"In one day, both fell into each other's traps. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info It's a farce. This war, it might as well be more like a joke. Dad, if you were in command, it wouldn't be like this! Hannah put down the newspaper in her hand and looked at her father beside her.

A rare smile appeared on Baron Bassens' stereotyped face, and beside him, a mixed-race boy, learning his mother's words, shouted "jokes...... Joke"

"yes, if I were in command of this war, I wouldn't have made it what it is. During the whole war, it was like two children grabbing candy! However, from a long-term perspective, this war was beneficial to Shandong, and the mutiny of the regiment commander Hao Yunpeng proved that the Lu army had not completely lost control of the situation in Hubei. What I didn't expect was that Shandong's layout for Hunan had started a long time ago. ”、

Basens picked up the boy on the ground and pointed to Zhao Guanhou opposite, "Child, you don't want to be like your father in the future, but like your mother." ”

Zhao Guanhou stretched out his hand to the dark-skinned little Li Man beside him, "Chief, look, no matter what, the cannonballs will eventually fall on my head." ”

The entire Tessie War ended with the defeat of Prussia. But this only represents the Tessie battlefield, in the East African battlefield, it was always the little Leeman and Basens who pressed Albiang to fight, after the war, the resistance in East Africa has lost its meaning, but the little Leeman still fought for a dignified surrender. After laying down his arms, he and Baron Bassens were treated as officers, chatted and laughed with the Albion officers, had dinner, and returned to Prussia on the Albion warship.

But in Prussia, the two were not treated as heroes, but were condemned at home for the surrender of the Qingdao fortress. In the context of the overall defeat, one or two heroes made most officers feel gloomy.

If you fail yourself, you don't want others to succeed, and no country can be an exception to this kind of inferiority. Fortunately, after losing the war, the whole country was in chaos, and no one was specifically focused on the surrender of the fortress.

When they first met, Zhao Guanhou joked about Little Li Man, saying that the environment in Africa had changed his ancestry and made him a real African. Until he regained his European roots, he did not touch playing cards and gave him the nickname of the chief.

The fact that the entire East African war was able to be sustained and played a good record was inseparable from Shandong's secret aid. And this kind of aid itself is gratuitous, and Zhao Guanhou has to take a great risk to do all this, and bear the pressure of integrity that may attract the wrath of the people of Albiang, and insist on doing all this. Little Li Man owes him favors, and accepts the nickname and jokes of the chief calmly. Baron Basens didn't have such a good temper, and when he saw his pregnant daughter, he didn't say a word, so he gave Zhao Guanhou a cane attack.

But with the birth of little Adam, Bassens can only pinch his nose and accept this son-in-law, at least he will not reward him with crutches when he meets, but outside of the words, he still does not forget to trouble Zhao Guanhou. As a son-in-law, there is no way to be scolded or beaten by his father-in-law. In addition, the arrival of Basens and Little Li Man will be of great help to the construction of the Shandong Army and Navy.

Now, although the two are nominally only Prussian expatriates, in reality, they are important guides of the Shandong Navy. Prussia's defeat and reparations led to a complete collapse of its economy and unbelievable inflation. According to the pre-war treaty, Zhao Guanhou paid off all the foreign debts owed in Prussian marks at one time, but the actual cost was about a few bags of flour. It's really the current Mark, it's too worthless. The denomination of a single mark has exceeded 10,000, and the foreign debt, which seemed to be as heavy as a mountain before the war, is now not worth mentioning at all.

The economy went bankrupt, and the inhabitants of Prussia proper, their livelihoods were in question. A large number of workers lost their jobs, and technicians were not spared. The Prussian mark could not be exchanged with foreign currency, but it was not forbidden to buy supplies, and this loophole also provided an opportunity for Shandong to take advantage of. Xiao Liman registered a small employment agency in China, which was actually to introduce Prussian technicians and military personnel to work in Shandong. He also used the mark of Shandong to buy a large number of Prussian-made machines, and transported ships of equipment and personnel to Shandong.

Although he was uprooted from his hometown, Qingdao was originally a place for Prussian officers to vacation, and it had a certain reputation in Prussia itself. In addition, Shandong is known as the Asian little Capet, and it is also quite well-known in Prussia. Relying on high wages and benefits, coupled with the guarantee of Prussians, a large number of Prussian workers, technicians, and even officers who were forcibly discharged from their home countries have fled their country to make a living in Shandong.

Qingdao has now become a world of stunned foreigners dancing with the elderly, braided hair and suits. In Tsingtao, as the general manager of Prussian affairs, Bassens worked alongside the former governor Wadeck and served part-time as a naval adviser. Of course, the most important job is to take care of his grandson and scold his son-in-law with blood.

It was against this background that Hunan's intelligence was forwarded to Qingdao in the south. The evolution of the situation has indeed taken many military analysts by surprise. While a group of staff officers and military strategists analyzed each other's strength on paper, the level of equipment, and the capabilities of officers, the situation on the battlefield had changed dramatically.

First of all, Wu Zhenxiong, who was pinned on by Luo Chongxuan, sent a telegram against Luo, and the troops defected on the battlefield, and the soldiers and horses of the first division of the provincial army also left the army and returned to the third division because they were excluded and attacked. Therefore, after the rebellion of the military department, the first division of the provincial army had almost no soldiers to fight, and was defeated by the anti-water troops. But just when Tan Yankai arrived in Changsha, he was about to take over the provincial government and reorganize the provincial council election. Bad news suddenly spread from the rear, Hao Yunpeng, the head of the left-behind troops in Hengyang, rebelled against Tan, and the whole city had fallen into the hands of Hao's department.

Within a day, both were trapped in each other's hands. Wu Zhenxiong led his subordinates to advance to Hengyang, although it was claimed that the situation swept away Hao and recovered Hengyang, but the troops did not go out of Changsha, a large-scale mutiny occurred, and Wu Zhenxiong fled back to the city in embarrassment. Immediately afterwards, Yang Biao, commander of the Fifth Division of the Shandong Provincial Army, who had been on the front line of flood fighting, suddenly telegraphed, saying that the Lu army would never interfere in Hunan's internal affairs, but he also did not want to see the lives of the people suffer from the swords and soldiers. We call on both parties to the conflict to keep their senses and return to the negotiating table at an early date. If any side dares to set up troops and harm the people, the Lu army will be forced to send troops to maintain social order.

"Old man, you really wronged me, this anti-water regimental leader is actually just a casual hand. I didn't expect him to be so able to toss. ”

Zhao Guanhou said with a smile: "Hao Yunpeng is famous in the Hunan army, he is afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and his biggest strength lies in forming gangs, when he is a company commander, he can contact a group of platoon commanders to squeeze out the battalion commander, and when he becomes the battalion commander, he will contact the company commander to squeeze out the regiment commander." Once within a year, three regiment commanders were squeezed out, and the superiors had no choice but to appoint him as the regiment commander to save him from making trouble. He may not buy my face, but he will definitely not offend Xian Dayang, I bought him at the beginning, but I just felt that such a-stirring stick staying in the Southern Army was an obstacle to Granny Tan. I didn't expect him to be able to make such a big contribution. ”

Adam followed his father's voice and shouted the-stirring stick, and Bassen's cane once again brought the wind in the air, "Don't teach my grandson to swear!" Also, you should call me Daddy! ”

"No, Dad, you're teaching my son to use violence!"

Hearing his daughter's complaint, Basens put down his cane, "No, I'm just teaching Adam, a Prussian boy, how to defend his own interests." Pistols and sabers are his best companions. Later, I will teach him how to use these, and let him use a dagger to slit the throat of every enemy. And not, as in the case of the Hunan issue, it is necessary to rely on intrigue to solve the enemy. The Lu army has one division in Hunan and another in Hubei. With the strength of two divisions, it is enough to solve all the people on both sides, why use such means. ”

"Old man...... Well, I mean Dad. This problem cannot be solved by military problems, and we should learn to solve it with a correct and objective way of thinking. Shandong's food in the two lakes, coupled with the sale of Lu goods, has caused huge losses to the economy of the two lakes, and the common people have been more or less dissatisfied with the Lu army from the beginning to the present. In particular, the local business community will be more dissatisfied in this regard. ”

Little Li Man shrugged his shoulders, "I can take the fleet and go there for a walk." Any dissatisfaction is so pale and powerless in front of the naval guns. ”

"Chief, I appreciate your kindness, but naval diplomacy is your way, not ours. Blindly relying on force of oppression is not a solution. People's dissatisfaction is like a coin in a piggy bank, one or two, and no one cares. But the accumulation increases, and sooner or later the jar will fill up, and at this time, if you continue to throw coins into it, the whole jar may break. Of course, you can use a cannon and a bayonet to quell this explosion, but what is the difference between that and Zhang Zongyao? This time, I will let the two sides make trouble, and the people will know that if they want to live a good life, they cannot do without the support of the Lu army. Those gentry and parliamentarians also have to understand that if the Lu army withdraws, their life will not be easy! In this way, the investment is far smaller than the use of gunboats, and the results may be better. When this trouble is over, within a few years, the Lu army will be more popular than the soldiers in Lianghu. ”

"That's right, you took a loan from Prussia, and then used inflation to pay off the debt in one go, defrauding the empire of a large sum of materials, and the same input is less than the output. Adam, you have to remember, this is what we usually call a conspirator. For a Prussian man, the only way to deal with a conspirator is to flatten his nose! ”

Adam waved his little fist in his grandfather's arms, screaming excitedly and slapping him flat. Hannah looked at her husband helplessly, with a hint of apology in her eyes. Zhao Guanhou took Hannah's hand, "Don't worry baby, I think my Adam will definitely listen to my mother, and you, will never let him slap my nose." ”

"I must admit that if you join the Imperial Staff, maybe we won't lose this war, or, we can lose a little decently," Bassens said. But any conspiracy must be based on sufficient strength. The two armies dared to provoke the Lu army and tried to expel the Lu army, and they must have the strength they could rely on. You should be vigilant and not be like the Empire, which is too complacent and defeated. Fleet...... Maybe you should make a move, I think, a fully vaporized fleet, although not many of them, but it is enough to send all of your existing navy to the bottom of the sea. ”

"Due to the severe damage to Shandong's intelligence system in Hunan, I have limited information, but the fleet is ...... There is no need for a full mobilization for the time being, and even if there is a civil war, it should not be me who fired the first shot. On the side of the Southern Army, in fact, they also sent me a telegram, saying that even if they controlled Hunan, they would not interrupt the filial piety that should be given to the Lu Army, and promised to pay a higher price than Luo Chongxuan. Therefore, even if the Yugoslav army has something to rely on, it is not to worry. On the contrary, it is Luo Chongxuan's department, and the information I have is limited, and there is really no clear evidence to prove where his courage comes from. No matter where this force comes from, it shows that there is strong hostility towards Shandong, and instead of letting him hide behind the scenes, it is better to let him jump out as soon as possible, so that he can take precautions. Now Lu Jun's attitude is still neutral, although his words are hard, but there is no actual action. In addition, the troops are still rushing to repair the embankment, and it is a good time for those forces to intervene, and it depends on whether they can learn to seize the opportunity. ”

No matter how he picked up his cane, Basens still took Zhao Guanhou as his family, and Xiao Li Man didn't want Shandong to suffer in the conflict based on his cooperation with Zhao Guanhou and the idea of protecting his beloved. These two people are together, and they don't have the slightest good feelings, and when they think about problems, there is no emotional factor.

Bassens snorted coldly: "If you want, you can remove that so-called president from power now, and it doesn't matter if you add a general." It doesn't matter who the force behind it is. I still stuck to my plan, and let me and Leeman lead the fleet of the great Prussian navy and sweep away the entire navy of the United States. Any conspiracy is not worth mentioning in the face of great military power. ”

Without waiting for Zhao Guanhou to explain, at the door, there was a sudden knock, and it was Zhao Guanhou's adjutant Gao Sheng who came in. He looked a little panicked, and whispered in Zhao Guanhou's ear, Zhao Guanhou said: "There are no outsiders, say it loudly." ”

"Yes, back to the big coach, it's the club that has some problems. Mrs. Jade asked me to call you, saying that the situation over there may be a bit serious, so please go and take a look. ”

Zhao Guanhou looked at Bassens, who was looking at him with an indifferent gaze, and there was an attitude that you would leave and give it a try. It was Hannah who relieved the siege and said: "I also want to go over and see what is going on, even our secretary general can't solve it." Dad, little Adam is going to take a nap, and you can't give him too much candy. ”

Hearing that he kept his grandson to himself, Bassens finally softened a little, "I really don't understand, what can happen to the club that needs to be solved by the governor of Shandong." That Jade Lady, don't you know that there is a profession called police investigation? Besides, what do the club's bodyguards do? No wonder Ryan Stein calls you salted fish! Little Adam, when you grow up, don't be as weak as your father, but be as strong as your grandfather. Grandpa told you how I played the Albians in Africa. ”

The two went out of the room, and Hannah whispered, "I'm sorry......"

"It's okay, the old man still can't forget about failure, I can understand this emotion, and I am used to being scolded or beaten by my father-in-law. I also want to thank you, if it weren't for you, I would have to be scolded if I wanted to leave. ”

"What the hell is the club in trouble with?"

"Strictly speaking, it's not a problem, it's a little wrong, someone at the club, took out some things to bet on, Jade thinks, those things ...... It shouldn't be here! ”