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Pei Shoutong couldn't convince Li Liezu, and finally had to be persuaded by Yang Rui himself, because Li Liezu was ordered to go to Beijing immediately that night - everything was complicated, Yang Rui could only let him come to Beijing in person, but this was official business, not to dismiss him.

When he arrived in Shenyang the next day, he saw a huge airship landing in the sky above the railway annex, and the white and black body of the boat was clearly printed with the mark of the dragon and tiger beast representing the government, and he suddenly remembered that it seemed to be the premier's airship. Just when he thought that Yang Ruiren had arrived in Shenyang, he heard others say that it was 'the Emperor Taishang' and 'the prime minister's family is here', and he asked the adjutant to ask carefully to know that it was Zhu Wanxu and Cheng Ying and the prime minister's only son Yang Wuming who came to Shenyang.

Hearing this news, Li Liezu was a little stunned, understanding the current war situation, he did not think that these people were here to condole, if it was to condole, what did the prime minister's wife and son do in Shenyang, this is basically the meaning of co-existence and death with Shenyang. Li Liezu was suddenly shaken by his thoughts, and he began to be at a loss for a moment, but when the adjutant repeatedly told him that he was going to leave the train station, he suddenly said, "Let's go back." ”

It is not easy for soldiers to fight, it is not easy for front-line officers, it is not easy for generals, and it is even more difficult for the prime minister who lives in the prime minister's office in Beijing. They are all fighting for the country, how can they not be considerate of each other, this is Li Liezu's idea. Come to think of it. He didn't leave the train station at all, but found a train heading north. I got in the car directly.

Li Liezu was like this, so that the people who came to pick him up from the Northeast Theater Command could not deal with it. Originally, his itinerary was arranged, that is, he flew back to Beijing directly on an airship from Beijing, not wanting him to go back to the north.

When someone came to report the situation to Qi Qingyuan, he just smiled, "It seems that our acting commander and acting commander have figured it out." ”

He was laughing, but Huang Fujin, the chief of staff next to him, sighed: "He finally figured it out!" It's good to figure it out, it's good to figure it out. ”

Two Chinese were grunting, and the German General Staff observer Max. Colonel Hoffman was a little puzzled, he looked at the two who were obviously relieved and said, "Generals. Is there any good news from the front? ”

Max. Colonel Hoffman is an old friend of the Renaissance Army, as early as the Russo-Japanese War, he was an observer of the Japanese army, and this time when China and Russia went to war, he came to the Northeast as a Russian military expert to learn about the situation of the Russian army in all aspects after the reform and rectification. After the declaration of war between China and Russia, Sino-German relations were more complicated, and he now came to Shenyang not as a military observer of the German General Staff, but as an adviser to the Renaissance Army. Except for him. And the Russian observer von Murphy at the time of the last Russo-Japanese War. Lieutenant Colonel Deftaaf, and Philip Brown, an observer sent by the Orson General Staff. Feng. Colonel Westmis.

"The good news from the front is that the Russians have arrived, and we are ready to bring them into Shenyang." Huang Fujin is also fluent in German, "The troops are short of guns and ammunition. We can only exchange distance for ammunition, and as soon as enough rifles and ammunition are produced in the Kannai and Tonghua Arsenal, the troops will switch to a counteroffensive. ”

A few foreigners came from Guannai to know the ammunition situation of the Baxing Army. From a country's point of view, China lacks rifles but not ammunition. But from the perspective of the Northeast Military District, rifles and ammunition are very short. On the Gaizhou defense line in the south, the artillery has asked to limit the use of artillery shells, but fortunately, there is no shortage of mortars, grenadiers, and grenades, otherwise it would really be a white-knuckle battle.

"General Huang, in fact, your country's troops should enter the counteroffensive in advance, especially against the Russians, if you don't annihilate them while there are not many Russian troops now, then there will be more and more Russian troops. Ten years ago, the Japanese defeated them in this way, and if the war dragged on until the third year, it would be too late for the Russian army in the west to arrive. Colonel Hoffman, who knows Russia best, said that he still remembers the last Russo-Japanese War.

Hoffman may have been a kind reminder, but in Qi Qingyuan's view, it was a source of misfortune - because of his rank, the General Staff attached a sentence to his order: 'Wait for the drastic changes in Europe'. Although the words were only six words, he was as smart as he understood the meaning of the General Staff Officer. Now that 200,000 Russian troops have been eliminated, the annoyed and angry tsar will bring in 400,000 or even 1 million Russian troops, which is difficult for China to afford at the moment. Let the Russian army continue to have some small victories, so that the tsar feels that these 200,000 people are enough to deal with China, this is the most favorable situation for the Northeast Theater of Operations. As for the 'upheaval in Europe', Qi Qingyuan didn't dare to think about it, he only hoped that the Russian army would only have 200,000, and he could wait for the final counteroffensive time.

"Mr. Hoffman, if two and a half million 75mm shells can fall from the sky, then I can immediately counterattack." Qi Qingyuan looked at the German and quipped. "We prepared 1,000 shells per cannon after the start of the war, but now, less than three months after the start of the war, it has been exhausted, and although the military factories in the Kannai are producing day and night, they cannot be transported. I remember that during the Franco-Prussian War more than forty years ago, your army carried two hundred rounds of ammunition per rifle, but during the six-month war an average of only fifty-six rounds per rifle were consumed; In the Russo-Japanese War, 200 rounds of ammunition were enough for one campaign, but now, even if there are 1,000 rounds of ammunition per rifle, if you shoot without restrictions, you will run out of bullets in a few weeks.

This is still bullets, the number of shells is even more staggering, the Russian army consumed an average of 730 shells per gun during the Russo-Japanese War - we also reserve according to this standard, that is, 1,000 shells per gun, but even if this standard is saved, the reserve bottomed out after four months. If I don't do my best to save, I think that in a month and a half of the war, this thousand shells will be gone. In general, the more advanced the weapon, the greater the consumption of ammunition, and although we have considered this, we still think less about it. ”

Qi Qingyuan said a few words, Hoffman and others were silent, I don't know why, the knowledge of the Russian army, the revival army always seems to know more than him.

"Why didn't you think about building a second railway in Chengde before the war?" Lieutenant Colonel Deftaaf said, "That's the case. Shells from Hubei and Shanxi can be brought over. ”

"But how do we know that Japanese submarines will sneak attack Huludao on the Chinese New Year's Eve?" Qi Qingyuan patted his head and lied with some embarrassment. In fact, it is a small soldier like Hoffmann who does not know the range of Chinese submarines, and the top level of the German General Staff knows the range of the submarine sold by Krupp. Even if Huludao is destroyed, the submarines at the Zhoushan base will still be able to enter the Bohai Sea.

"What a cunning Japanese." Colonel Hoffman said. "General Qi, can we go and see the steel chariot now? I heard that there is already a chariot division in the Northeast. ”

"Of course." Qi Qingyuan said with a smile, "In the afternoon, Chief of Staff Huang will go with you, the current position of the armored division is in Changchun, if the Russians break through the Songhua River route, then they will counterattack." But I don't think it's possible, the Russians haven't learned to deal with trench warfare until now, so you can go to the front line of the Songhua River to have a look. The Russians are much weaker than they think. ”

Qi Qingyuan has been talking and laughing all the time, disdainful of the Russian army, and his lightness has infected Hoffman and others. Before a few people paid attention to the Russian army, they carefully studied the Japanese attack. The mountains of Liaodong made the flank attacks that the Japanese were best at ineffective, and it was difficult for the attacking troops to cross the impassable mountains, and even if they were to pass through Guò, they were only small forces, but they did not do much to break through the entire defensive line, and when interspersed. There is a high probability that these units will be intimidated by mines, elusive snipers.

What the Northeast saw made everyone begin to believe in one sentence: that is, the current war is the most advantageous to choose defense, especially after the other side builds trenches and arranges barbed wire machine guns, the defense line is even stronger. There are only two ways to break through. The first is to attack with elite infantry detachments in coordination with infantry artillery, and the second is to concentrate on the use of chariots, so that those iron guys drive towards the trenches in dense queues - after knowing that Germany's oil production is 121,000 tons and that of Austria-Hungary is 1.1 million tons [the modern part of the history of world military logistics has made a decision. P187], Yang Rui began to push tanks to the Germans with all his might. However, when it is missing, this weapon is not needed by the Revival Army.

Colonel Hoffman was extremely satisfied with the fact that the Baath Army General was open to himself. He felt that China was in fact a quasi-ally of Germany, and if China could attack Russia from the east in the war between Germany and Austria against Russia, then Germany's chances of victory would be multiplied. He thought so, and Prince Heinrich, who had just arrived in Beijing, thought so, but unlike the last time he came to Beijing, this time the Chinese were extremely cold to him, and he asked to see Yang Rui several times but was refused, and then asked to see the chief of the General Staff of the Baath Army again, William. Leo was also rejected, and in the few days he waited, there was even news that Yang Rui had a complaint against the Chief of the General Staff, William. Leo was very dissatisfied and wanted to remove him several times, but because of his old friendship, he kept his place.

Support for Russia's further eastward expansion was strongly advocated by the pro-British Chancellor Holwig, and of course Moltke Jr. was also happy to see it come to fruition, the German Army's preparations for war had been completed, and the expansion of the Kiel Canal, which the Navy had been talking about, had also been completed.

The soldiers wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to go to war, but in the opinion of Prime Minister Holwig, China and Russia should be allowed to fight in an all-round way, just as after the last Russo-Japanese War, the weakened Russian army could no longer fight for a few years, and Germany, which had a buffer of several years, could improve relations with Britain, and even, in order to eliminate British hostility, he also proposed to hand over the German naval fleet to the British Navy.

Holwig's suggestion was crazy, and as soon as his words came out, he was opposed by the military and other ministers, and His Majesty the Emperor did not agree with it, and Prince Heinrich instantly felt that the prime minister should be replaced. Perhaps the shipbuilding race turned Britain and Germany into hostilities, but before the shipbuilding, the relationship between Britain and Germany was not very good. After the rise of Germany and the United States, the British began to decline in the world market, and the originally rich began to become poor, and the statement that "the British can live better without Germany" was accepted by many Britons, which was the deep-seated reason for Britain's hostility to Germany, and the navy was only an inducement.

Therefore, unlike those pro-British compromisers, the Prince did not think that the war that was supposed to take place in Europe could be solved by moving it to the East, which was only a delay, and that the real solution to the problem of Germany's 'encirclement' was to settle the problem of France through the guò war, and that China would contain Russia in the east, and Germany would quickly defeat France, and finally force Russia to admit defeat. That's the best option for the Empire. With this in mind, Prince Heinrich once again came to the Far East. He believes that this time China will not refuse to form an alliance with China again, and does not want to not even see Yang Rui in person.

The news that Prince Heinrich was not received by the Chinese Prime Minister reached the ears of the ministers. The American minister, Rui Bingen, breathed a sigh of relief, and the British minister, Zhu Erdian, only said that if China and Germany formed an alliance, then France would declare war on China and send troops to China in order to stifle this unfavorable factor in the Far East. It's just that it seems that Yang Jingcheng is not crazy yet, and he has not made enemies of the civilized world regardless of it.

"As I said, the Chinese will not ally with Germany, especially this time. The Germans had already betrayed China, and Yang Jingcheng would only be angry with Germany rather than his goodwill. In the British Legation, the French Minister Mr. Kant said happily that he was sad that any country had a good relationship with Germany, and he was happy that any country had a bad relationship with Germany, and he was sincerely happy after hearing that Heinrich's successive requests to see Yang Rui were refused.

"Maybe it's just a Chinese strategy." Zhu Erdian swallowed the clouds, and he was still not very at ease with the East. "If France and Russia go to war with Germany, China suddenly attacks Russia again. So ......"

Zhu Erdian encouraged himself to start a war against China not once or twice, and Kant said disapprovingly: "I have obtained a guarantee from the Chinese, and their chief of general staff will also be replaced in three months, I think this is enough." Sir. The real threat is still in Europe, or in Germany. In addition, if we do not stop the war between China and Russia, it may not be long before China changes its strategy and forms an alliance with Germany. That's what worries us the most. ”

Kant's assurances of the Chinese are something that Zhu Erdian has never heard of. He said happily: "This is what Yang Jingcheng promised you?" ”

"Of course." Kant knew he was saying something he shouldn't have said, but what did it matter. "The Chinese never wanted to form an alliance with Germany, and when Heinrich came to China last year, the Germans proposed an alliance, but Yang Jingcheng politely refused, they only negotiated military trade, not military coordination. This time, Germany supported Russia's dispatch of troops to the Far East, which had made Sino-German relations irretrievable. ”

"These are also what Yang Jingcheng sued you?" Zhu Erdian's heart was clear, for fear of missing every word Kant said.

"Of course." The nerd Kant nodded again, he had no idea that Zhu Erdian wanted to extract more information about Sino-German diplomatic relations from his mouth. "Although Yang Jingcheng seems to me to be a madman, his promise is still very credible, and I believe that what he said is true. The same is true from a practical point of view, China and Germany are too far apart, and if they form an alliance, it will only be broken by each of us, and will the Renaissance Army be able to fight from the Far East to Europe? I don't believe it! ”

"Maybe that's true." Zhu Erdian was noncommittal, "But from the standpoint of the civilized world, China has always been a threat, and this threat is huge, do you see those soldiers in the barracks outside the city?" Although there is a shortage of weapons, China has never lacked soldiers, they can send troops to the front line in twenty divisions and twenty divisions, and we don't know how many reserve divisions there are in the whole of China, but I think it must be astronomical. ”

"So it is necessary to isolate him and make him not ally with Germany and not with the United States." "Either of these two countries would have completely armed China," Kant said. What we have to do is to put the United States on our side, and Germany to do its best to eliminate him. When Kant spoke of the United States, he glanced at Zhu Erdian and said, "Perhaps, we should cede some of our benefits to the United States." ”

Although France has a sphere of influence in China, it is in Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi, which border Vietnam, and the Americans can't come to these places, and it is Britain who really wants to cede their interests, but can Britain let it? After he finished speaking, Zhu Erdian was silent for a long time, and he did not deny or affirm Kant's construction, but insisted: "I think the most important thing is to destroy Yang Jingcheng's government, no matter what happens in Europe, he is always a threat." ”

"I always thought that if war was declared on China, he would have no choice but to ally with Germany." Kant also insisted: "Moreover, France does not have much strength in the Far East, and there is no excuse for war, so what if it occupies the South?" China's military-industrial production is not in the south at all, but in the region north of the Yangtze River, and his reserve soldiers are also from northern China, and the war in a short period of time cannot bring substantial harm to China at all. ”

"When did the pretext for war become a question of war?" Zhu Erdian smiled disdainfully, "Even if war cannot threaten Beijing in a short time, if the entire civilized world declares war on China." Then China's morale will be low......"

"If Britain declares war, France will follow." Kant interrupted Jurdian impolitely. Although he is not so smart, he knows what Britain wants. Britain, as an ally of Japan, did not declare war on China, but provoked Russia and France to declare war on China, which was simply a ruse.

His rebuttal only stunned Zhu Erdian, but Kant didn't want to offend the British, and said in a round circle: "The Japanese are about to land in Zhili, perhaps, in a few months, Beijing will be occupied, and none of us should declare war." ”

"Maybe." Zhu Erdian said with some regret. Unlike Europe, which can form an anti-German alliance, because Britain has too many interests in China to stay out of it, coupled with the original contradictions in Europe, he cannot form an anti-China alliance in the Far East, and now he can only hope for the Russians and the Japanese, but can the Japanese really attack Beijing?

The problem of Zhu Erdian is also the problem of the commander of Japan's newly formed Naoli Dispatch Army, General Kuroki Weizhen. It has been five months since the war against the Zhi, but the army is still blocked by the people of Liaodong and the area south of the Liaodong Peninsula. The bombardment of heavy artillery and the boundless decisive charge could not shake the position of the Chinese army in the slightest.

Yamada Torao, a master of kendo, was defeated by a battalion commander of the Shina Army. His last words on his deathbed did not attract the attention of the base camp, but when the Chinese army was short of ammunition and began to fight a large-scale white-knuckle battle with his own side, the training level of the two armies in white-knuckle combat was immediately high. The three-man stabbing team of the Shina Army was a nightmare, and they were quickly able to kill lonely, uncoordinated Imperial soldiers on the battlefield, and their morale grew higher as they continued to win. The morale of their own side is getting weaker and weaker, and some soldiers are unwilling to attack with white knives. An army that admires bushido is actually afraid of hand-to-hand combat. This is simply a tragedy for the Imperial Army. It is necessary to defeat the Shina quickly, and to defeat the Shina completely. It can only land on the Zhili Plain and occupy Beijing.

The port of Dalian, which has been expanded several times, is densely packed with ships, and the huge fleet even extends to dozens of kilometers outside the port, densely packed with locust-like fleets, and the black smoke spit out by countless chimneys has covered the sun, and the whole sky looks black. Looking at such a spectacular scene, the chief of staff, Major General Fujii Shigeta, sighed: "If I were a Shina man, I would have to surrender when I saw this fleet." ”

"Haha...... "Everyone loves to hear the words of Major General Fujii, and everyone laughs when they finish speaking.

"If the navy can rush to Tianjin and defeat the Chinese artillery as soon as possible, then we can threaten Zhili." Lieutenant General Yasumasa Fukushima, the governor of Kwantung Prefecture and former director of the Second Department of the Army Staff, although he used three 'shun lì' in a row, his words were harsh no matter how he listened. Although there is no definite information, the former intelligence chief has always believed that the landing of Naori was a conspiracy of the Shina people, and he vigorously opposed the landing.

"Fukushima-kun, do you think that the people of Shina have really been waiting for us in Naoli?" Kuroki Weizhen said that unlike the base camp, he still attaches more importance to Fukushima Yasuzai's opinion.

"Yes, Your Excellency. I think that the Chinese army has been waiting for us in Zhili. Feeling the surprised gaze of others, Fukushima Yasumasa explained: "Yang is not a reckless person no matter how you look at it, he seems to be able to see through the whole world situation, every action is stepped on the node, even Britain can't do anything about him, he declares war on us this time, will it really be that simple?" There is also the navy's raid on Huludao, which seems to be too smooth, after the raid, Huludao lost its combat capability, how is this possible? In those years, the blockade operation against the Navy Arthur was carried out several times without success......"

Seeing that the landing was about to begin, Lieutenant General Fukushima Yasumasa had to make one last persuasion, but it was still fruitless. Not to mention those staff officers who watched coldly, even Kuroki Weizhen also began to speak out against it: "Fukushima-kun, it's been more than five months, and there has been no progress in Liaodong, if you want to hit Fengtian or Jinzhou, the casualties will definitely be ten times that of the Erling Mountain Heights, and at this time, the Yang clan will still not surrender, the empire's military expenses and imperial soldiers will be exhausted, do you want the empire to be defeated?" ”

"Your Excellency, this is originally a war without victory, it is impossible for the Yang clan to attack Tokyo, and it is difficult for us to attack Beijing, what the empire wants to do is to negotiate peace with China immediately!" Fukushima Yasumasa said excitedly. "Now China is no longer a Qing country, they have united......"

"You will see the surrender of China because we will occupy Beijing." Kuroki interrupted for Zhen, and then stopped looking at him, and only ordered the chief of staff, Fujii Shigeta, to say: "Inform the navy, go!" (A pie-in-the-sky event, cool phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! (To be continued......)