The Northwest did not reply to the unreasonable demands of the Great Powers, but Britain and France protested first, they protested against the unprovoked invasion of the territory of the Revolutionary Party in the Northwest, which did not conform to the current situation in China, and demanded that the Northwest immediately withdraw from Nanjing, Wuxi, and Zhenjiang, as well as from the node cities in the south, and maintain peace in the whole of China, otherwise, they would certainly not sit idly by and watch, and would definitely come to interfere.

After all, the prestige of Britain and France spreads far and wide, especially Britain, the world hegemon across the seven seas, in this era, the prestige of the British world police is much stronger than that of the United States in later generations, and it is also much more arrogant and naked.

Whether it was the Opium War that pried open China's door, the Boer War against the Boers in South Africa, or the act of provoking a series of European wars, after the rise of the British, really made the world a mess, of course, every step of the British was in line with the morality of the British, such as the Opium War, in order to compete for the market in China, plundering a lot of wealth from China, the Boer war, but also the naked plundering of the Boer gold, there is evidence that after the Boers were eliminated at a huge cost, The British not only got the diamond mines and gold mines of South Africa, but the gold reserves of the Boers alone fed the British, about 250 tons of gold, which was an unimaginable wealth even at the beginning of the 20th century.

The British and the French still wanted to use such a frivolous threat to force the northwest to submit, but unfortunately he was destined to miscalculate, the northwest is completely different from other forces, from the early stage of development, they have paid attention to external development, and after the establishment of the intelligence bureau, they have developed both inside and outside. Even with the help of Germany, and with deeper roots in Europe and the United States, they have long understood that Britain and France are already unable to protect themselves in the European war, and the forces they can draw are extremely limited. Left and right are just some of the forces located in Asia.

The army in the northwest is not afraid, and the two or three million troops in the northwest have been solved, and the two or three million troops in the northwest have been solved, plus the continued signs, the total number may eventually reach five million, not to mention the fact that Britain and France use the power of Asia, even if Britain, France, Russia and the United States attack with all their might.

The northwest is different from the decadent and backward Qing government. The northwest is a developed modern city, with extremely strong war mobilization capacity and strong war potential, with an output of more than 100 million tons of steel, which can be said to be a huge backbone, not to mention the geographical advantages that the northwest has after the unification of China, whether it is Britain and France. Or if the United States wants to attack China, it must cross the ocean. At a time when military science and technology have not yet developed to the extreme, and ocean transportation is only the initial stage, thousands of miles away, the strength is first weakened by a few percent, plus huge expenses and logistical pressure, a million troops. At most, it can only be used as 500,000, in this case, take out the same number of troops as the northwest, and fight a protracted war with the northwest, which is for several countries. It's a nightmare.

It was precisely because they understood that they did not care at all about the direct threat to Britain and France, and directly answered Britain and France with actions, and the troops on the Sichuan border immediately went out and continued to sweep Sichuan, once again expanding the territory for 300 miles, annihilating 11 divisions of revolutionary party troops, large and small, and most of the entire Sichuan army was annihilated, and Sichuan was in danger of falling.

Although the British and French governments, there is no shortage of people calling for a blow to the northwest and China, but the real real power and those who know a little about the northwest are very helpless, because the northwest already has the strength to ignore their threat, thousands of miles away, and a mobilization capacity is almost in the millions, and it is completely powerful, capable of arming tens of millions of troops to confront it head-on, no one will be so stupid.

Britain and France were silent, and other countries, each with their own thoughts, did not move, and the protests in the northwest were like a tiger's tail, but this wave of protest started from this, and this time it was the revolutionary party that protested.

The news of the occupation of Nanjing, after the propaganda of the northwest, immediately became big news, the revolutionary party camp was immediately chaotic, the revolutionary party's regime, it seems to be very advanced, very democratic, but there has never been a perfect organizational form, many places, just like the warlords occupy an area, a group of people, as long as it is a revolutionary party, and then pull up a vote, after getting the approval from top to bottom, they can become division commanders, mayors, or other leaders, very arbitrary, and even when the two sides have contradictions, they will also fight each other or even assassinate, That is, Sun Cannon occupies the name of righteousness, which can barely stabilize everything.

But now, when the high-level leaders of the revolutionary party, including Sun Dacang, were almost swept away, there was naturally a mess below, and some were calling for the northwest to immediately release Sun Dapao Huang Xing and others, for various reasons, but most of them asked the northwest to release people on the grounds of the revolutionary party's leadership, the establishment of the Republic of China, and the destruction of the Qing court. It's really two words.

Even, among the revolutionary party, there are still a few who can raise their arms and appeal, and some see the opportunity, want to fish in troubled waters, expand their territory, take revenge, complain, and start fighting with each other, a complete south immediately did not exist, for a full three months, there was no organization to attack Nanjing, as for three months later, the Northwest Army has liberated most of the cities in the south, even if they want to attack, they can't attack.

Among all the forces, the most surprising of the war situation in the south was Japan, which secretly sent two brigades, thinking that it would be captured, but they did not expect that a huge variable had occurred, the revolutionary party actually captured Nanjing, and 18 divisions, along with the two brigades of the Japanese, were annihilated, they would not think that the strength of the Northwest Army was too strong, but that the revolutionary party was vulnerable and dragged down the two brigades, otherwise, the two brigades could at least run away.

Some sensitive Japanese troops directly thought of the battle situation in Shandong, and facts have proved that the strength of the Northwest Army should be very strong, so in Shandong, it is the First Army, which has always been known for its ability to fight tough battles and outstanding meritorious deeds.

It's a pity that the Japanese army has been out for a few days, and in the era when there is no radio and can only use manpower to transmit, even if they want to intervene at this moment, it is a little too late, and they can only hope that the Japanese army can go smoothly.

However, they were able to go smoothly, in Tianjin, almost more than one million Japanese troops were concentrated, almost more than 40 divisions, half of which set off a few days ago, the first batch of of 12 divisions and regiments, divided into 6 parts, entered Shandong in batches, and the follow-up, 15 divisions, took the train.

Perhaps it was the vanguard sweep that gave the Japanese army confidence, and the 15 divisions of the Japanese army, after quickly assembling in Tianjin, mobilized a large number of trains from Tianjin and set off directly to Shandong, walking quite smoothly along the way, almost not encountering any problems, faster and more comfortable than the 12 divisions in front. They didn't notice that next to the train, every time they passed through the mountain pass, road and bridge, there were one or several pairs of eyes, staring at them deadly.

The only ones who can go deep into the rear and find them without a trace are the special forces. The special forces in the northwest shone in the war against Russia, and a few years later, they successfully made contributions in Nanjing, and have become a major force in the northwest.

The history of the special forces is almost compared with the time when the Northwest Army was established, a few years, after several rounds of selection and expansion, there was no special forces selected before, and the scale of the expanded soldiers, the current special forces are no longer the original scale, has been expanded to a brigade, this is the extreme of the special combat team, unless it can be recruited among a wider range of soldiers, increase the intensity of training, so that it can be expanded, otherwise, for the time being, can only maintain this number.

However, this brigade is a large brigade, and the establishment of special forces is larger than other establishments, with more than 6,000 personnel in a regiment, and a brigade of three regiments in a special operations brigade with a scale of 18,000 people is not small.

To tell the truth, the special forces soldiers who are responsible for monitoring the train and Wang Dong, the brigade commander of the special operations brigade in the rear, who integrates the data, are a little depressed, on the train, the Japanese did not take into account that the northwest has the means to kill them, just a hasty inspection, you know, in the current era, the detonating bomb is still the fuse of choice, a little inspection, you can find it, but the great progress of the northwest in the electronics industry, not only came out of the new explosives, but also came out of the electric detonation device, if you buried it in advance, It is easy to take out a moving train.

The biggest advantage of the railway is that it can pass quickly, but in the enemy-occupied area, if you don't pay attention to it, the railway and the train will really become a ghost, a bomb can solve a train, the enemy is 2,000 smaller, even for the Japanese establishment, at least one brigade. The reason why Yang Yuanzhao did not let them do this is that this is on the land of the Chinese, and these railways were painstakingly built in the northwest, and it is a pity that they were destroyed.

Besides, a bomb attack may not be able to kill the Japanese army, when the time comes, the Japanese army that has been hit hard, but will be beastly, this is a densely populated area, no more than half of the retreating Shandong, so according to the plan, this is not a hands-on place, to Shandong, how convenient how to come. (To be continued.) )