In order to participate in the European war, Tsarist Russia mobilized nearly 10 million soldiers, and the number of casualties on the battlefield was as high as millions. The wealth accumulated over hundreds of years of the Russian Empire has been melting in the melting pot of the battlefield at a speed visible to the naked eye. Due to the scarcity and turmoil of fuel, dozens of iron-making blast furnaces in Tsarist Russia have ceased operation, a large number of peasant households have their livestock slaughtered, and the war has brought death, bankruptcy, and a sharp decline in the value of industrial and agricultural production. In terms of arms, Tsarist Russia's own production was constantly decreasing, and it relied heavily on purchases from Britain and the United States, and Britain, under pressure from Germany, mainly supplied its own army. Naturally, the main country for Tsarist Russia's procurement became the United States.

The status of the U.S. military due to the active weapons is mostly unshakable, and the United Arms Company manufactures all the arms in service with other Tsarist Russia. Therefore, some arms factories such as Springfield received orders from the US military, but almost all of Russia's arms orders were undertaken by the United Arms Company. This part of the arms export has become another major profit giant of the United Arms Company. However, since this part of the arms was a form of loan from Tsarist Russia to the US government, and the actual payer was the US government, it went around in a big circle, and the time to get the payment for the goods was later than before. Therefore, when buying Ford and GM shares, he failed to use this amount of money, and chose to borrow money directly from Morgan.

In the big cities, food and heating clothing are very scarce, and those who have no food or clothing, and those who cannot survive naturally rise up in rebellion, and the former tsarist government and the current provisional government once preached that the victory would bring great benefits to the people. However, the performance of the Russian army on the front line is really too weak, in the words of later generations, today is cruel, tomorrow is even more cruel, the day after tomorrow is beautiful, but most of them died today and tomorrow. You can't see the sun the day after tomorrow.

The repeated defeats of the Russian army at the front line made the people completely lose the most patience with the ruling government. With the sound of the cruiser "Aurora", the nascent Soviet regime sounded the clarion call for the fall of the Provisional Government of Tsarist Russia. Countless proletarian revolutionaries threw their pipes on the ground, fuck, Lao Tzu is revolutionary!

On the second day of the capture of the Winter Palace, the revolutionary leader Lenin issued the "Peace Decree" announcing Russia's withdrawal from the European battlefield. Efforts should be made to defeat the main British and French armies in one fell swoop before the US troops landed in Europe, and lay the foundation for victory or defeat on the battlefield. This weariness. After several years of war, the war has once again become noisy.

On the first day of the October Revolution in Tsarist Russia, Qin Yu received the news. However, Qin Yu was very dissatisfied with Lenin's failure to announce his withdrawal from World War I.

The situation in Russia is more chaotic than the Republic of China at this time, but the Northeast is as stable as a rock at this time, Qin Yu doesn't have much to worry about, the sun is rising, Qin Yu takes Qin Ming on the lawn. Qin Feng's two boys played tai chi.

Miyabota's guard was still on the side, but not as usual. On the lawn, there was another old man with a somewhat strong body, sharp eyebrows, a mustache, and black hair, who looked like he was in the prime of life. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Qin Yu would have found it hard to believe that a person in his sixties looked so young.

For this person, it is Miyabaotian. I also maintain a lot of respect. This old man is more than ten years older than Gong Baotian, and he used to be the chief martial arts instructor of Yuan Shikai's Gong Guard. A long time ago, he also served as a guard officer of the Duanwang Mansion, and he was a veritable master of Ouchi. Since Li Ruidong created his own Li Taijiquan, his momentum has become more and more restrained. A round trend has been formed.

Shang Yunxiang's Xingyi Fist was too strong, and Qin Yu, the gossip palm, was unwilling to learn it. Tai Chi can cultivate personal temperament and has a good effect on self-cultivation.

"Yes, my spirits are much better during this time than before." Qin Yu gathered his momentum and stood up, although most of the things were handed over to others to deal with, but Qin Yu, as the number one, still had a lot of affairs to deal with with important diplomats who needed to meet every day. Although the body is good, but it is inevitable that there are times when the spirit is not good, I have practiced Tai Chi for a period of time, and there has indeed been a lot of improvement in this regard, of course, there is no such rebirth as mentioned in the novel.

"This is also due to the great handsome's diligence in practice." Li Ruidong said.

"You don't have to be modest." Qin Yu waved his hand and said with a smile, in recent years, Fengtian's national arts have developed very rapidly, especially after the martial arts competition was successfully held, the funds earned by hosting the competition, as well as the odds in the competition, all the funds obtained were injected into the Northeast National Arts Association. This amount is now as high as 2 million yuan. In addition, the Northeast will allocate 500,000 yuan every year for the development of national arts, which is not very remarkable compared with other aspects of investment in the Northeast, but compared with other places in the Guannai, the Northeast has unprecedented support for national arts. Fighting tournaments are now starting to trend into professional competitions. Qin Yu even acquiesced to the appearance of the underground black market boxing. The United States does not have a universal gun ban, and many people die from guns every year, but it has not had a significant impact on the country. Some deaths in boxing are inevitable, but these losses are relatively worth if the nation can maintain a martial spirit.

"Marshal, the chief of staff is here." Yu'e married Wang Yuhai, and the new maid was a little girl named Xiaolan, who was very delicate.

"Chief of Staff? It's not easy for me to take a day off, and I really won't let me take it easy. Qin Yu asked Xiaolan to pull her two sons to find Zhou Yingxue and them, and walked directly to the front hall. Normally, when Qin Yu is resting, if there is anything Wang Yuhai will directly bring the telegram over, and Lan Tianwei will find it in person, this matter is not ordinary.

"Marshal, Lenin of Russia issued the Peace Decree and announced his official withdrawal from the European War." Lan Tianwei took a telegram, "The humble position has been confirmed again and again, and there is no difference, and this matter has also caused a lot of commotion among the powers." ”

"Really?" Qin Yu smiled, patted his thigh and said, "That's great." ”

"Great. Russia has announced its withdrawal from the war in Europe, and I am afraid that the war will change slightly, and the question of the declaration of war on Germany on the part of the central government should be postponed a little longer. Lan Tianwei asked, after all, the German army used to be known as the strongest army in the world, although the equipment of the Russian army was backward. But after all, the millions of army troops are a huge factor affecting the direction of the war, and they have not seen the desolation of the Russian soldiers on the battlefield with their own eyes, and Lan Tianwei can't imagine how shabby the Russian soldiers are on the battlefield.

"Don't worry about him over there, I promised Duan Qirui, and it's not easy to regret it for a while, besides, the United States has declared war on Germany, and there are some other small countries, even if the allies win, is it difficult to pursue them one by one?" Qin Yu shook his head and said. "The key is that the current withdrawal of Russia from the European battlefield is both an opportunity and an unprecedented challenge to our northeast."

"Well, since President Yuan, the central side no longer poses a threat to the marshal, and it is still a little difficult for the marshal to enter the central government now, but Feng Duan is a confluence, and don't think about moving the foundation of the Northeast. The marshal's concern is nothing more than Japan and Russia. Japan and Russia are both a threat to the Northeast. They also form constraints on each other. Now that Russia is mired in civil strife, this balance will soon be broken. Japan is completely dominant. If Japan's attention is on Russia, life in the Northeast will be better, and if Japan's attention is more on Dashuai, I am afraid that there will be some troubles in the future. "Lan Tianwei agrees with the authenticity very much.

"It's about to be the eighth year of the Republic of China, and we have added Rehe and Chahar. The scope of the force has been greatly expanded, and it is reasonable to expand the scope of the force by three more divisions next year. Qin Yu touched his head and pondered.

"This matter has to be done by the handsome man to tell Governor Tian." Lan Tian Wei Ha smiled, it was originally set to expand the plan of a full weaver division and a shelf division every year. The expansion of the army in the past two years has been much more than Ji Lu's plan, and presumably Tian Helin also doesn't believe in Qin Yu, who has no credit in front of him. Even Qin Yu himself felt that there were too many times of dishonesty.

"For a moment. At that time, it was a big deal to let Governor Tian block the door for a few days, and in the next few years, the pace of army expansion was a little smaller, and three divisions were expanded, and all of them were full divisions. Qin Yu gritted his teeth and made up his mind. Last year, in addition to the expansion of the regular troops, special operations brigades, and aviation departments, as well as the improvement of the artillery structure of the whole army starting next year, military spending will increase considerably. It's already millions higher than the original plan. Tian Helin doesn't complain.

"Three full weavers? The previous shelf master also has to be filled, handsome, your movements are not small. Lan Tianwei was surprised, she thought that two frame masters and a full weaver would be good, but she didn't expect Qin Yu's steps to be bigger than he imagined every time.

"Kill the bold, starve the faint-hearted. The Middle East Road is busy with transportation, creating more than 10 million yuan of profits every year, not to mention its strategic position, the fertile land along the Middle East Road is also occupied by the original road protection team of Tsarist Russia, as well as a large number of assets of Tsarist Russia along the railway. My army is not expanded in vain, and the proceeds of the Middle East Road can also feed me a few divisions. Qin Yu smiled gloomily, "If Russia is still in the camp of the Entente, I can't do it, now that I have withdrawn from the Entente, the army in the Far East is not thick, and the country is scattered, if I don't take back the Middle East Road at this time, then I will be sorry for the tens of thousands of hard-working Chinese laborers who built the road at the beginning." ”

"The marshal wants to recover the Middle East Road!" Lan Tianwei was shocked and looked at Qin Yu in disbelief.

Qin Yu nodded, and said with affirmation again, "Brother Ji Hao, let's reorganize the army and fight the military, isn't it just for the sake of the nation, since the previous dynasty, there have been too many rights and interests that have spilled into the hands of the great powers, and it is not a day's cold, and in the same way, if you want to take it back, it can't be done in a day." Someone has to do things, and the Republic of China has not really awakened, so let us be this leader. ”

Lan Tianwei listened to the blood boiling, he is a pure patriotic soldier, not a qualified politician, at this time in the Northeast Military System in the second-in-command position, high power, usually calm, at this time can't help but be very excited. "The marshal is right, the road to regain the sovereignty of the Republic of China is long and difficult, but someone must always walk in front. However, the hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, although Russia is now in civil strife, and the marshal makes such a fuss, there will definitely be some people who are dissatisfied, just entrenched in the Middle East Road. and the Russian Far East's army combined is 60,000 or 70,000 people, and it is not difficult to exceed 100,000 troops in an urgent way to expand the army, and I am afraid that it will inevitably be a big battle. ”

"The Northeast Army has only fought one or two small battles with the Outer Mongolian rebels so far, and the war with Meng Enyuan and Xu Lanzhou is not too fierce. A real army is honed on the battlefield. Only after experiencing a war can it be called an army, and a war of more than 100,000 people is nothing, the situation in Tsarist Russia is not very good, the main forces are all in Russia and Europe, and the domestic situation is complicated, and this battle has to be fought. Qin Yu said confidently, "The great powers can't intervene for the time being. I am at least 70% sure of the recovery of the Middle Road. ”

"The marshal is right, but according to the humble position, it will be better to start after a while, first, it will take some time for the Northeast Army to prepare, and second, the British and American powers will definitely not be willing to see Russia withdraw from the European battlefield so easily, and will interfere with it, before that. I am afraid that the Northeast Army will be dissatisfied with Britain and the United States and other countries, and our relationship with Japan has always been bad. If Britain and the United States are also offended, this matter will not be easy to do. Lan Tianwei thought about it for a while.

"Well, the General Staff also has to draw up a detailed operational plan, once a war breaks out, how to defeat the main force of the Russian army in a short period of time. If the Great Powers intervene. And how to deal with it. Qin Yu also thinks that the intention of the great powers will be a thorny issue, and the pre-battle arrangement is also a relatively huge project, "Transferring troops and sending generals is also a troublesome matter, and the selection of the predetermined battlefield is a problem." You have to make sure that the aviation department can arrange to build an airport in Heilongjiang in advance in case of future needs. ”

"Don't worry, the staff will take these issues into account." For the staff system that took him several years to build, Lan Tianwei is very confident.

"Okay, first transfer four divisions to Heilongjiang and the Changchun area, and the tank training brigade will also be transported to Changchun in case of emergency, plus the troops currently stationed in Jilin, it will be enough to deal with all the situations in a short time." Qin Yu pondered for a while.

"Marshal, if so many troops are transferred, and the tank teaching brigade and the aircraft team are transferred away one after another, Fengtian will not be as stable as before." Lan Tianwei frowned and said, Fengtian is the absolute center of the Northeast, Qin Yuzhi has been in Fengtian for six or seven years, and even Japan covets the accumulated wealth, if he loses Fengtian for the Middle East Road, it will be a big loss.

"The expansion of the three full-strength divisions began immediately, and the previous establishment was all filled, and it took several years for the Northeast to get the planes out, and it was unrealistic for Japan to catch up with the Northeast in a short period of time. In the current international situation, Japan will not take action lightly until the threat of bombers in the northeast is resolved, and besides, it has newly expanded three full-strength divisions, and Mukden also has more than 100,000 troops, and it is not a soft persimmon to be manipulated by others. Qin Yu decided, although there are a large number of new troops in this 100,000 army, but the recruits are also trained in military affairs, and Mukden has guns and cannons, unless Japan carries out a new round of mobilization in the country, otherwise with the current scale of the Japanese army, it is not so simple to take Mukden.

"As long as the marshal solves the trouble on Governor Tian's side, the matter of expanding the army can be arranged at any time." Lan Tianwei joked.

"Governor Tian's overall view is still very strong, Heilongjiang is still a little farther away for Fengtian, and mastering the Middle East Road is also very important for Fengtian to further control Heilongjiang. Sooner or later, one day, I will also take back the South Manchurian Road, when the time comes, the Northeast will be integrated, both offensive and defensive, in fact, the Northeast plus Rehe, Chahar also has 23,400 million people, according to the current immigration trend, as well as the birth rate, in ten years, it will reach more than 30 million is a safe thing. With such a large population, with the resources of the Northeast, even if it does not enter the customs, it may not be impossible to fight Japan. ”

Lan Tianwei nodded in agreement with Qin Yu's words, before the European War, the standing armies of France and Germany were only three or four hundred thousand people. According to the current speed of military expansion in the Northeast, in the next ten years, it can reach more than 400,000, and the mobilization of more than one million troops, the Northeast has already prepared to build its own artillery factory, bullet factory, and can also produce its own grenades, it can be said that the arsenal has been perfected in addition to the rifle link, and there are no longer technical difficulties in the rifle production line, as long as the machinery is in place. There are no difficulties in funding, although the central government is preparing to build the Gongxian Arsenal, but in comparison, the progress is much slower than that of the Northeast. Not to mention that the current strength of the Northeast is expanding to Kannai, even if the current territory and resources are used, it will be able to develop for ten years and have the strength to fight against Japan.

"In fact, in terms of the army, the strength of the northeast is not small now, the vast majority of Japan's military spending is invested in naval construction, and the standing army is not much more than that of the northeast. The course of the European theater, with aviation and armored forces as the mainstay, proved that the strength of troops is inferior to firepower, and the firepower of the army can offset the superiority in troops. Lan Tianwei pointed out the direction of the development of the Northeast Army in the future, and it is also the general direction of the development of the army in the future world.

"The number of troops will not change there, what will change is the weapons, the artillery is older, after all, the caliber is there, and the firing range is there. However, the technical skills of the aircraft have improved too quickly, and a large amount of equipment is not cost-effective unless it encounters war. It can only maintain a certain scale, otherwise once a war starts, the aircraft equipped in the past will become equipment, and a lot of money will have to be invested to update the equipment again. Qin Yu shook his head and said, including the army, the number should be controlled in non-wartime. It's just that the aircraft renewal cycle is shorter. Japan's army is small because the island countries are more dependent on a strong navy, and in a situation like the Republic of China, the development of the navy is too slow and there is no time, so the army must maintain a certain size.

"But now that the commander wants to recover the Middle Road, he naturally has to prepare for war." Blue Sky Blue Road.

"During this time, it is natural to be prepared, there are not many fighters in Tsarist Russia, some of the bombers are still bought from the Northeast, the rest are purchased from the United States, most of them have been shipped to Russia and Europe, there are not many in the Far East, but the hope of victory cannot be pinned on this, the Air Force establishment is indeed expanded for the time being, and it is temporarily planned to double the size of the Air Force, and then it depends on the war situation, what does Brother Ji Hao think?" Qin Yu asked.

"That's enough for now." Lan Tianwei nodded, at this time, there were 4 bomber squads and 2 fighter squads in the aviation department. Total 48 bombers, 24 fighters. In the case of doubling, it is equivalent to the Northeast Air Force suddenly having 144 aircraft, and such a huge fleet can already take care of several battlefields. (To be continued......)