"Your Excellency, Minister, Minister, are you telling the truth?"

The person who stammered these words was none other than Cao Rulin, the foreign minister of China's Beiyang government. He was now kneeling upright on a tatami mat in a Japanese-room room, his eyes wide like a brass bell, staring at the Japanese Minister Hayashi Gonsuke in front of him.

What made him so distracted was what Lin Quanzhu said to him just now, this Japanese devil said: "?????? As for the collateral for the loan, I think it's better to use the Eastern Railway! Isn't the Red Brigade now asking you to recover the Middle East Road and expel the Tsarist forces in North Manchuria before releasing the hostages? I think it's a good opportunity! Why don't you just listen to the Red Brigade, and we, the Japanese Empire, will fully support you! When you recover the Middle East Road, you should be able to borrow 100 million yen from the empire with this railway! Your Excellency Chief Cao, do you think this method is good? ”

Cao Rulin is so excited that he is about to pounce on him and hug this dry-looking Japanese old man and kiss him! This Japanese devil actually has a conscience to find out?????? Well, even if they want to take the opportunity to reach out to Beimanchu and turn the Middle East Road into Japan's sphere of influence, but after all, it is to take food from the Russian population, and Beiyang can still get a loan of 100 million yen for nothing, which is almost 50 million silver dollars, enough to support a war with the Nationalist Government, right? A lot of words, it seems that those Japanese devils have finally figured out that Beiyang is the real pro-Japanese faction!

After being happy for a while, Cao Rulin remembered that he was doing diplomacy, and put forward a new request: "Your Excellency, Minister?????? In the event that Britain and France intervene in our efforts to regain the Middle East, I wonder what kind of response the Japanese side will take? ”

This time it was Rihachiro Sakanishi who opened his mouth to answer, and he was rarely in the Japanese Legation today, so he participated in the reception together. Of course, Banxi, a China expert, knew that the Beiyang government had weak legs when he saw foreigners, so he smiled slightly and replied to Cao Rulin in an extremely positive tone: "The empire will fully support China!" Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief can rest assured of this, and are not the British and French now forcing you to do everything in their power to free the hostages? You have recovered the Middle East to save the hostages of their country?????? If they still want to talk nonsense, the empire will definitely come out and administer justice! ”

Cao Rulin was so moved that he was about to cry, and he nodded his head there, but his mouth was still habitually continuing to make diplomatic representations: "Thank you for the support of the Japanese side, but should diplomatic matters be stipulated in some binding treaties?????? ”

"No problem! The Empire could sign a secret treaty with the Chinese government on the issue of supporting China in recovering the Middle East Road and the Russian concessions in North Manchuria! Lin Quanzhu didn't wait for Cao Rulin to finish speaking, so he agreed.

"Really? Is this true? ”。 Cao Rulin couldn't help but ask this idiot question again, and when he saw that the two Japanese devils on the opposite side were nodding solemnly there, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then secretly pinched his thigh to make sure that he was not dreaming!

And the two Japanese devils looked at each other and smiled at this time, and their expressions were a little ambiguous. Lin Quanzhu coughed and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, we heard the rumors that you plan to send Lieutenant General Wu Ziyu's Beiyang Third Division to Guanwai, isn't it?" ”

Cao Rulin was taken aback, and hurriedly waved his hand: "This is just considering, if the Japanese side opposes it, we will ?????? it right away." ”

Lin Quanzhu waved his hand indifferently: "There is no problem, there is no problem?????? We have no objection to General Wu Ziyu's third division going out of the pass, we are just worried that the troops going out of the pass are too small! After all, Tsarist Russia still has a certain amount of strength, in case they transfer troops from the country, can your troops in the northeast be able to deal with it? ”。 ..., Cao Rulin was shocked, and his mind was suddenly in chaos, listening to the meaning of the Japanese, will there be a Sino-Russian war when the Middle East Road is recovered? Rihachiro Sakanishi explained with a smile: "Please don't worry too much about Chief Cao, Russia is now fighting a civil war, and their White Russian forces are moving to the west?????? I believe that as long as you put in enough troops in Manchuria, they will know the difficulty and retreat. As he spoke, he patted his chest again: "It's really not good, the empire will also lend a hand to China!" ”

Cao Rulin was stunned, he already faintly felt that this matter was not as simple as it seemed! But he decided to say yes first. He nodded: "That contemptible person on behalf of the Chinese government, on behalf of President Feng Da and Premier Wang, thank the Japanese Empire for its support!" Having friends like Japan is really a blessing for us in China! ”

The two Japanese smiled with satisfaction, got up and sent Cao Rulin out of the Japanese legation, and when they returned to this Japanese room again. Seeing that the head of Japan's biggest spy in China, Aoyama Xuanjun, was already sitting cross-legged inside, and when he saw the two of them coming in, Aoyama laughed and said: "Lin Jun, Banxi Army, and the foreign minister of China are all about to be grateful to the empire?" ”

Lin Quanzhu smiled: "Then do you need to talk about it?" This time it was really good for China! I don't even understand, isn't Tokyo not supporting us in grabbing the Middle East? Why is it suddenly agreed now? The foreign policy of the empire is too volatile, right? Quite a few words"

Qingshan Xuanchun laughed: "Lin Jun, haven't you guessed it yet?" Our secret envoy must have reached an agreement with the Soviet and Russian sides! The territory of the Japanese Empire is about to increase greatly, and it can be at least doubled! ”

Lin Quanzhu's face was suddenly filled with a smile that could not be concealed, and his eyes lit up and looked at Aoki: "Is this true?" Haha, it's great, now the empire doesn't have to worry about the narrowness of the land anymore! By the way, Aoki-kun, we have an agreement with Soviet Russia, why should we help the people of China? ”

Rihachiro Sakanishi sneered and took over the question: "The reason is nothing more than two points. First, the Reich needed a valid reason to renounce its alliance with Tsarist Russia. If the Tsarist side invaded Manchuria because of China's seizure of the Eastern Railway, then the empire, as a staunch ally of China, should of course be on the side of China! Second, if Tsarist Russia invaded Manchuria under the current circumstances, then they would definitely evacuate the forces of the Vladivostok fortress, so that the imperial warriors would be able to capture the first fortress in the Far East at the least cost! ”

"And the first...!" Aoki Nobujun added with a smile: "Of course, it will not be free for the empire to send troops to help China resist the invasion of Tsarist Russia?????? Germany's rights and interests in Shandong, as well as the extension of the South Manchurian Railway and the extension of the lease of the Kwantung Prefecture are all deserved! By the way, perhaps fourth, China's seizure of the Middle East Road by force will definitely make Britain, France, the United States and other countries feel unpleasant, and maybe they will regard China as an accomplice of Red Russia! This was very beneficial for the empire to further seize Manchuria and Shandong in the future! ”

Lin Quanzhu looked at Aoki Xuanjun, who was full of smug smiles, and was slightly stunned for a while, but his eyebrows gradually frowned. This time, Japan has indeed made an incomparable move! But are you getting too much benefit? Isn't it too much of an appetite? On the one hand, it ceded a large territory from Soviet Russia, and on the other hand, it turned the whole of Manchuria and Shandong into Japan's sphere of influence?????? If the Japanese Empire really formed an anti-Japanese alliance with Soviet Russia, would the Japanese Empire be able to deal with an enemy that was almost "half the world"? However, such an idea can only be placed in the depths of his heart, he knows very well that those soldiers of the Japanese Empire are a bad wolf, as long as they can bite something, they will never let go! ..., now we can only hope that the civil strife in China and Russia will continue forever??????

Yue Fei, the minister of Soviet Russia, sat on the car provided by the Chinese Nationalist Government with a pale face, looking out the window at the bustling streets of Guangzhou, but these scenes did not actually enter his mind at all. He has just signed his name on a treaty that betrays the interests of Russia! The content of this treaty now occupies his entire brain, and without thinking about it, the content of the treaty will emerge automatically.

The Russian SSR ceded the entire territory of the entire Sakhalin Province and Primorsky Province to the Japanese Empire! The area of the land is more than 300,000 square kilometers (much less than Aoki Nobujun estimated). In addition, four Russian provinces, Trans-Baikal, Amur Krai, Kamchatka Krai, and Yakutsk, will become a semi-independent Far Eastern republic as a buffer zone between Japan and Soviet Russia. The country's politics could be controlled by the Russian GCD, but the Russian Red Army garrison in the Far Eastern republics could not exceed 50,000 men. Japan has the right of priority to develop the mineral forestry of the Far Eastern Republic, Japanese immigrants also have the right to buy land in the Far Eastern Republic to invest in business, the Japanese enjoy extraterritorial jurisdiction in the Far Eastern Republic, and Japanese goods enjoy preferential tariffs in the Far Eastern Republic, and the maximum tariff shall not exceed 5 ?????? There are more than a dozen! In exchange, Japan is responsible for disarming the Belarusian army in Primorsky Krai and Sakhalin Krai, and is responsible for cutting off the Belarusian logistics channel for sending weapons and equipment to Russia through Guò Vladivostok or Northeast China! In addition, if the Chinese did not disarm the White Russians in North Manchuria by the end of November 1918, Japan would have to send troops to do it on their behalf. In short, this is a traitorous treaty with extremely harsh conditions.

Of course, Comrade Yue Fei is extremely reluctant to betray national interests! However, the current situation of the Soviet and Russian sides has been extremely severe! Reliable intelligence that Britain, France and the United States are planning a large-scale intervention in the Russian Civil War! They were ready to devote a large number of troops to attacking the Russian Soviet power after the defeat of Germany! In addition, Japan has also implemented a large-scale mobilization of the army?????? The Japanese negotiators threatened that if the Soviet Russian side refused the conditions proposed by Japan, then they would send more than 100,000 intervention troops to Siberia! They can help the White Russians to storm Petrograd, and then get more benefits from the White Russians!

In addition, the rebel forces in Russia were also extremely rampant during this time, and almost all of Siberia had fallen! Moreover, in Ufa, in the Urals, a Russian Provisional Government against the Soviet Government had been formally formed. And in the area of the Don River in South Russia, the "Volunteer Army" under the command of Denikin and Kornilov is making a big invasion of Moscow! Moscow's shape is already in jeopardy!

As soon as Moscow falls, the Provisional Government will immediately gain an important stronghold on a par with Petrograd! And millions of inhabitants in and around Moscow will also become a source of soldiers for the White Army! However, the critical situation in Moscow was not the most important reason for the conclusion of an unequal treaty with Japan by the Russian GCD, and it was the bad news from Kazan that broke the nerves of Lenin and Trotsky. This important stronghold, which stored more than 600 tons of gold, was breached by a surrender of the White Army in early August?????? All the gold in the vaults of the Bank of Kazan is now owned by the Provisional Government! With such a large sum of gold, and the support of the imperialist powers and the majority of the Russian population, who did not know the truth, the nascent Soviet power was really going to perish! At present, it seems that there is only one way out before Lenin and others, that is, to sell more than 300,000 square kilometers of land in the Russian Far East, as well as a series of other rights and interests, in exchange for the "defection" of Japanese imperialism. ..., but Lenin and Trotsky were not willing to "cede" their national interests to Japan in this way! The reason why these Russian GCDs are so generous in betraying the country is because, in their opinion, this qiē is temporary! As long as they win this civil war and completely dominate Russia, it won't be long before this qiē is doubly returned from the enemy!

Therefore, while Yue Fei received the "traitorous instructions," he also received another secret instruction to promote the "Sino-Russian alliance." Of course, that "China" does not refer to the Beiyang government, but to the national government of Guangzhou! Lenin and Trotsky were probably so angry that they could no longer care about the fact that this national government was a bourgeois government! They now wanted to sign a treaty with Sun Yat-sen against Japan?????? Immediately!

In fact, however, Lenin and Trotsky were very clear-headed, and the main reason they wanted the Sino-Russian Treaty was to convince the members of the Central Committee of the Russian GCD who were opposed to the betrayal of national interests to Japan.

Lenin and Trotsky had already promised them that as soon as the conditions were ripe, they would immediately unite with the ** government of China to go to war against Japan! Recapture a lost territory! If possible, they would liberate Korea, reddenize the Japanese mainland, and take the Japanese emperor to Siberia for labor reform??????

But the question is, would Sun Yat-sen, the leader of the Chinese Nationalist Government, agree to sign an anti-Japanese secret treaty with Russia? Sun Yat-sen and the current Nationalist government seem to be pro-Japanese??????

"That's what the Japanese say?" When Duan Qirui asked a question, his face was full of doubt. Cao Rulin replied with great certainty: "Elder Zhi, that's what Minister Lin said, and he also said that he can sign a binding secret agreement with us!" ”

Hearing this, a beaming expression appeared on the faces of everyone in the room.

Duan Qirui set his eyes on Xu Shuzheng, and Xu Shuzheng smiled and said, "Old Zhi, it seems that our Beiyang is going to turn around this time?????? It's better to transfer the 3rd Division and the 16th Division out of the pass in the name of encircling and suppressing the Red Brigade! ”

His words fell, and Jin Yunpeng, who was also one of Duan Qirui's "Four King Kongs", the current chief of staff of the participating army, objected loudly: "You Zheng, the third division and the sixteenth division are both president's people, why should we use them?" It's better to transfer two divisions to join the army to me, and keep the horse until it succeeds! ”

Xu Shuzheng glanced at Jin Yunpeng, shook his head and said, "Yiqing, it is precisely because Wu Ziyu and Wang Ziming (Wang Tingzhen, the commander of the 16th Division) are both figures at the end of the presidential palace that we have to arrange for them to go out?????? This time to recover the Middle East Road and drive out the Tsarist forces is a great achievement, and whoever does it well will be the natural candidate for the Heilongjiang overseer and governor! ”

This time, Jin Yunpeng's voice was a little louder: "Then you still arrange for the third division and the sixteenth division to go out?" ”

Xu Shuzheng smiled but did not answer. Duan Qirui nodded, took over the topic and said lightly: "Wu Ziyu and Wang Ziming are the president's people, but Bao Guiqing is Zhang Yuting's people. Moreover, the relationship between Wu and Wang and Feng Huafu is also close, Wu Ziyu was promoted by Cao Zhongshan in the final analysis, and Wang Ziming is Feng Huafu's confidant?????? Whoever becomes an overseer will be a governor of the province with great knowledge! ”

Jin Yunpeng sighed: "Then how do we arrange our participating army?" ”

Xu Shuzheng smiled coldly: "Yiqing, you think things are simple!" Tsarist Russia is a skinny camel bigger than a horse, and little Japan must not be well-intentioned?????? If you don't do a good job of recovering the East Road, you will fight! Whoever is in the Northeast will be unlucky at that time! ”

Jin Yunpeng lost his voice and said: "What! Will there be a fight? How's that good? ”

Xu Shuzheng still sneered: "What's that?" Isn't Wu Ziyu able to fight well? Aren't the 3rd and 16th Divisions known as elite? And Zhang Yuting's 27th and 28th divisions are also quite capable of fighting? Let's let them have a good fight with the Russian devils! When the fight is almost over, it's not too late for the participating army to go out and clean up the mess! He took a deep breath and said in a calm voice, "This is our only way out!" If you don't, you'll have to die! However, since this idea was developed by the Japanese, they have no reason to watch us completely defeated by the White Russian soldiers, who regard Manchuria as a lifeline?????? Their purpose this time should be to turn North Manchurian into a Japanese sphere of influence! ”

Listening to Xu Shuzheng's analysis, the excitement just now is gone. Beiyang has always had a "phobia of foreigners", no matter how civil strife Tsarist Russia is, it is always a foreigner, right? If many words were left on the ground, Beiyang would not dare to fight the idea of the Middle Road, but if it doesn't do it now, it seems that there is really no money to deal with the life-and-death struggle with the Nationalist Government in the future! (To be continued.)

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