The quiet days have passed for about a month, and it is about to be the New Year of 1912 of the lunar calendar, and the quarrel between the north and the south has reached a **, Sun Yat-sen is a strong request for Yuan Shikai to go to Nanjing, during the term of office of the provisional president, Sun Yat-sen has passed a series of resolutions, including the provisional covenant and the like, to restrict the rights of the president, and use the revolutionary forces in Nanjing, which is tantamount to wanting to fight for sovereignty from one side. ⊥

Yuan Shikai understood Sun Yat-sen's thoughts, of course he would not be fooled, dragging not to Nanjing, a series of incidents occurred during the period, even Yuan Shikai himself was assassinated, the minister of the Zongshe Party Liangbi was assassinated, the north was in chaos, I don't know if it is true or false, in short, Yuan Shikai refused to go to Nanjing, the chaos seems to continue at this time, attracting the attention of the northwest, but also making the northwest lose a certain vigilance.

In Yang Yuanzhao's view, as long as Baotou is not chaotic, it seems that any conspiracy and trickery will not play a role, 10 divisions of the regular army, the same number of internal guards and garrison troops, these are completely militarized forces, relying on the frantically built fortification group of Baotou, if it is not for the mechanized tank troops, or the future large cluster of aerial bombardment, it can definitely be said to be impregnable.

In this era, the tank has not yet developed, the aircraft is the most rudimentary, these future big killers, now are the most rudimentary, on a certain range of dù, just a hobbyist toy, in the early 20th century era, the fixed fortress of the line of defense, has historical limitations. Even Germany, with its mechanized corps, faced France's Maginot Line. It can only be bypassed this line of defense, and there is no frontal attack. Needless to say, the defense power of these defense lines themselves, the permanent forts without dead ends, the cornerstone of a large number of machine guns and automatic weapons, so that he can resist at least 3 times more attacks, according to Baotou's current regular troops of about 250,000, about 300,000 internal guards and garrison troops, and the same number of reserve troops, Baotou is not lacking in soldiers.

That is, the troops of any great power. Including Germany and Great Britain, if they want to break through, it is absolutely impossible without a million-strong army, as for Beiyang and the revolutionary party, not to mention, the huge gap in strength, attacking the fortress, without negligence. A minimum of 10 times as many people are required to fill it out.

At the same time, the northwest, which has steadily developed in both military and experience, has made them set their sights on the increasingly chaotic Central Plains and the south, the city of Beijing. Although the Qing Emperor abdicated, the activities of the Zongshe Party and the Manchu aristocracy continued, and they did not want to lose their original position. Some careerists and large families have also begun to act for possible benefits. In the midst of the chaos and complexity, the powerful Northwest Intelligence Department is also a little confused. Too many people, too many forces, the Qing Dynasty has become history, but the new order and the Republic of China have not really been established, and there are too many lines and interests involved.

In just one month, assassinations began to occur frequently in the south and north, not only against the high-level leaders of the Beiyang and Manchu Qing dynasties in the north, but also at the revolutionary party in the south itself, and there was an assassination almost every once in a while, some against the overseers in various places, and also against the high-level party leaders.

A large amount of information has been summarized to the Baotou side, whether it is Yang Yuanzhao or the staff team in Baotou, they have almost completely put aside the conspiracy of the five countries reminded by the Harpy before, maybe the five countries are to make China chaotic, which is also something that Yang Yuanzhao has no way to do, if he wants to unify the whole country, at least unify most of China, it can be done, 10 divisions of well-trained troops can be compared with the Japanese army more than 20 years later, and even in terms of technical equipment, it is not bad at all, but force does not mean a qiēIn this era of great change, the forces of all parties are mixed, and the land that cannot be completely controlled will not produce much help at all.

After the lines and characters are sorted out one by one, the domestic form is considered to have a relatively clear order, the assassination in the north, some are true, some may really be made by the Beiyang, and the south is a little confusing, the alliance will be very strong and good, nominally unifying the entire north, but in fact, the contradictions between the various parties, leaders, and even the elders and the like are intricate, and many of their younger brothers, a certain Cheng dù, still have zài righteousness in the rivers and lakes, Some Liangshan heroes vote for their names or worship their eldest brothers, and this kind of situation, if they disagree or provoke at will, there will be an assassination.

When Yang Yuanzhao felt that he wanted to intervene in this disorderly situation, the telegram from Germany put his heart back on his own safety.

In the world, there is no eternal secret, even the ministers of the five countries are strictly secret, let the smallest number of people know, in fact, it is really good, from the discussion of the ministers of the five countries, to the notification of the countries behind it, and by the way to communicate with Russia, there is no problem with this qiē, personnel control to the minimum, when the resolution came down, even the powerful Germany did not get any news, after all, it was not a resolution against them, some spies lurking in various countries, did not subconsciously collect.

The plan is on paper, and in the negotiation stage, as long as you work hard, you can definitely keep it secret, but when it comes to the actual implementation, there will still be some clues, for example, when the money is received, the Russian army begins to mobilize, for example, some banks belonging to Britain and France, which have close contacts with Russia, and no one notices these clues for the time being, and no one has involved him in China.

With the strong support of Britain, France and Japan, especially the military spending was in place within a week, coupled with the persuasion of Britain and France, Tsar Nicholas II's thirst for land gained the upper hand, and Huang Russia's plan was originally promoted by his main force, weak China, encountered a greedy polar bear, and 1.5 million square kilometers of land disappeared and became part of his territory.

Although Mongolia is also a barren land, it has long had a certain contact with Russia, as long as it crosses Mongolia, it is aimed at the hinterland of China, from Vladivostok and the northeast, at least saving thousands of miles of distance, such benefits, the tsar knows.

Information obtained from China, the northwest has a perfect industrial base, an annual output of more than 10 million tons of steel, as well as a huge number of machinery manufacturing, the universal elixir sulfonamide, cars, textile machinery, various light industries, the most important is the Northwest Bank, known as 500 tons of gold and 13,000 tons of silver as reserve currency, I don't know how much the Chinese can tell the truth, but even a tenth, it is enough to make Nicholas II moved.

In the eyes of the tsar, China is an undefended country, and their combat effectiveness, compared with Great Russia, is still in the stage of ignorance and rudiment, as long as Great Russia sends two or three hundred thousand troops, these wealth, these machines, these industries, it will be his, not to mention, the money for sending troops, he does not need to pay. A large amount of military spending, as well as converted equipment, contributed to the changes in Russia, and the large armies began to gather, and began to pass the Guò Trans-Siberian Railway, which began to come to the east.

Russia's actions, coupled with domestic changes such as Britain and France, in the end, still fell into the field of vision of Germany and Germany and the United States, as a neighbor, and even a certain level of competitors, Germany has always been very vigilant against Russia, Russia's troop movements, directly related to his national security, they are also nervous, but soon, found that it is not aimed at Europe, but to Asia, relieved at the same time, and inevitably linked to the previous five-nation talks, no matter what their precise results are, But it is almost a certainty that Russia will act against China.

This is not a good thing, coupled with Germany's close ties with Germany and the United States, and with China, this information is still shared, and Harpy attaches great importance to it, and soon, the information compiled from it was reported to Yang Yuanzhao.

Looking at only a piece of paper, very simple information, Yang Yuanzhao was stunned, and the name on it surprised him, Russia has transferred troops, and the target is China, most likely the northwest.

Russia, in later generations of China, Russia is a partner in strategic cooperation, a partner in the fight against the superpower of the United States, but at this time in the early 20th century, it is even more greedy than Japan, 1.5 million square kilometers of land, plus Mongolia that was spent, is equivalent to China because of Russia, the loss of at least 3 million square kilometers of land, which is almost the entire China, one-third of the territory of later generations, not to mention the mineral resources on these territories, just say strategic space, etc., All of them are extremely valuable to China.

Mongolia, the loss of Mongolia is China's eternal pain, even more painful than the previous 1.5 million square kilometers, especially after 2000, the gold and copper mines discovered in Mongolia are even more so, it is a huge wealth, Mongolia, Mongolia, Yang Yuanzhao muttered twice in his mouth, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he seemed to have forgotten something, and later generations seemed to be in the Xinhai Revolution, what happened in Mongolia.

By the way, although the independence movement planned by the living Buddhas and princes of Mongolia was recovered by Beiyang in World War I, the seeds of independence and Russian power were still inserted into the territory of China from this moment.

Sure, among the four countries, the subject is Russia, then Mongolia seems to need attention. Just as he was about to order the following to investigate, the guard took a telegram and ran over with some eagerness, the content of the message was very simple, ** was established, and it was a clear declaration of independence to the whole country. (To be continued......) R527