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"Hurry."

"Push this 57 gun down." "Company commander, this is a trophy." "Throw it away, too!"

In the dark night, on the railway line north of the garrison of the Chinese Expeditionary Force southeast of Vinnytsia, two armored trains shot into the sky. More than a dozen stuffy tank trains lined up next to it, and thousands of soldiers were carrying all kinds of equipment and supplies onto the train, but many of them were ordered to be abandoned by the officers before they arrived on the train, especially those captured ordnance that did not conform to the domestic system were thrown all over the ground.

In the armored train, the sound of the telegraph has not stopped since the evening, and the news from Kyiv, Urals, St. Petersburg and other places is crammed into the small radio station like a tide. Wu Peifu, who was patrolling back and forth outside the carriage, also looked nervous, this retreat was extraordinary, and the time must be mastered! Although there was definite information that the Caucasian cavalry division next door would leave the Russian army tonight, the order was that it was necessary to wait for the Germans to appear before pretending to be defeated and retreating to Kyiv. Those who have never fought in a war simply cannot understand that it is several times more difficult to completely withdraw nearly 40,000 men from two divisions under the noses of the enemy on the flanks than to fight head-on with the other side.

Fortunately, when the troops set off from China, they learned that it was difficult to supply the Eastern Front, so they basically did not bring heavy artillery, and even 70 infantry guns were left in China because of the inconsistency of the standard. The main heavy equipment is machine guns, in addition to self-produced ones, there are many Russian M1912 heavy machine guns. As for the cannons captured over the past year, they all had to be discarded. to save space and carry more soldiers. But even so, the capacity of the train is limited, so as long as there are horses that can run, all are concentrated.

"The Chief of Staff has moved! The Russians began to mobilize and retreat! ”

As soon as Wu Peifu finished inspecting a carriage that was already filled with soldiers, two fast horses rushed over, and the scout shouted without even saluting. The shouting made the soldiers who were hurrying to get on the bus surround one after another, and Wu Peifu even stomped his feet and scolded his mother! The most annoying thing in his life is that someone betrays him, and the most distressed thing is also his brothers. Now it is good that the Russians not only betrayed their allies, but also directly exposed their left flank to German fire.

"Eight Lambs!" An Guoliang also hurried over at this time, and after listening to the report, he immediately said according to the plan discussed before: "Brother Ziyu, the matter of retreat will be handed over to you." I'm going to cover for you. ”

"Brother Guoliang, take care." Wu Peifu didn't dare to slack off, and immediately beckoned the soldiers to speed up and set off.

At the same time as the first column of the army departed, the 121st Cavalry Brigade of the 64th Division also roared in the direction of the Russian Caucasian Cavalry Division, and when it was almost in Vinnytsia. Thousands of Cossack cavalry were seen galloping like migrating bison in the direction of their homeland on the Don River in the Caucasus. An Guoliang was amazed by the superb horsemanship of these Cossack cavalrymen, but he also despised their behavior of betraying and letting go of the defensive line, and shouted after scolding twice: "Brothers, we will fight when they are gone!" Protect the brothers' troops from retreating! ”

"Protect the brothers' troops from retreating!"

Three thousand cavalrymen shouted wildly and rode their horses up the river. This momentum naturally could not hide the retreating Cossack cavalry, and many people stopped and wondered why the Chinese cavalry still went forward to die. Budyonny also saw An Guoliang and others who were going upstream, he naturally knew what these Chinese cavalry were going to do, originally Frunze and Lenin's telegram was to ask him to cooperate with the German army, but he didn't want to do it. Therefore, although I secretly admired it in my heart, I ordered to continue to move forward and not to turn back.

Unlike the Cossack cavalry, the Wehrmacht put a lot of effort into infantry tactics when they knew that they were inferior to their opponents, so they immediately dismounted and switched to infantry for defense after arriving at the positions abandoned by the Russians. A machine gun was quickly erected, and mortars and grenadiers were all in place. Before the positions were all built, the Germans appeared in the night. But the Germans apparently did not expect that the secret had been leaked, and before they could figure out that three red flares had already risen from the trenches. "Boom." After receiving the signal, the first to fire were two armored trains on the railway line, and the eight 105 mm long-barreled rapid-fire naval guns were much more powerful than the army guns of the same caliber, and soon exploded dozens of fireballs in the German army. Immediately after that, the two temporarily deployed 75 artillery battalions also opened fire at full speed, knowing that all the shells would be discarded afterwards. The artillerymen simply wasted their full power and smashed all the shells through. Although the 75mm and 105mm cannons were not as terrifying as the heavy artillery, the Germans were still completely stunned, and a large number of supporting artillery suddenly appeared in the positions that they thought they could easily take, so they dared to continue to advance, and even many German generals were so angry that they stomped their feet and thought that they had fallen for the Russians. In the end, this incident was blackmailed and blamed by Germany in the armistice negotiations between the two countries.

Shells rained down, and the loading trains moving along the railroad could easily change their gun positions without worrying about the German counterattack. The 75 Artillery Battalion had no scruples about saving shells at all, and even if it broke a door, the artillery was very simple to blow up with grenades. Under the cover of artillery and cavalry brigades, one train after another full of soldiers took advantage of the cover of night to rumble towards Kiev. Since the Germans were never clear about the situation, they did not dare to invest large forces and only tried with small forces. In the face of dense artillery and machine-gun fire, it was not until after dawn in the early morning that the active attack was launched, and by this time the main force of the Chinese expeditionary force had all retreated past Vinnytsia towards Kiev.

When An Guoliang led his troops to intercept the German army under the cover of two armored trains, Britain and France and even the entire Entente were in chaos.

The building in Bordeaux, the temporary seat of the French government, is brightly lit, and curses and roars can be heard throughout the day. Not to mention the politicians and generals, even the guards standing guard at the gate were talking about what happened during the day. Although they have nothing to do with them, the poor party only a month ago wanted to respect the people's decision in front of the whole world, and a month later they directly shot and killed the workers and citizens who supported them, which even they found despicable. Moreover, it is clear to the discerning people that if the poor party really pulls Russia out of the war, as they say. Then the Germans would be able to free up at least 80 divisions to send them to the Western Front. That's more than 1.5 million troops! Not counting the 50 divisions released by Austria-Hungary, the numerical superiority achieved on the Western Front after the United States joined will be instantly closer.

Will the war be fought for a few more years? When the guards were worried, a crisp horn sounded outside, and three cars flying the Chinese flag appeared outside the gate, protected by two armored cars.

"It's Chinese."

"God, look, he's that General Yue."

"He's younger than the newspapers."

"Thank you to him for saving France."

The moment Yue Peng pushed the door and got out of the car, he immediately became the focus. In addition to recognizing China in the world, Rainwell's victory also made several young generals in the expeditionary force pay attention to the world, especially this young lieutenant general instantly overwhelmed many famous generals on the Western Front, and even many people thought that his military talent was comparable to Petain and Foch.

"Hehe, Brother An is now truly famous in the world." After going abroad in Italy, Spain and France, Yang Du's temperament has become much more cheerful. I saw several French female secretaries pointing at Yue Peng. Wang Zhengting, who deliberately pulled behind Tang Shaoyi, laughed and said: "Confucian Hall, I heard that there are many French celebrities who have a soft spot for our General Yue, so you might as well tell me and the prime minister if you have time." It's also good to help Zi'an staff officer. ”

"Brother Wanzi will spare me." In the Battle of Raineyvale, Yue Peng was famous for his boldness, carefulness, exquisite layout, and fierce use of soldiers, but he couldn't let go of men and women. Even many soldiers in the expeditionary force are now embracing left and right, but he is more disgusted by this matter. Wang Zhengting had long heard of the expeditionary force's nonsense, but this kind of thing now abounds in France, and the most powerful American army almost made the surrounding area of the garrison restless without fighting a battle, and compared with the expeditionary force, it is already very "civilized."

Tang Shaoyi also smiled slightly, he didn't care about this kind of thing, but was more worried about the affairs of Russia, and said, "Zi'an." What do you think about things in Russia? ”

When it came to the point, everyone didn't dare to joke, and they all pricked up their ears to hear Yue Peng's opinion. Because everyone knew who was standing behind him, they all wanted to understand Yang Qiu's mind through his side. Yue Peng didn't know what they were thinking, thought about it and said: "Yue is a soldier, and he can't talk about political things well. But from a military point of view, Russia has a vast territory, and the land of dispute is far away from Europe, so we can't do it even if we want to, so my opinion is to immediately let Shi Xiaolou lead his troops to withdraw to Catherine. Take the Urals as the boundary, find a way to get some benefits, and withdraw your fists when you see a good deal. As for the east, after reaching an agreement with Britain and France, we can send troops to Vladivostok and Bole on the grounds of helping the Russian opposition and purging the poor party. In this way, Britain and France can understand. We don't want to meddle in the distribution of power in the world, we just want to get back the lost territory. lest they be suspicious of us. Second, after losing Vladivostok and other Pacific estuaries and cutting off Irkutsk, even if the poor party wins in the end, we will be able to strike again when the fight comes, so that the country can still buy a few years of time to recuperate. ”

Wang Zhengting was a little strange how his courage suddenly became smaller, because the two of them knew each other very well and were both members of the YMCA, he asked directly: "It's strange for Zi'an to say this, we still have a total of 100,000 troops in Ukraine and the Ural Mountains, and the 15 infantry divisions behind have all been organized, and according to the plan, they should have been put into the Eastern Front from this month." The poor party is now making such a fuss, it will inevitably provoke internal conflicts, and the two factions are facing a fight, so why should they take the initiative to withdraw? ”

Yue Peng shook his head: "This is a mistake in the Confucian hall, although we do have the ability to interfere, but the army costs a lot of money when it moves, and 100,000 troops need more than 1,000 tons of food and straw every day. Russia is in great depth, and a quick victory must be impossible! It was a fluke to be able to retreat to the Urals when they were fighting alone in a foreign country in the depths, without logistics and reliable allies. Moreover, he must be somewhat sure that he dares to make trouble, and if we start a large-scale killing campaign in Russia, it will not be easy to handle relations with Russia in the future. ”

These words made Tang Shaoyi and Yang Du nod secretly, although Yue Peng kept saying that he was a soldier and didn't care about politics, but the analysis was incisive, but even many politicians couldn't see it. When everyone discussed countermeasures before coming out this time, Yang Qiu emphasized that they must not get involved in Russian affairs! Because the growth of the poor party is actually good for the Republic of China, but it is not good to be too big, so he formulated the sunrise plan to weaken Russia with the goal of emptying the east of the Urals, just to destroy the foundation of eastern Russia, and in the future, the poor party will return to Asia because there is not enough industrial support and cannot be launched! Therefore, it is possible to support the opposition, and it can also contribute or even provide the opposition with free of charge, such as soldier training, weapons and equipment, etc., but it just can't get involved by itself! At least not at the moment, so Tang Shaoyi and Yang Du both know that this time they are here to reap benefits, as for sending troops to fight or something, they can dodge if they can, and if they can't dodge, they will drag. But there are some things that can be avoided if you want to do more, especially if the national garrison is in Ukraine, what if Britain and France demand a tougher attack on St. Petersburg?

Yue Peng seemed to see Tang Shaoyi's concern, and approached and said: "Prime Minister don't worry too much, Britain and France must have more demands than confrontation in this matter of Russia, as long as we put on a posture of large-scale intervention, but insufficient material support, do a good job in supporting the opposition, and help train troops in the Urals, they may not be able to do anything to us." Besides, I think you might as well make a fuss about the Dardanelles, if Britain and France can open this route from Sevastopol to support our army within three months, then they can still fight a dozen with their backs to the Black Sea, and if they can't, they won't want us to watch 100,000 soldiers starve to death without food or drink. ”

"Three months to open the Dardanelles?" Tang Shaoyi hooked the corners of his mouth and said with a smile: "Why didn't I see that Zi'an was also so cunning?" ”

"Haha." Yang Du and the others laughed one after another, and Yue Peng also took off his hat and was about to scratch his head, but his eyes suddenly cold. Wang Zhengting reacted the fastest, and immediately followed his gaze, only to see that Nagata Tetsuyama, the head of the Japanese Army's officer corps to Europe, actually appeared outside with the Japanese ambassador to France.

"Japan can't sit still after all, and it wants to intervene!" Seeing the Japanese delegation, Tang Shaoyi sighed slightly, Japan must have seen a good opportunity for Russia's civil strife and wanted to get a piece of the pie, if they let them intervene, things would suddenly become tricky again.

Yue Peng sneered, his eyes looked at Yongtian Tieshan, revealing a slight chill...... ()