In the year 4600 of the Yanhuang calendar,

For the "Yanhuang Era" even in the Northeast is only a short period of four years, although as early as ten years ago by marking the "Western Yuan" way, selectively ignoring the Manchu Qing Era, but the "Western Yuan" is not Chinese after all, the status of the "Era" in the Oriental political ethics can not be ignored, and because of this, from the beginning of the first month of the first month four years ago, the "Yanhuang Calendar" was "invented", replacing the "Guangxu" and "Western Yuan" and becoming the era of the Northeast, this inconspicuous change, In fact, it was also a sign to the outside world that the Northeast had broken with the Manchus. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Although the rupture has long existed, it has maintained at least a surface in the past, but in the 4600 years of Yanhuang, especially after the declaration of war on Russia, the Northeast is comprehensively and rapidly drawing a clear line with the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

If it is said that in the past, the "Sun and Moon Flag" was a spontaneous act of the people, then after the war against Russia, with the raising of the "Sun and Moon Flag" in the Governor's Palace, and then to the "Sun and Moon Flag" raised by the army after the recovery of "Vladivostok", this flag has become a symbol of the Northeast, and to a certain extent, it is also a symbol of China.

Just like at this time, at the consular meeting held in Shanghai, this flag is the representative of China, and among the flags of various countries hanging in front of the East Asia Hotel in Shanghai, the sun and moon flags are also fluttering in the wind.

Every time, when Tang Zhaoyi was distracted, he looked out the window and could always see the sun and moon flag on a red background fluttering in the wind on the square, and that sentence would always keep coming to his mind, although he was not the only diplomat participating in the negotiations. There were also representatives from all over Kannai. But the flag hanging outside the East Asia Hotel is the "Sun and Moon Flag". It seems that this is also the only flag that is acceptable to all parties.

"May the sun and the moon shine on my land, and don't forget the blood of the martyrs."

Thinking of the words of the marshal when this flag was determined three years ago, Tang Zhaoyi once again turned his attention to the consuls of various countries in front of him, and of course, of course, the embarrassed Russian consul in Shanghai.

The reason why the consular meeting was held in Shanghai was actually the result of the development of the situation -- the countries demanded that the Russian side endorse that it would never lead the flames of war to the "neutral areas" in the Guannai, and the provinces in the Guannai had already declared "neutrality," and of course there were also many demands for the Northeast -- for example, the Northeast endorsed and promised not to recruit troops from the Guannai.

It's been a whole afternoon today. Even the opponent at the negotiation table could sense that Tang Zhaoyi seemed to be a little absent-minded.

The reason why he was somewhat absent-minded was not because Kentaro Kaneko had already arrived in the United States, nor because Britain had put pressure on Tohoku to promise not to recruit troops in Kannai.

As for the former, it was just a little hope, and it's good that Kentaro Kaneko can succeed, but if he can't, then ...... Well, like now to maintain a tendency to neutrality. It's not unacceptable, so it's not a big deal. This kind of thing that is not a big deal is completely based on one reason - strength!

The Northeast Navy is not inferior to the United States even if it is a squadron, and although President Roosevelt's proposal to build a navy is now being deliberated in Congress, when the United States has warships to challenge the Northeast Navy, this war may have already ended, and now, even if the Americans are unwilling in every way, they can only watch it. Watch as the Northeast continues to strengthen its power in Xia Weiwei.

As for the commitment demanded by the British, well, this is not a problem at all, perhaps after the outbreak of the war, the Northeast recruited nearly 500,000 recruits in the interior, and now even if it no longer recruits new soldiers, it is completely possible to recruit "laborers", and as for whether the laborers "voluntarily join the army" after the "labor training" is over, it is not something that foreigners can interfere with.

"No one can stop people's heartfelt patriotism, Russians have their own homeland, and similarly, Chinese have their own homeland, I think, if there is eternal justice in the world, then I am afraid it is the patriotic heart in the hearts of each of us!"

Again, in the face of the Russian side's request to mark the clause "forbidden to join the army" on the contract when recruiting laborers, Tang Zhaoyi directly took out a shield "patriotism", is there anything more legitimate than patriotism?

Next, how the Russians refuted, Tang Zhaoyi didn't care, his eyes turned to the window, and the secret message sent by the marshal appeared in his mind again, the content of the secret message was very simple, just to submit a seemingly inconspicuous protest.

After 100 days of fighting in Houbell, is there finally a radical reversal? Where will the Sun and Moon Flag be raised this time?

Retracting his gaze from the fluttering flag outside the window, Tang Zhaoyi turned his gaze to Ko Leiming, the consul general of the Russian Empire in Shanghai, the reason why the meeting was held in Shanghai, in addition to the fact that the Shanghai concession is an "international area", there is another reason, that is, the representatives of various countries attending the meeting in Shanghai are only the consul general in Shanghai, and this level determines that they actually have no decision-making power, just the mouthpiece of the ministers, but unlike them, Tang Zhaoyi has full power.

However, such full powers are meaningless, because both sides are well aware that the talks in Shanghai will not actually lead to a breakthrough at all, and at most will only allow Russia to reaffirm the "neutral status" of Kannai. The reason why Tang Zhaoyi participated in the talks is more important to show other countries that Northeast China attaches great importance to the meeting.

"If the news comes in a few days, will he be able to laugh out loud again?"

Tang Zhaoyi thought silently in her heart.

Because of the fact that he had attended the military conference as an observer, he clearly knew that the Northeast Army had been brewing a "decisive" battle, and it could be said that all the battles fought before and now were just preparing for that "decisive battle."

Once the battle unfolds, it will shock the whole world and fundamentally turn the tide of the war, and at that time, will it be possible for Consul General Koremin and the other Russians to be as calm as they are now?

Almost as soon as the negotiations ended, I simply greeted the consuls of various countries, and then greeted the representatives of all parties. Tang Zhaoyi locked herself in the guest room. Tell the attaché not to disturb himself. When explaining to the outside world, he was a little uncomfortable, but at this time in the guest room, he was looking intently at the "Dong-A Ilbo", as we all know, the "Dong-A Ilbo", founded in North Korea, is the official mouthpiece of the Northeast, and it has been dominating the direction of public opinion in the Northeast after the outbreak of the war. It also dispatched dozens of war correspondents, so that Dong-A Ilbo could get the latest war reports from the Northeast Battlefield in the first time.

The reason why he paid so much attention to today's news was only because at noon, at the lunchtime, he officially handed over an official letter to the Russian minister to China on behalf of the Northeast authorities, demanding that Russia must strictly abide by the "demarcation of theater restrictions," otherwise the Northeast will reserve the right to take any action to defend its own rights and interests by any means.

The so-called protest is actually a protest against the "cross-border attack of the Russian army from the Mongolian region", and the Mongolian region is a neutral area according to the "war zone demarcated by the Qing State", and for the Northeast Army fighting in ********. The Mongolian region was the flank of the Northeast Army, in this case. After the start of the battle, the Russian army repeatedly sent large and small forces to attack from the flanks or infiltrate the Northeast Army defense line. And such a move is a violation of the "neutral status of the neutral zone", and it is natural to protest through diplomatic channels.

For the outside world, this may just be a normal reaction to "seeming" with the Russian army's large-scale "cross-border" operations, after all, in the past few months, Northeast China and Tianjin have submitted at least dozens of protest letters to Russia, what is the difference between this time and the past? Outsiders can't see it and can't understand it, but Tang Zhaoyi knows what this official letter means.

After all, in the past, it was more about the crossing of the border for a certain military operation, but this time the content of the official letter was an all-round protest against "Russia's wanton trampling on the neutral status of the region", and the subtle change in the wording made Tang Zhaoyi realize that perhaps, this was inevitably related to the decisive battle.

It is precisely because of this that Tang Zhaoyi locked himself in the door after the meeting, trying to find out the current fighting situation of the two armies from the newspaper.

“…… Troubled by the limited terrain, after the Northeast Army was blocked by the Russian army on May 4 in a detour from the northwest, the army group headquarters ordered the troops to detour north to the Russian flank on the 9th...... After the 52nd Brigade occupied the Aomiteyev Pass, the Russian army immediately sent an infantry division to try to counterattack...... Chita is close at hand, and the Northeast Army will win......"

Seeing this, Tang Zhaoyi's expression changed slightly, and the whole person completely sank into the wide sofa, he closed his eyes and was silent for a while before muttering.

"The Russians are finished......"

The reason why he judged the Russians to be finished was entirely because of this seemingly simple war news, which was very simple, but only a few hundred words, but it revealed to him the fact that the "encirclement" that the Northeast Army had dreamed of was taking shape, and the Russians themselves did not realize it at all.

Even they didn't realize that from the beginning of the battle to the present, the offensive rhythm of the Northeast Army has been suppressed by the General Staff, in other words, the Northeast Army has not done its best at all, and they have been controlling the rhythm of the offensive, giving the Russians the illusion that they only need to send more troops to defeat the Northeast Army.

But in reality?

However, the Northeast Army was taking advantage of this illusion of the Russians to constantly transfer troops to Zabaikal in order to prepare for the next battle plan.

The Russian army has only 1.2 million troops, and how many is there in the Northeast Army?

Two million!

Although 3/4 of the two million troops were newly mobilized, and even 1/4 were recruited from the Guannai, the Northeast Army had an overall advantage over the Russian army in the Far East.

The refueling of the Russian army...... There was no point at all, and now, they had jumped into the trap that had been prepared for them, as long as the time came...... You're ready to close the net!

What is it that is being trapped?

It's as many as 530,000 Russian troops!

Almost half of the Russian Army's troops, in Trans-Baikal!

"My handsome......"

At this time, Tang Zhaoyi's mind appeared with the smile of the marshal who seemed to have everything under his control, and the development of the war situation was just as he expected, the Russians were increasing their troops little by little, and transferring hundreds of thousands of troops to Trans-Baikal, where logistics were extremely unfavorable.

Undoubtedly, from the very beginning, the Russians lost the war.

But what is even worse is that the marshal insisted on giving the Russians hope, and even he vaguely guessed that the detour to the northwest flank was likely to be "deliberately" lost by the Northeast Army, just to cover ...... Cover what?

"Maybe we should find a map!"

It is precisely because of the understanding of the army's plan that Tang Zhaoyi will move the idea of looking at the map in order to get some answers, there is no doubt that up to now, the army's actions are preparing for the next plan, but what about the actions they are covering there?

Just when such a thought came to Tang Zhaoyi's heart, there was a knock on the door, got up to open the door, Tang Zhaoyi saw that in addition to his attaché standing outside the door, there was also a stranger, if it was not bad, it should be a messenger sent from the Northeast, as for how the letter arrived in Shanghai, it is unknown.

"Minister, the messenger sent by the marshal......"

Then a letter was taken out of the stranger's pocket, and after checking the code on the letter, and confirming that it was sent by the handsome, Tang Zhaoyi closed the door, tore open the envelope, opened the letterhead, and only saw one sentence.

"The east wind is coming, everything is ready......"

A simple letter, revealing the information, but Tang Zhaoyi couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and now he understood, as he guessed, it was time to put an end to it.

Tang Zhaoyi looked at the letter carefully, looking at the content of the letter, his brows furrowed, once the plan is implemented, the rest is the matter of the diplomat, in other words, the affairs of the army have been completed, at least the affairs of the army will be almost completed by then.

"Diplomatic ......"

Saying these two words, Tang Zhaoyi closed her eyes, and finally it all began!

But where should the breakthrough start when the time comes?

"It's really ......"

Suddenly, as if he had figured something out, Tang Zhaoyi stood up with a muttering to himself, he walked to the window and looked at the Huangpu River outside the window, staring at the ships of various countries on the river, and muttered to himself.

"You're so paranoid, what's the big deal, when the army fights well, you just have to talk about it, in short, don't let the blood of the soldiers be shed in vain, isn't it? What is there to worry about, what should really be worried about the Russians now, and even the Manchus, what are you worried about here, as long as you win the battle, what else to worry about......" (To be continued. )