The ministerial meeting broke up unhappily, Zhu Erdian felt a burst of powerlessness, although the British Empire is still at a dizzying height, but it can no longer be a hundred responses, he, a diplomat, feels the most keenly, the brand of the British Empire can no longer scare a country like virtue, and even the book can not obey orders.

But can I back down from this, in front of the yellow pig? Russia's defeat to the White World a few years ago has become the laughing stock of the white world, and if Britain bowed to a local warlord, wouldn't it be even more faceless, and it would have to put more pressure on Sichuan to cut off trade completely.

Zhu Erdian was about to go to arrange, and the minister said that Zhiyi suddenly went and returned, and when he saw Zhu Erdian, he said that Zhiyi was very polite, and bowed: "Mr. Zhu Erdian, the British Empire and the British Empire will always be good friends and close allies, and the Empire has no intention of offending the British Empire, but it is said that the British has huge interests in Sichuan, and I also ask Britain to understand our country's difficulties!" ”

When Zhu Erdian heard this, he immediately sneered: "Mr. Zhiyi, when did you have a huge interest in Sichuan, your hands are stretched out very long!" ”

Yue Zhiyi didn't have any anger, and said with a smile: "My country has reached an agreement with Qiao Yu, the patrol envoy, to jointly develop Sichuan's oil resources, which is what this political axe is determined to achieve!" Said Zhiyi said this in a very positive tone, and Zhu Erdian was also shocked when he heard it, it was actually oil interests?

An old fox of Zhu Erdian, and Britain and Yuben are both island countries, so they naturally know the weakness of island countries, the lack of resources is always a curse, the British Empire has colonies all over the world, and it also has the most powerful navy, so naturally there is no need to worry, but Yuben has to worry.

If Sichuan can give the oil that is urgently needed, there is no doubt that the weight of Sichuan's political axe is absolutely amazing, and Britain will definitely not be allowed to attack Sichuan.

Thinking of this, Zhu Erdian gradually understood the reason why Zhu Erdian stood on the side of Sichuan, but Zhu Erdian was still a little unhappy in his heart: "Mr. Zhiyi, Britain is an alliance, one is prosperous, and the other is lost. ”

As soon as he heard Zhu Erdian's words, he felt a little loose, and then smiled and said: "No one can ignore the interests of Britain, and I will never act like this, we have found a new solution, Qiao Yu, the envoy of the Sichuan patrol, asked me to tell Mr. Minister that the Sichuan side is willing to hire officers from your country as military instructors to exchange military ideas with the Sichuan army!" ”

Zhu Erdian's eyes lit up suddenly, this statement given by Sichuan is tantamount to whitewashing the problem of British interference in China's internal affairs, and at the same time, being able to exert influence on the Sichuan army is something that Britain dreams of, and the Germans are one step ahead of this matter, and it is also very good if Britain catches up at this time.

"Mr. Zhiyi, does Qiao Yu have any other requirements?"

Yue Zhiyi said with a smile: "Qiao Yu asked your country to compensate for the loss of the seized goods in Sichuan, but this money does not need to be paid to Sichuan, but as a salary to the officers of your country, I personally think that this solution is still very pragmatic and everyone can accept it!" ”

Zhu Erdian also fully understood Qiao Yu's calculations, although he no longer pursued Britain's interference in China's internal affairs, but there is no doubt that Qiao Yu still asked for compensation, even if it was just a name, only in this way can Qiao Yu explain to the surging public opinion, of course, it will still have an impact on Britain's prestige, but it is still the foundation that gives Britain a step, and Britain seems to be able to take this opportunity to penetrate its power into the Sichuan army.

It can be said that this treatment is Sichuan's face, and Britain has the lining, and Zhu Erdian can't help but weigh in his heart whether he should do this or not.

In the Sichuan Marshal's Mansion, Qiao Yu has summoned the main personnel of the military to the Marshal's Mansion, and informed them of his own handling of the confrontation between Britain and Sichuan, and everyone present couldn't help but taste Qiao Yu's plan, Wu Tong took the lead in speaking: "Marshal, I think your plan has left a step for both sides, and most of Britain will agree, but it is clear that we are occupying the matter of morality, but we have to give the United States so much benefit to be able to end it, it is all our soldiers who are incompetent, and we are really ashamed of the military uniforms on our bodies!" After finishing speaking, Wu Tong slapped the table, looking very indignant, and the rest of the people were the same.

"Ladies and gentlemen, a weak country has no diplomacy, it is precisely because of humiliation that we have to work hard, I have a plan to reorganize armaments, first of all, the main army in Sichuan will be reduced to two divisions plus a brigade, among these two divisions there must be a mountain division, the southwest is mountainous, this is one of our trump card troops, this is also what I promised President Yuan!"

"Third child, you're not talking nonsense, are you!" When Qiao Zhen heard that she was going to downsize, she immediately became anxious: "Our army can't protect Sichuan in the first place, and we should expand our troops, so we can abolish our martial arts!" ”

"Second brother, the downsizing does not mean to weaken the combat strength of the Sichuan army, on the contrary, to improve the combat effectiveness of the Sichuan army, I am ready to form a heavy artillery regiment and introduce a batch of 120 mm caliber, 150 mm caliber heavy artillery, with this batch of heavy artillery, even if Britain wants to cut off the Yangtze River waterway, we also have the capital to fight, so that those warships will not sail over, we are helpless!"

As soon as Qiao Yu said this, everyone nodded frequently, it was precisely because there were no heavy weapons, and the Sichuan army did not have any countermeasures, so they did not dare to have a showdown with the British, if they could establish a heavy artillery regiment, it would undoubtedly greatly increase the strength of the Sichuan army, and the soldiers did not dislike good weapons, so everyone seemed very excited, but the thought of retaining only two divisions of troops, they couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

"Dashuai, Sichuan itself is the place of four wars, northern Sichuan must defend Beiyang, eastern Sichuan must defend the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, southern Sichuan must withstand the pressure of the Yunnan army, and also defend Sichuan and Tibetan provinces, just two divisions and one brigade The strength is really very thin!" Su Ding said: "Dashuai, I think there are at least two divisions, Sichuan's finances are not very abundant, it should be expanded, don't care about Yuan Shikai, now Yunnan is constantly expanding the army, we don't need to be too afraid of Yuan Shikai!" ”

"Yuan Shikai is the president, respecting him is respecting the Republic of China, don't talk nonsense about this kind of thing, but Sichuan does need to use a lot of troops, and the dismantled troops plus local troops will form three reserve divisions, as the reserve force of the Sichuan army, although it is a reserve force, but it must also be strictly demanded, and it can be pulled to the battlefield at any time!"

Qiao Yu made a final decision, and the new reorganization of the Sichuan Army was in full swing.

Sichuan and the British side sent a joint telegram, explaining that those officers were an exchange group sent by the British army, because of a little misunderstanding and the Sichuan army clashed, and now the misunderstanding clarifies that the British compensated Sichuan 100,000 yuan as compensation for Sichuan business, and at the same time, Sichuan used 100,000 yuan to hire these British [***] officers as an exchange group to exchange tactics with the Sichuan army!