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Chapter 321 Which country?

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    Turning over the modern map, the southeastern part of Heilongjiang and the mouth of the Tumen River were still part of Jilin Province at that time.  After the signing of three unequal treaties between the Qing Dynasty and Russia, the Tumen River was used as the boundary. The national borders of Russia and North Korea were on the north and south sides of the Tumen River estuary respectively.  Not a single inch of China's territory is located at its estuary. In fact, this means that China's estuary is divided between Russia and North Korea.

    East of China¡¯s border, as close as 4,000 meters away, there is a place that haunts countless Chinese people.  Our ancestors called this place Mokuowei, and later the Russians called it Posiete Bay.  It is located at the mouth of the Tumen River, facing the Sea of ??Japan, and has two natural harbors, Posiete and Zarubino.  The closest point is only 3999 meters from the China-Russia border!

    Like the 1.5 million ceded lands, this area was also ceded by the then Tsarist Russia at the same time and designated as their Hassan region.  The importance of this place and its constraints on China's economy are no worse than that of Vladivostok, another famous port not far from it.  The Chinese name of Hassan is "Hanqi", and it was historically the fishery base and salt farm of Jilin.

    This area, together with the large Russian-occupied area east of the Ussuri River, is like a spoon firmly controlling the outlet of Northeast China in the Sea of ??Japan, making the two provinces of Jilin and Heilongjiang become standard inland provinces!  Standing on Wujia Mountain near the Tuhe Port, you can see the vast expanse of blue waves at your feet.  "You can clearly see the seagulls soaring and singing, you can vaguely hear the sound of the waves hitting the rocks, and you can even feel the slightly salty but fresh sea breeze blowing from the Sea of ??Japan." It's just less than one person.  The distance between the international airport and the runway has firmly sealed the beak of China's rooster-like territory inland. The Sea of ??Japan is just out of reach!

    When the Qing Dynasty ceded these territories, Korea was still a vassal state of China.  Perhaps for this reason, the Qing government did not care about the importance of the seaport.  In addition, the maritime ban policy implemented at that time was known as "I don't need to go out, and you don't need to come." Therefore, the map of modern Northeast China following the late Qing Dynasty can clearly see the land surrounded by an arc.

    Fortunately, the Russians gave the Qing Dynasty, a great power at the time, some dignity and stipulated that Chinese ships could go to sea along the Tumen River.

    This is Jilin¡¯s only outlet to the sea after the cession of Vladivostok Port, so it has been developed to a considerable extent.  At the beginning of 1911, Jilin Province's Du Branch and Quanyeh Dao cooperated with Shanghai businessman Zhu Jiang and others to raise a share capital of 480,000 taels of Shanghai regulated silver to establish Tuchang Navigation Co., Ltd.  In 1915, the opening of Hunchun as a port was included in the central government's agenda. If it develops normally, the port site will be designated this year.

    The development in recent years has shown its important role: in the seven years since the founding of the Republic of China, nearly 6,000 tons of soybeans, about 260,000 tons of soybean meal, and 285,000 cubic meters of wood have been exported via the Tumen River.  As time goes by, and through the process of Northeast economic development, its prospects will only get better and better.

    Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. By 1938 in official history, due to the outbreak of the Soviet-Japanese Zhanggufeng Incident, the Soviet Union cut off this outlet. The Nationalist Government, which had already settled in Chongqing, could no longer control this matter.

    ? Ordinarily, after the end of World War II, the Soviet Union should resume China's sea access, right?  But at this time, the Soviet Union and the Koreans built a railway bridge on the Tumen River connecting the two countries!

    "It doesn't matter if it's like the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, but that railway bridge is only 11 meters high from the river. Small boats can pass, but big ships can't. It has no practical significance. It's like drilling a dog hole. It's really sad.  If there was no such railway bridge or it could simply be raised and the river channel dredged, it would not be a problem to pass the 10,000-ton wheel.

    This is the eternal pain in the hearts of the Chinese people, and it is also Zhang Hanqing¡¯s second stab at Russia that he had planned for a long time.

    The first move was to borrow money from Daosheng Bank. Zhang Hanqing had already stated that he would "repay on schedule." However, the old ruble, which had depreciated more than ten times in value, and the meager interest added to it, were far from worth the loss.  Considering that the turbulent situation in Soviet Russia will not end anytime soon, when it expires at the end of the year, it is foreseeable that the money will basically be reduced to waste paper.

    But no one cares about these anymore. The Soviet Russian government, which is under the pressure of the two groups of "intervention forces" from the East and the West, cannot take this small loss into consideration at all.  Trapped internally and externally, they were on the verge of national subjugation.

    After entering 1918, Zhang Hanqing had already set his sights on this "controversial" place.  Not only that, he also looked beyond here to the place further east.

    He has always been thinking about opening up Huichun and building a huge port to inject new vitality into the development of Northeast China.  Instead of undergoing heavy pressure in the future and pursuing the development of Northeast Asia under the eyes of Russia and North Korea, he will now open up a path for China that will last forever!

    What you can get now, no matter what happens, you will have the upper hand in negotiations in the future.

      And the chances are really not small now.

    Therefore, Zhang Hanqing pointed out in a note sent to the Soviet government: "The Far East is currently full of insecurity. If you cannot prevent the Far East Army from landing in Vladivostok, the fall of the Far East is imminent. Especially since the Japanese troops stationed in Korea are about to move along the map.  Menjiangkou enters the Russian border, and our two provinces, Kyrgyzstan and Heilongjiang, are also facing pressure to consolidate their border defenses.

    Now that we have secured for you the opportunity to peacefully use the Middle East Road, we need your help to prevent the Japanese troops from landing at the mouth of the Tumen River, which has penetrated into the heart of our Kyrgyzstan Province.  Once the other party penetrates Kyrgyzstan and Henan, it will seriously disrupt the stability of the Middle East and provide an excuse for the other party to interfere, posing a huge threat to our ability to adhere to the current policy.  "

    This is the truth.  The reason why the Northeast Autonomous Government cannot pour water into the country is because there are two rear areas: Ji and Hei.  No matter how domineering the Japanese are, they have no reason to break the provisions of the "treaty" and penetrate into the North Manchuria Line north of Changchun. This place is also relatively intensively defended by Fengjun.  But once the Tumen River opened up and the Far East fell into the hands of the intervention forces, the security line created by Zhang Hanqing was easily torn apart.

    Youlin, the representative of the Soviet Russian government in the Far East, was ordered to contact the Fengxi faction. At this moment, he was sitting opposite Zhang Hanqing. Listening to Zhang Hanqing's analysis of the current situation, he pretended to be casual and said: "What does the young commander want to do?"

    Zhang Hanqing said firmly: "I need to legally block the Japanese's route into Jidong!"

    You Lin somewhat understood what Zhang Hanqing meant.

    mm land, legally, isn¡¯t it just to hand over the territory to China for management!  Although the country was in a critical moment, and although Lenin was able to cede more than one million square kilometers of land to Germany, the Russians have never suffered a loss in dealing with this weak neighbor in the east.

    However, unlike before, he actually still feels weak in his heart about China's request for this land.  On the one hand, Russia is no longer what it was back then - after four long years of hard work, the Russian economy has slipped to the brink of collapse; on the other hand, the huge casualties also require the future polar bear to sit down  Licking wounds.  With both the east and west borders under huge threat, he needs to weigh the pros and cons.

    Of course, he still had a tough talk: "The great Russia has always become stronger through the baptism of blood and fire. We are confident that we can defeat the White Army and then restore all our territories! The Far East Intervention Army can occupy it, but we will never  If we don¡¯t recognize their occupation of it, we will fight back one day!¡±

    Zhang Hanqing does not deny that this centralized government has quickly restored its former strength. Although it will take a long time for its economy to recover, the bravery of the fighting nation still deserves recognition.  In just four years, it drove out all invaders from its territory and restored its previous borders.

    Because of this, Zhang Hanqing must gain something while the future is still unclear.  He nodded and said: "I don't deny it. But you need to know that this land was not ceded even in the original treaty. It was you, oh, your predecessor, Tsarist Russia who secretly annexed it. I'm not begging you,  But we are pointing out this issue very seriously, because it currently poses a threat to our regime. If you cannot firmly hold this place, you are equivalent to siding with the enemy! In this case, if the Japanese use this place to infiltrate into Jilin  Province, we will prepare for the worst and exchange the right to use the Middle Road for peace on our eastern border. By that time, I think you will have lost the opportunity to negotiate with us!"

    At this time, Youlin still didn¡¯t know that Zhang Hanqing had rejected the Japanese request, but Japan was as arrogant as it was and would not announce this result to the outside world.  However, the importance of the Middle East Road cannot be overstated. Russia built the Middle East Road in order to better invade China and take a shortcut from China to its Far Eastern territory.  With it, one thousand kilometers of railway track can be reduced from Vladivostok to connect to the Trans-Siberian Railway, and supplies along the way are very convenient.

    Now, this railway is very likely to be used by the enemy as a passage into our own territory.  If there is knowledge at the Tsar's fountain, what should I think?

    You Lin is very clear about the consequences of Feng Xi's doing this. Manzhouli, the first stop of the Eastern Road, connects Mongolia and Chita. If Northeast China is used as a support, Siberia, which has weak military strength, can be easily controlled.  The rich products in the Northeast will make the intervention army's logistical supplies very easy. On the contrary, after the Soviet Red Army lost its base in the Far East, it was strategically inferior to the intervention army.

    In this way, not only the original calculation of exchanging space for time has been overshadowed, but what is even more worrying is that even if the Soviet Union recovers, it will not be easy to eliminate the interventionist forces. If  The Feng faction that controls the Northeast is determined to support their words.

    Youlin felt it was necessary to comfort this young marshal who played an important role in the Northeast. Moreover, when he arrived, the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party had ordered him to use any treaty to ease the situation in the Far East.  There is a content of exchanging territory for peace. In order to prevent the intervention forces from approaching westward along the Trans-Siberian Railway, Soviet Russia has decided to establish a Far Eastern Republic as a buffer.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)?He can use any treaty to ease the situation in the Far East.  There is a content of exchanging territory for peace. In order to prevent the intervention forces from approaching westward along the Trans-Siberian Railway, Soviet Russia has decided to establish a Far Eastern Republic as a buffer.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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