The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Seeing that his boss's little trick worked, Lu Guangyao quickly made a gesture to the company commander who was in charge of counting the "gifts".

Before coming, Jiang Cheng asked Ivan to give unified training to the entire delegation, including the customs of the Russians, some taboos in communication, and a few simple Russian sentences.

They nodded in agreement immediately, and the company commander started calling them "Dawali" and even took down large bowls from the truck to share wine with them.

The scene soon became lively. You have to know why the revolution broke out in the last years of Tsarist Russia. It was because the lower classes were so poor that they had difficulty in getting food.

The civil war that continues to this day has made this once vast empire still very poor. These Russian soldiers can barely get enough to eat on a daily basis, so how can they resist the temptation of a luxury item like wine?

The Slavs are not that cunning. If you drink with me, I will regard you as a "Davri". Soon, the open space in front of the camp where the trucks were unloaded became a banquet venue. The Russians also brought dried meat, cheese, bread and other things. We gathered together to eat and drink, and the scene immediately became lively, noisy and joyous.

The chief of the garrison in the Baikal region was Alexei. He was welcoming Xu Shuzheng's arrival with Alexander and Sinvar, but was attracted by the chaos.

Seeing that the special envoy Alexander above had a frown on his face, he quickly whispered an order to his subordinates, then smiled awkwardly and led them to the arranged venue as the host.

But as soon as Ivan, the translator, sat down, the Soviet participants present were all stunned:
Because it is obvious that the boy has blond hair and blue eyes, and his appearance is very Slavic, but he is wearing the uniform of the Fengtian Army, and his military rank and position are actually not low.

Could it be...

Without waiting for these Russians to come over, Xu Shuzheng sat down and exchanged pleasantries first. He described the battles in Suiyuan and Chahar as extremely arduous and difficult, and even used harsh words like fighting to the death and making huge sacrifices.

Although Ji Jinchun's troops suffered great pressure when the White Army besieged Suiyuan, with the joining of Wang Junshan, Hai Rushong and other troops, these White Army troops whose rear contacts were cut off were no longer a threat.

"In fact, China and Russia have a history of strategic cooperation. For example, the China-Eastern Railway was built by both sides to jointly resist Japanese aggression."

It is not appropriate to beat around the bush when dealing with the Russians, so Xu Shuzheng chose to get straight to the point and talk about cooperation.

"In fact, our strategic cooperation around Vladivostok and the Middle East Railway is in the interests of both countries."

As he spoke, he laid out Vladivostok's import and export data for the past year, as well as nearby industrial and agricultural cooperation data...

These are all provided by Duan Congbin, without exaggeration or falsification. "But even if we don't mention these achievements, I believe you must have heard some facts:"

"Not only the area around the port, but also from Ussuriysk to the entire Lake Khanka region has seen considerable development."

In fact, the Russians are well aware of these achievements: although the port area used to be a developed area due to its reliance on trade;
However, due to the sparse population, the distance from the Russian mainland, and the relatively low farming technology, the economy of the surrounding areas could not develop at all.

“This… is indeed the case.”

Alexei was the first to say, "The local garrison and the people have also said this. Not only has the economic and population development recovered to pre-war levels, but the agricultural cultivated area and output have also recovered."

But before he could finish his words, Alexander turned his gaze and gave him a vicious look.

Before coming, Xu Shuzheng knew that as the promoter of the peace talks, Alexei was very supportive of their peace talks.

After all, he looked over there with a meaningful cold gaze: looking at the number of troops stationed in this camp, he could probably guess that their troops must be among the ones secretly going to China to fight.

Even though most soldiers are not afraid of life and death, those who have actually licked blood on the tip of a knife are the least willing to fight... because once a war breaks out, there will be sacrifices, and no one wants to see that.

He wanted to negotiate, and he also wanted the Baikal region to develop like Vladivostok, where the country would be peaceful and the people would be prosperous and there would be no more wars.

But they...

As soon as his thoughts turned to this point, Xinval coughed heavily and said, "Mr. Xu's words are very useful for reference—"

"It's just that the situation in the Baikal region is different from that in Vladivostok. Moreover, according to the railway, the amount of supplies you sent to Mongolia seems to be too much."

Slavs are Slavs, and they turned the topic to the most important and most concerned point:

As time went on, a steady stream of supplies were sent to Kulun——

Of course, the most important component of supplies is weapons. With the support of the United States, Jilin has been able to produce some field guns, howitzers, and cannons with greater power and longer range.

The most important thing is that with the development of Jilin electric power engineering, welding technology has also made considerable progress. Their main combat equipment, even tanks and aircraft, can be assembled by themselves.

Xu Shuzheng understood that the reason why Jiang Cheng brought so many weapons this time, especially those manufactured and assembled by Jilin itself——

We can take this opportunity to actually verify their power.

Thinking of this, Xu Shuzheng smiled at the increasingly nervous Russian high-ranking officials and said gently: "In fact, I personally think that given the current cooperative relationship between our two countries, you don't seem to need to worry about any actions from our side."

"After all, the military operations of our Jilin Army are mainly aimed at the White Army and the Japanese Army... You can think about it. No matter which side we attack militarily, it will benefit both of us."

At this point, the smile on Xu Shuzheng's face became noticeably narrower. "But having said that, judging from our army's current strength, the enemy should be worried, right? Haha!"

Ivan was smart enough to understand what the head of the embassy meant.

Xu Shuzheng's original words were relatively conservative, but Ivan translated them into a straightforward and even aggressive way:

Since you guys are not our enemies, why do you have to be afraid of us stockpiling weapons?

We are now stockpiling a large amount of weapons and equipment in Mongolia just to defend against the enemy.

It was obvious that the expressions of the Russians opposite had changed greatly. Xu Shuzheng lowered his eyebrows and smiled faintly, then leaned forward slightly:
"Haha, since we are all friends, why don't we talk about the practical aspects of the alliance?"

"After all, the chaos in Mongolia is not good for the cooperation between our two countries, right?" (End of this chapter)