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Chapter 496 Attack on Vladivostok (5)

In fact, there is no need to remind Qingdao that Luo Yue also knew that after capturing Vladivostok, he must immediately capture Shuangchengzi to ensure that this raid on Vladivostok achieves the real strategic goal.

However, although there are not many Russian troops guarding Shuangchengzi, it is a tough battle after all, and you must be fully prepared. Shuangchengzi is about 100 kilometers away from Vladivostok, so the naval guns are definitely not expected. Although the range of Eagle Strike 100* is enough, it is really useless to use it to attack small cities like Shuangchengzi. Now the People's Army has only 4 Eagle Strikes 100*, which must be used at the most important time.

The firepower support for the attack on Shuangchengzi relies on the two 200mm self-propelled artillery transported with the fleet this time. However, although Vladivostok has complete port facilities, it is still quite troublesome to unload the self-propelled artillery from the ship.

Fortunately, the East China government is prepared for this and specially designed a structural facility to get on and off the ship by self-propelled artillery. Simply put, it is to assemble a ramp with a steel structure to allow two self-propelled artillery to drive off the ship.

However, this job is simple, but it is not so easy to do. Nearly a hundred engineers were busy together and worked until after 10 o'clock in the evening before assembling the ramp of the self-propelled artillery disembarkation. The two self-propelled artillery slowly drove down the transport ship.

It was late at night, and the People's Army was not familiar with the terrain, so naturally they did not set off again. Fortunately, Vladivostok had a railway that could directly lead to Shuangchengzi, and there were ready-made trains, so the army could take a train to attack Shuangchengzi tomorrow morning.

And that night, Luo Yue contacted Zhou Xinghan, the captain of the special forces who had stayed here.

Although Zhou Xinghan had already formed an army of 1,500 people among the local ethnic tribes at this time, Luo Yue considered that the training time of the army was not long and there were not many weapons assembled, with only 500 rifles and 200 pistols. In addition, there were no firepower support weapons such as machine guns and mortars. In addition, the locations of these tribes were far away from Vladivostok, so Luo Yue did not use this army when attacking Vladivostok. However, it was the turn of this army to take effect when attacking Vladivostok.

So Luo Yue and Zhou Xinghan agreed that the two sides would work together to attack Shuangchengzi tomorrow morning.

At 6 a.m. on the second day, the two regiments of troops and two self-propelled artillery took a train from Vladivostok and headed straight for Shuangchengzi. In order to prevent the Russian army from destroying the railway or setting up ambush on the way, before the train, there was also a locomotive with two carriages and loading a company as the vanguard, with a distance of about 1,000 meters.

After more than three hours of driving, nothing happened along the way. The People's Army successfully arrived at a place that was only about 6 kilometers away from Shuangchengzi. The train stopped, and soldiers and two self-propelled artillery got off the car and launched an attack on Shuangchengzi.

Yesterday, the defenders of Shuangchengzi received the order from Lynevich and ordered them to reinforce Vladivostok. However, the Russian battalion commander who guarded Shuangchengzi was not confused. He knew that he had arrived at Vladivostok, because if Vladivostok really couldn't defend, the army would not play any role on his own. If Vladivostok could defend, there would be no need for him to go. Therefore, although he led the army from Shuangchengzi, he did not take the train, but marched slowly. At the same time, he sent scouts to Vladivostok to fight the situation. As a result, after walking more than 30 kilometers, he received the news that Vladivostok had lost. So the Russian army immediately turned around and fled back to Shuangchengzi, and issued a power to Linevich and requested support. While also accusing the defense, he was ready to face the attack of the People's Army.

However, the People's Army launched an attack on Shuangchengzi the second day after occupying Vladivostok, which was indeed somewhat beyond the Russian army's expectations, because in the Russian army's view, even if the People's Army conquered Vladivostok, it would have to pay a considerable price, so it would have to rest for a few days before launching an attack.

Moreover, even if the People's Army continues to recuperate, Shuangchengzi is about 100 kilometers away from Vladivostok. This distance is not far, but it is not close. The People's Army must at least set up a transit station or temporary camp in the middle. In this way, if Shuangchengzi cannot be captured in a short time, there is still room for back-and-back adjustment, and it will take at least 2 days. Then the People's Army will spare all these and take the train to kill Shuangchengzi.

The battle process was not complicated and complicated. Two self-propelled artillery was enough for the Russian army to drink a pot. The temporary defense line was immediately defeated by the People's Army. At this moment, Zhou Xinghan led the local tribal coalition to attack from behind the Russian army.

Although the strength of the tribal coalition is indeed not very good, and more than half of them use cold weapons, the Russian army in Shuangchengzi was not much. At this time, the attention was all on the direction of the People's Army's attack and had no spare energy to defend themselves. Moreover, the tribal coalition had suffered a lot of hardships in the past, and they all accumulated enough energy to breathe a sigh of relief. Therefore, the morale was quite high, and everyone took the lead. In addition, they caught the Russian army off guard, so they disrupted the Russian army in an instant. The People's Army also took the opportunity to launch an attack, and both sides attacked each other and completely defeated the Russian army. The entire battle only took about 40 minutes, and at the end of the battle, it was less than 11 o'clock noon.

After the People's Army and the Tribal Alliance joined forces, both sides were very happy. The People's Army finally found that the locals could get help. Although the People's Army had maps, it was not as convenient as locals' guidance. Moreover, the locals were familiar with these environments and customs, which were indispensable; the tribal alliance finally got the opportunity to get rid of Russian oppression. First, Zhou Xinghan and others had their sincere attitude and careful work in the past six months, and they had indeed gained the trust of many tribes; second, these tribes still had a strong sense of belonging to China, and basically recognized that they were Chinese, at least not rejected. Of course, this also had a considerable relationship with the cruel suppression of ethnic minority tribes after Russia's rule.

But at this moment, the People's Army received another order from Luo Yue, requiring them to leave only one battalion to guard Shuangchengzi, and the rest of the troops continued to advance by train and directly attack Suifenhe.

Suifenhe is a border city located in the southeast of Heilongjiang Province. It borders Russia's coastal harbor in the east of the old time and space. It is the end of the Central East Railway's Kazakhsai Line. The Middle East Railway exits China here, and joins the Siberian Railway in Shuangchengzi, and then goes to Vladivostok. Therefore, Suifenhe is an important node city on the Northeast China Railway Line at this time.

The People's Army's capture of Suifenhe means returning to China from the Russian border. It can not only push the People's Army's front line from Vladivostok to 200 kilometers and obtain a very considerable depth space, but also directly threaten Harbin, Russia's base in the Far East at this time. Therefore, only by capturing Suifenhe means that the People's Army's combat plan to attack Vladivostok has achieved a successful success.

Of course, it was indeed a bit risky to attack Suifenhe after just captured Shuangchengzi. Even if the Russian army had few guards in Suifenhe, after all, the People's Army now has only two divisions in Vladivostok, and it immediately pulled the front line to more than 200 kilometers in one go, just like a long snake formation along the railway line, and it was also in the territory of Russia. If there were a small number of Russian troops at this time, even if there was only one regiment of troops attacking the middle part of the long snake formation, it would be a danger that the People's Army would be cut off, making it difficult for the People's Army to take care of the head and tail.

However, after careful consideration, Luo Yue believed that this risk was worth taking, because most of the Russian army's forces are now concentrated on the Shenyang front line and the People's Army. They are seriously insufficient in the rear, and are mainly arranged on the Harbin to Changchun, while the Vladivostok to Suifenhe lines are very few. This can be seen from the fact that the Russian army has only one battalion in Shuangchengzi. Therefore, not only is the People's Army's chance of capturing Suifenhe in one go, but the Russian army is also very likely to have enough troops to attack the middle part of the People's Army.

To take a step back, even if the Russian army launches an attack on the central part of the People's Army and cuts off the People's Army, Luo Yue also believes that this is not without room for recovery, because as long as the People's Army occupied Suifenhe, at most three days, the People's Army's subsequent army will arrive in Vladivostok. At that time, the People's Army will have much more troops, and it will be possible to attack from Vladivostok, defeat the Russian army, and restore the connection of the People's Army. At that time, the People's Army not only connected to the front line, but also had enough troops to protect the railway line, but also occupied Suifenhe and maintained a threat to Harbin.

Of course, some people suggested to Luo Yue that it would be better to wait until the subsequent troops arrived in Vladivostok before attacking Suifenhe. This would be much safer, and it would only take 2 or 3 days to wait. With the efficiency of the Russian army, 2 or 3 days may not be able to send more troops to Suifenhe.
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