On August 26, the German army and the Anglo-French coalition army officially started a major battle on the front line of Paris and Verdun, the German Second Army 300,000 people stormed Paris, less than four days, Paris was lost, the French 3rd Army stationed in Paris was defeated, the loss of 150,000 people, the French 5th Army that was rushing on the road had to stop reinforcements, according to Xia Fei's order to deploy on the way of the German army to the east, to accept the defeat of the remnants of the 3rd Army defeated from Paris. △ ↗ Top Novel, x.

On 1 September, the Austro-Hungarian army made a comeback to attack Serbia, and the Serbian army was weak and suffered heavy losses after a week of resistance, and had to withdraw to the central and western plateaus on all fronts.

On September 8, after more than 20 days of fierce fighting, the German army on the Eastern Front broke through from the left and right flanks under the command of Hindenburg, and the left and right flanks of the Russian army were defeated on a large scale, leaving hundreds of thousands of people in the center to be outflanked and besieged by the German army from both flanks, and the Russian army was killed, wounded, and captured 250,000 people.

In the Far Eastern Theater, a division of the Russian army lost more than half of its losses in Slavyanka, and the army's heart was shaken, and the remnants had to retreat to Ussuriysk on September 2, leaving only three divisions of more than 50,000 people in Vladivostok, Vladivostok has been besieged by the Japanese army from land and sea, and has become an isolated city, but there are still 50,000 Russian troops here, and this Vladivostok, a fortress that has been operated by the Russian army for many years, is still as solid as a rock, and the Japanese army had to leave the fourth, sixth, and ninth divisions to surround and continue to attack Vladivostok, In addition, the 2nd and 5th Divisions and the newly transported 7th Division continued to attack Ussuriysk to the north.

With the efforts of Chen Huizu and the strong support of Xiao Zhenlei and the cabinet, the National Bank of China was established at a very fast pace, and since no office building had been built for the time being, the office of the National Bank was located in a royal palace in the former Qing Dynasty. The staff members are drawn from Zhenhua Bank and various units of the Ministry of Finance.

Within a few days of the establishment of the State Bank, the China Banking Regulatory Commission and the China Securities Regulatory Commission were also established. The establishment of these three institutions marks that China's economic and financial industries have embarked on a virtuous circle.

On September 12, the Ministry of Finance and the State Bank of China jointly issued the "Decree on the Abolition of the Two Yuan Reforms". It was announced that the circulation of national currency in the market would no longer be in units of "taels", but in yuan, and that silver money would be converted into silver dollars in transactions, and that no bank, institution or individual other than the national bank would be allowed to mint money privately, otherwise it would be illegal and would be severely punished.

After the Ministry of Finance and the State Bank of China promulgated the "Decree on the Abolition of the Two Yuan Reforms", the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) and the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) have also successively issued relevant regulations and measures for the financial industry and the securities and futures industries. The financial sector and the securities market have been regulated and supervised, and since then, China's financial industry and securities trading market have gradually been on the right track.

After the establishment of the State Bank, it began to rectify the financial industry in the whole country, and carried out large-scale integration of scattered private banks and ticket numbers, and carried out asset evaluation and statistics on the value of these banks and shops, and then converted them into the shares of the newly established banks with the invested funds, a process that could not be completed in one or two days, but at least three months.

September 19th. After nearly 20 days of fierce fighting, the 6th and 7th armies, the main forces of the left flank of the German army on the western front, broke through many obstacles and captured Verdun from the upper reaches of the Marne at great cost, and marched south across the Marne. There was no resistance to the Germans attacking from the left flank, and the main force of the German left flank soon intervened from behind to the Anglo-French forces, and the French Ninth Army was surrounded in the upper reaches of the Marne before it had time to retreat. After four days of hard fighting, he lost 30% of his troops and chose to surrender. More than 50,000 escaped, while the other 200,000 were either killed or captured. A few fled.

By this time, the Anglo-French army had lost more than 500,000 men, and at least half of these 500,000 were killed and the other half captured. Foch had to order his troops to retreat south across the Seine, and the well-prepared Battle of the Marne was put on hold.

From the beginning to the present, the German army has also lost 150,000 people, of which 70,000 were killed in battle, and a very small part is missing, and the rest are either lightly or seriously wounded, killing more than 260,000 British and French troops, taking 230,000 prisoners, and delivering unmeasured ordnance, weapons, ammunition and military supplies.

Xiao Zhenlei soon got the news of the defeat of the Entente in France, and Yang Du reported to him with a telegram: "Now that the Anglo-French army has retreated to the south of the Seine, abandoning all areas north of the Seine, they have begun to build a large number of fortifications on the south bank of the Seine, and the main force of the German army on the western front needs to be adjusted after two months of large-scale operations, so it will stop on the north bank of the Seine River for the time being." The Anglo-French army had 1.08 million men at the beginning of the war, and now only half of it remains. Only the French 4th Army and the 5th Army are still complete, of which the 3rd Army stationed in Paris has been completely defeated, it is no longer a formation, and it is less than one-third of its strength when it is gathered, and the British Army has also lost more than one-third of its strength, and now the British side is preparing to transport another batch of land forces to land in France to prepare for support, the French 9th Army only escaped 50,000 people, and the others were either annihilated or captured, and now the German army on the Western Front has 200,000 more troops than the Anglo-French army. The Germans had a complete advantage, and the shape was extremely unfavorable to the Entente, and everywhere there was no advantage on the side of the Entente! ”

After listening to this, Xiao Zhenlei picked up the phone and said, "Xiao Gao, can I ask the cabinet Premier Song and Foreign Minister Lu Zhengxiang if they can spare time to come over for a meeting?" ”

"Okay, President, I'll call right away!"

After putting down the phone, Xiao Zhenlei asked: "Mr. Yang, you said that in terms of the current situation of the Entente countries, China is now proposing to Britain and France to take back the tariff autonomy, the French concessions in various places, Hong Kong, Guangzhou Bay and other concessions, and abolish the unequal treaties signed with them by the former Qing Dynasty, how strong is the opposition of Britain and France?" Is this feasible now? ”

Yang Du thought for a moment and said: "President, if it is proposed by our country, Britain and France will definitely still oppose it, although the negotiations have been talking now, but the progress is not very big." However, after the attack of the Central Powers during this period, the Entente was completely at a disadvantage. The British and French should be a little more relaxed, and I think if they want to get it back as quickly as possible and with less resistance. You can first increase troops on the border, one is to increase troops in the direction of Yunnan and Guangxi, and the second is to increase troops to **, respectively, to form military pressure on French Indochina, British Burma and British India, if the British lose India, they will lose half of the war potential, which is absolutely unbearable for Britain and France! ”

Xiao Zhenlei thought for a moment and thought that Yang Du's analysis was reasonable, although now Britain and France were defeated and retreated in the face of the German army, but after all, they only hurt their skin and flesh. It has not yet reached the time to break the bones, and if we negotiate with Britain and France now, although Britain and France will loosen up a little, it is certainly impossible to get Britain and France to agree unconditionally, and they can only put military pressure on Britain and France in the two colonies, and Britain and France will feel afraid.

Two hours later, an extremely confidential meeting was held in the conference hall of the presidential palace, and at the signal of Xiao Zhenlei, Yang Du reported on the situation in the European battlefield and the Far East battlefield.

After Yang Du finished his report and sat down. Xiao Zhenlei looked at everyone present and asked, "I just want to know how likely it is that the current form shì will be for Britain and France to return tariff autonomy unconditionally, local concessions, Hong Kong, Guangzhou Bay, and abolish the unequal treaty signed by the former Qing Dynasty with them?" Can you give me an analysis? ”

Song Shijie thought for a while and said: "I know the situation, if you want to take back this qiē unconditionally, I don't think the current possibility is very large." Although the shape was not good for the Entente, the Entente side had not broken its muscles and bones after all, and if the Anglo-French army lost another 500,000 men. Then this qiē will come naturally, and I believe that even if our country does not bring it up. The British and French sides will also take the initiative! I am analyzing the situation from the perspective of the situation, and I think that in other respects I can make a fuss about diplomacy. If a certain amount of pressure is exerted on Britain and France diplomatically, there will be a great possibility that Britain and France will make concessions, but it will be completely unconditional, and this will only be very difficult."

Xiao Zhenlei looked at Lu Zhengxiang and asked, "Minister Lu, what do you see?" ”

Lu Zhengxiang said: "President, I have the same opinion as the Prime Minister!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei said again: "Just now Mr. Yang put forward an idea, that is, to increase troops in the border areas of Yunnan, Guangxi and **, and to exert military pressure on the British and French colonies in Southeast Asia and India. ”

Lu Zhengxiang lifted the frame of his glasses and said: "If this is the case, Britain and France will unconditionally accept it and not accept it in five or five!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei couldn't help frowning when he heard this: "Is it just a number of five or five?" ”

"Yes! Maybe we're too scared."

After weighing it again, Xiao Zhenlei made up his mind and said: "It's still the same sentence, taking advantage of this war, we have to take back all the losses of Qiqiē, first find the Entente side, they have greater expectations for our country to join their camp, only by unconditionally taking back what we have lost from their hands first, we don't need to pay anything to Britain and France after the war, as long as we are fifty percent sure, we have to give it a try, General Cai, if we increase troops to the border, we will not let Britain and France rush to despair, And it can put a lot of pressure on them, make them feel afraid, how much do you think we are going to send more troops to the border? ”

Cai Ye replied: "I think we can add two divisions to Yunnan, Guangxi and the ** border, in fact, according to our investigation of the British and French troops deployed in Southeast Asia and India, the British and French do not have many troops in this area, and six divisions of nearly 150,000 people are enough to sweep the entire Southeast Asia and India!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei touched his chin when he heard this, thought for a moment and said: "Okay, in the name of the Supreme Military Council, I will give an order to the General Staff to transfer two cities from East China, South China, and Central China to Yunnan, Guangxi, and the ** border respectively, and station and train in this area in the name of tropical jungle adaptation training."

"Yes!"

Xiao Zhenlei said to Song Shijie and Lu Zhengxiang again: "I believe that as long as these six divisions arrive at the designated location, the British and French ministers in China will definitely not be able to sit still, and the rest of the matter depends on your cabinet and foreign affairs department!" ”

The two stood up and said, "Understood! ”

The order of the Supreme Military Council was soon issued, and on 21 September, six divisions received the order and immediately loaded onto the southwest-bound train.

On September 25, two divisions were the first to arrive at the border between Guangxi and Vietnam, and before only two divisions had been stationed in the whole of Yunnan, and they were scattered all over the country, and now two divisions suddenly came, which made the French army on the side of French Indochina feel like a great enemy, the governor of French Indochina, Albert? When Salo heard the news, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat, and he immediately reported the news to the domestic authorities.

At this time, the French government authorities had just moved to Bordeaux on the coast of the Bay of Biscay, and the senior government officials had already been frightened by the pressure of the German army, and they were suddenly shocked to hear that the Chinese side had suddenly increased troops on the French Indochina border, which made the French government bigwigs shocked and angry, and the French authorities immediately asked the minister to send a telegram to the minister in China, and asked the minister in China, Peg, to immediately protest to the Chinese authorities and demand that the Chinese authorities withdraw the troops stationed on the border.

After receiving the news, the French minister to China, Peige, did not dare to slack off, and immediately made an appointment to meet with Foreign Minister Lu Zhengxiang, who knew that the British and French ministers would definitely come to the door after the meeting, but he did not expect that the French authorities were already frightened birds, and they could not resist the pressure so soon to send a telegram to the minister to China.

After the two met, Lu Zhengxiang asked, "Is it okay for Minister Pei Ge to meet me today?" ”

Pei Geyan said: "Minister Lu, on behalf of the French government, I make a solemn protest to your country, what do you want to do with the sudden large-scale increase of troops on the border?" Although our two countries have not been able to reach an agreement on a series of issues, are they still negotiating? Why did your country suddenly increase its troops on our French Indochina border, this is a provocation to our country, and I demand that your country immediately withdraw its troops, so that the relations between your two countries can continue as before! ”

Lu Zhengxiang smiled and soothed: "Minister Peige, don't be angry, I really don't know about this, so let's wait a minute, I'll send someone to ask about the situation, okay?" As he spoke, he called the secretary and asked him to call to inquire about the specific situation.

The secretary took the order and left, and after a quarter of an hour, he turned around and whispered a few words in Lu Zhengxiang's ear, Lu Zhengxiang nodded after listening to it, and waved his hand to let the secretary leave. Then he said to Peige: "Mr. Minister, the situation is already clear, this situation is not to increase troops to the border, let alone the meaning of your country's French Indochina, it is purely a plan formulated by our General Staff to let the army conduct tropical jungle combat training in the border area, because there is only a tropical jungle in that area, so the training can only be carried out there, please forgive Mr. Peige and your government, and we will definitely withdraw after the training of our soldiers is completed!" (To be continued......)

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