Xi'an New City, the First State Hotel.

At this time, a team of garrisons stood around with guns, alerting that pedestrians passed by Chang'an Street where the State Guesthouse was located. Although it was the Republic of China, no soldiers came forward to stop or even search for people, but their eyes, like sharp swords, fell on themselves, and no one could hold on.

Passersby hurriedly passed by, and some even were willing to go around another street. Many people in Xi'an knew that the president wanted to meet a distinguished guest here today, a distinguished guest who would never have any omissions in China.

The atmosphere in the concierge hall in the State Guesthouse is now surprisingly solemn. Li Han stood there in a flat military uniform, and his usual serious face also had a little more smile. He was already in his ancestral year, and after he had grown his beard, he also had a little more charm of a mature man. At least in China and even the entire Far East, he is currently one of the most influential national leaders.

Just one piece of data shows that according to statistics from the Ministry of Commerce, his half-body photo was printed in at least 4 million copies last year, and even in Vietnam, Southeast Asia and North Korea, there were 100,000 copies. As a country that has become rapidly stronger after the revolution in recent years, many local forces have been enthusiastically worshipping him. If it weren’t for his repression of unwillingness to offend colonists such as Britain, France and Japan, China would only need to go out to provide some so-called revolutionary theories and guns and ammunition, to ensure that the Indochina Peninsula and the Korean Peninsula would immediately become chaotic.

The revolution to export to the outside world is a powerful weapon that Li Han has now mastered. Haven’t you seen that the Soviet Union and the Republic had great influence on the revolution to export to the outside world at the beginning of its establishment?

However, this is a double-edged sword. If it is not used properly, it will hurt others and oneself. So far, Li Han has only tried a little to Central Asia, which has caused great anxiety to Britain. He is now very sure that once China exports revolution to the Indochina Peninsula and the Nanyang region, not only will Britain and France become completely China's land, but it is very likely that the United States will change its attitude.

China's rise is inseparable from the capital and technology of the United States. Now is not the time to offend the United States, and this thick thigh is about to be firmly held.

After a year of hard work, the outbreak of the 1911 Revolution in China made Rama VI aggravate. In Siam, 8% of the Chinese residents, and these people controlled more than 300% of the wealth. The revolution in the Qing Dynasty in the north allowed Rama VI to see the future of chaos and civil war. So he raised his butcher knife high and formulated more than 200 laws in one year after he ascended the throne, cruelly persecuting and squeezing the living environment of Chinese people in China. At the same time, all classes in Thailand frantically set off a wave of plundering Chinese assets.

All this went smoothly. In a short period of time, Thailand plundered more than 14.6 million baht of huge capital from the Chinese (about 2.1 million yuan). Except for a small part of this money, it was invested in education and attack and development, most of the Wild Tiger Team Imperial Guards used by Rama VI to arm him.

However, when time was like the end of 1912, the situation in China in the northern continent gradually stabilized. Some Chinese who were openly plundered by Siam under the banner of "Chinese assimilation" either fled to Yunnan or crossed the sea to sue Siam for plundering to the Beijing government. Yuan Shikai, who was in power at that time, was furious. He had been the governor of the Qing Dynasty to North Korea, and had always had a celestial mentality about vassal states like Siam.

At that time, while asking the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to put pressure on Siam, Cai E of Yunnan immediately ordered the troops to teach Siam a lesson. The Yunnan military was also very angry about Siam's behavior, especially when seeing many Chinese refugees who were only wrapped in clothes after being plundered by Siam nobles, they immediately sent three generals from the Army Military Academy, Lu Guangnan, Zhang He and Liu Lu, to lead a regiment of troops to invade Siam in the name of protecting the Chinese in Siam (at this time, the Thai territory included Laos and Cambodia and bordered China's land). It took only two days to severely damage the troops of Siam's Beizan Bu Tuobon, killing and killing more than 400 Siam troops.

In shock, Rama VI sent a special envoy to explain to the Beijing government that it suspended the domestic "Chinese assimilation" policy, but it still did not compensate or return the plundered property from the Chinese. When Siam was surrendered, Britain and France were worried that China would expand to the Indochina Peninsula and regain influence, the Yunnan garrison also quickly withdrew its homeland because it was not suitable for the jungle environment of the Indochina Peninsula.

After Li Han ascended the throne of president of the Republic of China in 1914, Siam's trouble came. In 1915, in order to hone the recruits of the Southwest Military Region and also to shock the anti-China spirit of Siam, the Third Brigade of the 1st Division of the Southwest Defense Forces once again sent troops to Siam in November under the name of protecting overseas Chinese. It took only half a month to attack Chiang Mai. It killed and captured more than 26,000 Siam troops, severely damaged Siam.

At the end of that year, under the interference of Britain and France, China withdrew its troops from Vientiane. Rama VI was forced to assassinate China immediately, and Chinese people were not allowed to enter politics, Siam, China was not allowed to intermarry, and other anti-China policies. At the same time, it was humiliated that it would be necessary to sell 300,000 tons of high-quality rice to China at a low price every year in the next five years. It was then exchanged for a northern region where dozens of temples were blown up by China, took away more than 100,000 tons of grain and thousands of Buddha statues with hundreds of years of history, and had turned into ashes.

Not only that, in the past two years, China secretly supported a Laotian resurgence. Although this armed force had only more than 2,000 people and three or four hundred guns, it attacked Siam garrison and government agencies everywhere, and the Siam army retreated to the Chinese border to seek asylum under the pressure of three well-equipped defense experts in the Southwest Military Region of China, Siam could only passively deal with it.

In the past two years, Siam has suffered more than 40 million baht due to interference from China. Although Siam dares not speak out, Rama VI's dominance has been shaken, and Siam's top leaders are generally hostile to China.

British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour stayed in the capital of Siam for a while, so he naturally had no good intentions.

As the leader of world hegemony, the interests of colonies and empires are spread all over the world. As a major point of British interests, the Far East was accepted by China's revival. After all, China's rise can curb the expansion of Japan and Russia and maintain stability in the Far East.

However, Britain could not accept a China with a desire to expand externally to become a powerful country, especially China's move to send troops to Siam last year. Although the British also received information that China's second sending troops to Siam in recent years was a bitter fruit caused by Siam King Rama VI. However, it is related to the stability of the Indochina Peninsula. Britain could not accept China's repeated provocations to the British Indian Peninsula colonial system.

Arthur Belford was with this mission to stay in Bangkok with the young and energetic king Rama VI of the Kingdom of Siam. He told Siam that as long as Siam always stands on the side of the United Kingdom and jointly maintains the situation on the Indochina Peninsula, Britain will ensure the security of Siam. Of course, this protection is not a unilateral effort. As the strongest country on the Indochina Peninsula, Siam has developed very rapidly in recent years, and these are things that the British are greedy for. In addition, the United Kingdom needs to further influence in Siam due to strategic blockade of China's southward and Japan's expansion.

On October 25, Arthur Belford went to the French colony of Vietnam via Siam and will take a boat from Vietnam to Hong Kong.

On October 26, King Rama VI of Siam announced that Siam joined the Allies and declared war on the allies. But his confidence was not as strong as Japan. He only ordered the merchants of allied countries such as Germany and Austria to leave the border of Siam as soon as possible, and did not order the army to confiscate the domestic industries of Germany and Austria as they imitated Japan.

On the 27th, Arthur Belfort arrived in Hong Kong and took a boat to Fuzhou the next day after a short rest. He had already conveyed the news of his arrival to China through the Minister Barth of China. According to international practice, Li Han sent a naval fleet to escort south, escorting him all the way to Shanghai, and then taking a train to Xi'an.

On October 28, it was a little later than Arthur Bell. US Secretary of State Robert Lansing sent a telegram to the Embassy in Manila, saying that he would officially leave for China on October 31 for a state visit. According to the information disclosed by the US Embassy to China, in addition to further cooperation in the construction of Outer Mongolia and China's major railways, the United States is likely to negotiate on China's diplomatic hierarchy from minister to ambassador.

On the same day, the Central Army finally defeated the eastern front position of the Far East Army, killed and captured more than 14,000 Russian troops. More than 10,000 Russian troops fled to the direction of Kizil. The army rushed directly to the Kizil and Tanuwulianghai area, and the battle against the Russian army entered the final stage.

Arthur Belfort has already set off from Hong Kong, but Li Han still did not make any statement on this. Arthur Belfort came to the Far East this time, and at least based on his consultations with several senior government officials, the British could not fully recognize the areas that China recaptured and occupied in the Sino-Russian War. Moreover, for the sake of the privileges maintained by Britain in China, he would definitely support Russia in restoring its pre-war status and privileges in China.

In short, it is difficult to save what you have obtained through war in negotiations.

As the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lu Zhengxiang has already rushed to Shanghai first. No matter how bad people come from Britain, the strength of this country is not questioned. Before China is strong enough to face the UK head-on, it is still necessary to lower its posture.

As soon as Belfort arrives in Xi'an, Li Han will hold talks with him. The future development of the situation in Northeast Asia and even the entire Far East may change for this talk.

"President, we have basically completed the strategic task on the front line. Because the two previous heavy snow in the Tanu Ulianghai area seriously lag our offensive and earned more defensive time for the Russians. However, they will only suffer more casualties. Our Rangers and Airship Squadrons have destroyed three waves of supplies from Russia. The cold winter has at least reduced the number of Russian troops who are short of food and clothing to more than 5,000 non-combat officers."

Jiang Fangzhen pointed to the map and focused on reporting to Li Han about the current war on the front line of the National Defense Forces.

"Can our strategic plan be completed 31 days ago, surrounded and wiped out the Russian Far East Army? What is the 95th Division doing? Why can't it take down Kizil?" The National Defense Forces invaded the Tanuwulianghai in early October, but have not yet ended the war on the front line. The longer the delay, the less China's negotiation advantage will be. Compared with the northern line that fights in the snow and ice, the Central Asian Defense Forces pushed it to the city of Akmorinsk.

Jiang Fangzhen's handsome beard shook, "The terrain near Kizil is not conducive to the combat of the chariot brigade. After the heavy snow, many chariot engines cannot be activated. In short, we can only rely on the cooperation of infantry and artillery to forcefully attack Kizil under limited supplies, and we must also beware of the Russian army splitting and annihilation on the Eastern Front. General Huang fought very hard!"

Li Han frowned and was silent for a while, his eyes kept turning back and forth on the map. He stopped at Wujinsk for a while, and then turned to the area where the Yi Shangjun was located.

He sighed, "If Xia Wujinsk cannot defend, let them retreat tomorrow and the next two days. The war is almost over, and there is no need to increase unnecessary sacrifices. What about the Second Army? Do you want to escape?"

"Not only the 2nd Army wants to escape, but also Pratov of Kizil also wants to escape. We have received new instructions from Russia. If Tanu Ulianghai cannot defend, we will give up withdrawing the country and ensure the integrity of the Russian Far East Army as much as possible!"

"Don't the Tsar think it's too late now? If you come, don't leave." Li Han's eyes were stopped on various attack arrows on the front line, and his brows were already frowning at some point.

Only Jiang Fangzhen knew that the president was the most dissatisfied with the war until now. He made preparations more than a year in advance, and used more than 300 planes to recruit millions of civilians to ensure supplies, and caught Russia off guard with full preparation.

However, he was dissatisfied with fighting everywhere on the front line. The middle lane war was the most, and he was the one who was most dissatisfied with it. There were some problems with the command of the front line generals, and both tactics and strategies made him dissatisfied. In short, according to his previous plan, this war was destroyed in 30 days, and the remaining twenty days were left to advance to build positions and ambush as much as possible, and then defeated the Russian reinforcements who came from afar, with poor equipment, insufficient morale and insufficient preparation.

The end of his planned battle was the beginning of October, and it was delayed to mid-term at most by the end of the month. However, by the end of the month, he had not been able to completely encircle and annihilate the Far East Army.

"After this battle, you have to take on the burden of the construction of the army. Some officers have problems with the command of the army and air cooperation tactics that I compiled with you some time ago. You have to listen to the opinions of some generals on the front line. The improvement is insufficient. Our army has many problems with cooperation, and there are also some problems with the use of new equipment."

He stopped and thought about it before remembering the reactions of many generals on the front line. The bayonet ability of the Type 13 rifle was a little poor. The Type 13 rifle was too heavy. The death ratio of soldiers fighting bayonets with the Russians was almost 4:1. Although there were physical fitness factors, the death ratio was too high. It was obvious that the Type 13 rifle needed further improvement. The most important thing now is to compress its weight to below eight kilograms, or even lighter. A few years ago, China's military industry might not be able to complete these improvements, but now it is much less difficult and has some experience.

The latest type of Type 15 carriage rifle equipped by some cavalry is only kilograms. It is now competent for military industry.

"I will arrange this battle later. This big battle allowed us to see the resilience and combat effectiveness of the Russians. The equipment is generally lower than that of our similar army, but Russia's combat effectiveness and accuracy are not bad, especially when fighting against the wind, there are fewer collapses at the bottom. Our generals are much worse in this regard and lack some confidence. When encountering unfavorable battle situations, they will generally feel impatient and uneasy."

"It is not possible to raise a powerful army of hundreds of battles in a day or two. Be more patient. For the sake of the army getting up quickly, I am too sorry for the Navy!"

As he talked about the battle situation on the front line, Li Han became a little absent-minded. He was obviously thinking about the meeting with Belford a day later. The British were not kind, and the scene he had set up was too big now. He was unwilling to give up any of them. This was the best time to take back his hometown and broaden China's strategy.

As he turned his eyes, he looked towards the Nanyang direction, and his fingers pointed at the Strait of Malacca. His face eased a lot, "This time, we really want to thank our good 'ally' Japan. If you want to block the southbound fleet without Japan to block Malacca, the British Foreign Minister is determined to lead his troops to visit us!"

Jiang Fangzhen stopped talking, that's for sure. Didn't the UK blackmail China in the past few decades?

"How is the construction of the submarine?"

"After the military shipyard in Qinhuangdao was discovered by the Japanese, I had sent all the equipment to Qingdao. If we give up surface warships and make every effort to produce submarines in two or three years, we can produce at least 150 to 200. We can also fight the German unlimited submarine warfare!"

"Even if the navy doesn't understand, a light cruiser will have to cost millions of Chinese Yuan, but a submarine costs only one-tenth of its cost. Our priority now does not mean that the navy has given up. I think this submarine has great potential in the future."

Jiang Fangzhen just looked at the map and shook his head.

The house became quiet for a moment, and the real mediation was about to begin. No one could feel assured that many soldiers could catch bloodshed.
Chapter completed!