In the summer of 1919, the Russian Civil War, which lasted for a year and a half, finally came to an end. The reason why I say basic is because on the territory of the former Russian Empire in Eastern Siberia, there was still a Republic of Simperia supported by Japan at this time! This country, with a territory of nearly four million square kilometers, has clearly become the object of fierce contention between Japan and Soviet Russia.

In addition, along the long border between China and Russia, there are still a large number of remnants of the White Guards, who use the vacuum on the border between the two countries as a base to constantly harass and attack targets in Soviet Russia. And Soviet Russia also used this as an excuse to constantly protest to the Chinese government in Nanjing, on the one hand, and on the other hand, sent troops across the border to clear it. In July 1919, it was even more open to the Nanjing government for the footsteps of the 268th Russo-Japanese War, is there still a monthly pass? put forward the demand of "allowing the Soviet Russian Red Army to enter Mongolia and suppress the White Russian bandits"!

At the same time, Lieutenant General Zhao Zhen, deputy commander-in-chief of China's Northwest Frontier Army, commander of the Mongolian frontier army, and commander of the Third Army of the Northwest Frontier Army, also sent urgent telegrams to the military committee in Nanjing, claiming that the number of crossings of the border by the Soviet and Russian sides was becoming more and more frequent, and the scale of troops sent to the Soviet Union was also increasing......

Our Chang Da revolutionaries did not agree to the Soviet Red Army stationed in Mongolia to suppress bandits, nor did they agree to send reinforcements to Zhao Zhen, as if they did not have Mongolia in their hearts. And Chen Duxiu, the premier of the National Government, also pretended to be deaf and dumb about this. His energies are now probably focused on the two major events of recovering the Kannai concession (excluding Hong Kong) and tariff independence.

In the end, it was Hu Hanmin, the chairman of the Nationalist Government who had been hollowed out, at the meeting of the Military Commission, who slapped the newspaper in his hand and shouted loudly at Chang Ruiqing, Xu Chongzhi, Bai Chongxi, and Lan Tianwei: "Soviet Russia has invaded the border, and Mongolia is in danger!" Do I still have a monthly pass for the footsteps of the 268th Russo-Japanese War? Our national government has rules for defending the territory. How can you, as the head of the Wehrmacht, remain indifferent! ”

Several of the leaders of the Wehrmacht in the conference room of the Military Commission felt a little embarrassed. The situation in Mongolia, while somewhat severe, is far from a priority at the moment. In order to truly ensure that Mongolia is unharmed, the key is to resolve the current situation in which Chang Chiang is vying for power, and at the same time to complete the reorganization of the national defense forces, as long as China can be truly unified. With the current international situation, Soviet Russia absolutely did not dare to think anything wrong about Mongolia.

Before the Chang-Chiang dispute was resolved, there was really no good way for Nanjing to solve the Mongolian crisis...... And everyone knows that the real root cause of the Mongolian crisis lies in the struggle between Japan and Russia for the Republic of Simberia. Now the Japanese Army is evacuating overseas Chinese under the pretext of evacuation. Staying there and not retreating is a clear attempt to split these four million square kilometers from Russia. Of course, the Soviet and Russian sides will never give up, and once the war breaks out between Japan and Russia, it will almost certainly affect Mongolia...... With China's current national strength, it is impossible to station a large army in Mongolia to ensure that it will not become a battlefield for Japanese and Russian troops.

Besides. The war between Japan and Russia is really a good thing that China cannot hope for at the moment. To put it mildly, even if it is necessary to temporarily fall Mongolia for this reason, it is very worthwhile! If Japan and Russia lose in the Far East and Mongolia, in the end, no matter who holds Mongolia in their hands. They all have to be returned to China obediently. The premise, of course, is that China can take advantage of the war between Japan and Russia to complete the final reunification.

But now the chairman of the national government is shouting like this. Our chairman of the Standing Committee didn't know how to answer for a while, and he was considering the choice of words. Xu Chongzhi was the first to stand up: "Mongolia must be saved!" At the beginning, Beiyang could take it back, if it was lost in the hands of the national government, how would we explain to the people? How to comfort the spirit of the former prime minister in heaven? ”

What he said was righteous, and others really couldn't find anything to refute it. He touched his mustache, and glanced at Chang Ruiqing, who was silent, and looked very proud: "Brother J also mentioned the Mongolian crisis in his handwritten letter to me, and he felt that the gain and loss of the land was a great righteousness, which was much more important than the struggle for power and doctrine within us. Therefore, he built yì, and the Central Army, the Northeast Frontier Army, and the Northwest Frontier Army jointly sent troops to aid Mongolia. The commander-in-chief of the Mongolian aid army can be my brother and me, Comrade Yaoru, what do you think? ”

Chang Ruiqing sat there without squeaking, but he thought about it in his heart. Hu Hanmin, Xu Chongzhi, and Jiang Jshi are basically a gang. That is, today's thing should be a conspiracy carried out by them jointly ... It's a conspiracy against yourself! Uh, what do they want to do? Should it be figured out that guò "aided Mongolia" and allowed Xu Chongzhi to grasp a certain amount of military power? But doesn't that Xu Chongzhi's chief of staff want it?

Thinking of this, he glanced at Xu Chongzhi and said in a low voice: "Brother You, how many troops is Commander-in-Chief Jiang going to send to aid Mongolia this time?" ”

"Two mixed brigades, nearly 12,000 people, commanded by General Feng Huanzhang."

Chang Ruiqing thought for a moment, and finally nodded: "Okay, then let's go out of the three mixed brigades...... It's not that the younger brother is unwilling to send more troops, it's just that Mongolia's transportation conditions are too bad, and there are too many troops, so there is no way to guarantee logistics. Now Mongolia has nearly 9,000 people, and with the addition of five mixed brigades, there are nearly 40,000 troops, which is already the limit of logistical support. You are a brother, do you think it will work? ”

Hearing this answer, Xu Chongzhi was also stunned for a moment, in his plan with Hu Hanmin and Jiang Jshi, Chang Ruiqing should not agree to hand over the army to Xu Chongzhi, so in the end, only Jiang Jshi's Northeast Army sent troops to aid Mongolia, but Chang Ruiqing unexpectedly gave him three mixed brigades.

Chang Ruiqing said lightly: "Mongolia is a steppe terrain after all, I will try to transfer cavalry to you as a brother, each of the three mixed brigades is equipped with a three-battalion cavalry regiment and a cavalry artillery battalion...... Infantry regiments were also equipped with horses and were reorganized into mounted infantry. By the end of August, the formation was completed, and all the officers above the battalion level were nominated by your brother...... In addition, it is necessary to organize a logistics headquarters for the aid of the Mongolian army, and the commander is also nominated by Ru Wei's brother, recruiting 50,000 people, and preparing at least 100,000 pack horses and camels. and the Third Army of the Northwest Frontier of Mongolia is also controlled by your brother. ”

He didn't care whether Xu Chongzhi agreed or not, and turned to Lan Tianwei again: "If you are the chief of staff of General Wei, General Ji Hao will act as your deputy." Your deputy army commander will be represented by Lieutenant General Bai Jiansheng. ”

This time, Xu Chongzhi finally realized that something was wrong. Chang Ruiqing pushed the boat down the river and took out his chief of staff at the cost of three mixed brigades! Although he, the chief of staff, does not take care of things much, the power is in the hands of Lu Yixuan, the deputy chief of staff. However, all military movements and deployments of the Defence Force system. As well as the expansion of the army, the reorganization of the army, and the training plan, all the battle plans can be seen by him, the chief of the general staff!

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The news that Nanjing and Shenyang in China were preparing to jointly send reinforcements to Mongolia naturally reached Tokyo, Japan, and immediately stirred up a chain reaction. During this time, the Japanese government was also in contention over the issue of the Republic of Cimbella. The Japanese Army tried every means to delay the withdrawal, and the two divisions were stranded in the territory of the Cimberian Republic and did not retreat for a long time. And a vote of civilian officials represented by Japanese Prime Minister Hara Kei. He insisted on the "ten-year national policy of peace" and demanded that the army withdraw from the Republic of Chamberia as much as possible to create conditions for peace between Japan and Russia.

Moreover, the assassination of Sun Yat-sen has exacerbated the contradictions between the Japanese government and the military, the Japanese Army believes. After Sun Yat-sen's death, China would soon fall into division, and the pro-Japanese Chiang would be able to control northern China, at least the Manchurian and Mongolian regions. This put Japan in an extremely advantageous position in the war for the Cimberian Republic.

Because the supplies of the Japanese army will be able to be transported directly to Chita via the Guò Eastern Railway, the logistics line can be kept safe and unblocked. The Russians, on the other hand, had to deploy heavy forces along the Trans-Siberian Railway, close to the Sino-Russian border, to protect their logistics lines from being cut off by Japanese forces that might launch a surprise attack through the Chinese and Mongolian regions. If Soviet Russia invades Mongolia in order to secure the logistics line in Siberia. As a result, they will be in a state of war with the whole of China...... Because the Nanjing government, which holds high the banner of nationalism, will never remain silent when the territory is invaded.

And this time, the news that Chiang's ally Xu Chongzhi was going to leave Mongolia seemed to have confirmed the Japanese military department's prediction of the situation in China. At the same time, it also strengthened their determination to send troops to the Republic of Simberia and Soviet Russia to fight. This is the unanimous opinion of the entire Japanese Ministry of War from War Minister Yoshiichi Tanaka to ordinary staff members!

Once the accuracy of the message has been determined. Yoshiichi Tanaka, together with the Chief of Army Staff Yusaku Uehara, went to the Prime Minister's Office in Kasumigaseki in Tokyo to propose to Prime Minister Takashi Hara a plan to change the national policy.

In the conference room on the second floor of the Prime Minister's Office, two heads of the Japanese Army found Prime Minister Hara Kei. Minister of the Navy Yuzaburo Kato, and Minister of the Navy, Takeshi Inuyang. Foreign Minister Yasuya Uchida is already there. Yuan Jing sat in the middle seat, looking down at a copy of the telegram in his hand, his face a little happy.

Yoshiichi Tanaka stepped forward and called out to His Excellency the Prime Minister. Yuan Jing nodded with a smile, waved the copy of the telegram in his hand at Tanaka, and said with a smile: "Tanaka-kun, you are also here for the formation of the Mongolian army in China, right?" Mongolia is also about to be controlled by the Empire's friends. This was very beneficial to contain the forces of Soviet Russia and ensure the security of the Far Eastern states. By the way, in the secret treaty signed between the empire and the Beiyang government of China, the imperial army was allowed to station troops in Mongolia, right? ”

Yoshiichi Tanaka furrowed his eyebrows, the prime minister only mentioned the defense of the Far Eastern State, not the Republic of Simberia, it seems that this cowardly guy still intends to return this 4 million square kilometers of territory to the Russians in exchange for ten years of time for peaceful construction.

Yuan Jing also knew the idea of the army very well, and when he saw that Tanaka did not speak, he smiled bitterly: "Tanaka-kun, the empire's continental policy should still strive to be steady, and the annexation of the Far East has made Britain, France, the United States and other powers adopt a hostile policy towards the empire!" As he spoke, he patted another copy of the telegram on his desk: "This is from the delegation of the Paris Peace Conference, and Britain, France, and the United States have rejected the Reich's request for a joint statement condemning Chang Ruiqing, the leader of China...... They also believe that the incident at the Palace of Versailles was framed by someone and not by the Red Brigade in China...... Both Minister Uchida and I believe that this is a harbinger of a hostile policy towards the Empire by the Anglo-American-French powers! ”

Tanaka Yoshinichi took the copy of the newspaper and flipped through it casually, then threw it back to the prime minister's desk: "The incident at the Palace of Versailles is indeed suspicious, and it is very likely that Soviet Russia is playing tricks, and the purpose is to provoke a conflict between the empire and China." Saying that, his tone was a little more gloomy: "In addition, the cause of death of Sun Yat-sen, the leader of the branch, is also suspicious!" According to the information obtained by the army intelligence agencies, Mr. Sun was eliminated by the agents of our Imperial Japan! But it certainly wasn't the Army's work! He set his sights on Admiral Kato. Kato shook his head busily: "It's not the navy's people who did it. ”

The War Minister looked at the Prime Minister coldly again. Yuan Jing smiled bitterly: "The Consulate General in Beijing also sent relevant reports. They also investigated the matter through a secretary close to Mr. Sun. However, the secretary was mysteriously killed after meeting with the Consulate General! It seems that the mysterious forces that assassinated Mr. Sun are quite powerful. He sighed lowly: "But that's fine, if Mr. Sun doesn't die, there will be no situation where Chang Ruiqing and Jiang Jshi will fight for power...... Now the empire does not have to worry too much about the threat of China, and Jiang Jshi, who unites the northern branch, is enough to contain Soviet Russia. Next, it is time to implement the '10-year national policy'. ”

Tanaka Yoshiichi looked at Hara Jing and said, "The opinions of the lower officials and Uehara-kun are exactly the opposite!" Now is the perfect time for the Imperial United China and Poland to deal a heavy blow to Soviet Russia...... Ten years of construction or something, it can be said after defeating Soviet Russia and seizing the Republic of Cimbella! When the time comes, not to mention ten years, even twenty or thirty years will be there! ”

Foreign Minister Yasuya Uchida had not spoken, but when he heard Tanaka Yoshiichi's wishful thinking, he sneered: "Why would Shina unite with the Empire? When Mr. Sun was there, they all wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, but now that Mr. Sun is gone, Nanjing has been replaced by Chang Ruiqing. It was too late for him and Jiang Jshi to fight for power and profit, so how could they fight against Soviet Russia? They have a famous saying: If you go outside, you must first settle inside! ”

The Chief of Staff of the Army, Yusaku Uehara, only shook his head when he heard this: "If it is only the empire and Soviet Russia that go to war, of course Chang Ruiqing's Nanjing government will not be involved." But what if Russia invaded Mongolia first? Does Chang Ruiqing's central government in Nanjing dare to ignore it? Now the nationalism of China is growing day by day, and it is almost time to catch up with the era of the empire's security! If Chang Ruiqing dares to give up Mongolia. His righteous name will be completely lost! How else to fight Jiang Jishi? ”

Yasuya Uchida glanced at Yusaku Uehara and frowned: "Why did Soviet Russia invade Mongolia?" Didn't they always recognize Mongolia as a territory of China? Those Bolshevik leaders are not stupid, how can they provoke China again in such internal and external difficulties? ”

As soon as Tanaka Yoshinori heard this, he laughed coldly: "Soviet Russia will definitely invade Mongolia!" If Uchida-kun doesn't believe it, we can make a bet on the empire's continental policy! If Soviet Russia invades Mongolia. If Russia goes to war, then the empire will seize the Republic of Simberia, how about it? ”

Yasuya Uchida looked at Hara Kei and hesitated, "Your Excellency the Prime Minister." If Russia and China go to war in Mongolia, it will be a golden opportunity for the empire! The Republic of Humberia can have four million square kilometers......"

Seeing that his henchman Yasuya Uchida was a little shaken by what Yoshiichi Tanaka and Yusaku Uehara said. Yuan Jing was also bored for a while, and he said in a deep voice: "The matter of changing the national policy cannot be decided lightly. Let's take another look. If Russia and China really fight in Mongolia, then convene a five-phase imperial meeting, and let His Majesty make a final decision! ”

These few people have nothing to say, and when they saw that the original respect was not good, they all said goodbye one after another, and the Minister of the Navy, Yuzaburo Kato, seemed to suddenly think of something when he went out, but after exchanging glances with Lu Xiang Tanaka Yoshiichi, he still sighed, shook his head and left.

As soon as everyone left, a wooden door leading to the prime minister's office in the conference room was pushed open, and they saw the backstage of Yuan Kei, Nishiharaji Gongwang, striding in.

Seeing Nishihara Temple, Yuan Jing smiled bitterly: "Your Excellency, it seems that I have no way to stop the war, this Prime Minister ......"

Xiyuan Temple Gongwang sat down next to Yuan Jing, frowned, and asked, "Yuan Jun, do you also think that Soviet Russia will inevitably invade Mongolia?" ”

Yuan Jing nodded and said, "Yes!" Chang Ruiqing handed over Mongolia to the pro-Japanese faction, Soviet Russia will definitely feel in danger, if the army is releasing news that the empire will send troops to Chatuk, Soviet Russia will definitely strike first! When the time comes, alas......"

In the days that followed, the situation developed as Hara expected, and the pace of war was slowly approaching China, Japan, and Russia. As soon as the Nanjing government of China announced the news of organizing troops to aid Mongolia. Yue Fei, the Russian ambassador in Nanjing, was ordered to lodge a protest with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nanjing, clamoring for opposition to the pro-Japanese Xu Chongzhi commanding troops to aid Mongolia, and also opposing the Northeast Frontier Army sending two mixed brigades to aid Mongolia. After the Japanese side announced that it would send troops to Mongolia in accordance with the agreement reached between China and Japan, the Russian ambassador's reaction was even more straightforward to tell Wang Zhengting, the foreign minister of the Nationalist Government: Once the Chinese government agrees to the stationing of Japanese troops in Mongolia, then the Soviet Russian Red Army will immediately cross the border and liberate the Mongolian people who have been oppressed by the Chinese reactionary forces!

And Wang Zhengting's answer to this is also very clear: the Chinese National Defense Forces will destroy the invading Soviet Russian Red Army!!!