State War Explosion! Later, Vladivostok's military and civilian ships "also... Russia must go all out to deal with the European battlefield, so it can only transfer the Far East fleet to the direction of Europe, and the limited capacity of the Siberian railway cannot meet Russia's material transportation requirements for the European war at all, and sea transportation has become an important logistical factor for Russia to persist in fighting against Germany. Most of the British and French aid was transported by sea from the North Atlantic to the northern Russian ports of Murmansk and Arkhangelsk.

As a result, the number of Vladivostok ships was greatly reduced, and when the Allied forces landed in this Far Eastern port city five days ago, the Russian ships in the port were basically only a few small steamers and fishing boats, and as for the warships, there were only a few small gunboats, and now they have also become trophies of the Allied naval fleet.

When the destroyer "Makino" sailed into Vladivostok Harbor, the officers and men on the warship saw such a depressed scene, and if they had not seen it with their own eyes, Shen Honglie would have found it difficult to believe that this was Vladivostok, which was known as Russia's "Far East Outpost."

At present, the port of Vladivostok is anchored with warships of the intervention forces of Britain, the United States, China, and Japan, of which Britain has sent a cruiser and a gunboat, the United States has sent two gunboats, Japan has sent a battleship and an armored cruiser, and as for China, a total of six destroyers have been dispatched, including the "Makino" under the command of Shen Honglie.

As a necessary courtesy, after learning that the "Makino" sailed into the port, the coalition headquarters stationed in the port ordered the salute to be fired, and the "Makino" also fired a salute in return, and after the salute stopped, the pier was close at hand, because the sky was still drifting with light snow, the visibility was not very good, and there were several shipwrecks near the dock, for safety reasons, the destroyer did not dock, but stopped under the sea surface of a chain away from the dock, and Shen Honglie boarded a board. Rush to the docks. Report to the Allied Command.

By the time Shen Honglie arrived at the coalition headquarters, Cheng Biguang was already waiting there.

Cheng Biguang is now China's plenipotentiary military and political representative in Vladivostok, and is also a member of the "Joint Security Command", and he also has a decisive vote in the four-vote security committee, if he does not agree, it will be impossible for the coalition forces to carry out joint military operations in this area, and the five destroyers that China sent to Vladivostok in advance were also led by Cheng Biguang to arrive here.

"Report to Commander Cheng!" The destroyer Makino had arrived at Vladivostok on time, and the headquarters could take over the command of the destroyer

Seeing Cheng Biguang, Shen Honglie stood upright, saluted, and showed Cheng Biguang the recommendation order issued by the Admiralty.

"It's been a hard journey, I know the purpose of your visit, and now, you're the commander of the destroyer fleet. This is a record of the actions of the destroyer fleet a few days ago, and how the fleet will act in the future will also be decided by the Security Council, and you will not be under the direct command of either side, but only under the orders of the Security Council

Cheng Biguang nodded, and after returning the salute, he instructed the adjutant to bring the action record of the destroyer fleet and hand it to Shen Honglie, and then said a few words, patted Shen Honglie on the shoulder, and beat him to leave the coalition headquarters.

After Shen Honglie left, Cheng Biguang carefully studied the written order issued by the Admiralty, which not only said that Shen Honglie took over the command of the destroyer fleet, but also mentioned the main task of Cheng Biguang in the next step, according to this order, Cheng Biguang will only stay in Vladivostok for a short time, and soon, the center will send Zhou Daocai to replace him as the plenipotentiary military and political representative in Vladivostok and a member of the security committee, while Cheng Biguang will go south to Nanyang to be responsible for preparing the naval base on the leased land of Bangka Island for the center.

Now, the Second Republic of Lanfang has decided to lease the entire Bangka Island to China, and the central government will build a naval base on that island, and after the naval base is completed, a Chinese Navy's Nanyang detachment will be stationed at the base for a long time, and that base also has an air force airfield, once the base is fully completed, the Chinese Navy and Air Force will become an important military force that will determine the strategic situation in the South Seas, and Cheng Biguang is likely to be the first base commander of the base.

Speaking of which, China is a big country in Ayuan, but the country has always been in decline, and it has always been a military base and lease land in China that has been established by other countries, and it has almost become a public colony, and the navy has always been an awkward role, which can neither effectively protect the maritime frontier of the motherland, nor can it effectively protect the interests of overseas Chinese.

But now the situation is different, through a Nanyang war, the Chinese Navy not only raised its eyebrows, but also by the way also has a base in the Nanyang, no matter from which point of view, this situation is very beneficial to the image of the Chinese Navy, and it is also very beneficial to the national interests, the people also see the real hope of the country's rise and prosperity in this situation, and the national pride is gradually cultivated. The goal of becoming a strong country is not far away, Cheng Biguang is very glad that he can catch up with this era, in fact, the entire navy is now very excited, and the complaints about the central government in the past have disappeared, replaced by incomparable trust and loyalty to the central government, and now, the Admiralty is not crying poorly. Everyone from top to bottom thinks that what the president said is good, and now is a time when China is united in its heart, and although the air force has received preferential treatment from the central government, the navy is not raised by the mother, and both the air force and the navy are China's armed forces and are subordinate to the entire national defense strategy; since the focus of the central government's national defense strategy is to build a strong army, then the air force and navy should naturally give way to some army brothers, so that the great powers will not dare to underestimate China's army strength.

If it weren't for the 50,000 Chinese Army troops appearing in the area east of the Ussuri River, perhaps Cheng Biguang would not have been able to get a vote in the Security Council, because according to the British government's original plan, the Security Council would be composed of representatives from the four countries, Britain, France, the United States, and Russia, excluding China and Japan. But now, since the Chinese Army actually determines the entire strategic situation in the area east of the Ussuri River, China should have its own seat on the Security Council, so it replaced the Russian representatives, and the Japanese Office also replaced France, which had not sent troops, to participate in the Security Council.

Everything depends on strength, the competition of interests between individuals depends on strength, and the competition of interests between countries also depends on strength, this is the law of the game in this world, not to be transferred by human will, nor to justice or injustice as the principle of judgment, only to look at strength.

In that year, Japan joined the Eight-Nation Alliance. The purpose of actively sending the army to fight is to have a voice, and now, China is sending army troops. It is also for the same purpose to strive for a real voice in international affairs, and not to act only by looking at the faces of the European powers.

Now, relying on the 50,000 Chinese army troops commanded by Zhou Daowen, Cheng Biguang can sit on an equal footing with the generals of various countries in the headquarters of the coalition forces in Vladivostok, and to tell the truth, Cheng Biguang has great trust in the army. Putting the written order from the Admiralty brought by Shen Honglie into the drawer of his desk, Cheng Biguang walked a few steps in the office with his hands behind his back, looked up at the wall clock on the wall, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon, seeing that it was about to get dark, he decided to go to the street again, anyway, there was nothing to do now, the administrative work in the city was actually handled by the Russians autonomously, and the coalition forces were only responsible for maintaining order in the city.

With a few guards and adjutants, Cheng Biguang left the coalition headquarters, got into a Guosheng car, and went around the city of Vladivostok.

On the one hand, the paper ruble of the Russian Tsarist Government and the Provisional Government has become waste paper, which directly affects the trading interest of merchants, and now the currency in the city is actually the British dollar, the US dollar, the Chinese yuan, and the Japanese yen, and the most popular of which is of course all kinds of silver dollars. The situation is really not peaceful, and who knows when the Bolsheviks will fight back.

Another reason for the depression in the Vladivostok market is the shortage of supplies, especially bread and fuel, in fact, since the coalition forces took control of the city, the city began to implement a food rationing system, and the required food was procured by Japan and China nearby, and as for fuel, the supply of coal in the city was somewhat difficult to ensure the needs of the coalition fleet. Not to mention supplying the needs of the public, so. Lumberjacks can now be seen everywhere in the mountains outside the city, but fortunately the forest is dense here, and there is no shortage of firewood, as long as you are diligent enough.

Now, Russian civilians can be seen pulling firewood in small carts everywhere on the streets, and the weather is cold. All of them were tightly wrapped, revealing only a small half of their faces and eyes, and their eyes were mostly glazed, with little hope in sight, and no vision of life, and almost all of them were numb.

Looking at the sluggish daylight of those Russian civilians, Cheng Biguang suddenly remembered the numb expressions of the masses he had seen in China before, and now, the faces of the people in China are more about the longing for the future life, and the numb expressions are becoming more and more rare, most of the Chinese civilians are enjoying the prosperity brought by the rapid development of industry and economy, and they also believe that as long as they are diligent, this economic prosperity will continue until the country's economy surpasses the powers.

However, Cheng Biguang is cautious about the prospects of the rapid development of domestic industry and economy, although he is a soldier, he does not know much about industry and commerce, but Cheng Biguang knows that in recent times, the center has continuously used troops abroad, which has increased military spending a lot, and with the development of the Russian civil war, the normal trade between China and Russia has been seriously disrupted, although the order of military materials has soared, but correspondingly, the trade of civilian materials has become increasingly depressed, which can be seen from the depression scene in Vladivostok Chinatown, these days, It was through these merchants that Cheng Biguang learned about the depression faced by Sino-Russian trade, and he also believed that once the war in Europe ended, this commercial depression was likely to spread rapidly to all corners of commerce, and eventually lead to a slowdown in industrial development.

Although there are some worries about domestic industrial and economic exhibitions. However, Cheng Biguang still believes that as long as the president does not make strategic mistakes, then temporary difficulties will not bring down the country, which can also be proved by the dispatch of troops to intervene in the Russian civil war. In fact, in Cheng Biguang's view, the dispatch of troops to Russia this time in response to the actions of the Entente is secondary, and the main purpose is only to occupy some territories so that they can migrate to these areas in the future, which can directly reduce all kinds of pressure in the process of industrial and commercial exhibition.

Sitting in the car, pondering like this, soon it was dark and a curfew began on the street. Cheng Biguang didn't stay on the street for long, and after wandering around Chinatown, he rushed back to the coalition headquarters, and at this time, a telegram happened to be photographed from the Boli front to the coalition headquarters.

According to his telegram, now that the vanguard of the International Joint Intervention Force had entered Boli and the enemy had withdrawn from the city, Zhou Daowang demanded that the Allied Forces Command immediately issue an order for the troops to continue to pursue the enemy in order to advance along the Heilongjiang River to the Russian depths.

However, the Allied Command was seriously divided on the question of whether to proceed, with both the Chinese and Japanese representatives advocating the continuation of the pursuit of the scattered Bolshevik troops, while the British and American representatives strongly opposed the continuation of the advance in depth into Russia, arguing that the front was too long and the wings were too exposed. And the logistics can't keep up with Xi

However, Biguang knew that the fundamental reason why Britain and the United States opposed the continued advance of the coalition army units was that they were worried that China would take Russian Far Eastern territory through this military intervention against Russia, because the Chinese army was the most powerful, and out of the same fear, Britain and the United States also opposed Japan's continued increase in land forces in Vladivostok.

Since the coalition command could not reach an agreement, it could not approve Zhou Daowang's request to march, so after the end of the Boli campaign, the front was stabilized, and Zhou Daowang immediately rushed back to Vladivostok, preparing to take over Cheng Biguang's position as the commander of the coalition army as the Chinese representative of the coalition command