Chapter 544: Nationalism is out of control

readx; In July 1917, China, Russia and the Soviet Union fought repeatedly around Omsk and Karachinsk, a radius of more than 100 kilometers, and the main forces of the Russian Provisional Political Axe Defense Force were concentrated in Omsk, and their front was the same as 340,000 Soviet troops, and the strength of the Soviet Army continued to increase, and the Russian Defense Forces experienced a large-scale offensive in late June, and then the supply line was cut off, and ammunition began to be lacking. As a result, the Russian Defense Forces, which had a large number of troops and armaments, were forced to enter strategic defense equipment due to the shortage of ammunition, and were firmly pinned down by the Soviet army in front and unable to divide their forces to counterattack Karachinsk, so they could only put the hope of reopening the supply line on the Chinese army. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Behind Omsk, the Soviet army of more than 50,000 people captured Karachinsk and cut off the supply lines between Omsk and the rear, and to the east of Karachinsk, the 18th and 7th Divisions of the Chinese Army and other Chinese units that are still coming in one after another, and the Chinese 12th Army is preparing to gather the main force to counterattack Karachinsk.

Although the 1812 Infantry Battalion and the 26th Reconnaissance Squadron, which were originally surrounded, were picked up by the main force of the 18th Division in the final stage to avoid the tragedy of annihilation, more than half of them were still damaged, and more than 1,000 people escaped in the end, and less than 400 people escaped.

When nearly 200,000 troops were stationed in Russia and nearly 100,000 were rushing to the Omsk front, China was still peaceful, the streets were lively, industry and commerce were still prosperous, and orders from Europe and Russia and even China gave this country sufficient funds and time for development.

On July 15, 1919, China and Britain signed an agreement to return the Weihaiwei leased land in advance in order to value the friendship between the Allied member countries and to make the cooperation between China and Britain closer.

Generally speaking, the concession generally refers to the concessions of various countries in Tianjin, Shanghai, Wuhan and other cities, and the leased land refers to Guangzhou Bay, Qingdao, Lushun, Weihaiwei, Hong Kong and the New Territories, the above concessions or leased land are all limited, short 25 years, long 99 years, but no matter the length of time is a time limit, shameless to say that the leased land is still Chinese, and it can be recovered in the future. Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula are permanent cedes, just like the large number of territories occupied by Russia in the former Qing Dynasty, they are permanent in terms of the treaty itself, and it is basically impossible to get them back without special circumstances and without the outbreak of war between the two countries.

The reason why the Russian Provisional Political Axe happily returned these ceded territories is because the Russian Provisional Political Axe needs the support of the Entente countries, and even more needs the support from China, not to mention that as long as China withdraws its troops now, then the more than 400,000 Russian Provisional Political Axe Defense Forces in Omsk will collapse, and then the Russian Temporary Political Axe in Siberia will also be necessary.

In a series of negotiations in the previous two years, Britain has successively returned most of the concessions, and the British boss has done so, and other countries naturally have to do the same, so that so far only the Shanghai concession has not been recovered in China. Other concessions, including those in Tianjin, Wuhan and other cities, have been recovered. In the 1916 Sino-British agreement, China and Britain had already allowed China and Britain to jointly administer Weihaiwei, and after three years of co-management, Britain finally agreed to return Weihaiwei to China.

Under such a favorable situation, Chinese diplomats continued their efforts and signed an agreement with France to increase the number of labor supplies in exchange for the early return of Guangzhou Bay (present-day Zhanjiang City) to France.

The resumption of Weihaiwei and Guangzhou Bay has injected a shot in the arm for the confidence and morale of the Chinese people, after the news has spread, the slogan of nationalism has almost been ignited, with the resumption of most of the concessions and leased land, the slogans of the domestic people are becoming more and more radical, the call for the resumption of the Shanghai concession and Hong Kong and Lushun has continued to appear, and even once the turmoil broke out, the students marching in Hangzhou and the local police broke out in clashes, killing and injuring many people, and this caused a chain reaction, So much so that a larger march broke out in Shanghai, so much so that Chen Jingyun had to send out the local garrison to calm the situation.

This situation made Chen Jingyun feel quite helpless!

"Do they think it's so easy to reclaim these leased lands?" Chen Jingyun frowned when he heard Chen Cai say that there was another march in Shanghai and that he wanted to take back the Shanghai concession.

You must know that Chen Jingyun fought a war with Germany in order to recover Qingdao, declared war on Germany in order to recover these concessions and tariff autonomy, and provided up to one million laborers to Britain and France, and sent more than 200,000 troops to Russia in order to recover the territory occupied by Russia, and now Chinese soldiers are still fighting with the Soviet army on the Russian front.

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In order to recover these territories, China can be said to have paid a lot of price, and it is definitely not something that can be taken back with an open mouth, especially the Hong Kong and Shanghai concessions, which are the most important for Britain, the Shanghai concessions are good to say, and it is not a big problem to get them back after a few years, but Hong Kong, Chen Jingyun asked himself if he did not have the courage to go to war with Britain for Hong Kong.

Hong Kong is the foundation of Britain in the Far East, and together with Singapore, it is one of the bases of the British Far East Fleet, and unless it wants to completely abandon its interests in China, it does not want the British to return Hong Kong.

As for the matter of Lushun, it is even more difficult, if you want to let go of the words, there is only one possible surname, that is, to win the war, and then "Ben" will not obediently return Lushun even if it is according to the Sino-Russian Luda Land Lease Treaty, 25 years after the renewal of the contract, that is, after the expiration of 1923.

And with the rising nationalist sentiment in China today, if Chen Jingyun doesn't do something, it is estimated that he will usher in a great [***], and this kind of thing is something he does not want to see.

Seeing that the people's emotions were stirred up, in order to avoid getting out of control, Chen Jingyun promptly found Zhao Biqiu, director of the Propaganda Department of the National Socialist Party, who was the mouthpiece of the National Socialist Party and the host of Chen Jingyun's deification movement.

"The mood of the people should be kept in mind, since it is necessary to keep them passionate and to avoid great upheaval! You have to grasp the balance in between! Chen Jingyun didn't have any extra nonsense, and directly explained this matter to Zhao Biqiu.

Zhao Biqiu also frowned and said: "I also noticed the loss of control of the situation this time, and the Propaganda Department began to publicize it, but the follow-up was more propaganda of the people's spontaneous surnames, well, there are also traces of Kuomintang people behind it!" ”

As soon as Chen Jingyun heard the Kuomintang, he immediately frowned and said, "The Kuomintang people? What's going on? ”

Zhao Biqiu said: "A lot of news and articles are coming back from the side of the book!" ”

Chen Jingyun was not stupid, as soon as he heard this, he said: "Could it be that they instigated this?" ”

Zhao Biqiu said: "Although there is no direct evidence, it is not far from ten!" ”

Chen Jingyun snorted coldly: "If you want to stir up domestic emotions and meddle in the domestic situation, it depends on whether they have the ability to do it!" ”

said so, but Chen Jingyun also has to admire Sun Wen's tricks this time are a little ruthless, if according to the Kuomintang group of people to provoke it like this, it is estimated that it will not be long before the domestic people will be provoked to demand the political axe to recover the Shanghai Concession and Hong Kong and Lushun, the Shanghai Concession is easy to say, but Hong Kong and Lushun are not so easy, and when the time comes, these hot-blooded young people whose brains have been burned out will think that the Central Committee [***], and then think that the Kuomintang Socialist Party has lost power and misled the country, etc., In the end, the contradiction was concentrated on Chen Jingyun.

Of course, this is the ideal situation imagined by the Kuomintang and others, but the ideal is always the ideal, and there is a big difference between it and reality, nationalism is a double-edged sword, Chen Jingyun uses it well and is very beneficial to himself, but if he uses it badly, he will cede himself, and now in order to avoid this double-edged sword from cutting himself, Chen Jingyun decided to take back this sword for the time being.

"Your Propaganda Department will increase the control of current affairs reports, and these provocative reports will be banned first!" Now is not the period of the War of Reunification, when he Chen Jingyun desperately provoked the people and created public opinion support for himself, but now he doesn't need any domestic public opinion to support his war in Russia, what he wants is domestic stability, as for negotiating with foreign countries and even sending troops to Russia, he Chen Jingyun can have a headache alone, and those people will obediently go to work and live to create more tax revenue for the country, don't get involved in national affairs!

When Chen Jingyun really raises the banner of nationalism again, it will definitely be a big war related to the survival of the country, and now, it is far from that point.

"What about the Kuomintang?" Zhao Biqiu had a headache, and his propaganda department alone could not stop the infiltration of the Kuomintang.

"You don't have to worry about this!" After Chen Jingyun let Zhao Biqiu go out, he found Chen Cai again.

"The Kuomintang was very active during this time?" Chen Jingyun asked directly.

Chen Cai said: "The young master is right, the Kuomintang group has been very active in the past year, and the Investigation Bureau alone has arrested and killed more than 20 backbone members of the Kuomintang in the past six months!" Now this group of Kuomintang people not only has their own support, but also has contact with the Soviet and Russian side. ”

Hearing this, Chen Jingyun's face became colder and colder: "Those guys who eat inside and out, it seems that if you don't give them some color, you really think I can't help them!" ”

Speaking of this, Chen Jingyun's fingers tapped on the table again, and only after a while did he speak again: "Sun Wen's group is all saying, 'Ben, and they are also lurking in the country, this matter is not easy to handle by your investigation bureau alone, and it is not easy for the intelligence department to handle it!" ”

Although there have been many conflicts between the Investigation Bureau and the Intelligence Department in recent years, the division of responsibilities between the two sides has been quite clear, that is, the Investigation Bureau is in charge of the domestic and the Intelligence Department is in charge of the foreign country. Although both sides have crossed the border from time to time, and when handling cases, people from the Intelligence Division sometimes move around the country, and people from the Investigation Bureau occasionally go abroad, but on the whole, there is no overt crossing of the line between the two sides.

"In this way, the Investigation Bureau will send a group of people out, and then I will let the Intelligence Department also send some people, and your Investigation Bureau and the Intelligence Department will set up a joint operations department together to coordinate domestic and foreign forces to handle this Kuomintang matter!" Chen Jingyun said this, and then paused: "This matter will be handled as soon as possible!" ”