After learning that the Chinese army marching towards the Qingdao fortress had successfully taken over the fortress from the Germans without any fighting, and that the 'red dragon flag' belonging to the Kuomintang government had been raised in the sky above the fortress, the expression of Youpeng in Shan County, who had been leisurely and complacent, suddenly became hideous, and his right hand was clenched, as if he was about to smash the teacup in his hand—————— if he could be dozens of years younger.

"How is this possible!"

There is a way of disbelief in Shanxian County.

"That's true..."In any case, after all, Yama Prefecture Youpeng is the most prestigious among the existing Japanese elders, and when he saw Yama Prefecture Aritomo angry, that person suddenly became terrified. This is the telegram that the Black Dragon Society has just sent back, Your Excellency, please take a look..."As he spoke, the man took out the telegram and gave it to Youpeng in Shanxian County.

Disassembling the telegram, Yama Prefecture Youpeng quickly flipped through the speed with agility that he shouldn't have at his age.

It can be seen that when typing this telegram, the mood of the people of the Black Dragon Society is not very stable, so there will be a few typos on the telegram sporadically, but fortunately, it does not hinder reading, and soon, Shan County Youpeng understood the detailed situation.

It's just that after understanding the above situation, Youpeng in Shan County can't understand.

Because according to the information he received, although the relationship between Chinese and the Germans was good, since the Sarajevo incident, contacts between China and Germany have not become frequent, let alone any signs of concluding any secret treaty—————— of course he did not know that this secret treaty had been signed in the Sarajevo incident.

However, it is no wonder that some friends in Yamaguchi were surprised, although the situation in Europe was already very tense when the secret treaty was concluded. But after all, the war is still a shadowless thing, who would have thought that such a thing would happen later, plus Germany was still very domineering at this time. Of course, the Japanese would not have imagined that China and Germany would sign such a secret treaty before the outbreak of war.

And...

What is particularly important is that after the Sarajevo incident, the relationship between China and Germany was very normal, especially when the two infantry divisions marched to the Qingdao fortress not long ago, they carried a large amount of heavy equipment, including 240mm heavy artillery.

No matter how you look at it, the Nationalist government is in a posture of planning to storm the fortress of Qingdao. And now it's coming again...

If it's just to receive, there's no need to bring this kind of big killer weapon at all, right?

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Although such an antique-class cruiser, the body and mind are not a gift. But counting the gunboats and torpedo boats in the fortress that could not go to sea with the Far East Fleet, there is still some value, especially for the Chinese Navy, which is obviously overnumbered at the moment, but is somewhat underequipped—————— it was originally a lot of equipment. There are few people. But since the scope of recruitment has been expanded, there have been too many people, and there are also a group of accelerated officers in Anhui who have graduated, so there is no need to worry about the officer problem in a short time, although the quality of this group of officers is very problematic, but at least it is no problem to command gunboats or torpedo boats...

Cai Ye and Jiang Baili were both admirals, and they were not actually interested in these things, so after receiving this batch of weapons. He ordered someone to take over Buzigao, who was still in Weifang, and asked him to be responsible for disposing of these equipment.

It should be clarified. This time, Bu Zigao came to Shandong, and the task was not only to help the army people do some reference things, but he also had other things to do, so even if Cai Ye didn't call him, he would still come to Qingdao, but sooner or later.

On the other hand, after being in charge of the handover, Melva? Dirk and other German officers and soldiers also left Qingdao in a car under the arrangement of the Wehrmacht and headed for the interior.

Next, they will live in a camp dedicated to them outside of Jinan, which is not a prison, of course. Although these people are usually forbidden to go out in various respects, every Saturday and Sunday, the local government still allows them to go shopping in the city accompanied by government personnel—————— but the government is not responsible for paying them salaries, because their current status is just a group of German officers and soldiers seeking asylum in China, so if they run out of money one day, then they can only continue to stay in the barracks and eat the meals provided to them by the national government. Until the end of the war.

That being said, this treatment already seems quite good for the Germans.

By the way, in a certain friendly attitude, the National Social Government also suggested that Melva? Dirk: They exchanged the mark in their hands for currencies such as the British pound, the US dollar, and the Chinese dollar as soon as possible, so as not to cause any problems...

This advice is definitely well-intentioned...

And before leaving Qingdao, Melva? Dirk also raised a question to Cai and them, that is, he hoped that they could solve this doubt of their own.

For example, the previous one...

"Since it's just receiving, why did you bring a 240mm heavy gun..."

Puzzled, Melva? Dirk asked.

After all, if you just receive, there is really no need to bring such heavy equipment. You must know that although the traffic on the Qingdao side of the road has become good under the management of the Germans, the size and weight of the 240mm heavy gun are definitely not small, and it is definitely not an easy thing to come from somewhere else with such a heavy thing.

And while hearing Melva? After Dirk's question, Cai Ye and Jiang Baili glanced at each other before speaking.

"Well, it's just a prank..."

"Prank?"

"That's right, a prank, a prank of the great president..."

When he said this, a wry smile appeared on Cai Yi's face.

"What should I say, now the Japanese and the British are actually expecting us to launch a strong attack on the fortress of Qingdao. The Japanese, in particular, plan to wait for us to fight with you and lose both, and then come forward to make a profit. This kind of thinking seems to make President Yan very unhappy, so when he set off. He would make us make the gesture of storming the fortress of Tsingtao, so that the Japanese and the British would think that we were going to storm the fortress, and then give them a little 'surprise' at the moment they were most looking forward to..."

Speaking of which. Cai Yi's face also showed a slight smile.

In fact, they refused to Yan Shao's prank at first, but it didn't take long for them to change their attitude. First, there is no need for them to be too stiff with Yan Shao in this matter, after all, Yan Shao is their top boss anyway, and from a certain point of view, he is still their benefactor, again. After thinking about it, they were actually quite interested...

On the other side, I listened to the words of Cai Ye and Jiang Baili. Melva? Dirk was a little speechless.

He couldn't have imagined that what originally made him feel uneasy was just Yan Shao's prank.

How to say, as the governor of the Qingdao fortress. He didn't really need to go out of the city to greet him. In fact, in the dignity of the German military. He didn't do that. It's just that when he stayed in the fortress and waited for the Chinese soldiers to come to receive him, he learned from his subordinates that a large number of Chinese troops were rushing here, and they were also carrying a large number of heavy equipment, as if they were going to launch an offensive against the fortress.

This suddenly made Melva? Dirk was taken aback, he couldn't put on his original posture, and he would run outside the fortress to meet him in order to confirm the authenticity...

But no matter what he thought, he obviously couldn't imagine that this was just a little prank by Yan Shao.

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Melva? Dirk: "Then again. It's just receiving, how can even a heavy gun of 240mm caliber be brought? At first, I thought you were going to default..."

Cai and Jiang: "This one. It's just a prank on the part of our president, he just wants to give a little 'surprise' to those who are expecting us to storm the fortress, and we just cooperate with him..."

Melva? Dirk: "......."

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The moment when the 'Red Dragon Flag' was raised in the sky above Qingdao Fortress, it also represented the official return of Jiaozhou Bay and Qingdao to the embrace of the motherland. After the news came out, all major newspapers put this news on the front page.

Naturally, as the heroes of the reconquest of Qingdao, the photos of Jiang Baili and Cai Ye are also among them.

In fact, this is also one of the reasons why the two will go to Qingdao together, after all, this is the first territory officially recovered by China, which is of great significance and may even go down in history. For Cai Ye and Jiang Baili, such an honor is undoubtedly extremely rare, so although only one person is needed to come to Qingdao, the two of them still ran over together—————— anyway, according to the intelligence of the Special Affairs Bureau, the Japanese have not finished preparing yet, so they don't have to worry about any trouble when they go to Qingdao.

It's just that...

Corresponding to this momentous news is the surprise in people's hearts.

At this moment, what people want to know most is, when did the government and the Germans sign an agreement to recover Jiaozhou Bay and Qingdao?

And after the news came out, the British and French also ran to Yan Shao's presidential palace together, wanting to ask the truth of the matter.

After learning that Yan Shao had signed a secret agreement with Germany to return Qingdao and Jiaozhou Bay more than half a year ago, whether it was Zhu Erdian or Lei? Kopa was taken aback, they never thought that the two countries had reached a consensus on the Qingdao issue so early, and at first they thought that it was because of Sarajevo that the Germans would return the place to China.

Now that Jiaozhou Bay and Qingdao have been returned to China, there seems to be no reason for Japan to continue to attack Qingdao. Or did they ask the Japanese to use the forces they intended to use in Shandong for Europe?

However, while being confused, Britain, France and other countries also felt annoyed, because Yan Shao had never told them about such a big thing.

In this regard, while Yan Shao expressed his apology, the corners of his mouth showed a hint of pride.

From the very beginning, Yan Shao did not think that the Entente would favor China between China and Japan, not only because these countries had already chosen this way in history, but more importantly, no matter how it was calculated, Japan at this time would be more valuable than China.

Britain and France, these old powers, are not philanthropists, don't look at the good words they usually say. After all, there are only two words that support them—————— 'interests'...

They will definitely rush to do things that have interests, and they have no interest in touching things that do not have interests, and this is the code of conduct of the great powers.

It is expected that the great powers will choose China between China and Japan. Unless China's use value is far greater than Japan's. But not to mention whether Yan Shao can do this in a short period of time, the most important point is that if China really reaches that level, I am afraid that these countries are the most wary of China...

Since this is the case, even if Britain and France will be angry about this matter afterwards, Yan Shao does not plan to tell these two countries about it—————— anyway, they are also planning to support Yan Shao, so what difference does it make if they tell or not?

As for the rest...

Now that the war in Europe has also broken out, as long as Japan is cleaned up. Next, only they begged Yan Shao, and Yan Shao was not afraid that they would retaliate afterwards. And when the European war is over, even if they want to retaliate. I'm afraid I don't have that ability anymore...

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Standing outside the gate of the Presidential Palace, Yan Shao smiled at Zhu Erdian and Lei? Kopa waved his hand, compared to Yan Shao's smile, Zhu Erdian and Lei? Copa's face was visibly much worse.

And wait until Zhu Erdian and Ray? After Copa left in a car. Yan Shao looked back at Fu Xiuming, Duan Qirui and the others.

"Alright. The next task is to find a way to clean up the Japanese in Shandong, as long as we clean them up, we can develop wholeheartedly..."

"Japanese?" Feng Guozhang was a little strange. "Now that Qingdao has been reclaimed, will the Japanese still do it?"

Not only Feng Guozhang, but even other people also looked at it, obviously thinking similar to Feng Guozhang. In their opinion, since Qingdao has been recovered, the Japanese naturally have no reason to continue to do it. The world is completely peaceful, and then they can sit by and watch the Allies and the Entente fight to the death on the Old World...

However, Yan Shao smiled slightly. "Why don't we make a bet. Is it true that the Japanese will come? ”

"Bet on what?"

"Just bet on my 'Qingming Riverside Map'..."Speaking of this, Yan Shao glanced at them. Didn't you look at my painting for a long time, and this time I will take him out and bet with you, but first say yes, just borrow it from you for two days, and then return it to me..."

After 1911, the "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival", together with other precious calligraphy and paintings, was stolen out of the palace by the last emperor Pu Yi of the Qing Dynasty in the name of appreciating Pu Jie, and was first stored in Zhang Yuan in the Tianjin Concession. After Yan Shao learned about this matter, he sent someone to find him and bought all those things back from Pu Yi at a more suitable price——————.

It's not that Yan Shao didn't think about forcibly taking things back directly from Pu Yi's hands, but now after all, it is no longer the former Qing Dynasty, and it is not in accordance with the law to do so, so Yan Shao can only buy it in the last way.

Of course, in addition to Pu Yi, there are also some other former Qing princes Yan Shao has also sent people to patronize.

In fact, Yan Shao is not too interested in this kind of thing, because he is not a person who likes antiques, and this time he will collect so many things back, and he only plans to wait until the Palace Museum opens, and send things to be exhibited inside, and before the exhibition, the things are placed here first—————— I am afraid that no one in this world is safer than him.

On the other side, hearing Yan Shao say this, Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang and the others glanced at each other, they coveted the "Qingming Riverside Map" in Yan Shao's hand for a long time, although Yan Shao said it very clearly, just borrowed them for two days, but even this can make them excited.

"So, what are we going to give?" Looking at Yan Shao, Xu Shichang asked.

"It's nothing..."Yan Shao smiled. It's just that if you lose, you need to get the cultural relics out and give them to the museum, how, well, it's not very high, as long as it's above the level. ”

"Above the level..."Hearing Yan Shao say this, everyone looked at each other.

The most important thing at the moment is above this level, what is the level? If they are all at the level of the heirloom jade seal, I'm afraid no one will be able to make it up. However, although they were a little hesitant in their hearts, out of their desire for "Qingming Riverside Map", they finally nodded and expressed their willingness to gamble with Yan Shao on this game.

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That is, when Yan Shao and they gambled there, although they were taken aback, they soon accelerated the preparation of the Japanese to send troops. Although the Qingdao fortress has been recovered, and the Japanese have no reason to send troops, what is that? As long as they want to find this thing, they will always find it, not to mention that even if there is no reason, they will choose to send troops.

And after expressing their intentions, perhaps because they were played by Yan Shao, the British were also very angry, so the British did not say anything in this matter and acquiesced.

And with the acquiescence of the British, the Japanese also accelerated their preparations a lot, but after a while, the strength of the troops had been determined, especially the navy, this time the two fleets were dispatched at the same time, and the navy could almost be said to be pouring out.

The only thing they regret is that before the recovery of Qingdao, the Chinese had already transferred the main force of the navy to the south, and only a small number of torpedo boats and gunboats remained in the north, so that they could not wipe out the Chinese navy, but even so, they still did not change their mind of sending troops ...

And the target chosen by the Japanese is the same as Cai Yi and their original guess

Longkou Bay! (To be continued......)