Chapter VII Northeast

"What's different about the situation now?" Chen Cheng said quietly: "I think the world is peaceful now, and there is no war, what difference will it make?" ”

"Otherwise," Kogoro shook his head, "It's just that there hasn't been a large-scale war now, and the small conflict has never stopped." The pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info in the northeast and Mongolia, isn't it bleeding all the time? ”

"Is there one?" Chen Cheng said in surprise: "Why don't I know? Could it be that you Japanese are already fighting with the Russians? ”

Maori Kogoro couldn't cry or laugh at Chen Cheng's cozy behavior, the number of people who died in Mongolia had already reached six figures, and Chen Cheng pretended not to know, this was obviously talking nonsense with his eyes open. Moreover, the railway connecting Taiyuan to Hohhot has already started, not to cope with the possible attack of the Russians, the Chinese will eat too much to start building this railway so early.

Is it to build the railway to the grassland just to bring back more beef and mutton? How could it be if it wasn't for military value. It was because they saw the hostility of the northwest towards the Russians that the Japanese came to the door. Of course, by the way, it is not enough for outsiders to increase smuggling efforts and earn a little more money for their own family and themselves.

"Chen Sang, we absolutely can't let the Russians expand in the northeast like this!" Mori Kogoro stopped going around in circles, and said directly: "Even if there are no conditions for war against Russia now, we must create trouble for them, so that they can't build the fortress of Lushun so smoothly." ”

"Lushun?" Chen Chengyi raised his eyebrows and said, "The Russians built a fortress there in order to control the Bohai Bay. But we still don't have a navy, even if the Bohai Bay is controlled by the Russians, so what? ”

If the Lushun Fortress was built, the most uncomfortable thing would be the Japanese. With this fortress, the Russian fleet was able to use it as a home port and threaten the Japanese sea transport lines. Japan is also an island country, and many materials rely on the import and export of sea transportation, and the transportation lines are cut off, so even if they don't die, it will be uncomfortable.

Kogoro and Sugiyama Bin glanced at each other, knowing that Chen Cheng was right, although the existence of the Lushun Fortress was very annoying, but the main territory was in the northwest towns of Hebei and Shanxi, so there was no direct threat. The only people who felt very uncomfortable about this were the Japanese, who were adjacent to the Russians.

Of course, neither the British nor the Americans wanted to see the Russians continue to expand in the Far East. Even the French, who are now the big financiers of the Russians, are not very willing for the Russians to continue to invest their forces in the Far East.

Xiao Wulang stepped forward and said, "Needless to say, Chen Sang, our War Department is willing to support you in eliminating the Song Biao gang, and also recognize your sovereignty over the Northeast." ”

Kindness? Although he didn't think that the other party's recognition was needed, Chen Cheng was still a little surprised. With the urine nature of the Japanese, the fat and bones around you, even if you can't eat it in your mouth, you have to put it in a bowl first. Now this is the sun hitting the west and coming out? How easy to talk to?

It seems that there are still many capable people in the current Japanese government. Giving generous to others with something that doesn't belong to you at all is a rare situation for Japanese people.

In fact, Chen Cheng has the meaning of "I don't know the true face of Lushan, only because I am in this mountain". In the original history, the Japanese pressed China step by step and oppressed China to the point of breathlessness, because China in history was too weak and simply had no power to resist.

Looking at such a large piece of fat in his mouth, no matter how good he is to talk and how principled a person is, he can't help but pounce on it and take a bite. It was not until the Korean War that the Volunteers severely beat the United Nations forces led by the United States on the peninsula that China was taken seriously.

And in this world, the Chinese have proven themselves with their achievements during the Gengzi years. The coalition of nearly 100,000 people ended up in disgrace and ended dismally. Although half of the city of Beijing was set on fire with artillery, tens of thousands of foreign devils were also taken prisoners of war in the end.

Under such circumstances, how can the Japanese dare to be as aggressive as they were in history?

Not to mention the Japanese, even the British, the current masters of the Japanese, have to consider the tiger and wolf army that can directly compete with the armies of the great powers when dealing with the Chinese government. Otherwise, when Wang Shizhen lied to the British that they had no money to repay the debt, the British would threaten to war.

In the "Ten Day War" that followed, the powerful artillery cluster of the Western Army also frightened the Japanese unclearly. The Japanese instructors who were in the Beiyang Army at that time witnessed how the Beiyang Army was crushed into powder in the stormy shelling, and many Japanese officers became Sino-Japanese goodwill factions after that.

"Eliminate Song Biao?" Chen Cheng tapped his fingers on the table, thought for a while, and then said, "Just now we were talking about jointly dealing with the Russians, how can we switch to him now?" ”

"Song Biao is too close to the Russians," Sugiyama said, "and with the support of the Russians, he has now grown into a force to be reckoned with in the Northeast." ”

"So how much is it to be underestimated?" Chen Cheng smiled and said, "Could it be that with the strength of the Japanese Army, you also feel threatened?" ”

"It's not a threat, but it's a sign of danger." Maori Kogoro said: "No matter how Song Biao can fight, he can only make up more than 10,000 troops in his hands." But if he continued to expand, with the support of the Russians, with the number of Chinese in the northeast, he could even pull out an army of 100,000 men. In that case, it would be a threat to you. ”

However, it doesn't..... Chen Cheng wanted to say that. Song Biao's rapid development was not only due to the support of the Russians, but also to the support of their northwest town guards. At the beginning, it was in order not to have a direct conflict with the Russian army outside the border that such a force would be vigorously supported.

Even if Song Biao showed a strong attitude of being close to the Russians, and even took a Russian name, this support has never been severed. In any case, this Song Biao, who is good at "nuclear fusion fist", is a Chinese whose vision and temperament are far better than Zhang Zuolin, and he also has a tendency towards great Chineseism.

As long as he doesn't completely fall over to the side of the Russians, Chen Cheng doesn't mind him continuing to expand his army and territory. Besides, with the population and industrial base of the Northeast, can it maintain a standing army of 100,000 men? Probably not. Even if Song Biao looted three feet high, he couldn't afford to raise a modern army of 100,000 people.

Even if he wants to develop industry, can he be faster than if he has three pieces of territory? Not to mention that if he wants to develop, the source of funds and equipment is very problematic.

Originally, if there was no existence of that person named Sima. (To be continued.) )