The sky and the wind and the sun are beautiful, which is a good time to go out. One

On sunny days for many days, the remaining snow on the grassland has long melted, and there are crisp grass tips on the wet land, and the scenery of spring can be seen everywhere.

This is a small pasture at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, close to a small river, is a good place with abundant water and grass, if it is in the season of lush pasture, here must be a wind and grass low cattle and sheep grassland scenery, but now the season has not arrived. The herders are still in the winter pastures, so there are hardly any cattle and sheep to be seen here, except for some wild animals from the grasslands at the foot of the mountain, which are greedy and devouring the delicious and juicy grass tips.

However, in the meadow along the river, a group of horsemen could be seen galloping. The leader is none other than President Zhao Bei, and most of the attachés are government officials and army generals.

Zhao Bei rushed here from the base camp in the morning to inspect the war, and according to the plan of the War Department, an important military station will be built here. In order to strengthen military support for the northwest frontier region, the main purpose of Zhao Bei's visit was to inspect the location of the military station on the spot, and as for the secondary purpose. It is to see the scenery, after all, this is the Tianshan Mountains, and you will not come to the Tianshan Mountains when you go to the Western Regions. It is inevitable that President Zhao will not only go to the Tianshan Mountains to see, but also leave some photos here. Put a little imprint on history.

It was already afternoon, and as soon as everyone had finished their leisure after lunch, they walked up the river under the leadership of Mr. President, talking and laughing along the way. It's also laid-back. However, everyone also understands that although Mr. President seems to be in high spirits, the President is still thinking about other things, and one of them is obviously the situation exhibition on the South Seas side.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the important generals stationed at the frontier had not yet arrived at the base camp to meet with the president, perhaps Mr. President would have ordered a turn back to Beijing, because according to the telegrams that have been redirected to the base camp, the situation in Sumatra is quite urgent, and the armed conflict there seems to have caused some countries to re-influence. Now, many newspapers have begun to report on the vendetta between Chinese and natives born on the island. This obviously made the remaining personnel of the central government a little scrambling, and they hoped that the president would rush back to take charge as soon as possible, and they also believed that as long as the president returned to Beijing, there would be no uneven international affairs, and now. Diplomats from Britain, France, the Netherlands, Japan, the United States, and other countries are about to force Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi to take refuge in Xishan.

But after careful consideration, Mr. President decided to stay at the foot of the Tien Shan Mountains for a few more days, after all. The president and the central center were more concerned about the situation in Russia than the situation in the South Seas, and now the commander of the Far East Army appointed by the Russian Tsar, Zhang Zongchang, had rushed to Vladivostok. is recruiting troops with the gold given by the tsar. Journalists, who feared that the world would not be chaotic, also began to fan the flames. Shouting about the imminent escalation of the Russian civil war. And now, the Battle of Moscow is nearing its end. Judging by the exhibition of the battle situation. His Majesty the Tsar of the Russian Empire may have to embark on the road of escape again, and which city will be defended by the Russian ** team loyal to His Majesty the Tsar next time is indeed tugging at the heart of Mr. President of China.

At the urging of Mr. President, the armored division stationed in Yumen has begun to load out. Without waiting for the troops to arrive, they began to change their guards, and from this alone, it can be seen that the situation in Russia is critical. So. Compared with. The affairs of the South Seas can be dealt with later, but for now, the affairs of the west side will be straightened out first, and then other things will be dealt with.

Some of the attachés guessed well, Zhao Bei was indeed planning things to the west now, and the grassland scenery in front of him did not distract him, although he looked into the distance from time to time. But Zhao Bei was still thinking more about entering Central Asia.

The Battle of Moscow had begun five days earlier, and the attacking side was the Provisional Government of the Russian Republic, with Petrograd as its capital. The defenders were the Russian Imperial Government, with Moscow as its capital, and although the commander of the city defense appointed by the Russian Tsar vowed to hold Moscow for at least half a year, the rotten tsarist system had long since lost the trust of the Russian people. Coupled with the fact that the attackers used a large number of field troops, Moscow fell after only five days, and now, His Majesty the Tsar of Russia is retreating all the way east by train, and it is said that he has withdrawn to the Urals, and the troops loyal to the Tsar have all broken eastward, and it seems that they are planning to rely on the Ural Mountains to defend against enemy attacks.

History has been tampered with beyond recognition by Zhao Bei, a traveler, and Zhao Bei does not have much bottom in his heart now about how the situation in Russia will unfold in the future. However, his strategic plan will not be easily modified, and China must extend its tentacles to Central Asia in any way. Build a strong defense barrier. In order to achieve this, the necessary military operations were indispensable to control the abundant natural resources in China's hands, and it was for this reason that Zhao Bei had to meet and listen to the senior officers and staff officers who had been stationed in the Northwest Frontier for a long time. Let's see if there are any arsenic leaks that the General Staff has not thought of in the strategic strategy, after all, in terms of strategic vision, no one can compare to Zhao Bei, although he is now almost dazzled by the chaotic situation. "Look, is there a glacier over there?

When Zhao Bei was pondering the situation on the frontier, he suddenly heard an adjutant shout. So he turned his head and went to Yun Youpin's gang was holding a lookout mirror to look northwest, and Qian is also holding Tuoxu's telescope and looking northwest.

Under the sun, there was a white light in the distance, and it did look like a glacier, and it was indeed worth making a fuss about the adjutants to see the glacier with their own eyes, but Zhao Bei was not much interested in discussing the structure of the glacier now, he just wanted to meet with the generals stationed in the Ili region as soon as possible, and then discuss the details of the plan to advance into Central Asia.

"Is the president still worried about the situation in Sumatra?"

Seeing that Zhao Bei was a little distracted, Zhang Yi, who had been walking with him, asked repeatedly.

"There's nothing to pay much attention to in little Sumatra, after all, it's not the focus of the center, and I'm worried about the situation in Russia right now.

I used to think that the Tsar of Russia would not have been defeated so quickly, no matter how bad he was, but I clearly overestimated the Tsar's ability to control the situation. Moreover, it also underestimated the revolutionary will and morale of the revolutionary faction of the Russian Empire, which indeed seemed to be more effective than the old faction. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Bei was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly. Speaking of which, he himself was a revolutionary, but now he underestimated the revolutionary will of the Russian revolutionaries. This is a bit excessive, perhaps this is the so-called "position determines the point of view", after all, he is now a national dollar, and the first consideration is not whether the current social order is reasonable. Revolution is needed, but the stability of the social order. as well as national exhibitions.

Zhang Yiying nodded, although he didn't understand why the president suddenly smiled bitterly, but he was also able to understand the president's current situation, indeed. There is nothing more worrying than the current situation in Russia, where a strong neighbor suddenly breaks out into a civil war, which is not pleasant to be born in, and as the war spreads in the neighboring country, there may be a wave of refugees or even a retreat of the neighboring country. As a state dollar. Zhao Bei now does have enough reasons to plan a countermeasure for this.

In fact, Zhang Yiying had already handed over the governor's errand and left for Beijing, but the train went to Gansu. I happened to meet the president's special train, so. was pulled by the president and asked him, the governor of the province who had been in the Western Regions for several years, to accompany him to inspect the Northwest Frontier. As a result, Zhang Yiying had no choice but to rush back to Dihua.

"The ministry thought. In the event of an escalation of the Russian civil war, the situation may be even more difficult to manage, then. It may seem that my country can take some of the necessary action towards Central Asia, at least. The territory that had been ceded by the Manchus should be recovered

Zhang Yiying hesitated for a moment, but finally said what he was hiding in his heart, he was also gambling, betting that the president's adventurous actions in Central Asia would not just stay on paper.

Yi Mushroom nodded, and said, "You are right, it is best to fish in troubled waters." The center has already made corresponding strategic arrangements for the situation in Russia. But what I'm worried about is that if our country's actions are too eye-catching, it may cause the intervention of the great powers, I am not afraid of the military intervention of the great powers, I am afraid that they will strangle our country's neck economically, now our country's industry and commerce are developing rapidly, and most of the people are full of longing for the future, but they do not know that the prosperity of this industry and commerce is only temporary, once the war in Europe ends, the world economy will usher in a depression, at that time, the shortcomings of our factories that are too dependent on foreign markets will also be exposed, at this time, We must not have trade friction with the great powers, and the Russian question is likely to lead to such friction. Therefore, I am still studying whether the specific strategic plan is sound and how to act so as not to provoke the powers too much. "A bite of four 8... 8。 An experience that you can't get into a book!

"However, if you occupy Central Asia, won't you have an extra market? Moreover, Central Asia is not all barren land, as long as the irrigation conditions are good and the immigrants can settle the land, the domestic market and unemployment problems can also be solved, then there is no need to worry about trade frictions with the great powers, we may be able to survive the depression by relying on domestic demand, and the endurance of our people is not comparable to that of the citizens of the great powers. ”

Zhang Yiying analyzed that in the past few years as the governor of the Western Regions, he has studied economic and industrial issues a lot, and he also knows that the president cares most about economic and industrial issues.

"I didn't think you could think of it here, it seems that you have read a lot of articles in the past few years in the Western Regions

Zhao Bei nodded approvingly, and deepened his understanding of Zhang Yiying, indeed, the reason why he inserted Zhang Yiyan into the political committee was to contain all forces, but he didn't really value Zhang Yitang's talent, to tell the truth, Zhang Yiyan's political achievements over the years, mediocre political performance, nothing too commendable, although he presided over the construction of the railway, but it was completed under the planning of the center, not his own credit, so I can't see his talent, but now. Zhang Yiying's words came out. Zhao Bei was somewhat surprised, this person can see that the economic status of Central Asia is already quite good, at least stronger than Li Yuanhong, who can only shout slogans.

However, as a politician, it is not enough to have a vision, and it is not enough to see the domestic situation, there are many factors that determine the situation in Central Asia, and international factors cannot be ignored in particular, and it is precisely this international factor that makes Zhao Bei cautious.