April 24, 1902.

Hu Chuyuan quietly returned to Yanjing Yingtai, although the vast majority of people wishfully attributed the credit of the entire northwest front to him, but he was not willing to accept it.

He returned to Yanjing Yingtai almost silently, and continued to make final preparations in his prime minister's office for the upcoming counterattack on the Northeast Front.

For Li Kaiye and Yang Zongli, Hu Chuyuan has always leveled two bowls of water, how many mechanized troops Li Kaiye has, how many Yang Zongli has, to put it in detail, Duan Qirui is the most bitter guy.

On the Northeast Front, he deployed four mechanized divisions, namely the 20th and 21st Divisions of Zhili, the 15th and 16th Divisions of Qingxu, and Hu Weizhong served as a second lieutenant in the 21st Division.

Now, the combat power of the mechanized corps has become very obvious, the entire Russian-French coalition army in the northeast is like a flock of frightened birds, the French president has stepped down again, and the new president is Paul Perrier of the left-wing Republican Party, this is his second term as president of France.

As soon as Paul Perrier came to power, he personally contacted the Chinese minister to the United Kingdom, Chen Peishan, to try to resume peace talks between the two sides, and hoped that the Chinese political axe would resend its ambassador to France, and if the Chinese side was willing to negotiate peace, he would send French Foreign Minister Fareer Pena to Yenching.

Even the Russians, who have always been arrogant and arrogant, are already panicking and looking for a way to negotiate.

Peace talks, peace talks.

This was the most unified voice within the Entente.

Fart.

This is Hu Chuyuan's answer to them.

At this time, the Chinese Army and the Entente were in two epoch-making differences, and as long as the French were given four or five years, they could imitate the mechanized units of the Chinese Army and establish a whole new armament system.

At that time, although there will be a certain gap between the two sides in terms of quality and quantity, in essence, the disparity in strength will be greatly reduced.

Such a good time cannot be missed.

The French are nothing, after all, they are too far apart, and Hu Chuyuan's real targets are Russia and Yueben.

May 5th.

Hu Chuyuan gave the order at Yanjing Yingtai to counterattack the northeast battlefield and the Korean battlefield at the same time, the army's main offensive battlefield was still in the northeast, and the Korean battlefield was the army and navy exerting force at the same time, and the navy's task was to do everything possible to cut off the retreat route of the Japanese army.

In the vast land of Northeast China, once the mechanized corps begins to counterattack, its power will be even more terrifying than in the northwest battlefield, and this vast northeast plain between Shenyang, Changchun, and Harbin is a natural stage for large-scale blitzkrieg.

The Russian army was simply unable to resist, and with a massive retreat, nearly a million troops fled back to Vladivostok, and the rest escaped beyond the Great Khingan Mountains and returned to the Manchuria region.

Yang Zongli's choice was to go directly north, storm Manchuria, keep the Far Eastern Railway, and advance to the Chita and Ulan-Ude areas, join up with the Northwest Second Army, and keep the entire Far Eastern Railway.

Subsequently, the two mechanized divisions of the Qingxu Corps, under the cover of more than 600 armored vehicles, recaptured Mudan Ula and advanced to the Xingkai Lake area.

At this time, the Allied Far East Combined Fleet did not dare to move at all, and allowed China's Beiyang Fleet and Pacific Fleet to seize the Wudao Islands and Tsushima Island, cutting off the retreat route of the Japanese army.

In the Korean Strait, the navies of China and the two countries fought a large-scale ...... Submarine warfare.

Yes.

This is a very strange thing.

Considering that it would be difficult to forcibly advance in the Shuangchengzi area, Yang Zongli sent a mechanized division of the Zhili Corps to the Korean battlefield to assist Duan Qirui in breaking through the defense line of the Yue army and retaking Seoul.

During this time, the army found a way to deal with the TZB-2 infantry cannon armored vehicle - a 47mm caliber machine gun, and a shoulder-mounted 35mm caliber grenade launcher.

The problem is that the troops in North Korea lack these weapons, and they are basically not available at home, and even if they are produced now, they cannot be sent to the Korean battlefield.

Under such circumstances, the Jianghuai Corps and the Zhili Corps were still only a one-sided massacre of the Yue Army.

The defensive front of the army is constantly torn apart, even if it can destroy some armored vehicles, the casualties paid by the army are very heavy, the seemingly simple TZB-2 infantry cannon armored vehicle is just a closed tractor equipped with a 25mm caliber cannon, it is such a simple combination, but the destructive effect on the battlefield is extremely amazing.

In many cases, four or five TZB-2 armored vehicles can easily crush a company of Japanese troops, destroy and decay, and sweep everything.

The TZA-1 heavy armored vehicles are even more incomprehensible to the Japanese army, they are not deployed in many numbers on the Korean battlefield, but only a few vehicles can destroy the strongest defensive positions of the Japanese army, or even directly rush to the front of the pillbox.

Slaughter.

It's slaughter.

It was a massacre from beginning to end.

On June 17, the 23rd Division of the Fujian and Zhejiang Corps, equipped with hundreds of armored vehicles, stormed the port of Shibuzhi on the island of Kyushu, and after a successful landing, with the support of the 22nd and 19th Divisions of the follow-up Division, attacked all the way to Mount Kirishima.

He began to face another cruel reality, even if the armored car division did not force the attack, if it was stationed on the spot, it would not be able to defeat it by relying on manpower.

Ye Bojun, who was in charge of directing the landing operation, was a master of the landing battle and was extremely proficient, and his strategy was to use a larger-caliber 175mm howitzer position to hold the front line, hide the armored vehicle division within the artillery coverage, and strike an early blow at the mountain artillery units of the Japanese army.

His artillery unit had a hard time moving forward, but it didn't need to, and his task was to hold on to a wide crossing and wait for the larger army to continue to land.

Of course, sooner or later a larger landing force will come.

As long as the Jianghuai Corps and the Qingxu Corps complete the cleaning of the Korean battlefield.

Yingtai.

Sitting in the office, Hu Chuyuan calmly looked at the latest military newspaper compiled by the Army Intelligence Department, during this time, the Chinese [***] team was ushering in an unprecedented victory.

The Northeast Corps has occupied the entire Heilongjiang River valley all the way north, and is continuing to advance towards the Outer Xing'an Mountains as planned.

The Russian-French forces were huddled in this small area from Shuangchengzi to Vladivostok, and more than 1.4 million troops could not find a way out, and in the northwestern theater, the Northwest First Army had already occupied Dushanbe and Tashkent, and began to expel the Russian troops in Central Asia.

Now, Hu Chuyuan just wants to solve this problem quickly.

As for France and Russia, peace talks are now possible.

As soon as he saw half of the new military report, Sun Zongyuan walked in to report, and Foreign Minister Ouyang Geng also came in.

Seeing them, General Hu Chuyuan closed the newspaper and asked Ouyang Geng, "How is the situation?" ”

Ouyang Geng smiled silently, sat on the chair opposite the desk, and replied: "The French side is willing to agree to the conditions we propose, but the Russians are not willing...... They said that the tsar would consider peace talks only if he did not cede the land. ”

"Oh?"

Hu Chuyuan was quite indifferent and skeptical, and then said: "Then make an agreement with the French first, let them withdraw from the war first." ”

Ouyang Geng said: "The French are also unwilling to fully agree, they have some disputes about the 140 million pounds in military reparations, as well as the agreement to cede the three colonies of Guinea, Congo and French Somalia." In my judgment, Guinea and French Somalia are not a big problem, and France can accept 100 million pounds of military reparations, while Congo is too big, and France is not willing to cede it in any case. ”

Hu Chuyuan thought silently for a moment, and said: "Then force France to accept 140 million pounds of military compensation, we can do without Congo, but the French colonies must be open to China, allowing China to invest and do business in the French colonies and overseas provinces, as a condition of exchange for France to agree to this clause, France can also obtain the right to invest and do business in the Chinese colonies and overseas provinces." Both sides are mutually beneficial. ”

Ouyang Geng nodded, but made some suggestions of his own, and said, "Where is Guinea...... Do we have to have to, I always feel that that place is not very meaningful. ”

Hu Chuyuan replied more and more indifferently: "We need to keep an overseas province on both coasts of Africa. ”

His voice was flat, like idle talk, but no one could question it.

No one dared to question his decision.

This is China now.

"Yes!"

Ouyang Geng cautiously agreed, thinking about a new negotiation in his heart.

Hu Chuyuan suddenly mentioned another thing, and Ouyang Geng added: "The main thing is to let France recognize that the North Vietnam region is China's territory...... In addition, we can promote the reading power of the Kazakh Khanate, provided that the Balkhash region and the Irtysh River go west to our territory, starting from the Kinsk region. With the current colonial system, you can contact Zhang Lingpu and others to re-establish a relaxed Asian Cooperation Organization, do you know what I mean? ”

Ouyang Geng thought for a moment and said, "I understand." ”

Hu Chuyuan bowed his head slightly and said no more.

Ouyang Geng was the foreign minister, and he should be responsible for not only simple diplomatic negotiations, but also colonies, overseas provinces, and protectorates.

After Hu Chuyuan gave instructions on these matters, Ouyang Geng left the Prime Minister's Office and returned to the Prime Minister's Office to prepare for a new round of negotiations with France.

Ouyang Geng left, but Sun Zongyuan did not, he silently submitted a combat report to Hu Chuyuan, and the person who drew up this battle plan was Yang Zongli.

Hu Chuyuan looked at it carefully, and felt more and more interested, he must admit that even if Yang Zongli is not a tactical genius, he is much more powerful than ordinary generals.

No one can deny this.

Compared with people like Einstein and Nikola Tesla, Yang Zongli, Li Kaiye, and Duan Qirui may not be considered real geniuses, but they are still different from ordinary people.

Especially in terms of self-confidence, they are very inflated and dare to make decisions beyond the imagination of normal people.

Hu Chuyuan admired Yang Zongli's extremely bold battle plan, and he didn't even have to think twice to sign his name and approve this battle plan.

When returning the report to Sun Zongyuan, Hu Chuyuan emphasized in passing: "Let the War Department and the Navy Department fully support him!" ”

Sun Zongyuan seemed to have expected it, and snorted.

Yes, a battle beyond the imagination of the Russians is coming.

(To be continued)