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Chapter 217 The Diplomatic Controversy (Part 2)

Three days later, the Military Commission sent a reply. First, the two people were commended for quickly annihilated the Haishan army. Although it was not difficult to annihilate the Haishan army, it was of great political significance, which means that the forces that used force to resist East China and the East China army in Mongolia had no longer existed for quite some time. At the same time, East China and the East China army could also calmly respond to the accusations of international public opinion.

Then the Military Commission agreed to the two people's proposal to attack Ulyasutai City and expel the Qing government's existing forces in the Mongolian region, and authorized the two people to take action immediately. It should be said that Ouyang Longxing's idea was completely consistent with the Qingdao Executive Yuan, and there was no day or day, and the land was no two. Although the Qing government did not have many troops in the Mongolian region, and over the past few decades, due to the decline of the Qing court's power and its influence in Mongolia were gradually declining, it occupied a great reputation for orthodoxism. Therefore, if East China wants to rule the Mongolian region, it naturally must first eliminate the Qing government's power in Mongolia. This is not only a military issue, but also a political issue. Military must obey politics.

As for the Alliance Banner tribes around Kulun, whether they are coercive, tempted, or conquered by force, the Military Commission required that they should be asked to make an appointment in the name of East China. Zhebuzundanba VIII could only write letters to the leaders of the Alliance Banner tribes in his personal name to persuade them to surrender, and they could never issue orders to the Mongolian Alliance Banner tribes in his name.

The East China ** wanted to establish a modern administrative system in the Mongolian region to rule, rather than the feudal rule method of the Qing court that relied on bondage, marriage, supervision, division, and separation. Therefore, from now on, we must downplay the image of Zhebuzundanba VIII being the ruler of Mongolia, gradually weaken his influence in Mongolia, and make Zhebuzundanba VIII finally return to a simple religious person and completely strip him of his political power.

However, at this time, the influence of Zhebuzundanba VIII in Mongolia still has great value for the East China **. It would be a pity if this influence was completely abandoned. It would also add the ruling cost of East China ** in Mongolia, so it adopted such a compromise method and ordered it to be subdued. Zhebuzundanba VIII only persuaded the tribes of the banner alliance to surrender to the East China ** in private discussions. This is the most cost-effective way. It is obviously more comprehensive than Ouyang Longxing's suggestion.

Finally, the Military Commission also notified the two that East China had decided to garrison troops in Kulun for a long time and would send administrative personnel to Kulun to establish Kulun's administrative agency. Therefore, the two were required to make corresponding preparations, which were military camps stationed by the army, and to reach the scale of division-level garrison troops. They also specifically requested that an airport be built in Kulun and an air force be stationed in Kulun in the future.

After reading the orders of the Military Commission, the two of them naturally did not dare to neglect and immediately followed the order. The first thing was to do was to organize a military operation to attack Ulyasutai City. Ulyasutai City was located 760 kilometers west of Kulun, on the bank of the Bogdo River, a tributary of the Zabkhan River. Although it was not difficult, the distance was really not close. Therefore, this battle was mainly composed of armored motorized troops, dispatching a tank battalion, a motorized battalion, and a cavalry battalion. In addition, 30 trucks were also carrying various supplies and nourishment items. The commander was naturally Chen Jingang.

After Chen Jingang led the team to set off, Ouyang Longxing issued an order to the tribes of the Banner Alliance around Kulun in the name of East China, requiring the tribes of the Banner Alliance to send people to Kulun to negotiate the surrender to the tribes of the East China within the specified time. At the same time, he also wrote a letter to the leaders of the tribes of the Banner Alliance in the name of Zhebuzundanba VIII. Chen Mingli was very good and there was only a dead end to fight against the Eastern China. Only by asking for surrender to the Eastern China will there be a glimmer of hope. Don't be lucky, otherwise it will be burned and it will be too late to regret it.

Now, Zhebuzundanba VIII has completely given up on restoring the past situation and has fulfilled all the requirements for East China**. The letters to the leaders of the tribes of each banner are basically written as they can write whatever they require, and they will make any statements he needs to make, without any ambiguity.

At this time, the East China ** also formally attacked Russia and the Qing court during the diplomatic debate, because they captured dozens of Russian soldiers in the battle to annihilate Haishan tribe. After interrogation, they found that their identities were all garrisons of Russian consulates in various parts of Mongolia. In addition, a large amount of evidence of Russian support for **** and attempts to **** were found in the documents of the Kulun Consulate.

On the one hand, East China ** released these evidences, and on the other hand, they issued the last spy to Russia, asking Russia to explain these situations. Otherwise, East China ** would take all, including feasible means within force, to safeguard national interests.

Faced with the threat of war from East China, Russia suddenly became timid. In the past few days, Russia has also frequently made diplomatic efforts and strongly appealed to Britain, France, Germany, the United States and other countries, on the grounds that East China had undermined international conventions, attempting to pull other countries to jointly deal with East China. However, the leaders of various countries are all thousand-year-old old foxes. Seeing Russia's little thoughts, Germany and the United States still abide by a neutral position and advocate that the diplomatic dispute between Russia and East China should be resolved by both countries themselves and will not participate; while Britain and France are helping Russia to blame East China. It is okay to quarrel, but they will never support Russia and East China to go to war, and once again warned Russia that they must choose war carefully at this time.

At this time, Japan was thinking about improving relations with East China. It was actively planning to invite East China to send a fleet to visit when the US fleet visited Japan, forming a joint exercise of the Three Kingdoms fleet. Then, when the US fleet visited East China, the Japanese fleet also visited with them, completed the mutual visit between Japan and East China, and substantially improved the relationship between the two sides, allowing Japan to obtain a stable and good external environment and restore its domestic economy. Of course, in order to help Russia, it would not go to war with East China for the enemy at this time, so it politely declined Russia's request.

As a result, Russia went around and found that no country supported it to start a war with the East China National Congress, and the domestic calls for opposition to the war were increasing. Nicholas II was seriously lacking in confidence in Russia's war with the East China National Congress. After all, he lost too badly before. Moreover, now Mongolia's resistance forces have basically been wiped out by the East China National Congress. Even Tsepundanba VIII was in the hands of the East China National Congress. In this case, he had little chance of winning.

But if he was frightened by East China, what is Russia's face? What is the Tsar's face? After the defeat in the Far East War, the Tsar's prestige dropped sharply. This time he was scared by East China again. I am afraid that the status of the royal family might have been shaken. But once he started a war, he lost again, and the days of the royal family were over. Therefore, Nicholas II could not help but regret it. If he had known this situation, he would not have participated in it.

At this moment, a ladder was suddenly sent to Russia out of thin air, and it turned out that the Bosnian crisis broke out in Europe.

In July 1908, a coup occurred in the Ottoman Empire. A group of unity and progress committees composed of young Turkish officers launched a mutiny in Macedonia in the southern part of the Balkans, demanding that Sultan Abdul Hamid II immediately implement constitutional and reforms of the bourgeois nature and establish a bourgeois constitutional monarchy. The Sultan was forced to declare his abdication, causing the situation in the Ottoman Empire to turmoil. The countries on the Balkans had long wanted to divide the territory of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans. The countries outside the country had long been eyeing the Balkans. Now such a good opportunity has emerged, and there will be missed there.

So the Austro-Hungarian Empire took the lead, intending to attack the two provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina that it had long wanted. However, the Balkans have always been the focus of the interests of various countries. If the Austro-Hungarian Empire wants to annex Bosnia and Herzegovina, it must be supported by other countries. Although Germany will definitely support the Austro-Hungarian Empire, it is hard to say what the attitude of Britain and France is. If Britain and France oppose the Austro-Hungarian Empire annexed the two provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina, then there will be trouble.

After negotiations, the Austro-Hungarian Empire finally came up with a way to bring Russia in. Because the Austro-Hungarian Empire knew that Russia had always had ambitions to the Ottoman Empire, hoping to take the opportunity to modify the Black Sea Strait in the Berlin Treaty to not open to foreign warships in order to implement the policy of southward movement and even wanted to occupy the Black Sea Strait. Therefore, if it was used to assist Russia in revising the Berlin Treaty as bait, Russia could definitely be brought in. Russia was an ally of Britain and France. Once the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Russian Federation seized the territory of the Ottoman Empire, Britain and France would not be able to say anything else.

Germany had always wanted to differentiate the relationship between Russia and Britain and France, and bring Russia back to the [Three Emperors Alliance]. This time, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Russia jointly divided the territory of the Ottoman Empire, which could just improve the relationship between the two countries. Because the breakdown of the [Three Emperors Alliance] was due to the conflict of interests between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Russia on the Balkans, Germany chose to support the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Russia had no choice but to choose to form an alliance with France, which completely broke up the [Three Emperors Alliance].
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