The attendants did not dare to disobey Nikolaevich's will, and rushed to the British and German embassies with people. The guards at the gate hurriedly stopped them. Swat bet out.

Powell and Swat were full of anger and confusion. They asked loudly: "What are you doing? Why are you arresting us?"

The attendant smiled and said, "I'm just following orders."

Powell asked angrily: "Acting on orders? On whose orders?"

The attendant said, "Of course it's Lord Nikolaevich."

Swart said on the side: "This is impossible. Our German Empire has helped Mr. Nikolaevich so much. It is impossible for him to arrest us. Take us to see Mr. Nikolaevich immediately!"

The attendant smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll take you to see him right away."

After speaking, the attendants brought the two ambassadors, Swart and Powell, to the Winter Palace. Nikolaevich sat on the main seat, his face sinking, and a group of soldiers with guns stood around them, all staring at each other.

Seeing that there was not even a chair beside him, Powell immediately understood that Nikolaevich wanted him to speak standing up, and felt that he had been greatly insulted. His tone became severe, and he said to Nikolaevich: "Sir, what do you mean? Why do you want us to stand and talk? Are you treating us as criminals?"

Nikolayevich snorted coldly, walked up to Powell with the telegram, threw the telegram on him, and said coldly: "Powell, let's talk openly and honestly, it's no longer interesting to cover up."

Powell threw the telegram on the ground and said disdainfully, "What can a telegram explain?"

Nikolaevich said: "You, Britain and Germany, never thought of really supporting me from the very beginning. Everything you said was just to hold me back, and then use me to confuse Lin Yuan. Your real purpose , It is not to compete with China for Russia at all, but to occupy Poland, Ukraine, Belarus and other countries in the name of competing for Russia, and then use these countries as buffer zones between China and Europe!"

After Nikolaevich finished speaking, the scene was silent. Powell and Swart had complex expressions on their faces, which contained surprise, shame, and confusion. After several minutes, Swart coughed lightly. Said: "Since Mr. Nikolaevich has already guessed our intention, then we will no longer hide it. Yes, our intention is indeed not to compete with China for Russia, but to support non-Russian areas around Russia. Independence, build a buffer zone to isolate Chinese forces."

Nikolaevich nodded, snorted coldly, and said, "You disappeared when the Chinese army attacked Tsaritsyn, did you just go back to China to arrange this matter?"

Powell nodded slightly, and said: "Yes, but we didn't go back to China to arrange this matter, but we listened to our superiors to arrange this matter. I can tell you clearly that this plan came from German Emperor Wilhelm II, and the British Prime Minister and Queen also approved it. This plan."

Nikolaevich sneered: "That's why you don't care about the establishment of the Russian People's Republic, right?"

Powell and Swart nodded slightly, and Nikolaevich continued: "You have been missing for so many days, so what you did should not be as simple as returning to your country to obey an order?"

Powell said: "Yes, we also have activities in Poland, Ukraine, etc., met with our people, communicated this plan, these things must not be shared with you, so we did not meet you."

Nikolaevich took a deep breath, calmed down the anger in his chest, and then said slowly: "You are too cowardly to dare to compete with China for Russia."

Powell smiled wryly, and said, "You're going to blame yourself for this."

Nikolaevich frowned, and asked in a startled voice, "Blame myself? It's your business not to dare to compete with China for Russia. What does it have to do with me?"

Powell said helplessly: "When we supported you to overthrow the tsar, we really wanted to use you to control Russia, but you are more greedy than the tsar, am I right?"

Nikolaevich felt ashamed when he heard this, Powell was right, he was indeed greedy, similar to the Tsar back then.

Seeing that Nikolaevich did not speak, Powell said, "Dear Mr. Nikolaevich, can we go? We are going back. You can ask Lin Yuan for peace this time."

Nikolaevich had already guessed that Powell knew about his appeal to Lin Yuan for peace, and it was no surprise to hear Powell say that, but he snorted coldly and said, "Want to leave? It's not that easy! I've already made up my mind , Arrest you and Swat, and present it to Lin Yuan as a gift!"

Swat shrugged his shoulders and said nonchalantly: "It's useless for Lin Yuan to ask us, he will release us anyway."

Nikolaevich didn't say much, he waved his hands and told his subordinates to put Swart and Powell under custody, and then he personally sent a telegram to Kong Mengru, asking Kong Mengru to discuss with Lin Yuan about the peace.

Lin Yuan was very generous. He didn't pursue the matter of Nikolaevich's desire to have both sides at all, and let Nikolaevich surrender according to the original agreement.

What Lin Yuan is really worried about is the national independent countries supported by the United Kingdom and Germany. These countries just form a ring in the west of Russia, like a wall between Russia and Western Europe. If this wall is not broken, there will be no Enter Europe by land.

Among these countries, Estonia, which is the closest to the north, is the most important wall brick in this wall, because Estonia is close to the Gulf of Finland. After China occupies Russia, the Chinese fleet can be stationed in St. Petersburg. Skagerrak can threaten the British mainland.

If Estonia also enters China's sphere of influence, the Chinese fleet will be able to enter and exit the Gulf of Finland unimpeded. If Estonia becomes the Western sphere of influence, it is equivalent to placing a pair of eyes around the Chinese fleet, and every move of the Chinese fleet will be monitored. !

Lin Yuan looked at the country like a string of walls, and thought to himself: "Estonia must be brought down no matter what, but what method is needed to take down here? The biggest difficulty now is not in the military. Heavy equipment divisions have certain advantages, and the biggest difficulty now lies in politics."

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