Yang Chao admitted that his 5 million army plan was indeed too uneasy for the big brother, even if Yang Chao's previous record was very good, he never raised troops after the war, and now there are 1 million troops that can barely be accepted by Yuan Shikai, but once he has 5 million troops, Yuan Shikai knows that he will not be able to control Yang Chao at all. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Even if he can't control it now, but he now has 1 million Beiyang troops, and he has at least a certain sense of security, but if Yang Chao has 5 million troops, Yuan Shikai will not be able to sleep.

So when Yang Chao was recruiting soldiers through the railway station in various places, the Beiyang Army, which had controlled most of China's provinces, suddenly drove into the railway station, checked all the recruitment notices, and warned the railway company to stop recruiting troops immediately.

"Brother Yuan, what does this mean, President? The Japanese mobilized 3 million people, and seeing that the Northeast was about to fight, President Yuan Da did not let his subordinates recruit troops, what does this mean? ”

Yang Chao's attitude is very low-key.

Yuan Shikai is stronger than the revolutionary party, first made the seizure of the railway station, and after giving Yang Chao a dismissal, he immediately sent his son to Shandong to explain in person.

"Brother Yang, what my father means is that the things in the Northeast mean that even if you forget the meaning, you can really fight with the Japanese. The country is poor and weak, even if it wants to fight, it will take a few years, let the country slow down first. Especially in the past few years, the Sun cannon has not been honest, the people are suffering, the people are suffering, we haven't stopped fighting, and the people really can't afford to fight. ”

Yuan Keding also looked familiar with calling him a brother, and he didn't have the humility he had when he opened his mouth and closed his mouth a few months ago.

Yang Chao said respectfully: "What Brother Yuan said is yes, it's all the younger brother who owes it to consideration." In the past few years, I have not fought in Shandong, so I think I can still recruit troops. ”

Yuan Keding sighed: "Although there is no war in Shandong, if you recruit a few million, you can't afford to eat it, thinking that my brother is foolish, at most one million, and any more will disturb the people." ”

Yuan Keding set an upper limit for Yang Chao.

Yang Chao hurriedly responded: "Brother Yuan is kind-hearted, the younger brother admires, come, drink!" ”

Yuan Shikai can't afford to provoke it now, or Yang Chao doesn't want to provoke Yuan Shikai yet, because after three years of operation, Yuan Shikai's power has spread all over the country, and now except for Liangguang and Yunnan-Guizhou, all provinces are under Yuan Shikai's control.

Therefore, if Yang Chao wanted to recruit troops, he could only recruit at Yuan Shikai's place, but he didn't expect to be obstructed by Yuan Shikai, and even the millions of recruits he had recruited were intercepted and dismissed by the Beiyang Army in various places. Yuan Shikai played this trick really ruthlessly, and next time he recruited troops by himself, no one would believe him if he didn't get it right.

But now is not the time to provoke Yuan Shikai, Yang Chao has to concentrate on dealing with the Japanese, and it is likely to fight with the Japanese, not that Yang Chao wants to fight Japan, to be honest, Yang Chao is 10,000 unwilling to fight Japan, but Japan is definitely 10,000 willing to fight Yang Chao.

It is estimated that the Japanese have all the thoughts of Yang Chao now, because the boycott movement initiated by Yang Chao has completely lost the Chinese market, and the domestic economic crisis has not been alleviated, but it has made it convenient for them to expand the army, and the military industry has been stimulated by the successive wars in recent years, and has swelled to the status of a pillar industry.

The social crisis in Japan was also alleviated under the suppression of Yamaguchi Aritomo, but Yamaguchi Aritomo was not on the side of the chaebol, he was on his side, he was a pure warlord, and he was definitely going to suppress the workers' crisis caused by dissatisfaction with the monopoly of the chaebol in the country, but not for the sake of the chaebol, but for the sake of stable suppression.

After the suppression of the workers, the government of Aritomo in Yamaguchi immediately expropriated the properties of many chaebols on the grounds of the urgency of the war, and at this time Japan was completely fascist, and the whole country was controlled by the army, the banks were controlled, the newspapers were controlled, and even the railways and factories had to obey the orders of the army.

It can be said that Japan is completely ready for battle, but due to the pressure of the British, they did not dare to shoot first, and the Chinese and Japanese troops patrolled frequently on both sides of the Heilongjiang and Ussuri rivers, but the Japanese were able to endure it.

The reason for this is not that the Russians put a million troops in Irkutsk and rushed to Chita just to start the war.

But what if the war breaks out in Europe, the Russians themselves will be overwhelmed, and the British will not be able to put pressure on the Japanese, and then Japan will lose control, and they will not fight Yang Chao? The devil believes.

It was precisely because he had to face the all-out attack of the Japanese that Yang Chao had no way to offend Yuan Shikai, and at this time, as long as Yuan Shikai did not take the opportunity to trouble him, he could only follow Yuan Shikai.

"Buying a gun? What do you say to buy, it's just 100,000 rifles, just as I gave President Yuan a meeting gift. If President Yuan Da is willing to send the Beiyang Army out of the customs to fight, I will support a million rifles from afar! ”

Yang Chao said generously.

Yuan Keding hugged his fists: "Then thank you Brother Yang for your kindness." ”

Or Yuan Shikai understands it, now grasping military power, and then talking about others, Brother Pao's group of people, their eyes are always on the throne of the president, their eyes are high, and they are straight to the highest power, and they don't know how to train their soldiers well, of course, they don't have the money to train their troops.

Seeing Yuan Keding away, Yang Chao immediately met with the Russian consul.

The Russian consul came to Yang Chao for the same thing, that is, he hoped that Yang Chao would guarantee the security of their eastern border, because they planned to temporarily transfer the one million troops from Irkutsk back to China, what would they do when they returned home? Preparing for war, of course.

The Russian tsar actually did not really want to go to war with Austria-Hungary, because the German emperor had been persuading him, and he himself had no confidence in the war, and he had lost one battle after another over the years, and every time there was a war, the country was unstable, and he had to leave Petersburg.

But if Austria-Hungary is allowed to attack Serbia, Serbia will definitely not be able to stop, Serbia only has 11 divisions, and the equipment is very incomplete, Russia is really unstoppable, and has sent them 120,000 rifles before the war, so that they can form an army, but Austria-Hungary has 45 divisions, and the military industry is more developed than Russia, Steyr Arsenal, which is an arms giant comparable to Mauser and Krupp.

So if you want to keep Serbia, Russia has to go on its own, but their threat, Austria-Hungary does not seem to take seriously, which makes the Russians not only lost, but in recent years they have been unlucky, even Austria-Hungary, which has always feared them, can not care about the opinions of the Russians.

Russian Foreign Minister Sassonov said that if Russia abandons Serbia this time, it will completely lose its influence in southern Europe, and the Yugoslavs will once again become pariahs under the rule of other countries.

Russian Prime Minister Stolypin said that no, not the loss of southern Europe, but the loss of the whole of Europe. Abandon Serbia, no one in Europe will listen to Russia in the future, and Russia will become a dispensable country.

This is absolutely unacceptable to Stolypin, so even if they have been preparing for war with Japan, they have to readjust their strategy, and at this time, those war preparations against Japan can make them use troops against Europe as soon as possible, you must know that Russia can not carry out a mobilization in a few months, they are not like Germany can complete the mobilization in a few weeks, they are too large, and they are an agrarian country, and it is much more difficult to gather the peasants from the vast countryside than to gather the workers from the factories.

Therefore, when Russia finally planned to take action against Austria-Hungary, they immediately came to Yang Chao, they knew that only Yang Chao could provide them with military help, as long as Yang Chao helped them drag Japan and prevent Japan from taking the opportunity to attack their eastern territories, then they transferred back one million people to Siberia, and it only took two or three weeks to level the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

"How long? How long do you take? ”

Yang Chao only asked the Russian consul.

"A month at most!"

Russian consul said.

Yang Chao nodded: "The sooner the better, before everyone reacts, we must solve the troubles in Europe with a thunderous blow." Three months, I can only guarantee to protect Russia for three months, and once the three months are over. Within three months, as long as Japan dares to attack Russia, I will launch a fierce attack on Japan. If, in three months, Russia is not able to solve the European problem, then I will have to reconsider and adjust the way of the war. ”

The Russian consul's face was not very good, he felt uneasy, and felt that Yang Chao's guarantee could not make Russia safe.

"How are you going to adjust that?"

"Go on the defensive! It is important to know that it is disadvantageous to attack the enemy's well-prepared positions. If Russia is unable to solve the problems of Europe within three months and cannot transfer troops back, our army will be forced to go on the defensive. Of course, if Russia allows our troops to enter Irkutsk, we are willing to protect it. ”

The Russian consul shook his head: "The territory of Russia will never allow the troops of any country to enter. ”

Yang Chao shrugged: "So you only have one choice, that is, act as soon as possible and end it as soon as possible." Before the Japanese reacted, before the Germans reacted, too late maybe Russia would be dragged into a protracted war, in that case, a shameful defeat, I can't think of any other result. ”

Yang Chao repeatedly emphasized that he should be fast, as if he was holding a whip to urge Russia, that is, to ask them to join the European war as soon as possible, push the European region out of control as soon as possible, and drag all countries in.

But the Russian consul's face was even worse: "Thank you for the reminder." A year, our army needs at least a year. ”

Yang Chao shook his head: "Although I really want to help you, as an honest person, I don't think our army can do it." But if there's anything that can speed up Russia's military action, I'll do my best. ”

The Russian consul shook his head and said: "It is difficult to do it in three months, and it will take a year for our army to transfer the troops to Europe, end the war, and then transfer them back." ”

Yang Chao sighed: "The Russians are also too slow. ”

The Russian consul said, "It's because Russia is too big." ”

Yang Chao couldn't help but sigh: "Well, for the sake of traveling our obligations to our allies, I am willing to help Russia delay Japan for a year, and for this I will mobilize in Shandong and arm a million recruits!" ”

The Russian consul was delighted: "Thank you so much." ”

Yang Chao nodded and said, "But I still hope that Russia will end the war in Europe as soon as possible." If you need help with arms, I will do my best to satisfy you! ”

The Russian consul was optimistic: "We are not short of equipment at the moment, two million troops are enough to level Austria-Hungary, and we don't need new weapons unless we need to mobilize." ”

Yang Chao nodded and said, "Then don't worry about it." If you need munitions, the trade committee between our two countries will be able to complete any trade conveniently, and will give Russia enough preferential treatment. ”

The Russians went away gratefully.

Obviously, Yang Chao also gave the Russians a blank check, but when the Russian consul saw that Yang Chao was indeed recruiting new soldiers in Shandong, he was still very relieved and thought that Yang Chao was sincere. (To be continued.) )