Chapter 321: Earthwork

For Gao Sencheng to take the initiative to ask for accompaniment, Murakami Shengzhi has no opinion, after all, it is always good to have one more personβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” because he has an intuition, that is, he is afraid that he is going to Guangdong next, and he is afraid that he will not be able to come back for a long time, at this time, if he has an assistant who is proficient in Chinese and is very accustomed to living in China by his side, then everything may be better.

So after smiling and nodding at Takamori, Murakami took him out of the Black Dragon Society's headquarters.

"I hope they can succeed..."Looking at the room where there were only two of them, Ryohei Uchida's face revealed a trace of helplessness, which also showed that his mood was not as good as before. Otherwise, whether it is Yan Shao or Yuan Shikai, it will be a trouble, and I personally think that the one who survives the most is more likely to be Yan Shao..."

"That's why we sent Murakami to contact the Kuomintang, so that even if Yuan Shikai falls into decline, the Kuomintang can more or less maintain the balance...... Even if the Kuomintang people are no longer in the climate, and there are people we sent to Lu to be in charge of training, they should be able to have some strength..."

"Maybe..."

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After Murakami and Takamori went to the KMT's headquarters in Tokyo, they soon met the KMT's top brass at the headquarters. The Kuomintang was very excited about the proposal to unite with the Japanese, but these people felt a little embarrassed about the matter of exchanging benefits for support.

It's just like Toushan Man they said, whether it is Beiyang or the National Socialist Party. After dealing with each other, the next target will definitely be the Kuomintang entrenched in the south. Unless the Kuomintang wants to withdraw from the mainland's political circles, it will have to find a way to survive.

However, it can be seen from the fact that Li Liejun in Jiangxi was about to collapse at the touch of a button, and Xu Chongzhi in Fujian was made helpless by a Sun Daoren. It is no longer possible to rely on the strength of the Kuomintang alone.

Without the support of external forces, the final fate of the Kuomintang seems to be clear at a glance.

Therefore, after several days of debate, in the end, the top of the Kuomintang still overcame public opinion and chose to cooperate with the Japanese.

Although it had been expected for a long time, the people of the Black Dragon Society were still overjoyed when the results really came out. And after some selection, some retired officers from the army were selected from the meeting to go to Guangdong, ready to assist Chen Jiongming in training troops in Guangdong.

Meanwhile. Xu Chongzhi, who is in Fujian, has also come into contact with the people sent by the Black Dragon Society.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Get rid of Sun Daoren? Hearing a Kuomintang comrade who had just come from Taiwan say this, Xu Chongzhi, who was dressed in a coat, was obviously taken aback.

"That's right." Fang Shan nodded. The complexion was also a little heavy. "Now the situation of our party is very dangerous, so we must completely control Fujian as soon as possible, and Sun Daoren is precisely an obstacle for our party to control Fujian, so he must be eliminated..."

"But..."Xu Chongzhi's face was a little ugly. Because of the previous assassinations. Now the outside public opinion is very unfavorable to us. If we attack Sun Daoren like this now, even if the outside world can't get any evidence, I'm afraid they will suspect us, wouldn't that be the case..."

With the examples of Tao Chengzhang and Yan Shao, and the fact that Sun Daoren will definitely benefit the most after his death, it will definitely be the Kuomintang, and it is very difficult for the outside world not to doubt the sincerity of the Kuomintang. A few days ago, Sun Sun Daoren was so rude to Xu Chongzhi, and Xu Chongzhi didn't attack Sun Daoren for such a reason.

In history, Xu Chongzhi was loyal to Sun Yat-sen, so the first half of his life could be called smooth sailing, and there were almost no obstacles. As a result, he became a relatively pure soldier.

As for the second half of his life, he gradually became an opportunist. This is also a reason why Xu Chongzhi will be unknown later, you must know that he was a figure who was the commander of the revolutionary army, considering that the revolutionary army at that time did not have much strength, he can be called a real powerhouse.

But now, Xu Chongzhi is still a relatively pure soldier, which is also one of the reasons why he will oppose it.

The Xu Chongzhi of the later generations will not mention it for the time being, at least now, like Li Liejun, he is still more disgusted with things like assassination.

In fact, this is true of any upright soldier, but unfortunately, politics is never tied to assassination, no matter what time it is.

Because assassins, like prostitutes, were one of the earliest professions of mankind...

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"We also know this..."Hearing Xu Chongzhi say this, Fang Shan shook his head and said. / "If possible, we are not willing to do this, but now the situation of our party is very dangerous, and I believe you are also aware of the war that is taking place at the junction of the three provinces, and when the Beiyang and the National Socialist Party come to a separate result, with their old feud with our party, I am afraid that the next one to attack will be our party, and if our party cannot hold a strong strength at that time, then our fate can be imagined..."

"But even then, we don't necessarily have to use assassination or mutiny..."

"Otherwise, what else can be used?" Fang Shan frowned slightly, obviously a little tired of Xu Chongzhi's naivety. "This is what Mr. Sun meant, do you understand..."

"This..."

At least at this time, Xu Chongzhi was still a diehard loyalist of Sun Yat-sen, so after hearing Fang Shan say this, although Xu Chongzhi's heart was still a little awkward, he finally nodded.

"Very good..."Seeing that Xu Chongzhi gave in, Fang Shan also laughed, and then pointed to the person who followed him without saying a word. This is a friend from Japan, and he will assist you in overthrowing Sun Daoren, and there will be a large amount of aid from Japan later to help you train your troops..."

Speaking of this, Fang Shan had some inexplicable words. "Within half a year, we must master a strong force..."

At the same time, in Guangdong, Murakami and Takamori Cheng, along with many retired or active army officers selected by the Black Dragon Society and even the Japanese military department, have also arrived in Guangdong.

Their next task. It is to assist Chen Jiongming to reinvent the troops in Guangdong, so that they can at least compete with the Beiyang Army and the Guoshe Army, and far surpass the strength of other warlords.

Not so. If the Kuomintang troops in Guangdong still maintain their current strength, even if the war at the junction of the three provinces is over, and the Beiyang and the Kuomintang are in a weakened state, it is impossible for the Kuomintang to confront them, which can be seen from the war in Jiangxi...

Naturally, while supporting the Kuomintang, the Japanese did not forget about business. That is to support Beiyang.

Although Beiyang's strength is very good, it has a fatal flaw compared with the National Socialist Party, that is, it does not have a strong enough industrial system. Now the Anqing Arsenal has officially entered the state. Although it has not yet reached the theoretical design value, the output is already larger than that of several arsenals under the jurisdiction of Beiyang combined.

It may not be much at the moment, but when the war drags on for a long time, even if there is the support of the British. I'm afraid that Yuan Shikai won't be able to support it...

Plus there was a loan from the British at this time. Yuan Shikai's pocket is relatively abundant, so the Japanese arsenal is almost at full capacity to produce grenades, machine guns and some small-caliber mountain guns for Yuan Shikai.

After Yuan Shikai sent some grenades equipped by the National Social Army, hoping that they could conduct some research on this, the Japanese also gladly accepted this request.

In fact, they were also very curious about the grenades equipped by the National Social Army, and in actual tests, they also found that this grenade was not only more powerful than the grenades produced in Japan, but also very convenient to use.

The Japanese grenade is a round body with a hemp rope attached, because it resembles a horse's tail. That's why it's also called a horsetail grenade, which has already been said.

The problem is that this grenade is inconvenient to use. Because he, like many later Japanese grenades, needed to be knocked before he could use them.

Of course, this was nothing when I was in Anqing, because the streets of Anqing had been paved with gray pavement, which was very flat and hard. Ke Yun only needs to knock on the ground when they use it, but what about on the battlefield?

It's all dirt all around, and if you really want to knock it, I'm afraid you'll have to knock it a lot...

And the most important thing is that the Japanese can wear at least one helmet, which means that when using a grenade, you only need to knock the grenade on the headβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” hopefully the grenade will not explode due to this knock at this time.

But the Beiyang Army is all military hats, there are no helmets at all, it is quite inconvenient to use in actual combat, and it is impossible to compare with the grenades equipped by the National Social Armyβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” if the latter is the latter, you only need to pull the fuse...

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After comparing the Japanese horsetail grenades with the wooden-handled grenades equipped by the National Socialist Army, the Japanese soon found that the wooden-handled grenades were indeed more convenient to use than the existing horsetail grenades in Japan.

And judging from the war in China, there is indeed a lot of practicality in such a thing as a grenade. Coupled with the experience of the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese military department soon asked the arsenal to produce this latest grenade, naturally, the original production β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” materials were bought, and they could not be thrown away or returned to the furnace, which would be too wasteful.

For the Japanese, waste is the greatest sin.

However, according to the Japanese wishes, when the existing horsetail grenade materials are used up, this latest type of grenade will be produced.

On the other hand, in fact, Yuan Shikai's side has also begun to produce this latest equipment, but the efficiency of his arsenal is a little too low, so he will turn to the Japanese for help, that's all...

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Inside the legation in Beijing, a ball between the ministers is unfolding.

After retiring from the dance floor with a wry smile, Ray? Kopa stepped back to a couch.

Although Ray? Kopa has always been reluctant to get old, but the years have still left a lot of marks on his face and body, and now he can't compare with when he was younger, and he can't even dance for much time.

It's just in Thunder? When Kopa wanted to drink something, he found that Zhu Erdian was watching him quietly not far away.

After noticing this, Ray? Copa picked up the glass that the attendant had just handed him and smiled at Juerdian.

See this scene. Despite the displeasure in his heart, Zhu Erdian still barely showed a smile on his face, and also picked up his wine glass.

Just after a small sip of wine. Zhu Erdian turned his head away and never looked at Lei again? Copa's face disgusted him.

To this, Ray? Naturally, Kopa didn't care at all.

In fact, you can take a look at Zhu Erdian's face, Ray? Kopa also thinks it's a good thing, after all, not everyone can stand the serious expression of the British, at least Ray, who was born in France? Kopa is definitely not going to like it...

And for now, there is no need for him to curry favor with Zhu Erdian. Even if it's for the sake of relations between the two countries.

Although the relationship between Britain and France is still quite close, and there is no big rift because of what happened in Chinaβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” in fact, Britain and France are old rivals, and the rifts between each other are innumerable. If it weren't for the threat from Germany and the Allies, the two countries would not have been able to stand together, so although the China affair did cause a rift between Britain and France, there was no shortage of such a situation between the two countries. Of course. This is also because China's position is not important in the current British political landscape.

However, although there are no problems with the relationship between Britain and France, Jurdian and Ray? The contradiction between Kopa is very big, and in the past year, it has almost reached the point where everyone knows that Beijing's diplomatic circles know that Zhu Erdian is against Lei? Kopa has an undisguised disgust...

It's also because he knows that Zhu Erdian doesn't have a good impression of him, so Ray? Copa shifted his gaze to the dance floor. It's just that when he was quietly enjoying the dance on the dance floor, he found that he didn't know when the Japanese minister came to Zhu Erdian's side. Then I whispered something to him, and then I saw the two of them running together and didn't know where they went...

"The British and ...... Japanese. It looks like this war is going to change a little bit..."

Whispering, Ray? There was a hint of worry on Copa's face.

For now, at least, he's happy with the situation, and in fact the same is true in Paris.

Because in this 'proxy war' in China (at least in the opinion of the French), the British had spent a lot of resources to support Yuan Shikai for their own useless face, while the French, while gaining tens of millions of pounds in trade every year, paid only some diplomatic protection.

The rest of the large arms purchases, and some other things, are almost all Yan Shao's own responsibility, and people have not even taken the initiative to mention any assistance like the French governmentβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” because Yan Shao knows very well that these powers are all characters who eat people and do not spit out bones, even if they are close to their own French people, if Yan Shao asks for assistance, the French will definitely agree, but they will also seek greater benefits, so it is better to communicate directly with money, at least for the current Yan Shao, The current income is probably more than the French government's annual revenue, so he doesn't need to worry about spending money at all...

And Ray? Kopa, the person who pulled the strings in the first place, only needs to wait quietly for the results by the side. Anyway, the French government has not paid anything in this matter, and even if it fails at the end of the day, it will not affect Lei? Copa's status.

But Ray? Coppa doesn't really think that the French government will remain inactive on this matter, because the 10 million pounds of trade has now fed many French factories and a lot of Parisian dignitaries.

If Yan Shao really fails, then the car factory in Anhui will also disappear with it.

Of course, Paris needs to take into account the large number of unemployed people that may appear in the future, so...

"Now, maybe Paris isn't very good, but when Yan Shao is about to fail, they're afraid they're going to jump..."

A slight smile, Ray? Copa took another sip.

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On the other hand, in a side room, the Japanese minister also expressed to Zhu Erdian some of the attitude of the Japanese government, that is, to share a certain amount of pressure for the British government, of course, the Japanese government also asked for something in return, such as ...... Expanding certain interests in Fujian...

Zhu Erdian is naturally very vigilant about this, but now the British government is indeed in a dilemma about the situation in China, as they expected.

Continue to support Yuan Shikai, the resources in Europe are already tight, and it is really a little unworthy, but if it withdraws, it will also be a big damage to Britain's face. For this matter, Zhu Erdian has been reprimanded by London many times, so Zhu Erdian can't make a decision on such a big matter, so he can only say that he will go to London first...

At the same time, at the junction of the three provinces, both the Beiyang and the National Social Army are a little impatient with the current situation. After all, the situation of a truce during the day and a night attack at night is indeed a bit weird, and even many newer tactics have been brought out...

One of the more practical ones is to dig trenches and other things dozens of meters away from the opponent's trench through geotechnical methods, so that you can launch a surprise attack without worrying about the opponent's machine guns and artillery fire...

This tactic was used during the Russo-Japanese War, so it is not a new tactic. But because of this, this tactic is almost the same thing that comes to mind for Beiyang or the National Social Army...

It is precisely because of this that the confrontation between the two powerful forces has become more bloody... (To be continued......)