Beiyang 1917

()1918年8月12ri18：00，切博克萨雷，高尔察克白卫军总部

"Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, we have no other way out. Joining the Volga Federation is the only choice and the best choice. We are not losers, but winners. This land will eventually belong to the people. The Bolsheviks are the losers. Join After the Volga Federation, we can march to Moscow with righteous words, and with the support of the Central Yang of the Federation and the Eastern Allied Forces of the Allied Powers, defeating the Soviet Red Army is no problem!"

The Chief of Staff of the White Guards spoke very passionately, and his eyes were extremely determined. The White Guards regime confined near Cheboksary has reached a precarious state. The area of ​​this land is less than 10 square kilometers and the population is less than 100 million. It is difficult to feed the main force of the 15 White Guards, let alone at least 20 main forces of the Soviet Red Army on the Nizhny Novgorod line in the west, eager to eat the White Guards at any time.

"The Chief of Staff is right. We should join the Volga Federation after the Battle of Ufa. What about Pepelyaev? Now that he has become the Prime Minister of the Federation, there are 30% of the Federation's main force armed by the Allied Powers." There are more than 100 people in the group army, and they are strong and strong, not to mention that the Volga Federation has an area of ​​more than 1200 million square kilometers and a population of [-] million. In this case, we have become bereaved dogs. , Joining the Federation is the right choice!" ..

The Cossack generals who stood up to support Hastings accounted for almost the vast majority, not to mention the division commanders of the Kazan Infantry Division. Great, Kazan and Tatar State are their hometowns, but they were abandoned and handed over to the Volga Federation in exchange for the land of the demilitarized buffer zone on the left bank of the Volga River. It is not an exaggeration to describe the Tatar soldiers as displaced, If they can join the Volga Federation, it means that they can once again return to their hometown in the name of the Federal Defense Forces. This temptation is unstoppable!

"As long as you can fight back to Moscow, fight back to Petrograd, join the federation, you will join the federation. However, our troops must maintain a du li formation, otherwise what will happen to the future of the brothers? So many days of bloody fighting and so much suffering Many crimes, joined the Federation, was broken up and became a second-class army, I will not agree! Denikin even mixed up a military minister and deputy prime minister. If you want me to say, Alexander Vasilyevich must at least be a prime minister! Or become the commander-in-chief of the armed forces!"

The one who spoke was Roman Mikhainovich Krashinikov, the chief of the Cossacks. He said that he wanted to seek the position of prime minister for Kolchak. In fact, it was Denikin who used the Don Made a bargaining chip and changed the establishment of the two federal armies and the high position of the cabinet deputy prime minister and military minister...

"Yes! Yes! Chief of Staff, what conditions can the Volga Federation offer? Brothers, if you can't even be a division commander and brigade commander, you might as well go home and grow sweet potatoes!" Everyone also understands in their hearts that the biggest obstacle for the White Guards to join the Volga Federation is how to locate His Excellency Kolchak. Prime Minister Pepe was Kolchak's subordinate in the past, and Kolchak can't let him go under him ?Besides, Hastings' ability is obvious to all, and a suitable position must also be considered?

Only when the tide rises can the boat lift. Although Pepe used to be a member of his own family, he can't guarantee that after he has climbed a high branch, he doesn't treat the latecomers very much, especially Kolchak and Hastings. Ri's boss and colleagues, are they personally worried that Kolchak or Hastings will affect Pepe's status after joining the federation?

"It's no big deal. I, Kolchak, can be disarmed and return to the fields, as long as the interests and status of the White Guard soldiers can be guaranteed, and they will not be discriminated against or made things difficult for them!" Kolchak waved his hand, feeling relieved for no reason. , although he believed that Hastings would not betray himself and the White Guards, but after all, Hastings and Pepe were White Guards generals at the same level, and he was the so-called supreme governor of all Russia. If he really wanted to join the Volga Federation , It's a bit difficult to position yourself anywhere!

Having said that, Kolchak stared sharply at his deputy, Hastings. He didn't believe that Hastings hadn't planned something privately after going to Samara several times in a row. The First Army, dominated by Cossack cavalry, is almost supportive of itself, while the Second Army, dominated by the Kazan Infantry Division, has apparently all stood on Hastings' side. Fortunately, Hastings will not engage in any mutiny Come to kill me, not to mention, I finally gave in and agreed to join the Volga Federation... Otherwise, if I can't keep the White Guards, there will be internal strife!

"The Prime Minister of the Volga Federation is now Vasily Nikolayevich to Pepelyaev. He is also the confidant who was selected and trained by the commander-in-chief of the Huaxia King. Denikin brought the White Guards of the Don River into the Federation. None of them can shake Pepe's position. We are now a phoenix that is not as good as a chicken. It is impossible to expect the position of the prime minister of the cabinet... But... Your Excellency Kolchak can serve as the speaker of the Federal Parliament. In addition, Cheboksary's The White Guards will receive four armies..."

Hastings finally said what everyone is most concerned about. The conditions offered by the Federation are obviously not bad. Although everyone knows that the Volga Federation is a military government, and the governments and parliaments at all levels have not written a word. The position of the speaker of the Federal Assembly is typically a vain position with a high status and no power, but it is really worthy of the identity and status of the former supreme consul in Russia...

"The speaker of the Federation Parliament? Then, isn't your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief able to lead the troops back to the field?!" Peter Andreyevich Gliniov, the commander of the 1st Infantry Division, muttered a little in a daze.

"I think the position of the Speaker is good, and he is worthy of the honor of His Excellency Commander-in-Chief! It is pure nonsense to replace Prime Minister Pepe or to grab the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Armed Forces, but come to Fangchang, the four armies The establishment is enough to place the main force of our 15 White Guards, and by then, when our strength grows, everything will be possible!"

Yes, Admiral Sergei Nikolaevich Dimirev, Kolchak's close assistant in the Black Sea Fleet, obviously did not want to cause any complications. If the matter of joining the Federation goes wrong, the consequences It is unimaginable that sacrificing Kolchak's military power is nothing. In Timilev's view, Kolchak is more suitable for commanding the fleet and navy, rather than the army and being the commander-in-chief... let alone a qualified politician If not, wouldn't it be enough for the White Guards to directly join the Volga Federation when the Battle of Ufa ended?

"I haven't finished speaking yet. Although Pepe hopes that His Excellency Kolchak will serve as the speaker of the Federal Parliament, this proposal was rejected by the King of Huaxia. As the commander-in-chief of the armed forces and the de facto leader of the Federation, the King of Huaxia hopes that Gao Your Excellency Erchak is the Deputy Commander of the Armed Forces and the Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Navy..." Hastings' words made the White Guard generals present overjoyed!