"Shan County-kun, although the empire defeated Germany this time, the final result is disappointing." Xiyuan Temple handed a cup of hot oolong tea to Shan Shan Youpeng, who was kneeling, and Shan Shan took it and took a sip. The bitter taste filled the mouth, but Yama County did not feel unpleasant, but tasted it slowly.

"Xiyuan Sijun, there is no problem with our dispatch of troops this time, even without Lin Quanzhu's bet, we can't hold Qingdao. Lin Quanjun is completely a victim in this matter, and what worries me the most is the attitude of the British, they care too much about the gains and losses of the Western Front, and we Japan have no way to send many fleets to fight with the High Seas Fleet, so only our more than 300,000 land forces can bear the obligation to send troops. But with a general like Wu Sang in charge, I think our army must not be weakened, otherwise the interests of Kwantung Prefecture and Chaoxian will not be guaranteed. ”

"Hmm, Yamasan-kun, are you worried that China will send troops to interfere with our Kwantung Prefecture?" Xiyuan Temple was not surprised, his hands were still steady, and he was sharing the tea cup without leaking. "Probably not, it's the gambler who bets without seeing the situation clearly, and Wu Sang is a politician, what is the situation in the European war now? Chaos is all over the place, and this is not a good time to place a bet. Isn't it? By the way, is China's Foreign Minister Lu Sang also going to Pyongyang? ”

"Yes, oh, you mean the Chinese are going to be in the same boat as us?"

"No, it won't be so soon, but for the goodwill of the Entente, I think Wu Chenxuan should respond positively. It's just that the price code won't be too low. The British don't care, all they need is another hand to hold a sign. ”

"Perhaps. A thousand-year-old-stirring stick is not for nothing. Shan County suddenly laughed, and the folds on his face turned into chrysanthemums. Is it necessary for us to fight for their recognition of the status of Kanto State? ”

"You can try, but don't expect too much. Wu Sangke is a stingy guy, especially when it comes to territory. ”

"Indeed, I miss Master Li Zhongtang a little. If there is no result in Pyongyang, do you see if the garrison of the Kwantung Prefecture is going to ..."

"Well, maybe it can be used as a reserve division, but this year's Treasury Section is not sufficient. The situation will be better next year, but the share of the navy will not decrease, and the Jiangtian Island side will set up a naval aviation course, you know that this time they are very interested in Chinese aircraft. ”

"In this way, our army can also fight for it next year, and perhaps it would be better to set up an army flight school in Hiroshima first." Although Shan County is an old-school soldier, he is not slow to accept new things, especially the things that can compete with the navy for funds, and he is very studying.

"I hope I can get on our own plane to visit countries in my lifetime, life at sea is too difficult, and my body probably can't stand such storms." Saionji didn't say anything special, but Yama decided that if the army had an airplane, it would first give a plane to a veteran like Duke Saionji, and if the flight was stable, maybe it would be better to provide one to His Majesty Hirohito in the name of the army.

With a soft "poof", a cabin door opened, and several people wrapped in white cloth turbans carried a wooden step and placed it at the door of the cabin, and then they were bombed away by the Japanese military police on duty.

The first to come down was the attendant military attaché, a young lieutenant officer, who got off the plane and immediately stood upright at the door, and when Lu Zhengxiang stepped out of the door for the second time, he had already saluted and greeted him. The straight iron-gray tweed military uniform, with a red-edged collar and two three-cornered epaulettes, is not much different from the Japanese officers who greet them, but the black fabric of the Japanese military uniform is obviously cheaper, there is no lining in the collar, and there is no spirit in the soft collapse, and the hat mountain of the big-brimmed hat is too low, only a yellow five-star in the middle, which looks monotonous and rustic, compared with the towering and embroidered winged eagle and the golden military emblem at the foot of the Chinese National Defense Force's military hat is not a star and a half. The Japanese army has always been frugal, and there is no such thing as a military dress at all. Lu Zhengxiang looked at the envious eyes of the Japanese officers, and smiled slightly in his heart, his cautious old man had to suppress the Japanese in this regard, obviously to rob the Japanese of business in front of the British, and his role was to be a spoiler.

"What? Qingdao problem? Are you sure you have no spelling mistakes? Lu Zhengxiang's expression was very exaggerated, as if the emperor's envoy on the other side, Reijiro Wakatsuki, was an alien creature. I am sorry, Your Excellency, and Mr. Special Envoy Safin. If there is an issue in the Pyongyang talks regarding Japan's inherent territory, I ask for your forgiveness that you will not be able to participate in such talks. Farewell. ”

What is the situation when Safin, the British envoy for the Far East, and Reijiro, the Minister of Finance, look at each other? In the face of the two ambassadors of the empire on which the sun never sets and the first power in the Far East, the Chinese foreign minister actually announced the breakdown of the talks at the slightest disagreement, and it took less than five minutes from sitting down to leaving the table, which is too efficient.

Safin's mission is to pull the two big countries of Japan and China to contribute money and efforts to the UK, but he is not to be a nanny for them. So Safin saw that Lu Zhengxiang had already walked to the door, and had to ask him to stay, although he knew that this would inevitably weaken his own momentum, but it was better than reporting the breakdown of the talks to London.

"The issue of Qingdao's status can not be included in the agenda of this meeting, let's first discuss the position of China and Japan in this European war, is it okay?" Safin hurriedly threw out the topic, so as not to have any more complications.

"Of course, our position is very clear, we will abide by the treaty of alliance with the British Empire, and declare war on the Central Powers as soon as it is passed by Parliament." Reijiro Wakatsuki is not only a Minister of Finance, but he is also very proficient in foreign affairs. Japan's aim is to push China into a corner.

"Our position is that we hope that the two sides in the European war will gradually disengage from the position of maintaining world peace and reducing military and civilian casualties on both sides, achieve a ceasefire, and resolve their differences through negotiations. We are ready to do what we can for both sides to stop the war and restore peace. China has always advocated peaceful coexistence, mutual respect for sovereignty and ......" Lu Zhengxiang's remarks stunned British and Japanese diplomats who were familiar with the division of the weak by several powers. It seems that this person has said a lot of lofty nonsense, but he has no way to accuse the other party of being ambiguous, after all, the other party occupies the moral high ground.

It is said that Saionji Gongwang heard the original words of Lu Zhengxiang relayed by Reijiro Wakatsuki, and almost passed without joy, it is really strange that this Chinese diplomat can have such a high level of scoundrels. After a few days, Lu Zhengxiang was able to use the topic to play from the beginning of the recitation, and even he felt that his views were simply shining with the light of the Buddha, and he almost didn't wear a halo or other ornaments for himself. With such a great and upright image, it is invincible to go around in circles, and it is even more justifiable to accuse the other party. Until the sixth day, Safin's envoy couldn't help it, leaving aside Reijiro Wakatsuki and Lu Zhengxiang to have a private meeting, and Lu Zhengxiang, who had finally come out of the state of a saint, also had a bargaining process with Safin that made the street vendors and grocery buyers embarrassed.

The end result was that Britain privately promised to withdraw all British troops (in fact, hundreds of Indian Asans in the concession) from the area under Wu Chenxuan's actual control immediately after the end of the war, that the issue of the concession could be submitted to a post-war international conference, and that Britain would respect the interests of China on the side of the Entente. In addition, the UK will also support the reasonable demands of the Chinese* government in Russia's territorial disputes with China in the northeast and northwest (the question is what is reasonable?). Didn't say). In addition, Britain will waive the Gengzi indemnity during the war and cut the unpaid reparations by at least 50% after the war. Britain will immediately stop exporting opium to China, and further ease restrictions on trade with China (i.e., it does not want the cessation of opium trade to lead to a decline in imports and exports). China needs to send no less than two divisions of the National Defense Force to the Western Front by June next year, while China's air force needs to arrange a wing to fight on the Western Front in October this year. The Chinese side has expanded the quota for the export of labor services to Europe, and assisted the British side in organizing the export of more than 50,000 labor personnel to Britain and France to replace the positions of young and strong laborers in Britain and France (wages will be accompanied by the market, but it must be guaranteed that the minimum wage for the same position is not less than 60% of the British and French workers in the same position, whichever is higher).

The Japanese were betrayed by the British in their spare time on this day, and when the meeting resumed on the seventh day, Reijiro Wakatsuki was surprised to find that Lu Zhengxiang, who had been singing high-pitched and had always been reluctant to make a positive statement in circles, suddenly drifted, and not only reached a promise with Britain to join the Entente within a year and declare war on Germany and Austria, but also promised to stop all trade with the German government and military (in fact, Germany can't buy it now, but it can still get some Chinese supplies and arms through Turkey, Of course, for China, the buyers are some Kurdish tribal leaders, and as for whether they can fly planes or use armored cars and so on, oh, you know, the Chinese side has always respected the privacy of its trading partners, and this is no worse than the old powers like Britain and France. And what is even more amazing is that the schedule of China's troop dispatch was fully accepted by the British envoy Safin without Wakatsuki Reijiro even not seeing it, and the two sides signed and sealed the text of the agreement, until the handshake and photograph, Wakatsuki Reijiro did not understand something, that is, Japan was betrayed by the master again.

The British, in turn, took China's troop dispatch schedule and began to force Japan to send troops as well, and this division was to be selected from the horse-pulling division (as a good friend who does not fight or make a deal, Lu Zhengxiang kindly reminded Safin of children's shoes, Japan is a horse-holding division and still has some combat effectiveness, well, it seems that the Japanese say that Kumamoto soldiers are the first in the world, probably the sixth division. The rest of the divisions were scrap wood. What the? The Imperial Army is invincible. Don't be funny, the Japanese sacrificed thousands, gnawed for a month, collapsed Qingdao, which was full of teeth and didn't gnaw down, and a division of the Chinese army was destroyed unscathed in three days. So the Japanese betrayed their teammates in Wu Chenxuan, who had no lower limit (the Japanese have always believed that China and them belong to the same yellow skin, and are natural allies to deal with the white skins together, although they often kill allies, but shouldn't they be brothers outside the wall to resist their humiliation?) The act of the cup again.

May the chosen 6th Division rest in peace under the continuous artillery fire of the Western Front. What the? You said that China would also send two divisions to the war, but it seems to be the prototype of a mechanized division.