From August 25, when the Japanese troops landed in Longkou Bay, to October 10, when Minister Nichiyi signed an armistice agreement, this 'conflict' in Longkou Town, Shandong Province, lasted only a little more than a month.

However, this 'conflict', which lasted only a little more than a month, caused considerable losses to both sides, and Japan, as the main culprit, not only lost almost all the capital ships of the navy, which was originally proud, but also lost more than 60,000 troops on the army side―――――― not counting the injuries.

In particular, the final infighting lost the face of the army, and the honor that the Japanese army had exchanged for blood since the Sino-Japanese War was also ruined. Almost at the moment when the armistice agreement was signed, starting with the commander Terauchi Masayi and Lieutenant General Mitsutomi Kamio, dozens of generals and adjutants committed suicide by disembowelment, followed by a large number of low-ranking officers. The blow to the Japanese Army in this battle is unimaginable.

However, it was precisely because of this infighting that the Wehrmacht won the war so lightly, and even made the Japanese government bow its head and admit defeat. There's no way, whoever calls it like this, no one has the face to beat it. Even the most radical 'Young Zhuang' officers have become depressed because of this incident, if it were in the past they could have scolded the parasites in the government, but who can they scold now? Scold yourself...

In addition, Terauchi Masatsuki and they have already taken responsibility for their own responsibilities, and I am afraid that they should be replaced by those in Japan next. If nothing else, at least the current Okuma cabinet is definitely going to step down, and the army and navy may have to put out a bunch of scapegoats.

In addition, there are other miscellaneous things, as well as the equipment lost in this 'conflict', the pensions for the casualties of the soldiers, various expenses, and so on. Just thinking about this makes the Japanese feel a pain in their flesh.

However, the Japanese are not happy, and Yan Shao's side may not be happy.

Since the first engagement. By the end of the war, the Wehrmacht had paid more than 30,000 casualties.

Longkou Town, which was originally a commercial port, was reduced to rubble, and the evacuation of coastal residents also affected the various projects that had been implemented in Shandong, and severely hindered the industrialization process of Shandong. Other influences are also countless, and in addition, the ammunition that Yan Shao specially hoarded for the Shandong campaign has also been consumed, and if there is another such one, I am afraid that he will no longer be able to give full play to the advantages of equipment. I can only fight with my life.

However, as a winner, there must be a lot of benefits, after all, who would want to fight if there were no benefits.

And the benefits of Yan Shao...

Resumption of rights and interests in the Northeast. This allowed Yan Shao to develop the Northeast into China's new industrial center, which is indeed the most suitable place for industrial development in China. The reason why the 'Seventh Five-Year Plan' avoided the northeast was entirely because Japan had already occupied a large number of resource-rich areas, such as Fushun and other places, long before him.

And this time the rights and interests of the Northeast are recovered. Yan Shao can be allowed to develop industry in Fushun and other places.

In addition, there was the withdrawal of Japanese troops stationed in China. Leaving aside for the time being the fact that Japan has a division stationed in the northeast and several brigades (since Japan has obtained the right to garrison 15 troops every 10 kilometers along the South Manchurian Railway; Since 1907, the Japanese army has stationed 1 division and 6 railway garrisons here, which is the predecessor of the Japanese Kwantung Army. According to the "Xinchou Treaty", Japan stationed 400 troops in the embassy area and along the line from Beijing to Shanhaiguan, but as early as four months before the signing of the "Xinchou Treaty", the Japanese government used the name of "protecting overseas Chinese" and "protecting roads". The establishment of the 'Qing State Garrison Army' was announced, and Lieutenant General Hisunao Oshima was appointed as the first commander. The headquarters is located in Haiguang Temple in Tianjin, the barracks are set up in Haiguang Temple and Dongjiaomin Lane in Beijing, and the troops are deployed in Beijing, Tianjin, Tanggu, Qinhuangdao, Shanhaiguan and other places.

At the beginning, because Yan Shao made a deal with the gold, the great powers had basically withdrawn all the troops stationed in China, and even if there were still some left, it was only symbolic. Only Japan, because of its greatest ambitions for China and the war in Europe had nothing to do with it, did not withdraw a single soldier from China at all, and even sent a little more, even with the largest number of troops stationed in China.

All of these places are of vital importance to China, and these places have a considerable number of garrisons from other countries―――――― so how can they sleep soundly under their beds? There are so many Japanese troops next to Yan Shao, it's strange that he wants to be happy.

Now that all the Japanese garrisons have been evacuated, Yan Shao's heart is much more comfortable.

In addition, the recovery of the Lushun fortress also made the defense of the Beijing-Tianjin area more perfect, and after recovering Lushun, Yan Shao could also use this as an excuse to claim back Weihaiwei from the British. After all, Britain's excuse was that Lushun was taken by Russia, and he wanted Weihaiwei in order to contain the power of the Russians, and basically as long as Lushun's concession period expired, he was willing to return Weihaiwei to China.

According to the treaty signed between China and Russia, Lushun was supposed to be returned to China in 1922, which means that Weihaiwei was supposed to be returned to China in the same year. However, now that Yan Shao has taken back Weihaiwei in advance, there seems to be no reason for Britain to continue to occupy Weihaiwei.

However, Yan Shao also knew that the British seemed to have become a little wary of him, and even if Lushun had been retracted, the British might not let go so easily, if they bit the time limit of 1922............... There seems to be a little bit of truth to that.

But Yan Shao also knew the cruelty of the European war, and the war that took place in the Old Continent was basically June Fourth in Yan Shao's view, and the Entente countries accounted for 60% of the chances of victory, and the Allies accounted for 40%. Of course, this was only the early stage, and when the United States also intervened in the war on the Old Continent in the later stage, the Allies would no longer have the slightest chance of winning.

But at least for this period, there was still hope of a Coalition victory.

Although the Germans have always been very poor at choosing teammates, they can play. Tsarist Russia was defeated on the Eastern Front, and on the Western Front, it was on a par with the Anglo-French forces.

Yes, it seems that Britain, France and Russia are much stronger than Germany, Austria and Turkey, but there are other factors in this. Russia will not talk about it, although it seems to be strong. However, the battlefield on the Eastern Front was a complete defeat, and with the heavy losses in the past, internal contradictions were rife. Russia could even collapse on its own―――――― and it has historically been.

And on the Western Front, if the Germans had been lucky, they could have taken Paris down...

You must know that the Germans were only a little short of the Germans in history, and now history has changed, in case the Germans take down Paris. Although France may not have surrendered as it did in World War II, the existence of Paris is important after all, if Paris is really lost. It is entirely conceivable how much impact it can have.

Moreover, in order to recover its investment in the Entente, the U.S. government eventually chose to enter the war. But if the Germans were to fight on both the Eastern and Western Fronts. It is difficult to say whether the frightened Americans were still willing to go to war.

After all, they went to pick up the bargain, and they didn't really plan to live and die with the Entente.

Naturally, these are just a little delusions of Yan Shao, but as the war in the Old Continent becomes more and more intense. China's importance to countries such as Britain and France will also increase. At that time, Yan Shao naturally didn't have to worry about Weihaiwei's affairs...

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In addition to the above things, there is also the cancellation of the national concession and the compensation of 200 million Chinese yuan. Needless to say, Yan Shao had even planned to find a way to cancel all the concessions of the great powers in China during the European War―――――― which naturally included Germany and other countries.

Moreover, the concessions of Germany and other countries were definitely the first to be recovered. After all, Yan Shao's purpose was to join the Entente camp, and as soon as he joined the Entente camp, China's relations with Germany would turn into an enemy country.

By that time...

Yan Shao could then cancel all the interests of Germany and other countries in China as a matter of course. For example, customs duties, concessions, past indemnities, interest on loans, etc.

As for the compensation of 200 million Chinese yuan, Yan Shao originally planned to ask for more. But he also knows it. I am afraid that this is already the limit of what Japan can accept.

In the final analysis, this war was fought on Chinese soil after all, and even Yan Shao was able to get 200 million indemnities because Cai Yi captured 70,000 or 80,000 Japanese troops in Shandong, otherwise, this matter may be difficult to say.

However, if Yan Shao can burn the flames of war to Japan in this 'conflict', let alone 200 million, even if it is 2 billion―――――― if it is really so much, I am afraid that Japan will burn all the jade, but it should still be possible if it is 1 billion.

However, regardless of whether the landing operation can be won or not, the advantage is too small and the casualties are too large, and even if we can really get one billion, the gains outweigh the losses. And if it is simply shelled with ships, the navy is still very immature at the moment, and even if it has an advantage on paper, I am afraid that in the end it will be a lose-lose situation.

As for the submarine forces? In this era, the surface speed of submarines was only more than 10 knots, and the underwater speed generally did not exceed 10 knots. In addition, the submarine in this era can still play a great role if it is an ambush or a sneak attack, but if you fight with the fleet...

If ordinary submarines could have fought with the fleet, then the British would not have come up with a K-class submarine powered by a steam turbine.

And if the submarine force is allowed to follow the fleet to the coast of Japan, I am afraid that a fight will already start on that side, but the distance on this side will be getting farther and farther, and it will not play a role.

Now is the time when the navy is about to take off, and it is not worth it to fight for this reason.

Even so, 200 million silver dollars is not too little, after all, this war has lasted for more than a month, and no matter how much you spend it, it is impossible to spend 200 million yuan. Originally, the government spent a lot of money because of this war, but now it is all earned in one go.

And the rest of the money can not only be used to make up for the losses in this war, but also to help the government's financial deficit.

In addition to these, Yan Shao also reaped many other benefits from this war.

For example, the Army, due to the surrender of the Japanese army in Shandong, its equipment was also collected by the Wehrmacht, and when they left, the Wehrmacht did not return even a single weapon to them. But as the defeated side, not many people will care about their voices.

This time the army's harvest was good, although those Type 38 rifles were not used. But it's more or less a good gun. At present, many reserve forces and militia units in the country are still using the old Manlisha, Hanyang-made or Japanese Type 30 rifles (also known as golden hook rifles), and some places are even older, and they are still using fast rifles from many years ago.

At present, the national government has insufficient production capacity in the arms industry. It is already very difficult to meet the needs of these troops for the Mauser G98 at the current stage, and it is impossible to meet the needs of those militia or reserve forces, so it is also a good choice to give them the captured rifles, after all, the Type 38 rifle is also a good rifle, at least stronger than the rifle of the previous generation, although it is worse than the Mauser G98, it is also the same generation.

In addition to these. The Hazikes heavy machine guns captured in this war were also issued to some units that were not yet equipped with machine guns―――――― and it was also a good choice to use them to fight in the event that Maxim and Madsen were not numerous.

And those artillery, at least in this era. The performance of the artillery of the Japanese equipment was not far behind. For example, there are 75mm caliber guns, as well as Meiji 38 150mm field howitzers, Meiji 45 150mm heavy cannons, and Meiji 45 240mm heavy howitzers...

The performance of these guns is not bad, and it is also very useful for the Wehrmacht, and the ammunition captured this time is quite a lot. Enough to last for a while.

However, the Army's gains are many. But no matter how you look at it, it is clear that it is not comparable to the Navy ...

You must know that this time, with the help of the army, the navy captured a lot of ships that were difficult to move in Longkou Bay, although these ships are old, but as long as they are repaired, they can still be used as capital ships for the Wehrmacht―――――― anyway, in this part of the Far East, there is no more powerful navy to speak of.

What's more, there are still many sunken ones at the bottom of Longkou Bay, and some of them are broken and can no longer be used. But there are some that come up and fix it...

It's still very easy to use...

If these warships can be had, the strength of the navy during this period can be at least a notch higher. Of course. The Japanese also jumped up and down for a long time in this matter, hoping that the Communist Government would return to Japan all the ships that had been lost, including those that had already sunk.

But the Japanese apparently had little say in this matter, because according to unwritten rules, ships captured in the war were basically equivalent to those of the victorious powers. This was also done by Japan during the Russo-Japanese War, such as the "Wakamiya Maru", Japan's first seaplane carrier, and many Russian battleships captured by Japan during the Russo-Japanese War...

Even among the many ships captured by the Nationalist government this time, some of them were originally from the Russian government. If you really want to follow the Japanese reasoning, shouldn't Yan Shao return the ship to the Russians first?

It is precisely because the navy has gained a lot this time, but the army is very envious.

After all, no matter how much they gained this time, that is, tens of thousands of rifles and hundreds of artillery.

Take those tens of thousands of rifles, based on 100 silver dollars per shot, the price of 10,000 rifles is only 1 million. And on the Navy side, capturing a destroyer at random is such a price, not to mention that there are countless cruisers and battleships over there ...

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Whether it is the state, the government, or the military, they all benefited from this war.

As the leader of this war, Yan Shao certainly got his own benefits.

Even during the First World War in history, China joined the Entente camp, but was finally sold by Britain and France. Maybe you got some, but you definitely didn't lose much.

It is precisely because of this that when the good news of the Shandong war came, Yan Shao, as the de facto leader of the country, also gained great prestige. It's just that at that time, after all, there was no definite news, so the ordinary people were also a little uneasy in their hearts, for fear that there would be a big reversal in the end, which would make them happy in vain.

So now that the news is confirmed, the people are finally relieved.

And what about Yan Shao? His position in the country is now completely stable. Even many local officials, who used to resist it, are now much more respectful in their words.

There are many people who have profited from this war, and Yan Shao is definitely the biggest one among them...

At the same time, in order to celebrate this victory, Yan Shao also held a celebratory banquet in the banquet hall of the presidential palace to celebrate this victory that had just arrived.

Naturally, local representatives were invited to participate in this kind of event, and ministers from various countries were also invited. Although there is still a big gap between China and the great powers, no country dares to despise China after the victory of the war.

On the other hand, although the war is over, there are still many things that Yan Shao needs to do.

After all, this war can only be regarded as a beginning, and it may be big in the eyes of the Chinese people, but in Yan Shao's eyes, I am afraid it is not even an appetizer.

However, its motivating effect on the morale of the people is very good...

At the same time, as time went on, something else began to emerge into the eyes of the world...

Frankly speaking, when the report was spread, it even overshadowed the war that was taking place in the Old World, and for a time everyone was talking about the bloodiest war in the history of mankind on the Old World, which seemed to have been forgotten... (To be continued......)