"Fishing in troubled waters?" Jiang Jshi smiled and continued: "I don't know how to muddy the water, and which big fish should I touch first?" ”

Zhang Jingjiang glanced at Wang Bailing, took out a cigar from his pocket, rubbed it on the fire and took a leisurely puff.

"Now that the situation in the customs has gradually settled down, it is very difficult for us to disturb it, Mr. Sun's death is a topic, and we can't point the finger at Chang Ruiqing. Because Chang Ruiqing and Mrs. Sun Song Qingling have formed an alliance...... As long as Mrs. Sun comes forward to speak for Chang Ruiqing and Sun Yuexun, the Chinese people will not stand on our side. Therefore, the real murderer of Mr. Sun is best Soviet Russia, Lenin! If we want to muddy the waters, we can only make a fuss about Sino-Russian relations. ”

He smiled at Jiang Ji Shi: "Brother Ji Shi, do you still have a monthly pass for the 267th plan of your prestige in the Guannei to lure the bear into Mongolia?" It was built up by the anti-Russian campaign at the end of last year. Chang Ruiqing's leveling of the Beiyang is just a civil war, but J Shi's resistance to Belarus is a national war! There is an essential difference...... If we can provoke another war against Russia, we will win the name of righteousness in the confrontation with Chang Ruiqing, and there is nothing he can do about us. ”

Zhang Jingjiang has been thinking about this method for a long time, and he believes that Jiang Jshi's current situation is still in a corner, with a corner against the whole country, and a local area against the central government, and there are few successful examples in the history of China. What's more, Chang Ruiqing, the central government, is not an idle person, and when it comes to the ability to lead troops to govern the country, Jiang Jshi is obviously inferior to Chang Ruiqing!

So he solemnly persuaded Jiang Jshi, wanting him to take a step back and cooperate with Chang Ruiqing.

But Jiang Jshi was unwilling to live under others, unless he wiped out all the capital of the Northeast Army.

As Jiang Jshi's mentor and chief confidant. Zhang Jingjiang can only try his best to plan for Jiang Jishi, even if there is a glimmer of opportunity, he must go all out. And this line of opportunity, in Zhang Jingjiang's view, is only within the external system. If you want Jiang Jshi to become a national hero admired by all the people, and use the brilliance of a national hero to restrain Chang Ruiqing's left-hand people, is there still a monthly pass for the 267th plan to lead the bear into Mongolia? Righteousness and the central name!

"Provoke another war against Russia?" Jiang Jshi hesitated: "Mr. Jingjiang." We haven't even settled our internal affairs now, and it is really ...... to rush into the Second Russo-Japanese War."

Zhang Jingjiang looked at Jiang Jishi with a smile, but his tone gradually became solemn: "My method is not to let the Northeast Army participate in the dispute in the Far Eastern Republic. At present, the Far Eastern Republic is not the territory of China, and we will not gain national recognition if we rashly join the competition. My solution is to enter Mongolia! ”

"Attack on the Mongols...... It's a civil war! Wang Bailing on the side was puzzled.

"But Soviet Russia will not allow us pro-Japanese factions to control Mongolia!" Zhang Jingjiang said coldly: "Mongolia directly threatens the safety of the Soviet-Russian Trans-Siberian Railway, and this railway line is directly related to the gains and losses of the Far Eastern Republic!" Once Mongolia falls into our hands, Japan's own army may at any time pretend that Mongolia will surrender to the rear of Soviet Russia! How many troops do they have to deploy along the Trans-Siberian Railway to ensure security? How much supplies will these armies consume? The capacity of the Trans-Siberian Railway is not unlimited! Therefore, once Mongolia is captured by us, Soviet Russia will definitely launch an invasion to drive us away. What will the central government of Nanjing do when the time comes? They are the central government, and they have the responsibility to defend the territory! The country has been invaded, can Chang Ruiqing, the central government, sit idly by? If he ignores it, he will have to bear the infamy of the fall of the country! ”

"Mongolia is in our hands. Will the infamy make Chang Ruiqing carry it? "The one who raised the question was Jiang Dengxuan, who has now left the Central Army system and joined Jiang Jshi's Northeast Army with his late lord Zhu Qinglan. Zhu Qinglan is now the governor of Heilongjiang Province, and he is a commander under the Northeast Frontier Army.

Zhang Qun sneered: "If he wants to not bear this infamy, then he has to go to war with Soviet Russia!" Whether or not they can win the war and recover Mongolia is one thing. Whether to fight or not is another matter! If Chang Ruiqing didn't dare to fight with Soviet Russia, then he would be a traitor, and if he didn't resist, the public opinion of the whole country would oppose him! ”

Zhang Jingjiang nodded. sighed slightly: "At that time, the resistance to Russia will become a golden signboard and a name." All the forces that are dissatisfied with Chang Ruiqing and the Central Committee will shout anti-Russian slogans and hold high the banner of anti-Russia. Forced Chang Ruiqing to throw his army into Mongolia and consume it with the Russians! If we take this move, we will indeed be able to defeat Chang Ruiqing's army, but for the country, it is really a little."

"If you want to achieve great things, you can't look ahead and backward!" Dai Jitao interrupted loudly: "Besides, who asked Chang Ruiqing to control the title of the Central Committee, and also set aside Hu Zhangong and Xu Rugong?" Since he wants to hold all the power in his hands, he should have the means to deal with all kinds of complicated situations. ”

"What if he goes to war with us after we go west into Mongolia? So that Soviet Russia should not invade, right? Guo Songling frowned and reminded: "Now the strength of the Central Committee is still far superior to ours, and our Northeast Army is also rectifying, and the hearts of the people below are not very stable. ”

"Then we have to find a convincing reason to enter Mongolia." Zhang Jingjiang thought for a while and pondered: "It is better to propose that the Northeast Frontier Army assist in the defense of Mongolia on the grounds that Mongolia has a vast territory and weak border air defense. He glanced at Dai Jitao: "Ji Tao, it is best for Hu Zhangong and Xu Rugong to put forward this proposal, and it is best to create public opinion in the "Minbao" and some pro-Kuomintang newspapers, and propose to strengthen Mongolia's border defense. ”

Jiang Jishi shook his head slightly: "It's best to let Zhao Youlin raise the issue of Mongolia's border air defense, and then let Hu Zhangong and Xu Ruwei propose that our Northeast Border Army assist in the defense of Mongolia, so that it is the most justifiable." ”

He stood up slowly, his eyes glancing at the people in the conference room, and his tone was already calm, obviously giving an order: "Yue Jun (Zhang Qun), you are now the director of our Northeast Army Intelligence Bureau, and you will do the work on the Mongolian side." Zhao Youlin has a Japanese consultant around him, and several Mongolian lamas are also quite trusted by Zhao Youlin, I heard that he recently has a White Russian mistress, and it is not a problem to influence Zhao Youlin with these people! ”

Then he said to Chen Guofu, secretary general of the Northeast Frontier Army: "Guofu, you go to Jilin." Go and meet Xu Youzheng and Feng Huanzhang, and ask the two of them who is willing to lead troops to help defend Mongolia? As for the opening fee, he turned his head and asked Wang Yongjiang: "Minyuan, how much money do we have now?" ”

Wang Yongjiang has been bitter since the beginning of the meeting, hearing Jiang Jishi's question. He sighed: "Where is the money, there are more than 200,000 people waiting for the Northeast Frontier Army to be paid, and they need at least five million every month!" That's 60 million a year. The land endowment, commercial tax, and centigold of the four eastern provinces were only more than 20 million yuan, and they could have been made up for by withholding tariffs and invoices from the Northeast official bank. But now."

"What's going on now?" When it comes to money, Jiang Jshi's head is also a little bigger. Compared with Chang Ruiqing, his biggest weakness now is that he has no money!

Wang Yongjiang said in a low voice: "Now the two sources of revenue, tariffs and invoices, are going to be cut off!" The Ministry of Finance has just received a notice from the Government Council that the central government has proposed the establishment of a Manchurian trade zone during its negotiations with Japan, and that it will turn Manchuria into an independent customs zone and implement zero tariffs! All imports and exports are duty-free! In addition, the Central Bank also ordered us to give us the Northeast Official Bank. They are required to withdraw all the bank bills issued outside within three months, and they are not allowed to issue paper money or silver dollars privately in the future, and they will issue Chinese dollars in the Northeast as a unified national currency! ”

"Niang Sipi! Don't pay attention to them! Jiang J Shigang scolded. Suddenly, he thought of his backstage boss Riben, and he asked Zhang Qun in a low voice: "Yue Jun, what do you think about the matter of the trade zone?" Will the Ben agree to it? ”

Zhang Qun's eyebrows also tightened: "This matter is a bit difficult to do, and now the central government seems to be determined to recover the tariffs and the concessions in Shanghai, Tianjin, Hankou and other places!" Anti-imperialist demonstrations took place in Shanghai, Tianjin, and Hankow in the past two days, according to the information we have. These demonstrations were all organized by the Central and Leftist Nationalism Research Society and the Iron-Blooded Comrades Association, and it seemed that another Xiamen incident was just around the corner, and his subordinates estimated that Chang Ruiqing's central government in Nanjing now has the support of the United States and has a certain military strength. Britain and France should eventually back down. And this Northeast Trade Zone was taken out by Chang Ruiqing to appease the Riben, and the Riben is probably unwilling to give up the benefits here. ”

Jiang Jshi shook his head: "The financial difficulties must be solved!" Mr. Jingjiang and Mr. Min Yuan. You are all financial experts, you must help me figure out a way. He paused. He also said: "The right to issue banknotes for the Northeast Guanyin must not be handed over." I'll discuss the matter of the Northeast Free Trade Zone with myself to see if there is a way to get the best of both worlds. As for the funds for stationing in Mongolia, it must be squeezed out anyway, at least one million yuan. In addition, we must also get a good grasp of the rectification of local political power in the northeast, which is the foundation of our future confrontation with Chang Ruiqing! ”

After explaining these words, Jiang Jshi signaled that the meeting was over, and then beckoned Zhang Qun to leave with him, probably to find a way for the day himself.

As soon as Jiang Jishi went out, Wang Yongjiang said to Zhang Jingjiang with a wry smile: "Brother Jingjiang, what should you do about financial matters?" ”

"What else can I do?" Zhang Jingjiang shook his head and said: "It's not a few tricks to clear the land, increase the collection of land endowments, centigold, issue public bonds, and issue additional paper money?" By the way, we should also increase the recruitment of immigrants to develop the Northeast, and I can't think of any other way. He sighed lowly: "Let's deal with it like this first, and there will be a turnaround when the war of resistance against Russia breaks out." ”

Will the Russian invasion of Mongolia really be a turning point? Wang Yongjiang shook his head slightly to express his doubts, and Zhang Jingjiang did not say anything more. Both of them turned their gazes to a huge map of the Manchurian region hanging on the wall of the conference room

Zhang Jingjiang is absolutely not wrong about another point, that is, Mongolia has a vast territory and weak border air defense. On this territory of more than 1.6 million square kilometers, only the Third Army of the Northwest Frontier Army is now stationed. Although this army has the name of an army, the actual strength is only two brigades expanded by Zhao Zhen's supplementary regiment, plus a cavalry brigade commanded by Zhao Sanmei, a total of eight or nine thousand people. In addition, there are some Mongolian tribal armed forces, but most of them are controlled by pro-Japanese Mongolian tribal princes, if it were not for the fact that Jebtsundamba IX is now under the control of the central government, these Mongolian princes are probably all scourges.

The Third Army of the Northwest Frontier Army, which had less than 10,000 men, was certainly unable to defend the whole of Mongolia. In most parts of the Sino-Russian border, there is practically not a single soldier stationed. Only the most important border trading city on the Sino-Russian border, Maicheng City, had an infantry brigade under the command of Gao Zaitian.

This brigade was held by one regiment and the other by company. Scattered out, they formed isolated strongholds, placed on the border on both sides of the city, pulling out three or four hundred kilometers. It blocked the White Russian armed forces of various names from crossing the border to the south from time to time, or the Soviet Russian pursuers.

At present, the civil war in Soviet Russia is coming to an end, and the main forces of Siberian White Russia have retreated to the territory of China with Kolchak. However, there were still quite a few small groups of White Russian troops, which, for various reasons, did not retreat in time. After the Russian Red Army reached the vicinity of Lake Baikal, these White Russians had no choice but to abandon their original territory and look for a way out.

Some of these White Guards retreated to the territory of the Republic of Similia to seek refuge with Semenov; Some cross the border into Mongolia. Or go south to the Belarusian government-in-exile, or simply rob houses on the Sino-Russian border and become a robber! From time to time, they also crossed the border and returned to Russia to attack the towns and railway lines under the control of the Red Army.

For this, the Russian embassy in Nanjing. Every once in a while, the consulate in Kulen would lodge a protest demanding that the Chinese side eliminate the Mongolian white bandits. At the same time, the Russian Red Army in Siberia also sent small units across the border from time to time to attack the White Russian armed forces in China. The Sino-Russian border is almost like nothing, and these Russian armed forces enter and exit at will!

In desperation, Zhao Zhen had no choice but to order Gao Zaitian, who was on the front line, to divide a regiment to guard the border. Stop the Russians who come uninvited. At the same time, he also found his chief of staff, Chu Xichun, who graduated from the fifth phase of Baoding, Kawashima Naniwa, the consultant of the "Day", and Zhao Sanmei and others to discuss countermeasures.

Chu Xichun was historically the general of the Jin Sui Army. In this time and space, he took refuge in Zhao Zhen, the Mongolian king, and thought that he could crisscross the grassland like Wei Qing and Huo Quai. Shocking. I didn't expect the dignified "middle" ** team to be on their own land. It looks like a turtle with a shrunken head, only guarding two small earthen enclosures and not daring to take the lead, allowing the evil neighbors to enter and exit the border at will.

At the beginning of today's meeting, he was the first to stand up and speak: "Commander, it is not okay to go on like this!" We don't have 10,000 people on hand, so a big Mongolia can't hold it at all! Lao Maozi crosses the border every day, and we are about to become their own home, and this is still around the trading city that we can take care of to some extent. Further west, there is not a single soldier in Tangnu Ulianghai and Kobdo, and there is information that the Soviet Russian GCD has established a secret organization in Tangnu Ulianghai, and it is not sure that it is preparing to split Tangnu Ulianghai from China! If that's the case, we're national sinners, army commander, we should immediately send troops to Tangnu Ulianghai, and ask for help from Nanjing, at least to make up for the establishment of our army, right? ”

Zhao Zhen smiled bitterly: "Brother Qingbo, you have been in Mongolia for a year, don't you still understand the situation here?" Although the territory is large, the production is too small, the population is too small, and the climate and transportation are all extremely bad. We have less than 9,000 people to supply, and there is no way to solve it on the spot. If the number of troops is increased to 50,000, the central government will have to raise at least 100,000 transport troops. He sighed softly: "It's not a problem if Mr. Sun is still there, it's just that now Nanjing and Shenyang don't know when they will fight!" ”

Chu Xichun was silent, gritted his teeth and scolded: "Chang Yaoru is too irresponsible!" I don't know what to do with raising 600,000 or 700,000 soldiers? Is it for civil war, or is it for national defense? Now Mongolia is not in good shape here, and he has only taken out more than 2,000 cavalry! It's not a serious army or any leftist "peopleism", I don't think it's much stronger than Beiyang! ”

Hearing that his chief of staff was angry, Zhao Zhen didn't have anything to say, because he actually thought so in his heart. However, Zhao Sanmei immediately jumped up and said loudly: "What do you know about the surname Chu?" Yaoshuai's deployment is to lure the enemy deep into the depths, you know? There are thousands of kilometers of borders here in Mongolia, even if you put 100,000 troops to defend it, and Lao Maozi has the Siberian railway line at the end to support logistics, what do we have? Don't you understand the truth that all weapons, ammunition, and food supplies can only rely on horses to fight wars and logistics? Without logistical support, no matter how many soldiers are placed on the border, it will be in vain, so we can only lead Lao Maozi to the south to fight, where our logistics line is short, and Lao Maozi's logistics line is long! ”

Seeing an eighteen- or nine-year-old female bandit making a big fuss in front of him, Chu Xichun was immediately annoyed, and shouted: "Lao Maozi is not a fool! Why are they going south? Go to the Gobi Desert to eat sand? If I were Lenin, I would send troops to occupy the north bank of the Khulun River in Tangnu-Ulianghai, Chatuk, Kulen, and the north bank of the Krulun River so that I would not touch the sands of Southern Mongolia! ”

Hearing this, Zhao Zhen also nodded slightly, and he set his eyes on his Japanese consultant and cheap old man Kawashima. Kawashima Sulang frowned and thought for a long time before he said slowly: "Youlin, you should still ask Nanjing for help, now you are the commander of the Mongolian frontier, and you have the responsibility to defend the territory, if you lose hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land, you will be a national sinner!" ”……)！！！