As an officer trained in France, Song Kan only sees Europe and the United States, and at most Japan can see in his eyes, and as for China, he is ranked behind.

How can this country, which is a mess of weakness except for its size, be of any help to Siam!

Therefore, he strongly opposed to dealing with China, but the king of Siam did not see it that way, the impression of China was too terrifying, and now China is thriving again, which makes the whole Siamese country full of expectations for China.

King Rama VII sent Songkhan to lead a military expedition to see for himself the situation in China's military industry and whether it could really help Siam, as Zhang Tingshu said.

After Song Kan took people to Shanghai Port, he immediately made a big jump, and all the cargo ships from all over the world gathered here, queuing up for customs inspection. It's so dense that you can't see the end at a glance. In fact, there are many things that can be seen from the volume of trade in a region.

This level of prosperity alone is definitely not worse than the first-tier cities in Europe, seeing this, his heart to underestimate China has also weakened a lot, after all, this is still a huge country, compared to Siam, there are too many advantages.

When he disembarked with the people, he found that the atmosphere in the port was somewhat unusual, and the Chinese who came and went were all beaming, with confident and happy smiles on their faces. Both sides of the road are also lit up with lights, and they are full of joy, as if it is the New Year.

At this time, China also arranged to welcome the officials, and after meeting with Song Kan, Song Kan asked curiously: "Do you have any festivals in your country?" ”

"It's just a win."

"Victory? With whom? ”

The corners of the mouth of the official who received it were slightly upturned, in the end, it was a small place, and he didn't even know that a war broke out between China and Russia, it was simply unheard of.

"We just fought a war with Russia, and we just signed a peace agreement between the two countries."

Song Kan is not stupid, it seems that China must have won the battle against Russia. Otherwise, it would never be so festive. When he thought of the huge Russia, Song Kan's face was also a little solemn, it was the former European military police, who could defeat the Russians, it can be seen that the Chinese still have some skills, and his arrogance has also converged.

After arriving at the hotel where he was staying, Songkan immediately ordered people to find out what was going on, and waited until he understood the situation. It also frightened him, it turns out that the Chinese are so capable of fighting!

The war between China and Russia was fought, and the Far East was completely under the control of China, although the Far Eastern Empire had not disappeared, but everyone knew it. The countdown to China's annexation of the Far East has begun. Also in the Central Asian direction. China has taken back 440,000 square kilometers of land that originally belonged to China, and by the way, it has robbed more than 1.3 million square kilometers, and basically half of Central Asia has fallen into China's hands.

Combined, the actual area under China's control has increased by four to five million square kilometers, which is a huge number, almost ten Siames. Song Kan completely put away his heart of despising China at this moment, and he was full of respectful admiration.

However, this result was not entirely satisfactory for China's top leaders, such as Yang Yuting during the peace talks. The main force was to win the whole of Central Asia, but it was still suppressed by Zhang Tinglan.

In fact, it was possible to get a passage connecting the Caspian Sea and get more than a million square kilometers of land, which has greatly exceeded Zhang Tinglan's expectations, and the Caspian Sea is a famous treasure trove, surrounded by a large amount of oil and natural gas. When China reaches here, it is tantamount to grabbing a big treasure.

If it goes south from here and can touch the Middle East, it will be a more tempting cake, if it can control these two places, China will be equivalent to hanging two huge blood bags, and from then on, the energy gap of industrialization will be completely solved.

Jiang Baili and Zhang Tinglan also had similar views, and at the discussion meeting, Jiang Baili said: "Central Asia is a transition zone between China and Russia, and if we get all of them, it seems that the territory has increased, but in fact the cost of defense has increased exponentially, and it will become a mortal enemy with Russia." By planting the seeds of the next war, we get a little immediate benefit, but we lose the entire strategic advantage. ”

Jiang Baili's analysis is very reasonable, if Central Asia is lost, the Russian hinterland will be threatened by China, and they will definitely desperately increase their troops. In this way, how many troops China needs to garrison in Central Asia will be enough, and whether its national strength can support it.

Moreover, the northern part of Central Asia is all plains, and there is no danger to defend, and in the face of the surging steel torrent of the Russians, how many resources must be invested to hold it?

On the contrary, after abandoning the north, the southern part is an extension of the Pamirs, with steep mountains that are easy to defend and difficult to attack. As long as a small number of troops are hoarded here, security can be guaranteed. In order to hold the plain, the Russians had to increase their troops significantly, so that they could contain their liliang.

In the great power game, it is not the more food the better, but also depends on the general trend, there is no doubt that China has taken the lead in Central Asia.

Yang Yuting and others were also convinced, of course, in the final analysis, it was still a matter of insufficient strength and lack of confidence, otherwise they would directly dismember Russia and completely eliminate the threat from the north.

Zhang Tinglan really didn't want to entangle with the Russians, and just when China and Russia were negotiating peace, the Poles took the initiative to provoke on the border and clashed with Russia.

For a while, the war clouds in Europe were thick, which not only jumped the Russians, but also made Zhang Tinglan unable to sit still, and he must not let Poland, a fool, make things bigger.

Therefore, Zhang Tinglan instructed to end the peace talks as soon as possible, and at the same time Zhang Tinglan also gave Stalin a gift, that is, Trotsky!

During the battle for Astana, Trotsky fled with his men, only to fall into the hands of Song Qingquan and others, who captured the leading Russian man.

Zhang Tinglan, of course, was aware of the infighting in Russia, and gave Trotsky to Stalin, as well as to give Stalin a step. Speaking of Russia's domestic and external troubles at this time, but it is not yet the time of life and death, they have not achieved industrialization, and their foundation is also very thin. As the saying goes, the situation is stronger than people, and Stalin is relatively easy to compromise, of course, he will not carry the black pot, Trotsky has become the most hode scapegoat, relying on this battle, Stalin actually succeeded in eradicating the Trotskyists.

"Humble words, how do you think we are all doing the Russians a favor?" Yang Yuting said with a smile.

"Just help, just help. Stalin is a ruthless man who kills people and never relents, and he is in power more beneficial to us than Trotsky. ”

Yang Yuting also smiled and nodded: "Humble words, who should you hand over such a big place in Central Asia to?" Is it a direct province, or is it a ......"

"What do you mean, Neighbor?" Zhang Tinglan asked rhetorically.

"In my opinion, it is better to exercise military control for the time being. After all, there are still too few Han people there, and it is better to operate for another ten or eight years, and then establish a province. ”

Zhang Tinglan smiled slightly: "Neighbor Ge, I can't help it, if you implement military management." How should those resources be calculated, should they also be put into the pockets of the army? ”

Yang Yuting hurriedly said: "Humble words. How can the defense budget be considered to be in the pockets of the army? That's also for national security! ”

"Lingge, why do you covet those resources?"

Yang Yuting was told through his thoughts, and he also smiled: "Humble words, people are more popular than people, but I heard about it, just in Akdouka and other places." There's a lot of coal on it. As soon as these coals are mined, they are better than the selected coal in Shanxi and other places. In addition, there are a lot of copper mines in these places, and you also know that our country is short of copper, in order to make bullets and shells. All the copper has been melted, but preliminary exploration shows that these areas can produce millions of tons of copper ore a year, and can smelt hundreds of thousands of tons of copper. How much money is this, if it is all used to develop the army, let alone two aircraft carriers, even if ten or eight can be built, twenty or thirty armored divisions can be made by the way. ”

Central Asia is indeed a rich place, Yang Yuting's words are not false at all, all kinds of resources are quite abundant, and the taste is extremely high, for China's growing demand, it is equivalent to a perfect tonic pill.

However, at this time, Central Asia was still at the forefront of confrontation with Russia, and the local ethnic complexities were far from being under China's control, so military control was inevitable. However, Zhang Tinglan is unwilling to let the army control the financial power, this is his bottom line.

"Neighbor Ge, I agree with the military management, hand over Ma Zhanshan to be in charge, and let Deng Xihou be his assistant. However, the army will not be in charge of the development of these resources, and I will take 30 percent of the tax profits every year and invest them in military construction. ”

Zhang Tinglan's decision, Yang Yuting naturally didn't say much, he could only change the topic, and said with a smile: "The conflict between Poland and Russia has expanded again, and I heard that the Poles have lost two divisions. ”

"Some small countries always don't know their own weight, and if they have any troubles, they will find them all by themselves." Zhang Tinglan said with a smile: "Neighbor Ge, after this battle, we need to summarize too many things, and we also need to promote it well, and when the meritorious soldiers return to the division, a victory parade will be held, what do you think?" ”

"That's great, I'll get ready now"

……

Two months have passed since the end of the fighting, more than a month has passed since the end of the peace talks, and the harvest season has ushered in Central Asia again, but most of the former arable land has been abandoned. A large number of people have fled, and Central Asia has undergone a new reshuffle.

China and Russia divided the area, with pro-Russian refugees fleeing to the Russian-controlled side, while those with aspirations for China fled to the Chinese side.

As for China and Russia, both sides are building new defense lines and building national defense offensives. Of course, this is not so easy for China, which wins. In the hands of the Chinese army, there were more than 40,000 Russian prisoners, all of whom became the most haode laborers.

The Russians could not afford to ransom these captives, and besides, manpower was worthless in the eyes of Moscow.

The Chinese side is using these people to build roads, open up mines, and at least build railways from Dihua to Akdouka, and then extend to Bishkek, Almaty and other places. In addition, China urgently needs a large number of copper mines, which must be developed as soon as possible.

The Russians were not slow to move, they did not have prisoners of war to use, but they also had their own way, which was to go on a hunt in Central Asia and find out those who might have problems and send them to concentration camps. In this way, everyone is in danger, and they push people to the side of China for no reason, but according to the style of the Russians, they can't care about this.

Central Asia gradually stabilized, the various units participating in the war also withdrew from the front line one after another, and the victory parade that Zhang Tinglan had been brewing was also put on the agenda. In addition to Central Asia, there have also been successive changes of defense in the Far East, and since the beginning of the war, the Far East has been under greater pressure, and without their sacrifices, there would have been no breakthrough in Central Asia, so it is also a key award-winning force.

Of course, the army of more than 100,000 cannot all participate in the victory parade, and only the elite of each army and those who have made meritorious contributions can have this opportunity.

On October 12, 1928, the capital was particularly lively, full of jubilant crowds, and the streets and alleys were filled with national flags and military flags. When I went out on the expedition, I also held a military parade, but at that time, it was to cheer up before the war, and everything was mainly military operations, and this time it was more like a grand celebration.

At about ten o'clock in the morning, countless people gathered in the square, and the crowd was crowded, black and oppressive, and there was no end in sight. The loudspeakers arranged around the area were playing majestic military music.

After the music stopped, a host said: "Compatriots, everyone must know Li Bai, a poet immortal, so do you know where he was born?" ”

"Shattered Leaf City! This is the name of the place during the Tang Dynasty, and Xiaye was once one of the four towns of Anxi in the Tang Dynasty, in other words, the city was under the control of China during the Tang Dynasty. Unfortunately, for quite some time afterward, we lost control of the place. The dignified poet is at risk of becoming a foreigner, but at this time, I solemnly tell all Chinese people that you don't have to worry anymore, the birthplace of the poet has returned to the grasp of China! ”

After hearing this, everyone present immediately cheered, and hundreds of thousands of people cheered loudly together, as if they wanted to vent all the pent-up emotions in their chests.

Listening to these heartfelt cries, the faces of the representatives of the countries who came to observe were not very good-looking, and the nationalism of the Chinese was constantly expanding in such victories again and again, and a re-raised China was definitely a challenge for them.

"Fellow citizens, the ancient city of Broken Leaves has been destroyed, and its original site is 8 kilometers southwest of Tokmak City in Kyrgyzstan, and is now called Ak-Beshim. This sacred land, this land that gave birth to poet immortals, has returned, and has officially changed its name to Broken Leaves, the former military town is back, and the former Tang Dynasty is not far away! ”

The host's impassioned words completely detonated the atmosphere present, and countless people waved the national flag, cheered enthusiastically, and used all their strength.

"Let's take a look at the heroes of the Reconquista."

After speaking, the military parade ceremony officially began, from the end of Chang'an Street, a neat phalanx slowly walked over, after seeing these people, the atmosphere present suddenly froze. (To be continued......)