For the telegram, Yuan Shikai, who has a keen military sense, does not fully believe it, and it is a little taboo to say such an order, Yuan Shikai is no longer the original governor of Zhili, Lord Zhongtang, he is just an old man at home, he did not send it by telegram, and the staff officer brought Yuan Shikai's instructions. \. (23) (wx).\

After Zhao Guoxian and Zhang Yongcheng read the order, they were slightly surprised, he didn't expect that Yuan Shikai would issue such an order, but after thinking about it, it seems that only by doing this can they deal with the other party, the opponent's firepower is too fierce and a comprehensive attack will definitely not be good, but such a tentative attack, for them, may not be too big a casualty every time, countless times cumulatively, especially in the face of the opponent's strong guns and ammunition, the overall casualties, will be very terrible, and even unbearable.

"Okay, this casualty is still bearable, it's better than being disabled at one time, I'll urge the War Department to send reinforcements." Zhao Guoxian said.

Supplementary soldiers, the Beiyang New Army guarantees a certain number of roots, although it is said that the supplementary soldiers are much worse than the veterans, but such a mortal attack, the supplementary soldiers are always much stronger than the veterans.

Perhaps because of Yuan Shikai's order, the War Department did not hold back this time, and after waiting for a while, it replied that about 20,000 additional troops would arrive with reinforcements.

20,000 people, after the previous losses, the fifth and sixth towns can be recovered, and there is even a slight surplus, these should be the necessary losses to bear the attack.

Dongjiaomin Lane, the embassy area, and ministers from various countries gathered together. Analyzing this war report and the current form of China, it is Zhu Erdian in Britain. Japanese Minister Hikoyoshi Ijiin, Russian Minister Dunsowitz. US Minister Han Cimin and German Minister Mummer gathered together and insisted on attending Zhu Erdian's meeting.

This is a meeting aimed at the entire powers, representing the strongest will of the countries in China, and the focus of attention is the Beiyang Army's dispatch of troops this time, in this dispatch. Britain and Japan were the focus, and they both supported a lot of supplies from the Qing court and the Beiyang Army, and they attached great importance to the situation of this campaign.

The basic battle reports were received, and they paid attention to the battle reports that Zhu Erdian had obtained from special channels, Zhu Erdian had a very good personal relationship with Yuan Shikai, and the battle reports sent to Xiangcheng were also loosened, and the military attaché in China summarized the further battle reports of the Beiyang Army and sent them to the ministers. The losses of the Beiyang Army were real, and a town was basically disabled, which was definitely beyond everyone's expectations, and the strength of Baotou was too strong.

The Japanese minister, Hikoyoshi Ijiin, said with some disdain: "It's really a waste." Several times the strength of the attack, there is no effect, if we fight the Japanese imperial army. You can break the opponent's defenses casually. ”

The German minister Mümmer did not speak, he was strange. The entire Baotou New Army is basically a German weapon. But the German arsenal or the foreign bank simply do not have such orders, most of these weapons have been authorized to be produced in China, but in the eyes of the Germans, the real high-end weapons, the Chinese simply cannot produce, you know, the whole of China, is just a few small blast furnaces, the annual output of steel may not exceed 50,000 tons, not even two battleships are not enough, not to mention the huge consumption of a country, this is the sadness of China, completely behind this era.

Compared with the doubts on the firearms, Mu Mo's impression of Baotou is not bad, Baotou's things are really good, the price is cheap, the quality is not bad, especially the light industrial products, which greatly enriches the German daily necessities market, and there is tungsten, and the sulfonamide that is known as the panacea, for that Harpy, he is very satisfied, in China, the fastest to get in touch with Baotou, but this time, it seems that Japan and Britain are ready to make a joint shot, I am afraid that the end of Baotou will not be too good, I don't know what will happen in the future.

British Minister Zhu Erdian's face was gloomy, he didn't expect that the two towns of the Beiyang Army did not break through the defense of Baotou, let alone hit Baotou, even if it was Zhangjiakou, it did not hit, which more or less disappointed him, now he knows the situation of the Qing Dynasty very well, there is no money, the six towns of Beiyang, to be used, the cost is huge, just rely on the current Qing Dynasty, to be able to support the current situation, it is already very good.

"What do you think now, we in Britain have always advocated the stability of the regime, but now there is more of this unstable dìng factor."

Zhu Erdian's attitude was clear, first fell on the Japanese, Ijiin Hikoyoshi shrunk, because of the emergence of Baotou, the current Japanese economic shape is very poor, of course, they dare not put this matter, on the head of Britain, avoid the heavy and light, put it on Baotou, Japan is the most active against Baotou, but Baotou is in the Chinese mainland, not on the coast, Japan's warships can not play a role, the army, not to mention, the investment is also huge, as for the payment, the previous 500,000 yuan, it was made by squeezing between the teeth, and he understood very well what the British meant, that is, let them take the money, how could they get it,

Zhu Erdian looked at Ijiin Hikoyoshi, his face immediately chilled, he understood the Japanese mentality very well, the Japanese are a dog of the British, if there is no support from the British, whether it is the First Sino-Japanese War, or the Russo-Japanese War, Japan should not want to win, it should be the time for him to support, but it is like this, little Japan is such a shallow eyelid, suppressed the anger in his heart, and turned his eyes to Russia.

Dunsowitz's face was stunned, Russia's sphere of influence has always been in the northeast, and it is also the most concerned about the northeast, and then Mongolia, and Baotou across Mongolia, more than a thousand kilometers away, logistics supply is not very convenient, Russia has just defeated the Russo-Japanese War, the situation in the Far East is still slowly recovering, and not much strength can be invested, the key is the attitude of the tsar.

Zhu Erdian sighed, Japan and Russia did not respond, making him slightly disappointed, he already knew the thoughts of various countries, the only thing that can be said to move is Japan and Russia, France, Germany and the United States, they each have their own demands, it is impossible to support, Baotou is really a strange place, inconvenient transportation, located in the mainland, it stands to reason that there is no slightest advantage, but the development is so good, at the beginning of the inconspicuous slow development, when on the fast track, the development is becoming more and more rapid, Now it is a force that all countries can not ignore, just Britain, a year in the textile industry, the losses caused, reached hundreds of millions, not to mention the export of other machinery and light industry products, British enterprises because of the many colonies, the blow is not as strong as Japan, but in the face of the world's first power, a slap in the face, this means of this, the British Empire, will take out their strength, let the world ready to move the country see, the first power is still the United Kingdom.

"Okay, this ** army, the strength has developed, relying only on the decaying Qing Dynasty will not achieve our goal, they need our help." Zhu Erdian said directly.

"How can I help!" Ijiin Hikoyoshi asked, but he was calculating in his heart, if Zhu Erdian directly mentioned the number of support, he should say how much, the Japanese government does not have much money because of losses, but the British have no way to offend, what kind of number can be done?

"It's already February, and it's 1911, and I'm going to pay the balance in advance."

Several other ministers were shocked, Guan Yu has always been in the hands of the countries, of course, it is dominated by the British, after all, this so-called Qing country, their customs office is British, compared to their own officials, the British are relatively honest, and can also collect money, especially in 1910, with the soaring of China's exports, most of which are the contributions of Baotou, Baotou and other businessmen who have purchased Baotou machine equipment, the products they produce, Most of the exports through the British and American channels also need to pay taxes to customs.

To put it bluntly, after the tariffs were mortgaged, after the reparations were repaid, the remaining part of the previous year, there were about a few million taels per year, and now, with the soaring export in 1910, it has reached an astonishing 12 million taels, including Japan and Russia, are fighting his ideas, and even Britain is very hot, I didn't expect that Zhu Erdian would hit him with his ideas.

"Minister Zhu Erdian, don't think about it anymore." The Japanese minister said a little anxiously: "You don't need to tell Qingguo so much, one or two million taels will send them!" ”。

"Mr. Hikoyoshi of Ijiin, do you think there is any way to make this Qing country support it now? This Baotou is obvious, at least the strength of a town, not an ordinary town, is a strengthened town, more than 20,000 people are fully armed, if the Beiyang Army wants to gain the upper hand, at least more than half of it must be dispatched, at least 4-5 towns are possible, it really drags on, this Qing country does not exist zài, do you still want to return to Guanyu? ”

Zhu Erdian's words were almost final, the British-led customs, and the agreement of Japan and Russia, although France hesitated, it still stood with Britain, and Germany and the United States, even if they had different opinions, what could they change, and finally passed a unified resolution.

Soon, he went to the Qing court and informed the Qing court of the result, 6 million yuan, which can be paid, of which about 2 million yuan can be directly allocated, and the rest can be used to purchase military supplies and munitions, which will be paid to the Beiyang Army in kind to help the Beiyang Army carry out the counterinsurgency war.

Of course, before that, he must ask for a person's consent, Zhu Erdian has been in China for many years, and he is very familiar with many things in China, and the current decree of the Qing court cannot be directly subordinate, and it is someone else who really controls the most powerful armed forces in China, and if he is not convinced, any resolution cannot be recognized. (To be continued......) R640