radicalducati #569 - Island Vanguard
#569 - Island Vanguard
However, even under these circumstances, the overall situation in Tsarist Russia remained unfavorable.
The Tsar was still at a disadvantage, even with the support of the Entente powers and the intentional or unintentional assistance from Liang Yue.
Because, after all, the Soviets were not fighting alone.
Although perhaps not by design, the Soviets and the Allied powers had, in effect, formed a natural alliance.
They all wanted the Tsar dead and for Tsarist Russia to withdraw from World War I.
The bourgeois and petty-bourgeois forces, which had previously united with them to overthrow the Tsar, were now secretly beginning to lean towards the Tsar's side again.
In addition, some extra-territorial countries that were not originally within Europe, such as the United States, were now beginning to send various forces to join the fray of World War I.
If Liang Yue wasn't mistaken, the male lead in the Wonder Woman storyline should have entered the European battlefield as a spy under these circumstances.
Furthermore, some countries with ulterior motives, such as Japan, had already begun actively engaging with Tsarist Russia and were eager to join the war.
According to intelligence conveyed by Yuan Datou from within the country, Liang Yue learned that the Japanese seemed to have reached a preliminary agreement with the Tsar, deciding to send troops to help him quell the rebellion.
However, the specific military deployments of these little devils did not seem to be on the Western Front, which was the area currently controlled by the Tsar.
According to the news from the country, the island nation seemed to want to start directly from Northeast China and head north, directly entering the Far East region, which was now occupied by the Republic of China.
Then, taking advantage of the Trans-Siberian Railway, they would travel west, joining forces with the Tsar's troops and the Allied forces from the east, forming a pincer attack against the Soviets.
Moreover, according to the intelligence, the Japanese seemed to have great ambitions this time, gathering a full five to six hundred thousand troops, and through negotiations and coercion with the Republic of China government, they had now assembled their forces in various parts of the Northeast.
Currently, they were actively preparing and collecting various war materials from Japan and various parts of China.
When Liang Yue heard this news, his first reaction was to burst out laughing, laughing for more than half a minute before slowly stopping, and then instructing the women around him.
He told them to guard the western transportation routes and be careful not to be attacked, as for the islanders in the east, he would personally deal with them!
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At this time, after more than half a month of intense preparations, the first batch of the little devils' troops.
A vanguard force of about 80,000 soldiers had successively boarded trains from Northeast China and entered the Far Eastern Railway line.
Liang Yue was currently flying hundreds of meters above in the sky, following them all the way with an invisibility spell, holding a panoramic sand table in his hand, leisurely considering the best area to intercept these troops.
After careful observation, he finally chose a section of valley road located between rolling hills.
The narrow railway was now located in the low-lying angle at the bottom of the valley, although it could not be called a remote corner, on the contrary, the road surface through which the railway passed seemed very flat and even spacious.
However, the surrounding terrain would not change because of this, the slopes and hills on both sides, hundreds of meters high, seemed to rise from the ground, sandwiching the railway at the foot of the winding mountains.
In addition, it was now early spring, and the cold Siberian plateau was still howling with cold winds, and thick white snow was piled up on both sides of the hillside.
At a glance, it was a dangerous place.
In fact, it wasn't just Liang Yue who thought so, the group of Japanese officers and soldiers who were sitting on the train below and rushing on their way seemed to be very worried as well.
People in the car would stick their heads out of the window from time to time and look around.
It seemed that they were afraid that if they were not careful, something would happen in the valley, causing natural disasters such as avalanches or landslides.
At that time, in addition to suffering heavy losses, an entire 80,000 vanguard army would probably be trapped in this freezing valley.
“The weather here is really cold! It's worse than Hokkaido, ha~”
“Yes, I heard that it's because of the influence of some cold air from the Arctic, and it will be like this for at least a month or two.”
“This damn weather, it must be at least minus thirty degrees!”
“I don't know how those 毛熊 usually survive~”
“I heard that last year, they were driven back to Moscow by the Chinese.”
“Are the Chinese that powerful?”
“There should be no problem with this information, their government and army have clear sources of information, I heard that since last winter, they have crossed the Heilongjiang River.
They sent troops to occupy Vladivostok, and now, after a few months, it seems that nearly 100,000 people have been immigrated there, all of whom are about to be unable to survive in China.”
“Ah, I've heard about it too, the intelligence department has also sent people into that city, and the information that has been sent back says that those people are doing pretty well.
The houses and everything are ready-made, and there is no shortage of coal and iron, there are many fish in the ocean, and there are countless prey in the northern forests.
Some factories and production lines left by the 毛熊 have recently begun to be used, and people have been sent there from both their south and north.”
“This situation is not good news for us!”
“That's why we're here~”
“We must not let the Chinese take advantage of the situation, we must suppress them!”
“Yes, so our mission this time is very important, in addition to going to the front line to help the Russian Tsar fight, more importantly, we must do everything possible to fight for the interests of the Empire!”
“Then our soldiers in the rear battlefield have a very heavy task, the interests that have already been obtained, the Chinese should not simply hand them over.”
“Then fight until they agree!”
“Hi! That's what I think too!”
“It would be even better if we could also get a piece of permanent territory on this vast land.”
“Yes, although it is cold and not suitable for planting crops, the resources here are too abundant, coal, iron and other minerals, forests, medicinal materials, and there may even be oil.”
“To achieve this grand ambition, we need the right time, the right place, and the right people, all three are indispensable. With the current national strength of our empire, we temporarily have the strength to take a piece of territory from a world power like Tsarist Russia.
Even if they temporarily occupy the land like the Chinese, it will be difficult to maintain in the end. In the eyes of the European and American powers, it is taking advantage of the fire, losing legitimacy, and when they free up their hands~”
“That's right! Only those stupid Chinese can do such a thing!”
“It's simply overestimating themselves and courting death!”
“But their actions happen to provide us with a reason to intervene, and we happen to be in a place close to them, this is~ the right time and the right place, right?”
“So~ gentlemen, our mission this time is very important, whether we can hold the advantage of the right people in our hands, the performance of our vanguard army on the battlefield is the key!”
“Hi!” “Hi!” “Hi~” ……
“For the Empire and the Emperor, I am ready to sacrifice!”
“Me too~!”
“Morishita, Noda-kun, and everyone, let us join hands~”
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“Heh heh~”
Hundreds of meters above in the sky, Liang Yue naturally heard all these people's heroic words with his superhuman hearing.
Frankly speaking, these people are indeed a group of elites who are striving for their ideals and goals, and this spirit of striving for progress is indeed worthy of recognition.
But the hero of one is precisely the enemy of the other.
When the fundamental interests of two countries collide head-on, any morality, justice, bottom line, etc. will be infinitely weakened and lowered.
Any means, methods, in the face of lofty national interests, will be given a strong aura of justice.
Even the most despicable methods will be given a layer of light attribute filter in the invisible.
“So, for me now, there is no need to have any psychological burden no matter what I do~ right?”
Thinking of this, Liang Yue looked at his unusually white, smooth and slender palm, couldn't help but curl his lips, and then slowly stretched it down.
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