Chapter 186 This is the only one

During the fierce battle in Qingdao, outside the front gate of Weifang, Fang Dashuai's car picked up a group of guests from the railway station. In fact, there was more than one wave of visitors today, and the cars in the headquarters were all lined up, and Cai Ye's car was also dispatched.

When Zhu Erdian saw Fang Jianxiong, he did not have the arrogance he had in the past, because he got a message from Sun Baoqi that Fang Dashuai was optimistic about the Entente and was likely to agree to send troops to Europe to participate in the war. The news is undoubtedly shocking!

Although the war in Europe has come to an end, both sides are gathering strength to prepare for the next shopping trip. Judging by the course of the first phase of the war, the Germans were far ahead of Britain and France in terms of equipment and tactics. This one is terrible! In the First Battle of the Marne, the ratio of British and French casualties to German casualties was about 6:4, which means that in this ratio, the Germans paid a much smaller price than the British and French. Even when the Germans retreated on the battlefield, a large part of the casualties of the Anglo-French forces were inflicted in the pursuit of the German First Army.

The Battle of the Marne was called a miracle, but it did not end perfectly at the end of the day. In pursuit of the German Crook Corps, the British were met with a prepared German attack outside a small town in France. Ludendorff, chief of staff of the German Second Army, commanded three armies to fortify here, and while successfully connecting the First Army out of the encirclement, it also gave the British army heavy casualties, and even had the possibility of encircling and annihilating the British army. At the critical moment, the French arrived and rescued the British army. When the French tried to pursue the Germans, they were met with intensive German artillery fire and strong positions. The Anglo-French pursuit attempt cost a total of 15,000 men and 60,000 wounded. And the result was only a temporary defensive line of defense for the German army.

Later, British intelligence learned that it was precisely because of Ludendorff's insistence that this glorious German resistance battle took place. In the process of attacking the existing positions of the German army, the powerful firepower of the German army made the British and French troops feel painful. Miss Schneider 75 of the Frenchman, in the face of the same type of artillery in the face of the Germans. The beatings were terrible and completely suppressed. The reason for this result is simple, the firing range is inferior to the opponent, the rate of fire does not seem to be superior, and more importantly, the artillery positions of the German army are very flexible, and the heavy artillery of the British and French forces wants to suppress it. There is no shadow of people running early.

Battle of the Marne. This intensified the British government's eagerness to get German equipment, and at the same time realized that the French could not defeat the German army quickly. It is unrealistic to expect the Russian army to play a decisive role.

Zhu Erdian made a request to the government of the Republic of China, but Tang Hualong did not agree, and Sun Baoqi gave such a hint. Zhu Erdian immediately rushed to Weifang, accompanied by the Russian minister Kudashev.

"Your Excellency! It's hard to see you! Zhu Erdian put away his arrogant posture, and his tone was still that virtuous, and dogs couldn't change their eating. Kudashev's face was grim, and when he stepped forward to shake hands, he smiled and said, "Your Excellency Marshal." I'm here to ask for your help. ”

"Everybody is talking when they go in." Fang Jianxiong's expression couldn't show anger, and he made a very plain gesture, and when the two of them were invited in, Yin Weijun hurriedly walked over and said in a low voice: "The Japanese army shelled Liushutai, and the aviation unit of Pingdu Airport attacked. ”

Fang Jianxiong's face sank slightly. Zhu Erdian, who had walked a few steps, stood and looked back, his eyes playful. Fang Jianxiong waved his hand, signaling that he understood, and walked inside. Zhu Erdian said with a smile: "Your Excellency, the British Empire does not want to see a war between China and Japan, but some things are not subject to human will. ”

"The Japanese want Qingdao, and it's as simple as that. Stand on the side of the Republic of China. Qingdao has been recovered, that is, the land. Any invasion will be attacked by our army. It doesn't matter which country's army. Fang Jianxiong's tone sounded flat, but the words he said were not very good. Kudashev on the side. A helpless expression. There are also many contradictions between Japan and Russia, new hatred and old hatred. As soon as the war in Europe began, China and Japan also got involved, and the Russians were happiest at this phenomenon. If China does not resist, Russia will not be happy. Now that China is not only resisting, but it seems that it has also held back the Japanese for a while, isn't this the Japanese army increasing its troops?

Kudashev hoped that the Sino-Japanese war would be fought until the end of the European war, and that would be the most beautiful.

Zhu Erdian was speechless, in fact, the British were able to curb Japan's ambitions for Qingdao, but they did not do so. In the eyes of the UK, China's interests are insignificant, it's as simple as that. The British could never have imagined that they would one day beg China. Even if he came to ask for someone, Zhu Erdian still couldn't hide a condescending posture, although he was covering up, he was always faintly visible.

After eating Fang Jianxiong's hard words, Zhu Erdian was silent, thinking back to this bastard surnamed Fang, who seemed to have always been more hostile to Britain and pro-German and American. Thinking of this, Zhu Erdian didn't know how to open his mouth, and he regretted what he just said.

Kudashev saw the opportunity, immediately

He said: "Your Excellency, on behalf of His Majesty the Tsar, I make a request to you to allow the rifles produced by the United States to be resold to our country. ”

As soon as these words came out, Fang Jianxiong was happy in his heart. Russia's military-industrial strength is limited, and it doesn't matter if it doesn't fight in peacetime, but now that the war in Europe has broken out, Russia will be dumbfounded as soon as it mobilizes. There aren't so many rifles! Not to mention a rifle, even a wooden stick with a bayonet is missing a hole in the boss. Britain and France have a strong military production capacity, and they are not fighting it, and they are too busy to take care of themselves. So Nicholas II turned to the United States and directly took tons of gold as a deposit.

When American arms dealers see gold, they are naturally red-eyed. However, it will take time for the United States' powerful industrial capacity to be transformed into military capacity. Thanks to the order of Fang Jianxiong, a warlord, the first batch of 500,000 rifles has just been delivered, and the second batch of orders is another 500,000. Before the European war was fought, the American ** fire dealer took Fang Jianxiong as God. After the European war started, the American ** fire dealer took Fang Jianxiong as his father.

To put it simply, without Fang Dashuai's order, the United States may not be able to achieve much success in a few years if it wants to increase its military production capacity. Because of Fang Dashuai's order two years in advance, the Americans' rifle production capacity has been increased to an annual output of 200,000 units, and it is expected to reach an annual output of 400,000 units in 15 years. In fact, there are quite a few special troubles in the production of rifles, and the trouble is the production of bullets.

The reality in front of the U.S. fire merchant is that as long as Fang Dashuai agrees, the U.S. fire can turn into gold. Of course, the US fire dealers can also play tricks, but the problem is that there is a cooperation agreement between the Chinese and US governments. The United States also wants China to contain Japan, lest Japan's powerful navy be left without checks and balances.

There is another problem, Fang Jianxiong not only placed an order for rifles, but also took advantage of the agreement that the Americans could not complete, and the Americans were grateful that he agreed to revise the agreement. As a result, after the agreement was revised, five production lines from the United States were moved to China for production, not to mention that Fang Dashuai also imported five additional production lines, and five more production lines were imported from Germany before the outbreak of the European War. It doesn't matter if there are not so many workers for a while, just pay close attention to training. At present, in Wuhu and Wuhan, all ten production lines have been installed. Half of the workers who have been put into operation have been trained in the past two years, and Fang Jianxiong has concentrated senior technicians in Guangdong, Henan, Nanjing, Shanghai, and other places in Wuhu and Wuhan to make the military industry bigger, rather than the provinces doing their own thing.

At the current scale, in 1915 China could also achieve the level of 100,000 rifles per year, which was still limited by steel production. Although there is a huge waste in the process of cultivating technical talents, isn't someone paying for it?

"Minister Kudashev, please understand one thing first, our country is engaged in a patriotic war. Not so many rifles are being sold to Russia, and our troops are being reequipped. Our country is under security threats, and I beg all forgiveness for not being able to do anything about it. Fang Jianxiong pulled his face down, his face was displeased, and he seemed to be about to turn his face at any time.

When Kudashev heard the word change, he immediately raised his voice and said: "Your Excellency, is the rifle you have replaced with enough ammunition?" When Fang Jianxiong heard this, he was still very displeased and whispered: "Our main force has replaced with new rifles, and there are local troops and militia that have been replaced. They all need equipment, so there's no need to talk about that. Besides, we took out the spot, does Russia have so much money to buy it? ”

Zhu Erdian finally waited for an opportunity to speak, and immediately interjected: "Your Excellency, as an ally of the British Empire, Russia's credibility is absolutely guaranteed, and its strength is also guaranteed. ”

"Since Mr. Zhu Erdian said so. That's okay, to give you face, the German Commission 1888 rifles, 500,000 pieces, each priced at 60 yuan, equivalent to 30 taels of silver. Bullets are counted! When it comes to business, Fang Dashuai's black-hearted side is exposed. These commissions in 1888, which were bought back at the price of cabbage, caught up with the large-scale refitting of the German army, Fang Jianxiong hoarded a batch, as well as the Hanyang made that was originally replaced. Add up to 500,000 bullets, and naturally there are plenty of bullets, just waiting to slaughter the Russians.

When Kudashev heard this price, anger rose in his heart, you give me this price for the rifle that the Germans replaced? Just as he was about to get angry and threaten Fang Dashuai, Zhu Erdian had already thrown a look over and said unhurriedly: "The price is too high, not suitable?" ”

Fang Jianxiong sneered: "Don't pull it down, I don't want to sell it yet." Don't you see I'm fighting the Japanese? ”

Zhu Erdian choked, glanced at the angry Kudashev, and shut up stupidly. Kudashev probably also figured it out, if you don't buy it, you don't have a place to get a rifle. "Your Excellency, the second batch of 150,000 rifles manufactured by the United States is about to be delivered, and we also want these rifles. You make an offer. ”

"This is a new rifle, caliber 7mm, you want it too?" Fang Jianxiong sneered, looking like he wasn't going to give a good look.