"You're trying to take advantage of the fire!" By this time, everything was clear, and the intimate cooperation between the two parties had come to an end, and after the mask was torn open, only the sword was left to fight each other.

The big bear roared loudly: "The Middle East Road is Russian, you should never expect extravagance, don't look at the slightest trouble in Russia, but the existing garrison of the Middle East Road can easily crush your army." If you dare to provoke Russia's bottom line, as long as you wait until Russia's troubles are resolved, our army will continue to kill, and by that time, there will be no more China on Shijie! ”

No matter how angry Horvath was, Zhang Tinglan looked like he was in a good place, with a faint sneer on the corner of his mouth, and after he finished speaking, Zhang Tinglan smiled: "Mr. Horvat, as a former friend, I Zuihou advise you, hand over the Middle East Road as soon as possible, Fengjun will also help you, we are also against those majority parties, but if you are stubborn, we will definitely take military action, and we will not be polite at all!" ”

Zhang Tinglan undoubtedly gave Horvath an ultimatum, and the big bear also calmed down, his face was covered with a layer of frost, and he sneered: "Despicable yellow-skinned monkey, even if the tiger is sick, it is still a fierce tiger, and it will never be afraid of a herd of goats!" ”

After this guy finished speaking, he turned around and was about to leave, when more than a dozen soldiers rushed from outside, saying that they were holding guns and blocking Horvat inside, as long as Zhang Tinglan gave an order, he would be beaten into a sieve.

At this time, Horvat finally felt scared, he miscalculated the form, isn't this just throwing himself into the net, the old guy's face was white and red, and he was ashamed and angry to the extreme.

"You despicable people, shoot if you have the ability. I promise you will shoot the first shot, and the Russian government will never let you go! ”

Zhang Tinglan waved his hand, asked the soldiers to put away their guns, and then said: "Horvat, we are a country of etiquette, and we will never use such despicable means, I just want to remind you that if there is a war, the jade will be burned, and this bit of your shili will be uprooted." You'll be nothing. ”

Horvat glared at Zhang Tinglan with a murderous gaze, and then turned and left, apparently he didn't care about Zuihou's warning, in his opinion. The Chinese are always inferior and not worthy of being their opponents at all. As long as the Russian army charges. can completely wipe out the Feng army.

Watching Horvath leave, Zhang Tinglan also hurriedly convened a meeting of the road guards, and all the main officers at all levels were present, Zhang Tinglan sat in the center, Yang Yuting, and Sun Anhu. Zhang Xueliang and others were all on the side.

"Commander-in-chief, why don't you kill Horvat directly, then the Middle East Road will be leaderless, and it will be easier to attack." Zhang Xueliang said: "The book of war does not say that shooting people first shoots horses. Capture the thief first and capture the king! ”

"Killing Horvat will only leave the Middle East Road leaderless, and it will cheapen those majority parties for nothing, and with Horvat pressing, they can't make trouble. In addition, we have to take over all the Middle East roads, completely and completely, not a beaten and dilapidated Middle East Road, especially those factories, railways and telegraph lines, etc., which must not be damaged at all. ”

When the Russians built the Middle East Road, they regarded it as a shortcut to an ice-free port, so they spared no expense and invested a very impressive amount. A large number of supporting facilities have also been set up along the railway line, including mines, post offices, libraries, observatories, schools, etc.

One of the most valuable is the Harbin General Factory on the Middle East Road, a large factory responsible for the maintenance of locomotives, which so far employs 3,000 workers, and is a full-fledged factory, designed and built by the Russians at the beginning of their construction.

However, due to the serious corruption of Russian officials, Zuihou could not produce locomotives, so he had to retreat to the next best thing and turned into a factory for repairing locomotives, but fortunately, the foundation was good. Since the outbreak of the First World War, the pressure on the Middle East has increased, the number of locomotives required has increased dramatically, and the factory has had to expand its size, so far, it has been able to assemble locomotives.

Zhang Tinglan also sent people to investigate this factory, and the intelligence showed that the factory had great potential, as long as it could add a little machinery and build an iron casting workshop to be responsible for the production of parts, it would be able to produce locomotives by itself.

After getting the news, Zhang Tinglan was almost ecstatic, looking at the entire shijie, the countries that can produce locomotives are just a few powers, although China has a lot of railways, but not to mention the production of locomotives, even maintenance has to rely on foreigners.

If the Feng army can get this factory, it can be said that it is a step to the sky, and the next step is that the three eastern provinces will definitely overhaul the railway, and after they can produce locomotives, they will also avoid the containment and blackmail of the great powers, and the role of the development of the Feng army is indescribable.

Therefore, he deliberately knocked on the mountain and shook the tiger, in order to make Horvat feel threatened, he would inevitably shrink his forces, so that although the attack would be more difficult, it could ensure the safety of a large number of factories and facilities along the way, and Zhang Tinglan also believed that Horvat, who had always been arrogant, would not return to the trick of clearing the wilderness.

"We have a showdown with Horvat, as the saying goes, there is no turning back from the bow, everyone must be ready to fight, war may break out anytime and anywhere, we must seize the Middle East Road as soon as possible and eliminate the Russian garrison."

Zhang Tinglan issued a combat order, and Yang Yuting said on the side: "Let me remind you again, the purpose of our battle is to take back the Middle East Road, everyone in the battle, we must protect the railway as much as possible, as well as the facilities along the line, if necessary, you can pay more sacrifices!" ”

In fact, everyone knows the value of people in their hearts, and nothing is precious in life, but everyone understands Yang Yuting's order very well, and even has a trace of sadness in their hearts. China's foundation is too weak now, and if it wants to develop rapidly, it must cherish every factory, pay attention to all infrastructure, and even do not hesitate to exchange life for it. Although it is a bit cruel to do this, if you don't do it, the sacrifice in the future will only be greater, even a hundredfold and a thousand times.

This is actually a kind of bloody speed, but without this speed, the whole nation will face a butcher's knife, tens of millions of compatriots, thousands of miles of territory, wives and wives are separated, the country is ruined, and it is an eternal truth that if you are backward, you will be beaten, so some sacrifices are inevitable.

After the battle order was issued, all the road guards were mobilized, and as the so-called raising troops for a thousand days and using them for a while, everyone was holding back their strength from the beginning of the formation of the army.

In fact, after Zhang Tinglan arrived in Jilin, when he trained his soldiers, he regarded Russia as the biggest imaginary enemy, and after the formation of the road protection army, this kind of training became more targeted, and through various channels, he constantly reconnoitred the intelligence of the Russians, understood their combat characteristics, and figured out the fortifications along the railway.

Moreover, Zhang Tinglan also managed to get a group of Russian soldiers and let them practice against the Feng army, so that the soldiers were more familiar with the weaknesses of the Russian army and attacked the enemy's weaknesses with their own strengths.

After months of hard work, it is now time to harvest, and all the soldiers are fighting high and preparing for battle. At this time, the news of the overthrow of the Russian tsar also spread throughout China, and public opinion was in an uproar for a while, of course, most of the media did not know what was happening in Russia, they just thought that the Russians had also driven their emperor away, just like in the Xinhai year.

Of course, there are also some sensitive people who have discovered the opportunity and have begun to advocate taking the opportunity to abolish the treaty between China and Russia and regain the lost rights and interests.

These are nothing more than a little more talking points for ordinary people, but for some upper-class figures, this is a big thing that the sky is falling apart.

"Zhiweng, Zhang Zuolin sent a telegram, asking the central government for authorization, he wants to use force to help defend the Middle Road, so as to prevent the chaos in Russia from affecting the stability of the Northeast, how do you think it should be handled?"

Duan Qirui closed his eyes slightly, his mind spun rapidly, and he smiled bitterly for a while: "Another Zheng, Zhang Zuolin's red beard is causing us trouble again, Tsarist Russia is a big power, and there is a little problem occasionally, maybe it can survive, if you rush out and offend the powers, Zuihou may not have good fruit to eat." ”

After Duan Qirui became the prime minister, he really experienced Lao Yuan's difficulties, the country was in chaos, and the international situation was changing rapidly, everything made Duan Qirui very sad.

Since entering 1917, the relationship between the United States and Germany has become more and more tense, and the declaration of war between the two sides is only in sight, and the United States has proposed to Duan Qirui that China also participate in the war, and the United States is willing to provide loans to help China form an army, in fact, this is the name of the United States wanting to enter the war and control China.

You must know that China has no money, no weapons, and no enough officers, and if it wants to enter the war, it must rely on the help of the great powers, and it can be said that whoever provides loans to China controls China's most powerful army and controls China's future.

The Japanese, who saw through this, also intervened and began to encourage Duan Qirui to declare war on Germany, but Duan always felt that the Japanese were close at hand and it was more cost-effective to cooperate with them, so he decided to abandon the United States, which was the first to make the proposal, and instead cooperate with Japan.

As a result, the Americans took the initiative to go against their proposals, opposed China's entry into the war, and supported President Li Yuanhong, allowing him to work against Duan Qirui, and the Americans' shameless features were fully revealed.

This has also become the fuse of the dispute between the government and the court, Duan Qirui has already felt that a big trouble is approaching, at this time, Lao Zhang is proposing to take back the Middle East Road in disguise, how dare Duan Qirui easily agree!

"Zhiweng's scruples are also reasonable, I actually support the recovery of the Middle East Road, it is best to take back even Outer Mongolia, but I still have to wait for the situation to become clearer, otherwise there will be big trouble if I rush out."

Just as the two of them were discussing countermeasures, someone suddenly ran in in a panic.

"Report to the prime minister, Zhang Zuolin has issued an order to the Feng army, in order to prevent the spread of the majority party, the Feng army officially assisted in the defense of the Middle Road!" (To be continued......)