After the results of the Rapallo meeting reached Lublin, the commander of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, General Wang Mingyuan, returned alone to his room and looked through his notebook for a long time. Reading the passage that only he could understand about his first reading of "Russian Strategy" still struck him with a thrill. In fact, in the text describing this incident, except for a few names, the rest are inexplicable words. Even if the notebook, which he kept closely, fell into the hands of others, it would not be leaked, and there was nothing else to be seen except for the well-known Russian names. What's more, as the supreme commander of hundreds of thousands of troops, the probability of losing his personal notebook is not much higher than that of Mars hitting the Earth.

Taking notes has been Wang Mingyuan's habit for a long time, and it can be traced back to following Long Qian to create the Zhengjiazhuang base. Since then, Wang Mingyuan has been writing down what he thinks is important, and his notes are somewhere between a diary and his thoughts, which is his original style, and he is the only reader, never showing it to others, including his wife.

After the establishment of the Mengshan Army, Wang Mingyuan was in charge of the Ministry of National Defense in charge of military and political affairs for a long time, and under the inspiration of the intelligence department, he actually created a secret language system, which was originally for the purpose of secrecy, because the Ministry of National Defense was in charge of the whole army, and he was more at ease when he was cautious about recording important matters in secret language.

Wang Mingyuan was shocked and largely unconvinced when he first saw the text of the "Russian Strategy" sent by the presidential office, even though he admired Long Qian from the bottom of his heart and regarded him as his mentor. Although he may not have no opinion on Long Qian on some things, he has never "betrayed" Long Qian in action. For sending troops to Russia. Wang Mingyuan actually has a different opinion, he believes that the country's strength is not enough to compete with the great powers in the world, and moreover, it is really impossible to see what benefits can be gained by sending troops to Russia. Yes, the Far East has large territories that have been forcibly occupied by Russia, including the military port of Vladivostok, which is often mentioned by Long Qian. In Wang Mingyuan's view, it doesn't make much sense to recapture that land, the Russians need access to the Pacific Ocean, but China doesn't. Rather than attacking Russia's idea, it would be better to find a reason to take back Port Arthur, which was occupied by Japan. Recapture Lushun. You can close the gates of Bohai Bay. Making the Bohai Sea China's inland sea has largely eliminated the defense pressure on Beijing. For this, he has the same attitude as Fang Shijun. In the later stages of the Shandong Campaign, Fang Shijun secretly expanded the war against Japan against Long Qianjian. Take the opportunity to drive Japan out in one fell swoop. He was in favor of this building. The Battle of Shandong had proved that the Wehrmacht was fully capable of defeating the Japanese Army. As for the threat at sea. Fang Shijun swore that he thought. Even if Japan pressed the combined fleet all towards China, there would be no danger of defeat. At most, it is just to destroy Shanghai, Qingdao, Guangzhou and other cities. The military-industrial system does not depend on these few cities, moreover. With the comprehensive strength of the Wehrmacht's land, sea, and air force, the Japanese Navy may not be able to win favor. Didn't Fang Shijun just rely on about 20 submarines to make his opponent disgraced? The Japanese warships could not sail to land. Moreover, the United States, Britain, France, Russia, and other countries may not allow Japan to completely blockade China from the sea.

But Long Qian vetoed Fang Shijun's mention and completely sided with Situ Jun. ridiculed Fang Shijun for not really understanding the marine strategy, nor did he understand the true meaning of the global game. At a time when the Chinese Navy cannot compete with Japan, it would be foolish to go to war with Japan in an all-out way. No major power in the world, including the United States, wants to see China completely defeat Japan. The Shandong campaign has already achieved even better results than expected, and for a considerable period of time, as long as Japan does not take action against us, we will never take the initiative to provoke Japan. Let them occupy Port Arthur first, and let them manage the South Manchurian Railway first. If, at the current pace of development, time is entirely on our side, in another 20 years, let's talk about getting rid of Japan. Now, we must take the train of the European war, choose the right camp, choose the right time to enter the war, and use the army and air force to create a new situation for national security and economic construction.

Long Qian chose the Entente. Instead of sending troops to Western Europe to directly help Britain and France, they sent an expeditionary force to Russia.

Aiding Russia will certainly benefit the country. After following Long Qian for more than ten years, he fully understood Long Qian's hidden ambitions. Long Qian has said many times that it is necessary to lay a strong foundation for the nation with the sacrifice of one or two generations. There is no better thing to reap than to occupy the land, and there may be endless treasures buried under the vast land of Eastern Siberia, but what is the use of that? Wang Mingyuan is no longer the company commander, battalion commander, regiment commander, brigade commander, division commander, or even the commander of the front army under Long Qian, he has already had a preliminary glimpse of the door of economic construction and understands the distance between theoretical feasibility and practical cost.

China's entry into the Entente to fight was controversial at home, and opposition was even louder within the military. At the beginning of the war in 1914, most of the generals in the army favored the Allies over the Allies. Wang Mingyuan knew very well that the Wehrmacht, especially the Army, had heavy German traces on their bodies, and the Germans were teachers from equipment to tactics. In 1913, the total number of German military advisers exceeded 3,000, and German instructors were present in all military academies. More than 4,000 officers were sent to study in Germany. At that time, it was the honeymoon period of Sino-German military cooperation, and the Germans were training the Wehrmacht into a modern army, and those thick regulations were all the hard work of German advisers. The German Army was really good, they were qualified to be teachers, and they did their best to train a large number of Chinese officers, and regarded the Chinese Army as their allies. However, Long Qian "treacherously" abandoned Germany in exchange for huge economic aid from the United States. Wang Mingyuan admitted that China needs all that money, all that factories and all that equipment. But is it worth it to grudge against Germany?

Wang Mingyuan has always thought that Long Qian can see farther and see accurately than himself. Although he had doubts, he did not hesitate to stand on Long Qian's side and devoted himself wholeheartedly to the formation of the expeditionary force.

Just after it was confirmed that he would be the commander of the expeditionary force, Wang Mingyuan read the handwritten version of the definite "Russian strategy" sent by the presidential office with the words "top secret, no copies."

Now, Long Qian's miraculous prediction of the situation in Russia has been confirmed, except for the difference in the battlefield situation (Long Qian did not expect the expeditionary force to enter Romania to fight), the rest are within Long Qian's expectations. In particular, the drastic changes in the political situation in Russia could not but make Wang Mingyuan feel frightened.

A left-wing party, whose strength no one is optimistic about, has taken power in just a few months. However, in the Russian strategy determined by Long Qian, he stood on the opposite side of this new regime, and even did not hesitate to take out the tsar who had been ousted as a "resurrection pill".

Wang Mingyuan was puzzled by this. He hated the emperor from the bottom of his bones and favored the republic. Isn't it to follow Long Qian for more than ten years to build a democratic republic? Aren't many of the ideas propagated by the Cloth Party consistent with Long Qian's ideals? Isn't it the goal of the Mengshan Army to distribute land to the peasants and drive out those decadent and declining nobles? Why can't you choose to form an alliance with the Burunos Aires? Wang Mingyuan really wanted to discuss this issue with Long Qian in person. For more than ten years. He asked Long Qian countless times for advice, and Long Qian described to him the ideal country in his mind countless times, and he was excited about it countless times...... Isn't it under the guidance of this lofty ideal that he fought bloodily? Why do you regard the Cloth Party as a beast of prey?

Wang Mingyuan did not know about the secret work in Petersburg led by Fan Deping, let alone that the intelligence system had plotted to assassinate an important leader of the Bruine. If he were clear about this qiē. He will be even more confused.

Right now. The "Russian strategy" entered its final stage, that is, to support the opposition forces of the Russian government politically in an attempt to cause a large-scale civil war in Russia. It would be better for Russia to split. Militarily, it is necessary not only to preserve its own strength, but also to fully temper its troops, especially in terms of logistical supply, to solve the problem of long-range projection of troops, and to gain China's prestige among its allies.

The expeditionary force went abroad to fight for more than a year, won the Romanian campaign beautifully, and ended in a draw with the Germans in Poland. Compared with the Russian army, which was defeated repeatedly and had no fighting spirit, the Chinese army really won the respect of the Entente countries, including Russia.

However, the new regime of the Russians was unwilling to fight any further. Their measures were fully understood by Wang Mingyuan. During his more than a year in Russia, Wang Mingyuan, who paid attention to political and people's livelihood issues other than the military, completely felt the deep suffering brought by the war to the Russian people, this was a war that was simply absurd in Wang Mingyuan's opinion, without any rationality, and the Russians lost 3 million people, all of whom were young and strong men, even in Russia, which has a population of nearly 140 million, this proportion is not low. Behind every dead or missing soldier is the breakdown of a family. In southern Russia, where the expeditionary forces were located, large tracts of land were barren, a large number of towns were destroyed, and in some places there was not a single young man at all, and the fields were cultivated by women and the elderly, and the situation was extremely miserable. In Wang Mingyuan's view, construction is always brighter and more just than destruction. Destroying a house requires a pack of explosives, but building a house is much more complicated. Why the war? In his days as commander of the expeditionary force, how many cities did he see that had been destroyed by war? After the Battle of Bodong, he went to the front line to award medals and awards to meritorious officers and soldiers, saw so many exotic towns completely destroyed by the war, and saw countless displaced foreign residents, he was very sympathetic to those ordinary people, and once strictly ordered the maintenance of military discipline, and personally ordered the execution of dozens of officers and soldiers who violated military discipline, and never forgave loans, even in a foreign country, he did not tolerate the invasion of civilians by soldiers.

In the spring of 1917, Wang Mingyuan ordered the rear garrison to help the local residents in spring ploughing, and also ordered the transfer of military rations to help the residents in Yanzhòng, who were short of food, so he was sincerely grateful to the residents. Long Qian once taught that if an army does not have the support of the people, they are not far from defeat. The Russian people do not want to go to war, he knows this very well. Isn't the proposal for peace put forward by the Burenos Parainians government completely in line with the will of the people?

In order to grasp the situation of the enemy army more accurately, Wang Mingyuan had personally interrogated German and Austrian prisoners, from officers to soldiers, and in his opinion, the Germans did not know why they were fighting. Is there a feud between Germany and Russia? Which German has a grudge against which Russian? Why fight to the death?

He really didn't understand.

If the Russians don't fight, forget it, and Wang Mingyuan doesn't want to fight either. For this reason, he vetoed all kinds of offensive plans repeatedly proposed by Xiong Xun and Shi Dashou, as long as the Germans did not attack, he would not take the initiative to attack. He doesn't need great military exploits, he doesn't need those medals and medals, and it doesn't matter if he can't be promoted to the rank of marshal for his military exploits. He knew that the generals under his command must have complained to Long Qian through their own channels, but he didn't care.

Fortunately, until now, the old commander he had followed with all his heart did not have any act of distrust, and all the fronts belonged to him, especially military issues. Although most of the main troops and generals of the expeditionary force came from the Northern Army system that he did not command, both Shi Dashou and Xiong Xun were able to strictly enforce his military orders, and although they were disgruntled, they did not dare to openly resist his orders.

The expeditionary force was ready to retreat. He conscientiously carried out the orders drawn up by the President on the "plundering" of Russia's important industrial resources, but did not carry out the orders to rob the people's living resources in the light of armaments. Grain cannot be robbed, horses and other large livestock cannot be robbed, and residents must be paid corresponding remuneration for requisition. Yes, this is a bit pedantic, but Wang Mingyuan does not want to see a Russia completely destroyed by himself and the enemy, and he does not want to see the Russian people lose their homes or even starve to death due to the war.

He was willing to retreat, and for this purpose he adjusted the organization of the troops, and a large number of troops were withdrawn from the front line and transferred to the rear. He was waiting for the order to formally withdraw from the country, and he believed that it was his duty to bring home the entire army, which had gathered the essence of the Wehrmacht. He firmly believes that this unit is urgently needed for national defense construction, and must not be seriously damaged in Russia, because that is a crime against the country and the president.

However, the Rapallo meeting had an outcome that he did not want to see. Long Qian canceled the order to withdraw his troops, and the troops did not leave, but would continue to fight in South Russia, including against the Russians, should they attempt to attack the expeditionary force.

Wang Mingyuan was very worried that he would not be able to truly implement Long Qian's intentions. The "Russian strategy" seems to be going out of shape, and he needs to think further. Long Qian had not yet returned to China, and he could not even consult in more detail on political and military matters in the telegram. You need to judge and make decisions for yourself. The situation in South Russia is becoming more complicated, Ukraine is seeking independence, and a large number of Russian generals are openly confronting the center of the Cloth Party, such as Anton Anton . Ivanovich. General Denikin, the Russian lieutenant general who had been the commander of the Russian 8th Army and had been fighting in Romania for a long time, and his troops had openly "rebelled" and sent people to contact the Chinese expeditionary force, hoping to get help from the expeditionary force. He did not say anything. Now, Long Qian's directive from Italy clearly states that all the armed forces opposed to the Buzzos are the target of assistance......

The Brucellos have already formed an army, and if a civil war breaks out in Russia, how can the expeditionary force stay out of the way? How do you keep a long line of traffic safe? And more importantly, how will the Germans act? Wang Mingyuan pondered for two days and decided to convene a military conference to study and unify his thinking. (To be continued......)