Chapter 565: You fight, I'll pay
Shijie has always respected the strong, the Feng army has won three victories in Skovorodino, Borja, and Torakhim, and the total number of Russian troops annihilated exceeded 32,000, although it also paid more than 10,000 casualties, but there is no doubt that this is an unprecedented record since the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
China's victory over a great power, although it was at the weakest of this power, but it was enough to shock Shijie, Chinese public opinion first boiled, and the Chinese, who have been bullied for many years, need victory too much. Compared with the border confrontation between China and Japan half a year ago, this time it is even more exciting.
The Feng army crossed the border, conquered the city, attacked the strong enemy, and expanded the territory. Even in the peaceful and prosperous era, this is a big thing that can be called a feat, not to mention the last days when the country's fortunes are declining. When many people heard the news, they wept bitterly, singing and dancing all over the country, firecrackers rang out in unison, and the streets were full of dragon and lion dances that only came during the Chinese New Year.
Shao Piaoping specially organized a group of war correspondents to report the most realistic battlefield situation to China, and these newspapers were all sold out at the first time, and they had to be reprinted continuously.
The first thing teachers and students in the school do before class is to read the newspaper, to learn about the situation at the front, to read the emotional places, the voices are high, the emotions are full, they cheer for victory, and they mourn for sacrifice. The young people of the same country, under the rule of the Feng army, are throwing their heads and spilling their blood to fight for national power and recover their homeland. And they could only stare dryly, and everyone felt a little guilty in their hearts.
"Students, we have to set up a patriotic federation to support the front, border guard soldiers sacrificed blood on the front line, we can't watch in vain, donate, donate, and even donate this life! Get everyone organized. Go to various places to publicize their achievements, take to the streets, call for a truce between the north and the south, and unite with the outside world! ”
"Yes, the North and the South are armistice, unanimously to the outside world!"
"Armistice between the North and the South, unanimously to the outside world!"
Once again, students from all over the country took to the streets with huge banners, which were originally commonplace, and were often pointed at the Beiyang government. Now the situation is completely different, not only in Beiyang, but also in the south of the People's Party has been spurned.
Listening to his words and watching his deeds, in the past, the students had hope for the Kuomintang and Sun Wen. It doesn't mean how good he is, but Beiyang is worse than them. Now there is the rise of the Feng system. The contrast is even more stark. When the Kuomintang was in power, it did not harden, and Sun Wen was temporarily in power for a few months before selling the Hanyang Iron Works to the Japanese.
Now that they have become an opposition party, they do not have to take responsibility, and they can abuse them unscrupulously. Even to the point of provoking a civil war. In today's situation, the Feng army is outside the territory, and any group that fights a civil war and focuses on internal fighting will be instinctively rejected. Both the Kuomintang and Beiyang felt intense pressure.
Not only the academic circles have moved, but the people everywhere have also been attracted, restaurants and tea shops in major cities have all added the role of newspaper readers, and those storytellers have also temporarily changed careers, talking about the war ahead. Of course, although they knew how to read, they didn't understand modern warfare, so they improvised the stories they were familiar with, such as the Eastern and Western Han Dynasty of the Three Kingdoms, and even imitated the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and discharged the five tiger generals to the Feng army, making a lot of jokes.
Although they knew that this was nonsense, the people everywhere listened to it with relish and applauded from time to time, and the people of society were all mobilized.
In just five days, 13.25 million donations were raised, as well as 300,000 loads of grain, 20,000 sets of cotton clothes, trucks, and carriages.
In addition to donations and donations, talents from all walks of life also actively participated, and those who knew the military industry, those who could build roads, and those who could drive all flocked to the three eastern provinces, which was a lively scene.
"Marshal, there are a lot of talents from all over the country, and there are more young people who want to take the initiative to join the army, the recruitment offices and new barracks in Fengtian and other places are all surrounded by young people from all over the country, and even kowtow and kneel, asking to accept them, but we have jihua in mobilization, and we can't blindly recruit soldiers!"
Yang Yuting couldn't help but complain to Zhang Tinglan, his popularity was high, although it was good, but Fengtian also began to worry about overcrowding, these young people who came to the military camps flocked to various military camps, in order to deal with their enthusiasm, Fengtian had to involve energy every day, but it was not good to dispel their enthusiasm, it was really a bit of a dilemma.
Zhang Tinglan frowned, and then said: "Neighbor, these young people represent the will of the people, and they can't refuse, I think they can be incorporated into the militia for the time being, and after training for a period of time, they can be allowed to participate in logistics tasks!" ”
"To put it mildly, many of the young people who come here are students, and if they are all incorporated into the militia, they may still be unwilling, and they will go to the regular army."
"Then give them a temporary number, and it's not difficult." Zhang Tinglan said with a smile: "I think it's called the Volunteer Army, and in order to show our attention, let Sun Liechen temporarily serve as the commander and be responsible for organizing and training this army. ”
Sun Liechen is an out-and-out veteran figure in the army, let him come forward, it is indeed the most suitable choice, Zhang Tinglan's arrangement is indeed leaky, not only to give these young people an explanation, but also to show respect for the old-school figures, at the head of the war, everyone must be united, as much as possible to unite all Liliang, so that everyone can work hard.
The morale of the people in the country is high, and the people are very supportive of the Feng army, which makes everyone very pleased, but only by relying on these, it is not possible to win the war, Yang Yuting can't help but say: "Dashuai, although the country is very active, but the social organization is backward, relying on the enthusiasm of the people, it can play a limited role, the most important thing depends on our ability to serve the army, and the other point is the attitude of the great powers, if you can win over all countries, it is definitely a strong pressure on Soviet Russia." ”
Jiang Fangzhen also said with a smile: "Marshal, the United States and Britain have just sent new ministers to China, the American minister is called Klein, who replaced Rui Enshi, who has been in office for six years, and as for the British side, Zhu Erdian has just retired and has been replaced by Sir Eston. These two ministers have just made contact with Mukden and want to meet directly with the marshal to discuss cooperation. ”
"Hehe, these foreign devils really don't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles, now that we have won, they will come to talk about cooperation, why don't they come when the war has not started?"
"The great powers are so realistic, most of them originally thought that the Feng army had no chance of winning, and they had long been hiding far away, looking at our haha laughing, now that the Feng army has won, they naturally can't sit still."
Zhang Tinglan smiled slightly: "They want to use the Feng army, we also want to take something out of their hands, let's talk about it, the United States and Britain should also give some blood, you must know that the threat of the majority party to them is greater and more deadly!" ”
Feng Jun agreed to the request to meet, but the place of meeting was chosen in Borja, which had just ended the battle, and there must be some dangers in negotiating on the front line of the war, but this is also a demonstration of attitude, Feng Jun is fighting bloodily, there is no time to waste time with the United States and Britain, if you want Feng Jun to help, you have to come up with real benefits.
The envoys of both countries were instructed by their own countries to make every effort to win over the Feng army, so they did not hesitate to come to Borgia. In this city that has just ended the battle, the air is still filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke and blood, and looking at those remaining bullet holes, people have to sigh the fierceness of the battle.
The Feng army has invested a large number of sappers and civilians in the renovation of the city, they are moving extremely fast and well-organized, and the main train stations around have been restored.
Seeing this scene, the consul general who accompanied Klein to Mukden couldn't help but say: "Mr. Minister, I think that the Feng army at least has the organizational ability similar to that of the second-rate countries in Europe, and it is a very important liliang, with them, not only can they curb Russia's expansion into the Far East, but also contain the Japanese on land, and the role is very huge!" ”
Klein also nodded: "That's right, from this stage, it is in our interest to support the Feng army, but you must know that China is a very large country with huge potential, once the Feng army unifies this country, it will have a serious impact on the pattern of the Far East, and even more so than the disaster brought by the majority party, so we must be careful." ”
There are very realistic calculations between countries, and if China wants to complete industrialization, every Chinese will have to consume almost half of Shijie's resources if they want to reach half of the living standards of Westerners. This is the most real problem, the West will never take the initiative to cut meat because China chooses to obey, so that the Chinese can be fed. Whether it is the Manchu Qing Dynasty or the Kuomintang, their knees are weak, and they are accustomed to kneeling and bowing, and there is absolutely no way out.
Of course, at present, the great powers believe that the Feng army has not exceeded the limit of tolerance, so the two sides can still cooperate, after the meeting, Klein smiled and said: "Your Excellency, I would like to express my heartfelt congratulations on your victory, the majority party is a scourge and must be contained, the Feng army has played a very important role in this matter, and we also hope that the Feng army can continue to work hard to build a strong barrier." ”
When Zhang Tinglan heard this, he said with a smile: "Mr. Minister, fighting against Russia is a matter of great consumption, and the Feng army really wants to maintain peace in the Far East, but it is really not enough. ”
"Your Excellency, the Government of the British Empire is also willing to offer its support." Eston also said: "London can take on three million pounds of war bonds to help the Feng army fight. ”
Klein also hurriedly made a bid: "The United States can also underwrite 20 million yuan in bonds, and at the same time provide 10 million low-interest loans, of course, we will also provide more help according to the situation on the battlefield!" (To be continued......)