On April 15, 1870, as the Chinese Navy's North Sea Fleet officially established an anchorage in Vladivostok, the dispute between the two countries over China's Sakhalin Island officially came to an end.
Starting from April 19, the warships of the North Sea Fleet began to patrol around Sakhalin Island. The method of management was very simple. If they saw any non-Chinese ships, they would all be sunk.
On May 1, the main force of the North Sea Fleet attacked Russia's core stronghold near Zimu Bay on Sakhalin Island. The fierce firepower of 200 cannons easily destroyed the poor Russian fortifications on the shore. After the Marines landed, they began to annihilate the remaining enemies. In the end, all the prisoners were shot.
As early as 1799, Tsar Russia officially approved the establishment of the "Russian-American Company", whose mission was to consolidate Tsarist Russia's territory in the North Pacific and seize the Heilongjiang estuary and Sakhalin Island. By June, the Russian-American Company had already felt that something was wrong. There was no news from too many strongholds, and too many ships were missing.
Although the emperor of China had made it clear that they only recognized the Sino-Russian border stipulated by the Treaty of Nerchinsk, Russia really didn't take the emperor's words seriously. The Chinese hadn't been to such a northern area for more than two hundred years. How could the emperor of China let go of the territory that Russia had been managing for more than a hundred years?
However, the disappearance of so many strongholds and ships gave the Russians a strong warning. If it wasn't for the sudden appearance of a giant sea beast that only attacked the Russians, there was only one explanation for these things. The Chinese had returned to the north.
When the Russians discovered the problem and were ready to send an envoy to make diplomatic contact with China, the situation was already out of their control. On June 29, a Chinese fleet appeared at the estuary of Heilongjiang. The estuary of Heilongjiang was a place where Russian ships and shipyards were densely packed. More than 60% of Russia's ships in the Kuril Islands and Bering Sea were gathered here. When the Russians sent out a warning, the Chinese warships rushed over at a high speed that made the Russians tremble.
"Sink all Russian ships!" The flagship, Qingdao, issued an order. A total of four warships were dispatched for this attack. Apart from the cruisers Tsingtao and Wuzhou, two Xuzhou-class destroyers had also joined the North Sea Fleet. It was a destroyer with a displacement of 2500 tons. It had six boilers, two triple-expansion steam engines, and five 125mm cannons. This type of fast destroyer was the cutting-edge of the Chinese Navy.
The officers and soldiers on the warship were in high spirits. Russia's wooden-hulled ships were powerless against the 125-barreled rapid-fire cannons, and the naval battle became a one-sided massacre. The destroyers had a shallow draft. They first rushed to the mouth of Heilongjiang River at a speed of 15 knots and blocked the passage for the Russian ships to escape into Heilongjiang River. Then they divided into two groups and began to bombard the Russian ships with the cruisers.
No matter what kind of good wood it was, they were all easily smashed by these cannons. The explosive bomb contained ten kilograms of T. n。 As long as a single explosive shell was shot into the interior of these wooden ships, it would explode. The entire wooden boat was blown to pieces from the inside.
After six hours of slaughter, 47 Russian ships near the estuary of the Heilongjiang River were completely destroyed.
On June 30th, the Chinese Navy shelled several shipyards near the estuary of the Heilongjiang River. After the shipyards were blown to pieces and ignited in flames, the Chinese Navy didn't continue to fight. They turned around and left the estuary of the Heilongjiang River and turned south.
The conflict between China and Russia had the opportunity to become the biggest news in Europe, but the Franco-Prussian War broke out on June 28th, and all of Europe's attention was focused on the war between these two countries.
France was an old European power. After the Crimean War, it regained its position as the hegemon of Western Europe and Central Europe. On the other hand, when Napoleon I dominated Europe, Prussia was repeatedly destroyed by Napoleon I several times. On the whole, the European countries were relatively optimistic about France led by Napoleon III.
The Franco-Prussian War was a war between the hegemon of the European continent and the new power of Central Europe. Compared to this war, the war in the far east, or in the barren northern region, could not attract Europe's interest in peacetime, let alone when the Franco-Prussian War was in full swing. China didn't announce to the outside that it expanded its army by 300,000 in 1870, and Europe was even less interested in the war between China and Russia.
Europeans had no interest in the war between China and Russia, and China's interest in the Franco-Prussian War was also very limited. What the Politburo really cared about was whether the 300,000 troops could support themselves in the northeast.
400,000 people cultivated and farmed 10 million mu of land, and also built railways, mines, and seaports. The area south of Shenyang soon became the world's largest industrial farming area.
While China was desperately working on domestic production, Prussia defeated the French army, captured Napoleon III, and began to attack Paris. The French bourgeoisie launched a coup and overthrew the empire established by Napoleon III, and established a republic. Marshal Bazin, the commander of the French Rhine Army, secretly negotiated with Prussia. This betrayal was a blow to republican France. As a result, one of France's most elite armies (170,000 men) surrendered on October 27th, 1870, after being besieged for 72 days in Metz.
To borrow the poem written by China's Madame Hua Rui, it was really "170,000 men took off their armor, and not a single one was a man."
In Nanjing, the political commissar of the Northern Military Region, Ruan Xihao, proudly announced, "The army outside the Great Wall cultivated 10 million mu of land, and the average yield per mu was 214 jin. Per capita grain production … 5! Thousand! Jin! "
It was the first time that most of the delegates heard such a terrifying figure. Per capita grain production of 5,000 jin, that meant one person could feed ten people. Everyone suspected that Ruan Xihao was lying through his teeth.
But Vézé stood up and took the lead to applaud. Looking at the stunned expressions of the delegates, Vézé simply raised his hands above his head and began to clap. Since Vézé took the lead, everyone also began to applaud. As the applause became more and more enthusiastic, many comrades also began to cheer.
Amidst the thunderous applause and cheers, Ruan Xihao was a little stunned at first, then his eyes turned red and tears flowed down. Ruan Xihao had never received such warm treatment. It was not the applause and cheers of the troops under his command, but the recognition and support of the national delegates to Ruan Xihao.
When Vézé waved his hand to signal everyone to quiet down, he took the lead to sit down. The venue finally returned to peace for the time being.
Ruan Xihao introduced his firm belief in the development outside the Great Wall to everyone, and finally he said, "The Northern Military Region has pleaded with the central government, hoping that each province can migrate one thousand to ten thousand families outside the Great Wall. We promise everyone that every family that comes to our military region, regardless of gender or age, will immediately be allocated ten mu of land. If they feel that their ten mu of land is not enough, they can apply for more land to be cultivated. Our military region will definitely satisfy them. We do not lack land, nor do we lack opportunities for work and education during the slack season. What we lack now is people. "
There were many problems in the land reform in every province, the biggest of which was the lack of land. One mu of land could produce 214 catties of land, so it was not considered bad land. Men, women, old and young would be given ten mu of land, and if they had the ability to plant more, they would do their best to plant more. Other than the fact that immigration was more troublesome, the conditions were unimaginably good. If Ruan Xihao had not said this in front of the national delegates, and all the leaders, including Vézé, were listening, no one would have believed it.
Quite a number of leaders did not doubt this. The more agricultural the province was, the more people believed in Ruan Xihao's words. After tractors were gradually introduced into agriculture, farming immediately became very easy. The key to farming was often those few days, and the work that couldn't be done by manpower in the past could be easily done by tractors. With the popularization of iron farming tools, the depth of plowing could finally exceed 20 centimeters. With the introduction of tractors, it was no longer a dream to plow 30 centimeters deep. More importantly, the consumption of manpower had been greatly reduced.
In the regions that tried to introduce tractors, the number of people that could be hired for the construction of the reservoir had greatly increased. When the local governments were recruiting people to work in the forest for a short period of time, the number of people signing up also increased. It was less tiring, and they could earn more money. Who wouldn't want to do it?
The National Conference was where the whole country played chess. Once the central government distributed the immigration task, the local governments immediately took action. During the Paris Commune Uprising of 1871, Liaoning welcomed a population of 200,000 households.
The Army of the North displayed the unique efficiency of the military. 200,000 households and millions of people were settled in the blink of an eye. These commoners might not be willing to come to the border to farm, but things like immigration were nothing once it was distributed to the lower levels. There was pressure from the top, and there were always families that didn't want to stay. For most of them, it was the first time in their lives that they had taken a train, a ship, or a truck. For most of them, it was the first time that the government's words actually counted.
When they arrived at the border, they had decent residences, brand new farming tools, free seeds, their own land, and an army that warmly helped them. The first year's rations were also free. There was only one thing that everyone had to do, and that was to pick up a hoe and start farming. No matter what they encountered in the border, no matter what reasons they had to leave. A brand new life was unfolding in front of them.
When Ruan Xihao learned that the immigration task had been settled, he also let out a long sigh of relief. Military reclamation was originally something that had to be done. The army did need their own farms, but it wouldn't reach the point of 10 million mu. Once the land was distributed, the food supply was stabilized. What the Army of the North had to do now was to start moving north and recapture the territory of China occupied by Russia.
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