C996 Imperial Strategy

The Haishenwai was called the Vladimir Woostock, it was the most important city in the Tsar's Russia. It was known as the Crimean War's biggest harvest after failure.

The highest military officer of the Russian Army, Ji Yaqinke, and brigadier general Ai Tuolin stood side by side on the newly constructed seawall, as they coldly looked at the bay.

Rows of Russian Army's main soldiers who were on the battleship docked at the side of the bridge walked down. The pier was filled with the sounds of leather boots and loud shouting soldiers with bad tempers. The Chinese civilians who were carrying the supplies didn't dare to make a sound even after receiving the whips, and could only carefully avoid these God of Slaughterers.

These soldiers who had just finished fighting the Qingdao thought that they would get a long winter vacation, but they did not expect that they would suddenly receive the order to head north again.

"This group of damned Chinese, they actually managed to create such a huge rebellion. We must kill all of them and leave no one alive …"

Russian soldier was not afraid of war, guns, rain, blades and shadows were all common occurrence for them, but what they hated the most was trouble, repeating the monotonous work was enough to drive them crazy.

Sitting on the deck and playing cards for a while, he would be able to join the war. If he died, he would just treat it as sleeping, and if he survived, he would be rewarded for his military merits. In any case, it would be clear who would win the battle within a day.

However, conquering the three-way groove was annoying. Since the Haishenwai did not have enough war horses for them to ride, these old men could only rely on their own legs to travel more than 100 kilometers to find the enemy for a duel.

If the enemies were still there, that would be for the best, but even idiots knew that three-way groove was different. One was an island, the other was a continent.

Should he chase them? Capturing yellow monkeys all over the mountains was already a very troublesome task. It was too troublesome, really too troublesome.

Ji Yaqinke and Ai Tuolin were acutely aware of the change in the soldiers' mentality. Of course, they knew what kind of people their subordinates were.

The Tsar's warriors were not cowards on the battlefield, but they were lazy pigs in their lives. They did not want to farm, they did not want to produce, and they could not do some patient work. They drank, fought, gambled, played with women … It was a headache to think about leading such a group of soldiers.

Ji Yaqinke took out a silver jug of wine from her bosom. After drinking a small mouthful, she handed it over to Ai Tuolin and said, "This is the good Moscow wine that I brought back when I was in office. I don't have much left to taste …"

Just as the high level vodka entered his throat, a hot line flowed down his esophagus. Ai Tuolin let out a long sigh of relief, "I really miss my hometown. I wonder when Moscow will transfer me back …"

Ji Yaqinke did not answer his question. Instead, she gave some pointers to the magnificent scenery of the mountains and rivers in front of him and said with a sigh, "What a vast expanse of land this is. And with it being so bountiful and fertile, it's really hard to imagine why God would give pagan so much wealth …"

"Haishenwai? The Chinese actually gave such an unpleasant name. Such an excellent military port in the Far East, could it be that in their eyes, it was used to pick up sea cucumbers? "Idiot …"

"Look at the new name our tsar gave us, Vladimir Vostok... "The city guarding the Far East is so mighty and domineering. Just a name alone is enough to explain the importance of this city …"

Ai Tuolin also sighed, "That's right, it took us hundreds of years to open up Eurasia. Such a vast piece of land belongs to the Tsar, just thinking about it makes people excited … "Back then, Crimea's failure caused us to completely lose the key to enter the Mediterranean Sea from the Black Sea. However, because of this disaster, we were able to obtain the key to enter the Pacific Ocean. God still cares for us …"

Ji Yaqinke turned her head to look at Ai Tuolin, "My old friend, you are from the Navy, so you know the importance of ports. Our dream for hundreds of years in Russia is to have a warm water port with a superior location."

"The motherland is very big, but the motherland is too remote. Either all the military ports in Europe are frozen for half a year, or their positions are not good enough to be trapped by the British. The empire can't be separated from the sea trade …"

"Crimea!" "This is a scar in our hearts. The path of expansion from the Black Sea has been blocked, and the Empire's strategic center of gravity can only advance eastwards. Fortunately, we encountered such a weak Great Qing. Luckily, we managed to occupy this excellent military port …"

"Ai Tuolin, I can tell you now, the Empire's strategy for the east is far more than just here. Once we establish our foothold here, our goal will still be the south, the warmer south …"

Ai Tuolin's eyes lit up: Southern? "You mean the eastern Liaodong or Jiaodong Peninsula of the Qing Empire?"

"That's right, it is there that we are backed by the Qing Empire's huge market, facing the Pacific Ocean's golden channel. If our Far Eastern Fleet's headquarters is located here, then the Western Pacific Region will become our possession. This is the Empire's century-old dream!"

"Just thinking about it makes me excited!" Those army officers and men who only know how to complain, they definitely do not have a deeper understanding of this strategy than you do, so I am begging you, this time I will personally lead by a brigadier general, I will guard you and protect you! "

You just came over from Qingdao, so you don't know the details. This time, the battle in three-way groove was not simple, according to the defeated soldiers, the enemy not only consisted of local thugs, but also a very sturdy Chinese Army and a strange Japanese samurai.

"Looks like we have more than one enemy, there's no need to talk about the local mob. I can guarantee that those valiant Chinese Army s came from the Ryukyu, and other than Xiao Letian, no one else in Asia can train such an army. However, the identities of those Japanese samurai s are worth trying to understand. "What the hell would happen if there was no conspiracy …"

"And that flag, what do you mean by that? Did these bunch of cowards think they could hide the mastermind under the banner of a civil organization? The Chinese saying, 'This place is three hundred taels of silver' makes a lot of sense to me! "

"Who exactly is behind this? Xiao Letian? Qing government? Or were they conspiring with each other? Or maybe there's an Englishman in it... "

It had to be said that the smarter a person was, the more important they would think about from a higher position. As the person in charge of the Far Eastern Military Region, Ji Yaqinke had to consider this issue from the perspective of a great nation's battle, but the more he thought about it, the more misguided she would be by Xiao Letian.