In the eyes of ordinary people, since even the base camp of the rebels has been defeated, it is obviously no problem to take down two cities—————— and when discussing this, these guys definitely did not look at the map.

However, unlike these ordinary people, even if they just look at the map, the people of Beiyang and the National Social Army can see how difficult it will be to capture these two cities...

The distance of more than 2,000 kilometers, even after a few decades, has entered the era of mechanization, such a long distance is a very difficult problem.

What did Germany fail when it fought the Soviet Union? One is the season, the other is the bad infrastructure, and the other is the excessively long front...

The situation in front of us today seems to be very similar to that of Germany back then...

Thankfully, however, they had a much weaker enemy than the Soviets—————— although they did not have the same mechanized forces as the Germans...

Since they have already hit Kulen, they can't just let those guys stay in Uriya Sutai and Kobdo Bunda, if they give up halfway, Yuan Shikai, who has just gained support, will also suffer a great blow in terms of prestige.

So although the Russians have been constantly protesting, Yuan Shikai still made up his mind to fight, anyway, he has already fought more than 1,000 kilometers, and he doesn't mind fighting more than 1,000 kilometers...

The question is...

They were able to cross a distance of more than 1,000 kilometers to capture Kulen entirely because of Yan Shao's support behind them, and without those millions of yuan in supplies, the troops of more than 4,000 people would not even be able to reach Saiyin Shanda.

Originally, the war was over, and everyone could enjoy the flowers and wine of victory. Who knew that Lu Dao would have to fight another thousand kilometers...

This thousand kilometers and the original 1,000 kilometers are not as simple as one plus one, so if there are more than 1,000 kilometers. I'm afraid the cost will be calculated in the tens of millions. So even Yuan Shikai was a little apprehensive in his heart, and he didn't know if Yan Shao would continue to support him...

If there is Yan Shao's support, then Yuan Shikai is absolutely confident that he can solve the rebels of Uriya Sutai and Kobdo, but if not...

Not to mention those two places, even Cullen is probably difficult to hold...

On the other hand, it seems that Yuan Shikai's difficulties were also seen, and the Russian minister also took the initiative to come to the door. Yuan Shikai was demanded to immediately withdraw his troops from Outer Mongolia and recognize the status of the so-called 'Great Mongol Empire'.

Dilemma, this is probably the so-called Yuan Shikai.

But at this time. Yan Shao's telegram came from Anhui...

It took five or six million to take Kulen with great difficulty, and now it is actually necessary to solve the problem of Uriya Sutai and Kobdo...

Although the interests of the country were above all else, the matter caused great controversy within the National Socialist Party. Some feel that it is in the national interest. This matter must continue to maintain a posture of supporting Beiyang, but some people feel that Beijing is the central government, not to mention that the whole country is not only Anhui Province, Anhui does not need to support Beiyang to solve the problem of Outer Mongolia with the strength of a province, this is too self-sufficient, not to mention that Anhui can not get any benefits from it...

The former is mainly supported by soldiers from the Ministry of Military Affairs such as Fu Xiuming and Zhang Ying, as well as some government officials. The latter is supported by most government officials, especially those from the Ministry of Finance.

And the most rear. The fact that this matter was passed was entirely because of Yan Shao's strength...

"Since we have already hit Kulun, we can't give up halfway, not to mention that safeguarding national interests is much more important than those tens of millions..."

Let alone...

"If the First World War really doesn't break out, then if I want to get Outer Mongolia back in the future, I'm afraid I will have to pay not tens of millions, but hundreds of millions..."

Although Yan Shao has information that can make China stronger, polar bears are not easy to bully, not to mention that the Russians have a railway in Siberia, what does Yan Shao have in Mongolia?

If it falls into such a big disadvantage in logistics, if the First World War really does not break out as scheduled, and Russia does not break out the October Revolution and is replaced by the Soviet Union, then how much price it will take to recapture Outer Mongolia, Yan Shao can imagine it with only his knees...

Anyway, it's only tens of millions, and it's only a few million pounds when converted into pounds, Yan Shao has at least more than 100 million pounds in the bank, and it will be almost 200 million pounds soon, millions of pounds, but it's just a drop in the bucket...

(After entering 1913, due to the hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue brought by the automobile factory, Yan Shao's private property officially reached 200 million pounds, and is still moving towards the figure of 300 million pounds, if it continues at this rate, it will not take many years for Yan Shao to replace Rockefeller as the world's first capital—————— provided that the Ford gang did not find a way to bypass the patent.) ）

As Yan Shao said, if tens of millions of dollars can be used to safeguard the interests of the country and territorial integrity, this deal is really cost-effective...

And since Yan Shao has spoken, there is no need for others to object.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, you can understand that although the Ministry of Finance is the most opposed in this matter, in fact, the main expenditure of the military government in recent years has been paid by Yan Shao, tens of millions, as long as you think about it, you can know that the Ministry of Finance can't come up with so much money at all, and the only one who can take this money is Yan Shao himself...

Now that Yan Shao is willing to pay out of his pocket, why should they object?

On the other hand, after learning from the telegram that Yan Shao agreed to continue to support Beiyang, Yuan Shikai was surprised by Yan Shao's property at the same time, but also officially rejected the Russians—————— he was not worried that the Russians would turn their faces at all, because the Japanese and the British supported him in this matter, and although the Americans did not say anything, they also faintly expressed their support.

And as a close friend of Zhu Erdian, he has also learned from Zhu Erdian that Yan Shao has received the support of the French, since he already has the support of Britain, France, the United States, and Japan, why should Yuan Shikai worry about the attitude of the Russians?

And after rejecting the Russians, he also gave an order to the forces of the Beiyang Association to take Uriya Sutai and Kobdo City, and completely solve the rebellion in Outer Mongolia...

At the same time, Yan Shao also sent a large number of materials to Tianjin by water transportation, and on the other hand, he also took out a large amount of money to buy pack horses and other materials from the princes of Inner Mongolia to transport materials...

Because of the problem in Outer Mongolia, from a certain point of view, although Yan Shao and Yuan Shikai are potential enemies, this time they are standing together...

————————————————————

If the story ends here, it must be another happy story...

Beiyang's military strength, coupled with Yan Shao's financial resources, although the rebels in Outer Mongolia have the support of the Russians, it is impossible for the Russians to really stand on the front to help those rebels against China, at most they will support some weapons and get some officers over...

In other words, the defeat of those rebels has become inevitable, at least in the eyes of Yan Shao and Yuan Shikai...

And then...

When the follow-up supplies arrived, the Beiyang army occupying Kulen left the city for one or two hundred kilometers, and the rebels lurking in the city launched a riot...

After three days of fighting, the Beiyang soldiers who stayed behind in Kulen failed to suppress the uprising. It wasn't until the Beiyang Army, which had returned after hearing the news, returned to the city that the city was finally restored to its original state.

It's just that in this way, the people of Beiyang don't dare to leave the city easily...

There are more people going out of the city, who knows if there are still rebels lurking in the city? There are fewer people who go out, more than 1,000 kilometers of front, although those rebels have a little food, but they have walked a distance of more than 1,000 kilometers to fight with others, there are fewer people, not to mention the commanders of the front line, even Yuan Shikai himself feels a little unreliable in his heart...

If you win, everyone is happy, but if you lose...

Then the situation in Outer Mongolia is lively...

In the end, Yuan Shikai had no choice but to transfer two infantry regiments and one cavalry regiment from the other four towns in the six towns of Beiyang to the north, as for the artillery regiment, because the battle line was too long, it was very troublesome to transport or replenish, so it was not sent...

Despite this, Beiyang's strength in Outer Mongolia still reached the point of four infantry regiments and one cavalry regiment, more than 9,000 people, and it was not much different from a town...

One regiment of troops was left behind in Kulen, and the remaining three infantry regiments and one cavalry regiment attacked together, and after crossing a front of thousands of kilometers, they easily took the city of Kobdo and Uriya Sutai...

However, after taking these two places, the rebels ran into the Russian border and took refuge from the Russians...

Although Yuan Shikai had the support of Britain, France, the United States, and Japan in this matter, he did not dare to run into Russia to quell the rebellion even if he borrowed his two courages, so the matter became obviously embarrassing...

But in any case, after taking Kulen and Uriya Sutai and Kobdo, the matter of Outer Mongolia finally came to an end, and Yuan Shikai was also relieved.

So after leaving a battalion for Uriya Sutai and Kobdo, and Kulun also leaving a battalion of troops, Yuan Shikai planned to transfer the remaining troops back to Beijing...

The six towns of Beiyang, at this time, Yuan Shikai only had a total of 6 towns in his hands, and almost one town in Outer Mongolia was thrown away, and only the elite of five towns was left in his hands. In the current domestic situation, this amount of troops is inevitably a little stretched, and it is only natural for him to do so...

It's just that he had just transferred people back to Beijing when the defenders of Uriya Sutai and Kobdo were attacked...

The two battalions were almost completely wiped out, and the rebels who had already run into Russia returned to these two cities to announce the re-establishment of the 'Great Mongol Empire'...

With the strength of Beiyang, if you refuse to defend the city, let alone the strength of two battalions, even two companies, those rebels may not be able to take it. It's just that even if Yuan Shikai knew that there must be a kick of the Russians in the Dao, what could he do? Could it be that Yuan Shikai dared to send troops to Moscow? (To be continued......)