Chapter 406 Disappearing Vladivostok

There are no excess exhaust emissions, no high-rise buildings, and only pieces of primitive forests. Even the years of industry have just begun. At the end of August, you can already feel a trace of coolness in Vladivostok.

Walking in this coastal base 30 kilometers northeast of Vladivostok, Li Mo breathed fresh air to his heart's content. Although rumble explosions could be heard from time to time in the direction of Vladivostok fortress 30 kilometers away, it did not interrupt his thoughts.

After more than ten days and the efforts of more than 10,000 workers, this forward base is already on a new scale, and the huge open space in the center has been occupied by the air force. After many turns, those huge hippo-class airships finally arrived here yesterday. Their arrival also indicates that the battle of the fortress in Vladivostok has entered the countdown. At that time.

For this war, the air force has invested 50 falcons and 30 small reconnaissance airships on the Wanli border line. In addition, ten Hippo-class large airships have been temporarily modified for communication and forwarding to ensure the smooth communication of the army.

The Air Force has shown its value, but it is not enough for Li Mo. Although he hopes to immediately appear in the battle to let the air force be the protagonist, it is a pity that the northern frontier is too vast. With the airship and the existing Falcon technology, the air force's current family can't even splash, so he can only focus on a little. Application.

Although it was dusk and the searchlights began to shine in all directions, the soldiers were still busy. However, because his arrival was confidential and he was stationed at the reading air base immediately after his arrival, few people knew that the young emperor of the Xinhua Empire came quietly. Vladivostok.

The middle road finally opened up the situation and achieved the expected strategic advantage of the first stage. This news not only relieved him, but also made many people relieved.

Especially in the Prime Minister's Office, although the emergency bill for war has not been launched or national mobilization has not been announced, many people know that under the circumstances of continuous construction in various places, Li Enfu's work during this period has actually been carried out all around the northern war.

War is not just a matter of the army. The special budget of 500 million blue coins made the parliament almost go crazy during the review. Fortunately, everyone knows that this is a necessary war. Geopolitics determines that Russia and Xinhua cannot coexist. Only by completely removing the threat of the north and recovering the land of the north can Xinhua be regarded as real. Stand up. .

The parliament and the Prime Minister's Office are gritting their teeth, and even have even made a plan to come up with a second batch of 500 million blue coin budgets and reconscripting 200,000 troops, which is to fully support the army to win the war.

Even Li Mo did not expect that the Prime Minister's Office and the Parliament would work together so firmly. Although he knew from the beginning that after she firmly adopted the two-party system, the Parliament and the Prime Minister's Office would be enemies in the future, and he also hoped to see some containment, but at present, the two-party system is still in the bud, and the imperial power of China. His thoughts are still very strong, especially when the emperor is still there. Although he is a new emperor and has also implemented the constitution, there was no collapse of imperial power in the 1911 period, and the people's hearts are at a loss, causing the country to fall into warlords and chaos. Therefore, his firm determination in this war has undoubtedly become a huge vane.

However, the pressure is still very high, especially such a large economic budget and the second batch of plans, which will inevitably have an impact on the still weak economy in China, so when the military continuously conquers Irkutsk, Uginsk (Ulan-Ulan-Ude) and Chita within 20 days, When a huge semi-encirclement was formed in Angarsk, all officials breathed a long sigh of relief.

Because this indicates that the war can not drag on for several years as expected.

But this idea is only maintained in the minds of the officials below. For Li Mo, Chen Ping, Enfu and others, it is not the time to breathe a sigh of relief.

The 150,000 troops on the eastern front of the Russian army have basically not been lost. After the siege of Vladivostok and Shuangchengzi, they didn't even want the Shuangchengzi. The 50,000 garrisons have all shrank into the Vladivostok fortress. The 100,000 troops of Boli and Hailanpao all shrank back after a little contact, so how to accelerate the east? Line, the most urgent problem is to let the two marine divisions and an infantry division encircling Vladivostok pull out their hands to the north.

Although the scale of the war on the western front is not large, the Tangnu Wuliang Sea and the territory outside the territory are vast, and the terrain is even more complex, so it is very difficult to stick to it. Moreover, with the news of the siege of Angarsk, where the Russian army will send more troops to the reinforcement along the Siberian Railway is certain, so it can't be neglected. Careless.

The most important thing is still the strength. At present, although the middle line is a great victory, Zhao Long has used the reserve team in advance. After the 5th Cavalry Division went north, the 15th Division also entered Irkutsk yesterday to increase the thickness of the strength of the western encirclement. At the same time, the two reserve divisions also took over Irkutsk and Chita is used to clean up the enemy and stabilize the place, so that the main force can free up its hands.

In this case, it has become a top priority to withdraw troops as soon as possible to prevent the Russian army from getting closer to the middle of the Eastern Front, and to prevent the arrival of the Western Front and other reinforcements.

In this case, the 60,000 troops surrounding Vladivostok are eye-catching. If they can free their hands and move eastward through half of Siberia along the ready-made railway line, then both the main force of the eastern line of Buri and Kuropatkin in the middle are all waiting for a dead road!

It has become the consensus of everyone to accelerate the solution of Vladivostok, but an Irkutsk, which is less than one-fifth, fought for three days, killing and injuring more than 3,000 soldiers, not to mention Vladivostok, a solid fortress known as the first in the Far East, and because the Russians had poured hundreds of mines into the waterway before, it has not been cleared for the time being. In addition, the heavy artillery of the fleet can't play a role, which makes many people worried about how much they need to pay.

But as the two transport ships quietly arrived at the base under the protection of four destroyers, all worries began to dissipate.

Looking at the workers who were carefully moving the big oil barrels from the naval transport ship, Li Mo smiled and turned his head and asked, "Yuanshou, when did Nicholas II send out its superfleet?"

Li Mo's tone made Chen Ping smile and said, "According to yesterday's news, Nicholas II is still waiting for the last five Borodino. The first four have been delivered at the beginning of the month, and the last Glorious will not be delivered until the end of September at the earliest, and there has been a sea test. If you wait It's all over, at least until March next year.

"So Nicholas II's scheduled time for war is March next year, but we took the lead, but he is confident that the army can be delayed until March, so he is still training sailors slowly."

"Chief of Staff, did Nicholas II really make up 40 capital ships?" Du Dazhuang intervened next to him and asked.

"It's so possible." Chen Ping smiled and said, "From our current information, if we don't buy it separately, Russia can only make up 20 first- and second-class battleships at most, and about ten first-class armored cruisers, and 30 of which are already up to the sky."

"That's a lot." Du Dazhuang began to worry about the navy with his fingers, but Li Mo didn't think so. There were only a few ships that Russia could fight, but the two British-sold fast-classes made him quite worried. He asked, "How are the two fast-classes?"

"The Russians were very happy when they got it. It turned out that they were not going to change their names and continued to use the British ship's name. However, Britain was afraid of being caught by us and forced the Russians to change their names. At present, they are Peter the Great and St. Petersburg." Chen Ping continued: "According to the British statistics last month, after getting the two battleships, Russia has surpassed France and become the world's third navy. After Nicholas II got the news, he also held a celebration banquet."

"And there is one thing that I think should be noticed. According to intelligence agents, they found a device similar to our radio antenna on the Russian ship."

Chen Ping's words made Li Mo's footsteps violently.

Finally, someone came out, but as early as he expected, the technical blockade could not be a lifetime. After Marconi made a radio with a practical surname in history, it was also rumored that someone had studied it in Russia, but he was registered for a patent first and disappeared into the long river of history. It seems that after Marconi's death, Russia Unknown scientists can take the lead.

However, I am already the third generation. Even the FM encryption technology pioneered by the United States in World War II was broken by Tesla, so it is better to take out the first generation of technology to register a patent and take the opportunity to make a fortune.

Thinking of this, Li Mo immediately said, "Russia must treat radio as a top secret like us. When you go back, inform Chang Lin and immediately take our first generation of radio long-wave communication technology to Europe and the United States to register patents. Don't make Russia cheap for nothing."

"In addition, Little Maoqi has arrived in Tianjin. He will definitely ask to visit the front line when you go back. You can take him to Vladivostok."

"Come to Vladivostok?" Chen Ping frowned. Although it is planned to start the battle of Vladivostok early tomorrow morning, and the two transport ships also brought new equipment to be used this time, the Russians have seen weaknesses after the destruction of Vladivostok last time. They have been strengthening their defenses in recent years, not only allowing the French to transport a large amount of cement, but also from nearby. A large number of rocks have been dug up in the mountains.

From the air force reconnaissance in the past few days, there are 30 250mm legal large-caliber heavy artillery in Vladivostok, and there are as many as 100 other cannons. Now the waterway is blocked again, and the naval heavy artillery cannot be approached. I'm afraid it is difficult to rely on the air force and the army alone.

If you set out by yourself now, it will only take about four days to go back and forth, four days! Is it possible to complete the attack on Vladivostok? Don't worry." Li Mo knew what Chen Ping was worried about. He pointed to the big oil barrels in the distance and smiled, "There are 1,500 tons of this thing. I will let Xue Muhua completely blow up here before you come back!"

"After little Mourke comes here, you will immediately tell Europe the victory of Angarsk and Vladivostok through his mouth." Li Mo took a deep breath, and his eyes suddenly narrowed into a cold star. He snorted coldly, "I'd like to see if Nicholas II can still hold back the decisive battle at sea until the beginning of tomorrow!"

(to be continued)