Chapter 246 The ambition of a friend in Shanxian County

Nanjing city ushered in the send-off, Beijing city people panicked, Yuan Shikai suddenly bedridden and announced that the matter of the field shocked the whole country, less than a few hours Beiyang and Nanjing at the same time sent a national telegram, in the face of this major event, even the Dongying Sino-Japanese firefight is a little disgraced ().

John Moen arrived in Nanjing the next morning, but was told that Yang Qiu had gone north to Wuchang to prepare for a showdown, but perhaps in order to show a gentlemanly demeanor, he did not immediately interfere with the wedding, but began negotiations with Tang Shaoyi on how to ensure that British interests in China were not infringed upon, continue to pay the Xinchou indemnity, and fulfill various previous debts.

It's not that Yang Qiu doesn't want to make it clear to Britain on these issues, especially tariffs! It can be said that it is a sharp thorn in his heart, the low tariff of 5% per year in the southeast and north China has led to the inability of industry to develop at all, according to the international tariff of 25% of industrial protection, this alone will be the country's industrial suppression, and the country will lose at least 100 million yuan of income every year ().

But he didn't have a problem, the chips in his hand were not enough at the moment, so he could only let Tang Shaoyi drag it, and use the freezing method to deal with it first, continue to pay for what should be paid, and try to recover what should not be paid, and there is no solution for the time being. However, Traun heard that the trip was to go back to get married, and boarded the gunboat with great interest.

His intention was simple, to encourage Yang Qiu to go to war with Japan, and to say that Germany was willing to provide a list of preferential weapons. On the one hand, the United States made loans, saying that it should be peaceful and not war, and that it should not destroy the market that the United States had worked so hard to open, and on the other hand, Germany demanded that Yang Qiu be more severe with Japan for its own interests, and it was better to break out a full-scale war in the Far East and involve Russia as well.

None of them are good people!

Seeing Yang Qiu sighing, Zhang Wenjing, who returned to Wuchang together, smiled: "The vice president seems to have something on his mind?" ”

After becoming vice president, the civilian officials around him changed their titles, and the army also added the title of commander-in-chief before the commander, Yang Qiu glared at him: "You don't know my thoughts?" ”

From a small staff officer to the Minister of Finance, the pressure on Zhang Wenjing's shoulders is unimaginable to anyone, outsiders envy his rocket-like speed, and secretly scold Yang Qiu for abusing his personal skills, but they can't see how much effort he has put into doing this job well. As a veteran of Yang Qiu's family, he knows his thoughts best, and said: "Virtue has its own interests, one wants the market, and the other wants to disrupt the situation, which is not a good thing in the long run, but we still have to try to seize this loan at present." ”

Yang Qiu agreed with his opinion: $100 million is too important to him, and the chemical industry in Pingxiang, Xiangtan, and Chongqing must be started, the preliminary survey and drilling work of the Yanchang Oilfield and the Hanjiang Oilfield has already begun with drilling equipment imported from the United States, and once the oil smelter is located and exploited, the railway from Zhengzhou to Baoji and the branch line from Xi'an to Yulin should also be started as soon as possible, otherwise it will not be possible to build a preliminary petroleum industry by relying on animal power.

Chongqing Steel Mill already has equipment such as Krupp carburizing steel armor and nickel-copper alloy steel sintering furnace, but it also needs manganese-molybdenum alloy equipment and tungsten alloy equipment in order to become a real special steel base. When the steel coating plant is mainly for civil use in the future, a batch of rail steel, I-beam, cold-rolled steel plate and steel bar, extruder, and forging machine were purchased before, but the seamless steel pipe extruder should also be bought back as soon as possible ().

Guizhou Shuicheng is rich in coal and steel resources, and there is no shortage of water resources, so it can be used as a third chemical and steel base, and according to his idea, all the manufacturing bureaus and equipment of Jinling, Dagu, Mawei and Guangdong provinces should be merged and relocated to the hinterland of the Central Plains to form a third large industrial group like Hubei and Chongqing, while Dagu and Mawei should be oriented to more professional shipbuilding and large-scale metal processing.

But all of this requires money.

How do you balance the different requirements of Germany and the United States? Thinking of this, he turned his head and asked, "How much did you spend on the last military budget?" ”

"At that time, 40 million were prepared, and later Henan and Ni Sichong got some, a total of 70 million, if you add the seizure in Guangzhou, it is estimated that there will be about 100 million, and it has cost about 15 million at present, and the rest is still in my hands."

Yang Qiu waved his hand and said: "Since Traun has thoughts, then you might as well take the opportunity to hoard a little, in case we have a change with Japan, it will not be without some countermeasures, I asked Liu Qingen about them, at present, they are mainly attacking 105 mm caliber, 150 mm even if it breaks through the output, it can't come up, so you might as well purchase some of Germany's latest SLF13 150 mm heavy guns, and some supporting tractors and ammunition are also purchased." After returning to Wuchang, you go to him and ask him to give you the detailed dimensions of the barrel of the 105-mm howitzer under development, and also purchase a batch from Germany, our own speed is not up to the consumption of the war. The rest also bought trucks and armored vehicles, which were urgently needed. Liu Qingen said to me last time, Skoda is willing to sell two armored trains, you go and find out. Keep in mind that all procured equipment must be in place by the end of the year. ”

Although Zhang Wenjing was a little painful, he also knew that this money would definitely not be kept, and such a large order was enough to make Germany feel that it was really preparing for a war against Japan, not to mention that once a war with Japan started, the army would also need a large amount of heavy equipment.

Yang Qiu roughly calculated, according to the value of the United States currency in 1914, 20 million US dollars can basically buy 2 armored trains and about 8 battalions of SLF13-150mm howitzers and other munitions, and the Japanese Army's large number of 210 heavy guns SLF13 range and power gap is not small, but it is more than enough to suppress the same Meiji 38 howitzer, deployed in the Yellow River and Wusongkou can even cause some containment to the Japanese Navy ().

However, he also knows very well that the conventional army and navy are far from being Japan's opponents, so the most hope is that Feng Ru and them can make a breakthrough. Siza "engine, so detailed drawings for imitation, more than a year should have been achieved, right? As long as the engine achieves a breakthrough, the structure of the body composed of planks, glue and steel wire is not difficult at all.

Thinking of the Japanese threat, he had the urge to let the warship sail directly to Chongqing, but after thinking about it, he endured it, and promised Miao Luo that there were only a few days left in his marriage, and he would solve his life events first.

After the dissolution of the status of the capital of the southwest, the government departments of Wuchang were much deserted, but the development of the city did not slow down, and after disembarking from the ship, you could see factories and facilities under construction everywhere, especially Hanyang, and there were several more chimneys. Song Ziqing had already gone to Henan to urge the First Beiyang Army to lay down its arms as soon as possible, so only Xiao Anguo came to greet him, and with the reunification of the whole country approaching, he, the commander of the National Guard, would also shoulder the responsibility for the internal affairs of the country.

As soon as Zhang Wenjing got off the ship, he pulled Traun to talk about the purchase of arms and actively preparing for war, Traun was looking forward to the outbreak of a major war between China and Japan, and Germany also wanted to muddy the waters of the Far East, so he quickly reached an agreement on the purchase of arms worth 40 million (about 20 million US dollars), which included the purchase of two armored locomotives (including six carriages) from Skoda, including 8 battalions of SLH13 howitzers and supporting ammunition and tractors, 250 L30 models, 250 L45 105mm barrels and other contracts, and the delivery of all is limited to 14 years ago.

Traun immediately sent the contract back to Germany, and three days later Germany officially replied that it could sell the arms.

Just when Yang Qiu was quickly making arrangements for Yuan Shikai's announcement of the initial Sino-Japanese battle between Shino and Dongying, the news that Yasuo Oshima's brigade was completely annihilated by the light cavalry regiment in one day shocked Japan, and even Yusaku Uehara couldn't believe that this was true when he got the telegram, he thought that Yasuo Oshima could hold for at least four to five days, and then he could mobilize one or two wings from South Manchuria or even North Korea to support, so that he could quickly consolidate the mouth of the Yellow River.

But now it failed in one day, and it was completely annihilated! Suddenly the support unit has no support target (). What's even more annoying is that at this time Beiyang Yuan Shikai suddenly announced that he would go to the field and also let go of the Tianjin-Pudong Railway, and the current news is that at least three brigades of the National Defense Force are supporting Shandong, and one of the infantry brigades has arrived in Jinan and is advancing to Dongying.

The three brigades are a standard division of the Wehrmacht, which is equivalent to a semi-standing division in Japan at present, which means that if you want to continue fighting, you must invest at least one division on the Jiaodong Peninsula.

As a bigwig of the War Department, he knows very well the power in his hands, after the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese Army has a total of 17 permanent divisions, but the problem is that after the war, except for the Guards Division, the 1st to 6th Divisions are currently skeletons, taking the 16th Division stationed in Korea as an example, the total is less than 7,000 people, which is not bad, and the rest are more militia, even the seven main forces are currently reduced to two wings, that is, about two brigades of the Wehrmacht.

On the other hand, the National Defense Force, without the constraints of Beiyang, can quickly put at least 2-3 divisions into Shandong, they have been fighting all these years, and the troops are fully staffed, although the squadron cannot be compared with Japan in terms of equipment and combat effectiveness, but it also needs at least a complete division.

Transporting one division at a time to the Jiaodong battlefield?

Yusaku Uehara couldn't decide on this idea, so he immediately drove to the residence of Aritomo in Yamaprefecture, hoping to get some instructions.

Aritomo Aritomo in Riyama had just finished practicing kendo, and after listening to Yasuo Oshima's intentions, he handed the wooden sword to the attendant, took the towel and teacup and asked unhurriedly, "What about the navy?" Why didn't you go to support Yasuo Oshima? Could it be that with the support of seventy percent of military spending every year, not even a single cruiser is deployed nearby? ”

No matter how stupid Yusaku Uehara was, he could hear the meaning of this sentence, and Yama County Youpeng obviously wanted to use this matter to teach the navy guys a hard lesson, and immediately nodded: "Don't worry, the elder of the pavilion knows how to do it!" ”

"Then let's do it, the Jiaodong Peninsula is not the main battlefield, our allies don't want to go to war now, the core is still Manmeng!" Yama Prefecture Youpeng slowly turned his head, looked at the beautiful Tokyo Bay in the distance, and said lightly: "I remember that the War Department proposed to add two divisions of 19 and 20 in North Korea?" Just do it. ”

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