"Xiu Shuai, Xiu Shuai?"

Wang Maoru woke up from his nap, looked up and asked, "What's the matter?" Oh, are you all there? ”

Maleonn reported: "Everyone is coming"

Maoru walked into the conference room, the conference room zhōngyāng was a huge sand table, on which were the Russian battlefields, the Volga, Kazan, Ufa, Berkrovsk, Saratov, Akhtubinsk, Tsaritsyn, Urals, Moscow, Don, Kiev, Baku......

All the officers were there, Commander Li Pinxian of the 1st Division, Commander Ren Yuanxing of the 3rd Division, Commander Fei Chaogui of the 6th Division, Commander Jiang Dengxuan of the 7th Division, Commander Zhao Qing of the 10th Division, Commander of the 11th Cavalry Division Zhang Pingwu, Commander of the 15th Division Du Bao, and the chiefs of staff were all in the ranks, sitting tightly, but talking to each other in whispers.

Wang Maoru walked in, and Ma Liang shouted: "Lizheng." "The generals fought well, Wang Maoru said: "Take a break and sit up, the military posture is rigorous, Wang Maoru cleared his throat and said: "I called you here today to ask you a question, what do you say, don't have a plan." ”

The man replied.

Wang Maoru said: "Today is July 4, 1919, we have been fighting since we entered Russia in March, and we have been helping the Russians fight the Russians. And in four months, there will be a harsh Russian winter, and our air supplies will be cut off, and we will not be able to have some of them until April next year. To stay and complete the Treaty of Harbin, expecting the Tsar to return to us the Outer Northeast and Outer Northwest with a total area of 1.7 million square kilometers, or to return to China to preserve our strength in anticipation of the opportunity to compete for the world? ”

Everyone looked at Wang Maoru in surprise, thinking how Xiushuai asked everyone, only to hear Wang Maoru say: "You are all my henchmen, you are also my right-hand man, and you are my brothers." Sometimes I'm arbitrary, but that doesn't mean I don't listen to my brothers. Where we are fighting the world in Hulunbuir, it can be said that the 11th Defensive Reserve Brigade is my personal property. But now, with five provinces of three million square kilometers of land area and half a million troops, the autonomous zhèngfǔ. Now, this achievement is a wealth that belongs not only to me, but also to everyone who is doing it. Right now. I'd like to hear from you. Are we going to go or are we staying? He looked around again and emphatically said, "Do you want to go, or do you want to stay?" ”

Everyone whispered at first, and then the discussion grew louder. It can be seen that Wang Maoru's words really moved them. The brothers fought down the world, yes, this world was fought down by the brothers, Xiushuai is our eldest brother, and now the eldest brother wants to ask us for our opinion. And not the command, what does this mean? It shows that he has begun to respect us, that he is going to delegate authority to us, and that we may have to take on greater responsibility. You are all human beings, so you naturally understand what Wang Maoru meant, that is, it is very likely that there will be a unit with a higher rank above the division commander - that can only be the corps commander. Everyone looked at each other, nodded their heads, and finally everyone agreed. Obey Xiushuai's orders, and at the same time hope that the army will evacuate. They don't believe Russia will keep its promises unless they lead by example again.

Wang Maoru nodded and announced the adjournment of the meeting.

Leaving the venue, Ren Yuanxing and staff officer Li Gu returned to the headquarters of the Third Division in a car. Li Gucai let out a long sigh and said, "Shizao, do you think Xiu Shuai means that there may be a legion commander below?" ”

Ren Yuanxing said: "It's not possible, it's certain." ”

"Definitely?" Li Gu was surprised. "But didn't Xiu Shuai say that the largest establishment of our army is the division commander?"

Ren Yuanxing smiled: "Can't you see this?" Xiushuai used to just want to be a big warlord, but now he thinks about the world. Once the corps commander is determined, Xiu Shuai's plan to dominate the world will begin. ”

Li Gu smiled: "In terms of politics, I'm really not as good as you." ”

Ren Yuanxing said: "Let's not get involved in this, and also, don't talk about this matter with anyone, what Xiushuai is taboo about is our wanton suspicion." At today's meeting, it was explained that the world is our brothers and the world, but you and I should understand that the world is still the world of Xiushuai. Don't show up and say delegate power, you and I will really take over power. ”

"I naturally know, Master, I guess this first candidate for the commander of the legion must be you." Li Gu said with a smile, "You have been guarding Mongolia for so many years, commanding Berkrovsk twice, and you have destroyed 40,000 out of 80,000 enemies, and you should be the first in terms of merit." ”

Ren Yuanxing touched his mustache and laughed, and said, "Don't guess, Xiushuai will naturally not forget our credits, but if you show off, you will inevitably be arrogant." I'll just sit back and wait for Xiushuai to return to China and commend him, in short, we can't thank us for our contributions. ”

Li Gu arched his hand and said, "Then congratulations to the master first." ”

After listening to the opinions of his subordinates, Wang Maoru saw that everyone doubted the sincerity of the Tsar, and also verified the doubts in his heart, it was extremely difficult to recover only one Jiangdong 64 Tun, and how could the Tsar of 1.7 million square kilometers let go lightly, so it was better to take advantage of this opportunity to ask for it.

Subsequently, Wang Maoru, Xiong Bingtao, Yong Xingbao and other staff officers formulated a telegram in which the Chinese sent a telegram to the Russian Tsar, demanding the return of the Tsar to the outer northeast, that is, near the west of Vladivostok, from Xingkai Lake to Shuangcheng Zi Generation, a total of 21,000 square kilometers.

Nicholas II took the telegram and said angrily: "Are the Chinese crazy? Our warrior is still fighting, and he actually makes such an unreasonable demand, unless he hands Tsaritsyn over to me! No, even if Tsaritsyn handed it over to me, I wouldn't give him land, you damn fellow! ”

At the same time, the future empress Sakarina who remained in Akhtubinsk also ran to Wang Maoru and angrily accused: "Why did you do this behind my back? You're such a dishonest person, it's naked blackmail. Aren't China and Tsarist Russia friends? ”

Wang Maoru retorted: "First of all, we are partners, not friends!" The squadron suffered heavy casualties, and our 50,000 casualties could not be exchanged for 20,000 square kilometers of land? Did the Russians write all the lies in the Treaty of Harbin? We sent troops to wipe out 80,000 Soviet rebels for you according to the treaty, but you never mentioned the return of the territory. Who is dishonest? ”

Sakarina said: "But it is clearly written in the treaty that it will be returned gradually after the victory of Russia, have you forgotten it?" ”

"Since it's a gradual return, let's return some gradually." Wang Maoru said.

"Doesn't the Jiangdong 64 Tun that has been returned represent our sincerity?" Sararina said.

Wang Maoru said disdainfully: "This is simply ridiculous, Jiangdong 64tun only accounts for less than one-thirtieth of the outer northeast, how many years will we have to wait to recover the outer northeast and outer northwest?" Will it wait until I die? Wang Maoru looked at Sakarina and sneered, "In my lifetime, I must see the return of the Outer Northeast and the Outer Northwest, and I will not leave the territorial issue to my children and grandchildren to complete." And I only believe in immediate interests, I don't believe in invisible interests, you could say I'm short-sighted. ”

"You'll regret it, King." Sakarina also turned her face and said angrily.

Wang Maoru waved his hand and said lightly to Ma Liang: "Adjutant Ma, send off!" ”

Sakarina saw that he didn't hold back, and there was no affection for the husband and wife overnight, so she turned around angrily and left.

Wang Maoru sat in a chair, lit a cigar and took a hard puff, falling into deep thought. In fact, his original purpose was to gain political capital by entering the war against Russia, to become the king of the Northeast, to have an excuse to recover the Outer Northeast, and to form a strong political and public opinion orientation at home -- now he has it. During this period of Russian warfare, his Volga Army defeated the Russian 1st Army, captured Zinoviev, and used counter-tactics to abandon Tukhachevsky and Gay, while saving Denikin's army and changing the course of the Russian Civil War. Now Russia will continue to be chaotic, and it will become more and more chaotic - and that is enough. He does not have the luxury of hoping that he can wipe out Russia by himself, nor does he expect to lead China to become strong now, he only needs to change a certain historical trend of the world and make him more beneficial to China.

Now, he has fulfilled his wish.

He sighed, five months of fighting, before and after the elimination of the Soviet Russian army of 148,000 people, including two Burkrovsk battles, Magern battles, Borja battles, sending cavalry into the enemy's rear to eliminate the Bolsheviks and sporadic elimination of partisans, is also worthy of the tsar and the "Harbin Treaty", but it cannot get back the trust of the tsar. As for the casualties of our army, the worst casualties of the Chinese intervention army are the 11th Cavalry Division, as the forward force, the 11th Cavalry Division has repeatedly rushed to the front line, and the commander of the cavalry division, Guo Buluo. Long Qing also died in Russia. The number of casualties among Chinese soldiers has reached 53,000, and to this day, more than 27,000 have been laid dead in Russia, and 28,000 have been wounded and returned to China for treatment.

However, when he asked the tsar for 20,000 square kilometers of land, the tsar actually made excuses for not paying it back at first, and now he clearly does not pay it back. Wang Maoru was very disappointed in him, and of course, the resistance of the people of all ethnic groups in Russia united against the Sāo Squadron, which was also a great blow to the morale of the army. Many soldiers privately admitted that they were invading troops, and their morale gradually declined, and a kind of war weariness slowly developed in the army.