Staring at the surface of Kunming Lake, I don't know how long it took, Yang Rui suddenly asked, "Chong'an, I'm so tired!" ”

"Ahh Xie Zhangtai was very ignorant, he couldn't understand why Yang Rui said this, the European war finally began in anticipation, and the revival army finally survived the time for the counteroffensive, but Yang Rui sighed so tired, he rarely joked after hearing this: "Won't it be too hard at night, or I will introduce an old Chinese medicine doctor to prescribe a prescription for you to be strong?" ”

"Haha, hahaha......" Xie Zhangtai said so interestingly, Yang Rui suddenly laughed, turned around and asked, "What, you have tried it and it feels very effective?" ”

"I..." Xie Jintai was put into it, he was a Christian, he got married at the age of eighteen, how can the old husband and wife be as loving as Yang Rui and Han Xianfeng, every time he looks for Yang Rui from the backyard, he can find that even if he and Han Xianfeng look at each other, they can also encounter sparks, "It turned out, don't say anything else, now at the critical moment, you can't be sloppy." ”

"Did the Germans agree to all our demands?" Yang Rui finally got up, and his mind jumped out of the incomprehensible situation in the Pacific and asked about the current situation.

"Most of them agreed, but the key is that we will not promise until we attack the Russian army." Xie Jintai said: "If we do not declare neutrality and destroy the Russian army in the Far East, Britain and France will definitely regard us as quasi-allies of Germany." ”

"What about the French side? When you negotiated with the French minister, didn't you show the French those quotations with the number of skyplates? War is about to start, explosives, ammunition, bristles, all kinds of ores, they want it, right? Yang Rui said again.

"I mentioned this meaning, and he took it from the quotation text. The French, however, said they could meet their wartime needs at home. Xie Jintai said: "I think the French still can't believe what we made." ”

"Then it seems that it is better to hurt Russia first." Yang Rui is not in a hurry at all, and the price of military supplies has not risen yet. If you really sign a big order, it will not be easy to increase the price in the later stage. "I'm hungry, let's go back and eat and talk."

Although the Summer Palace is a royal forest garden, there is no resident cook, Yang Rui has been following the General Staff these days, although this is the highest military department in the country, but the food is not as particular as the navy, usually eat steak and red wine or something, it is completely a Chinese buffet, the dishes are seasonal vegetables, very common things. It's time to eat. The orderly took the meal ticket, went to the canteen to prepare the meal and delivered it to the residence.

The two returned to Le Shoutang, the meal had already been served, and after eating a few bites of food, Yang Rui said: "Britain and France will not think that we are quasi-allies of Germany and Austria, and after my vacation is over, Leo will resign and no longer serve as the chief of staff of the Renaissance Army." ”

"Oh! Is that so? Xie Jintai put down his chopsticks, but he was very concerned about this, "Is this what you requested, or did Leo propose it himself." In this case, Britain and France were relieved. But the German side ......"

"So we are going to attack the Russian army immediately." Yang Rui explained: "And you want them to explain that Leo's resignation or not will not affect our friendship with Germany, and the Chinese can hit the Russian army as the chief of the general staff, and it will not cause criticism from various countries." The post of Chief of the General Staff is just a formality. Whether to fight the Russians or not is the essence. ”

"I see." Xie Jintai nodded, although he was a little surprised by this, he believed that the Germans would accept it. "But this matter can't be fanfare, or else it ......"

"We don't make much fanfare. Britain and France will also make a big splash. Didn't they always say that the Baath Army was a branch of the German Army, and now the Chief of the General Staff is no longer German. They were too late to rejoice, which at least shows that we really do not want to form an alliance with Germany, and not just empty words. Yang Rui finished the wine in the glass, and then advised: "We are equivalent to neutrality, so don't forget to ask them for compensation after you finish talking to the French about this matter." ”

"Compensation? What compensation do you want? Xie Jintai was a little confused again.

"Synthetic ammonia explosives, lighter radios, towing cannons, heavy tractors, DDT to prevent infectious diseases, these are all good things. You can also buy some ammunition by the way, anyway, try it first, and buy it next time you try it. There are also French soldiers wearing red pants, as if they wish they were reincarnated earlier, camouflage military uniforms they must, leather shoes, steel helmets can also be brought to see the effect, there are many things on the head on the battlefield, the chance of survival ......" Yang Rui turned the topic to trade again, some nagging, a few years of preparation, arms is the focus of making money in World War I, today because the production capacity has not yet come up, but until next year, the output will be unacceptable.

"What do you mean by that if France wants us to be unbiased towards Germany, it has to buy us?" Xie Jintai finally understood Yang Rui's thoughts.

"That's pretty much what it means. Besides, there is nothing to say about the cost performance of those things, the goods are good and cheap, and no one will suffer a loss if they buy them. In the Sino-Japanese war, Germany knew how amazing the consumption of ammunition was, but Britain, France and Russia did not know it. Although they have their own military industrial enterprises, it will take a long time for these enterprises to increase production to meet the needs of the front line, and only our military factories in the world are in a state of combat readiness. Yang Rui said. Under the plan of the Ministry of Industry, the main items that the government made money during World War I were munitions, iron and steel, shipbuilding, pharmaceuticals, and military-related agricultural and mineral products, especially munitions were the top priority, in order to produce enough artillery shells, the budget was pursued several times, and it was not until last month that the last batch of machines came ashore from Qingdao, and it was not until the middle of next year that all kinds of related factories could be built, and the annual production capacity could reach the maximum after that.

"I'll do my best to get the French." Xie Zhangtai said, he can already fully grasp what kind of drama he should sing in the face of foreigners.

After Xie Jintai left, Yang Rui was looking for Leo next. Since the beginning of the Russian general mobilization, he no longer paid attention to the war on the Chinese battlefield, but hung a map of Europe in the house, and he did not hesitate to agree to Yang Rui's resignation. However, I hope that Yang Rui will not start a war against Germany, and there are no other requirements.

When he arrived at Xijia Building, where Leo lived, Yang Rui saw his adopted daughter Rebecca kicking the shuttlecock and touching the little girl's head. Yang Rui thinks about his only seedling son. Led by the adjutant, he quickly went up to the second floor. This is Leo's own war room, influenced by Yang Rui. The walls of the room were covered with maps and memo scraps, and Leo sat in the middle of the room, staring at the map, his eyes falling on the northern part of France, on the border with Belgium.

"What, don't you worry about little Moltke?" Before Yang Rui entered the door, he retreated from the others, looked at Mu Ran's Leo and said.

"I'm not at ease with him, at all!" Leo was sure, and his gaze didn't deflect at all. He knew about Schlieffen's plan, and Yang Rui. Because the war has already begun, there is nothing to hide.

Seeing that he was unmoved, Yang Rui said angrily: "Even if the German army occupies Paris, it can't win the war." ”

As soon as he said this, Leo turned around and said, "Why? Paris is the industrial center of France, and its north is the industrial center of France, and after the occupation of Paris, there are only a few industrial ...... left in France."

"Even if they occupy all of France, they will not surrender. The British will definitely not watch Germany dominate Europe, and the United States is likely to enter the war......" Yang Rui took out the second pot head hidden in his arms - Rebecca is almost ten years old, and she has taken care of some things for Leo. WineShe poured out a bottle of wine when she saw it, she was really a stubborn and cute child - after taking a sip of wine, she handed it to Leo, Yang Rui continued, "The American Revolutionary War benefited from the French army. The Marquis de Lafayette is revered by every American; And don't forget that in the eyes of the Americans, Germany is an authoritarian state. France is a democracy, and the occupation of democratic France by authoritarian Germany is bound to provoke anger and sympathy among Americans. Even if the United States does not enter the war, American horses will continue to cross the sea to fight for freedom. ”

"You mean that Germany will not win anyway?" Leo took the wine but didn't drink it. He was more concerned about the fate of Germany in the war than his favorite wine.

"Not really." Yang Rui shook his head, "Germany is different from China, he has a high level of industrialization, and many things are not self-sufficient; If there are not enough troops or suitable tactics in the current trench war, then the war will inevitably be protracted, and for Germany, which even has to import food, once it blockades the North Sea, then it will gradually lose blood and die. Therefore, a war on land does not determine the outcome of the war, and the real key to Germany's victory lies in the Atlantic. If the Imperial German Navy could miraculously destroy the British Royal Navy, then Germany would have won, and if not, he would have lost in the end, no matter how much France he occupied. ”

Navy Leo didn't understand, he could only stare dryly when he heard Yang Rui's words, "The Saxons' navy is almost twice as large as Germany's, how can the Imperial Navy win the war?" ”

"Then die with the Royal Navy!" Yang Rui's voice was extremely firm. Or put on a posture of ending up together, regardless of casualties, and choose to fight a decisive battle with the British Royal Navy. As soon as the British Royal Navy loses Yan zhòng, then he can no longer maintain world hegemony. The war in Europe could only be ended without prejudice to Germany if Britain surrendered or agreed to peace talks. ”

"Yang, this can't be. The Imperial Navy had been built up with great difficulty, and in an absolutely weak situation, the Emperor and reasonable admirals would not agree to a decisive battle with the British Royal Navy. Leo said.

"Occupy Paris, the Entente and factories all over the world help it produce ammunition and weapons, there are cannon fodder from the vast colonies to send them to death, and American hot-blooded horses come to France to repay their kindness and defend freedom; And Germany can only rely on its own production of ammunition, relying on every German to go to the front line, 70 million people, no matter how huge the industry, there will always be a day of exhaustion, and this qiē lies in the naval blockade. Yang Rui spoke eloquently and magnificently, "For Germany, the army is the foundation of European hegemony, but for Britain, the navy is their lifeblood, and it is cost-effective to use the German Imperial Navy and the main fleet of Britain to die together."

Leo, do you believe it, if the Imperial Navy does not fight with the British in the Atlantic, then the fate that awaits him will be no different from that of the Northern Fleet, they will be captured by the British in the harbor, and then the victorious countries will start to quarrel over the allocation of this navy, of course, they will eventually negotiate, the British must take the lion's share, France second, the United States if it enters the war will be third, Italy fourth, the Japanese fifth, and those client states, will also ......"

"Enough! Poplar. Leo said bitterly, although he didn't like the Kaiser, but he didn't love Germany, "Damn Kaiser Wilhelm will screw up a qiē." He was so obsessed with the navy that how could he agree to take it and die with the Saxons? ”

"Then Germany will surely fail!" Yang Rui said: "Another way is to dispatch submarines. Total blockade of Britain and France. Make it impossible for them to get supplies from the colonies, but here is a problem. If the submarine obeys public international law, then they must first inspect the cargo before destroying it, but the submarine itself depends on the bottom of the sea to survive without being discovered by others, and now because of the inspection of the cargo, his concealment is impossible to talk about, and if the British use an armed merchant ship to pretend to be an ordinary cargo ship, only wait for the submarine to surface and suddenly open fire, hehe, this is fun......"

"This is a flagrant violation of the laws of war!" Leo said angrily.

"But who knows? Didn't the concentration camps in South Africa violate the laws of war? So many countries in the world. To single out the most insidious and shameless, it is really difficult to find a second one except for the United Kingdom. Yang Rui asked rhetorically, "I found that the British submarine was so despicable and had already sunk to the bottom of the icy Atlantic." Therefore, the real correct use of submarines is unlimited submarine warfare, stipulating that no area of the sea can be entered by merchant ships, as long as they enter, they will be sunk without warning. "But unrestricted submarine warfare brings another problem, if the British use American merchant ships to transport military supplies, or even use American cruise ships to transport military supplies." Then it will anger the United States, and provoking the United States is tantamount to going to war, so in the end it will still lose.

If the United States can completely encircle Britain and France in an unrestricted submarine war without mobilization, then the Americans will just scream. At most, it is to break off diplomatic relations, but what is there to be afraid of? The American people need to change their isolationist mentality and truly mobilize in an all-round way. It is impossible without two years. If the U.S. military-industrial complex is at full capacity, the people will be determined to participate in the war in Europe. At this point, it was too late to carry out unrestricted submarine warfare, and the Americans would soon declare war and immediately cross the ocean to France. At this time, defeat was only a matter of time. ”

Yang Ruiyan said this. He believed that it would be impossible for the Germans to make a full-scale decisive battle between the Imperial Navy and the British until the Schlieffen plan failed, and that submarine warfare would abide by the international law established by the British. Nevertheless, he hoped that the German High Seas Fleet would sink in the Atlantic rather than sink itself in Scarpa Bay; As for unrestricted submarine warfare, Germany now has 50 more mature small ocean-going submarines than in history, and if it can implement unrestricted submarine warfare earlier, then the number of merchant ships destroyed by Germany will increase exponentially, so that while the price of steel and ships has skyrocketed, the First World War will take longer to end

In one afternoon, Yang Ruidu and Leo were in the war games to deduce the European war situation, in the continuous experiment, Leo's expression became more and more solemn, according to the number of trench warfare in the Sino-Japanese War, the battlefield on the Western Front will become a static war, and the trench across northern France will be the real battlefield of the two armies; As for the battlefield on the Eastern Front, if the figures of the Sino-Russian war are based on jù, the Russian army will be vulnerable. Not to mention the number and plain of the Russian army, judging from the Russian military production capacity collected by the Intelligence Bureau, the Russian army simply does not have enough ammunition for a long-term war.

After solemnly recording Yang Rui's views and those from the intelligence bureau, Leo said, "Yang, thank you!" ”

Yang Rui was already standing outside the house at this time, Xijialou was the best place to watch the sunset, the sunset was full of sunset, the surface of Kunming Lake was sparkling, a piece of golden light, such a scenery was indeed rare in Beijing. He heard Leo say thank you, but without looking back, he said: "Don't thank me, I just want to sell more merchant ships and munitions, the better Germany fights, the more money I can make." Yang Rui did not shy away from selling arms to Britain and France, although Tianzi has the name of Zhu Kuanfu, it is actually the property of the Revival Association, and the members, soldiers, and martyrs before the founding of the country have registered stocks, and Leo also has a lot of Germans, since there is a war in Europe, it is certain that there will be a big business, and many things cannot be sold without money.

"Can drug A be produced in a factory in Germany?" Leo said to Yang Rui that the deal was very calm, he just hoped that the medicine could be used on German soldiers.

"Of course!" Yang Rui is sure, "As long as the Kaiser is not so stingy, our technicians stationed in Germany will build several large pharmaceutical factories in Germany to ensure that every German soldier can use him." As long as I can help Germany as much as I can, I will do my best. By the way, the merchant ships carrying the new aircraft should have arrived in Germany today, and with them, the sky of the battlefield will only be German's. ”

In strict observance of international law, a neutral State cannot in any way hand over warships, ammunition or any war materiel, directly or indirectly, to a belligerent country. However, this is allowed by non-belligerent states. China is not the United States, and it has not yet sold supplies to the Entente. and the ability to sell supplies to the Allies. If there was no need for a total blockade of Japan, then those one hundred and fifty German submarines bought. Fifty ships could be sold back to the Germans, and if so, Britain and France would have fun.

After Yang Rui finished speaking, the two of them were silent, what he said and what he did Leo understood, from China's point of view, the European war was just the internecine killing of the colonists, the stronger and better the German army, the more Britain and Russia were weakened, and China could reverse the situation from the situation of being bound and oppressed. Although I don't know what Yang Rui will do after the war. But I guess he already has a plan.

Should send these views and information mentioned by Yang Rui back to China, Leo thought about those words in the afternoon, he had some eagerness in his heart, but when he thought that the hope of winning the war was in the navy, he felt that there was nowhere to do it, that was not something he could influence, the navy was just the emperor's personal toys, if these toys were sunk in the Atlantic, damn William would definitely scream and make a fuss......

Both men were smoking cigarettes in the setting sun. Enjoying the rare silence between heaven and earth at sunset, only one of them looked solemn and stiff, and only felt that his ambition was difficult to reward; The other person is comfortable and energetic, as if he is in control. Wait for Skyrim to get completely dark. When Pei Shoutong and Xu Jingxi of the General Staff came to find them, the two returned to the house.

Xu Jingxi, who came with a thick report, was estimated to be in a hurry, sweating profusely under the lights. He and Bei Shou both came to find Yang Rui, and the last stage of the Wanli plan was about to be implemented. The specific battle plan was also submitted to Yang Rui, before the order was issued to the troops. They need to know what else the sir has to add.

Looking at the two people who picked up the notepad, Yang Rui waved his hand and said, "Let's not talk about the battle plan first." First of all, let's talk about the next candidate for the post of General Staff. ”

Yang Rui said this, only startling the two of them, it can be seen that Leo next to him nodded with a smile, and they turned their eyes back to Yang Rui, "Leo and I both think that the next chief of staff can only choose one among you, Ji Mei is steady, cautious in thinking, and at the beginning, he is imaginative and eclectic; Judging from the situation in the next 10 or 15 years, the revival army is defended, so the purpose determines the choice, and it is best for Ji Mei to be the chief of the general staff in the first 10 and 15 years, but after 10 and 15 years, the world situation is afraid that it will be chaotic again, and we who are concentrating on development always have to show our claws, so it is better for the third chief of the general staff to be the first to come. ”

Seeing that the expressions of the two of them changed from nervousness to relaxation, Yang Rui smiled: "Of course, this is just my personal opinion, if you think it is not suitable, then you can also change it!" ”

"No, no." Xu Jingxi and Bei Shoutong said in unison, and after speaking, they thought that their appointment to Mr. had not been postponed at all, and they were suddenly embarrassed.

They are all in their thirties, and they will be embarrassed because they still think they are students in front of Yang Rui. Seeing this, Yang Rui still smiled, "Okay! Ambitious. But after finishing speaking, he got up sternly, "But you should also pay attention to the fact that no matter who is the chief of the general staff, the purpose of the revival army must not be forgotten." This is very easy to understand externally, protect the family and defend the country; But it's hard to understand internally. What I want to say is that the Renaissance Army is not the bodyguard of the rich, nor is it the personal weapon of a certain person, including me and a certain group of people, but it only exists to defend the existing political system in China, or rather, it only exists to defend the Inspectorate. If anyone dares to illegally and violently overthrow the existing system of the state, and subvert the existing system by force and for all kinds of grandiose reasons, then he is an enemy of the Baath Army.

Except for those gentry who can't support the wall, compradors who are bent on taking refuge in foreigners, Sun Wen who is delusional about the democratic republic, and Kang Liang who advocates Confucianism, the country is still quite peaceful, but when Japan and Russia are won, and the lost territory is recovered, and the country begins to develop the economy with all its might, more and more problems will be exposed, after all, it is not so simple for an agricultural country to become an industrial country. In the midst of the chaos and chaos, the army must understand its position and what it is guarding at this time. Don't do bad things with good intentions, you must know that sin is the prerequisite for human reproduction. (To be continued......)