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Tsar Nicholas II was in his palace discussing the political situation in his southern neighbor with his ministers.

Nicholas II laughed and said loudly: "Everyone, now China's Boxer Rebellion is getting more and more fierce, haha, the more fierce they are, the more reason we have to send heavy troops, this time England and France will no longer stop us from sending heavy troops to China, I want to snow the shame of last year!" That Chinese tiger, I will definitely destroy him, and take the entire three northeastern provinces and the Mongolian Plateau as my own, and then we can have a military port that does not freeze all year round! ”

Foreign Minister Ramstov was also very excited, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, today's Minister Mu Dan in China has sent back a telegram from the front, he said that now Dongjiaomin Lane has been surrounded by the boxers of the Boxers, and the ministers of various countries are facing danger to their lives at any time, as long as an envoy has an accident, then the war will be absolutely unavoidable, and now the warships of our countries in Tianjin Port have begun to prepare to attack Dagukou, and they will launch an attack the day after tomorrow at the latest, haha, our opportunity has come!" ”

Nicholas II said with a sinister smile: "Has Maklov's Pacific Fleet departed?" ”

Minister of War Linevich replied: "Your Majesty, now Maklov's fleet is ready in St. Petersburg and ready to go!" This time, the fleet used a total of 20 large troop carriers to transport 30,000 elite troops to Vladivostok, plus 60,000 infantry in Vladivostok, our strength in Vladivostok will reach 90,000! ”

Nicholas II waved his hand and said: "Not enough, still not enough, 90,000 people, the strength of that Chinese tiger in the three eastern provinces is now close to 300,000, order the Cossack cavalry of Western Siberia to mobilize three cavalry divisions to cross the Tangnu-Ulianghai Sea and enter the Mongolian Plateau, we will open up a second battlefield on the Mongolian Plateau!" ”

Lynevich was taken aback and said: "Dear Your Majesty, our former has just been directly inserted into the hinterland of China from the Mongolian Plateau and successfully attacked the Great Qing Kingdom, and now Zhang Yi is very close to the care there, and the only cavalry army under his command is all placed on the front line of Inner Mongolia, and we only mobilize three cavalry divisions, just like easily breaking through the defense line of Inner Mongolia, it is almost impossible!" What's more, some time ago, the US minister to Russia made a special meeting with His Majesty and declared that Inner Mongolia is an area of exclusive interests of the United States, and that if we directly start a war like this, it will arouse strong dissatisfaction from the United States! ”

Nicholas II said disdainfully: "Linevich, you have lost a battle, and now your courage is getting smaller and smaller, I really doubt that you are suitable for the position of Minister of War today, what's wrong with the United States, the United States and China are separated by the vast Pacific Ocean, and they simply can't mobilize heavy troops to protect Inner Mongolia!" But you know, why does the United States consider Inner Mongolia to be their exclusive area of interest? Because where did they discover the huge coal field that shocked the world, in addition to the coal field there is a world-class large iron mine, and other minerals, what a huge fortune, this wealth is not worthy of possession by the Chinese, even the Americans are not worthy of possession, only our Slavic nation is worthy of such a huge resource! For the sake of these resources, even if it is a war with the United States, I will not hesitate to do so! ”

Linevich smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, I am not against you using the war to turn the entire Mongolian Plateau into your own, but to say that our troops are too small, and we want to conquer the entire Mongolian Plateau by relying on only three divisions, and the strength is inevitably a little thin, there are three elite cavalry divisions of the Chinese Tiger, and there are tens of thousands of local troops, at the same time, Inner Mongolia is close to the three eastern provinces, and the Chinese Tiger can mobilize heavy troops from Mukden to support Inner Mongolia in just over half a month, It's hard for us to eat each other in one bite, and we don't even have a good chance of winning! ”

Nicholas II laughed gloomily: "Mobilize troops to support? I'm afraid that the Chinese Tiger will have no soldiers to adjust at that time! Now, in another month, our Pacific Fleet will be able to reach Vladivostok, and by that time, we will have 90,000 troops in Vladivostok, and at the same time, order the East Siberian Corps to let them cross the Heilongjiang River and attack the Heilongjiang from the north side. ”

Nicholas II paused, and then said with a smile: "Linnevich, don't forget, now is a godsend, the chaos in the Guannei, the Chinese tiger can't stand by and watch, he has a distraction, it is the time to deal with him, and those yellow-skinned monkeys in the east of Little Japan, they have already coveted the three eastern provinces, the last time they failed, and now the opportunity is here again, they will definitely send troops to attack Mukden!" ”

Linevich smiled flatteringly: "Your Majesty is wise, Your Majesty is wise." At that time, we deployed more than 50,000 troops on the Mongolian front, Heilongjiang also had nearly 80,000 troops, Vladivostok had nearly 90,000 troops, and even our troops to participate in the coalition army would also be more than 20,000 people, if Japan also participated in the attack, at least 100,000 troops would have to be sent, and at that time, we would have more than 300,000 troops. ”

Nicholas II held his chin in his right hand and pondered: "More than 300,000 troops, I'm afraid that our troops are not very strong, do we mobilize another 100,000 troops, in this case, they are definitely not our opponents!" ”

Ramstorff hurriedly stopped: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I can't help it, now we have mobilized more than 200,000 people to rush to the Far East, which has made our limit, after all, we are still facing the persecution of the Germans on the Western Front, you must know that we attack the Far East this time, the Chinese Tiger is a hardcore ally of the Germans, if the Germans send troops to help, then the military pressure on our Western Front will be too great!" Nikolai's heart jumped, this is also the problem he has been worried about, the German army is too capable of fighting, even the French were defeated by the Germans, under the same strength, the possibility of Tsarist Russia defeating the Germans is almost zero, so on the Western Front, Tsarist Russia has maintained more than one or two times the strength of the German army, guarding against the invasion of the Germans, it is simply difficult to draw a large number of troops for military operations, and the energy of the Russians is greatly restrained by the Germans. Nikolai said viciously: "Ramstorf, you immediately call the emperor of Japan on my behalf, this time we must let the Japanese send more than 100,000 troops, we will provide them with a loan, to guarantee their military expenses, this time, we must completely eliminate the Chinese tiger, out of my heart!" ”