Although the dark tide is surging in private, Cai Yi's actions are very smooth on the bright side.

For this plan, Yan Shao secretly prepared a large number of materials in Xinjiang, which Yan Shao had been preparing for more than half a year. Just as Cai Ye was commanding the troops to move westward, these materials were also strongly supporting the frontline operations on the Tongguò railway line.

It is precisely with these materials that Cai Ye can move westward without any worries...

The supplies that have been stored for more than half a year are enough to ensure that Cai Ye takes any action.

With strong support, Cai's Third Army swept across Kazakhstan, and dozens of towns along the way were captured almost without any resistance.

The Fourth Corps, after the arrival of the first batch of mines, began to transfer to the engineering corps. Minefields began to be laid on both sides of the railway line, and barbed wire and warning signs were used outside the minefields to warn the locals, especially the guerrillas who wanted to sabotage the railway.

As has been said, the purpose of these mines is not to kill or injure the guerrillas who want to destroy them, but to deter the guerrillas from destroying the railway lines because they know that there are mines.

According to the plan of the Fourth Army, many overhead bridges will be built on the railway line to help local residents and the army, and there will be garrisons on the bridges to ensure the safety of the bridges.

If the guerrillas really intend to clear mines first and then destroy the railway, then as long as the garrisons are not blind. It is absolutely impossible for the guerrillas to succeed―――――― garrison may be blind? Of course it's not possible, then naturally it's fine.

What's more, the current Wehrmacht is already somewhat motorized, and many units are heavily equipped with trucks and other items. In the same way, wireless telegraphy is expensive, but it is not unaffordable to use it...

If there really was a large-scale sabotage that even the garrison could not handle, the garrison could have telegraphed to the main forces in the vicinity.

Of course, it is more or less a matter to let the regular army always serve as a garrison. Therefore, Yan Shao already had a plan in his heart, that is, after the rule of Central Asia was determined, a large number of people would immigrate to Central Asia and Siberia. Especially Central Asia.

Unlike Siberia, the climate and geography of Central Asia are much more favourable, and the terrain of Central Asia is mostly plain. It is very suitable for farming, more suitable than Siberia and the Outer Northeast. Historically, the plains of Central Asia were originally one of the several granaries of the Soviet Union.

After the occupation of Central Asia, it was possible to immigrate a large number of civilians, and then the government could select suitable soldiers from among them. And then use these people to form a garrison. Specialized in the safety of the railway.

After the rule of the Nationalist government in Central Asia was firmly established, the next steps were discussed...

Incidentally, at the beginning of the mine-laying process, the Fourth Army also planned to record the correct location of each mine, so that when the rule of the Nationalist government in Central Asia became solid and there was no need to worry about guerrilla sabotage, the mines could be cleared very easily through these records.

But...

If such records were leaked, the mines would be of little use.

Not to mention the length of thousands of kilometers. It's a big job to remember every mine accurately, and the Fourth Army already has a lot of tasks ahead of them. There's really no way to shoulder so many things.

As for the passage of time, will the mines move their positions or something? This Fourth Army is not particularly worried, after all, even if it rains a lot, etc., so that the mines move a little bit are just some positions, unless there is an earthquake or something, otherwise it is almost impossible to let the mines move too much, and if there is a real earthquake, then the national government does not seem to need to worry about the problem of mines―――――― because in the earthquake, the mines have already exploded due to violent vibrations, of course, there may be no problems, It's really displaced, and there have been examples in history, for example, in the Kashmir region between Pakistan and India, where thousands of mines have been displaced because of earthquakes...

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Cai Ye swept across the entire Central Asia and Siberia region over there, but at home, Yan Shao was facing great pressure. After the initial agreement, the ministers of Britain, France, the United States, and Japan jointly met with Yan Shao and formally demanded that the Chinese troops must withdraw from Russia within a week...

Otherwise, the Allies would stop providing a fixed amount of £20 million a year to China, as well as a series of other aids.

In the past, the reason why China was able to participate in this world war at a very small cost was because Britain, France, the United States and other countries would provide China with a fixed interest-free loan of 20 million pounds every year, in addition to some additional aid.

With these aids worth three or four billion Chinese dollars, China can carry out this war under normal circumstances, otherwise with China's weak foundation, sending hundreds of thousands of expeditionary forces to Europe to fight, I am afraid that the domestic economy would have been dragged down long ago...

And now, the Entente has put forward such a threat, apparently in the hope that China will be able to retreat in the face of difficulties.

After all, if this series of aid is interrupted, it will be difficult for China to continue its military operations.

This can be regarded as a trump card for the Entente against China, but other than that, the Entente has no other way to deal with China. After all, the Entente's demand for China is still very strong at the moment, and what about China? Except for a 'barren' Middle East, there seems to be nothing to ask for from them...

As for the Japanese government's tough treatment of China, including the cancellation of the promised Middle East colonies, it was vetoed by Britain, France, and other countries.

They really want to force China to withdraw from Russia, but they definitely don't really want to turn against China, after all, China is no longer the China at the beginning of the war, and its strength is strong enough to make any country afraid...

Even countries like Britain and the United States do not dare to provoke lightly.

What's more, the European war has reached the most critical juncture, and if such a fierce contradiction breaks out within the Entente countries, only the Germans will benefit in the end.

Don't look at the fact that the United States has entered this war, in fact, Germany still has a certain strength at the moment, especially when Soviet Russia has withdrawn from this war...

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In fact, even within the Entente countries, although they were more wary of China because of this issue, there was a great deal of debate within themselves about how far they should pay for Russia.

First of all, the current ruling government in Russia is Soviet Russia, a Bolshevik regime, a thoroughly red regime.

Although there is still a Kolchak regime recognized by various countries, everyone knows how difficult it is to turn Kolchak's provisional government into a full-fledged government.

What's more, the slogan that Yan Shao shouted this time was to deal with the red elements in Soviet Russia, which still has a little market in Europe and the United States...

Therefore, at present, Britain, France and other countries can only hope that they can stop their assistance and force China to withdraw from Russian territory.

According to the understanding of the envoys of Britain, France, and other countries in China, China's fiscal deficit is still relatively large, especially since a large amount of money is invested in infrastructure every year, and at the same time, it also bears a large amount of military spending every year. In particular, in the past two years, with the plan of the Nationalist government to expand the army by 2.55 million, the fiscal expenditure of the Nationalist government has increased by a large margin, and it has become much more difficult to carry out the already relatively balanced finances.

In the past, the reason why China was able to hold on to the European war was because of the large amount of aid provided by the Entente countries every year, and without this aid, China would almost lose three or four billion yuan in fiscal revenue.

And without such a large amount of money, you can imagine how much trouble China will fall into.

You must know that China is not moving in one direction at the moment, Europe, the Middle East, the Outer Northeast, Central Asia and Siberia. Today, China can almost be said to have opened up four theater of wars, such as Europe, where more than 600,000 expeditionary forces are fighting, and the Middle East, where there are more than 100,000, and the Outer Northeast, although the war is over, it still needs a large number of troops to maintain law and order.

As for Central Asia and Siberia ...

To conquer such a vast territory, the investment is definitely very large...

This kind of investment may even be more pressure on the Chinese government than the expeditionary force in Europe, after all, the expeditionary force is in Europe, and there are countries such as Britain and France to share it, but in Siberia and Central Asia, who can Yan Shao find to share...

For this reason, many diplomats believe that in the face of this method of the Entente, Yan Shao seems to have the only way to surrender―――――― unless he would rather risk economic collapse...

In fact, after Britain and the United States and other countries announced this measure, there was indeed a great deal of confusion in China, although the people were very supportive of this, believing that this move to expand the territory was undoubtedly very great, but the upper echelons of the government did not dare to see it this way.

After all, without the financial support provided by the Entente powers, the finances of the national government would have become very difficult. After calculating the possible fiscal deficit, Finance Minister Liang Shiyi hesitated to ask Yan Shao whether he could carry out some reconciliation measures with Britain and France... (To be continued......)