There are really no fools in this world, including the Dutch themselves, who know that the so-called business incident is nothing more than an excuse for little Japan, and this excuse is not for them to listen to the Dutch.

In this day and age, robbers don't need a reason to snatch what they fancie, and even if there are no business disputes, it is estimated that there will be other disputes. The reason why the Japanese weaved such an incident was because they wanted to explain to some ordinary people in the country.

The Japanese government wants the people at home to think that they are fighting a just war and support their march southward, but it also wants moderates who are afraid of undermining Anglo-Japanese relations to keep their mouths shut in the face of rising domestic war sentiment.

The U.S. government reacted immediately, completely standing on the position of the Dutch, asking the Japanese not to undermine the current stability in Southeast Asia, and issuing a solemn warning that the U.S. side would closely monitor the development of the situation, put the U.S. fleet in the Philippines on alert, and reserve the right to take any means necessary at the time necessary.

This statement is already quite tough, but it is a pity that the United States in this era is far from being the world policeman in the future, and the small stick he wields cannot stop the ambitions of the Japanese at all. The Japanese side had no intention of stopping, and when asked by a reporter what he thought about the United States, Saionji only said softly: "I regret it." ”

The only thing that can stop Japan is the British Empire!

The Dutch pinned all their hopes on the British, and they proposed three options of representation, the first of which was that Britain could prevent Japan from taking military action. The Dutch were willing to allow British merchants to enjoy the same status in Indonesia as the Dutch. The second is that, just as the Americans took over the Philippines, the Netherlands is willing to sell Indonesia if the British are willing to pay a certain price. The third was the five warships of the British Empire that they had hired in Malaysia, the price of which was stated by the British.

However, the British side did not respond to these three plans, and the British Empire did little practical measures other than warning Japan, and they did not even do anything to ask the Dutch to send the British Empire's fleet to Indonesia.

Britain has the difficulties of Britain. The British Empire is still the number one in the world, but so far their economic crisis has made their country much less powerful than before, and with the tensions created by the Germans in Europe, they have lost control of Asia after things in China have spiraled out of control.

They don't have the capital to buy Indonesia, and they don't have the energy to run it even if they buy it cheaply. The British knew that at this time, because of the agitation of the Japanese, the Indonesians were already quite dissatisfied with the Dutch colonists. At this time, taking over may have taken over a burden.

As for sending the fleet, it is even more impossible, they are really going to summon the fleet to Europe, and the determination of the Japanese to go south is already very obvious, in case they are really crazy, even the British Empire will fight. So what did the British do at that time?

When Russia was already held back by the Chinese, would the British Empire still have to fight a war with Japan in Asia? Do you want Europe anymore? The British could not stop the Japanese. Even they still had that little control in Asia in order to maintain the British Empire. In order to prevent Japan from being dragged over by Germany, Japan did not even threaten Japan with the dissolution of the military alliance as a condition.

The British government's policy of compromise emboldened the Japanese even more, October 24, 1907. When Yang Xiaolin was about to launch a counteroffensive against the Russians, the Japanese government announced that it would begin to evacuate overseas Chinese from Indonesia.

The evacuation of overseas Chinese was the first step in the war, and at this time all countries understood that Japan's determination to attack Indonesia was decided, and war was about to break out.

The Supreme High Command in Beijing.

Commander Yang published the photo of the Japanese evacuating overseas Chinese on the front page of the newspaper that the British had just finished reading in Hong Kong today. The situation in which Hong Kong's newspapers were monopolized by the Chinese war for more than half a year has finally come to an end.

"It seems that little Japan is going to do it, they are moving very quickly, and they probably think that the British may not give them much time. Yesterday afternoon, the U.S. government once again demanded to mediate the war, and this time Britain, the United States, France, and all three countries came forward. President Yuan made it very clear that since ancient times, there has been no reason not to persuade people, we must sell their face, preparations for mediation are already underway, and we must defeat the Russians before reaching an agreement at the negotiating table! ”

Zaitao stood up and said, "All preparations have been made, the material dispatch has been further improved, and the attack can be launched at any time!" Commander Yang rest assured, Wu Peifu and they are waiting for an order now. ”

Yang Xiaolin thought for a while, and then suddenly asked, "Zaitao, have you thought about how to deal with the Mongol regime that surrendered to the Russians during this time?" ”

This is also a question that must be considered, and it will definitely not be easy to deal with. Those who surrender are, to put it bluntly, traitors and deserve the most severe punishment. But the problem is that the Russians are still in Mongolia now, and the punishment is heavy, which will give these guys a feeling that they must follow Lao Maozi all the way to the black, Zaitao's Fourth Front Army is only 110,000 people, and it is impossible for them to say that they will find a decisive battle with the Russians' nearly 200,000 troops in Mongolia, and they are not capable of controlling the entire situation in Mongolia.

It is necessary to have the support of the Mongolian locals, and these people must not be allowed to follow the Russians.

At the same time, it is also a kind of desecration against the Mongolian compatriots who fought bloodily for the reunification of the motherland and the Russian army, and there is no way to explain to the Mongolian compatriots who died in the war.

Traitors must be punished, and this principle cannot be shaken.

How to grasp this degree may be directly related to the question of whether the Chinese army can quickly gain a firm foothold when it enters Mongolia again.

Zaitao obviously did enough work: "My plan is to divide the surrender into three categories, one is the iron-hearted surrender, and the one who aids in the abuse, after we invade Mongolia, still die unrepentant, and there is no mercy for killing." Second, those who choose to abandon the darkness and turn to the light after our army has entered will be tried according to their deeds and in accordance with the procedures of the Constitution, and those who have committed the most heinous crimes should also be shot, but we must ensure the safety of his family and not affect his wife and children. The rest are punished according to the crime. Finally, those who are forced by the situation and have no choice but to be coerced by the Russian army, these people should be dealt with lightly. ”

After hearing this, Yang Xiaolin added: "If it is helpful to our army, it can be lenient when convicted." Also, you have to prepare a list, try to find out the names of the Mongol fighters who joined the resistance, and we have to send someone to see their families for those who died. ”

Zaitao sighed, he had just started doing this work, and he really didn't realize it before. Therefore, many brothers who joined the Resistance at the beginning and died on the battlefield were not able to leave their names, which made Lord Belle somewhat blame himself.

"Those who can register their names have already been registered, and the brothers who started to die first will also let the other brothers recall, those names and addresses are not very detailed, I want to wait until the end of the war to find out, Commander Yang, let me be responsible for this matter in the future, okay?"

Yang Xiaolin looked at him with a smile on his face: "Of course you can." By the way, sir, how did you become a revolutionary? Didn't you tell me that I would send you far away to fight and never want to go back to Beijing? ”

Zaitao really didn't hide anything from him: "I thought so at first, and then Sun Wen found me and said that they wanted to establish a democratic regime, and he told me a lot of the program of the new party, and I didn't understand it too much, but I understood one thing, what they did was what Yuan Shikai didn't want to do, so I agreed." ”

After Zaitao finished speaking, he looked at Yang Xiaolin's face: "What?" Do you think I'm wrong to do this? ”

Yang Xiaolin sighed, Zaitao can't be said to be wrong to do this, at least the concept of Yang Pian Police who came over in the 21st century respects Zaitao's ideas. As long as he doesn't sit on things that endanger the country, he can understand it.

After pondering for a while, Yang Xiaolin said: "Let's put it this way, Chen Tianhua is going to form our original revolutionary forces in the northeast into a party, and I didn't stop him, just like I didn't stop you. But I said hello to all my brothers below, and I didn't allow them to join that party, including Zhao Wen, who was very active. Does Lord Belle know why? ”

Zaitao really didn't know, at this time, when he heard Yang Xiaolin call him Belle Ye again, knowing that there was no longer a discussion between the two of them on military issues, Zaitao was no longer restrained, and sat on the chair next to Yang Xiaolin: "Why?" ”

Yang Xiaolin said slowly: "The army must be independent from the government and obey the leadership of the government, I don't want soldiers to participate in politics." ”

Lord Belle understood what Yang Xiaolin meant, and Commander Yang was using a very tactful way to persuade him to quit the new party.

Zaitao chuckled: "Then I'll quit in a few days, to be honest with you, I'm not going to Sun Wen, I'm going to Yuan Shikai!" Let him not feel comfortable, and the grandfather's heart will be comfortable. ”

Yang Xiaolin shook his head with a smile, and suddenly remembered that he wrote the party application when he was in the army, and there was an item in the middle to write why he wanted to join the party organization. He had forgotten how it was written at the time, but now he wanted to know more about whether Mr. Sun's new party needed to write an application, and if so, how did Lord Belle write it?

"Master, fight well. If you fight the Mongolian battle well, I will be able to make you comfortable. ”

Zaitao's expression changed when he heard this: "Are you going to move Lao Yuan?" ”

Yang Xiaolin no longer explained anything: "Call Wu Peifu and ask him to attack immediately." We must go to Mongolia as soon as possible. Know why? Because Yuan Shikai is a Beiyang Army, he must leave Beijing immediately. ”

Zaitao's whole person suddenly became excited: "Okay! (To be continued......)