Chapter 159: Siberia (4)
Honk~
As the military whistle sounded, columns of yellow-skinned and black-haired soldiers gathered in the outskirts of the schoolyard, they were all elites who had undergone three or four years of training, and 90 percent of the officers were from the Army Academy of the Principality of the Czech Republic, and it could be said that they were the real descendants of the Grand Duke of the Principality of the Czech Republic.
Don't think that the officers from the Army Academy of the Czech Principality are all white-skinned, blonde-haired foreigners, in fact most of them are Han family children, that is, the three army commanders of the Foreign Legion are all of Chinese descent, and even Kurt is beginning to choose his successor at this time, because he will soon return to the Czech Principality as his air marshal.
Air force? That's right, the Air Force has been assisting the Army for so long, and Ernst finally gave the Air Force a separate service name during this short stalemate, and Kurt, a general from the Army, was the first supreme head of the new service.
Colonel Schellner, who was not far away, looked with some surprise at the rapidly assembled Foreign Legion below, and these soldiers gave him a very familiar feeling. After thinking about it carefully, he finally remembered the army parade he had seen in Germany a few years ago, and the only difference between this and that time was perhaps the difference in skin color and hair color.
Who said that the combat effectiveness of this Foreign Legion is only quasi-first-class? So it seems that they have even reached the standards of the Royal Army of the Czech Duchy, not to mention their extremely sophisticated equipment.
At this time, Colonel Schellner was already glad that Nicholas II and the nobles of St. Petersburg did not want to use strong means, otherwise they would have to lose at least one main army to take the 30,000 Foreign Legionnaires, and it was even likely that they would be defeated.
"It's very elite, and they will make the Japanese understand something."
Next to Colonel Schellner was Archduchess Maria, who was obviously not interested in what she was saying, and although the soldiers were nominally under her control, in reality they were only following orders from Prague, whether it was Kurt or any of the soldiers in it.
The Russian Empire wanted them to replace the Russian army in the war against Japan, and these officers of the Foreign Legion agreed without hesitation...... Prague had already arrived in the relevant regulations, and Colonel Schellner was undoubtedly pushing the boat along.
To be honest, at this time Archduchess Maria even suspected that Ernst had her own intelligence department and a high-ranking spy in St. Petersburg, and this time the idea may have been proposed to Emperor Nicholas II. Naturally, no one will give an answer to such a guess, and in fact, the answer is not far off, although it is not true.
At this time, the St. Petersburg side was very entangled, they were very curious to ask why Siberia agreed so quickly, is there a trap in this or is Princess Maria really in control?
It doesn't matter what the specific answer is, because at this time, the Chinese soldiers in Maria City have begun to board the train one after another, except for the more than 5,000 soldiers who stayed behind, and all the rest go to the northeast region to prepare to re-compete with Japan for the ownership of that land.
At the same time, several diplomats from the Czech principality came to Mongolia and Yenjing, and they had secret meetings with several Mongolian princes and high-ranking officials of the Beiyang government.
Although Mongolia was still under the rule of the Beiyang government at this time, some Mongol princes were obviously at odds with the Beiyang government, and the main purpose of the diplomatic officials of the Czech principality was to reach some agreements to recruit some Mongolian cavalry.
The roads in Siberia are very difficult to navigate because of the snow cover, and the main roads are mainly trains for transportation, but now the railways are still under the control of the Russian Empire, and there is no doubt that the Mongolian cavalry is the best choice to find a breakthrough.
The appearance of machine guns made the cavalry almost useless, but in this kingdom of ice and snow, excluding the railway, they were the most powerful force, and in the future, if St. Petersburg had problems, they would be the main force for Ernst to occupy Siberia.
Zar Grantu Camp:
This is the territory of a former Manchu Mongolian Beile, although it has now changed dynasties, but his family still has a great influence here, the endless pastures, countless horses, cattle and sheep are the wealth of their family, the number of herdsmen needless to say just the military force under his command has reached more than 6,000.
If this force is put before the appearance of machine guns, then these more than 6,000 cavalry are undoubtedly a force to be reckoned with, if they have the bravery of their ancestors, then they can even make the expeditionary forces from European countries fearful, after all, the fear of hundreds of years ago has not dissipated from the hearts of European countries until now.
But everything is just if, and the current Zargruntubelle is just an ordinary Mongol warlord, really ordinary because these more than 6,000 cavalry are not looked at by the Beiyang government at all, and even a few big people in the south do not take him seriously. But that all changed when a few visitors from afar came with a welcome gift of a thousand Mauser rifles and a dozen light machine guns that made Zargr Grandubelle astonishing.
Very small number? For Mongolia, a place that has begun to be forgotten, this is enough to make Zargruntubel a first-class warlord in Mongolia, and he is the first around him, except for a few old guys who have been supported by the Beiyang government.
No one is a fool, such a gesture that is a generous gift makes Zargräntumbel excited and a little wary at the same time, such a gift should not be a puppet for me to do! Although there are not many puppets on the Mongolian steppe now, after all, this is a character who will be abused for eternity, and if this is the case, I should think about it.
The diplomats from the Czech principality did not know what was going on in the heart of the Zargrantubelle, and they told the day after the generous gift that they had come to the letter.
"Just need a few thousand Mongolian youths and war horses? You shouldn't ......?"
"No, no, no, don't get me wrong, you should know very well about the environment in Siberia, our tanks and trucks are very difficult to walk, and we need a patrol cavalry that can help us ensure the safety of the place."
Believe you, where do you need thousands of cavalry to patrol? Although it is such disdain and contempt, but Zalgrantubelle's heart is also temporarily put down, as long as it is not to do something that costs his life for nothing, although war is also a human meat grinder, but it is much better than slaves and the like, after all, they are a nation on horseback, and war is a common thing in their lives.
The Czech diplomats offered 3,000 young men skilled in mounted archery for enough armament to form a cavalry division, and the horses were traded at market prices, which would never cost Zalgrantubelle. Zargrand almost drooled when such a deal came out, and if he wasn't afraid that he would scare the diplomats of the Czech principality, he would probably dance with excitement.
Naturally, 3,000 youths are not something that Zargrantubelle can come up with, but how many young people are good at riding and shooting on the grassland? The main has enough ordnance in his hands, so these are not for him to take?
Zargrantubel wanted to restore Genghis Khan's glory, which was not something a cavalry division could do, so he wanted to make a long-term deal with the Czech principalities, which the Czech diplomats would not refuse, and a deal that changed the history of East Asia began.
At this time, another group of diplomats from the Czech principality had already arrived in Yanjing, and the diplomats of the ancient city of the Czech principality had no intention of appreciating it, and they immediately contacted the local intelligence officers to meet with President Yuan Da with their help.
To be honest, this was not the time of the Manchu Empire, although the status of foreigners in this land was very high, but it was not to the extent that no one could see the president, and things did not go as smoothly as Ernst imagined.
"Secret envoy of the Czech principality? What country is the Czech Principality? Lord Yuan...... Where does the president have the heart to see the characters of these messy countries? ”
There are many important officials of the Beiyang government in a row, but most of them mean the same thing, and these guys who have just formed the Czech Duchy don't know the origin at all, but they don't know what kind of expression they will have when they understand that it is the Royal Army of the Czech Duchy that makes the Russian Empire retreat, and such a thing will come soon.