This conflict between Japan, Britain, and the United States led the US government to simply decide to withdraw its troops from Siberia in early 1920, and at the same time demanded that Japan withdraw its troops in order to prevent Japan from becoming a dominant force. As a result, the pressure of Soviet Russia in the Far East was weakened, forcing the Japanese army to shrink its forces and shrink its defense zone in the face of a grim situation.

Later, the Japanese army was bogged down in the quagmire of the Far East, and it was difficult to support itself, and after two more years of struggle, it withdrew its troops gloomily, which is not unrelated, and the short-sightedness of the Japanese government can be seen from this. It is no wonder that after the war, foreign media commented, "Japan is a first-rate citizen, and a third-rate government has been elected."

At this time, however, Japan's military strength in Eastern Siberia was not trivial. There is no way, the Japanese government regards the Far East as a second country, and only after the success and failure of the country will it shift its focus to northeast China.

Kolchak was cunning, otherwise he would not have been chosen by the great powers as the leader of choice. He looked at the unsightly Oriental man in front of him a little mockingly: "No matter how unreliable the Japanese government is, it is much stronger than your army. You keep saying that the Feng army can protect me, why can't you keep the Middle East Road? ”

In his mind, this distant eastern neighbor had always been the meat of the Russian bear's table, basically left it to ravage and barely fought back, and now it wanted to be its own protector! Hmph, although Russia is in a bad situation, but even so, with a single finger, he can stir up a storm in China!

Isn't it? As far as he knew, at a time when such a great change had taken place in Russia and the new regime had almost lost control of the entire Far East and Siberia, the government of the Republic of China did not dare to forcefully gain control of the Middle East Road, and still wanted to obtain it through negotiations, which shows its weak nature. In this case, as the local government's Feng department, what can he do with him!

So he asked a little bit of a sneering question, and it was a bit sarcastic. However, Gao Jiyi's expression was calm, he smiled slightly and said: "The Middle East Road has been unconditionally handed over to our country and has been under our management, according to the agreement reached between Major Marshal Feng Jun and the United States and Japan three months ago, the Feng Army has full authority to protect the entire Middle East Road, and the general's intelligence system may be outdated!" ”

Kolchak was stunned. It turns out that, sure enough, in the far east, the situation is no longer what you thought it was?

His surprise fell in Gao Jiyi's eyes. However, his conversation continued: "The general thinks that the Japanese soldiers are well fed and can be used as backup? In fact, it was a big mistake, the Japanese soldiers were now difficult to ride tigers, and it was difficult for them to protect themselves. He analyzed the deployment of Japanese troops in the Far East and Siberia.

In the strategic plan of the Japanese, the 12th Division was stationed in Primorsky Oblast, Amur Oblast, and Miaojie (Nikolaevsk), the 3rd Division was stationed in Zabaikal Oblast, east of Bolzia, and the 7th Division was stationed in Zabaikal Oblast, west of Bolzia, and Heilongjiang Province in China.

However, Zhang's father and son firmly controlled the Middle East Road, so that the hope of the Japanese to quickly replenish the troops in front through this railway was disappointed. Zhang Hanqing first declared "neutrality", then compromised but insisted on paying for the use of the railway, and gave priority to meeting the needs of the Chinese military and civilians, so this logistics line was not reliable, and the Japanese army still used the Trans-Khingan Mountains section of the Trans-Siberian Railway for supplies, and it was far away and often under the threat of bad weather.

In addition, the activities of resistance organizations in various localities have led to the increasingly large escort contingent and the increasingly difficult logistics units of the Japanese army, which has directly led to some of the front-line troops participating in the battle being responsible for logistics support on the spot.

Later, due to the pain of the Japanese army's lack of troops, the 14th Division (at the end of March), the 16th Division (in May) and the 5th Division (at the end of June) were transferred from the mainland to the Far East of Soviet Russia. This is the main force of Japan in the Far East and Northeast China. With the strength of only 6 divisions, how easy is it to control such a vast area?

With the improvement of the situation, the partisans led by the ×Communist Party of the Soviet Union developed rapidly in the area of the Ergun River and the Shilka Triangle, defeated the attack of about 1,500 troops of the White Russian bandit army Semenov, and occupied the section of the Amur Railway from Mogocha to Tsilovskoye, which interrupted this transportation line for half a month, posing a serious threat to the Japanese troops on the front.

As a result, the 5th and 3rd Divisions (one and a half battalions) of the Japanese Army launched a crusade against the Soviet guerrillas, but their frenzied purging not only failed to bring the Soviet people to their knees, but provoked the people to resist more strongly, and the Soviet guerrillas took advantage of the cold winter to carry out guerrilla activities. On the one hand, the Japanese troops were scattered and caught on fire everywhere and caused many international criticisms, and on the other hand, the logistical supply of the huge intervention army dragged down the Japanese economy and caused the people to complain, and the morale of the Japanese intervention army was seriously low.

In addition, with no hope of victory, the cold Far East and Siberia are also unconditionally exploited for the time being to reap the benefits, and in time, with Japan's national strength, it cannot afford such attrition. Therefore, Gao Jiyi's conclusion is that the Japanese army will be defeated, and if it is defeated, it will retreat---- which is Zhang Hanqing's prediction.

Kolchak looked at the little Chinese in front of him, and his heart was surging.

"He is telling the truth", this is a conclusion from the bottom of my heart. At a time when the balance of war was reversed, in order to prepare for a backward road, he had sensitively dispatched a large number of intelligence officers to the Far East, and the feedback situation was not optimistic. The intelligence also briefly mentioned the elevation and influence of Fengjun's status (with incidental concern, because Gao had not yet looked down on the Chinese army), otherwise he would not hesitate to think that this Chinese was a fool's dream.

However, does the Northeast government army really have such a great strength that it dares to fight with Soviet Russia? Dare to refuse the requisition of the railroad by the Japanese army? In my impression, the "sick man of East Asia" of the yellow race has always groveled to foreigners in the East and the West, when did he dare to stand tall and be a man?

Gao Jiyi struck while the iron was hot: "I heard that the Japanese once proposed to you that if you agreed to the Japanese army's 'protection' of Russian gold, the Japanese army would send troops to repel the Red Army, but you rejected the Japanese's 'kindness'. Japan is a country with wolf ambitions, and it already has a deep blood feud with Russia. Its aggression in the Far East (the word aggression is strangely used here) can prove that this is a visionless and aggressive, short-sighted people. It's hard to imagine that if you take a place with the Japanese, they will be kind enough to help you. ”

"Frankly speaking, this wealth has reached the hands of the Japanese, and in their tradition of subordination, in order to embezzle this money, you are most likely the result of being empty of both men and money, and it is very unwise for you to be a general."

Arrogance requires capital, and at a life-threatening moment, Kolchak renounced arrogance. He knew that once one straw was sold, there would not necessarily be another one waiting for him. He couldn't hold back the surprise in his heart, and said to Gao Jiyi with a more humble attitude: "Mr. Gao said that I still have a way to the south, I don't know what to say?" ”

It's covered! Gao Jiyi is waiting for his question, here is the result of Zhang Hanqing's reversal according to the international trend. As long as you are willing to mention it, I am sure that you will obediently follow my direction.

But he still said very sincerely: "There are Soviet Russian soldiers in the west and Japanese soldiers in the east, and the only way for the general to take is to enter Mongolia in the south." At this stage, Mongolia's relations with Soviet Russia, Japan, and the Central Committee are very delicate, and according to the existing treaties, neither Soviet nor Japanese sides have any reason to enter Mongolia. Here, the general can recuperate. ”

This is true, as we all know, China has always been the suzerainty of Mongolia, and Manchu and Mongolia have been one since the establishment of the Qing Dynasty. Even in the weak late Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty was able to firmly control this fertile grassland. Tsarist Russia was able to paddle out the vast Far East and the three lakes of Balkhash to the west of the Green Mountains in the northwest, but it could not swallow Mongolia in its heart, just as a hungry wolf in a cage salivates and feels helpless in the face of a helpless lamb. The reason for this is that, on the one hand, Mongolia is the foundation of the Qing Dynasty, and on the other hand, the Mongolian people's orientation is the main reason.

But Kolchak suddenly asked: "Whether to enter Mongolia or not, I can completely decide for myself." Mongolia is also quite far away from your so-called Northeast government, which can be said to be beyond the reach of the whip, so you lions ask for half of the gold, do you think I will agree?"

Gao Jiyi smiled and said, "Mongolia is Chinese. At present, in China, only we have the strength and conditions to carry out the war in Mongolia, and after we recover Hulunbuir, Mongolia is close at hand, but we have blocked the passage of the Japanese army into Mongolia. The Republic of China is still a sovereign country, and I think the Japanese army has no reason to do so, and we will not allow it to send troops across our borders, and going south is undoubtedly the safest and safest way. The Northeast Autonomous Government has completed the full equipment of 10 reorganized divisions, and its strength is far from what it used to be, which is also one of the important reasons why the Feng army has made such a big move in the northeast and Japan rarely expresses it.

And as far as I know, the next move of our army is to enter Mongolia. When the general entered Mongolia, it was also when Feng was in de facto control of Mongolia. Mongolia has its own special situation compared to other provinces in China, and it is supposed to formulate a special policy, and as long as the general applies for entry as a refugee at that time, I think it is not easy for the Soviet Russian government to interfere in the internal affairs of our country. ”

"I have been ordered to come here with only one mission, and that is to advise the general that if he has to prepare for the worst, going to Mongolia is the only way out. In view of the increasingly fierce competition between the Feng army and Japan in the northeast, we will do our best to prevent any action by the enemy. ”

China and Japan are in fact hostile countries that have not declared war, although none of them have spoken out about it. The so-called capital enemy is that this gold fell into the hands of the Japanese army, and Gao Jiyi's subtext can be heard by Kolchak. However, he still calmly asked, "How can I believe that you will not make me lose money like you say the Japanese?" ”

Gao Jiyi smiled and said, "I can't prove to you that everything is decided by the general." ”

Kolchak was an excellent naval commander, but the officer with whom he worked for many years described to the New York Times reporter: "He was undoubtedly a nervous breakdown... Often at the mercy of men. ”

Will they risk the threat of the Chinese to throw themselves into the territory of the Japanese and accept an unknown fate, or will they gamble that the Chinese will fulfill their promises? He couldn't do it on his own.

Maybe he will think of today's meeting when he is about to kick the door, but whether he can finally enter Mongolia according to Zhang Hanqing's reminder, Gao Jiyi is only cautiously optimistic. But what the young marshal assigned him was not just a lobbyist's task, as a top-secret and very important plan, "Operation Huang" had just begun.