The Japanese reacted most strongly to the cooperation between China and the United States, and the Japanese minister to China, Ijiin, urgently asked to see President Sun Baoqi. Thinking about the First World War in history, the Germans wanted to return Qingdao to China, and the Japanese government actually forced the Beiyang government not to accept it. This shows Japan's attitude toward China.

After meeting Sun Baoqi, Yijiyuan, who regarded himself as the minister of a powerful country, bowed first according to Japanese etiquette, and Sun Baoqi returned the salute in the way of the Chinese. The effort to save face has been sufficient, but the opening of the Ijiin is aggressive: "Your Excellency, the cooperation agreement between China and the United States, some of the contents of which involve the stability of East Asia, I have expressed deep concern and uneasiness through the government."

Sun Baoqi's lungs exploded when he heard this, but he replied with a smile on his face: "Oh, the word uneasy, where to start?"

As soon as he heard this, he said with a cold face: "The large warships ordered by the Chinese Navy want the United States to pose a threat to Japan's national security, and I only express my protest on behalf of the Japanese Government, hoping that the Chinese Government will correctly deal with this issue and not affect the friendly situation of Sino-Japanese diplomatic relations."

Sun Baoqi also turned his face cold, Japan is strong, but it can't be cowardly at this time. "I know, Mr. Minister, I will convey it to the Cabinet and the Diet." This kind of procrastination tactic was seen through by the Ijiin at a glance, and he immediately said in an accentuated tone: "Your Excellency, the Japanese government is very serious. This is an official note from the Imperial Government of Japan, expressing the hope that your Government will reconsider the procurement programme relating to the Navy. ”

"The government of the Republic of China will take the proposal put forward by His Excellency the Minister very seriously, and will carefully consider the uneasiness of your government." Sun Baoqi was still a little afraid of foreigners after all, and he didn't stiffen his neck to the end. Of course, this is also said to be leaky, and it is easy to advance and retreat.

Sun Baoqi's secretary stepped forward to take the note, Yijiyuan didn't plan to make Sun Baoqi submit, who is the master of this country Yijiyuan is very clear, and after protesting, he can only go back and wait for news. Ijiin had planned to bring the British together to protest, but the British minister Zhu Erdian did not agree.

After sending away Yijiyuan, Sun Baoqi couldn't stay in the Grand Presidential Palace, so he hurriedly packed up and went to King Li's Mansion. When Fang Jianxiong heard the news, he came out to greet him, and Sun Baoqi said when he saw him: "Fuguo, the Japanese minister protested against our order of warships from the United States on the grounds that it threatens the security of the Japanese state."

Fang Jianxiong sneered and said, "Is the Japanese Combined Fleet an ornament?" Threaten Japan's national security, what a joke. Ignore him and let him protest, without the support of the British, the Japanese will not be able to play tricks. ”

The content of the protest of the Japanese was stated in the note as two battle cruisers, which were imitations of the German Feng? Morality? The battlecruiser Tann, with a displacement of 19,000 to 21,000 tons, had eight 280mm main guns and ten 150 secondary guns. The key is speed, and Fang Jianxiong deliberately required a maximum speed of 28 knots.

What can this thing do? The navy knows best that if you drill into the vast sea, the Japanese battleships will not be able to catch up at all. If the cruiser catches up, it is also a death, and the freighter or something is a target. Because they know that it is powerful, the Japanese are worried. Not to mention, even the six warships that were recently delivered could drive the Japanese Navy crazy once they burrowed into the sea to fight guerrillas. The characteristic of the cruiser is that the cannon is fast, and the battleship is powerful, so it's okay if I don't fight with you, right?

Japan will absolutely not allow the Chinese Navy to surpass the Japanese Navy, and the slightest sign will be stifled. Just look at the treatment of Chinese students studying in the Japanese Navy at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and the Japanese have no intention of helping the development of the Chinese Navy at all. As for the warships ordered by the Qing government from Japan, they were all river gunboats. For example, the Yongfeng ship, which was later the Zhongshan ship, what can this thing do? With a displacement of 780 tons, it is embarrassing to call it a warship? Thank you for this thing called a gunboat

Fang Jianxiong is not Yuan Shikai, and he was stopped by the Japanese in a few words. Yuan Shikai is afraid of Orientals, but Fang Dashuai is not afraid. At that time, Yuan Shikai was worried about being the emperor, and he was afraid of foreigners, so he did not dare to accept Qingdao, which was returned by the Germans. Fang Jianxiong is just the opposite, he has been planning from scratch for so many years, and then Xinhai's momentum has risen, and he has been preparing for this battle against Japan.

If the Japanese protest, they will protest, and if they threaten, they will threaten, anyway, it is just one word, "drag". dragged to Europe to fight, and then there was only one opponent Japan. The British had no intention of focusing on East Asia at all, and they surrounded and annihilated the German Far East Fleet in the sky.

The protest of the Japanese seems absurd logically, but in reality it is not. The laws of survival in this world have never changed, the strong bully the weak, just like Japan bullied China from the end of the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, with naked means and unabashedly killing people to rob them. It's simple and rude, and he doesn't admit it when he does it. When the cost of this bandit logic becomes high, it becomes a different thing, and this thing is called "universal value". Just like the United States treats China, the price of hard is too great, so it will use both soft and hard, and use yin tricks. When you meet a country that pays a small price if you do it, you can just roll up your sleeves and do it. There are Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, so the world has never changed substantially. The law of the jungle applies to any era, fair this thing, you have to have the strength to make demands, otherwise you better obediently shut up, if your mouth is hard, you will be beaten, and your nose and face will be swollen. Saddam Hussein and Gaddafi, who were unlucky, were directly lost.

The reason why the United States does not dare to move China is because it has suffered losses in history and has adopted brutal measures against China, and the cost is too great. Don't you want to clean up China when the United States? Didn't you see that there are a group of people on the Internet clamoring to smear the government, don't they just want to mess up China?

History is changing, but the means have not changed. Wasn't the Japanese supporting local warlords in China? As long as it is a warlord who opposes the central government, Japan will support it, and then lend money to the central government to fight the warlords, and both sides will benefit. Can't the Chinese see through such a simple means? If you really think that you are stupid, the warlords in the history of the Republic of China, which one is not a person?

Is it stupid to be a traitor? It is nothing more than the word "selfish desire" at work, everyone will have selfish desires, but some people keep the bottom line, and some people have no bottom line. The difference is that it is certain to say that so-and-so's great family belongs to the kind that has no bottom line.

"Fuguo, if you give me an accurate word, how can you reply to the Japanese?" Sun Baoqi still has no confidence, the Qing Dynasty is terrifying, and Sun Baoqi, a former Qing Dynasty official, has palpitations.

In fact, the gap between China and Japan is not big at this time. The real gap is in the navy, and in terms of overall strength, China is much stronger than Japan. The key depends on who is in charge, although the Republic of China led by Fang Jianxiong also has internal friction, it is controllable. Unlike Beiyang and the later Republic of China, civil strife could not be controlled, which gave the Japanese the opportunity to suck blood and grow stronger.

"Why reply to the Japanese? Jokes are about national security, what's so long-winded? Ijiin will look for you again and tell him that I said that the navy is related to the security of the country, and how to develop the navy is the Chinese's own business. What qualifications do the Japanese have to point fingers?"

Sun Baoqi ......, do you really want to answer like this? I questioned it in my heart, but I didn't ask it. Seeing it clearly, Fang Jianxiong's attitude was serious. As soon as Sun Baoqi saw this attitude, he gritted his teeth and suffocated the problem. What should I do if the Japanese really call? That's not something to worry about yourself, just help to take care of this family left and right.

"By the way, teacher, as soon as I informed the American Minister Raines, I said that there was such a thing."

In the Moroccan crisis of 1911, the Germans made concessions, so they did not fight, and Europe escaped the catastrophe. This time, Europe's good fortune came to an end, and in fact, even without this assassination, Austria-Hungary was ready for war. In May of that year, German Chief of Staff Moltke the Younger met with Hertzendorf, Chief of the Austro-Hungarian General Staff, to discuss the war plan against Serbia. As a result, both of them believed that Russia was internally unstable and could not support Serbia, so they could take action. Then Wilhelm II, a madman, strongly supported the Austro-Hungarian use of force against Serbia. Austria-Hungary decided to hold large-scale military exercises in Sarajevo, Bosnia, near the Serbian border, on June 28, the anniversary of Serbia's conquest by Turkey. (June 28, 1386)

On the question of whether Austria-Hungary was a military power or not, history has already verified. It's a pity that the Austro-Hungarian Empire at this time did not have the consciousness of a weak country, or that the Germans were as bad as ever when choosing allies.

With Serbia as an imaginary enemy, two corps were dispatched, and the Ferdinand couple decided to go to Sarajevo to inspect it themselves. Interestingly, the couple did not have a sense of crisis. You are bullying people in other people's homes, don't you worry about kitchen knives and bricks? Do you have to feel that good about yourself? As a result, there are people in every country who are not afraid of death, and so the tragedy is born. What's even more speechless is that after the failure of the first assassination, the two actually continued to parade in a car, and finally the couple let them do it, and the Balkans, the powder keg of Europe, finally lit the fuse.

Sun Tzu said in the Art of War: What does it mean that the major affairs of the country of soldiers, the way of survival in the land of death and life, must not be ignored? War is related to the survival of the country, and it is best to think clearly before fighting, don't get your head hot, and the consequences of fighting will be severe.

It is clear that the German Emperor Wilhelm II did not understand this truth, and this thing can be said to have longed for war and had been preparing for it for many years. When the Ferdinands were assassinated, Wilhelm II was on a yacht off the coast of Kiel, and when he learned of the incident, he excitedly exclaimed: "Now is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." (To be continued)

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