"What to do, what to do?"

Mr. Cao, who had also received the news from Washington, was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and he had already seen the Washington meeting as the key to prestige. However, the news was suddenly received that the Americans might change their attitude and that Japan would continue to occupy Shandong, which made Cao Kun fall into an unprecedented passivity.

On the one hand, Fengjun successfully brought the Luda University, and on the other hand, the Shandong issue is unresolved.

However, in the face of the foreign powers, he did not have the courage to negotiate resolutely, and he was really in a dilemma. After thinking about it, Cao Kun invited his confidant Xia Shoutian over.

Xia Shoutian is a well-known scholar who served as a staff member for Lao Yuan, and now he is Cao Kun's confidential secretary, and he can be regarded as well-informed. But in the face of this situation, he also had a headache.

According to the news, the United States and Britain are all inclined to Japan, although they have not made a clear statement, but they both believe that Japan has special interests in Shandong, in other words, they want Japan to continue to stay in Shandong. This shows that the great powers have formed a consensus, and it is no longer useful to use the method of razing to defeat raze. ”

"That's right, these foreigners are simply capricious, full of villains, didn't the Americans say that they want to support us and take back Shandong, they have changed their hexagrams so quickly, it's just hateful!"

"The great powers are Yidi, they only understand fists, not benevolence and righteousness. However, in my opinion, once Shandong cannot be recovered, I am afraid that it will be extremely detrimental to the prestige of the commander, and the Fengjun and the Kuomintang will be holding any parliamentary elections, and then I am afraid that the major policies of the central government will fall into their hands! ”

"Do you have any opinions, sir?"

Xia Shoutian closed his eyes and thought for a while, and then said, "Dashuai." I think I will simply push the problem out, isn't Zhang Tinglan prideful on safeguarding sovereignty, then let him come forward to negotiate the Shandong issue, if it can't be done, the halo on his head will fade a lot. ”

"If that were done, wouldn't it make us even more incompetent?"

Xia Shoutian smiled and shook his head: "He can't do it, this time the great powers have the same attitude, he has no loopholes to exploit, no matter how strong the Feng army is, can it still defeat the United States, Britain and Japan?" ”

When Cao Kun heard this, he heard this. also nodded slightly, but there were still some doubts: "Zhang Tinglan's guy is cunning, will he easily borrow this hot potato?" ”

"Then it depends on what bait the marshal comes up with, since Zhang Tinglan wants to snatch the parliament, the marshal might as well propose that Liang Qichao be appointed as the speaker. Then the parliament came forward to authorize it, so that Zhang Tinglan could not refuse. ”

Cao Kun thought for a while. Finally ruthless. nodded: "Okay, that's it!" ”

Xia Shoutian also retreated from Cao Kun's mansion, and was blown by the cold wind, and the old man was also smart, and his back was full of cold sweat.

When he returned home, he grabbed Yang Du: "Huizi, I did what you said." Cao Kun was also fooled, but you planned for Zhang Clumsy Yan like this, I don't know what benefits he promised you. ”

Yang Du smiled slightly: "Brother, since the Hongxian Emperor." Du is already infamous, everything he is doing now is just forgiveness, I just hope that this time I didn't see the wrong person, Zhang Cunyan can save the sky and fall! ”

Xia Shoutian also shook his head: "But I think this time it's really a little difficult to do." ”

"No matter how difficult it is, can you still be sad to go to war directly with the Japanese, it's not like they haven't fought, it's enough for us to wait for news."

……

Mukden, Shuaifu.

"Look, the Liaodong Peninsula and the Shandong Peninsula are the gateways to defend Beijing and Tianjin, like two gates, as long as these two places are guarded, the Bohai Sea will be safe and sound, and Beijing and Tianjin will have a safe guarantee. However, since the defeat of the First Sino-Japanese War, Russia and Japan have successively stolen Luda, the British have taken Weihaiwei, and Germany and Japan have successively controlled Jiaozhou Bay, which is equivalent to directly tearing down the two gates. Beijing and Tianjin were all exposed to the direct threat of the foreign powers, and in the face of this situation, it was simply a thorn in the back, like a fish in the throat, and it was difficult to sleep and eat. ”

Yang Yuting said loudly: "Now that we have taken back the University, it is equivalent to closing half of the gate, but this is not enough, we must also take the Shandong Peninsula back and seal the door." In this way, between the two peninsulas, we can build airfields and deploy submarines, and the sea control of the Bohai Sea can be controlled to the death, and it will become much easier to enter the Central Plains, otherwise I am afraid that we will have nightmares all night. ”

Yang Yuting said, it is also the reason why Zhang Tinglan is concerned about the Shandong issue, he still has a trace of guilt in his heart, in history, the Shandong issue was solved at the Washington Conference, but in this time and space, due to the rapid growth of the Feng army, the great powers have a jealousy, so they are hindered on the Shandong issue, so that Japan can continue to keep Shili in China, and then restrain China.

Since it was his own butterfly that caused the trouble, he should clean it up by himself, and as Yang Yuting analyzed, since Zhang Tinglan intends to enter Beijing, he can't help but consider security. He can't be like Beiyang, willing to be an emperor.

Since we want to show our skills, the safety of the nest must always be guaranteed, so the Shandong problem cannot but be solved. These generals here did not think so much, they had just met with the Japanese, the Feng army won a complete victory, and after several months of cultivation, the troops had recovered their state. It's a big deal to fight with the Japanese again, in short, everyone is full of confidence.

At this time, a secretary suddenly sent a telegram from Cao Kun, Zhang Tinglan was overjoyed when he saw it, and circulated it to others, and everyone was full of surprise.

"I was worried that there was no excuse to interfere in Shandong, so Cao Kun sent us a gift package, I think we should really thank this Cao Dashuai." The telegram reached Li Jinglin's hand, and he couldn't help but hahadaxiao at once, and so did everyone else.

Zhang Tinglan was also very happy, Cao Kun not only handed over the power of disposal to himself, but also sent a speaker out, for fear that he didn't want to take it, he was too thoughtful.

"In this case, we can't live up to Cao Kun's kindness, let Mr. Liang enter Beijing immediately, and then set up a special committee on Shandong in the parliament, so that everything will be logical."

Then Zhang Tinglan looked at everyone present: "Whether it is peace or war, strong force is the pillar, from now on, the second division and the seventh division form an advance army, Li Jinglin is the commander, and two bomber groups are dispatched from the air force, and the navy's submarines and torpedo boats are ready to launch a campaign to recover Qingdao at any time!" ”

"Understood!" Li Jinglin, Shen Honglie and others all stood up and saluted, the last time they fought with the Japanese, the other main divisions were all showing their skills on the Korean Peninsula, only the second division was on the front line of Luda, blocking the Japanese. Although it is also a lot of credit, everyone is holding back their strength and wants to show their skills.

Therefore, after Li Jinglin received the order, he immediately mobilized his troops, immediately mobilized, stationed in Shanhaiguan, and made all preparations for entering the customs, and the navy and air force were also dispatched, and Chen Shaokuan led the First Submarine Group, a total of six Seawolf-class submarines, to secretly march towards Jiaozhou Bay.

Just when the Feng army was almost ready, Zhang Tinglan issued a telegram to the whole country, expressing the attitude of the Feng army on the Shandong issue.

Shandong is the hometown of the saints, and it is absolutely not allowed to be stolen by the Japanese invaders, and the 40,000,000 compatriots in China should have the courage to fight to the death. At the beginning, the Germans stole Jiaozhou Bay, but the Manchus did not send troops, and the Japanese seized Jiaozhou Bay again, and the Republic of China still did not send troops. Now, if we don't send troops, we will lose this land forever!

Power is justice, and in this jungle shijie, the law of the jungle eats the strong, and morality does not make sense at all, so we can only resort to the means of war. 200,000 soldiers of the Feng Army have been waiting for the day, and they will fight to the death with the Japanese at any time.

Zuihou, we urge Washington to understand the demands of the Chinese people, return Qingdao peacefully, and smoothly resolve the Shandong issue, otherwise we can only solve the problem through our own means.

A telegram was written in a murderous manner, especially the frequent use of the word 勯寇, which showed unprecedented toughness, and there were many people in various countries who contemptuously called Shina, but the Chinese dared to call Japan by 寍寇, and they had not seen it, and the whole country was suddenly infected by this arrogance, and suddenly the marches everywhere were like a tide, and the calls for the complete return of Shandong were wave after wave.

"Dashuai, how can you let Zhang Tinglan deal with the problem of Qingdao, isn't this provoking fire?"

After Wu Peifu saw Zhang Tinglan's telegram, he hurriedly returned to Beijing from Luoyang, and after he felt the pressure of Fengjun, he felt more and more that the implementation of reform became inevitable, so he returned to Henan and strongly promoted the realization of the cultivator's land. As a result, at this time, the Shandong issue broke out, which caught Wu Peifu off guard.

"Zhang Tinglan took this opportunity to blatantly send the army to Guannei, we don't have any excuse to stop it, whether the Shandong problem is solved or not, a knife is on our hearts, tens of thousands of tigers and wolves can kill us at any time, this move is too stinky!" Wu Peifu said mercilessly.

Cao Kun didn't expect that Feng Jun would dare to directly show the threat of force, Zhang Tinglan's fierceness was far beyond Cao Kun's imagination, after all, it involved the United States, Britain, Japan and other countries, according to common sense, they should first negotiate, and then take action, who knew that Zhang Tinglan actually directly set up a battle formation, and suddenly caught Cao Kun off guard.

"Ziyu, I'm also confused for a while, but since Zhang Tinglan wants to fight, let him fight with the Japanese, let's just sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight!"

Wu Peifu also sighed, there was no other way. At this time, news finally came from Washington, and the United States and Britain also felt China's tough attitude, and did not support Japan's occupation of Shandong, but proposed to suspend the delivery of Shandong.

As for when it will be delivered, it will be decided through consultations between China and Japan, and of course the United States and Britain have also proposed that this is only an initiative and does not have any binding force. And after Zhang Tinglan got the news, he did not hesitate to order the advance army to go directly south to Shandong! (To be continued......)