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    During the second half of 1919, the entire Northeast Asia region was in an inexplicable atmosphere.  The fall of Germany, the disintegration of Austria-Hungary, the difficulties of the Paris Peace Conference, the birth of the League of Nations, etc., all show that the old world system has encountered challenges from new forces!

    The key to this challenge is the carving up of Russian territory across Europe and Asia.

    The Poor Party is doing its best in Europe and the Urals, trying to defend the new proletarian power and is preparing to bring the flames to the whole world, instigating a fundamental break with the current world system!  In order to block this torrent, the capitalist countries led by Britain and France adopted a comprehensive containment strategy from all directions, but they were still unable to break through the last layer of hard shell.  In the Far East, China, which harbors the dream of being a great power, has experienced the baptism of revolution, the Sino-Japanese War and the European War. It is also somewhat impatient to establish its position in Asia and even the world family.

    Any new force that wants to rise and challenge the old system cannot avoid war.  The Sino-Japanese War, the US-Spanish War, Japan-Russia and even the recent European War have all confirmed this!  If Russia had not been weak, the war might have waited a few more years to break out, but when Russia declined and left a huge vacuum, this kind of competition could not wait to take place.  Under Yang Qiu's deployment, China took the lead and took advantage of the opportunity of retreat from the European War to evacuate Siberia and control the vast Siberian area east of the Yenisei River in one fell swoop.  Japan also took the opportunity to occupy Sakhalin Island and the coast of the Sea of ??Okhotsk, trying to continue to deeply dominate Khabarovsk, Kamchatka and even the Yakutia region, and always peeked at the fertile Heilongjiang River Basin.  Britain not only wanted to ensure the Anglo-Japanese alliance, but also wanted to maintain its aloof status in China. It also tried to use China to get a share of the pie in Central Asia.

    Yang Qiu's proposal at the Paris Peace Conference to completely cancel the unequal treaties of the Qing Dynasty has become the common aspiration of the whole country. Recovering the lost homeland in the west, north and Taiwan has become the highest dream, and the national will has become the decisive factor in this war.  The key to the competition!  Mr. Tiger Karris, the American Times reporter in China who became famous for his full coverage of the "Chengcheng Act", wrote in a telegram sent back to New York: "I can feel the tension in the air. Get rid of the shackles of the land and join the European Union.  After all the elite troops who fought in the war returned to China, the Chinese obviously no longer want to act as second-class citizens. I can understand this feeling. After they returned home after paying their lives and blood for Europe, they found that their country has not yet normalized. This  It is indeed an unpleasant thing. But I am also very worried that the shadow of war seems to be gathering again for politicians in the Far East. Their personal will has obviously been promoted as the will of the country."

    On October 18, 1919, China and Britain launched their first bilateral negotiations on a comprehensive range of issues in Shanghai.  Chinese representatives Cai E, Hu Weide and Yang Du first made a request, that is, based on the spirit of Yang Qiu's speech at the Paris Peace Conference, all unequal treaties between China and Britain should be abolished. As concessions, they can be resolved gradually in batches, but the full timetable must be announced first.  As for the Central Asian issue that Britain is most concerned about, the two countries should be divided by the Tajik Penchi River and the Wakhan River.  The southern areas of Afghanistan and India were under the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom, while the northern areas were returned to China and were renamed into the six border regions of Zhaisampo (East Kazakhstan), Almaty, Zhambyl, Suiye (Kyrgyzstan), Andijan and Tajikistan.  .  This division is unacceptable to the British. Areas such as Dushanbe in western Tajikistan were not under the jurisdiction of the Manchu government before the Beijing Treaty. Although Zhambul in Kazakhstan was within the jurisdiction, it was close to South Kazakhstan, and Andijan was likely to be handed over to China.  Next, the loss of Zhambyl means that regions such as Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan will be slowly eroded.

    So the British conditions are.  Western Tajikistan must be resolved with the Vakhsh River and separated from Dushanbe, while Andijan must be divided with Namangan.  The mountainous areas in the western part of the basin are also outside the scope of the Beijing Treaty.  And the biggest controversy is Zhambol!  Zhambyl was forcibly cut off by Russia in the Beijing Treaty. Although it is a barren desert, it is obviously impossible to explain to the people if it is not taken back. Moreover, Zhambyl forms a huge trumpet-shaped gap between Almaty and Suiye. Once it is occupied by hostile forces  Utilization is likely to truncate the broken leaves and almaty.  However, Britain covets Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan and will never allow this strategic depth zone to be taken away.

    There are even greater disputes over garrisoning and immigration.

    The National Defense Forces require one infantry division to be stationed in each of the five border regions to coordinate with three mixed divisions.  Then add 80 National Guard regiments to ensure a total strength of 300,000 troops on the northwest front.  At the same time, 4 million people were forced to immigrate to five regions to increase the number of Han people to meet the requirements for border defense.  However, the United Kingdom only promised a total of 3 divisions and 50,000 National Guards. The total strength was not reduced by half, and the number of immigrants was also required to not exceed 1 million.  and could not enter Tajikistan, which borders India (Pakistan then belonged to India) and Afghanistan.

    The negotiations are temporarily deadlocked here.

    With the advent of winter, Kolchak has stabilized the front, and Central Asia will also enter a severe cold.  Therefore, the British government took the opportunity to slow down the negotiation speed, obviously wanting to avoid the special time of January 1, 1920 agreed by China, the United States, France and other countries.

      Beside the Yellow River pier in Zhengzhou, two men dressed as beggars sat lazily on hay and basked in the sun, their eyes always inadvertently lingering between the pier and the freighter.  On the dock.  Under the command of more than a dozen Japanese guards disguised as overseers, the workers were loading some heavy sacks and boxes onto the ship. The shipowner's boss kept shouting to speed up.

    "Sir, it's almost done."

    When Ori Naga Shinoda walked into the cabin, Minamizojiro was sitting cross-legged on the wicker bed with his eyes closed and meditating.  After thousands of kilometers of fear and using dozens of intelligence agents to pay bribes along the way, these valuable strategic resources were finally able to return home.  However, he still dare not be too careless now. The Yellow River waterway and the Bohai Strait are very dangerous places. Just a small oversight by the patrol, tax police, customs, etc. can ruin this mission. Of course, the most dangerous thing is the Chinese coast guard.  They were equipped with very fast ships, so he asked after a while: "Has the navy made arrangements?"

    "The Navy has sent the cruiser Kurama."

    "Is there only one Kurama?" Minamizojiro was a little dissatisfied when he heard that only one cruiser was sent.  This batch of goods was almost tailor-made for the navy, and only one cruiser was sent to protect it.  You must know that there are 4 Chinese cruisers in Lushun and two Anhai-class battlecruisers in Qingdao.  Hearing the dissatisfaction, Shinoda Oriuchi quickly added: "The Navy Ministry believes that dispatching too many warships will arouse China's suspicion. Their Kongo and Hiei are in Sasebo. If anything happens, they will come to support."

    "Damn the Navy!" Minamizojiro was obviously not satisfied with the Navy's concession, but he had nothing to do.

    After the two people walked out of the cabin, only the last batch of finished tungsten was left unloaded, but at this moment a team of patrol police suddenly broke into the dock.  The two of them felt anxious again.

    "Get up." The patrol captain walked in front of the two observing beggars.

    The two investigators disguised as beggars were confused and asked: "Sir, we just want food, you are the one."

    "Stop talking nonsense. You are in luck. The northwest is in urgent need of laborers to work at the border. Pack your things quickly and follow me. Maybe you can even divide the fields there." The patrolman kicked the broken bowl in front of the two-footed investigator and muttered to his companions.  : "Didn't you fish it out a few days ago? Why are there still these beggars? Why are you still standing there when you are so young and have both hands and feet? You really have to catch people all the time!"

    The two scouts couldn¡¯t laugh or cry. They recalled the decree issued by the central government some time ago that refugees should enrich the northwest. They lamented that they were pretending to be something bad, but they pretended to be eye-catching beggars.  Fortunately, the two of them were just monitoring.  The superiors didn't decide to take action here, so I angrily went back with the patrol to "enrich" the border area.  Several patrol policemen saw that they were still cooperating and were not embarrassed. On the contrary, the leading policeman saw many strange-looking supervisors beside the boat and asked: "Whose boat is this? Have you checked it?"

    The investigator secretly said, "Sir, I know him. This is a ship from a large machine factory."

    "Big Machinery Factory" is the nickname given to Zhengzhou Industrial Group by Zhengzhou locals, which means there are many big machines in the factory.  The police heard that it was an industrial company's ship.  He muttered a few words: "Why did you stop here? If you don't come out, you guys have good eyesight. You might be lucky, you might be able to sneak out if you go to the northwest." The policeman babbled and took the two "beggars" away.  While Nanzojiro breathed a sigh of relief, Xiao Anguo, who was in a building far away, almost burst out laughing: "My director, why are you little bastards pretending to be beggars? Recently, the whole country is searching for refugees and beggars.  Enriching the northwest is just asking for trouble."

    Fang Rui also scratched his head in embarrassment for the first time.  After Minamizojiro arrived in Zhengzhou, he did not dare to neglect and rushed to set up the formation immediately. It happened that Song Qing and Xiao Anguo were both flying back from the Northeast to inquire about the matter, but he did not want to let the two of them make an mistake.  So I secretly thought that when I go back, I must "clean up" these guys who even pretended to be wrong.

    Song Qing smiled, not paying attention to this innocuous mistake, and asked: "Brother An Guo, are you ready?"

    "Don't worry, Qing." Xiao Anguo went over the deployment situation.  Puzzled, he asked: "Qing, what kind of medicine did you sell in the gourd this time? Why did you let them do it again at sea? Aren't you afraid that this batch of goods will return to Japan?"

    Xiao Anguo was not an outsider, so Song Qing didn't hide anything from him. She glanced at the freighter with smoke coming out of the chimney and said, "What if we go back to Japan? Can this little thing make them regain their momentum? What we want is just an incident, a dispute! Testing  Let¡¯s look at the bottom line between Britain and Japan!¡±

    Fang Rui also explained: "The UK's sale of four warships actually wants to strengthen its alliance. But the navy is always the navy. If Japan cannot solve the problem on land, then the UK cannot ensure that it will attack us outside the northwest."

    "I understand." Xiao Anguo is not a fool. He used to have a negative outlook on the overall situation, but over the years he has acquired the posture of a commander. He slapped his thigh and continued: "You are trying to tell Britain that Japan is not capable of starting a war with us.  possibility. Without JapanWithout restrictions, the UK is definitely not willing to go it alone now.  It's just that the navy is going to suffer a little. Are Sa Zhenbing and the others afraid of the Japanese navy's retaliation?  "

    "Retaliation is certain! The Japanese Navy has not suffered much loss in strength, and it has taken the opportunity to build many warships in recent years. But it is impossible not to do it now! In another two years, the two Nagato-class battleships can be put into service, and the United Kingdom can gradually recover  It will be even more troublesome if we come over." Song Qing's eyes gradually became serious and he said: "Once a dispute arises, the whole country will inevitably be mobilized. We will unilaterally announce the suspension of all treaties on January 1, and the navy can take the opportunity to protect the army from landing in Taiwan!  Sa Zhenbing and the others have already promised in front of the Commander-in-Chief that they will fight with determination this time and also train the troops. It is useless to build more warships without fighting, so the navy is already prepared to lose two capital ships this time.  Prepare!"

    2 ships!  Xiao Anguo took a breath, not expecting the navy to be so determined this time.  However, this is indeed a good opportunity. Now, both Britain and Japan are exhausted of their old strength and new strength. Russia will not be able to intervene in a short time. The Siberian region in the north is about to enter a severe winter. The environment is difficult and unsuitable for large-scale army operations. Japan wants to  There are many possibilities to detour from Sakhalin Island.  On the contrary, as long as the secret transactions between Japan and the poor party are made public, then you can take advantage of it!

    "I hope it will be a big deal. Now our workers and expeditionary forces have all returned, and European supplies have also been shipped back. There is nothing that the British can use to take advantage of. The size and morale of the troops are strong, and they can definitely win it in one fell swoop.  Korea!"

    "You dare to think that it won't end well if we open it up." After listening to Fang Rui's words, Song Qing smiled slightly, stopped talking about the matter, and asked: "Brother An Guo. Xu Shuzheng was transferred to help Kolchak, I'm afraid  I won¡¯t be able to come back within a year or two. Mongolia and Siberia need a capable police officer. Do you have anyone who can act alone to lend me a hand?¡±

    Xiao Anguo asked in surprise: "I'm sorry, what's wrong with you today? There are so many arrogant generals in the army, air force, and navy. You just pick someone to go over. Why do you think of asking me for someone?"

    Song Qingdao: "The United States has been worried that we and Japan will continue to expand northward. If they use regular troops, I'm afraid it will arouse their concerns, not to mention using cannons to kill mosquitoes is not cost-effective. Therefore, the commander-in-chief hopes to select someone from among you who must be proficient in  Public security management, good at deployment, preferably someone who has some contact with the US government, let the US know that we are only suppressing bandits and fighting guerrillas, and will not continue to develop into the Northeast."

    Xiao Anguo thought about it and said: "There really is such a person. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point last year and is now serving as the commander of the 35th Brigade of the Tianjin Guards in my place. He is young, smart and serious in his work. Listen to Yan Laoxi, he  After taking office, smuggling in the Tianjin and Beijing areas has been almost eliminated, making it difficult even for foreigners to take advantage of it."

    "Graduates from West Point Military Academy? Aren't our military exchange students with the United States not going to graduate until next year? What are their names?"

    "They are the group of people who went out in the Geng Year. They first studied literature in the United States, and then applied for West Point Military Academy for some reason. He and his son, who is now the American military attache in our country, were classmates." Xiao Anguo counted his family treasures and concluded that he had already started to examine the recommended people, and said  .

    "My name is Wang Geng."

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    PS: I wrote this chapter in the afternoon. There was a network failure at work, so I posted it when I got home

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