The Sino-Japanese negotiations are like a horse-drawn race, and for the Chinese side, there are certainly some unfavorable factors that will drag it on, but the impact is not great. In the Republic of China, where the small-scale peasant economy is the mainstay, the economy is not very dependent on the outside. Moreover, the squadron has taken advantage of the land battlefield, and it will drag it out to see who can drag it out. In contrast, the Japanese side is uncomfortable to drag on, like constipation, long and painful. Japan's powerful navy, which could not drive to land, could only block access to the sea. The problem is that this blockade poses little to a large country like China, which is very economically self-sufficient. Even if there is some foreign trade, it is all in cooperation with foreign countries. How dare the Japanese Navy stop the ships of the European and American powers?

Looking back at the Japanese Army, according to the current scale, there are 20 standing divisions and regiments, of which two are being rebuilt, one is being rebuilt, two are being disabled and being replenished, and two are slightly wounded. When the battle is full, it can come up with the strength of 16 divisions and regiments. Regardless of economic factors, at least one division and regiment should be left in the country to take care of the family, right? There are 15 divisions and regiments left, with no more than 400,000 troops and more than 500 artillery pieces of caliber of more than 100. Comparing the number of squadrons, counting the B divisions that are being trained, there are 24 A divisions, which is more than 360,000, and 40 B divisions, which is 600,000. Even according to the calculation of one-to-two combat effectiveness, the squadron is rich. The key is that this is still a cross-border operation, the lesson of the Qingdao War is very profound, China's entry into the fortified wall is very cruel, and the supply is completely dependent on domestic transportation, and the pressure is too great.

To sum up, even if a full-scale war is launched and a national general mobilization is carried out, how can the logistics supply of a million troops be solved? There is one more terrible one, how to defend the submarine? Completely inexperienced o A! The battle patrols have been sunk, what about the transportation lines at sea? Japan is an island nation, and without a sea transportation line, it is like breaking a foot. China also has two heavy cruisers visiting in Hawaii, and once these two heavy cruisers run rampant at sea, and have the covert support of the United States, the cargo ships on this transportation line will be meat on the chopping block. Don't believe it, look at the current British entry into the German Far East Fleet into a nervous state.

So, negotiation is the only way out. The question is how to maximize the benefits at the negotiating table.

After the resumption of negotiations, China and Japan began to show their skills outside the negotiating table. On 16 October, a detachment of the Japanese Navy shelled Fuzhou, killing hundreds of innocent civilians and wounding more than 1,000. On the evening of the same day, Chinese submarines attacked three Japanese freighters north of the Taiwan Strait, and on the morning of the next day, a submarine broke into the Tsushima Strait and sank two Japanese freighters and four fishing boats. And ambushed a light cruiser who rushed to the scene, although it failed to sink, but caused the cruiser to lose its combat effectiveness. If it weren't for the other warships on the side, it is estimated that this ship would not be able to be saved.

At noon on the 17th, the main force of the squadron entered Andong, and the Anshen Railway was completely controlled by the Chinese side.

The Japanese military's infiltration of China is very deep, and under normal circumstances, the development of the squadron cannot escape the eyes of the Japanese military. It is such a rebellious Fang Jianxiong, and the Chinese Army suddenly rises. In just a few years, an army of millions has risen. This is the advantage of a big country, the entrance is sufficient, and there are many people who are willing to eat as soldiers.

When the use of war to force the other side to submit cannot be established, and when the cost of war is too high, even Japan, which has the upper hand in strength, can only sit down and negotiate. Of course, this process is destined to be slow. It's not the First Wu Year, the U.S. Consulate is not Chunfan Tower, and Fang Dashuai is not Li Hongzhang.

From the very beginning, the two sides of the negotiations were deadlocked on the question of who is the winner, and China insisted that it was the winner, and since it was the winner, it should enjoy the benefits of the winner. Therefore, the conditions offered were very harsh, and all the benefits obtained by Japan in China after the Gengzi New Year were returned to the government of the Republic of China. Of course, the Japanese government is not thousand, and if it is thousand, the government will have to go bankrupt.

Japan insists that it is the victor, and that Japan's powerful navy can bombard any place along China's coast at any time. The center and the French sides confronted each other, pointing out the fact that the cruiser sank outside Wusongkou belonged to which country? The 40,000 corpses left on the Jiaodong Peninsula, including a lieutenant general and six major generals, are these from the Republic of China?

At the negotiation table, naturally, the other party's scars were specifically sought to reveal, and the Japanese representative got up angrily and left the venue, saying that he would let the cannon speak.

On the morning of October 10, the Japanese army approached Langfang and shelled our positions, and the heavy artillery units of the Wehrmacht immediately returned fire. In the early afternoon, a member of the National Defense Force of the Republic of China suddenly moved south along the South Manchurian Railway with the strength of two divisions, advanced to the vicinity of Jinzhou at dusk, and carried out artillery bombardment for about two hours. The defenders of Jinzhou have only one brigade and regiment, and in the face of superior forces, they can only passively defend. What made Japan most painful was that the South Manchurian Railway, which was built at a huge cost, became a sharp weapon for the Wehrmacht to quickly transport troops.

At noon on October 11, 20 planes bombed the Japanese artillery positions near Langfang, blew up several Japanese heavy artillery pieces, and guided our artillery units to bombard the Japanese artillery

Position. The two artillery brigades of the Japanese army lost more than half. At the same time, the Wehrmacht had assembled 10 divisions near Langfang, and there was a great tendency to take the initiative to attack. One of the divisions of the Japanese army took the initiative to retreat and move closer to the other two divisions to avoid being divided and encircled. After the Battle of Qingdao, on the surface, the Japanese government was still clamoring that one division could fight three divisions, but in fact it was not, and the Japanese officers on the front line knew very well that even if it was two divisions, even if it was two divisions, they could compete head-on with a full division of the Japanese army, and they could gain the upper hand.

The strength of ten divisions, even if all of them are B divisions, has more than 100,000 troops, which is simply not something that a division can hold back with more than 20,000 divisions. The squadron fighting at home, the bravery of the table xiàn also greatly exceeded the expectations of the Japanese army. Not to mention that Japan is much behind in aviation, and all its reconnaissance methods are ineffective, so it can only rely on in-entry reconnaissance, and it is difficult to transmit information under the condition of China's strict defense. In order to convey the news that the squadron had assembled ten divisions, a Japanese intelligence station in Langfang was exposed. A Japanese spy and three traitors who were bought by Japan confessed after being taken down. He was executed the next day.

The-for-tat confrontation at the negotiating table is even more fierce on the battlefield, but neither side has the intention of all-out war.

Time passed very slowly in the tug-of-war of negotiations, and two months passed quickly, and winter was approaching in the blink of an eye. Before the end of 1914, under the vigorous mediation of the four countries, a breakthrough was finally made in the negotiations between China and Japan.

The exhausted negotiators, with the approval of the two governments, finally reached a preliminary agreement. Since January 1, 1915, China and Japan have disarmed and antagonized, and the Japanese side has given up the Gengzi indemnity in its interests in China, and maintained the interests of the Lushun and Dalian Bay concessions seized from Russia, while giving up other interests. China and Japan do not compensate each other.

On the premise that China would not make concessions, Britain and the United States provided Japan with a loan of 50 million pounds, and at the same time, the US government said that it would forgive part of Japan's debts. The exact details are not known outside the two countries. The United States has established the dominant position of its interests in China through this negotiation. Although Britain was dissatisfied, there was nothing it could do. On the premise that most of the interests in the Yangtze River basin have not been damaged, Britain also needs the help of the United States in terms of war materials.

The ensuing negotiations continued, and the two sides continued to quarrel over some details, and New Year's Day 1915 came. The Japanese army began to withdraw from Yangkou and Yaojin, and the squadron gradually recovered the main force, leaving only one division B in Andong.

While Asia is calming down, the war clouds are rising again in Europe. Fang Dashuai's butterfly wings once again had a small catalytic effect. Since the losses on the Western Front were not so great, the German side fought the Battle of Gorlice on the Eastern Front, which was brought forward by two months. The German plan was to launch a large-scale offensive on the right flank of the Russian Southwestern Front, which provided for a breakthrough to the area of Gorlice (belonging to Austria-Hungary and occupied by the Russians) between the upper Vistula and the foothills of the Beskids Mountains, and to encircle and annihilate the Russian 3rd Army (commanded by General Radko-Dmitriev). The German 11th Army (commanded by General A. von Mackensen) was the main attacker, with the Austro-Hungarian army cooperating on both flanks. On the 35-kilometer-wide breakthrough section, 10 infantry divisions and 1 cavalry division (126,000 in, 457 light artillery, 159 heavy artillery, 100 tanks) were concentrated.

In the course of this campaign, the tank once again shined. The Germans attacked only 60,000 Russian troops, more than 100 light artillery pieces, several heavy artillery pieces, and poor logistics and supplies.

At the beginning of the campaign, the German tank commander, Colonel Bob, commanded the tank units to adopt a completely new tactic. The source of this tactic was a small book given to Bob by Fang Dashuai. Focusing on the use of tanks as an assault force, how to solve the problem of tank cover, Bob boldly proposed the use of cavalry to accompany tanks. This plan was actually supported by General Mackensen. The reason is probably because Bob was excellent on the Western Front. In the battle on the Western Front, he calmly commanded the troops to prepare early, and Bob, who had inflicted heavy losses on the British and French pursuers, was promoted to colonel. Later, through guò relations, he was transferred to the tank unit. As a member of the Livinsky family, Bob is inconspicuous in history and can be said to be unknown. But in this plane, Bob shines militarily.

On 1 March, after a short 24-hour artillery preparation (which was short enough in World War I), the Germans formed a conical formation and launched a powerful assault with the help of engineers. Although Russia had long been prepared for tanks and was not so panicked, the Russian army, which lacked anti-tank weapons, had no way to deal with the tactics of using tanks in a concentrated attack for the first time. The German tank units tore through the Russian lines with ease, followed by a cavalry division. The Third Army of the Russian Southwestern Front, twenty-four hours after the start of the battle, was encircled. The Russian base camp urgently dispatched troops for reinforcements, but unexpectedly fell into an even greater crisis.