After taking power, the Vladimir government sent a telegram to the front, demanding that the front commanders obey the orders of the Soviet government and immediately begin to contact Germany, and Russia should begin negotiations with Germany to withdraw from the imperialist war. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

At this time in northeastern China, Wu Peifu captured Hailan Pao on October 18, losing 40,000 people, destroying 200,000 enemies and capturing 100,000 enemies, many of whom were Japanese troops who had returned from Chita and other places.

"Order Duan Qirui to go south to Haisenwei, and must capture Vladivostok before winter!"

When Wu Peifu was fighting in Hailan Pao in the north, Duan Qirui's army was resting in Boli, and after receiving the order, he immediately sent troops to Vladivostok in the south, where there were only five divisions of the Japanese army, and it was impossible to stop Duan Qirui's thirty divisions armed to the teeth.

At the same time, Jin Jiu finally decided to return to Korea to fight, and their battle plan was to go south from Changbai Mountain, occupy several cities in the north of Korea as strongholds, recruit more soldiers, destroy the Japanese army as soon as possible, rescue the Korean king in Seoul, and restore the Korean kingdom.

Jin Jiu had to speed up, because the situation in Korea at this time was very favorable, after the Japanese increased their plundering of Korea, resistance struggles broke out in various parts of Korea, and Jin Jiu decided that if he returned to China at this time, he would definitely be able to get the greatest support.

So at the end of October, when Duan Qirui had just exchanged fire with the Japanese army at Haisenwei, a North Korean army of 3,000 men moved south from the northeast and entered the northern part of Korea.

They were indeed welcomed, and after a few battles with the local Japanese occupation forces, and after annihilating a few small Japanese troops and police, young people began to join in, and the Japanese squeezed Korea too hard.

It is a pity that they are confined to the mountainous areas of northern Korea and cannot occupy the lines of communication, so they cannot supply weapons and equipment for a while.

At this time, in the face of the Russian changes, Russia's withdrawal from the war had almost become a foregone conclusion, and Britain and France began to actively move.

Look for support all over the world, including the East, not China, of course, but Japan.

Although the British are no longer optimistic about Japan, if the Japanese are willing to participate in the European war, they are very welcome.

So the British came to China to mediate for Japan.

"Japan gave up all the territories ceded by Russia in the Heilongjiang region in exchange for peace with China."

That's what the British said.

"Where to give up only Heilongjiang? And what about Taiwan, what about North Korea, what about the Ryukyus? ”

Yang Chao asked at the cabinet meeting.

Lu Zhengxiang said: "The British said that that was the bottom line of Japan, and it was also the bottom line that they worked hard to achieve. If China was unwilling to withdraw from the war, the British Empire would regret that it would not restrain Japan from attacking Chinese ports. ”

Yang Chao sneered: "If the Japanese dare to come, then let them try." I guarantee that their warships will not return. ”

Yang Chao had already ended the blockade of Japan at this time, and all the airships had been withdrawn to the country for rest and recuperation, and they were deployed in various ports.

"It has always been our refusal to recognize the territorial changes in East Asia after 1858, which obviously included Japan's cession of Taiwan and its annexation of the Ryukyus."

Yang Chao continued, and Lu Zhengxiang nodded.

"Then go back to the British and tell them that the Japanese must withdraw from Taiwan and allow Korea and the Ryukyus to be restored."

Li Yuanhong immediately made a decision.

Yang Chao nodded and said, "It should be so." ”

Li Yuanhong's heart was secretly refreshed, and he took the lead to express his position, as if he was the one who made the decision, although he followed Yang Chao's words, but it was also important to cultivate the tradition of the president making a decision, and he felt that he had achieved a small victory.

It is very difficult for the Japanese to agree to this condition, and they are willing to promise to give up the land in Northeast China, only because they have lost it from the battlefield, and Taiwan, Ryukyu and Korea, they will never give up, especially Korea, which is a place related to their survival, and Taiwan also provides almost all of Japan's sugar, and the economic benefits are huge.

Moreover, the Russians have collapsed, and the Japanese actually want to expect a miracle, but they found that the Chinese are getting stronger and stronger, and it is really difficult to resist, so under the persuasion of the British, they expressed their willingness to peace, but after hearing China's demand, they thought that China was completely insincere, but became indignant and felt insulted.

But the Japanese did not send their warships to attack, and the Japanese warships were now used entirely to escort merchant ships, maintain domestic food supplies, and completely quell the rice riots, which was more important than bombarding one or two Chinese ports at a time.

"The Russian fleet has arrived in Vietnam and stopped in Saigon, I intend to invite the Russian fleet to go north and open Lushun to them, with this Russian fleet, we don't have to be afraid of the Japanese navy!"

Regarding the threat of Japanese warships, Yang Chao explained this at the cabinet meeting.

"But now that the Russians themselves are in chaos, can that navy be obedient?"

Li Yuanhong sighed.

Yang Chao smiled: "Yes, they will." We can ask the Russian princess to give an order to the Russian Navy. ”

Keeping Archduke Origa in China seems to be useful at this point.

I just don't know what the Russian Navy will think.

Or what that Kolchak thought.

Kolchak also jumped out.

During the Russo-Japanese War, this man fought in Arthur, returned to China after the war and served in the Baltic, and later transferred to the Black Sea Fleet, and only this year became the commander of the Black Sea Fleet, and then the Russians asked for 10 super dreadnoughts from France, and Kolchak served as the commander of the fleet composed of these new ships.

Kolchak took the Baltic and Black Seas, almost all the qualified Russian navies, to France to receive these warships, and then rushed to the Far East, cautiously along the way, for fear of a sneak attack by the Japanese navy, which was also rushing to the East.

Finally arrived in the east safely, but heard the news of the domestic changes and the fall of the tsarist government in the area of Malacca, Kolchak immediately made a decision, immediately contacted the French, drove the warship to Saigon, and waited patiently for the domestic situation to be determined.

"President, how are things going to be done in Russia? That Soviet demanded that we recognize that they were the sole legitimate government of Russia. And said that they will not be engaged in a war with Japan, and they will push out the war. The Japanese seem to have agreed to them. ”

Lu Zhengxiang also asked Li Yuanhong about the recent diplomatic note sent by the Vladimir government.

Li Yuanhong nodded lightly, his face did not change, his heart was already very happy, and finally let these ministerial-level ministers start to consider his opinion as the president for the first time, instead of looking at Yang Chao's opinion.

"There's no need to rush this matter, let them dry them first, and see what the powers have to say."

Lu Zhengxiang nodded, this was also what he thought.

Lu Zhengxiang was also about to report on the problem of the French, but Yang Chao's face suddenly changed.

"President, ministers, if you are unwell, you will retire first!"

Yang Chao stood up and left, his face was quick, making everyone at a loss for a while. (To be continued.) )