"It's finally time to wait, let's go, let's go to Minister Gu!!"

Hearing that he wanted to talk peacefully, Yan Guang seemed very excited, and directly pulled Yue Chang up and walked outside. To be honest, Yan Guang has been waiting for this news for a long time.

For this war, the most ideal result in Yan Guang's mind is not to completely annihilate the remnants of more than 70,000 troops on the Shandong Peninsula—————— of course, it is not that Yan Guang does not want to do this, but he can't do it.

If the more than 70,000 Yue troops in Shandong can be annihilated, it will naturally be the best, as long as this matter can be done, Yan Guang's reputation in China will definitely be as good as Zhongtian. At that time, no matter what kind of opposition it is, I am afraid that it will not be able to shake Yan Guang's position. And if Yan Guang wants to, even if he is in the position of president for seventy or eighty consecutive terms, it will be no problem.

After all, more than 70,000 troops were annihilated, including more than 100,000 of the previous ones, and such a feat has not appeared for a long time in China's nearly 100-year history.

It's just that although such an achievement is tempting, Yan Guang can't do it.

It's not that I don't want to, but I can't... Although now in Shandong, the more than 70,000 remnants of the expeditionary force have been suppressed by Cai Yi in Huangxian, and they are about to be pushed to Longkou Bay to feed the fish. But this does not mean that there is no threat to China, in terms of comprehensive national strength, it is always higher than China, especially his own powerful navy... Now the war situation is limited to Shandong, because the original target was only Shandong, and the British did not allow Yue Ben to expand their sphere of influence in China, so the boundary drawn for Yue himself was also Shandong.

If, in the course of the war, even if they lost, as long as their losses were still within the scope of bearing, perhaps the restrictions drawn by the British would still be effective, and he would still be willing to obey the wishes of Britain, the boss of the Entente.

After all, as a member of the Entente and a backward country among the great powers, there are still many things to learn from Britain and other predecessors.

But if Yan Guang really wiped out the more than 70,000 remnants of Shandong, then after suffering such a huge loss, he may not be willing to follow the boundaries drawn by the British.

After all, what is now in Shandong is not a division or a brigade, but more than 100,000 people from five divisions and regiments. Although there are only more than 70,000 people left among the more than 100,000 people, they are still five of the 19 standing divisions.

If you really let these more than 70,000 remnants of the army be wiped out, and if you have to remove five of these 19 divisions and regiments at a time, then the surname of the person who is not annoyed and ashamed is definitely less than 0.

Of course, if it is land, then it doesn't matter if I am annoyed and angry, the great thing is to have another eight-year war of resistance, which happens to be synchronized with the European war. What's more, the current Kuomintang is not as good as the KMT of the past, and the Kuomintang of the past China has not yet been reunified, and although the current Kuomintang is still short, it is basically the same except for special areas like Outer Mongolia.

In addition, the strength of the National Socialist Party is definitely stronger than that of KMT 20 years from now, and he himself is not as crazy as he will be 20 years from now. If it's just land, it's not impossible to win.

But... I wouldn't be so stupid to shake you land? said that if I was really so stupid, the First Wu —————— forget it, let alone the First Wu Dynasty, just think that in that situation, as long as it is a slightly powerful country, I am afraid that it can win the Manchu Qing.

Let's talk about Russia, if I was really that stupid, I would not have won the Russo-Russian War—————— although the final winner was the British.

Promote strengths and avoid weaknesses, this truth is clear even to children, and it is impossible for me not to be unclear.

Since the possibility of the army taking China is very small, then the navy, which has suffered heavy losses but still has a strong strength, can... If the Wehrmacht's army is still very strong, then the navy can only be a scum compared to himself. After all, the warship with the largest tonnage in the navy at present is also a 4,300-ton Haiqi ship built only in the last century, and the second place is the Jinghai warship, which has a displacement of only more than 3,000 tons, although its combat effectiveness is higher than that of the Haiqi ship—————— and this ship is still in sea trials and will not be able to serve within the year.

As long as he wishes, the Navy, which still retains a large number of battleships and first-class cruisers, and even the latest type of battle cruisers, can completely attack the coast of China at will..."Hainan, Guangzhou, Fujian, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Shandong, and even Tianjin..."

These places may become the target of his attack, and now that the strength of the Chinese Navy is now, I am afraid that the Navy may not be able to keep even the most important Fuzhou Ship Administration... And if I came, I didn't necessarily leave with two cannons, but if one or two divisions followed... With more than 18,000 kilometers of coastline, how many troops are needed to defend it?

At that time, I am afraid that it will be useless for the British to come forward, not to mention that the British may not come forward yet. After all, the British are still playing with Germany's high seas fleet, and they themselves are also allies of Britain. If I really play big at this time, the British may not really care.

As for the Americans? Now the United States is still making a fortune in silence.

And although the United States does not like this, it may not really dare to come forward to confront it, after all, the navy still has quite strong strength... So it's best if the war ends at this time...—————————— "Brother Shaochuan!! ”

Seeing Gu Weijun waiting in the office, Yan Guang stepped forward and waved his hand with a smile.

"President, you're here..."

Saying that, Gu Weijun said to a person next to him.

"Go, get a glass of juice for the president, I want it frozen!"

"Yes!"

The man nodded and left the office, while Gu Weijun greeted him, and then led Yan Guang to his seat.

"Come, President, please be seated."

Yan Guang was unceremonious, and sat directly on the seat, while Gu Weijun sat beside him.

"Really, I think I like to drink juice..."

"Yes, hehe..."Gu Weijun smiled. Now don't talk about the political axe, even outside, and even abroad, many people know that our new president of China does not like to drink, tea or coffee, but likes to drink juice! ”

"yes," Yan Guang nodded. That's all I have in my life..."

"It's a hobby, now a little better tea and coffee are worth a lot of money, and even more so is good wine, you love and juice, President, you can just leave a lot of money..."

"What you said seems to be Song Dinghan..."

After sighing for a while, Yan Guang continued.

"By the way, you informed me that there has been a message from Ben and you want to talk to us, right?"

"That's right." Gu Weijun nodded. "Minister Zhiyi has just come, of course, he didn't say that he wanted peace talks, he just said that he wanted to negotiate with us in Shandong, but depending on what he meant in private, it is estimated that there will be peace talks..."

"These little books just want to save face." Yan Guang sneered. "Playing like that in Shandong, I still want to save face."

As he spoke, Yan Guang glanced at Gu Weijun who was sitting next to him.

When the New Deal was established, the main candidate for foreign minister was originally Lu Zhengxiang.

This point has been almost universally recognized.

The reason is simple, Lu Zhengxiang has a lot of diplomatic experience. In 1906, Lu Zhengxiang was promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to the Netherlands. After the republican revolution in 1912, at the request of President Yuan Shikai, he returned to China from the post of ambassador to Russia to serve as Minister of Foreign Affairs, and promoted the reform of China's modern diplomatic institutions, changing the "Ministry of Foreign Affairs" of the Qing Dynasty to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Of course, Lu Zhengxiang also has a competitor, that is, Wu Tingfang, but although Wu Tingfang now holds the post of member of the National Assembly, but for many reasons, especially for an extremely important reason, the position of foreign minister in the end is still missed by him—————— at least in the eyes of others.

It's just that just when the world thought that Lu Zhengxiang would eventually serve as foreign minister, the candidate for the post of foreign minister surprised the world.

Because the one who finally became the foreign minister was a young man who was extremely inconspicuous compared with Lu Zhengxiang and Wu Tingfang.

But in the end, it was an inconspicuous young man who became the foreign minister.

said that Gu Weijun was inconspicuous because although Gu Weijun had married Tang Shaoyi's daughter Tang Baoyue at this time, until the beginning of 1914, he was just a counselor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. And it is this position, or because of Tang Shaoyi's relationship. And Gu Weijun at this time was only in his 20s.

Of course, if history continues, then it will not be long before Gu Weijun will be promoted to minister of Mexico in July 1914, and in October, he will be promoted to minister of the United States again.

This can be regarded as a smooth progress, of course, what can make Gu Weijun rise to the top, in addition to his ability, I am afraid it is also related to the fact that he is Tang Shaoyi's son-in-law.

In fact, after choosing Gu Weijun as the foreign minister, many people thought that Yan Guang was looking at Tang Shaoyi's face.

It is true that Tang Shaoyi's face is very big, but Yan Guang really doesn't think much of Tang Shaoyi's face. Yan Guanghui chose Gu Weijun, a young man in his 20s, to be the foreign minister, completely because he took a fancy to his ability... Ability is the most important thing... It's just that Gu Weijun is too young after all, and although Gu Weijun became the Minister of Foreign Affairs with the support of Yan Guang, the criticism of Gu Weijun inside and outside the political axe is not the slightest bit.

Fortunately, Gu Weijun himself has outstanding ability, and after so many times, he has been in an orderly manner in handling foreign affairs, which has calmed down a lot of criticism, and also made Yan Guang feel that he did not choose the wrong person.

—————————— in Gu Weijun's office, Yan Guang and Gu Weijun had a detailed conversation.

Afterwards, Gu Weijun, who had received Yan Guang's permission, met with Yu Zhiyi several times, and began to negotiate for the follow-up instructions.

Of course, during the interview, he was always emphasized.

"This is a negotiation, not a peace !!"

Gu Weijun didn't take it seriously, after all, this kind of thing is nothing to be serious.

Forget about listening to things like this, anyway, people in the world can see clearly as long as they have eyes, not to mention that the most important thing in this kind of thing is real benefits, and only real benefits are the most important.

In this way, when the sound of artillery on the Shandong battlefield was still shocking, Gu Weijun and Yue Zhiyi also began to make initial contact.

At first, I was going to choose Tokyo as the venue for the negotiations.

Of course, this is absolutely unacceptable, after all, it went to other people's land. If Gu Weijun is the posture of a winner, it would be good to say in the past, in that case, I would not dare to do any tricks. But now that it is a peace talk, if you really go to Yuben, you will definitely suffer.

So in the end, Gu Weijun proposed to be in Shanghai..."Shanghai?! ”

When I learned that the negotiation venue was in Shanghai, although there was no quarrel within the Okuma cabinet—————— who carried the black pot was a big deal, after all, whose political life was "clicked" on whose body the black pot was carried. As for others, the Okuma cabinet must have fallen, but in a few years, when the people have forgotten, those minor figures may not be able to return to power.

This is also the reason why Shigenobu Okuma and the others are still arguing, and there are three main parties in the quarrel, the politicians of Okuma Shigenobu, the army side of Okaichi Nosuke, and the navy side of Yashiro Rokuro.

It's just that although these three parties are still arguing, when they learned that Gu Weijun proposed that the negotiation location was in Shanghai, they were quite unanimous.

"No way!"

It's a pity that what they said doesn't count, after learning of Yue Zhiyi's opposition conditions, Yan Guang didn't let Gu Weijun continue to entangle with Yue Zhiyi, but just asked Cai Yi to advance the front of the National Defense Army a few kilometers, and by the way, let the temple Zhengyi drop one or two thousand corpses... The next day, not yet the next day, but at about 11 o'clock in the night, Yue Zhiyi had already rushed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by car and asked to meet with Gu Weijun, who was staying up late to make preparations.

There is no way, although within the Okuma cabinet, neither Okuma Shigenobu nor Okaichi Nosuke do not want peace talks in Shanghai. But now there are more than 70,000 Japanese soldiers in Huangxian County who are serving as hostages there, and Okuma believes that they can continue to oppose it, but the surnames of the more than 70,000 Japanese soldiers are... Of course, Okuma Shigenobu and they can also urgently dispatch ships to pick up the Huangxian Expeditionary Force, anyway, the strength of the Chinese Navy is too much... Moreover, now the Wehrmacht Air Force has been completely crippled because of too many losses in the past. If he were to have a "Huang Kele," at least at sea and in the air, there would be no obstacles.

It's just more than 70,000 troops, but it's not more than 7,000 troops.

If it is more than 7,000 troops, it can be loaded on the ship and then directly transported back to the capital, but if there are more than 70,000 troops... The more than 70,000 troops are almost equivalent to three fully equipped divisions, and no matter how fast they are, it will take at least two to three days to complete the withdrawal. After all, it's not the afterlife, and now there are not even professional landing craft

(To be continued)