Chen Qimei is actually quite embarrassed, if it weren't for the verbal agreement between Chen Xuan and President Yuan Da not to allow the Beiyang Army to enter Shanghai, I am afraid that Chen Qimei would have gone into exile a long time ago, and Shanghai is not something that Chen Qimei can govern alone, the forces of all parties are complicated, and even Chen Xuan is unwilling to take over this mess.

Therefore, in the past few years, Chen Qimei, the Shanghai Overseer, has basically played no role except for providing a large amount of operating funds to the Alliance.

After Chen Xuan took control of the Wusong Fort, he sent people to formally accept more than a dozen German warships, merchant ships and docks, and only then did Sun Hongye announce that he asked all walks of life in Shanghai not to be nervous, and that the Pudong troops were only conducting regular military exercises and would not interfere with everyone's normal life.

War game? What about the deceivers, then what fortifications do you build, what forts do you build? Now that the Wusong Fort has also been taken over by you and expanded and reinforced, the warships of various countries are under the threat of coastal defense artillery, is there such an exercise?

However, the countries also saw Chen Xuan's bottom line, knowing that he would not go to war, but just taking advantage of the opportunity, and then the consuls of various countries began to tremble again, and ran to the Pudong government affairs center one by one, submitted a solemn protest, and demanded that the Pudong army withdraw immediately.

The British and Japanese consuls even threatened that if Chen Xuan did not withdraw his troops, something might happen, and the staff of the Pudong Government Affairs Center were also very polite and courteous, but there was no accurate word, which made everyone very helpless.

Since the Opium War, the foreign adults have not been so aggrieved, and Chen Xuan is not too sorry for himself, and after all the reception work is completed, he began to gradually withdraw the troops, but the fort is under actual control, withdraw the troops? What do you think?

Sun Hongye is also very capable of delaying, and a withdrawal of troops actually made him withdraw for a week, which made the foreign adults very hurt.

Britain, France and Russia did not want to have a bigger conflict with Chen Xuan for the time being, so the matter was over.

August 1.

Germany officially declared war on Russia, and the next day German troops invaded Luxembourg, followed by France the next day and invaded neutral Belgium.

The Pandora's box was opened, Britain officially declared war on Germany on August 4, Austria-Hungary declared war on Russia, and Serbia and Mendigoro declared war on Austria-Hungary.

August 18th.

U.S. President Woodrow. Wilson announced that the United States would always remain neutral in this war, and President Xia also declared neutrality under Chen Xuan's instructions, in fact, in order to ensure that Xia and domestic orders would not be affected, and vigorously make war money.

On August 23, the Emperor of Japan officially declared war on Germany.

On the same day, Chen Xuan held a press conference in Shanghai, declaring that if any country launched a war on China's territory, it would surely taste the bitter fruits of war, and the entire Chinese people would make them pay a heavy price!

Not to be outdone, Xiao Jin held a press conference and called Beiyang, leading his army north at any time to resist any invader at all costs, and at the same time sent Jiang Zhiqing and Gu Weijun to meet with the British and Japanese consuls to announce their position.

The British didn't take it seriously, but Xiao Jin suddenly leveled Siam (Thailand) with a thunderous momentum, and wantonly deployed troops on the Burmese border, making preparations for attacking at any time.

At this time, the British could not take it seriously, and the original plan to send troops to Qingdao with Japan was put on hold, and negotiations with Jiang Zhiqing and Gu Weijun began.

The Japanese fleet and the army of the 18th Division are already preparing to board the ship, so naturally it is impossible to return in vain, a big battle is already on the verge of breaking out, Chen Xuan is also transferred back to Chen Ruiqing's special operations team, infiltrating Hongkou District, Du Yuesheng's shadows have also begun to move.

And Beiyang Zheng. The actions of the government were disappointing, the whole group lost their voices, and Chen Xuan became more and more dissatisfied, knowing that you can't beat it, but you must at least have the spirit of the bright sword!

"Commander-in-Chief, Japanese Consul in Shanghai, Hasegawa Kitoki, asks for a meeting!"

Chen Xuan was sorting out the recruitment information, and Chen Guofu came to report.

"Little Japan, what's the matter with him?"

"He didn't say it, and now he is in the living room."

"Okay, I'll meet him."

As soon as Chen Xuan arrived in the living room, Hasegawa Kitoki had already hurried up to greet him and bowed deeply to Chen Xuan.

"Haha, Mr. Hatani is a guest from afar, he is not welcomed, rude and rude, Chen Xuan clasped his fists and saluted."

"I didn't inform Chen Jun in advance, it was Changgu's rudeness, please forgive Chen Jun!"

"You're welcome, Mr. Hase, please take a seat, by the way, Hase's Chinese is really authentic, I think I have been prepared for a long time."

"Chinese culture has always been the core culture of Asia, and although Changgu is a foreigner, he does not dare not learn it, which makes Chen Jun smile."

After saying that, Hasegawa got up and bowed to Chen Xuan again, so that Chen Xuan's diaphragm deserved it.

"I came here rashly this time to ask Chen Jun's thoughts, Chen Jun's army is coming to Hongkou, I don't know what Chen Jun is going to do?"

"If your country has any plans, Chen has any plans!"

"But Chen Jun, His Majesty the Emperor of our country meant to drive out the German invaders entrenched in Qingdao, and did not mean to be an enemy of your country! After the empire drove the Germans out of Qingdao, Qingdao still had to be handed over to your national government. You must know that now the world has been accounted for by whites, and we yellow people will no longer unite, but I am afraid that there will be no place to live in the future, where are the Indians of the Americas in the past? What kind of life are black people in Africa going through now? ”

Chen Xuan couldn't help but laugh, what he and Xiao Jin communicated in their hearts, he didn't expect Hasegawa Kitoki to be used as a lobbyist.

"May I ask Mr. Hase, where is Qingdao? Which country's territory does it belong to? ”

"Chen Jun, you still don't understand what I mean, we fought Qingdao just to drive out the Germans。。。。。。"

Before Hasegawa finished speaking, Chen Xuan had already waved his hand to interrupt him.

"Mr. Hase, I know exactly what you mean, and you can tell your emperor that if he really thinks so, then maybe one day we will have a chance to cooperate, but only if the Japanese completely withdraw from China."

"Chen Jun, if you insist on going your own way, you must know that the Great Japanese Empire can mobilize millions of elite troops in half a year!"

"Mr. Hase, with your understanding of China, how many troops can China mobilize in half a year?"

Hasegawa Kitoki began to threaten, and Chen Xuan also sank his face.

"Not everyone can become a qualified soldier, and a strong army must be backed by strong industrial and economic strength, Chen Jun, I heard that you are a top student of the French Saint-Cyr Military Academy, you should know these truths better than me, who is a diplomat!"

"Hahaha, if it was five years ago, I still need to think about it, and now, what can you do to me? How much steel is there in Japan? How many oil reserves are there? I'm afraid that Japan's economy won't be able to survive a few major wars, right? Not to mention the wide variety of military supplies! ”

"The Great Japanese Empire has a powerful navy that ranks among the best in the world!"

"Can your navy run to land?"

"Chen Jun, you can't be rash, if the two countries go to war, it will be a lose-lose situation, and it will only be those white Westerners who will benefit!"

"This is also what I want to say to Mr. Hase, and it is you Japanese who are preparing to attack, not us!"

"The majesty of the Great Japanese Empire is inviolable!"

"I am a Chinese soldier!"

Hasegawa Kitoki saw that he couldn't talk, and although he was angry, he politely said goodbye to Chen Xuan.

"Zu Tao, please invite Political Commissar Chen (Chen Qicai) and Commander Sun to come over."

"Yes!"

Now that Jiang Fangzhen has gone to Jiujiang to preside over the work, the defense of Shanghai will be handed over to Sun Hongye.

"Instructor, are you looking for me?"

"Changjing, how is the recruitment of new recruits and the reorganization of the troops going?"

"Report to the instructor, we are ready to expand 8 divisions in Shanghai more than 30,000 people, there are many refugees in Shanghai, and we also have a good reputation, now we have recruited more than 10,000 people, it is expected that in another 5 days, the recruitment work will be completed, Zhang Xing, Li Qingquan, Qi Baicheng, Ao Dongxun, Huang Xun, Qi Liyuan, Li Lizhu, Zhang Guangyuan of the Officer Command College 8 people as division commanders, from the old army to transfer a part of the middle-level officers to enrich the new troops, Pudong Army Academy graduates as company and platoon level officers, Now I've started training normally. ”

"Will the transfer of officers from the old unit affect the combat effectiveness of the old unit?"

"There must be some influence, but it won't be great, and the old army used to be trained by one chief officer and multiple deputy positions as officers, so this impact is within an acceptable range."

"Let's also send some people from the pro-guard regiment to make up for the shortcomings, the pro-guard regiment was originally trained as an officer, and now it's time to release them."

"Instructor! Is this keeping you safe? ”

"When do I need 3-4,000 people to protect myself? Isn't it ridiculous, it's enough to keep a company by my side, Youling's kid is not bad at training, let him use the rest of the people to form a mentor! ”

"Yes!"

"Third brother, how are the troops' supplies prepared?"

Chen Xuan asked Chen Qicai again.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, with the materials we currently have in reserve, it is enough to fight for a month, and our factories are also increasing their horsepower production, which can provide the needs of the war."

"How's the commissar arranged?"

"The major main forces have been arranged to the battalion level, we started late, and there are no examples to follow, so we have been groping and doing, and if we want to arrange them to the company level, I am afraid that it will take more than a year."

"Third brother, the work of the political commissar is the guarantee of the cohesion and combat effectiveness of a unit, and the ideological work of the army must not be relaxed."

"Don't worry, with me, there will be absolutely no problems!"

Chen Qicai's words are a promise from his brother to his younger brother.