Paris, France, House Martingnon.

The Prime Minister's Office of the French Republic today welcomed a distinguished guest from the East - Chinese Premier Chen Duxiu. This is probably the first time that the head of China has sat down face-to-face with the head of the world's top power since the founding of the Republic of China, right? By any measure, this seems to mean that China's international standing has improved significantly. Although the attitude of the French tiger prime minister, Clemenceau, is a little cold and even a little absent-minded. However, Chen Duxiu still felt an irrepressible excitement...... It may sound shameless, but it was the mood of the Chinese premier at the time, at least in his personal diary.

This important document, which was later used to study the history of the origins of the Earth Federation, says: "I sat there and looked at the French Prime Minister in front of me with a careful and even somewhat curious gaze. Another former French Prime Minister, the French Foreign Minister, sat next to me, as well as Mr. Ma Junwu of our Armaments Department and Li Huang, Deputy Secretary-General of the State Council, in this small living room. The three of us Chinese were very excited to have such a face-to-face meeting with the French prime minister, knowing that not long ago, a French minister in China could command the president and prime minister of Beiyang zhèngfǔ, as if he were the emperor of China.

However, what makes us even happier is not this equal courtesy, but the Sino-French Cooperation Agreement that we are about to reach with France. This is a very important equal treaty for China today. In this treaty, France will sell us a large amount of military supplies left over from the world war at a very low price, while also agreeing to buy some used equipment for military production in France and Germany! Please note that the French also agreed to the purchase of equipment from the defeated Germans...... According to the Treaty of Versailles, part of that equipment was to be dismantled! We should be able to buy them at a very low price, right? Minister Ma Junwu is full of confidence in this. Of course. The kindness of the French is not without a price......"

Okay, let's go back to the French Chancellery on August 22, 1919. French Prime Minister Clemenceau informed the Chinese Premier of France's "handouts" to China. After adjusting his sitting posture slightly, he frowned and put forward the condition: "Mr. Prime Minister, after the French zhèngfǔ showed enough kindness to China, of course we hope to get something in return. There is no such thing as a free lunch, but there is not much we want...... We only hope that by the end of October, the Chinese Defense Forces will be able to launch an offensive of 100,000 to 150,000 men on the Mongolian battlefield to reduce the pressure on the Polish army on the Western Front. ”

After Li Huang, who served as Chen Duxiu's translator, translated the French Prime Minister's words into Chinese, Chen Duxiu's eyebrows were tightly twisted, and the excited and excited look on his face disappeared. He, the prime minister, can't control the squadron, and he also knows that Chang Ruiqing is quite passive in the War of Resistance against Russia. Basically, with a mentality of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, I am watching Soviet Russia and Rì Ben lose both. I'm afraid it won't be easy for him to launch an offensive to cooperate with Rìben and Poland, right?

Clemenceau's request was soon sent to Chang Ruiqing's desk in Tangshan, Nanjing. Our Chang Da revolutionaries immediately sought out Bai Chongxi, Wu Shi, and Lu Yixuan, three of his most important military assistants, to discuss countermeasures.

"Brother Jiansheng, Brother Yu Xun, Brother Zixiu, what do you think?"

Chang Ruiqing gently placed the newspaper in his hand on the table. He looked at the three in front of him with a smile. In addition to the telegram sent by Chen Duxiu, there was also a telegram sent by Foreign Minister Wang Zhengting from Shanghai on the table. The content is similar to Chen Duxiu's telegram, but it is not the French prime minister who proposes that China launch an attack on the Mongolian battlefield, but the special envoy Inu Yangyi.

Bai Chongxi and the three of them did not answer Chang Ruiqing's question immediately, there was silence in the room, and it was only after a while that Lu Yixuan was the first to speak: "Brother Yaoru, I think we can launch an offensive in Mongolia." At present, more than 40,000 troops have been assembled in southern Mongolia, Shanxi and Chahar each have an army of the zhōngyāng army, and Suiyuan has several mixed brigades of the Northwest Frontier Army. It is more than enough to launch a counterattack of 100,000 to 150,000 people. ”

Chang Ruiqing said again: "Is there a problem with logistics and supply?" ”

Lu Yixuan nodded: "If it weren't for a long battle." There's always a way to fix it. ”

Chang Ruiqing looked at Bai Chongxi again. Bai Chongxi frowned, as if he didn't approve of fighting this battle: "Yaoru, I don't advocate fighting, our first army and the sixteenth army are infantry armies, and Mongolia has been the world of cavalry since ancient times. The Russians placed at least two more Jīng Rui cavalry corps there...... Coupled with the Mongol puppet army, their strength also has fifty or sixty thousand. I'm afraid it's uncertain if we really want to fight. It's better to delay it like this, and let Rìben and Russia fight to the death in Chita. ”

Chang Ruiqing just shook his head: "I'm afraid this is inappropriate, I can ignore it, but the French still have to give a little face, if we still want to buy weapons and equipment from France and Germany." ”

He turned his gaze to Wu Shi again, the former second-in-command of the Chang Group is now in a declining position, but he is still Chang Ruiqing's most trusted confidant. He met Chang Ruiqing's gaze, shook his head slightly, and said, "Brother Yaoru, have you paid attention to Zhao Youlin's report recently?" ”

Chang Ruiqing frowned, he had long been dealing with this war with the mentality of playing soy sauce, and he really didn't care much about the war on the front line. At present, most of his efforts are focused on rectifying China's heavy industry system, which is tedious, boring, and sloppy.

Wu Shi also knew Chang Ruiqing's thoughts, he didn't wait for Chang Ruiqing to answer, but frowned and said: "Zhao Youlin's report said that now the Mongolian pseudo-zhèngfǔ is pulling Zhuang Ding everywhere to raise supplies and horses and camels, and all the young and middle-aged men and women in the Mongolian tribes who are loyal to Kulun have been collected, and only the old people and children are left!" It is estimated that the total number of strong men recruited may be as high as 50,000, which is a very staggering number for Mongolia, which has a total population of only 500,000. ”

Chang Ruiqing sighed, still looked at Wu Shi, and waited for him to continue. Wu Shidao: "I think it is possible for the Mongols to mobilize manpower on such a large scale, and they will cooperate with the Russian Red Army to carry out a large-scale military operation. These people were acting as civilian servants for the Russian Red Army. Those horses, cattle and sheep were also supplied to the Red Army! The cavalry of the Red Army wanted to go on a long run. ”

Chang Ruiqing stood up suddenly, walked to the map hanging on the wall, crossed his arms and looked at it for a while: "It's Hulunbuir grassland." They're going to attack the Eastern Railway, hehe, it's good to see now! ”

Wu Shi said in a low voice: "Shall we remind Jiang Jshi?" ”

Chang Ruiqing shook his head: "Why do you want to remind him?" He glanced at the few people in the room with blazing eyes: "This is a great time for us to unify China!" Jiansheng, Zixiu, prepare a plan to send troops to the Northeast! But do it in secret, and mobilize troops in the name of counterattacking Mongolia! Yu Xun, this time Jiansheng and Zixiu and I are going to go on the expedition, and Nanjing will be handed over to you! ”

As soon as his words fell, footsteps sounded outside the door, and then Zhao Xiang'er pushed the door with a telegram and walked in: "Yaoru, Ruiyuan from Shanghai sent a telegram." It is said that there are North Koreans who want to buy a large number of weapons and ammunition from us! ”

Chang Ruiqing sneered when he heard this: "Soviet Russia's plan is not small!" Sue sù Rui Yuan. You can sell weapons, but you have to kill them hard! By the way, send a telegram to Wang Zhengting in Shanghai, and ask him to tell Rì himself that we are ready to launch a decisive offensive on the Mongolian battlefield in October! Furthermore. We also agreed that the Northeast Frontier Army would be temporarily commanded by the Rì Ben Xianbeilian Dispatch Army. Then send a telegram to Jiang Jshi, asking him to fully cooperate with the actions of Rì's friendly forces......"

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The Republic of Xianbeilia has entered the late autumn scene, leaving Manchuria and heading northeast, you can see patches of forests, long-deserted farmland, grasslands without cattle, sheep and herdsmen, and half-burned villages and towns. Without the troops marching along the road, and the trains full of arms and supplies, there would have been little sign of human activity here. Maybe it won't be long before this place will be a scorched earth, right?

Jiang Jshi, who was sitting in a float hanging behind the military column, rarely showed a smile at this time. He also waved at the Northeast Army, which was marching on foot along the railway line. These troops were the First Army of the Northeast Army commanded by Yang Jie, but they were the main force of Jiang Jshi's lineage. However, Zhang Qun, deputy chief of staff and director of the intelligence bureau of the Northeast Army, who was sitting next to him, did not seem to be in such a good mood, and was always frowning and thinking about his own thoughts. Now there are three armies of the Northeast Frontier Army into the Republic of Simberia, except for the Third Army, which arrived first, the remaining two armies are Jiang Jshi's descendants. The Dúlì Artillery Brigade of the Northeast Army was on the Chita front as early as the end of August.

At present, there are only four infantry corps, one cavalry corps, and some local troops left on the territory of the entire four northeastern provinces, with a total strength of less than 150,000. Moreover, these armies were also responsible for the security of the Eastern Railway in China, the enemies of the Mongols, and the security of the entire four eastern provinces...... As for the main force of the Zhōngyāng Army that was assembling in the Beijing-Tianjin area, the current top brass of the Northeast Army and their backstage Rìben could only choose to trust Chang Ruiqing, the chairman of the Military Committee.

How else could it be? The scale of the Battle of Chita is getting bigger and bigger, and Soviet Russia is moving troops from the western region as if it has gone crazy! There was a great intention to end the campaign on the Eastern Front in 1919. However, the speed of mobilization and mobilization of troops seems to be a beat slower...... From the beginning of the war to the present, they have only completed the mobilization of 20 standing divisions, and deployed 13 of them to the territory of the Cimbrian Republic, while on the Chita front there are 10, and even if they are all full, they are only about 250,000 men. However, the strength of the Russian Red Army on the Chita front is conservatively estimated to be 400,000 men! And their combat effectiveness is also much higher than originally expected! After Nanjing, who was inferior in terms of strength and combat effectiveness, agreed to temporarily command the Northeast Army by the Xianbeilian Dispatch Army Headquarters, he constantly urged Jiang Jshi to transfer more troops to Chita, without the slightest regard for the Nanjing Zhōngyāng Army's covetousness of the Northeast.

And Jiang Jshi also seems to be holding on to a fluke mentality, believing that the lack of troops of the Rì army on the Chita front is only temporary. Twenty new divisions have already begun to be formed, and many more new recruits have already been drafted, and by the first half of next year, Soviet Russia's superiority in forces on the Eastern Front will be gone. At that time, he Jiang J Shi can take a ride on Rìben's hitchhike and become a national hero again.

Zhang Qun, who has mastered the intelligence system of the Northeast Army, is not as optimistic as Jiang J. His intelligence system may be blind to the outside world, but he has a well-established intelligence network in Nanjing, Shanghai, and the Beijing-Tianjin region, and the Kuomintang high-ranking officials in Nanjing will more or less disclose the intelligence of the Zhōngyāng Army to the agents of the Northeast Army Intelligence Bureau. Although there is no direct information that Chang Ruiqing will be able to attack the northeast, the scale of the Zhōngyāng army's buildup in northern China far exceeds the forces needed to launch a counterattack in Mongolia...... Mongolia's transportation situation is obvious, and neither Chang Ruiqing nor Soviet Russia can afford to maintain too large a force there!

probably found that Zhang Qun, who was sitting next to him, had been frowning. Jiang Jishi smiled at Zhang Qun and said, "Yue Jun, are you still worried about Chang Yaoru's sneak attack on the Northeast?" You can rest assured. Our Standing Chairman will not provoke a civil war until Soviet Russia is defeated. If Soviet Russia were to wipe out us and Chita's Rì himself, not only would he not be able to recover Mongolia, but even Xīnjiāng and Northeast China might have problems. Even Soviet Russia will support the left within the GCD to replace him! ”

Zhang Qun smiled faintly, Jiang Jshi's analysis was very reasonable. He nodded slightly, no longer thinking about the affairs of the zhōngyāng army, but pointed to the northeastern army on the side of the railway that was marching and said, "Brother J Shi, I believe in your judgment of zhōngyāng's intentions. But our capital can't be exhausted on the Chita front, otherwise even if we defeat Soviet Russia and become a national hero, the surname Chang can still clean us up! ”

Jiang Jishi laughed, waved his hand and said, "Brother Yue Jun." You don't understand the things about war. This war has only just begun. It's not going to be so quick to decide the winner. Soviet Russia was actually evenly matched, and the four million square kilometers of Simberia were for which they had to fight. Even if the Russians were defeated in the Battle of Chita, they would not stop there...... Rì was now a snake swallowing an elephant, and even if they won the Battle of Chita, they would not be able to march westward again. In the end, there may be a protracted war between China and Russia on the Mongolian-Siberian front, and as long as the national war does not end for a day, he Chang Ruiqing will not dare to take control of our Northeast Army! As for how to preserve and expand our strength as much as possible, let's discuss it with Rì himself when we get to Baikalsk, they won't want to consume us clean, right? Otherwise, they would no longer have been able to control Manchuria. ”

In fact, since the occupation of Far Eastern States, it has been inevitable that the control of Manchuria has been relaxed. As Jiang J Shi said, rì is now a snake that wants to swallow an elephant, and this snake has historically chosen the mouth of China's big, weak elephant. And in this space where history has changed. The target of the rì ben devouring became the territory of the Far East of Soviet Russia. After they swallowed nearly 400,000 square kilometers of the Far Eastern State, they naturally had to face the problem of how to digest it. Although the Far East is smaller than Manchuria in China, it is after all a territory of the Hon, and of course has a greater priority than Manchuria when it comes to obtaining investment and developing people.

So from the beginning of 1919. The capital and immigrants of Rìben began to withdraw from Manchuria in China and move to the Far East. A large number of industrial and mining enterprises founded by Rì themselves were either relocated in their entirety or sold to Chinese capital willing to take over, while those pioneers sold their looted land at a low price to companies controlled by Nanjing's Ministry of Agriculture, and then moved their families to the Far Eastern State...... There they can get bigger and more fertile land for free!

The Kwantung Army in history did not appear in this time and space. Now Rì himself only knows that there is a Far Eastern Army and a Xianbeilian Dispatch Army, who will pay attention to that little garrison on the tiny Kwantung Prefecture? Well, it's really just a little bit. Rì himself now controls nearly 4.5 million square kilometers of land in the Far East, where there are still a large number of Soviet Russian Red Army guerrillas in operation, and there is a four-nation war to be fought on a larger scale than the Russo-Russian War. Their limited forces, of course, had to be deployed to the Far Eastern States and the Cimbrian Republic. At present, the troops of the Rì Army stationed in Kwantung Prefecture only have a few garrison brigades that are not fully staffed, plus the four garrisons of the South Manchurian Railway, the total strength is less than 3,000 people. In addition to that, there are more than 2,000 North Korean jǐng cha armed with sticks. Rì Ben's force in Manchuria has reached the extreme!

And it's not just Manchuria that is empty, on the other side of the Yalu River, the number of troops in Korea has also been reduced to the lowest point since the First Sino-Japanese War. At present, the entire Korean garrison is under the jurisdiction of only one mixed brigade and some garrisons, and the total strength is only about 10,000 people. However, since the annexation of Korea to Rìben in eight years, the peninsula has been peaceful. Although there are a few North Korean sticks who are unwilling to be rì themselves, the place where these Korean aspirants make trouble has always been not on the Korean Peninsula, but in Shanghai and Manchuria in China. Gradually, the Rì himself in North Korea forgot that the land under his feet was actually a dormant volcano.

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