After finally surviving the long winter, the Russian Imperial High Command immediately launched a spring counterattack plan.

In the past five months, due to insufficient preparations for the early war, the Tsarist Empire has been passively beaten since the beginning of the war. It has lost more than 3 million square kilometers of land in the seven states of the Far East, not to mention the strong fortress of Vladivostok.

, Khabarovsk fell one after another, and after several large-scale battles, nearly 600,000 troops were lost, and hundreds of millions of dollars in supplies were used to support the enemy. It was a disastrous defeat.

The war entered the sixth month. Although spring arrived very late in the north, the warmer weather allowed the Russian army to expand its scope of activities and launch a spring counterattack plan.

At this time, the Tsarist Empire had opened the Baikal section of the Siberian Railway. After emergency preparations in winter, the previously lost supplies could be replenished, and subsequent supplies were no longer a problem.

The Russian Imperial High Command mobilized 1.5 million troops to gather in Central Siberia and the ancient plateau areas of Transmongolia, aiming at the Chinese Imperial Army in the Far East with murderous intent.

The Russian high command's spring counteroffensive war plan was formulated by Chief of General Staff Ivan Gilinsky. Its core is to concentrate powerful forces on the northern front, pass through the Verkhyansk Mountains in the defense-empty Sakha region, and enter the Khabarovsk border.

area, flanking the Chinese Imperial Army Lou Li in the Far East, defeating the Chinese Imperial Army quickly and decisively, and regaining Vladivostok and the seven states in the Far East. Then he sent his troops south, crossed the Heilongjiang and Ussuri Rivers, and cooperated with the navy transferred from far away to attack China.

Empire homeland.

Originally, the Russian Army Minister Suhomlinov was planning to attack Inner Mongolia first and use Mongolia as a bargaining chip to exchange with the Chinese Empire for the seven Far Eastern states. However, most of the Russian military did not want to fight with the Chinese Empire for a long time.

Fantasy, hoping to end the war as soon as possible by recovering the seven states in the Far East, because Russia's finances have been drained and cannot be sustained for long.

As a result, the Tsarist Empire gave up its plan for a decisive battle in Inner Mongolia and instead focused on the Far Eastern Frontier.

After Plan 1 was formulated, Ivan Gilinsky deployed only 9 divisions in the Kulun and Ulyasutai areas on the southern line, with the Cossack Cavalry Regiment as the main force, to monitor the Fourth Chinese Army in the Inner Mongolia direction.

Trends in the theater. On the northern front, the main force is concentrated in 7 armies with a total of 78 divisions. The 1.3 million-strong army is divided into the left and right wings with the Tomo model as the axis. On the right wing, 2 armies with a total of 23 divisions and a total of 380,000 people are guarding Nepal.

Buchu Fortress, and launched an attack on the two important towns of Tenda and Skovorodino, with the strategic purpose of opening up the Siberian Railway and the transportation artery to the Amur Region. The five armies on the left have a total of 55 divisions, totaling 920,000 people.

, bypassing the Transkhingan Mountains, crossing the Lena River, crossing the Zhugzhuul Mountains, regaining the Khabarovsk Territory, and then moving south along the plain to attack Tenda and Skovorodino from the rear of the Transkhingan Mountains and capture these two areas.

Afterwards, the communication lines were opened, and the two armies attacked the Khabarovsk Fortress and the Vladivostok Fortress respectively, and recovered the Amur Oblast and Primorsky Krai.

Since the winter offensive, the Chinese Imperial Army has achieved brilliant results. The General Staff and the First Theater Command believe that they are about to encounter a crazy revenge action by the Russian army. When the enemy is crazy in the art of war, they should retreat to avoid their edge and consume their energy, and then

If you counterattack, you will hit with one hit.

Since the founding of the Imperial Chinese Army, from Yongping Qiu Cao to Queshan military exercises, the Imperial Chinese Army has been adept at defensive counterattacks and the tactics of pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger.

Therefore, among the seven combat plans formulated by the General Staff Headquarters, the No. 3 combat plan, which focused on defensive counterattack warfare, was finally approved and implemented.

The core of Plan 1 is that the real purpose of the Tsarist Russian Imperial Army to gather its main forces in the direction of Yakutsk is to capture the well-fortified Tenda and Skovorodino, with the first priority being to open up the strategic transportation lines between the two places.

Because if the communication lines here cannot be opened and ammunition and material supplies are restricted, the Russian army will be unable to launch offensives against Vladivostok and Khabarovsk in the Far East. Therefore, the Chinese Imperial Army will launch an active defense here and use these two places as bait.

, let’s once again challenge the enemy in a deep defensive counterattack.

The General Staff of the Chinese Empire planned to take the initiative to make a strategic retreat in the Khabarovsk Territory in order to lure the main force of the Russian army to cross the Zhugzhuul Mountains and enter the plain area, and then wait for an opportunity to launch a strategic counterattack and eliminate the Russian left-wing corps in one fell swoop.

The General Staff ordered the First Front Army to have approximately 200,000 men.

The Third Army Group was established to defend Tenda and Skovorodino. The Second Front Army and the Third Front Army, as well as the newly formed Fifth Front Army, established the First and Second Army Groups with a total strength of 1.02 million.

The main force of the First Army Group was gathered at the Jieya Lake and Zeya River lines behind the Tenda strategy, and built strong fortifications, various machine gun bunkers, and artillery positions. The Second Army Group left a small force on the Khabarovsk border

area as a blocking force, while the main force quietly moved northward, exited the Khabarovsk Territory, and secretly assembled in Magadan, Kamchatka Region. Supplies were supplied to Magadan Port by sea.

The Chinese Imperial Army once again laid out a big bag, waiting for the Russian army to get into it. The Russian army had been tortured all winter and was very violent. They wanted to wipe out all the Chinese Imperial Army in one breath.

This irritable mentality has become the unanimous mentality of almost all commanders in the Russian military from top to bottom, so the Chinese Imperial Army is not worried that the Russian army will not dig into their pockets.

In terms of Mongolia, the General Staff of the Chinese Empire did not initially choose the battlefield for the decisive battle in Northern Xinjiang (Russian Far Eastern Border Region), but at the junction of Outer Mongolia and Inner Mongolia. Because at that time the Russian army would have more than sixty soldiers

Tens of thousands of armies marched into Outer Mongolia, so the Chinese Empire had to respond.

In April, the Emperor of the Chinese Empire Wang Chenhao had decreed the canonization of Princess Borzigit-Salina of the Shaowuda Horqin League as Concubine Li, and the canonization of Princess Ulanqiqige of Erut of the Alxa League as Concubine Zhuang.

In this way, the Horqin League and the Alxa League, the two largest tribes in Neimenggu, became relatives of the emperor. The Thirty-Six Banners of Neimenggu, led by them, once again expressed their loyalty to the Chinese Emperor Wang Chenhao and formed a military force with a total strength of up to

350,000 méng ancient cavalry troops.

Such a large cavalry unit, even if it is not sure to defeat the Russian Cossack Cavalry, can at least maintain the right to control cavalry in the Mongolian region, allowing the Chinese Imperial Army infantry to safely advance into Mongolia, and finally rely on the infantry to defeat the Russian army and regain it.

Waiméng ancient.

In order to further win over the Horqin and Alxa tribes, Wang Chenhao issued several imperial edicts in succession, promoting Concubine Li's great Jihadan Bater (translated as a resolute hero) to the rank of cavalry general, commander of the Royal First Cavalry Corps, and promoting Concubine Zhuang's younger brother Ge

Genhas (Ze Mingyu) is the commander of the Royal Second Cavalry Regiment, Lieutenant General of the Cavalry.

The title of "Royal" was only for the purpose of win-win. Of course, at the same time, officers from other Mongol ministries were also promoted as a win-win.

The equipment of the 1st Royal Cavalry Regiment and the 2nd Royal Cavalry Regiment is directly issued by the General Logistics Department, and is equipped with uniform Browning Type 97 lances, swords and various combat equipment.

As relatives of the emperor, Hardanbaatar and Gögenhaas also actively stepped up training of the cavalry troops and began to expel the invading Russian Cossack cavalry. They fought several battles, large and small. Although they did not win, they did not win either.

Let the Russian cavalry get an advantage.

With these 350,000 cavalry troops, the strategic situation of the Chinese Imperial Army in Mongolia was suddenly reversed. It no longer passively suffered attacks, but could sometimes carry out appropriate counterattacks.

However, as the General Staff shifted its strategic focus to northern Xinjiang, the operational mission of the Menggu Fourth Theater was only defensive. Therefore, the Fourth Theater immediately conducted intensive training for the Royal First Cavalry Corps and the Second Cavalry Corps and carried out appropriate reorganization.

, making it consistent with the establishment of the Imperial Chinese Army.

On May 4, 1902, the right-wing Tsarist Russian Imperial Army launched a fierce attack on the Tenda line, but was met with stubborn resistance by the Chinese Imperial Army. The Russian army had no intention of capturing Tenda quickly, so after being unable to attack Tenda for a short period of time, a stalemate began.

, waiting for the left-wing army to outflank.

However, the Russian army sent a powerful airship force to bomb Tenda and Skovorodino.

It was a sunny and sunny day, suitable for airships to carry out tactical bombing. The commander of the Russian right wing, General Paul Nev, immediately ordered the airship troops to dispatch.

In the early morning of May 8, thirty Russian Zeppelin airships set off from Nerchinsk Fortress and arrived at a distance of about 70 kilometers from Tenda at 11 am.

At this time, the Russian observers on the flagship airship suddenly noticed a buzzing sound coming from the air ahead. The sound became louder and louder. Russian soldiers on each airship crouched on the edge of the pod to look.

At about twelve o'clock, a Chinese Imperial Air Force J-1C reconnaissance aircraft flew over the left wing of the Russian airship formation. The sudden appearance of the aircraft stunned the Russian airship personnel.

What is this?

When they saw an airplane for the first time, everyone was confused, and some even shouted that it was a flying dragon or a beast.

Only the commander saw clearly through the telescope that the opponent was the dragon flag symbol of the Imperial Chinese Army.

"It's the enemy!"

With a loud shout, the Russian troops on the airship suddenly panicked and took out their pistols and shot at the aircraft circling around them.

There were two people sitting on this reconnaissance plane. The pilot was in the front and the observer in the back was recording the number of Russian airships and their personnel.

The aircraft cruised at a speed of 35 knots, circled around the Russian airship force, and flew away after a few circles.

The sudden appearance of the plane made the Russian airship troops panic. What you don't know is always the scariest thing. Commander Lieutenant Colonel Shilov even had a row of cold sweat on his forehead. What if it was the secret weapon of the Chinese Imperial Air Force?

Is good.

Looking down at the earth, thousands of meters high in the sky, if there is danger, if you fall.

Shilov couldn't help but take a breath of air and felt goosebumps all over his body.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, just as the Russian airship troops were flying over less than fifteen kilometers away from Tenda, six aircraft similar to the one before suddenly appeared on the opposite side.

Shirov couldn't help but shiver and suddenly became worried.

After the Eighth Flying Group of the Imperial Chinese Air Force received information about the incoming Russian airship, the fighter squadron immediately took off. Captain Gao Peng led six J-A fighters into the air to fight.

In the cockpit of the pilot aircraft No. 001, Gao Peng observed the Russian airship force through the telescope.

The behemoths have no defensive capabilities. Just breaking through the airbag of the airship is enough to cause the airship to crash. The huge body and slow moving speed of the airship are really a piece of cake for the J-1 fighter. Simple

Aiming is enough to hit.

Gao Peng made a deep penetration and combined attacks with his own shooting gesture. Then he stepped on the accelerator and the fighter plane climbed upwards.

The other five fighter planes quickly received the order and followed the lead plane in their actions.

"attack!"

Gao Peng shouted loudly and stepped on the accelerator again. The fighter plane screamed and dived, heading straight for the Russian airship and rushing past it. The other five planes followed closely and began to dive.

The distance was getting closer and closer. When it was three to four hundred meters, Gao Peng moved towards the nose of the aircraft, aimed at the difficult target through the large crosshair on the heavy machine gun, and pulled the trigger.

"Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta!"

The machine gun suddenly opened fire and instantly fired more than a dozen rounds of bullets.

When the ear-piercing sound broke through the air, Shirov's heart suddenly rose to his throat. When he saw the flash of fire on the plane, he knew something was wrong.

"Enemy attack!"

Before he could finish his words, machine gun bullets were already fired at him.

"Puff puff!" The bullet immediately penetrated the air bag and the hydrogen gas began to leak out. Although the Zeppelin airship has strong air bag management and damage control measures, the penetrating power of the bullet is too strong, and one bullet will basically destroy the air bag.

The airship penetrated and destroyed more than a dozen small airbags inside.

"Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta!"

Gao Peng pulled the trigger again and fired another row of bullets in short bursts.

This time, the bullet grazed the steel frame, and the flames burst and ignited the hydrogen in the air bag.

"Boom! Boom boom!"

The airbags in the Zeppelin exploded one after another, instantly bursting into flames. Then there was a huge explosion, and the entire airship disintegrated in an instant. Fire and thick smoke flew hundreds of meters.
To be continued...