signingbooks #564 - Each with his own agenda
#564 - Each with his own agenda
Liang Yue wasn't surprised by the reaction within Tsarist Russia at this time.
After all, no matter what, Russia was a powerful nation that could rank among the top few in Western Europe. Faced with the situation where its sphere of influence was about to be carved away, it had to come up with some necessary tough measures.
Just standing by willingly, letting others divide it as they pleased.
Putting aside the issue of strength, even just from the attitude, it would make people think too much and want to imitate it.
So, in Liang Yue's view, ruthlessness was the minimum standard for a nation to stand in the world's jungle.
Therefore, whether it was for the benefit of the entire Tsarist Russia or just to prove something to the world.
In short, in any case, sending a large army to fight with Liang Yue and others was basically an inevitable situation for the new regime.
And Liang Yue was very much looking forward to it!
In addition to this, during this video communication with Yuan Datou, the other party also revealed some other information to him.
For example, facing the continued stalemate in the European war and the increasing losses at the front.
The joint forces within Tsarist Russia, out of consideration for stopping losses and self-preservation, wanted to unilaterally withdraw from World War I and had already tentatively sent telegrams to the Allied countries such as Germany and Austria.
The Tsar resolutely opposed this, saying that he would never betray his allies and would fight to the end for the cause of justice.
And the Tsar's decision naturally received the strong support of other Allied members.
Moreover, in order to ensure the stability, correctness, and purity of their allies, the Allied countries also proposed to transfer a part of their military force to Tsarist Russia to help the Tsar quell the rebellion.
The Tsar did not refuse this either.
At this time, the sphere of influence he occupied was mostly located in the southwestern region of the vast Russian Empire.
In addition, a few scattered cities and industrial production bases in the northern region were still in a state of uncertainty after receiving the Tsar's instructions and calls.
Apart from this, most of the essential areas of Tsarist Russia had fallen under the control of the joint forces.
However, within this joint force, it was not a monolithic entity. They were not all red forces and could be roughly divided into three groups representing the interests of different people.
Namely, the bourgeoisie, the petty bourgeoisie, and several small revolutionary parties led by the Bolsheviks.
In short, the situation within Tsarist Russia at this time was somewhat complicated. The domestic essential areas in Europe were already in a state of panic, with serious opposition between the enemy and ourselves, and a war was on the verge of breaking out.
Relatively speaking, the Far East region where Liang Yue and others were located was much calmer due to its vast land, sparse population, and remote distance.
As long as they could resolve the first wave of attacks from the joint forces, they could probably be stable for a long time.
In addition, the Tsarist Russian border defense forces on the Far Eastern border were also somewhat entangled at this time. Facing the domestic opposition between the two sides, they did not know how to choose.
However, Liang Yue and others would naturally not allow this group of people to continue to exist.
In the following schedule, he would definitely give priority to resolving the existence of these border-guarding bears in the first instance and remove these nails within their own sphere.
Of course, due to the different attitudes of the two forces within Russia towards Liang Yue and others on the surface.
One chose to ignore it temporarily, while the other was preparing to directly start a war with him.
Under this circumstance, Liang Yue and others undoubtedly had to come up with a corresponding attitude.
For this reason, someone's arrangement was that those who wanted to continue to be stationed in place, guarding the border for Russia, watching the development of the situation, and not wanting to help either side, would be directly wiped out.
Those who wanted to rush home to help the Red Army with the revolution would be directly wiped out.
Those who wanted to go back to assist the Tsar in battle, Liang Yue and others would not only not kill them but also give them certain preferential treatment, allowing them to board the returning train.
In short, they would add fuel to the fire of the situation within Tsarist Russia in any way they could!
In addition, facing China, a country that had always been seen as poor, weak, and powerless in the eyes of many world powers, now dared to suddenly rise.
On the contrary, Germany expressed considerable support for China's "military action" to recover Vladivostok and the old lands of the Far East.
The German Emperor himself directly ordered their ambassador to China to express to the National Government their willingness to invite them to join World War I and declare war on the Allied countries at the cost of returning Shandong and Qingdao.
Unfortunately, as for Germany's idea, Liang Yue did not care much about it, but the Republican government probably did not have the courage to agree to it.
In addition, the island nation, which had always regarded itself as the first-class in Asia and the Europeans in the Asian region, showed an unusually cautious attitude in the face of the changes in the situation in recent days and China's sudden actions.
It remained quietly on the sidelines, watching the further development of the situation.
Liang Yue was not surprised by this either.
After all, as far as the current island nation was concerned, their development momentum was indeed very strong. The whole nation was of one mind and was on the road to glory.
But if we really talk about the actual situation, at this time, they were not yet ready to fully start a war with China. They could only constantly engage in some small actions in private and carry out local confrontation through slow erosion.
The current changes in the Far East of Tsarist Russia were completely unexpected.
It did not yet have the strength to wage war with a poor and weak China, and it naturally had even less strength to engage in a territorial battle on land with Tsarist Russia, a true great power.
According to Liang Yue's guess, the island nation was naturally very dissatisfied with China's occupation of the Far East region of Tsarist Russia and was full of jealousy.
It wanted to get involved but was afraid of getting burned and affecting its own original strategic development process.
Therefore, with reluctance in its heart, it would most likely use some slightly tortuous means to gain some moral advantage, so as to limitedly intervene in this matter.
For example, negotiating with the Tsar and the Allied countries, using the condition of helping to send troops to quell the Tsarist Russian rebellion to indirectly obtain the entry qualification to intervene in the Far East region.
So that the island nation could achieve a relatively free scale between advance and retreat.
Even if the Tsar completely regained control of the country afterwards and wanted to take back the Far East region again, they could calmly retreat completely and hold certain bargaining chips…
And if the Tsar failed, the situation might not necessarily become worse. At that time, facing another force within Russia.
They could still join forces with the Allied countries or even China to maintain the suppression of that force in the east and west directions, so as to calmly prepare for the seizure of the interests of the vast northern region of Asia.
In short, don't look at the fact that the island nation has been somewhat quiet in the past few days and has not yet expressed any views on this incident, but in private, it is definitely planning some ulterior motives!
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