During these 15 days, the bomber force of the Northern Expedition dropped more than 5,000 tons of bombs on Vladivostok, including incendiary bombs and poison gas bombs.
Now that the defenders are determined to die, Chen Kangjian no longer risks the lives of the soldiers. It is a good idea to consume incendiary bombs and poison gas bombs instead of the lives of the soldiers, and it will also help target the weaknesses of these two weapons.
be improved.
Take poison gas bombs for example. In fact, as early as the beginning of the World War, the British knew how to mix phosgene and chlorine gas. Until the emergence of mustard gas, mustard gas became the most commonly used poison gas bomb on the battlefield.
The Northern Expedition Corps was initially equipped with mustard gas, but during use, researchers accompanying the army found that the effect was not good, so they began to improve the mustard gas. After various ratio studies, they used mustard gas and chlorine mixed
The effect was the best, so it became the standard equipment of Lanfang troops.
The same is true for incendiary bombs. The initial incendiary bombs of the Northern Expedition just added asphalt to the shells to support combustion. However, in actual combat, it was found that the combustion effect was not very good, so at Qin Zhiyuan's prompt, researchers began to use thermite
agent and yellow phosphorus
Qin Zhiyuan used to be an agent. Making an incendiary bomb was effortless, and the materials used were all available in supermarkets.
The emergence of new weapons has greatly improved combat effectiveness, so Vladivostok, the first fortress in the Far East, became a tragedy.
At the beginning, when incendiary bombs and poison gas bombs were thrown, people could be seen staggering out of the target object, and then fell to the ground without any movement.
In the end, no matter how much you throw them, there will be no movement in those fortress groups, but sporadic explosions will still occur.
So Chen Kangjian once again ordered that the infantry squad accompanying the tanks mainly consisted of blasters to blast all buildings within sight, regardless of whether there were people inside or whether they were of use value.
This method was simple and crude, and finally made the Russians who held on to Vladivostok completely despair.
In mid-May, on the 21st day after the Northern Expedition launched the attack on Vladivostok, the defenders began to demolish all buildings including the port facilities, intending to destroy Vladivostok together.
Chen Kangjian did not hesitate and immediately ordered the bomber force to dispatch again and set fire to all visible buildings in Vladivostok.
The fire burned for ten days, and the explosions also continued for ten days.
Vladivostok finally turned into ruins.
How useless is it?
So much so that the British, French and American observers accompanying the army unanimously concluded that Vladivostok would not be able to return to its original state within ten years.
Although Japan is also an Allied country, it did not send a military observation mission. It was not that the Japanese did not want to send one, but that the Lanfang government did not agree.
From the first day of its establishment, the Lanfang government clearly demonstrated its hostility to the Japanese government and made no attempt to hide it.
During the Dutch East Indies period, some Japanese people still lived in the land under the rule of Lanfang. However, after the establishment of Lanfang, the current number of Japanese people in Lanfang is 0.
It seems a bit unbelievable, but it is true.
The Japanese government immediately cried out at the Paris Peace Conference that Lan Fang had carried out a brutal massacre of the Japanese population. Unfortunately, it did not arouse widespread sympathy. Only the British said a few words without saltiness, and both the French and Americans chose
did not hear.
Lan Fang's attack on Vladivostok also caused an uproar in Japan. The Japanese opposed Lan Fang's northward movement in various ways, and even proposed that the Japanese army could replace Lan Fang's northward movement, but they were collectively rejected by France, the United States, and Britain.
Lanfang's northward march was part of the Foreign Legion's northward march. The two were inseparable, and it was also one of the conditions for the Foreign Legion to attack Moscow.
With the capture of Vladivostok by the Foreign Legion, Russian rule in the Far East quickly collapsed.
Almost within a few days, Amirsk Amgaturom was occupied by the Northern Expedition Army one after another, and the occupation speed was equal to the advance speed of the Northern Expedition Army.
Previously, Sakhalin and Kamchatka were already under the control of the Northern Expedition.
By the end of May, the actual area under the control of the Foreign Legion had exceeded 1.5 million square kilometers, reaching a level that even worried the United Kingdom and the United States.
The French understand this. From the perspective of the allies, although the French do not want Lanfang to be too powerful, in the eyes of the French, Siberia, which looks like a barren land, is really of no use to Lanfang.
The increase in Fangguo's power does not have much effect.
Siberia is so big
How big is it?
Even if a certain mineral deposit is discovered in Siberia, it has no actual mining value because the cost of transporting the ore has far exceeded the value of the ore itself.
So everyone knows about the wealth underground in Siberia, but the surface part is thousands of miles of wasteland.
However, for the Chinese, even if the mineral deposits cannot be mined, as long as they have land, it means they have everything.
Therefore, in Lanfang’s latest immigration policy, if you choose to immigrate to Siberia, the government can provide loans to purchase machinery. Within one year, the use rights of all the land reclaimed by farmers will forever belong to the farmers themselves. No matter how much land is reclaimed within ten years,
There is no need to pay any fees for the land.
Oh my God, there is actually a place in the world where you can cultivate unlimited land.
And the government can also provide tractors
Don't think that illiterate people don't know how to use tractors. They may not know how to repair them, but if they just operate it, if they try it, they will find that it is not much more troublesome than driving a cattle cart. At least the tractor does not need to communicate.
In the vast Siberian wilderness, you can drive a tractor and have fun without worrying about hitting people or cars.
The first batch of immigrants to Siberia totaled more than 5,000 people. After they entered Siberia, it was like throwing a handful of pebbles into the sea, without even a splash.
By the way, just like when the Russians conquered Siberia, the Northern Expedition did not find any Russians during their march north.
Of course, the reason is not because of the massacre of the Northern Expedition Army, but because all the Russians have fled. They dare not live under the rule of the Northern Expedition Army, because the burning Vladivostok has illuminated the entire Siberia, and everyone knows
What happened in Vladivostok.
What happened in Siberia basically caused no waves, because throughout April and most of May, the world's attention was focused on the Royal Cruise Ship Black Swan.
Just by hearing the name, you can tell that the Black Swan Royal Cruise Ship belongs to the Lan Fang royal family.
This was not specially built for the Lanfang royal family, but a cruise ship ordered from the UK by a French shipping company.
The outbreak of the world war delayed the delivery time of this ship. Because of the rush to build naval ships, the progress of the cruise ship was repeatedly delayed. When the cruise ship was finally launched, the shipping company that ordered it had gone bankrupt, so the cruise ship became ownerless.
thing.
When Qin Zhiyuan heard the news, Qin Zhiyuan contacted his old friend, Portsmouth Wanderers Alliance Shipyard Sales Manager Gary Parker.
So Qin Zhiyuan got this 23,000-ton cruise ship.
Twenty-three thousand tons, does it sound a little small?
But Qin Zhiyuan is very satisfied, because 23 is an auspicious number, not because of Michael Jordan, but because Qin Zhiyuan is 23 years old this year.
Since October last year, this cruise ship has been converted into a cruise ship. Because it does not need to serve too many people and there are not too many rooms on the ship, more functional facilities have been added, and its survivability has been greatly enhanced.
After modification, the Black Swan also has certain air defense and anti-submarine capabilities, which seems a bit nondescript, but is consistent with Qin Zhiyuan's military status.
In fact, the weapons on board the Black Swan probably have little chance of being used, because the ships that returned to the Far East with the Black Swan included 12 destroyers, two aircraft carriers converted from freighters, and a battleship donated by the French government.
That's right, in order to express its gratitude and friendship to Qin Zhiyuan, the French government presented the Lanfang Navy with a battleship, the Guba-class battleship Paris, which was built in 2009, launched in 2011, and just commissioned in 2014.
Of course, this battleship is now not called Paris, but France, and has the same name as one of its sister ships, another Guba-class battleship, to prove the friendship between Lanfang and France.
France is the first battleship of the Lanfang Navy, with a length of 166 meters, a width of 27 meters, a draft of 9.04 meters, and a full load displacement of 25,579 tons.
As for the two aircraft carriers, it is now more customary to call them aircraft carriers. They were both converted from cargo ships. This is also the common method at this time.
For the navy, aircraft carriers are still in a subordinate position and have not attracted enough attention.
Qin Zhiyuan does not intend to remind the governments of various countries of the importance of aircraft carriers. On the contrary, Qin Zhiyuan is also preparing to jointly build a Lanfang-derived battleship Legion class with France.
The shipyard in Lanfang is under construction. When the shipyard is completed, Qin Zhiyuan will join forces with the French to build a brand new battleship. To this end, Qin Zhiyuan has reached an agreement with the Minister of the Navy George Legge on various basic data of the Legion-class battleship.
It has also been determined.
The Legion-class battleship has a standard displacement of 35,000 tons, a draft of 9.1 meters, and is equipped with four twin-mounted 410 mm-caliber main guns, with a maximum speed of 25 knots.
Based on the experience of the Battle of Jutland, the defensive armor design drew on the concept of key protection and strengthened the defensive armor in key areas, especially the horizontal defensive armor, to withstand the impact of long-distance artillery battles and large-angle bullets. The defensive armor in non-key areas was
Cut back or undo.
It seems that the data of the Legion-class battleship is very powerful, but in fact it is not realistic.
Qin Zhiyuan has never set his sights on battleships. Even if the legion-level drawings are on the way, this is just a cover for Qin Zhiyuan to provoke an arms race. Qin Zhiyuan's real purpose is submarines and aircraft carriers, which are the weapons of future wars.
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As early as the beginning of April, Qin Zhiyuan returned to Lanfang with his wife, not now Princess Julie, and Foch and Renault.
This attracted worldwide attention, because the overlord from the Far East was finally returning to his country.
Just like a lion returning to the grassland, like a goshawk flying into the blue sky, like a giant shark entering the deep sea, what the Far East overlord will do next has become a hot topic among media around the world.
