Chapter 1 The Turning Point of History

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In the early morning, the sun is rising, and the sun shines on the sea, sparkling. In the Bohai Strait, the dense fog has begun to gradually dissipate.

At 9 a.m., a freighter flying the Stars and Stripes sailed into the channel and headed northwest! The freighter, named the Dawning Goddess, belongs to the American Westward Group, and is a bulk carrier with a displacement of 8,000 tons.

On the deck of the freighter, a young man in a gray military uniform is looking out from the bow of the ship! The sun shone on him, leaving a long shadow on the deck!

"Dog's day! How is the current history different from before? The young man cursed viciously!

His name is Wu Haoxuan, he is twenty years old this year, and he has just graduated from West Point Military Academy with honors and received the rank of second lieutenant in the United States Army! Originally, he planned to stay in the United States for a few more years and earn more American knives before returning to China! However, what is happening now is different from the history he is familiar with, which makes him have to give up his previous plans and return to China early!

Perhaps, history has changed since he was born into this world twenty years ago!

Wu Haoxuan, ancestral home in Licheng, Shandong. Of course, he was born in the Northeast! His father is the famous Wu Xingquan, also known as Wu Da Tongue, one of the giants of the Feng department! Wu Haoxuan, in his previous life, was a military history enthusiast, and his biggest hobby was to make radical remarks on major military forums after work. Of course, that's just a catharsis! As a result, after a big drunkenness, he inexplicably traveled to the late Qing Dynasty and became the son of Wu Xingquan!

For this result, Wu Haoxuan doesn't care too much! In his previous life, he had lived hard enough, and this time he finally had a chance to do it all over again, of course he cherished it very much!

Four years ago, when he was sixteen years old, his father, Wu Xingquan, was already a senior general in the Fengtian patrol camp. Wu Xingquan, like most Chinese, hopes that his son will become a dragon! In order to give his son a higher www.biquge.info of Biquge, it took a lot of effort to win an opportunity for Wu Haoxuan to study at the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School! However, Wu Haoxuan directly refused, and chose to go to the United States Military Academy at West Point!

Although he was very puzzled as to why Wu Haoxuan chose to go to the United States, Wu Xingquan still managed to follow the path of Wu Tingfang, the envoy of the Great Qing Dynasty to the United States, and stuffed Wu Haoxuan into the West Point Military Academy!

Wu Haoxuan's four years in the United States have been very fulfilling! Not only did he develop a strong physique, but he also received a systematic military education. The most important point is that in these four years, I have successfully earned a lot of family business in the United States by using the vacation time!

In the first year of his arrival in the United States, Wu Haoxuan used the patent of nylon to cooperate with the DuPont family to make stockings, which caused a sensation in the United States and even the entire Western world! Countless European and American women are crazy about these thin, translucent stockings! And this also brought huge profits to Wu Haoxuan! In the first year, he received tens of millions of dollars in profits, and it will continue to increase in the next few years!

After getting the first pot of gold, Wu Haoxuan began to play with oil! In 1902, the discovery of the East Texas oil field became a big news sensation in the United States! This large oil field with reserves of up to one billion tons has attracted the pursuit of oil and financial giants in the United States! The owner of the East Texas oil field is Wu Haoxuan. After that, Wu Haoxuan sold 51% of the shares of the oil field to Standard Oil Company for 100 million US dollars! After that, he was able to share tens of millions of dollars in profits every year, and as the world's demand for oil increased, he could also share more and more profits every year!

In 1903, Wu Haoxuan once again cooperated with the DuPont family in a pharmaceutical factory to produce sulfonamides! In this era when there is no penicillin, sulfonamides can be described as a special anti-inflammatory drug! Wu Haoxuan holds 40% of the shares in the pharmaceutical factory with the patent of sulfonamides, and the income in the first year is as high as 20 million US dollars! Moreover, this is equivalent to a gold mine, which can continuously support the ideals in his heart!

In addition to these money-making industries, what Wu Haoxuan really values is an arsenal! In 1902, Wu Haoxuan and John Browning cooperated to set up an arsenal, and John Browning became the director of the development of the arsenal! In the past two years, the arsenal has developed weapons such as M1903 rifles, M1904 light machine guns, M1904 heavy machine guns, M1 submachine guns, as well as 60 mm mortars and 80 mm mortars! It's just that the current United States doesn't care about the military, and the US Army only has more than 100,000 people! The arsenal has been losing money for a long time because it can't get orders! Of course, Wu Haoxuan didn't care about this, he just needed to get the technology for the production of these weapons! Even if the arsenal keeps losing money, with his financial resources, it is enough to support it!

A young man with blond hair and blue eyes and a height of 1.8 meters came to Wu Haoxuan's side and said, "Head, how long will we be able to arrive?" ”

"It's coming! This is already the Bohai Strait, and we will be able to reach Yingkou tomorrow afternoon! Wu Haoxuan said! This young man's name is James, one of Wu Haoxuan's best friends at West Point! After graduation, he gave up going to the U.S. Army to live and chose to work with Wu Haoxuan! When James was at West Point, he had excellent grades! However, the current United States simply does not have a platform for these outstanding military talents to play! All over America is going crazy to make more money! As for the military, sorry! Separated by the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, and surrounded by small and weak countries, the security of the United States is safe!

"I can't wait to be a general! Head, you promised me at least one brigade of troops! James laughed!

"Of course! However, this brigade will have to be built by ourselves! Wu Haoxuan said. Although there is not a single soldier under his command now, the entire 'Goddess of Dawn' freighter is loaded with a large amount of munitions, which are enough to form an infantry division!

"Head! I am sure that we will build an army that will shock the whole of Asia! James flailed his fists excitedly!

Wu Haoxuan smiled, he was also full of confidence in this!

Wu Haoxuan was in a hurry to return to China this time, because the shape of the country had changed, or it had exceeded his expectations! In the past four years in the United States, he has always been very concerned about the domestic situation! His father, Wu Xingquan, has also climbed to the position of the commander of the patrol battalion and the alternate commander of the Fengtian Hou Road Patrol Battalion in the past four years, and is known as the four most important military figures in Fengtian along with Zhang Yuting, Feng Linge, and Ma Tengxi!

A month earlier, in June 1905, Yuan Shikai, the governor of the Qing Dynasty and minister of Beiyang, had been impeached by a large number of imperial historians. The royal family was very panicked about the expansion of the Beiyang forces, and they began to take countermeasures! The vast majority of the people in the Military Aircraft Department also asked Yuan Shikai to hand over the power in his hands! Under such circumstances, Yuan Shikai did not choose to back down, but took a risky action!

On June 7, the second and fourth towns of the Beiyang New Army surrounded the first town as the Praetorian Guard, forcibly disarmed the first town, and charged Yanjing! Yuan Shikai under the banner of the Qing monarch's side, arrested and imprisoned all those imperial histories who impeached him, and all the ministers of military aircraft were arrested except for Xu Shichang, who was inclined to him, and the mansions of the royal family of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were also closely monitored!

Yuan Shikai's behavior caused an uproar across the country! The governors in various places have sent telegrams to denounce Yuan Shikai for launching a mutiny, demanding that Yuan Shikai release the imprisoned ministers and hand over military power! Otherwise, troops will be sent from all over the country to King Qinqin!

If it weren't for the British Minister to China, Zhu Erdian, who expressed his support for Yuan Shikai and dealt with other ministers, perhaps the great powers would have issued an ultimatum to Yuan Shikai a long time ago!

Although the Beiyang New Army under Yuan Shikai's command is the strongest in the country, it is still difficult to control the situation in the face of internal and external troubles! It's just that at this time, he has already ridden the tiger, and if he can't open the situation as much as possible, his fate can be imagined!

Wu Haoxuan, who was far away in the United States, was shocked after receiving the news from China! Immediately changed the original plan and returned to China early! At the same time, a large number of weapons have been prepared, ready to develop their strength while the domestic situation is turbulent! In troubled times, a strong army is the foundation of a foothold!

“Boss! San Francisco has sent a telegram and the equipment you need is ready to be shipped! "A Caucasian man about 30 years old walked up to the deck with a telegram, his name is Davis, the general manager of the Xihua Group founded by Wu Haoxuan, this time he followed Wu Haoxuan to China, it is to inspect the situation in China, especially in Northeast China!

"Sue San Francisco, wait for my news before loading the ship!" Wu Haoxuan said! To build a strong army, you must have strong industrial strength! With the help of the industry in the United States, he can buy a large amount of industrial equipment from the United States, so as to establish a complete industrial system in the poor but resource-rich country, especially the three eastern provinces! These will become the guarantee for him to dominate the world!

"Okay, Boss! By the way, our explorers to Mexico have already departed! However, is there really a lot of oil in that place? Davis asked.

"Man, trust me, that's right! Just like we did in East Texas! Wu Haoxuan said with great certainty!

"Haha! Davis, do you still have doubts about the head? I am fully convinced that he is God's illegitimate son! James said with a smile!

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