"You want to take advantage of the situation!" By this time, Horvath knew everything. The original close cooperative relationship between the two parties was completely ended. After the friendly mask was torn away, only swords and weapons were left fighting.
The big bear roared loudly: "The Middle East Road belongs to Russia. You should never expect too much. Even if Russia has a little trouble, the existing defense force on the Middle East Road can easily crush your army. If
If you dare to provoke Russia's bottom line, as long as Russia's troubles are resolved, our troops will continue to come over and kill them. By then, there will no longer be China in the world!"
No matter how angry Horvat was, Zhang Tinglan always looked at ease, with a faint sneer hanging on the corner of his mouth. After he finished speaking, Zhang Tinglan smiled and said: "Mr. Horvat, as a former friend, I would like to give you one last piece of advice.
, hand over the Middle East Road as soon as possible, and Fengjun will help you. We are also opposed to those majority parties, but if you persist in your stubbornness, we will definitely take military action, and you will not be polite at all!"
There is no doubt that Zhang Tinglan has given Horvat an ultimatum. The big bear also calmed down, his face covered with a layer of frost, and sneered: "Despicable yellow-skinned monkey, even if a tiger is sick, it is still a fierce tiger.
,never be afraid of a herd of goats!”
After the guy finished speaking, he turned around and was about to leave. At this moment, more than a dozen soldiers came from outside, holding guns and blocking Horvath inside. As long as Zhang Tinglan gave the order, he would be arrested.
Break into a sieve.
At this time, Horvath finally felt scared. He had misjudged the situation. Wasn't he just falling into a trap? The old guy's face turned white and red, and he was extremely ashamed and angry.
"You despicable people, shoot if you can. I guarantee that if you dare to fire the first shot, the Russian government will never let you go!"
Zhang Tinglan waved his hand and asked the soldiers to put away their guns. Then he said: "Horvat, we in China are a country of etiquette and will never use such despicable methods. I just want to remind you that if a war breaks out, we will all be destroyed.
This bit of power you have will be uprooted. Then you will be nothing."
Horvat glared at Zhang Tinglan with a look that could kill someone, then turned around and left. Obviously he didn't care about the final warning. In his opinion, the Chinese will always be humbled and are not worthy of being their opponents at all. As long as the Russians
A single charge from the army could completely wipe out Fengjun.
Watching Horvat leave, Zhang Tinglan also hurriedly convened a meeting of the road protection army. All major officers at all levels were present. Zhang Tinglan sat in the middle, accompanied by Yang Yuting, Sun Anhu, Zhang Xueliang and others.
"Commander-in-Chief, why don't you kill Horvath directly? Then wouldn't the East Road be leaderless, and it would be easier to attack." Zhang Xueliang said: "Don't the military books say that if you shoot the man, shoot the horse first, and if you capture the thief, capture the king first?
!”
"Killing Horvath will only make the Middle East Road leaderless, and it will be a waste for those majority parties. With Horvat holding them down, they will not be able to cause trouble. In addition, what we want to take over is the entire Middle East Road, complete and complete, not
A battered Middle East Road, especially the factories, railways and telegraph lines, etc., cannot be damaged at all."
When the Russians built the Middle East Road, they regarded this road as a shortcut to the ice-free port. Therefore, they spared no expense and invested a staggering amount of money. A large number of supporting facilities were also established along the railway, including mines and post offices.
Libraries, observatories, schools, etc.
The most valuable among them is the Middle East Road Harbin General Factory. This is a large factory responsible for repairing trains and locomotives. It has 3,000 workers so far. It is an out-and-out factory. At the beginning of its design and construction, the Russians were
Preparing to produce locomotives.
However, due to the serious corruption of Russian officials, they were unable to produce locomotives in the end, so they had to settle for the next best thing and turned into a factory for repairing locomotives. Fortunately, the foundation was good. Since the outbreak of World War I, the pressure on transportation on the Middle East Road has been increasing, and it is necessary to
The number of locomotives has greatly increased, and the factory has also had to expand its scale. So far, it has been able to assemble locomotives.
Zhang Tinglan also sent people to investigate the factory, and the intelligence showed that the factory has great potential. As long as it can add some machinery and build a cast iron workshop to produce parts, it can completely produce locomotives on its own.
After receiving the news, Zhang Tinglan was almost ecstatic. Looking around the world, the countries that can produce locomotives are only a few major powers. Although China has many railways, let alone the production of locomotives, even maintenance depends on it.
With foreigners.
If Fengjun can get this factory, it can be said that he will reach the sky in one step, and the next step will be to overhaul the railways in the three northeastern provinces. After he can produce locomotives, he will also avoid the containment and extortion of foreign powers. The impact on Fengjun's development is indescribable. If
During the war, Zhang Tinglan would feel pain if there was any damage.
Therefore, he deliberately attacked the mountain to shock the tiger, in order to make Horvat feel threatened, and he would inevitably shrink his troops. Although the attack would be more difficult, it would ensure the safety of a large number of factory facilities along the way. Moreover, Zhang Tinglan also believed that he had always been arrogant.
Horvat still doesn't want to play the trick of strengthening the wall and clearing the field.
"We have already had a showdown with Horvath. As the saying goes, there is no turning back. Everyone must be ready for battle. War may break out at any time and at any time. We must seize the Middle East Road as soon as possible and eliminate the Russian garrison."
Zhang Tinglan issued the combat order, and Yang Yuting said from the side: "Let me remind everyone again that the purpose of our operation is to regain the Middle East Road. During the battle, everyone must try to preserve the railway and the facilities along the line as much as possible. Necessary
Sometimes, you can make more sacrifices!”
In fact, everyone knows the value of human beings, and nothing is as valuable as life. However, everyone understands Yang Yuting's order very well, and even feels a little sad in their hearts. China's current foundation is too weak. If it wants to develop rapidly, it must
Cherish every factory and all infrastructure, even at the expense of your life. Although it is cruel to do so, if you don't do this, the sacrifices in the future will only be greater, even hundreds of times.
This is actually a bloody speed, but without this speed, the entire nation will face the butcher's knife. Thousands of compatriots, thousands of miles of territory, wives and children separated, the country will be destroyed and the family will be destroyed. It is an eternal truth that those who fall behind will be beaten.
So some sacrifices are inevitable.
After the combat order was issued, all the road protection troops were mobilized. As the saying goes, it takes a thousand days to raise an army but it takes a while to use it. From the moment the army was formed, everyone was holding back their energy.
In fact, after Zhang Tinglan arrived in Jilin, he regarded Russia as the biggest imaginary enemy when training soldiers. After the formation of the road protection army, this kind of training became more targeted, and the Russians were constantly investigated through various channels.
information, understand their combat characteristics, and understand the fortifications along the railway.
Moreover, Zhang Tinglan also found a way to get a group of Russian soldiers and let them practice with the Feng army, so that the soldiers became more familiar with the weaknesses of the Russian army and used their own strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses.
After months of hard work, it was time to reap the rewards. All the soldiers were high-spirited and prepared for war. At this time, the news that the Russian Czar had been overthrown also spread throughout China, and the public opinion was in an uproar. Of course, most of the media
Still unclear about what happened in Russia, they just thought it was like the year of Xinhai, when the Russians also drove away their emperor.
Of course, there are also some sensitive people who have discovered the opportunity and began to advocate taking the opportunity to abrogate the treaty between China and Russia and recover the lost rights and interests, especially Outer Mongolia. If we want to get it, we must not miss the opportunity.
For ordinary people, this is nothing more than a little more talk, but for some upper-class people, this is a huge event that will shatter the world.
"Zhiweng, Zhang Zuolin sent a telegram, asking for authorization from the central government. He wants to use force to help defend the Middle East Road to prevent the chaos in Russia from affecting the stability of the Northeast. How do you think we should handle it?"
Duan Qirui slightly closed the two-speed rotation, and then said with a wry smile for a long time: "Again, Zhang Zuolin, the red beard, is causing us trouble again. Tsarist Russia is a powerful country. If a problem occurs by chance, maybe we can survive it.
If we go out rashly and offend the great powers, we may not get any good results in the end."
After Duan Qirui became Prime Minister, he finally realized the difficulties faced by Lao Yuan. The country was in a mess and the international situation was changing rapidly. Duan Qirui was troubled by everything.
Since entering 1917, the relationship between the United States and Germany has become increasingly tense. A declaration of war is just around the corner. The United States has proposed to Duan Qirui that China should also participate in the war. The United States is willing to provide loans and help China build an army. In fact,
This is the reason why the United States wants to continue to participate in the war and control China.
You must know that China has no money, no weapons, and not enough officers. If it wants to participate in the war, it must rely on the help of foreign powers. It can be said that whoever provides loans to China controls China's most powerful army and also controls China.
's future.
Having seen through this, the Japanese also stepped in and began to encourage Duan Qirui to declare war on Germany. Duan always felt that the Japanese were close at hand and it would be more cost-effective to cooperate with them, so he decided to abandon the United States, which had first proposed the proposal, and instead cooperate with Japan.
cooperate.
As a result, the Americans actively violated their own proposals, opposed China's participation in the war, and supported President Li Yuanhong, allowing him to confront Duan Qirui. The Americans' shameless face was fully exposed.
This became the trigger of the dispute between the government and the court. Duan Qirui had already felt that a big trouble was coming. At this time, Lao Zhang was proposing to take back the Middle East Road in disguise. How could Duan Qirui dare to agree so easily!
"Zhiweng's concerns are justified. I actually support taking back the Middle East Road. It would be best to take back Outer Mongolia as well. I just have to wait for the situation to become clearer, otherwise there will be big trouble if we rush out."
Just as the two of them were discussing countermeasures, someone suddenly ran in in a panic.
"Reporting to the Prime Minister, Zhang Zuolin has issued an order to Fengjun. In order to prevent the spread of the majority party, Fengjun officially assists in the defense of the Middle East Route!" (To be continued.)
