Ever since money came along, it has had an extraordinary magic that can keep brothers at bay and enemies into friends! For example, after the Franco-Prussian War, the Prussian army had just broken the French army, and Wilhelm I had just been crowned at Versailles. As a result, after the establishment of the Paris Commune, the Germans tacitly returned 100,000 French prisoners to the French government, and then allowed the French bourgeois government troops to pass through the German lines. A series of black hands allowed the Paris Commune to be destroyed in a matter of days. Why? Just because the French banks at that time said that if the Paris Commune existed, then the 5 billion francs stipulated in the armistice agreement after the end of the Franco-Prussian War could not be cashed, and under the powerful power of money, Prussia almost did not personally handle it, and France and Germany, who had just fought to the death, immediately wiped out the Paris Commune together, which is the power of money.

And this time, Britain and France, two old capitalist powers and financial powers, once again launched the Golden Yuan Offensive! And this time, the Huaxia government was also forced to be recruited! The British and French were very unoptimistic about the situation of the Russians, and as early as the time of Linevich's departure, the British and French army leaders thought that this was a battle that was bound to be lost, because they knew best what level the Russians had, and they knew better than China, and China might only eliminate the enemy in front of them, while the British and French had a clear understanding of the political situation and strength of Russia. The defeat is decided, and Nicholas II does not want to give up yet, Russia has made too many mistakes in strategy and tactics, but there is no way, even if the Russians are pig teammates, they are also British and French teammates! You can't just leave it alone!

"If your country can temporarily abandon the siege of the Russian Far Eastern Corps. Keeping the situation on the front line unchanged for 10 days, then we can provide your country with an interest-free loan of £3 million. The day after Peng Yi wiped out Linevich's troops, the British ambassador specifically approached Zhang Peilun, who was in charge of diplomacy. And made a condition that Huaxia could not refuse at present, as long as he stopped for ten days, he could get an interest-free loan of 3 million pounds! It's 300,000 pounds a day!

And when Zhang Peilun told Xu Jie the meaning of the British minister, Xu Jie also did not resist the temptation of gold pounds, and said that he could conditionally accept the British's proposal, of which the conditions were as follows: First, the Chinese Army only stopped the military offensive against the Nebuchu fortress group and maintained the status quo. In other directions, it will be carried out according to its own plan. Second, the loans promised by the British had to be fulfilled immediately, during the armistice. The loan amount cannot be less than £150,000 per day, and at least £2 million must be cashed before the day after the worst day. The third is that during this time, the Russians could no longer draw troops to the Far East. The concept of the Far East does not simply refer to the battlefield. It is any Russian troops that cross the Ural Mountains into Asia, that is, as long as Russia has a new army to cross the Ural Mountains, then this agreement will automatically be nullified, and the Chinese government will not return the pounds that have already been obtained!

The so-called soldier is fast and fast, and this sentence is applicable in ninety percent of wars. But Xu Jie still accepted the request of the British, which is not to say that it was bought off by 3 million pounds, but that the Huaxia Army needs to use this time to adjust. And Russia has not been able to play any tricks during this time, judging by the situation on the battlefield. The Russian army's transport line to the front line has been completely broken, and the Russians really can't draw more troops. Not to mention how to transport troops from distant Europe, even if there are still troops, most of them will have to be used to suppress the anti-government forces at home and intimidate Turkey, which is fighting in the Balkans. As for the troops on the Russian front? In addition to the heavy artillery of the garrison of the fortress, the field troops of the Russians are basically in name only, and it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and there is nothing that can be fought, so there is really nothing to toss!

And what about the Huaxia Army? After this battle, if nothing else, more than 20,000 prisoners were captured! A large amount of supplies and equipment were also seized, and it would take some time to process these personnel and supplies, after all, Peng Yi had a mobile unit under his command rather than a shelter. And after processing, it will continue to advance to the southern front, which will take time, and more importantly, the front line of the Chinese Army found that it will be much easier to bypass the offensive from behind and attack the Russian defense line, and the ring fortifications are always the best defense, but the Russians obviously cannot make all the fortifications into a ring, there are too many trenches that have no defense for the rear, which is like the knife aimed at a soldier who only has a frontal defense, and the cost of stabbing from behind is undoubtedly smaller, of course, it takes time to transfer troops. To sum up, Xu Jie believes that the benefits of temporarily stopping for ten days outweigh the disadvantages.

Xu Jie thought that he had earned, and in the same way, the British also believed that they had not lost money, and the most important thing that Britain and France had to do in these ten days was to persuade the Russian government to accept the terms of the Chinese government to end the war in the Far East. Prior to this, the British had already relayed the conditions of China, and the territorial and security claims of China had been sent to Nicholas II, but Nicholas II could not accept this agreement, which encompassed the vast area of Lake Baikal, and ordered the front line to continue fighting, which led to the destruction of the Linevich battle group. The British and French believed that it was time for the Russians to break up at the end of their day, and that there were still more than 100,000 troops in the encirclement, and about half of them were still in number. It was still worth it to buy hundreds of thousands of Russian troops and their weapons with interest of 3 million pounds, and these troops could still be used on the European front after being reconditioned and armed. The British were thinking about it. Keeping the Russians alive as much as possible now will have unpredictable consequences for future wars.

Both the Chinese government and the British thought that they were not at a loss, while the Russians thought that they had suffered a big loss! Nicholas II looked at the note sent by the British ambassador and scolded his uncle Edward for being so shameless! Trying to exchange Russian lands and interests for the interests of Britain and France! This seemed almost unacceptable to Nicholas II! However, if it is necessary to continue to fight, even the tsar, who is proud and domineering to a certain extent, thinks that the land war in the Far East is already a dead game, but it is only the difference between early death and late death, and as the largest financier of Russia and the only power that can be relied on, Britain and France cannot but listen to their opinions!

And even if Nicholas II can ignore the life and death of hundreds of thousands of Russian troops, but he can't ignore their equipment, in order to run the Nebuchu fortress area well, the Russians hoarded a large amount of heavy artillery and ammunition there, which is all money! And a lot of things are imported from France! In other words, Russia can afford the loss of vital energy, but it cannot afford the loss of armaments and provisions, which are accumulated with money and time, and the latter is more precious, because the Russians do not know when Germany and Austria will do it! Maybe it's tomorrow, maybe it's ten years from now, who can say clearly? But the Balkans are in chaos right now.

After some deliberation and struggle, Nicholas II's attitude finally relaxed, 3 days after the signing of the secret treaty between the British and China, Nicholas II responded to the British envoy for the first time, Nicholas II said that he could partially accept the conditions of the Chinese government, but the new national border division between the two sides should be based on the current control area, including the Nebuchu region, the Russians can also give up, but more places do not think, and in terms of reparations, Nicholas II said that the Russians will not compensate even one ruble for this agreement! The British government expressed helplessness and regret over the Russians' statement, because they knew that it was impossible for the Chinese government to accept such an agreement. And his £300 interest-free loan may not be able to save the Russian army in the encirclement.

However, the British still sent it to Xu Jie as a temptation, and Xu Jie's answer was naturally refusal. "If we compare the entire war zone to an egg, we have cracked the shell of this egg, and now it is time to harvest, and we cannot just take some useless eggshells and return the contents to the Russians." When Xu Jie explained his thoughts, he used such a figurative metaphor. War is for profit, and who will fight without profit?

Since the British government could not prevent the destruction of the Russian Far East Army Group, the British had to obtain a part of the benefits from elsewhere as compensation, and they set their sights on the battlefield of the Chinese and Russian armies, and the British began to use all the connections hidden within China to obtain the situation on the northern front, because the British War Office had a hunch that the tactics and strategies adopted by the Chinese army were likely to be the same as those adopted by the Germans! Because the military exchanges between the two countries are not only in the navy, but also in the army. As an industrial power with strong explosive power but lack of resources, the tactics of the Huaxia Army seemed to be very suitable for the national conditions and operational ideas of the Germans.

Overall, after a preliminary analysis, the British felt that the Chinese tactic was to concentrate superior firepower and forces at the breakthrough, and then cut through the opponent's defense line under the cover of armored troops, and then quickly develop in depth, before the opponent could react, divide and surround the opponent's main force, and then wait for the large force to follow to eat the enemy in one bite. From this point of view, in the face of such a rapid attack, the best defense method is to continuously consume the opponent's attack power in great depth, and at the same time buy time for your own side to concentrate your forces. Of course, if you can completely defeat the opponent's armored spearhead in the initial engagement, it is undoubtedly the best choice.

But the British and the French know only a scratch of the surface, such tactics seem simple, but there are quite a lot of problems in actual operation, and different battlefields will lead to different results, for example, the relatively narrow Western European battlefield and the vast Eastern Front are different, for example, in the face of the Anglo-French coalition army with superior firepower and armed to the teeth and the Russian army with poor equipment and quality, there is also a difference! And this is exactly what the Chinese Army needs to study and analyze.

Thanks to the book friend zhouyu1976 for the tip~~~. (To be continued......)