Chapter 67: The Bear Feast
The Hague Conference was adjourned for a day by the departure of Mr. Yueressel, which caused inexplicable sadness to many, and the delegates of all countries held a solemn funeral for the last Russian foreign minister, at which the Russian side did not even send any more people, as Mr. Yueressel said, Comrade Trotsky could no longer endure the present situation, and the deterioration of the economic situation weakened our organization every day, and between letting go and sitting still, Comrade Trotsky bravely attacked.
On September 11, the fourth year of the Republic, the Russian Civil War broke out, and war began between the democratic armed forces of Belarus and Ukraine and the proletarian revolutionaries led by Comrade Trotsky. Both sides were well prepared, and both sides knew each other very thoroughly, and the war was fought from the very beginning, with millions of Russians rushing at each other on thousands of kilometers of front, and this fighting nation wanted to exchange the blood of their compatriots for victory.
On 15 September, the Caucasus declared that it would not participate in the Russian Civil War and would exercise autonomy during the war, and that the Russian army on the Caucasian side was divided into three parts, and the Caucasus government "sent out" the armed forces supporting Kerensky and Trotsky, and at the same time organized a large number of militias and local armed forces to be deployed in the border areas to prevent the warring parties from placing their battlefields in the Caucasus.
On 17 September, Siberia announced a referendum to consult all Siberian residents living in Siberia on whether to form a federal government to protect itself or to intervene in the war during the civil war. They said that if the referendum was to intervene in the war, the Siberian Self-Defense Army would fight, but if the inhabitants chose to protect themselves, a federal government would be formed in Siberia, and a huge Siberia would be divided into three autonomous regions: northern, central, and southern.
A great empire began to crumble, and its formation took a thousand years of conquest. But his demise was instantaneous. Is it sympathetic? Yang Xiaolin knew that someone might come to remember this former empire in the future, but now he had no sympathy at all.
Russia just lost, and if he had been allowed to take the city of Beijing in the first place, it would be us who are in pain now. The British had apparently kept their promise to us on the Russian issue, and the British Empire did not want to give Russia, a huge polar bear, a chance to show off its might, so Britain did not react much to the changes in the rest of Russia other than to support Kerensky in the creation of a new Russia.
As former allies, the British Empire and the French Empire did not reach out to pull the fallen brother at the moment of the Russians' death, but the British troops in India began to advance towards the Turkestan region. This knife is faster than China's, and the polar bears can't wait to start cutting meat before they can breathe.
On the Chinese side, Yang Xiaolin's action did not seem to be in a hurry, because our layout in Russia was much earlier than any other country, until the British occupied the whole of Turkestan, and the Russian Far East forces in the north of Heilongjiang suddenly proposed a written diplomatic letter to join the People's Republic of China.
The whole of China is boiling, even though it is said that the place is very desolate, and if we take over, we will probably have to invest a lot of money to stimulate the local economy, and the Russians living there and our living habits and languages cannot be understood. It may cause certain problems in our current society.
But these reasons can't stop the people's desire for more than a million square kilometers!
President Li Yuanhong promised reporters that the Chinese side would immediately discuss the plan for the integration of the Far East and give a reply within half a month.
If the autonomy of the Caucasus and Siberia was only a trumpet, then the Anglo-Indian troops entered Turkestan. The Far East's request for annexation to China brought the hunt to a climax. The countries participating in the Hague Conference are not discussing any European issues now, and they have no time, so everyone hurries down and cuts the meat.
On September 20, Iran announced the resumption of Georgia, which had been occupied by Tsarist Russia. Armenia and parts of Azerbaijan.
On September 21, Finland declared its independence, and the Swedes were the first to express their support. Then Germany, Austria, England and France both acquiesced in this fact.
On October 1, with the strong support of Britain and France, Poland, which had been divided by Germany, Austria and Russia, announced the re-establishment of the state. Germany and Austria-Hungary were annoyed by this, and although the new Poland had no territorial claims against them, it was clearly a pawn that Britain and France had placed behind them.
The contradictions between the Central and Entente powers intensified in vain.
On October 20, the British vanguard of the Anglo-Indian army crossed Turkestan and began to march into Central Asia, if the British were allowed to occupy Central Asia, then Turkey would face encirclement, the Turkish government protested loudly at the Hague Conference, and at the same time they began to send troops to Central Asia against the British.
That part of Central Asia suddenly became another battlefield for the Central Powers and the Entente to compete with each other, but the local people wanted independence after the Russians could not control them, and both Turkey and Britain were invaders to them.
The fall of Russia has thrown the whole world into chaos, even a small country like Romania wants to cut a piece of meat from this bear, Italy's eyes are fixed on Russia's overseas colonies, and the Hague Conference has deviated from the track he originally designed, from a preparation for war to a whole bear feast.
In the process, Trotsky and Kerensky were still in full swing, they did not care about the attitudes of others, and no one took their feelings into account.
Inside the presidential palace, Li Yuanhong's face was full of smiles, and the latest map of China in front of him had already drawn more than one million square kilometers of the Russian Far East as our territory. After the dismemberment of Russia, our territory has reached 13.7 million square kilometers, and we are currently the largest country in the world.
"Commander Yang, there is basically no suspense about the issue of the Far East and Siberia. Now the British forces have entered Central Asia, and some places in Central Asia have applied for protection to us, and the Germans also hope that the Chinese side can send troops to stop the British from continuing to advance in West Asia. ”
Yang Xiaolin's position was known to Yang Xiaolin for a long time, and he was obviously on the side of the Allies, and now sending troops to Central Asia would inevitably have a head-on conflict with the British. The Hague Conference was in the middle of the meeting, and the sudden change in Russia had made the whole situation a little confusing, and there were some variables on both sides of the European confrontation that they could not control, and now they were trying to make the shape better for themselves.
It really is not the right time for China to intervene in Central Asia.
Yang Xiaolin snuffed out the cigarette butt in the ashtray: "We have already made military preparations, and one of Zaitao's troops is not to be kept in the place where the water and grass do not grow, as long as the shape allows us to intervene immediately." But I personally think it's better to wait. ”
Li Yuanhong was not disappointed at all: "Oh? Have to wait? ”
Yang Xiaolin nodded, and the corner of his mouth smiled: "This is the principle of my work, now those people in Central Asia haven't felt life and death yet, we just go in to help them, and after helping, they may feel that it's okay to say thank you, let's wait until they are dying, and then it will save their lives." ”
Li Yuanhong smiled: "Well, then let's do it, I signed the authorization letter first, and you can see when you can send troops." My fear is that if the British had established themselves there, we might not have the good opportunities we have now. ”
"Don't worry about this, to be honest with you, I really want the British and Indian troops to put a large army there! I left as soon as they came twice in Tibet, and the guys thought I was afraid of them and wanted to clean them up. ”
Li Yuanhong took out a pen and paper to write the power of attorney, and asked as he wrote: "Russia's affairs are not limited to Central Asia, and I would like to hear your opinion on the issue of dealing with Russia's warring parties." All the countries of the West recognize the Russian principality that Kerensky is about to establish, but I know that you have some connections with Trotsky, and they have now established the Red Soviet regime, and I wonder how you planned it? ”
Yang Xiaolin's head shook slightly: "President, you think too highly of me." To tell you the truth, I didn't think about what to do next, I just took it one step at a time. ”
Li Yuanhong raised his head: "Give me some advice." ”
Yang Xiaolin tapped his fingers twice on the table: "There is really no opinion, now that you are the president, you can do it, I hope you can drag the war in Russia, that will restrain the energy of the British, what we are about to deal with is the issue of Japan and Korea, the surrounding area is stable, let's go out to fight again." ”
Li Yuanhong thought for a moment, nodded, and then took out his big presidential seal from the drawer and stamped it on the power of attorney: "Okay." I sent people to North Korea last month, and the phenomenon of dead bodies everywhere and cannibalism is very common, and that Gaozong doesn't mention any founding to us now, it's almost enough. ”
Yang Xiaolin snorted coldly: "After solving the matter of Japan, I will pay attention to him, and let them last for a few more months." ”
Li Yuanhong was shocked when he heard this, this Yang beating ghost was really ruthless. Now the situation in North Korea is that they are no longer fighting for the sake of fighting, they are fighting for the sake of living. China has closed its borders, destroyed all their lives and production machinery, and has suffered heavy casualties in months of fighting, and when they try to stop, they suddenly find that they have nothing to eat or drink.
So they can only continue to fight, and after killing the opponent, they will have a little more supplies.
At least in Li Yuanhong's opinion, China can intervene now, and there is no need for force, and we can conquer the whole of Korea by pulling food over. But Yang has to wait, he has to let North Korea last a few more months, and these months are winter.
North Korea has a total population of more than 4 million, and how much will be left this time, Le Yuanhong really can't estimate a number. Although the Russians are gone, the bad guys are still alive, and North Korea is really finished this time, and no one can save them. (To be continued......)