0952 Minister of War
Xuan Jianzhang smiled and said, "Oh, this is a vengeance. Thinking about the fact that our Chinese army had only one regiment, and we were all sent to the old regiment? So, you all came from the First Field Division of the Chinese Army, the First Field Division of the Chinese Army, this is everyone's common honor!"
Luo Guozhong laughed: "Jianzhang is still powerful, he can fight and speak, and even those who die can say they are alive."
"Old Luo, are you praising me? Or are you scolding me?" Xuan Jianzhang laughed.
Everyone laughed happily. Although the Chinese army suffered heavy casualties, they were all soldiers who were mixed up with blood and fire. This time, they consumed the Russians one to two, and everyone still felt it was worth it.
The Chinese army cleaned the battlefield, and all troops entered the camp, quickly rebuilt the already dilapidated city of Tuluhansk. This place has become a military zone. Almost all the more than 30,000 Tsarist Russian people involved died of life, and only a few people stayed.
After gathering the troops, the Chinese army had more than 14,000 troops left in the Second Field Division of the Chinese Army and more than 11,000 troops left in the Third Field Division of the Chinese Army. It was quite good, at least the system was quite complete.
Next is to declare the meritorious soldiers, then to provide pension to the families of the fallen soldiers, rest and mobilize troops from the rear to replenish the lost soldiers.
During the war, it would be very difficult to replenish troops on a large scale. Fortunately, the cute president had collected the 26 main divisions before, and now he quickly transferred troops from the Beijing Military Region to the north.
In addition, there are five divisions that went to Mongolia to assist in the construction of the Mongolian railway line, and five divisions that went to the Northeast to help rebuild, help build the Northeast railway network, and five divisions that built the railway line from Vladivostok to Irkutsk. There are now less than ten divisions left in the Beijing Military Region.
Why?
Because there are still several divisions working together with the Huai Army and the Chu Army to build a railway to the Northwest.
The construction task of China is too heavy, and human resources are easier to handle, because China, which is not beaten, does not lack manpower.
The key is money. So many major projects are started at the same time, and the treasury can no longer support it and can no longer allocate more money to Siberia. This requires Siberia to be self-sufficient as soon as possible. At least, in terms of food, building materials, and economically, it can not rely on China!
As a newly obtained blockbuster area, the Chinese government is under great pressure.
Irkutsk has rich natural resources. It concentrates gold and hydrocarbon raw materials with huge reserves, rare metals (niobium, tantalum, lithium, rubidium), 47 precious and colorful decorative stones (skystone, chala stone, etc.), edible salts and potassium salts, iron, manganese, titanium, mineral building materials (magnesite, dolomite, etc.).
Mineral resources: Coal mines, gemstones and potassium salts, hydrocarbon raw materials, refractory earth, and broad-spectrum raw materials, iron ore, and mineral fertilizers used to produce building materials. In the geological fold area of Irkutsk Oblast, there is the high-quality Lena River gold mine area, the Mamsko-Chuyisk mining area, the mica-containing mining area, the East Sayansk rare metal mine area, and various mining and mineral chemical raw material areas. In this area, there are talc powder, cement, limestone, inlay stone, gem raw materials, non-mineral raw materials and other raw materials used in the metallurgy industry.
More than a dozen guards followed, the 6th Secretary of Tsarist Russia's 6th Army, Dimitrimiliujin, walked quickly towards the office palace of Tsar Alexander II.
The 6th Army Minister Dimitrimiliukin had received a report of the battle to the front line. Although Dimitrikonbarovdoga was modified, Dimitrimiliukin still had problems. He was very angry and afraid, and he did not expect that the Chinese army's combat effectiveness was so strong.
Tsar Alexander II tore the battle report handed over by the 6th Army Minister Dimitrimiliukin to pieces and roared: "This waste, Dimitrikonbarov is a waste!"
The 6th Army Minister Dimitrimiliujin originally wanted to complain, but now the Tsar is in a fire, he doesn't know what to say. Not to mention anything else, nearly 40,000 troops were killed in one go, and together with the entire Siberian army that had been lost before, a total of nearly 80,000 people. The total number of the 6th Russian Army was only more than 500,000, which was equivalent to removing nearly one-seventh of the seventh. This is a very terrible number. Not to mention anything else, how much food should be fed to these 80,000 people alone?
No matter how strong the national strength is, it cannot withstand such losses, not to mention that Tsarist Russia was still the leader of the serfdom at this time, and the government's finances were weak!
Tsar Alexander II was very angry, but the fire could not solve the problem in the end. "Now, we cannot replace Dimitrikonbarov. In that case, it will have a greater impact on the morale of the army and the people! I had issued a secret order to let him go up and fight the decisive battle in the Chinese army to relieve the pressure of long-distance transportation of supplies. I wanted to use constant recruitment to go to the front line to drag down the Chinese army and let the Chinese country see the fearless spirit of our Russian warriors!"
The 6th Army Minister Dimitrimiliujin nodded, "I think the view of your Majesty is extremely correct. It was a problem when Dimitrikonbarov was executed. The war was not fought like this. Even if it was to rely on the number of people to consume the Chinese army, it was not like this! Now the Chinese and Chinese army have completely established their foothold on the west bank of the Yenisei River. I have lost two-thirds of Siberia. Now it seems that if you can't just defeat the Chinese army from the front battlefield, you must mobilize all forces in all directions and strengthen the work of the intelligence department and the logistics department. The war mainly fights intelligence and logistics. The Chinese army has done a very good job in this regard."
Tsar Alexander II nodded, "That's right. Siberia is ours, the western gate of Russia. Everything that was born there is closely related to the fate of the empire. We cannot give up Siberia. In this way, our ancestors will not forgive me. We must pay attention to everything that was born in Siberia!"
Tsar Alexander II's beard was majestic and his eyes were full of perseverance. As a capable emperor, he was great in the history of Tsarist Russia, almost comparable to Emperor Taizong of Tang in China!
The 6th Army Minister Dimitrimiliugin looked at the Tsar without interrupting the Tsar and continued to listen to him.
"Okay, you go and arrange it. In terms of money, I will find a way. How do you think you can defeat China? Remember, I have never thought of compromising, and we cannot compromise with China. Don't say that they want to seize our entire Siberia. Even if they don't make such rude requests, we will not compromise with them, because in that case, the whole Europe and the whole world will watch our jokes!" Tsar Alexander II stood up, paced back and forth, and looked at the beautiful Russian building complex outside the window, with a huge hatred! He wants to save Russia's glory!
"So, your Majesty, about the arrangements of Marshal Dimitrikonbarov?" asked Dimitrimilyugin, the Minister of the 6th Army.
Tsar Alexander II sighed, "Save it for now. Now, it is not the time to replace Dimitrikonbarov. It will make the people feel that we have a big problem. It is not scary for death. I am afraid of distrust from the whole country!"
"I understand! Your Majesty." said Dimitrimilyukin, the Minister of the 6th Army, and then retreated. He also knew that Alexander II did not want to take away Dimitrikonbarov because Dimitrikonbarov was a close confidant of Alexander II, but this nepotism made Dimitrimilyukin, the Minister of the 6th Army, disappointed.
As the second-strongest United States, the war born in the Far East had little to do with them. Moreover, during this period, a national defense plan that was popular in the United States was conservative. Everyone's consensus was: to build their own economy as the main goal, don't develop any more arms, just be able to protect yourself!
Therefore, the Americans are actually unable to produce troops to fight against foreign countries at all, even a small army cannot produce them. Unless they were born in the Americas, they could be involved in local wars on a small scale.
However, the current situation is that Alaska is just next to Siberia, just across the Bering Strait. China may reach out to Alaska at any time, which makes Americans panic!
Chapter completed!