The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was an armistice agreement signed between Soviet Russia and Germany, the main contents of which were: a complete armistice between Soviet Russia and Germany, and Soviet Russia renounced its jurisdiction and sovereignty over Poland, Lithuania, Courland, Livland, and Estland. Pending the conclusion of a general peace treaty and the full demobilization of Soviet and Russian forces, Germany will continue to occupy the areas occupied by the German army east of these areas on the eve of the signing of the peace treaty. Russian troops immediately withdrew from the Ardahan, Kars and Batumi regions (which were actually annexed by Turkey). Soviet Russia recognized the independence of Ukraine and Finland, immediately withdrew its troops from Finland, Ukraine and the Aland Islands, guaranteed to sign a peace treaty with Ukraine immediately, and recognized the peace treaties between Ukraine and Germany, Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey. Soviet Russia paid Germany a war reparations of 6 billion marks. Germany promised not to interfere in the internal affairs of Soviet Russia and not to attack Soviet Russia from the Finnish side.

This harsh peace treaty not only cost Soviet Russia nearly one million square kilometers of land and nearly 50 million inhabitants, but also accounted for 90 percent of the country's coal mining, 73 percent of iron ore, 54 percent of industry, and 33 percent of the railways in the occupied areas.

Nicholas II seized on the Soviet-German compromise and reparations with Germany on the part of the Soviet and Russian sides in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, and immediately declared Soviet Russia a member of the Central Powers, and the end of the European war was still early. And invited Allied soldiers to come to Russia to support the Russian army in the war against the Soviet Russian Allies.

Therefore, this time the countries sent troops to Russia to attack Soviet Russia was not an intervention army, but an Allied army participating in the war.

When the Japanese announced that they had sent troops to Siberia to support the Tsarist Russian Imperial Army, they sent 70,000 soldiers to Russia. The 12th Division entered Vladivostok with the 12th Division as the advance force, and then the 7th and 3rd Divisions, with the permission of the government of China, set off from Manchuria in the northeast of China and entered Russia to participate in the encirclement and suppression of Soviet Russia. As a result of the rapid dispatch of troops by the Japanese themselves, they quickly wiped out part of the armed forces loyal to Tsarist Russia in Eastern Siberia, occupied the Primorsky Oblast, the Amur Oblast, the Trans-Baikal Oblast (now Chita Oblast and the Buryatia Autonomous Republic), and the Sakhalin Oblast (now most of the Khabarovsk Territory and Sakhalin Island) within two months, and controlled the entire Siberian Railway east of Lake Baikal and the water channels of the Heilongjiang and Ussuri rivers. The intended operational objectives were achieved, after which they moved to the garrison phase.

As far as Japan was concerned, the purpose of their entry into the war was not really to support Russia. Rather, it was to occupy Russian territory and realize the "Japanese" mainland plan. However, Nicholas II strongly demanded that Japan send troops to the front to support the war, and the Entente led by the United States and Great Britain also sternly demanded that Japan send troops to the war. Facing a declaration of war on Soviet Russia instead of fighting the guerrillas of Soviet Russia.

At the same time, in order to win over China into the Russian quagmire, Prime Minister Terauchi Masashi invited the Chinese army to participate in the Russian War and eliminate the Allied Soviet Russia.

The agents of the Soviet Union immediately preached among the workers and peasants the great Soviet Russia, the great country in which the workers and peasants made their own decisions, and the oppressed people of Japan. It's time for you to resist, it's time for you to fight, it's time for you to take up your weapons and fight against the rotten and sinful government of the Sun. The propaganda and collusion of Soviet and Russian spies played a positive role, and the Japanese government was supported by the merchants, thus oppressing the peasants and workers. The country has set off a riot of rice throughout the country.

The Japanese rice riot was the most fierce collision between the Japanese big bourgeoisie and the Japanese proletariat, and under the influence of the October Revolution in Russia, the Japanese proletarian ideology rose rapidly. During the European War, Japan seized the opportunity of the European War and produced a large number of commodities and increased a lot of wealth. At the same time, however, the domestic workers had to be overloaded due to the European war orders, and the working hours of the workers reached 14 hours a day. However, the peasants' agricultural taxes are 40 to 70 percent higher, and the peasants in Japan are even more miserable than the peasants in China. The October Revolution in Russia ordered the poor class of the Japanese to quickly organize themselves into a large march, which was suppressed by the Japanese military cabinet and the cabinet of Terauchi Masatsu. At that time, because Soviet Russia had just established a state, it did not dare to offend the Japanese people, so they declared that the demonstrations of the poor people had nothing to do with the Soviets. After Japan declared war on Soviet Russia, in order to take advantage of the poor people in Japan, Soviet Russia quickly sent people to Japan to launch a violent revolution among the poor.

Rice commotion also came naturally.

From the northeast to the southwest, cities of all sizes across the country were involved in the whirlpool of fierce riots, including the region, the Sanyo region, the Shikoku region, the Kyushu region, the Hokuriku region, the Tokai region, the Kanto region, and the Tohoku region. In these places, tens of thousands of people often gather, demonstrate, destroy shops, especially rice shops, and fight with the military and police. The movement developed from an economic struggle for rice to a political struggle against the imperial government. During this phase, the workers of the major cities acted as standard-bearers for the rice riots. They went on strike, which made the riots even more surging. This is the highest peak of the rice riots, the riots in Osaka, Kobe, Nagoya and other places, the prime minister of the rice riots, Terauchi Masatake, thought that the rice riots were simple peasant riots, but did not think that the rice riots were the beginning of the accumulation of domestic contradictions in the country, and within a month, the entire three-quarters of the territory of the Japanese capital set off a poor people's riot. General Kitsuna, commander of the Siberian Army, was about to set off with his army on horseback, but he was hit by the rioting citizens of Japan and fell off his horse and was almost injured.

Although the suppression was very rapid and effective, it also brought great trouble to Terauchi Masashi's East Siberian battle plan.

Wang Maoru laughed out loud after listening to Zhang Yiwei's statement on the recent situation of the "Japan" and said: "Look, look, I encountered this kind of troublemaking by the Red Russia when I left Hong Kong at the beginning of this year, and now it is the turn of the "Japan" book, let them have a headache first." I thought I was asking for the day, but it turned out that the day was asking me, okay, let's not go to the day. ”

Wang Maoru led the First Guards Regiment and the wounded soldiers to take the South Manchurian Railway, and finally returned to Shenyang in the middle of the welcome of the citizens.

Due to the advance notice, Meng Enyuan, the governor of the three eastern provinces, also welcomed Wang Maoru's return in Shenyang City. Wang Maoru led the "China" team to achieve good results in Europe, won the face of the Chinese people, and became a national hero. Although in the eyes of the great powers, a Lodrone battle is nothing at all, especially Wang Maoru participated in the early stage of the Lodrone campaign, and in the later period, Italy and Austria fought in Lodrone, both sides invested 300,000 troops, lost troops, Italy rarely held the Lodrone Plain and won the Lodrone battle.

Not only the people of Shenyang came, but even the people of other places came to watch the triumphant return of General Shangwu.

Wang Maoru sighed, and said in his heart that the people of China need a victory too much, and China needs a victory in a foreign war. This small victory actually made the Chinese people respect themselves to the point of being like a god of war in China, which was indeed unexpected for him. I don't know how many people came to Shenyang, but Li Yongming, director of the Shenyang City Police Inspectorate, and Bai Guangjing, commander of the First Brigade of the Liaoning Provincial Armed Police, were so busy that they had no choice but to turn to the Seventh Division of the Northeast Frontier Army stationed here to assist in law and order.

In the cheers of the people and officials, Wang Maoru and Meng Enyuan came hand in hand to the newly completed Shenyang People's Guangchang field, which is in the middle of Shenyang City, facing the Liaoning Provincial Assembly, behind which is the office headquarters of the 24th Department of the Liaoning Provincial Government. Welcoming Wang Maoru's return, it was the first time that the people's field was used, Wang Maoru climbed the viewing platform on the fourth floor of the parliament, and hundreds of thousands of people gathered on the people's field to wait for Wang Maoru to make a speech.

Standing in front of the majestic podium, Wang Mao was full of spirit, and beside him were Meng Enyuan, the governor of the three eastern provinces, and other military officers. In the midst of the chatter and laughter of many officers, Meng Enyuan looked a little gloomy at this time, as the governor of the three eastern provinces, his status was monstrous, but the real power in the northeast was in the hands of Wang Maoru, and in the hands of the four commanders of the Northeast Frontier Army, Meng Enyuan could not intervene in the hands of people at all. Dai Zhangxun, one of the two most relied on generals under Meng Enyuan, has now gone to Japan to recuperate due to illness, while his nephew Gao Shibin, another optimistic nephew, has been promoted to deputy commander-in-chief of the Northeast Frontier Army.

After Wang Maoru announced that the Ji army was part of the army, the 7th Division was stuffed with a large number of non-commissioned officers loyal to Wang Maoru, and some officers loyal to Meng Enyuan were transferred to other armies by the Ming Dynasty or Mingsheng and secretly demoted, and the 7th Division gradually became Wang Maoru's henchman. It can be said that none of the 14 divisions of the Northeast Frontier Army obeyed the orders of the Metropolitan Governor Meng Enyuan. When Wang Maoru was in China, Meng Enyuan didn't feel anything, because he was really imposing, but Wang Maoru was no longer in the country, but he still couldn't intervene in the government. This made Meng Enyuan feel helpless and powerless, although he was a nominal governor, he had no name and power, what was the difference between him and the puppet emperor.

This time, after Wang Maoru led the "China" army to participate in the war abroad and achieved a great victory, his reputation was even more sky-high, even if he did not force himself to resign as the governor of the Northeast, he was pierced by his sharp brilliance and couldn't open his eyes. This sub-means is indeed high, and all the methods used are yang schemes, and he is old, and he can't earn it anymore. Meng Enyuan was silent for a while, one is like the sun is rising, but he is declining, it seems that the victory or defeat is decided at the moment when he decides to form a coalition government between Jilin and Heilongjiang. Wang Maoru can wait, he is young, he can wait for himself to die. (To be continued......)