In terms of combat, Chen Tianhua really trusted Commander Yang very much, and Yang Xiaolin reassured him, and he put his heart down. Then Chen Tianhua turned his head to Yuan Shikai: "Yuan Gong, there is something I want to report to you." ”

Lao Yuan nodded very casually while drinking tea: "You say." ”

"The policies we are pursuing now are all improvised, because of the war, and there are many unsatisfactory areas that need to be improved urgently. In the current situation where we are about to win, there are some things that really need to be faced. ”

Chen Tianhua's words were not hurried or slow, but Commander Yang's expression was a little sluggish at this moment, and Lao Yuan's hand holding the teacup couldn't help but tremble. I really didn't expect them to be so impatient if these democracy fighters were unwilling to give up, and Chen Tianhua obviously didn't want the current system to become the accepted norm.

After a moment of stunned, a smile immediately appeared on Yuan Shikai's face, and the corner of his eyes sprinkled Yang Xiaolin's body, and then said, "Xiaolin, what do you say? ”

Yang Xiaolin gently waved his fingers: "Yuan Gong, some things must be decided, I only want to say two points, the first is that the war is not over yet, and the second is that China urgently needs development now." ”

Lao Yuan's eyelids drooped, and he understood what Yang Xiaolin meant. Yang was telling them that no matter what method was used to solve the problem, they could not make a big deal out of it, let alone affect China's development and the war on the front line.

"Okay, Premier Chen, do you have any solutions? Take it out and we'll discuss it. ”

Before Chen Tianhua could speak, Sun Wen stood up immediately: "Yuan Gong." What we mean by this is that there is a democratic election at the right time, and the cabinet and the president must be elected. Of course, this is only a make-up procedure, we are very satisfied with the current cabinet, and we also have great respect for Yuan Gong, and the make-up procedure is just to make the cabinet more legally tenable, and let the whole world see that Yuan Gong is the president we have publicly promoted. ”

Lao Yuan didn't speak, he believed that no one could shake his position now, but if this procedure went down. Will the next president be himself? Even if it is. What's next? The democratic election of the cabinet is even more impermissible, people like Tang Shaoyi and Sheng Huaixuan have been with them for many years, in case there is no place for them in an election. How do you explain to those old brothers?

Mr. Sun Wen still said very sincerely: "Yuan Gong." In terms of supervision of the administration, we intend to implement the strategy of containing the three parties. At present, Song Jiaoren has built the new party very well, and I hope that Yuan Gong can also form a party with important members in Beiyang, plus those in the northeast. We can be truly democratic. ”

Lao Yuan showed a bright smile on his face: "Has Song Jiaoren's new party been built?" Minister Sun, your actions are subtle enough, and I haven't gotten any news of it. ”

Sun Wen immediately took out a list, gave Yang Xiaolin a copy to Yuan Shikai: "Yuan Gong, Commander Yang, this matter has just been done, I am planning to inform the two of you, this is the list of important members of the New Party, please believe that everything we do is to see the light, and we will never do that kind of work behind the scenes." ”

Yang Xiaolin really hasn't heard the news for a while, he has too many things to do, and he hasn't focused on it. He was not at all surprised that the chairman of the new party was Mr. Sun Wen.

The following is Secretary-General Hu Hanmin, three vice chairmen, Song Jiaoren, Huang Xing, and Zaitao.

Commander Yang suddenly bounced up from his chair, and he was really surprised when he saw Zaitao's name appear on the list of vice chairmen of the new party!

"Mr. Sun, is this something you wrote wrong?"

Yuan Shikai obviously thinks the same as Yang Xiaolin, Zaitao is the vice chairman of the New Party? Mr. Sun and Lord Belle cooperated? This is even more crazy than Shenwu No. 1!

Mr. Sun Wen said with great certainty: "That's right, Comrade Aixinjue Luo Zaitao is a new member of the development of our new party, Zaitao did not know much about the policies of our revolutionary party before, but now after contacts and negotiations between the two sides, Comrade Zaitao has expressed his willingness to make efforts for China's development and the realization of democracy." ”

Commander Yang suddenly let out a sneer, Lord Belle was really a man of words, and his ears seemed to hear the shouts in the prison after Lord Belle was caught that time: "Yang beats ghosts!" Let me tell you, if Yuan Shikai becomes president, he will become a revolutionary party! his life! ”

Yang Xiaolin's eyes looked at Yuan Shikai, Yuan Shikai obviously knew very well why Zaitao's name appeared on Sun Wen's list, and after being shocked, he smiled bitterly: "Oh, okay." Since you all want to choose democratically, let's try it. ”

Yang Xiaolin said: "I won't participate, I don't understand this kind of thing, Xingtai will represent me." The counteroffensive is about to begin, and I have to deal with the Russians with all my might. ”

Yuan Shikai's eyes looked at him, doesn't this guy understand?

General Kilingsky also knew that the Chinese counteroffensive might be about to begin.

The general had already sent numerous telegrams to Nicholas II, and he realized that the Russian troops really could not stay here any longer, and that to keep the troops here was tantamount to putting themselves on top of the Chinese knife when there was no hope of breaking through to Beijing.

This time the tsar did not say that he could not retreat, but only said that he should wait. Nicholas II really could not accept the fact of being defeated by the Chinese, and even if it was a fact, he wanted to find a fig leaf to cover it up.

The tsar said that now the withdrawal of troops means that the Chinese have repelled the Russian troops, and the last dignity of the Russian army is lost. He had already asked Britain, France, and the United States to intervene in the war. The Tsar meant to wait for the Russian army to retreat after the mediation negotiations began, in which case the war could at least be said to be mediated.

This fig leaf really can't hide anything, and the countries of the world have seen the war situation quite clearly. The Russians are about to lose, and Britain and France are willing to put down their positions and ask the United States to intervene, because they do not want Russia to lose too much strength in China.

Kilingsky was really angry at the Tsar's idea. The lives of hundreds of thousands of Russian soldiers are not as good as that little face. Think about the fact that when Yang Dagui came to Beijing, he could bow and apologize to Austria-Hungary in front of all reporters for the situation in China to be a little better, so it is reasonable for the Russians to want to lose this war.

The general is still making a final effort, doing his best to maintain the current situation. I hope that it will really be able to hold on to the time of peace talks, as the tsar said.

But he himself did not believe that this hope still existed. Kizerosky looked at a bunch of photos in front of him, and the various weapons that appeared at the Chinese military parade were clearly displayed in front of Kilingsky, especially the Shenwu No. 1, the thick black muzzle pointed directly at the sky, even if Kilingsky had been on the battlefield for a long time, he couldn't help but feel a chill.

General Ali Wanbski walked in. After seeing the sadness on General Kilingsky's face, he hesitated. In the end, he spoke: "General, are you looking for me?" ”

Kilingsky pointed to the chair opposite him: "Sit down, I want to ask you how the mood of the front-line troops is?" ”

Aliwanbski shook his head and said, "Very bad. It's already October, but our soldiers are still fighting in their summer clothes. Ammunition and food are in short supply. Now there are only a dozen bullets on each soldier. In such a situation, it is difficult for us to guarantee the soldier's desire to fight. When we ordered them to charge, they were often refused. General, I've done my best. ”

Kilingsky sighed: "Don't give orders to charge in the future, there is no difference between a senseless charge and a death." From today, the troops moved to a defensive posture. I'm sure the Chinese attack is about to begin, and what we need to do now is hold out until the tsar allows us to retreat. ”

Ali Wanbski nodded: "Okay general." ”

Kilingsky continued: "Alright, stabilize your troops, from now on we will implement a policy of ration restrictions, and all non-combatants, except for the troops on the front line, will have their rations halved, including officers. ”

The introduction of ration restrictions in the troops will not be done unless it is absolutely necessary. Kizeroski also knew that once this order was given, it would cause panic among the troops and make the mood of the soldiers on the front line even more unstable.

But there was really no other way, he knew that if the Chinese launched a counteroffensive, Yang Xiaolin would definitely not let go of the Russian supply lines, and once the supplies could no longer reach his hands, he must ensure that there was enough food for him to retreat.

Just as Yang Xiaolin estimated, Kizerosky's fixed attention was that as long as China had launched a counteroffensive, he would resist a little and then turn around and run! It is really a foolish act to insist on confronting the Chinese in Beijing in the current situation. That is, this order was issued by Nicholas II himself, and if he changed someone else, Kizerosky would not have paid attention to it at all.

As the Russo-Chinese war was about to begin, there was a not-so-sensational case in Indonesia, where a Dutch businessman used some very normal violent means to buy a rubber factory run by a native Indonesian.

This kind of thing is commonplace, and it is not news in this day and age. The reason why it attracted the attention of many countries at once was that the Indonesian sold the factory to a Japanese businessman at a low price when he could not keep the factory himself.

The Japanese businessmen approached the local and Dutch colonial authorities, saying that the factory was already their own and asked the Dutch not to fight its idea again. But where the Dutch will sell the face of the Japanese? The colonial authorities immediately examined it and finally concluded that the transfer between the Japanese merchant and the Indonesian was not legal, so the sale was invalid, and the factory was still Indonesian.

So, the Dutch merchants can continue to buy, and as for the losses of the Japanese, then I'm sorry, you go to the Indonesian and ask for it.

How could little Japan be willing to suffer such a loss? The merchant immediately gathered a group of Japanese ronin, and hired many Indonesians to defend the factory, and when the Dutch colonial authorities came, they used force to expel them, killing and wounding a dozen Dutchmen.

The Dutch quit at this moment and immediately issued a statement to the international community, saying that this matter was simply provoked by the Japanese government! Those so-called Japanese ronin marksmanship was extremely accurate and well-trained, and they were well-armed and had more ferocious firepower than the Dutch army in Indonesia!

The Dutch government demanded that the Japanese side immediately stop such acts and immediately negotiate with the British side, hoping that Britain would come forward to uphold justice.

The Japanese also suddenly made a lot of propaganda in the country, saying that their merchants in Indonesia had been subjected to unreasonable harassment by the Dutch government, and that they had also been threatened with force, and that the Dutch government had actually used troops against the unarmed citizens of the Japanese Empire.

The newspapers in Japan played it up, and the entire Yamato nation was outraged at once. At this time, a retired admiral published an article saying that Japan spends a lot of money every year to support the navy, and continues to build warships, and if these warships cannot be used to protect the safety of the Japanese people overseas, then the entire navy should be abolished!

This argument was quickly supported, and the willing troops in Tokyo immediately surrounded the Emperor's residence, and they strongly demanded that the Emperor march to Indonesia and go to war against the Netherlands in order to protect the safety of the Japanese people! (To be continued......)