No, my God, that's the Pacific Fleet with only a little power left!" Alexeyev's eyes were shattered. What's more sad than seeing his own country's warships sinking to the bottom of the sea with his own eyes, and he is also the commander of this fleet. (eng.com)

Tang Jian sneered and said, "I just promised to ensure the safety of your life, but I did not say that I would ensure the safety of your fleet. Besides, with such a fleet in the Far East, don't you think it is an unstable factor for China?"

The success and the defeat of the enemy, at this time, all the lives of Russian soldiers were in Tang Jian's hands. Alexeyev didn't even have the capital to talk to Tang Jianping. He only thought that such young soldiers could return to their country, rather than their cold corpses lying here forever.

"The prisoner is not qualified to talk to me!" Tang Jian said.

Alexeyev also understood this. He just wanted to do his best to protect the Pacific Fleet. But listening to Tang Jian's cold tone, Alexeyev knew that this was just a luxury.

Nearly 8,000 Russian Navy soldiers were escorted to the barracks in Vladivostok Port by the Marine Corps. Alexeyev was brought by Tang Jian, who wanted Alexeyev to see the Pacific Fleet sinking into the sea forever.

Early the next morning, a senior officer of the Russian Pacific Fleet was arranged by Tang Jian on a cruiser and followed him out of the port. In Tang Jian's words, please watch a feast.

All Russian warships were anchored by the officers and soldiers of the Yellow Sea Fleet on the sea surface fifteen nautical miles north of Vladivostok. With Tang Jian's order, the soldiers on the ship opened the sea valves at the bottom of each ship's cabin.

Then, all the soldiers evacuated from the ship in barges. Tang Jian, the generals of the Yellow Sea Fleet and senior officers of the Russian Pacific Fleet looked quietly at the sunken warships in the distance.

As the sea valve on the bottom of the sea was opened, a large amount of sea water rushed in. Soon, the cabins of several Russian gunboats were filled with sea tests, and after a moment, they sank silently into the sea.

Watching warships sink into the sea, Alexeyev's heart is bleeding. This is the only naval force of the Russian army in the Far East. Now that the warship is sunk, it means that Russia has lost a strong arm in the Far East and the support of the Pacific Fleet. Russia's control over the Far East will drop significantly.

After losing the Pacific Fleet, Russia will become a second-rate country in the world. In today's world, whether a country's naval power reflects the strength of this country, and Russia will be blocked in the Baltic Sea by those European powers.

Above the Atlantic Ocean, there are naval powers such as Britain, France and Germany. Russia is preparing to open a new military port in the Far East because it is unable to break through the blockade of the Baltic Sea. However, this dream was suddenly shattered today.

As the ship of the last Russian Pacific Fleet tilted and slowly sank to the bottom of the sea, there was no Russian Pacific Fleet in the Far East anymore, and there was only one Pacific Fleet in the Far East, that is, the Chinese Pacific Fleet!

Watching the sinking of the last battleship, many senior Russian generals covered their faces and wiped their tears, holding back their tears. Alexeyev's eyes were red, his eyes were filled with tears, his fists were clenched, but his body couldn't stop shaking.

Tang Jian glanced at these senior naval generals of the Russian army and sighed slightly in his heart. It was not that he was cruel in his methods, but that he had to guarantee the interests of China.

In the face of national interests, personal emotions are nothing. Although Tang Jian felt soft and sympathized with the Russian navy that had lost his warship, he had to be tough. Who told them to invade other people's countries? Isn't it good to stay in his own country?

The same thing is said, those who offend me China will be punished even if they are far away!

In the years under the rule of the Russians, the Northeast suffered a lot of oppression. The people in the Northeast suffered a lot and a large amount of resources were plundered by the Russians. The Russians should also pay the price of their aggression!

After getting ashore, Tang Jian's first thing was to announce the indefinite detention of Russian prisoners. Alexeyev immediately protested: "President Tang Jian, you promised to ensure the safety of Russian prisoners' lives. But why should we imprison us indefinitely now?"

Tang Jian explained: "General Alexeyev, you have to understand my words. I said that I would ensure the safety of Russian prisoners, but I didn't say when I would let you go back, right? Besides, the Russian army has been acting recklessly in the Northeast in recent years, exploiting the people and plundering a lot of resources. You should also compensate me if you say!"

"Compensation? Well, as long as President Tang Jian promises to let us return to China, I will send a telegram to our Emperor and let His Majesty the Emperor negotiate the issue of compensation with China." Alexeyev said anxiously.

"Ha, compensation? This is not a problem for General Alexeyev to worry about. I will negotiate with your Tsar Majesty. You prisoners will be a coolie in the Northeast for five years first!" Tang Jiantie smiled.

"What..., five years of labor?" Alexeyev couldn't believe his ears. Tang Jian actually asked 8,000 Russian prisoners to work as laborers in the Northeast, and it was five years!

Tang Jian said: "What? Isn't it possible? How many resources have the Russian army plundered in the Northeast in the past few years, and how many people have become hard labor. The economy of the Northeast has retreated thousands of miles. Leaving these 8,000 prisoners can just help the Northeast build railways and infrastructure!"

"Tang Jian, you are shameless... despicable..." Alexeyev jumped and roared, and was dragged away by two Marine soldiers and detained in a prisoner concentration camp.

When Alexeyev told the other Russian officers the news, all the Russian troops protested strongly, but the unarmed Russian prisoners protested in front of Tang Jian so pale and powerless. After executing several officers who led the trouble, all the Russian troops stayed honestly in the prisoner concentration camp and never raised any protests again.

Because they knew that the protests now were as ridiculous as an antelope saying to a lion not to eat me.

When Alexeyev was taken down, Cheng Biguang and Ye Zugui were laughing and hurting their stomachs from a distance. Tang Jian touched his nose and asked, "Isn't it that funny? Isn't it just for them to be free labor for five years? It's much better than being shot, right?"

Speaking of this, Cheng Biguang and Ye Zugui couldn't stand up even more. Ye Zugui sighed secretly: "The president is really shameless! He actually plays word games with the Russians. Doesn't the president know the profoundness of Chinese? How could Russian Russians not be fooled?"

On the third day after Tang Jian led the Yellow Sea Fleet to occupy Vladivostok, news came from Nie Shicheng's eastern army that the commander of the Russian Army, Kulopatkin, who had been retreating, had no intention of fighting again after hearing that Alexeyev surrendered, and led more than 60,000 infantry and cavalry to surrender to Nie Shicheng.

After receiving the news, Tang Jian immediately sent a telegram to Nie Shicheng, saying that these Russian prisoners would be imprisoned and not beheaded for the time being, for later use.

Although Nie Shicheng didn't understand what Tang Jian meant by "for the purpose of the future", Cheng Biguang and Ye Zugui knew very well that Tang Jian wanted to use these Russian prisoners as free labor again.

After Kulopatkin surrendered, the Northeast war ended, and China and Russia moved from war to the negotiating table. This negotiation lasted for a month. As Nicholas II photographed the gradual rise in revolutionary waves in China, he was unable to raise troops to attack. Finally, he had no choice but to announce his surrender and made 80 million pounds of compensation to China, repaying it in ten years, and ceding Russian territory south of 45° north latitude above the Far East to China, including Vladivostok, the first port in Russia's Far East.

The Northeast Battle ended with a comprehensive victory of China. When this news reached the south, the whole country celebrated, and its lively level was no less than the scene when Tang Jian announced the founding of China.

After all the Russian troops in the Northeast were dealt with, Nie Shicheng led the Eastern Army to start sweeping away local bandits and scattered soldiers in the three northeastern provinces, and bringing peace to the Northeast, which was in chaos due to the war, as soon as possible.

When the spring of 1906 came, the entire Northeast had entered a stable recovery period. At the same time, the Chinese Ministry of Finance drew up a large amount of money to support the construction of railways and founding factories in the Northeast. Russia's compensation played a lot of role, the key was that the Northeast also had 70,000 Russian free labor.

This is part of the treaty signed between China and Russia. Five years later, these prisoners will be sent back to China by the Chinese government in batches, but the premise is that these 70,000 prisoners must be free to work in the three northeastern provinces for five years.

Building railways has become an urgent task in all economic recovery policies. In Tang Jian's words, if you want to completely control a region, you need to build railways. If the Northeast wants to permanently return to the rule of China, you must build several major railway arteries across the southeast, southwest and northwest in the northeast.

Due to the rich mineral resources in Northeast China, the second most important thing for the Ministry of Finance of China is to vigorously support the steel industry and iron and stone mining in Northeast China, and build the Northeast into the largest industrial base in China!

The Northeast is vast, and the Russian army's captives alone cannot meet the huge labor demand. Therefore, Tang Jian issued another "mobilization call order", calling on young people from all over the country to go to the Northeast to participate in the grand plan to develop the Great Northeast.

With the strong support of the Chinese government, in just a few months, a wave of development has set off in the three northeastern provinces. Hundreds of thousands of young and middle-aged Chinese people flocked to the Northeast with their families, and factories across the Northeast emerged like mushrooms after a rain.

The entire Northeast was in full swing. At this moment, Tang Jian, who had returned to Beijing, received a news that made him very annoyed.
Chapter completed!