Back to the Republic of China as a commander

Compared with Wu Peifu's bloody actions in the northwest region, Xu Shuzheng's march into Mongolia is more like a grassland tour. . .

On February 13th, [-]th year of the Republic of China, Emperor Sunlight of Mongolia, Hutuktu Khan, and Living Buddha Jebtsundamba publicly announced the abolition of the status of autonomy. At the same time, according to Xu Shuzheng's order, the whole Mongolia was divided into four provinces and one municipality directly under the central government. Eastern Mongolia, Simon, Northern Mongolia and Southern Mongolia.Each province has four leagues, each with a prince, eight permanent banners, and each banner with a county king, and the rest follow the old system of the Qing Dynasty.In the municipality directly under the Central Government, four khans were set up to assist Jebtsundamba Living Buddha in handling the government affairs of Mongolia, but in fact Mongolia's government affairs are currently under the full responsibility of the Mongolian Military and Political Committee led by Xu Shuzheng.According to the order of the living Buddha, the size of the entire Mongolian border guards is three regular field divisions of the youth army, plus ten Mongolian cavalry brigades, totaling [-] people.

This announcement by Jebtsundamba Living Buddha was called the Mongolia Incident by British, French, Japanese and American diplomats.

The diplomats of the Russian Empire were the first to get angry, but now no one cares about their anger.Since the outbreak of the Russian October Revolution in November 1917, the Russian Empire has inevitably been destroyed, and different people have seen different opportunities from this destruction.

Not only Wang Zhenyu and the national government under his control dreamed of using Russia's civil strife to completely solve the Northwest and Outer Mongolia issues, Japan also took a fancy to the legacy of the Russian Empire in the Far East.

Since the Revolution of [-], Japan has been instigating the Manchurian-Mongolian separation movement, but it is clear that the object supported by this movement is not strong enough, so the separation always ends in failure.With the strong rise of the Southern Nationalist Government, the Japanese government began to realize that there were serious problems in its China policy. Therefore, after the end of the War to Protect the Nation, Prime Minister Shuai first adjusted his China policy.

The Feng faction's ability to rise out of thin air and take advantage of the Zhiwan War to take Beijing in one fell swoop is a direct manifestation of this policy.However, the subsequent changes in the situation were frustrating in the words of the Japanese military. First of all, the Fengjun went south and was strongly blocked by the southern Nationalist Army in Xuzhou. It's the next step south.

The next situation was even worse. Southern China seemed not satisfied with being a regional government with independent tariffs. Although they stopped the Northern Expedition, they started a more powerful Western Expedition.General Wu Peifu, who originally belonged to the direct line, broke into Shaanxi in one fell swoop after accepting the appointment of the Southern China government. Within three months, he successively took over Gansu and Xinjiang. Even the high class agents can't catch up.When they arrived in Gansu, they found that the Muslims had been treated like good babies by Gu Zhenglun.And Xu Shuzheng's sudden move to take control of Kulun made the Japanese military roar angrily: "As a samurai of His Majesty the Emperor, shouldn't the extra-high class be collectively apologetic?"

And within the Japanese military headquarters, the contempt for the super high class has reached a peak, a very popular joke is: "When the enemy has already stabbed the bayonet into your stomach, the idiots of the super high class will rush to yell. Let me tell you, the enemy is going to attack you..."

Now the temple cabinet has entered a very difficult period, because the performance on the issue of China is not satisfactory. At present, the Japanese radicals have regarded it as a national traitor, and the rationalists are also very dissatisfied. The rise of China has an unshirkable responsibility.As a result, the inside and outside of the temple became different people. It is estimated that the people who can support him now are people who are neither radical nor rational, but are there such people in Japan?

Calls for the resignation of the prime minister have begun to appear in the temple. Obviously, the legacy of the Russian Empire in the Far East is likely to be the last straw to save the fate of the cabinet in the temple. . .

In fact, Wang Zhenyu, a traveler, is very interested in intervening in the Russian Civil War. In his view, this is an opportunity to promote China's further rise:

First, regain the lost land; Wang Zhenyu took the latest version of the world map and studied it for a long time, combined with his own memory, after thinking about it, he felt that it was unlikely to recover the lost land since 1858.First, because the area is too large, Lenin dared not and would not agree, unless he sent troops to help Lenin's Soviet regime attack the white bandits who would control these areas in the future.Second, the time interval is too long, beyond the scope of 50 years of international recognition.Therefore, after thinking about it, Wang Zhenyu found that there are only a few that are most likely to be recovered. The first is to obtain common confirmation on the territory of Outer Mongolia; For the land of square kilometers, the third is to take back the Middle East Road. It is estimated that Japan will support and acquiesce in this point.What makes Wang Zhenyu most reliable is that his current plans in Xinjiang and Outer Mongolia are progressing smoothly. According to this trend, as long as the diplomacy is properly controlled, realizing the plan to regain lost ground is by no means a dream. . .

Second, receiving talents and wealth; Wang Zhenyu clearly remembers the story about Kolchak’s gold, 1’500 White Russians and 5 tons of gold traveled across Siberia, it is said that they were going to seek refuge in Japan, and they all froze to death on the road, Gore After being betrayed by Britain, France and his subordinates, Chuck himself was also captured and shot by the pursuing Red Army troops.In fact, what Wang Zhenyu cares about is not this gold. No matter how poor his treasury is, he can still scrape together 100 million US dollars.What really moved Wang Zhenyu's heart was people, yes, people.According to later historical records, a total of 30 million Russians successfully escaped from the Soviet Union. These people are not illiterate. Their common feature is that they are professionals from all walks of life, and such people in the team following Kolchak’s escape There are even more piles, so according to Wang Zhenyu's vision, these people can all participate in China's industrialization and modernization, as if his own rise relied on 0 Luxembourg citizens.This is far more efficient and reliable than cultivating [-] talents by himself, so Wang Zhenyu has ordered the Security Bureau to do his best to establish contact with the White Army such as Kolchak, so that it will be easy for him to accommodate them in the future many.

Third, adjust international relations.Although Wang Zhenyu is well aware of the power of the Soviet Union and the ability of these grandsons to mobilize the proletariat.But from the perspective of his own country's rise, Wang Zhenyu even considered that one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, so he decided that he would rather be overthrown by the great proletarian worker-peasant alliance in China in the future.We must also suppress the Soviet Union and leave 1300 million square kilometers of land to future generations. The living space of future generations should be expanded by force and economic means, not by self-castration. . .Moreover, after Wang Zhenyu consulted the intelligence analysis on Japan collected by Wang Yaqiao, he keenly felt that on the issue of Soviet Russia, the issue between China and Japan might be resolved.Once the Sino-Japanese issue is successfully resolved, the unification of China will be just around the corner.

Now that you understand these points, there is more homework to do next.

On the night of February [-]th, Wang Zhenyu secretly summoned Yang Yongtai, Yang Du, Admiral Wan Yaohuang, Admiral Bai Chongxi, as well as the new Minister of the Army Xu Yuanquan, and the Minister of the Air Force, Lieutenant General Yang Yixian, in Wenlu's study. , the new Minister of the Navy, Vice Admiral Chen Shaokuan, and others discussed with them how to do the homework of receiving Tsarist Russia's heritage.

"Commander, your plan sounds a little scary? Do we have such a good appetite?" Xu Yuanquan was the first to stand up and questioned himself: "Commander, according to your plan, once the Russian Civil War breaks out, we will We must participate in it. This seems to be an option, but it is not at all. Idiots know who Britain and France will support. We can only be enemies of the Lenin regime, and we can only go on with our current strength in the northwest with such a long supply line. There is really no guarantee of victory in combat. We all know that although our country is backward in industry, our army relies on industry to a high degree. Once the logistics cannot keep up, we will lose out of ten. Use the so-called fighting spirit to make up for it. At the same time, you said just now that you have a plan to fight the Japanese. I don’t want to discuss whether to fight or not. Just talk about fighting. How to fight when we don’t have sea control? The problem. Finally, there is the issue of accepting immigrants. If there is a real fight, the Russians will definitely flee, but we have to accept them. Where can we accommodate our industrial construction? This also needs to be seriously considered.”

Although both Wan Yaohuang and Xu Yuanquan are from Hubei, they seem to be natural rivals. As soon as Xu Yuanquan finished speaking, he retorted: "I think the commander-in-chief's thinking must be fine. The discussion is how to implement it, and how to ensure the ultimate realization of the commander-in-chief’s goal through our work. So my personal point of view is that we still need to spend some effort on the construction of the army, especially in the navy. I talked with the Ministry of the Navy yesterday Minister Chen has communicated that at present we only have one training fleet, and the fleet that can really undertake the task of breaking the crossing is four cruisers refitted from the UK because only their speed has reached 32 knots, that is to say We can only sneak attack some civilian ships, but not the fleet. At present, with the help of Britain and France, we have successfully built the Haikou Shipyard and expanded the Jiangnan Shipyard, but it is too late to build a fleet that can compete with Japan. What's more, the current manufacturing level of these two shipyards is to imitate cruisers. Battleships can't be made, so I have to remind everyone that our next actions must be limited, that is, we must not make enemies with Britain and France. The naval plan definitely needs their help. My opinion is to bypass the British Minister to China Zhu Erdian who is very hostile to us, and directly contact the British government to get their support for our actions."