Less than a decade earlier, a pair of robbers had started a war in the northeast in order to compete for Chinese territory, and the Manchus declared neutrality; Now there are two more robbers who have started a war for Shandong, and the political axe of the Republic of China still chooses neutrality, from the Manchu Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, what is the difference!

Shao Piaoping waved a large pen in the newsletter, violently criticizing the inaction of the political axe of the Republic of China, and at the same time trying his best to show the atrocities of Yueben in Shandong, which was reprinted by major newspapers one after another, and at the same time sent his own reporters to go deep into Shandong to conduct battlefield investigations.

Yu Wenxin, a reporter from the Republic of China Daily, secretly infiltrated the war zone, took a large number of photos recording the atrocities of the newspaper, and collected the testimonies of many victims, some of whom were peasants whose houses were burned down, some landlords whose grain was looted, and girls who were victimized.

And when Yu Wenxin was about to take these things out, he was unfortunately caught by Yu himself, and Cao of the army searched for these things from the backpack on Yu Wenxin's body, and he suddenly jumped like thunder, pointed to the photo, and asked Yu Wenxin loudly, "Are you doing this!" ”

"You did it!" Yu Wenxin was also angry, he even forgot his fear: "You said that I did it myself, I just recorded it, it was all done by you beast-faced beasts!" ”

Annoyed and angry, Cao Jiang Wenxin was killed on the spot, but the atrocities of the book were recorded by British reporters, who were originally going to cover how the British captured Qingdao, but after seeing this situation, the British reporters were also shocked by the tyranny of the British themselves, although Britain and the company were allies, but the British reporters could not accept this cruel act, they managed to get the evidence collected by Yu Wenxin, and then wrote all the beginning and end of the case and published it in the newspaper.

Suddenly, the atrocities of the Republic of China caused a huge shock in the world, the Chinese press, the education circles, and the business circles, all of them, the Republic of China newspaper continued to publish articles to mourn Yu Wenxin, and at the same time pointed the finger at the book, even the British people had a fever on their faces, they called themselves gentlemen, and they became allies with such a beast as the book, which simply disgraced the glory of the empire.

The shaking in China was even greater, with students on strike, businessmen on strike, workers on strike, and the whole country boycotting goods.

Chinese politicians are still a little at a loss for the wave of protests that have swept China, they never thought that such a large-scale protest movement would take place in China, thousands of students in Yanjing City took to the streets together, and various businesses fully cooperated, and all kinds of activities in China seemed to have stopped in an instant.

With the end of the Battle of the Marne and the Battle of Tennanburg on the Eastern Front, neither of the two camps had the possibility of a quick victory, and they were bogged down in trench warfare and could not extricate themselves.

Now Europe is burning lives all the time, are consuming materials, this huge consumption will inevitably make the Entente begin to frantically purchase materials, the spring of the business world is coming, just to do a big job, get rid of the predicament brought about by the Russo-Russian War, but the book suddenly found that China, as the main raw material base of the city, began to strike, and the source of raw materials was cut off in an instant.

This situation is the consequence of the disaster for the manufacturing industry of the book, and suddenly the high-level of the political axe hurriedly discussed countermeasures, at this time Qiao Yu was also taken aback by the sudden movement, this is simply the May Fourth Movement that came in advance, Qiao Yu hurriedly found all the high-level officials of the Sichuan political axe, and discussed the countermeasures together.

"Dashuai, the student movement is certainly worthy of sympathy, but now that the Entente is even more powerful, the most important thing is that President Yuan Da will definitely not be able to withstand the pressure of the British and the British to join forces, I think we can only manage Sichuan, don't mix this kind of thing!" Wang Chengji put forward his own opinion, and several people also nodded their heads, seemingly agreeing with this view.

Zhang Lan interjected at this time: "Zhugong, now the students have taken to the streets for the dignity of the country, and the workers and businessmen have also taken action, if we as officials can't give strong support to the students, are we still worthy of our own identity, we are in charge of the Shandong issue, we should fight for the dignity of the country on the basis of reason, I suggest that the Sichuan political axe immediately contact other provinces to form a joint force to put pressure on Yuan Shikai and let the central political axe come forward to negotiate the Shandong issue, Didn't I send troops in the name of occupying Shandong and then handing it over to China, and now how can I help China recover Shandong with such atrocities, this is just a deception, and we will expose this behavior and regain the sovereignty of Shandong! ”

The Minister of Education seemed to be sitting on the side of the students, gearing up to do a big job, and Chief of Staff Wu Tong also spoke: "Marshal, now the people's support is available, Britain is doing its best to deal with the threat from Germany, the biggest hope is that the Far East is stable, can provide Britain with a steady stream of resources, and now his atrocities have made Chinese commerce almost stagnant, and it is also a huge threat to Britain, they must now complain that the two powers will not really cooperate, I think it is completely possible to take too much toughness to force Yueben to submit, even if it can't regain the sovereignty of Shandong, it will also hit Yuben's commercial interests! ”

Qiao Yu listened to everyone's opinions, thought about it carefully, and said to Wang Dongcheng: "Minister Wang, you are now looking for Britain and France to transfer the original German shares in the trading company to Britain and France, as the main trading enterprise in Sichuan to supply goods to the Entente, and then cut the ore and pig iron provided by Hanyang Iron Works by 30%!" ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately understood Qiao Yu's plan, this is to use economic means to deal with the isolation of Yueben, give benefits to Britain first, and undoubtedly be able to divide Britain and Yueben, and then reduce the supply of iron ore This move is absolutely ruthless to the extreme.

Steel is the basis of everything, without the supply of iron ore, the manufacturing industry is bound to be greatly affected, the British side has ordered a large number of merchant ships from the company, now the supply of steel is insufficient, I see how to deliver on time, if it cannot be delivered on time, it will be a fatal blow to the manufacturing industry.

The suppression of this book is undoubtedly to buy time for Sichuan's industry, and everyone nodded in agreement with Qiao Yu's measures and immediately handled it separately!

The battle on the outskirts of Qingdao has become more and more intense, and Kamio Mitsutomi has been reprimanded by the political axe of the people, asking him to quickly end the battle against Qingdao and avoid a wider range of opposition to the city, and Kamio Mitsutomi has no choice but to work hard, mobilize all the soldiers, rely on the advantage of numbers, launch crowd tactics, meat and egg offensives, and remove all the obstacles on the periphery of Qingdao, and pave the way forward with blood.

"Chief Wu, these people are really playing with their lives, I'm afraid Qingdao won't last long if it goes on like this, I think the Germans can't stand it anymore!" Liu Jinhu chatted with Wu Fenglou in his free time during the battle.

Wu Fenglou also nodded: "Yueben is now under tremendous pressure, it is said that the whole of China has begun to strike and boycott, Yueben's goods cannot be sold, raw materials cannot be imported, if Yueben cannot break the deadlock as soon as possible, I am afraid that it will affect the national economy!" ”

"Alas, more than 700 brothers have died in the battle in the past few days, although according to the agreement, those who died in battle can receive two hundred oceans of bereavement, but it is a living life!" Liu Jinhu looked very depressed.

"When we signed the employment contract, we were required to fight for the Germans for a month to be free, and now that time has passed, and my encirclement is getting tighter and tighter, I think the brothers should organize a breakthrough as soon as possible!" Wu Fenglou suggested.

"Commander, didn't the German governor say that as long as the battle continues, even if we are captured, we can still be treated as prisoners of war, and now I am surrounded on all sides, and we are afraid that more people will die if we break through the siege!"

"Brother Liu, the set of rules of foreigners does not work in the land of the East, you said that we have killed so many Yue myself, will they give up, you are not unclear about what virtues I have, even if you can give preferential treatment to German prisoners, you will not treat the Chinese preferentially, maybe you will be tortured and killed, once Fushan is lost, Qingdao will become a four cities, in these two days we will organize a breakthrough and send all those officers out, these days everyone has also learned a lot of Yuben tactics, although it is not perfect, but now do not retreat, There will be no more chances, and you must get a good idea as soon as possible! ”

Hanyeping reduced the supply of pig iron and iron ore to the book, the book was shocked, the Hanyang Iron Works has always been the most important raw material base for the raw materials of the book, where is there any room for mistakes, I hurriedly mobilized several shallow water gunboats to rush to Wuhan, to put pressure on China, in addition, I also launched positive actions, on the one hand to contact Yuan Shikai, on the other hand to contact the United Kingdom, and finally to put pressure on Qiao Yu in Sichuan, I know very well that it is Qiao Yu who can influence the Hanyang Iron Works, and at this juncture must not lose steel raw materials.

Consul General Yamachijiro urgently visited Qiao Yu, "Your Excellency, the Hanyang Iron Works is related to the core interests of the company, and I also ask the inspection envoy not to interfere with it, so as not to damage the friendship between the two countries!" ”

"Mr. Consul General, the reduction of iron ore supply at Hanyang Iron Works this time is completely caused by the workers' strike, and it is only after we can increase the wages of the workers to continue to provide ore to Yuben, we can't force the workers to work, why are these workers unwilling to provide iron ore for Yuben, I think you know better than me, I am really powerless, the key is to be in Yuben!"