"Bang bang...... Bang bang ......"

Wang Mo applauded as he walked into Yiyuan Airport. He also saw Chen Yifan's flying action just now, and he really had to admire Chen Yifan's flying talent, and he flew better than him in a short period of time.

"Commander!"

Seeing Wang Mo walking into the airport, Chen Yifan and the pilots of the flight team stood up and saluted Wang Mo.

Wang Mo raised his hand in return, then came to the pilots and said, "I am very happy to see that your flying skills are so good. You are not only the first batch of pilots of our Yimeng Autonomous Alliance, but also the first batch of pilots of the Republic of China, and you have created history! I can tell you that when the time comes, the Flying Group will expand into an air force comparable to the army and navy! ”

Air force!

Hearing this, the members of the flight cadets looked excited, and everyone understood that once the flight group was expanded into the Air Force in the future, then these people would be the founders and veteran pilots of the Air Force.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Mo said again: "I came here today to officially award you the military flag!" After saying that, he made a gesture behind him, and then a soldier walked over with a blue flag in both hands.

"Chen Yifan, come up and pick up the military flag!" Wang Mo shouted, and at the same time took the military flag from the soldier's hand, held the military flag with both hands, and then handed it straight in front of him.

"Yes!" Chen Yifan raised his hand to salute Wang Mo, went out to receive the military flag, then held the flagpole with his left hand, and raised the flag with his right hand.

A blue flag flutters in the wind, and a majestic eagle is depicted on it.

"I announce that the Blue Eagle Flying Brigade has been officially established!" Wang Mo shouted.

All the pilots stood up with a "snap" and raised their hands in unison to salute the military flag.

……

Time flew by in the intensive preparations of the Beiyang Army, the Southern People's Party and Wang Mo, and the smell of gunpowder smoke in the air seemed to be clearly audible.

Compared with the covert preparations of China's tripartite forces, European countries are basically engaged in military confrontation in open flames.

The arms race in Europe was extremely frenzied, with Germany's standing army expanding from 420,000 to 870,000, France's from 500,000 to 800,000, Russia's from 800,000 to 1.4 million, and Austria-Hungary's from 270,000 to 800,000. Italy expanded from 200,000 to 350,000.

Just from the sharp expansion of the number of each team, we can see how serious the situation in Europe is. Everyone knows that war is going to happen, they just don't know when it will break out.

No one could have imagined that it was only an unknown Serbian patriotic youth Principo who detonated the powder keg of Europe.

June 28, 1914. Crown Prince Franz of Austria-Hungary, who strongly advocated the annexation of Serbia. Ferdinand was shot dead in Sarajevo by Principo, a young Serbian patriot.

Using this as a pretext, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia on July 28, 1914, with the support of Germany, and World War I began.

……

Tokyo, Japan. War Department.

Although nearly seven months have passed since the "Siemens incident" and nearly four months have passed since the Yamamoto Gonbei cabinet was ousted, the officers of the War Department are still happy to talk about these things.

"Inoue-kun, I heard that you are going to be transferred to the newly built 19th Division?"

"That's right, I'm really grateful to those red deer in the Admiralty, if they hadn't made a 'Siemens incident', the 19th Division probably wouldn't have appeared in the army's combat sequence so soon."

"When it comes to the 'Siemens incident', I can't wait to kill all those greedy and shameless red deer in the Admiralty! Tatsuto Iwasaki, who was in charge of weapons procurement in the Ministry of the Navy, dared to take a kickback of %25 from Westerners, and Kazuzu Matsumoto, the head of the Ship Administration Headquarters, collected 400,000 yen from the English by himself, which is simply 10,000 deaths that can't wash away his sins! ”

"Alright. Kato-kun, it doesn't have to be like this. If it weren't for the corruption of these naval red deer, the Yamamoto Gonbei cabinet would not have stepped down, and our War Department would not have a bright future. ”

"This is also true, after His Excellency Okuma came to power, our army has finally been replenished and strengthened."

……

While the officers of the War Department were talking, an excited voice suddenly rang out from the confidential telegraph room downstairs: "It's out, it's a European war, it's a European war!" ”

"The opportunity of the Great Japanese Empire has come!"

"The time has come for the Yamato nation to dominate Asia!"

"Declare war on Germany and unite our allies to capture Jiaozhou Bay!"

"Split China!"

"The Great Japanese Empire is onboard. His Majesty the Emperor onboard! ”

……

The shouts of ecstasy instantly drowned out the entire War Department, and every officer fell into a frenzy.

This frenzy spread like a plague and spread and infected the whole of Tokyo and even the whole of Japan almost overnight.

The vast majority of Japanese understood that the outbreak of war in Europe. This meant that the power of the Westerners had shrunk greatly, and the golden hoop around the head of the Great Japanese Empire had finally been loosened.

The Japanese Empire was finally able to unscrupulously divide and occupy China, and set foot on the continent that everyone in Japan dreamed of!

The top brass of the Japanese military department was also uncontrollable in their excitement, and in particular, the faction headed by Aritomo Yamaguchi was even more impatient to go around in tandem to try to get the cabinet to pass the motion of sending troops to Qingdao.

The fanatical ** faction Terauchi Zhengyi found Yama County Youpeng for the first time, and couldn't wait to suggest: "Your Excellency." The war in Europe has broken out, and this is a good time for us to divide and annex China. As long as I send two divisions to the eastern part of China, I promise to defeat the Germans, invade the eastern part of China, and expand the sphere of influence of our Great Japanese Empire to the entire North China Plain of China! ”

Yama County Youpeng was not as excited as Terauchi Zhengyi, shook his head slightly and said: "Terouchi-kun, if it is only to capture the German-controlled Jiaozhou Bay lease and the sphere of influence around the Jiaoji Railway, our allies will not have an opinion. But if it is to split the whole of China, I don't think our allies will agree. ”

"Your Excellency, now that the war in Europe has broken out, where can the Westerners still take care of the Far East. Even if our allies disagree, so what, are they still capable of restraining the advance of the Great Japanese Empire? Terauchi Masatsuki looked crazy, looking like even the British were no longer paying attention to it.

Yama Youpeng still shook his head and said, "Terauchi-kun, the cabinet will not agree to our disobedience to the will of our allies and split the Shandong side of China. ”

"Why? Don't the red deer in the cabinet want to see the Japanese Empire split and annex China and dominate Asia? Terauchi shouted angrily.

"We, the Great Japanese Empire, are currently burdened with too much foreign debt. And our allies are precisely our biggest creditors. Because of this, even if His Excellency Prime Minister Shigenobu Okuma was willing to support us in his heart, he would never dare to risk the collapse of the empire's economy to pass the bill to split the province of China. Yama Youpeng's voice was a little low, in fact, he also felt that this time it was the division and annexation of China by the Japanese Empire. There is a perfect time to embark on the path of dominating the Asian powers, but once you anger your allies, the empire's economy will collapse at any time.

"How...... How can this be? The temple looked extremely depressed, he rushed over, but he didn't expect to be splashed with such a basin of cold water.

At this time. Takahashi Nobutake, the adjutant of Yama County Youpeng, suddenly said: "Your Excellency, I have an idea, I don't know if it will work. ”

Youpeng looked at his adjutant with some surprise and said, "If you have any ideas, let's talk about it." ”

A glimmer of hope sprouted in the temple's heart again, staring closely at Takahashi Nobutake, pricking up his ears to listen, for fear of missing a word.

Takahashi Nobutake said: "Your Excellency, in fact, we don't need to push and urge the cabinet to pass the bill to split the Shandong of China, only after sending troops to Qingdao. Find an excuse to continue to capture the whole of Shandong. As long as the established facts are created, I don't think our allies will turn against our Empire of Japan because of this matter, after all, their situation in the Far East still needs the help and maintenance of our Empire of Japan. ”

"Okay, Takahashi-kun has a good idea!" Terauchi Masashi was so excited that he almost jumped three feet high, and shouted excitedly, "After the capture of Qingdao, we can completely concoct a drama to pursue the remnants of the German army, capture the entire Shandong all the way, and create a fait accompli!" ”

It has always been a fine tradition of the Japanese army. Especially when there are disagreements and conflicts between the military department and the cabinet, the Japanese army often acts on its own and drags the Japanese cabinet into the war. In the history of another time and space, the "77 Incident" and the "Battle of Songhu" were expanded. Nothing at all.

Youpeng Shan County's eyes also lit up, nodded and said, "This idea, you can give it a try!" ”

"Your Excellency, leave this matter to me to arrange!" Terauchi Masaki said with an excited expression, "Let the incompetent Shina people become a stepping stone to the rise of the Great Japanese Empire, and let the territory of the Chinese Empire provide nutrients for the growth of the Great Japanese Empire!" ”

"The Great Japanese Empire has a long military fortune!" Takahashi Shintake echoed and shouted

"The Great Japanese Empire has a long military fortune!" Yama County Youpeng also laughed a little excitedly.

……

Beijing. Iron Lion Alley, Presidential Palace.

"Good news, good news, great news, As soon as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China, Lu Zhengxiang, walked into the presidential palace, he shouted at Yuan Shikai with a face full of joy.

Yuan Shikai, who was lying on the recliner and leisurely reading the newspaper, put down the newspaper, smiled slightly, and asked, "Zixin, what kind of good news can make you happy like this?" ”

Lu Zhengxiang reported to Yuan Shikai with a smile on his face: "President, the European war has broken out. ”

Yuan Shikai thought it was good news, but this was the case, and said disapprovingly: "How are the European foreigners doing, and what does it have to do with us, this is also good news?" ”

"Of course it does." Lu Zhengxiang said with a smile, "Because of the outbreak of the European war, just now the German Minister Hahausen proposed to me to return the leased land of Jiaozhou Bay in Germany to my country. ”

"What?" Yuan Shikai stood up on the spot in shock and confirmed again, "What you said is true? ”

Lu Zhengxiang nodded solemnly and said: "Really, this is the proposal made by the German minister when he formally met with me just now, and it is all very formal diplomatic wording, not a joke. ”

"Okay, if you can really recover the leased land in Jiaozhou Bay, Germany, Zixin, you have made a great contribution to the country!" Yuan Shikai laughed excitedly.

While the two were talking, the orderly soldiers of the presidential palace trotted all the way over and reported to Yuan Shikai: "President, Japanese Minister Iji Hikoji is outside the palace to meet the president. ”

Japanese Minister Hikoyoshi Iji?

What is he coming to the door for? (To be continued.) )

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