300 million pounds sterling, 600,000 rifles, 500 planes, 500 tanks, 1,500 artillery pieces, and 500 million rounds of ammunition and 1 million shells!

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Of course, these figures have caused an uproar again. Even for the United States, which supported the Chinese, and France, which desperately wanted to suppress the Russian Revolution, these figures were so large that it was impossible for everyone to agree!

"It can't be!"

As soon as he heard Duan Qirui's conditions, Clemenceau immediately shook his head categorically.

Now that the coffers of various countries have long been drained by the war, and Britain and France owe a lot of loans, how can it be possible to shell out such a large sum of money when the German reparations have not yet arrived?

The only possible thing is weapons and ammunition.

Of course, Europe will not lack support weapons, in fact, the war has just ended, whether it is the Entente or the defeated Germans, it is bound to be disarmament on a large scale, not to mention these conditions of Duan Qiruiti, even if the number is doubled, it is trivial. But everyone knows that it is impossible to provide such large-scale weapons assistance to the Chinese, especially those planes and tanks, let alone even think about it!

The Chinese now have millions of elite troops baptized by the European war, who wants to strengthen their strength?

The Japanese, in particular, had great opinions about the weapons and equipment of the more than 800,000 people brought back by the Chinese, and their hearts were full of uneasiness, and after hearing these conditions, they almost jumped up, and the Japanese foreign minister sneered loudly: "Mr. Duan Qirui, are you joking with all of us?" Our Empire of Japan has also sent tens of thousands of troops, and so far it has consumed a huge military expenditure of 300 million yen, but it is all out of our own pockets! ”

"Hehe, of course I do."

Facing the ridicule of the Japanese, Duan Qirui was unmoved, and responded lightly: "The problem is that your Japanese army is only tens of thousands, and it will not exceed 80,000 at most, right?" And we're going to send at least 800,000 troops, aren't we? Do you know our situation, with China's national strength, can afford such a huge military operation? ”

"Uh......"

For Duan Qirui's understated response, the Japanese were immediately speechless.

More than 70,000 troops were dispatched, which was already a huge number for Japan, which has not yet exceeded 500,000 in the total number of troops. But in front of the Chinese who shouted out 800,000, they certainly had no confidence. You must know that the more than 70,000 Japanese Army costs at least 300 million or 400 million yen a year, so you can imagine how much Chinese have to pay for it......

Everyone knows that the Chinese will not be able to fight this battle!

However, the heads of state were very interested in the idea that Chinese was willing to use 800,000 troops to intervene in Russia, and British Prime Minister Lloyd George pondered for a moment before speaking: "Mr. Duan Qirui, these conditions you put forward are impossible, after all, we have just ended a four-and-a-half-year war, but ...... If, I mean, if this condition can be lowered, everyone should still be able to afford it. ”

"Lower?"

Duan Qirui was secretly happy in his heart, but his face was puzzled: "Dear Mr. Prime Minister, how far do you think these conditions should be lowered in order for you to agree?" ”

"First of all, heavy weapons are impossible!"

After a moment's pause, Lloyd George said in a deep voice: "Especially the planes and tanks, we still need to use them in Europe, and it is impossible to provide them to you, and the artillery can only be provided in small quantities at most......"

For aircraft and tanks, Britain and France also looked very dead.

Even as the war continued, they rarely supplied these weapons to the Chinese army, and even less so after the war. In fact, although the Chinese can bring all the equipment back to China, they are limited to light weapons, and they will not give one artillery, let alone planes and tanks.

"No planes and tanks?"

His face suddenly sank, and Duan Qirui then asked, "If we can't provide heavy weapons, how can we deal with those Russians?" They have taken over most of the property of the Russian government, so let's fight with rifles and their aircraft and artillery? ”

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Hearing Duan Qirui's words, the faces of the Japanese turned green.

"This bastard, do you still have a face?!"

Kicking Duan Qirui fiercely, the Japanese cursed viciously in their hearts.

Under the strong intervention of the Huntelaar consortium, Britain, France and the United States have been carrying out a technological blockade of Japan, and until now they have not built decent planes and tanks, at least not comparable to what was on the European battlefield. But the Japanese don't, the Chinese never lack, every time a new product comes out, in addition to supplying Britain, France, the United States and other countries, that damn John? Huntelaar will hand over the technology of the previous generation of products to Chinese factories, such as Feng Ru's aircraft manufacturing company and Wuhan's tank factory, although due to production capacity has not been able to be equipped in large quantities, but the Chinese army will definitely not lack these things!

As soon as the indignant Japanese were about to speak, Duan Qirui continued to say loudly: "Gentlemen, I think the key now is whether everyone thinks that Soviet Russia is a threat, if not, just if I didn't say anything, if so, then only now we are willing to send such a large army to suppress them, so you have to make a choice!" ”

"Buzz ......"

Stimulated by Duan Qirui's words, the conference room suddenly became lively...

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New York, July 22, 1919.

"Sir, a cipher from Paris."

Respectfully leaving a telegram, the visitor quickly withdrew from John's study.

After opening the telegram in his hand and reading it carefully for a few minutes, the corners of John's mouth first curved an arc, and then immediately this arc became larger, finally making John grin and laugh out loud!

"Finally...... It's done! ”

Clapping his hands vigorously, John looked up to the sky and sighed!

Just the afternoon before yesterday, despite the strong opposition of the Japanese, Britain, France, and the United States finally reached an agreement with China and signed an agreement to assist China in interfering in the Russian Revolution!

50 million pounds in military aid, 600,000 rifles, 500 million rounds of ammunition, 800 cannons and 500,000 shells!

This was the material that the three countries finally agreed to support China, and it was mandatory that these aid and supplies must be used on the Russian battlefield. All the supplies were ready-made, and they only needed to be transported from Europe to China, and even the 50 million pounds of military aid was passed on to the Germans by Britain, France and the United States.

It's definitely a good deal for the UK, France and the US!

Send at least 800,000 troops, then these military expenses and materials are definitely not enough for China, so in the eyes of Britain, France and the United States, as long as the Chinese fulfill the agreement, there is absolutely no problem of using these military funds and materials to become stronger. Therefore, in order to appease Duan Qirui, who had a "strong reaction", and at the same time to make up for the efforts of the Chinese, the three countries also agreed to a condition put forward by Duan Qirui: China has the right to recover all the territories plundered by Russia within a hundred years!

This condition means millions of square kilometers of land!

For Britain, France, and the United States, those bitter and cold places in the Far East are simply worthless except for their vast area, and naturally they have drawn a big pie for the Chinese. The only people who frantically opposed it were the Japanese, but when the three countries were desperate to intervene in Russia but could not come up with a better way, they could only pinch their noses and agree.

After taking a deep breath, John couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, and immediately sat down and spread out the letter: "Honorable President Duan Qirui......"

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"I am honored that you can agree to my suggestion, I think this intervention in the Russian Revolution is the best time for China, to use the power of Europe to recover Mongolia, and even all the lands that China has been taken away by Russia......"

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"As for the weapons, plus the ones brought back by the expeditionary force and produced domestically, I think it should be enough, after all, Russia is now in the weakest stage, and the combat effectiveness of the army cannot be compared with the elites who have returned from Europe......

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"There is no need to fight those communist armies, I personally think that the key to this war lies in the other group of Russians, training them, equipping them, will reduce the losses of the army a lot......"

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"Be careful of the Japanese, their desire for land surpasses everything, be careful of them!"

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"Then I will fulfill my promise to buy all the debts owed by China in Germany at the original price, including the original war reparations and pensions of 2.1 billion marks, and at the same time include the military expenses of 50 million pounds this time! Of course, that doesn't include the $100 million interest-free loan......"