Chapter XVI Contracts
On February 14, 1920, the League of Nations was founded. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
On the same day, the Treaty of Versailles was signed, and the First World War officially ended.
But ten days later, the U.S. Senate rejected the proposal to join the League of Nations, and China, which has become closer to the United States, subsequently refused to join the China Alliance, choosing to stand firmly with the United States. The decision undoubtedly caused an uproar in the country, but under the pressure of the increasingly authoritative government, some opposition disappeared in an instant, like a wave in the sea.
All the attention of the Chinese, is in the north!
Winter is coming to an end, spring is not far away, and many people are already foreseeing a big war coming in the north! So at the end of February, 150,000 troops arrived in Central Asia, and together with more than 200,000 other troops, they formed the toughest army with Kolchak's 180,000 army!
Countless military supplies have been continuously transported to Central Asia.
So under the gaze of almost the whole world, on March 20, 1920, the Soviet Red Army launched its largest offensive against the Chinese and Kolchak! 600,000 Red Army troops rushed to the positions of the Chinese like a tide, and in this torrent, even sixty tanks with not weak performance appeared!
Millions of armies collided violently on the banks of the Belaya River!
Fierce fighting lasted a whole month and a half, and after the Chinese had exhausted 1.2 million shells, lost 370 tanks and 117 aircraft, the Soviet Red Army, which had suffered heavy losses, finally collapsed. The Chinese and Kolchak army, which also suffered heavy losses, launched the largest counterattack since the beginning of the war, and the 360,000 army, under the cover of 600 artillery, 300 aircraft and 240 tanks, wanted the Soviet Red Army to launch a full-scale attack!
No matter how strict the officers of the Red Army were, they could not prevent the soldiers from collapsing.
Like chasing ducks, the Chinese and Kolchak troops drove the Soviet Red Army all the way to the west, stopping after two hundred kilometers. With the support of Europe and the United States, the last major war of China's intervention in the Russian Revolution finally came to an end.
Neither side, which had suffered heavy losses, could not afford to continue the war.
Eighty-five hundred thousand Red Army troops entered the battlefield, but in the end the Soviets gathered only 110,000 men, of whom 310,000 were killed or wounded, 340,000 were taken prisoner, and nearly 100,000 were missing—most of whom fled quietly in fear of war and in the midst of the harsh communist system of the Soviet government.
50,000 Chinese soldiers, buried in a foreign land.
In addition to 50,000 killed, 130,000 were wounded, and the Chinese casualties also reached 180,000. On the contrary, because of its weak strength, the Kolchak army, which had been fighting soy sauce, suffered very small losses, with less than 20,000 casualties.
This battle finally became the last straw that crushed the Soviet government!
The Soviet Union, whose economy was already on the verge of collapse, became tough on the side that had already opposed the war with the Chinese, and Lenin began to purge those who opposed it. And the country's already poor agricultural production collapsed, a large number of troops and people fell into starvation, and even many peasants who could not bear it rose up and really began to shake the rule of the Soviets.
Kolchak and Dunikin and other White Army forces took the opportunity to start a counteroffensive!
At this moment of crisis, Lenin finally showed the courage of his revolutionary mentor and launched a small purge that instantly seized the supreme power of the entire country. He then immediately announced that he would send a plenipotentiary envoy to China, ready to end the war with the Chinese as quickly as possible - he knew who the main enemy of the Soviets was, and he also knew that as long as the Chinese did not withdraw from Russia, the Soviets would not be able to win the country!
On June 11, 1920, China and Soviet Russia signed a cease-fire agreement.
The border between the two countries returned to the time of the signing of the Treaty of Nebuchu, and the Chinese withdrew all their troops in Russia, and the Russians promised not to attack China again over the border issue. With the exception of the White Army such as Kolchak and the disappointed Britain, France, and the United States, both the Chinese and the Russians got what they wanted, one regaining their land and the other reaping hope.
Regarding the questioning of Britain, France, the United States and other countries, Duan Qirui's attitude was quite tough.
The Chinese say they have achieved 50 million pounds and more than that, and if the Great Powers want to continue this intervention, they must provide more aid - at least 300 million pounds of military spending and a million weapons and equipment - this time, of course, they must provide enough skilled artillery, planes and tanks!
In the face of the blackmail of the Chinese, Britain and France were simply helpless.
The Americans are not very keen on interfering in Russia, and China is now their little follower, and the relationship between the two sides is in a honeymoon period, so the United States naturally will not say much. Therefore, after the three great powers had no choice but to do anything, the entente signed between China and Russia was officially recognized, and China finally ushered in a period of real peace and stability.
The Soviets, battered, had not yet come to rest.
The White Army in Russia still existed, and as the power grew stronger, their civil war lasted until 1924, when the Soviets finally won the war. By that time, however, Russia's domestic economy was on the verge of collapse indefinitely, and millions of people had starved to death in years of famine, which had accumulated countless popular grievances in the Soviets. In order to solve these grievances, the Soviets spent more effort until after 1930......
The war with Russia was ended, and the prestige of the central government reached its peak in an instant!
The recovery of 3 million square kilometers of land, including Outer Mongolia, pushed Yuan Datou and Duan Qirui to the altar in one fell swoop, and the powerful army also established China as a land power. They, like the Japanese, defeated the Russians on frontal battlefields, which already laid the foundations for them to become a strong country.
It's just that when it comes to industry and economy, the Chinese are still far behind.
So at the end of 1920, the Chinese government officially began a huge program that lasted for ten years. Led by the Huntelaar consortium and experts who have returned from studying abroad, they have developed a huge plan for the development of infrastructure such as transportation, electricity, and the military industry. For example, in the next 10 years, they will build at least 20,000 kilometers of railways and 150,000 kilometers of roads; At least 300 power plants should generate a quarter of the electricity of the United States, and for example, focus on the development of the aviation industry and the automobile industry, and introduce American technology and capital on a large scale.
At the same time, plans for the development of industry, agriculture and education have been introduced.
There is no shortage of Chinese people now, and a large number of soldiers and returning laborers to be transferred to work ensure this; Chinese also do not lack technology, tens of thousands of international students returning from the United States every year are their confidence, the only thing they lack is only the funds to realize these plans, and after getting John? After Mr. Huntelaar's assurances, the last of the Chinese Government's concerns disappeared......