Chapter 36 of 1084908 Far East Maniac is being set

Commander Xin went to the front line to inspect, and he was actually followed by a group of blonde and blue-eyed foreigners, "And some foreigners are all Germans, and many of them are still wearing military uniforms, what does this mean?"

This shows that the Commander-in-Chief has become more "close" to the Germans, and it also confirms the British government's fears that Germany is gradually moving closer to the powerful military strongmen in southern China, perhaps, Germany's Far East strategy has quietly changed, and the German Emperor is shifting his attention from the Beiyang bloc to the side of the United Front, because it has been proven that, at least at the military level, the United Front is much stronger than the Beiyang bloc, as long as the United Front is given strong support. This emerging military-political bloc can completely replace Beiyang to rule the country.

Looking at the Germans, politicians, businessmen, and adventurers who got off the train, Song Jiaoren and Zhang Xiaozhun couldn't help but look at each other, in their opinion, Zhao Bei's trip to lead a group of so-called "war tour groups" composed of purely Germans to inspect the front line is simply a demonstration to the British, if the British minister knows about this scene at the Zhengding railway station, I am afraid that it will cause serious harm to the Sino-British "friendship".

Therefore, Song Jiaoren and Zhang Xiaozhun both made up their minds and remained silent on this matter, neither the Beiyang side nor the British minister side would take the initiative to tell this catty. The thing about the "field visiting group".

"It turns out that Your Excellency is that Zhang Runnong. Look up for a long time. When Jiang Baili returned to China and said that you went to Beiyang, I told him at the time, and Cai Songpo, you Zhang Runnong went to Beiyang, that is, the pearl secretly invested, the Beiyang Army is a donkey dung egg, and the face is just light, this decisive battle in southern Henan, the skin of Beiyang is stripped off, and later, people will know what this Beiyang Army is. ”

After greeting Song Jiaoren for a while, Zhao Bei immediately shifted his main attention to Zhang Xiaozhun's side; For this military talent who has learned everything from the east to the west. He has always had the intention of collecting it for his own use, and he wrote to him through Jiang Fangzhen and Cai Feng some time ago. Although Zhang Xiaozhun's reply always emphasized that the so-called "from the beginning to the end" was a bit of a foolish and loyal, Zhao Bei still did not give up wooing. No, as soon as they met, they pointed out the right path to each other.

"Runnon, you can't waste your talent on the feudal zombie in Beiyang, now the revolutionary army is in short supply, if you join the revolutionary army, you don't dare to guarantee anything else, at least you can stand alone in the General Staff."

In the face of the commander-in-chief's wooing, Zhang Xiaozhun also sighed in his heart, on the way here, he had already seen what a "revolutionary army" was, and he also had a good impression of this vigorous new army, but he came to the Zhengding front line this time, not to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, but for the current political situation. Also for the sake of this declining country.

The commander-in-chief raised love, and Zhang was grateful.

However, Zhang is not here for his personal future, but for the interests of the country and the people. ”

Zhang Xiaozhun didn't finish speaking, and was interrupted by Zhao Bei.

Zhao Bei said: "Runnong, you don't have to say it, I already know your intention, isn't it just to be a lobbyist for Beiyang and make the revolutionary army stop advancing?" But to tell you the truth, at present, our army is marching at a rapid pace, and it seems that it is about to take the central power from the hands of the Beiyang zombie to the hands of the people, and now is the time to make a big move. ”

Zhao Bei's words surprised Zhang Xiaozhun, and also surprised Song Jiaoren on the side, both of them understood each other's meaning from the commander-in-chief's words, this battle, I'm afraid it will have to be fought, the commander-in-chief is obviously not worried about the small movement of the banner people, and he is not worried about the attitude of the British.

This can also be understood, so many Germans on this platform are the Commander-in-Chief's support, relying on Germany's support, the Commander-in-Chief is fully confident that he will be in charge of the center in a short period of time, take power, and be the master of this calamity in China.

"But the British minister" Song Jiaoren was unwilling and tried to say something more against his ears, but his words were also interrupted by the commander-in-chief.

"Blunt Chu, leap farmers, you are all rare guests. It is rare to meet you in this land of fire, and I would like to introduce you to these German friends, some of whom are German politicians. Some were German military strategists, others were businessmen who had come to China to promote trade between the two countries, and they were all people who admired our revolutionary cause. This is Colonel Hannagan, the president of the German Bridge Merchants Association in China, he participated in the Sino-Japanese Jiayang War, he is a witness to China's modern humiliating history, and he is very sympathetic to China's suffering situation, he is also the head of the German battlefield delegation, in order to end this war deliberately provoked by the Beiyang side as soon as possible, he specially introduced me to several very tactical and talented moral advisers..."

Zhao Bei brought Song Jiaoren and Zhang Xiaozhun to the group of Germans, for both sides to meet, Song Jiaoren arrived, he did not have a good impression of these Germans, although he was also very polite to the other party to say a few words, but he was still worried about how to avoid stimulating the British government, as for Zhang Xiaozhun, although he was also worried in his heart, but he quickly shifted his attention, because he unexpectedly saw two acquaintances in this group of Germans.

It is a bit exaggerated to say that it is an "acquaintance", but in fact, it is a catty. The German people only had a one-sided relationship with Zhang Xiaozhun, and Zhang Xiaozhun almost forgot their names.

These two Germans were both retired officers of the German Army, one named Blasma and the other named Breihoff, who were trained by the Qing court in order to train the new army. After the end of the Russo-Japanese War, the Qing court saw that Japan was militarily strong, and Japan also intended to further carry out strategic penetration into China, and the two sides hit it off, so a large number of Japanese military instructors came to China to replace the Germans. Not only did they steal the jobs of these German officers. Moreover, it also turned the Qing New Army into a clumsy imitator of the Japanese Army, and Brasma and Breikhov were more fortunate than other German officers. Their contract expired at the end of last year, so they stayed in China until not long ago, when they formally signed a contract with the General Staff of the Republican Army and began to serve the Republican Army.

"Zhang, I heard that you are serving in the Beiyang Army, and you obviously chose the wrong person to serve."

"Zhang, you have inspected the military in Germany; It should be understood that the new-style army will not be the Beiyang Army, nor will it be the so-called new army, but the revolutionary army that you see now. "Knock Peng listen to Ma and Breihoff, you and me, their words make Zhang Xiaozhun a little. But he really couldn't find any words to refute it. After all, the other party was telling the truth, and he did choose the wrong person to serve.

"Since you know each other, then I won't be verbose, there is tea and coffee in my carriage, you can slowly catch up in the carriage."

Zhao Bei smiled and ordered an adjutant to invite Zhang Xiaozhun and the two German officers into the carriage. Let them have their own space, and sometimes, a frontal attack is not as good as a flank outflank, maybe. The words of these two Germans can stimulate Zhang Xiaozhun and let him break free from his "foolish loyalty" to Beiyang and choose the right service object.

Later, Zhao Bei and Song Jiaoren continued to fight with the group of Germans, and an active German army officer attracted Song Jiaoren's attention.

"This is the captain of the guard of the German Legation in China, Infantry Major von Dinkmann, he is the deputy head of this field visiting group, he is on vacation during this time, so he specially came to the front line to sort out a memorandum on the combat effectiveness of the Beiyang Army for Mr. German Minister."

Zhao Bei said it in a roundabout way, but in Song Jiaoren's view, this German army major was only afraid that he rushed to the front line for a "field trip" not because he was bored during his vacation, but he was afraid that this person was sent by the German minister to China, and the purpose was probably to win over Zhao Bei and further draw China to the side of Germany to serve Germany's Far East strategy.

"Mr. Dinkmann, what is the German Government's approach to the current situation in China?" Song Jiaoren asked tentatively.

The German major stroked his German mustache, and although he still had a straight face, the words he said were not a bit German-style clipping, but full of political sophistry.

"As far as I know, the German government is not very concerned about the situation in China at the moment, because at the moment Germany's focus is still on Europe and the Near East, and even Mr. German Minister has not expressed any public opinion on the current situation in China.

However, as a German person, in my personal view, the battle between the north and the south of your country can be regarded as a turning point in history, Beiyang, as a catty. The political and military bloc, its decline is imminent, nothing can prevent the fall of Beiyang, if your country wants to avoid diplomatic difficulties, perhaps it is time to clarify the direction of your diplomatic priorities. ”

"So, in your opinion, what should be the current diplomatic focus of our country?" Song Jiaoren asked.

"With all due respect, your country's diplomacy has always lacked focus, perseverance and perseverance, and modern international politics focuses on the alliance of political and military interests, which is why the Triple Entente. With the advent of the era of revolution in military technology, the strength of one country alone is not enough to resist the attack of a powerful enemy, so "collective defense is the right choice for all wise politicians and military strategists, and I regret to see it at this point." As a large country with a large territory and a large population, your country is in an isolated international political dilemma. It seems to me that, perhaps, finding a reliable political and military ally should be your country's next diplomatic priority. ”

"You mean that China needs to form an alliance with a strong re-alliance?"

Song Jiaoren frowned, the other party's words made him afraid, of course he could hear the true meaning of Dinkman's words, but he understood better, with the current weak national strength of China, an alliance with a strong country is basically similar to "seeking skin with the tiger", after the fiasco of the First Sino-Japanese War, the Qing court fantasized about forming an alliance with Tsarist Russia, but the result was to lead the wolf into the house, which eventually led to the situation that the three eastern provinces are now under the joint control of Japan and Russia. When the situation was tense, the Qing court was anxious to find "allies" everywhere, and when the situation eased, it would "reconsider" this diplomatic stance, which was called "flexible" at best, and "without assertiveness" at worst. If you have enough national strength, the powerful country will naturally look up to you, and if you don't have enough national strength, the powerful country will not be too lazy to take care of you, and the "Sino-American and German Triple Alliance" planned by the Qing court and Germany last time ended without a problem, and the hot face was attached to the cold ass, which is the fundamental reason.

Allies between weak and strong countries will basically only occur in two situations:

The first situation is that a weak country is annexed by a strong country, but for various reasons, the strong country is not good to declare annexation, so it has to stipulate the subordination status of the weak country to the strong country in the form of the so-called "alliance treaty", which was the case with the "Pharin Treaty" of that year, through this treaty, the Austro-Empire turned two small Bal states into its own protectorates, but according to the high-sounding words and terms of the treaty, these two small countries were indeed "allies" of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

The second situation is when the weak and the strong are threatened by the same enemy at the same time, and they have no other country to rely on, so they are compelled to adopt this combination of strength and weakness in order to deal with the enemy together.

Considering the current international situation, if China forms an alliance with a certain power, then it can only belong to the second situation, and the most likely alliance with China seems to be only Germany, although Germany has the support of the Allied bloc, but compared to the Entente bloc, the Allied bloc is indeed at a disadvantage, so. Germany wants to pull China on its chariot as well.

But the problem is that the enemy that Germany has to deal with is Britain and the entire Entente bloc, and this is a battle between wolves and cheetahs, and if China gets involved, it will only be dragged down by Germany, and will not bring any long-term benefits to its own country.

If China forms an alliance with Germany now, it may bring immediate benefits to China, such as the renewal of weapons and equipment, such as the establishment and investment of some new factories, but in the long run, once China is involved in the hegemony war between Germany and Britain, it will only make China's strategic disadvantage worse. The British government simply doesn't have to do it on its own. It is only necessary to diplomatically show solidarity with these two evil neighbors of China, and today alone will be enough to deal with China, if Japan and Russia join forces. I'm afraid that this country will really sink like this, that is, a catty. The tragedy of "Far Eastern Poland".

For weak countries, diplomacy is not child's play. Don't take any chances.