Rebirth of the Qing Empire

At the end of the 19th century, the European powers considered their own national interests, that is, in order to redefine the global sphere of influence, and established the "Triple Alliance" composed of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Kingdom of Italy, and the "Triple Alliance" composed of Britain, France, and Russia.

The two camps of the "Three Kingdoms Entente". At the beginning of the 20th century, the two camps launched a crazy arms race. The whole of Europe was covered with war clouds. If there was any disturbance, a world war might break out.

This period coincided with the great economic development of Bac Ninh. The various industrial products it produced had advanced design concepts, high technical content, moderate prices, exquisite workmanship, reasonableness and practicality. They occupied the domestic market and were exported to Asian countries fiercely.

Later, it also entered the European market and was also favored by people in various European countries.

The two Balkan wars that broke out in 1912 and 1913 can be regarded as the prelude to the outbreak of the First World War. The huge consumption of the war led to a massive demand for various materials, and this led to the demand for industrial products in Bac Ninh.

Europe's export volume increased exponentially. The war was protracted. Some European countries participating in the war, such as Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, etc., had their national treasury depleted due to their weak national strength. In order to continue the war, they relied more on loans provided by the Bac Ninh government for purchases.

Required supplies. Of course, the products of the Qing Empire began to seize the European market. But in terms of military affairs, the Bac Ninh government only provided the participating countries with the medical supplies and equipment, medicines, food, daily necessities, military uniforms, footwear and socks they needed.

, tents, steel, building materials, various tools, etc., does not involve the export of weapons and ammunition.

As the situation in Europe intensified, the Western powers turned their main efforts to Europe, and their control over Asia decreased significantly. Of course, Kang Fan was happy to fill this power vacuum and take the opportunity to expand the influence of the Qing Empire in Asia.

In order to regain the Qing Empire's once lost leadership position in Asia, in order to influence the overall situation in Asia. This is also one of the several reasons why Kang Fan decided to implement the "revenge" action.

Why doesn't the Japanese government want to do this? But Kang Fan will not give them this opportunity. Japan's capital for dominating Asia is its powerful navy. If the navy is destroyed, what else will the government use to show off its power? And the main purpose of the "revenge" operation is

The target of the operation is the Japanese Navy. As for Russia, its naval strength stationed in the Far East is far from that of Japan and is not the main threat to the Bac Ninh military. Therefore, whether the main force of the Japanese navy can be eliminated in one fell swoop has become the focus of the "revenge" operation

In order to eliminate the Japanese Navy in one fell swoop, not only the newly born Bac Ninh Navy must use all its strength, but also the other branches of Bac Ninh's military services must work together to implement an unprecedented large-scale joint sea, land and air combat operation.

Under the planning of the Bac Ninh Defense Ministry, the "Revenge" operation began immediately, including troop mobilization, battlefield reconnaissance, intelligence collection, equipment and material supply. After the troops participating in the war completed the assembly, actual combat exercises with the landing on Sakhalin Island as the background began.

It unfolded secretly in the Bohai Bay. Participating troops drawn from the Bac Ninh Army, Navy, Army Aviation, Naval Aviation, Marine Corps and the Special Operations Forces of the Security Bureau and their various weapons and equipment were all present, command and control, communications, tactics

Collaboration, logistics and supply are unprecedentedly complex.

In order to be foolproof, the exercise was carried out day and night. For a time, various types of artillery, tanks, fighter planes, warships and tens of thousands of officers and soldiers gathered in the northern waters and coast of the Bohai Sea. The sound of guns, engines and shouts resounded through the sky... The reason why

The actual combat exercise area was chosen to be the Bohai Bay. First, because the Bohai Sea is an inland sea of ​​the Qing Empire and is under the strong control of the Beining military. The northern waters of the Bohai Sea can be closed by the Beining Navy at any time, making it easy to achieve secrecy; secondly, in the long Bohai Sea

It is easy to find terrain similar to the planned landing area on Sakhalin on the coastline and islands of all sizes, making the exercise closer to the actual combat environment.

Sakhalin Island was originally the largest island in the Qing Empire and an excellent natural barrier to protect the Northeastern coastal frontier of the Qing Empire. It was occupied by Russia in 1860. After Russia's defeat in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Russia ceded Sakhalin Island at 50 degrees north latitude.

Part of the southern part was given to Japan. At this point, Sakhalin Island was divided into two parts by Japan and Russia, and was jointly occupied by the two countries.

After the Bac Ninh government was established, it sent several notes to the Russian and Japanese ambassadors in the past few years, hoping to regain the sovereignty of Sakhalin through peaceful negotiations, but was always rejected by the Russian and Japanese governments. After repeated attempts, Kang Fan finally lost patience and decided to

Retake Sakhalin Island by force.

Sakhalin Island is separated from Jilin Province only by the Tatar Strait, which connects the Sea of ​​Okhotsk and the Sea of ​​Japan. Heilongjiang enters the sea from here. The total length of the strait is more than 900 kilometers, and the narrowest point at the northern end is only more than 7 kilometers.

For the Bac Ninh Navy, it is not difficult to land across the sea. As long as the landing is successfully completed, judging from the attack power of the Bac Ninh Army, there will be no problem in taking Sakhalin Island.

On September 1, 1912, which was the eighth day that Kang Fan, He Shuixiu and his party stayed in Manzhouli, Kang Fan received a telegram from the Beining Defense Department at the Western Command of the Border Guard Army in Manzhouli stating that combat preparations were completed, and immediately

Take the "Eagle" military transport aircraft to the frontline headquarters of the Temple Street Border Defense Station and take command.

Temple Street is located at the estuary of Heilongjiang, across the Tatar Strait from Sakhalin Island. It is a transshipment port for inland and coastal shipping. However, due to the cold local climate, the port is frozen for up to half a year, which limits the development of the city.

Its status is inferior to that of Khabarovsk and Vladivostok in the south. Later, after the completion of specially built railways and highway branch lines connecting the transportation network in the inland areas of Beinin, the traffic situation here was improved, and the military and economic status was immediately improved.

Since this place was selected by Kang Fan as the forward headquarters of the "Revenge" operation, various services and arms have been stationed one after another. Looking around, there are military camps on the shore, ships gathered in the harbor, and the field airport is filled with planes as far as the eye can see. Along the Heilongjiang River

A large amount of combat supplies and equipment brought by the ships were piled up at the pier...The army strictly sealed off the area around Temple Street. All residents were restricted to the city and were not allowed to go out. All social activities were forcibly prohibited, and the residents needed daily necessities.

It was distributed uniformly and on time by the army... For a moment, it seemed that even the air in Temple Street City had tensely condensed into a single piece and no longer fluttered.

"What a depressing atmosphere!" This was the first thing He Shuixiu said after getting off the plane.

The frontline headquarters is built of fir trees and ichthyosaur pine cut down on site. It has a double-layer structure and is hidden in the dense virgin forest. It cannot be distinguished from a distance. All kinds of equipment in the headquarters are in place, including communication antennas on the roof.

There are many people in the command center coming in and out, busy but not chaotic.

The Tatar Strait is a natural channel for cold and warm currents. The cold current from the Sea of ​​Okhotsk in the north flows south through the strait, and the warm Tsushima Current in the south crosses the Sea of ​​Japan and goes northward. The two currents meet in the strait to form dense fog. The dense fog is at its peak in spring and summer.

At the turn of the year, the fog will be thick and the sea and sky will be the same color, blocking the view and making it impossible for ships to pass. It is autumn at this time, and there are very few dense fog weather. However, the local meteorological department of Jilin Province has predicted that there will be a heavy fog weather in the near future. The time is

Early September.

As expected! At 5 o'clock in the morning on September 6, heavy fog arrived as expected. Kang Fan picked up the microphone in front of the radio station of the headquarters, looked at He Shuixiu next to him who was so nervous that the tip of his nose was sweating, and shouted in a low voice.

:"start to act!"

In the coastal area of ​​Jilin Province on the west side of the Tartar Strait, the leading landing force on standby - a marine regiment of the Bac Ninh Navy - quietly left the shore in a "Turbo" class universal landing craft, and disappeared in a few minutes.

into the mist of the strait. At the same time, 12 "Qing" class cruisers that provided maritime fire support for the landing force also set off from different assembly areas. Then, under the command of Director Li, a thousand special operations force soldiers who arrived first came first.

Flying across the strait on an "Eagle" military transport plane, they landed in the hinterland of Sakhalin Island without anyone noticing. Then a sharp "return rifle" came, cleanly clearing out the Russian troops in the planned landing area and taking control of the area.

The traffic arteries here and the terrain with important tactical value allowed the landing troops to successfully land on the west coast of Sakhalin Island without firing a shot.

The "Toucan" class universal landing craft is a brand-new concept amphibious weapon capable of transporting various materials and personnel back and forth between water and land. It has shown its huge and unique role in previous domestic disaster relief operations. This class of craft has

The full load displacement is more than 200 tons, and the maximum speed is 12 knots. The rear of the boat is the bridge, and the front of the boat is an open cargo hold. The cargo hold can carry 3 "Tiger"/"Leopard" tanks or other vehicles, artillery, etc.

, it can also carry 70 tons of supplies or 120 fully armed officers and soldiers, or a mixture of vehicles/personnel/supplies, etc. The bow cargo door is retracted and closed when sailing at sea, and lowered after docking to serve as a cargo bridge. The boat

Vehicles, personnel, materials, etc. can be disembarked directly from the cargo hold through the cargo bridge, which is convenient and fast.

The use of this new amphibious vehicle has greatly improved the landing combat capabilities of the Bac Ninh Army. It only took more than 30 minutes for the first wave of landing troops to rush to the coast of Sakhalin Island. The doors of each landing craft were wide open.

, various types of Marine Corps vehicles, artillery, supplies, officers and soldiers, etc. continuously poured onto the beach, quickly completed the unloading of equipment and supplies, and established a stable beachhead before the thick fog dissipated, opening up a path for subsequent army units.

A safe landing ground.

At this time, the 72 130mm naval guns on the 12 "Qing" class cruisers anchored in the coastal waters of Sakhalin Island, the 130mm cannon group of the Bac Ninh artillery unit across the strait, and the 40-tube 122mm rocket launcher group opened fire at the same time.

A dense barrage was used to cover the landing troops as they advanced deep into Sakhalin Island. The special operations forces were divided into combat units of varying numbers and attacked everywhere, carrying out mysterious attacks on the enemy's command system, logistics system, etc., effectively supporting the landing troops.

frontal assault operations.

Since the Russian and Japanese armies currently do not have a formal aviation system, and the defenders of the two countries on the island may not have even seen an airplane. Therefore, the subsequent air assault operation of the Bac Ninh aviation unit achieved even more unexpected results.

combat effectiveness.

The "Skyhawk" attack/reconnaissance aircraft flew past the ground at an altitude of less than 100 meters at a speed of 300 kilometers per hour. It made a huge roar and passed over the heads of the Russian and Japanese armies. Wherever it passed, this behemoth

The strong winds stirred up sand and rocks on the ground, filled the air with dust, and often blew the military caps of the officers and soldiers of the two armies off their heads, frightening the officers and soldiers of the two armies into panic and running away. How could there be any thought of resistance?!

The "Skyhawk" attack/reconnaissance aircraft with no risk of being shot down can calmly target the military facilities of the Russian and Japanese armies and drop powerful bombs, and then use the machine guns on the aircraft to sweep down the fleeing enemy troops. Those

The bombs falling from the sky shattered the Russian and Japanese defense facilities and destroyed their will to resist. Therefore, when the Bac Ninh army rushed to the enemy's position, the position was often empty.

All the tactical actions carried out by the Beining army were so sudden and novel, and they made good use of the foggy weather to achieve tactical concealment. Both the Russian and Japanese armies were stunned. And when the battle started

Previously, the Bac Ninh Air Force conducted quite sufficient reconnaissance operations on Sakhalin Island. The highly accurate aerial reconnaissance photos provided extremely important information for the formulation and implementation of combat operations. The Bac Ninh military deployed enemy troops on the island, as well as the terrain and features.

The important targets were well understood, and the participating troops had undergone highly targeted combat exercises and preparations. Therefore, the island attack operation went very smoothly.

The New First Army of the Bac Ninh Army, which had completed the landing, opened the way with Commander Zhang's Armored Division, and other troops followed suit, sweeping through them from north to south, and captured Oha, Katangli, and Alexandre within one day.

Rovsk and several other Russian cities feel like they are in deserted territory!

At this time, at the frontline headquarters on Temple Street, Commander Zhou's tense face finally relaxed. He elbowed Kang Fan and said with a smile: "Principal, my new army will give you more face!"

Seeing his begging expression, Kang Fan was too lazy to pay attention to him and snorted, "Almost all of your new army are elite Jin troops and they also have the best weapons and equipment in Beining's army. If you

If you can't beat me, I won't even want your head!" After saying that, he stretched out his hand out of habit.

He Shuixiu understood what Kang Fan was going to do and hurriedly handed a jar of light tea that had been brewed to him.

Commander Zhou touched his head and did not dare to say anything.

"Shuixiu, find some food for brother, I'm hungry." After taking a few sips of tea, Kang Fan turned to He Shuixiu and said.

In fact, Kang Fan was not the only one who felt hungry. Everyone in the headquarters had not eaten since morning. After hearing what Kang Fan said, everyone suddenly woke up and rushed to the kitchen to find something to eat.

There was still a lot of food left for the officers and soldiers this morning, and the kitchen had been reheated. He Shuixiu went to fill a lunch box with potatoes and beef stew, added two braised eggs, forked the steamed buns with chopsticks and brought them in to Kang Fan, and then went

He took two apples, sat next to Kang Fan and peeled them, but he didn't move his chopsticks.

"Why don't you eat?" Kang Fan asked as he pushed the lunch box in front of He Shuixiu.

He Shuixiu shook his head and said: "I was so nervous that I retched for a day, how could I eat!"

Kang Fan was not happy, so he picked up a piece of red beef and stuffed it into her mouth. He Shuixiu hid and the meat juice stained her cheeks, so she had to eat. Kang Fan reached out to wipe the meat juice from her cheeks, and He Shuixiu hurriedly

Blocking his hand, he took out his handkerchief and wiped it. He looked around and couldn't help but blush.

"There are so many people!" He Shuixiu whispered.

Kang Fan was stunned for a moment, smiled sheepishly, then lowered his head and wolfed it down. After taking a few bites, he suddenly put down his chopsticks and stood in front of the radio station again, his eyebrows furrowed and his expression solemn.

"Why don't you eat?" He Shuixiu came over and asked softly.

Kang Fan waved his hand and said nothing. Seeing him like this, the people around him also put down their chopsticks and went to their places. The atmosphere in the headquarters suddenly became tense again. Now, taking Sakhalin Island is a foregone conclusion, but the Navy is still

No message was sent, how could Kang Fan eat?