At this time, the United States threw out the proposal of peace talks, and there was absolutely no good intention, and now the United States is competing with Britain in an attempt to take over the leadership of the world, and the European region has been carved up by the Paris Peace Conference, and there is nothing left for the United States, and now the world's largest chessboard is in the Far East.

A conflict breaks out between China and China, and if China and China continue to fight, once one side falls completely, a giant will rise in the Far East, and whether it is China or China, it is possible to share the Pacific Ocean equally with the United States, which the United States absolutely does not want to see, and if China says that both sides lose, then the situation will be even worse, and Soviet Russia will take advantage of the situation to become bigger, and the United States has only one fulcrum in the Asia-Pacific region, the Philippines, and it cannot compete with Russia at all, and will even be taken by Britain.

Moreover, now that the United States is facing the post-war depression, it also needs all countries to maintain appropriate stability, so that they can have the ability to consume American industrial products, and the Far East cannot be ruined.

It can be said that this attitude of the United States is very strong, and then Secretary of State Hughes was sent to East Asia to mediate; as a major figure in the United States after the president, it is obvious that he attaches great importance to the Far East issue and also reflects the determination of the United States to win.

Qiao Yu has long had the idea of controlling the scale of the war, so he expressed great sincerity for the mediation of the United States, agreed to suspend the attack on Qingdao, and allowed the merchant ships to supply Qingdao by sea, of course, China will not really let him have a good time, Qiao Yu relaxed the offensive in Qingdao, but increased the intensity of the northeast troops, most of the newly completed training divisions have been transferred to the three eastern provinces and the Beijing-Tianjin region, Qingdao is just a dead place for Yueben, China wants to take it when it wants, when it will take it, And the three eastern provinces, which have been run by the army for a long time, are the real dangerous places.

A large number of well-equipped squadrons were deployed in Shanhaiguan, Shenyang, Liaoyang and other places, and Qiao Yu also transferred Lu Han's tank division to Hailan Pao, in order to prevent the army in the Far East from entering the Northeast, in the black soil, Qiao Yu deployed a total of more than 200,000 soldiers, and they are all the essence of China, Qiao Yu knows very well that if he wants to start a full-scale war, he can only attack the Northeast through the Korean Peninsula, and then threaten Yanjing, or take the old road of the First Sino-Japanese War, and it is impossible to go in other directions.

Qiao Yu set up the Northeast Military Region in Shenyang, appointed Wang Huai as the commander-in-chief, Xu Shuzheng as the chief of the general staff, under the jurisdiction of five divisions of the first type, three divisions of the second type, in addition to a large number of air force units, mainly responsible for the security of the three eastern provinces, once the war broke out, this army to quickly seize the South Manchurian railway, and at the same time deal with the Kwantung Army, as well as the reinforcements from the Korean side.

In addition, the Far Eastern Military Region was established in the Outer Northeast, Zhang Zuolin was appointed commander-in-chief, and Wu Tong was appointed chief of staff.

However, at this time, the country is mired in controversy, and the faction of the main war wants to start a complete war with China, and does not have to care about the ideas of the international community at all; just like the First Sino-Japanese War, this faction has completely interrupted China's modernization process by virtue of the war, and it can be said that this faction has received a high degree of support from the military department of the country.

The other faction advocates that the views of the great powers should not be ignored, and that the army and air force are not ready, and the navy has suffered heavy losses, and that an all-out war with China at this time is a blind act, especially since the empire has to compete with the United States for power in the Pacific Ocean, and at the same time has a large number of interests in the Russian Far East, which is nothing more than reckless behavior, and the main supporters of this faction are the political axe.

The two factions fell into a fierce controversy, at this time, although the military department is very powerful, but there is still a certain power in the political axe, especially now that the patriarch of Yama Prefecture Youpeng is still there, everyone knows that everything has to wait for the decision of this old man, and he can only be a puppet in the mental state of Emperor Taisho.

At this time, Shan Shan Youpeng also fell into an unprecedented contradiction, and his intuition told him that he must firmly suppress such a huge enemy as China, and not give China any chance, and now he should completely interrupt China's industrialization process with a big victory.

"China is really a strange country, throughout his history three hundred years is a reincarnation, after being ruled by the Manchu Qing for three hundred years, those people have been completely numb, the country is also fragmented, it stands to reason that there will be no decades of time will not be restored to unity, this is the best opportunity for the empire, just like the Manchurians back then, the Prancing Horse Central Plains, dominating the world, but in less than ten years they actually reunited, and they also have a huge industrial base, as if it was a dream, I can't believe it!"

Xiyuan Temple Gongwang quietly listened to the emotion of Youpeng in Shanxian County, as the only veteran who could compete with Shanxian County, at this time he gave up the previous dispute, and at the critical moment he still needed a voice!

"It's all up to your ruling, if there is a need to go to war against China, we will gamble on the fortunes of the country again, and I will support you absolutely and unconditionally!"

The muddy old eyes of Shan County looked at the Gongwang of Xiyuan Temple, and then shook his head firmly, "Xiyuan Temple-kun, the Great Empire is a small country, and it is also a small country in the gap between several big countries, although we must have the courage to break the cauldron and sink the boat, but we must have enough wisdom to do it, and we can't do it brutally!" ”

After Shanxian said this, the public hope of Xiyuan Temple secretly breathed a sigh of relief, the old guy is not allowed to fight, it is true that he is not ready at this time, the people of China have partially come to the forefront of the book in the field of military technology, and the price paid for the war is too great, and the United States and Britain control the resources of the book, and what the book needs is an opportunity!

Shan Shan pondered for a while, and then said slowly: "The resources of the Far East must be obtained quickly, within five years the empire must surpass China in terms of technology, and within ten years it must launch a war to destroy China, if it can't be done, there will be no hope of victory for the empire!" ”

After the old thing finished speaking, he lowered his eyelids again, and said nothing, he had reached the end of his life, and he had no hope of seeing who would win and who would lose between China and Yueben, and the statement of Youpeng in Shan County was very important for the two factions, and the voice of the peace talks finally overwhelmed the voice of the main battle faction, and Yueben issued a statement expressing his acceptance of the mediation of the United States, and at the same time he also sent harsh words to China, and began to recruit a large number of troops in the country, sending two divisions to North Korea, The Combined Fleet also sent some warships equipped with anti-aircraft fire to rush into Chinese waters.

After Qiao Yu and Jiang Baili received the information from the other side, they couldn't help but let go of their hanging hearts.

"Prime Minister, this time this time the increase in troops to North Korea is just to cover the troops in the Far East, and the dispatch of the navy looks violent, but the ship is not sent to the waters of Shandong, but the warship is sent to the mouth of the Yangtze River, nominally to threaten our trade routes, but in essence, the book is already weak-hearted, dare not fight with us, as the saying goes, the tiger does not bite, the mountain county has friends are too old, and there is no courage to choose war, it is the sadness of the book to be controlled by such an old guy!"

"The sorrow of this book is our good thing, if we really go to war this time, we can only play with our lives, but wait until the next time, even if this book wants to stop fighting, I may not be willing to do it!"

Sooner or later, China will decide who is the master of the Far East, this is a fateful duel, which cannot be changed, but time is more advantageous for China!

"In the next five years, China will establish a complete coastal defense system, and will start construction of our aircraft carriers, and submarines will be the most important thing, and we will design and build our submarines according to Germany's U-boats, and the number of submarines will be more than 20, and we will also make great efforts in the air force to increase the number of air force planes to more than 1,500, so as to ensure that the navy will no longer be able to show off its might in our territorial waters!"

The Chinese side is in full swing to plan for the next step, and US Secretary of State Hughes has also crossed the ocean to Tokyo, and after some secret talks with him, Hughes has issued an invitation to the Chinese side, and Hughes is preparing to hold a conference on peace talks in Tokyo!

Obviously, the venue of the meeting was chosen in Tokyo, to take care of the face of the book, I am afraid that there is still some collusion between the book and the United States, Qiao Yu sees these imperialist countries very clearly, there are no friends at all, and there is no friendship, in the face of entanglement of interests, the United States can easily start an arms race with the United Kingdom, which has the same roots and species, let alone China, but Qiao Yu is not worried, the exchange of interests between the United States and the United States should be more directed to Britain than China.

Although only China and the United States participated, this time it could already be regarded as a rehearsal for the Washington Conference, and the United States began to postpone the role of international mediator, a role that was assumed by Britain in the past, and it was with the help of this meeting that the United States demonstrated its strength and also made arrangements in the Far East.

Hughes seemed mild-mannered, utterly gentlemanly, and as mediator he was the first to speak.

"The US political axe is extremely concerned about the situation in the Far East, and expresses great regret over the conflict that broke out between China and China in the Qingdao area, and we earnestly hope that peace can be restored in the Far East, and that the people of China and China will no longer shed blood, and that there is any problem that cannot be solved through peaceful negotiations!"

"Your Excellency, I very much agree with you, the world has just experienced a tragic war, tens of millions of people have died, I think there is no one in the world today who does not desire peace, but as you said, the war took place in Shandong, which is China's sacred territory, just above the Paris Peace Conference, China suffered unfair treatment, Shandong was stolen, this is simply a mistake, the Chinese volunteers, inspired by the great national enthusiasm, took up arms to expel the aggressors is a completely just action, The present side must clearly recognize the reality and withdraw from China's territory, and only in this way can peace be restored! ”

Hearing Gu Weijun's words, not only Yasuya Uchida, but also Hughes almost vomited a mouthful of old blood, equipped with planes and tanks, and able to sink battleships, if it is not a ghost of the Chinese regular army, but it is also the elite of the elite, but in international exchanges, it is this fig leaf that is important, China is currently in the name of the volunteers, otherwise China can only formally declare war, and there is no way out.

Yasuya Uchida said with a gloomy face: "It is said that the acquisition of the rights and interests of Qingdao by this empire is completely agreed by the Paris Peace Conference, and an international consensus has been reached, which cannot be changed!" ”

"International consensus? If I remember correctly, the United States of America did not ratify the treaty, how can this be considered an international consensus? ”

(To be continued)