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    At this time, Japanese Army Major General Saito Yoshiharu and Jin Yunpeng, the backbone of Duan Qirui's government, secretly signed the "Military Agreement between the Chinese and Japanese Armies on Joint Defense of Enemies" in Beijing, binding China and Japan to take "joint defense of enemies" actions.  Among them, the "Detailed Army Agreement on Joint Defense Against Enemies" stipulates that Japan can enter China during the war (with the intention of northern Manchuria); when the Japanese army is fighting abroad, China should send troops to support it; during the war, the two countries will supply each other with arms and military supplies.  The troops that China and Japan jointly march into the Baikal and Amur provinces will be commanded by the Chinese side; the troops that march from Manchuria into Baikal will be commanded by the Japanese side; and Japan can send another force from Kulun to the Baikal side.

    Japan is prepared to send a large number of troops into Northeast China through this agreement and quickly replace Tsarist Russia¡¯s aggressive position in the northern parts of the three northeastern provinces.

    This agreement is very unfavorable to the Northeastern Autonomous Government.  Originally, in Zhang Hanqing's mind, Heilongjiang, including the north of Changchun, was the private land of the Feng clan, and he used it as his backyard to prepare for great achievements.  Although Fengtian's economic and industrial conditions far exceed those of Heilongjiang Province, many things cannot be done because the Japanese are entrenched in it.

    It is a black province, a blank piece of paper is easy to draw on. Zhang Hanqing has many ideas and plans to implement here. The Japanese must not get involved again!  As a city second only to Fengtian, Harbin has the advantage of being an important transportation hub at the crossroads of the South-Manchuria and North-Manchuria railways and a port that strangles the Songhua River. It has the potential to catch up economically.

    In his conception, Harbin is going to build a very important university that integrates heavy industry and military industry to provide impetus for the development of the department. The name of this university has already been decided: Harbin Institute of Technology.

    There is also a very secret thought: not far from here, on the Middle East Road, there is a city that has not yet been established, and later became the blood of New China's industry. Its name is Daqing.

    No one knows what this name means in later generations, but Zhang Hanqing knows that the Japanese have dispatched many resource exploration teams in the Northeast. If it is discovered that there is oil here that they dream of, God knows what will happen!  Historically, the Japanese did not even dare to think about oil, but they dared to touch and mess with the world leader, the United States.

    Therefore, from the perspective of our own development plans, we must cut off Japan¡¯s black hand extending into the hinterland of Northeast China no matter what!

    The response speed of the Northeastern Local Government was extremely fast. When Japan announced this agreement, Zhang Zuolin immediately called China and foreign countries to strongly oppose it.  Just as he said in the telegram questioning the central government: "If there is a change in the Soviet Union and Russia, what do you want to do? China, a country that has been weak for many times, does not overestimate its own capabilities and seeks the skin of a tiger, which is nothing but humiliation for itself! Kuang Feng,  Kyrgyzstan and Heilongjiang have been autonomous for a long time, but the people of the country are unaware of such a major event that disrupts local security and supports the government's ruling foundation. Is it possible that we, a dignified country, are squandering money for a small group of scum? Former President Yuan Gongshang took the signing of Twenty-One as an excuse.  Shame on you, do you think that you are proud of betraying the important interests of the Northeast? The Middle East Road is completely state-owned, which is an opportunity and benefit that has not been seen in recent decades. How can you allow a flimsy piece of private transaction to be tampered with! We must serve the country with all our loyalty.  To protect the Middle East Road, you will die!"

    As soon as he said this, the whole country was shocked.  The Chinese people were angry at the government's shamelessness and were also infected by Zhang Zuolin's patriotism. For a time, a massive "road protection" movement was launched inside and outside the Great Wall, and north and south of the Yangtze River.  Zhili, who has always been suppressed, also responded continuously, denounced the secret agreement and vowed to protect the road.

    Zhang Zuolin's message cannot but be said to be sharp, and his questioning cannot be said to be blunt. Under the pressure of the whole country, Duan Qirui's government did not dare to admit it, and only issued a simple message saying: "The military agreement is pure fiction, and the Middle East Road is for nothing."  China and Russia are old affairs, and we oppose the expansion of negotiations.¡±

    Since it was a secret agreement and was not announced later, although the Japanese were dissatisfied with Duan Qirui's government's renege, they understood their situation.  It's just that Zhang Zuolin's high-profile confrontation with Japan made the Japanese feel very uneasy.

    In order to add chaos to Zhang Zuolin, the Japanese government ordered many intelligence personnel in the Northeast to collude with the bandits supported by it, and a large-scale riot broke out in the Northeast.  In an instant, dark clouds changed in the three northeastern provinces, and most areas were in emergency.

    As the decision-maker and top executor of the Middle East Road negotiations, Zhang Hanqing is well aware that the situation in the Far East is changing day by day, and this is the time to try to withstand the pressure.  Otherwise, Japan would have had little power in Northern Manchuria. After the conclusion of this agreement, tens of thousands of troops sent to Siberia would depart from the eastern route.  According to the Japanese mentality, many auxiliary institutions such as military telephones, post offices, and military depots will be set up in the two provinces of Kyrgyzstan and Heilongjiang. No matter what the outcome of the war with Russia in the future, the Japanese will have a big tail.  Just as in history, after the intervention failed later, most of the troops withdrawn by the Baikal side were stationed in Northern Manchuria, resulting in a de facto occupation. This also caused the Japanese to have continuous opportunities to encroach on the Northeast.One of the important reasons why China is getting bigger and bigger, but it is becoming increasingly difficult for China to exert its power.  While discussing the suppression of bandits with Zhang Zuolin, he made a tough stance and opposed the "collectivization" of the Middle East Road.

    Regarding the intervention forces in Russia from various countries, Zhang Hanqing, who is familiar with history, knows that this is a failed policy with no results.  But for Japan, it was another period of time that was regarded as a natural political opportunity.  The commanders of the intervention forces of the major powers jointly declared that Vladivostok and its surrounding areas should be temporarily placed under the protection of the Allied Powers on the grounds that the situation in Russia was too chaotic. However, in the end, the armies of all countries did nothing, except for the Japanese soldiers who held the old Russian party hostage.  Seminov passed through Baikal, occupied the railway and organized the headquarters in Chita; he also used the old party Kamilgov to set up a headquarters in Khabarovka, and divided his troops to Hailanpao, Amur, and Irkutsk.  At its peak, the Japanese army had as many as 11 divisions in Russia!  (Editor's note: There were 21 divisions in Japan at that time).

    In doing so, Japan intended to use its strong national power to take advantage of the Soviet Union's own crisis to occupy the territory of Siberia and wait for the opportunity to attack the semi-encircled Northeast and Mongolia to realize its established national policy of "Manchu-Mongolia Republic"  .  At the same time, the rich resources in Soviet Russia are also what Japan dreams of.  It can have this intention because it has the confidence.

    During the First World War, the old Western colonialist countries had no time to look eastward, which not only provided space for Japan's aggressive expansion policy, but also brought a "war boom" to Japan's economy.  Starting from the summer of the second year of the war, Japan's trade exports surged and shipping was extremely prosperous. These created opportunities for development and prosperity for the export industry, shipbuilding industry, and basic and related industries including mining, making various industrial sectors  expanded rapidly.  The entire manufacturing industry increased by more than 30 times, and the chemical industry increased by more than 96 times.  By the second half of 1918, the profit rate of major industries reached 55.2%, which was as high as 191.6% in certain periods, and the shipbuilding industry also reached 166.6%.  Through the First World War, Japan became an export superpower from a long-term subnational country since Meiji, and its industrial structure also changed from an agricultural country before the war to an industrial country.

    Japan sent troops to Siberia to intervene in the Russian revolution as part of its strategy to weaken Russia, and its intentions were not sophisticated.  However, due to the hasty dispatch of troops, after the Soviet Union's powerful war potential was stimulated, Japan gained nothing from the several years of war except a huge debt and the deep-rooted hatred of the Soviet Union. Objectively, it also provided precious time for Japan to delay its attack on China.  .

    However, for Zhang Hanqing, how to bring about the peaceful rise of Northeast China is his current top priority, and limiting Japan's actions on the South Manchuria Railway it controls and limiting its power to the Kanto Prefecture is the basis.  The key is that no matter what, the Japanese army must not be given the opportunity to station troops in Heilongjiang. This is common sense and a prerequisite.

    But it seems that Britain, the United States and Japan are determined to gain control of the Middle East Road. Japan plans to send tens of thousands of troops to Siberia from the Middle East Road.  A large number of military telephones, telegraphs, and military stations were set up along the roads in Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces.  Moreover, Japan has signed an agreement with Duan Qirui's central government. If the Feng army interferes, the Japanese military will be responsible.

    On the one hand, they are angry at the short-sightedness of the central government, and on the other hand, they want to make concessions to the big powers.  Zhang Hanqing, in his capacity as the Supervisor of the Middle East Road, visited Stephen, Technical Director of the Vladivostok Organizing Committee of the United States, and Lieutenant General Hoshino of Japan, Minister of Military Transportation.  Stephen was unusually interested in this legendary, masculine and handsome young man, but he still reiterated the same old tune, saying that China's management capabilities were insufficient and that the dangers of banditry in the Northeast would put the Middle East Road in danger and hinder the actions of the interventionist forces.  .  (This old guy also knows about the current banditry)

    Zhang Hanqing hesitated at this, and said forcefully: "Mr. Stephen only knows one thing about the current situation in the three northeastern provinces, but he doesn't know the other. On the surface, the banditry in Northeast China seems to be a prairie fire, but our army has gone through several major  The large groups of bandits have been wiped out, while the small groups have been scattered and huddled in the deep mountains and old forests, unable to survive. The Fengjun has firmly controlled all the large and medium-sized cities in the Northeast and the vast countryside about the size of Alaska in the United States.  The eradication of banditry is just around the corner. Because our suppression of bandits is based on railways, the security force along the railway along the Eastern Road is the strongest and the control is effective. If the so-called condominium theory is implemented, chaos will reappear, and for the war in the Far East  The impact is extremely detrimental.¡±

    Lieutenant General Hoshino was unmoved. He looked at the problem purely from a military perspective.  He said: "It is an established policy for multiple countries to jointly intervene in the Russian Far East. The Chinese government has also signed a mutual defense agreement with our country. As allies, we must show due sincerity. Considering that in the near future, the troops of various countries will have to pass through the Middle East.  Straight into Siberia, the huge logistical supply cannot be handled by China. To avoid any mistakes, the committee must control the Middle East Route. Of course, as a guarantee, once the war in the Far East is over, Japan will first withdraw entirely from the Middle East Route and will never break its promise."

    Bullshit!  If the Japanese soldiers do not retreat, what can anyone do?  This is what Japan did in history, and once it was done, Japan was delayed until Japan surrendered. The government, private sector and the world were helpless against his behavior - if he fought, he would not be able to defeat him at all, and it would cause even greater trouble and bring great harm to Japan.  The Japanese justifiably use their words to enter the talks, but they simply use various excuses to evade.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)This is what he did, and once he did it, he delayed Japan's surrender. The government, private sector, and the world were helpless against his behavior¡ª¡ªit would be impossible to defeat him, and it would cause even greater trouble and bring great trouble to the Japanese.  Just enter with words; talk, people simply use various reasons to evade.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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