readx; In July and August of 1914, so much happened, and the first world war broke out in Europe, and the war broke out in Europe, not counting, China in the Far East was also involved, and could not wait to declare war on Germany, and then China took back Qingdao and the German concessions in Tianjin and Wuhan. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info said, "Ben is not left behind, just declared war on Germany, said, "Ben's army landed on the island of New Guinea, and then before Australia and the British could react, they occupied the territory of Kaiser Wilhelm in German New Guinea and the other islands of German New Guinea."

For example, when China conquered Qingdao, although Britain also participated in the joint operation to conquer Qingdao, the British were also afraid that China would be prepared to take back Hong Kong as well as recovering Qingdao, so on the one hand, they cooperated with China, and on the other hand, Britain also quietly strengthened Hong Kong's defenses, and always paid attention to China's moves.

However, Chen Jingyun was not Cixi, and he was not bold enough to declare war on all the powers, and this time his target was only in Qingdao, so when he declared war on Germany and recovered Qingdao and the German concessions in Tianjin and Wuhan, as well as the Austro-Hungarian concessions in Tianjin, the Nationalist Army was temporarily silent.

The temporary silence of the Nationalist Army also reassured the British a lot, but at the same time, he said, "My own action to occupy German New Guinea has aroused great opposition from the British, you must know that after the outbreak of war in Europe, Australia has begun to mobilize troops, preparing to occupy the territory of Kaiser Wilhelm in German New Guinea (the northeast of the island of New Guinea) as soon as the war breaks out, but it is said that "Ben is under the strong leadership of the navy" and actually occupies the northeast of the island of New Guinea first. Not only that, but also the other islands of German New Guinea were occupied.

Although it was said that it was an ally of the United Kingdom, it did not mean that the British wanted to see the expansion of the island in the South Pacific, so when it was said that the northeastern part of the island of New Guinea was occupied, the British lodged a serious protest against the behavior of the British and demanded that the British withdraw from the island of New Guinea and hand over the northeastern part of the island to Australia for administration.

Since the Russo-Russian War, the Americans have called themselves direct competitors in the Pacific, and the expansion of Ben in the South Pacific region will directly affect US interests in the South Pacific region and will still affect the strategic security of the US Philippines, which the Americans cannot tolerate. So the Americans also made a serious protest and supported the British proposal, that is, to say, to give the northeastern part of New Guinea to Australia.

In the face of the strong protests of the British and American countries, the country also reacted strongly, and the recent victory march on the streets of Tokyo for the capture of German New Guinea turned into a protest procession, saying, "The country believes that this matter is the same as the intervention of the three countries in the past, and the intervention of the three countries in the year was regarded as a national shame by the then "Ben, which led to the establishment of the expansion goal of doubling the army and the 66th fleet, which defeated Russia in one fell swoop in the Russo-Russian War more than ten years later. Won the Russo-Russian War.

Against this background, the Navy has sent some additional ships of the First Fleet to the South Pacific region, and the Army has had to temporarily abandon the Qingdao strategy and send the mobilized 18th Division to the island of New Guinea, assuming the appearance that it will occupy German New Guinea no matter what.

At the beginning of the war, the army was counting on the defeat of the Chinese [***] team, and then the army sent troops to capture Qingdao, but to my surprise, the Chinese actually conquered Qingdao in less than half a month, so the army's attempt was frustrated."

At this time, the southward policy led by the navy was an unprecedented success, and the occupation of German New Guinea in one fell swoop greatly expanded the colonies of the navy, which also aroused strong opposition from Britain and the United States.

As for Britain, although Britain has expressed strong opposition verbally, the British are now fighting to the death with the Germans in Europe, and it is impossible to put too much energy into the Far East, so they only express verbal protests and have no actual action.

However, the Americans feel a major threat to their expansion in the South Pacific, and some US congressmen have even shouted today, "If I have captured New Guinea, then the next step will be to occupy the Philippines." For the sake of the security of the Philippines, the United States must send more troops to the Philippines.

As soon as August ended, the US Congress passed a new round of naval expansion bills, approving the Navy to build two more New Mexico-class battleships, and not long before that, the United States had just approved the construction of three New Mexico-class battleships, and the temporary expansion bill approved by the US Congress turned the planned construction of three New Mexico-class battleships into five.

The Americans' wealth is something that even the British have to look up to, and in the competition for shipbuilding in various countries during World War I, only the Americans can place orders for battleships that have been continuously placed under the United States, and this is still in a state of peace, and the large-scale construction of battleships has not affected the economic vitality of the United States, and although Britain and Germany and other countries have built a large number of battleships, they have all felt the huge economic pressure, and they are not at all like the United States, which still has huge economic reserves.

In order to keep up with the speed of US shipbuilding, they have used their pants to rebuild ships, and if it weren't for this naval arms race, Ben's finances would not have been so bad and facing collapse.

Although the war has broken out in Europe, Ben's fiscal situation is slowly improving, and it is expected that the fiscal situation will increase significantly. Even so, it is impossible for me to keep up with the pace of US shipbuilding, but not being able to keep up does not mean that I will not follow.

After learning that the number of New Mexico-class battleships that the Americans were about to build would reach five, he said: "This Navy immediately requested that the number of battleships in the third phase of the naval ship expansion plan be increased from the previous six to eight, and that the seventh and eighth ships be added temporarily." The new Seventh and Eighth ships will have the same design as the Ise-class, which means that four Ise-class battleships will be built to compete with the new New Mexico-class battleships built by the United States.

After the recovery of Qingdao, the whole country rejoiced, and countless people happily demanded that the central government take back the concessions occupied by the other powers, and many radical young people shouted that if the great powers refused to give up the concessions, then there would be another battle of Qingdao.

However, Chen Jingyun is not Cixi, and it is not a big problem to fight Qingdao in the Far East, but it is not of much benefit to China, which is preparing to obtain great economic benefits in World War I.

In fact, customs duties are more important than those in the concessions. In fact, the concession is a matter of face to put it bluntly, and the autonomy of tariffs is the actual problem. If we do not take back our tariff autonomy, in addition to losing a large amount of customs tariff revenue, it is more important that we will not be able to protect domestic industry and commerce through tariff regulation.

It's just that the problem of customs tariffs is really not easy to solve, from the period of Fuzhou military and political axe, Chen Jingyun began to talk with the British from the recovery of Guan Yu, and then talked with the British during the Generalissimo's Palace, so that the Guan Yu was finally recovered.

At the beginning of August last month, China and Britain held another round of negotiations on customs tariffs, and this time China's proposed tariff autonomy was rejected by Britain and other powers, and they had no choice but to accept the tariff rates negotiated by China and other countries.

Although the negotiations that have lasted for several years have achieved certain results, it will take some time to really get the customs duties back!

In addition to the concessions of various countries, the issue of Outer Mongolia's reading power has once again been brought to the table, not only many Chinese people have asked the central government to send troops to Outer Mongolia to suppress the rebellion in Outer Mongolia, but even within the Kuomintang Socialist Party, there are many people who have put forward this slogan and demand, and they have also directly related the slogan of "Chinese rejuvenation" that the Kuomintang has always shouted.

Originally, according to Chen Jingyun's idea, that is, the problem of Outer Mongolia is not a contradiction between China and those rebellious princes, but a contradiction between China and Tsarist Russia. And now, Chen Jingyun has not even completely unified the country, and many warlords in the southwest are still staring at him, and although Tsarist Russia has been at war with Germany and Austria-Hungary in Europe, the war has just begun, and the blood of Tsarist Russia has not yet been exhausted, and Chen Jingyun is still counting on exporting a large amount of materials to Tsarist Russia to earn gold foreign exchange.

Although this was not Chen Jingyun's original intention, the raging fire raised by the domestic people because of the victory in the Battle of Qingdao also needs to be transferred, either to recover the concession or to recover Outer Mongolia, these two things must be done to suppress it, otherwise once the external contradiction turns into an internal contradiction, it will not be good.

However, the war in Europe is in full swing, although Britain and other countries are busy fighting, but the Chinese side in the Far East is expected to oppose it if it is too noisy, so the suppression of the rebellion in Outer Mongolia Chen Jingyun decided how to keep a low profile and how to come, in short, he secretly entered the village, and did not shoot.