Rebirth of the Qing Empire

In order to hide his strength, Kang Fan stationed the 1st Jin Division and the 2nd Jin Division in Aihui. He personally led the 1st Jinqi Division and part of the Heilongjiang garrison to block the border between Heilongjiang and Jilin, strengthen border defense and do a good job in accepting refugees. June 23

On the same day, a large-scale hand-to-hand combat broke out between a unit of the 1st Jin Cavalry Division and a group of Russian Cossack cavalry crossing the border. They rescued the hunted compatriots from the sword of the Russians, creating a sensational news event.

After the new armored regiments replaced the cavalry regiments in the Jin army's three armored mechanized divisions, Kang Fan used these three cavalry regiments as his team and reorganized three cavalry divisions by drawing elites from the inner guard cavalry units.

They are the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Jinqi Divisions. They are all strong and well-trained officers and soldiers. Their war horses are well-bred tall horses, their sabers are made of stainless steel, and they have powerful Type 96 general-purpose machine guns.

The Type 96 rifle and Type 02 submachine gun are excellent in every aspect, and their combat effectiveness is definitely superior to the Russian Cossack cavalry.

At that time, the officers and soldiers of the 1st Jinqi Division did not use guns and artillery for fear of injuring their own refugees. The division commander Aso Bao was the first to draw his sharp saber and rush towards the Russian army. The officers and soldiers around him immediately rushed their horses, brandished their sabers, and followed closely. But the Russian army

Perhaps the army was overconfident in their combat skills, or perhaps they simply did not pay attention to the Qing cavalry in front of them. They also drew their swords and faced each other. Once the battle started, they would have no chance to retreat. In an instant, the sword

Lights flashed, people screamed and horses neighed, and flesh and blood flew everywhere! The officers and soldiers of the 1st Jinqi Division, who were skilled in combat skills and had a numerical advantage, cleanly killed these arrogant Russians under Kang Fan's gaze, and successfully retreated.

"The Russian Cossack cavalry is nothing more than that." Commander Ma said to Kang Fan quite proudly while wiping the blood on his saber with a cloth.

Kang Fan smiled: "That's it this time. If we fight again in the future, there is no need to fight them sword to sword or horse to horse. We can just use our machine guns and artillery."

Mr. Ma didn't understand very much and looked at Kang Fan blankly.

Kang Fan said: "I know that you are a cavalry person, and you will think that this is not a victory. But this is a life-and-death battle. Whatever is effective will be done. It would be foolish to think too much. If we take advantage of our strength this time, we will win first.

Separate the Russian troops from the refugees, and then directly use machine guns and artillery to sweep them away. As for the many casualties among our brothers? Life is precious, and as long as there is an opportunity to reduce casualties, we must fight for it."

Mr. Ma saluted with a serious expression and said loudly: "I understand, principal."

Escorting these refugees back to the nearest refugee point, the Jin army received a warm welcome. Some of the emotional refugees hugged any Jin army officer and soldier around them and burst into tears. The crying was loud for a while, so miserable!

"When can we call back?" Someone finally raised this sensitive question.

Everyone turned their attention to Kang Fan who was riding a red rabbit.

"Yes. We will definitely call back." Kang Fan repeated this sentence over and over again, but the crowd gathered around was not satisfied with his answer. What they needed was a specific timetable and implementation steps rather than this.

Prevaricate.

At this time, the officers and soldiers of the internal security forces brought hot meals, hot water, bedding, clothing, etc. to the refugees. The hungry and thirsty refugees were attracted by these things and swarmed away, waiting in line to receive their share.

Things. Only then did Kang Fan get rid of the embarrassing situation of being surrounded and questioned, and got out.

Among the large number of refugees who poured into Heilongjiang, there were many strong young adults. Out of their reverence and admiration for the Jin army, coupled with their deep hatred for the Japanese and Russian armies, tens of thousands of young adults enthusiastically signed up to join the army.

The internal guard troops received most of them after screening and were immediately dispersed to various military camps for training, which just filled the vacancies caused by the recruitment of soldiers from the standing army.

At the same time, after Shanxi's industrial system shifted to a wartime system, with the improvement of production technology and the successive operation of new production lines, the production capacity of various types of weapons and equipment increased exponentially. Some large and complex weapon systems such as "Tiger" and "Leopard"

"Type armored fighting vehicles, 122mm rocket launchers, 130mm cannons, "Iron Horse" series military vehicles, crawler tractors, etc. have all achieved mass production, and the quality and output have exceeded Kangfan's expectations. Military uniforms, military food, tents, medicines

, the output of fuel, oil and other types of military supplies has doubled, supplying various combat troops continuously.

In this way, by the first half of 1905, the standing army of the Jin Army was rapidly expanded to 3 armored mechanized divisions, 2 independent artillery divisions, 3 cavalry divisions and 5 mechanized infantry divisions, with a total strength of 200,000.

The number of armored regiments of the three armored mechanized divisions, namely Jin 1st, 2nd and 3rd divisions, has increased to 2. The number of equipment of "Tiger" and "Leopard" armored fighting vehicles has reached 120 and 240 respectively. 2 independent artillery units

The number of 130mm cannons and 122mm rocket launchers equipped by the division reached 72 and 36 respectively. The cavalry division and the mechanized infantry division also added division-affiliated armored battalions, and the artillery regiments were increased to 2. All Jin army participating in the war commanded,

Communications, logistics, engineering and other troops have all been mechanized and equipped with a large number of wheeled and tracked military vehicles.

Before the war began, the Heilongjiang area assembled the Jin Army's 2 armored mechanized divisions, 2 independent artillery divisions, 1 cavalry division, 3 mechanized infantry divisions and other units. 24 "Zhui Feng" aircraft from 4 military aviation bases in the two places

All reconnaissance aircraft gathered in Aihui and organized forward reconnaissance by relying on several simple frontline airports that were urgently built to familiarize themselves with the situation in the combat area and closely monitor the enemy's movements in the border areas between Heilongjiang and Jilin, Jilin Province, and Shengjing Province.

After a large amount of mechanized equipment was put into use by various troops, the demand for fuel oils such as diesel and gasoline, and other oils such as engine oil and lubricants increased sharply. The output of various types of oils in Tianjin Oilfield increased significantly, which not only met the needs of the troops but also

It meets the urgent needs of the civil sector in Shanxi and Heilongjiang. After the original coal chemical enterprises in Shanxi received sufficient supply of crude oil, some enterprises changed the original coal-to-oil production method to directly refining crude oil, making various refined oil products

The output can be increased. In this way, the most important energy issue in the era of internal combustion engines can be successfully solved.

If this combat operation achieves its objectives, it will truly integrate Shanxi, Zhili and the vast Northeast region and achieve stable control, instead of being like the current situation where Shengjing and Jilin are militarily intervened by Russia and Japan.

Between Shanxi and Heilongjiang, there is a mess of huge uncertainties. In addition, the intelligence work of the Security Bureau and the operational deployment and logistics support of the General Staff are very well organized, showing extremely high work capabilities. That is to say

, everything is ready, just waiting for Kang Fan to issue the battle order.

At that time, Britain vigorously supported Japan in order to contain Russia's expansion in Asia. As a die-hard ally of Britain, the Japanese Navy acquired the most advanced and powerful six displacement ships built by Britain in less than 10 years.

The first-class armored battleships of over 10,000 tons are quite powerful. Therefore, at the beginning of the war, they destroyed the main force of the Russian Pacific Fleet, gained control of the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea, and effectively supported the army's operations.

On January 2, 1905, after several months of fierce fighting and a total loss of more than 100,000 troops on both sides, the Russian army stationed in Lushun surrendered to the Japanese army.

On March 10, the Japanese army won the Battle of Fengtian, occupied Fengtian, and marched into Tieling, Kaiyuan and other places in Shengjing Province. The Russian army was defeated and retreated to the Siping Street area, lingering.

On May 27, the Russian naval reinforcement fleet setting off from the Baltic Sea was unable to take a shortcut to Asia through the Suez Canal controlled by the British. It had to go around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa to the Indian Ocean and then to the Pacific Ocean, resulting in a 220-day arduous sea voyage.

After arriving in the Japanese waters, exhausted and low in morale, the battleship's hull below the waterline was covered with aquatic organisms, and its speed was greatly reduced, which weakened the battleship's ability to complete tactical actions. In the Tsushima Strait, it was defeated by the Japanese navy, which had been carefully preparing for war at home for a long time.

The combined fleet was completely wiped out, known in history as the Battle of Tsushima.

At that time, the 1905 Revolutionary Movement broke out in Russia and had no intention of fighting again. Due to the huge consumption of this war, Japan also exhausted its domestic resources and was unable to fight again. At this point, large-scale military operations on both sides had to stop.

"Our time has come!" Kang Fan said to Huifeng excitedly.

Huifeng was equally excited. At that moment, the two of them divided their labor: Huifeng was based in Aihun City, unified command, coordinated combat support matters, and commanded troops to be responsible for the defense tasks on the Heilongjiang border, while Kang Fan personally led the Jin army and Heilongjiang mobile troops

A total of 120,000 people carried out the offensive operations.

On June 2, 1905, Kang Fan ordered the 1st Jin Division to be the left wing and the 2nd Jin Division to be the right wing. He led other troops of the Jin Army and 2 cavalry divisions, 4 infantry divisions, and 2 artillery divisions of the Heilongjiang Mobile Force to sit in the middle.

, went all the way south, launched an undeclared war against the Russian army, and directed its troops towards the main force of the Russian army that had retreated to the Siping Street area of ​​Shengjing Province.

The two armored mechanized assault groups of Jin 1st Division and Jin 2nd Division moved quickly. Within a week, they completed a pincer attack on the Russian army from the east and west sides with lightning speed. The forwards of the two divisions

After the troops joined forces, the "pliers" immediately began to close, squeezing towards the Russian army from both wings like two iron walls, tearing the Russian army's defense line to pieces like a torrent, and fortifying its defensive areas and heavy artillery positions.

, ammunition hoarding areas, command and communication agencies at all levels, logistics supply sites, transportation hubs, etc. were all destroyed. As a result, the Russian army lost its unified command and combat organization before it could respond effectively, and fell into the disadvantage of small units fighting independently and without supplies.

situation.

Kang Fan led a large force to launch an attack from the northern pincer-shaped opening surrounded by the two divisions and implemented an encirclement.

The contemporary world powers are still stuck in the age of steam engines, and their armies can only stay in the age of gun battles, relying mainly on manpower, animal power, firearms and a small amount of artillery and other equipment. The main means of causing casualties to both the enemy and ourselves on the battlefield are various types of guns and bullets, and the main weapons

It is a manual single-shot magazine-type rifle in the hands of infantry. The number of machine gun equipment is very small, and the number of various types of artillery equipment is even less. Take the Russian-Japanese Shahe Battle that began in October 1904 as an example. 210,000 Russians participated in the battle.

The army was only equipped with 32 Maxim machine guns, while the 170,000-strong Japanese army participating in the war was equipped with 12 Hotchkiss machine guns.

Shanxi has entered the era of internal combustion engines. Due to the revolutionary development of weapons and equipment production capacity and military technology based on heavy industry, the Jin army was able to leapfrog the era of gunfights and artillery battles and enter a new era of mechanized combat.

Various mechanized equipment powered by internal combustion engines and a large number of artillery of various types have become the main battle equipment.

The huge gap between the two eras means that the Japanese and Russian armies are not on the same level as the Jin army at all, and there is no comparability. Furthermore, after a long period of huge war consumption, both Japan and Russia have reached the end of their strength. All these prerequisites make

The Jin army's offensive operations were as easy as playing a game: the Jin army, which suddenly entered the battle, was supported by powerful artillery fire, clearing the way with the ferocious firepower of the "Tiger" tank-mounted 82 field artillery and machine guns, and carrying hand-held weapons capable of rapid shooting.

The infantrymen's "Leopard" armored fighting vehicles with Type 02 submachine guns followed up and launched a one-sided bloody massacre against the Russian army! These invulnerable, off-road armored monsters, spitting out deadly tongues of fire, advanced rapidly over the mountains and plains, and the Russian army

Where have you seen such a scene?! Already beaten by the Japanese army's "meat bombs" and "human sea" tactics, everyone was in a state of panic, and faced with such a terrifying "iron fire" assault by the Jin army, the fragile fighting will suddenly disappeared

Fall apart.

In the Battle of Siping Street, the Jin army and its friendly forces wiped out nearly 100,000 Russian troops, more than half of whom were prisoners who surrendered. In this battle, Commander Zhou of the Jin 1st Division personally led 16 "Tiger" armored fighting vehicles to break through the Russian army.

The army blocked the attack at all levels and ran more than 200 kilometers in 6 hours. In one fell swoop, the Russian army headquarters set up in the Siping Street Railway Station was crushed into a pile of rubble, leaving hundreds of unsuspecting Russian troops inside.

All the personnel were crushed to pieces, which directly led to the defeat of the Russian army and shocked the entire army!

In the next half month, the Jin army launched a large-scale mechanized long-distance assault operation, ruthlessly mopping up the remaining Russian troops scattered in Shengjing and Jilin, and completely annihilated nearly half of the Russian troops entrenched in the northeastern territory of the Qing Empire.

The Russian Army of the century. Under the escort of the Jin army, hundreds of thousands of Russian prisoners who had given up resistance and surrendered were marching in a long queue stretching for several kilometers on their way to the prisoner-of-war camp. They were ragged, unkempt, and looked desperate.

The Qing people along the road were attacking endlessly, and casualties occurred at any time. The Jin officers and soldiers responsible for escorting tried their best to persuade them, but there were still a large number of angry people who desperately broke through the obstruction and attacked these Russian troops.

Prisoners, Jin officers and soldiers could not effectively stop them.

In sharp contrast, the officers and soldiers of the Jin Army and the Heilongjiang Mobile Force who continued to march south, every time they passed through a town or village, the local people lined the streets to welcome them, served tea and water, and gave them lovely rewards such as slaughtering pigs and sheep.

soldiers. When camping at night, the local people will give up their best houses and the most comfortable kangs for the officers and soldiers. However, this army has strict military discipline and will never harass the people without orders from their superiors.

Sleeping in the countryside made the people feel the amiability and respectability of this army. As a result, countless volunteers joined the ranks of the army, guiding the army's path, providing various intelligence, and participating in the rescue work of the wounded.

Or gather dead officers and soldiers, etc. The people from various places along the route provided countless food and materials for the officers and soldiers, which greatly eased the pressure on the Jin army's logistics troops. In this combat environment, which took advantage of the right time, location, and people,

, the outcome of the invaders can be imagined.

After dealing with the Russian army, Kang Fan led the army to continue southward to attack the Japanese army occupying Shengjing Province.

Hui Feng personally led a unit of the Heilongjiang garrison to take a captured Russian train from Siping Street Railway Station and follow the China-Eastern Railway through Harbin, Manzhouli and other places all the way westward into the Russian territory west of Heilongjiang, blowing up hundreds of kilometers of the Trans-Siberian Railway and damaging the railway.

All the facilities along the line not only cut off the connection between the Russian army in the Far East and the central area of ​​Europe, but also immediately carried out emergency repairs on all the facilities along the Middle East Railway, and used all the captured Russian steam locomotives, carriages, etc.

The Middle East Railway, which runs through the northeastern region and reaches the port city of Vladivostok on the Sea of ​​Japan coast, also known as Vladivostok in the former Qing Empire, has become a logistical supply line for the Jin army, effectively supporting the Jin army's subsequent combat operations against Japan.

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The situation in the Russo-Japanese War suddenly changed, but neither the Qing court nor the Western powers were able to do anything. The Jin army was now like a wild horse that had run loose, and how could it not be reined in?