Not only the ground staff, but also many people in the Wehrmacht mistakenly believed that Yan Guang was about to declare war on the Germans. It is no wonder that they think so, after all, seeing that the war between the British and the Germans is imminent, and the German forces will not be able to set foot in the Far East for a long time, it can be said that for the Chinese, there is no more suitable time to recover Jiaozhou Bay than now.

For the sake of the country and the nation―――――― this is generally something that only the kind of officers and soldiers with ideals and aspirations can talk about, and ordinary officers and soldiers will only talk about President Yan Da, who exempted their families from agricultural taxes and at the same time paid them 10 yuan a month.

Not to mention the salary of 10 yuan a month, the things Yan Guang once did made many officers and soldiers in the Wehrmacht willing to die for him.

As for the Germans? Although it is rumored that the German Army is the first in the world, I heard that there are only a few thousand German troops in Qingdao Fortress, but at present, Shandong has gathered nearly 100,000 Wehrmacht, and the Wehrmacht is not inferior to the German army in terms of equipment, and even has many advantages.

In addition to the Wehrmacht, there were also ordinary people, members of parliament who had nothing to do, ordinary political officials, celebrities and ......... who misunderstood the incident Said himself.

The common people of the people have support and opposition, and the main thing that opposes them is that they are worried about what will happen if they are defeated? Is it possible to pay compensation for land cession again? It's just a matter of cutting the land, anyway, the final cut is not necessarily your own land, but if you pay compensation...

Gengzi's 450 million taels, but he hasn't lost it until now.

Although the current president is merciful and exempts agricultural taxes, centigold, and many other miscellaneous taxes, if he is defeated again, I am afraid that some agricultural taxes and miscellaneous taxes will come back, right?

The members of Congress, the ordinary political axe officials, and some celebrities are also worried. They were not worried that the Wehrmacht would be defeated, and as the upper echelons of society, they still had some understanding of the current situation. At present, the Qingdao fortress only has a few thousand German [***] troops, while the national defense army has nearly 100,000, and if necessary, another 100,000 can be mobilized in Zhili and Nanjing, and it is very difficult to defeat in this case.

So what they were worried about if they offended the Germans, what if the Germans came back to them later to settle accounts? A few thousand Germans are really not to be feared, but what if the Germans send a large army in the future?

At that time, I'm afraid it will be worse than Gengzi, right?

Compared with the first two, I am not too worried.

Of course, the Wehrmacht had already known about the build-up of six infantry divisions in Shandong, and even a large amount of ammunition. After all, this kind of thing can't be hidden, not to mention that there are still a large number of spies in China?

However, out of long-standing contempt for the Chinese [***] team, I am not worried at all, and I am even quite happy to see the assembly of the Chinese [***] team.

Because according to my prediction, even if the [***] team has gathered nearly 100,000 people on the Shandong Peninsula now, it will not be easy to capture the Qingdao fortress.

Tirpitz once exclaimed, "It takes a whole army to take these fortresses!" ”

Naturally, there is no need to ask who Tirpitz is, and there is no need to say what the strength of an army is. In fact, after inspecting the Qingdao fortress, I also came to a similar conclusion as Tirpitz.

No matter what I think, I feel that the German [***] team of one army is stronger than the middle [***] team of two armies. In other words, not to mention whether the [***] team can take the Qingdao fortress and the thousands of German troops inside, even if he can take it, it will take a great price and a long time.

During this time, it is natural that Ben can carry out his own combat preparations in an orderly manner.

Wait until the Chinese and Germans fight to the death, and then stand up and enjoy the benefits of the fisherman...

At that time, the exhausted Chinese and Germans will definitely not be their opponents.

Of course, there is also the possibility that the Chinese and the Germans will not clash, but so what? It's a big deal, let's go into battle in person.

It is impossible for the Chinese to take the Qingdao fortress from the Germans without spending a single soldier, right?

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Since the Yuan War, the Sichuan Arsenal has once again resumed its round-the-clock work system.

Driven by the Sichuan Arsenal, the Hanyang Arsenal also implemented a round-the-clock work system for the first time.

The employees of the two arsenals all work in three shifts, each working eight hours a day, with no rest for the machines, especially for weapons and ammunition.

Yan Guang sought to carry out an all-round refitting of the remaining Beiyang Army and the former Qing Army in the last month before the outbreak of the European War. In this way, even if he really fights with him, Yan Guang has the capital to fight to the death...

On 13 July, the Sichuan Arsenal and the Hanyang Arsenal not only provided equipment for the Beiyang Army and the former Qingqing Army in the National Defense Force, but also provided Zhang Zuolin and Feng Delin in the northeast.

At the same time as deploying a large amount of ammunition to Shandong, Yan Guang also mobilized three divisions of troops to the northeast through the Jingfeng Railway, in case of the outbreak of war in Shandong, he said that he would also make a move in the northeast―――――― although this possibility is very small, under the pressure of the national defense forces in Shandong, it is difficult for him to draw enough troops to make any moves in the northeast and other places, after all, he only has 18 standing divisions, but he can't help but take precautions...

On July 15, after changing the equipment of all the units with a little combat strength, the Sichuan Arsenal and the Hanyang Arsenal began to redress the miscellaneous troops in the Wehrmacht sequence.

Meantime...

"Hum..."

After a muffled roar, three Ilya. Muromets bombers landed at a field airfield on the outskirts of the city of Weifang.

After letting go of the hands covering their ears, the ground crew, who had been waiting at the airport for a long time, and the crew who had just disembarked from the bomber, together with the crew who had just disembarked from the bomber, took the three Ilya Ilya. Muromets bombers were sent into an improvised hangar (hangar).

And on the side of this improvised hangar, there are a full thirty improvised hangars, counting the last three Ilya that have just landed. Muromets bombers, in the field airfield in Weifang, have deployed a whole bomber group with a total of 63 Ilya. Muromets bomber ...

These sixty-three Elia. The Muromets bomber is the result of Yan Guang's efforts since the beginning of the war against Yuan.

At the cost of the money, it goes without saying. Of the more than 600 150-horsepower "Yueguang" engines purchased by Yan Guang, more than 200 were used, and the remaining 300 or so were used as spare engines.

However, after the use of the 150-horsepower "Yuguang" engine, the localized Ilya. The Muromets bomber was much stronger than the basic model originally purchased from Russia, especially in terms of bomb load.

Basic type of Ilya. The bomb load of the Muromets bomber was only 400 kg, and when the machine gun was removed, it was only 500 kg. And Ilya, which is equipped with a "light" engine. The Muromets bomber, which also has a bomb load of 522 kg in normal condition, is also a breeze to reach 650 kg after removing the machine gun on the aircraft.

At the same time, in addition to the field airfield in Weifang, the Wehrmacht also built a slightly smaller airfield on the outskirts of Laiyang. Although the scale is slightly smaller, if Laiyang is used as a base, Ilya. The Muromets bomber group is enough to cover most of the Shandong Peninsula, which, of course, also includes the waters of Jiaozhou Bay...

And as a killer feature, Ilya. In addition to being equipped with incendiary bombs, the Muromets bombers also had 500-kilogram aerial bombs specially designed to deal with the Navy...

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After making a gesture of preparing for war on the Shandong Peninsula, the attitude of both the Chinese people and himself is okay, but there is a group of people that Yan Guang has to face.

"German officers and engineers serving in the Wehrmacht..."

It can be said that the current achievements of the Wehrmacht are inseparable from the efforts of this group of Germans.

Needless to say, the equipment imported from Germany was still relying on the Germans for some major projects, even if the Nationalist Party was gaining wings.

For example, the work of localizing the "Yueguang" engine and the development of a new type of aero engine, the production of U-boats in Sichuan, the production of Daimler trucks, the development of 356mm large-caliber naval guns, and the design of 20,000-ton battlecruisers and 30,000-ton battleships by the Sichuan Shipyard and the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau.

The Germans are the backbone of these projects.

As for those domestic engineers? Their progress, of course, was fast, but they were a little immature compared to the German engineers ...

So Yan Guang can be perfunctory to members of Congress, to political axe officials, and even to army generals, but he can't do this to them.

Just like now, looking at Sunil in front of him, the first German to follow him, Yan Guang could only smile bitterly.

"Sunil, we've known each other for so many years, don't you still believe me..."

Sunil, however, smiled wryly.

"Mr. President, it's not that I don't believe you, it's just that the current actions of the Wehrmacht are too worrying." As he spoke, Sunil looked at Yan Guang. "I have also lived in China for 4 years since 10 years, and for 4 years, I have regarded China as my second motherland, and I really don't want a war between China and Germany."

Hearing this, Yan Guang smiled bitterly.

To be honest, Yan Guang does have a good impression of Germany.

However, if the European war had broken out ten years later, and Yan Guang had tried his best to develop for ten years, perhaps he would still be on the side of the Germans. But the current China does not have the strength and qualifications.

If Yan Guang really took China to the side of Germany, not to mention anything else, the Entente only needed to let the original Ben, which had not contributed much in history, take action.

When Britain, France, Russia and other countries, plus the United States, which joined later, calmly clean up Germany, they can return to solve China. At that time, one only needs to look at the fate of the Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian and German empires in history to imagine that the fate of China will definitely be worse than that of Gengzi ...

Therefore, it is impossible for Yan Guang to bring China into the Allies. Not only that, in order to obtain huge war benefits in the future, Yan Guang also needed to stand on the opposite side of Germany.

However, these things cannot be said to Sunil, because if Yan Guang said so, these Germans would definitely leave him, after all, they could not help the enemies of their homeland to improve their strength, and at that time, those important projects that were being carried out would probably have to be stopped.

So looking at Sunil, Yan Guang could only lie.

"Believe me, Sunil, the deployment of the Wehrmacht in Shandong is definitely not aimed at the German army."

"That's?"

Sunil said with some confusion.

"Myself."

This is the half-truth and half-truth answer prepared by Yan Guang.

As Yan Guang said, the deployment of the Wehrmacht on the Shandong Peninsula now is definitely not aimed at the Germans, but when the war in Shandong is over...

As for Sunil on the other side? He didn't suspect that Yan Guang was lying to him, because there were many signs that as long as war broke out in Europe, he would definitely do something to the Germans in Qingdao.

Therefore, if the Wehrmacht is only in Shandong to guard against himself, it is not an inconceivable thing.

Thinking so, Sunil nodded.

"So, Mr. President, what do you think about the matter of yourself?"

"What else can you think about? It's nothing more than soldiers coming to block, and water coming to cover the earth..."

Of course, Yan Guang has detailed arrangements, such as agreements with the Germans, etc., but these are not things that can be said to Sunil.

A few hours later, Yan Guang finally calmed Sunil.

When Sunil left Yan Guang's office, Yan Guang was also relieved.

At least for now, at least when those projects are not yet complete, and Chinese engineers are not yet able to be the pillars, these Germans must not make a mess.

But when the project is fully completed, or when the Chinese engineers come out...

Moreover, according to Yan Guang's plan, China's entry into the war would be in 1915, and China would have almost completed the establishment of 110 divisions by then. And......... Europe is going to be in full swing, right?

Even if the Germans under their jurisdiction wanted to, they might not be able to go back, and at that time, their fate would not be in their own hands. So, just deal with this period of time for the time being.

"But it's really strange that the events in Sarajevo really happened as they did in history, and I remember that my arrival seems to have changed a lot of things, right?"

Thinking so, Yan Guang leaned back in his seat.

After coming to this era and changing many things, in order to avoid the Sarajevo incident not breaking out, Yan Guang actually thought about letting the people of the Military Intelligence Agency go to Europe for a business trip.

At the very least, to get rid of that 2b crown prince of Austria-Hungary and then blame the Serbs.

It's just that a yellow person is too conspicuous to go to Europe, even if he contacts with Serbian civil society organizations and provides some support.

In case someone really follows this line to check, it is difficult to say that it will not set himself on fire, so in the end, Yan Guang still gave up the idea of sending people from the Military Intelligence Agency to Europe on business, and then resigned himself to waiting for news from the European side―――――― fortunately, whether the European war happens or not, it is not harmful to Yan Guang.

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On July 20, in Europe, the quarrel between the Central and Entente powers had become more and more intense, and it seemed that the possibility of action had grown, and many European observers were lamenting that when this war began, that is, the end of Europe's golden age...

However, these have little to do with Yan Guang, because at this time, Yan Guang had just arrived in Fujian on a warship under the escort of the newly established Beiyang Navy.

Yan Guang came to Fujian not for anything else, but to participate in the launching ceremony of the "Qinghai Ship", the lead ship of the "Qinghai class" destroyer.

"But I didn't expect Wei Han and them to move so fast?"

As he stepped off the warship, Yan Guang greeted Sun Daoren, who had been transformed from an overseer into a governor, and said to Yue Chang.

In this regard, Yue Chang just smiled and said nothing.

During a visit to Fujian in June, Wei Han and Chen Zhaoqiang told Yan Guang that the Qinghai Ship, the lead ship of the "Qinghai class," would not be launched until at least August. However, the progress of the "Qinghai Ship" was much faster than expected, and it was completed at least ten days ahead of schedule.

When Chen Zhaoqiang, director of the Fuzhou Shipping Bureau, reported the news to Yan Guang by telegram, Yan Guang himself was stunned for a moment.

However, after being stunned, Yan Guang's heart was only happy, and when he received the telegram, he had already decided to leave for Fujian to watch the launching ceremony of the destroyer―――――― preparations for Shandong had almost been completed, and all that remained was to wait for the Allied and Allied powers to start a war, and the Wehrmacht in Shandong would take over Jiaozhou Bay and Qingdao Fortress from the Germans.

"President, the humble post has already prepared a banquet in the palace, I don't know?"

However, hearing Sun Daoren's invitation, Yan Guang just shook his head and said.

"Brother Hui'an, the situation has been a little tense recently, and I'm going back to Yanjing after watching the launching ceremony of the new ship, so it's better to skip the banquet..."

Although he was called by Yan Guang, who was more than thirty years younger than him, Sun Daoren did not dare to show the slightest displeasure on his face, and only nodded after listening to Yan Guang's words.

"Humble duty understands."

At this time, several soldiers had already driven a bulletproof Daimler car from the ship, and when they saw the car coming, Yan Guang smiled at Sun Daoren.

"Brother Hui'an, let's go, let's take a ride to the Harbour Administration Bureau together."

Looking at these two novel cars, Sun Daoren was only curious, and nodded again and again after listening to Yan Guang's words.

By the time the two of them walked towards the car, a team of more than a dozen people, consisting of the Guards, the Military Defense Bureau, and the Military Intelligence Bureau, had already surrounded Yan Guang and Sun Daoren, and then sent the two people into the car in a cluster.

Seeing such a posture, Sun Daoren, who was surrounded and walked into the car, was also a little wilted.

However, Yan Guang just smiled bitterly.

"It's a last resort..."

It is no wonder that Yan Guang would say this, after the Kuomintang defeated Beiyang and the Kuomintang, Beiyang is so good to say that except for a few veterans who retired to the Tianjin Concession, almost all the rest joined the newly established political axe, and many even joined the Kuomintang directly.

But the Kuomintang ...

Although after the Battle of Nanjing, Yan Guang was not disbanded like Yuan Shikai, nor did he want party leader Sun Yat-sen and others, let alone declare the Kuomintang an illegal organization―――――― after all, Yan Guang also needed a few organizations for vases, so many of the members of the National Assembly who had no real power were members of the Kuomintang.

It's just that although Yan Guang still allowed the Kuomintang to participate in the parliament, the future of the Kuomintang members was ruined, after all, the current parliament does not even have the slightest power.

Under such circumstances, quite a number of Kuomintang members who were unwilling to withdraw from the stage of history once again took up their old profession.

"Assassination..."

Of course, under the strict protection of the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Military Defense Bureau, the Kuomintang man with the bomb was already plugged by more than 30 guns before he could get close to Yan Guang, and they were all 11.43mm caliber Browning M1911 pistols...――――――

These assassinations once again confirmed the KMT's weak grip on the KMT.

Fortunately, the military and political dignitaries of the New Deal Axe are usually followed by guards, and generals like Wang Yaowu, Zhu Qinglan and Cai Ye have the configuration of a whole guard company. Of course, it's impossible to follow them all in normal times.

Therefore, in the assassination of the Kuomintang, people at the level of Wang Yaowu and Zhu Qinglan were almost fine, and only one of the generals at the level of major generals like Yin Changheng was unlucky enough to be slightly injured.

On the contrary, some officials of the political axe, because they usually go in and out of the urban area frequently, and they are not like the army generals, they all come out of the battlefield, so the probability of being won by the Kuomintang is relatively high, but the political axe officials who are succeeded are relatively low-level, and the highest one is only at the municipal level, which can be regarded as a great luck in misfortune.

Afterwards, Yan Guang did not dissolve the Kuomintang, because if he did so, those people in the Kuomintang would be even more uncontrollable without organization.

However, it was impossible not to react, and after the assassination, Yan Guang ordered the Military Intelligence Bureau to carry out a purge of the Kuomintang. All the suspected Kuomintang people were arrested, and similarly, taking advantage of this opportunity, Yan Guang also asked the Military Intelligence Bureau to attack some people who usually don't like it...

After the incident, not only were there fewer assassinations, but even there was less noise.

However, necessary precautions are still needed, especially after the recent Sarajevo incident, the security level of Yan Guang and some political leaders of the political axe army has been greatly improved.

Otherwise, Yan Guang would not have been able to come to Fujian, and even the car would have been brought over...

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The launching ceremony of the "Qinghai Ship" is very simple, that is, the ribbon is cut, the warship is launched, and then it is over after eating and drinking.

After the ceremony, Yan Guang also hurriedly returned to Yanjing by boat.

On July 28, negotiations between Germany and Great Britain, the Allies and the Entente formally broke down.

The European War, that is, the First World War, officially broke out.

After the outbreak of the war, he demanded that Germany return the leased land in Jiaozhou Bay in Shandong to China. Of course, before returning it to China, it must first be handed over to the capital, and after the end of the European war, it will be returned to China.

For this reason, he even set a time limit for Germany, declaring that if this time limit was exceeded, he would launch an attack on Qingdao.

After announcing this, Minister Yuben even went to Yan Guang and said quite "reservedly" that Yan Guang did not need to thank Yuben Zhengaxe.

It's just that when I was still complacent about this, on July 29, the day after the outbreak of the war, the [***] team assembled on the Shandong Peninsula drove directly into Jiaozhou Bay and took over the Qingdao fortress from the Germans...

This result made almost everyone dumbfounded...

(To be continued)