After the failure of Russia from 1905 to 1907, the *** went to a low tide. However, the task of bourgeois democracy was not cancelled from the agenda. In July 1907, the resolution of the Third Representative Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party pointed out: "The basic reasons for determining Russia's ** still exist: the extremely inadequate requirements of domestic political system and economic development, the bankruptcy of peasants, the deepening of proletarian poverty and unemployment still exist. Therefore, the objective historical task of ** has not been resolved, and the power of ** has not been completely destroyed."

On the eve of World War I, a new climax appeared in Russia. The scale of mass struggles was close to 1905, and its organizational and awareness had greatly improved. In Petersburg, Moscow and other cities, the strikes of workers continued to occur and were very large. According to the official figures, 725,000 people participated in the strikes in 1912, while 887,000 people in 1913. The actual number of people on strikes far exceeded the official figures. This mass strike struggle directly opposed the autocratic system of the Tsarist system. Due to the outbreak of World War I, the development of the movement was temporarily interrupted.

Although Russia's ** was suspended, the trauma of World War I was very serious for Russia.

Tsarist Russia is an oppressive country. They are an administrative method that does not care about the lives and death of the people. Therefore, Russia is very unstable and its rule is very fragile.

The First World War, which began in 1914, was an imperialist war. Tsarist Russia participated in the launch of this predatory war. The war accelerated the maturity of the opportunity. During the war, Russia's national economy was severely damaged. Russia's industrial foundation was not developed enough. In 1913, the national steel production was only 4.2 million tons. The machine manufacturing industry and chemical industry were weak. There was no automobile manufacturing industry. Many machines and weapons rely on foreign countries.

Before the war, Russia imported 37 machines, and the self-sufficiency rate of important equipment and lathes was less than 1/3. The war weakened Russia's commercial ties with foreign countries, and the import of machines dropped significantly. From 1914 to 1916, although the Russian machine industry grew, most of its products were consumed by the war.

According to statistics, during this period, the products of the 123 large machine manufacturing industries increased from 200.3 million rubles to 954.6 million rubles. The average military production increased by more than 13 times each year, while civilian production only increased by 40.

In 1916, agricultural machinery products were only 1/5 of the previous war. The production of locomotives and carriages decreased significantly, with locomotives reduced by 16 and carriages decreased by 14. The machinery and lathes were seriously insufficient, which affected the decline in ore, coal and oil extraction. Due to the lack of fuel, raw materials, and blast furnaces ceased, many factories had to close. Textile factories that relied on imported cotton before the war were suspended. In 1916, 20 looms in Petrograd could not be started. On the front line, weapons and ammunition were severely insufficient. 60,000 rifles were needed per month, while only 134,000 rifles were built from August to December 1914. 800 machine guns were needed per month, while in the second half of 1914, a total of 860 machine guns were manufactured. Transportation and transportation were seriously blocked. Railways could not undertake the sharply growing transportation task.

In Petrograd, Moscow and other industrial cities, food was scarce, but in Siberia, Ural, Caspian Sea, Volga and Don Rivers, there was a large amount of food, meat and fish rotten. In 1916, the deteriorated grain was stored at 150,000 cars. The shipping was not good. The Baltic Sea and Black Sea were blocked by Germany, Austria-Hungary. Russia's allies were mainly connected through Murmansk, Arkhangelsk and Vladivostok. However, there was no railway between the mainland and Murmansk. The railway from Arkhangelsk to Vologda was narrow-gauge (changed into wide-gauge in 1916), and transportation was inconvenient.

Vladivostok is too far from the heart of Russia. As a result, a large number of cargoes were piled up in ports and could not be transported into the mainland. In Arkhangelsk, coal was piled up like mountains, and boxes of lathes for the arsenal were piled along the dock. In Murmansk, ships had to wait weeks and months for unloading.

The East China government previously sold military supplies such as arms to Tsarist Russia, and large amounts of food, cotton, medicine, etc. have been piled up in the port.

Moreover, the unloading time is so long that East China Ocean Shipping Company is unwilling to accept such transportation orders. You should know that for cargo ships, waiting for an additional ten minutes of unloading time is a loss.

Especially in this current period of rapid maritime profits, efficiency is very critical.

However, Tsarist Russia's orders continued to fly towards China, and one key figure is inseparable from this, that is, Gregory, Yefimovic and Rasputin, who is the favorite minister of Tsar Nicholas II.

Rasputin was a farmer in Siberia. After several years of wandering, he appeared as a monk who had been secretly taught medical training, and pretended to be a "prophet" and cheated everywhere. In 1905, he was introduced to the Tsarist court and was favored by Alexandra and Nicholas II. Alexandra regarded him as a saint sent by God to save the throne and support Russia, and as the embodiment of a commoner who remained pious to the autocratic system. Alexandra turned a blind eye to Rasputin's scandal. At that time, in the Tsarist court, if anyone dared to speak ill of Rasputin's bad words, it would definitely arouse Alexandra's displeasure. As a result, Rasputin became increasingly powerful.

In the late years of Nicholas II's rule, especially after he presided over the front line in 1915, the fox and dog party in the Tsarist court headed by Rasputin held great power in his hands until he appointed and removed the cabinet prime minister and minister, and issued permits to speculative merchants. Under the manipulation of Rasputin and his gangs, the entire state institution was paralyzed and powerless.

At the beginning, Nicholas II maintained a sense of distance from a charlatan like Rasputin. The reason why he gained the trust of Nicholas II was mainly because of Nicholas II's queen Alexandra, who was a German or a carrier of hemophilia.

When Alexandra dated Nicholas II, William II of Germany supported it because this could bring hemophilia into the Russian royal family.

After Alexandra gave birth to four daughters and one son for Nicholas II, her youngest son indeed suffered from hemophilia.

Hemophilia is a hereditary disease that mainly occurs in men. When Nicholas II's youngest son fell ill, Nicholas II thought of Rasputin, but the disease really relieved and it worked every time.

Rasputin was therefore trusted by Nicholas II, and Rasputin was soon regarded as an envoy sent by God to save Tsarist Russia and the royal family.

In fact, no one can make a conclusion whether it was sent by God. This kind of thing is not so easy to distinguish, just like all the dynasties in China always appear frequently on the eve of destruction.

Whether these demons have the support of mysterious power is difficult for the world to know.

But one thing that can be clear is that Rasputin is indeed greedy for money, and the East China government mostly uses the orders to share the orders in Tsarist Russia.

It is usually divided by three percent, and the funds are guaranteed to be safe.

A three percent share of the money. If you can get an arms order of 100 million pounds, you can get three million pounds. Three million pounds is 30 million Revival Coin or Japanese Yen, 15 million US dollars.

Three percent is indeed a lot, but in terms of the profit of arms orders, this profit is still possible. After all, the profit of arms orders is generally more than 200%, which is the case in this period.

Rasputin has now become the commander-in-chief of the front line. Moreover, for the paranoid Tsarist Russian Empress, Rasputin can alleviate the disease of hemophilia, and whoever Rasputin cannot get through is just that she cannot get through it.

Nicholas II also believed that this was an envoy sent by God to save the royal family, so he obeyed Rasputin's words. It was not easy for Rasputin to get some orders.

In addition, the arms sold by the East China government are indeed more in line with the appetite of Tsarist Russia, that is, there are high-performance arms at high prices and low-end arms at low prices and cost-effectiveness.

At this time, Tsarist Russia was blocked by Germany to the west of Europe's transportation line, and the shipping was blocked by Türkiye, so there was only one place left to buy arms.

As for the problem of transportation congestion, this is not a problem. Whether to buy arms orders or not is a matter of Rasputin's words. Tsarist Russia's business itself is chaotic, and this is not a problem.

But even if the management is chaotic and the East China government suddenly wants to attack Mongolia in northern Desert, Tsarist Russia responded.

The Tsarist Russian Embassy has been trying to convince the East China government about the issue of Outer Mongolia, but in theory it cannot say that the East China government is part of China.

In terms of military terms, Tsarist Russia was in the First World War at this time and had no time to deal with it on the Western Front, not to mention the Eastern Front. In addition, Xia Jun knew that Tsarist Russia would fall into the throne, so he did not take Tsarist Russia seriously.

At this time, China's strength had exceeded Tsarist Russia, especially its industrial strength. China's steel output was twice that of Tsarist Russia. It was naturally incomparable to Tsarist Russia's military strength, but in terms of quality, the East China Army was far better than the Russian Army.

If the East China government does not expect Tibet to be surprised by the people, then for the Mongolians in northern Mo, most Chinese people think they may consider it carefully.

Because Tsarist Russia is right next to China, and it is also an old-fashioned power.

Even if Tsarist Russia was once defeated by Japan and Japan was defeated by the East China Army at this time, at least it was such a thing, so it had to be carefully prepared to use force.

But the East China Army was once again beyond people's expectations. After receiving the news of Tibet's recovery, Zhang Jiyu, who was appointed commander of the North China Military Region, immediately called back to the military headquarters, claiming that the North China Military Region had made sufficient preparations.

As Xia Jun's old subordinate, Zhang Jiyu wanted to prove that his ability was not limited to this as Xia Jun reached such a height. Zhang Jiyu also had his own ideals, especially when Xia Jun was doing ideological education for officers of the East China Army, he used ancient Huo Qubing, Wei Qing, Yue Fei, and Qi Jiguangshu as role models.

Guan Yu, who was worshipped in the Wusheng Temple, was withdrawn by the East China government and became Yue Fei. Yue Fei was the real Wusheng. Guan Yu was the Wusheng established by the Qing Dynasty who praised the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Before that, the martial saints of the Southern Song and Ming dynasties were always Yue Fei.

The East China government is not only de-Westernization, but also de-Qing Dynasty, committed to restoring pure Chinese culture and customs.

Zhang Jiyu also wanted to achieve the achievements of these famous generals, especially in this era, when China is in a stage of strong rise, and the great powers rule the world.

In such an era, if China wants to dominate the world, it must first break its inherent power and has no choice but to force.

Although the late Qing Dynasty was not a good era, it was an era of gradually coming out of darkness.

But at this time, the early years of the Republic of China were definitely a good era, because it was an era gradually moving towards the bright and the way of heaven.

In this era, there are opportunities to expand territory.

Sweeping the four barbarians and promoting national prestige are all things that this generation can do, because at this time China already has the strength to compete with the great powers, because at this time China's system has gradually improved both in politics, military and economic terms, and has entered a stage of rapid development.

In addition to having the strength to fight for hegemony with the great powers, he also has a strong desire to fight for hegemony with the great powers. This is the goal proposed by the Chairman and is also a goal that this generation and future generations must strive for together.

If you can create miracles before, you will definitely create more miracles in the future.

Zhang Jiyu hopes that he can leave his own footprints and names in the miracle, which is also the goal he is striving for at this time.

At Zhang Jiyu's strong request, Xia Jun approved Zhang Jiyu's request and ordered the North China Military Region to advance to Kulun, Outer Mongolia and destroy the Great Mongolian Kingdom.

On April 6, most of the North China Military Region marched from Datong, Shanxi to Mongolia in Mobei

The cold wind has not stopped yet. Teams of cars and motorcycles are mostly motorized troops, including only one armored brigade.

There is an armored division in the North China Military Region, and Zhang Jiyu took half of it, just to deal with Tsarist Russia that might have to deal with. Armored troops can reduce casualties caused by possible conflicts.

As for why we didn't take an armored division to Mobei, it was because there was no complete logistics system on the way. In Zhang Jiyu's opinion, this military operation was just an exercise, a marching exercise.

Outer Mongolia's military power is very weak, and Tsarist Russia's power is not worth worrying. Even if there is a conflict, it only depends on using the team's few casualties to solve the opponent.

On April 8, Zhang Jiyu led his troops into Kulun, Outer Mongolia. The Tsarist Russian army stationed in Kulun was defeated like lightning and had no room for counterattack.

Then Zhang Jiyu held the "cabinet manager" Badma Dorji hostage and put down the living Buddha Zhebuzundanba in house arrest.

A military operation was completed quickly, and then on April 9, Outer Mongolia officially wrote a letter to President Li Yuanhong of the Republic of China, pleading to abolish all treaties of Russia and Mongolia.

On April 11, Li Yuanhong ordered the abolition of Outer Mongolia Autonomy in the "Announcement of the President of China", and the East China Joint Autonomous Government will conduct the administration and national defense affairs of Outer Mongolia, and at the same time abolished the China-Russian Declaration and the Chikhot Agreement.

Many people were surprised that this military operation against Outer Mongolia had launched and ended so quickly. Duan Qirui was one of them. He originally thought it was not so fast, but what he didn't expect was that Outer Mongolia was really so fast.

Of course, this is not completely done. At least it was not done with Tsarist Russia. The East China Army assaulted Kulun and killed nearly 3,000 Russian troops. The Tsarist Russia's rebound will be something that the East China government needs to solve.

Li Yuanhong was very quick and responded in just two days after receiving the message sent back from Outer Mongolia.

Xia Jun asked someone to send a note to the Tsarist Russian Embassy, ​​asking Tsarist Russia to return the Tanuwulianghai area, otherwise it would take action by force.

In the eyes of others, Tsarist Russia is a behemoth, but Xia Jun does not take Tsarist Russia to heart.

In 1912, the crisis of "independence" in the northern border of China, and its influence also affected the Tanuwulianghai area. At the beginning of the same year, under the instigation of Russian merchants from Tsarist Russia, the incident of looting mainland merchants occurred in the Tanuwulianghai area, and mainland merchants fled the place one after another. In February, under the instigation and support of Tsarist Russia, the deputy governor of the Tanuwuwulianghai area, Kampotou Dorji announced that the three flags of his subordinates were "independence" and requested Tsarist Russia to send troops to occupy important areas of the Tanuwulianghai area. Kampotou Dorji's actions were not approved by his subordinates. Saragi and Torjin banners showed strong opposition, but the flags followed the pleading of the Outer Mongolian Tsarist Russia. Although the changes in the situation provided an opportunity for Tsarist Russia, the joining the Outer Mongolia rebel group disrupted Tsarist Russia's plan to annex the Tanuwulianghai area because Tsarist Russia wanted to directly occupy the area instead of making it "independent".

In 1913, Tsarist Russia did not agree to the request for troops, but instead sent officials to step up the implementation of immigration plans in an attempt to achieve the purpose of actually occupying the Tannu Ulianghai area. Since then, Tsarist Russia has increased rapidly at an unprecedented speed, and Russian police were also sent to the area. At the same time, Tsarist Russia used coercion and inducement and other means to force the Tannu Ulianghai banners to submit applications for "protection" to them. In July 1914, Tsarist Russia decided to "protect" the Tannu Ulianghai banners and appointed Grigoriev as the Commissioner for the Ulianghai border area, and began to take various measures to establish its rule in the Tannu Ulianghai area. The Tannu Ulianghai area has actually become a colony of Tsarist Russia.

The Tannu Ulianghai area is a region where Tsarist Russia is not justified in its territory, and it still belongs to China in name only.

Therefore, it is unreasonable to ask Tsarist Russia to return the Donu Ulianghai, but if Tsarist Russia does not return, it will be just right to give Xia Jun a reason to take military action against Tsarist Russia.

The sudden Tannu Ulianghai crisis made the Allies extremely nervous. The embassies of Britain and France intervened in the matter and demanded Tsarist Russia to return the Tannu Ulianghai and China.

After all, Tanuwulianghai does not belong to Tsarist Russia. The Allies must try their best to appease the East China government so as not to let the East China government attack Tsarist Russia at this time.

After all, Russia is fighting fiercely with Germany in the west. Although it is defeated repeatedly, the minimum main force still exists.

If the relationship with the East China government deteriorates in the Far East, it will affect the entire Russia, and Russia will enter an environment of traffic jamming.

Tsarist Russia took over the Tanu Ulianghai illegally, so Britain and France both spoke justice and put pressure on Tsarist Russia.

As a result, the family was beyond people's expectations. Tsarist Russia gave a reply to withdraw from the Tannu Ulianghai area after just three days.

All of this makes people feel incredible, because China has just defeated Japan and is not an old-fashioned power. Therefore, the people lack the understanding of a strong country and have not fully realized what kind of voice China has as a country among the strong countries. Xia Jun fully understands the current situation, so he can solve the problem of Outer Mongolia and the Tannu Ulianghai so unscrupulously.

Tsarist Russia withdrew from the Donu Ulianghai, first of all, because the front line was not in good condition and did not want to fight on both sides, and secondly, Rasputin's warning to Nicholas II.

Of course, even if there is no Rasputin, Nicholas II would not dare to come to China at this time, but according to Rasputin, Nicholas II fell several of his beloved antiques.

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