Chapter Twenty-Four: Nervous Tsarist Russia
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The end of the Kulen War heralded that the balance of the Outer Mongolian War had tipped in favor of the Chinese Empire, and it would not be long before China could solve the Outer Mongolian problem.
Grand Duke Nikolai was very angry after receiving the telegram of surrender of the Russian army in Kulen, although this was already expected by him, he still did not want to receive such news, the core figures in Outer Mongolia were captured by China, which was a great shame for the empire.
Kulen had already surrendered, and there was no need for the Third and Fourth Armies who rushed from Wulianghai to support them, and they were no match for the Chinese Imperial Army. Nikolai directly ordered the Third and Fourth Armies to rush back to Wulianghai and told them to wait for reinforcements to arrive, because he predicted that the next destination of the Chinese Empire would be the Wulianghai region.
In addition, the thousands of defenders left behind by Uriya Sutai also sent telegrams saying that they were fleeing to the Wulianghai area, and that Uriya Sutai was attacked by a Chinese army of more than 100,000 people, and they were defeated by the Chinese army, and Uriya Sutai had fallen.
This situation made Grand Duke Nicholas feel very bad, before only 200,000 Chinese troops besieged Kulen, he had already expected that there would be another army to Uriya Sutai, but he didn't expect that he still lost a step.
He looked at the map and was very helpless, after the capture of Uriya Sutai, it should be followed by Kobdo, but there are not many garrisons there, only a few thousand garrisons, and it will not be long before it will be breached.
Uriya Sutai and Kobdo were both broken by the Chinese army, and the Wulianghai region was completely exposed to the eyes of the Chinese army like a little girl who had stripped naked, and he couldn't imagine how long they could hold out if the imperial reinforcements didn't arrive in time.
Grand Duke Nicholas continued to urge reinforcements from within the country, and the news of the occupation of Kulen by the Chinese Empire was, of course, written guiltily on the telegram.
"Sell newspapers, sell newspapers, the imperial army breaks through Kulen and captures the Russian general alive......"
"Sell newspapers, sell newspapers, the imperial army breaks through Kulen and captures the Russian general alive......"
The newspaper sellers in the imperial capital of China were shouting loudly on the streets, and a large number of people rushed to buy newspapers.
After reading the newspaper, the people were very excited, they cheered in the streets, every victory of the empire in Outer Mongolia was their pride, and the people were very angry about the act of splitting the empire, so they should give Outer Mongolia some color.
The news soon spread throughout the country, and the empire had won the Great Battle of Outer Mongolia, and the day was just around the corner to drive Tsarist Russia out of Outer Mongolia, which was a very exciting thing.
In fact, at the beginning of the empire, many people did not support the empire's military operations in Outer Mongolia, because they felt that now was not the time, and the empire should use this rare time of peace to develop itself, and a large number of wars could drag down the empire.
As for some extreme people, they think that the empire is reckless, and that it has just fought with Britain not long ago, and now it is at war with the powerful Tsarist Russia, which is simply destroying the peace of the empire, and there is also a Outer Mongolia that is not worth the empire's big fight.
In general, there are more people who support the empire's sending troops to Outer Mongolia than those who do not, after all, the act of independence of Outer Mongolia has violated the core interests of the empire, and if it is not dealt with properly, separatist activities will be carried out in the future. The most important point is that the territory of the empire is sacrosanct, and the empire will not let go of any of the people who dare to divide the territory of the empire.
Qin Yu looked at the point and a half sent back by Jiang Fangzhen and was very satisfied, he didn't want to repeat the mistakes of later generations about the affairs of Outer Mongolia, it was his principle to solve the problem at one time, those people in Outer Mongolia except for Jebu Zundamba The rest of the people must definitely be severely punished, and then let them be tried openly with those people in Tibet, and then directly killed.
Yes, just as other countries think, Qin Yu also wants to take advantage of this war to consolidate his rule, although he doesn't need this to consolidate his rule now, but the leak before the war made him feel the crisis, and it was just right to consolidate it.
Qin Yu asked the ambassadors of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to communicate to Britain and other countries to convey to Tsarist Russia the news that they demanded that Tsarist Russia immediately withdraw from Outer Mongolia, otherwise the Chinese Empire would not mind going abroad.
After receiving the telegram of Cullen's surrender, Nicholas II smashed a lot of things in the study, and Cullen was taken by Huaxia in just a few days, and his imperial uncle disappointed him too much.
After venting for a while, Nicholas II also calmed down, and after thinking about it for a long time, he also knew that he couldn't blame his imperial uncle, after all, the Chinese Empire had tanks and airships and other weapons, and his army in the Far East did not have these things, but the speed of defeat was too fast, and the reinforcements were not even half the way now.
The airship troops of the Chinese Empire were a very difficult problem, because Russia did not have any airship troops, and it was impossible to send them to the Far East, and Europe was their center of gravity.
Just as he was thinking about it, the palace guards found him with the news conveyed by the Huaxia Empire, he picked it up and looked at it, and then directly tore up the telegram to shreds.
"Damn yellow monkey, it's really too deceitful, and you still want to enter the territory of the empire, no way! You go and tell them to let the empire's warriors go and withdraw from Outer Mongolia, otherwise the empire will attack them in many ways. Nicholas II said angrily.
The guards remembered it and immediately went down, they did not dare to stay in front of the angry Nicholas II, otherwise they would suffer if they were not careful.
Nicholas II urgently contacted Britain and France, and he offered to buy the tanks that Britain had now built, as well as the large airships.
Britain hesitated for a moment and agreed to the request of Tsarist Russia, but only sold Tsarist Russia fifty taels of tanks, and there were not so many tanks, and they could only be delivered after half a month, as well as five large airships. France also agreed to sell tanks to Tsarist Russia, but it was not until two months later, after all, their tanks had just been manufactured, and their performance had not been tested or anything, and the airships could be sold to Tsarist Russia.
The reason why Britain and France sold their tanks to Tsarist Russia without their own equipment was also to test tanks with the war between Tsarist Russia and the Chinese Empire, and the battlefield was the best place to test tanks.
The most important thing is that they want to use Tsarist Russia to weaken the strength of Huaxia, the rise of Huaxia has made it difficult for them to sleep, and they are unwilling to suppress the momentum of Huaxia.
Nicholas II, after contacting Britain and France, also sent people to Japan again, he wanted to unite with Japan to deal a fatal blow to China when necessary, and let China return to the Manchu period.
In fact, the people of Tsarist Russia did not pay much attention to the Far East, which had always been more concerned by individuals or factions, and the Tsarist government could not hope to obtain the strong approval of the people who could have received such imperial colonization activities as Britain or Germany, and only the Balkans in the Near East greatly aroused the enthusiasm of all Russians.
Now the defeat of Kulun has made the people have a huge sense of resistance, why should the empire support the independence of Outer Mongolia, why let the warriors of the empire shed blood for the indifferent Outer Mongolians, this is not worth it.
At this time the Bolshevik guys began to prepare for the organization of popular demonstrations, and they wanted to use the masses for their own purposes, because they knew that Nicholas II would definitely suppress popular demonstrations.
Lenin and others believed that now was not the best time, and there was no message from the Chinese Empire, and the troops in Tsarist Russia had not been mobilized to the Far East, and they hoped that what China said was true, otherwise their efforts would be in vain.
Nicholas II wanted to immediately mobilize airship troops to support his uncle in the Far East after receiving the agreement of Britain and France to sell him tanks and airships, but a telegram disrupted his thoughts, because Germany suddenly stationed troops on the border between the two countries, which made him very alarmed.
At this time, Germany stationed troops on the German-Russian border, obviously wanting to take advantage of the war in the Far East to suppress Tsarist Russia or directly enter Tsarist Russia, but it cannot be ruled out that this is to help the Chinese Empire.
Nicholas II also thought of this, but he did not expect that Germany would take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble, he had to pay attention to this issue, in case Germany really attacked, he would have to go to war on two fronts, no, let Britain and France help him.
The matter of the German garrison on the German-Russian border became known to the whole world the next day, and the world's attention was instantly focused on Tsarist Russia, because Tsarist Russia was fighting with the Chinese Empire in the Far East, and there was such a thing on the European side, and I felt that there was a drama to watch this time.
Tsarist Russia urgently contacted Germany to ask for clarification, but Germany's reason was that they were conducting military exercises here and would withdraw later, but the time was not specified.
As for Germany's statement, Tsarist Russia does not believe it, Britain and France do not believe it, why did the military exercise go to the border, isn't this a naked threat?
Britain and France soon announced that they would conduct naval military exercises in the North Sea, in which Russia, Spain, and Portugal would also participate, and said that this was to promote peace in Europe and deepen military understanding among several countries.
All countries in the world knew what was going on, but there was no movement in Germany, the army was still stationing there, and the Allies did not make any big moves, so they left Britain and France and other countries to make trouble.
The situation in Europe became more tense, and the limelight instantly overshadowed the war between the Chinese Empire and Tsarist Russia, after all, Europe was the center of the world at that time.
Qin Yu didn't pay too much attention to the affairs of Europe, he also wanted to take this opportunity to quickly transfer the war to the territory of Tsarist Russia, it was not his style to always fight in the empire.
The Chinese Third Army rushed towards Kobdo after easily conquering Uriya Sutai, and as long as they took Kobdo, their task had been basically completed.