The Republic of Heroes

Beginning in mid-October, Vladivostok, located in the northeast of Siberia, began to snow. This winter came very early. The news from Japan made the Suidong Army excited for a long time. Emperor Taisho was bedridden due to serious illness and was unable to act as a council member, and Crown Prince Hirohito was regent.It's no wonder that Japan has encountered such a rubbish but there is no movement. It turns out that there is a political struggle internally. It seems that Duan Qirui may have suffered from being dumb when he handed over Jinpu Road.

What Wu Xiaoliang was most worried about was the battleship Suidong, which was still stranded on the beach in Temple Street. If it was frozen in the sea for a whole winter, the battleship would suffer even greater losses. Before the seawater froze, this warship, which was of great significance to the Suidong Army, was simply repaired and then sent to a domestic shipyard for repair.

Chen Shiying, Zhang Liangzuo, and Petrov all had reservations about Wu Xiaoliang's plan, because doing so was tantamount to embarrassing the Japanese in public, causing them to take more drastic actions. The concession rights of Jinpu Road and its affiliated areas.The Japanese who have tasted the sweetness cannot guarantee that they will not repeat the old tricks.

In desperation, Wu Xiaoliang had no choice but to change the plan, and the task of the working group was adjusted accordingly, from repair and salvage to maintenance and maintenance. They only need to be responsible for minimizing the damage of the Suidong ship during the seawater freezing period.

The Japanese military forces in Beijing and Tianjin were nothing more than throwing a huge rock into the turbulent sea water. Although it splashed a lot of waves, it was quickly overwhelmed by the tense situation of the confrontation between the North and the South. ignoring an enemy invasion that occurred in the capital.All the officers and officers in Vladivostok looked at this incident very plainly, which made Wu Xiaoliang, who was determined to arouse the patriotic enthusiasm of the soldiers, feel powerless. He found that these simple-minded soldiers were more willing to serve him, the commander of the major general, than to serve the country.

A telegram from the Ministry of the Army broke Wu Xiaoliang's plan to stay in Vladivostok, and Xu Shuzheng ordered Wu Xiaoliang to go to Beijing to report on his duties in the name of the chief of the army.In this regard, the Suidong Army strongly opposed Wu Xiaoliang's going south to Beijing.

"Weizhong must not go south, otherwise you may not be able to return to Suidong after this trip!"

It was Fang Qidao who spoke, he was the most steadfast among the senior military officers who opposed Wu Xiaoliang's report to Beijing.First, he was afraid that Wu Xiaoliang would never return, which had a high probability of happening.Second, during these days, he has vigorously promoted the military committee system established in Temple Street to the first and third divisions. Among them, the third division went smoothly. However, it encountered considerable resistance, and officers at all levels generally felt extremely disgusted with this kind of political work with the nature of supervising the army.

If Wu Xiaoliang, the top leader of the Suidong Army, leaves Vladivostok at the most critical moment in the work of the army, then this work will be abandoned in the near future. Therefore, he cannot leave and must stay in Vladivostok.

However, just when the ink was still dry on a piece of paper that ordered Wu Xiaoliang to go to Beijing to report his post, another news came from Jilin that made Wu Xiaoliang unhappy. The Beiyang government's plan to operate the withdrawal of Mongolia has failed.At the same time, the Outer Mongolia side unilaterally announced that it would return to the state before the "Khakhta Agreement" and continue to be known as the "Great Mongolia".

According to the information sent back by Chen Xiuyan from Mu Leng, the several accidents encountered by the Mongolian peace envoy in Outer Mongolia were not coincidental, and there was a figure of a Japanese lieutenant in each of them.Therefore, he has every reason to suspect that the failure of the retreat from Outer Mongolia must have a great relationship with the Japanese.

Wu Xiaoliang was very surprised when he received a letter from Chen Xiuyan about the fact that the Japanese had penetrated into Outer Mongolia. He did not expect that the hands of these oriental dwarfs stretched so long that they had already penetrated the Mongolian grassland.Since the withdrawal of Mongolia cannot be resolved at the negotiating table, let's resort to force.Thinking of this, Wu Xiaoliang is already eager to try.

"The affairs of Mongolia are not beneficial to Suidong. I think it is not appropriate to go to war this winter..."

Fang Qidao not only disapproved of Wu Xiaoliang’s going south to Beijing to report on his duties, but also opposed the Suidong Army’s meddling in the affairs of Outer Mongolia. In his opinion, this was an act of stealing food from the mouth of a tiger. The first person who would find it tasteful was Wu Xiaoliang’s The quasi-father-in-law, Zhang Zuolin, is ambitious and ambitious. Now he controls the three provinces of Feng, Ji, and Hei. Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia are also regarded as his own backyard. If the Suidong Army sends troops to intervene, Zhang Zuolin will be defeated first. That level, how easy is it?

The final result was that all four executive members of the Military Committee were clearly opposed to sending troops to Outer Mongolia, but Wu Xiaoliang was still not reconciled, so he secretly sent a telegram to Beijing, hoping that the Beijing Army Department would issue an order, so that his sending troops would become justified. .

After Yin Chengfu learned about this, he couldn't help shaking his head and laughing: "Weizhong is obviously the leader of an army, but he insists on having such a self-confessed executive committee member, but in the end he restricts himself."

"Not necessarily. The military committee has undoubtedly strengthened his control over the army, and the military commander's control over the troops directly under him has been dispersed. With such a sophisticated method, I really doubt whether he has a political background? But this executive committee system is something that I also I don’t understand, anyway, the rules he set up can’t contradict himself, right?” Fang Qidao laughed out loud, it sounded like he really wanted to see Wu Xiaoliang use his spear to attack his own shield.

The call back from the Ministry of War was very straightforward: No need to send troops!There were only four simple words, which greatly disappointed Wu Xiaoliang, and the matter of going south to Beijing was delayed like this.A few days later, news came again from Beijing that Xu Shuzheng and Chu Qixiang's third brigade had rushed to Outer Mongolia in the starry night.

Wu Xiaoliang was completely disappointed. According to the memories of his previous life, after Xu Shuzheng dispatched troops, he subdued the royal lamas of Outer Mongolia almost without bloodshed, and forced them to obediently announce their withdrawal and reattach themselves to China.Thinking that the recovery of Outer Mongolia was so exciting, and the passionate action could not be participated in, mixed with regret and disappointment, I couldn't help but sighed deeply.

"The chief is sighing because of Outer Mongolia?"

The person who spoke was Tantai Jize, the director of the material allocation department. He also did this job smoothly in Yan Xishan's army, but he always thought it was a small job for big money.Tantai Jize's true strength as the director lies in the manipulation of various complex forces, so although he was born as a businessman for generations, he did not want to inherit the family business, and eventually he jumped from Yan Xishan's army to Wu Xiaoliang's army, but he did not. Thinking about it, I still started my old business of penny-pinching.

In the past few days, Tantai Jize saw that Wu Xiaoliang was depressed and preoccupied with the withdrawal of governance from Outer Mongolia, so he secretly made up his mind to actively express his support for his actions and let Wu Xiaoliang understand that he was on his side.Today is catching up with this good opportunity, so I will tell all my thoughts.

"Sir, why don't you send Commander Li's cavalry regiment to Outer Mongolia directly from the Middle East Railway, and echo with Commander Xu from the south to the north, so that Kulun will be able to go down just around the corner! At that time, thanks to the recovery of the lost ground, the Lord will be able to stabilize Take half!"

Unexpectedly, Wu Xiaoliang waved his hands and shook his head again and again, "Don't bring up this matter again. If President Xu resigns, Outer Mongolia will be taken down without bloodshed. We don't need to waste money and go to Outer Mongolia for public travel."

"Tourism at public expense... what is tourism at public expense?"

Tantai Jize was so depressed that he actually flattered the horse's leg!