At the headquarters of the Teng Snake Army, Li Pinxian briefed Wang Maoru on the military deployment of Dongji Province, and introduced the situation of the Japanese army to the west, and how the Chinese side could annihilate the Japanese army in Dongji Province in one fell swoop if there was a war against Japan.

Li Pinxian believed that the Japanese army was extremely honest in winter, because the winter battle was not good for Japan, and after the Americans handed over Vladivostok to the Chinese, Japan had to carefully consider the possibility of capturing Vladivostok. Of course, the Americans handed over the Vladivostok fortress to the squadron and the like, mainly because the Japanese Navy's Fourth Fleet was stationed here, which led to an imbalance in the firepower between China and Japan, and if they handed over the fortress to the Japanese. Once the war between China and Japan began, the squadron would be torn apart by the huge fortress guns and the naval guns of the naval battleships. Therefore, in order to add chaos and blockage between China and Japan, the Americans handed over the Vladivostok fortress to the Chinese side.

Of course, China took a big advantage, with this fortress, the Japanese fleet and the squadron were half a pound and eight taels in terms of firepower, but when it really fought, the fortress guns had a long range, but they could not move, and the Japanese Fourth Fleet could move, and China did not even have a torpedo boat in Vladivostok, so the victory was not scored. However, after entering the winter, the situation will be different again, the speed of the battleships in the winter is slower, and the Crab Harbor is not an ice-free port, if the Japanese fleet really stays here, it will become a live target for the fortress guns, so for safety, Japan will also transfer the Fourth Fleet back to the Japanese mainland.

Li Pinxian believes that if China and Japan go to war, Japan will definitely pick this war in the summer. If China fights, it will definitely be in winter, and the Japanese fleet has many landing sites. The Chinese could not defend themselves, and at the beginning of the war, in addition to holding Vladivostok, the Japanese army would enter Tongtong Chiang from the north, and then defend Dongji Province. Therefore, it is crucial to hold Temple Street. Guarding Vladivostok in the south and Temple Street in the north, the Japanese fleet could not enter. But the reality is that the Russians spent a lot of money to build a fortress in Vladivostok. But it was not built on Temple Street. If China wants to build a temple street fortress like Vladivostok, it will have to spend more than 20 million silver dollars.

Wang Maoru shook his head again and again after hearing this, now the government really can't come up with this money, so forget it. Li Pinxian then said that there is another way to the fortress, that is, to arrange mines in the Tongjiang River, the cost of mines is low, and it is absolutely cost-effective to kill one of the opponent's warships with one shot. Wang Maoru said, you can come out with the specific method. But remember one thing, save money, save money, or save money.

It was at this time that the long-brewing general strike in Hong Kong began, and it turned out that the Chinese seafarers in Hong Kong had long been doing the same work as the seafarers of other countries. But the pay is pitiful, especially not as good as the lazy and stupid Indian seafarers, not to mention the white seafarers who only know how to command others, the salary is less than 1/5 of that of white seafarers, and they are often abused, beaten and deducted from their wages. and at any time under the threat of dismissal without cause. Therefore, the China Seamen's Union of Trade Unions unreasonably rejected the third request for wage increase to the employer. The Chinese seafarers in Hong Kong could not bear it anymore and began a general strike under the leadership of the Federation of Seamen's Unions. Within a week, the strike had grown rapidly and seafarers had returned to Guangzhou from Hong Kong. The trade unions in Guangzhou have given active support and assistance to Hong Kong seafarers.

The British government in Hong Kong obviously did not expect such a big reaction from the seafarers, and this coincided with Wang Maoru's visit to the south, which gave the Chinese seafarers the courage to avoid criticism at this time, and the British government promised the Hong Kong seafarers a salary increase in order to avoid criticism at this time.

However, after Wang Maoru inspected Sichuan and went north, the British side in Hong Kong suddenly repented, especially China's decision to send troops to intervene in the Russian civil war to attack Tsaritsyn, which aroused the British government's great dissatisfaction with the Chinese government. This dissatisfaction eventually led the British authorities in Hong Kong to take discordant, intimidating, and threatening measures against the striking seamen, declaring the seamen's union an "illegal group", sending armed military and police to impose martial law, sealing the seamen's union, and arresting strike leaders, thus further arousing the righteous indignation of the seafarers and the broad masses of workers.

On October 1, 1922, workers in various industries such as posts and telecommunications, banking, and shipbuilding in Hong Kong jointly held a general strike, and the number of workers increased to more than 100,000. This is the highest strike in Hong Kong since March. The strike paralyzed Hong Kong's shipping, interrupted traffic in the city, and halted production. On October 4, the striking workers walked back to Guangzhou, and while passing through Shaguo Village, they were shot and attacked by British military police, killing six people and injuring hundreds, creating the "Shatin Massacre" that shocked the whole country.

Although the Sha Tin tragedy dragged on by seven months, the long-standing contradictions between the British government and the Chinese workers in Hong Kong were about to erupt only because of the postponement of China's reunification relationship.

Chinese Premier Tang Shaoyi uncharacteristically and directly announced that he would support the strike activities of all walks of life in Hong Kong and condemned the Sha Tin tragedy, condemning the British Government of Hong Kong and demanding an apology. The Qilin Regiment stationed in the Liangguang Military Region also immediately sent troops to the border between China and Hong Kong to accept the workers and refugees who had fled back. Zhang Kuian, spokesman for China's Ministry of National Defense, declared that the Ministry of National Defense absolutely supports the reasonable request of the Chinese workers, and that they will support the striking workers with a living allowance of 200,000 silver yuan, hoping that the striking workers will continue to struggle.

At the same time, Fang Hongxin seized the opportunity to seize the opportunity to develop the power of the Youth Promotion Association at the lower levels, especially the workers and craftsmen, to follow the example of the Russian Bolsheviks, to capture the hearts of the vast majority of the people and absorb party members. Pu Ji felt that there was a lot to be done, so he agreed with Fang Hongxin's proposal. Therefore, Liu Enge, the leader of the Youth Promotion Association and the speaker of the House of Representatives, announced on behalf of the six million members of the Chinese Youth Promotion Association that he would support the striking workers in Hong Kong, and at the same time, the Youth Promotion Association hoped that the workers in the south could unite to boycott British goods, and all the employees working in the British company would strike at the same time.

A public speech by the YCAA immediately resonated with many Chinese workers, who were unable to support the Hong Kong workers, and under the advocacy of the YCA, a boycott of the British gradually began. This was a boyfall that swept through southern China, and after the boycott of Japanese goods, the Chinese boycott movement seems to have become more mature and sophisticated. They did not demonstrate, they did not destructive, they just quietly bypassed the shops opened by the British. China's boycott of Britain unexpectedly surprised Japanese businessmen, after all, some instruments could not be bought from Britain, they had to buy from other countries, American goods were too expensive, German goods could not buy China because of sanctions, and French goods were not as good as Japanese goods, so Japanese goods suddenly came back to life, which many Japanese people did not expect.

Wang Maoru, who was in Vladivostok, was extremely angry when he heard the news of the Sha Tin tragedy, but he could not talk nonsense in his position, and if he said irrational words impulsively, it was likely to cause a diplomatic conflict between China and Britain. Therefore, Wang Maoru sent a secret telegram to Zhang Kuian, on behalf of the National Defense Force, for the second time to express his support for the Chinese workers' struggle for rights in Hong Kong, and strongly condemned the brutal and cold-blooded British government in Hong Kong, demanding that the British government in Hong Kong compensate the families of the slain workers. Secretly calling on the Chinese to reject a British product -- on the contrary, it has brought a ray of life to Japanese products, and the Japanese government is worried that it will not be able to open the Chinese market.

In fact, whether it is Tang Shaoyi's or Zhang Kuian's of the Ministry of National Defense, the object of their condemnation is very clear, the local government of Hong Kong and Britain. Yes, they did not directly attack the British government, but publicized the Sha Tin tragedy all over the world and published it in the newspapers of Western countries, especially in the United States, which caused great dissatisfaction among the American people against Britain. As a former British colony, the United States is very sensitive to the term colonial government. In the eyes of the Americans, the whole world is hell, as long as the United States is on earth, and at this time the isolationism of the United States has gradually been revealed.

The Chinese government did not use force, but chose to confront the British government in a peaceful way -- this may seem like a coward, but in fact the British Empire at this time was compared with China's strength, just as the American Empire and Pakistan in the next hundred years were too disparity in national strength to be compared.

However, the present China is completely different from the historical China, and China's negotiations and treaties, as well as the means of warfare, have gone to a certain right to speak in the world -- a large country with a population of 440 million, and the power after reunification is very terrifying. The first reason why China has achieved today's status in the international community is because China's stability is the result of checks and balances on all sides, and the second important reason is that China helped them resist the advance of the Bolshevik Party. Only the squadron penetrated deep into Russia and fought fiercely with the Bolshevik army.

The mass protests finally paid off, and public opinion in the West began to support the plight of the Chinese workers, and British Prime Minister Andrew Bonnardau telephoned the Governor of Hong Kong, Jack Stubb, to denounce him for discrediting the British Empire and told him to deal with the matter immediately. Only then did Situ Baba feel that the situation was not going well, he did not care about the feelings of the Chinese, but the attitude of the British Empire towards him made him extremely nervous. Therefore, Situ immediately stated that he would increase the wages of the workers by 50 percent, the same salary as the Indian workers, pay the wages of the workers during the strike, compensate the families of the deceased workers fifty pounds per family, equivalent to four hundred silver dollars, and said to the injured that he would pay all the medical expenses and forty silver dollars per person for nutrition.

Situ Babs dealt with the strike with great speed, but this made the mainland workers a little dissatisfied, and the mainland workers were about to contact more people to strike, and the Hong Kong workers compromised, which was really infuriating. However, British companies on the mainland also received offers from Stubbs to raise the wages of Chinese workers by 5 to 15 percent, prompting the strike to end altogether in less than a month.