The heavy rain and haze seem to have dissipated, and Qingdao has been blessed with bright sunshine for several days

Although the Battle of Qingdao was over, the sound of gunfire had not gone far. Soon after the Battle of Qingdao, Cai Ye urgently dispatched the 102nd Guard Division in the direction of Jimo to assist the 9th and 11th Infantry Divisions in continuously attacking Longkou, and at the same time let the 1st and 2nd submarine detachments move towards Bohai Kou, deliberately exposing themselves to the merchant ships of third countries in broad daylight, so as to intimidate the Japanese Navy from entering and leaving the Bohai Sea at will to support Longkou and Jinzhou.

Similarly, the Northeast Theater also seized the opportunity, led by Chen Huan 16th Division, 14th Division, 43rd Brigade and 4th Division and 10th Brigade in the direction of Shanhaiguan to launch an attack on Jinzhou, Otani Kijiuzo personally commanded the 21st Brigade and repeatedly invested in reserves to be able to stop, but with the victory of Shandong, a large number of troops and materials began to gather at Shanhaiguan, and Otani Kijiuzang's life has become more and more difficult. As for the Fengtian direction, the Japanese army retreated to Gaizhou in one breath and could not shrink back, giving up all the camps that had been taken with great difficulty, and putting on a posture of stubbornly guarding the north gate of Jinzhou. Similarly, the Japanese 16th Division, which had crossed the river in Sinuiju, simply retreated to the vicinity of Andong Bridge after repeatedly attacking the fortresses of Daegusan and Jiulianseong, trying to keep this strategic passage connecting China and North Korea.

The battlefield has been basically cleared, the badly damaged 2nd and 18th Divisions rested on the spot and began to replenish the soldiers, and the 103rd Division also had a great price, so it did not participate in the follow-up attack and was resting. However, Lei Meng's hob meat disappeared when he was released, and he chased all the way to Longkou with the armored company, if it weren't for the mountainous roads and muddy ground in the Longkou area, this guy would probably rush directly to the beach.

The busiest of these days is the logistics department, hundreds of captured cannons and machine guns need to be shipped back immediately for repair, although the rifles do not match the standard, but now that Europe is at war, maybe someone will take a fancy to this shipment one day. Ammunition handling is a real headache, and the Shimose gunpowder shells are simply time bombs. As for food, clothing, and so on, they were simply distributed directly to the victims. In addition to the captures, the materials left behind by the German army in Qingdao also needed to be counted and recorded. Although the ammunition is almost exhausted, there are still a number of mines along the Jiaoji Railway, railway supporting factories and more than 160 wagons of 32 locomotives. Including Qingdao Shipyard, Sulfur Factory, and other more than a dozen German enterprises that even Japan are jealous of, because of the early warning, most of the machinery and equipment have been preserved, as well as the former Austro-Hung Queen Elizabeth armored cruiser that has been officially renamed Qingdao to commemorate the Qingdao Battle, 6 gunboats, torpedo destroyers, 2 naval transport ships, 3 engineering ships need to be registered.

There is also a plan to prepare for the salvage of those sunken Japanese warships in the open sea, in addition to the Iwami, which must not be repaired, the other three navies are waiting to be salvaged to see the damage. Even if you can't fix the 8 305, 4 254, 4 203, 46 152, 12 120, 42 76, 39 47 and 37 rapid fire, there are about 30 guns

All other guns and heavy machine guns can be used immediately for shore defense or directly on large destroyers under construction. What's more, there are 16 generators, nearly 100 boilers and several large steam engines, which can solve the urgent needs of many factories in China! Not to mention the large optical sighting equipment used on warships. That's a good thing that you can't buy right now. Even if it is worse, it is thousands of tons of copper and 50,000 tons of high-quality armor steel, which can be used to make special military equipment, including gun barrels. ＂＂

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In order to strengthen the Qingdao fortress, which had suffered considerable losses, the navy gritted its teeth and squeezed out military funds to order 10,000 tons of cement from various cement factories in China, and directly dismantled 10 coastal defense heavy artillery pieces of more than 200 mm caliber in Jinji Mountain, Guangdong, Fujian, and other places in Jiangxi. Fortified engineering experts from the German army were also hired to build a fortified harbor city with 24 heavy guns, 36 150 and 120 coastal cannons and other auxiliary guns, as one of the future northern bases of the navy.

The city and the factory need to be repaired, the fortress is even more urgent, the naval base is also on the agenda, it seems that everyone has become very busy all of a sudden, even walking has to grab a few handfuls of wind and stuff it into his pocket, only Yang Qiu seems to be a lot more idle.

The Qingdao Governor's Mansion became his temporary residence. This three-story European-style garden house, which was built in 1899, is huge, with a total of 38 rooms and a ** garage, but unfortunately Miao Luo and Rui Yao are tired and don't have the heart to wander around because they have participated in the medical team these days. But the two were in the same good mood, sitting together chatting and laughing. As soon as Yang Qiu entered the room, he heard laughter, and the lines at the corners of his mouth couldn't help but soften a little, only to realize that since they arrived in Beijing, they hadn't even spoken a few words since they came here with themselves, and a deep guilt rose in their hearts.

Seeing him come in, Rui Yao blushed a little and ran out, Miao Luo sneered when he saw this.

"What did you just talk about? What's so funny? Yang Qiu pretended not to know. Hanging his hat on the wall, he took her hand and asked, "I'm tired these days, why don't I go and talk to them about resting for a few days." Miao Luo also glanced at him. That seemed to mean "You only now remembered to care about us", and said with a smile: "Senior sister was still counting your ships just now, pestering me to ask me what to do next." I don't know how to ship by sea, so I'm sorry to ask you. ”

"What's so embarrassing about that." Yang Qiu didn't notice the pause in his words, and then he remembered the ocean-going ships he exchanged for sulfonamides and Traun, and asked, "I really forgot about this matter, how many are there in total?" ”

Miao Luo sneered and said angrily: "I have never seen you so confused in major matters." After speaking, he took out the list from his baggage, sat beside him and introduced him to the windfall: "There are 28 in total, 1 is a 20,000-ton oil and water ship, 10 10,000-ton ocean-going ships, and 5 sea vessels of more than 5,000 tons, and the rest are small ships of two or three thousand tons." However, the senior sister said that the people in her hands now can't drive so many boats at the same time, but she doesn't want to be delayed in the sea, so she is in a hurry. ”

The fact that 28 ships could form a large shipping company even in the United States was something that was unthinkable before, but I didn't expect Germany to hand it over so easily. So even Miao Luo smiled so much that his eyes turned into crescents, and his eyebrows were curled and extremely good-looking, and even Yang Qiu was a little stunned. It wasn't until Miao Luo rolled his eyes that he stretched out: "More than five thousand are left for the time being, and the road paved earlier in Nanyang can be used." Now Europe and the United States are shrinking sharply, and Japan is being dragged here, and the shipping over there is basically a blank to seize this market as soon as possible. This one is the big head now. As for the rest, let's sell it. ”

"Sold? That's a shame. After marrying Yang Qiu, Miao Luo is also used to spending a lot of money, but he is still a little reluctant to sell all so many ships: "Senior sister also wants to expand the Yangtze River and coastal inland waterway shipping business." ”

Yang Qiu smiled and took her hand and carefully cared for it in the palm of her hand, and said, "We don't have to do everything ourselves. Domestic shipping has been controlled by Britain, France and Japan for many years, and it is time to train a group of shipbuilders when there is an opportunity. In the past, ships were expensive and there were not many people who had the strength to operate, but now these low-cost ships can drive a group of people to the market. Even our sea vessels have to be divided into two companies, one of which does it itself. The other company is doing it while going public and issuing shares, and when it is stable, it sells the company. ”

His words made Miao Luo's eyebrows twist slightly, and after a while, his eyes lit up like a child, revealing two shallow dimples: "I know!" There are not many large businesses in China that can operate maritime transportation now, and shipping has begun to invest a lot, so the person who will take over after the stable sale of the listed company will be able to avoid the early risk, and we can raise funds to continue to build new ocean-going ships after we sell them. No wonder Xu Xiujun came to see me last time in Wuchang and said that I wanted to know how much you have in Hanyang and Chongqing. Say that you asked him to prepare for the listing of the two group companies. Do you want to wait for the IPO to raise money to build a third or fourth? In this way, after the most difficult and costly investment period of industrial construction, it can be sold again, so that the factories can change from one to two, and two to four, and in more than ten years, there will be many big entrepreneurs like the United States in China! Miao Luoqiao's face was excited, but after finishing speaking, he suddenly found that Yang Qiu was staring at him, and he thought that he had said something wrong, and asked timidly: "Did I say something wrong?" ”

She was wrong, and she simply became a roundworm in Yang Qiu's stomach. This method was thought of by Yang Qiu for a long time, after all, he was not an expert in economic and industrial construction, and in the era of lack of sufficient capital in China. The huge investment in industry, especially heavy industry, in the early stage is unimaginable, which is why in the parallel world, the stability of the Republic of China in the past few years was basically a light industry with small investment and quick results, and even the government did not dare to involve heavy industry, not that they did not know the benefits of heavy industry, but no one dared to throw money into it.

For example, counting the equipment exchanged with technology and Germany several times, the total investment of the two major industrial groups in Hanyang and Chongqing has exceeded 300 million yuan, not to mention that even the government does not dare to do it lightly. Therefore, Yang Qiu's idea is to take advantage of the recent opportunity to make crazy money in the industry under his name, and then use the listing to concentrate the domestic idle funds and smash it himself. and so on to get past the most expensive investment period. After establishing a steady sales channel, then package and sell, so that the pressure on the person who takes over is much less. Even if some of them are not well managed, it is impossible to lose the skeleton, and it is a big deal that the government will buy it back when the time comes, at least the basic industry and the workforce can grow.

In the end, he is so eager to improve the basic industry or does he want to make the data machine in his arms play the maximum role, even if the current industrial capacity is low, so many advanced weapons can be imitated, if there is a complete industrial system like Germany, what is there to fear in dealing with a world-class war?

So when his thoughts were all said by Miao Luo, he was also surprised. It may not be a big deal to be a woman who knows a little bit about financial operations in later generations, but now she can't help but naughtily reach out and scratch her nose, and say with a smile: "I was thinking, fortunately I moved more that night, otherwise I wouldn't have such a handsome and smart wife." ”

"Nasty! I knew you did it on purpose. Thinking of the night of the injury, Miao Luo's ears are still hot. Before she continued to speak, Yang Qiu had already taken her into her arms. But before he could feel it, a light cough sounded at the door, which frightened Miao Luo and hurriedly pushed him away, turned his head and pretended to fix his hair.

Yang Qiu raised his head and found Yang Du and Jiang Baili standing outside with their lips pursed, got up and asked, "Is there something wrong with me?" ”

Yang Du asked knowingly and snickered: "Madame's words just now made people stunned, it turns out that the industry can still operate like this, I really admire." After he finished speaking, he deliberately bowed to Miao Luo, which made Jiang Baili next to him laugh: "Brother Huizi, aren't you telling the vice president to listen to the wall." ”

Hearing the three words of the root of the wall, even Miao Luo's face turned even redder, and he hurriedly avoided the inner room, Yang Qiu glared at Jiang Baili angrily: "Brother Baili, you won't make a special trip to accompany Brother Huizi to do this, right?" ”

Jiang Baili hurriedly waved his hand: "Fang Zhen doesn't dare to disturb you, but some people say that they want to see you immediately." ”

"Oh, who is it?"

"U.S. Minister Myrle Dou and Commercial Counselor Hangel." Speaking of business, Yang Du stopped joking, and said: "It seems that it should be a matter of the draft, and the public is receiving it in front." After speaking, he and Jiang Baili looked at each other: "Just now, the president and the prime minister both sent telegrams to ask you to consider this draft again." Saying that the current situation is favorable to me, Britain, the United States, France, and Russia have all expressed their willingness to mediate. Earlier, Wang Zhengting had sent back a telegram from St. Petersburg saying that he and Lu Zhengxiang had already begun to discuss with the Russian Government the signing of a northern peace agreement and the recognition of Mongolia and Xinjiang as China's inalienable territory. ”

Yang Qiu thought of this situation when he threw out this draft of forcibly recovering the concession, if Britain and France did things in a few days, this draft was passed, then no one could guarantee whether there would be a draft of forcibly recovering the British and French concessions, although they were not afraid, but this involved the country's face problem. So after Yang Du finished speaking, he immediately asked, "Brother Huizi also thinks that this draft is not good?" ”

Yang Du sharpened his head and came to the National Society, and he came back a lot of free and easy, and admired: "What does it matter if a draft that has not yet been discussed is withdrawn, the important thing is that Vice President, you have thrown this stone too accurately and wonderfully, I believe that now the four countries have already known that our bottom line is to take back all the Japanese concessions and all the previous treaties on waste paper." ”

"Taiwan and the Ryukyus are too difficult, and they basically can't threaten both sides until the navy is strong. Therefore, it is particularly important whether we can get back all the mainland concessions and abolish the Treaty of Shimonoseki. Yang Qiu knew that he could see through his intentions, so he took a long breath and looked at Jiang Baili: "Is there any news from Japan?" ”

Jiang Baili knew that Yang Qiu threw out this draft to set the tone for the next negotiations, and he couldn't help but feel funny that he had been worried about it for a few days, but he also felt that his taste of arbitrariness had become stronger and stronger recently. But he couldn't say anything about it, and he didn't want to get involved in the political circle, so he simply didn't hear it, and said: "Although the Japanese government has blocked the news internally, it can't hold the fire in a few days, so the news of the defeat will definitely spread." Judging from the current signs, it seems that they are not ready to compromise yet, and a few days ago, Yamayama Aritomo sent two henchmen to meet with Emperor Taisho to demand greater power for the military department to fight to the death, and the navy is also mobilizing, and even the First Fleet has begun to coalize and prepare for the attack. ”

"Fight to the death? Hum! It's just paving a way for yourself! Yang Qiu snorted coldly from his nose and said coldly: "I hope he will still have the heart to fight to the end in three days." ”

What will happen in three days? Yang Du hurriedly went to see Jiang Baili, but the latter also shook his head in confusion.