The existence of the concession is not simply a part of the land in China, most of the concessions are in treaty ports, under the management of the great powers, often the most prosperous place in a region, attracting a large concentration of capital, in other words, a bit like the blood draw of the great powers in China.

In addition, the big smoke houses and the Jiyuan in the concession are all legal, which also makes the concession a gold cave that consumes China's will, and because the concession is similar to a foreign country, some literati who oppose the political axe, and all the politicians who have stepped down have taken refuge in the concession, so that the concession is the base camp of [***].

In addition, various countries have also cultivated a large number of spies through the concessions, bribed Han annihilators, and encouraged politicians to fight back, in short, the concessions are places where they do everything possible to harm the Chinese.

Under the rule of Qiao Yu, there are four cities with concessions, namely the Yucheng Concession, the Jiujiang British Concession, the Guangzhou British Concession and the French Concession, and the most concessions are Hankou, including Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and the five countries, the number of concessions is second only to Tianjin, and it can be favored by so many countries, which also shows the important surname of the three towns of Wuhan.

Germany has been defeated, the concession issue has been solved, Russia is now in a civil war, Qiao Yu did not take Russia to heart, the most troublesome thing is Britain and France, the three countries, to challenge the three powers at the same time, this does require a lot of courage, but also need flexible means.

"Junzuo, now that the Paris Peace Conference has ended, and the international order has been determined by the great powers, it seems inappropriate to act rashly!" Jiang Baili still has a trace of worry, in fact, this worry is also reasonable, participated in the First World War Jiang Baili was still very shocked by the mobilization ability of the great powers, the cruelty and consumption of modern warfare are far beyond imagination, China does not have this ability at present, especially the sea power is still in a blank state, the great powers can send their navies to intervene at any time.

Although Britain and France are far away, but the book is close at hand, this wolf in the First World War also got infinite benefits, the national strength has increased greatly, as if it is already a first-line power, if the book jumps out, it is not a good thing for China.

"Brother Baili, the international order is far from being adjusted, Britain and France joined hands to trap the Americans at the Paris Peace Conference, but the strength is there, the Americans will definitely not be reconciled, Wilson has already sent me a telegram, he is ready to deliver a special speech in Congress, convene a new international conference, focus on solving the problems of the Far East and the Asia-Pacific, he supports the abolition of all kinds of privileges of the great powers in China, and the development of free trade, with the participation of the United States, he will never dare to act rashly, and now the contradictions in the Pacific have also been highlighted. Britain and France now have to deal with domestic affairs, and they have to interfere in the Russian Revolution, and they have no energy, so it can be said that this time is very good, since the peace conference cannot give us what we want, we will take it back ourselves! ”

Qiao Yu's attitude obviously made all the officers present feel excited, yes, if the negotiation can't be negotiated, they will be snatched back, Jiang Baili saw that Qiao Yu was so resolute, so he had no choice but to agree, but he still reminded: "Junzuo, I think it's better to take it slowly, so as to avoid overstimulating the powers!" ”

"Well, we started with economic sanctions, and the political axe did not come forward for the time being, relying on the power of the private chamber of commerce, gradually blockading all the concessions to death, and then we will accept the concessions when they can't stand it!"

After talking about the issue of the concession, Qiao Yu said: "Now that the domestic reform has begun to be carried out on a large scale, local stability has become the top priority, I am ready to expand the army again, the total number of troops in the seven provinces will reach 700,000, and the Hunan army and the Hubei army will also be unified into the Southwest Army, the whole army work is very urgent, you can pick up the burden of Brother Baili!" ”

Jiang Baili nodded, he did it single-handedly to expand the army last time, this time it involved a wider range, and he should be responsible, Qiao Yu said to Shi Yi again, Long Yun and others: "This time you have performed very well in Europe, which proves that you have the ability to stand alone, this Russian Revolution broke out, it is our best opportunity to recover our homeland, we must not miss it, but Beiyang is procrastinating, seeing that the majority party is about to win in Russia, it will be too late for us to interfere in Russia, so I am ready to send an intervention army, Under the jurisdiction of two infantry divisions, a cavalry division, plus an armored brigade, a heavy artillery brigade, and prepare forty more aircraft, the commander-in-chief will be handed over to Shi Yi, Long Yun is the deputy commander-in-chief, due to the cold climate in Russia, you will first carry out adaptation training, ready to send troops to the northeast at any time! ”

Qiao Yu handed over such a heavy task to Shi Yi and Long Yun, they were naturally very happy, but the burden on their shoulders was not light, and they immediately made preparations, Qiao Yu originally wanted to send Jiang Baili to go, after all, sending troops to the northeast also had to coordinate relations with Beiyang, Jiang Baili's position was more suitable, but considering that Jiang Baili's prestige was too high, Qiao Yu had to withdraw him from the front-line combat troops first and be responsible for expanding the army.

After arranging these, Li Zongwu suddenly spoke, "Junzuo, Britain and France originally promised to give us four large German warships to pay for the goods, and two of them have already arrived in our hands, but due to the conflict that broke out in Paris, we were worried that Britain and France would also detain these two ships, so we brought them back first, respectively, the King-class battleship Frontier Governor, and the Moltke-class battlecruiser Moltke, which will arrive at the Qinzhou Shipyard within three days. ”

Qiao Yu also got a report that the battleship Frontier Governor was one of the King-class battleships, which was built by Germany to deal with the British super dreadnought, with a standard displacement of 25,390 tons; It has a full load displacement of 29,200 tons, a maximum speed of 21 knots, and is equipped with ten 305-mm two-pack guns.

The King-class improved Caesar-class battleship's main gun turret layout, is the first German capital ship to adopt the layout of all the main guns along the center line of the hull, the two main gun turrets in the bow and stern of the hull are knapsack, one main turret in the amidships, and all the main turrets are arranged along the center line of the hull, which can ensure the firepower of all the main guns when firing a salvo on the side of the ship, which is conducive to strengthening the armor defense capability, and at the same time improving the watertight compartment of the hull, and the overall protection can be improved. Compared with the British super dreadnoughts equipped with 13.5-inch caliber guns, the King-class also uses 305 mm 50 times caliber guns, which is slightly lacking in firepower, but this warship is definitely the top existence in the Far East.

The Moltke-class battlecruisers began construction at the end of 1908, and in the von ? Morality? The design of the battlecruiser Tann was improved to further enhance the level of protection and firepower. The bow of the hull was extended to the stern, and a main gun turret was added to the stern, which was in a knapsack layout, using a 50 times caliber 283 mm main gun, which was close to the British 12-inch caliber main gun and lighter in weight, and the main gun was enough to offset the difference in caliber with the main guns of the early British battle cruisers in terms of number and power, and could pose a deadly threat to the fragile defensive armor of the British battle cruisers of the same kind.

The displacement of the Moltke also exceeds 20,000 tons, and it is also an out-and-out large ship, which is several times larger than Dingyuan and Zhenyuan, which dominated the Far East in those years, and Germany's ship-building ability is second to none in this era, and it is definitely not bad in terms of surname, these two warships were originally self-sunk warships in Operation Rainbow, but they were brought back by the Chinese in advance, and naturally they did not sink themselves.

In fact, according to Qiao Yu's plan, the Chinese Navy should directly skip the stage of battleships and start playing aircraft carriers, a relatively cheap and powerful new maritime hegemon, but the German [***] side sent Qiao Yu's old acquaintance Busch to lobby, the German [***] side was actually not willing to lose, they believed that Germany was betrayed by domestic rebels, and the German army was not defeated, and they felt unprecedented shame.

Moreover, judging from the attitude of Britain and France, Germany will definitely severely limit Germany's armaments, and Germany has managed to catch up with Britain's pace in the navy, and once it is restricted, it will certainly collapse, and the navy is different from the army, and this is a high-tech branch of arms that pays attention to accumulation.

The German top brass came up with a whimsical idea, that is, to transfer some of the warships to China, on the surface as compensation for Germany, and secretly Germany used these warships for training and continued to train German naval talents, this plan seems crazy, but the German side has been with Qiao Yu for many years, and knows that this warlord is very far-sighted, and he will take refuge in the powerful side in the war, and it is just a survival force to oppose Germany, and Qiao Yu and Germany still have secret ties during the war.

Therefore, Germany is ready to use military technology to lure Qiao Yu, let Qiao Yu help them complete the transfer of warships, Qiao Yu has long coveted Germany's military technology, in this era, Germany's technology is absolutely the world's first-class, if you can get greater help from Germany, it is unprecedented help for China's industrial development.

In order to get German technology, Qiao Yu had to use his brains to get useless battleships into his hands, Britain and France owed themselves a large number of payments, and it was not difficult to get a few warships, and Britain and France also knew that China did not have supporting naval technology, even if they got warships, they could not really threaten them, even if China established the industrial system needed to build ships, these warships should have been retired a long time ago, so there would not be too many restrictions.

China got a total of four large warships, two battleships, and two battlecruisers, but due to the conflict in Paris, China only got two warships, and it had to flee from Britain quickly, otherwise Britain would be in trouble if they detained these two warships in a fit of rage!

Less than a month after the Chinese [***] ship left Europe, all the German warships sank to the bottom of the sea during Operation Rainbow, and there were also a large number of German navies on the Border Governor and Moltke, but now their identity has become that they have become Chinese hired crews, and when they heard that their companions sank those warships that symbolized the pride of Germany into the blue waves, they all cried bitterly, and the Chinese officers were also saddened.

A German veteran took Chen Shaokuan's hand, and his eyes flashed with hatred, "Chen, they think they have successfully disarmed Germany, but I want to say that this is wishful thinking, Germany will still stand up, Germany will never be defeated!" ”

After a difficult trek at sea, the two warships finally crossed the Strait of Malacca and entered the South China Sea, seeing that the destination Qinzhou Port was in front of them, at this time a huge fleet suddenly appeared on the sea in the distance, with more than a dozen warships, intercepting the two warships on the open sea.

At this time, Chen Shaokuan and others had already seen the flag of this fleet clearly, it was the warship sent by Yuben, led by four murderous battleships, namely Fuso, Ise, Nagato, Settsu, and the black hole of the battleship was aimed at these two warships, and the situation was extremely critical!

(To be continued)