Xiao Zhenlei had just returned from Europe, and before his ass was hot, Wang Yaqiao came to report: "President, the situation in Russia is not optimistic, the day before yesterday, the Soviet Russian army defeated Kolchak's army in the lower reaches of the Volga River, Kolchak's army collapsed for thousands of miles, and lost one-fifth of the control area in two days, if it continues at this rate, I am afraid that in less than two or three months, Kolchak will have no place to stand."

"It seems that we are going to officially intervene," Xiao Zhenlei said after listening to Wang Yaqiao's report, and then lit a cigarette and smoked.

After thinking for a while, Xiao Zhenlei asked Wang Yaqiao to leave, picked up the phone and said to the secretary Xiao Gao: "Xiao Gao, let me know, a staff meeting will be held in the afternoon!" ”

"Okay, President!"

At half past two in the afternoon, the staff rushed to the conference hall one after another, Xiao Zhenlei finally walked in, he sat down and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, this time I went to Europe to discuss with the heads of state to determine how to deal with Germany, the sanctions against Germany are limited to the scope of economic and war reparations, and do not involve territorial aspects, except for a series of islands in the Pacific region that Germany has already occupied, all other German possessions overseas allow the locals to establish their own political power and become independent. In addition, in order to prevent the continued expansion of Soviet and Russian forces into the surrounding areas, the heads of state decided after deliberation that they would jointly send troops to intervene in Russia's internal disputes, and the first task of joint military intervention was to destroy Soviet Russia.

The joint dispatch of troops involves the command of the coalition forces, and in order to bring into play the maximum combat effectiveness of the coalition forces, the issue of unified command must be resolved. After deliberations among the heads of state, it was decided that our country would send a general with full authority to command all the forces of the coalition. At the summit meeting, I recommended General Cai Yi as the supreme commander of the coalition forces! ”

After Xiao Zhenlei finished speaking, he took out a letter of appointment from his secretary Xiao Gao's hand. Said to Cai Yi: "General Songpo, this is a letter of appointment signed by the heads of state, appointing you as the supreme commander of the allied forces of various countries, and you will come forward to form the allied high command, after the establishment of the allied high command, the command of the armies sent by each country will be under the allied high command, before the end of the war, each country has no right to order those armies, and your allied high command has absolute command over the troops they send. If anyone disobeys military orders, you can be dealt with according to military law! ”

After hearing this, the staff all congratulated Cai Yi, Cai Yi was still very happy in his heart, but his face did not show it, he stood up and took the letter of appointment and saluted Xiao Zhenlei: "Thank you for the president's strong recommendation, I will do my best to live up to the high expectations of the president."

Xiao Zhenlei nodded, motioned for Cai Yi to sit down, and continued: "The weapons and equipment, ammunition and war materials of the allied forces are not provided by each country separately. Rather, it is procured by the Allied High Command itself, which prevents countries from having problems with logistics and supply for various reasons, so where does military spending come from? Military expenditures were provided by Germany from war reparations to the countries, with each country providing 20 per cent. This was not allocated by the finances of various countries, but was directly transferred by Germany to the account of the Allied High Command, so General Songpa, when you established the Allied High Command. To open an account with a bank as soon as possible, I have already said hello to the German side. First of all, the first military budget will be transferred to the account to provide you with the military expenses for the formation of the Allied High Command, and Germany cannot provide all the military expenses at once. In any case where you may have insufficient funds, you can borrow money from the world's major banks to cover the shortfall in military spending, and then repay them to the banks after the German reparations are credited to your account. If the military budget is not enough, you will have to ask for all the weapons and equipment, ammunition, and war materials that more than 2 million people need, and if you can't get them, you will be in big trouble! ”

Cai Yi said: "I understand, I know how to do it, I will sell all the loot and captured materials for military expenses!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei said again: "There is another point I want to remind you, you must pay attention to the formation of the Supreme Command of the Allied Forces, when employing people, the intelligence personnel of the Soviet and Russian sides are pervasive, this is the first thing that needs attention, in addition, in the appointment of personnel in the logistics and munitions department, you must use reliable people, logistics is your lifeblood, once there is a problem in logistics, it is related to the life and death of more than two million people, this is not a joke!" ”

"Yes, I see!"

Xiao Zhenlei took a puff of cigarette and said: "Now our troops in Europe are being withdrawn one after another, and there are still four legions left, the seventh, eighth, and ninetieth, with a total strength of about 1.2 million people. Cai Ye is the supreme commander of the Allied forces, and the scattered corps have an obstructive effect on Cai Ye's command, so we must also send a person to command these four corps to facilitate Cai Ye's unified command, this candidate, Songpa, who do you think is the most suitable to command these four corps? ”

Cai Ye hurriedly said: "Everything is still up to the president to decide, and he will definitely cooperate closely with this person."

Xiao Zhenlei pondered for a moment and asked, "Let Zhang Xiaozhun cooperate with you, what do you think?" ”

"Good!"

"Then abolish the Western Theater Commander's Command, order Cai Guodong to return to China with the Fifth and Sixth Army Corps to rest and recuperate, and order Zhang Xiaozhun to assume the post of commander of the expeditionary force, commanding the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth army corps. As soon as he received the order, he flew to Europe to take up his post".

This is Cai Yi said: "President, if the Western Theater Commander's Command is abolished, won't Zhang Xiaozhun have to re-establish the Expeditionary Force Command after he passes?" Isn't it too much trouble? ”

Xiao Zhenlei shook his head and said: "This war has been fought for nearly six years, whether it is the front-line combat troops, or the auxiliary arms and officers of each army, they are very tired, it's time for them to return to China to rest, and besides, we should also give others some opportunities to exercise, isn't it?" Don't be afraid of trouble, and letting Zhang Xiaozhun set up the expeditionary force headquarters by himself is also a test of his commanding ability, and this matter is decided! ”

"Understood!"

Because to form the Supreme Command of the Allied Forces, everything had to start from scratch, Cai Ye had to bring a group of senior staff officers from China to Europe, Zhang Xiaozhun's situation was similar, Cai Guodong's Western Theater Commander's Headquarters was abolished, and he also needed to reorganize the Expeditionary Force Command.

After arriving in Europe, Cai set up the Allied High Command in Warsaw, Poland, although order had just been restored, it was not far from the border between Soviet and Russian, but it was not close, and it was basically not attacked by the Soviet and Russian sides, and the transportation here was relatively developed.

Brigadier General Zhang Xiao set up the headquarters of the Chinese Expeditionary Force in Iasi, which belongs to Romania, a small city that is only a few hundred kilometers from the Soviet-Russian border.

So far, except for the Duchy of Galicia, which originally belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and western Ukraine, all other territories in Ukraine are controlled by the Soviet Russian side, in fact, this is also related to the previous Chinese army's westward advance and all the troops transferred out of Ukraine.

In fact, in addition to discussing the handling of Germany and the handling of Soviet Russia, the summit also formed a resolution, that is, the establishment of the League of Nations, which is the League of Nations. It was established with the aim and purpose of reducing the number of weapons, quelling international disputes, improving the living standards of the population and promoting international cooperation and international trade.

The end of the war had a devastating impact on the social, political and economic systems of Europe. At this time, the global anti-war wave was heating up, and the First World War was described as "a war to stop all wars", with some arguing that the cause of the war was the arms race, alliances, secret diplomacy, freedom of monarchies, and neo-imperialism. On the other hand, people of insight hope to establish an international organization to jointly resolve disputes in the form of international cooperation.

British Foreign Secretary Edward? Gray was the first to propose the creation of the League of Nations. U.S. President Woodrow? Wilson and his adviser Edward? Colonel House was intrigued by this suggestion, believing that war could be avoided and that the mistakes of the First World War would not be repeated. And Edward? Gray's idea of the League of Nations also stems from the last point of Wilson's Fourteen Points of Peace: "To establish an international federation in which nations guarantee each other's political independence and territorial integrity." ”

The purpose of the League of Nations is to safeguard international peace and promote international cooperation. The Covenant provides for the guarantee of the territorial integrity and political independence of Member States through measures such as collective security, disarmament and the peaceful settlement of international disputes, as well as the imposition of economic sanctions against violators.

At the summit, when Wilson proposed the establishment of the League of Nations, Xiao Zhenlei expressed his support for this, and the leaders unanimously decided to set up a drafting committee to draft the "League of Nations Covenant", which also served to oppose Soviet Russia, and after the drafting of this covenant was completed, 44 countries signed it.

After the establishment of the League of Nations, the United States failed to compete with Britain and France for leadership in the League of Nations, which led to the US Senate veto joining the League of Nations, and China did not join the League of Nations, so that the League of Nations became the League of Nations headed by Britain and France.

At this time, the League of Nations could only resolve some minor disputes, but it was unable to deal with some larger conflicts, because the League of Nations did not have its own armed forces. Without the support of the armed forces, there is no right to speak, so the League of Nations needs the support of the great powers, and the support behind the current League of Nations mainly comes from Britain and France. The League of Nations would also request military assistance from major powers when necessary. However, the League of Nations lacked the coercive power to implement the resolution and failed to play its due role. (To be continued......)