The Balkan Corps launched an attack under the orders of Wang Shizhen, but on the route of advancing westward, it was met with stubborn resistance from the German and Austrian armies, which had about 300,000 troops in the western part of the Bosnian region, and the total strength of the Balkan Corps was five times that of the German-Austrian army.

Within a week, the progress of the Balkan Corps was very slow, and due to Wang Shizhen's time constraints on military orders, the commanders of various countries had to force their troops to launch a strong attack regardless of casualties, so they also lost a large number of troops in the process of attacking.

Wang Shizhen was so annoyed by the slow tension of the Three Routes Army that he had to once again revoke the commander of the Three Armies, who had only been in office for only a week, reappoint a new commander to command the army, and at the same time stop the advance of the Greek, Romanian, and Turkish armies, and then order the armies of Bulgaria, Algeria, Macedonia, and Serbia to accelerate their advance and take over the offensive task of the vanguard.

The strength of the armies of these four countries is only 600,000, but the momentum of the fight is not comparable to the armies of the other three countries, and their advance speed is much faster, the specific reason is that in addition to Wang Shizhen's murderous aura deterring them, the armies of these four countries are all fighting locally, not only familiar with the terrain, but also different from the armies of the other three countries psychologically.

After Wang Shizhen killed several generals and removed several rounds of commanders, the morale and combat effectiveness of the Balkan Corps finally improved significantly, and although it was a few days later than the stipulated time, the Balkan Corps finally captured the entire territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This was a good match for the Ninth Army Corps in the middle and the Fifth and Sixth Corps in the North at the overall campaign level.

Most of the Seventh Army and the Eighth Army had reached the northern foothills of the Carpathians. Taking over the defense zone of the Second Army, the Second Army was freed. After receiving orders from home, he began to head south to prepare to board the ship and return home.

Bulgaria, Sofia, Command of the Commanders of the Western Theater of Operations.

"General, the Ninth Army has captured Osijek and Szeged in Hungary at four o'clock yesterday afternoon and nine o'clock this morning, and the Fifth and Sixth Army Corps have also captured Sollock and Eger."

Cai Guodong asked: "What is the situation of the Balkan Army?" Will they be able to keep the southern German-Austrian army from moving north? ”

The adjutant said: "At present, the Balkan Army under the command of General Wang Shizhen has advanced into the Croatian region, and the German and Austrian troops in the Croatian region and Slovenia and Dalmatia are facing tremendous pressure, and it is impossible for them to go north, otherwise they will be pursued and scattered by General Wang Shizhen's Balkan Army!" ”

Cai Guodong nodded, and asked again: "What are the casualties of the Balkan Corps?" ”

The adjutant said, "It's very miserable. After Wang Shizhen killed and replaced several commanders in a row, the people of the Balkan Corps were afraid, and no one was afraid of death, and now those newly appointed commanders had to personally command and supervise the battle on the front line in order to save their old lives, and many deserters and soldiers and officers who violated military discipline were all subject to battlefield discipline by our supervision team, which has never been seen in European countries, and they were all killed, and no one dared to stop working hard."

Cai Guodong smiled when he heard this: "It seems that it is really a party to send General Wang Shizhen over." Only a veteran like General Wang Shizhen dares to rectify the Balkan Army without scruples, and only a veteran like him can ruthlessly kill people and establish authority."

"yes!" The adjutant agreed, and took out a telegram from the folder and handed it to Cai Guodong, "General." This is a top-secret message that has just been sent from the presidential palace in China! ”

"Oh?" Cai Guodong took the message, quickly scanned it, looked at it carefully again, and then took out a lighter and burned it.

"Are Liu Chenglong of the Seventh Legion and Yang Jie of the Eighth Legion gone?"

"Not yet. According to the rules, they should come and bid farewell to the general before they go north."

Cai Guodong thought for a while and instructed: "Notify them to come over!" ”

"Now?"

"Hmm. Right now! ”

Liu Chenglong and Yang Jie rushed over quickly after receiving the notice, and Liu Chenglong had been leading the country before. He had never been to Europe, but Yang Jie was different, he had always been the chief of staff of the Second Army Corps and had extensive experience in commanding large-scale campaigns.

"Come, come and sit!" Cai Guodong greeted Liu Chenglong and Yang Jie when he saw them coming.

The three of them sat down, and Cai Guodong asked, "When do you plan to leave for the north?" ”

Liu Chenglong said: "General, we have basically finished what we need to do here, and we are preparing to come over and bid you farewell." I didn't expect you to send someone to inform us first, I guess there must be something important to tell us? ”

Cai Guodong said: "It's better for you to go north to control the troops as soon as possible, the Seventh Army and the Eighth Army are both here for the first time, and they are not familiar with the place, and they may encounter the situation of climate and water and soil adaptation, so you can deal with it in time if you rush back early." This time, I called you over, mainly because of a telegram from China, asking me to convey to you, this is also a top-secret telegram. Do you know Kolchak? ”

Liu Chenglong didn't know Kolchak very well, but Yang Jie knew this person, he asked: "I once heard that after the establishment of Soviet Russia, the former Tsarist general Kolchak led more than 500,000 troops to set up a resistance government in the Ufa region of southern Russia, and many former Tsarist Russian troops, generals, senior officers and politicians have gone there, it is said that now Kolchak's troops are close to one million, is this Kolchak the general said?" ”

Cai Guodong nodded and said, "That's right, it's him!" In order to safeguard the interests of our country, the top level believes that it is in the interests of our country to support Kolchak against the Soviet and Russian authorities, so they have assisted Kolchak with a lot of weapons, ammunition, and military supplies, and also provided a large amount of food and other materials. However, in terms of the current combat effectiveness of General Kolchak's army, it is only afraid that it will be difficult to resist the attack of the Soviet and Russian sides, so we have been instructed to give Kolchak some help when necessary. General Liu, your Seventh Army Corps borders the western part of the Kolchak-controlled area, if the Russian army launches an attack from Kolchak's left flank, your troops must provide support as appropriate, and Kolchak must not be defeated, and at the worst of all, you must ensure that Kolchak can retreat to your defense area! ”

Liu Chenglong thought for two seconds and asked: "General, if our army and the Soviet Russian army misfire, how should we deal with it?" To fight or not to fight? ”

Cai Guodong said: "Now our country has no diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, and there are no diplomatic exchanges, even if the relationship between the two sides is not bad, but you must understand that the main task of your ministry is to guard against the German army, not to put all your energy on Soviet Russia, your ministry must be connected with the area controlled by Kolchak, and must not be cut off from the middle by the Soviet Russian army." In the unlikely event that Kolchak is unable to resist on the left flank, your troops will have to provide some support if the situation permits."

Liu Chenglong nodded: "I understand what the general meant."

Cai Guodong shook his head and said, "This is not what I meant, it is a secret order from the base camp."

"Understood!"

At this moment, China is continuously transporting weapons, ammunition, war materials and other daily necessities to southern Russia through the Far Eastern Railway to support Kolchak against the Soviet Russian authorities.

After the first batch of weapons, ammunition, and materials were shipped to China, weapons, ammunition, and materials aided by Britain, France, and other countries were also transported through the Middle East, Turkey, and the South Caucasus, or through the British-controlled Iranian region and the Chinese-controlled Kazakh region to the Kolchak-controlled South Russian region.

The strongly-armed Kolchak army rose sharply in combat effectiveness for a time, and the offensive of the Soviet Russian army met with stubborn resistance, and the offensive in many places was unfavorable and had to be stopped.

At this time, the control of the Soviet Russian side over the country was still very loose, and the opinions of the Entente and the Central Powers and Kolchak within Soviet Russia were not unified, and the offensive of the Soviet Russian army against Kolchak's White Russian army was not large, after all, there were deep contradictions within them, and in the case of internal disagreement, it was conceivable that there were not many troops advocating an offensive against Kolchak, and the combat effectiveness was also extremely limited.

Kolchak did not think about destroying Soviet Russia at the first time, and he himself knew that he did not have this strength for the time being, and now he was really busy building up the political power in Ufa, putting up the frame of the Russian Provisional Government first, allowing the government to perform its functions, and having a stable rear, he could find time to reorganize and train the army and improve the combat effectiveness of the army.

After a period of preparation, Kolchak's regime in Ufa was finally established, and he proclaimed himself the supreme consul and supreme military commander of the Russian Provisional Government. The areas under his control include eastern Ukraine, southern Russia, and vast areas west of the Ural Mountains, although these areas are much smaller than the areas actually controlled by Soviet Russia, but the population and support in these areas are also quite large, in order to improve the combat effectiveness of the army, Kolchak also sent a request to the Chinese side, asking the Chinese side to send a group of instructors to help him train the army, and the Chinese side was very happy to send a group of hundreds of instructors to help Kolchak train the army. (To be continued......)