Yang Xiaolin knew that the road he went back was not easy, not that Yuan Shikai and Sun Wen would cause him much trouble. In this contest, Sun Wen had been beaten all over by Yuan Shikai, and the democratic fervor in China had quickly subsided under Yuan Shikai's terrifying suppression, and Mr. Sun now had no other way but to shout loudly outside Beijing.

He was powerless to rescue the revolutionaries and could not make any response to those who defected, and Mr. Sun offered several times to let Wu Zhaolin send him away. You let me go, let me go abroad I can still do something, at least the democrats abroad have not suffered, he has a chance to make a comeback if he goes.

But Wu Zhaolin just didn't let him go, Wu Zhaolin said that it was not safe outside.

Lao Yuan is also very troublesome now, his attack on democracy has made many people feel a little excessive, although Lao Yuan said to kill less, but when this instruction is in some places, it is a nonsense. Especially in the south, some people used this as a cover to eradicate their political opponents and those who were not used to it, and the development of things exceeded Lao Yuan's expectations.

A major incident occurred in Anhui Province, and Enming's entire family was killed on the grounds that they were democrats, which is what Yuan Shikai called "chaotic party". This is a ridiculous thing! Everyone with eyes knew that this was the magistrate currying favor with Yuan Shikai, and they knew that there was a conflict between the old Yuan and Enming, so even though Enming had been killed by the revolutionary party a year ago, they did not let go of his family.

It's really beyond the bottom line, it's already too much to hurt the family when everyone is dead, and it's already too much to give them the hat of a chaotic party, Enming was loyal to the Manchu Qing Dynasty in front of him, and died in the hands of the revolutionary party, will his family cooperate with Sun Wen?

This matter is very troublesome, after Enming's family was killed, it is said that someone wrote a couplet at the door of their house. There are no words on the couplet, but a few punctuation marks that have just been introduced to China are used.

The upper link is a question mark, the lower link is an exclamation mark, and the horizontal batch is a string of ellipses. Anyone can see what this means by this elegiac couplet, and when the crackdown on democracy crosses that red line, almost no one says it.

The worst thing is that everyone thought that this thing was instructed by Yuan Shikai, and Lao Yuan couldn't explain it. Lao Yuan has realized that continuing such actions will let things out of his control, and he is trying to make up for the mistakes he made, and is ready to stop.

But Yang Xiaolin won't let him take it, this field. I have to go back and collect it for Lao Yuan.

For Commander Yang, the biggest problem he faces is the attitude of Westerners! He can be unscrupulous in the Northeast, and when he is the commander, he can throw everything to Lao Yuan, but when he gets rid of Lao Yuan and Sun Wen, he will have to face this problem himself.

China cannot develop independently of the world, and it must win the approval of those foreigners. Germany and Austria-Hungary are no longer in trouble, and the United States and Japan will not react much to their coming to power, not to mention that Yang Xiaolin does not intend to be president himself.

The rest is Britain and France, Yang Xiaolin decided. The first thing he did when he returned to Beijing was to negotiate with Britain and France, and there were some issues on which he had to make concessions.

China won this war very beautifully. Not only was the decision-making of the command quite perfect, but the commander on the battlefield also performed very well. There are also those ordinary soldiers, whose military quality has been significantly improved in battle, and a large number of combat heroes have emerged in some skill-based arms.

One of the tankmen of the Panzer Division destroyed more than a hundred Russian firing points in the last assault. Killed more than forty artillery pieces; The most successful result of a sniper of the Second Army in more than a year of fighting was that he sniped more than 200 enemies, 80 percent of whom were Russian company and platoon commanders! What is even more arrogant is that there is an artillery squad that actually killed more than 80 Russian artillery pieces alone in the last battle! Although this figure is said because the Russian artillery fire is no longer out of shells. Most of them were unable to fight back, but on the Chinese side, an artillery squad only carried 100 rounds of ammunition and killed 80 artillery pieces of the opponent, which is enough to prove the shooting level of the artillerymen.

In this era, all countries emphasized the bravery of their soldiers and the strength of their firepower, which were the measures used by all countries before World War I. For example, in the famous Battle of the Somme, the French, seeing that they had more soldiers than the Germans and that their artillery was larger than the Germans, declared very seriously that there was no danger in this place.

They don't pay attention to the individual combat ability of soldiers at all, and the skill of the arms is even more of a vague concept. In World War II, it was different, in the Soviet-German stalemate stage of World War II, that is, in 1942, the number of Soviet planes had far surpassed that of Germany, but every time the Germans fought in the air, the Soviets could not find the north! It's because the quality of your pilots is not good. At that time, the Germans were very contemptuous of the Soviet Union, and the newly recruited pilots first came to the Soviet battlefield to fight for a period of time, and after shooting down a dozen Soviet planes, they went to the Western Front to compete with British and American pilots.

Yang Xiaolin naturally knew the importance of the Daoist skills and the art of the troops to a unit, and as soon as he was about to return to Beijing after the end of the war, he gathered all the soldiers who had performed well on the battlefield, and Yang Xiaolin said that the first thing he did when he returned to Beijing was to let them spread their experience throughout the army, and even to compile all these experiences into teaching materials.

Beijing.

The situation in China really made the gentlemen feel a burst of tension, and Mr. Sa Daoyi and Mr. Zhu Erdian, as the plenipotentiaries of the British side in dealing with the incident, felt inexplicable tension when Yang Xiaolin announced the end of the military operation in Mongolia and the army would return to Beijing.

For the British, the victory or defeat of Sun Wen and Yuan Shikai is not important to them, both of them can be fought for, and their attitude towards them is friendly, but Yang Dagui is different, that guy is a beast!

"Sa Daoyi, the Russians have completely lost this war, this is what we expected, Yang Dagui is now coming back to convey a very clear message to us, if we propose peace talks to him at this time, he should not refuse."

Mr. Zhu Erdian sat on the sofa in the embassy hall with a cup of coffee, his brows tightly locked. Of course, Sa Daoyi knew the anxiety in his heart: "Of course he won't refuse!" At this time, he must have set his eyes on Yuan Shikai's body! His target is no longer Russians! ”

Zhu Erdian asked, "Did Yuan Shikai tell you anything?" I don't believe he's unprepared for Yang to fight ghosts. ”

Sa Daoyi's shoulders shrugged: "Of course that guy is prepared." He also told me today not to worry, saying that Yang Dagui would have to wait at least until mid-May to return from Mongolia, while Yan Xishan in Shanxi would reach Beijing tomorrow, and Feng Guozhang's troops would be able to return in mid-April. He thought a month was enough time for him to take care of everything. ”

Zhu Erdian shook his head slightly: "It seems that he still intends to use force to solve it." Didn't you tell him it was a bad choice? His suppression of Sun Wen has already caused dissatisfaction among many people in China, and if the Chinese troops outside the city are dealt with by force, it will find the best excuse for Yang to overthrow him! ”

Of course he knows! But Mr. Zhu Erdian, can you find a better way than force? ”

Sa Daoyi's question made Zhu Erdian really speechless, thinking that this is indeed the case, Yang Xiaolin's announcement that returning to the division was originally a general's chess move for Yuan Shikai, and Yuan Shikai had to deal with everything before that guy came back, and now there is really no better way.

Sa Daoyi continued: "I think it's time for us to be clear about our attitude! Mr. Jurdian, I suggest that we send a telegram to London at once. We must support Yuan Shikai! In addition we Britain persuaded France, the United States, Japan! It's not because I don't like Sun Wen, it's because we can't accept that beast even more. ”

Zhu Erdian nodded: "Well, our views are the same. In this way, I will immediately send a telegram to London to report our attitude, and after getting a reply, we will go our separate ways, you go to Yuan Shikai, and I will persuade the ministers of various countries. At present, we can't help Yuan Shikai with anything. But we can at least restore his prestige! ”

There is no need to do much, revise some unequal treaties, return some of the silver they have stolen from China, and if not enough, give China some preferential policies. Let the Chinese see that under the leadership of Yuan Shikai, China has moved towards the stage of the world world, and these should be about the same.

In this era, the British Empire had such power, even if it had not yet restored diplomatic relations with China. But as long as they are willing, they can support Yuan Shikai.

Just as Mr. Sadaoyi and Mr. Jurdian were about to prepare a telegram, Mr. Jurdian's secretary brought in Minister Conger.

"Mr. Sadaoyi. Mr. Zhu Erdian, I have two pieces of news that I think you are very interested in. Perhaps we should have a clear and unanimous view on China. ”

Sa Daoyi and Zhu Erdian glanced at each other, and Sa Daoyi immediately said, "Conger, tell me what news." ”

Conger sat down on the sofa opposite Jurdian: "Definitely you don't know what to do!" The first piece of information has just been obtained by our intelligence officers in Russia. The Tsar was very angry about military snobbery, do you know what decision he made? He declared General Kizerosky a traitor to Russia, arrested Kizerosky's family, and heard that he was going to be put on trial. ”

Sa Daoyi smiled: "It doesn't surprise me at all. Even if the Russians are our allies, I can tell you with certainty that Nicholas II is a tyrant! The loss of this war was simply his mistake, but he will not be held responsible. Poor Kizerosky. You can say the second message. ”

Conger glanced at Sa Daoyi: "Okay, even if you guess this, I promise you that you will never guess the second news!" Today Yang Dagui came to me, and he asked us to continue to mediate the war between them and the Russians, and Yang Dagui said that he was now willing to accept peace, an unconditional ceasefire. ”

When Zhu Erdian was about to say this, he had already guessed it, Conger waved him not to say yes: "Listen to me!" It is not the key for him to accept the peace talks, but the key issue is that Yang Dagui asked me to tell you that he is willing to cooperate with you to establish a Chinese naval training base in the Nansha area of China. ”

Zhu Erdian and Sa Daoyi were really a little shocked when they heard this, the two of them looked at each other, and then said at the same time: "Conger, are you sure you heard it right?" (To be continued......)