In the middle of August of the second year of the Republic, the Russians had all their military deployments in place, and the Japanese side Nogi Noshinori was also fully prepared, and the two sides opened a confrontation in the eastern Siberian region, both clamoring to crush the other.

In terms of troops, the Russians did have an absolute advantage, and after receiving the Chinese side with weapons support, their combat capability has also been greatly improved. However, in terms of the quality of the soldiers, the Russians were inferior to the Japanese.

Moreover, the Russian attack was not carried out in secrecy, which left the Japanese side with plenty of time to build up their defenses. The outcome of the war was to see if the Russians could take out Nogi Noshinori or drive his troops out of the land before Japanese reinforcements arrived. If the Russians fail to do this, they will lose all of Eastern Siberia, and the defense system of Central Siberia will also be significantly affected.

The same is true for the Japanese, if they fail here, the forces behind will be forced to stop in the Far East, and the situation on the battlefield will be completely reversed by the Russian side. This is a battle that will determine who will have the initiative on the battlefield in the future battles.

For Trotsky, the war also had a very special significance, that is, to open up a space for his regime to survive. Yang Xiaolin told him very clearly that the British would not negotiate with him now, and even if he gave up more interests, the British side would not allow this red tide to have a place to live.

I want the international community to recognize that he is very simple, to win the Japanese!

After winning the Japanese, you will tell all the countries that whoever wants to kill you will have to pay the price, and at that time you will have the capital to sit down with the gentlemen.

So Trotsky also gave it his all and gambled on this game!

The battle began in the early hours of the 14th, with the heroic Russian soldiers shouting "Long live the Motherland!" "Long live the communist regime!" The loud slogans launched round after round of charges against the Japanese positions.

The barrels of the machine guns of the little Japanese were all red, but the Russians did not have the slightest intention of stopping. The artillery of both sides kept bombarding each other's heads, and the Russians just relied on their own numbers, and they attacked on all fronts. There is no such thing as a main attack or a diversionary attack.

Brusinov made it clear to the generals in the troops, each of you will rush forward with my troops, and if you can't rush up, you will die on the Japanese position! I don't care where I break through first, in short, as long as I shake the Japanese defense line a little, then the entire front of small Japan will collapse, because their troops are already small, and under Lao Maozi's style of play, Nogi Noshinori can't leave enough reserves at all.

On the first day of the battle, the Russians lost more than 20,000 deaths, and they were unable to shake the Japanese defenses, and the Japanese suffered far fewer casualties than their opponents. But that changed after three days.

The intensity of the fighting left many Japanese soldiers on the front lines without the necessary rest. There is also no way to replenish personnel in many positions in a timely manner. On the night of the third day, a regiment of Russians finally managed to rush to the Japanese positions opposite them.

Little Japan there is also crazy, they would rather shout slogans and die all on the battlefield than take a step back! At the back of the line, a Japanese soldier shouted "Long live the Emperor" and stabbed a Russian soldier to death with his bayonet.

After the gap was opened, the death rate of soldiers on both sides suddenly accelerated a lot, and in just one week, the Japanese paid more than 40,000 casualties, while the Russian side was much larger than the Japanese side.

When the battle is afraid to fight like this, and both sides can see the hope of victory, it is the time when the blood flows the fastest and the most. The Japanese reinforcements had already picked up. The Russian side also increased the intensity of the attack as the pace of Japanese reinforcements accelerated.

The war was reported in newspapers all over the world, and the tenacity of the Japanese and the bravery of the Russians stunned all countries, including Yang Xiaolin.

Who wins and loses is really not clear now, maybe the Russians will be able to make a key breakthrough tomorrow. Maybe they won't be able to run away when the Japanese reinforcements arrive. So far, Yang Xiaolin can only be sure of one thing, that is, this battle is destined to be one between Nogi Noshinori and Brusinov, and the winner of them will become one of the world's first-class generals with this battle.

In the Chinese Supreme Command, Yang Xiaolin and Mr. Sa Daoyi sat face to face. The expression on Sa Daoyi's face was a little unpleasant.

"Commander Yang, I wonder what kind of position the Chinese side will eventually have towards Russia? With all due respect, I feel like things are getting to this point. There seems to be a clear disagreement between you and our British side on the Russian question. ”

Yang Xiaolin handed Sa Daoyi a cigar, and smiled very easily: "Oh? Can you be clearer? ”

Sa Daoyi's brows furrowed, and he immediately said: "First of all, the attitude towards those proletarians, we don't want such a country to exist, but you are helping them, it's not good!" Believe me, as a friend, I can advise you that China's betrayal of Japan in the peacekeeping force this time may make you lose a lot of friends in the future. ”

Yang Xiaolin nodded: "Thank you very much for your advice, Mr. Sadaoyi, I am glad that you can ask me these questions in person, such honesty makes me believe that we will become the best friends between us, unlike the French, who are obviously unhappy, but pretend to be indifferent, which makes me look down on me." ”

Sardor was stunned by what he said, and then smiled, the French were the last thing they wanted to see China support Trotsky, they were staunch allies of Nicholas II. The reason why they didn't say anything was because France saw that Nicholas II could no longer help him.

The situation in Russia is at least very clear on this point, and if Trotsky wins the war, his regime will be a big problem. And if he loses to the Japanese, Nicholas II will not have a chance, there will be a chance to be Kerensky of Belarus.

"You should understand the current situation of the French, they will not give Nicholas II any more support, because that would offend the Russian authorities in the future. Commander Young, this is also the second place we would like to ask you, for London feels that you seem to be closer to the German position on the Russian question so far. Germany is advocating the breakdown of Russia into many pieces, and that seems to be exactly what you are doing at the moment, can you explain that? ”

Yang Xiaolin thought for a moment and didn't hesitate much: "Mr. Sa Daoyi, your directness really makes me not want to find any reason to cover up." Well, I tell you frankly that we did exchange views with the Germans on the Russian question, and that we were of the same opinion as the Germans. ”

He didn't hide it in the slightest, but Sa Daoyi didn't have a surprised expression. As a matter of fact, it has been a few months now, and all the countries in the world have already expressed their stance on the Russian issue, and even Luxembourg has once again issued a statement saying that they do not express any opinion on the Russian issue. They are only involved in peacekeeping. If they need it, they can pay for it again.

The attitude towards Russia is divided into two camps, the first is led by Britain, France and the United States, who advocate helping Nicholas II, or helping Kerensky, so that Russia can quickly overcome the current crisis.

The second camp took Germany, Austria-Hungary, Sweden, China. Turkey, as well as those Balkan countries, were the main forces, among which Germany and Austria were the opposite of Britain and France, China. Sweden and Turkey were relatively neutral countries, while many countries in the Balkans were allies of Britain and France. These countries are keen on the complete dismemberment of Russia!

For what? Because these countries all border Russia, they have all been fought by Russia before. Or they have been threatened by the Russians, and it can only be said that Lao Maozi has to pay the price for what they have done today. Before they came into contact with China, the British had looked for the Balkan countries and Turkey. Let them let Russia go at this time.

If Turkey is willing to let go, France will immediately be able to directly support Nicholas II from the West, and there will be no problem even sending troops. The current Turkish government is pro-British and French, but people make it clear that you are not asking us to save Russia, but asking our government to step down. If the government dared to say that the French were allowed to send supplies and troops from them to support Russia, the common people at home would immediately bomb them down.

Even Sweden, which has always had a very vague political stance in Europe, has a clear banner this time, and the hatred between the Chinese and Russia is so great, it is reasonable that Yang Dagui is unwilling to let go.

Sa Daoyi did not think that he could convince the Chinese, just as others could not convince the Turkish countries. The British are very realistic, and since they can't convince the others, let's change our attitude, they obviously realize that their previous strategy against the Russians was a bit wrong, and they did not expect the Russians to be so unpopular.

Fortunately, the Chinese have always been waving the banner of peacekeeping, and Britain really did not fall too deep under this banner, and it could come out if it was said.

"Commander Yang, can you tell me your plans for Russia's future? Or to put it more bluntly, we wonder what the Dao will do to Russia in China's goals? ”

Yang Xiaolin's eyes swept him, and then said: "This plan is really not there, to be honest with you, I will also take a step at a time." I can only tell you very frankly now that I am still watching the situation on the battlefield, and if the Russians win this time, I think we will have to reach a compromise with Trotsky, because I really don't want Chinese troops to enter Russia to fight. ”

Sa Daoyi seemed to have something to say, but Yang Xiaolin waved his hand and motioned him to wait: "I'm not Japanese, don't think that I will use Russia to prove our Chinese force, you must know that Napoleon didn't do it." I am even less convinced that you, the British, are willing to turn Russia into your enemy. ”

Sa Daoyi swallowed his words when he heard this, and nodded: "Okay, you go on to say, what if the Russians lose?" ”

Yang Xiaolin shouldered his head: "Mr. Sadaoyi, I really haven't thought it through, let's see the situation if they lose, if they really give up on their own, it is very likely that the Chinese troops will immediately fight with the Japanese, because we will never allow the Japanese to get Siberia and the Far East." ”

Sa Daoyi stood up with a smile, Yang Dagui was really honest this time, and he didn't feel the need to ask the rest anymore, because he already had the answer: "It's a pleasure to have such a meeting with you, it makes me very happy." I will put together our conversation and report back to London, which I am sure will soon have new instructions. Commander Yang, if we have new suggestions on the Russian issue, I hope that the Chinese side will pay attention to it. (To be continued......)