Chapter 671: Lobbying Kolchak
Originally an admiral, after the outbreak of World War I, Kolchak served as chief of operations for the Baltic Fleet of Tsarist Russia, many of Russia's generals were mediocre, but Kolchak was a great command, and he was promoted to rear admiral soon after after he gave the German marines a head-on attack under the city of Riga. Kolchak was good at minelaying, and his ships often went deep into enemy waters to lay mines, and he once sank dozens of German ships. In 1916, Kolchak was promoted to vice admiral and became commander of the Black Sea Fleet. He also made great achievements in the Black Sea, sinking a number of German warships in Constantinople and firmly holding the control of the Black Sea in the hands of the Russian army.
After the overthrow of Tsarist Russia, he had hoped that the new government would establish order in the country. However, he was disappointed by the development of events, and the first order issued by the Provisional Government was to allow the soldiers to disobey their superiors. In June last year, a meeting of representatives of sailors, soldiers and workers in Sevastopol passed a resolution to dismiss Kolchak from his post as commander of the Black Sea Fleet and send him to the United States for a military expedition. Kolchak spent two months in the United States, and while passing through China, he learned of the outbreak of the October Revolution.
After returning to Russia, he set up a cabinet in Ufa, that is, the Russian Provisional Government, and the Black Sea Fleet, the Ukrainian region and some areas around Ufa were attached to him, so far, Kolchak has 200,000 troops under his command, and Russian troops in other places have expressed their willingness to support him, and some Russian troops who have retreated from the front line have also come to Kolchak for their livelihood.
Kolchak and his army are not in a very good situation at the moment, first of all, the problem of food, and secondly, the problem of keeping out the cold. However, winter is almost over, and the question of clothing has become less important. Then the remaining problem is the lack of weapons and ammunition.
Despite the fact that the living conditions were not very good, Kolchak did his best to get a table of hospitality that looked sumptuous. In order to keep it secret, Ma Boyang did not let Kolchak invite other people, as far as the current situation is concerned, the less people know about his arrival, the better, Kolchak respected Ma Boyang's request.
In order to keep it secret, there were two people at the banquet, Kolchak and Ma Boyang, and the two were drinking and eating food, chatting at the same time, and they were nothing more than some customs and customs. Kolchak was interested in the changes in China in recent years.
After the banquet, Kolchak took out two cups of extremely precious coffee, and the two of them sat face to face with a cup of coffee and began to have a formal conversation.
"Your Excellency, please tell me what you mean, I'm listening!" Kolchak stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please.
Ma Boyang said: "It is said that the general is gathering troops from all sides to prepare to resist the attack of the Soviet Russian army, the concept and ideology of Soviet Russia is completely different from that of other countries, this is to subvert the current mainstream ideology in the world, I think the vast majority of countries in the world will oppose this, as far as our country is concerned." We are ready to support His Excellency the General! ”
"Oh?" Although Kolchak had vaguely guessed before, he was still surprised to hear Ma Boyang say it with his own ears, but he thought about it. There is no such thing as a free lunch.
So he asked: "First of all, I am very grateful to your country for trusting me and supporting me, but I would like to ask. How strongly does your country support me? ”
Ma Boyang said: "General, fighting against Soviet Russia is not a matter of one country. We are willing to contact some of the leading countries of the world, and we will concentrate all the forces of these countries to unite against Soviet Russia. That's what we decided and how hard we were! ”
Kolchak thought for a moment and went straight to the point: "So what do we have to pay?" Don't tell me it's all free, I'll suspect I'm living in a dream! ”
"Siberia, we want you to recognize the return of all of Siberia to our country!" Ma Boyang said seriously.
Kolchak was stunned, and then burst into laughter: "Hahahaha??????".
Ma Boyang frowned, "General, isn't this funny?" ”
"Isn't that funny?" Kolchak asked rhetorically and sneered: "You just used the word 'restitution', is it possible that Siberia itself belongs to your country?" Why haven't I heard of it? ”
Ma Boyang said: "In the era of the Mongol Empire, Siberia was the territory of our country, and at that time you Slavs were just a group of barbarians on the shores of the Baltic Sea!" ”
Kolchak was furious when he heard this: "Your Excellency, if you want to say this, two thousand years ago, your country's sphere of influence was only south of the Great Wall, and even more years ago, your country was only a small tribe on the edge of the Yellow River, and you gradually expanded the scope of control, this is aggression!" ”
Ma Boyang waved his hand and said: "General, you can't say that, can you Russia have such a large territory today and have not invaded?" The reason why we say that Siberia is our land is recorded in history, and now our country has the ability to get back the land that was lost in the past, of course, we have to spare no effort, isn't it? To tell the truth, the top level of the Soviet and Russian sides had already signed an agreement with our country many years ago to return Siberia to our country, and now that Soviet Russia is in power, this has already been confirmed, and if it were not for the fact that Soviet Russia is completely different from the ideology of other countries at our level, we would definitely not support the general! ”
Kolchak was furious: "Of course I know that there must be a proper compromise in the negotiations, but your appetite is too great, and in the whole of Siberia, you are not afraid to flash your tongue when you open this mouth!" Do you think I am a traitor to glory? Let me admit that you have the sovereignty of Siberia, ha, it's ridiculous, I am loyal not to the tsar alone, but to this country, I will never agree to your unreasonable demands, I would rather be killed by Soviet Russia than recognize your sovereignty over Siberia! ”
Ma Boyang hurriedly said: "Don't be angry, general, don't be in a hurry to refuse, I know you are not afraid of death, you are a hero, how can you be afraid of death?" But have you ever thought about the consequences of your rejection of us? Now your enemy is Soviet Russia, as far as we know, the Russian army and local forces in Orenburg in the south have been persuaded by Soviet Russia and declared their obedience to the command of the Soviet side, the Russian army in the northwest has approached Cherny, and the Russian army led by Frunze on the left flank in the west has approached to Samara. You and your army, and all the people under your rule, have been surrounded on three sides by the Russian army, if our troops stationed in Chelyabinsk are approaching to the west. Then you and your army will become a turtle in an urn, and you are certainly not afraid of death. But what about your soldiers and people? Well, think about it, for the sake of your army and your people, I will now stay in the city and wait to meet you again! ”
Ma Boyang is gone, in fact, the situation he just said is not all correct, at least there is one point he does not know. In the North Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, the former Chief of Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of Staff of the Russian Provisional Government, Commanders of the Western and Southwestern Fronts, Denikin and Korninov, organized a "Volunteer Army" consisting of a part of the Black Sea Fleet, "non-commissioned officers", Don Cossacks, Caucasus regions, the White Army of the Ukrainian Military District, and there were quite a few of them.
"Wait. Wait a minute! Kolchak hurriedly stopped Ma Boyang, "Your Excellency, if you go out now, it is very likely that you will be discovered by the agents of the Soviet and Russian sides, if you are discovered, the secret of your coming here will not be kept, if you don't mind, you can live in my castle temporarily, how about it?" ”
Ma Boyang couldn't ask for it, but still said, "Isn't this too disturbing?" ”
"Don't bother. Don't bother! ”
In this way, Ma Boyang settled in Kolchak's castle.
That night, Ma Boyang couldn't sleep, and was going to talk to Kolchak to see if he could convince Kolchak. Unexpectedly, before he arrived, he saw Kolchak and an officer walking towards the back garden, and Ma Boyang's heart moved. Hurriedly stopped and hid behind a pillar.
"What I asked you to investigate, how did it go? Where was His Majesty's family held? ”
This is Kolchak's voice. Ma Boyang immediately pricked up his ears.
The officer beside Kolchak said: "It has been found out, His Majesty's family is currently being held in a monastery in Perm. But there are strong defenses, we have no way to rescue His Majesty's family, and Perm is too far away from our sphere of influence, even if there is a way to rescue His Majesty's family, there is no way to escort His Majesty and his family back safely, unless we go to Yekaterinburg, but Yekaterinburg is under the control of the Chinese army, and our current relationship with the Chinese army is not good, and the Chinese army may not be able to help."
Kolchak was taken aback, "Perm?" It was indeed very close to Yekaterinburg, which was controlled by the Chinese army, and the Soviet Russians were indeed bold enough to lock up His Majesty's family in Perm, which was at the junction of the Chinese army's forces, were they not afraid that the Chinese army would attack Perm? Or was the Chinese army found out the news and secretly sent someone to rob His Majesty's family, wouldn't Soviet Russia lose a lot? ”
The officer thought for a while and said, "General, why don't we ask the Chinese army for help?" ”
"Please help Hua Jun? No, no, no, you can't let the Chinese army know the news" Kolchak immediately thought of Ma Boyang, but he immediately denied this method, cooperating with the Chinese army is undoubtedly seeking the skin of the tiger, and the appetite of the Chinese army is too great, he doesn't want to be a sinner, if that, even if the Tsar's family is rescued, the Tsar will kill him angrily.
The officer was puzzled: "Why?" At present, we have no other way but to ask Hua Jun for help! ”
Kolchak didn't speak again, he didn't tell the officers around him why they couldn't ask Hua Jun for help, because only he knew best that the purpose of the Chinese army was to get Siberia, nominally speaking, the tsar was the master of Siberia, and of course the Chinese army would not rescue this master, once the tsar's family was free, the tsar would not agree to cede Siberia to Hua, and the Chinese side would rather die in the hands of Soviet Russia, so that there would be an excuse for Hua to say that the master of Siberia was dead, Siberia has become terra nullius, and China certainly has the right to occupy it.
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