Chapter 217: The Diplomatic Controversy (II)

Three days later, the Military Commission sent a reply. Although it is not difficult to annihilate the army of the Seamount Division, it is of great political significance, which means that the forces that resist East China by force in Mongolia have ceased to exist for a considerable period of time, and East China can also calmly respond to the accusations of international public opinion.

Then the Military Commission agreed to the proposal of the two to attack the city of Uriya Sutai and expel the Qing court's presence in Mongolia, and authorized the two to take action immediately; it should be said that Ouyang Longxing's idea is completely consistent with the Qingdao Executive Yuan, there is no two days in the sky, and there are no two lords in the earth, although the Qing court does not have many garrisons in the Mongolian region, and in the past few decades, due to the decline of the Qing court, its influence in Mongolia has also declined, but Bi Jing occupies the orthodox name, so East China ** In order to rule the Mongolian region, it is natural that the Qing court must first eliminate the influence of the Qing court in Mongolia, which is not only a military issue, but also a political issue. The military must be subordinated to politics.

As for the alliance tribes around Kulun, whether it is coercion and temptation, or conquest by force, the Military Commission requires that it must be in the name of East China, and Jebtsundamba VIII can only write a letter to the leaders of the alliance tribes in his personal name to persuade him to surrender, and he must no longer issue orders to the Mongolian allied tribes in the name of Jebzundamba VIII.

Therefore, from now on, it is necessary to dilute the image of Jebtsundamba VIII as the ruler of Mongolia, and gradually weaken his influence in Mongolia, so that Jebtsundamba VIII will eventually return to a simple religious figure and completely strip his political power.

However, at this time, the influence of Jebtsundamba VIII in Mongolia is still of great use value to East China, if this influence is completely abandoned, it is a pity, and it will also increase the cost of East China's rule in Mongolia, so such a compromise method was adopted, and the order was issued by East China, and Jebtsundamba VIII only persuaded the Banner League tribes to surrender to East China in the name of a private person, which is the most cost-effective way. And it is obviously more thoughtful than Ouyang Longxing's suggestion.

In the end, the Central Military Commission also informed the two that East China had decided to station troops in Kulen for a long time, and would send administrative personnel to Kulen to set up an administrative organization in Kulun, so they asked the two to make corresponding preparations, and that it should be a military district camp where the army was stationed, and that it should reach the scale of a division-level garrison, and that they also specially request that an airfield be built in Kulen and that an air force be stationed in Kulen in the future.

After reading the order of the Military Commission, the two naturally did not dare to slack off, and immediately followed the order. The first was naturally the organization of a military campaign against the city of Uriya Sutai, located 760 km west of Kulen, on the banks of the Bogdor River, a tributary of the Zabkhan River. Although it was not very difficult, it was not close to the distance, so this operation was still dominated by armored motorized troops, with a tank battalion, a motorcycle battalion, supplemented by a cavalry battalion, and 30 trucks carrying various supplies and supplies.

After Chen Jingang led the team to set off, Ouyang Longxing issued an order to the Banner League tribes around Kulun in the name of East China, asking the Flag League tribes to send people to Kulun to negotiate the surrender to East China within the specified time, and at the same time, in the name of Jebu Tsundamba VIII, he wrote a letter to the leaders of the Flag League tribes.

Now Jebtsundamba VIII has completely lost his heart to restore the former situation, and all the requirements of East China ** have been complied with, and the letters to the leaders of the various banner league tribes are basically how East China ** asks to write how to write, and he needs to make any statement, and there is no ambiguity at all.

At this time, in the diplomatic debate, East China also officially challenged Russia and the Qing court, because dozens of Russian soldiers were captured in the battle to annihilate the Seamounts, and after interrogation, it was learned that their identities were all garrisons of Russian consulates in Mongolia, and a large number of Russian support and attempted evidence were found in the documents of the Kulen consulate.

On the one hand, East China has released these evidences to the outside world, and on the other hand, it has issued an ultimatum to Russia, demanding that Russia explain these circumstances, otherwise East China will take all feasible means, including force, to safeguard national interests.

In the face of the threat of war in East China, Russia suddenly coaxed, in the past few days, Russia has also frequently carried out diplomatic efforts, to Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Japan and other countries to appeal vigorously, on the grounds that East China has broken the international convention, trying to pull other countries to deal with East China, but the leaders of all countries are thousands of years old foxes, that see Russia's careful thinking, Germany and the United States still abide by the position of neutrality, advocating Russia and East China ** Britain and France are helping Russia to reproach East China, and it is okay to fight with them, but they absolutely do not support Russia to go to war with East China, and once again warn Russia that it must choose war cautiously at this time.

At this time, Japan is bent on improving relations with East China, and is actively planning to invite East China to send a fleet to visit when the US fleet visits Japan, forming a situation of joint exercises between the fleets of the three countries, and then on the occasion of the US fleet's visit to East China, let the Japanese fleet also visit with it, complete the exchange of visits between Japan and East China, so that the relations between the two sides can be substantially improved, so that Japan can obtain a stable and good external environment and restore its domestic economy. Of course, in order to help Russia at this time, he would not start a war with the enemy of East China, so he politely declined Russia's request.

As a result, Russia turned around, only to find that no country supported its war with East China, and the domestic opposition to the war was also increasing, and Nicholas II's confidence in Russia to go to war with East China alone was seriously insufficient, after all, it had lost too badly before, not to mention that now the resistance forces of Mongolia have basically been annihilated by East China, and even Jebtsundamba VIII is also in the hands of East China.

It's just that if you are frightened by East China ** like this, where is Russia's face, and where is the face of the tsar, after the defeat in the Far East War, the tsar's prestige in the country has plummeted, and this time he was frightened by East China**, I am afraid that the status of the royal family may be shaken, but if he starts a war and loses again, I am afraid that the days of the royal family are over. Therefore, Nicholas II couldn't help but regret it, knowing that this was the situation, and he should not have participated in it in the first place.

And at this time, a ladder to go down the wall was suddenly sent to Russia out of thin air, and it turned out that the Bosnian crisis broke out in Europe.

In July 1908, a coup d'état took place in the Ottoman Empire, and a group of young Turkish officers staged a mutiny in Macedonia in the southern part of the Balkan Peninsula, demanding that Sultan Abdul Hamid II immediately implement bourgeois constitutional government and reforms, and establish a bourgeois constitutional monarchy. And countries outside the country have long been eyeing the Balkans, and now there is such a good opportunity, there will be missed there.

So Austria-Hungary first moved, planning to do what it had long wanted to get the two provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but the Balkan Peninsula has always been the focus of the interests of various countries, Austria-Hungary wants to annex the two provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina, it must have the support of other countries, although Germany will definitely support Austria-Hungary, but what is the attitude of Britain and France, it is difficult to say, if Britain and France oppose Austria-Hungary's annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina two provinces, then there will be trouble.

After consultations, Austria-Hungary finally came up with a way to bring Russia in, because Austria-Hungary knew that Russia had always had ambitions for the Ottoman Empire, and hoped to take the opportunity to revise the system of the Black Sea straits in the Berlin Treaty that were not open to foreign warships, so as to pursue a southward policy, and even wanted to forcibly occupy the Black Sea straits. And Russia is an ally of Britain and France, once Austria-Hungary and Russia jointly seize the territory of the Ottoman Empire, Britain and France will not be able to say anything.

This time, Austria-Hungary and Russia jointly divided the territory of the Ottoman Empire, which can just improve the relations between the two countries, because the original [Three Emperors Alliance] broke down because of the conflict of interests between Austria-Hungary and Russia in the Balkans, and Germany chose to support Austria-Hungary, while Russia had no choice but to choose to form an alliance with France, so that the [Three Emperors Alliance] completely broke down.

This time it was a good opportunity to improve the contradictions between Austria-Hungary and Russia, and it was best to allow the two sides to reach an agreement on the partition of the Balkan Peninsula, so as to completely resolve the contradictions between the two sides and restore the [Three Emperors Alliance], so Germany also supported Austria-Hungary's decision. Austria-Hungary immediately made a proposal to Russia, on the condition that Russia agreed to the annexation of Poland and Montennia provinces by Austria-Hungary, and that Austria-Hungary support Russia in convening an international conference to revise the Treaty of Berlin and agree to the opening of the Black Sea Straits to Russian warships.