Ming Zuo

Chapter 1701 General Mobilization Order
Unlike Zuo Menggeng, who is owned by the empire, Russia's eastward expansion is actually a bit of a blur.

There are three reasons why Russia chose to expand eastward;
First, Russia has been strongly hindered in Europe, so that there are no good outlets and waterways, which seriously affects trade.

Therefore, the Russian high-level is eager to find a new sea outlet.

Their initial goal was to head north.

As a result, after developing all the way to the North Pole, it was discovered that the ice and snow here made it impossible to sail.

To the south, Ottoman Turkey lay ahead, guarding the mouth of the Black Sea.

Although Russia fought hundreds of years of war with Ottoman Turkey, although there were more victories and fewer losses, they were still unable to achieve a decisive victory.

So this way does not work.

In desperation, Russia had no choice but to look eastward for an outlet to the sea.

As a result of this eastward advance, it was suddenly discovered that all the khanates, large and small, in the east were extremely weak and could not stop their footsteps at all.

So the Russians were out of control, and they expanded thousands of miles in just over a century.

Second, it stems from the endless demands of the Russians for land.

The environment in Russia is too cold, which severely restricts life and production.Therefore, the Russians desperately hope to have more land and better land.

It is precisely because of this spirit that the Russians are willing to take risks and embark on a journey of thousands of miles.

The third is the benefit of fur taxation.

Because of the cold weather, there is a great demand for fur in Russia, which also leads to the prosperity of related industries.

If there is money to be made, there will be a driving force, so that more people are willing to go to the deep mountains and old forests to capture animal fur to make money.

There is no doubt that all the way to the east, in order to do this.

But in any case, in the process of Russia's eastward expansion, it was actually not very clear about the empire.

Although they have successively established contact with the Junggar tribe, Khalkha Mongolia and other forces, they are still very unfamiliar with the empire.

On the contrary, under Zuo Menggeng's words and deeds, the entire empire has long been extremely wary of Russia.

This also led to the Russians suffering a big loss when the two sides met unexpectedly.

On the wilderness, Russian explorers are still enjoying a rare rest, but the Wehrmacht has quietly started hunting them down.

Zuo Menggeng made it clear that the land here belongs to the empire.There is nothing to say about fighting the aggressors.

When the gunshots sounded, the Russians were terrified and quickly resisted.

But to no avail.

The combat power and weapons of the two sides are not at the same level at all.

The Russians were shot dead with precision, but their muskets were useless.

When more than half the casualties, the Russians wisely chose to surrender.

Zheng Cheng came up with his men and collected all the prisoners.

None of them knew Russian, so there was no way to interrogate them, so they had to be taken back to Okhotsk and handed over to their superiors.

Zheng Cheng didn't know that among the prisoners they captured, there was a leader named Mikhail Stadukhin.

In the original history, it was this person who led the expedition to the Kolyma River, and then established Fort Okhotsk.It was on his basis that Russia completed its advances to the Kamchatka Peninsula, Alaska and the Aleutian Islands.

But now this area has long been under the jurisdiction of the empire. Just as Staduxin brought people nearby, he was discovered by the National Defense Forces. He was beaten badly and became a prisoner.

The situation in the north was finally sent to the center after a long journey.

Zuo Menggeng immediately woke up and held an enlarged meeting.

"It turns out that the Russians have touched our side and invaded our land. The Russians must be attacked in all directions to drive them back to Europe."

Chen Zhi was a little embarrassed.

"The land in the extreme north is too desolate. If we want to make a big fight, I'm afraid it will delay the construction of all parts of the country."

If you want to fight, you must prepare a large amount of supplies.

The output from the extreme north still needs to be supplied to all parts of the interior.Once used in the military, it will lead to a shortage of resources in the interior.

The others are similar, they all consider the overall situation and have some resistance to fighting.

Regarding this, Zuo Menggeng knew that they were wrong.

"The Russians came so far away, how can they afford a big battle? They just sent expeditions to explore. If this is the case, then expeditions against expeditions, small troops against small troops, are enough to drive them out. If Russia increases its troops, we will concentrate our forces to make a decisive battle."

In the Battle of Yaksa in the original history, the Qing Dynasty dispatched a large number of troops and consumed a lot of resources before finally winning, but it only took back the land in the outer Xing'an Mountains.

The reason is that the long distance is one aspect, and the lack of force in the Qing Dynasty is the main reason.

In desperation, they can only rely on numbers to win.

But here in the empire, this problem does not exist.

With the same number of people, the empire's force must be much stronger than Russia's.

Then it was decided that the empire did not need to prepare for a large-scale battle. It only needed to launch an expedition and a small force, which was enough to complete the strangling of the Russians in the Siberian wasteland.

Although the Russian high-level officials will definitely increase their troops after learning about the situation, the army of the Northern Strategic Group is nearby and can handle it.

After hearing Zuo Menggeng's battle method, everyone in the center finally felt relieved and no longer objected.

Internal consensus was reached, and Zuo Menggeng immediately, in the name of the supreme commander, ordered the northern strategic group and the local government to let the expedition teams and the National Defense Forces fight in small groups, and attack wherever they found Russians.

Northern Strategic Group Command.

After receiving the order, Bai Xiaoqi was overjoyed.

He has been in charge of the state affairs of Beidu for a year, and dealing with government affairs all day has driven him almost crazy.

It's still interesting to be an army commander and fight a war.

"The first front army is in charge of the north and the west, and the largest unit is at the regiment level, expanding as much as possible. The second front army returns to Liaodong to assist the expedition team there to squeeze the Russians' space. According to intelligence, the Russians have established The bastion, which requires the regular army to remove."

Although the command of the center is to fight in small groups, since the Russians have built many strong castles, large-caliber artillery is necessary to break these castles.

Therefore, Bai Xiaoqi is very flexible when executing orders, allowing each department to choose the scale of operations according to the situation.

It is conceivable that from now on, on the vast land of Siberia, the exploration and expansion of the Russians will inevitably suffer heavy losses.

Yakutsk.

It was cold and windy outside, but the fire in the castle was very strong, making people very comfortable.

It's just that the local chief, Stepanov, frowned.

"Has the Seventh Expedition not returned yet?"

The deputy quickly said: "They haven't come back yet. According to the agreement, they were supposed to come back the day before yesterday, but there is no news yet."

Stepanov faintly felt something was wrong.

He got up and walked to the wall, opened the wooden window, and looked out at the leaden sky.

"I hope nothing happens."

(End of this chapter)