Chapter 336: Xiyuan Temple Gongwang
The battle in northern Burma is strictly a border conflict, but any sensitive person will smell something unusual, it is a conflict between the old China and the world hegemon, and even the war is an important sign that China is beginning to break free from its shackles and the old powers are beginning to decline, which is already an irreversible situation.
It can be said that the conflict in northern Myanmar is changing the pattern of the world, and the United States and other countries that grew rapidly in World War I can see the weakness of the so-called hegemon of Britain through the conflict between China and Britain.
And for China's domestic shock is even more amazing, China is finally able to rise, dare to use force to maintain its power, and the front-line battlefield is still very good, good news is frequent, Zhu Qinglan commanded the army has surrounded 30,000 British and Indian troops in Myitkyina, and the British reinforcements were blocked out of Bamo, now Myitkyina is in danger, China has undoubtedly achieved the advantage of war.
Since the Chinese can defeat the British, can those concessions in the country still exist, the people of Yucheng, Hankou, Guangzhou and other places have long cut off the supply of the concessions, and they were originally able to rely on the ocean to buy some hooligan groups to help traffic some materials, and the British Yangtze River fleet was also mobilized, although the concession was not doing well, but it could still be maintained, but as China's advantages in Burma became more and more obvious, China's Yangtze River patrol fleet also made a big move, and any Chinese ships that dared to deliver materials to the concession were all seized, At the same time, there were several confrontations with the British fleet, and the situation between the two sides became more and more tense.
Although the Chinese Yangtze River Fleet only has some shallow water gunboats, both tonnage and artillery have disadvantages, but the Yangtze River Fleet has one of the biggest advantages, that is, air cover, in the face of the British [***] ship Chinese fleet did not back down, the two sides were tense, once to the brink of war, but in the end Britain still chose to retreat.
The commander of the fleet, Tang Qianming, won the victory of the confrontation, and Jiujiang, as the base of the Yangtze River Fleet, was already jubilant at this time, and the whole city was setting off firecrackers to celebrate the victory of the confrontation.
With the retreat of the British Yangtze River fleet, the existence of the concession has entered the countdown, who knows that the first person to come to negotiate is actually said himself, and he is also a big man, it is the last patriarch of the West Garden Temple, this old guy just participated in the Paris Peace Conference some time ago, in the peace conference is just the West Garden Temple Gongwang strictly abides by his duty, only cares about the Far East itself, and does not say a word about the European order, of course, the interests of the Far East are not the slightest concession, and add a lot of points to the political axe.
Ordinary things will definitely not alarm this old guy, after he saw the report on the Russian Far East, for those countless resources, the old thing was completely moved, resources are a curse for the industrialization of this book, if you can swallow the Far East in one gulp, it is definitely a super big tonic pill, due to the special identity, Xiyuan Temple Gongwang took the way of secret visits, only brought some capable entourage, and met with Qiao Yu and the two of them in Wuchang!
"Mr. Saionji, I heard that your country is going to confer on you the title of duke, which is the emperor's recognition of your outstanding merits, and I am really gratifying!" Qiao Yu smiled and greeted the old man who was almost old, although Xiyuan Temple Gongwang claimed to be a liberal politician in the world, opposed to the deification of the emperor, and also opposed to the road of fascism, but now he is still a virtue in essence, and he is the same as China's greed, so although Qiao Yu has a smile on his face, he does not have too much awe, as if he is not a bigwig in the political arena in front of him, but just an ordinary bad old man.
Since the outbreak of World War I, China has undergone earth-shaking changes, its industrial strength has increased rapidly, and it has sent troops to play a prestige in Europe, and now it is challenging the authority of Britain and recovering the concession, and the leader of all this is the young man in front of him, a young man who is not yet thirty years old, and he has just entered the political arena at this age, and at that time he had not won the Sino-Japanese War, and he was still in the shadow of China, and suddenly the times have changed. I've become an old man.
"Qiao Jun, your country's actions in northern Myanmar are completely correct, and this political axe greatly appreciates this decisive action to recover sovereignty, which will give China great moral support, we are all yellow people, and the common enemy is the white race, they covet our wealth and want to enslave the whole world, we must unite!"
"Haha, the patriarch of Xiyuan Temple, Yuben has already achieved national reading power, is there any wealth in the hands of Caucasians, if wealth is said, it is all Chinese, and it has nothing to do with Yuben?"
Qiao Yu knows very well that he can never be polite to these people, and there is no need for this kind of secret talks, and now he has to ask for himself, and he is not worried about the collapse of the talks between the two sides, and Qiao Yu is very dissatisfied with the attitude of Xiyuan Temple to talk about people, although white people are not things, but I have any good intentions, I am afraid that they are the most covetous of China.
"Qiao Jun, China said that the two countries are friendly neighbors, China suffers, and I feel the same way, your attitude is really inappropriate, besides, I am more than twice your age, shouldn't I be polite to the elderly?" Xiyuan Temple Gongwang is a political veteran of Yueben, and the power in his hands is amazing, if it weren't for the long-term interests of Yueben, he wouldn't have come all the way to China, and now he naturally has a feeling of being on top, and he is obviously very dissatisfied with Qiao Yu's attitude.
"Patriarch of Xiyuan Temple, we represent our own national interests, if you really want to improve relations between China and China, you should return Shandong to China!"
Xiyuan Temple Gongwang didn't expect Qiao Yu to be so disregarded about his face, and suddenly he was speechless, Shandong is the power that he finally got from the Paris Peace Conference, how could he be willing to spit it out now, and the negotiations between the two people suddenly fell into a stalemate.
After a stalemate, Qiao Yu smiled slightly and said: "Your Excellency, when you come to China, what you want to talk about is nothing more than the issue of resources in the Far East, we might as well be open and honest, let go of the dispute for the time being, we seek common ground while reserving differences, and reach a cooperation agreement on the Far East issue first!" ”
This is the main purpose of the Xiyuan Temple Gongwang to come to China, after careful study of the Far East, they believe that the resources of the Far East are the key to helping the Far East to become a strong country, so they must try their best to get the Far East, no matter what the price is worthwhile, and if you want to occupy and develop the Far East, you can't do without China, and now Qiao Yu is the most powerful force in China, it is absolutely necessary to reach an agreement with him.
"Qiao Jun, seeking common ground while reserving differences is a very good idea, the political axe is willing to hand over all the power of the Middle East Road to China, and China should also send troops with the political axe to intervene in the Russian civil war, support a White Russian political axe in the Far East, and then assist the political axe of the Far East to develop the resources of the Far East!"
"Mr. Senator, if this is the case, China will choose to cooperate with Russia and drive the intervention army out of Russia!"
"Qiao Jun, what do you mean by that?"
"Hmph, Mr. Senator, the conditions you gave are too inappropriate, the Outer Northeast, east of the Ussuri River, Boli, Vladivostok and other places are China's inherent territory, which was seized by Russia, and now these territories should be returned to China, and the rest is what Yuben can control, and China will definitely not help Yuben occupy China's territory!"
Xiyuan Temple also knew that his price was a bit low, but this was a sky-high asking price, but as soon as he heard that Qiao Yu actually wanted to take back all the territories originally occupied by Russia, then there was nothing left, the more than one million square kilometers of land occupied by Russia were all in the south, and the climate was barely suitable, and it would be too difficult to develop further north!
"Qiao Jun, it's too inappropriate to assign it like this, you must know that China has no ability to recover these territories at present, and it still has to rely on the army of Yuben!"
"Mr. Senator, I want to tell you a good news, China's new patrol envoy of the three eastern provinces, General Zhang Zuolin, has led the [***] team, crossed the Heilongjiang River, liberated Hailan Pao, I believe that soon the [***] team will drive the Russians out of this land, if the side does not take action, I am afraid it will be too late!"
Xiyuan Temple Gongwang was also surprised at this time, there were spies everywhere in the Northeast, why didn't he find anything, and let Zhang Zuolin succeed, it was a strange thing, but Qiao Yu didn't deceive himself on this issue, it seems that he really had to take action.
"Qiao Jun, we said that this empire let go of your two warships in a benevolent manner, if Qiao Jun is still so unwilling to cooperate on the issue of the Far East, he will not allow himself to be deceived!"
Xiyuan Temple Gongwang took out his ugly face again, tore off his moral face, and began to threaten with force!
"Your Excellency, safeguarding China's territorial interests is the accusation of all Chinese people, there is no room for negotiation on the issue of sovereignty, of course, under the premise of sovereignty determination, we can carry out more flexible economic cooperation, the Far East is still very large, in addition to the Outer Northeast, there are too many resources, if you miss this opportunity, you will regret it for life!"
Xiyuan Temple Gongwang's face was cloudy, and there was a burst of essence in his eyes, not at all like an ancient old man.
"Qiao Jun, Vladivostok must be completely open to Yuben as a free port, Sakhalin Island must also be owned by Yuben, and China must provide food and other material support to Yuben to help Yuben gain a firm foothold in the Far East!"
"Absolutely, but only if we can successfully tear Russia apart, if we can't stop the majority of the party's forces, our ideas will be all empty talk, we have to move quickly, Kolchak won't last long. In addition, it is better to withdraw the concessions of Yucheng and Hankou as soon as possible, otherwise China will use its own methods to get them back, which can be regarded as a sign of sincerity in cooperation. ”
Xiyuan Temple Gongwang had a gloomy face, losing the concession is equivalent to losing the bridgehead for infiltration into China, the old thing is a hundred unwilling, but the situation of White Russia is indeed not very good, if White Russia is defeated, then Yue Ben will have to face the majority of the party's army alone, and if he does not hand over the concession, Qiao Yu, the warlord leader, will definitely not cooperate with Yu Ben sincerely, so he has to agree to this condition.
(To be continued)