On 26 May, Prime Minister Mykolas Slejevičius commanded the Lithuanian army outside the city to march towards Kaunas via a telegram from Sir Morris of England. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

General Shimigvi immediately commanded his army to march northeast, and set up defenses along the Inner Nas River, a dozen kilometers outside Kaunas, while the flames of war spread to the city, but also to prevent the citizens of the city from suddenly disturbing.

Prime Minister Mykolas Slejvičus, with the help of Sir Maurice, secretly passed through the Polish blockade and returned to the camp of the Northern Route Army.

In the camp of the Northern Route Army, a high-ranking Lithuanian officer was quietly holding a letter in his arms.

In the evening, Prime Minister Mykolas Slejevičus summoned the main senior officers of the Northern Route Army to discuss the battle plan for tomorrow.

General Lukjan Tsiligovsky commanded a regiment of soldiers and was one of the main forces of the Northern Route Army. In the evening, he arrived in groups with a dozen officers and dozens of guards to the house where Prime Minister Mikolas Slejevičius had come to a meeting.

All the officers kept their guns in a room next to the conference room.

All the battalion and regimental officers had arrived in the conference hall, and Prime Minister Slejevicius was very happy to give a speech to everyone, which boosted the morale of the officers.

General Chiligos suddenly said: "Prime Minister, how is the battle situation of the Southern Route Army under the command of General Zukauskas?" ”

Prime Minister Slejevičus was startled, the news of the destruction of the Southern Route Army could never be spread, and he stared at General Chiligos, wondering if he knew something.

After hesitating for a moment, Prime Minister Slezhevičius said casually: "General Zukauskas, under the command of the Southern Route Army, is attacking Utana, and soon we will be able to drive all the Soviet troops out of the Lithuanian lands and establish our state." ”

"But I received information that the Southern Route Army led by Zukauskas has been completely wiped out in Mark Melgay." General Chiligos looked around at the officers around him and said loudly: "Prime Minister, can you explain?" ”

"You're spreading rumors! What do you want to do, Chiligos? Prime Minister Slejevičus trembled angrily on the stage, pointed at Chiligos and shouted loudly.

General Chiligos said undauntedly: "Rumors? Prime Minister, don't deceive everyone with your false lies, you can try to contact General Zukauskas here and see if he has a reply. ”

Prime Minister Slejevicus stood on the stage, not knowing how to answer, in fact, he had already tried to contact General Zukauskas, but there was no reply.

"Don't you dare?" General Chiligos said loudly.

"Today we are talking about how to recover Kaunas, and our British Empire will definitely support Prime Minister Slejevicius, and as long as we have the support of the British Empire, Lithuania will definitely be able to achieve victory." Sir Morris stepped forward and said.

"We in Lithuania cannot afford the support of the British Empire." General Ciligos said resolutely: "We are now fighting both the Soviet army and the Polish army, and every day our soldiers die on the battlefield. You British just hide behind and put out some weapons and let us Lithuanians bleed and fight.

Our army has lost thousands of dead and wounded, including ordinary people, and tens of thousands. We in Lithuania have a population of only one million, and if this continues, our women will all lose their husbands and children. We are fighting a war that we will not win. ”

"Chiligos, you coward, coward!" Prime Minister Slejevičus shouted loudly: "Guards! Guardsman! Arrest this madman! ”

But the guards around them did not move, and dozens of soldiers suddenly kicked open the door and broke in, standing behind General Chiligos, holding rifles in their hands and pointing at Prime Minister Slejvičus and other officers.

"Chiligos, are you crazy? What are you doing? Prime Minister Slejevicus shouted: "You are mutiny. ”

The other unknown officers around were in an uproar, and they exchanged words and discussions.

General Chiligos walked to the podium surrounded by his officers and said confidently: "I know what I am doing. I am saving our nation, saving our soldiers. Your wrong policies have led to the deaths of so many people.

Poland and Lithuania have had very close relations since 1386, when Jogaila, the monarch of the Catholic Grand Duchy of Lithuania, married a Polish princess in that year. In 1569, we formed the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth to deal with a common foreign enemy.

In our Lithuanian history, Poland and Lithuania are one. We ourselves or our relatives and friends, many of whom are married to the Poles, and we Lithuanians and Poles are inseparable from each other in the blood of the same nation.

Today, Slyzevicius you are leaving behind our centuries-old friendship and traditions to go to war with Poland. Lithuania of a million people and Poles of more than 20 million people, what can we get? ”

"You traitor to this country!" Prime Minister Slejevicius gritted his teeth and cursed: "For the sake of the independent freedom of our Lithuanians, we will definitely not give in." ”

The Lithuanian officers below also regained their composure as they listened to Chiligos's words.

"Independence and freedom?" General Chiligos said contemptuously: "Why didn't you say such a thing when you were under the rule of Tsarist Russia? ”

He took out a letter from his bosom and held it up to the officers, saying: "At this time General Pilsudski wrote a letter to us, in which he promised to treat us Lithuanians equally, and that our army could directly join the Polish army. Officers, it is time for us to choose whether to draw our swords against our brothers in order to be the dogs of the British, or to carry on our great traditions, to form the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and to restore the glory and glory of our nation.

When Poland and Lithuania unite, we will be able to form a strong state, not a small one that no one knows internationally・・・・・・"

General Tsiligos encouraged the officers below to paint a picture of the bright future of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and many of the officers wavered and accepted General Tsiligos's words in their hearts.

Sir Morris quietly walked up to the German colonel who was attending the meeting and said, "Colonel Austin, I think this is an important time when your troops need to help solve the problem. ”

Colonel Austin had already contacted General Goltz, and coldly refused: "My army is about to be removed, sir, let your Royal Navy handle this matter!" ”

General Chiligos sent away Sir Morris and Colonel Austin, imprisoned Prime Minister Slejevicius, and took command of the army without firing a shot. (To be continued.) )