Chapter 287: Fifty percent sure
Zhou Tai couldn't help but nod slightly, and after thinking about it, he asked, "Then why do the British support us?" ”
"Humph! The reason why the British supported us was simply because they did not want to see the continued expansion of Russian power in the Far East and thus threaten their interests. At present, two major blocs have been formed in Europe, one is the Central Powers led by Germany and Austria, and the other is the Franco-Russian Alliance, and these two blocs are facing each other. And Britain is still pursuing the so-called policy of glorious isolation, and has not joined either side. Because the current British have not yet realized that their position as world supremacy has been challenged, they will adopt this attitude of neutrality. Although nominally neutral, the British did not want either group to grow in order to threaten their current position. Therefore, the British naturally did not want to see the Russian influence continue to expand in the Far East, although the British would support us. Ren Chao snorted coldly and said.
In fact, the British did not have the slightest hope that the Tiger Army would be able to defeat Tsarist Russia, and the British supported the Tiger Army in the hope that the Tiger Army could weaken the power of Tsarist Russia in the Far East and deal a blow to the arrogance of Tsarist Russia. Not to mention Britain, even Germany and Austria-Hungary did not pin their hopes on the Tiger Army to defeat Tsarist Russia, but it is always good to have such a force to contain Tsarist Russia.
Ren Chao was silent for a while and then said, "As for the Americans, the United States has entered a period of imperialism. The monopoly capital consortium in the United States urgently needs to open up new markets, investment venues, and raw material production areas, so all kinds of propaganda machines have created public opinion for foreign expansion. But just as the United States was preparing to expand overseas, the whole world had been carved up by the old colonial powers. The United States wants to re-divide the world's colonies, but because of its limited strength, it is unable to compete with Britain, France, and other countries. What to do at this time? So the United States turned its attention to Spain, a declining empire, and now the Americans have begun to prepare for war against Spain, with the aim of seizing the Spanish colony, Cuba. Philippines and other places. We are not the only ones secretly supporting Philippine independence, including the United States. I have promised the Americans that if the United States goes to war with Spain in the future, we will do everything we can to support the United States, and at the same time promise the United States to further develop the market in the Qing Dynasty, so the Americans also support our war against Tsarist Russia. Although these countries cannot help us directly, they can still help indirectly, for example, by putting pressure on the opposition in the south to stop us from pulling us back. Or sell us some weapons and ammunition, and send a freighter to help us transport heavy supplies. So they have made money and achieved their goals, so why not? ”
After listening to Ren Chao's analysis, Zhou Tai and several other generals of the Tiger Army couldn't help but nodded.
At this time, Ren Chao continued, "We declared war on Tsarist Russia, and many people said that I was hot-headed and completely crazy. In fact, if I were not somewhat sure, I would not have declared war on Tsarist Russia so lightly. Although I am only 50% sure, I can only do anything when I am completely sure. It's already too late. Even if we are only 30% sure, it is worth taking this risk, not to mention that the Russian old Maozi deceives people too much, and we have to fight. Speaking of this, Ren Chao couldn't help but have a trace of anger on his face.
"What the marshal said makes sense. What's more, if we can defeat Tsarist Russia, the benefits we will gain are also very rich, so this risk is worth it. Zhou Tai nodded and said.
Ren Chao smiled slightly and didn't say anything more. Raising the binoculars, he turned his head to look in the direction of the battlefield.
"Bang bang!" After a few gunshots, several bullets landed beside Song Laohu, splashing dust. Song Laohu's face changed. Hurriedly fell to the ground, and at the same time shouted loudly, "Lie down! The dozen or so comrades-in-arms who followed him immediately lay down when they heard the voice.
"Heavy man, immediately suppress the fire of Lao Maozi." Song Laohu glanced up, and there were several Russian soldiers in front of him who were raising their guns to shoot this way.
"Yes!" The machine gunner responded, then set up the Tiger light machine gun in his hand and fired at the place where the Russian soldiers were hiding.
"Da Da Da!" The dense bullets splashed a cloud of dust on the ground, and the Russian old hairmen were shocked and hurriedly lay on the ground honestly.
Seeing this, Song Laohu immediately jumped up and rushed towards the place where Lao Maozi was hiding. Running to a distance of about fifty meters, he took out a grenade in his hand, bit off the pull wire with his teeth, and threw it out with a flick of his hand. The grenade crossed a beautiful arc in the air and landed accurately on Lao Maozi's hiding place. "Boom!" A violent explosion sounded, and the two old hairy people were directly blown out.
Seeing this, another old Maozi got up and was about to run away, but was directly reimbursed by Song Laohu. There were also two other old hairmen, one of whom was unable to dodge and was beaten into a sieve by a machine gun, and the last one was killed by another soldier.
Then Song Laohu rushed over directly and unceremoniously made up for an old hairy man who had not yet lost his breath.
Tie Dan rushed in front of Song Laohu, and couldn't help but stretch out his thumb, "Amazing!" Three old hairies were reimbursed at once. ”
"Don't talk nonsense, continue to rush forward with Lao Tzu, and kill all these old hairy people." At this time, Song Laohu's heart was also very excited, and he couldn't help but roar, and continued to rush forward with more than a dozen of his brothers.
"Damn! This Song Tiger is dying, this is too fierce! "Not far away, the company commander who is leading the charge.
"Company commander, do you want them to slow down?" At this time, a Tiger Army soldier next to him couldn't help but remind.
"Slow down! What I want is this kind of momentum, the brothers rush with me, and they are also the masters with the handles, who is worse than whom! Keep rushing for me, who dares to hide behind and pick up farts to eat, see if Lao Tzu doesn't kill him. Rush! The company commander roared and continued to rush forward with his brother.
"Kill!" Under the heroic charge of the Tiger Army, the Russian old Maozi was completely blinded and kept retreating. But the Tiger Ben Army did not have the slightest intention of stopping, and continued to attack all the way. Wherever the Tiger Ben army passed, the corpses of the old hairy people were all over the field, and the blood flowed like a river. Although the commander of the Russian army repeatedly ordered the front-line troops to block the attack of the Tiger Army, it did not have any effect at all. The momentum of the tiger army is like a rainbow, and the momentum is like a broken foot all the way, and the old Maozi who killed him fled from the wind.
The battle lasted from morning to dusk, and the Tiger Army broke through the two lines of defense of the Russian army in a company, and the Russian army was forced to retreat the defense line for ten miles, until after dark, the Tiger Army stopped attacking, and finally stabilized its position. (To be continued......)
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