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Although this did not formally invite China to join the Entente, the British maintained a tacit attitude towards China's declaration of war on Germany and maintained a supportive attitude towards China's attack on Qingdao. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

This attitude of the British made Chen Jingyun feel at ease, as long as there is this sentence of the British, then he does not have to be afraid to say, 'I have to forcibly intervene, after all, what the world boss said, 'I also have to listen.'"

Of course, the support of the British is one thing, and their own military preparations are also more important, the troops in the northeast have entered a state of combat readiness, and the troops in the Zhili area are also ready to enter the northeast at any time.

On August 2, the German ambassador to China, Chris Schüntz, formally rejected Chen Jingyun's request to redeem Qingdao.

On 3 April, in the huge conference room of the Presidential Palace, Chen Jingyun once again convened a plenary meeting of military and political leaders, and unlike the previous military meeting, this time in addition to important military generals, there were also many high-ranking civilian officials in the Government Affairs Yuan. In addition to the old men in the national army system, even Duan Qirui participated in this meeting.

Although Duan Qirui, who had already taken up the post of permanent secretary of the General Staff, had not been integrated into the core system of the Nationalist Army, he was more or less able to come into contact with some things, and he knew that Chen Jingyun had been preparing for the battle against Qingdao, and he also understood that the overall deployment of the Nationalist Army was to guard against the attack of the Nationalist Army.

As the former No. 2 person in Beiyang, he also considered the problem from the perspective of the national situation, and the more he considered it, the more he felt that Chen Jingyun was almost bold.

Duan Qirui is very aware of the gap between the domestic army and the armies of the great powers, even if the national army is stronger than the Beiyang army, but in Duan Qirui's opinion, it is still not as good as saying 'this army, let alone the German army, but Chen Jingyun dares to directly say that he will fight Qingdao regardless of the gap in combat effectiveness, and this is still carried out under the condition that the domestic situation is unstable and there are several major warlords in the southwest, is he Chen Jingyun not afraid of defeat in Shandong?

What made Duan Qirui even more incomprehensible was that instead of stopping Chen Jingyun's actions, a large group of military and political dignitaries of the Nationalist Army shouted one by one that they should quickly declare war on Germany, and then take back Qingdao and the concession, and confiscate German assets in China. Several generals of the military even patted their chests and promised to take Qingdao in a few days.

Guo Hengsi, director of the Operations Division, said to the gentlemen present with a serious expression: "The Operations Division has completed the battle plan for Qingdao, and as long as the president gives an order, the front-line troops will be able to attack Qingdao immediately!" ”

As for the concern that Yue would intervene, Shen Gang, chief of staff, personally spoke: "Our army has deployed nearly 200,000 troops on the front line in the northeast, Zhili and Shandong, unless it is said, 'We planned to launch a full-scale attack, otherwise they would not be able to cross our army's defense line!'" ”

At this time, Hong Zitai, the minister of industry and commerce on the other side of the civil official sequence, said: "What if you say, 'This is an all-out attack!'" ”

Shen Gang said without thinking about it at all: "Then it is the battle for the survival of our Chinese nation, our country must be prepared to lose the Northeast and North China, exchange space for time, and use the strength of the whole country to conduct a general war, if you can't win in one year, you will fight for two years, if you can't win in two years, you will be five years, and if you can't win in five years, you will be ten years!" ”

At this time, An Hualin, the chief minister of the Ministry of Finance, also said: "If my estimate is correct, it is a miracle that the current treasury can maintain normal operation, and they absolutely do not have enough military spending to fight a large-scale war!" ”

As for external financial support, the European countries are busy with their own wars, but they have no spare energy to support Ben, and the United States is a big man standing behind Chen Jingyun, saying that Ben and the United States already regard each other as potential enemy countries, and it is hellish that they can get war loans from the Americans. Without the support of foreign funds, it is said that 'it is impossible to wage a large-scale war in the present financial situation.'

Of course, the military didn't say it too much, Shen Gang said: "According to the deduction of the General Staff, it is still very possible for him to have a skirmish on this side, as long as we control the scale of the war to a certain extent, then we will not let things develop to an uncontrollable point!" ”

Subsequently, the military and political dignitaries on both sides of the military and the government affairs yuan said a word and my words, and their words flowed freely, some supported the immediate launch of the Qingdao war, some supported the encirclement of Qingdao, and then used the blockade to force Germany to submit, and some were more radical, not only hoping to take advantage of the European war to recover Qingdao, but also hoping to take advantage of this opportunity to take back all the foreign concessions.

Chen Jingyun, as usual, didn't say much in the early stage of the meeting, just listened quietly, giving his subordinates enough time to debate, and Chen Jingyun's meeting habits were also clear to everyone, so they all debated loudly as if they didn't see Chen Jingyun sitting in the first place, trying to persuade the other party with their arguments and persuade Chen Jingyun.

Half an hour later, the people who had opinions said that it was almost the same, Chen Jingyun looked around, and then his eyes fell on Duan Qirui, he found that this Duan Qirui did not say a word during the meeting, although he understood that he was protecting himself, but Chen Jingyun remembered that this person was also a figure in Beiyang before, and it was good to listen to his opinion, so he immediately said: "Duan Xiaochang, I don't know what your opinion you have on Qingdao?" ”

Duan Qirui obviously didn't expect Chen Jingyun to let him speak by name, and Chen Jingyun thought the same, since he arrived in Nanjing as the executive secretary of the General Staff, Duan Qirui has been living in seclusion, and even in order to avoid suspicion, he didn't even contact those old Beiyang departments, and Cao Kun, who was appointed as the commander of the 30th Division after defecting to the National Army some time ago, came to ask for a meeting, but he made an excuse to avoid it. In order not to put himself in danger, he didn't know before he came to Nanjing, but after he came, he learned that Chen Jingyun had a military investigation bureau under him, a terrorist agency, this special agency for internal affairs was hated by almost all military and political dignitaries under the national army system, and the director of the investigation bureau Chen was even more notorious.

According to his thoughts, he naturally ambushed for a year or two, and then used the relationship between the old Beiyang Department to climb to the next level after integrating into the national army system.

But today, Chen Jingyun asked him to speak by name, and in an instant, Duan Qirui felt dozens of eyes cast at him, and knew that he couldn't avoid it, so Duan Qirui pondered for a while before he said aloud:

"I have also heard a lot from your colleagues, and I also think that Duan Mou agrees with your colleagues' opinions!" After looking around, it was an opening remark, of course, he didn't say what he supported or opposed.

Then he continued: "The outbreak of a major war in Europe is naturally a great opportunity for my Chinese rejuvenation! After arriving in Nanjing, Duan Qirui also studied some things of the National Socialist Party, and when he spoke, he would use a few exclusive terms of the national army system in order to be gregarious, such as the revival of China!

"However, the more times like this, the more vigilant we must be, and I personally think that the sooner the war in Qingdao is resolved, the better, if it is delayed for more than a few months, it will not only cause excessive losses and affect the morale of the army. It will even attract obstruction from this side, not only that, but I am afraid that there will be some opposition voices in the country at that time!' ”

Speaking of this, Duan Qirui made a final statement: "After a long time, things will change, if you are sure to fight, then you must use lightning speed to fight!" ”

The so-called opposition in Duan Qirui's mouth is heard in the ears of others, and in addition to the opposition of some people within the Nanjing Republican Axe, it is more important to refer to the southwestern and northwestern provinces that are still outside the central government. Clear-sighted people know that China has only maintained a superficial unity, but in fact it is still divided into several pieces, and with his toes to think about it, Chen Jingyun will definitely not be satisfied with the current superficial unity, and will definitely use various methods to promote the actual unification, and when the time comes, whether it is a means of war or political means, this is doomed to the warlords in the southwest to become the enemies of the republican axe of Nanjing.

If the Nationalist Army has contained too many forces in Qingdao at that time, and even when there is a conflict with the Southwest Warlords in the Southwest taking this opportunity to stab them in the back, then no matter how strong the Nationalist Army is, I am afraid it will have to repeat the old Beiyang way!

Chen Jingyun also nodded after hearing this: "That's right, there must be no delay in this matter!" ”

Immediately, Chen Jingyun looked around at everyone present for another week: "Today I can clearly tell you that this Qingdao must be taken back, and it is best if it can be obtained through negotiations, if not, then the Nationalist Army will use artillery and bullets to recapture the territory belonging to China!" ”

After Chen Jingyun said this, he had almost set the tone, and the next thing was to tell all military and political departments to be fully prepared and prepare for war.

After the meeting broke up, Chen Jingyun, Shen Gang, and other military generals discussed in detail some tactics and strategies for attacking Qingdao, as well as how to act in the future when faced with the intervention of the Emperor.

Shen Gang said: "At present, the two Reading Artillery Regiments are in place, ready to provide fire support for the third division on the front line. The forces of the Third Army have gathered under the city of Qingdao and are ready to attack at any time! In addition, the Fifth Division of the Second Army in the northern Jiangsu region, the Seventh Division, and the Ninth Division of the First Army in the Zhili area are all ready to reinforce the Shandong front at any time. The Navy and Air Force are also fully prepared! ”

At this time, Sa Zhenbing, the chief of the Admiralty, picked up the conversation: "The First Battleship Fleet, the First Cruiser Group, and the First Destroyer Group of our Navy have formed a task force and are currently blockading Jiaozhou Bay. In addition, a mobile fleet consisting of the 2nd Cruiser Group, the 3rd Cruiser Group, and the 2nd Destroyer Group was cruising around Jiaozhou Bay. ”

In order to prepare for the situation in Qingdao, the navy has almost poured out, and all the main forces of the First Fleet have already attacked, and in addition to the surface ships, the naval aviation units that have not been in the Navy for a long time have also been stationed in Shandong.

At this time, Wu Shizhong of the Air Force Department also spoke: "The Air Force has sent two fighter squadrons, two reconnaissance squadrons, and three bomber squadrons to Shandong!" Speaking of this, he glanced at Sa Zhenbing next to him, and then continued: "In order to supplement the shortage of naval aviation units, a bomber squadron of our air force has been modified, and it can carry heavy bombs to bomb enemy fortifications or warships!" ”

Chen Jingyun ignored these small contradictions between the Air Force and the Navy, and after listening to the reports of various departments, Chen Jingyun pondered for a moment and signed his name on the battle plan submitted by Shen Gang!

The war has finally broken out!

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