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Outside the Suifen River, on the original Middle East Railway line in Shuangchengzi, workers are tearing down old railroad tracks and sleepers, rearranging the roadbed with gravel, and finally placing new sleepers in the middle. A moment later, a small train transporting the rails slowly approached, and the workers drank the trumpet to carry the standard heavy rails one by one, and fastened them with bolts after being measured and positioned by specialized technicians, while the old rails were recycled and taken away to re-smelt and reuse.

Work is in full swing on the reconstruction of the Eastern Railway, which runs from the Yenisei River to Vladivostok outside the Donnu-Uliang Sea. Fengtian's Republic of China standard 1435mm heavy rail is gradually replacing the French rails, and the single line base is gradually transformed into a double line with a larger transportation capacity, with a total length of more than 4,000 kilometers for the two railways.

Wearing a sheepskin jacket common in northern China, Kenji Dohihara jumped off the small train transporting the tracks and thanked the conductor in Chinese. The conductor did not know his identity, and even thought that this man was good because of politeness, and enthusiastically told him that the railroad tracks from here to Vladivostok had not been changed and that he needed to walk there.

The 5 billion yuan loan obtained in the European war is being converted into crazy investment in railways and other facilities! So much so that the entire Northeast is in full swing, protected by heavily armed soldiers, and a decade ago, a wide variety of Russian and Japanese signs were replaced overnight by Chinese signs. Britain and the United States swallowed up the tsar's offshore assets, and also supported Poland and other countries to continue to loot, and the most profitable of them was undoubtedly China, which was looked down upon by Japan in the past, not only moved billions of dollars worth of industrial equipment and materials from Russia, but also directly swallowed nearly 2 million square kilometers of land in Irkutsk, Chita, Amur, Boli, and Vladivostok coastal areas from the Yenisei River. Millions of people, more than 3,000 kilometers of railways, and a huge number of factories, coal mines, manganese mines and even gold mines!

No one knows how much the Chinese have benefited from the four years of European war, and it is said that even they themselves are still being counted. And that Yang Qiu didn't mean to stop, and fought in East Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Trying to take advantage of Russia's weakness to clear the way and lay the foundation for domination. As he proposed at the Paris Peace Conference to revoke all the unequal treaties of the Manchu era, France, the United States, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal and other countries all responded positively. The latest news is that they will issue a joint announcement in Shanghai on January 1 next year to terminate all treaties. Although the UK has not yet confirmed its attendance at the press conference, the general trend has been difficult to support. Moreover, Britain also needs China to deal with the poor party in Russia, and now that China is actively interfering in the affairs of Central Asia, they are becoming more and more uneasy, and they must compromise before the country's strength is restored, so they can only turn a blind eye to the de-Russification of the areas occupied by the Republic of China.

Everyone knows that it is not that Europe does not want to contain China, but that they have lost too much in the European war! There is no power at all in a few years. In the face of the Chinese army, which already has a certain industrial base and can still defeat the German army. Who would dare to go thousands of miles away to fight a war that may not be won without being prepared? Thinking of this, he secretly admired Yang Qiu's strategic steps, first joined the Entente to mix up his identity, and then used Britain and France to support the drawing of the sword on the Western Front, so that the world could see the power in his hands and turn around and bite Russia hard!

At this time, what Britain and France hope most is for Russia Kolchak to complete reunification and then fight to the death with China, right?

Kenji Dohihara sighed, this dream was clearly fading as the White Guards in the European part of Russia retreated. If it weren't for seeing the White Guards getting weaker and weaker, Yang Qiu would not have taken this opportunity to march into the western frontier in a big way. It's just that this kind of action is very bad for Japan! Now that China's national defense forces are in a period of strategic adjustment, a large number of the original old-fashioned troops are being replaced by elite troops returning from Europe, although the number will be reduced considerably. But so far he has not let down his guard against both the east and the west.

There were a total of 100,000 regular troops and 50,000 National Guards on the Yenisei River and the Irkutsk-Tajik line in the northwest, and about 100,000 regular troops were stationed at the three fortified bases under construction, including Irkutsk. There are also 200,000 troops in Xinjiang, Kulun and other places on the second line who are in semi-recuperation. In the northeast, 400,000 troops were stationed in Chita, Boli, Mukden, and the North Korean border, and nearly 100,000 National Guards cooperated! Now what Japan is most afraid of is that he will stabilize the northwest, force Russia to also annul all treaties and sign a peace agreement, in which case Japan's pressure will increase several times!

How to choose the dream of becoming a great power in the Japanese Empire, which is pressing step by step?

The road of dozens of kilometers is very long on his feet, so it is already late in the evening when he wants to reach Vladivostok as he walks. The last city in the Far East, which belonged to Russia or more but was under international trusteeship, was overcrowded with Russians pouring in from the occupied areas, and the docks were already full of Russians ready to leave for Europe or the United States. The guerrilla war between the poor guerrillas and the Chinese National Defense Forces forced them to dare not stay and sold their property and left. Even the Chinese ocean-going fleet deliberately helped with the evacuation for free. Although there are no exhaustive data, the sharp decline in the population of Siberia over the past two years shows how pronounced this trend is to leave.

After checking around to make sure no one was following, Kenji Dohihara flashed into a Japanese shop along the street. The boss's eyes lit up when he saw him, and he welcomed him into the second floor under disguise.

In the quiet room on the second floor, two figures pointed at the map. One of them was in his fifties, with a broad forehead and bright eyes. She had a few long beards under her nose, and she took out a pamphlet to record something as she spoke. Seeing him, Kenji Dohihara hurriedly became serious and bowed: "Kenji Dohihara, I've seen Your Excellency the General!" ”

It is rare for him to be so respectful, just because the fame and status of the person in front of him are too great, he has controlled the Japanese intelligence agency since the first day of the war, and even Akashi Motojiro, who made great contributions to the country in the Russo-Japanese War, is his disciple. He is Fukushima Yasumasa, known as the father of Japanese intelligence, a translator who has never led troops to fight, but was awarded the rank of general.

When Fukushima Yasumasa saw him, he put away the pamphlet and showed a little approval on his face: "Tohihara-kun, you have done a very good job in Mongolia. "How many people in the Japanese intelligence community have the luxury of receiving such a compliment! So even Kenji Dohihara couldn't help but beat his heartstrings twice, and he didn't dare to take credit and nodded respectfully: "Thank you for the compliment, but unfortunately it didn't have any effect." ”

"No!"

Yasumasa Fukushima shook his head: "No work can be done immediately. It took us 10 years to prepare for the Sino-Japanese War, and we started the war on the day the Trans-Siberian Railway was built. So you have done a very good job, you have planted a nail in Mongolia and preserved the strength of the Mongolian opposition, what is needed now is for them to accumulate strength. Wait for your time. After he finished speaking, he smiled slightly and introduced the man next to him: "This is His Excellency Nanzojiro, he is now a merchant and is responsible for collecting urgently needed materials for the empire. ”

The corners of Tohihara's eyebrows jumped slightly. Minamizojiro is also very well-known in the Japanese intelligence community. It is said that when he was 22 years old, he took the initiative to raise braids for the empire, disguised himself as a Qing native in Shanghai and other places, and went to Fengtian Zhili to collect intelligence. When the Japanese Qing battle array landed at Huayuankou in the first battle, it was based on his intelligence that the Qing army was unprepared, so that the army easily completed the landing. During the Chinese Revolution, he also joined the Kuomintang Party, but then disappeared as if he had disappeared, but he did not expect that he had been collecting raw materials for the empire to continue.

Minamizojiro nodded, his once triumphant eyes stained with worry. said: "The empire is in a dilemma, and it needs a young man like Tufeiyuan-kun to stand up, but it's a pity." ”

Hearing him sigh, Kenji Dohihara hurriedly asked, "Is there anything you need my help with?" ”

After the Wehrmacht fought Beiyang and unified China in one fell swoop, Nan Zaojiro faintly felt that Japan was in trouble, especially the Han Yeping incident that year, so that Japanese intelligence officers were faintly worried that Yang Qiu would be in trouble after taking power, but he didn't expect that the Sino-Japanese War would break out three years later, and finally lost because of European pressure. Knowing that Japan was in danger, he took the initiative to raise raw materials for the country. Most of those partners traveled to the South Seas and the Pacific to gather resources for Japan.

Not long ago, Yang Qiu instigated the land bill and fought against the gentry in northern Jiangsu and other places, which caused him to break a lot of lines. With the Chinese expeditionary force returning home one after another. And the Chinese National Guard took advantage of the opportunity to crack down on Japanese merchants more and more, blockaded the coast, and established tight customs in Siberia, and the source of raw materials became even more strained. You must know that industry is not only about iron ore and coking coal, if there is no rare metals such as lead, zinc, manganese, molybdenum, chromium, etc., there is no way to talk about armor alloys, and even gun barrels cannot be made! Without synthetic ores such as lazurite, there would be no metallurgy, and there would be no chemical industry without phosphorus and potash! Japan's land is narrow, these reserves are very small, as the blockade of the Republic of China is getting tighter and tighter, Japan's manufacturing industry is once again in crisis after losing orders from the European War.

After listening to him, Kenji Dohihara was also worried, but he couldn't come up with any good solutions for a while.

Fukushima Yasuma glanced at him, his eyebrows drooped slightly, and said, "Tohihara-kun." Do you think we have any hope of getting these raw materials from Russia? ”

"Russia?" Kenji Dohihara thought for a while and said, "Although Yang Qiu has occupied a lot of land in Siberia, this place is too vast! Across the Yenisei River there are many mines that have been mined for many years, many of which are the most urgently needed raw materials in our country. However, the Trans-Siberian Railway, having crossed the Yenisei River, was taken over by the Chinese army, and it was impossible for any cargo to pass through. Moreover, Russia is now in civil strife, and we cannot send soldiers to protect it. If you spend money to buy it, do you buy it from Kolchak, or do you buy it from the poor party? ”

As if he hadn't heard of these difficulties, Fukushima Yasumasa took out a check from his pocket and put it on the table: "This is the first purchase fee from various domestic consortia, they have heard that you have connections with the poor party guerrillas of this generation, and they want you to do your best for the empire." In addition, we have received from our allies a batch of surplus weapons and ammunition from the European war, which you can take if you need them. ”

Although there was no clear goal in his words, Kenji Dohihara understood it all of a sudden, and quickly nodded and said, "Your Excellency General, don't worry, I will do my best." ”

"Go ahead." Fukushima Yasumasa waved his hand, and his eyebrows suddenly raised: "I heard that in Kolchak's army, there is a batch of gold of great value!" The empire needs to keep an eye on its movements. ”

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