Faced with the combination of the powerful British and the French, and maybe even the Russians in the future, the Germans suddenly felt that the strength of the two younger brothers around them was a little weak, and it was a bit of a drag. The originally powerful Italian navy no longer exists, and the Italian army can only be said to be of average strength, while the strength of the Austro-Hungarian navy and army has always been ordinary.

Looking at the enemy, Germany is worried about the overseas colonies of Britain, the global hegemon, but the British Royal Navy, the most powerful in the world, and the British Army, which is equally powerful, so the Germans can only worry about it for now. Although the navy was as miserable as Italy by the Northeast Navy under Lin Daxin, the economic strength of France and Italy is not the same, the French Navy has begun a reconstruction plan, and France's powerful army has not been damaged, so that Germany does not even dare to pick up the bargain now. Russia, which was strongly hostile to Germany, although the navy also ended up, the strength of the Russian army's steamrollers was still there, and Germany also had deep scruples about Russia's army, which was prone to millions of troops.

Now Britain and France have formed an Entente, after the war between Russia and Lin Daxin, it is very likely to join it, so that Britain, France and Russia are united, and the strength of the German, Austrian and Italian Triple Alliance is complete, so the Germans hope to win over a strong ally, since Britain and France are united against Germany and Lin Daxin, the enemy of the enemy is a friend, so Germany put the target on Lin Daxin.

The Germans hoped to win over Lin Daxin to fight against Britain, France and Russia, and as for the ongoing war between the Russians and Lin Daxin, the Germans analyzed that the Russians could not achieve a complete victory, and both sides were most likely to lose. Even Lin Daxin's chances of winning are some. When Lin Daxin's army was first established, it hired many instructors from the German Army. It is the current Shenyang Army cadets, and there are still Germans as instructors in it. Therefore, the Germans have some understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Dingbei Army, although the Russians have an advantage in numbers, but the Dingbei Army is several grades stronger than the Russian army in terms of weapons and equipment, and it is really not certain who will die.

If Lin Daxin was unfortunately completely defeated in the war with the Russians, then he and Lin Daxin had now signed an alliance against Britain and France. It was just a blank sign, and the matter of uniting to attack Japan could be treated as if the Germans did not say it. If Lin Daxin wins or even wins in the war with the Russians, then with the strength of the Northeast Navy and the Dingbei Army under Lin Daxin, plus the powerful Germany, Japan has the fourth navy in the world and a not weak army, and the war against Japan is also ten stable, and Germany has one more powerful ally against Britain and France.

Such a joint attack on Japan. Even the formation of an alliance is not so easy to make a decision, so Lin Daxin was very surprised after listening to the German minister Klinder explain his intentions. After pondering for a while, he said, "Mr. Klinder, your German proposal is too sudden, and we need to think about it for a while. So be it, Mr. Clinder. You stay in Shenyang City for a few days, and then we'll talk about it in detail. ”

Clinder nodded and said, "No problem." I happened to take another turn around Shenyang City. Governor Lin, we Germans are very sincere, and we hope that Governor Lin can fight side by side with our Germany in the future. ”

Lin Daxin nodded and said: "The relationship between our Northeast and you Germans has always been very good, and I am also full of good feelings for you Germany, and I myself hope that my army can face the enemy together with the powerful German army, and I will do my best to give Mr. Klint an answer." ”

After Klinder left, Lin Daxin walked back and forth in the office for a long time, considering the gains and losses of this matter, and finally Lin Daxin still didn't make up his mind, so he decided to find a few people to discuss, and then Li Kun, the director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, and Zhang Limin, the commander of the Fifth Division of the Dingbei Army who had rushed to the northeast from Weihaiwei and had come to Shenyang, and his cousin Wang Yan, found the Governor's Mansion and prepared to discuss the Germans with the three people, as for the other high-level officers of the Dingbei Army were on the front line, And the high-ranking officers of the Northeast Navy are busy with the reorganization of the navy at various naval bases, or directing the fleet outside the port of Vladivostok to continue to besiege the sea passage in Vladivostok, so Lin Daxin can only discuss with these three people now.

The three of them soon came to the office of Lin Daxin, the governor's palace, and then Lin Daxin brought the German minister Klinder to Germany and wanted to unite with him to attack Japan and even hope to form an ally after the war with the Russians.

Lin Daxin asked the three people: "What do you think about this matter?" ”

After listening to this, Wang Yan first said: "Dashuai, the Germans are going to attack Japan with us, I think it's okay, anyway, we will have to fight a war with the Japanese sooner or later, and having the help of the Germans can relieve a lot of our pressure." As for the matter of forming an alliance with the Russians to unite against Britain and France, I think it is better to be cautious, not to mention France, that is, the United Kingdom, the global hegemon, once we form an alliance with the Germans, it is equivalent to completely tearing the skin of the British, and when the war breaks out between Britain, France and Germany, aren't we also involved! ”

Zhang Limin, the commander of the Fifth Division, said at this time: "Principal, Mr. Wang, Director Li, I think it is possible to form an alliance with the Germans, anyway, now Britain and France are very hostile to us, even if we do not ally with the Germans, this hostility will always exist, it is better to unite with the Germans, so that if we launch an attack on the imperial court, Britain and France may be afraid of our alliance with the Germans to adopt neutrality." ”

Li Kun, director of the Military Intelligence Agency, said: "Germany's army has always been known for its strong combat effectiveness, and their navy is getting stronger and stronger, if we join forces, not only will the naval strength of the two sides exceed that of the British navy, but the strength of the two armies will also be stronger than that of Britain and France. ”

Lin Daxin nodded, he knew that Germany would almost single-handedly resist Britain, France and Russia in World War I in the future, and even directly made Tsarist Russia disappear into the long river of history. If Germany and the Northern Army and the Northeast Navy under its command were to join Germany, and World War I broke out again, the chances of victory between Germany and Germany would be very high.

After listening to the opinions of the three people on the German alliance, Lin Daxin said: "I'll think about this matter again!" There are pros and cons to forming an alliance with the Germans, but that's all for later, the most important thing now is the war with the Russians, Zhang Limin, this time you transferred your Fifth Division back in order to launch an offensive on the front line of the Lena River this spring, to attack instead of defend, your Fifth Division and the other 4 B divisions will advance to the area east of the Lena River after the weather warms up, and converge the 12th and 13th Divisions there, and the whole campaign will be commanded by Zhang Zuolin, who knows the situation better. ”

Zhang Limin nodded and said, "Don't worry, principal, I will cooperate with Master Zhang Zuolin!" ”

The Dingbei Army has always had a tradition, because there are no military units above the division level, when several divisions form an attack corps or a defensive corps together, the division commander of the first ranked division serves as the commander, but Zhang Zuolin has always been in charge of commanding along the Lena River, and Lin Daxin is not ready to change generals on the spot, so he still arranges Zhang Zuolin, who is familiar with the banks of the Lena River, as the commander of the offensive along the Lena River this spring.

Lin Daxin also said to Li Kun, director of the Military Intelligence Bureau: "The Military Intelligence Bureau must always pay attention to the movements of the Russians and keep abreast of the movement of the Russian army. ”

Li Kun nodded and said, "Yes, principal!" ”

In the end, Lin Daxin said to Wang Yan: "Cousin, the big war is coming, and there must not be any difference in the supply of the front-line troops. ”

Wang Yan patted his chest and said: "Dashuai, if you put a hundred hearts, there will be no problems with the supply of the front line!" ”

Lin Daxin has been considering the pros and cons of forming an alliance with Germany for a few days, and the high-level military and northeast administrators also know the news, and everyone is very excited, which shows that the forces under Lin Daxin's command have been recognized by the world's powerful countries, and they can be on an equal footing. In the end, Lin Daxin still thought that if the alliance with Germany would outweigh the disadvantages, Lin Daxin invited the German minister to the Qing Dynasty, Klinder, to the governor's palace to prepare to start the details of the alliance with Germany.

In the living room of the Governor's Palace, Lin Daxin, who was full of smiles, said enthusiastically to Clint: "Mr. Minister, after the study of our high-level leaders in the Northeast, our Northeast and even other areas ruled by me are willing to attack Japan with Germany in the future, and are willing to sign an alliance with Germany against Britain and France!" ”

Klinder's face, which should have been full of surprise at this time, showed a very embarrassed expression and said: "Governor Lin, I originally wanted to visit you today, but I didn't expect you to invite me over first, yesterday my subordinates in Beijing City rushed to Shenyang City to tell me a regrettable news, our German want to ally with Governor Lin has changed. ”

Lin Daxin's face instantly gloomy, listening to Clinde's meaning, it seems that the matter of the alliance is going to be yellow, you Germans came to find you on the pole, but you were full of joy and wanted to agree, but there was a change, "What change?" Lin Daxin's voice instantly became cold. (To be continued......) R1292