At the end of June, the Paris Peace Conference, which was watched by the whole world, finally signed an agreement, and the countries of the world could be said to have completed the distribution of the spoils, and the countries of the world signed the "Treaty of Verdun" at Verdun, in which the question of Qingdao, China, was not returned to China under the conspiracy of the representative of Rìmoto. This move was extremely disappointing to the Chinese people, and the people demanded that the contract be refused, refused to be recognized, and demanded zhèngfǔ.

However, under the persecution of the Chinese side, Beiyang China was hesitant, especially when the Chinese side expressed that it would gradually return Shandong, and if the Chinese side was too aggressive, the Chinese side would take more radical action and stop borrowing from Beiyang, so that the Anhui system would collapse instantly. The gradual return of Shandong was in fact a measure to quell the vigorous June 16 anti-rì movement, and their purpose was nothing more than to further control China.

President Xu Shichang was hesitant to sign the Paris Peace Treaty at the end, so he found Duan Qirui, but Duan Qirui said that he was sick and returned to Tianjin. Although Xu Shichang is the president, the Congress is in the hands of the Anfu Department, and the Congress can refute any decision of Xu Shichang at any time, and Gong Xinzhan, the prime minister in charge of the country, is also an Anhui diehard, and Duan Qirui can control it remotely while sitting in his apartment in Tianjin. Xu Shichang was angry with the people on the one hand, and the anger of the Anhui system on the other, and he was also threatened by Rì himself, so he couldn't make any decisions. signed the Paris Peace Treaty, he must have been scolded by everyone, Duan Qirui hid in Tianjin to avoid the pressure of the people, but Xu Shichang couldn't hide.

Intimidated by the threat to rì本zhèngfǔ, Xu Shichang, who became the president of Beiyang, had no choice but to tell the Chinese delegation that it is up to you to decide whether to sign or not. Lu Zhengxiang and Gu Weijun and the other five representatives were under tremendous pressure. Refused to sign the Treaty of Verdun. And this pressure does not come from zhèngfǔ, but from the refusal to sign, and the promises made by European countries to China will be nothing, including the Gengzi indemnity of Germany and Austria, the gradual return of customs, and so on. The refusal to sign a petition is true and boosts the morale of the people, but in practice it harms the interests of the people.

However, the people could not see this, they only saw that Shandong had not been returned, and if the delegation signed, it would be a traitorous act. Unfortunately, sometimes patriotism has become harmful to the country, after all, the people are not politicians. They don't see the side that's good for China, they see the side that's detrimental to the dignity of the country. The demands of the people are beyond reproach, and they are also flesh-and-blood Chinese, and in the anti-rì turmoil of later generations, the people's actions are radical and wrong, but their patriotic fervor must not be extinguished. China needs this kind of blood, although he is not necessarily right, but the blood is cold. The nation perished.

Lu Zhengxiang, the head of China's delegation to the Paris Peace Conference, finally consulted with the other four delegates, and Gu Weijunjian, the representative, said: "Now Beiyang zhèngfǔ seems to be in charge of the Anhui system. However, the actual role of the Northeast Army is huge, and it is not yet known who is who after a few years. All the deputies are smart people, and now the north and the south are in a mess and can't call the shots, but instead put the pressure on the five of them to bear, Gu Weijun said again: "It's better to ask General Shangwu, he is also in Europe, and he must have insight into the situation in Europe." The delegates looked at each other and approved of Gu Weijun's construction. Diplomats can only have confidence if there is a strong military behind them, otherwise they can only survive in the cracks.

Lu Zhengxiang immediately sent a telegram asking Wang Maoru whether he should sign, after all, at the current Paris Peace Conference, China has received far greater rights than in history, and if it refuses to sign, these vested interests will be lost.

After receiving the telegram, Wang Maoru thought about it. In fact, since he supported the patriotic student movement, he had fallen out with the Anhui faction, and there was no need to have any scruples about Beiyang. He has his own calculations, and he wants to take advantage of this opportunity to get out of Russia, and he is not afraid of taking advantage of the opportunity to make a big deal.

So Wang Maoru replied to Lu Zhengxiang; "The Shandong problem will not be solved. Our country does not sign. The telegram prompted Lu Zhengxiang to think again and again with four other negotiators to decide that the countries refused to sign because they had not resolved the Shandong issue.

Zhao Ajiu is now a battalion commander, like Zang Hao, he is also Shangguan injured to replace Shangguan, his xìng is relatively cold, maybe he was developed when he was stationed in Mongolia, he loves to think, his head keeps turning every day, and he even learned to speak Russian and Turkic, which makes him very valued by the commander.

A soldier quietly came over and said, "Battalion Commander Zhao, there is a letter." ”

"Letter?" Zhao Ajiu was surprised, he hadn't been home for six years, and from the moment he left home and ran out of school, he never returned home, and his family wrote to him? But when he received the letter, his excitement was relieved, it was not from his family, because it was a letter in Russian, sent from Ufa. The new cover is written in twisted and awkward Chinese, which shows that this must be the Chinese copied by the Russians, and no Chinese will write such ugly Chinese.

It must be Kurkova, is she in trouble again? He opened the letter, but saw that the writer was not Kurkova, but her twelve-year-old son Alyosha, in which Alyosha said that because he had reached the age of military service, he was captured by the Tsar's Guards and sent to the front, but Deputy Prime Minister Tubanev ordered that the young mother could go to the battlefield as a female soldier instead of her relatives, and Kurkova resolutely replaced him and came to Berkrovsk and became a member of the female soldiers. Now he and his sister Orga were eating rancid bread and shivering and hiding in the house, not knowing what to do. Before leaving, Kurkova wrote the envelope and told Alyosha that if the two of them were unable to do anything, they would turn to the Chinese uncle who had saved them. But Alyosha was only twelve years old after all, not even to the age of rebellion, he was just a child, he and his sister hugged and cried, he wrote this letter the day after Kurkova left, and after several tosses, it really came into the hands of Zhao Ajiu, the commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 54th Regiment of the 6th Infantry Division of the Chinese Intervention Army.

Zhao Ajiu held the letter, unconsciously took out the pendant, and saw the woman, the beautiful woman, he knew that Kurkova was actually only twenty-seven years old, and she gave birth to Alyosha when she was fourteen, but I'm afraid she didn't know that she was only twenty-two years old. What am I thinking about, Zhao Ajiu stood up and put the letter aside, and Duan Fu, the deputy battalion commander, ran to say at this time: "Camp, there are a few recruits, how to divide them?" ”

He wasn't used to being called Yingzuo, and in his impression, he was still the head of the cooking class.

"Camp?" Duan Fu asked again.

Zhao Ajiu let out an "oh" and said, "Isn't the rear supply broken?" How can there be reinforcements? ”

Duan Fu said with a smile: "It's connected again, it's repaired, this time three regiments were sent up at once, and our battalion is divided into sixty." ”

"Let's go, let's see." Zhao Ajiu and Duan Fu came to the camp, all the Chinese intervention troops were stationed in battalions, one tent was a squad, one punch tent was a battalion, the camp zhōngyāng was a relatively wide meadow, and the Republic of China five sè flag was erected next to it, and the number 0600543 was written in the lower right corner of the flag, which was the number of their battalion. The national flag has three bullet holes, Zhao Ajiu did not let people replace the new national flag, he said that this flag has witnessed the growth of our three battalions, this is our pride, the broken battle flag tells all the soldiers, we are in the war.

Sixty young warriors nervously occupied the six rows of the city, one by one involuntarily looked around, but found that they were being looked at by the people around them, they hurriedly lowered their heads, and did not even dare to whisper to each other.

Zhao Ajiu walked to the front of the team, looked at the young faces, and sighed with some emotion in his heart, the most severe death in the war is the recruits, either killed by the enemy or killed by the driver's gendarmerie, I hope these recruits can grow into veterans soon. He said lightly: "Very good, you came to the third camp, it is your luck, I am Zhao Ajiu, a native of Yuncheng, Shanxi." ”

One of the recruits shouted, "Camp, we are fellow countrymen. ”

Zhao Ajiu laughed and said, "Yes, there are not many people from Shanxi who come to the Northeast to serve as soldiers. ”

The recruit said: "There are a lot of people from Shanxi who come to the Northeast to serve as soldiers, and all the male students in our middle school class have gone to the Northeast to serve as soldiers, but I am the only one who has been assigned here." ”

Zhao Ajiu smiled and didn't talk to him again, but said to everyone: "Now, raise your hand after military training. ”

Sixty recruits looked at each other, forty-seven raised their hands, and the other thirteen did not raise their hands, Zhao Ajiu said: "Okay, you thirteen who did not raise their hands were assigned to three cooking classes, and the leaders of the cooking squads, lead people!" There are three people in the first cooking class, three people in the second company, three people in the third company, and one in the battalion headquarters. The thirteen recruits who didn't raise their hands immediately regretted it, they originally raised their hands to be thrown in the cooking class, which is reasonable, some people said that we don't want to go to the cooking class, Zhao Ajiuli also ignored it, and said to the remaining forty-seven recruits: "What you have to do now is not to fight with your comrades, but not to drag down your comrades, now I will assign you a team." Remember, before you learn to kill the enemy, you must first learn to protect yourself, including anti-gun, anti-artillery, trenches, digging battlefield cover, battlefield ambulance, and you are now temporarily serving as the sub-gunner of each squad. ”

After assigning the recruits, Zhao Ajiu asked the squad leaders to train their recruits well, don't let them rush to death, the squad leaders naturally know what to do, and they said one by one and went back. They returned to the battalion headquarters, and Duan Fu said mysteriously: "Battalion, several staff officers and brothers from the battalion headquarters have made some fish outside, and are going to eat fish pots at the battalion headquarters tonight." ”

Zhao Ajiu said: "Fish pot, I'm good at this, I'll get it, you have to know that I'm from Sichuan." The two of them burst out laughing.

Duan Fu said again: "This batch of recruits is too poor and has not been trained. ”

"It's good to have people, and if there are new recruits arriving, it means that there are supplies to the front line." Zhao Ajiu said.

"The camp is right, too." Duan Fu said with a smile.

Zhao Ajiu sat aside, looking at the letter on his bed, and then at the pendant in his hand, and suddenly the impulse came out of nowhere, he wanted to save Kurkova.