810 Tangnu Ulianghai
In the talks between the British envoy and Lin Fei some time ago, Britain proposed that it hoped that the Chinese Empire would rejoin the League of Nations, but Lin Fei flatly refused, because Lin Fei had already seen clearly that the League of Nations led by Britain only hoped to suppress China with the help of the League of Nations, and did not allow China to suppress other countries with the help of the League of Nations.
There is another important reason why Lin Fei refused to join the League of Nations again, that is, Lin Fei was demonstrating to the British, telling the British, we are dignified in China, and if you let us join, we will join, and if you kick us out, we will be kicked out, what have we become!
The roar of the Russian envoy did not resonate with too many countries, because a few years ago, when Russia was annexing the territory of other countries, it was more domineering than China, and now there is such a country to clean up Russia, and Britain, France, Germany and other countries are secretly happy.
As for the Russian envoy's proposal to jointly sanction China and not import goods from China, the representatives of all countries in the world scoffed, and the countries of the world had huge interests in China, so how could they give up their interests because of the Russian envoy's words, especially after the overthrow of the Qing court in China, which produced the world's largest market situation.
Japan expressed sympathy and understanding for Russia, and at the same time protested and condemned the Chinese Empire, when Japan and Russia fought for the interests of the Northeast, each suffered heavy casualties, but now in order to fight against Lin Fei, they actually joined forces.
Britain, France, and Germany did not take a position on the Chinese reconquest of Mongolia, hoping that Russia would be severely punished and that China would give them more opportunities to trade.
The United States is very ambiguous about this incident, the United States has many interests in both the Chinese Empire and Japan, the United States imports a large amount of gasoline from the Chinese Empire, builds railways and highways for the Chinese Empire, exports corn and flour to Russia, and sells all kinds of resources to Japan, so the United States does not want to offend Japan, the Chinese Empire, and Russia, so the United States issued a statement saying that the United States hopes that all parties will solve the problem through negotiation and does not want to see any country resort to force.
Lin Fei conquered Ulaanbaatar, completely relying on the troops commanded by Niu Dalong, Lin Fei also sent three divisions of Inner Mongolia and the third armored division, these troops marched from southern Mongolia, and before they reached Ulaanbaatar, Zhebuzundamba surrendered, so Lin Fei ordered these troops to attack the Mongol princes in various places, if the Mongol princes wanted independence, then completely destroy them, and if they surrendered, they would be given preferential treatment.
In the process of marching into the Chinese Empire, it also mobilized the Mongolian people to eliminate the Mongolian princes, at this time Mongolia, or a slave society, the Mongolian people were the slaves of the princes, the Chinese Empire launched the Mongolian people, received miraculous results, the Mongolian people have killed the Mongolian princes, and took away the prince's food and livestock.
By the end of May 1903, the more powerful princes in Mongolia were basically wiped out, and of course there were also those who sincerely surrendered, such as Prince Bakhtum, who had seen the power of train artillery, and Prince Erjidan, who had gone to Mongolia with Yu Ningshuang.
At this time, the people in Mongolia are divided into two parts, one part is settled farmers, most of them are Han immigrants, one part is herdsmen who live without a fixed place, and most of them are Mongolians, Lin Fei decided to let these people settle down, let them settle down in fact, it is not difficult to demarcate pastures for them, and then build houses, houses made of bricks and tiles are definitely warmer than tents, and the herdsmen are happy to move in.
Lin Fei's economic positioning of Mongolia is the center of animal husbandry products and mining development, not to mention animal husbandry, Mongolia is originally a vast grassland, most suitable for cattle and sheep breeding, can provide sufficient leather, meat products and dairy products.
As for minerals, Mongolia has a large number of high-quality mineral deposits, and the reserves of oil, gold, and copper are among the top in the world.
Mongolia was also Lin Fei's outpost into Siberia and occupied Russian territory, so Lin Fei decided to train a large number of troops in Mongolia as a pioneer in opening up territory.
The plans were carried out one after another, and the time came to June 1903, when Niu Dalong led the 1st Armored Division, the 1st Northeast Division, the 2nd Northeast Division, the 3rd Northeast Division, and the 4th Northeast Division to be stationed in Ulaanbaatar, and the 3rd Armored Division and the 3rd Inner Mongolia Division were stationed in Uriya Sutai.
Uriya Sutai is an important military town of Mongolia, when the Qing court stationed heavy troops here, deterred Mongolia, set up General Uriya Sutai, to lead the defense of Mongolia, when the Mongol Empire was announced, General Uriya Sutai and his subordinates all withdrew to the Qing State, used to fight against the Chinese Empire, but these people did not play any role in the battlefield.
Ulaanbaatar is located in the east of Mongolia, Uriya Sutai is located in the northwest of Mongolia, these two places can be called the two centers of Mongolia, Lin Fei decided to set up military training centers in these two places to train the troops occupying Russian territory, since it is to set up a training center, then the large troops can be transferred back, just when Lin Fei was about to give the order to withdraw the army, a major event happened in Mongolia.
On 5 June, Russia suddenly announced the establishment of the Tuvan Empire, which recognized the Russian Empire and sent ambassadors to the Tuvan Empire.
Emperor of the Tuva Empire, Golden Sun Khan, officially presented his credentials to the Russian Empire, welcomed the Russian ambassador, and sent an ambassador to Moscow, the capital of Russia.
This news reached Lin Fei's ears, Lin Fei didn't care much about this matter, Tuva Empire, this name sounds strange, Lin Fei doesn't even know where this country is, but Xiyun is very concerned about this news, she came to Lin Fei with a "Map of the Unification of the Qing Dynasty" drawn by the Qing court.
"The Great Qing Dynasty Unification Map" is equivalent to a map printed by the Qing State, which includes all the Qing territory, Xiyun pointed to the map and said: "Husband, the Russians have snatched our territory, hurry up and find a way to get it back!" ”
Lin Fei was very strange and asked, "When did the Russians snatch our territory, and didn't they take back all the territories they robbed?" ”
"Not really! This Tuva Empire is the original Qing territory, the Qing called this place 'Tangnu Ulianghai', since ancient times it has been the territory of China, and was later encroached up by Russia, Russia also forced the Qing to sign a series of treaties, and legally occupied this land. ”
It turned out that in the late Qing Dynasty, Russia occupied a lot of Chinese land, the most widely known is the 1.1 million square kilometers of land in the outer northeast, and as for the 440,000 square kilometers of land in the Western Desert Province that Russia occupied through the "Sino-Russian Ili Treaty" and the "Sino-Russian Treaty on the Survey and Demarcation of the Northwest Boundary," relatively few people know about it.
As for the territory of Tangnu Ulianghai, even fewer people know about it, Lin Fei does not know that this land is located in the northwest of Mongolia, which has been a Chinese territory since ancient times, and was later encroached up by Russia, with a total area of 240,000 square kilometers, a large number of high-quality grasslands, and rich minerals underground.
Hearing Xiyun say this, Lin Fei understood, Lin Fei laughed a few times, "I don't care if that Tangnu Wulianghai is originally a Chinese territory, as long as the land I fancy is mine, what kind of goods is this Tuvan Empire and Golden Sun Khan, you immediately send a message to Wei'er and ask her to investigate clearly." ”
Uriya Sutai is the closest to the Tuva Empire, Vikaria asked the Uriya Sutai garrison to investigate, Uriya Sutai has been to the Tuva Empire There are many people, after investigation, he quickly got detailed information, and reported this intelligence to Lin Fei, Lin Fei read the information, and then knew that this Golden Sun Khan was simply the chief of a powerful tribe supported by Russia.
The Tangnu-Ulianghai region is similar to Mongolia, the population is dominated by herdsmen, and the herdsmen are divided into many tribes, and the tribe of the Golden Sun Khan is the most powerful, with a population of 50,000, including 30,000 young and middle-aged men, and these 30,000 people can fight at any time.
The reason why Russia wanted to support the Golden Sun Khan to establish the Tuva Empire was mainly to prevent Lin Fei's crazy expansion, and Lin Fei had clearly pointed out in his negotiations with Isinlovsky that it was too early for the Chinese Empire and Russia to demarcate the border, which meant that the Chinese Empire would frantically encroach on Russian territory.
This made Tsar Nicholas II shudder, Russia has been expanding to Siberia since the seventeenth century, gradually taking most of the land in Siberia, and then building the Trans-Siberian Railway to exercise operational control over Siberia, and now, all this is for Lin Fei to make a wedding dress, Lin Fei can use the Russian railway, easily occupy Russian territory.
Nicholas II had to take a number of countermeasures, which included, militarily: continuing to purchase German-made artillery fighting vehicles and copying them; Politically: Establish a series of independent states around the Chinese Empire to curb Lin Fei's expansion.
Nicholas II thinks so, you Lin Fei dare to encroach on our Russian territory, but I have established a new batch of countries, all of which are the country's own countries, you Lin Fei can't ignore morality and brutally invade it, right? The Tuvan Empire was born under the guidance of this idea.
But Nicholas II thought wrongly, Lin Fei didn't care about morality or not, in this world of the jungle, people who preach morality are idiots, this place is occupied by Lin Fei of Russia, not by Lin Fei of Russia, not to mention that Tangnu Ulianghai has been a Chinese territory since ancient times.
On June 8, Lin Fei issued a solemn statement on behalf of the Chinese Empire, in which he said: "The so-called Tuva Empire is fundamentally illegal, it was established in the Tangnu Ulianghai region, which has been a Chinese territory since ancient times, and Lin Fei demanded that the Golden Sun Khan immediately surrender to the Chinese Empire, otherwise, the Chinese Empire will send troops to the Tuva Empire to recover the Chinese territory." (Canghai shared the writing story on the WeChat public platform, please search on WeChat - qietingcanghai, that is, listen to Canghai's pinyin, reply 2 to watch)