On the British side, they had already made preparations for the fall of Hong Kong, and with the help of a powerful fleet when they had a fleet, they could do their best to ensure that Hong Kong would not be lost, but without ships and relying only on the army, Hong Kong was doomed to be unable to hold on.

But the fall so fast, still more or less shocking, the British division stationed there, is not the kind of very weak colonial division, he is a regular division, the personnel are also neat, in their publications, how can they resist the northwest for a period of time, but the facts tell them that the army in the northwest is really powerful, less than a day of effort, took Hong Kong, the defenders after paying huge casualties, finally chose to surrender, the battle of Hong Kong ended.

Hong Kong has a very unique position in China's history, from 1840 after the first Opium War, signed the Treaty of Nanjing, Hong Kong has been ceded to Hong Kong, just returned to China's embrace, this is a major event that refers to propaganda, when the newspapers and broadcasts, for the first time, the news of the whole country when the whole country announced, the whole country, an uproar, different from the previous Taiwan, Hong Kong's return represents the recovery from the hands of the British, and the hands of the Japanese, which is completely different.

All over the country, both in the Northwest and elsewhere, celebrated the event. The importance of Hong Kong, Yang Yuanzhao even went to Hong Kong to inspect it, mainly to reward meritorious officials, and by the way, to boost morale.

Hong Kong at this time, a temporary port, had not yet become a future center of international finance, logistics and trade, and in the eyes of the British, Hong Kong's output as a colony was far inferior to that of a military port for warships, almost developed around this. Some residents have only gradually developed the shipping and logistics industry after that.

For the northwest, Hong Kong is only the first step, and when this head is opened, the next step is that the issue of concessions begins to be raised. China began to use the most forceful means to recover all kinds of concessions and abolish all kinds of unequal treaties, that is, the future unified country, in the name of China, did not recognize any unequal treaties signed by the Qing Dynasty, and the privileges granted by various unequal treaties to the great powers were also withdrawn one after another.

Good news one after another. In itself, the reputation of the Northwest is more in terms of salary standards and benefits, and now, even the national integrity is so good, all the things that the people want to solve, but there is no way to solve it, are solved by the Northwest one after another. Hong Kong is back, and so are the concessions of Shanghai. The whole of China has almost completely returned to the embrace of China, all of which are China's territory, and there is no place outside the country or a country within a country.

Baotou, Yuan Shikai's mansion, he saw a doctor in Baotou. He looks a lot better in terms of complexion, less worries about government affairs, less intrigue and intrigues, and he has even become a lot fatter.

Of course, it's not that he doesn't care about domestic and international things at all. When the Northwest regained the concession, he was taken aback, as a veteran political figure, Yuan Shikai was very aware of the importance of the great powers to the concession, when he successfully replaced the Qing Dynasty, he did not dare to talk about the concession, not even the unequal treaty, the customs have always been manipulated in the hands of the British, for no other reason, any slightest tendency, will usher in the blow of the British.

In his opinion, maybe the British will rebound next, and even France and the United States will take action, and he is slightly worried about the northwest, as far as he has seen and heard in the northwest, it proves that the northwest is really doing practical things, and the rise of China in the future is inseparable from him.

But then, the development of things made Yuan Shikai really a little incomprehensible, these practices in the northwest, the powers did not have any opposition, at most they only protested and protested in the newspapers, why is this happening, could it be that the powers have become paper tigers and will only bluff?

Later, in a meeting with Yang Yuanzhao, Yuan Shikai asked about his doubts straight to the point, Yang Yuanzhao also patiently explained to him, Yuan Shikai is still the idea of old-style officials, they are afraid of the powers, but they don't know, the powers also have peaks and valleys, from 1840 onwards, in fact, the strength of Britain and France and other powers ups and downs, especially during the Sino-French War, if the Qing court had a little international vision at that time, it would not have fought an undefeated and defeated war.

Now, the energy of the entire great powers has been contained in the European war, it can be said that the ability to interfere in other things has been reduced to a minimum, and in addition to the only mobile force in Asia, the entire fleet has been annihilated, even if Britain and France change, they will not be able to change their strength to interfere, the most important thing is that the northwest is quite clear about the strength of Britain and France, which has eliminated the possibility of their fox and tiger power, and the tough army has also made them throw a mouse bogey, and the Japan that supported them has been disabled, and after thinking about it for a long time, the powers have no pawns to interfere.

Yuan Shikai understood paradoxically, the concession was recovered, the unequal treaties were abolished, and China would put aside all the burdens and make great strides forward in the future, and Yuan Shikai was really relieved, completely relaxed, and lived for a long time.

Different from Yuan Shikai's concern, Sun Dacang is more puzzled, although they are forbidden to leave, but occasionally take them to visit, and give them a copy of all kinds of newspapers, but also let them understand the situation at home and abroad anytime and anywhere, seeing the northwest forcibly take back the colonies and abolish the unequal treaties, Sun Dacang is happy in his heart, the British and French powers attach importance to these things, he is relatively clear, maybe, this will become the turning point of the northwest from strong to weak.

But then, there were many protests from various countries, but the thunder and rain were small, no country took the initiative to intervene, so that the northwest took back the colonies and abolished the unequal treaties in vain, as a revolutionary party, Sun Dacang had deliberately understood the demands of the people before, he knew very well that the people's demands were not high, China was oppressed by the powers for nearly a hundred years, and the return of Hong Kong and a series of concessions represented that China could truly control its own destiny and fully exercise sovereignty.

When the last concession, the Tianjin concession, after the successful return, announced that the concession recovery movement has come to an end, the time has entered June, the temperature is rising in various places, and the northwest and even the whole of China's propaganda means, are promoting one thing, on August 8, the founding ceremony of New China, in the new capital Baotou, will hold a grand military parade, by the way, will also announce the welfare measures related to every citizen.

In fact, in the footsteps of the northwest, after entering the territory of Beiyang and the revolutionary party, the improvement is being carried out, all the officials, are in the northwest system, gradually cultivated, in order to receive the territory, the northwest also specially allocated 600 million US dollars of funds, of this money, only 3 percent of the government special funds channel, the rest, basically Yang Yuanzhao took out, the government budget was done as early as a year ago, now can not be adjusted can only fine-tune.

Fortunately, Yang Yuanzhao has accumulated a huge amount of wealth in the past days, and even his wealth, when it is gradually returned to the Northwest Government, he has obtained more and taken out some welfare investment for various places.

Money can make ghosts grind, the perfect welfare system in the northwest, the benefits to the people are real, plus the northwest dares to say no to the powers, as long as it is reasonable, the regulations in the northwest are the same for anyone, when the half-believing people receive the first money, for the northwest, it is really rave reviews.

The prestige of the northwest, in a short period of time, has been constantly rising, and now it has become an irreversible general trend, as long as the northwest does not make mistakes, the political power is quite stable.

On Capitol Hill, a bill is being passed through the efforts of some senators, and this bill has a long name, and later generations have a simple name, called the Lend-Lease Treaty, to put it bluntly, it is to use the huge production capacity of the United States to lease the military equipment of various countries, and to a certain extent, it can be purchased on credit.

This is the third bill of support for the Entente that the United States has passed in the past six months, and it is also the most far-reaching, and the Lend-Lease treaty that is now being discussed on Capitol Hill has actually been voted on, and the reason why it is so fiercely contested is that Britain requires the latest battleships in the concession.

The dreadnought class can, but the best, or super dreadnought, this is a big deal, since the term battleship came out, the battleship has always been the capital ship, and it is impossible to lease the capital ship of any country.

The reason why the British put forward this condition to the United States was very simple, the gap itself was huge, and the British side had an absolute advantage, and the home fleet blocked the German navy in the Baltic Sea.

But now, with the appearance of 9 super dreadnoughts, no one is in the mood, in case the Germans find them for a decisive battle, it is really hard to say who will kill the deer.

Battleships are not small things, if you need them, you can go directly to get them, but the production cycle of battleships is more than an hour, and when the daylily is cold, you must find a way to survive the time in front of you, at this time, the name of the United States is more and more mentioned.

After a fierce quarrel, the U.S. Congress finally passed the Lend-Lease Act, but there was a limit on the number of battleships, which could not exceed six, which is half of the super-dreadnoughts currently owned by the United States.

In this regard, the British didn't say much, people were under the eaves, and had to bow their heads, as long as these 6 super dreadnoughts returned to the UK, even if Scheer's fleet returned, it would not be at an absolute disadvantage, (to be continued.) )