"Want to get away with it?"

It was the first reaction in Churchill's brain, first declaring that he was unwilling to participate in the European competition, and then taking the opportunity to demand a higher price.

A smart way to do business!

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister's decision is truly regrettable, after all, our two countries are such close allies, and when our country is in trouble, your country should sit idly by, is this how your country does things?" Churchill said calmly, believing that he had seen through the Japanese tricks.

"The practice of burying the lives of soldiers in vain and fighting against the mighty German navy will not be agreed to by our esteemed Emperor Majesty." Prime Minister Okuma spoke much slower, and the old man had an unfathomable feeling.

The other ministers did not speak, but looked straight ahead with an indifferent look.

"Have you decided to watch Germany defeat our country and France one by one, and then concentrate all your forces against you?" Churchill made a disappointed expression, but the old man paid no attention to his pretentious expression.

"No, Mr. Envoy!" Prime Minister Okuma was a special envoy, which made Churchill feel a little uncomfortable, after all, he was not an official envoy sent by King George. Kato probably misunderstood this point because of the lack of clarity, and other Japanese naturally assumed that Churchill was a special envoy. Of course, this status is not the most important, the important thing is that Churchill's trip did not represent the British government, but more of his personal thinking, although all this was carried out with the tacit approval of King George.

"The most important point is that our current army and navy cannot send forces to the European theater!"

"Are you worried about the German Pacific Fleet? They are as cunning as rats, and I am afraid that your navy will not be able to exterminate them in the short term, so it is better to leave them aside and let your warships do something more meaningful! Moreover, it is enough to deal with them by leaving a small fleet, and there are no other maritime powers in Asia and the Pacific that threaten your territorial waters. Churchill also regretted that the German fleet had not been annihilated at the beginning of the war. Now the British Navy has even less energy to deal with it.

Prime Minister Okuma nodded to the Minister of the Navy, Sai Tengshi, who moved his body slightly, and then began to speak:

"We need a large number of warships to protect the sea transportation lines between the mainland and North Korea, and between the mainland and China, and if that German fleet takes the opportunity to attack our sea supply lines for the troops outside Qingdao, it will be very unfavorable for the Qingdao war situation! What's more, outside the port of Jiaozhou Bay, China's Second Fleet was attacked by German planes and lost a lot of ships, and it can be said that the vitality of that fleet has been greatly damaged. Our Third Fleet is currently clearing the Pacific Islands of German colonial forces, and the First Fleet is on alert in South China. Our navy is also very tight! ”

Before Churchill could say anything, the Minister of War Yusaku Uehara spoke again:

"Our army is currently preparing for a large-scale offensive against Qingdao, while heavily alerting northeastern China. If the Russian Revolutionary Party were to take power, Russia would no longer be our allies of the Entente, and we would attack the Russian troops stationed there. ”

"So your country really doesn't plan to send troops to the European theater?" Churchill was disappointed this time.

After Lauren translated his words into Japanese, Prime Minister Okuma nodded, and the others still had expressionless faces.

Everything was unexpected by Churchill, who had just heard a treacherous businessman claim that he did not love money.

After the British left, Kato asked cautiously:

"Okuma-kun, are we really giving up such a good opportunity?"

Prime Minister Okuma slowly closed his eyes, "No, Kato-kun." Now is not the time for us to intervene in the war in Europe, nor is it our chance to reap the greatest benefits! ”

"But if the British can't hold ......"

"No, it won't! Britain will not be completely defeated so easily, and it can be seen that this Churchill is looking around for help. Only when the British use us as a lifesaver can we demand as much as we can from them! Okuma's tone at this time was like that of an old treacherous and cunning profiteer, so that everyone present had to admire Jiang for being old and spicy.

"If the British had persuaded the Americans to join the war, we would have a much better chance of winning the war in Europe. However, now we must destroy the German troops stationed in Qingdao as soon as possible, so that there are no worries. When the time comes, we will let the world know that we, the Yamato nation, can cross half the world to achieve a victory. Just because the Russians can't do it doesn't mean we can't do it too! Gentlemen, do your best! ”

"Hey!" Everyone bowed deeply.

When Churchill boarded the mail ship bound for Washington, the Japanese War Office gave the order to launch a general attack on the Germans in Tsingtao a week later. The Japanese army on the outskirts of Qingdao was close to 100,000 men, and the German army in Qingdao was still more than 10,000 German-Austrian soldiers at the beginning of the war.

Except for Qingdao, the armies of other great powers on the land of China did not move for the time being, but this did not mean that Fengyan had left this ancient land. There were not many areas that the Beiyang government could control, and the warlords in various places were fighting each other for territory, and the situation was even more complicated than in the Warring States period. There is a Wang Dashuai today, a Li Dashuai tomorrow, Wang Dashuai killed Li Dashuai in less than two months, and a few days later there will be a Zhang Dashuai. However, not all warlords have to rely on the support of foreign forces, especially many warlords of the nature of bandits, who dare to carry big flags all over the streets with hundreds of people and dozens of guns, and warlords in various places vary from hundreds to hundreds of thousands, only this "big handsome" shouts as loudly.

"Handsome! Handsome! An adjutant in a blue-gray military uniform bowed next to a large chaise longue and whispered to the handsome man on the chaise longue.

The man in the recliner looked young, and he was a rising star among the warlords. If people who don't know him see him for the first time, eighty percent will think that he is a scholar or a play, and few people will associate his appearance with his identity.

After the adjutant shouted several times in a row, the marshal opened his eyes slightly, "Little dog, is there anything that wants to alarm me when I am sleeping, are you tired of it?" ”

The adjutant immediately put on a smiling face, that kind of smile was not a sneer, to be more precise, it should be said to be a smile, "Shuai, isn't this the thing you said will be notified as soon as it is done?" ”

"Oh! Little dog, it's your fault! Let's listen to the play together in the evening! The big handsome sat up slowly, his figure looked more shapely, which made many pot-bellied handsomes envious. He doesn't like to socialize, and he likes to do a lot of things by himself, which dooms him to be a successful little warlord, but it is difficult to achieve anything higher.

"Thank you, Sir! Hehehe! The adjutant still smiled.

Some people like to find a smarter adjutant, and some people like to find a more faithful adjutant, and it seems that this marshal belongs to the latter.

"Well, didn't you just say that it was done? Don't hurry up and report it! ”

The adjutant followed closely behind the marshal who was about to wander around the courtyard, "Marshal, according to your orders, we have found out the situation of the warring sides near Qingdao. Now it is the Japanese who are preparing for a large-scale attack, and those who have killed a thousand knives have burned and looted everywhere as soon as they landed on our Chinese soil, and they deserve to be beaten by the Germans with a blue nose and swollen face. But the German army looks alone! The Japanese had at least 100,000 men, while the German army had only a pitiful 10,000 men, and now the Germans were all concentrated in the positions on the outskirts of Qingdao. Don't you really say that the Germans built their positions...... Gee! ”

The adjutant gave him a thumbs up as he spoke.

"That's right, the Germans' weapon is a cow! I think that back then, Lao Tzu started with 200 German rifles, which didn't pull up these tens of thousands of brothers. Suddenly! Those rifles are useless! Lao Tzu dared to conclude that other handsome men did not have such a good rifle in their hands now! "This handsome man with an angry face still speaks so rudely.

"Yes, handsome! Back then, you used that kind of platoon gun battalion equipped with German rifles, who was afraid of fighting! ”

"Little dog, you said that the Japanese and the Germans are fighting seriously, who will win?" The marshal suddenly turned to look at his adjutant with his hands behind his back.

"Dashuai, it's really hard for us to say! The Japanese have prepared a lot of artillery this time, obediently! Our brothers who went to investigate said, "Ah, some cannons have barrels that can hide a man!" Compared to our mountain cannons, alas, ......" the adjutant looked envious.

"Hey, you little puppy! Dare to face the Japanese people! It's greasy and tasteful, isn't it! The big man raised his hand and was about to hit the adjutant, but the guy grinned and dodged.

"Handsome, handsome, don't stretch out your hand and don't hit the smiling person! Look, I'm not smiling? ”

"Okay, let's take note of this slap for now. Tell me about the Germans! ”

This adjutant called Little Dog became serious at this time, but he felt that his handsome man was really good, he never beat and scolded his subordinates, and he fought bravely, and the soldiers followed him willingly.

"Yes, Xie Dashuai! The German troops were all within their lines, and it was difficult for the brothers to go in and investigate, but they said they saw some German soldiers with skin like black charcoal! ”

"Nonsense, aren't the Germans all white-skinned and yellow-haired? How did it turn black! Could it be that they all put ink on their faces so that they could scare away the Japanese? Da Shuai found it hard to imagine how people could be black-skinned.

"Except for the eyes and teeth, the whole body is black!" The adjutant said very seriously, "The cannons and machine guns on the German positions are not bad, and those who have heard the Germans fight with the Japanese say that they are fighting lively!" Unlike when we fought with other commanders, it was awesome to have a few quacking machine guns! Although the Germans were also very well armed, everyone said that they would not last long, after all, there was too much difference in numbers! Evil tigers are no match for wolves, are they? ”

"Yes! Anyway, I think the Germans are better than the Japanese, they never kill innocents indiscriminately, and in recent years they have rarely oppressed the people. Although they were all foreigners, I would rather help the Germans fight the Japanese, who would only bully the Chinese people. The handsome man raised his head and wanted to recite two ancient poems to increase his ambition, but unfortunately he couldn't think of a suitable poem after searching for a long time.

"Grandma, it looks like I'm going to read more books! Forgot all the teachings of the gentleman! ”

"Dashuai, in our Shandong, you are definitely the best handsome!" The adjutant praised vigorously.

"Puppy, what do you know? You're afraid you'll only be able to write your own name! The marshal looked disdainful, "But little dog, let me ask you, if my men and horses fight with the Japanese army outside Qingdao, do you think there is any hope of winning?" ”

The adjutant lowered his head and thought carefully, but did not speak for a long time.

"Say, little puppy! Truth be told, I don't blame you! ”

Only then did the adjutant raise his head, "Dashuai, now you have become the second most powerful marshal in our Shandong, and your brothers also have ten brigades of 50,000 or 60,000 people. I also came out of Xiangmazhuang, and I heard that the brothers who came out with you at the beginning are still alive today as the second brigade commander! I heard that your former good brothers Da Niu, Er Niu, Duck Dan and Wen Bing, they all protected you with their lives. It's not easy for us to have today's situation! But now listen to you, you are going to drag these brothers to fight the devils! The devil bullied us Chinese and destroyed their brothers. But the Germans are also foreigners, so why should we help them? ”

"Little dog, you're right! That's right, the Japanese and the Germans are all outsiders who covet our Chinese land and wealth! The Japanese are ferocious and greedy, they should be killed! No matter how good the Germans are, they shouldn't occupy our land after all! If they return to Qingdao and have friendly relations with us, we can still treat them as friends; If they dare to come hard, we will use their guns to drive them away! Puppy, isn't that right? ”

The adjutant nodded.

The marshal sighed, and then he told the story of being chased and killed by the Qing soldiers and getting help from the German governor.

"Husband, the grace of a drop of water should be reciprocated by a spring!"

Unconsciously, the adjutant's eyes had flashed, "Dashuai, you are really a great hero with affection and righteousness!" The puppy has decided, whether it is on the knife mountain or under the oil pot, I have to follow the handsome! ”

"Puppy!" Da Shuai looked at this wise and foolish adjutant, and couldn't help but have mixed feelings in his heart, "Thank you!" ”

"Handsome ......"

"Okay, two big men, don't be here mother-in-law! Let the brethren of the reconnaissance battalion pay attention to the movements of the Japanese, and all units are ready to move at any time! Also, take out the German rifles that I have treasured and give them to the brothers with the best marksmanship! ”

"Yes!"

The adjutant walked away quickly.

The marshal couldn't help but think of the German governor who spoke Chinese fluently, and he had brought the Luger pistol with him for many years. The pistol helped him save the day several times, and when the bullets ran out, he still wore it on his waist every day. Fortunately, as his team grew, he had more gold bars in his hand. The German munitions factory in Qingdao had always sold weapons to the outside world, but each purchase was limited to 50 rifles and 2,000 rounds of ammunition, and the price was shockingly expensive.

The handsome took out the pistol and stroked it gently. Years later, the pistol still means so much to him. He looked at the straight sentries standing at the door, and said silently in his heart:

"Brothers, this time I have to accompany my eldest brother to birth and death! Big brother owes you this time! ”