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Speaking of the Eastern Crusade, the focus naturally turned to the policies of the Western countries.

From the minutes of the meeting between Lin Haifeng and Bourblon, everyone knows what Lin Haifeng will be like to the foreigners if he presides over the Eastern Crusade. This touched the sensitive nerves of the Celestial Empire again. Wei Changhui especially knew that the Heavenly King was still quite dissatisfied with some of Lin Haifeng's statements. It does not fully show the grandeur and sacredness of the Celestial Empire, and there is also a suspicion of intimidating foreign brothers everywhere.

Lin Haifeng was unusual, and said his thoughts in a firm tone, "We must figure out one problem, that is, the God we believe in is not the same as them at all. In this regard, whether we like it or not, this is the case. This is the fundamental view of foreigners. In Shanghai, what we encounter is not the question of whether to fight or not, but how to make foreigners understand that this world must belong to the Celestial Empire. ”

Wei Changhui thought for a while and coughed, "Actually, isn't it more suitable for the development strategy of the Haifeng brothers to cooperate with Liu Lichuan first, eliminate the Qing demons near Shanghai, and coexist peacefully with foreigners?" Besides, if we start a war with foreigners, are we sure that we will win? ”

"Fighting a war is not necessarily about setting up an enemy," Lin Haifeng smiled, "Some friends can only be won by relying on our own strong force to beat him." Now our sailors, compared to the warships of foreigners, are indeed at a disadvantage, but they are limited in number after all. We mobilized two naval divisions in Jiujiang and Zhenjiang, with 2,000 large and small warships, and prepared to fight with them, and the foreigners became a paper tiger. Besides, the Eastern Crusade is not just a matter of tens of thousands of troops themselves, behind them, there are millions of soldiers and civilians of the Celestial Empire as a strong backing, and this is a great force that no enemy can defeat. Of course, whether foreigners can really remain neutral in the end is still a variable. At that time, it may not be possible to fight at all, but we still have to be prepared for the fight, and it is better than being caught off guard. ”

"What if a fight breaks out, even if a temporary victory is achieved over the foreigners, and they will soon come back?" Wei Changhui asked seriously, "At that time, we had to face the demons inside and the powers outside. ”

"For the time being, they don't have the ability, or the timing, to go to war with us." Lin Haifeng waved his hand and said affirmatively, "Britain and France are currently involved in the war against Russia, and they have no time to care about this." The United States is alone and does not dare to go to war with us alone. In a few years, the Americans' own civil war will be enough for it, and as for the other powers, they may have to beg for our help. ”

"There is a problem to consider," Yang Xiuqing pushed the teacup towards Lin Haifeng, "Just as my brother said before, next year Britain and the United States will negotiate with the Qing Demon to repair the treaty, once the Qing Demon uses the amendment as a condition to win the assistance of foreigners, then our future Northern Expedition will increase the difficulty." Then there is how to deal with the various concessions in Shanghai. ”

"What Brother Wang said makes sense." Lin Haifeng picked up the teacup, "On the issue of the Qing Demon and the Great Powers' treaty amendment, we can take the opportunity of their treaty revision to increase the contradictions between them. With Xianfeng's thoughts, he would not accept the other party's conditions lightly, not to mention that the conditions for this revision were more stringent than before. However, it cannot be ruled out that he broke the kettle and pinned his hopes on the help of foreigners. The younger brother thinks that at this time, the Celestial Empire should still help Xianfeng, use our strength, exert pressure on the powers, and finally treat the foreigners, we and Xianfeng are still a family. Besides, all the treaties signed by the Qing Demon will not have to be cleaned up by our Celestial Empire sooner or later. ”

"I agree with that." Yang Xiuqing nodded, "No matter what time it is, you still have to distinguish between inside and outside." ”

Wei Changhui snorted in his heart, what "I agree with this truth", as long as Lin Haifeng puts forward the truth, I think you agree with everything. Alas, it seems that it is really difficult to lead the army to the east.

"The concession is a very sensitive issue, and if we don't move the concession, we can keep the foreigners neutral, even temporarily, and it just gives us time to gain a firm foothold in Shanghai. Besides, next year, their treaty with the Qing Demon will expire, so you might as well put it on hold for a while and talk about it when it expires. It doesn't hurt the peace. He smiled lightly.

"If countries want to trade with us, of course, they need to be properly accommodated in an environment where they live, and it is easy to manage the concentration of foreigners living together." Lin Haifeng paused for a moment, and then said, "However, the territory must be controlled by us, and it can be leased to a family, a household, or a commercial bank, and it must be equivalent to the market. It is not a matter of assigning a piece of land to a foreign government or a concession. In order to let the people of the country see that only our Celestial Empire is the government that truly safeguards national sovereignty and territorial integrity, let alone half a year or a year, even a day cannot wait. The concession must be recovered, and all the humiliating treaties of the Qing government with foreign countries cannot be recognized by the Celestial Empire. ”

"I like to hear this," Yang Xiuqing patted the tea case, "since we don't recognize those traitorous treaties, there is no room for negotiation." Whatever concession, it is the place of the Celestial Empire, we can collect it when we want, regardless of who is happy or not. ”

"Hehe, it's still the Haifeng brothers who are domineering," Wei Changhui smiled, and said casually, "Is it on the issue of the Eastern Crusade, to consult the will of the Heavenly King?" ”

"Don't worry, when everything is arranged, let's go to the Heavenly King." Yang Xiuqing shook her head and looked at Zheng Nan, "Brother King Ning, it's time for you to say something to make everyone more confident." ”

Zheng Nan smiled. His ordnance institute is now a "big enterprise" with more than 5,000 permanent workers in smelting, chemical, machining, and other industries. Although the processing equipment was still very rudimentary, in addition to the firearms, bombs, explosives, and other branches, which produced thousands of long and short guns, tens of thousands of grenades, and mines, the manufacture of Type 50 grenadiers, Type 60 mortars, and mines had already begun to meet the needs of the Eastern Crusade. Although the output of all products is still difficult to be satisfactory so far, he always has a sense of satisfaction whenever he thinks of the pride of the Eighth Route Army, the Huangyadong Arsenal. His conditions are much better than those of the old Eighth Road eighty years later.

Of course, he was really grateful for the wisdom of his predecessors. Today, he is also having problems with the welding of the tail of the shell. However, thanks to the experience of the old Balu, he can now lightly tell the skilled workers to adopt the "welding" method of earth. As long as he gives the general steps, the clever workers will quickly realize his intentions. They first tied the tail to the corresponding position of the tail with a thin rope, padd a small copper sheet coated with borax at the joint, and then wrapped it in fine coal slime and burned it with fire until the copper sheet melted, and then peeled off the mud shell after it cooled out of the furnace, and the tail was firmly welded to the tail tube of the shell.

The workers are smart, as soon as the first grenadier came out, someone raised the question of how to achieve accurate aiming, Zheng Nan didn't say anything, next to the cannon body, there was a disc sight, which was engraved with a 0-90 degree division. In this way, the gunners can flexibly control the angle of the grenadier according to the position of the pointer tip on the disc scale. Not only that, the workers have already considered the problem of possible cracks in the barrel in the future, and even proposed to set up a repair shop with the army, disassemble the barrel at any time, and then evenly apply oil, dig a pit in the ground, cover it with soil, and then roast it on a warm fire for several hours to repair the small cracks formed by the barrel after use.

Zheng Nan felt that if he pointed out the workers here, the workers were also pointing and helping and reminding him all the time. There are too many skilled craftsmen among the workers.

It is precisely because of this that he copied the 81-style rifle of the old Eighth Road and renamed it the 53-type horse rifle, which was used as the standard preparation of the first generation of the Red Army. Of course, there is also its convenience in doing so, this 7.92 mm caliber rifle, the total length is less than one meter, the weight is only more than six and a half pounds, small and exquisite. It can be directly equipped with cavalry, and can be equipped with a folding three-edged spear and equipped for the infantry of the Red Army.

"In fact, weapons are only one aspect of winning or losing a war, and the key is the role of people." Zheng Nan is always so calm, "However, in terms of weapons alone, although we still have the upper hand in artillery fire, we already have a fully equipped teaching brigade, and the Red First Army also has two short gun battalions and a long spear battalion, and we will not be inferior to the foreigners on land." Therefore, I think what Haifeng said is right, the key issue is not to win, but how to fight ruthlessly, and to be afraid of him at once. Long pain is better than short pain. He laughed as he spoke.

"It seems that you all advocate fighting with foreigners." Yang Xiuqing looked at Zheng Nan and then at Lin Haifeng, "It seems that this battle still has to be fought by Brother Haifeng, otherwise, the cooperation between the Red Army and other departments of the Heavenly Army is not easy to master, not to mention, how to subdue the foreigners is not a small problem." After speaking, he smiled and glanced at Wei Changhui opposite, which seemed to be a very casual look.

Wei Changhui smiled on his lips, but he was shocked in his heart, don't Dongwang know his thoughts, right?

Lin Haifeng deliberately frowned, "Alas, in fact, the little brother really doesn't want to go, I want to stay with King Ning and arrest Tianjing's industry as soon as possible." When Bourblon comes back again, we'll be able to make a big difference. Like Yang Xiuqing, he already knew the small actions behind Wei Changhui.

"Can you be sure that Bourblon must come back?" Yang Xiuqing looked at Lin Haifeng.

"Of course, he wants to be a hero, hehe, the most important thing is that he needs us." Lin Haifeng laughed happily.

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