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Chapter V Customs Collection Action (5)

After stabilizing Boli, Liu Tie immediately commanded the 2nd Division, marched along the Amur River, and launched an attack on Amur City.

The Heilongjiang River was originally an inland river in China, second only to the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, and the third largest river. However, after Tsarist Russia forced the Qing Dynasty to sign the unequal Sino-Russian Aihui Treaty and the Beijing Treaty, the upper and middle reaches of the Heilongjiang River were classified as a border river between China and Russia. The lower reaches below Khabarovsk (Berli) became Russian inland rivers, and flowed into the Okhotsk Strait from Nicholasyev (Miaojie), which Russia called it the Amur River.

Amur City is located in the middle section of the Amur River in Russia, about 280 kilometers away from Boli and about 380 kilometers away from the temple. However, in the old time and space, Amur City has another well-known name, the Communist Qingcheng on the Amur. It is an important military aircraft production base in the former Soviet Union and Russia. The famous Sukhoi Aircraft Design Bureau is located here. The famous Sukhoi Aircraft Design Bureau and other famous fighter jets in the old time and space all took off from here.

Although in this era, Amur City was actually just a small town with a population of thousands, due to its importance in geographical location, it was the central hub for controlling the Amur River Basin. Therefore, the People's Army had to capture Amur City in order to stabilize Boli and further threaten Miao Street.

However, when the People's Army marched along Amur City and arrived at Amur City, it did not encounter any resistance. The Russian army had evacuated from Amur City two days ago. Now Amur City is a completely unguarded city.

It turned out that after Makavic retreated to Amur City, there were less than 100 soldiers around him, and the Russian army only sent one company in Amur City, which totaled only more than 200 people. If the People's Army attacked Amur City, it would be impossible to resist it. Therefore, when Makavic learned that the People's Army had indeed launched an attack on Amur City, he immediately led the remaining troops to retreat from Amur City and fled to Nikolasyev. In fact, the Russian army did not have much military force in Nikolasyev, only two companies were stationed. If the People's Army really attacked Nikolasyev, it would not be able to defend it, but it could hide for a while. Staying in Amur City was completely seeking death. If Nikolasyev fled to Amur City, there might be a way out. Maybe the People's Army would stop when it hit Amur City?

The People's Army occupied Amur City without bloodshed. Liu Tie was indeed moved. I wonder if there was still a Sukhoi Design Bureau in this time and space, and whether there would be any planes that were well-known in the old time and space?

Although Liu Tie is not an Air Force, he still has a very special feeling for the Sukhoi Aircraft Design Bureau, because the combat aircraft of the Chinese Air Force in the old time and space have a strong Russian bloodline, which can be said to be passed down from generation to generation. However, in the first 30 years of the founding of the country, he took the MiG series path, and then turned to Sukhoi's disciples. From purchasing, learning, copying and then self-development, not only completed the counterattack against Sukhoi, but also surpassed the world's advanced level and reached a peak, at least one of the peaks. Therefore, Liu Tie stood in this old time and space, and naturally had a lot of thoughts on the land taken off by the Chinese Air Force. Perhaps the Sukhoi 27 fighter jet purchased by China from Russia that year flew from the land under his feet and flew to China in the south, thus opening a new era of the Chinese Air Force.

But no matter what, in this era, this piece of land has been taken back by time travelers and will not be thrown away again.

After taking Amur City, the target of sending troops this time has been achieved. Whether to continue to attack the temple ranks must be followed by further instructions from the War Zone Command. Therefore, Liu Tie ordered the troops to rest in Amur City and to send power to the headquarters to ask for the next step of action.

Of course, not only the attack of the Eastern Route Army, but also the progress of the Western Route and the Middle Route also achieved results. Not only did they complete the goals set before the war, they also successfully crossed the Heilongjiang River and established several strongholds on the north bank of the Heilongjiang River, that is, in the territory of Russia. Moreover, their respective troops were not much lost.

Although the strongholds established by the People's Army did not penetrate deep into Russia, since Russia has very few troops stationed in this area, the People's Army can develop into the deep areas within Russia at any time.

The Northeast Theater Command saw that all the troops had completed their respective combat tasks. Although almost no losses were made by each unit, the command decided to end the battle of the settlement plan, and only instructed all the troops to distribute their own troops and guard the occupied areas.

The decision of the Northeast Theater Command was also recognized by the Military Commission. After all, the main purpose of this battle was to put pressure on Russia, force Russia to return to the negotiating table and accept the conditions of East China **, and it does not necessarily mean that much land must be regained. The war has been fought so far, and it is completely enough. Now it depends on how Russia reacts.

On January 20, East China ** received a diplomatic document from Germany, hoping to send a delegation to conduct a formal state visit to East China ** and negotiate with East China ** on matters of further strengthening cooperation between the two sides. At the same time, it also conveyed to East China **, hoping to mediate the war between Russia and East China **. The minister who served as state visits will be the Prince Heinrich who is in Qingdao.

Prince Heinrich was originally the leader of the German Military Observatory. After the expeditionary force attacked, the military Observatory returned to Germany, but the prince stayed in Qingdao, responsible for the communication between the East China ** and Germany. He had been staying in Qingdao for almost a year.

It turned out that after the war in Taiwan Strait, Germany also caused a great reaction, because before the war began, the German staff headquarters also conducted many war games on the war. The best result of East China ** was to give up the sea control power, retreat to the land and fight a long war of attrition with the Expeditionary Force, and finally make a move and shake hands and make peace. But no one expected that East China ** actually won a great victory and almost wiped out the expeditionary force's fleet.

German Emperor William II was shocked, but he was overjoyed, because before the Potzmaus negotiations, William II had the idea of ​​forming an alliance with the East China to fight against the French-Russian and British-Japanese alliances. However, the Potzmaus negotiations broke down and Britain and France decided to organize a coalition forces to go to the Far East to participate in the war, so Germany temporarily terminated this plan. However, now the East China has defeated the expeditionary force. If Germany can form an alliance with the East China, it can not only gain a strong ally in the Far East, but also lay a sharp blade behind Russia and completely dismantle the threat of the Russian-French alliance to Germany.

But just as William II planned to negotiate alliances with East China **, another important thing once again interrupted the process of implementing this plan. It turned out that in order to resolve the Moroccan crisis, Britain and France decided to hold an international meeting in Algeciras, Spain to discuss the Moroccan issue. In addition to the five countries involved in the meeting, the United States, Russia, Italy, Holland, Biography, Portugal and Switzerland, a total of thirteen countries.

Since this Moroccan crisis was initiated by Germany, and William II planned to use the Moroccan crisis to put pressure on Britain and France and test the bottom line of the Russian-French alliance. Of course, he also wanted to take advantage of some convenience in Morocco, so he naturally had to deal with it seriously. Therefore, he could only temporarily put aside the plan of alliance negotiations with East China ** for a while.

However, the process of the Algeciras Conference was far beyond William II's expectations. Among the thirteen countries attending the conference, only the Austro-Hungarian Empire supported Germany's proposal, while the others supported France. Italy, which was an allies with Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, also turned against France's proposal. Although the Austro-Hungarian Empire supported Germany, it opposed the use of war to resolve the Moroccan crisis, but should negotiate a settlement.

In such a situation where people were almost betrayal of their relatives, Germany had to make concessions and gave up its own demands. The final meeting decided to recognize Morocco's independence, but stipulated that Morocco's police organization and security power were left to France and Spain to manage; and international supervision of Moroccan finances was implemented. Several major powers attended the meeting and established the Moroccan National Bank, but France occupied a large number of shares, so the bank's business activities were governed by French laws.

As a result, Germany broke up for a long time, and not only did it not get anything, but it made Britain and France closer, and even Italy was disconnected from itself. It can be said that it became the largest bookshelf for the Moroccan crisis this time.

After the Algeciras meeting, William II immediately decided to start the process of alliance negotiations with East China. This was not to get back the face lost in the Moroccan crisis, but after the Moroccan crisis, Germany's diplomatic environment deteriorated quite a bit. Not only did the Russian-French alliance not be terminated, but Britain was also approaching France. With Italy's rebellion, William II discovered that Germany had no friend except the Austro-Hungarian Empire. At this time, alliance with East China was the best solution to alleviate Germany's strategic pressure.

The emperor's decision was first supported by the Navy Minister Tirpitz, because in December 1906, Britain announced that the newly built USS Dreadnought battleship officially joined the Royal Navy to serve, and a grand enrollment ceremony was held for this purpose, and it was called the world's strongest battleship, with a warship twice as powerful as any old-fashioned warship.

It turned out that after the expeditionary fleet was wiped out, although Navy Minister Fisher resigned, the cabinet announced collective resignation, and Britain would hold a new election, the anger of the people did not subside. Therefore, at this time, new events need to stimulate the people to divert their attention, and best to boost their confidence in the navy.
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