At this time, Europe continued to struggle in the cruel hell of blood and fire, and after forcing back Russia, the German Empire seemed to see new hope, and decided to defeat Britain and France before the United States fully burst out of war strength, and the most favorable place for Germany was the establishment of Soviet Russia for the Chinese Empire, so that the Emperor left Europe and returned to Asia to control the situation, and the Imperial Expeditionary Force was gradually adjusted, and many main forces were withdrawn to the mainland to deal with the threat of Soviet Russia.

Whether it is Britain, France and the United States, or Germany and Italy, everyone is full of unknowns and fears about the countries of the new system of Soviet Russia, but it is too late to worry about it for the time being, and the Chinese Empire cannot ignore it, the border between China and Russia is too long, and the rear of the two sides completely overlaps, and Britain, France, the United States and other countries can also understand the situation of the Chinese Empire to readjust its military deployment to deal with Soviet Russia, but the war is in full swing, and they all hope that the Chinese Empire will continue to increase its troops in Europe, and then return to deal with Soviet Russia after defeating Germany.

Every country is selfish.

Before Song Biao left Europe, he had reached a gentleman's agreement with Marshal Fuxi, the commander of the Anglo-French forces, that the Chinese Empire would readjust its strategy to respond to the changes in Soviet Russia, but the Imperial Expeditionary Force would not withdraw from the European theater, and the current troops maintained a defensive position in Austria-Hungary, attracting the German army to continue to assist in the defense of Austria-Hungary, which was conducive to the attack of the British, French, and American forces on Germany to the greatest extent.

At the same time, the newly established Soviet Russia, eager to wipe out the White Army at home, was also willing to maintain friendly and peaceful relations with China, and the two sides sent diplomats to each other to probe, and the Chinese side demanded four points: first, Soviet Russia abolished the 47 unequal treaties between China and Russia, including the "Treaty of Nebuchu", and formally returned the territory of the Chinese Empire; second, the Western Turkic region is autonomous, and China and Russia jointly hold the right to protect it; Thirdly, Soviet Russia recognized all the debts owed to the empire and other countries during the period of the Tsarist Empire; Fourth, all Tsarist Russia's assets in China were returned to China.

Based on these four points, the Chinese side undertakes to recognize the political axe of Soviet Russia, no longer support the White Army, and not to intervene in the Russian attack on the White Army.

To put it bluntly, when Song Biao asked Liang Dunyan, who was vice foreign minister, to propose these four points to the representatives of Soviet Russia, he basically did not think that Soviet Russia would seriously sit down and negotiate, and he just wanted to force Soviet Russia not to agree, and only if he did not agree could he start a war and seek more benefits.

Outcome...... To the surprise of the Imperial Cabinet, Soviet Russia was willing to negotiate these terms, and Lenin made a public speech condemning the Tsar's plundering and occupation of the territory of China and other countries.

Of course, Song Biao knew that Lenin would say this, but it was just a gesture, and judging from various sources, Lenin actually had no intention of giving up the plundered territories at all, so he really didn't expect that Soviet Russia was bent on negotiating.

That's a bit of a hassle.

Since Soviet Russia is really willing to solve the problem through negotiations, China cannot immediately resort to force, but can only seriously negotiate, and history has repeatedly proved that as long as there is a dispute, there will be a dispute.

The situation in Soviet Russia was not very good at this time, and the Chinese Empire was indeed very strong in the European theater, which proved the strength of the imperial army, in order to preserve the flame of revolution, Lenin appointed the most important assistant and member of the Party Central Committee Bukhalin to personally lead a team to Yanjing to negotiate with the imperial cabinet political axe.

Soon there was a dispute between the two sides, and Soviet Russia also did a very good job, believing that from the east bank of Lake Berga to the Outer Khingan Mountains was the territorial demarcation line of China before the Battle of Yaksa, and if the "Treaty of Nebuchu" was to be abolished, the return of Soviet Russia's territory would end there, but China also turned over the information, Zhang Binglin and Mongolian officials of the former dynasty worked together to dig out the maps of the Tushetu Khan and the Uzasaktu Khan, and also turned out various Han book materials. In short, it is very powerful to prove that the Buryatia department is a Mongolian division, and the area around Western Siberia is also part of the empire, and the territory claimed for recovery has been allocated to the city of Novosibirsk.

Soviet Russia was a little unbearable at this time, and this area of Novosibirsk was still under the control of the White Army, and Soviet Russia was preparing to mobilize troops to besiege it.

On the other hand, Soviet Russia was also not divided, it was determined to promote the proletarian revolution all over the world, and it was clear that the two sides had already cooperated to restore the autonomy of the Kazakh region, or to send the Red Army and revolutionaries into Kazakhstan, and China immediately sent cavalry to Almaty to expel the Soviets.

In fact, Lenin's side was really ready to make concessions and return to China the territory north of the Outer Khingan Mountains, the Far East east east of Lake Belga, and the territory east of Lake Balkhash to China compared to the huge territorial territory of the Tsarist Russian Empire, which was at best 1.5 million square kilometers, and the concessions made earlier with Germany were even greater.

As long as this agreement is reached with the Chinese Empire, the eastern and western sides of the Tsarist Empire are very stable, and it is impossible for foreign countries to bypass China and Germany to attack Soviet Russia, which is enough for the Soviet Russian Red Army to concentrate on destroying the White Army inside, and it is not too late to think slowly and in the long run, after all, the victory of [***] is the only direction of history, and the capitalist countries will be destroyed by all proletarian workers.

Lenin still wanted to talk, but China insisted that Novosibirsk would not let up on this.

During this period, Soviet Russia could not actively prepare for war against China, and indeed did not think that China would brazenly send troops, and mainly devoted its energy to attacking the White Army, while China was making all-out preparations for war.

In May 1918, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was forced by the Chinese, French and Italian forces to withdraw from the war, but almost at the same time, the proletarian revolution first broke out in Hungary.

Several large-scale German attacks on the Western Front suffered heavy losses at the same time, and they had to retreat to the domestic defense, and the European war was basically without any suspense at this time, and the only question was how much the British, French, American, and Chinese allied forces would have to pay to finally defeat Germany.

At the end of May, with the Xinjiang Provincial Railway running through Almaty, and with the help of the White Army, the Kizil Railway also passed through Abakan ahead of schedule, the Empire's all-round preparations for war against Russia have been roughly over, and the Empire has further adopted a tougher posture towards Soviet Russia, taking advantage of the fact that the eastern part of Soviet Russia is full of White troops, sending two army groups deep into Lake Berga and Novosibirsk.

In order to prevent the Chinese army from taking advantage of the opportunity, the empire sent troops to occupy the Vladivostok region in advance, and sent a number of new regiments to occupy the Far East.

The bystanders are clear, the authorities are confused, and Soviet Russia still failed to think that the Chinese Empire's determination to send troops to Soviet Russia was extremely strong, but Yue Ben could see that Yue Ben had suffered the loss of the Central Army, and he knew very well that China in this period would definitely not be tough with its opponents for no reason, and it was obviously fully prepared for war.

He immediately sent visiting officers from the Army General Staff Headquarters to China to test China's policy in the name of negotiating the war situation in Europe, and proposed a plan to send troops to intervene in Soviet Russia, but the Central Military Department rejected it on the grounds that "the probability of Soviet Russia agreeing to all of our country's demands is extremely high."

If the pinnacle of militarism was Nazi Germany, and Germany in World War I could only be regarded as the prototype of militarism, then the Chinese Empire was actually an intermediate stage of militarism during this period, with the emperor directly controlling the military armed forces of the whole country, the national industry with the military industry as the core, and the state propaganda apparatus was generally controlled in the pro-military camp.

At this time, the four most influential newspapers in the empire, "Central Daily", "Far East Daily", "Xinhua Daily", and "Youth Daily", all belonged to the pro-imperialist and pro-military media, and had a great influence on the whole country. The rape and extermination of women, the seizure of enterprises, the murder of entrepreneurs and landlords, and so on, in the name of the co-wife, expanded and distorted the report, which made the people within the empire have a great fear and hatred of Soviet Russia from the very beginning.

More important propaganda was to report on Russia's invasion of Chinese territory and the Hailan Pao massacre, and even the turmoil in Xinjiang Province and the rebellion in the northwest were entirely blamed on the support of Tsarist Russia, defining the declaration of war on Soviet Russia as a necessity for national rejuvenation.

The empire itself has been in a long-term state of high readiness, the speed of expansion of new recruits is extremely fast, with the reduction of the demand for military supplies in Europe, the military supplies produced by the imperial industry since February have been urgently purchased by the central military department, and continue to maintain the high-speed production scale of the imperial industry.

During this period, the eight major army non-commissioned officer schools of the Imperial Army successively reached the level of large-scale training of lieutenants, and although the strength of the Central Army increased to nearly five million, the total number of cadets within the empire was still enough to ensure the abundance of non-commissioned officers at the grassroots level.

Ideology, equipment, non-commissioned officers.

There is no shortage of empires.

It's just that at such a moment, as the emperor, Song Biao has to evaluate the situation more carefully, and finally choose to fight or not to fight, Kaiser Wilhelm II is his precedent and portrayal, and the dilemma he faces after declaring war with confidence is terrifying.

No matter how weak Soviet Russia is, it is still Soviet Russia, and no matter how weak it is, it is still Russia.

When the war mobilization was about to enter the final stage, Song Biao was also a little hesitant, and the cabinet was actually clearly opposed to attacking Soviet Russia, because most of the controversial issues could indeed be resolved through negotiations, and there were also relatively large disputes within the Central Military Department.

At this time, General Martos temporarily returned home from the European theater.

Because the supreme command of the Sino-British-French forces was handed over to General Foch, Chief of the General Staff of the French Army, General Martos temporarily rested from his position as Chief of Staff of the Southern Front and returned to the Reich for a short time.

Song Biao personally hosted a grand state banquet for General Maltos in the evening to welcome him back to China, although the empire recognized dual citizenship in principle, but after the October Revolution in Soviet Russia, General Maltos had officially renounced his Russian nationality, and at this time he was only a citizen of the Chinese Empire.

Given that the return of General Maltos was like the outpost of the triumphant return of the Imperial Expeditionary Force, and the Prime Minister Tang Shaoyi and others also attended the banquet, everyone was in a very good mood, including Song Biao, who was the emperor.

After the state banquet, Song Biao invited General Martos to his imperial study to sit down and rest, and to talk about the situation in Europe.

The two smoked cigars and drank tea, and each other's hearts were filled with an unprecedented sense of pride, the Imperial Army had truly created its own prestige in this European war, and the results achieved were also amazing, winning the unanimous approval and recognition of Britain, France, the United States and other countries.

Looking back on their careers over the past ten years, the two of them can be regarded as the fathers of the Imperial Army in the true sense.

For the Imperial Army, General Martos made no less contribution than Song Biao, and if he was a pure Chinese, then he might really be in danger of being a master of high merit.

The two talked for a while, and they were very happy, quite a feeling of more than ten years of hard work, and now they finally have the final harvest.

Considering that the European battlefield had not yet completely ended, and that there might be new changes in the future, Song Biao still planned to continue to send General Martos back to Europe and lead the imperial expeditionary force to attack north.

After pondering for a moment in their hearts, Song Biao and General Martos said: "You may not be able to rest too much in China, I originally meant to arrange for you to rest in Greece or Egypt for a few months, but since you insist on returning to China, I will not stop you." ”

Artur. General Martos said: "Your Majesty, I don't plan to take a vacation at all when I return to China this time, and after communicating with you and the military department, I will immediately return to the European battlefield by boat." We have already been in contact with a number of national insurgents in Poland, in particular Pilsudski of the Socialist Party, who could be said to be the leader of the Polish Restoration movement, and who had built up his own national armed forces by attaching himself to Germany and Austria against Russia. This man promised that if we were sure that we were going to attack Soviet Russia, the Polish army would support our army, and although our intelligence officers did not rate the Polish armed forces very highly, in terms of the strength of the coalition forces, this was still very good. In addition, before I returned home, Britain and France also sent officials to talk to us, and they supported the current situation of our attack on Soviet Russia, and if we could defeat Germany earlier, it was expected that we could get support from Europe to attack Soviet Russia on two fronts. ”

Song Biao was not in a hurry to answer, he knew that there was no Pole who did not want to take revenge on Russia, and now was the best opportunity. General Martos was no exception.

After thinking for a moment, Song Biaocai and Martos replied: "Military operations are always risky, and the two biggest risks of attacking Soviet Russia come from the Russian climate, as well as the special thinking and soldier's will of Soviet Russia. ”

Martos said, "Your Majesty, now should be said to be the best opportunity to attack Russia. We all know the Russians too well, and once they get them to gain a foothold, they will continue to attack us, and even if they agree to return some benefits now, they will continue to annex our territory in the future if they have the opportunity. No matter what kind of doctrine the Russians adhere to, the Russians are still Russians after all, just as the Chinese will always be Chinese and the Poles will always be Poles, those things in the depths of the national surname will never change, and what is easily thrown back will always find a way to regain it, and it is necessary to deal a blow to Soviet Russia through strong military action, limit their development, and not give them the opportunity to recover and rearm to the teeth and fight us again. ”

Song Biao pondered silently for a moment before replying to General Martos: "I know that Poland will join this war, but I don't think that without our support, Poland can compete with the Soviet and Russian forces, and we can't be pinned down by Poland no matter what." Just as in the German-Austrian alliance, Austria-Hungary certainly looked powerful, but in fact it dispersed the combat power of the German army to a large extent, and if Germany only fought against Britain and France alone, Germany would have a chance to win against Britain and France on land. It will not be difficult for us to achieve our goals, but once Poland is added to the situation, there are many factors beyond our control, and the situation will become complicated. Therefore, in principle, we cannot conclude a military alliance with Poland, but only maintain a relationship of mutual military assistance, and we ourselves still have to follow the Ukrainian front, but we promise that as long as Poland supports us, we will allow Poland to continue to maintain its garrison and occupy the disputed areas after the withdrawal from Ukraine. ”

Artur. General Martos had a very difficult position on this side, and he actually preferred an alliance between the Empire and Poland to help Poland achieve its goals, but this obviously could not be agreed by the Emperor.

He was well aware that the Emperor was a staunch egoist, had no intention of maintaining a true alliance with any country, and would immediately be thrown aside if he had no use value, and that the so-called commitment to Poland was to a large extent a trap.

As soon as the empire reached a suitable treaty with Soviet Russia, it would immediately abandon Poland and leave it to its own devices.

Artur. General Martos was also silent for a while, and then asked Song Biao: "Your Majesty, can you give Poland some more reliable support, at least to ensure the security of Poland itself, once the empire reaches an agreement with Soviet Russia in advance, and Soviet Russia fully concentrates on counterattacking Poland, Poland will be easily defeated, which may be unfavorable to the empire in the long run, the empire needs Poland to continue to contain Soviet Russia, unless we decide to directly eliminate the Soviet Russian political axe from the beginning, and replace it with a safer new Russian political axe." ”

Song Biao bowed slightly, and said: "Directly destroying Soviet Russia is obviously not the most beneficial plan for us. If we acquire a large area of new territory from the hands of the Soviet Russian political axe, in principle, we must maintain the stability of the Soviet Russian political axe, so as to prevent the newly coming Russian political axe from immediately trying to regain the lost territory under the pressure of the people, and the threat of Soviet Russia to the European world is deep-rooted and frightening, which will be conducive to dispersing the suppression of China's expansion by Britain and France to a great extent. ”

Artur. General Martos said: "It seems all the more appropriate to give Poland some reasonable support and guarantees, my Holy Emperor, this is definitely not only out of my personal love for the nation and the motherland, you know my loyalty to you and the empire." ”

Song Biao snorted and said: "I know, and I understand your love for the motherland and the nation very well, if the empire has the strength of the United States and Britain, I will give Poland more help on the basis of the interests of the empire out of your factors, but this is impossible, our strength is still very limited, you know this better than me." ”

Artur. General Martos replied, "Yes, Your Majesty. ”

Song Biao said: "Then let's do it, let's speed up the war deployment and mobilization against Soviet Russia, use our forces on the Eastern Front to mobilize and attract the main forces of Soviet Russia, and strive for the ...... of fighting with Soviet Russia in Novosibirsk!" ”

Artur. General Martos suddenly suggested: "Your Majesty, considering the actual situation, I propose to directly engage Soviet Russia in the Omsk region, which is more practical for us to directly occupy the territory of the entire Omsk region. ”

Song Biao flatly refused, saying: "That's unrealistic, the White Army led by Kolchak and General Madmaddorf is in Omsk, there is no need for us to go directly here, support them in fighting against Soviet Russia, and buy us time to strengthen our garrison in Novosibirsk." ”

Song Biao will think about the problem in the long term, even if he now forcibly occupies Omsk, and even advances all the way to Yekaterinburg, is it certain that the Chinese Empire can permanently occupy these territories?

Obviously it's hard to say.

For the sake of conservatism, Song Biao's real idea was not to occupy the developable areas of Russia on a large scale, but to draw a long demarcation line on the 110 degrees of longitude in the Baikal region on the basis of preserving the traditional territory of the empire, dividing the whole of Siberia into two, half of China and half of Russia.

If Russia had made a strong concession, he would have taken further possession of Novosiberia and then bounded by the Yenisei River, but he was not interested in this plan because it did not make much practical sense.

Even if it were to be occupied, the overpopulation of Russia within the empire would be a difficult thing to deal with.

In fact, many people do not understand Song Biao's thoughts, he attacked Soviet Russia not for the sake of territory, but to lay a foundation in the national psychology and culture, to ensure that the people think that Soviet Russia is weak and has no room for learning and reference, to weaken the possibility of Soviet Russian ideas taking root within the empire, and to cut off its social roots.

As one of the largest capitalists in the world, Song Biao could never allow the empire to become red.

Artur. General Martos apparently did not understand this either.

That night, Song Biao and Artur. General Martos discussed a lot of details about the Empire's attack on Soviet Russia, especially the specific timing, because the Russians had not yet controlled the area east of Omsk, but had actively infiltrated this area, and the Imperial Army had already occupied the Novosibirsk region with the White Army, which meant that the Empire could hold on to Novosibirsk.

Song Biao's plan was exactly this, to build a large number of fortifications in Novosibirsk, support the White Army to delay time in Omsk and Soviet Russia, wait for the end of World War I, and then fight a large-scale war of annihilation in Novosibirsk to destroy the main force of the Soviet Red Army, and then re-attack to Yekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk, and continue to defend instead of attack, until the end of the whole war.

He had no interest in fulfilling Napoleon's legacy, he had no intention of attacking Moscow at all, he just wanted to maximize the interests of the empire, make Russia choose between two sides, and deal a major economic blow to Russia, imposing a huge debt that would make it impossible for Russia to implement an effective national heavy industry program during the Stalin period.

Artur. General Martos did not stay in the country for long, and after communicating with the Central Military Headquarters, he took several staff officers and the support of the Empire, promising to secretly go to Poland and meet with the leader of the National Reading Movement in Poland. Pilsudski met in secret.

Song Biao knew that Artur at this time. General Martos was preoccupied with the Polish Restoration, but he did not stop it, and although he did not like Poland, he also hoped that Artur would be able to do so. The addition of General Martos can effectively enhance Poland's military strength at this stage, and can assist the empire to adopt delaying tactics to consume Soviet Russia, which makes Soviet Russia face an embarrassing situation - if it agrees to retreat, it will lose its territory, and if it does not agree to retreat, it will collapse the political axe.

(To be continued)