Also on the eastern front, Li Mingzhong's unit of the 9th Division of the Western Route Army, who attacked from Manzhouli, and the vanguard of Virgin Brigade, set off from Mogoitui on March 2, 1918, and rushed 160 kilometers in one day, occupying Akinskoye, Darasun, and New Krucininski, and arrived at the suburbs of Chita on March 3.

Another Xiong Shihui Brigade of the West Route Army in the East Line, propelled to Wenda, 40 kilometers southwest of Nibchu within two days. Because there were no railways and trains, they could only be transported by road, there was a certain shortage of oil supply. The oil transported from Manzhouli was unloaded in Borja, and then chased Xiong Shihui's brigade in transportation with a car. Even so, after pushing to Wenda, the guy had to stop and wait for the oil behind.

On March 3, 1918, Zhang Weixi's troops of the 8th Brigade of the Third Division heading north also advanced along the Siberian Railway to the suburbs of Chita, and successfully met with the 25th Brigade of the 9th Division, He Virgin's troops, who arrived earlier, and surrounded Chita, the largest city in East and West Siberia, the capital of Chita, Chita!

Early in the morning of March 4, 1918, the 9th Division Li Mingzhong's division headquarters and Liu Zhi's 27th Brigade arrived at Chita by train. The local Soviet defenders refused to surrender under the control of Cheka and the Bolsheviks. Li Mingzhong commanded three brigades to launch the battle to conquer Chita.

The Handlipedi 0/400 heavy bombers from three squadrons that took off from the Manzhouli Field Airport carried out air bombing on the Chita Russian positions 390 kilometers away. Due to the short range, the bomber group flew over Chita for a relatively abundant time to stagnate after flying over Chita. Under the guidance and correction of ground troops, the bombing achieved satisfactory results.

Li Mingzhong's artillery fire was only 20 minutes long. Even so, when the three brigades were guided by wheeled armored vehicles, the remaining Russian troops who were blown up and overturned, knocked out the white flag. Chita, as the central city of East and West Siberia, did not have the fortifications as strong as Lushun, Khabarovsk and Vladivostok.

If the Cheka and the Bolsheviks had not pressed the head of the local defender commander with guns, there would be no need to fight this battle at all, and they would just surrender with a white flag.

In fact, if Li Mingzhong did not follow what Wang Geng said, he would try to hone the air-ground coordination and the inchronous and cannon coordination, even if there was no air support at all, it would be better to conquer the Chita of 8,000 defenders with only three mixed brigades armed to the teeth.

In this battle, more than 2,000 Russian soldiers were killed or killed, and the remaining 6,000 were captured. Li Mingzhong's casualties were only a few hundred, and Chita fell into the hands of the Chinese warriors.

On March 4, 1918, Xiong Shihui's troops of the 26th Brigade of the 9th Division, which had received oil supplements, conquered Nibchu, who had only 2,000 defenders in one go. The memorial site for the signing of the Sino-Russian Nibchu Treaty fell into the hands of the Russian Chinese warriors.

The third division Sun Liangcheng Armored Brigade of the Third Division, which had previously been rushing and occupied Irkutsk. After resting and replenishing locally, it continued to advance westward along the Siberian Railway on March 3. Within two days, it advanced 600 kilometers along the railway and occupied Angarsk, Usolye, Mikhailovka, Cheremhovo, Jima, Tulun, Xia Uginsk and Teshet.

Wu Peifu's division headquarters and the 9th Brigade followed one after another to open up the railway line from Babushkin to Irkutsk, and circled the Siberian Railway at the southern end of Lake Baikal, successively occupied Baikal, Sliujiangka, Kurtuk, and Sherekhov, and finally settled in Irkutsk.

In this way, the Chinese military forces launched a military operation against Russia to defend the 18th regain territory on February 28, 1918. Until the day of Jingzhe on March 6, 1918, the military operation that lasted for one week achieved fruitful results.

The Siberian Railway starts from Teschet, the westernmost town of Irkutsk Prefecture in Western Siberia, to the east, and all the important strongholds and towns on these thousands of kilometers of railway lines fell into the hands of the Chinese war army.

The railway line from Nibchu to Khabarovsk is more than 2,000 kilometers, and there are no large strongholds or fortresses along the way, except for Blagoveshensk (Helanpao), the capital of Amur Prefecture, which is more than 600 kilometers away from Khabarovsk.

The Seventh Division set out from Khabarovsk and swept westward along the Siberian Railway, while the Xiong Shihui Brigade of the Ninth Division set out from Nibchu and advanced eastward along the railway line. A week later, it easily conquered the Twentieth Brigade of the Seventh Division in Hailanpao, and met with the Xiong Shihui Brigade of the Ninth Division in Skovorokita.

In this way, after two weeks of dispatch of troops, the Chinese team completely opened up a 4,700-kilometer railway line from Teschet in Irkutsk Oblast west of Lake Baikal to Vladivostok in the Far East Coastal Krai, creating a miracle in the history of modern warfare.

Of course, the Siberian Railway is from Moscow to Vladivostok in the west, and the entire distance is as long as Piaotian. Literary registered members recommend this work. Kilometers. The Chinese war army only controls less than half of the routes.

During the week when the Xiong Shihui Brigade of the Ninth Division and the Seventh Division Guozhigang Brigade opened the Nibchu to Khabarovsk railway line, the westernmost Wu Peifu Third Division Sun Liangcheng's armored brigade moved to the on-site rest and consolidate the railway line. The high-intensity continuous battle under the extreme cold temperature caused the troops' energy and physical strength to be greatly overdrawn.

Wu Peifu's 3rd Division and 9th Brigade were stationed in Irkutsk, but his vanguard Armored Brigade Sun Liangcheng's troops were in Taishet 600 kilometers west, while Zhang Weixi's troops of the 8th Brigade were in Chita 1,000 kilometers away.

In contrast, Li Mingzhong's troops of the Ninth Division were relatively concentrated, with Liu Zhi's troops stationed in Chita, He Virgin Brigade stationed in Nibchu, and Xiong Shihui's troops stationed in Skovorokita.

At the moment when the Chinese team was rushing forward, the 12th Division and the 7th Division of Japan were doing nothing and basking in the sun in Vladivostok. Given that China and Japan would actually unify their intervention operations in Siberia and Russia, the area designated for Japan to occupy is far west of the Yenisei River.

As for the place where birds do not shit in the north of the Outer Xing'an Mountains, the Seventh Division, the Outer Xing'an Mountains dispatched troops, did not have the intention to endure hardships. Fujii Yukichi volunteered to be responsible for the public security and sweeping work of the two wings of the railway for the Chinese team. Although the Soviet guerrillas were not yet in a state of chaos, the incident of hiding in the forest and shooting at the occupying army every now and then.

Of course, more of the dispersed Soviet scattered soldiers have become bandits in the mountains and forests. Sometimes the reasons for hatred are so complicated that you can't find the reason at all. The Chinese war army has set up ration distribution and health centers in all occupied towns and stations along the way, but there are still many Russian people in the local area who are not grateful.

Many local residents even go to the station to get the food ration during the day, and go together at night to figure out how to cut the railway tracks and overturn the train to drag the Chinese people to transport military supplies and food to the west.

The most anxious thing was of course the Japanese military headquarters. Seeing that the Chinese had only dispatched 4 divisions of troops, they occupied the vast and vast Siberian Railway more than 4,000 kilometers. The entire Baikal region of Siberia and the main towns and strongholds in the Far East fell into the hands of the Chinese.

Trucks of arms and grain were transported from Manzhouli to the west and from Suifenhe to the east. The Middle East Railway was so busy, while trucks of coal, iron ore and even logs from Irkutsk were continuously transported back to Heilongjiang by returning trains.

The Chinese obviously paid a small price and gained huge profits. Of course, I don’t know what Wang Geng thought. The Chinese war army actually provided so much food and medical supplies to the malicious Russian people in Siberia and the Far East for free.

If it weren't for being scared by the bloody tactics of participating troops to maintain the public security in the occupied areas, the 12th Division of Japan might have really been able to grab the food and medical supplies received by local residents!
Chapter completed!