【165】The Red Flag of the Wind Blows the Earth (21)

Yao Fan got the assurance he wanted, but he didn't feel much joy.

The cadres who accompanied him to the meeting did not understand a word of German from beginning to end, but from the handshake between Yao Fan and Barland, they could see that Yao Fan had reached a deal and that the diplomatic purpose of the Shandong Commune had been achieved.

After the German delegates left the conference room, Yao Fan explained to everyone what had just happened in the meeting, so everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and all the members of the commune leadership knew that with the large-scale expansion of the army, the monthly military expenditure had exceeded 100,000 taels of silver, and the source of the massive amount of silver every month was to rely on sea trade, relying on the commune to take goods from Chairman Yao's overseas factories and resell them.

Li Jun's shoulders, which had been tense, softened, but he saw that Yao Fan's face was not as relaxed as he should have been, so he asked softly, "Chairman, you don't seem to be too happy?" ”

"You're very observant."

"It's obvious what you're saying."

Yao Fan nodded lightly: "It's too easy, Barland is not such an easy person to convince." ”

"Su Qin Zhang Yi can be swept vertically and horizontally with a three-inch incorruptible tongue, Chairman You're very knowledgeable, and you are speechless about that foreigner, everyone has seen this."

"It's because Barand thinks highly of me, and I don't have such a high status in Barland's eyes."

"Chairman, are you talking ......," Li Jun said hesitantly.

"Today's negotiations were possible because Barand values us, but according to my previous estimates, we cannot be so high in the eyes of the Germans." Yao Fandao.

Li Jun breathed a sigh of relief: "Maybe it's because of our victory." ”

Yao Fan thought for a moment and shook his head: "The Germans despise the Qing army, so they will not overestimate us who have achieved a military victory over the Qing." ”

"So, they have other plans?" Li Jun guessed.

"You're right." Yao Fan nodded.

"These foreigners have never been well-intentioned!" Li Hainiu on the side said indignantly when he heard this.

"Diplomacy, that's it, in addition to the consideration of practical interests, the potential benefits are always an important factor affecting the negotiations." Yao Fan said, and then he added: "Actually, what they want, I can already guess ** is not far from ten ......"

The night wind in December was bitterly cold, and Merris shivered, and with a shake of the candlestick in his hand, a line of red wax flowed down, which quickly froze in the cold wind and hung on the candlestick.

Barand stepped forward and whispered in Merris's ear: "Germany's interests are higher than a qiē, and it is worth taking some commercial risks than the benefits that may be obtained." James, in the future, all ships coming to Qingdao will fly the German flag, and I will equip each of your ships with German sailors, and we will let Yao Fan understand that Germany is really protecting his sea routes......"

The next day, when it was still dawn, Barland was awakened by the sound of a wake-up call echoing in Jimo City.

The melodious sound of the trumpet startled Barand, and he hurriedly put on his leather boots and rushed out into the courtyard in his shirt, and the cold morning breeze lifted his spirits, and Barand knocked on the door of Meris's room and asked what the trumpet was all about.

"Is it the Qing attack?"

Melis was sleepy-eyed, obviously a little dissatisfied with Barland's fuss: "It's like a wake-up call, Frank's new mind, and in his army, the trumpet is a signaling system that has replaced the iron whistle. ”

"Get up, James, let's go see Yao Fan's army training."

"All right......" Melis grumbled.

Yao Fan did not show Barand any other military items other than recruit drills, but Barand was an expert, and when he saw countless Chinese with braided hair on the huge playground outside Jimo City practicing steaming and walking, he was undoubtedly convinced that Yao Fan was training his troops according to the modern army training method.

"It would have given them good discipline, but I don't know how brave the officers who led them were."

Yao Fan was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what Barand meant: "I know that the German General Staff thinks that handing over weapons to peasants and free citizens is a very dangerous and chaotic thing, and if there is no Junker officer corps who are wholeheartedly loyal to the emperor, the German army will enter chaos."

But Mr. Barland, my officers are all soldiers, they are of the same class as the soldiers, they have the same goals, they fight for their own interests, and their interests happen to coincide with mine. I have never been worried about their courage, in this war they have lost only their shackles. ”

Barland obviously had difficulty understanding the theoretical basis of Yao Fan's confidence, and Yao Fan had no intention of explaining it to him.

After only two days in Jimo, Barand hurriedly sailed from Qingdao to Shanghai, where he was to use the shallow-sea cable of the Danish Great Northern Telegraph Company to photograph the telegram to Hong Kong, convert it into written letters, and send it to Germany by merchant ship in Guò.

In the telegram, Barand wrote: "...... If Beijing is the exposition of sedan chairs, then Jimo is a sea of bicycles, and Yao Fan's Shandong Commune undoubtedly has a secret bicycle manufacturing factory, but he is not willing to show me this......

…… Yao Fan's army had the most modern equipment, their helmets were cast from the finest steel, and were said to defend against bullets, which was the most extravagant equipment I had ever seen, and when they were not in combat, they wore a green cotton hat with red stars, the same green uniform was thick and warm, and a low-top military shoe made of rubber and canvas, although not as nice and warm as the boots, was very breathable and easy to wear......

…… Yao Fan did not show us their shooting training, I suspect that this was due to the limited accuracy of their short rifles, and their officers wore pistol magazines made of leather, but they never opened them to me, and according to Yao Fan's request, he did not intend to divulge any equipment or industrial secrets to us until the peace treaty was formally signed......

…… During my time in Jimo, the scope of action was limited, and although I protested about it, Yao Fan was uncompromising, and it is clear that he could not really trust Germany, and we should understand the cautious mentality of such a weakling......

…… All in all, the rebellion in Qingdao was an organized and premeditated military operation, and from that point of view alone, its prospects are worth looking forward to......

…… This is a completely militarized regime, and all the power in the rebel territory is integrated into the military organization, which also means that their policy will be made for military victory, and given their previous military victories, it is not surprising if they can form a military confrontation with the Qing in the future......

…… The rebellion helped to weaken the Qing state's ability to rule in the north, and as long as he did not threaten the survival of the Beijing regime, the European powers were happy to see this military division continue in the north......

…… I warned Yao Fan not to attack or cut off the shipping line from Yantai to Jinan, which was a treaty port, as long as he could guarantee this, and I don't think the British would mind if they made some trouble for the Qing Emperor, and perhaps the Qing would soon hand over a large arms order to the British, and if possible, I would try my best for Germany......

…… Yao Fan was friendly to the German Empire and was willing to expand our cooperation, and there is no doubt that we could teach them a lot. Specific cooperation projects need to wait until the secret agreement is formally signed before continuing to be negotiated......

…… Trade with Yao Fan can be completely deprecated to private commerce, and has nothing to do with the German Imperial government, but the hardline of our position depends on Yao Fan's military progress......

After Barand left Qingdao, Yao Fan accelerated the construction of the political organization.

The revolutionary army is a melting pot, and in the process of armed struggle, the sense of urgency brought about by the pressure of war and the baptism of war can cultivate and create countless talents.

Although the struggle has not been long, various activists and backbone models have emerged in Yao Fan's army, Yao Fan does not require them to become mature overnight, the accumulation of experience requires a process, but as a first step, they need to be given the opportunity to train first.

After identifying suitable candidates, Yao Fan quickly set up the structure of the General Staff Headquarters, and set up various organs under the General Staff, such as the Operational Evaluation Committee, the Training Committee, the Equipment Support Committee, the Logistics Transportation and Barracks Committee, the Communications and Intelligence Committee, the Town Management Committee, the Agricultural and Land Policy Committee, the Finance Committee, the Organizing Committee, the Women's Movement Committee, the Youth and Children's Sports Committee, the Judicial Committee, the Discipline Committee, the Education and Culture Committee, the Health Committee, and the Commerce and Trade Committee……

Although the education process of his subordinates is not high, the organization of committee-style multi-headed consultation can most effectively ensure that the brainstorming can be ensured, and the three stinkers are not verbal, and it is also a good way to train cadres on a large scale.

Yao Fan established the first children's regiment in Jimo, more than 100 children all came from the countryside after the land reform, the peasants who were allocated land, their only concern at the moment was the legitimacy of their land, when the army told them that they needed to cultivate revolutionary reserve forces, hoping that families with many children at home could send their children to join the revolutionary army, the peasants almost without exception chose to support, and the children who participated in the children's regiment could get a penny of silver every month in addition to food and housing, which was a great temptation for any peasant family.

Due to their young age and the fact that their world outlook has not yet been formed, young people are more likely to inculcate revolutionary ideas than the ignorance and numbness of most Qing Dynasty adults, and they are often able to establish an ideological consciousness of class struggle very quickly, and the revolutionary ideas they have established since childhood are more firm than those of many adults. The International Division of the Young Communist Party, which was established during the agrarian revolution in history, was extremely loyal to the party and had an incomparably high revolutionary enthusiasm, and contributed a large number of military generals and political cadres to our party and army. rg

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