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One of the staff members who couldn't hold his breath first didn't wait for Yuan Shikai to speak, and took the lead to ask: "Marshal, then we don't have no way, there are still nearly 60,000 rifles and a large number of heavy weapons in the weapons gap of the entire Beiyang Army. Although we still have a lot of silver in our hands, because the speed of the expansion of the army is too fast, the two provinces have just been taken, and there is no income yet, so we can't be satisfied at all. ”

"No, there is a way!" As the commander of the Beiyang Army, if Yuan Shikai himself has no confidence, then the more than 100,000 people in the Beiyang Army have even less confidence. Therefore, Yuan Shikai gave a very positive answer to several staff members without thinking about it.

"As I just said, the imperial court will only have enough strength to attack us if it completes the reorganization and training of tens of thousands of patrol battalions, and whether it is a patrol battalion or a training patrol battalion, it will take time, at least half a year, and if more than one year, it will not be enough."

"For such a long time, the imperial forbidden army can develop and grow, and our Beiyang Army can also develop and grow."

The staff member's face looked a little better, but his heavy and serious expression did not completely relax.

Development is easy to say, but if you really want to do it, it must be difficult.

Not to mention anything else, if the Beiyang Army wants to improve its combat effectiveness, the first thing it has to solve is the problem of equipment. With such a large shortage of weapons, if all of them are purchased from abroad, it would be very good if they could buy back one-third of the gap with the current silver reserves of the Beiyang Army.

You must know that these silver reserves were still traded with the Liaodong Army at that time, and they were scavenged from the immigrants when they immigrated outside the customs, and more than half of them had been used up when the main force of the nine towns of the Beiyang Army was expanded, and less than one million taels of silver were left, so it can be said that one tael would be less than one tael, and there was no source to replenish it.

As for the tax revenue of several provinces, the two provinces that have just been controlled by the Beiyang Army go out, and the remaining three provinces have a lot of taxes, but the various expenses are also huge. Excluding the cost of feeding hundreds of thousands of Beiyang troops, there is simply no more silver to buy weapons.

Unless Yuan Shikai can wait another year, after the remaining two provinces also have taxes next year, maybe he will be able to draw out two or three million taels of silver.

Just when everyone was still frowning, thinking about how the Beiyang Army could develop. The staff member in charge of intelligence suddenly proposed: "Marshal, the imperial court can turn war with the Wehrmacht into a jade silk, can we also cooperate with the Wehrmacht!" ”

"If we can buy weapons from the Wehrmacht like the imperial court, it will definitely have a great effect on the combat effectiveness of the Beiyang Army."

"Also, to buy weapons from the Wehrmacht, one million taels of silver only needs to be paid 500,000 taels, and the rest can be deducted with materials. Buying weapons from the Wehrmacht in this way, with the silver reserves we have, if not to fill the gap in rifles, is not much. ”

"Also, the Liaodong Army completely annihilated the Manchurian Army, and no less than 100,000 rifles were captured. With so many weapons, they can fully meet the needs of our Beiyang Army. This is not counting the large number of heavy weapons seized by the Wehrmacht from the Japanese army, as far as I know, in this transaction between the imperial court and the Wehrmacht, the number of artillery pieces in the mountains alone reached 100. ”

A deal with the Wehrmacht means that the Beiyang Army must compromise with the Wehrmacht, otherwise, the Wehrmacht will definitely not sell weapons to the Beiyang Army.

More than 100,000 rifles, even if there is no big customer of the Beiyang Army, with the appetite of the imperial court and the major governors in the south, there is no problem at all in eating these weapons. Therefore, the IDF with weapons in hand does not have to think about sales at all.

In this case, unless the Beiyang Army takes the initiative to bow to the National Defense Force, the National Defense Army will not pay attention to itself, let alone sell itself weapons. After all, the communication channel between the Wehrmacht and Kannai has been opened from the side of the imperial court, and there is no need to rely on oneself.

But the Beiyang Army bowed to the National Defense Force, which meant that he had to bow to Yang Xingguo, which was absolutely an unprecedented shame in Yuan Shikai's view. Therefore, Yuan Shikai's first reaction was hesitation.

But the faces of the staff members in front of him showed a heartfelt expression.

In their view, the benefits to the Beiyang Army from a temporary compromise with the Wehrmacht and cooperation with the Wehrmacht were enormous.

If the marshal can grasp this opportunity, then the development speed of the Beiyang Army will definitely be faster than that of the imperial court.

When the time comes, when the day when the imperial court and the Beiyang Army really break up, it will not be the imperial forbidden army attacking the Beiyang army, but the Beiyang army going to attack the forbidden army, directly taking Gyeonggi and replacing it with the imperial court.

Once the Beiyang Army replaces the imperial court, the Beiyang Army with the support of the Central Plains will be able to usher in a period of rapid development, and the National Defense Army, which only occupies the three northeastern provinces, no matter how strong the combat effectiveness of the troops is, will not be the opponent of the Beiyang Army because of the lack of foundation.

At that time, the Beiyang Army will dominate the whole country, and it will not be difficult to change the dynasty.

Of course, these aides also know that compromise is an unprecedented shame for the marshal Yuan Shikai.

Therefore, although the benefits of compromise to the Beiyang Army were huge, several staff members kept silent as if they had discussed it, neither supporting nor denying it, and waiting for Yuan Shikai to decide for himself.

One minute, two minutes...... The lobby was silent for five minutes before Yuan Shikai showed a determined expression on his face.

Yuan Shikai is worthy of a generation of heroes, although it is a shame, but for the future of the Beiyang Army, he still replied decisively: "Then compromise, as long as the Beiyang Army develops and grows, and there is an army in my hands, the shame I have suffered today, sooner or later, I will let Yang Xingguo of the National Defense Army come back." ”

The Beiyang Army is worthy of being the most well-trained new army in the Qing Dynasty, from the time Yuan Shikai made the decision, in less than a few hours, the Beiyang Army confronting the National Defense Army at the border pass opened the checkpoint, and then, like the imperial forbidden army, except for the permanent fortifications, the construction of the city wall was all stopped.

That's not all, after the blockade was lifted and the checkpoint was opened, a Beiyang military pipe band left its own defense line directly, and then walked towards the Wehrmacht defense line. Through the Wehrmacht officer opposite, he conveyed to Yang Xingguo that the Beiyang Army wanted to purchase weapons and equipment from the Wehrmacht and deepen cooperation.

Because the Wehrmacht radio station had already been equipped to the regiment, even if it was reported from level to level, only an hour had passed by the time the news reached the Grand Marshal's Mansion.

As soon as Sun Liechen, who was holding the telegram, rushed into the war room where Yang Xingguo was, he shouted excitedly: "Commander, Yuan Shikai has compromised. ”

"Not only did he order all the garrisons at the border to lift the blockade and stop building the city walls, but he also sent people to our barracks to ask about the purchase of weapons. I really didn't expect that Yuan Shikai would compromise with us. ”

Yang Xingguo had expected this result, so he was not as excited as Sun Liechen.

In Yang Xingguo's view, his own national defense army, the imperial court that occupied Gyeonggi, and the Beiyang Army that took the Central Plains were like a three-legged stand at the end of the Han Dynasty, and the three forces maintained a balance with each other, and no one could help anyone in a short period of time. However, once two of these forces cooperate, the possible blows and threats to the third forces will be absolutely devastating.

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for Yuan Shikai of the Beiyang Army to watch the imperial court cooperate with him. (To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.