Qin Lang has returned to Beijing. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Good news. Everyone who heard the news thought so - just Americans, of course - but Yi Shui was clearly happier than everyone else. When Qin Lang left, he handed him an army of 14,000 men, 30 percent of the city of Beijing and countless residents, as well as several extremely important tasks. Even though Yi Shui handled everything well, he still felt that they were too heavy for him.

It's a psychological burden.

Yi Shui didn't mind managing armies, cities, or carrying out secret missions arranged by Qin Lang - in fact, those missions would make him happy. But since he was the acting commander of the U.S. army, he had to attend frequent coalition military meetings and hear about the atrocities inflicted by many coalition soldiers against the Chinese somewhere outside of Beijing.

This kind of thing happens all the time. By order of his emperor, von. Field Marshal Wadsey allowed and even encouraged the officers and soldiers of the coalition forces to do so, and the officers and soldiers of the coalition forces were happy to do so. Of course, within Yi Shui's purview and management, they must disguise themselves as honest people, but, even if it is only compared to the Naoli region, his scope of authority and management is quite limited, and it is impossible to really stop anything.

Atrocities happen all the time, they are always talked about by the commanders, and they always make Yi Shui quite uncomfortable.

He could not stand these atrocities, immoral crimes, the tragedy of the country. Qin Lang can see them as things that have nothing to do with him, indifferent, indifferent, and even if he sees them, he will calmly play the role of a bystander who happens to pass by. However, Yishui can't do that.

On the surface, he can be as calm and cold as Qin Lang, and he can squeeze a little decorative diplomatic smile on his face, but in reality, he must use a lot of strength to control the anger in his heart and the urge to shoot with a submachine gun or send mercenaries to raid the coalition headquarters.

There was a serious conflict between his feelings and reason, and then it became a psychological burden for him. Moreover, Yi Shui did not know how to resolve this conflict, except for one way: no longer participate in the meetings of the coalition forces.

His idea was quite simple: if he didn't attend the meeting, he wouldn't have heard the commanders talk about those crimes, and he could have assumed that they didn't exist, and certainly wouldn't have been angry and impulsive, and then it would lead to a conflict of feelings and reason, and finally become a psychological burden for him - like an ostrich, burying his head in the sand and pretending that he knew nothing about what was going on outside.

In some moments when there is no other choice, the ostrich policy is the best policy.

But unfortunately, since he was the representative of the American army, the effectiveness of the ostrich policy was greatly diminished - perhaps he could have made a few excuses to avoid some meetings, but he could not avoid all of them, and there were also meetings that he did not want to avoid - meetings related to the German Expeditionary Force, which was his pleasure.

Therefore, Yi Shui still can't keep him away from those things he doesn't want to hear, so he can only continue to contradict and be plagued by psychological burdens.

But now, Qin Lang had returned, so he could hand back the work he hated to him, and only take care of other tasks that didn't affect his mood.

Yi Shui was very happy, his mood was very relaxed, and his tone became brisk, with a little exaggeration. "Thank God, Qin, for being able to come back here so quickly is the best news I've ever received during this time."

"It just depends on how you define the word 'best', easy water." Qin Lang smiled, "Of course, you should thank our Western friends for repairing the railway and telegraph lines and restoring communications and transportation in such a short period of time. ”

For a moment, Yi Shui wanted to tell Qin Lang that the people in charge of repairing the railroad and telegraph lines were in fact Chinese forcibly recruited by the coalition forces, not Westerners. He soon noticed, however, that he was referring to "thanks" and "Western friends" in a fleeting and therefore imperceptible tone of mockery.

Yi Shui immediately replaced his speech. "Yes." "It must be admitted that it is still possible for our Western friends to do some good things," he said. ”

"Not really, easy water. You have to understand that our Western friends are always doing good deeds – even when they are completely unaware of it. Qin Lang corrected, his expression serious.

"Always?" Yi Shui was stunned for a moment—this was something he hadn't expected. Always doing good? "I don't understand. What do you mean? ”

Qin Lang didn't answer his question. This is something that Yi Shui expected: Qin Lang likes to maintain some mystery and let his audience waste some time thinking and finding answers on their own. "You'll understand, Yi Shui." He said this, and then changed the subject, "German Expeditionary Force, how is it doing?" ”

"We can discuss this in the carriage." Yi Shui glanced at the guards standing aside from the corner of his eye, and said, "I will make a detailed report to you." ”

Qin Lang knew what he meant. There are some things that only the two of them know, and the others, even if they hear a few words, pose a mortal threat to them or to himself—the death of both of them, or the death of the person they heard, there are only two answers, and the choice is simple.

He nodded. "Very well, I just need a comprehensive and detailed report."

"Well, then, please go this way, Commodore General." Yi Shui joked seriously and made a "please" gesture. Then the two of them stepped out of the carriage together and got into a black carriage parked on the platform. A mercenary closed the door and they set off.

The report of easy water also began. "According to the information received, although communication and supplies with the Allied Forces command have been cut off by our men, the German Expeditionary Force is still advancing towards Taiyuan, and there is no sign of retreat for the time being." He whispered, "At the same time, the Qing army assembled near Taiyuan has reached 200,000 people. ”

"Numbers don't mean anything."

"Yes." Yi Shui nodded, "The only one in the Qing army with combat effectiveness is Nie Shicheng's Wuwei Qianjun, but this army has been supplemented with many recruits who are basically not qualified to make up for the losses caused by the Japanese, if you exchange fire with the Germans, even with our defense system, the battle will still become extremely difficult." ”

"That is to say," Qin Lang looked pensive, "the Germans still have quite sufficient ammunition, so Rudolph. Kittel chose to move on rather than retreat or go on the defensive...... How much ammunition did the Germans take with them when they set off? Easy water, I need precise numbers. ”

"Two bases, 1.6 million rounds of ammunition and 40,000 shells. But I don't know how much has been used. Our men did not scout the expeditionary force at close range. After thinking for a few seconds, Yi Shui asked, "Do you need our people to get close to reconnoitre?" ”

"There's no need." Qin Lang shook his head. "Approaching reconnaissance will only cause unnecessary losses."

Yi Shui nodded again, indicating that he had understood, and continued, "Of course, Feng. Marshal Wadsey and his staff were not yet aware of these messages, and they were busy with the problem of restoring communication and supply routes with the expeditionary force, but so far they had not found a solution. Feng. Wadsey has held nineteen meetings to discuss them, all to no avail. And," he laughed, "now any meeting of the coalition forces would turn into a bitter quarrel between the British, the Japanese, and the Russians." ”

Qin Lang also laughed. He did not ask the reason for the quarrel, because he knew the reason - his masterpiece. As soon as the British and Japanese became aware of the Russian intentions in northeastern China, London and Tokyo would actively act to prevent St. Petersburg from achieving his goals.

Quarrels are inevitable. The only problem is that Seymour, Kodama Gentaro and Lynivich put von . Marshal Wadsey's military meeting became the arena for their quarrels, which did not seem to be in keeping with their status and usual sanity, unless their quarrels were for other purposes.

Qin Lang wasn't quite sure what these people wanted to do, but ......

What would the Germans do if they could be convinced that the British, Japanese, and Russians were arguing fiercely at military meetings only to prevent them from relieving the expeditionary force - and that the expeditionary force had indeed suffered a heavy blow from the supply problem? Qin Lang was still unsure and couldn't guess the specific answer.

After all, the unsane Second Kaiser Wilhelm had already made more than one effort to figure out what was on his mind. Only one thing is certain, the emperor will be very angry, and the consequences will be very serious.

If you can convince him......

"You have a new plan?"

"Yes, a new plan, but it's a bit difficult to implement." He reconsidered. It's a little difficult, but it's worth a try.

"It's still about the Germans, is it?" Yi Shui continued to speculate. When the time is not ripe, Qin Lang will not disclose his plan, and can only rely on speculation - but guessing also means the possibility of mistakes. "With Feng. Waldsey related? Or something else? ”

"You don't like the Germans?" Qin Lang asked rhetorically.

"Never, but not annoying either." Yi Shui shrugged, "But now, I hate them." ”

Qin Lang smiled and didn't say anything more, but looked out of the car window. The speed of the carriage is slowing down. At first, he thought it was because it was about to reach his headquarters, but he soon discovered that the reason the carriage was slowing down was simply because the streets were overcrowded with refugees on both sides.

"Residents of German-occupied areas and suburbs are constantly fleeing into our controlled areas," Yi Shui explained, "and only here will they be safe." But I had to devote all my strength to maintaining social order. ”

"Your method is not right, easy water." Qin Lang turned around, "You can't just rely on mercenaries, you have to rely on every force you can rely on. ”

"For example?"

"I have a new plan." (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )