Volume 3 Miracles Through the Ages Chapter 255 Preparing for Battle

There are many people who do not know the truth and think that the squadron has taken over Harbin to recover the country, and they are so happy that they have hung whips and beat drums, the Chinese five-color flag has been hung all over the city, and the people in the streets and alleys of Harbin are all beaming.

Wang Maoru originally wanted to borrow Liu Bei from Jingzhou, but considering that there were still many months between the February Revolution and the October Revolution in Russia, it was better to wait and talk, so he did not impulsively take the opportunity to recover Harbin, and strictly ordered the army not to have contact with the Russian army.

The Black Provincial Army arrested the railway workers and the sixty-four workers, and finally led to the Harbin workers' strike taking place ahead of schedule, Wang Maoru was so kind to really arrest him, he deliberately revealed the news, but only arrested a few major elements. Moreover, he also sent people from the intelligence department to steal the leadership of the workers' union and actively instigate a general strike of workers. Because the Russians only allowed the troops from Heilongjiang Province to stay for three days. During these three days, the Fifth Brigade ostensibly made large-scale arrests, but in fact protected the workers, giving them enough time to stage a large-scale strike and march under the planning of the Heilongjiang Army Intelligence Department. On the third day, Wang Maoru's general Li Pinxian led the Fifth Infantry Brigade to leave Harbin on time, which caused the people of Harbin to cry bitterly and try their best to stay. The day after the Heilongjiang Army left Harbin, the Harbin workers went on strike, and the whole Harbin was in a state of disorder, and at the same time, the strike also affected the entire east and west sections of the East and West sections of the Middle East Railway, and the Chinese workers of the South Manchurian Railway in Japan also held a strike to support Harbin.

"Bastard! Vile! Shameless! Damn the yellow race! He is the source of the Yellow Peril! ”

In the office of the Eastern Railway Command, Horvath angrily smashed his wine glass to the ground, and his men were furious, this damned Heilongjiang Overseer. It was true that he had captured the Bolsheviks, but the strike was even stronger. At this time, the Russians suddenly realized. The great Russians actually fell for the Chinese!

It is true that Wang Maoru had taken away Russian Bolshevik supporters from among the workers, but the tide of the strike had risen and grown, and there were even those in the army who refused to suppress the Chinese workers, and it was clear that there were more Bolsheviks in the army than he knew.

The complete collapse of the Eastern Railway, the inability of the Tsar to deliver weapons and ammunition to the United States and Japan to Moscow, and the inability to send grain purchased in China to Europe, further exacerbated the turmoil in Russia. Tsar Nicholas II of Russia ordered Horvat to restore the entire line of the Eastern Railway within three days. Otherwise, immediately shot.

Horvat hurriedly ordered the army to suppress the strike march. Duan Qirui, on behalf of the Chinese government, strongly demanded that the Russian army immediately stop this barbaric act and strongly express his protest against Russia. At the same time, a nationwide campaign against Russia was launched.

Wang Maoru's Fifth Infantry Brigade was not far from Zhaodong County, and did not plan to enter Harbin, while the Chinese who had been suppressed by the Russians fled Harbin with their families and came to Zhaodong to seek seclusion. Wang Maoru asked the army to pick up the refugees and forbade the Russian army from crossing the border. Horvat was very angry because of the actions of the squadron, and ordered his subordinates to send troops to Zhaodong, threatening the squadron to hand over the refugees.

The Russians actually entered the Chinese defense zone at will?

At this time, Wang Maoru had already personally led Li Delin's 1st Infantry Brigade and Li Pinxian's 5th Infantry Brigade. The 8th Cavalry Brigade and the 10th Artillery Brigade of Gong Xiaoqi arrived in Zhaodong County. In addition, Wang Maoru also brought out the newly formed student division for a month to experience and gain a long insight, not to let them die in battle to be cannon fodder, but just to come out to experience, dig trenches, and make a show.

However, the student teacher may be too enthusiastic. The young warriors wanted to get rid of the stiff wild dogs...... The troops originally planned to stay in Zhaodong, but the forward troops of the student division ran to Hulan County and Harbin across the river for a day and night.

In order to prevent the student division from being impulsive, Wang Maoru sent the commander of the military police, He Anding, to serve as the commander of the officer, and the student division's march was too chaotic. These students, who have been in the army for less than a month, are too impulsive, and if such a mess occurs in the old army, they will definitely be caught and punished by the gendarmerie. However, for Wang Maoru, this student division is the meat of Xiushuai's heart, just a little punishment and punishment, carrying the ammunition box on the back of the march, and the pampering can be seen.

Horvat wanted to confront Wang Maoru, but telegrams from the Russian War Department came one after another, asking him to deal with the general strike immediately and deliver food, ammunition and light workers to Russia.

More than 40,000 Chinese troops entered Hulan County and were stationed on the spot, and then Wang Maoru first sent a telegram to Meng Enyuan, the overseer of Jilin, asking for a temporary excuse to send Li Delin's First Infantry Brigade to be stationed in Jilin Bin County, so that Li Pinxian's Fifth Infantry Brigade entered Jilin Shuangcheng County, and 40,000 troops surrounded Harbin. Wang Maoru immediately demanded that the Russian army stop arresting Chinese workers, release the arrested workers, compensate the dead, and treat the masses. At the same time, the Beijing government once again issued a strong dissatisfaction, demanding that Russia stop suppressing the Chinese workers, and demanding that Wang Maoru, the overseer of Heilongjiang Province, withdraw his troops and not allow military conflict with the Russians, and if there is a conflict, it is not allowed to resist. This thing stinks worse than toilet paper, and I feel sick to look at. ”

Wang Maoru immediately replied to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, claiming that the Russians had massacred our compatriots, and as a soldier, I would never ignore it, and as long as the Russians stopped such barbaric acts, I would naturally withdraw my troops.

To fight Harbin or not? Needless to say? Of course you can't fight! Not to mention that Harbin is stationed in Harbin with 10,000 Russian soldiers of the Russian Middle East Road Escort Team, even the Far East Naval Command in Vladivostok is also preparing to mobilize marines at this time, and it is also because of the general strike, they can only support a small part of the army on foot, but they are afraid that the Japanese will attack Vladivostok at this time and do not dare to send a large army, and they hesitate. If warships were to be sent, along the Tatar Strait, into the Nevelskoy Strait, then into the Amur River, and north along the Songhua River - it would indeed be possible to reach Harbin. However, it is already October, and even if the boat walks like this in the summer, it will take a month, not to mention that it is already winter.

Horvat turned to Russia for help, but at this time a national workers' strike broke out in Russia, and Tsar Nicholas II scolded him and demanded that he immediately take care of the affairs of the Far East and move troops into Moscow. Feeling humiliated, Horvat smashed all the vodka and wine glasses in the house, and whipped to death three Chinese servants in the family, temporarily suppressed his anger and ordered the arrest of the Chinese workers to be stopped, the Chinese workers were compensated for their medical expenses, and the Chinese workers were buried in a thick manner.

But the workers' strike has nothing to do with Wang Maoru, Horvat also understands that this must be Wang Maoru's ghost in secret, only he supported these workers, this workers' strike is so arrogant. So he angrily asked Wang Maoru when he would be able to resume work on the Eastern Railway, and Wang Maoru once again sent Zhang Kuian over to negotiate.

This time, Zhang Kuian was in a state of turmoil, and at this time, he was proud of the spring breeze, and he came to Harbin to make a full gesture, and also met cordially with the workers' representatives, saying that he would definitely talk about national dignity.

Horvat did make a "huge" concession, he delayed for a day, Russia lost a day, but he also united with other consuls to put pressure on Wang Maoru, Wang Maoru did not eat that, the Dutch consul Hollinz asked Wang Maoru to immediately apologize to the consuls of various countries, Zhang Kuian sneered and said: "Apologize? With you? Believe it or not, I can order, all the Chinese in Harbin encourage you Dutch consulate, you even have to drink water yourself to fetch water! ”

In the end, under Zhang Kuian's clever words, Horvat relented and canceled the agreement on the cutting of the Daxing'an Mountains in Heilongjiang in the second year of the Republic of China, especially the cancellation of the special tax on shops along the Middle East Railway section.

This move immediately aroused the joy and thunder of the people in the northeast, and Wang Maoru immediately withdrew his troops and the confrontation stopped.

Wang Maoru began with the arrest of the Chinese Bolsheviks, which caused riots, forced the workers' general strike to start early, and then forced the Russians to stop arresting the workers and restore order in Harbin by forceful means.

back and forth, but it made him clear himself, as if he was out of the way, even a military model. Horvat was so angry that he screamed, sweating wildly If the Far Eastern Railway is restored to normal, Wang Maoru must be severely punished. Wang Maoru withdrew his troops and returned to Qiqihar, and along the way, the people of Hulan County and Zhaodong County cried and demanded that the squadron must stay and garrison. Those students and teachers were even more excited, and they wrote in blood, hoping that Wang Maoru could garrison Hulan to prevent the Russian army from retaliating.

Originally, Wang Maoru didn't want to leave the soldiers in Hulan County, after all, it was only a river away from Harbin, and it was too close, and if he was not careful, he would miss the gun. However, not only did the student teachers petition one after another, but even other armies began to petition and write bloody letters, hoping to stay in the local garrison. In particular, the troops of Binxian and Shuangcheng were reluctant to leave Jilin. Originally, there were many locals in Wang Maoru's army who were soldiers due to the flood of the Songhua River the year before last, and they didn't want to leave when they returned to Shuangcheng.

Wang Maoru was concerned about the interests of other warlords, especially Meng Enyuan, and ordered the 1st and 5th Brigades to withdraw from Jilin Province, but they were all stationed in Hulan County, Heilongjiang Province, across the river from Harbin, and the rest of the army immediately withdrew to Qiqihar.

As for the impulsiveness of the student soldiers in the middle school, Wang Maoru also expressed his understanding, and the students like to inspire themselves with the great righteousness of the nation, and there is nothing wrong with this, as long as the guidance is good, it can be used for a whole part. However, Wang Maoru also unceremoniously criticized the problems exposed.