Hans? Feng? Sickert, the founder of the post-World War I Wehrmacht, was the son of a Prussian general whose taciturn nature and modest approach to life earned him the nickname "Sphinx" (Sphinx). At this moment, after listening to Yu Dawei's translation, the blood in my heart couldn't help but boil. Since the end of the war, Germany has been plunged into unprecedented turmoil and chaos, much of which is attributed to the incompetence of the German army. Today, however, he heard such a high opinion of the German army from the mouths of diplomatic representatives from the opposing side, and he finally knew what it meant to be glorious despite defeat. He had always been accustomed to reservations, and he actually proposed to the current commander-in-chief of the German army, Field Marshal Hindenburg, for the first time: "I am willing to be the person in charge of such a military cooperation project to preserve a trace of vitality for Germany's national defense forces. ”

The next conversation became concrete, Wang Chonghui actually didn't know anything about military affairs at all, but it didn't matter, the role of diplomats was to express the meaning of the superior with the most appropriate opinions. So he kept Wang Zhenyu's request in mind early on: "We need design drawings and experimental data for MP18 automatic submachine guns, army heavy artillery, tanks and other military equipment." At the same time, we would like to cooperate with your country in the production of submarines, battleships, and combat aircraft, and we guarantee that once our German friends recover their vitality, our German friends will be able to recover half of the products at cost......"

Next, Major General Huang Shaohong, head of the military delegation to France on behalf of the Nationalist Government, and Major General Rundstedt, representative of the German Wehrmacht, held their first secret meeting, first reaching an intention on the dispatch of a military advisory group, and also conducting preliminary discussions on the basic forms and directions of cooperation.

It is said that it is a discussion, but in fact it is a process in which the Chinese put out their preferential treatment and conditions, and the Germans bargain again.

Huang Shaohong was interviewed by Wang Zhenyu alone for more than three hours before leaving for Germany, and Wang Zhenyu shared his thoughts with Huang Shaohong at all. This not only made Huang Shaohong feel trusted, but also felt a great responsibility.

So Huang Shaohong thought about it many times and finally proposed a plan to hire Germans:

The first cooperation plan is to build a model army in the army, which is characterized by the fact that the soldiers are all between the ages of 16 and 20, have received a cultural education at the upper and lower levels, and have the necessary training in German or English. The establishment of the entire army is divided into four integrated divisions according to the agreement, but not all of them are army forces, and the specific composition is two army infantry divisions, one army mechanized division (composed of cavalry and tanks), and one air force division (including 120 combat aircraft of various kinds, with a fighter group (60 fighters), two bomber groups (36 bombers), and a reconnaissance aircraft squadron (24 planes)). In this large army, all battalion commanders, regiment commanders, and division commanders are demoted, and more importantly, squad leaders, platoon commanders, and company commanders are all appointed to German soldiers, and staff chiefs above the battalion level and half of the staff officers are appointed to German soldiers. According to the regulations, the equipment of this army will introduce MP18 submachine guns and tanks.

The second cooperation plan was to gather the best German military advisers to form Wang Zhenyu's staff team. Wang Zhenyu is actually not very satisfied with the General Staff Headquarters led by Wan Yaohuang, although Wan Yaohuang himself has no problem with his ability, but the staff team under his command is amateurish. There is no way, the pace of expansion of the youth army is too fast, and many people studying in military schools are more like gilding.

The third cooperation plan is to recruit a large number of German instructors in the universities of the Navy, Air Force and Army to complete the final upgrade of the combat effectiveness of the youth army.

The fourth cooperation plan is in the military industry, although it involves the military, but more often involves Krupp AG and Siemens.

As for the selection of military advisers, Wang Zhenyu personally named several candidates: for the army, Guderian (the father of the German blitzkrieg in history), Moder (the master of German defense in history), Rommel (the desert fox in history), Manstein (a strategist in World War II), Goering (a hero in air combat) and so on.

Over the next two years, 2 million Germans were killed, including about 1.3 million family members, and 650,000 industrial technicians, scientific researchers, and educators. The number of military personnel also reached a staggering 30,000, and a large number of unemployed German officers found new jobs and jobs in the far East.

According to incomplete statistics, in just three years from 1918 to 1920, a total of more than 6 billion US dollars poured into the Chinese market, making the entire Chinese economy grow in a blowout in just three years, of which the US capital accounted for 2.5 billion US dollars, ranking first, of which the Rockefeller family and the Morgan family invested 700 million US dollars; Overseas Chinese from all over the world such as overseas Chinese from all over the world have returned to their hometowns to invest 2.2 billion US dollars, occupying the second place. The investment from Europe is only 1.3 billion US dollars, of which Germany accounts for 70%, and in China's technology import cooperation, Germany accounts for 80% of the total, and Germans have appeared in many fields such as mining, metallurgy, manufacturing, military industry, and heavy industry......

At this time, the Japanese were still arguing about whether to send troops to Russia, and they did not notice that the lion that had been sleeping for nearly 300 years around them was entering the second wave of development, and it was not far from a complete awakening.

Because of the success of this secret diplomacy, Wang Chonghui was appointed chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Congress and vice minister of foreign affairs shortly after returning to China.

As for Yu Dawei, because of his outstanding performance in this negotiation, he was commended by the National Security Bureau, and then he was awarded military status, and according to his personal wishes, he was arranged to serve in the Ministry of Armaments system, with the rank of major.

On September 11, 1918, the German military advisory group led by Commander Von Sickt arrived in China, and Wang Zhenyu personally went to Shanghai to pick up the ship. Almost from this moment, the youth army entered a state of second large-scale upgrade, and the strength of the entire army rose to a new level. But what is surprising is that almost from this moment on, rigidity, strong planning, and heroic fighting have also become something in the bones of this army. The whole of Asia and the world began to tremble uncontrollably......

Beijing, the Forbidden City, although the Republic of China has only been in existence for seven or eight years, but the whiteness of the paint peeling off the palace wall can't help but show a decadent atmosphere.

It's really not that the Aixin Jueluo family doesn't care about any royal decency, but that the life has become more and more difficult over the years.

In the third year of Xuantong, the last year of the Qing Empire, the cannon of revolution had already resounded throughout the south, and the finances of the Manchu government had collapsed. On the one hand, the rich princes and nobles refused to take out half of their own silver to subsidize the state, and on the other hand, the poor jingling eight banner masters were making a lot of money, it is said that they were born to be soldiers, but let them disrupt the party, sorry, the master didn't have this kung fu.

As a result, the Qing Empire collapsed with the efforts of such a group of people, and from this point of view, in terms of contribution to the revolutionary cause, Prince Qing is definitely ranked above Sun Wen......

As a result, Yuan Shikai exchanged the preferential treatment clause of 4 million silver dollars per year for the abdication of the Qing Emperor, and the price of the co-emperor is like this, and the net worth of Prince Qing can be the emperor for twenty-five years. And the soldiers of the Eight Banners, who boasted of their bravery, hurriedly went to the teahouse to walk the birds after receiving the last flag salary, as for the life and death of the Qing Dynasty, they have nothing to do with half a dime, as for next year's salary, what should I do? Let's talk about Ming'er's business tomorrow!

The annual royal abdication allowance of 4 million yuan was actually discounted until 1915, but most of it was still available. The only thing that made the royal family dissatisfied was that Yuan Shikai forcibly took over the three major palaces to the Republic of China government in order to ascend the throne and claim the emperor.

After Yuan Shikai said that the emperor failed and died, the financial crisis of the Beiyang government was further aggravated, and Duan Qirui still remembered the old feelings, and saved the cost of four million a year to one million, and the rest naturally did not deny it, but owed it. It's okay, one million silver dollars in Sichuan during the Republic of China period can almost raise a division of troops. There aren't too many people in the palace now, so it's barely enough.

The real tragedy occurred last year, when the result of the Zhiwan War was that Duan Qirui's Anhui warlords withdrew from the stage of history in an instant, so even one million became a problem.

It was Zhang Zuolin who succeeded Duan Qirui in Beijing, and Beijing also became the territory of the Feng army in the northeast, but the Feng army did not take the emperor of the Forbidden City in his eyes at all.

Therefore, Zhang Zuolin not only scolded the representative of the Qing room and blew it away, but even thought about whether to get some silver from the palace to supplement his own military expenses. On the spot, several representatives of the Qing room were so frightened that they crawled out.

Zhang Zuolin is indeed in financial difficulties now, it was easy to recruit troops at the beginning, and the 200,000 Fengjun became 700,000 like blowing up balloons. It is easy to invite God and send God, it is easy to expand the army and it is difficult to disarm, Zhang Zuolin is now worried about the food of his brothers every day......

As for the Forbidden City, I'm sorry, I can't take care of it, so the entire imperial city can't help but fall, and the clan has nothing to do about it