Chapter 568 The Hailan Pao Incident (1)
Aihui, Hailanpao, not far away, and Jiangdong 36 towns across the river, together form a wound that will never heal in the hearts of Chinese people - the Gengzi Russian disaster!
In July 1900, more than 7,000 innocent Chinese civilians were brutally killed! The perpetrator was the greedy and fierce northern invader Tsar Russia.
Forgetting history means betrayal, and today's peaceful cooperation does not mean that you can ignore the hatred of the past. The unequal treaties imposed on the Chinese people and all kinds of inhumane killings will one day be liquidated.
In March 1909, on the plane B, Yang Hao and his special train came from afar with a full of dust and nominally participated in the historic railway opening ceremony. But Gu Weijun and his members could clearly feel the strong murderous intent that permeated the mysterious young man!
The whistle sound of the train arrived at the station was loud and melodious. Yang Hao brushed his round hat and put it on his head, with a cold smile on his face, and said lightly: "The good show is about to begin. Let's collect some interest from the Tsarist Russians first. Let's set off."
Under the moon, the stars walked away from the train without fast legs.
According to the requirements of Tsarist Russia, the station built in full compliance with its strong Russian cultural atmosphere was spacious and tall. The main body was made of blocks of stone and reinforced concrete. It not only could withstand the test of the cold and cold climate in the northeast, but could stand for a hundred years without falling. When the war broke out, it immediately turned into a solid fortress, and it was no problem to withstand heavy artillery bombardment.
Gu Weijun had never participated in the construction of the Middle East Railway, and the young man was filled with pride in his heart as the mighty and invincible Greater China. Suddenly, he found that such an important building appeared on his own territory, which immediately touched his sensitive nerves. His face suddenly tensed and his eyes became extremely serious.
"Hmph! What did those people think at the beginning? We don't need to make any concessions to Tsarist Russia at all. We are already tolerant enough to make them pass by by road. Why are they still building these as they ask?"
I couldn't help but say that I was young and enthusiastic. I couldn't rub the sand in my eyes.
Yang Hao gently patted the leather gloves and laughed: "If you want to catch a big fish, of course you have to be willing to put in fragrant bait. Compared to the lofty goal of recovering 600,000 square kilometers of land, it is not wrong to temporarily lie with the enemy. In the future, you can't always rely on the strength of the country to fight against others head-on, right?"
Gu Weijun was slightly embarrassed and realized that he had made a mistake.
He studied law and diplomacy, and now he is doing diplomatic work. There is also a veteran diplomatic expert who is a minister who can ask for advice at any time. How could he not understand the mystery?
Not to mention, his father was a master. He has been influenced by him since childhood and knew that he should always be harmonious when doing things. Even if you have the ability to press down on Mount Tai, you should try your best to make it happen quietly. Most of the time, you must combine hardness and softness to achieve the ultimate truth.
Today, China is the strong enemy in the eyes of the world's powers, and is the overlord who challenge the entire Western civilization. In international affairs, both openly and secretly, they will be subject to all-round hostility and constraints.
If every step China takes out is loud and loud, it will cause gongs and drums to be loud, but it will be a lot of trouble before it can take steps.
If you have to fight against countless enemies in partnership every step, you may have to exhaust yourself if you don’t need to take a few strokes. Not to mention, the high cost will be beyond the reach of that country and nation.
With the cooperation in the construction of the Middle East Road, we secretly plotted against Tsarist Russians and planned to recover the 600,000 square kilometers of land forcibly occupied by the unequal treaty. Such a large plan not only represents astronomical interests, but also restored national dignity, but also made China straighten out its internal affairs and began to fire the first shot towards the dominant world!
If you cannot be careful and foolproof, you will be afraid of failure from the beginning.
Any action that threatens Western civilization will attract siege. No matter how European powers do not like Tsarist Russia, they are still blood-related, and they are all white people and partners under the same religious system. At the critical moment, they will inevitably join forces again.
Yang Hao stopped and walked slowly along the platform of the heavily guarded special train, giving a casual lesson to a group of young people behind him: "When the construction of Zhongdong Road was built, the conditions proposed by Tsarist Russia were no different from those of the colonization of the great powers. It not only required the exploration of the geological environment along the way, but also required the development of resources within a certain distance between the two sides of the railway. Such rude conditions were flatly rejected by us. Then, there was a three-year dispute."
Gu Weijun and others used their brains to search for relevant information from their memories. But these things happened ten years ago. They were only children over ten years old and the Qing Dynasty had not yet perished. Under Yang Hao's secret apology, Li Hongzhang came forward to argue with Tsarist Russia.
Unlike the history of this world, Li Zhongtang of the B plane, established Asian hegemony as soon as possible due to Yang Hao's rise and his success in attacking the sea and land of powers, and the Qing court was expelled all the way to Xi'an.
Therefore, as the advanced battleships were in full swing, the cunning Zhongtang master began to accumulate reputation and momentum from his visit to the United States. When he arrived in Moscow, he was already covered with medals and high expectations of various countries. The kings and ministers of European powers and countries endorsed the letters and sent the most appropriate personnel to accompany him.
When Nicholas II, who was arrogant, shallow, ambitious and talented, saw that he could not have any courage to bully and exploit. In this way, he would not have the opportunity to fool Lao Li to sign any secret agreement.
After that, due to the unclear sovereignty of China's diplomacy, Tsarist Russia negotiated with Empress Dowager Cixi in the West, but the result was invalid. The new government ignored them. Tsarist Russia attempted to create a conflict in 1899, but just started, it was hit hard by the frontier army that had been preventing it!
The new government started from the development and immigration of the Northeast in 1895 to the official founding of the People's Republic of China in 1900. It took five years to build railways to Peking University and stretched to Yilan (Jiamusi), and Huachuan temporarily stopped.
The Frontier Construction Corps expanded along the way early, spreading enough strongholds to accommodate millions of immigrants along the way, and finally established itself as a huge development team of up to 200,000 soldiers and civilians, fighting against the sky and the earth!
This is the version of Beidahuang in the B plane.
In the following years, a large number of landless farmers in northern provinces went north, enriching various resettlement sites along the way, and traveling thousands of miles to the new city centered on Harbin and extending out of various border areas of Heilongjiang.
At this point, the Russian Russians found that they would not find a way, and their "yellow Russia" plan was about to abort!
In desperation, Nicholas II sent someone to negotiate with China again. This time, they did not dare to shout the conditions so outrageously, just insisting on the ownership of the railway and the right of passage.
The Chinese government has already completed the drafting of a complete plan, with Yuan Shikai (just read correctly, that guy) coming forward. It started a two-year dispute. In the end, the two sides signed a cooperation agreement that we all want.
All the funds were distributed by Tsarist Russia, and China Railway Construction Group was responsible for line planning, exploration, design and construction. All the railway locomotive communication and lighting control equipment that should be used were purchased from China.
After the railway is completed, the operation of road sections within China will be carried out by the "Middle East Railway Company" jointly controlled by both parties. The personnel used are half of each party, and the income is also distributed in proportion.
The special convenience that Tsarist Russia has obtained is that its trains passing through China are not subject to any restrictions. Whether you transport arms or various resources, China will not interfere with anything, and all the benefits belong to the railway company. In short, as long as the Russians do not make trouble by themselves and violate Chinese laws, they will be safe.
For a big country, such a contract can be called "destroying power and humiliating the country".
Because it is too embarrassing for Chinese people who are desperate for face. The details of the contract are covered up very tacitly and not disclosed.
In the following three years, China Railway Construction began overtime construction. In February 1909, it finally completed the three major transportation branches with Harbin as the center, going southwest through Manzhouli into Siberia, going north through Aihui across Heilongjiang to Kelekachihe, and going southeast through Jilin to Shuangchengzi, and sea cucumber Wei.
At the same time, the longitudinal line from Chengde to Chifeng, Kailu, Taonan to Longjiang was also completed and opened to traffic.
Yang Hao gave them a brief explanation of the past of the two countries' confrontation and game that lasted for more than ten years, just like popular science. The team also reached the center of the platform, at the end of the long red carpet specially laid to welcome them.
He turned around and looked around everyone and said loudly: "Although the completion of the Central East Road was funded by Tsarist Russia in full, our country has gained considerable benefits. But in the long run, they are the ones who truly benefited greatly. According to the customs of our Chinese, we must never do cheap things, and we will not destroy the atmosphere when the cooperation is in the honeymoon period. But Tsarist Russia chose a place like Aihui to celebrate. What do you think they are safe?"
Gu Weijun could no longer hold back and said angrily: "This is testing our bottom line of tolerance, and it is even more provoking us!"
The Treaty of Aihui is the most costly unequal treaty signed by China. Compared with the world's compensation to Japan, the specific amount of the Boxer Indemnity is incalculable! The long-term impact caused is even more irreversible even if it has been exhausted for a hundred years of bloodshed and sacrificed!
Not to mention anything else, just to prevent the Soviet army in the Far East, the poor and deserted New China had to maintain a million troops in Western and Northern Xinjiang all year round, and was worried about the crisis sweeping down the armored iron stream in the north! All the major decisions over the past few decades, the lives of more than one billion people in China have been affected by this!
In the early 20th century of Plane B, concepts such as geopolitics have just emerged not long ago, and are far from well-known and mastered by the political elites of various countries. The foolish Tsarist Russian leader Nicholas II only focused on consolidating the territory left by his father, and did not know much about the grand vision of occupying a large area of land in the Far East, possessing sea cucumbers to the sea estuaries, and even creating a "yellow Russia".
But in the 20th century, luck did not stand on China's side. When the Western powers were in many wars, it was a fierce and turbulent era in which China had undergone major changes unseen in three thousand years! The vicissitudes and great changes over the entire century of vicissitudes and great destruction and establishment were made, and countless sacrifices of generations and the rebirth of the entire nation!
It was a kind of oppression that was so embarrassing that it was desperate. Anyone with insight looked around and saw endless darkness, and could not find any light or hope.
Only in this way, even if they find a little light, they will not hesitate and devote themselves to it without hesitation, even if they die, they will never regret it!
Such great sentiments are definitely not something that young people who sit in an air-conditioned room in the 21st century, comfortable and picky keyboard than picky. Those idiots who ask "How can revolutionaries withstand torture" are even more waste of food!
However, in the early 20th century of this plane B, a whole generation of outstanding young people in China received education far beyond the previous advanced ones. Anyone who has been to college and can enter government departments must have a broad vision.
Young people who engage in diplomacy first learned various theories of military and political struggle. Of course, they could understand the purpose of Tsarist Russians.
Understanding is understanding, but it does not mean that you can be as enduring as old foxes.
Yang Hao smiled and said, "It is the Russians who are trying to provoke our emotions out of control, so that they can find excuses to create friction. In the past few years, we have been working hard to build a frontier defense line. They have not stopped to strengthen their military power. The Amur Province on the opposite side has stationed no less than 100,000 heavy troops."
Gu Weijun and others changed their expression when they heard this and said in a panic: "Are they ready to start a war long ago?"
One hundred thousand is not a small number!
Don’t forget that on the Sino-Russian border, there are sea and land garrisons with sea cucumber power on the east side, at least 30,000 to 50,000, and Baikal Province opposite Manzhouli must also cost 100,000 to 80,000. The Heilongjiang-Mongolia-only front line is facing, and there are probably 300,000 troops.
You know, the Russian Far East today does not have a total population of five million. With such a large military force, they don’t have to do anything else!
Why can we make so many troops here for nothing?
Yang Hao nodded gently: "Yes! If they had not been dragged down by the changes in the Balkans, Nicholas II would have devoted himself to trying to seize control of the Black Sea Passage. We were just right to control the process of railway construction, and I'm afraid the arrogant Tsarist Russia would have provoked a dispute long ago."
Gu Weijun and others suddenly felt that their brains were not enough. Why did they hit the Balkans in one go? This big chess seems to be a little bit larger! What big plan does the top government officials have in their smart heads to make such a deep calculation?
They did not doubt the problem of Tsarist Russia's trouble.
That's right, in the revolutionary war more than ten years ago, the Russians suffered considerable losses both at sea and on land. Until now, the Tsarist Russian navy has not been able to become stronger and dare not bare the teeth and seek trouble with the Chinese navy.
But in the army, they have established a huge scale of four million! Compared with the number of Chinese regular troops that is only one million, it is simply scary!
In terms of equipment, the stingy Russians finally made a radical move. They finally equipped all soldiers with Mosinnagan single-shot rifles and popularized water-cooled machine guns to the company. In terms of artillery, they not only developed small and medium-caliber howitzers with excellent performance, but also produced 152mm cannons with a range of 14,200 meters and 122mm howitzers with excellent performance!
It is estimated that in the face-to-face war zone, they deployed no less than a thousand cannons, which are powerful!
Such powerful force gave Nicholas II a hundred times more confidence. He could not beat you at sea, the army, and he would pile you up with numbers and cannons!
Yang Hao did not explain all the problems clearly to them, but left a deeper impression on the problem of independent thinking.
The people who came to greet them were led by an old acquaintance - the little thief who was almost killed by Yang Hao with Liuyang fireworks, named Liang Zan. In fifteen years, he has grown into a calm and experienced military leader, and he is the commander of the Heilongjiang armed forces!
Liang Zan, 36 years old this year, looks capable and tough, with a vicious aura all over his body, but he can no longer recognize Yang Hao, who was disguised by the "Yanhuang Ding", and even more so, he can't imagine that this guy was the terrifying young man who captured him in one hand.
With great respect to the Head of State, Liang Zan showed great respect to Yang Hao, the special envoy. Not only did he come to the platform to greet him, but he was also the first to come forward and shake hands and greet him.
Yang Hao looked at him quietly and smiled and said, "Commander Liang doesn't have to be polite. The current situation is surging, and you are just in the middle of the defense. We uninvited guests, try not to cause trouble for you."
Liang Zan was not polite and nodded solemnly: "Thank you Mr. Yang for understanding! Your mission has any needs, please explain it to us."
Yang Hao raised his eyebrows and made a move directly: "I heard that there have been extremely rampant horse bandit activities in Hailanpao recently. Did Commander Liang order someone to clean up and let them affect the grand celebration of Sino-Russia cooperation?"
Liang Zan's eyes flashed, and he immediately understood. The corner of his mouth raised, and a bloodthirsty smile appeared: "I'll make arrangements!" (~^~)
Chapter completed!