Chapter 2 China's Ambitions
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St. Petersburg, where the revolution of 1910 was successful, Lenin and Trotsky were immersed in the joy of the victory of the great revolution. The arrogant Lenin fanatically put forward the strategy of "world revolution" and set the strategy of world revolution as an important goal of the Bolsheviks' domestic and foreign affairs.
In the large conference room of the former Russian State Duma, Lenin, Trotsky and others convened a congress of Soviets of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies. Lenin, with his mustache and cap, covered his short hair and bald head, waved his fist and spoke excitedly into an old-fashioned megaphone: "Imperialism is transitional capitalism, or rather, dying capitalism, the eve of the proletarian social revolution. The Soviets were convinced that the proletariat of the countries of Western Europe would certainly help us to carry the cause of socialism to a completely consolidated victory. Revolution, though premature with them, is timely and fully ripe in the world; Revolutionary conditions are like dry firewood, which, once lit in any place, can quickly spread into a fire that burns all over the world! Our revolution not only means that freedom in Russia is coming, but it also heralds the arrival of a new revolution of the European proletariat, because the Russian revolution will be the prelude to the revolution in Europe. Only the transformation of the revolution which has been achieved in Russia into an international workers' revolution is the surest guarantee for the consolidation of this revolution, and the Russian proletariat will support the revolutionary movement of the proletarian brothers in all countries with all its strength and by all means at its disposal. We, the Bolsheviks, poured everything we had, and took the confiscated treasures of the tsars, the church, and the nobility to Europe and sold them for sale. Offered free of charge to the revolutionary organizations of the European countries to provoke revolutions in the rest of Europe! ”
Many of the representatives of the workers and soldiers in the audience were illiterate, and they did not understand what Lenin was saying at all. What imperialism, what capitalism, they only know, now they can sleep in the beds of the old church, the aristocracy, they can their women, and they see Lenin sweating profusely and his speech is so excited. They also waved their fists and shouted: "We want a world revolution!" Long live the world revolution! ”
At this time, Nikolai. Ivanovich. Bukharin, unseemly, stood up and asked Lenin: "Comrade Ulyanov. If we want a world revolution, why an armistice with the Germans? Why did we insist on carrying out the war between Russia and Germany to the end when we signed the Treaty of Blizt-Litovsk with Germany that humiliated the country and ceded a large amount of land! ”
Bukharin, who was then editor-in-chief of Pravda, was very unhappy with the signing of the Blizt-Litovsk Treaty between Lenin and Foreign Minister Trotsky and Germany. After the signing of the treaty. Soviet Russia paid a great price, a large number of territories and populations were carved out of Soviet Russia and included in the Central Powers, so they stood up and asked questions.
On this occasion, Bukharin mentioned the "Treaty of Blizt-Litovsk", which was humiliating to the country, and Lenin felt very shameless, he blushed and said to Bukharin with a little annoyance: "Comrade Bukharin. The Russian proletarian revolution was to trigger the proletarian revolution in Western Europe and go with it to establish a unified world Soviet republic. In other words, the Russian Revolution was intended to ignite the proletarian revolution in Western Europe, and they would come to the aid of backward Russia. What does it matter if we Russia cede a little land and lose a little population for the sake of the great goal of the world Soviet Republic? Ultimately the whole world is ours. ”
Bukharin was about to say a few words, when Trotsky removed the loudspeaker in front of him, and he had no choice but to shut up and sit down.
Lenin's call for a proletarian revolution in Europe caused an uproar when it was picked up in European and American newspapers. Germany declared the Treaty of Blitzt-Litovsk null and void and resumed military operations against Russia. Britain, France, and the United States, which had been preparing for a long time, also began to act, with British, French, and American troops landing in Murmansk, northern Russia, and Chinese troops also starting their expeditions from the Far East.
The 250,000 Chinese First Army, commanded by Xu Shichang, marched to Moscow. Army Lieutenant Generals Cai Ye and Wu Peifu each led the strength of an army and accepted the command of Xu Shichang. By 1910, the level of industry was already very advanced, and it was one of the few in the world.
The Chinese infantry basically used the "Tianlong" third-generation rifle, which was an improved version of the GEW.98 Mauser rifle, with a fixed double-row magazine and a rotating back-pull bolt. The magazine is a double-row, stationary type, and its base plate can be removed. Reloading can be done from the top ejection port one at a time, or by reloading 10 rounds at a time from the magazine. Each bridge clamp is loaded with 10 rounds, enough to fill a magazine, and there is a machine-machined bridge clamp guide groove on the rear axle of the receiver, which is a pointed bullet, with a straighter trajectory, and has the advantages of reliable performance and accurate shooting.
In addition to the standard version, the "Celestial" rifle also has a "Wyvern" carbine type, which is mainly used to equip artillery units and cavalry units. The "Flying Dragon" carbine is an improvement from the Kar.98 carbine, overcoming the shortcomings of the Kar.98 carbine barrel is too short, and the recoil and muzzle flame are too large when firing, the barrel is about 600mm long, and the down-bending pull handle is adopted, and the strap ring is changed to the side of the gun body, which is convenient for both infantry and cavalry, and Song Xiaofei called this rifle "short rifle".
The National Defense Industry Bureau of China also designs and mass-produces a specialized carbine for self-defense weapons in place of standard pistols, with a mass of less than 4 kg, in accordance with the generally accepted definition of carbines, to replace pistols and submachine guns as basic weapons for non-commissioned officers, junior officers or machine gunners, gunners, signal corps, or second-line personnel.
At the same time, under the guidance of Song Xiaofei, the China Advanced Machinery Research Institute also developed a new type of automatic rifle - the Tianlong fourth-generation rifle, which uses different ammunition from the carbine and has intensive firepower. This automatic rifle is based on the principle of gas conduction, fed by a 20-round detachable magazine, and the barrel muzzle mounted cylindrical flame suppressor receiver is machined from a single piece of steel, so it appears to be thick and strong in appearance, and the pull handle is located on the left side of the receiver, it rarely fails in any case, and can be fired by individual soldiers on the march to provide fire support. However, because it weighs 15 pounds, it is inconvenient to carry, and the recoil of firing high-power rifle bullets makes it difficult to control the accuracy when firing automatic fire, so it is not used by large-scale equipment for troops, and only the number of two per platoon can only be guaranteed, and it is almost used as a "light machine gun".
Even so, the level of equipment of the Chinese infantry is very good. The First Army already had at least four infantry divisions equipped with a variety of new equipment, each armed with 600 light and heavy machine guns, and comparable in firepower to the world's strongest German Army. Compared with backward Russia, it is a heaven and an underground.
Moreover, under the guidance of Song Xiaofei, the military system of the squadron has now been gradually improved, and there are no longer only five branches of the army, including infantry, artillery, cavalry, engineer, and baggage, but also a reconnaissance regiment, a communications regiment, a military police regiment, and a medical regiment.
The reconnaissance regiment is mainly responsible for reconnaissance work, and the communication regiment is because with the increasing size of the troops, it is no longer possible to use heralds as in the past, and with the use of radio, there is no need for soldiers to run back and forth on horseback as in the past, and it is a more professional communications unit, and the gendarmerie regiment is to maintain the military discipline of the troops.
Although at the beginning, China did not participate in the world war, Song Xiaofei was actually not idle, and was busy collecting war conditions and intelligence to improve China's army building. In the European war, the troops are sent to the field hospital in the rear, even some medical soldiers, due to equipment and other problems, can not treat some seriously wounded, but many times people are delivered, not choked and almost died, Song Xiaofei when receiving such information, made instructions, proposed that each division in China should form a professional medical unit, this is the origin of the squadron medical team.
Coupled with the heavy artillery and tank troops, Song Xiaofei felt that the strength of a group army would not be a problem to attack Moscow before winter came. Song Xiaofei thought to himself, if Russia is destroyed this time, then he can take this opportunity to directly annex the entire Siberia, a treasure trove of mineral resources, where from west to east 7,000 kilometers, from north to south 3,500 kilometers, the land area of more than 12 million square kilometers, almost equivalent to the area of 20 France, mineral deposits of oil, natural gas, coal, gold, diamonds, etc., all kinds of resources are relatively concentrated, and there are many large deposits, by 1910 only about 4.5 million square kilometers are controlled by China. If we can add Iraq, Kuwait and the eastern coast of the Persian Gulf in the Middle East, China's hegemony for a hundred years in the future can be completely laid, which is China's ambition!
Thinking of this, Song Xiaofei's face showed a look of excitement. For thousands of years, the threat to China has come from the nomadic peoples of the north, from the earliest Xiongnu, Xianbei, Qian, Di, Qiang, and Khitan, to later the Mongols and Manchus, all of which have been threats to the Central Plains in the past. By the Qing Dynasty, the threat from the north became that of the Russians. If you can take this opportunity to seize the whole of Siberia and push the front to the Ural Mountains. Then, if the squadron is sent to guard the Ural Mountains, the next threat to China will be much smaller. And it can also get rid of the fate that has always been the threat that China has faced since ancient times, which has always come from the north. As for India on the other side of the Himalayas, China has now pushed the front near the dividing line between Pakistan and India, dismembering the country, and it is no longer possible for India to become a threat to China. China has occupied Southeast Asia again, and its territory is already vast enough, and the rest of the matter is to concentrate on construction, and take economic construction as the center for 100 years without wavering, and China will definitely be a giant in 100 years.
In order to minimize the casualties of the Chinese people, Song Xiaofei asked Xu Shichang to pay attention to the strategy of using troops, and contacted the overthrown Kerensky government and the provisional government established by the famous Russian general Denikin in the Ukrainian region, as well as the Russian admiral Kolchak, who also opposed the Soviet Russian government.
Song Xiaofei said in the telegram, "We in China not only rely on weapons and troops to fight wars, but also pay attention to ideology and strategy, be good at uniting all forces that can be united, and do a good job in the united front!" (To be continued......)