It turned out that the spheres of influence of Britain and France were far away from them, and the biggest threat to them in Liaodong at that time was Japan and Tsarist Russia, so in the past ten years, I said that all my energy and ability were used to deal with Tsarist Russia and Japan, but with the war in the first half of this year, after the two threats of Tsarist Russia and Japan were completely lifted at one time, I began to pay attention to Britain and France in my heart.

"Am I too worried about what Britain and France are doing?" Liu Jun, who took a deep breath, thought of this and asked Zheng Yiqian next to him.

Zheng Yiqian doesn't know why, since Japan was lifted, Liu Jun doesn't seem to have the same strength as before, on the contrary, in front of Britain and France, he has shown a kind of weakness, which is something like Zheng Yiqian has never happened since she met Liu Jun.

Zheng Yiqian doesn't actually know Britain and France, but Liu Jun does.

France is even better, and the most terrible of them is England, which is now in a state of retreat, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse. Britain is still the hegemon in the world, and over the years, the construction of Liaodong has changed too much, but in terms of overall national strength, there is still a big disparity.

Although he currently has the powerful battleship Hongzhang and submarines and planes that Western countries do not know, Liu Jun understands that fighting, especially large-scale battles, is not one or two advanced weapons that can determine the outcome of the war, he is still fighting a country's national strength, the national strength is strong, he is not afraid of anywhere, the national strength is not strong, and he cannot do anything safely.

This is also why, when I was choosing a military ally, I went back to choose Germany, and I was not strong, so I could only unite with Germany, which was stronger than myself, so as to compete with Britain.

"Do you think I've changed a lot now?" Seeing that Zheng Yiqian didn't speak, Liu Jun asked after taking a deep breath.

Zheng Yiqian did not object, but nodded, she had these ideas. And it's intense. ，

Seeing Zheng Yiqian nodding, Liu Jun smiled, it seems that there are some things, he knows that he has to explain to Zheng Yiqian and Zhong Lin next to him today.

"Have you never figured out why I still have to find a way to pull Germany and Tsarist Russia over and join our camp to attack Japan when I can accurately grasp and defeat Japan?"

Hearing Liu Jun say this, Zhong Lin and Zheng Yiqian, who were not far away, did it, indeed, they have always had doubts in their hearts, at the beginning, after the Liaodong Army launched an attack on the Japanese Combined Fleet in the Liefei Islands, the Liaodong Staff and other departments analyzed and came to a conclusion, even without the participation of any country, the Liaodong Army alone could defeat Japan.

However, just when everyone thought that Liu Jun would let Liaodong fight Japan alone, Liu Jun suddenly convened an emergency meeting to discuss the plan to let Germany participate in the war against Japan.

"Head, we didn't understand what you did at the beginning, and I didn't even understand what you were doing this for months?" Zhong Lin took a deep breath and said in front of Liu Jun.

Zhong Lin's question immediately made Zheng Yiqian nod as well, Zheng Yiqian actually had such a question in her heart.

Seeing Zhong Lin ask, Liu Jun smiled slightly, then stood up from the chair and thought for a while by the window of the corridor and said: "I decided this way, in fact, the real reason was to let the German power enter Asia. ”

Why is this, Zhong Lin and Zheng Yiqian, who heard this, were puzzled. I don't understand why Liu Jun did this.

Hey, Liu Jun has never told anyone about this matter, but now, Liu Jun can say it, after looking down and thinking for a while, Liu Jun said: "Britain's strength is too strong, this is not a problem that we can fight, you all know, once Japan and Tsarist Russia are eliminated, in the Far East, the power will be left with us and Britain and France, Britain and France are too close, they will definitely unite against me, therefore, I want to let other countries enter Asia, so as to break the balance in this, Let the British and French plans fail completely, so I decided at that time to let Germany enter Japan, so that once the German power entered Japan, the dominance of Britain and France in Asia would be broken, and it would not be so easy for Britain and France to clean me up. ”

I understand, the two people who heard this finally figured out the problem that they had been entangled in their hearts for so long, it turned out that it was not because of the good relationship between Liaodong and Germany that Germany was allowed to enter Japan to divide things. Rather, it is because, in order to break the unfavorable situation in Asia for Liaodong.

"So what are we going to do now?" After already understanding the strong strength of the British and French sides, Zheng Yiqian took a deep breath, she had never felt this kind of oppression before, but now, hearing Liu Jun say this, Zheng Yiqian really felt that the real test in Liaodong had just begun.

Now, Liu Jun smiled slightly, the whole situation is still under his control, as long as the southwest problem is solved, he will not worry about them, at least even if he is worried, it will be weakened a lot.

"At present, as you just said, after taking over the southwest, we will first complete the construction of the southwest and even the whole country, so as to pave the way for some things in the future."

It can only be like this, hearing this, Zheng Yiqian and Zhong Lin both nodded and stood silent.

"By the way, inform Wang Shizhen that starting tomorrow morning, he will return to Jianmen Pass with me and command the troops to take over the southwest, in addition, tell Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang that they can do whatever they want, don't wait for Wang Shizhen, just take over their respective areas."

The three aspects of receiving the southwest were the plans that had been drawn up at the beginning, and now there is no problem in letting the armies carry out this plan.

"What should Ding Zhenfeng, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, do?" After Zhong Lin went out, Zheng Yiqian asked a very serious question, that is, how to arrange Ding Zhenfeng, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou.

I can't, just leave people idle and leave them alone, which seems to be too unkind.

Ding Zhenfeng, Liu Jun frowned when he heard this, Ding Zhenfeng is really difficult to arrange, he is average in military ability, but in the prime minister's government affairs, he still has a certain ability.

"Let him go to Beijing to assist Yuan Shikai, now there is a shortage of talents in the southwest and northwest, if it really can't work, transfer him to the northwest to manage Xinjiang government affairs." (To be continued.) )