Chapter 299: The Battle for the Middle Road (1)
The Russians also occupied a large area of land and mines in the vicinity of the Middle East Road, which were China's most valuable resources, but they fell into the clutches of Russia, allowing them to plunder frantically, and the Russians used these riches to arm themselves to the teeth and continue to oppress China.
Zhang Tingshu found that the safe contained the land contract, and if he got these things, he would be able to snatch back the precious resources that Russia had stolen, although this part only involved some sections from Changchun to Harbin, but the amount was at least more than 10 million oceans.
After seeing this, Zhang Xueliang and Zhang Tingshu were all extremely excited, this transaction was too worthwhile, the land deed alone had ten times the income, if you look for it, maybe there will be more gains.
Just when they were rummaging through the cabinets, Zhang Tinglan also rushed over, and he was very relieved to see that they had successfully solved the Russians.
"Among the four battlefields, only Changchun is the most troublesome, I really didn't expect that Changchun was the fastest to solve, and your meritorious service is not small!"
"Where, where!" Zhang Xueliang said with a smile: "Commander-in-chief, through this time, I found that this silver bullet is more effective than guns and bullets, and if you use the silver well, you can surrender the soldiers without a fight!" β
"That's right, it's called the right medicine!" Zhang Tinglan said: "And since you know that silver is important, don't think about hiding your secrets, and hand over all the real estate deeds you seized to me!" β
"Big brother, you can't eat and wipe clean, why do you have to leave some for us!"
"What do you think, all seizures must be returned to the public, this is the discipline of the army, if you don't agree, I will deal with you both in accordance with military law."
Zhang Tinglan took out the weapon of military law, Zhang Tingshu and Zhang Xueliang suddenly lost their voices, and they were originally excited. The mood was a lot lower in an instant, but there was no choice but to hand over the title deed to Zhang Tinglan.
After a hurried glance, Zhang Tinglan said with great emotion: "Hanqing, do you know that a railway line often connects the most prosperous cities and the most valuable mineral resource areas, which can drive the development of the entire region. However, along our railway lines, a large number of dependent territories were forcibly carved out by the foreign powers. And it is constantly expanding, and in Changchun alone, the Russians occupy five square kilometers of land, their economic interests are damaged, and their sovereignty is trampled on. And with these as obstacles, our economic development is also full of obstacles. Everywhere is controlled by others. β
Inside the city. You must know that the area of the Vatican is only 0.44 square kilometers, and the area that the Russians have seized in Changchun is already ten times that, and if you count the entire railway line, the area is even more amazing.
Actually, it's not just Russia. Japan was also constantly expanding its dependencies with the Manchurian Railway, and the elite areas along these railways were occupied by the foreign powers, who had the power to garrison administrative troops in them. For the Feng army along the way, this is like a fish in the throat, not vomiting unhappy, and now the Feng army has sounded the horn of the Middle East Road, and the so-called dependent territories will no longer exist, which is also the first step for the Northeast to recover its sovereignty.
"Han Qing, you have made a great achievement, I have accepted these land deeds, and the one million you owe will be exempted!" Zhang Tinglan said generously, but Zhang Xueliang and Zhang Tingshu couldn't help but shout in their hearts, the entire five square kilometers of land, not counting the buildings inside, just the land, it can't be bought for tens of millions, but now it is only one million, and they have lost a lot.
"If you are not convinced, go to the commander in the future, but now you must carry out my order, immediately divide the troops into two routes, all the way to the north quickly, and participate in the attack on Harbin, which is the base camp of the Russian army, and the most powerful troops. In addition, the rest of the horses are holding on to Changchun, keeping an eye on the movements of the Japanese, if they dare to provoke, they will resolutely fight back against me! β
When Zhang Xueliang and Zhang Tingshu heard that there was still a battle, they finally swept away their decadence, and they couldn't care about these captures, so they hurriedly mobilized the army.
At this time, Zhang Tinglan's heart had already drifted to other parties, and he didn't know what kind of impact this Feng army's recovery operation would have.
In fact, after the first shot was fired from Harbin, Zhang Zuolin sent a report to the Beiyang government, Duan Qirui was shocked after getting the news, he never thought that Zhang Zuolin, the bandit leader, would be so arrogant, without the support of Beiyang, without the permission of the central government, he would dare to use troops against the Russians.
Where is this going to Beiyang, if you annoy the Russians, will it end well, and Russia still has a lot of allies, if you don't know if the powers will join forces to put pressure, when I think of this, Duan Qirui's brain hurts.
"It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous, Zhang Zuolin is doing it brutally, and his actions must be stopped!"
"I'm afraid I won't be able to!" Xu Shuzheng said with some worry: "This time Zhang Zuolin's banner is to deal with the majority party, saying that the majority party has set off a revolution along the Middle East Road, in a vain attempt to overthrow Horvat's rule, in order to prevent the Middle East Road from completely eroding and affecting the situation on the northern frontier, so the Feng army made a decisive attack to help the Russians eliminate the majority party and restore the security of the Middle East Road!" β
"What the hell is the majority party, they want to start an uprising?" Duan Qirui, the prime minister, has a clear idea of how many soldiers to raise and how much money to use, but he is a little confused about international affairs.
"Chion, this majority party seems to be a party representing the lower classes of the Russian people, who did a great deal of their part in the coup d'Γ©tat that overthrew the Tsar, but after the formation of the Provisional Government, they did not take power. It seems that most of them are the same as Sun Wen's artillery party, and they are still making trouble for power! β
Duan Qirui walked around the ground twice, and then said: "Since it is a political party in Russia, it is a disturbance within the people, I am afraid it is not good for us to intervene, when the Russians finish making trouble, they will still put pressure on us, and I don't know what the attitude of the great powers is, I think we still have to oppose Zhang Zuolin's use of troops!" β
"Chion, I've contacted Western diplomats, and it seems that they have a very bad view of the majority party, and they just see it as a beast. It is said that the majority party wants to eliminate all the capitalists and make them all communist, and countries such as Europe and the United States are worried that this trend of thought will threaten them, so all countries are very concerned about the situation in Russia, and they are afraid that the majority party will take power. β
Listening to Xu Shuzheng's words, Duan Qirui was slightly stunned: "So Zhang Zuolin is using the banner of dealing with the majority of the party this time, is he touching the pulse of the great powers and prescribing the right medicine?" β
"That's right, I'm getting more and more curious about this Zhang Zuolin now, he is a bandit, he can actually understand these international things, and he has found the right entry point at once, most of them have high-ranking people around him to help."
Duan Qirui stabilized his mind at this time, since Zhang Zuolin attacked the majority party, this excuse can be justified, he is just prevaricating the powers, if there is really trouble, it is better to take the old Zhang Ding, Duan Qirui has already made up his mind.
"You Zheng, we won't express any opinion on this incident for the time being, let's pretend to be deaf and dumb first, and then you arrange more manpower to figure out the situation on the Middle East Road, and also find out what the powers think, we can't move blindly!"
"Yes, I'll arrange it now!"
The Beiyang government heard the wind and moved, in fact, the great powers knew the situation earlier than Beiyang, from the beginning of the battle, the Harbin direction was cut off from foreign relations, the great powers were also shocked, Harbin had a problem, the Middle East Road was about to stop, this is a great thing.
Everyone was speculating about what was going on, and at this time, Zhang Zuolin also informed all the consulates in Mukden, telling them that the Russian majority party was making trouble along the Middle East Road, and the Feng army had to take decisive measures to prevent the majority party from controlling the Middle East Road!
Everyone will be skeptical of Lao Zhang's statement, but they have no more accurate information, so they can only believe Zhang Zuolin for the time being, and the United States and Britain and other countries are also eager to take strong measures to help Russia solve the majority party and eliminate the threat in the bud.
Among the consul generals of various countries, only the Japanese consul general Akajiri Massuke had the most ambiguous attitude, this guy was like a shark that smelled fish, and the Japanese also arranged some intelligence officers in Russia, knowing that the situation in Russia was chaotic, they felt that there seemed to be an opportunity in front of them.
"Zhang Sang, the Middle East Road is very important, the imperial government is very willing to help you, jointly send troops to deal with the majority party, maintain the smooth flow of the railway, and tens of thousands of soldiers of the Kwantung Army can be dispatched at any time!"
Zhang Zuolin knows very well that these little devils are not dead, this is to get the Middle East Road into their hands, where will Lao Zhang agree, he said with a smile: "Don't bother the Japanese side, the matter of the Middle East Road, Feng Jun is sure to solve it quickly." β
"Zhang Sang, since you are so confident, then I will wait and see, but if the Feng army can't solve the trouble quickly, the empire will take action!"
Zhang Zuolin sent Akajiri Massuke away, and secretly spat at his back: Without your mixing, Fengjun would have no trouble!
Lao Zhang also saw through the ambitions of the Japanese, and now he can only hope that Zhang Tinglan will quickly solve the Russian army, and only in this way will the Japanese have no chance to intervene.
At this time, the battle on the Middle East Road became more and more tense, and the Feng army easily took Changchun, which was a proper strategy, but in the direction of Harbin it fell into a bitter battle. Although the Feng army was in the forefront, Horvat was not a rice bucket, and he immediately recruited a large number of Russian expatriates, issued them weapons, and sent them to participate in the battle.
Many of these expatriates are retired soldiers, and after taking up arms, they can serve as qualified soldiers, and with the participation of these people, the battle situation is becoming more and more tense, and every step forward of the Feng army has to pay the price of their lives.
Boom Boom Boom ......
After a continuous loud noise, the temporary fortifications of the Russians were blown into the sky, a total of more than 20 Russian soldiers were also blown to pieces, and the heavy artillery finally showed its hideous side, Sun Anhu was very satisfied with the effect, and said loudly: "Bombard me, the opposite side is the Russian camp, don't worry about anything, all of them will be razed to the ground for me!" (To be continued......)