Chapter 162: Siberia (End)
Syllable!
The dragon-patterned teacup from the Qianlong period was slammed to the ground, and the servants all looked at the angry Russian Empire Prime Minister with a look of horror, knowing very well that the cause of this scene was a news brought by a cabinet functionary just now.
"Are they all crazy? Who exactly gave them the guts to go to war against Japan? ”
The nobles of St. Petersburg did not want to let the Far East go to war, they just wanted to replace part of the Russian army in the Far East with the Foreign Legion, and it didn't matter if both sides could consume it, but the Russian army must not move, because they would inevitably get into trouble if they did.
The Foreign Legion has nothing to do with it, St. Petersburg can completely put everything on the Czech principality, although they are in the Siberian region, but if you inquire about the origin of this Foreign Legion, you will know that they are not the internal regular army of the Russian Empire, and that responsibility can be shaken off as long as you are shy. But now...... The commander of the Russian army in the northeast region actually accompanied the Foreign Legion to fire artillery on Japan, and this is not something they can get rid of.
Thinking about it, the prime minister, who has been living in St. Petersburg, is not aware of the greed of his generals, and it is only more than 200,000 pounds sterling that directly pushes the entire empire into a rather troublesome position. All these Czech principalities paid was a ticket to the United States, £250,000 plus a fancy villa in Washington.
There's no way! The lieutenant general at the border is 53 years old, and he is not a few years away from retirement, and he has not made much money in the past few years. How do you spend the rest of your life? Perhaps in his eyes, the intelligence officers of the Czech principality appeared at the right time.
No matter what the officials and nobles in St. Petersburg thought at this time, and no matter how the Japanese side protested at this time, the war in the northeast region had already begun, and more than 25,000 foreign legion armies, more than 30,000 Russian troops, and more than 50,000 Beiyang government armies launched a war of attrition against Japan.
It was really a war of attrition, because at this time, except for the Foreign Legion, which could fight on par with the Japanese army or even slightly better, for example, the Russian army was slightly inferior to Japan, and the Beiyang Army needless to say, they used three times the number to suppress the Japanese army It was already very good, after all, the training and quality of the soldiers were there.
The outlying areas of Dalian at this time artillery fire and machine guns strafed everywhere, unexpectedly the arrogant Japanese army in the past at this time hiding in the trench did not dare to show their heads, and the crazy attack was the Russian army and the Beiyang government army that had been suppressed, of course, they were also auxiliary to fight a dozen, and the real contribution was the foreign legion from the Czech principality.
The Russian generals ruthlessly suppressed any orders from St. Petersburg, and even the personnel arranged by the commander of the Far Eastern Military District were all seized, and it was obvious that if there was no success, the Russian lieutenant general would be sorry for the money he accepted.
The Japanese artillery and machine guns were suppressed, and countless Beiyang Army soldiers frantically stormed the Japanese camp, such a situation can be seen everywhere in the Japanese-controlled Kwantung Prefecture, since the first artillery was fired in the morning, the Japanese army has fallen no less than ten important defense lines, and the Japanese protests have been sent to Yuan Shikai and St. Petersburg one by one.
While appeasing the Japanese diplomats, the St. Petersburg side urged the commander of the Far Eastern Military District, and the commander of the Far Eastern Military District was also a little annoyed by this, "We lost so badly in the Russo-Japanese War, can't we recover a little interest at this time?" It is estimated that if it were not for the haste of the St. Petersburg side, His Excellency the commander of the Far Eastern Military District would have even sat back and watched the development of the situation.
Archduchess Maria had apparently received an order from St. Petersburg as well, to which Archduchess Maria had sent back with only two words on her shoulders - no problem!
Angry with this answer, the Russian cabinet government directly let Colonel Schellner control the city of Maria, of course, this is the limit of what they can do, after all, Archduchess Maria is the concubine of Nicholas II, and they can't bully them at will. Surprisingly, Nicholas II remained silent about these things, and no one knew what the emperor, who was not too wise, was thinking at this time.
Colonel Schellner's control of Maria City is actually a joke, not to mention that Maria City at this time is not something that he and more than a thousand Russian troops can control, just his relationship with Archduchess Maria, this control is more like protection.
President Yuan received a protest from Japan? His approach was even more infuriating than Russia's, because he actually took the opportunity to declare war on Japan, and of course he did not directly enter the Allies. At this time, there were still British and French warships cruising along the coast, and the Beiyang government would not easily express its position before everything was deployed.
Although it looks like the Beiyang government is biased towards the allies, Britain and France don't dare to say anything, after all, they have not yet participated in the allies, what if their threat directly makes the Beiyang government stand on their opposing camp? Although the land is still semi-colonial, its war potential is estimated to be ignored by any country.
The envoys of England and France came in a hurry, but they no longer had the enthusiasm they had for their Beiyang government, and it was all perfunctory inside and out, which was what this ancient country was best at.
Have to give an answer? Well, cancel the Shanghai Concession and return Macao and Hong Kong, and then talk about other things after these are completed, and if you don't give it, then you don't need to say anything.
This is the attitude of the Beiyang government officials, it is very tough and not negotiable, such a result really makes Britain and France embarrassed, Macau is good to say that after all, it is not its own occupation as long as it threatens Portugal, but Hong Kong and hurt ...... The British and French were reluctant to pay him back.
Although Britain and France pushed it, President Yuan also knew that there was not much time left for him, and he must have the ability to confront Britain and France before turning his face, and once these are completed, then his dream of being an emperor should be much easier!
Yes, everything is Yuan Shikai laying the foundation for his dream of being an emperor, he wants to win the hearts of the people, he wants to become a national hero, he wants to make those who oppose him become emperor compromise because of his outstanding merits, and all this requires victory in the war, the unification of the country, which is the real reason why he agreed to form an alliance.
He was very satisfied with the progress of the Northeast Battlefield, although his own losses were great, but the difficult bone of Japan was finally bitten and messed up. The loss of one important military fortress after another destabilized the entire Kwantung Prefecture, and a large number of Japanese expatriates began to retreat in the direction of the Goryeo Peninsula.
At this time, the cavalry regiment of Maria City began formal training, and the arms trade continued, believing that it would not be a problem to assemble a cavalry division in a few months, and that some Chinese youths from the Northeast who were recruited would ensure that it was very possible to occupy Siberia in the event of a great chaos in Russia.
Kurt had already begun his journey back to Prague in 1915, when Europe was still at war and the Far East was beginning to make its way to the other side of history.
At this time, Britain had already started a war against Turkey, and several coastal cities had even been occupied by the British, and the world had finally begun to be stirred.
At the beginning of January 1915, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill began to organize a full-scale landing plan in the Ottoman Turkish Empire, and the Anglo-Turkish and Czech wars gradually became the protagonists in the European theater after the German-French War. In fact, at this time, the Czech Republic had nothing to say, because the purpose of the Czech Duchy was to occupy part of the territory of the former Poland, and he had no intention of taking a step forward.
On Christmas Day, the Royal Army of the Czech Duchy captured Lublin, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, with the help of the combined German-Czech army, also took back its own territory, of course, a small part of it was occupied by the Czech Duchy and refused to return it, for which a group of old fellows in Vienna cursed Ernst angrily.
At this time, the German East Prussia region and the Czech and Austro-Hungarian frontier lines on the Eastern Front were basically equal on the map, and Ernst's reason for taking so many former Polish areas was that he disliked the fact that the Concave shape of the Central Powers on the map was not good-looking.
In the face of this reason, neither Germany nor Austria-Hungary was speechless, so can we dislike that our own countries are not round or unround on the map, and they will fall one by one? This reason is also too nonsense, but they can only be silent about what has been swallowed in the stomach of the Czech principality, after all, it is the Russian Empire that should be really angry, not them.
The Western Front of the European Allies is still in a tug-of-war, and Germany and France are fighting very lively, but compared with the previous German assault tactics, they have become much dull at this time, and there is nothing outstanding for the time being, and it is basically a complete stalemate.
Russia also began negotiations with Austria-Hungary, Germany, and the Czech Republic, but everyone understood that the negotiations were only a matter of delay. Russia is stalling for military deployments, and what about Germany and Austria-Hungary, as well as the Czech principalities? The Czech principality is even preparing to increase the Royal Army to 15 divisions, and the new five Royal Army divisions have only recently been formed, but they are already initially ready to fight.
On average, each squad is composed of three basic non-commissioned officers of the old Royal Army division, and the grassroots officers are basically the sergeants and sergeants of the old Royal Army divisions who have graduated from military academy training for a short period of time, and the senior commanders are the backbone directly transferred. Of course, although this ensures that the new army divisions have a certain combat effectiveness, the old army divisions also have a certain amount of combat effectiveness.
The five new Royal Army divisions have been transferred to the Russian-Czech border, and the elite army of more than 100,000 has basically been able to ensure security on the border of the Czech principality.