Eliminate the majority? Wouldn't that be going to Europe? Although Zhang Zuoxiang does not know so much about the international situation, just by looking at the map, he knows that this is a desperate distance. Not to mention the current situation of the Feng army, even if the Feng army can dominate the whole country, and then recuperate after 20 years, it may not have the ability.

Like Zhang Tinglan, one of the main reasons why Zhang Zuoxiang was able to become Zhang Zuolin's most trusted assistant from a green forest bandit was that he was self-aware, and the more favorable the situation, the more sober-minded he became.

"Mr. Eston, didn't Britain also participate in the military operation to interfere with Russia, and it is a little unreasonable for us to send troops, right?"

"Yes, in fact the British Empire government has acted, and we, together with France and Poland, are fighting the armies of the majority party to prevent them from entering Eastern Europe. If China can launch a powerful attack from the Far East, it will definitely deal a fatal blow to the Russians. ”

Klein also said: "Mr. Patrol Envoy, the majority party is a scourge, a threat to Shijie, if they can be eliminated, all countries will definitely treat China as an equal, and regard China as their closest and most important ally." ”

"Zhang seems to have heard this a long time ago!" Zhang Zuoxiang sneered slightly: "At the beginning, he persuaded Duan Qirui's government to participate in the war against Germany, which was such a rhetoric, but when it came to Zuihou, the Shandong issue was still unresolved. ”

Zhang Zuoxiang unceremoniously exposed the hypocritical promises of the two countries, much to the embarrassment of Klein and Aiston. However, they are still unwilling to give up their persuasion of Zhang Zuoxiang, for the simple reason that they are indeed in trouble in the European direction.

In fact, long before the attack of the Feng army on the Far East, the Russians had eliminated the troops of Kolchak and Denikin successively, and the White army had basically collapsed. Only Poland and Russia are still fighting.

Before World War I, Poland was divided between Germany and Russia, and after World War I, Poland successfully recovered and took back a lot of territory from Germany, but there was also a large amount of territory in the hands of Russia, and Poland, which had just been established, participated in the intervention of the Russian army with the support of Britain and France.

In April, the Polish army reached Kiev. However, due to the long front and insufficient supplies, the Polish army suffered a heavy defeat. The Russian army, under the command of Tukhachevsky, then entered Eastern Europe, and at this time the majority of the party was still very keen to export the revolution.

They wanted to defeat the Polish army once and for all. Then the Red Movement was promoted in Central and Eastern Europe to realize the ideas of the Shijie Revolution. Majority troops enter Eastern Europe. For Britain and France. Definitely a serious threat.

The sudden victory of the Feng army in the Far East at this time greatly surprised them, but the British also found this a desperate opportunity to encourage the Chinese to launch an attack and relieve the pressure of the majority party on Eastern Europe, of course, in their calculations. only has its own gains and losses, and Fengjun is just a chess piece. In their opinion, Europe is still the center of shijie, in order to protect Europe. China's sacrifice is well deserved.

When Eston saw that Zhang Zuoxiang was not fooled, he gritted his teeth, and then said: "Mr. Patrol Envoy, we sincerely hope that China can continue to march. And we also think that the Feng army is the most promising liliang in China, and we are willing to see the Feng army unify China. ”

Speaking of this, Aiston paused and added: "Of course, there must be a premise for this, and the interests of all countries in China must be safeguarded. ”

Since ancient times, power has come out of the barrel of a gun, and Lao Yuan was able to climb to the throne of the president because he held the powerful Beiyang Army. Now the Feng army has defeated the Russians and is definitely the strongest army in China. The situation of Feng's army entering the Central Plains has been very clear, and it is almost impossible to contain it.

When the Feng army first sent troops, Britain and the United States also drew two red lines, not allowing the annexation of the Far East and the prohibition of fighting for the Central Plains. However, the Feng army fought too well in the Far East, the situation had changed, and the Russian threat to Europe was too serious, so the British changed their strategy.

Supporting Fengjun to dominate the world seems to be a big favor, but it is only a benefit to say that it is not a cost, and they also want Fengjun to maintain their interests in China, to put it bluntly, let Fengjun be Yuan Shikai's second. If it were the other princes who were just supported by a great power, it would be enough to have fun and blossom, but the Feng army was more special, there was no real money and silver good things, and they didn't want to buy the Feng army.

Zhang Zuoxiang is also a person who doesn't see rabbits and eagles, so he said with a smile: "Two ministers, the war in the Far East is not over yet, it's too early to talk about anything else, and I don't know the situation on the front line, let's talk about these things later." ”

Klein and Eston saw that Zhang Zuo was not fooled, so they could only say goodbye and leave, but they did not give up this idea, but launched the liliang in their hands with all their strength, and vigorously touted the Feng army.

Various newspapers constantly published all kinds of news about the Feng army, calling the Feng army the strongest army in the Far East, praising Zhang Tinglan as a young and promising general, China's Napoleon, a strong barrier in the Far East, and a shield of God......

In addition to the newspaper hype, military attachés from various countries also commented from a seemingly fair standpoint, proclaiming that the Feng army was the most modern army in the Far East, that it had a huge advantage over the majority party, and that if it made up its mind, it could easily win.

With the praise of the great powers, a large number of Chinese literati and scholars also stood up. They also began to write articles one after another, pointing out that Russia was the greatest threat to China, and since they had sent troops to the Far East, they should succeed in the first war, completely eliminate the threat of Russia, and strive for eternal peace in the north.

Led by a scholar surnamed Hu and affiliated with several other scholars, they jointly published an open letter to Zhang Tinglan in a newspaper, arguing that the elimination of the majority party was a matter of common support among the great powers, and that China should be involved in it, and that more efforts should be made to reverse China's fate. They also cited the example of the Paris Peace Conference, in which China participated in the war against Germany, but because it only sent laborers, not real combat troops, it failed.

If you want to win Shijie's respect, you should take responsibility, and a small sacrifice is worth it, and you will definitely be able to win an independent status from the hands of the foreign powers.

After a few people took the lead, many scholars and officials sent similar telegrams one after another, encouraging Fengjun to make persistent efforts and establish meritorious deeds.

In the face of boiling public opinion, Zhang Tinglan only thought of two words, that is, kill! The great powers are trying to fool the Feng army. Fight to the death with the Russians, and then they will sit and reap the benefits of the fishermen. These nonsense boasts no value. By fighting the Russians, Zhang Tinglan has figured out the actual combat effectiveness between the two sides.

The Feng army and the Russians can only say that they have their own merits, and the Feng army can defeat the Russians in the Far East, on the one hand, because of the full preparation, on the other hand, the geographical advantage, the supply line is relatively short, and the ability to calmly mobilize troops.

If you continue to play in the direction of Europe, the advantages and disadvantages will be reversed. The Russians will have the upper hand, this is a very clear thing, no matter who says it, Zhang Tinglan will not be hot-headed and bury the hard-won situation.

"Brother Baili. You look at this open letter, do you have any ideas? ”

Jiang Baili sneered. Said contemptuously: "Cheap! ”

Yang Yuting also nodded. He said with great emotion: "Humble words, before I met you, I still admired these scholars very much, although I occasionally felt that their views were debatable, but after all, it was for the good of the country." But now, I'm sure that these people may have sat in the arms of foreigners. They keep saying that they want to be independent and oppose superstition and blind obedience, but why these people are so superstitious about the West is really incomprehensible! ”

"Nothing to be puzzled about. Taking people's money to eliminate disasters for others, these scholars studied abroad and accepted the set of ideas of the West, and as long as the foreigners were slightly entrapped, they became slaves of the West. ”

Jiang Baili said while pointing to the above paragraph of the open letter, and said with a sneer: "They actually argue for the Paris Peace Conference, the great powers bully China, they don't look for problems from the great powers, but blame the Chinese for not sacrificing enough, isn't this bastard logic?" ”

Zhang Tinglan also sneered and said: "How many years have the great powers bullied China, the two sides are enemies of life and death, and the only way to deal with them is to have bayonets. Let us use our own blood to work for the great powers, and then strive for the independence of the great powers, if this is not lowly, there is nothing in the world called lowly! ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Tinglan also suddenly remembered a certain South Asian power in later generations, first fought two shijie wars for the suzerain, and also wanted to sacrifice themselves in exchange for independence, but the master did not allow it, so they played the trick of crying, making trouble and hanging themselves. Holding a knife, he pointed it to his neck and threatened his master, saying, if you don't let me be independent, I will die for you!

Looking at the open letter in front of him and thinking about a certain country in the future, Zhang Tinglan did not mean to be sarcastic, but a trace of sadness rose. A certain country in South Asia has been enslaved for too long, and the entire social elite has been domesticated and turned into loyal slaves, so they have no courage to resist.

As for China, it is also an ancient country, but the spirit is still there, and there are real hard bones, so we can barely fight a bloody road. But those domesticated cultural celebrities still exist, and their slave mentality of always kneeling is still circulating. Therefore, they will question the battle for the founding of a new great country and bravely accept the challenge of the West, they will look forward to the era when two or three hundred million people will starve to death and inflation will be 100 percent every year, and they will praise the storms and snows that happened in the concession, because at that time, they were closest to their masters.

"The Chinese army can only fight for the interests of China, there is no need to shed blood and sacrifice for the Westerners, don't care about these miscellaneous things!"

Yang Yuting said with a smile: "This is a good word, whether we should fight or stop, it all depends on our interests." However, I would like to remind you that we must be prepared for the infiltration of Western ideas, especially since we have sent so many international students, we can't let other people's crops grow in our fields! ”

Zhang Tinglan also nodded: "It is true that we must take strict precautions, but most of the international students we send are science and engineering, and we require them to learn really useful jishu, and in the future, they will also rely on their real skills to eat, and they can still have a little ability to resist other things." ”

"At the end of the day, there are too few people who do it." Jiang Baili said with a wry smile: "Humble words, I think we should also increase the ratio of science and engineering, now it is six to four, it is best to reach nine to one, and leave the best young people in science and engineering, we can train only a limited number of college students, and good steel should be used on the blade!" ”

Zhang Tinglan also readily agreed to this proposal, it turned out that because there were not enough teachers, it was impossible to vigorously expand the recruitment, since digesting those teachers from Belarus, another batch was introduced from Germany, and the number of science and engineering teachers in the three eastern provinces was also sufficient, and the time was ripe for further strengthening.

Just when they were discussing, Sun Anhu walked in with a smile: "Dashuai, Chief of Staff, Li Jinglin and Ding Chao led the troops almost at the same time and broke through the railway station, and now the armies of the north and south have successfully joined forces and taken Akinskoye, just in front of you, what should I do next, please ask Dashuai for instructions." ”

"Don't be in a hurry to fight, besiege the remaining Russian troops, take them hostage, take advantage of the victory to propose peace talks, I don't believe that the Russians will not go to the negotiating table." (To be continued......)