"For six years we have been waiting for all the serious tensions to finally break out...... we want war because that is what we believe. Our ideals can only be realized through a war, in a radical and sudden way! ”

"It's a strong Austria."

In a shop specializing in rubber and aluminum products on the streets of Vienna, after reading this article, Xue Quanqing put down the newspaper, took off his glasses and smiled at the Swiss assistant next to him, and said in fluent German: "Phil, it seems that we are going back to Switzerland, and I am afraid that we will not be able to go back if we stay here." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a voice suddenly sounded outside the door: "Xue, if you go to join the army, you will be a sharp-eyed military strategist." ”

This sentence made Xue Quanqing twist his neck slightly, only to see Lenin and a strange man suddenly walk into his office, and hurriedly got up to greet him: "Dear Vladimir, I'm so happy to see you here, but why are you back here?" ”

"I happened to be in Vienna to do something." After Lenin hugged Xue Quanqing with a smile, he pointed to Delins behind him and introduced: "Xue, let me introduce you, Delins, a Pole, he is a good comrade of our Bolsheviks, and also my best partner and assistant. ”

"Mr. Delrins, it's an honor to meet you." Xue Quanqing held Delins' outstretched hand, and seeing that Lenin was not paying attention, his thumb suddenly pressed three times on the back of the opponent's hand.

This subtle action made Delins stunned slightly, a trace of surprise and excitement flashed in his eyes, and he quietly pressed his thumb three times quickly, and said: "Mr. Xue, Comrade Lenin has already told me that you are now the largest rubber and aluminum products manufacturer in Germany and Austria, so I hope you can also support us more!" ”

"Haha." Xue Quanqing laughed happily: "Mr. Delins is really good at complimenting, I am just an ordinary Chinese wandering in Europe and homeless, but if you and Vladimir need my services if there is anything, I will never shake my head." ”

"Derins, Xue is an old friend of mine, he has sponsored us more than 50,000 marks, and he is our true friend." Hearing Delins's words, Lenin hurriedly said to Xue Quanqing: "Xue, don't mind, Delins has always had this straightforward temper. ”

"Hehe, I like straightforward people, there is a saying in my hometown, people who can get drunk with you are friends."

"Really? It seems that we have a chance to taste the Chinese Moutai that is said to be very good today. "After meeting old friends for many years, Lenin was in a much better mood and made jokes.

"Of course, and I'm sure you'll love it too."

Xue Quanqing smiled and asked his assistant to pick up the Moutai he had just bought from Xinhua and arrange a sumptuous lunch, Lenin walked to the table, picked up the Viennese newspaper published today that Xue Quanqing had read just now, and suddenly sighed: "It's a pity that the time to enjoy wine and food is getting shorter and shorter." ”

Hearing Lenin's sigh, Xue Quanqing also sighed: "Yes, these bastard editors don't seek a solution to the crisis, and they add fuel to the fire, it's really hateful!" ”

"Because war can bring unimaginable profits to the capitalists, they don't care at all about the bloodshed of the people." Derins said.

"That's right." Lenin high-fived: "Therefore, we need all the more to destroy the capitalists and let the broad masses of the proletarian people be the masters of their own affairs and decide the future of the country!" ”

After hearing the words of the two, Xue Quanqing smiled, did not pick up the words, and deliberately changed the topic lightly: "Dear Vladimir, do you want to mediate the war?" Or are you looking for me to buy rubber? ”

"Me? Mediate the war! Lenin shook his head and smiled: "Xue, your imagination is so rich, I am not capable of mediating anything." After speaking, he glanced at Derins before lowering his voice and saying, "I came to Vienna to get some support, but now." ”

Lenin put the newspaper on the table and said with a wry smile: "I think it's impossible. ”

Xue Quanqing can understand the pain in Lenin's heart very well, this is a person who is willing to sacrifice his life for the ideal, originally the competition was the time for him and the Bolsheviks to fish in troubled waters to reap benefits, but once the war broke out, the resources of various countries will tend to be tense and concentrated, and the export of foreign countries will be tighter, so he will have such feelings.

Thinking of this, Xue Quanqing smiled, suddenly squinted his eyes and glanced at Derins, and said with a smile: "Dear Vladimir, if I were you, I should go and buy a ferry ticket at this moment." ”

"Ferry ticket, where to go?" The look in his eyes made Derins lean forward, and asked in surprise.

"Far East!" Lenin's body was stiffly stalemate, his eyes flashed, and he looked at Xue Quanqing for a long time before he said: "Xue, I went there a few years ago, but their conditions are too harsh. ”

"Dear Vladimir, being harsh in the past does not mean now, do you think that if Russia finally wins the war, will the Far East still be peaceful?" Xue Quanqing's eyes narrowed, put on a look of longing, and sighed: "Although I have left the motherland, no one wants their hometown to be threatened by the enemy, if it is the tsar who wins in the end, it will be a disaster for Xinhua, so if you go now, I think you should be able to get a good news!" ”

"Because there is a saying in my hometown, the enemy of my enemy is my friend!"

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend!" After reciting this sentence in his mouth a few times, Lenin's eyes slowly lit up, and at this time Delins immediately said: "Comrade Lenin, I think Mr. Xue's words can be tried, where are there nearly 300,000 of our compatriots, as long as we rescue them, we can give the Tsar a fatal blow!" ”

"No, you're wrong!"

Xue Quanqing's words made the two of them stunned, and when the two pairs of eyes were staring at him, they smiled slowly: "300,000 captives, what are you bringing back?" Even if Li Mo treats them very well, even if they are in good health, but they have been away from the war for many years, even if you bring them back, do you have weapons for them? Is there a place to train them? ”

Hearing Xue Quanqing's words, Lenin's face gradually became solemn, because Xue Quanqing's words hit his biggest weakness, the Bolsheviks have indeed accumulated a lot of wealth through some means over the years, but Nicholas II has been very strict with them, the outbreak of war in Europe has been inevitable, and it is impossible to provide weapons and places for himself, so how to strengthen the Bolsheviks' armed forces has become a crucial matter!

The last rehearsal of the struggle has proved that the rule of Nicholas II cannot be shaken at all without a strong armed force, so he has gradually shifted his ideological propaganda to the road of armed revolution, but there has been no good way to solve this idea, so what he said just now made his heart shake violently, and he immediately asked: "Xue, do you have any suggestions?" ”

Seeing that Lenin had already entered the trap, Xue Quanqing smiled in his heart, the Bolsheviks had accumulated a lot of wealth through means over the years, and this money was really unreassuring in their hands, so he immediately said: "Can 300,000 prisoners who have lost their fighting spirit compare to 50,000 elite soldiers?" So I don't think you should just see the benefits of redeeming prisoners of war, you should find a way to let Li Mo help you train an army with prisoners of war! ”

"Those people are veterans and can be rearmed in a very short time! When you need it, they can support the revolution very quickly through the Trans-Siberian Railway, and they train far away in the East, and Nicholas II will not know about their existence, isn't this the best way to hide their strength?! ”

Xue Quanqing's bold plan to train troops in the Far East made Lenin's heart jump violently, this is indeed a good suggestion, but will Li Mo agree? Even if he would agree, the price last time made his flesh hurt for a long time, and I don't know how much it will cost this time!

"Vladimir, Limer's conditions may be a bit harsh, but what is the price compared to overthrowing the rule of the tsar and liberating the people?"

"Of course, I'm afraid that money alone won't be able to impress Li Mo, so you have to make some other preparations." When Xue Quanqing said this, he paused to pick up the teacup on the table, took a sip before spit out the last sentence: "For example, overthrow the Tsar and let his train transit from Russia!" ”

Lenin's pupils shrank, and finally this suggestion did give him some ideas, but opening the railway is not a simple matter, although as long as he can overthrow the tsar, he will definitely not join the capitalist plundering war, but after the railway is opened, will Li Mo, who is also very ambitious, be put in? !

Before he could finish thinking about it, Delins had already jumped up: "Comrade Lenin, I think Mr. Xue's method is very good, if you want, I am willing to personally train and lead those soldiers!" ”

Lenin smiled and beckoned, signaling Delins to calm down, and said with a smile: "Delins, you are an important member of us, and you can't leave now, but what you said is also very right, even if Li Mo agrees, we must send people somewhere, so it is up to you to choose a few good comrades who know how to train soldiers." ”

"Okay!" Delinston was overjoyed, and although he couldn't go, those "good comrades" could still get the job done, so he immediately nodded and agreed.

"Dear Vladimir." Xue Quanqing suddenly took out a stack of francs from the drawer, pushed it in front of Lenin, suddenly turned his head to look at Delins, and then said: "This is my funding, please don't shirk it, the war is about to break out, I must end the business here and Berlin as soon as possible and return to Switzerland, and you have to take care of yourself in danger, I hope that the next time I see you, I can get the good news of success." ”

"Thank you, Xue."

Lenin shook hands with Xue Quanqing heavily and expressed his gratitude, and a touch of gratitude appeared on the corner of Delins's mouth next to him, because the eyes and words that Xue Quanqing cast in an instant just now were actually reminding himself -

The jeep hurriedly drove into the Ministry of National Defense building, Li Mo didn't wait for the car to stop, and quickly walked towards the command center with Chen Ping.

Pushing open the door of the core war room, Duan Qirui and others were already standing in front of the big sand table, and Zhang Zuolin even held the push rod and pointed at the most important position on the western front.

After seeing Li Mo and Chen Ping, everyone hurriedly stood up and saluted, and the situation was urgent, Li Mo didn't have the heart to be polite, and immediately walked to the sand table and asked, "Is there any latest news?" ”

"Yes."

Zhang Zuolin quickly took the document next to him and said: "The latest information, because the captured assassins are all from Serbia, so Austria-Hungary has issued an ultimatum to Serbia, but because of the fear of Russia, Austria-Hungary has been seeking help from Germany, in addition, Wilhelm II and Austria-Hungary Franz Emperor Yanjing have held a military meeting and met with the chief of the general staff and some ministers. ”

"What about Russia and France?"

"Nicholas II gave a speech yesterday in St. Petersburg, warning Austria-Hungary not to attack Serbia, because that would anger Russia." Zhang Zuolin continued to reply: "French President Poincarre and Prime Minister Viviani have jointly visited Russia, although Russia is a protectorate of Serbia, but France has also decided to intervene because of fear of Germany!" ”

"British Foreign Secretary Grey has also arrived in Austria-Hungary, hoping to convince Emperor Franz not to go to war." Without waiting for Li Mo to continue to ask, Zhang Zuolin had already continued: "However, according to intelligence, the number of British ships between France and Russia has tripled in the past ten days!" ”

"Damn, I'm a bitch and I'm going to set up a torii! With such a large amount of supplies, isn't it deliberately supporting Russia and France to start a war! Long Guozhang said scoldingly.

Li Mo is used to this kind of behavior of the British, the British Empire has never been a good bird, not to mention that he still thinks that he can take refuge in the sea alone, and he will not understand what it means to be painful until Belgium falls!

Although Britain was still making diplomatic efforts, it seemed to be extremely pale at this time, so Li Mo skimmed the chaos and complexity and walked to the sand table.

West!

Or the Western Front!

When visiting the military arena in later generations, there will always be people who jump out and scold the Schlieffen plan as worthless, saying that he did not take into account that Germany needs to fight on two fronts, and what is even more incredible is that many people still mix the German [***] team of World War I with the Nazis of World War II!

But in his opinion, this is a completely different concept.

After the Franco-Prussian War, Germany finally squeezed into the ranks of European powers, but because it was too late to be squeezed by the traditional forces in Europe, Germany could not see the fair sunshine, so since then every generation of Germans has been trying their best to open this breakthrough, because they know very well that unless there is a war, Germany cannot get fair treatment!

Therefore, he personally admired the German army during the First World War, which was an army that had been prepared for a long time, well-armed and adequate, and the morale of ordinary soldiers was high, and it bravely carried guns to the enemy for the future of the country, which was fundamentally different from the Nazis who were incited in World War II.

It's ridiculous that many people are still shouting that Britain and France are free and open, and Germany is Nazi and militaristic, so it will fail, but they didn't expect that the concentration camp system first came from the Spaniards! In the Boer War, the British [***] team, which was known as the freedom of boiling, adopted a more vicious three-light policy than the one in the war of aggression against China.

It's a pity that under the glitz and the history written by the victors, many things have been buried, although Li Mo personally likes this German army, but now for the sake of national interests, he must also put aside his personal likes and dislikes.

Schlieffen was a true strategist, and few of his contemporaries could surpass this pale-faced old man, and in Limer's opinion, his plan, which was despised by many in later generations as unrealistic, was simply wrong, because it did not take into account the mobility of the troops at that time, and the battle plan that plunged the army into a tug-of-war in trenches is the most outstanding work of this era.

Because the essence of Schlieffen's plan is not a powerful right hook, but the left flank that is deliberately pulled out to lure the enemy, if the left side is used as the central axis, the whole front is like a huge revolving door, and the person who pushes this revolving door should not be Germany, but France!

Just as the Roman army at Cannae pushed the Carthaginian army back and was encircled, it would be naïve and ignorant to think that this gate was pushed by the Germans!

So Schlieffen kept asking for the right wing to be strengthened, that is, to prepare to completely empty the left wing, so that the French could push the revolving door in depth, and the faster they pushed, the faster the other side of the gate would rotate, and if they reached the Rhine, then the gate would be completely closed.

That's why this plan is figuratively called the revolving door!

The Schlieffen plan lasted ten years and went through seven major revisions, and it was a well-deserved military masterpiece, but Schlieffen just didn't expect that the final problem would be with the implementer! Because of Moltke's lack of ability, it was difficult to understand the plan, but the emperor put him in the position of chief of staff, and he did not dare to reduce it, to form that huge recess to attract the main force of the French army, and finally it seemed to be safe to push the door on both sides of the axis at the same time, and the consequence was of course that it could not be rotated.

Moltke's concern is also reasonable, because the west is also an important industrial and agricultural area in Germany, but in Limer's view, the west of Germany is all mountainous, and it is difficult to attack and defend, and in the case that the French [***] team does not have such a strong mobility ability, the poor performance of the car when it encounters the trenches will cause the army to suffer heavy losses, so it is only necessary to dig trenches and fortifications in the west to delay the main force of the French army, then a perfect encirclement can appear.

If you want Europe to pay more blood, you must make this door smooth, so he ignored the shocking world, broke the Schlieffen plan in one bite, reminded Moltke not to weaken the right wing, and gave him 100 tanks to continue to strengthen!

This is not without risk, at least not long ago Sun Jiugong sent a telegram saying that Germany is thoroughly investigating internal leaks, but he can't care about it, only by letting the door rotate, this war will be more intense!

But the question is can you succeed yourself?

Zhang Zuolin was still pointing to the Western Front to explain, but this could no longer arouse any interest from Li Mo, and waved his hand: "Is there any news about Sun Jiugong?" ”

"Not yet, but according to him, Moltke Jr. has already drawn back two divisions from the right flank!"

"Idiot!" Li Mo furrowed his brows fiercely, little Moltke didn't dare to do this because of Wilhelm II, and I was afraid that the land would be invaded and let His Majesty the Emperor down!

But without sacrifice, how can there be victory?!

"Send Wang Shizhen to Germany in the fastest way, and he will take over as the military attache in Germany, and ask him to bring my handwritten letter to Wilhelm II!" Li Mo sighed, this was the only thing he could do.

Whether or not we can push open that revolving door and let the entire European and American world fall into it depends on this time!

(To be continued)