At the end of June, the Paris Peace Conference, which is concerned by the whole world, finally signed an agreement. The countries can be said to have divided the spoils. The countries around the world signed the "Verdun Peace Treaty" in Verdun. The issue of Qingdao in China was not returned to China under the conspiracy of the Japanese representative. //// This move disappointed the Chinese people, and the people demanded that they refuse to sign the contract, refuse to admit it, and demanded that the government.

However, under the pressure of the Japanese government, the Chinese government in Beiyang was hesitant, especially Japan stated that it would gradually return to Shandong. If China was too radical, Japan would take more radical actions and interrupt borrowing from the Beiyang government, causing the Anhui government to collapse instantly. Japan's gradual return to Shandong was actually a measure for the Japanese government to quell the vigorous anti-Japanese movement of June 16. They dealt with China in two ways, with the purpose of one soft and one hard, with nothing more than to further control China.

President Xu Shichang was hesitant to sign the Paris peace treaty, so he found Duan Qirui, but Duan Qirui said he was sick and returned to Tianjin to control the government remotely. Although Xu Shichang was the president, the Congress was in the hands of the Anfu Group. The Congress could refute any decision of Xu Shichang at any time. Gong Xinzhan, the Prime Minister in charge of the country, is also an iron-core of the Anhui Group. Duan Qirui could remotely control the government by sitting in his apartment in Tianjin. Xu Shichang was angry with the people, but he was threatened by the Japanese and could not make any decision. If he signed the Paris peace treaty, he would definitely be scolded by everyone. Duan Qirui hid in Tianjin to avoid the pressure from the people, but Xu Shichang could not escape.

Fearing from the threat to the Japanese government, the Beiyang government, which Xu Shichang, had no choice but to tell the Chinese delegation that you will decide whether to sign or not. Lu Zhengxiang and Gu Weijun and other five representatives were under tremendous pressure and refused to sign the "Verdun Peace Treaty". This pressure did not come from the government, but from the refusal to sign. European countries would have nothing to promise to China, including Germany and Austria's Boxer Indemnity, gradual return of customs, etc. Refusal to sign greatly increased the morale of the people, but in fact it harmed the interests of the people.

But the people cannot see this. They only see that Shandong has not returned. If the delegation signs, it is a treason. Poor sometimes patriotism becomes a harm to the country. After all, the people are not politicians. They cannot see the side that is beneficial to China. What they see is a side that damages the dignity of the country. The people's demands are understandable. They are also Chinese with flesh and blood. In the anti-Japanese storms in later generations, the people's actions were radical and wrong, but they must never erase their patriotic enthusiasm. China needs this kind of passion. Although it is not necessarily right, the blood is cold and the country will perish.

Lu Zhengxiang, the head of the Peace Conference of Paris in China, finally discussed with the other four representatives. Representative Gu Weijun suggested: "Now the Beiyang government seems to be the Anhui faction. However, the Northeast Army actually has a huge role. You guys, it is not yet known who is the government in a few years." All representatives are smart people, and now the governments in the north and south cannot make decisions. Instead, they put the pressure on the five of them. Gu Weijun said: "It's better to ask General Shangwu. He is also in Europe and will definitely have some insight into the situation in Europe." The representatives looked at each other and recognized Gu Weijun's suggestion. If a strong military stands behind the diplomats, they can have confidence, otherwise they can only survive in the cracks.

Lu Zhengxiang immediately telegraphed to ask Wang Maoru whether he should sign. After all, at the current Paris Peace Conference, China has gained much greater rights than in history. If he refuses to sign, these vested interests will be lost.

Wang Maoru thought about it after receiving the telegram. In fact, since he supported the patriotic student movement, he had broken up with the Anhui faction and there was no need to be any jealous of the Beiyang government. He had his own plan, and he wanted to take this opportunity to withdraw from Russia and was not afraid of taking the opportunity to make a big deal.

So Wang Maoru replied to Lu Zhengxiang, "The Shandong issue will not be resolved for a day. Our country will not sign for a day." The telegram prompted Lu Zhengxiang to think about it repeatedly and decide with the other four negotiators, but refused to sign because the countries did not resolve the Shandong issue.

Zhao Ajiu is now a battalion commander. Like Zang Hao, he also replaced Shangguan with an injury. He has a cold temperament. Maybe it was developed when he was stationed in Mongolia. He likes to think and his mind keeps spinning every day. He even learned to speak Russian and Turkic, which made him very respected by his superiors.

A soldier came quietly and said, "Captain Zhao, I have a letter."

"There is a letter?" Zhao Ajiu was surprised. He had not been home for six years. From the moment he left home and ran out of school, he never came home again. His family wrote to him. However, when he received the letter, he was excited and relieved. It was not his family's, but because it was a Russian letter, it was sent from Ufa. The new cover was written in twisted and awkward Chinese. It can be seen that this must be Chinese copied by the Russians, and no Chinese would write such ugly Chinese.

It must be Kurkova. Is she in trouble again? He opened the letter and saw that the writer was not Kurkova, but her twelve-year-old son Alyosha. In the letter, Alyosha said that because he reached the age of serving in the military, he was captured by the Tsar Guards and sent to the front line. However, Deputy Prime Minister Tubanev ordered the young mother to go to the battlefield as a female soldier instead of his relatives. Kurkova resolutely replaced him and came to Berkrovsk and became a member of the female soldier. Now he and his sister Orja are eating and ate. The rotten bread hid at home tremblingly, not knowing what to do. Before leaving, Kurkova wrote the envelope and told Alyosha that if the two of them were helpless, they would ask for help from the Chinese uncle who saved them. But Alyosha was only twelve years old after all, and was not even at the age of rebellion. He was just a child. After hugging his head and crying with his sister, he wrote this letter the day after Kurkova left. After many twists and turns, it was actually in the hands of Zhao Ajiu, the commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 54th Regiment of the 6th Infantry Division of the Chinese Interfering Army.

Zhao Ajiu held the letter and took out the pendant without realizing it. He saw the woman, that beautiful woman. He knew that Kurkova was actually only twenty-seven years old. She gave birth to Alyosha when she was fourteen years old, but I'm afraid she didn't know that she was only twenty-two years old. I was thinking about something. Zhao Ajiu stood up and put the letter aside. Deputy battalion commander Duan Fu ran away at this time and said, "Battleman, there are a few new recruits, how do you divide it?"

He was not used to being called a camper. In his impression, he was still the squad leader of the kitchen squad.

"Camp?" Duan Fu asked again.

Zhao Ajiu said "Oh" and said, "Isn't the supply in the rear cut off? Why are there any replenishment soldiers?"

Duan Fu smiled and said, "The company has been connected again, and it has been repaired. This time, three regiments are sent to us at once, and our battalion has divided sixty."

"Let's go, look." Zhao Ajiu and Duan Fu came to the camp. All the Chinese Interfering Army stationed in the camp were battalions, one tent and one squad, and one punch tent was a battalion. There was a relatively wide grass in the center of the camp. There was a five-color flag of the Republic of China standing next to it. The number 0600543 was written in the lower right corner of the flag. This was the number of their battalion. The national flag had three bullet holes. Zhao Ajiu did not ask someone to replace it with a new national flag. He said that this flag witnessed the growth of our third battalion, which was our pride. The broken battle flag told all the soldiers that we were in the war.

Sixty young soldiers nervously occupied the six rows of cities, and they couldn't help but look around, but found that they were being looked at by people around them. They quickly lowered their heads and did not even dare to whisper to each other.

Zhao Ajiu walked to the team and looked at the young faces. He felt a little moved. The most serious death in the war was the recruits, either killed by the enemy or by the driver's military police. I hope these recruits can grow into veterans soon. He said lightly: "Very good, it's your luck for you to come to the Third Battalion. I am Zhao Ajiu, a native of Yuncheng, Shanxi."

A new recruit shouted: "We are fellow villagers in Yingzuo."

Zhao Ajiu smiled and said, "Yes, there are not many soldiers from Shanxi to Northeast China."

The recruit said: "There are many soldiers from Shanxi to the Northeast. All the male students in our middle school went to the Northeast to serve in the Northeast, but I was the only one who was assigned here."

Zhao Ajiu smiled and stopped talking to him, but said to everyone: "Now, those who have received military training raise their hands."

Sixty new recruits looked at each other, forty-seven raised their hands, and the other thirteen did not raise their hands. Zhao Ajiu said, "Okay, you thirteen didn't raise your hands, and you were assigned to three kitchen squads. The squad leader of the kitchen squad, and you will be led by people! Three people in the first company of kitchen squads, three people in the second company of kitchen squads, three people in the third company of the battalion." These thirteen new recruits who did not raise their hands immediately regretted it. They were going to be thrown into the kitchen squad, but there was no reason for this. Some people said that we didn't want to go to the kitchen squad, but Zhao Ajiuli ignored it and said to the remaining forty-seven new recruits: "What you are going to do now is not to fight with your comrades, but not to drag down your comrades. Now I will assign you teams. Remember, before you learn to kill the enemy, learn to protect yourself, including digging and trench defense against guns and artillery trenches to protect the battlefield, and you are now temporarily serving as the deputy machine gunners of each squad."

After dispatching the recruits, Zhao Ajiu asked the squad leader to train his recruits well and not let them die rashly. The squad leader naturally knew how to do it, and they said one by one that they would go back later. When they returned to the battalion headquarters, Duan Fu said mysteriously: "Battle, several staff brothers from the battalion headquarters made some fish outside and prepared to eat fish pots at the battalion headquarters tonight."

Zhao Ajiu said: "Fish pot, I'm good at it, I'll do it. You have to know that I'm from Sichuan." The two laughed.

Duan Fu said again: "This group of recruits is too bad and has not received training."

"It would be nice if there were people. If there were new recruits, it means that there were supplies to the front line." Zhao Ajiu said.

"What the camp said is right." Duan Fu said with a smile.
Chapter completed!