Originally, Li Weiguo did not plan to take the initiative to send troops on the Western Front, but defended on the Western Front in the early stage, let the Europeans consume themselves, concentrate the military and financial resources of the Chinese Empire on the Eastern Front Pacific Theater, and concentrate on dealing with the United States and Japan, because the comprehensive national strength of the United States is the most powerful among the Entente countries, and it must be fought first. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, the Tsarist Russian Empire found oil in the Baku area, and Baku is one of the largest oil producing areas in the world, if Li Weiguo ignored it, the Chinese Imperial Army continued to carry out strategic defense tasks in the Caspian Sea, allowing the Tsarist Russian Empire to extract oil and support the European battlefield, it would have a great impact on the Chinese Empire.

Therefore, at the request of Li Weiguo, the Ministry of War revised the outline of the battlefield defense of the Western Front, and under the condition of ensuring the existing strategic defense posture, the Western Front advanced the defensive ring from the existing Kopet Mountains to the territory of the Bukhara Khanate (the whole territory of present-day Turkmenistan and part of Kazakhstan), crossed the Karakum Desert, and directly advanced to the coast of the Caspian Sea.

The historical Bukhara Khanate, although not completely annexed by the Tsarist Empire, also lost part of the Caspian Sea territory. At the same time, it was also invaded by the British Empire.

In this life, Li Weiguo stopped the expansion of the Tsarist Russian Empire to the east, and after the Sixth Sino-British War, he also drove out the British power, and completely rescued the Western Regions countries such as the Aiukhan Khanate, the Bukhara Khanate, and the Kazakh Khanate from the iron hooves of the Tsarist Russian Empire and the British Empire, and became a vassal state of the Chinese Empire.

However, at the end of last year, the Bukhara Khanate finally got rid of the influence of the Russian Empire and the British Empire and completely fell to the Chinese Empire. Because even if the Chinese Empire drove out the Tsarist Empire and the British Empire, there were still a large number of British and Russian spies and pro-British and pro-Russian real power figures lurking in the Bukhara Khanate, who influenced the decision-making of the Bukhara Khanate and refused to become a vassal state of the Chinese Empire.

On this issue, Li Weiguo was not in a hurry at first, he only needed the Chinese Empire to grow stronger, and finally the Bukhara Khanate would succumb.

But with the Anglo-Russian alliance and the confrontation between the Entente camp and the Allied camp, the kings and ministers of the Bukhara Khanate seemed to see hope of surviving in the cracks.

Therefore, Britain and Russia did not want the Bukhara Khanate to fall into the Chinese Empire, and on the one hand promised not to invade the Bukhara Khanate again, and at the same time provided all kinds of assistance.

Similarly, the Chinese Empire was reluctant to allow the Bukhara Khanate to turn over to Britain and Russia, so it often provided various kinds of assistance.

The Bukhara Khanate survived and even grew in this environment.

However, after Li Weiguo's decision to launch the First Sino-Japanese War, the military of the Chinese Empire prepared to adopt a defensive strategy on the Western Front and build defensive military facilities on a large scale, which aroused the vigilance of the military of the Bukhara Khanate.

The Bukhara Khanate also had compatriots of the same nationality within the territory of the Chinese Empire, and even some people joined the Shence Army of the Chinese Empire and served in the Western Theater. Through these people, the Bukhara Khanate military knew some information, and although it could not judge what military actions the Chinese Imperial military had, the active preparation for war was affirmed.

The king of the Bukhara Khanate immediately convened a military council, and the ministers and military agreed that the Chinese Empire was preparing for war by building permanent defensive military installations and deploying heavy troops in the Kopet Mountains.

Obviously, even if the military strength of the Bukhara Khanate has developed rapidly in recent years, it does not reach the level of threatening the Chinese Empire, and when it was learned that 100,000 Chinese Imperial Shence troops were deployed in the Kopet Mountains, the ministers of the Bukhara Khanate were sure that it was used to defend against the British Empire and the Tsarist Russian Empire.

The military facilities in the Kopet Mountains are all defensive, which indicates that the Chinese Empire will fight a defensive war on the border, so the British Empire and the Tsarist Russian army that dared to attack the Chinese Empire will undoubtedly enter the Bukhara Khanate, and then launch an attack on the Sino-Burenos border in the Kopet Mountains.

The kings and ministers of the Bukhara Khanate were immediately frightened, and they knew very well that the large-scale construction of defensive military facilities by the Chinese Empire was to set up the battlefield on the line of the Kopet Mountains, and if a war broke out, the entire Bukhara Khanate would become a battlefield.

What kind of result was that, just like the Russo-Japanese War in history, which was fought on Chinese territory.

Although the Chinese Empire is a civilized empire, it is impossible to send troops into the territory of the Bukhara Khanate to wage war with the British and Russian troops, but the Kopet Mountains are the border line, and the Chinese Empire's Shence Army is guarding the border line, and bullets and shells still have to fall into the territory of the Bukhara Khanate.

The king of the Bukhara Khanate was suddenly frightened, this is the rhythm of the ruins of the Bukhara Khanate!

At this time, the king of the Bukhara Khanate could no longer be neutral, because the result of neutrality would inevitably be that the Chinese Empire, the Tsarist Empire, and the British Empire would fight on the territory of the Bukhara Khanate, and the people of the Bukhara Khanate would suffer.

It is necessary to choose a side, and only by choosing a side can you get reinforcements from the Chinese Empire or from the side of Britain and Russia, and avoid the whole country from being in ruins.

At this time, the military quality of the armies of various countries is reflected.

The pro-British and Russian ministers of the Bukhara Khanate naturally opposed the fall of the Bukhara Khanate to the Chinese Empire, claiming that if it became a vassal state of the Chinese Empire, then it would lose its diplomatic autonomy and the right to military war, and it would no longer be a complete state, and the rights of the king would be limited. It was hoped that the king of the Bukhara would choose the Entente camp and preserve the independence of the Bukhara.

The pro-Chinese imperial ministers opposed the Bukhara Khanate to fall into the Anglo-Russian camp, pointing out that the British and Russian armies were the most unqualified troops, and once they surrendered to Britain and Russia, the Bukhara Khanate would become a British and Russian colony, and the people of the Bukhara Khanate would be enslaved by Britain and Russia. Looking at the Chinese Empire, it has not done these unconscionable things.

King Bukhara hesitated for three days, but finally chose to turn to the Chinese Empire, after all, the reputation of the Chinese Empire was much better than that of the Tsarist Russian Empire and the British Empire.

Only in this way, the Bukhara Khanate could only become a vassal state of the Chinese Empire.

According to the rules, the Bukhara Khanate had to choose the most beautiful princess to marry the emperor of the Chinese Empire, and after giving birth to a son, he returned to the Bukhara Khanate to become the prince, the next king of the Bukhara Khanate.

Among them, the interests of many princes of Bukhara Khan were involved.

These princes all had the opportunity to inherit the throne and become kings of the Bukhara Khanate.

However, after becoming a vassal state of the Chinese Empire, their sister married the Emperor of the Chinese Empire and gave birth to a prince, that is, their nephew, who would return to the Bukhara Khanate to inherit the throne, so that there would be nothing to do with their uncles.

Some of the princes of the Bukhara Khanate, though angry and dissatisfied, resigned themselves to their fate. But some princes were not reconciled, they wanted to resist the Bukhara Khanate and fall to the Chinese Empire, but with their own strength, they could not compete with the Chinese Empire at all, so they could only ask the Tsarist Empire and the British Empire for help, hoping to use the power of Britain and Russia to prevent the Chinese Empire from annexing the Bukhara Khanate.

The ministers of the Bukhara Khanate also quickly split into two factions, supporting the king's defection to the Chinese Empire, or supporting the prince's appeal to Britain and Russia, which divided the Bukhara Khanate.

Mahturm is the third prince, and he is most likely to become the next king of the Bukhara Khanate, but now his sister Marika is about to marry the Chinese Empire, and in the future, the son of Marika and the Chinese Emperor Li Weiguo will become the king of the Bukhara Khanate.

At the thought of this, Mahturm was very irritable, and he wanted to kill his own sister Marika and stop this political marriage.

rights have overshadowed family affection.

Even if it's just a small country, it will fight to the death for power.

Eighty percent of the territory of the Bukhara Khanate was desert, and there was only one way to the Chinese Empire, which passed through the Aiukhan Khanate and entered the Chinese Empire via the Silk Road.

Marika was married to the Chinese Empire, and could have taken an airship and flew directly to the Chinese Empire, or even to Herat in the Aiukhan Khanate, where there was a world railway built by the Chinese Empire, and could have reached the Chinese Empire directly by rail.

However, Mahturm deliberately refused to take airships and trains on the grounds of the traditional customs of the Bukhara Khanate, and insisted that his sister Marika take the road, under the pretext that he would miss the land of the Bukhara Khanate for the last time and accept the blessings of the people of the Bukhara Khanate along the way.

The old king did not suspect Mahturm's intentions, and he would never have thought that Mahturm would be so mad that he would want to kill his own sister, so he agreed to Mahturm's suggestion and let Marika ride to the Chinese Empire, receiving blessings from the Bukhara people along the way.

In this way, Marika set off for the Chinese Empire with her dowry.

And the Ministry of Rites of the Chinese Empire has received a notice from the Bukhara Khanate and is ready to welcome his relatives.

"There is an undercurrent within the Bukhara Khanate, and there are voices of opposition one after another, and I am afraid that someone will collude with the British and the Russians, and we should take all measures to prevent variables."

Zhou Fu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, came to the Ministry of War in person, found Zhang Xiaoliu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and expressed his worries.

Zhang Xiaoliu nodded and said: "Indeed, Britain and Russia will not give up, it is very likely to destroy this marriage, if something happens to the princess of the Bukhara Khanate, it will inevitably affect the decision of the Bukhara Khanate to become an imperial vassal state." Say, what do you want me to do? ”

Zhou Fu said: "Send an elite army to the secret protection!" ”

Zhang Xiaoliu thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay, I will call the Western Theater Command and ask them to send troops to protect along the way!" However, now that the situation in the Bukhara Khanate is tense, they will not allow my army to enter the territory of the Bukhara Khanate to protect Princess Marika! ”

Zhou Fu suddenly frowned and said, "You can only meet at the border?" That's no use! The Bukhara Khanate must be pressured to allow us to send troops in, and since it is a welcoming party, it should make sense! I'll take care of this matter, you just have to transfer people! It is better to be the most elite soldiers of the empire, after all, even if the Bukhara Khanate agrees, it will not allow the number of people to exceed the limit, not too many! ”

Zhang Xiaoliu nodded and agreed, and directly transferred the troops of a squadron of the Tiger Commando from the Special Operations Brigade of the Central Theater to go.

Before leaving, Zhang Xiaoliu personally named Lieutenant Colonel Wu Peifu, the leader of the Tiger Commando Squadron, and gave him a face-to-face lecture.

"Wu Peifu, you have heard me carefully, no matter what happens, you must protect the safety of the princess of the Bukhara Khanate, that is, the princess Marika of the empire. Along the way, there was a risk of assassination by British and Russian agents, and even the people of the Bukhara Khanate could not be trusted. ”

"Yes! Please rest assured, the lowly duty is guaranteed to complete the task! Wu Peifu replied with a firm face, full of confidence.

"Good! This matter is done, I will promote you to colonel!" Zhang Xiaoliu made a promise and told Wu Peifu the content of the reward in advance.

"Yes! Resolutely complete the mission! Wu Peifu was overjoyed, gave a military salute, then said goodbye and left, took his second squadron of the Tiger Commando, and took the train to the border.

Five days later, Wu Peifu and his men joined the Chinese Empire's welcoming party at Ili and went to Kunduz, on the border, to await Marika's arrival.

At the same time, the send-off party of the Bukhara Khanate also escorted Princess Marika all the way to the border.

However, at this moment, on a Chinese imperial airship under aerial surveillance, observers spotted through the binoculars that a large number of suspected people had appeared near Princess Marika's convoy, they were not wearing military uniforms, but they were well-trained, well-educated, all with sophisticated rifles, and even heavy machine guns, and they were by no means ordinary bandits.

The airship quickly alerted and fired a striking red flare.

"It's not good, there's a situation!"

Wu Peifu, as the most elite special combat member of the Chinese Empire and the squadron leader of the Tiger Commando, reacted very quickly to this situation, and it only took 0.1 seconds to respond.

"Ready for battle! Quickly get closer to the family convoy! The first detachment is on the left wing, the second detachment is on the right wing, and the third detachment follows me and starts moving! ”

The order was given, and the well-trained officers and soldiers of the Tiger Commando quickly started their chariots and rushed in the direction of Princess Marika as fast as they could.

At the same time, the Mary Trucks also received a warning from the Chinese Imperial Airship.

The officer of the Bukhara Khanate, who was responsible for escorting Princess Marika, was also a close confidant of the old king, and the old king was not confused, knowing that this trip was dangerous, so he sent his own cronies to escort his daughter to get married.

"Protect the princess!"

"Defend in place!"

The order was given, and the five hundred soldiers of the Bukhara Khanate's convoy quickly half-crouched on the ground and looked for the nearest bunker for defense, with their guns pointed around.

Princess Marika was also protected by her entourage and hid behind the vehicle.

"Immediately go and occupy the nearby high ground!"

The officer who protected the princess gave the order, and immediately several groups of soldiers quickly ran towards the surrounding small high ground, but as soon as they reached the halfway point of the mountain, the small high ground had been occupied by a mysterious enemy, and the other party could not say anything, and immediately opened fire.

Bang Bang Bang ......

Gunfire erupted, and the officers and men of the escort who had gone to occupy the small heights were suddenly killed and wounded and were beaten back. (To be continued.) )