ebookland Chapter 497 I Want a Lot of Things
Chapter 497 I Want a Lot of Things
"You don't understand. If we take Ulaanbaatar, there will be no way to negotiate. There's nothing they value on the entire grassland. Now that Ulaanbaatar is in their hands, our army will have to act like they're ready to attack. They want to hold on to Ulaanbaatar before they can negotiate with us and give us what we want."
Li Shaoyi said cunningly. Tang Guoping originally felt a little sorry, but after hearing what Li Shaoyi said, he suddenly realized that the Marshal was waiting for them here.
"Then what do you want?"
Tang Guoping said with some curiosity, if we talk about the ownership of the Xiongnu steppe, don’t even think about it, the Russians will never give it to us. Their desire for land possession is definitely beyond our imagination.
It seems that we would not agree to divide it according to the existing battle lines. Why do you want to take away part of our land that has been ours since ancient times?
"I want a lot of things: the land under our feet, compensation from the Huns, and satisfaction from the Westerners."
When he heard the word "Westerners", Tang Guoping realized the gap between himself and the Marshal. Usually, his vision was limited to the Xiongnu grasslands. He only considered the situation in the place where the war was fought, and had no sense of the overall situation at all.
The Marshal has different considerations. This war has been inseparable from the Westerners from the beginning to now. Now they provide us with a lot of military funds every month. Although the amount of military funds provided will decrease with the end of the war, they will definitely support us in other ways. Who made them dislike the Russians so much?
"Let's not talk about this anymore. There's no rush right now. You brigade commanders of the main brigades should be prepared. After this war, our entire army will need to expand. Although we haven't approved it from above, we can do it secretly. The original four regiments can be increased to six."
When Li Shaoyi talked about internal issues, the brothers immediately became interested. Although there was no way to promote them from brigade commanders to division commanders, the territory we control is larger, and there will be no problem in adding two regiments to each brigade. Otherwise, if you people from Jinling come and watch, and there are the Russians across the way, do you dare to station here?
"That's no problem. Let alone adding two regiments, even if the strength is doubled and a brigade is expanded to 40,000 people, I don't think there will be any problem."
Tang Guoping naturally agreed. His 1st Infantry Brigade was the most powerful in the entire army. Even if it needed to be strengthened, he would be ranked at the forefront.
"Don't expect such a good thing. After the negotiations are over, all the land south of Ulaanbaatar will belong to us. In addition to protecting the grasslands, we must also be careful with the land bordering the south. Those warlords don't want us to infiltrate."
Li Shaoyi took into consideration these warlords in the north. Of course, the most powerful one was the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. However, Li Shaoyi knew the situation of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and knew that they did not have much intention of expansion. They just wanted to defend their territory, so he did not care much about it.
What's more, after the Central Plains War, the territory of Suiyuan was no longer in the hands of Commander Yan, it was just a title.
The local warlords are restraining each other. If we are lucky, we might be able to conquer them and expand our territory at the same time. The territory on the Xiongnu grassland has expanded large enough, but the problem is that there are not many people in most areas. Whether you want to recruit soldiers or build industrial zones here, none of them meet the standards.
Things turned out pretty much as Li Shaoyi had predicted, and the result came out very quickly. With the mediation of Nanjing, about a week later, Mr. Delbakov, Vice Member of the Russian Foreign Affairs Committee, would hold talks with Li Shaoyi.
According to Li Shaoyi's idea, the place for the talks should naturally be the northern front. If you are willing, you can hold the talks in my military camp and take a look at our military power.
But the Russians insisted on negotiating in Nanjing, after all, this is your capital.
People from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the National Government also agreed with this statement. Li Shaoyi understood their thinking, which was that in this situation, if the negotiations were successful and part of the land on the Xiongnu steppe was taken back, then people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would also be able to get a share.
Li Shaoyi was still thinking about the compilation issue, so he decided to go to Nanjing for negotiations and let Li Sibei prepare a professional negotiation team. If there were not enough people, he could go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for more.
Now that we have won the battle, we are asking you guys to come out and prepare some negotiation documents. If you refuse, we will let the reporters expose it immediately. You guys have no fate as patriots at all. Who doesn't want fame when working in the diplomatic department?
In this way, Li Shaoyi and Ma Leizi boarded the plane heading south.
When passing through Peking, Mayor Yuan specially hosted a banquet for him. After all, Li Shaoyi had won a victory in the north. When we set out from here last time, we didn't know the specific situation in the north, and it was hard to say how the battle would turn out. Now we have won a great victory, and we have killed 5,000 Japanese. This means that both fronts are safe. Going to Nanjing again is different from the last time.
After drinking this meal, Li Shaoyi rested in Peiping for two days, deliberately letting everyone in the city know, and by the way, letting the Russians in Nanjing know that he was not in a hurry to negotiate. He delivered several patriotic speeches in Peiping, and major newspapers put Li Shaoyi on the front page, and his personal reputation once again reached its peak.
Although Mayor Yuan felt that Li Shaoyi was too popular and might cause dissatisfaction among the Nanjing National Government, but then again, the people had been suppressed for so long over the years, and no one had notified them. Hundreds of thousands of Peking citizens took to the streets, carrying Li Shaoyi's photos on their shoulders and marching. This had not happened in many years. Why should public opinion be suppressed?
Just indulge yourself like ordinary people.
Li Shaoyi really felt that the matter had become serious. When these people were marching on the streets, Li Shaoyi immediately packed his luggage and hurried to leave Peiping.
You haven't reached that level yet, but the people have already brought you to that level. This is flattery!
However, Li Shaoyi could not pour cold water on the people. The various conscription departments of the 72nd Division still needed such public opinion, so Li Shaoyi could only deal with it coldly and get on the plane and leave.
Jinling Airport...
Li Sibei changed into a white dress and white leather shoes, looking very modern. Behind her were fifty office security personnel wearing dark German-style military uniforms, creating a beautiful sight at the airport...