Mr. Yang eventually agreed to Mr. Cai's proposal, but he suggested that delegates from various governments should be summoned for a meeting to give them an ultimatum and warn that if they did not relinquish command, they would oust all the current Balkan governments and find new politicians to form a government to do their functions.

On 13 June, representatives of Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Algeria and other countries rushed to the venue for a meeting.

After the meeting began, Yang Shiqi said: "Ladies and gentlemen, now that the governments of Serbia and Romania have handed over the command of the army, and you countries are left, are your governments still unwilling to hand over the command of the army? ”

The representative of the Greek government stood up and acted as the vanguard, and he wondered: "Your Excellency, it is not that we do not want to hand over the command of the army, but we really can't, your country now has 17.8 million troops in Europe, and with the combat strength of your army, it is enough for the German and Austrian armies to deal with it, so why should your country have the idea of attacking the armies of our small countries?" ”

The representative of the Bulgarian government also chimed in: "Yes, Your Excellency the Special Envoy, if our country runs out of such a small army, it will be gone, and with our current financial situation, we can no longer afford to recruit another army, and if this army is consumed on the battlefield, then our country's national defense and security will face a huge crisis, and I ask Your Excellency the Special Envoy to understand our country's difficulties."

After the representatives of these two countries stood up and refused to hand over the command of the army again, the representatives of several other countries also stood up one by one and refused to hand over the command again with great tact.

At this time, Yang Shiqi also knew that if these countries were not given some color, these countries would not be willing to hand over command no matter what. Since they refused to hand over the command of the army, they were replaced. Let senior officials who can agree to hand over command to power.

Yang Shiqi said with a blushing face: "I have already said the truth of letting countries hand over their commands at the meeting the day before yesterday. I don't want to say it now, and I won't say it again. I would like to remind you and your governments that the current governments of your countries are all supported by our country, and since we have the ability to support your current government, we have the ability to oust your government again, and since you are not willing to hand over the command of the army, then we have no choice but to let those who are willing to hand over the command of the army come to power! I give your government three days, and if you don't hand over the command of the army within three days, then don't blame us for being unkind! All right. That's all for today's meeting, so let's go back! ”

The delegates of various countries were very angry when they heard Yang Shiqi's words, and in their opinion, this is to try to meet the poor dagger! No, we should report the news to the country, so that the country can prepare and formulate countermeasures.

After the meeting, Yang Shiqi immediately found Cai Guodong and asked, "General Cai." Where are the 7th and 8th Army Corps now? ”

Cai Guodong said: "The Seventh Army has landed 200,000 people in Greece, the forward has arrived in Bulgaria, the Eighth Army is still crossing the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, and the forward fleet has entered the Mediterranean. Is Mr. Yang ready to do it? Judging by the current distribution of our army in Europe, it is completely possible to remove these intransigent Balkan governments, whose main forces are currently in Bosnia and Herzegovina, without much effort. Even if they ordered the return of those troops, it would be too late. As long as Mr. Yang agrees, I can order it right away."

Yang Shiqi hesitated for a moment and said, "General Cai." There is no hurry, I give them three days, this is an ultimatum, if they do not hand over command within three days, then we will do it, dissolve their current government, and then prop up a new government to come to power! ”

Cai Guodong and Yang Shiqi had already made a plan, so he didn't say anything more, just nodded.

At present, the Chinese army still has at least one division of troops in Turkey, most of which are near Constantinople, and a small part is in Ankara and important coastal ports, and at this time, most of the troops in Turkey have been transferred to Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the armed forces in Turkey are simply unable to fight against the Chinese army, even if there are still a large number of troops in Turkey, it is obvious that the Turkish government does not dare to turn against China. Under the ultimatum, the Turkish authorities were the first to hand over command.

Immediately after the end of the meeting, Cai Guodong ordered the Chinese troops in Bulgaria to move, which frightened the Bulgarian government, isn't there still three days left? Why are you going to do it now, the senior officials of the Bulgarian authorities were so frightened that they immediately contacted Yang Shiqi and said that they would hand over the command, and the Chinese army stopped moving.

The Seventh Army Corps, which had already landed in Greece, immediately marched to Athens and some other important Greek cities after receiving Cai Guodong's order, and some Greek military camps were destroyed along the way, some small Greek troops were disarmed and disbanded, and the Greek officers who resisted stubbornly were killed on the spot.

On June 14, representatives of the Greek government rushed into Cai Guodong's headquarters to find Yang Shiqi and lodge a solemn protest with him.

"Your Excellency, the troops of your country that have just landed off the coast of our country have burned, killed and plundered our territory, causing great property losses to our residents and government and causing great damage to our relations between our two countries. Second, the soldiers of your army who have caused the deaths and wounds of our residents, officers and soldiers shall also be arrested and brought to trial by our country; Third, compensation for the loss of life and property of Chinese residents, officers and soldiers, totaling 300 million Chinese dollars; Fourth, the Chinese army should immediately withdraw from China's territory, and without China's permission, it must not re-enter China, nor will it be allowed to enter other countries through China's territory. Fifth, we will immediately issue a public apology to the Japanese government through a statement on the radio. The above is the request of our government, and I hope that your country will give you an immediate reply! ”

Yang Shiqi sneered after listening to the words of the representative of the Greek government: "I don't know what you and those people in your government have in their heads!" You have no idea what your present government is doing, and as soon as I give the order here, our Seventh Army will immediately launch a military operation to wipe out your defenders throughout Greece. Arrest all the high-ranking officials of your current government, and lock them up if you want. Kill if you want, your life and death are in my hands. I don't think you have the confidence to do that! Someone-".

"Here—" Two guards walked in with rifles on their backs.

Yang Shiqi pointed to the representative of the Greek government: "Arrest him, put him in a cell first, starve him for a few days, and when I am in a bad mood one day, I will be pulled out and shot!" ”

The representative of the Greek government was stunned, and only after two guards came to control him did he react and shouted: "You, you, you can't do this." I am a representative of the Greek government, and you have no right to detain me! You are robbers and bandits! ”

Yang Shiqi snorted coldly: "The gun is in my hand, I am the uncle, for you disobedient small Western countries, I can destroy it if I want to, keep it if you want to, and replace it if you want to change people, you guys who don't understand the situation deserve to be unlucky." From now on, whoever dares not to give face to the Chinese government must be prepared to bear the anger of our country and rub it off. Take away".

Yang Shiqi's actions in the Balkans were quickly transmitted to Xiao Zhenlei's hands in the form of telegrams, and then before he could make arrangements, Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, Algeria and other countries crossed Yang Shiqi. He sent a serious protest directly to the Chinese diplomatic department, citing Yang Shiqi's various violations in the Balkans that did not conform to international practice. Even Britain, France, and the United States have made diplomatic representations and expressed dissatisfaction with China's move.

Xiao Zhenlei held the protest telegram sent by the diplomatic department. couldn't help but smile bitterly: "This Yang Shiqi, make trouble for me!" Xiao Gao, inform the cabinet Premier Song and the members of the staff group to come over for a meeting in two hours! ”

"Okay, President!"

Two hours later, Xiao Zhenlei came to the conference chair and held up the protest telegrams sent by various countries and said: "This is a protest telegram sent by the current governments of Western countries and Balkan countries, and we can ignore the telegrams sent by the current governments of Balkan countries, but we cannot ignore the telegrams sent by Western European and American countries. ”

Song Shijie first said: "President, I think that since we are determined to get the command of the 150th army, we can't compromise with European and American countries, and now European and American countries are watching our country rise and become stronger, they will suppress us everywhere, and even unite to resist us, I think that at this time, we must not show weakness and compromise, on the one hand, we must adhere to principles, on the other hand, we must change our strategy, and adopt division and disintegration of European and American countries, they are not monolithic, they all have their own calculations and interests, As for the current governments of the Balkan countries, they are purely looking for death, they are supported by us, but they want to get out of our control, for these disobedient small countries, of course, they cannot be allowed to gain an inch, we must resolutely crack down! ”

Yang Du also said: "Yes, I think Premier Song's words are very reasonable, for those small countries in Europe, we must not let them think that we can compromise, since Yang Shiqi has already started, then we should fully support it, after all, he represents the president, everything he does represents the intention of the president, as for the European and American powers, we can find any reason to prevaricate, we can first solve the United States, the United States and our country have huge economic interests, make a fuss in this regard, I believe the United States should support us." and Britain and France are the two countries that have been most attacked by Germany, and I believe that if we show a tough attitude, Britain and France will be helpless, unless they do not want to win."

Xiao Zhenlei thought for a while, and immediately said: "Then let's do it, send a note to Britain, France and the United States, and take various methods to break it!" ”

In order to continue to maintain economic exchanges with China, they had to support what China was doing in the Balkans, and the countries of the Balkan Peninsula were taken by the prestige of China and successively handed over the command of the army, among which the current Greek government was directly ousted by the Chinese army, and the new Greek government was supported and handed over the command of the army, so that the command of the 1.5 million people of the Balkan coalition army was all under the command of Cai Guodong. (To be continued......)