The sun never sets

"We don't have much food left," Grand Duke Nicholas said calmly. "Most of the food was lost, and the remaining food is not enough for so many of us to return to Vladivostok. If we can't save Liaodong, we will

We will all starve to death on the way back.”

Vladivostok is Vladivostok, which was originally Chinese territory. It was renamed Russian after being occupied by the Russians. The city is located at the southernmost tip of the Amur Peninsula, not far from Liaodong. The Russian Empire is building a railway from Moscow to Vladivostok. Once it is completed, the Russian Empire's control over the Far East will be greatly enhanced.

Archduke Nicholas raised his voice, "The Chinese are hateful, but the treacherous Japanese are even more hateful!"

"You're right! The Japanese stabbed us in the back!"

"Despicable yellow monkey!"

"Sir, what do you say we should do? We will obey you!"

Nicholas held the letter in his hand and said loudly: "Let's go to Liaoyang and teach those Japanese dwarfs a lesson!"

The Russian army left some lightly wounded and the elderly and weak on the east bank of the Liao River, and the main force quickly returned to Liaoyang. If the Chinese army took the opportunity to cross the river and launch an attack, the thousands of Russian troops left behind would not be able to stop them. However, the People's Army did not do so. Instead, it began to withdraw to Jinzhou after cleaning up the battlefield.

However, some unexpected situations occurred during the retreat. After seeing the Chinese treating the prisoners, many seriously injured Russian soldiers were unwilling to leave. They begged the Chinese to treat them. The Russian army's logistics and medical systems were very poor, and the injured soldiers were often left to fend for themselves.

As for the serfs, if they died, we could just recruit some more people. Their treatment in the army was even worse than that of the Japanese conscripts. The lightly wounded could still fight, but the seriously wounded could only wait to die after returning.

"Ah! You old bastards, you still want to stay and heal your wounds? Give up on this idea as soon as possible!"

Wang Hu used to be the deputy minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He learned a lot of languages and could speak Russian quite well. He said unhappily, "For what you did in Jiangdong, it's good that you weren't beheaded!"

The Jiangdong he mentioned was not the place where the little tyrant Sun Bofu swept through thousands of troops, but the left bank of the Heilongjiang River. When the Russian army invaded Northeast China last year, it committed many massacres, and the massacre of the Jiangdong Sixty-Four Villages was one of them.

However, the seriously injured Russian soldiers argued that they did not participate in the massacre and said that they were Poles and Ukrainians, not Russians. Wang Hu felt a little puzzled, "Poles are not Russians?"

He didn't know much about the complicated situation in Russia, but his intuition told him that there was something he could do, so he reported the situation to Lin Yongchang. Like many people, Wang Hu had blind trust in Marshal Lin, believing that no matter what the problem was, as long as it was handed over to the Marshal, it would be solved.

"The Poles... well, they got it cheap."

After listening to what happened, Lin Yongchang said, "Those who are willing to stay can stay. If there are any extra medicines, give them some treatment."

There is a song called "Poland Will Never Perish". Well, Poland has never perished, it just disappears occasionally. In history, the Poles were once glorious. When the Winged Hussars were at their peak, they pacified Russia in the east and Germany in the west. That's how they got the name "Pingduzhenlu Dabo".

However, the times changed. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which had conquered the east and the west and established regional hegemony, no longer existed. Poland became a doormat between the great powers and began to decline in the second half of the 18th century. It was destroyed in the three partitions of Poland by Russia, Prussia and Austria. During the Napoleonic Wars, it was temporarily restored with the support of France and the Grand Duchy of Warsaw was established. After the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte, Poland was once again divided by Russia, Prussia and Austria.

Are Poles Russians? It is hard to say now. But what is certain is that many Poles do not consider themselves Russians. For example, Rokossovsky, who appeared in front of Lin Yongchang, insisted that Poles are Poles, and Poles are not Russians!

"Well, since you insist that Poles are not Russians, then they are not Russians. Is your injury serious?"

Rosovsky was shot in the abdomen, bleeding a lot, and looked very pale. According to the medical technology level of the time, even if the bullet was removed, such an injury would most likely cause death due to inflammation of the wound. If he was lucky, he might be able to survive, but most people were not so lucky.

It should be like this, but there is a big bald guy with cheats.

Lin Yongchang's previous major was chemistry and geological exploration. When he was in college, he learned a lot of knowledge and did a lot of research on antibiotics. After coming to this world, he was thinking about how to make antibiotics. Penicillin was more effective, but Lin Yongchang wanted sulfonamide.

Sulfonamide is easier to manufacture and easier to mass produce. Lin Yongchang first wrote the production process, and when he had a piece of land, he set up a chemical laboratory and tried small-scale production. Later, he bought chemical production equipment from the United States and switched to large-scale production.

By the time of the Liaoxi Campaign, sulfonamide had been mass-produced. Although the purity was not high and a few people might have allergic reactions, with sulfonamide, the wounded and sick no longer had to gamble on whether their lives were strong enough, nor did they have to saw off their inflamed and ulcerated hands and feet.

Field hospitals in this era were like slaughterhouses. Doctors had no good way to treat festering wounds, and could only use red-hot irons to reduce inflammation. The red-hot irons pressed against the flesh, and the wounded screamed as if they were being slaughtered. After suffering so much, there was a high possibility that it was in vain.

What should be inflamed will continue to be inflamed, and what should be ulcerated will still be ulcerated.

After every war, the field hospitals were filled with sawed-off limbs and the screams of wounded soldiers.

However, sulfa was invented, and many wounded soldiers no longer had to be burned with red-hot irons or have their festering limbs sawed off. So Lin Yongchang said that the Poles and Ukrainians were lucky.

Not only did the seriously injured Poles and Ukrainians strongly demand to stay with the Chinese, many seriously injured Russians and Cossacks also chose to stay. Generals and officers could get treatment after returning, but the soldiers could only wait to die. They were all waiting to die, so why not stay with the Chinese? At least it seemed that the chances of survival were greater.

The seriously injured wanted to stay, while the lightly injured wanted to go back. However, Lin Yongchang only wanted to send away the burden of the seriously injured. As for the lightly injured, the lightly injured would not leave the front line. Shanxi's industrial development needed Russian prisoners of war as fuel.

Chapter 197: The Day when the Royal Army Conquers Liaodong in the North

The Liaoxi Campaign ended after half a month, and the Chinese troops began to return to their bases and prepare for winter. Before the weather turned cold, they built more houses, built more kangs, fed more fodder to the livestock, and cut more Ula grass. There were many things to do.

But for the Russian and Japanese armies, the battle was not over yet. With the withdrawal of the People's Army, the Russian army accelerated its advance towards Liaoyang. Without any worries, Admiral Nicholas Nicholas pulled back the cavalry that had been left behind and sent them to Liaodong. While he was leading his troops back, he also sent people to Outer Amur and other places to ask for reinforcements.

The logistical supply of the Tsarist Russia was very fragile, but the Russian army had already lost 100,000 people, so the supply pressure was much less. When Grand Duke Nicholas thought about this, he felt full of black humor. In order to solve the problem in the Northeast, the Tsarist Russian Empire had to maintain an army of 200,000 in the Northeast. Because the number of troops was too large, the Russian army had to take a quick victory approach, resulting in the loss of more than half of its troops.

Now that the army is smaller, the supply pressure is much smaller. As long as Liaoyang is not lost, these defeated soldiers will not have to worry about starving to death. Oh, and Lushun, Lushun cannot be given to the Japanese either.

Tsarist Russia had always wanted to seize an ice-free port in the Far East. Now that it finally got one in the East, it would never give up. The Chinese were very cunning, but as long as the fortress was built and the Trans-Siberian Railway was built, the Chinese would have no way to deal with them. In the Far East, Tsarist Russia relied on fortress tactics to advance step by step.

Although Lin Yongchang withdrew his troops - he had to withdraw them, because before the railway was built, the People's Army was under great pressure to supply them - he was still paying close attention to the war between the Russian and Japanese armies. If Russia and Japan were to fight now, and the result was like the Russo-Japanese War in another time and space, he would have to bite the bullet and recover all of Northeast China.

At the same time, he had to take time to meet with representatives of various ethnic groups in the Northeast, as well as representatives of armed forces from various places. The Northeast has been the private land of the Jurchens for hundreds of years, and the Han people have only increased in recent decades. In the process of resisting the invasion of Tsarist Russia, many Jurchens rose up to resist, and many heroic deeds occurred. Some Jurchens also became accomplices of Tsarist Russia, acting as helpers and minions of the Tsarist Russia's invasion.

The former should be highly praised. The country is in a difficult situation now, and we should squeeze out some materials to help them resettle and resume production, and they should be given the honor they deserve. As for the latter, we should be as ruthless as the cold winter. People in the Northeast understand the meaning of "as ruthless as the cold winter" very well.

In the winter, you can often see various animals frozen solid on the snow. You can often see ice sculptures of roe deer, elk, rabbits, etc. Sometimes people are also frozen solid. It is as ruthless as the winter. It is really ruthless.

The Central People's Republic government claimed that the "Bannermen" were a nation created by the colonists of the previous dynasty. Now that we have the new China, we will not allow the Bannermen group to exist anymore. The Jurchens are also descendants of Yan and Huang, so they should all become Han Chinese. What? Are there people who don't want to change? Then we should settle the blood debts from two or three hundred years ago.

It's just a change of ethnicity, not a change of living habits, but you don't want to do that? And you insist on calling yourself a bannerman? Tell me, do you have a grudge against the previous dynasty and want to do something bad? Maybe you even want to use foreign soldiers to restore the country!

The invasion of Tsarist Russia was the biggest problem facing the Central People's Republic Government, but problems can sometimes provide some convenience. Under the premise of the whole nation fighting against the invasion of Tsarist Russia, the policy of changing national attributes was forcibly implemented, and few people jumped out to make trouble.

No matter how bad the people's government is, it is ten times better than Tsarist Russia. The previous dynasty was a colonial regime, and so was Tsarist Russia. The Russian army invaded Northeast China and massacred the local residents, preparing to clean up the land to facilitate the Slavs to come and colonize. The Russian army killed everyone, regardless of gender, age or status. Even if you are willing to be a dog for the Russians, you can't guarantee that you will be slaughtered at any time.

In comparison, the people’s government is already quite good.

"It would be great if we could beat the Russians."

Yang Ru, who had come to see the President despite his illness, said: "The rest are just minor details."

"Mr. Yang, please take a seat. I think Mr. Yang's health is not very good. You must take care of yourself. We have only saved Liaoxi now, and we will have to take it back in the future.

"Mr. Yang, take good care of your health and come with me to visit Vladivostok in the future."

Like Lu Zhengxiang, Yang Ru and Yang Zitong were also diplomats of the previous dynasty. They are now over 60 years old and are already seriously ill. Their death is not far away. In the previous dynasty, he belonged to the Zhenghong Banner of the Han Army and was born in Tieling. When the Russian Empire invaded, General Zeng Qi of Fengtian secretly signed a "Nine-Article Secret Agreement" with the Russians, which was named "Fengtian Land Transfer Provisional Regulations" in the name of "returning" Fengtian, but in fact the three northeastern provinces were controlled by the Russians.

When Yang Ru, who was in St. Petersburg at the time, heard about this, he immediately issued a warning to the court. But the warning was useless because the court was overthrown in two days. Then the Eight-Nation Alliance was completely annihilated in North China, and the newly established People's Government recalled him and Lu Zhengxiang and others.

Originally, Yang Ru was wanted to work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but Yang Ru and Yang Zitong were too old and in poor health to work for a long time, so Lin Yongchang made him a diplomatic adviser to the Presidential Office. Later, when the Northeast was at war with the Russians, Yang Ru was sent to Jinzhou to contact the various resistance forces in the Northeast.

Yang Ru was originally from the Northeast and was well-known in the Northeast. With him in the picture, the Han and Jurchen people in the Northeast would feel more at ease. Just like letting Dong Fuxiang continue to guard the northwest, Lin Yongchang retained many officials from the previous dynasty. This move brought many problems, but also many conveniences.

Dong Fuxiang used an iron fist to govern the northwest, and the Hui people in the northwest were completely obedient. Yang Ru also did a good job in the northeast, and contributed a lot to the work of the people's government in the northeast. Even if he did nothing, as long as he was there, he would be a living sign.

Hearing the president asking him to take care of himself, Yang Ru wanted to speak, but his chest itched unbearably. He could not help coughing a few times, then smiled bitterly and said, "I can't do it anymore. When the president comes to power, I will ask my son to burn the victory report to me... cough cough... cough cough... that will be enough."

Lin Yongchang patted Yang Ru's back gently to help him calm down. "Mr. Yang, don't work too hard. Stay at home and recuperate. You will definitely see that day. I know a few imperial doctors from the previous dynasty. I will arrange for one to come to Jinzhou."

Yang Ru grabbed Lin Yongchang's hand and whispered, "If the Wang army can defeat the Russians once, they can defeat them again... Northeast China can be recovered eventually, but I know my own body... President, I have no regrets, but..."

Lin Yongchang sat on the other's skinny palm and said, "I will take care of your son. As long as he doesn't break the law, I can't say he will become rich, but he will have no problem living a life of ease and comfort."

Yang Ru shook his head. "I'm not worried about future generations. If they break the law, the president will deal with them as he sees fit."

"Oh, what is Mr. Yang worried about? You can tell me."

Yang Ru hesitated for a while and said, "I heard that the fourth princess lives with the president's fiancée..."

Chapter 198 Epilogue

The fourth princess refers to Guan Xiaotong, formerly known as Xiaotong*Aisin-Gioro, the youngest daughter of the former Qing Prince Yixin, who is very beautiful. Her beauty is not the point, but the point is that she was favored by Cixi in the past, and later had a very good relationship with the president's fiancée Wuyun Qiqige.

Yang Ru coughed again and said, "If the President...if the President wants to stabilize the Northeast, he must be careful of Sheng Yun, Tie Liang, Pu Wei and others..."

"The President is not afraid of those people from the Zongshe Party who are jumping up and down. But to win people's hearts, we can't just use force. When it's time to be gentle... ahem... we still have to be gentle..." Yang Ru said after a long rambling, "The President might as well... ahem... take the Fourth Princess in."

".......", Lin Yongchang was a little speechless. You've been talking for so long, and all you want me to do is sleep with Guan Xiaotong? Although those long legs are nice, it's the new century now, and relying on marriage to maintain rule is no longer so useful.

Seeing Lin Yongchang's disapproving expression, Yang Ru said, "The President is willing to marry a Mongolian woman, so why can't he marry a fourth princess? There will be less resistance when the royal army marches south in the future."

Well, this is a good reason. Many officials of the previous dynasty still recognized the colonial regime. For example, Wang Shizhen, who lived in Beiping, often helped the old and young people of the previous dynasty. Like Wang Shizhen, Wang Wu and Wang Zhengyi had received favors from the princes and nobles of the previous dynasty, and they were more or less taken care of.

"Ding!"

With a clear sound that only Lin Yongchang could hear, the [Sun Never Sets in the Celestial Empire] system popped up at the right time.

【Mission: New Spouse

Note: Your minister has recommended a princess from the previous dynasty to you. Marrying her will bring a series of benefits.

1. Accept the offer and gain a little stability.

2. Reject the proposal, and increase the rebellion level in Northeast China and parts of North China by 5%]

As a Paradox player, Lin Yongchang naturally chose the first option. Although it would be a bit troublesome, it was not unsolvable. He promulgated many laws in the name of the people's government, some of which encountered great forces and were forcibly implemented with his own prestige.

The Marriage Law has encountered a lot of resistance. To protect women's rights, we must resolutely

The implementation of the monogamous system. Lin Heier and Qiu Jin, of course, strongly supported it, but many male comrades did not understand that the Chinese tradition is that more children bring more blessings. How can you have more children if you don't marry more women?

Lin Yongchang took great efforts to suppress the dissatisfaction of his male compatriots. Protecting women's rights is not only a moral issue, the most important thing is to be able to obtain more labor, which is a matter of national security and competitiveness.

But if he married several wives, what would his subordinates think? Would the Marriage Law be dead in name only?

These are all problems, but they are not big problems. At worst, you can just not give her status. How does that saying go? If you don't pay, it's not considered prostitution. Just don't get married. For example, in Europe, you can only have one wife, but you can still have a lot of lovers. Or you can get married and then divorce, that's also a solution.

After entering the city, aren't people busy changing wives? Monks can touch, but I can't?

Lin Yongchang patted Yang Ru's hand and said, "I understand. Just focus on recuperating and don't worry about these things anymore. I will take care of it."

Isn't it just sacrificing one's life for the country? What's the big deal? Besides, Guan Xiaotong is not bad looking, even very beautiful. In this era, she is a rare beauty. What can I complain about sleeping with such a beautiful girl? Just go for it.

Lin Yongchang stayed in Jinzhou for more than ten days, waiting until the battle in Liaoyang was over. Seeing that there was no opportunity to take advantage of and it would be a waste of time to stay any longer, he returned to Peiping with the last batch of troops.

The Japanese and Russian armies fought for ten days around Liaoyang, but neither side could defeat the other. The Russian army suffered more than 12,000 casualties, and the Japanese army suffered more casualties because they were on the offensive, with more than 18,000 casualties. The Russian army was defeated in western Liaoning, but that was because they fell into a trap carefully prepared by the People's Army. The battle under the city of Liaoyang was a head-on confrontation. The Japanese army had not yet completed its refitting and did not have an advantage in terms of manpower. The battle became a stalemate from the beginning.

After suffering heavy losses, the Korean garrison had to ask for reinforcements from the headquarters, which was the so-called "request for guidance". However, Japan was not ready for a full-scale war with Russia at this time. The group of Meiji elders debated again at the Imperial Conference and finally decided to withdraw temporarily. After the main force of the Korean garrison under Liaoyang City withdrew, Lushun could no longer fight and had to withdraw with them.

Admiral Nicholas Nicholas sent troops to pursue, defeated the Japanese blocking forces at Gongchangling, and caught up with the main force of the Japanese army in Fengcheng. The two sides fought fiercely in the mountain road for a day and a night. The Japanese army retreated again and retreated all the way to the north bank of the Yalu River, only then did they gain a firm foothold.

The Japanese army gained nothing from this expedition, but lost many soldiers and heavy equipment, so naturally someone had to take the blame. The big guys couldn't take the blame, so the commander of the Korean garrison had to take the blame. He didn't order the unlucky guy to commit seppuku, but just transferred him to the reserve.

It is not easy for the military to train a lieutenant general. We cannot listen to those stupid mobs and kill them casually. We should give people a chance to reform. It is okay to punish them with three glasses of wine. Let them serve in the reserve for a few days first, and then come out to serve the country after a few days. Isn't that wonderful?

Japan's "Meiji Restoration" was essentially a revolution. The original ruling class, namely the shogunate and local feudal lords, was swept away, and a new ruling class came onto the historical stage. The wealth of the original ruling class was confiscated, and the old production relations were reshaped. Only then did Japan have enough money and administrative capacity to carry out the "Meiji Restoration".

However, Japan's revolution was not thorough, and many feudal remnants remained. The feudal lords were overthrown, but the samurai were still there. The Choshu and Satsuma clans, which were the main forces in the overthrow of the shogunate, divided up the army and navy, and each colluded with a group of zaibatsu to become the de facto rulers of Japan.

The emperor was pushed out with a memorial archway on his head, but the people who actually held power were still the people of Choshu and Satsuma. The commander of the Korean garrison was a real Choshu samurai, and even if he fell, there would be a day for him to be reinstated. Anyway, the big guys have been shameless more than once or twice, and one more time is nothing.

For the military leaders, losing a war is also good, as they can get more military spending. The Russians and the Chinese are so brutal, and Japan needs a stronger, stronger army! Seven standing divisions are far from enough, and they must be increased to at least ten!

Chapter 199 Expired Map

After the Japanese army withdrew from Korea, they issued a statement saying that they had used an outdated map, which led to some unpleasant things happening between them and the Russian army, and therefore apologized. Whether the Russians believed it or not, the Japanese believed it themselves.

Faced with such an insulting reason from the Japanese, the Russians were furious. Nicholas II smashed a lot of porcelain in the palace in St. Petersburg and roared: "Shameless! Shameless Japanese! I have never seen such a shameless country!"

"Undeclared war! Shameless! And you even said you used an expired map!"

The Russian emperor was furious and said, "The Japanese must pay the price!"

The Empress and the ministers advised Nicholas II to be patient and not to rush. It was not impossible to go to war with Japan, but at least wait until the Trans-Siberian Railway was completed. The Russian army suffered such a great loss in the Northeast, mainly because of the poor logistics supply. The center of the Russian Empire was in Europe, and it was impossible to send troops and supplies to the Far East thousands of miles away without a railway.

Nicholas II wanted to tear Japan into pieces and bring Emperor Meiji to St. Petersburg, but rage could not solve the problem. After gradually calming down, Nicholas II had to face the problems facing the Far East. The Japanese had to be punished, but the most important thing was China.

China has a population of 450 million. Once such a giant is civilized, it will be a threat to all civilized countries. China has not yet been unified, and the Central People's Republic Government in the north has 150 million people under its rule, which is more than the population of Germany and France combined!

Now that the Chinese have demonstrated their fighting power, Nicholas knows that his "Yellow Russian Plan" is temporarily unsuccessful, and it would be a win if he could keep the Northeast. The problem is that China will not sit idly by and watch the Russians occupy the Northeast. After more than a year of fighting, Russia has been bleeding. If the war continues, it will have to invest more troops and resources. Russia can squeeze out hundreds of millions of rubles for the war, but in that case, the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway will be slow.

The Russian Empire was the weakest link among the great powers. This country had a vast territory, many ethnic groups, and extremely strong centrifugal forces, only slightly better than the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Influenced by the Great Revolution, nationalism was prevalent in Europe, and ethnic groups such as Poles and Ukrainians in Europe often made trouble. It was only because of the millions of troops that there was no major chaos.

It costs money to maintain a million-strong army, and it also costs money to suppress those nationalists in Europe. The Russian royal family was also very good at spending money, and they had to spend money everywhere. It was not easy to squeeze out money and grain to build the Trans-Siberian Railway. While building the railway, they also fought endlessly with the Chinese in Northeast China?

After much deliberation, the only option was to borrow more money from the French. The Franco-Russian Alliance was the most important alliance on the European continent, targeting Germany, the world's strongest army. The alliance between France and Russia started from the economic aspect, and then became a military alliance.

Russia is a vast country with abundant resources, producing food, furs, minerals and various raw materials, but they lack capital and technology. France has entered the stage of financial capital and has a lot of money. Investing in Russia can not only make money, but also destroy the Three Emperors' Alliance and find a powerful ally in the east, killing two birds with one stone!

The two sides hit it off, the Triple Alliance came to nothing, and the Franco-Russian Alliance became one of the most important alliances on the European continent, diametrically opposed to the German-Austrian Alliance. The Russian Empire was called the weakest link among the great powers, meaning that the economy of the Russian Empire was very bad, but if it came to war, the Russians could beat the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Well, that is, it was able to beat the Austro-Hungarian Empire. When it encountered the German Junker Officers, the Tsarist Russia became the one that was beaten. The most troublesome thing about Russia was their huge size, vast territory, astonishing population, rich resources, and the only thing they lacked was money.

As long as there is a big financial backer to provide financial support behind the scenes, the Russians' combat effectiveness can be taken to a higher level.

Now, China, or more precisely, North China, has become another Russia in the eyes of the great powers. With its vast territory, large population, bravery and warlike character, and extremely poor appearance, the People's Government is just a small-scale Russian Empire. First, it annihilated the Eight-Nation Alliance, and then wiped out nearly 100,000 Russian troops. The People's Government has been regarded as one of the great powers.

There has always been only one simple way to become a great power, that is to defeat a great power and step on one or more great powers to rise to the top. There is no other way. Since the Chinese can defeat the Russians on the battlefield, they are naturally one of the great powers.

This is because the People's Government has not unified China. If the autumn leaves and begonias were unified, I'm afraid they would be able to compete with Tsarist Russia immediately. The Americans are happy to see this situation. Their goods are constantly flowing into China. As soon as the Liaoxi Campaign ended, Washington approved a credit loan of 40 million US dollars to the Central People's Republic Government, which could purchase anything in the United States.