If you talk about friendship. Duan Qirui and Hannagan roared as early as when Yuan Shikai was training at the station. Yinagan is a retired officer of the German Army, Duan Qirui is an officer of the Qing Army New Army, the two are considered peers, and Hannagan also did army training in the Beiyang New Army before going to Shanxi to operate a coal mine, and Duan Qirui is not a friend, but at least he is an acquaintance who knows the roots.

Although Duan Qirui didn't want to show his cowardice in front of acquaintances. But after all, Hannagan is a successful businessman and industrialist, well-informed, for Duan Qirui's failure in the shipping business, Hannagan is actually very clear, back then, after Duan Qirui went into the wilderness, he and Zhang Xiao and others jointly invested in Hannagan's coal mining complex, if it were not for the purpose of running a shipping company, Duan Qirui would not have withdrawn his shares halfway, exchanged the shares for cash, and invested in the steamship company.

But Duan Qirui was not a shrewd businessman after all. His first major industrial investment failed, and after a year of hard work, the shipping company finally became insolvent and declared bankruptcy, leaving Duan Qirui and his partners in debt, and if they could not find another way to make money, they would have to be sued by creditors in court.

Therefore, Duan Qirui and Qu Tongfeng went to the Russian concession in Tianjin, intending to be contractors for the Russian foreign firm, specifically to the south to purchase tea, and then transfer it to the Russian tea brick factory in Tianjin to make tea bricks. It was then sold by Russian merchants to the Mongolian steppe. Russian merchants have been trading tea bricks in the steppe for many years, which is not narrower than that of Jin merchants, and the Mongolian steppe is regarded as a sphere of influence by the Russian Empire, so in the opinion of Duan Qirui and his partners, it is wiser to cooperate with Russian merchants.

However, Duan Qirui never expected that within a few days of arriving at the Russian Concession in Tianjin, a deal had not been negotiated, and he caught up with the riots and chaos in the concession, but fortunately he followed the Russian merchants and Japanese businessmen to hide in the Russian Consulate in time, otherwise, I am afraid that the loss would not only be those dozens of loads of tea.

However, Duan Qirui did not stay in the Russian consulate for long, in the face of those riots, riots, and elements with weapons, the Russian consul had to issue an evacuation order, so that the merchants of various countries hiding in the consulate fled for their lives, so Duan Qirui and Qu Tongfeng could only escape from the Russian consulate, and followed the businessmen of various countries to the side of the Ministry of Industry Bureau, because the building of the Ministry of Industry Bureau is stronger, and it is not far from the French bridge and the railway station, once the blockade of the Chinese border is lifted, they can quickly escape from the Russian concession.

Since Duan Qirui made it clear that he didn't want Hannagan to know about his current embarrassing situation, Hannagan also stopped inquiring about the business situation, and after a brief chat with Duan Qirui. left under the pretext of going back upstairs, while Duan Qirui and Qu Tongfeng still stayed downstairs.

Because the power supply system has long been paralyzed, the Ministry of Industry Bureau is pitch black, only lit by a few horse lamps hanging on the wall lamps, and the light downstairs is very dim, Duan Qirui and Qu Tongfeng finally squeezed to a horse lamp. I found out the cash I was carrying, and when I counted it, there were only a few hundred dollars left, and it was clear that this speculation ended in failure again. "It seems that we are not the material for trading." Duan Qirui sighed.

"I don't know how Feng Huafu and his gang got rich?" Qu Tongfeng muttered to himself.

Seeing Qu Tongfeng mention Feng Guozhang, Duan Qirui was so angry that he didn't fight anywhere, and said hatefully: "Do you still need to ask?" Those people are bent on getting promoted and burrowing around, they are not soldiers, they are businessmen, we Beiyang, are not destroyed in the hands of the revolutionary party, but in the hands of this group of Beiyang profiteers wearing military uniforms and making calculations.

Seeing that Duan Qirui still couldn't forget the Beiyang Group, Qu Tongfeng also sighed and said, "Duan Gong, Beiyang has long been dead, what's the point of mentioning Beiyang now?" It's better to think more about how to earn back the capital of our tea investment and trading. Just now I heard that German Hannagen mention the butterfly mine and the oil mine, why don't we ask again to see if we can get some work from him, but we are also acquaintances and have worked together before

"Don't ask him! Don't beg him! In the past, in the political circles, I had to turn to foreigners for help, because the country was not as good as others, but now I have to ask foreigners to do business, am I really a soft bone? ”

Duan Qirui was very annoyed, and he was temperamental, and he didn't blame him for not being used to Hannagan's violent face, only blaming this person for being more popular than death, thinking that back then, Hannagan was just a retired little captain in the German Army, and he was able to go to China as a military adviser with the help of his father-in-law, and he Duan Qirui was a dignified general in Beiyang, and his command was once strong, but now looking at the current situation of the two, how can people not be annoyed?

In the final analysis, it is still like a mountain, maybe Duan Qirui should not have withdrawn from politics or the military in the first place, but since Yuzu himself chose to engage in business, then he can't blame others, who told him Duan someone who refused to bow to President Zhao?

Just when Duan Qirui was annoyed, the hall on the first floor of the Ministry of Industry Bureau suddenly became commotion, and several people walked into the hall, one of them walked up the stairs and shouted a few words loudly in Tianjin.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Ladies and gentlemen! I have just received news from the Chinese Territory that China's internal affairs forces will officially enter the Concession tonight to suppress the riots and take over all the powers in the Concession. ”

Listening to that man's words, most of the people in the hall fell silent and whispered, and Qu Tongfeng, who was standing beside Duan Qirui, also sighed.

"Thank goodness the team is finally here. As soon as the internal affairs troops arrived, presumably the situation in the concession could be stabilized. ”

Seeing that Qu Tongfeng was full of confidence, Duan Qirui sneered: "I'll just say, this Tianjin Russian Concession is not chaotic sooner or later, but after the Russian Revolution, there must be someone behind it, and now, let's see who is behind it." ”

Qu Tongfeng was stunned and said: "Duan Gong, what do you mean by this, do you mean,

When he said the last few words, Ran Tongfeng lowered his voice, for fear that others would hear it.

Duan Qirui sneered: "Don't you think this rebellion in the Russian Concession in Tianjin is very familiar? Back then in Wuhan, didn't Zhao Bei already play this hand? ”

"You mean, Hankow" 626 Incident.? Qu Tongfeng was thoughtful.

"That time is to clean up Japan, this time is to clean up Russia, the object is different, but this means is almost a small song, speaking of conspiracy methods, we are indeed not as good as that Zhao Bei, our Beiyang is also unjustly defeated, but the other party's means are inevitably too inferior, and reckless. Regardless of international relations. ”

Duan Qirui sighed again and again, Qu Tongfeng was dumbfounded, he didn't believe that it was Zhao Bei who planned the rebellion of the Russian Concession in Tianjin, and it was indeed unwise to provoke the members of the Entente Group in the current situation, Qu Tongfeng felt that Zhao Bei would not be so reckless, although that person was known as the "Far East madman", he was shrewd, and he was by no means a reckless person.

But then again, if it wasn't for Zhao Beizege's rebellion in the Russian Concession, then who would have planned it? Could it be that the evil in the concession has accumulated too much?

Of course, it seems a bit inappropriate to guess who is behind the scenes, after all, everyone is still trapped here, and the most important thing at the moment is to wait for reinforcements.

At nine o'clock in the evening of the same day, a whistle was finally heard in the direction of the railway station, and then a Chinese internal affairs unit advanced in the direction of the Ministry of Industry along the road separating the eastern and western districts of the Russian ancestral boundary in Tianjin, and two armored vehicles were at the forefront.

It was not an ordinary armored vehicle, but a specially designed anti-riot armored vehicle to meet the needs of internal affairs. The car was loaded not only with machine guns, but also with searchlights, which swept around as soon as they entered the concession, and under this strong light, the soldiers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs wearing new steel helmets began to carry out riot control tasks.

Most of the soldiers were armed with submachine guns and two types of ammunition, one was a normal anti-personnel bullet, which was used to shoot at high-threat targets. The other is the paper anti-riot bullet, this bullet does not have a metal bullet, instead of the metal bullet is a very tight paper bullet that is squeezed, wrapped in fine sand, this kind of bullet can not kill people but is also enough to take a bullet, so it can be used to deal with those low-threat targets, can minimize unnecessary casualties, and avoid excessive rebound of public opinion.

Actually, after the soldiers stormed the concession. The sound of submachine gun fire rang out. Occasionally, there was the sound of rifle and pistol fire. The law and order in the Russian Concession in Tianjin has always been chaotic, and many criminals have guns and bullets, and in the anti-riot operation, the exchange of fire between the two sides is obviously inevitable, but in terms of strict organization and discipline, the internal affairs forces obviously have the upper hand, so soon, the gunfire will be thinned.

When I heard the sound of submachine gun fire getting closer and closer. Everyone hiding in the Ministry of Industry Bureau of the Concession cheered, and when the first beam of the searchlight was projected on the wall of the hall on the first floor of the Ministry of Industry Bureau. Some people were already rushing out of the Ministry of Industry to welcome the soldiers who had rescued them.

A group of people gathered around several lieutenant ** officers wearing military uniforms of the internal affairs army and walked into the hall on the first floor of the Ministry of Industry Bureau. One of them, Duan Qirui, felt a little familiar. Before he could remember who the man was, the officer had come up to him, stood upright, and saluted.

"I didn't expect Mr. Duan to be here, disrespectful. Disrespectful. The officer said.

"You're Lu Jianzhang's nephew, right? It's called Feng Yuxiang, right? Duan Qirui finally remembered the person's name.

"It's Feng." The officer nodded.

"Aren't you a police officer in Shanghai? When did you come to the Internal Affairs Forces? "Duan Qirui

Ask.

"Last year, I was transferred from the network, but it was just an internship. After the internship, I still have to return to the police officer. ”

Speaking of this, the officer asked, "Excuse me." Are there any high-ranking officials of the concession authorities here? In order to ensure the smooth operation of the takeover of the concession, it is necessary to communicate directly with the concession authorities. ”

Duan Qirui looked around, and the people around him also looked at each other for a moment, until Hannagan ran down from the stairs to solve the problem.

"Mr. Colonel, you don't have to look for it, there is no Russian official here except for the company commander of the Russian ** team, although there is a Chinese detective. But he obviously doesn't have enough weight, so. Let me accompany you to the consulate, for if we go fast, we may be able to free the Russian consul and his comrades from the mob siege. ”

The officer saluted Hannagan, then pointed to several military reporters who were walking into the Ministry of Industry Bureau with cameras and cameras, took off the steel helmet on his head, handed it to Hannagan, and said: "Please put on the steel helmet, walk with these reporters, and when the armored car comes, you can go forward in the armored car." ”

"That's great! I've always wanted to take a ride in your country's armored vehicles, and now I can finally take one.

I believe that with the efforts of this brave and civilized force. The riots in the Russian Concession in Tientsin will soon be quelled, and the world will see the importance of order in any region. ”

Hannagan was overjoyed and took the helmet and put it on his head, even though he was already a handful of old age. But he didn't mind being involved in another military operation.

At dawn the next day, when the frightened residents of the concession opened the doors and windows, they were surprised to find that the soldiers patrolling the streets had been replaced by Russian soldiers, and the Russian flag of the Ministry of Industry had been replaced by a Chinese flag. At the same time, the manhunt continues. Those habitual offenders who thought they could escape justice by escaping to the concession would eventually be brought to justice, and a cancer in northern China would be completely eradicated.