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    "Quickly"

    "Push down this 57 gun." "Company commander, this is a trophy." "Throw it away too!"

    In the dark night, on the railway line north of the Chinese Expeditionary Force station in the southeast of Vinnitsa, the barrels of two armored trains shot into the sky.  A dozen canister trains were lined up next to it. Thousands of soldiers were loading all kinds of equipment and supplies onto the trains. However, many of them were ordered to be abandoned by the officers before they even reached the trains, especially those with  Seized ordnance that did not conform to domestic standards was even thrown all over the floor.

    In the armored train, the sound of the telegraph machine has not stopped since the evening. News from Kiev, the Urals, St. Petersburg and other places are flooded into the small radio station. Due to signal and power problems, the telegraph is often not completely received.  It was disconnected and had to send another report to actively contact. Repeated operations made several radio soldiers sweating profusely.  Wu Peifu, who was patrolling back and forth outside the carriage, also looked nervous. This retreat was extraordinary and the time must be mastered!  Although there is definite information that the Caucasus Cavalry Division next door will leave tonight to let the Russian army in, the order is to wait for the German army to appear before pretending to be defeated and retreating to Kiev.  People who have never fought in a war cannot understand that it is several times more difficult to completely withdraw nearly 40,000 people from two divisions under the eyes of the enemy on the flanks than to fight the opponent head-on.

    Fortunately, when the troops set out from China, they learned that supplies were difficult on the Eastern Front, so they basically didn¡¯t bring any heavy artillery. Even the 70-meter infantry cannon stayed in the country because of inconsistent standards.  The main heavy equipment is machine guns. In addition to self-produced ones, there are also many Russian m1912 heavy machine guns.  As for the cannons seized over the past year, all the cannons must be discarded.  Save space to carry more soldiers.  But even so, the train capacity is limited, so all the horses that can run are gathered together.

    "The Chief of Staffis on the move! The Russians are starting to mobilize and retreat!"

    As soon as Wu Peifu finished checking a carriage filled with soldiers, two fast horses rushed over quickly, and the scouts shouted without even paying attention to saluting.  The shouts caused the soldiers who were hurrying to get on the bus to gather around. Wu Peifu even stamped his feet and cursed!  What annoyed him most in his life was that someone betrayed him, and what he felt most distressed about were his brothers.  Fortunately now, the Russians not only betrayed their friendly forces, but also directly exposed their left wing to German firepower.

    "You bastard!" An Guoliang also hurried over at this time. After listening to the report, he immediately said according to the previously discussed plan: "Brother Ziyu, I will leave the retreat to you. I will cover you."

    "Brother Guoliang, take care." Wu Peifu did not dare to neglect and immediately called the soldiers to speed up and set off.

    When the first column of troops set off, the 64th Cavalry Brigade of the 121st Division also roared towards the Russian Caucasus Cavalry Division and was about to arrive in Vinnitsa.  Thousands of Cossack cavalry were seen galloping toward their hometown of the Don River in the Caucasus like migrating buffalo herds.  An Guoliang was amazed at the superb riding skills of these Cossack cavalry, but he was particularly disdainful of their rebellious behavior and let go of the defense line. After swearing twice, he shouted: "Brothers, we will fight when they leave! Protect the brothers."  retreat!"

    "Protect the brothers and retreat!"

    The three thousand cavalrymen shouted wildly and galloped upstream.  Naturally, this momentum could not be concealed by the retreating Cossack cavalry. Many people stopped and looked puzzled, wondering why the Chinese cavalry was still going forward to die.  Budyonny also saw An Guoliang and others going upstream. He naturally knew what these Chinese cavalry were going to do. Originally, Frunze and Lenin's telegram asked him to cooperate with the German army, but he did not want to do so.  So although I secretly admired him in my heart, I ordered to continue moving forward and not look back.

    Unlike the Cossack cavalry, the Wehrmacht put a lot of effort into infantry tactics knowing that they were inferior to their opponents. Therefore, upon arriving at the position abandoned by the Russian army, they immediately dismounted and turned to infantry for defense.  Machine guns were quickly set up one after another, and mortars and grenade launchers were all in place.  Before all the positions were constructed, the German troops appeared in the night.  But the Germans obviously didn't expect that the secret had been leaked. Before they could figure it out, three red signal flares had already shot into the sky from the trench.  "Boom, boom" After getting the signal, the first ones to open fire were two armored trains on the railway line. The eight 105mm long-barreled rapid-fire naval guns were much more powerful than the army guns of the same caliber. Soon they were  Dozens of fireballs exploded among the German troops.  Immediately afterwards, the two temporarily deployed 75th artillery battalions also opened fire at full speed, knowing that all the artillery shells would be discarded afterwards.  The artillerymen simply used their waste and used full power to smash all the shells over.  Although the 75mm and 105mm artillery were not as terrifying as the heavy artillery, the German army was still completely stunned. A large number of supporting artillery suddenly appeared in the position that they thought they could easily capture. Therefore, they dared to continue to advance. Many German generals were even furious.  Stomping his feet, he thought he had been tricked by the Russians.  This incident was eventually used as a blackmail and accusation by Germany during the armistice negotiations between the two countries.

    Artillery shells kept pouring down like raindrops, and the loading train moving along the railway could easily change gun positions without worrying about German counterattacks  The 75th Artillery Battalion had no scruples about saving artillery shells. Even if they destroyed an artillery door, they could just blow it up with grenades without worrying about it.  Under the cover of the artillery and cavalry brigades, one train after another full of soldiers used the cover of night to rumble toward Kiev.  Since the German army was never clear about the situation, they never dared to invest large forces and only used small groups of troops to test.  Faced with intensive artillery and machine gun fire, the active attack was not launched until dawn in the early morning. At this time, the main force of the Chinese Expeditionary Force had already crossed Vinnitsa and retreated towards Kiev.

    When An Guoliang led his troops to intercept the German troops under the cover of two armored trains, Britain, France and even the entire Entente were thrown into chaos.

    The building that houses the temporary seat of the French government in Bordeaux is brightly lit, and curses and roars can be heard throughout the day.  Not to mention the politicians and generals, even the guards standing guard at the door were talking about what happened during the day.  Although they have no direct relationship with them, the Poor Party only one month ago promised the whole world to respect the people's decision, and one month later directly shot and killed workers and citizens who supported them. This behavior is even despicable to them.  Besides, anyone with a discerning eye knows that if the Poor Party really wants Russia to withdraw from the war, as they say, it will.  Then the German army can free up at least 80 divisions to send them to the Western Front.  That's more than 1.5 million troops!  Not including the 50 divisions released by the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the numerical advantage gained on the Western Front after the United States joined would be instantly narrowed.

    Will the war continue for a few more years?  When the guards were worried, a clear horn sounded outside, and three cars with Chinese flags flying under the protection of two armored vehicles appeared outside the gate.

    "It's Chinese."

    "God, look, he is General Yue."

    ¡°He is younger than in the newspaper.¡±

    "Thanks to him for saving France."

    The moment Yue Peng opened the door and got out of the car, he immediately became the center of attention.  In addition to making the world re-recognize China, the Great Victory of Rinival also brought several young generals in the expeditionary force to the attention of the world. In particular, this young lieutenant general instantly surpassed many famous generals on the Western Front. Many people even thought that his military  His talent is comparable to that of P¨¦tain and Foch.

    "HahaBrother Zian is really famous all over the world now." After going abroad and traveling around Italy, Spain and France, Yang Du's temperament became much more cheerful.  I saw several French female secretaries pointing fingers at Yue Peng.  Wang Zhengting, who was deliberately pulling behind Tang Shaoyi, said with a teasing smile: "Rutang, I heard that many French ladies have a soft spot for our General Yue. You might as well talk to me and the Prime Minister when you have time. It's also a good idea to help Counselor Zi'an.  Staff officer."

    "Brother Xizi, please spare me." During the Battle of Reniwell, Yue Peng was famous for his boldness, carefulness, exquisite layout, and ferocious military use, but he couldn't let go when it came to matters between men and women.  Many soldiers in the expeditionary army are now hugging each other, but he is quite disgusted with this matter.  Wang Zhengting has long heard about the nonsense of the Expeditionary Force, but this kind of thing is common in France now. The most powerful American army almost caused chaos around the station without even fighting a battle. Compared with the Expeditionary Force, it is already very small.  "Civilized".

    Tang Shaoyi also smiled slightly. He didn't care about this kind of thing. Instead, he was more worried about things in Russia and said, "Zian. What do you think about things in Russia?"

    When the topic got to the point, everyone didn¡¯t dare to joke anymore, and all pricked up their ears to hear Yue Peng¡¯s opinion.  Because everyone knew who was standing behind him, and they all wanted to understand Yang Qiu's thoughts through his profile.  Yue Pengna didn't know what they were thinking, so he thought about it and said, "Yue is a soldier and can't speak well about political matters. But from a military perspective, Russia has a vast territory and the disputes are far away in Europe. Even if we think  It is impossible to intervene, so my opinion is to immediately let Shi Xiaolou lead his troops to withdraw to Catherine. Use the Urals as the boundary to find a way to gain some benefits and then withdraw the fist when the situation is good. As for the east, we can wait until we reach an agreement with Britain and France.  After the agreement, troops were sent to places like Vladivostok and Khabarovsk on the grounds of helping the Russian opposition and purging the poor parties. In order to avoid the worries of Britain and the United States, we might as well postpone the announcement of recovery based on actual control. This would make Britain and France understand that we do not want to interfere with world power.  Distribution, we just want to get back the lost territory in the past, so that they will not be suspicious of us. Secondly, after losing Vladivostok and other Pacific estuaries, and cutting off Irkutsk, even if the poor party wins in the end, we will not have time to take action again after the attack.  This can also buy the country a few years to recuperate."

    Wang Zhengting was a little surprised why he suddenly lost courage. Since the two of them were very familiar and both were members of the Youth Association, he asked directly: "It's strange that Zian said that. We still have a total of 100,000 people in Ukraine and the Ural Mountains."  The army and the 15 infantry divisions behind it have all been organized, and according to the plan, they should be deployed on the Eastern Front this month. If the Poor Party is making such a fuss now, it will definitely arouse internal conflicts. A fight between the two factions is imminent, so why should they?  What about withdrawing voluntarily?¡±

    Yue Peng shook his head: "Rutang's words are wrong. Although we do have the ability to intervene, the cost of moving the army is huge.??The army needs more than a thousand tons of food and drink every day.  Russia is so deep that a quick victory will definitely be impossible!  Fighting alone in a foreign country in the depths, with no logistics or reliable allies, it was a fluke to be able to return to the Urals.  What's more, the poor party must be somewhat confident if they dare to cause trouble. If we go on a killing spree in Russia, it will not be easy to deal with relations with Russia in the future.  "

    These words made Tang Shaoyi and Yang Du secretly nod. Although Yue Peng kept saying that he was a soldier and did not care about politics, his incisive analysis was something that even many politicians could not see.  When everyone discussed countermeasures before coming out this time, Yang Qiu emphasized that he must not get involved in Russian affairs!  Because the growth of the Poor Party is actually good for the Republic of China, but it is not good if it is too big. That's why he formulated the Sunrise Plan to weaken Russia with the goal of emptying out the east of the Urals. He just wanted to destroy the foundation of eastern Russia and make the Poor Party return in the future.  Asia will also be unable to launch due to insufficient industrial support!  Therefore, you can support the opposition, you can also contribute, and you can even provide the opposition with soldier training, weapons and equipment for free, but you can't get involved yourself!  At least not at the moment, so Tang Shaoyi and Yang Du both know that they are here to reap benefits this time. As for sending troops to attack, they can hide if they can, and delay if they can't.  But some things can't be avoided by thinking too much, especially when the country's troops are stationed in Ukraine. What if Britain and France are tougher and demand an attack on St. Petersburg?

    Yue Peng seemed to see Tang Shaoyi's worries and said closer: "Prime Minister, don't worry too much. Britain and France must be more demanding than confrontation on the Russian matter. As long as we show a posture of massive intervention but insufficient material support, we are supporting the opposition."  If we send troops to do a better job and help train the army in the Urals, they may not be able to do anything to us. Besides, I think you might as well make a fuss about the Dardanelles. If Britain and France can open this route within three months  If we support our army from Sevastopol, we can still fight with the Black Sea at our back. If not they won't want us to watch a hundred thousand soldiers starve to death without food or water."

    "It takes three months to open the Dardanelles?" Tang Shaoyi curled her lips and said with a smile, "Why didn't I see that Zian was so cunning?"

    "Haha" Yang Du and others laughed one after another, and Yue Peng also took off his hat and was about to scratch his head, but his eyes suddenly turned cold.  Wang Zhengting reacted the fastest and immediately followed his gaze, only to see Nagata Tetsuyama, the head of the Japanese Army Corps in Europe, appearing outside together with the Japanese Ambassador to France.

    "After all, Japan can't sit still and wants to get involved!" Seeing the Japanese delegation, Tang Shaoyi sighed slightly. Japan must have seen a good opportunity in Russia's civil strife and wanted to get a share of the pie. If they were allowed to intervene, things would be different.  Suddenly it got tricky again.

    Yue Peng sneered, looking at Nagata Tieshan with a hint of chill

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