Chapter 771: The Imperial Court is the Breakthrough
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"This! I haven't thought about it yet! The chief of staff replied with a hesitant expression.
After thinking for a minute, he continued: "It seems that our idea of retaliating against the Wehrmacht in a short time will not be realized. However, as long as we figure out the specific strength of the Wehrmacht Navy, the Empire will be able to make a judgment and send a fleet of the right size to the Great Qing State, destroy the naval fleet of the Liaodong Army, and turn the coastal area of the Great Qing Kingdom into the backyard of the Imperial Navy, and make the Wehrmacht pay the price. ”
When they met with the emperor, in order to reduce their guilt, the two directly put the responsibility for the defeat on the intelligence department.
Because the intelligence services were indeed negligent in their duties, they did not understand the specific strength of the Wehrmacht Navy. In the face of the accusations of the Admiralty, the minister in charge of the Ministry of Intelligence could only bow his head and say nothing, bearing the wrath of the emperor.
When he was done, he had to promise the Emperor that he would get all the information about the Wehrmacht's navy and army to the Admiralty in a month's time.
The Japanese government's temporary forbearance did not surprise Yang Xingguo, and in order not to provoke the Japanese government, it bought a longer time for the development of its navy. The Wehrmacht did not announce the tremendous results of the total annihilation of a Japanese detachment, as if the naval battle had never taken place from beginning to end.
But in any case, the Japanese government's forbearance directly means that Japan's plan to blockade all coastlines in Liaodong has been bankrupt at the beginning.
However, Yang Xingguo was not too happy, and he did not know when the Japanese government would make a comeback and re-send warships to blockade the coast of Liaodong and cut off the maritime ties between the Wehrmacht and the outside world.
Therefore, Yang Xingguo cherishes this time very much.
Immediately, the logistics department was ordered to seize a large amount of weapons and ammunition from the Japanese Manchurian Army and send them to the governors of Jiangnan for cash, and then exchange them for various materials urgently needed by the Wehrmacht and send them back to the northeast by sea ships for temporary stockpiling.
More than 100,000 rifles, together with various other weapons and ammunition, brought nearly five million taels of silver to the Wehrmacht.
It is impossible to exchange all the silver for supplies, and in order to increase the strength of the navy against the Japanese navy in the future, he has a few more hole cards in his hand. Yang Xingguo spent 3 million taels of silver to directly purchase nine submarines that had just been commissioned from Germany, and then asked hundreds of naval officers and men who had studied submarine technology in Germany to drive back directly.
That's not all, Yang Xingguo took out another 500,000 taels of silver to invite a transport ship from Germany to salvage the sunken ship, and planned to salvage all the more than 20 new warships that the devils sank.
Because many warships sank only after the cabin was torpedoed out of the hole and a large amount of water entered the water. As long as the holes are repaired and overhauled again, they can become the main warships of the Wehrmacht Navy. ”
Of course, even if the warship is scrapped and cannot be used, the large-caliber naval guns equipped on the warship are a treasure that cannot be bought by the Wehrmacht.
Besides, the manufacture of warships is just now made of special steel, whether it is sent to arsenals or shipyards, there are the best raw materials for the production of weapons and torpedo boats.
After explaining the big and small things that need to be paid attention to in the development of the navy, Yang Xingguo rushed back to Mukden without stopping.
Because neither the imperial court nor Yuan Shikai knew the news that the Japanese navy had been defeated and that the naval blockade of the Liaodong Army had been resolved.
Whether it is the forbidden army under the command of the imperial court or the Beiyang Army in the hands of Yuan Shikai, as long as it is in confrontation with the national defense army, they are now overhauling the city wall and some permanent fortifications, planning to use the city wall and some permanent fortifications to keep the national defense army out of the pass forever, and completely block the communication channel between the outside and the inside of the pass.
After the news reached the ears of Chief of Staff Sun Liechen, Sun Liechen's first reaction was to scold the forbidden army and the Liaodong army for being shameless.
Originally, I thought that the so-called blockade of the forbidden army and the Beiyang army was just a blockade of troops, but I didn't expect that they would build a city wall on the border line to completely block the connection between inside and outside the border.
Once they have repaired the walls and fortifications, the direct connection between the inside and outside of the pass will be completely severed.
Not only that, but if the Wehrmacht wants to enter the customs in the future, it will definitely be difficult and pay a greater price than expected to enter the customs.
This is definitely not what Sun Liechen wants to see.
The best way to destroy and prevent the other side from building the fortifications is to send troops to destroy these places, but in this way, war is likely to break out between the Wehrmacht and the imperial court and the Beiyang army.
It is obviously not a wise move to add two more strong enemies when the Japanese government has not yet solved the problem.
Sun Liechen, who couldn't think of any other solution, could only send the news to Yang Xingguo, and then urged Yang Xingguo to go back as soon as possible.
As soon as he returned to Mukden, Yang Xingguo brought all the information about the imperial court and the Beiyang Army.
"It seems that the imperial court and Yuan Shikai are determined to oppose us!" After reading the information, Yang Xingguo's face instantly became gloomy, and then he said with a calm face.
Sun Liechen frowned and said, "Not only is he against us on the surface, but he is also doing something to us secretly. Dashuai, look at these pieces of information. In the past few days, there have been several incidents of bandits attacking villages and towns in the three northeastern provinces, which is very abnormal. I'm sure there must be a shadow of the imperial court and Yuan Shikai in this. ”
In addition, whether it is the imperial court or Yuan Shikai, they are increasing troops on a large scale to the border passes. This is to increase troops, build city walls, and build permanent fortifications, and it must be an attempt to completely block us outside the pass and prevent us from interfering in the pass. ”
A sneer quickly flashed on Yang Xingguo's face, and then he replied: "It's rare that the imperial court and Yuan Shikai can wear a pair of pants, I'm sure, this idea was Yuan Shikai's idea, and the imperial court also wants to deal with us, so they will block us together with Yuan Shikai." ”
"Since Yuan Shikai wants to calculate us so much, then we will do the opposite, and let Yuan Shikai suffer a secret loss in turn!"
Sun Liechen's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Dashuai, what is your solution?" ”
"The breakthrough is on the side of the imperial court, Yuan Shikai has absolute control over the Beiyang Army, as long as he doesn't let go, we have nothing to do!"
"But the court is different, Cixi is already old, and her control over the court is not as good as before. If we can promise some benefits to the important ministers of the imperial court, and pull two important ministers to our use and speak to us, we will definitely be able to change some of the policies of the imperial court. ”
Sun Liechen was stunned for a moment, and then said happily: "The handsome and wise, the court is indeed a plate of scattered sand. As long as we offer a starting price, there is no problem at all in buying a few important ministers. ”
"No, we don't use silver this time!" Yang Xingguo replied with a sneer.
"Not only do you not use silver, but you also have to get silver from the court and reap benefits!"
"How is that possible?" Sun Liechen asked with a look of disbelief.
This is, Yang Xingguo showed a confident smile on his face, and replied to Sun Liechen: "There is nothing impossible, this time I will not only make the imperial court bleed, but also let Yuan Shikai suffer a secret loss." (To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.