After accepting the premiership on Chinese New Year's Eve, Yang Chao returned to Siberia after spending only ten days in China. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Because after all, there is a war breaking out here, and China's politics and economy continue to be stable, steady and rising, and the market is optimistic.

So Yang Chao didn't think much about it, and immediately returned to Irkutsk.

At this time, the situation in Siberia had undergone some changes.

After the victory at the port of Anjiala, Rommel made persistent efforts to capture Ussolye, and the losses in the port of Anjiala were not large, and there were not many casualties in Ussolye, so everything went well, and after the capture of Ussolye, the Fourth Army led by Rommel turned to rest.

The First Army and the Second Army moved south to encircle the Soviet troops in Slyudyanka to open the lines of communication to China.

There were no great difficulties encountered here, and it was not difficult for tanks to cover the infantry to capture the opponent's positions under the superiority of the air force and artillery.

By February, all three battles had ended, and the tsarist regime had pushed the front away from the vicinity of Irkutsk and began to move on to a counteroffensive.

After resting, 3 army groups and 300,000 men were dispatched to launch an offensive against Teschet.

The baptism of gasoline incendiary bombs, poison gas bombardment, artillery covering bombardment, and frontal charge of tanks were all normal at first, and soon they captured the Soviet positions, captured their foxholes, occupied their dense trenches and tunnels, and attacked the city of Tashet, but at this time there was a problem, and the Soviets did not retreat after losing their positions, as they did in Anjiala Port and Usoliye, but stubbornly resisted in the corner of the city of Tashet.

Unlike Usoliye, Teschet is a larger city, although it is not as good as cities such as Irkutsk, but as a transportation hub to Irkutsk, it is a city of about 30,000 people, which is not a small city in Siberia.

Stimulated by oil wealth in previous years, Tesshet developed very well. Reinforced concrete abounds, and the castles, fortresses and other buildings built over the centuries during the Tsarist era make this a small fortress.

Based on the sewers, the Soviets built a complex underground defense system. Russian engineers learned their lesson and set up a good ventilation network so that poison gas could not threaten their underground fortifications, so the city could not be destroyed by incendiary gasoline bombs and poison gas bombs.

When the tanks entered the city, they continued to sneak up on the Soviet stragglers behind the barricades and broken walls. Anti-aircraft artillery and ****** destroyed tanks one after another, snipers continued to assassinate officers one by one, and the Soviets started a Stalingrad-style urban guerrilla warfare, and the Tsar's army was in a difficult situation.

Yang Chao is also in trouble because of the problem of money.

Yang Chao is not short of money, he has 20 billion taels of cash and easy-to-sell bonds alone, all of which can be invested in this war, and the consumption of the war, the salary of 1 million troops, 5 taels a day per person. 1 million people is 1.5 billion taels a year, plus material consumption and weapons and equipment, it will not exceed 5 billion, in fact, so far, the tsarist army has only spent less than 4 billion, after all, they only had 300,000 people at the beginning, and 1 million people were formed in less than half a year.

However, Yang Chao is not short of money, and it is a big problem to withdraw money from China.

In Yang Chao's opinion. He sold the bonds and exchanged them for cash to purchase various materials from industrial enterprises in Shandong, which was only good for the economy and not bad, but some people did not see it that way. Or not so interpreted.

Finally, a newspaper reported that Yang Chao's continuous transfer of funds to the Tsarist army had a negative impact on China's economy.

The newspaper is an economist's opinion, which is only analyzed from a purely professional point of view, for example, he believes that Yang Chao's aggressive bond sales are a heavy pressure on China's economic system. It is possible to crush the current fragile economic system.

The economist's voice was not loud, and it was quickly drowned out in a sea of information, and ordinary people did not care about such economic data.

But that's just the beginning.

Soon, newspapers began to analyze Yang Chao's political direction, and at first they praised it and worried about it. For example, these arguments insist that Yang Chao's premiership will restore China's economy to its former prosperity, but raise concerns about whether the war in Siberia will divert Yang Chao's energy from his ability to concentrate on China's government affairs.

Then public opinion began to praise Yang Chao for a while, saying that Yang Chao was the husband of a responsible person, and the Tsar and his wife had a deep relationship, and wished Yang Chao to maintain his wife's country as soon as possible.

After a period of praise, fears began to arise that the civil war between the tsarist regime and Soviet Russia would be protracted, and that Yang Chao would be implicated in Siberia and could not get out, vaguely expressing his worries about Chinese politics.

In short, there is always a voice that is worried about eating radishes salty, worried about the tsar, worried about Yang Chao, but the conclusion always falls on the Chinese issue.

It gives the impression that Yang Chao is fully capable of solving China's economic problems, but because of Siberia's troubled affairs, China's economic recovery has been delayed.

After more than a month of warm-up, the newspaper finally made the following voice publicly:

"Premier Yang, where is the limit of dedication to the tsarist regime? Will it delay China's recovery for the sake of his wife's country without restrictions? ”

Finally came the question, "For the Russian Empire, or for China?" Such a question.

Obviously, behind the public opinion during this time, there is a restless hand, and it is a master of intrigues.

At first, Yang Chao did not pay attention to the domestic public opinion at all, because these public opinions were all mixed with optimism, that is, they questioned in affirmation.

Lies mixed with truth are the hardest to discern, and so are doubts mixed with affirmations, which are irrefutable.

And the intentions are extremely sinister, step by step to force Yang Chao into the corner of morality, because the newspaper is always praising him for dedicating himself to Russia out of affection for his wife, is this praise, no, this is the most vicious attack, because for the sake of his wife is private, for the sake of the country is public, interpreting Yang Chao's behavior in Russia as a purely private matter, and ignoring Yang Chao is actually operating for China's national interests.

In this way, Yang Chao's service to the Russian Empire was a private matter, while the delay was a Chinese business.

It is indeed too difficult to guard against attacks with praise and affirmation, and these arguments are based on two points of view, the first is that Yang Chao is absolutely capable of solving China's economic problems, and the second is that Yang Chao is serving the Russian empire, which will definitely delay China's affairs.

The first view is obviously untenable, but the Chinese believe that the Chinese believe in Yang Chao's ability, and the second view seems to be an axiom and irrefutable, so Yang Chao is in a moral dilemma. (To be continued.) )