Jagged Warlord

When the Russian Minister to China Kupensky heard that China was going to send troops to participate in the Eastern Front campaign, he was very happy at first. After all, the Russian army suffered a lot on the Eastern Front and continued to replenish personnel.Chinese laborers went to Russia in the 19s and reached their peak in the First World War.During the First World War, Russia's demand for labor increased sharply, and it recruited workers in northern China.After these people arrived in Russia, they were either sent to lumber mills in virgin forests or Siberian mines to engage in slave labor, or they were sent to the western front lines of World War I to dig trenches or engage in battlefield transportation, and died tragically on the battlefield.

However, when China's newly established Ministry of National Defense submitted his plans for the Chinese military's entry into Russia, Kupensky couldn't help laughing.Because, China's combat plan is: the squadron is divided into two groups, taking the Beijing-Feng Railway to Harbin, and then taking the Dongqing Railway to Manchuria, and then entering Russia; the second route enters Mongolia from Zhangjiakou, and then passes through Zhangku Avenue to Kulun, then turned to Kyakta, from here into Russia.

Kupensky immediately replied to Tang Hualong, expressing his opposition to this plan.Tang Hualong was the Minister of National Defense. He refused to accept Kupensky's protest on the grounds of unequal rank and asked him to discuss with Song Xiaolian, who had just been transferred from Heilongjiang to the capital.

Song Xiaolian, styled Youmei.Born in Shuangyang County, Jilin Province, he is an outstanding patriot in modern China. In 1904, Cheng Dequan, the deputy governor of Qiqihar and Minister of Reclamation, asked for talents. He admired Song Xiaolian's literary talent and prudence and humility, and asked him to be the prime minister of the copywriting department in his shogunate.Because of his outstanding talent, Cheng Dequan recommended him to be a co-prefect of Hailun Hall.Soon, he was promoted to Taoist again.

On August 1906, 8, Song Xiaolian was promoted to the general office of the Railway Negotiation Bureau of Heilongjiang Province, responsible for railway negotiation matters.Arguing with reason, despite repeated setbacks, he still did not give in. He held a stalemate with the Russians for more than two years, and held more than 12 meetings. In the autumn of 140, the Russian invaders finally agreed to sign a contract for the purchase of land and tree planting, and took back the land occupied by Tsarist Russia. In nine tenths of the forest areas near the Middle East Railway, the land rent and wood coal tax will be increased to restore the rights and interests.Negotiations on the railway are about to be completed, and Fumeng is a serious matter. In the winter of the same year, he was appointed as the deputy governor of Hulunbuir. In 1907, he was promoted to the envoy of the Department of Civil Affairs of Jiangxi Province. In 1911, he was appointed as the governor and chief of civil affairs.The following year, Song Xiaolian was transferred to Beijing, where he lived in Beijing for 1912 years, doing nothing.This time when Li Mohan came to power, he immediately activated Song Xiaolian and entrusted him with important tasks.This made Song Xiaolian feel the pride of dying for his confidant.

After Song Xiaolian received Kuponsky's protest, he immediately met with Kuponsky.Song Xiaolian said to Kupensky: "With the outbreak of the war, prices soared, and people's hearts were unstable, your government began to recruit a large number of soldiers to join the army and stepped up the search for places, hoping to obtain financial resources to strengthen the self-defense army. As a result, Siberia was overwhelmed. The dog jumped, and the people complained. So Siberian bandits ran rampant, even openly attacked the local garrison of your country, and even robbed the Sino-Russian trade train, which seriously affected the trade between China and Russia. That’s why our country formulated such a combat plan.”

Kupensky objected, saying: "Absurd words, this is a serious violation of the majesty of the Russian Empire." According to the "Kyakhta Treaty", Outer Mongolia is part of China's territory and recognizes China's suzerainty, but China recognizes Outer Mongolia's autonomy. China and Russia promised to maintain Outer Mongolia's autonomy in the treaty, and you sent troops into Mongolia. A serious violation of this treaty protected by international law! Therefore, our government requires you to abide by the relevant content of the "Khakhta Treaty", stop any military operations in Mongolia, and withdraw the squadron that has already arrived in Kulun. As for Entering our country through Mongolia is even more unacceptable."

Before Song Xiaolian came to talk with Kupensky, he had already obtained detailed information on the international situation from the General Staff, knowing that Russia was in a very difficult situation, so Song Xiaolian knew that Kupensky was completely a paper tiger.

Song Xiaolian said: "I also want to remind Mr. Minister, first of all, I need to emphasize that Mongolia is China's territory, which is recognized by all governments, including your country. Since this is the case, the Chinese army is on its own territory. Any military action is protected by international public law. I would like to draw the attention of the minister! Besides, China has decided to declare war on Germany and Austria-Hungary, and is also a member of the Allied Powers. At present, our government is also preparing a specific combat plan , to fulfill their own obligations, to make their own contributions to the achievement of lasting peace in the world, and to have no hostility towards any of the allied countries. It’s really not very sincere to question the battle plan.”

Kupensky, being honest, was thinking about how to refute Song Xiaolian's words, but someone came to report, saying: "British Minister Zhu Erdian, French Minister Conti, American Minister Reenshi, and Japanese Minister Lin Quanzhu are visiting."

"What are they doing here? Could it be that they are also here to put pressure on China?" Kupensky thought to himself, although there have been constant conflicts among countries, their attitudes towards China have been relatively consistent.

But today's situation is a bit different. Zhu Erdian, Kandi and Rui Enshi came to persuade Kuponsky to accept the Chinese battle plan.Only Lin Quanzhu expressed his dissent to China's combat plan, and pulled Kupunsky to stand by the window sill and talk in a low voice.

Since Japan and Tsarist Russia signed the first "Japan-Russia Secret Treaty" in 1907, the Japanese and Russian governments have cooperated closely in aggressing China. Russia has become a good partner of Japan in aggressing China. The two countries have concluded 4 secret treaties successively. .

The first Russo-Japanese secret treaty was the secret part of the "Russian-Japanese Agreement" signed in Petersburg, Russia on July 1907, 7.It was the first step in the collusion between Japan and Russia, and it was one of the agreements between the imperialist countries to divide their spheres of influence during the brewing period of the First World War.According to the treaty, Japan and Russia actually carve up Northeast China, Outer Mongolia and North Korea, and China and North Korea suffered serious damage.

The Second Russo-Japanese Secret Treaty was the secret part of the "Russian-Japanese Agreement" signed in Petersburg on July 1910, 7, and it was a supplement and development of the first Russo-Japanese Secret Treaty.The signing of the secret agreement accelerated the pace of Russia's invasion of China's North Manchuria, Mongolia, and Xinjiang; it enabled Japan to strengthen its position in South Manchuria and annex North Korea.

The third Japanese-Russian secret treaty was signed in Petersburg on July 1912, 7. There were three articles in total, which mainly delineated the sphere of influence of Japan and Russia in Inner Mongolia and the western part of the three northeastern provinces of China. Inner Mongolia was divided into two parts based on Beijing longitude 8 degrees 116 minutes. , the eastern part belongs to the Japanese sphere of influence, and the western part belongs to the Russian sphere of influence.This secret agreement enabled Japan and Russia to further extend their aggressive forces into Inner Mongolia

The Fourth Russo-Japanese Treaty was the secret part of the third "Russian-Japanese Agreement" signed in Petersburg on July 1916, 7.In order to cope with the war in Europe and maintain its right to invade China, Russia urgently needed to form an alliance with Japan in order to obtain weapons and other assistance from Japan.Japan was worried that the Western powers would return to the East after the war and compete with them, and also demanded an alliance with Russia.The two sides quickly reached an agreement.

In 1909, the United States put forward the "Manchuria Railway Neutralization Plan" in order to get involved in Northeast China.China borrowed from the big powers to redeem all the railways in the Northeast to break the monopoly of Japan and Russia on the Northeast Railway (see Knox's Northeast Railway "neutralization" plan).Japan and Russia reached a secret agreement to jointly fight against the United States.The secret agreement has six articles, the main contents are: the two countries further confirmed the sphere of influence demarcated in the first secret agreement and the special interests of the two countries in their respective spheres of influence, and guaranteed each other not to hinder the other party in any way from consolidating in its sphere of influence. and development of special interests.If the special interests of the two countries are threatened, the two contracting parties will take joint actions or provide assistance to defend the above-mentioned interests.This secret agreement has the obvious color of military alliance.

U.S. Minister Rui Enshi looked at the Japanese and Russian ministers chatting happily on the window sill, and then he said to the British Minister Zhu Erdian who was sitting upright and the French Minister Candi who was holding a pipe next to him: "It seems that the Russians and the Japanese are very close." Friendly."

After hearing this, Zhu Erdian snorted coldly, noncommittal.Although at this time the power of the British Empire was dragged in Europe by the Germans.But no country will ignore the strong strength of the United Kingdom. Even when the power of the United Kingdom is dragged to death in Europe, the influence of the two oldest empires in the world, Britain and France, is beyond doubt.

Kandi didn't think there was anything strange, after all, Japan and Russia are getting closer and closer.Japan's industrial and commercial circles rely heavily on Russia's raw materials and markets, and Russia relies on Japan to provide loans to a certain extent. In this case, it is not surprising that the steps of the two countries are the same.

In the end, Song Xiaolian made a big concession. China only sent a small amount of police troops to station at several stations east of Lake Baikal, which are closer to China, to assist the local Russian police to ensure the safety of the trains.At the same time, China can also send a brigade of troops to Vladivostok, Khabarovsk and Hailanpao to protect the local nationals.As for the troops participating in the Eastern Front, the Russian side can send people to accompany the vehicles, and the Chinese side guarantees that the Chinese troops will respect Russian laws while they are in Russia.

The envoys of the five countries reached an agreement and agreed.However, Song Xiaolian said unhurriedly: "So, how about stopping the payment of Boxer indemnity and taking back the autonomy of customs duties?"

"This~" the envoys of the five countries faltered again.

Seeing this posture, Song Xiaolian seemed to be talking to himself, saying: "Drilling the army is not a one-time thing, and when the cannon is fired, the gold is ten thousand taels. We also have difficulties."