Xu Huaijin said in a deep voice: "Okay, now is not the time to talk about this matter, now the war ahead is unfavorable, the war between Huai'an and Bengbu two battlefields began to stalemate, for a while, it is difficult to break through the defense line of the Huai River, in Hanzhong, the army of Zi 'Yu' has not yet reached the front line, and it will take ten days at the fastest to reach the front line, now we urgently need to make a breakthrough on the battlefield, the instructor is not in the country, if we can't make progress as soon as possible, there will be a 'swing' in the country!" ”

Tang Shaoyi frowned and said: "Huai Jin, I am a layman in military affairs, at the beginning, Jianzhi has already been 'handed over' to you to take full responsibility, I absolutely completely believe in your ability, you just let it go, don't worry about internal affairs and logistics!" ”

Duan Qirui said: "Chief, what the prime minister said is that what you need now is to be arbitrary, not to listen to everyone's opinions, is it possible that the level of our people is higher than yours?" ”

Xu Huaijin said angrily: "Confused! Zhiquan, a person with high intelligence, there is always a limit, a wise man must have a mistake in a thousand thoughts, this is what it means, what we have to do is to gather the wisdom of everyone, solve the problem, rely on one person to solve the problem, this is an extremely serious mistake, don't say it's me, even the instructor is here, and you must not have a dependence mentality! ”

Tang Shaoyi smiled bitterly: "Huaijin, but it's useless for you to call me, I'm a literati, I've never been in contact with the military, and I can't help anything......"

Xu Huaijin took a deep breath and said: "Brother Shaochuan, I didn't call you over to ask you to give me ideas, but later, I will meet with Minister Andrew with me, I want to ask Minister Andrew to come forward and mobilize thirty large and medium-sized German merchant ships, this matter needs the two of us to come forward together!" ”

"Merchant ships? What is it used for? ”

Tang Shaoyi asked in surprise, if you want to talk about merchant ships, don't say that the Republic of China has thirty merchant ships, even three hundred merchant ships can be found, why do you have to use Germans?

Xu Huaijin said in a deep voice: "Because Songpo proposed to me, he wanted to use Western ships to 'mix' the sight of the Qing army, and tried to hide troops in the boat, so as to raid the ferry on the south bank and break through the Qing army's river defense!" ”

Tang Shaoyi and Duan Qirui were shocked in their hearts, what a plan, this can be compared to Lu Ziming's white-clothed crossing of the river during the Three Kingdoms, with German merchant ships as cover, they can definitely hide from the eyes of the Qing army, because due to the existence of unequal treaties, no Qing army dares to inspect the ships of the Western powers!

Xu Huaijin continued: "The strategy is a good strategy, but this time it involves a foreign 'diplomatic dispute', once Germany is involved, they will be under huge international pressure, because the south is where the interests of Britain, France and the United States lie, they will definitely not sit idly by, therefore, it is not easy to persuade Andrew, even if she can be convinced, it is not an easy thing to mobilize dozens of merchant ships, at least it will take half a month to prepare, and when the plan is implemented, I am afraid that it will take a month." [Ran^Text^Library] []. [774] [buy]. [com]-”

A month is indeed too long, but there is no way, and now it is not easy to break through the tight defense line of the Qing army in a short time.

Xu Huaijin continued: "Zhiquan, you don't need to participate in the next thing, what you have to do next is to send an order to Zhang Shengqi and order Zhang Shengqi to dispatch two blue wolf detachments to Bengbu for Ling Chuanqing's dispatch; Second, let Liu Xunchan immediately prepare the navy, go south to Taiwan on the same day, stop at Kaohsiung Port, and as soon as the order is given, use warships to bombard Fujian and organize a forced landing operation! It's time for our Marine Corps to step up, too! Thirdly, contact the independent brigade of Vietnam and order it to move northward, threaten the areas of Yunnan and Guangxi, and attract the attention of the Qing court! Fourth, dispatch our flight formation, and in a few days or so, our temporary airfield will be built, and then we will dispatch our flight formation to cover the attack of the revolutionary army on the Huai River and provide fire support! ”

Xu Huaijin issued four orders in one breath, obviously prepared, and after careful consideration, this is really going to be a big move!

Duan Qirui replied: "Okay, chief, I'll go down and deal with it!" ”

Duan Qirui turned around and went down, leaving the conference room for less than a quarter of an hour, Zhang Ting hurriedly walked over and said, "The Commander-in-Chief, Chancellor, German Minister Andrew has arrived, you see, ......"

Xu Huaijin looked at Tang Shaoyi on the side, and then replied: "Immediately let Minister Andrew come to the conference room, we have important matters to discuss, and I will be equipped with double posts outside, and no one is allowed to approach the conference room!" Go ahead! ”

Zhang Ting turned around and went down to ask Andrew, Tang Shaoyi sighed: "Huai Jin, Andrew is an old fox who has always been cunning, and he wants Germany to help, but it is not easy!" ”

Xu Huaijin said coldly: "It's easy, it's not easy, you have to let Andrew agree, Lao Tzu has blocked a lot for him, without Lao Tzu, where can he live so comfortably?" It's time for him to repay me! ”

Tang Shaoyi frowned and said, "Are you sure?" ”

Xu Huaijin replied: "Don't worry, now that the instructor has just visited Germany, Wilhelm II has a closer relationship with the instructor, I think this kind of thing is not only a pressure on Germany, but also a driving force, the rich South China has always been what Germany yearns for, if we can't succeed, they will never think about squeezing into the South China market!" It's something they've always dreamed of! ”

As he was talking, Andrew's loud laughter came from outside: "Haha, Huai Jin, Huai Jin, we haven't seen each other for a few days, why did you remember to invite me to tea today?" ”

With a hearty voice, Andrew walked in quickly, when Andrew was in Germany, he once served as Xu Huaijin's military tactics instructor, Xu Huaijin followed him to study for more than two years, and by the time Xu Huaijin graduated, he was already blue.

Later, Zhang Yi prepared to build the Fengtian Martial Arts Academy, and Andrew's followers, who had no future in China, came to Mukden and met Xu Huaijin, who was already the chief of staff and the dean, and the two worked together in the Martial Arts Academy for two or three years, and the relationship between the two was very close.

Xu Huaijin stretched out his hand, hugged Andrew, and said, "Teacher Andrew, we really haven't seen each other for a few days, what have we been busy with lately?" ”

Andrew greeted Tang Shaoyi and said: "What can I do, I just returned to China and accepted our Majesty's award ceremony, haha, I am also a dignified baron now, thanks to you, Huai Jin, without you, I would not have achieved my current achievements!" ”

Xu Huaijin was waiting for Andrew's words, and laughed: "Teacher Andrew, for your business, I am a 'knife' in both ribs, and I have been reprimanded by our instructor more than once, today I begged you, no matter what, you have to help me, otherwise, I will have no way to live!" Say