The clearing of the Baliem Valley lasted for nearly half a month.
Huang Li and others initially underestimated the duration of the suppression and were not fully prepared. In fact, it was only when they arrived in the Baliem Valley that they learned that the Asmats here were not all concentrated together, but scattered throughout Baliem.
In every corner of the valley, this greatly increases the difficulty of clearing.
However, there is no doubt about the superiority of hot weapons over primitive cold weapons. Huang Li and the others spent most of their time on the road, and the actual use of them in combat was not very long.
Considering that the extermination of the aboriginal people was too brutal, Qin Zhiyuan instructed Lance to downplay the matter in the daily news, stop hyping it up, and instead shift his attention to withdrawing troops from Europe.
From September 1916 to August 1919, the Foreign Legion fought hard in Europe for three years, and now it is finally time to withdraw from Europe.
The Bolsheviks and the coalition government signed a peace agreement in Paris, agreeing to use the currently occupied areas as the armistice demarcation line to end the war.
In current Russia, the Bolsheviks occupy a vast territory north of Moscow, including St. Petersburg.
Yes, although it looks much smaller than the original Russia, the current Bolshevik-controlled area still covers about 4 million square kilometers.
The coalition government controls the remaining territory south and west of Moscow, and Kolchak controls an even larger area of 10 million square kilometers.
Comparing the Russian maps of later generations, you will find that there are nearly 3 million square kilometers missing, and those missing areas are areas controlled by Lanfang.
Although the peace agreement had been signed, Europe still did not feel safe, so conflicts broke out between Kolchak, Denikin and Yudenich. The interests within the coalition government could not be reconciled, so the land controlled by the coalition government split again.
, Kolchak occupied the territory west of Moscow, including most of Siberia, Denikin occupied the relatively developed areas south of Moscow, and Yudenich suffered the worst. He lost almost all his troops in the civil war and only received
That little bit of land in Estonia and Latvia.
So now Russia was dismembered into five parts, namely the Bolshevik BuRu, Kolchak's coalition government, Denikin's Southern Russia, Yudenich's Estonia, and the Northern Territory controlled by Lanfang.
It looks like Russia's civil war is basically over.
But everyone knows that this end is temporary. After a while, no matter which side feels that it has regained its strength, the war will start again.
But that has nothing to do with the Foreign Legion. The Foreign Legion will withdraw from Russia in batches to the Far East along the Trans-Siberian Railway.
Yes, it is the Far East. After the war stopped, some members of the Foreign Legion chose to retire. The remaining approximately 60,000 people will return to the Far East and will be stationed there from now on.
The ownership of the Far East is still unresolved. The Japanese, British and Americans both asked Lanfang to return the northern Xinjiang region to the Republic of China.
Lanfang requested that Lanfang be temporarily managed under the pretext that the Republic of China had not yet formed a unified government. The French were noncommittal about this.
noncommittal
This is not okay
France is an ally of Lanfang, and the two countries must be consistent on the territorial issue.
So the ambassador to France, Lu Zhengxiang, went to the French Prime Minister's Office to meet with Clemenceau, hoping to communicate with Clemenceau on the matter of the northern Xinjiang region.
The main resistance comes from the Japanese. Their reasons are very good. If Lan Fang continues to control the Far East, it will pose a great threat to Japan's security. The British and Americans also agree with the Japanese. To be honest, your territory is too big now. , even I couldn’t help but be jealous. Clemenceau’s words were half truth and half lie.
Lu Zhengxiang and Clemenceau were also acquaintances. Because of Lanfang's relationship with France, the relationship between the two was also good. When Clemenceau faced Lu Zhengxiang, he did not push back, but went straight to the core of the problem.
If you look at the map, if Lanfang continues to retain the northern Xinjiang area, then Japan will be caught between Lanfang's north and south attacks. Of course, the Japanese have reason to express dissatisfaction.
The positions of the Americans and British are understandable, because they also have territorial disputes with Lan Fang, regarding the American Philippines and British Malaya.
No, no, that's not actually the case. Lan Fang has no ambitions towards Japan. Lan Fang just wants to seek justice for his ancestors, and has no intention of targeting Japan. Lu Zhengxiang was the first to state his position.
Of course, Clemenceau would not believe Lu Zhengxiang's lies. Anyone would say anything high-sounding. So Clemenceau just spread his hands and made a helpless gesture, asking Lu Zhengxiang to continue talking.
In fact, the Japanese currently enjoy most of the rights in the Northeastern region of the Republic of China. If Lanfang returns the Far East to the Republic of China, then Mr. Prime Minister, you can imagine who will ultimately control it. I think it is definitely not the Republic of China, because the Republic of China currently does not have that ability. .Lu Zhengxiang wants to divert trouble eastward.
In fact, the Japanese do not want to see the British and Americans now. The Japanese used the world war to seize a large number of rights from the Republic of China, and these rights are exclusive. This will definitely affect the interests of the British and Americans. The British and Americans do not It’s not that they don’t know this, it’s just that the two powers harm each other, whichever is the lesser. When Japan and Lanfang are compared, the British and Americans obviously think that Lanfang is a greater threat, so they side with the Japanese.
Well, if we compare the performance of the Lanfang army and the Japanese army in the World War, the two are indeed not on the same level.
As for our territory, Mr. Prime Minister, a strong Lanfang is better than a strong Russia, and Lanfang's strength is also what France hopes for, isn't it? Lu Zhengxiang's grasp of the French mentality is relatively accurate.
To be honest, when Lanfang began to rebel against the Dutch colonial government, almost everyone did not realize that things would turn out like this.
Think about it, Lanfang only occupied the Dutch East Indies at first, but almost in the blink of an eye, Papua New Guinea, which was entrusted to the Australians by the British, also became Lanfang's territory, including the entire Solomon Islands, and now it also wants to Coupled with the Far East area of about 300 square kilometers, Lanfang's rise caught everyone off guard, to the point of being frightening.
Because of this, perhaps both the British and Americans are regretting it now. If they had known that the Dutch's performance was so miserable, why would they have left such a large territory to Lan Fang?
The French may not regret it, but jealousy is certainly inevitable.
By the way, the Dutch, who have lost control of the East Indies, have not given up. Just a few days ago, the Queen of the Netherlands announced a shipbuilding plan, planning to build eight battleships within three years and then return to Southeast Asia.
Haha, what can I say about this plan? No matter whether the Dutch have enough financial resources to support this plan, even if it is completed, the Dutch may not be able to return to Southeast Asia as they wish.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Lanfang has not been idle. Currently, in the shipyard in Marseille, the keel laying of the first Legion-class battleship has begun, and the progress is much faster than that of the Dutch.
You are right, I hope that Lanfang will be strong, but I hope that Qin can develop the country in another way, rather than the current aggressive way. You know, the current Lanfang has caused the British
If the uneasiness with the Americans continues, I am afraid the consequences will not be optimistic, so both Lloyd George and Wilson feel threatened to a certain extent. You must understand this, especially Qin. Clemenceau knows the current Lan Fang
Who has the final say, so every word is closely related to Qin Zhiyuan.
Clemenceau's dealings with Qin Zhiyuan took more than a day or two. Clemenceau knew Qin Zhiyuan very well.
In Clemenceau's opinion, if Lanfang is not contained, Lanfang's territory will continue to expand, and one day Lanfang will endanger France's interests.
Think about it, French Indochina is not far from Lan Fang.
George, on this issue, I don’t think you need to worry, and neither do the British or Americans. We are just a group of abandoned people, a group of poor people who have been abandoned by the motherland, so please understand the uneasiness of our group of people. Maybe now
It seems that Lanfang is indeed full of aggression, but this is certainly not the norm. The world war has just ended, and no one is willing to provoke another war. Currently, millions of people depend on Qin to survive. Qin is under tremendous pressure, so
George, now is the time when Lanfang needs France's friendship, and please believe that Lanfang will definitely repay France, just like we did during the World War. Lu Zhengxiang uses both soft and hard tactics.
Lu Zhengxiang's words were pitiful, but he was actually accusing the French of burning bridges, and implicitly pointed out that if France does not support Lan Fang now, then Lan Fang will reconsider its relationship with France.
This must attract the attention of the French.
Perhaps Lanfang's threat to the Japanese would make the French feel uneasy, but if France loses Lanfang as an ally because of the Japanese, then the result will indeed be more losses than gains. Clemenceau did not take long to make the right choice.
France has lost Russia as its traditional ally. If it loses Lanfang again, France will be left alone.
Think about it, if Lan Fang joins the British or remains neutral, France will now be in an isolated situation. Americans are the biological sons of the British, and the Japanese are the godsons of the British. What does France have?
Kolchak's coalition government
Stop being funny
So at the League of Nations meeting the next day, France immediately changed its tone and firmly supported Lanfang in temporarily managing the Far East until the Republic of China formed a unified government.
In this way, Lanfang's situation improved greatly.
The current France is not the France that was completely occupied by the Germans. The French are now the victors, and they are the victors who served as the main force to win the world war. The British and Americans may be able to ignore Lanfang's opinions, but they must
Value France's opinion.
Of course, in order to make the British give up Japan willingly, Qin Zhiyuan had a back-up plan.
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