On June 10, as a special envoy of the president, Yang Shiqi took off from Huaguo Jingshi on a special plane, passing through Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Siam, India, Pakistan, Iran, the Middle East, and the Asia Minor Peninsula and finally arriving in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria.

Before Yang Shiqi flew to Sofia, all the governments of the Balkan Peninsula received official letters from China, stating that China had sent special presidential envoys to discuss state affairs with various countries, and asked all countries to send officials of the same level to Sofia for talks with Yang Shiqi.

When Yang Shiqi got off the plane, Cai Guodong, dressed in military uniform, walked up with several generals to greet him, "Mr. Yang, welcome to Europe and Sophia, this is Liu Chenglong of the Seventh Army and Yang Jie, the commander of the Eighth Army, they have just arrived in Europe with their troops, and they happened to report to me today!" ”

Liu Chenglong and Yang Jie respectively saluted Yang Shiqi, Yang Shiqi hurriedly returned the salute and said with a smile: "And the generals are standing in the sun waiting for Yang on this hot day, I really can't help it!" ”

"It's not in the way, it's not in the way!" Cai Guodong said and walked side by side with Yang Shiqi and pointed to the representatives of the Balkan governments and said: "Mr. Yang, these are the representatives sent by the Balkan governments, they are all welcoming you today, I will introduce you to you!" ”

Yang Shiqi nodded and said, "Then there is General Lao Cai!" ”

Under Cai's recommendation, Yang Shiqi got to know the government representatives of Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Macedonia, Algeria and other small countries one by one. He also met with the British, French, and American envoys in the Balkans.

In the evening of the same day, Cai Guodong held a reception banquet to welcome Yang Shiqi's arrival, and invited representatives of various governments and envoys of Britain, France, and the United States to attend.

After the banquet. Yang Shiqi had a conversation with Cai Guodong, and he said: "General Cai, the president has sent me this time to specifically solve the problem of the command of the 1.5 million troops of the coalition forces of the Balkan countries. I'm afraid it's not an easy thing, and I'm afraid it will take a lot of cooperation from General Cai! ”

Of course, Cai Guodong didn't have any problems, and immediately said, "Of course." Mr. Yang has anything to do with me, just ask! ”

"Okay, I'll rest assured!"

Yang Shiqi stopped at this point, and he took a puff of his cigarette. asked: "I wonder if General Cai can tell me the strategy of our army's battle this time?" ”

Cai Guodong nodded and said, "Of course." If it were someone else, I wouldn't be able to reveal a word about such a top-secret matter, but Mr. Yang is different, Mr. Yang, please follow me! ”

Before the two came to the sand table, Cai Guodong explained the offensive plan to Yang Shiqi: "The strategy of our army's westward advance is divided into three routes at the same time, the first way is that the Balkan coalition army is responsible for attacking Austria-Hungary in Croatia and Slovenia from Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, and the second way is that the Ninth Army Corps will advance from Serbia to the Kingdom of Hungary in the northwest direction. The Third Route was to attack the territory of the Kingdom of Hungary from western Romania with parts of the Fifth and Sixth Army Corps. At present, the Ninth Army of our army has driven all the Austrian troops out of Serbia, the Fifth Army Corps and the Sixth Army Corps have each broken through the line of Gyulo and Nirbaatar in the Kingdom of Hungary, almost the entire territory of Hungary is a plain area, there is no danger to defend, as long as our army enters the Hungarian plain, it can sweep Hungary with absolute superiority, but in this way, the position of the Ninth Army is too high, once the Austrian army in the south gives up resisting the Balkan coalition army, and waives its troops north, it is very likely to cut off the supply line and retreat of the Ninth Army! ”

"Got it!" Yang Shiqi nodded, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Can you ask General Cai to give orders to the Ninth Army Corps and the Fifth and Sixth Army Corps to temporarily slow down the pace of the march?" ”

Cai Guodong's brows furrowed when he heard this, and he said, "Slow down the march? According to the strategic policy of the president and the base camp, we want to solve the war in Austria-Hungary within two months, if we slow down the pace of the march, this strategic intention may not be realized, and if we slow down the speed of the offensive, this will give the German army the opportunity to move south to reinforce Austria-Hungary, if Germany transfers troops from the mainland, we have to complete the strategic plan formulated by the base camp, I am afraid it will not be so easy! ”

Yang Shiqi said with a smile: "General Cai, don't worry, I don't really want you to slow down the attack, just let you make a gesture for the rest of the Entente and the Balkan countries to see, now Britain, France and the United States are having a hard time on the Western Front, they just hope that we can make a little movement on the Eastern Front to attract the attention of the German and Austrian high-level leaders, if our army does not move, I am afraid that Britain, France and the United States will not be able to sit still, they will definitely come to negotiate, and then we will lead the contradiction to the Balkan countries, Britain, France and the United States, in order to make us move to attract the attention of Germany and Austria, and facilitate their breathing, will definitely put pressure on the Balkan governments, and our side will also put pressure on the Balkan countries at the same time. ”

Cai Guodong's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he gave a thumbs up and said: "Mr. Yang is really a master, he solved such an important matter in just a few words!" However, according to Mr. Yang's plan, I don't think it is better to scare them directly."

"How?"

"Directly order the army to retreat!"

Yang Shiqi stroked his palms and smiled when he heard this: "The general's method is simply amazing, just do it!" ”

"I think according to Mr. Yang's method, the countries will definitely not be able to hold on, and they will soon hand over the command!"

Yang Shiqi waved his hand and said: "I just planned it like this, I don't know if it can succeed, I want to ask those people to have a meeting tomorrow, you help me send someone over to inform them, if you can, even the envoys of Britain, France and the United States have also been notified, as for whether they come or not, I can't care!" ”

"Okay, I'll arrange it!"

On the morning of June 11, Yang Shiqi held a meeting with representatives of Balkan governments and envoys from Britain, France, and the United States at a mosque in Sofia.

After the meeting began, Yang Shiqi said: "Ladies and gentlemen, at this time, I have been appointed and entrusted by His Excellency the President of our country to come to Sofia for only one purpose, that is, to solve the current issue of the command of the Balkan coalition forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Because the existence of this 1.5 million people not only did not play any role in striking Germany and Austria, but also consumed a lot of war materials, just that, they also dragged our Chinese army back! Therefore, all countries hand over the command and let our army have unified command"

Among them, the representative of the Greek government stood up and expressed his dissatisfaction: "Your Excellency, your words seem to be a bit excessive, right? You must know that it is not only your army that is fighting against the Allies, is it not our army that has done anything? So how did the coalition forces get to Bosnia and Herzegovina? Although it has been attacking Bosnia and Herzegovina for a little longer, it is still fighting, right? You say that so much to our Balkan governments so sad! ”

After the representatives of the Greek government stood up, the representatives of other Balkan countries also stood up to express their dissatisfaction. did not agree to hand over the command of the army.

Yang Shiqi snorted coldly and said, "Your armies are also called wars? Look at what they are doing, if it weren't for the fact that our army's offensive in the north went smoothly, and the Austrians in the south were worried that our army would make a detour to the south and copy their retreat, they took the initiative to retreat, do you think your army would have been able to go so smoothly? Your army has never been in contact with the Austrian army at all, the Austrian army retreats, your army advances, they stop, yours stop, what is the use of an army like this? Today, I put my words here, this command, you have to hand it over, and you have to hand it over if you don't hand it over! Otherwise, our army can only stop continuing the offensive immediately, because the position of our Ninth Army Corps is too high, and if the Austrian army in the south moves north quickly, it is very likely to cut off the supply lines and retreat routes of our Ninth Army Corps, and in order to ensure the safety of our Ninth Army Corps, the offensive will be stopped immediately until your countries hand over the command of the army to the headquarters of our European Theater Commander! ”

The representatives of various governments were immediately very angry, and one by one they scrambled to say: "It's too much, it's too much, how can they force us to hand over the command so much?" ”

At this time, Cai Guodong walked into the meeting hall under the arch of several high-ranking officers, he came to the stage and looked at the representatives of various governments and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, just now I have ordered my fifth, sixth, and ninth army corps to withdraw 100 kilometers back to standby, within three days, if the countries refuse to hand over the command, our army will withdraw another 100 kilometers until the countries hand over the command of the army, within ten days, if the countries still do not hand over the command of the army, I have received a telegram from the president of our country, the Chinese army will be completely withdrawn from the European battlefield, and negotiate with Germany and Austria alone, Peacefully resolve all the differences in this war! ”

After speaking, Cai Guodong took people away, and Yang Shiqi also got up and patted his sleeves and walked out of the venue.

If the Chinese army fully withdraws from the European battlefield, then the armies of Britain, France and the United States in France will be wiped out, and the German army will not have the containment of the Chinese army on the eastern front, and will advance westward without any scruples, with the strength and combat effectiveness of the German army, they can already foresee that Britain, France and the United States will be forced to surrender by Germany and Austria, and the war will be fought to this extent, Britain and France have been exhausted. And the United States has only lost nearly a million troops, which is definitely a huge blow, and at this time the economic situation in the United States is extremely bad, if even the United States can not support it, the Entente will definitely be a fiasco. (To be continued......)