Just as the Chinese navy's carrier-based aircraft troops were ravaging Manila unscrupulously, the real landing fleet had already moved to Batangas. After easily clearing a small number of mines laid by the Russians, it then began a beachfront operation under the cover of fleet artillery fire.
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Suhomlinov only has a total of 100,000 Russian troops. It is impossible for such a force to conduct a comprehensive defense on Luzon Island to prevent the Chinese from landing. Therefore, his strategy is very clear to stick to Manila. Everything south of Lake Nei can be defended or abandoned.
Yes, the real defense line is in the narrow area on the west bank of the Neihu, where there are a large number of permanent reinforced concrete fortifications, while the east bank of the Neihu is a continuous mountain forest that requires no defense at all, and the tens of kilometers of the lake also do not need to be managed.
Then it would be enough to defend Manila Bay on the flanks, thus maximizing the concentration of the limited forces in his hands.
As for cities like Badanyan, which were not within the defense range, only a brigade was left to guard on alert. When the battleships appeared one after another on the sea, these thousands of Russian troops very smartly abandoned the city and headed north.
After retreating, the two divisions of the Chinese Marine Corps responsible for seizing the beach occupied Badayan with almost no resistance. Here they were welcomed as family members by the remaining Filipino monkeys and Japanese coolies, and each one was tortured by the Russians.
The dying Tagalog girls wished they could throw themselves into their arms in the street, but the well-disciplined Chinese soldiers resolutely rejected their kindness, which made the Filipino monkeys even more impressed by the king's demeanor.
"Who can get rid of such a thing!" The commander of the 1st Marine Division said speechlessly as he looked at the blank-toothed black monkeys with bewildered faces.
"Commander, why don't you find a big horse for you?" the orderly next to him said in a low voice with great interest.
"The teacher's seeds are reserved for his own fields. Wouldn't it be a waste to plant them on these inferior ethnic groups!" the teacher said with a straight face.
"Commander, your idea is not good. Nowadays, we are focusing on ethnic equality. What you are doing is racial discrimination!" the orderly said with a smile.
"Equality? Wait until they all become rare animals! If there are only a few thousand of them left, I will not only give them equality, but also give them preferential treatment." The teacher sneered.
Of course, Emperor Yang did not know that the problem of racial discrimination in his army was now very serious. But even if he knew, he would only encourage rather than curb it. In fact, Emperor Yang has been making efforts in this area. Luzon Island
The battle has begun, and the next step is a matter of time. The air continues to bombard the Russian troops in and around Manila. After the ground troops complete the landing, they steadily advance north along the east coast of the lake. As for those who will be killed by then.
The remaining Russian fortresses are nothing more than heavy bombs and super-large-caliber howitzers. Manila's defense system is one level worse than that of the Twin Cities. It doesn't even need the 540 cannon. The 280 cannon can easily solve it.
What's more, the Marine Corps also has the gun support of the battleship.
Just when the Battle of Luzon Island began, in the ice and snow of Vladivostok, the Third Army led by Duan Qirui also began to attack Vladivostok. Just like in Shuangchengzi, heavy bombers solidified qi decoys to wash the ground, and the 540 giants
The artillery attack, although the progress was slow, was better than being sure. Yang Feng was not in a hurry anyway. The attack was too fast and it was difficult to explain to the Germans. According to the current speed, Vladivostok would be captured in two months and he would be satisfied.
As for the two armies led by Wang Shizhen and Feng Guozhang, they were slowly accepting Russian cities one by one in the vast land east of Lake Baikal. Of course, it was mainly the repatriation of Russian immigrants. Due to climate problems and frequent snowstorms,
Their speed is equally slow. But the results are still brilliant. Newspapers almost every day are full of news about the capture of a certain city, and then there are the Russian refugees transported to the country one by one by railway. The total number has now exceeded two million.
These refugees who were later sent back to Europe on Swedish merchant ships almost made Nikolai's nose angry. Nowadays, workers' demonstrations continue in major cities in Russia every day. Coupled with the instigation of rebel parties, riots are more frequent. In the final analysis, these are the reasons
In the final analysis, there is only one thing: there is not enough food to eat. Years of war have wiped out the young and middle-aged labor force in Russia's rural areas. In addition, large areas of the country have been turned into battlefields, and food production has dropped sharply every year. Especially in some European cities, people have even died of starvation.
When it comes to people, on the other hand, parts of Asia don’t need to worry about this problem because of the sparsely populated areas and dense forests.
Well now, Yang Feng snatched the place from him and sent the people back. How can he feed the millions of mouths that suddenly appeared? These people don’t even have homes in Europe, and they only have some personal belongings and a lot of money.
The one hundred Chinese yuan donated by Yang Feng and nothing else were given. Not only did he need to support him, but he also needed to provide him with a place to live. How could he do that in his current situation?
As a result, due to Nikolai's limited ability and the procrastination of Russian officials, these repatriated Russian refugees were all crowded into major ports along the Baltic Sea. They endured hunger and cold in the biting cold wind of winter, and some people froze every day.
Starving to death, compared to the life of having enough to eat and drink every day in the concentration camps in China, it was like paradise. In this huge contrast, the anger in the hearts of the refugees began to burn, and the all-pervasive chaos immediately discovered this geo.
The fertile ground for life, under their instigation, the refugees returning to Russia are like a dry powder keg that may be ignited at any time.
"Your Majesty, this move is really good!" Chief Yuan looked at the latest information in his hand and couldn't help but sigh with sincerity.
"But I still don't understand. Why did Your Majesty give them money?" He then asked doubtfully. No matter from which aspect, the one hundred Chinese dollars seemed to affect the effect of giving money to Russian refugees.
They can buy food in Sweden, and even use it when they take it back home. The Russian ruble is now like waste paper, and the Chinese dollar is the real hard currency. One Chinese dollar can even be exchanged for fifty rubles on the black market in St. Petersburg.
I know that before the war, one ruble could be exchanged for more than two Chinese dollars.
"Russians like Hua Yuan, don't Nikolai like it? He buys arms from Sweden. What does he need for food? Does anyone still want rubles? Where can he get Hua Yuan now? Just bring one million refugees.
If he gets 100 million Chinese dollars back, won’t he covet this money? What do Chinese dollars mean to us? The People’s Bank of China’s printing plant is running at full capacity and printing hundreds of millions a day!” Yang Feng said sadly.
"High, really high!" Attendant Yuan raised his thumb in astonishment and said.
Nikolai paid a cuckold and sent his wife to Yang Feng's bed, but only exchanged him for a billion Chinese yuan loan. Now one million Russian refugees can bring back 100 million Chinese yuan. If all the Russians in the Far East were
After being repatriated, it would be almost one billion Chinese dollars. Such a huge sum of money is simply an irresistible delicacy for Nicholas, who is currently thinking about Huayuan and his eyes are blood red. As for it not being in his own pocket, what's the point?
The worst case scenario is to let the printing house print a bunch of rubles and force the refugees to exchange them. If they don't exchange them, they will be thrown into prison. A simple exchange control order can solve the problem.
Then there is no need to say what those refugees who were originally full of hatred towards him because of their insecure life would do after the property that saved their lives was taken away by him.
When the two of them were feeling complacent about harming Russia, an attendant came in and reported that the Bishop of the Anglican Church in China wanted to see him. Because of the religious issues of the Emperor and the Empress, it was generally difficult for a wild fox like this to enter the palace. Unlike the
The archbishop of the Catholic Diocese of China can enter and leave the palace gate at will.
Although the country was already in a state of war with Britain at this time, since the other party was a clergyman, it was naturally difficult to refuse. Emperor Yang immediately invited the bishop in. After the two parties talked, they found out that the bishop was helping Governor Curzon of Calcutta.
The British there could no longer hold on. It’s not that Asan’s attack on them was too fierce. In fact, there were tens of thousands of British troops and militiamen in Calcutta. With Asan’s
The fighting power of the British did not have the courage to provoke them, and the reason for forcing the British to surrender was very simple: cholera.
A large-scale cholera outbreak broke out in the lower reaches of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers in India. Not only did this cholera come suddenly, but it was also extremely ferocious. It infected millions of people on both sides of the river in a very short period of time, and it is still spreading at tens of thousands or even tens of thousands a day.
Spreading at a speed of 100,000 people, it has now spread to Calcutta. This horrific plague will kill countless people every day. The virus does not care about white people or Asan. The city of Calcutta has begun to use trucks to transport dead bodies out. Look at this
This city will become a ghost town in less than a month.
Now the only option for the British is to flee Calcutta, but the problem is that they have no place to escape. After China occupied Colombo, it has completely controlled the Indian Ocean. It is impossible for them to return to Europe. As long as they go to sea, they can only become prisoners of the Chinese navy, not to mention them.
There were not enough ships to leave. Originally, Curzon was actually waiting for the Chinese to come so that he could simply surrender. But after waiting for so long, Emperor Yang seemed to have forgotten him. Now he really couldn't wait any longer.
They all had diarrhea and died in Calcutta, so we might as well risk our lives and beg Emperor Yang to invade immediately!
"Your Majesty, for the sake of God, please send troops to India as soon as possible? It will be too late. Yesterday more than a thousand people died in Calcutta, and the plague is still spreading. It is already like hell!" Your Excellency the Bishop!
He said pitifully with tears in his eyes.
Of course he would not know that the source of this horrific cholera in India was that the emperor in front of him poured two tons of cholera virus into two rivers. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!