ye's army had entered Shengjing.

Rather, a traitor appeared and was bribed by the Russians, saying that he saw tens of thousands of troops entering Shengjing.

It was unknown whose army it was, but this army had no braids and wore new uniforms. So the Russian commander judged that this was most likely Su Ye's new army. Although he was terrified and shocked, he still sent scouts to Shengjing City to investigate. In the end, from the marks on the road and the defense of Shengjing City, it was completely confirmed that a large number of Chinese troops had indeed entered Shengjing.

In this way, the 7,000 Russian army stopped advancing.

However, it was also difficult for them to decide what to do next? Should they continue to attack Shengjing, or retreat back to Dalian Bay?

Or attack other cities?

After only a few hours of hesitation, the Russian army immediately made a decisive decision and moved westward to occupy other cities to obtain supplies.

Su Ye's tactic of waiting for the rabbit to come was not successful, and he was unable to wait for the enemy to tire.

However, he also made a prompt decision and ordered the armies to pursue.

In this way, the 40,000 troops formed an arc and desperately pursued the 7,000 Russian troops.

This became a competition of wills.

The two armies desperately competed in footwork.

It was a pity that they came too hastily and there were not many cavalry.

Otherwise, at this time, even a regiment of cavalry would be fine.

However, the situation of the Russian army was even more difficult because they were not familiar with the terrain here. After all, this was enemy territory.

Although dozens of traitor guides were captured, it was a fact that they could not get enough food supplies.

In this way, they kept running.

Su Ye's army kept chasing.

After two days and one night.

The Russians were completely exhausted after running 200 miles.

And what was even more painful was that the airships above their heads would be discovered no matter where they were.

In addition, these dozens of traitor guides also began to flee or get lost in panic.

Su Ye's army could advance from all directions according to the enemy's army and gradually narrow the encirclement.

In the end, 220 miles away from Shengjing, the 7,000 Russian army was completely surrounded.

The destination of the Russian army was Guangning County. After running desperately for two days and one night, it was finally surrounded less than ten miles away from Guangning County.

Su Ye's army began to build a defense line on the spot to strengthen the entire encirclement.

The Russians also began to dig trenches and build positions in a village.

However, the people in this village had already fled, and the food and other things were taken away. They captured very little.

The next day!

The defense line of Su Ye's army had not been completed yet. After a short rest, the 7,000 Russian army immediately launched a fierce breakout attack.

Very fierce and brave.

Just a little bit.

The entire defense line was torn apart.

Chen Yucheng personally led the army to block the gap again and again.

The battle on the first day was the most tragic.

Su Ye's army even suffered nearly 2,000 casualties.

On the second day, the Russian army once again broke through.

The battle was still extremely brutal.

It still brought huge casualties to Su Ye's army.

However, the force of the breakout was not as strong as the first day.

The third day.

The fourth day.

The fifth day.

The original 7,000 Russian troops were reduced to less than 2,000.

Moreover, they had been out of food for more than two days.

"Baron, they won't blame us!"

"They are our compatriots. If they can save our lives, they will be very happy."

The commander of this Russian army faced a difficult choice.

Because many of his comrades died in battle, he could actually feed the two thousand men if he wanted.

But this is too inhumane.

If they continue to be out of food, they will starve to death in the future, and they will lose their combat effectiveness in the next two days.

These thousands of corpses are enough to eat for a long time.

But is it really necessary?

This is a Russian nobleman who once studied in Europe.

"Take a bite, take a bite, just treat it as pork or mutton, close your eyes, there is really no difference." The servant handed over a piece of barbecue.

Many people stared at the commander, waiting for his action.

The viscount struggled desperately with the barbecue in his hand.

Finally, he closed his eyes and threw the barbecue on the ground.

He couldn't do it.

He received higher education, and even if he starved to death, he couldn't do cannibalism.

Looking at the two thousand people around him, they were all wounded, and there was not much ammunition left.

They underestimated the enemy and blindly made the decision to rush thousands of miles and divide the troops to the south.

Take a deep breath.

The noble commander said: "Since no one is willing to start this, let me start it."

"The whole army surrenders!"

"Go contact the other commander, we surrender!"

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Note: I have something to do these two days, so there are not many words today, sorry, thank you everyone!