When the group left the Adwa Cafe and returned to the advisory group's residence, Ambassador Ye Hua had been waiting in the living room on the first floor for a long time.

"Talk upstairs." Wen Yu winked at the ambassador.

Leaving the others behind, the two went to the office of the head of the advisory group on the second floor.

After sitting down, Wen Yu spoke first: "The play that should be played has been performed, it depends on the consciousness of the other party." ”

"The other party has been following you these days, and such valuable information should not be let go." Ye Hua looked tired.

Wen Yu was still a little puzzled: "But I don't understand, does it really make sense to do this?" If the other party realizes that we are prepared, it may also prompt them to do it in advance. ”

"It's a double-edged sword. On the one hand, the other side may be suspicious of such easy information and ask for further verification, and if it hesitates, it may delay the launch of the attack, and we will have more time for reinforcements and deployment. ”

"On the other hand, if they believe this information and want to start in advance, they must speed up the build-up of troops, and at the same time carry out more intensive military reconnaissance and espionage activities, so that we will have more opportunities to collect more sufficient intelligence and prompt the Ethiopian Emperor and his General Staff to make the decision to take the initiative."

Wen Yu nodded: "I understand, no matter what, you just need to disrupt the other party's deployment." ”

Ye Hua suddenly lowered his voice and said, "It's a secret call from China......"

"How?"

"According to investigations, at the Cairo Secret Conference in September last year, Britain, France, Italy, Germany, and Spain signed a general agreement on the African colonial issue, and in addition to settling the Moroccan and Algerian issues, the most important content was the handling of Ethiopia."

"Disposition? That is, behind Germany and Italy stood Britain and France? ”

"That's right, it is likely that an agreement has been reached on the partition, with Germany and Italy sending troops, Britain and France blocking foreign aid in the name of neutrality, and the post-war spoils, colonial exchanges, and other matters may have been discussed."

Wen Yu sank his face: "In this way, the sooner we start, the better, but the Ethiopian Emperor and his general staff are too conservative to take the initiative to attack, and they also want to create an Adwa in the mainland to lure the enemy to intercept and attack in depth...... This is no longer the case, so you have to convince them quickly. ”

Ye Hua sighed and pointed his finger at his forehead: "You can't tell the Egyptians about the secret meeting in Cairo, it will dampen their will to fight, and let them see hope from time to time." ”

"In fact, once the war starts, this country will become an isolated island blockaded on all sides, without any assistance, and can only rely on the resources accumulated in peacetime to cope. Wen Yu responded.

Ye Hua shook his head: "A long-term war is unthinkable, but it is even more impossible to sit idly by, this country can only expect effective international intervention to end the war on the premise of gaining sufficient superiority on the battlefield." ”

Wen Yu asked rhetorically: "Effective international intervention?" If Britain, France, Germany, and Italy all have a share, who will interfere? Since one of the other side's goals is to sweep away China's power in Africa, unless China is willing to tear up its face with them for Ethiopia, interference is completely unspeakable, and don't expect the United States, whose interests here are pitifully few. ”

Ye Hua was silent for a while.

"Victory or perdition, the fate of this country is already sealed."

Wen Yu stood up, walked to the map of Ethiopia hanging on the side wall, put his hands behind his back, and stood solemnly like a pillar.

"I don't think this country can be easily conquered."

"Chief Wen ......"

"Ambassador Ye, why are we here?" Wen Yu asked coldly.

"Help Ethiopia become a powerful empire and become a base for our country to spread the royal road to the surrounding areas......"

"If you don't succeed, you will become benevolent, I have this awareness."

Wen Yu turned around, his expression was calm, and he seemed to be singing about the warrior of Yi Shui Han.

Ye Hua lowered his head a little ashamedly: "Did you expect it too?" I'm afraid this war won't be so easy to win...... I have received an order to immediately lead the embassy personnel to withdraw from the fighting. ”

"Before receiving the order, the advisory group will faithfully fulfill its mission, and when I return, please say hello to the Minister of War on my behalf."

Ye Hua couldn't help but be a little gloomy: "Okay, now is not the time to talk about this, it's better to find a way to convince the Ethiopian Emperor to be important." ”

Wen Yu pondered for a while: "If the intelligence is accurate and the war is indeed inevitable, in order to force the Emperor of Egypt to adopt a preemptive strategy, it is best to secretly provoke a border conflict first, and then find a way to expand the border conflict and lure the enemy's border troops to invade." At that time, the information that Germany and Italy had decided to divide up Ethiopia but that the main force had not yet arrived, and the advisory group had analyzed in detail the pros and cons of the preemptive strategy to the important ministers of the imperial court in advance, and after making the above preparations, it should be able to pass in front of the emperor in one fell swoop. ”

"Well, how to 'secretly' provoke conflict is a big problem."

"There's always something to think of." Wen Yu picked up a cigarette, but he couldn't light it after striking three matches.

On June 25, 1908, in Port Obock, French Somalia, a cargo ship "Wannianhua" flying the flag of the Chinese Empire was unloading its cargo on the wharf.

It's about 600 kilometers from Addis Ababa, and after 12 days on horseback, Wenyu finally arrived at the pier on time.

The head of the consultant personally went out to receive the goods, which shows that this trip is not simple.

After taking the list handed over by the captain, Wen Yu led a few of his men to inspect it at the dock.

I saw that the list was densely filled:

Hanyang 500 nine-mm revolvers

Hanyang 97 Type 7.92mm rifle 1000 cases (6000 shots in total)

60 Hanyang Type 99 7.92mm light machine guns

30 Hanyang 96 Type 7.92 mm Makqin heavy machine guns

There are 30 six-centimeter mortars in Jinling

18 Beiyang 92 7-centimeter mid-mountain guns (full set of gun carriage saddles)

6 Jiangnan Type 1 9 cm howitzers (full set of gun carriage saddles)

again

25 cases of 9mm ammunition (100,000 rounds)

2,000 cases of 7.92mm ammunition (5,000,000 rounds)

1000 boxes of 6-centimeter shells (9000 rounds)

900 boxes of seven-and-a-half-centimeter shells (3,600 rounds)

400 boxes (1200 rounds)

600 boxes of 96-style pull-hair grenades (90,000 pieces)

again

Yacheng Ammunition Factory uses 2 sets of manufacturing machine tools

Yacheng Ordnance Factory used 1 set of repair machinery

……

Perhaps, this is the last batch.

Counting the mountains of munitions piled up on the dock, Wen Yu felt a sense of unease in his heart that he was about to cut off ties with the motherland.

It just so happened that the captain was by his side, so he casually said hello.

"Captain, do you know when the next shipment will arrive?"

"At the end of the year." The captain looked at him with the expression of seeing a dead man.