Paris Peace Conference

French Prime Minister Clemenceau was full of anxiety, and in the closed-door meeting of the Big Three, he said sincerely to the prime ministers of Britain and Denmark;

"Dear allies

Now the opportunity to overthrow the dangerous Tsarist regime in one fell swoop is at hand, and we can easily do this with the strong sense of revenge in Poland and Ukraine.

As long as we send the surplus weapons and equipment to Eastern Europe, we can defeat those mud legs.

Now that a whole three divisions of the French army had set out, which was going to cross the Bosphorus into the Black Sea in late August, everything was on the right track.

France needs allies to act for the common good, and now ......"

Lord Hu Yongtang groaned and did not speak, but turned his head to look at British Prime Minister George, who was sitting beside him, obviously waiting for his decision.

In today's British cabinet, War Secretary Winston Churchill is the typical hardliner, while Prime Minister George and Treasury Secretary Neville Chamberlain are conservatives who are not active in armed intervention in Tsarist Russia.

Sure enough, British Prime Minister George frowned and hesitated before saying; "Gentlemen, we are now faced with a whole bunch of problems after the war, should we create more trouble? That's not wise. ”

His answer did not suit the appetite of French Prime Minister Clemenceau, and after a silence, Clemenceau's face became extremely gloomy.

After the First World War, the French still owed the British £680 million, and in any case could not bear the debt of more than a billion pounds to the new Tsarist government.

And the new government of Tsarist Russia announced

Immediately confiscate enterprises and fixed assets held by foreign governments and capitalists in China without any compensation.

This made matters worse for the French government and the capitalists, as the telegraph companies, railways, mines, and factories they had invested and operated in Tsarist Russia were almost all in vain, without even a splash.

Clemenceau tapped his hand on the table and said in an accentuated tone to Prime Minister George;

"I would like to remind you, the Honourable Prime Minister, His Excellency George;

There is no need to bury your head in the ground, the current Soviet Russia is a great threat to the entire Western world, which has affected Hungary and Spain.

If decisive measures are not taken to stop it, it will soon spread like a plague, and this will be a great disaster for the whole of Europe.

Neither Poland nor Ukraine is an infallible firewall.

There's never been a better time to kill the source of the threat.

Britain cannot always expect sincere help from its allies when it needs it. It would be completely irresponsible to appear careless on other issues. ”

Although it is not explicitly stated, the meaning of the French threat is self-evident.

The subtext is that Britain should not come out of the way, so in the future, when France needs to cooperate, please forgive the French side for not being able to do anything.

"Okay, but as we said before, the multinational armed intervention force cannot exceed 15 divisions, and we can supply the Poles with surplus weapons and equipment." Prime Minister George really had no choice but to take a step back and say.

Prime Minister Clemenceau's eyes looked at the Tang Prime Minister Hu Yongtang again, and Lord Hu Yongtang pondered for a moment, then nodded and replied; "The expeditionary force can send 5 divisions, but it will not rush to the 1st line."

"No problem, we have enough cannon fodder, the French side is responsible for organizing some of the German and Austrian troops stranded in Ukraine, as well as the Poles, who need ammunition and supplies from the allies." Prime Minister Clemenceau snapped his fingers happily, and his mood was lifted at once, and he said;

"I hope that at the end of August, the coalition side will be ready to attack from Minsk and Kyiv at the same time, and give the Soviet and Russian gangs of mud legs a taste.

It is hoped that the Tang side will be able to dispatch no less than two armored divisions and part of the artillery units to provide powerful assault forces and artillery support.

And the two Tsarist princesses in your hands, at least one of them should stand up and take on the responsibility of the Romanov dynasty to reorganize the scattered White Russian rebels.

For the sake of a common cause, we need the natural appeal of the Russian princess. ”

Tang Prime Minister Hu Yongtang agreed without much hesitation, which was a move that had been prepared a long time ago.

The marriage between the Tang royal family and Tsarist Russia has also undergone several changes, and the eldest princess of the Tsarist royal family, Olga, and the second princess Tatyana originally planned to marry the second and third sons of the Tang Dynasty respectively.

As a result, the Russian royal family collapsed early, and after the two princesses received the Tang Dynasty, the marriage went through several twists and turns, and finally settled.

The second son and the third son of the Tang Emperor are definitely out of play, these two princes are the second and third heirs to the throne of the Tang Empire respectively, how can they be willing to marry a ghost woman?

After multiple choices

In the end, a marquis with the blood of the Tang royal family married the eldest princess of Olga, and the second princess Tatyana married the second son of the king of Kentucky, and finally completed the marriage.

No way, the phoenix that landed is not as good as a chicken.

Under the roof of the Tang Empire, all of their parents and sisters have been ruthlessly killed by Soviet Russia, and the eldest princess Olga and the second princess Tatyana, who have noble statuses, can only accept the reality with tears and tears.

End of August 1919

Escorted by the Tang Empire's North Sea Detachment and a heavily armed infantry division, the eldest princess Olga arrived at the port of Vladivostok and returned to the land after nearly two years of absence.

The War Department of the Tang Empire, with the Beihai Provincial garrison as the core, formed two cold region infantry divisions, each with about 17,000 people, with a total strength of 34,000 troops.

As the main force of the Tang Empire's armed intervention in Vladivostok in the Far East, these two divisions were equipped with gray wolf light tanks, armored trucks and various types of field artillery, and had extremely strong off-road assault capabilities.

The main force of multinational armed intervention in Tsarist Russia is in Europe, one is the northern route dominated by the Polish army, from Lithuania, through Minsk, the capital of Belarus, all the way to Moscow, with a total strength of about 27~280,000 people.

The other southern route is the multinational intervention army dominated by Tang, France and Britain, advancing all the way east from Kiev, and will meet with several main forces of the White Russian army along the way, aiming directly at Moscow.

The total strength of this road is about 165,000 people, and the main force is the two light armored divisions of the Tang Empire, which is a big killer against cavalry and group infantry.

Since the beginning of September

The multinational intervention army, with a total of about 445,000 troops, was divided into two routes, like two iron pincers straight into the east, and the fight was smooth along the way.

The Polish army captured Bobruisk near the Berezina River and took control of the area from the Desna River to Daugavpils, which progressed quite smoothly.

The multinational coalition was also overwhelmed, uniting part of the White Russian bandit army to enter Moscow, and the two sides engaged in fierce fighting on the outskirts of Moscow.

Heavy snow fell from autumn to winter, and the bitterly cold weather forced both sides to stop fighting in the field, temporarily disengage, and retreat to towns to recuperate, so as to avoid widespread frostbite of the army.

The Tsarist side won a rare respite, hurriedly regrouped its army, regained its strength, and prepared for a bloody battle with the intervening armies of various countries under the city of Moscow.

meanwhile

Privately, Russia held several unsuccessful peace talks with Poland, and the other party's terms impressed Polish leader Pilsudski and slowed the offensive in the north.

Anyone will have a small calculation, in the opinion of the Poles;

After all, the new Tsarist government recognized Poland's independent status, while the White Russian army, adhering to the arrogance of the old tsarist period, always refused to recognize Poland as a formal state.

Look at it from this point of view

The Poles shed blood and sacrificed to completely overthrow the new regime of Tsarist Russia, which is equivalent to making wedding clothes for the White Russian army, and did not they support the regime hostile to Poland?

If the White Russians were to win the Russian government, Poland would have to gain at most an "ethnic border" (Curzon Line) in the east.

The current new Tsarist government has been very generous in proposing to Poland that the Minsk, Zhytomyr, and Khmelnytsky regions be transferred to Poland.

The Polish military thought that this proposal was better than what they had originally asked for, and they were inevitably tempted.

This was the trick that Tsarist Russia used to deal with the Germans, preferring to sign the "Brest Treaty" that humiliated the country than withdraw from the war.

Tsarist Russia ceded a total of 3.23 million square kilometers of territory in this treaty, and paid 6 billion marks in compensation. Not only Poland, the three Baltic states, Belarus and Ukraine, but also large territories to Turkey.

The reparation of 6 billion marks is equivalent to hollowing out all of Russia's funds, and signing this peace treaty is tantamount to throwing away all the old capital accumulated by Tsarist Russia in the past few hundred years.

As soon as Germany was defeated, Tsarist Russia immediately overturned the "Brest Treaty" that had been signed before, announced that it would recover all lost territorial rights and interests, and would no longer fulfill its war reparation obligations.

Against the Poles, this trick was used again.

And that's not all

The new Russian government also frequently contacted the embassies of the Tang Empire abroad, promising to recognize the new Ukrainian regime and to cede Odessa, Kerch and Crimea to the Tang Empire. It is even willing to give up about 310,000 square kilometers of the Krasnodar Territory.

One of the famous cities of the Krasnodar Territory is Sochi, a picturesque Primorsky region located just east of the Crimean peninsula.

It's also an attractive gift, and it depends on whether the empire will accept it.

A discerning person can see it

The new Russian government used a delaying tactic in order to survive the current existential crisis, even if it did not hesitate to cede sovereignty significantly.

Chang'an in North America

Daming Palace

The three main halls of the Daming Palace and the surrounding ancillary halls have now completed the mission given by history, and were donated to the Royal Charity Fund by the royal family of the Tang Empire, and the purpose was changed to the Royal Museum of Daming Palace.

The Royal Museum of Daming Palace displays countless treasures and is now the largest museum in the Tang Empire.

Civilians can now visit this former royal palace, but they have to buy a $1 ticket to keep the Royal Museum running as part of the day-to-day operations.

The vast Wanshou Mountain has been established as the Royal Wanshou Mountain Forest Park, which also belongs to the Royal Charity Foundation.

It has become a good place for the people of Chang'an, the imperial capital, to go for leisure and vacation, often a family of more than a dozen people to help the old and the young, come to Wanshou Mountain Forest Park to explore the secluded and curious, and admire the royal magnificence.

There are not only rare lions, tigers, bears and leopards, but also peacocks, rhinoceros, giraffes and other diverse animals, and there is also an amusement park and food court, which is perfect for families.

Wanshoushan Forest Park covers a huge area, and many seats, verandahs, balconies, garbage cans, toilets and other facilities are newly installed for civilian tourists to visit.

Many families have a lot of fun here for a day.

Today's Holy Emperor Taizu Richard still lives in the forbidden east palace, the harem queen, most of the concubines wither or live in the deep palace for the elderly, the prince, the emperor and the grandson are all sealed in various places, and the huge east palace is enough to live.

The West Palace, which was separated by the Taiye Pool, was mostly vacant in the past, but now part of it is allocated to the Royal Home Office and the headquarters of the Eight Royal Foundations, as well as a series of institutions such as the Imperial Ancestral Hall, the Imperial Temple, and the Royal Charity Fund, demonstrating its honorable status.

A series of pavilions and pavilions north of the Taiye Pond belong to the royal forbidden land, and there are as many as seventy-two treasure pavilions, treasure pavilions, and library pavilions in total, and there are many large underground constant temperature caves excavated.

The vault is filled with treasures, antiques and historical artifacts from all over the world.

The Tang Empire has money and continues to collect rare treasures from all over the world.

Today, there are dozens of large royal and national museums in the empire, and many of the collections are donated by the royal family, and this part accounts for less than 1/10 of the total collection.

Winter goes to spring

In the blink of an eye, it was the spring of 1920, and it was the season of flowers, and the cool breeze with moisture was blowing in the Pacific Ocean, and the trees were pulling out their buds.

Richard walked on the edge of the Taiye Pond with his hands in his hands, and the strange stone scenery on the shore of the lake came into view, and the Pudu Tower on the island in the lake was magnificent, and the reflection in the lake water was sparkling and reflected in the shimmer.

Stopped

Taking a deep breath of the cool air with the fragrance of plants and trees, Richard felt refreshed physically and mentally, and his mood was very sunny.

There has been a lot of good news from the Imperial Government recently, and there are a few that deserve attention.

Article 1 is the territory of the six provinces of the Arabian Peninsula, and the Chinese population has accounted for 79.62% of the total local population, and this proportion is still rising rapidly.

The small tribal population of the Arabian Peninsula was concentrated in the Mediterranean region, and now the large-scale recruitment of young Arab adults to fight in Europe is tantamount to digging out the roots of social inheritance.

When the older generation dies one after another, and the Arab women who marry the Chinese raise their children, and the new generation grows up with a complete education in the national language, the region is stable.

The persistent importation of Chinese immigrants to the region is the most commendable place.

The second is the discovery of oil fields in the coastal area of Kuwait, which is undoubtedly another cornucopia with the advanced petrochemical smelting technology of the Tang Empire, which is unique in the world, and it is closer to Europe.

The third was the establishment of the Far Eastern Kingdom, the accession of Olga to the throne as queen a kilometer long before the Romanov dynasty, and called on all royalist White Russian troops to unite under the queen's throne and fight to restore the glory of the former dynasty.

In fact, this is a puppet controlled by the Tang Empire.

Article 4 is the successful completion of the retirement and rehabilitation work of the Tang Empire Expeditionary Force in the previous year, with a total of more than 1.44 million retired officers and soldiers, including about 830,000 people (including cannon fodder troops) who were placed on the spot in France, Germany, Britain and Italy.

More than 610,000 retired officers and soldiers have been resettled in eastern and southern Ukraine and the Crimean peninsula, all of which have been included in the military reclamation system.

More than 500,000 troops have been transferred to Ukraine, more than half of whom will be decommissioned this year.

More than 100,000 officers and men who went to Europe for the expedition returned to China one after another, and some of them were tasked with garrisoning the defeated countries and could not return in a short time.

From the current point of view, there is no major mess in the entire retirement work, which is a remarkable achievement.

Fifth, the reluctance of the Poles to attack Moscow, even if the French pressed it to no avail, virtually saved the new Tsarist government in crisis.

From March

The Poles had withdrawn to the Belarusian border one after another, and occupied Belarus as if they were their own spoils.

French Prime Minister Clemenceau was furious, calling Poland a "despicable and impertinent villain", "a filthy footwrap for Europeans" and "a pack of white-eyed wolves".

But scolding and scolding still can't change the reality of the Polish army's sabotage.

The north-south offensive turned into a one-man show, with a total of 162,000 multinational intervention forces on the southern front, leaving some garrisons in the occupied towns along the way, and only about 95,000 arrived on the front line in Moscow.

After rendezvous with several groups of White Russian troops, such as Kolchak, the total grew to 420,000 and had a considerable advantage in weapons.

It fought a series of bloody battles with the troops of the new Russian government under the city of Moscow, but was repeatedly defeated.

After suffering heavy losses last winter, the army of the new Tsarist government quickly replenished its fresh blood, concentrating about 1.5 million men under the city of Moscow.

Due to the retreat of the Poles, the new government of Tsarist Russia had the opportunity to concentrate its forces against the multinational coalition forces on the southern front, forming a trend of fighting more and fighting less, and the battle was extremely difficult.

Until mid-April

After suffering heavy losses one after another, the multinational intervention forces and the White Russian army had lost the vigor of the attack and had to retreat to rest.

At this point, the new government of Tsarist Russia has survived the most dangerous major crisis since its birth.

Privately, the Tang Empire government has basically negotiated with the new government of Tsarist Russia, and the two sides will sign a peace treaty in Odessa to end the current state of war.

According to the agreed terms

In the Treaty of Odessa, the Tsarist side promised to recognize the new Ukrainian regime and recognize the cession of Odessa, Kerch and Crimea territorial sovereignty to the Tang Empire.

The two sides agreed that the army would disengage and that the Tang Empire would stop its armed intervention in Europe and work to restore peace in the region.

As for the fact that the Tsarist side was willing to annex about 310,000 square kilometers of the Krasnodar Territory, the Tang Empire was insensitive and declined the other party's kindness.

Don't think about taking a bite of this poisonous fat, you will definitely pay a heavy price.

Before the time is ripe, the two sides have maintained a tacit understanding for the time being, and the Odessa Treaty has not yet been formally signed.

The official signing ceremony will not be carried out until the withdrawal of the multinational coalition forces.

Today, the Tang Empire has more than 500,000 soldiers in Ukraine, and more than 700,000 soldiers who have just retired, which is unprecedentedly powerful.

As long as the new Tsarist government still has a little sense, it will never provoke such a strong enemy.

Richard took a deep breath of the cold air from the lake, and his face showed satisfaction.

The government of the Tang Empire responded quite properly and maturely, and also got what it wanted, that is, the "Treaty of Odessa", which can be scored 9 points in this wave of operations.

From then on, it will be possible to put an end to the issue of territorial sovereignty disputes that may arise from the cession of eastern and southern Ukraine and Crimea.

With the defeated treaty and the Treaty of Odessa signed by Germany in hand, the Tang Empire has enough confidence to not worry about the Russian old man turning his face and not admitting it.

Because the Tang Empire is not only a little bit of a person in Europe, but also has a huge empire of 240 million and a strong military guarantee behind it.

(End of chapter)