Chapter 1275: The Enemy of the Enemy
Just when the Chinese People's Army was encircling and annihilating the Russian Left Route Army with all its might, the news of the defeat of the main Russian army also reached the Tsarist Empire. Fastest updates
St. Petersburg, in the palace of Alexander University, Alexander II is roaring angrily, and the precious antique porcelain and murals are all smashed by this angry tsar!
"Waste, it's all a bunch of rice buckets! The empire mobilized so much manpower and material resources, mobilized six legions, and finally ended up with the total annihilation! This is an unprecedented shame for the Empire, unprecedented! ”
Alexander roared, and the ministers in the room were silent, not daring to anger His Majesty in front of them.
"Your Majesty, we really underestimated the national strength of the Chinese Empire, this time, we lost unjustly, the powerful artillery and heavy machine gunners of the Chinese People's Army are much stronger than our imperial ** team, even if their strength is inferior to ours, and there is also a legion is the new army of the Qing Empire, we are still not people's opponents, this from the first battle in Jiangdong, the first army of the Chinese People's Army defeated the two legions of our left army is already the beginning of the beginning, with one enemy and two, and can still have the upper hand......"
Foreign Minister Prince Gorchakov said in a deep voice for a long time.
"So what, this can't cover up the incompetence of Valerian and Jangovich, the two of them are too rice buckets, as long as they deal with it properly, our two legions can definitely defeat one legion of the Chinese People's Army!"
Alexander II snorted coldly, "Our strength is almost twice that of the enemy, especially the two divisions in the east have not had the slightest whereabouts until now, and there are no dead or dead people!" Even if you kill a prisoner, you can kill it so cleanly, right? ”
Alexander II was really angry, the two infantry divisions were all gone, and the anger in his heart was already burning to the extreme, who could tell what was going on? Anyway, according to the news fed back by the legation, there is no sequence of these two infantry divisions among all the prisoners of war, and there is no trace of them in the entire Jiangdong, so there is only one answer, these prisoners were all killed, but how were they killed? Where is the location? Why didn't anyone survive by chance? It's really puzzling!
"Your Majesty, I think that what Gorchakov said has a certain truth, our army is indeed inferior to the other party, this battle, we made a mistake, and now the mistake has been cast, there is no way to recover, and only do our best to make up for it, rescue all the prisoners of war, stop the war with the Chinese Empire is the top priority, and continue to fight, we will definitely not take any advantage, as for the two infantry divisions, I think, it is already more than lucky, if all the corpses are thrown directly into the Ussuri River or sink into the Pacific Ocean, How do we go about discovering the evidence? It won't take more than two days for these carcasses to be eaten by sharks in the sea......"
The Minister of War, Prince Menshikov, said slowly.
The corners of Yashan's big mouth twitched, all of them were killed, and then all the evidence was destroyed? These Chinese People's Army are really ruthless! However, having said that, the army of Tsarist Russia has killed many Chinese civilians in the northeast, and I am afraid that there will be 20,000 or 30,000 people!
"So what now? Could it be that I bowed my head to the yellow-skinned monkey and begged for peace? ”
Yashan Da II's face was ugly, and he said fiercely.
"Your Majesty, now that people are under the eaves, they have to bow their heads, the Chinese People's Army has at least seventy or eighty thousand prisoners in our hands, and now the remaining forty or fifty thousand people in Jiangdong are afraid that they will also be in danger, Manhorov and Arsenevich are all wiped out, our reinforcements will not be able to reach China in a short time, the Left Route Army is alone, and there is only one way to go through defeat and surrender, in that case, our prisoners are not 100,000, and they are almost ......"
One hundred thousand captives, that's a shocking number! You can form two reorganized legions!
Alexander II is now helpless, suing for peace? How to sum? In this war, the empire is simply a naked invasion, once peace is sued, then I don't know what a big price to pay, compensation, land cutting? Abandoning spheres of influence? Anyway, if you don't give enough benefits to the Huaxia Empire, that Guo Ye will definitely not give up......
"At this time, I am afraid that we will lose an unknown number of benefits......"
Alexander II roared.
"Then I can only endure it, Your Majesty, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, and when we recover our vitality and rekindle the war, it is not impossible, the premise is that we must end this war, preserve our vitality, bury our heads in development, and only absolute strength is the confidence to dominate the world!"
Gorchakov whispered.
"Okay, immediately send a telegram to Ulishakov, the minister of the Zhu Huaxia Empire, asking him to immediately meet with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Huaxia Empire, asking for a truce between the two countries and the start of peace talks!"
Alexander II said in a deep voice.
"No, Your Majesty, if we take the initiative to stand up for peace, then we have no way to retreat, and in this matter, we need to rely on the strength of other countries, for example, the British Empire ......"
Gorchakov suggested.
"The British Empire?"
Alexander II asked in amazement.
"Not bad!"
After all, Gorchikov is the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and he has a relatively clear understanding of the international situation, and then said: "Your Majesty, now the British are also very dissatisfied with the Chinese Empire, because the Chinese Empire has reached into South Africa in an attempt to establish its own sphere of influence in South Africa, and the current German and Austrian Federal Republic and the Zulu Kingdom supported by the British have begun to fight, although the British Empire and the Chinese Empire are hidden behind the scenes, but they can't hide from these powerful countries in the world, The two great powers are now fighting for South Africa more and more gunpowder, as the saying goes, the enemy of the enemy is the friend, at this time, we choose to join forces with the British Empire, presumably the British Empire will not refuse, we can ask the Earl of Granville to mediate, and then conduct multinational negotiations, so that as a result of the pressure of the European and American powers, we can retreat with our whole body, at least, we can pay a little less price! ”
Alexander II's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "Yes, Gorchakov, this is the way, you have come up with a plan in the past two days, instructed Urishakov to prepare to start negotiations, and immediately call the Duke of Granville and ask him to come forward to mediate, and the French, if you want us to contain the forces of the Kingdom of Prussia, then you have to do things for us, otherwise, we will directly ally with the Kingdom of Prussia and copy the back path of the French!" Let's go down and get ready. ”
(To be continued.) )