Beiyang 1917

()1918年7月29ri20：30萨马拉协约国东线联军司令部

"Report to the Commander-in-Chief, Prime Minister Pepelyaev of the Volga Federation, please see me!" The duty secretary's announcement came from outside Wang Geng's office. Just now he was reading a long telegram sent from China, and he hadn't figured out some things. What is Pepe doing here so late?If Utsunomiya Taro hadn't become the commander of the Southwest Front Army and was organizing the Ukrainian campaign, normally at this point in time, these two playboys should hang out together in Pepe's or Utsunomiya's mansion, drinking flower wine and watching Kabuki The possibility of performance is mostly. ,

Strange to say, Utsunomiya Taro and Pepeliaev were like-minded at the beginning, and quickly called brothers and sisters, and the Japanese First Army, Tanaka Yoshiichi, who was formerly the deputy chief of staff of the Japanese Army Staff Headquarters, will take up the post in Samara Afterwards, he and Vasily Nikolayevich Pepelyayev couldn't urinate in the same pot, and the two sides were nodding acquaintances during the meeting.

"Ask him to come in!" The commander-in-chief of the coalition forces put the telegram draft in his hand into the folder, got up and rubbed his temples, walked to the French windows of the office and opened the curtains. A gust of fresh night wind penetrated into the spacious office. There was a light knock on the door, and Wang Geng turned around, only to see that the Volga Federal Prime Minister had hurriedly pushed the door in.

"Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, Ukrainian diplomatic representative Zhukovsky asked to see him just now. He said that he had received an urgent telegram from the Ukrainian government, asking him and his assistants to represent the Ukrainian government and restart negotiations with us!" Pepelyayev said There was slight sweat on his forehead. Obviously, Pepelyaev was a little ashamed to rush to disturb the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces and the commander-in-chief of the Volga Federal Armed Forces at this time.

"Oh, sit down first. Didn't Zhukovsky protest to you, the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Volga Federation, twice today? Why should we bear all the responsibilities and compensate all the losses? It's simply pedantic and ridiculous. By the way, Zhukovsky and Pepe are still old acquaintances in Petersburg?" Wang Geng smiled and asked Pepe to sit down, and he also walked to the single leather sofa in the middle and sat down, and took out the smoked a cigar.

Here Pepelyayev dared not neglect, nodded and said yes, and hurriedly grabbed a long-handled match from the tea table to light a cigarette for his commander-in-chief, and then he took out a cigarette from the cigarette jar on the coffee table in the office After taking a sniff of Camel cigarettes and lighting them up, the two of them swallowed the smoke for a while before turning to the topic.

"Tell me, your old friend visited your office three times in the middle of the night this time, and brought some fresh protests or something? Restart the negotiations? At dawn tomorrow, Utsunomiya Taro's Southwest Front Army will be arrogant and arrogant. The Ci River enters Ukraine, so what's the use of the Ukrainian government still cramming to burn incense?

I remember the last time they rejected the olive branch we offered, they were very arrogant, saying that it would be easy to leave without a fight!Threats to us simply in exasperation and ferocity?Why did you lose your footing and panic after being taught a lesson by the United Nations air strike today? Wang Geng took a sip of his cigar, narrowed his eyes and looked at Pepelyaev.

"To tell you the truth, I am also wondering. Although Zhukovsky is an old friend of mine, there is no personal favoritism between us. Of course, I am so busy these days that I have no time to invite you. He had a quick meal. After the failure of the negotiation between the two parties last time, he was originally staying in Samara in a private capacity to deal with some personal matters. Who knew that the Ukrainian government would use his pawn again. He hurried over tonight to ask for an interview. It happened that I was still working overtime in the office, so I took the time to meet him, and he said that the Ukrainian government urgently requested to reopen negotiations with us!"

Pepelyayev scratched his head. Apparently Zhukovsky's request made him a little confused. It's all poured into the land of Eastern Ukraine, not to mention that the German 1st Fighter Wing was beaten so badly that it almost wiped out the entire army. It's all like this and suddenly there is a peace talk?What's the meaning?

"What's the idea of ​​the Volga Federation government? What's your idea? Are you planning to restart negotiations with Ukraine?" Wang Geng asked abruptly.

"Uh~~~" Vasily Nikolaevich Pepelyaev was startled when he heard the words, and said in surprise,

"Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, are you too tired? I have been too tired these days. Of course, the federal government has to listen to your arrangements. How can we have any opinions? You are the commander-in-chief of the Volga Federation Armed Forces! Can you Don't make such a joke, the enemy is now, and the big guys are working together to make a big fight. Now you come to test me, how can I bear it, or you can change someone else and treat it as someone who is not human. Federal Chancellor! I'd better lead the troops to the front to fight!"

Seeing Pepelyayev's aggrieved face, Wang Geng couldn't help laughing, stretched out his hand and nodded his head and said,

"Vassily, Nikolaevich, you are the prime minister of the Volga Federation Zhengfu, the squad leader of the Zhengfu team, and you are also the federal foreign minister. I don't ask you, who do I ask? Don't give me a cloud Let me talk about your thoughts, I have always advocated knowing everything without saying anything, and telling you to say that you want to listen to what you have to say, and you must do everything by yourself, so I won’t be exhausted?"

Pepelyayev slandered in his heart when he heard the words, the Eastern Allied Forces of the Allied Powers is your voice, and the Volga Federation is your voice. Don't say you don't know it. I heard that it is almost your voice in the Sino-Japanese Alliance , In Duan Qirui Zheng Fu in China, you, the commander-in-chief of the participating army with countless titles, also said what you said, but you only said this in your heart, and you really didn't dare to face it.

The Volga Federation is now in the ascendant stage of vigorous development, with a population of 1000 million, it is almost a matter of minutes to find a few people who are more capable than me, Pepelyaev, to be the prime minister, but since you want me Say, then let me say, Peipei knows that Wang Geng usually doesn't make jokes and amuses people very much. Now that I see the Commander-in-Chief, I really want to listen to my own thoughts. After thinking about it, I carefully expressed my opinion.

"Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, when Zhukovsky came tonight, he was very low-key, and he could talk about anything. The key is to cease fire first. Whether in the air or near the border, both sides must first implement the ceasefire, and then launch an all-round attack. Negotiations! He said that the Ukrainian government has realized that there were huge deviations in the position and strategy in the last negotiation, and this time it is really here to seek peace and coexistence!" Pepelyaev's words showed caution .